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 27 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 32 29
Rank change year-on-year -2 -3 +8
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 924 1,479 1,594
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.04% 7.43% 7.65%
As % of the General category 9.36% 11.59% 11.71%
Number of salaries quoted 459 566 958
10th Percentile £20,000 £38,750 £35,733
25th Percentile £27,688 £46,713 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -24.00% -3.85% +8.33%
75th Percentile £62,500 £75,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £81,071 £87,348 £101,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% -3.85% +5.77%

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 common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 9,867 12,761 13,608
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 64.46% 64.10% 65.32%
Number of salaries quoted 6,340 7,400 10,720
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,500 £36,102
25th Percentile £38,500 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% - +0.81%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £108,750 £100,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -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 27 November 2025.

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 38 (4.11%) SharePoint
2 10 (1.08%) CMS
3 7 (0.76%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (0.54%) Confluence
5 4 (0.43%) WordPress
6 3 (0.32%) Umbraco
7 2 (0.22%) Apache
7 2 (0.22%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.22%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.22%) Drupal
7 2 (0.22%) SAS
8 1 (0.11%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.11%) HCL Notes
8 1 (0.11%) nginx
Applications
1 52 (5.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 40 (4.33%) Microsoft Office
3 30 (3.25%) Adobe XD
4 14 (1.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 8 (0.87%) Maya
6 7 (0.76%) Microsoft Project
7 6 (0.65%) Adobe Premiere
7 6 (0.65%) MotionBuilder
7 6 (0.65%) Photoshop
8 5 (0.54%) AutoCAD
9 4 (0.43%) Adobe After Effects
9 4 (0.43%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 4 (0.43%) MS Visio
9 4 (0.43%) Spreadsheet
10 2 (0.22%) 3ds Max
10 2 (0.22%) Blender
10 2 (0.22%) ZBrush
11 1 (0.11%) Adobe Illustrator
11 1 (0.11%) InDesign
11 1 (0.11%) SmartSuite
Business Applications
1 12 (1.30%) NetSuite
2 7 (0.76%) Oracle Payables
3 6 (0.65%) Salesforce CRM
4 5 (0.54%) SAP S/4HANA
5 4 (0.43%) Dynamics CRM
5 4 (0.43%) SAP CO
5 4 (0.43%) SAP FI
5 4 (0.43%) SAP FI/CO
6 3 (0.32%) SAP PS
7 1 (0.11%) Aladdin
7 1 (0.11%) Dynamics AX
7 1 (0.11%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.11%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.11%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 1 (0.11%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.11%) Primavera
7 1 (0.11%) Raiser’s Edge
7 1 (0.11%) SAP BPC
7 1 (0.11%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 115 (12.45%) Azure
2 89 (9.63%) Microsoft 365
3 85 (9.20%) AWS
4 79 (8.55%) Power Platform
5 58 (6.28%) SaaS
6 44 (4.76%) Dynamics 365
7 34 (3.68%) Power Automate
8 33 (3.57%) Figma
9 29 (3.14%) GCP
10 27 (2.92%) Azure DevOps
11 21 (2.27%) Amazon EKS
11 21 (2.27%) Google Analytics
12 20 (2.16%) PowerApps
13 19 (2.06%) Miro
14 15 (1.62%) Entra ID
15 12 (1.30%) Serverless
16 11 (1.19%) Amazon S3
16 11 (1.19%) AWS Lambda
17 9 (0.97%) Azure Data Factory
17 9 (0.97%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 22 (2.38%) Broadband
