Hybrid/Remote Inclusion and Diversity Job Trends

Inclusion and Diversity
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Inclusion and Diversity in remote or hybrid work. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Inclusion and Diversity over the 6 months leading up to 1 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 28 42
Rank change year-on-year -2 +14 -11
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 1,064 1,051 1,747
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.35% 8.20% 5.62%
As % of the General category 11.09% 11.43% 9.14%
Number of salaries quoted 446 447 1,046
10th Percentile £20,000 £36,410 £32,500
25th Percentile £27,750 £46,368 £42,287
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £59,430 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.66% +8.05% -15.38%
75th Percentile £73,438 £72,625 £72,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £88,509 £92,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -19.23%

All General Skills
Work from Home

Inclusion and Diversity falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring general skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 9,596 9,192 19,112
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 57.31% 71.75% 61.53%
Number of salaries quoted 6,373 6,316 14,949
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £31,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £42,139
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £61,644 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.29% +7.21% -8.00%
75th Percentile £78,957 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £99,273 £110,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% -12.50%

Inclusion and Diversity
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Inclusion and Diversity and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Inclusion and Diversity job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Inclusion and Diversity
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Inclusion and Diversity.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Inclusion and Diversity

Inclusion and Diversity
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Inclusion and Diversity over the 6 months to 1 April 2026.

