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 13 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 28 42
Rank change year-on-year -2 +14 -10
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 1,035 1,319 1,602
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.41% 8.41% 5.80%
As % of the General category 10.84% 12.09% 9.35%
Number of salaries quoted 448 434 978
10th Percentile £20,000 £37,776 £32,500
25th Percentile £27,707 £47,562 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -24.00% +8.70% -11.54%
75th Percentile £65,000 £74,144 £79,600
90th Percentile £80,308 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% +9.09% -15.38%

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 9,551 10,910 17,140
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 59.16% 69.54% 62.00%
Number of salaries quoted 6,059 6,251 13,636
10th Percentile £29,000 £35,000 £32,435
25th Percentile £40,000 £47,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £110,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £53,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -11.67% +9.09% -10.57%

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 13 February 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 56 (5.41%) SharePoint
2 12 (1.16%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (0.77%) CMS
4 4 (0.39%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.29%) Umbraco
6 2 (0.19%) SAS
6 2 (0.19%) WordPress
7 1 (0.097%) Apache
7 1 (0.097%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.097%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.097%) Confluence
7 1 (0.097%) Drupal
7 1 (0.097%) WildFly
Applications
1 59 (5.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 31 (3.00%) Adobe XD
3 26 (2.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 25 (2.42%) Acrobat
5 23 (2.22%) Microsoft Office
6 4 (0.39%) Maya
6 4 (0.39%) MotionBuilder
7 3 (0.29%) AutoCAD
8 2 (0.19%) InDesign
9 1 (0.097%) Adobe After Effects
9 1 (0.097%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.097%) Adobe Illustrator
9 1 (0.097%) Adobe Premiere
9 1 (0.097%) Microsoft Project
9 1 (0.097%) MicroStation
9 1 (0.097%) Navisworks
9 1 (0.097%) Photoshop
9 1 (0.097%) ProjectWise
9 1 (0.097%) SmartSuite
9 1 (0.097%) Trello
Business Applications
1 13 (1.26%) NetSuite
2 8 (0.77%) Oracle Payables
3 4 (0.39%) Academy Housing
3 4 (0.39%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.39%) SAP CO
3 4 (0.39%) SAP FI
3 4 (0.39%) SAP FI/CO
4 3 (0.29%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.19%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (0.19%) SAP HR
6 1 (0.097%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.097%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 1 (0.097%) Magento
6 1 (0.097%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.097%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.097%) Primavera
6 1 (0.097%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.097%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.097%) SAP PS
6 1 (0.097%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 183 (17.68%) AWS
2 142 (13.72%) Azure
3 117 (11.30%) SaaS
4 82 (7.92%) GCP
5 77 (7.44%) Microsoft 365
6 58 (5.60%) Power Platform
7 55 (5.31%) Amazon EKS
8 39 (3.77%) Figma
9 25 (2.42%) Dynamics 365
10 22 (2.13%) Google Analytics
11 20 (1.93%) Entra ID
11 20 (1.93%) Miro
12 19 (1.84%) PowerApps