2 10 (1.08%) LAN
2 10 (1.08%) TCP/IP
2 10 (1.08%) VPN
2 10 (1.08%) WAN
3 7 (0.76%) DNS
4 6 (0.65%) Wi-Fi
5 5 (0.54%) DHCP
5 5 (0.54%) Firewall
5 5 (0.54%) Internet
6 4 (0.43%) VLAN
7 3 (0.32%) BGP
7 3 (0.32%) FTP
7 3 (0.32%) SD-WAN
8 2 (0.22%) Ethernet
8 2 (0.22%) Intranet
8 2 (0.22%) Network Security
8 2 (0.22%) VoIP
8 2 (0.22%) WebEx
8 2 (0.22%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (5.63%) Power BI
2 18 (1.95%) SQL Server
3 15 (1.62%) PostgreSQL
4 14 (1.52%) Data Warehouse
5 13 (1.41%) Relational Database
6 11 (1.19%) Power Query
7 7 (0.76%) Data Lake
8 6 (0.65%) Metadata
8 6 (0.65%) Tableau
9 5 (0.54%) Amazon RDS
9 5 (0.54%) MySQL
10 4 (0.43%) Amazon Redshift
10 4 (0.43%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 4 (0.43%) Looker
10 4 (0.43%) SAP BW
10 4 (0.43%) Tick Data
11 3 (0.32%) Apache Iceberg
11 3 (0.32%) Delta Lake
12 2 (0.22%) Amazon Athena
12 2 (0.22%) Amazon Aurora
Development Applications
1 23 (2.49%) Axure RP
1 23 (2.49%) Balsamiq
2 18 (1.95%) Git
3 16 (1.73%) GitLab
3 16 (1.73%) Jenkins
4 15 (1.62%) SonarQube
5 14 (1.52%) TeamCity
6 13 (1.41%) JIRA
7 7 (0.76%) Cypress.io
7 7 (0.76%) Selenium
7 7 (0.76%) WebDriver
8 4 (0.43%) Visual Studio Code
9 3 (0.32%) Storybook
10 2 (0.22%) ER Studio
10 2 (0.22%) JMeter
11 1 (0.11%) Deequ
11 1 (0.11%) Jaeger
11 1 (0.11%) Mercurial
11 1 (0.11%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 336 (36.36%) Social Skills
2 201 (21.75%) Finance
3 163 (17.64%) Public Sector
4 130 (14.07%) Law
5 115 (12.45%) Analytical Skills
5 115 (12.45%) Marketing
6 109 (11.80%) Retail
7 61 (6.60%) Organisational Skills
8 42 (4.55%) Back Office
9 40 (4.33%) Banking
9 40 (4.33%) Financial Institution
10 36 (3.90%) Presentation Skills
11 26 (2.81%) Games
12 22 (2.38%) Legal
13 21 (2.27%) Telecoms
14 19 (2.06%) Local Government
15 12 (1.30%) Advertising
15 12 (1.30%) Influencing Skills
16 10 (1.08%) Police
17 8 (0.87%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 153 (16.56%) Senior
2 84 (9.09%) Analyst
3 77 (8.33%) Lead
4 71 (7.68%) Developer
5 63 (6.82%) Microsoft Specialist
6 62 (6.71%) Architect
7 54 (5.84%) Senior Manager
8 43 (4.65%) Account Manager
9 39 (4.22%) Sales Account Manager
9 39 (4.22%) Sales Manager
9 39 (4.22%) Senior Account Manager
9 39 (4.22%) Senior Sales Manager
10 37 (4.00%) Consultant
11 27 (2.92%) Business Analyst
12 25 (2.71%) Senior Developer
13 23 (2.49%) Designer
14 21 (2.27%) IT Support
14 21 (2.27%) Product Manager
15 20 (2.16%) Technical Architect
16 19 (2.06%) Functional Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (3.79%) REST
2 30 (3.25%) HTML
3 29 (3.14%) CSS
4 27 (2.92%) React
5 22 (2.38%) Lightning Web Components
5 22 (2.38%) SOAP
5 22 (2.38%) Visualforce
6 19 (2.06%) .NET
7 16 (1.73%) Node.js
8 14 (1.52%) HTML5 Canvas
9 13 (1.41%) EDI
10 12 (1.30%) Django
11 11 (1.19%) XML
12 10 (1.08%) Playwright
12 10 (1.08%) Web Services
13 8 (0.87%) .NET Framework
13 8 (0.87%) Middleware
14 7 (0.76%) RESTful
15 6 (0.65%) Entity Framework
15 6 (0.65%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 96 (10.39%) Blog
2 77 (8.33%) Onboarding
3 71 (7.68%) Product Ownership
4 56 (6.06%) Cloud Native
5 40 (4.33%) Management Information System
6 28 (3.03%) Data Centre
7 24 (2.60%) Social Media
8 23 (2.49%) Self-Motivation
9 22 (2.38%) Driving Licence
10 18 (1.95%) Microsoft Licensing
11 14 (1.52%) Hedge funds
12 12 (1.30%) Distributed Systems
12 12 (1.30%) Hybrid Cloud
12 12 (1.30%) Reinsurance
13 10 (1.08%) Xbox
14 9 (0.97%) Cyber Threat