Inclusion and Diversity salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Inclusion and Diversity
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 54 (5.08%) SharePoint
2 13 (1.22%) CMS
3 12 (1.13%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.38%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (0.38%) Umbraco
5 3 (0.28%) SAS
6 2 (0.19%) Confluence
6 2 (0.19%) WordPress
7 1 (0.094%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.094%) Drupal
7 1 (0.094%) IIS
7 1 (0.094%) WildFly
Applications
1 57 (5.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 37 (3.48%) Acrobat
3 31 (2.91%) Adobe XD
4 26 (2.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 21 (1.97%) Microsoft Office
6 3 (0.28%) AutoCAD
7 2 (0.19%) Maya
7 2 (0.19%) MotionBuilder
8 1 (0.094%) InDesign
8 1 (0.094%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.094%) SmartSuite
8 1 (0.094%) Trello
Business Applications
1 15 (1.41%) NetSuite
2 8 (0.75%) Oracle Payables
3 6 (0.56%) SAP HR
4 4 (0.38%) Academy Housing
4 4 (0.38%) SAP CO
4 4 (0.38%) SAP FI
4 4 (0.38%) SAP FI/CO
5 3 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.28%) Shopify
6 2 (0.19%) Dynamics AX
6 2 (0.19%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.094%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.094%) Magento
7 1 (0.094%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.094%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 220 (20.68%) AWS
2 160 (15.04%) Azure
3 148 (13.91%) SaaS
4 112 (10.53%) GCP
5 69 (6.48%) Microsoft 365
6 62 (5.83%) Amazon EKS
7 57 (5.36%) Power Platform
8 40 (3.76%) Figma
9 27 (2.54%) Entra ID
10 24 (2.26%) Pulumi
11 23 (2.16%) Dynamics 365
11 23 (2.16%) Google Analytics
12 22 (2.07%) Power Automate
13 21 (1.97%) Azure DevOps
14 19 (1.79%) Miro
14 19 (1.79%) PowerApps
15 17 (1.60%) dbt
15 17 (1.60%) Serverless
16 16 (1.50%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
16 16 (1.50%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 82 (7.71%) Broadband
2 20 (1.88%) VPN
3 19 (1.79%) TCP/IP
4 18 (1.69%) BGP
5 16 (1.50%) 4G
6 15 (1.41%) DNS
7 14 (1.32%) DHCP
8 13 (1.22%) LAN
8 13 (1.22%) WAN
9 11 (1.03%) Cisco IOS
9 11 (1.03%) Ethernet VPN
9 11 (1.03%) Firewall
9 11 (1.03%) IOS XR
9 11 (1.03%) MPLS
10 9 (0.85%) SMTP
10 9 (0.85%) VLAN
10 9 (0.85%) Wi-Fi
11 6 (0.56%) Network Security
12 4 (0.38%) 5G
13 3 (0.28%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (4.32%) Power BI
2 30 (2.82%) PostgreSQL
3 28 (2.63%) Relational Database
4 19 (1.79%) Data Warehouse
4 19 (1.79%) NoSQL
4 19 (1.79%) RDBMS
4 19 (1.79%) SQL Server
5 18 (1.69%) Data Lake
6 12 (1.13%) Amazon RDS
7 11 (1.03%) Metadata
8 9 (0.85%) Looker
9 7 (0.66%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 7 (0.66%) Redis
10 5 (0.47%) BigQuery
10 5 (0.47%) Elasticsearch
10 5 (0.47%) MySQL
10 5 (0.47%) Tableau
11 3 (0.28%) MongoDB
11 3 (0.28%) Oracle Reports
11 3 (0.28%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 51 (4.79%) TeamCity
2 42 (3.95%) Jenkins
3 41 (3.85%) GitLab
3 41 (3.85%) SonarQube
4 31 (2.91%) Git
5 24 (2.26%) Axure RP
5 24 (2.26%) Balsamiq
6 19 (1.79%) Jaeger
7 9 (0.85%) JIRA
8 6 (0.56%) JMeter
9 5 (0.47%) Cucumber
9 5 (0.47%) Locust
10 4 (0.38%) Cypress.io
10 4 (0.38%) Selenium
10 4 (0.38%) WebDriver
11 3 (0.28%) JUnit
12 2 (0.19%) Postman
12 2 (0.19%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
13 1 (0.094%) Storybook
13 1 (0.094%) XCUITest
General
1 326 (30.64%) Social Skills
2 303 (28.48%) Finance
3 287 (26.97%) Law
4 206 (19.36%) Public Sector
5 199 (18.70%) Retail
6 175 (16.45%) Banking
7 148 (13.91%) Marketing
8 143 (13.44%) Analytical Skills
9 129 (12.12%) Back Office
10 113 (10.62%) Financial Institution
11 45 (4.23%) Games
12 43 (4.04%) Legal
13 42 (3.95%) Organisational Skills
13 42 (3.95%) Presentation Skills
14 26 (2.44%) Telecoms
15 25 (2.35%) Influencing Skills
16 17 (1.60%) Polish Language
17 12 (1.13%) German Language
17 12 (1.13%) Italian Language
17 12 (1.13%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 166 (15.60%) Senior
2 101 (9.49%) Architect
3 95 (8.93%) Lead
4 87 (8.18%) Analyst
5 67 (6.30%) Developer
6 46 (4.32%) Software Engineer
7 44 (4.14%) Consultant
8 39 (3.67%) Salesforce Architect
9 34 (3.20%) Solutions Architect
9 34 (3.20%) Technical Architect
10 31 (2.91%) Alliance Manager
10 31 (2.91%) Senior Manager
11 30 (2.82%) Designer
12 28 (2.63%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 26 (2.44%) Senior Developer
14 25 (2.35%) Account Manager
14 25 (2.35%) Business Analyst
15 21 (1.97%) Salesforce Technical Architect
16 18 (1.69%) Senior Analyst