12 19 (1.84%) Pulumi
13 18 (1.74%) Power Automate
13 18 (1.74%) Serverless
14 16 (1.55%) Azure DevOps
15 13 (1.26%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
15 13 (1.26%) Salesforce Service Cloud
16 12 (1.16%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 70 (6.76%) Broadband
2 20 (1.93%) VPN
3 17 (1.64%) BGP
4 16 (1.55%) 4G
5 15 (1.45%) DNS
6 14 (1.35%) TCP/IP
7 13 (1.26%) DHCP
8 11 (1.06%) Cisco IOS
8 11 (1.06%) Ethernet VPN
8 11 (1.06%) IOS XR
8 11 (1.06%) LAN
8 11 (1.06%) MPLS
8 11 (1.06%) WAN
9 9 (0.87%) Wi-Fi
10 8 (0.77%) Firewall
11 7 (0.68%) VLAN
12 5 (0.48%) SMTP
13 4 (0.39%) 5G
14 3 (0.29%) Internet
14 3 (0.29%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (4.54%) Power BI
2 30 (2.90%) Relational Database
3 25 (2.42%) PostgreSQL
4 19 (1.84%) Data Warehouse
4 19 (1.84%) NoSQL
4 19 (1.84%) RDBMS
5 18 (1.74%) Data Lake
6 17 (1.64%) SQL Server
7 9 (0.87%) Metadata
8 7 (0.68%) Amazon RDS
8 7 (0.68%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 6 (0.58%) Tableau
10 5 (0.48%) BigQuery
10 5 (0.48%) Looker
11 4 (0.39%) MySQL
12 3 (0.29%) Amazon Redshift
12 3 (0.29%) Apache Iceberg
12 3 (0.29%) SAP BW
13 2 (0.19%) Delta Lake
13 2 (0.19%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 45 (4.35%) TeamCity
2 30 (2.90%) Git
2 30 (2.90%) Jenkins
3 29 (2.80%) GitLab
4 28 (2.71%) SonarQube
5 24 (2.32%) Axure RP
5 24 (2.32%) Balsamiq
6 19 (1.84%) Jaeger
7 7 (0.68%) Cypress.io
7 7 (0.68%) Selenium
7 7 (0.68%) WebDriver
8 5 (0.48%) JIRA
9 3 (0.29%) Storybook
10 2 (0.19%) JMeter
10 2 (0.19%) JUnit
10 2 (0.19%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 1 (0.097%) ER Studio
11 1 (0.097%) IntelliJ
11 1 (0.097%) jMock
11 1 (0.097%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 330 (31.88%) Social Skills
2 251 (24.25%) Finance
3 230 (22.22%) Law
4 181 (17.49%) Public Sector
5 179 (17.29%) Retail
6 138 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
7 133 (12.85%) Banking
8 101 (9.76%) Marketing
9 99 (9.57%) Financial Institution
10 98 (9.47%) Back Office
11 54 (5.22%) Organisational Skills
12 33 (3.19%) Games
13 28 (2.71%) Telecoms
14 27 (2.61%) Presentation Skills
15 26 (2.51%) Legal
16 14 (1.35%) Influencing Skills
17 13 (1.26%) Polish Language
18 7 (0.68%) Digital Health
18 7 (0.68%) Manufacturing
19 6 (0.58%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 169 (16.33%) Senior
2 92 (8.89%) Lead
3 81 (7.83%) Analyst
4 71 (6.86%) Architect
5 57 (5.51%) Developer
6 55 (5.31%) Senior Manager
7 45 (4.35%) Account Manager
7 45 (4.35%) Microsoft Specialist
8 42 (4.06%) Software Engineer
9 39 (3.77%) Sales Account Manager
9 39 (3.77%) Sales Manager
9 39 (3.77%) Senior Account Manager
9 39 (3.77%) Senior Sales Manager
10 37 (3.57%) Alliance Manager
11 29 (2.80%) Consultant
12 27 (2.61%) Designer
13 26 (2.51%) Salesforce Architect
14 25 (2.42%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 25 (2.42%) Technical Architect
15 20 (1.93%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (5.60%) REST
2 41 (3.96%) Lightning Web Components
2 41 (3.96%) SOAP
2 41 (3.96%) Visualforce
3 31 (3.00%) .NET
4 26 (2.51%) React
5 25 (2.42%) HTML
6 23 (2.22%) CSS
7 19 (1.84%) EDI
7 19 (1.84%) Elastic Stack
7 19 (1.84%) OpenTelemetry
8 17 (1.64%) RESTful
9 16 (1.55%) Node.js
10 14 (1.35%) Middleware
11 13 (1.26%) HTML5 Canvas
12 12 (1.16%) Playwright
13 11 (1.06%) Jinja
13 11 (1.06%) NETCONF
13 11 (1.06%) Sass