14 9 (0.97%) Enterprise Software
15 8 (0.87%) Analytical Mindset
15 8 (0.87%) Animation
15 8 (0.87%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 21 (2.27%) Windows
2 11 (1.19%) Linux
3 9 (0.97%) Windows 10
4 6 (0.65%) Mac OS
5 5 (0.54%) Android
5 5 (0.54%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.43%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.22%) Unix
8 1 (0.11%) Debian
8 1 (0.11%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 313 (33.87%) AI
2 199 (21.54%) Agile
3 169 (18.29%) Customer Service
4 144 (15.58%) Continuous Improvement
5 123 (13.31%) CRM
6 117 (12.66%) Problem-Solving
7 98 (10.61%) DevOps
8 97 (10.50%) Roadmaps
9 91 (9.85%) Mentoring
10 90 (9.74%) Project Management
11 88 (9.52%) Analytics
12 85 (9.20%) Community of Practice
13 84 (9.09%) Customer Experience
14 83 (8.98%) Cybersecurity
15 79 (8.55%) Decision-Making
16 78 (8.44%) Time Management
17 73 (7.90%) B2B
17 73 (7.90%) Technology Strategy
18 71 (7.68%) CI/CD
19 66 (7.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 75 (8.12%) Python
2 63 (6.82%) SQL
3 56 (6.06%) JavaScript
4 40 (4.33%) Java
5 39 (4.22%) C#
6 22 (2.38%) Apex Code
7 15 (1.62%) SOQL
7 15 (1.62%) SOSL
8 12 (1.30%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 11 (1.19%) TypeScript
10 8 (0.87%) RPG
11 6 (0.65%) PowerShell
12 5 (0.54%) Go
13 4 (0.43%) Kotlin
14 3 (0.32%) C
14 3 (0.32%) Scala
15 2 (0.22%) C++
15 2 (0.22%) Kusto Query Language
15 2 (0.22%) R
15 2 (0.22%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 339 (36.69%) Degree
2 91 (9.85%) Security Cleared
3 85 (9.20%) SC Cleared
4 43 (4.65%) Computer Science Degree
5 26 (2.81%) PMP
6 21 (2.27%) Microsoft Certification
7 20 (2.16%) DBS Check
8 11 (1.19%) CISSP
9 10 (1.08%) CISM
9 10 (1.08%) Master's Degree
10 9 (0.97%) ITIL Certification
11 8 (0.87%) ACCA
11 8 (0.87%) Azure Certification
11 8 (0.87%) CIMA
12 6 (0.65%) BPSS Clearance
12 6 (0.65%) HNC
13 5 (0.54%) CIPD
13 5 (0.54%) CREST Certified
13 5 (0.54%) OSCP
13 5 (0.54%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (6.17%) Accessibility
2 36 (3.90%) QA
3 29 (3.14%) GDPR
4 25 (2.71%) WCAG
5 23 (2.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 19 (2.06%) Data Quality
7 17 (1.84%) NIST
8 13 (1.41%) PMO
9 10 (1.08%) Cyber Essentials
9 10 (1.08%) SLA
10 9 (0.97%) PCI DSS
11 8 (0.87%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 7 (0.76%) SOC 2
13 6 (0.65%) EU AI Act
14 5 (0.54%) Actionable Recommendations
14 5 (0.54%) NCSC
15 4 (0.43%) GRC
16 3 (0.32%) PERC
17 2 (0.22%) ISO 19650
17 2 (0.22%) P3O
System Software
1 18 (1.95%) Active Directory
2 6 (0.65%) Docker
3 1 (0.11%) Firmware
3 1 (0.11%) iptables
Systems Management
1 36 (3.90%) Terraform
2 24 (2.60%) Kubernetes
3 16 (1.73%) Grafana
4 12 (1.30%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (0.76%) Ansible
6 5 (0.54%) Argo
7 3 (0.32%) SCCM
8 1 (0.11%) AirWatch
8 1 (0.11%) Kustomize
8 1 (0.11%) Nessus
8 1 (0.11%) Nmap
8 1 (0.11%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.11%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.11%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 267 (28.90%) Microsoft
2 63 (6.82%) Adobe
3 48 (5.19%) Salesforce
4 35 (3.79%) Google
5 34 (3.68%) Cisco
6 32 (3.46%) Apple
7 25 (2.71%) Palo Alto
8 15 (1.62%) SAP
8 15 (1.62%) Splunk
9 11 (1.19%) Oracle
10 8 (0.87%) Databricks
10 8 (0.87%) Fortinet
10 8 (0.87%) Guidewire
11 7 (0.76%) Dell
11 7 (0.76%) MuleSoft
12 6 (0.65%) Instagram
13 5 (0.54%) Autodesk
13 5 (0.54%) Mellanox
13 5 (0.54%) ServiceNow
13 5 (0.54%) YouTube