16 18 (1.69%) Senior Sales Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 83 (7.80%) REST
2 57 (5.36%) Lightning Web Components
2 57 (5.36%) SOAP
2 57 (5.36%) Visualforce
3 36 (3.38%) .NET
4 33 (3.10%) HTML
5 32 (3.01%) React
6 30 (2.82%) CSS
7 23 (2.16%) EDI
8 19 (1.79%) Elastic Stack
8 19 (1.79%) OpenTelemetry
9 18 (1.69%) Middleware
10 17 (1.60%) RESTful
11 15 (1.41%) Node.js
12 13 (1.22%) HTML5 Canvas
12 13 (1.22%) Web Services
13 12 (1.13%) Django
13 12 (1.13%) SAML
13 12 (1.13%) Sass
14 11 (1.03%) Jinja
Miscellaneous
1 137 (12.88%) Blog
2 135 (12.69%) Cloud Native
3 129 (12.12%) Onboarding
4 123 (11.56%) Product Ownership
5 42 (3.95%) Driving Licence
6 38 (3.57%) Management Information System
7 30 (2.82%) Distributed Systems
7 30 (2.82%) Social Media
8 28 (2.63%) Public Cloud
9 21 (1.97%) Self-Motivation
10 20 (1.88%) Podcast
11 19 (1.79%) Data Centre
12 14 (1.32%) Cyberattack
13 13 (1.22%) Security Posture
14 12 (1.13%) Enterprise Software
15 11 (1.03%) Hybrid Cloud
15 11 (1.03%) Video Editing
16 10 (0.94%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
17 8 (0.75%) Analytical Mindset
18 7 (0.66%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 43 (4.04%) Linux
2 33 (3.10%) Windows
3 27 (2.54%) Unix
4 14 (1.32%) Android
5 12 (1.13%) Apple iOS
6 9 (0.85%) Windows Server
7 4 (0.38%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.19%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.094%) Debian
9 1 (0.094%) OpenWrt
9 1 (0.094%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 290 (27.26%) Agile
2 267 (25.09%) AI
3 216 (20.30%) Continuous Improvement
4 170 (15.98%) CI/CD
5 156 (14.66%) DevOps
6 153 (14.38%) Community of Practice
6 153 (14.38%) Roadmaps
7 139 (13.06%) Problem-Solving
8 117 (11.00%) Customer Service
9 111 (10.43%) Mentoring
10 106 (9.96%) Technology Strategy
11 104 (9.77%) Scrum
12 99 (9.30%) Software Engineering
13 96 (9.02%) Business Development
14 94 (8.83%) Cybersecurity
15 86 (8.08%) Project Management
16 84 (7.89%) Test Automation
17 81 (7.61%) Analytics
17 81 (7.61%) Fintech
18 73 (6.86%) B2B
Programming Languages
1 137 (12.88%) Java
2 106 (9.96%) Python
3 91 (8.55%) JavaScript
4 57 (5.36%) Apex Code
5 53 (4.98%) SQL
6 41 (3.85%) SOQL
6 41 (3.85%) SOSL
7 40 (3.76%) C#
8 33 (3.10%) Go
9 20 (1.88%) Bash
10 19 (1.79%) TypeScript
11 5 (0.47%) Bicep
11 5 (0.47%) C
12 4 (0.38%) C++
12 4 (0.38%) Kotlin
12 4 (0.38%) PowerShell
12 4 (0.38%) R
13 2 (0.19%) RPG
14 1 (0.094%) ABAP
14 1 (0.094%) PHP
Qualifications
1 302 (28.38%) Degree
2 155 (14.57%) Security Cleared
3 151 (14.19%) SC Cleared
4 41 (3.85%) AWS Certification
4 41 (3.85%) Computer Science Degree
5 37 (3.48%) Microsoft Certification
6 22 (2.07%) CISSP
6 22 (2.07%) DBS Check
6 22 (2.07%) PMP
7 16 (1.50%) Azure Certification
8 15 (1.41%) BPSS Clearance
9 14 (1.32%) CISM
10 12 (1.13%) CREST Certified
10 12 (1.13%) Master's Degree
10 12 (1.13%) OSCP
11 9 (0.85%) CISA
12 8 (0.75%) CompTIA Security+
12 8 (0.75%) CRISC
13 6 (0.56%) CITP
13 6 (0.56%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 76 (7.14%) Accessibility
2 50 (4.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 37 (3.48%) QA
4 33 (3.10%) WCAG
5 30 (2.82%) NIST
6 29 (2.73%) PCI DSS
7 28 (2.63%) SOC 2
8 23 (2.16%) Cyber Essentials
9 20 (1.88%) GDPR
9 20 (1.88%) GRC
10 16 (1.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 12 (1.13%) PMO
12 9 (0.85%) Data Quality
12 9 (0.85%) SLA
13 5 (0.47%) NEBOSH
14 4 (0.38%) Actionable Recommendations
14 4 (0.38%) EU AI Act
15 3 (0.28%) PERC
15 3 (0.28%) PSD2
16 2 (0.19%) SEPA
System Software
1 39 (3.67%) Docker
2 17 (1.60%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.28%) Hyper-V
3 3 (0.28%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.094%) iptables
4 1 (0.094%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 120 (11.28%) Terraform
2 95 (8.93%) Kubernetes
3 61 (5.73%) Grafana
4 23 (2.16%) Ansible
4 23 (2.16%) Argo
5 20 (1.88%) Prometheus
6 19 (1.79%) Kustomize
6 19 (1.79%) Microsoft Intune
7 5 (0.47%) Autotask
7 5 (0.47%) AWS Copilot
8 4 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.28%) Check_MK
9 3 (0.28%) Puppet
10 2 (0.19%) Opsgenie
11 1 (0.094%) CASB
11 1 (0.094%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.094%) Nessus
Vendors
1 177 (16.64%) Microsoft
2 105 (9.87%) Adobe
3 82 (7.71%) Salesforce
4 60 (5.64%) Google
5 41 (3.85%) Splunk
6 29 (2.73%) Cisco
7 26 (2.44%) Apple
8 18 (1.69%) SAP
9 16 (1.50%) MuleSoft
10 15 (1.41%) Oracle
11 12 (1.13%) Instagram
11 12 (1.13%) ServiceNow
12 11 (1.03%) Hootsuite
12 11 (1.03%) Wrike
13 9 (0.85%) CyberArk
13 9 (0.85%) Databricks
13 9 (0.85%) Meraki
14 8 (0.75%) Dell
15 6 (0.56%) PagerDuty
15 6 (0.56%) VMware