13 11 (1.06%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 135 (13.04%) Blog
2 121 (11.69%) Onboarding
3 101 (9.76%) Cloud Native
4 98 (9.47%) Product Ownership
5 47 (4.54%) Driving Licence
6 37 (3.57%) Management Information System
7 31 (3.00%) Social Media
8 29 (2.80%) Self-Motivation
9 28 (2.71%) Public Cloud
10 27 (2.61%) Distributed Systems
11 16 (1.55%) Data Centre
12 14 (1.35%) Enterprise Software
13 11 (1.06%) Hybrid Cloud
13 11 (1.06%) Security Posture
14 10 (0.97%) Analytical Mindset
14 10 (0.97%) Cyber Threat
15 9 (0.87%) Virtual Team
16 8 (0.77%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
16 8 (0.77%) Podcast
16 8 (0.77%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 35 (3.38%) Linux
2 31 (3.00%) Windows
3 19 (1.84%) Unix
4 15 (1.45%) Android
5 13 (1.26%) Apple iOS
6 10 (0.97%) Windows Server
7 6 (0.58%) Windows 10
8 4 (0.39%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.097%) Debian
9 1 (0.097%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 309 (29.86%) AI
2 230 (22.22%) Agile
3 187 (18.07%) Continuous Improvement
4 159 (15.36%) Customer Service
5 128 (12.37%) CI/CD
6 122 (11.79%) DevOps
7 116 (11.21%) Community of Practice
7 116 (11.21%) Problem-Solving
8 112 (10.82%) Roadmaps
9 110 (10.63%) Mentoring
10 102 (9.86%) CRM
11 94 (9.08%) Cybersecurity
12 84 (8.12%) Business Development
13 82 (7.92%) Analytics
13 82 (7.92%) Technology Strategy
14 80 (7.73%) Project Management
14 80 (7.73%) Software Engineering
15 78 (7.54%) B2B
16 74 (7.15%) Test Automation
17 67 (6.47%) Fintech
Programming Languages
1 118 (11.40%) Java
2 90 (8.70%) Python
3 80 (7.73%) JavaScript
4 47 (4.54%) SQL
5 41 (3.96%) Apex Code
6 40 (3.86%) C#
7 31 (3.00%) Go
8 28 (2.71%) SOQL
8 28 (2.71%) SOSL
9 20 (1.93%) TypeScript
10 19 (1.84%) Bash
11 5 (0.48%) C
12 4 (0.39%) C++
12 4 (0.39%) Kotlin
12 4 (0.39%) PowerShell
12 4 (0.39%) RPG
13 3 (0.29%) R
14 2 (0.19%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 2 (0.19%) Ruby
15 1 (0.097%) PHP
Qualifications
1 314 (30.34%) Degree
2 119 (11.50%) Security Cleared
3 116 (11.21%) SC Cleared
4 41 (3.96%) AWS Certification
5 35 (3.38%) Microsoft Certification
6 34 (3.29%) Computer Science Degree
7 24 (2.32%) DBS Check
8 23 (2.22%) PMP
9 20 (1.93%) CISSP
10 17 (1.64%) Azure Certification
11 15 (1.45%) BPSS Clearance
12 12 (1.16%) CISM
12 12 (1.16%) Master's Degree
13 10 (0.97%) CREST Certified
13 10 (0.97%) OSCP
14 9 (0.87%) CISA
14 9 (0.87%) CompTIA Security+
15 8 (0.77%) CRISC
16 6 (0.58%) ACCA
16 6 (0.58%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (6.09%) Accessibility
2 45 (4.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 34 (3.29%) QA
4 27 (2.61%) PCI DSS
4 27 (2.61%) SOC 2
5 26 (2.51%) WCAG
6 23 (2.22%) GDPR
7 21 (2.03%) Cyber Essentials
8 19 (1.84%) NIST
9 15 (1.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 13 (1.26%) GRC
11 12 (1.16%) Data Quality
12 11 (1.06%) SLA
13 9 (0.87%) PMO
14 5 (0.48%) Actionable Recommendations
14 5 (0.48%) NEBOSH
15 4 (0.39%) EU AI Act
16 3 (0.29%) NCSC
16 3 (0.29%) PERC
16 3 (0.29%) PSD2
System Software
1 28 (2.71%) Docker
2 19 (1.84%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.097%) Firmware
3 1 (0.097%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.097%) iptables
3 1 (0.097%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.097%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 94 (9.08%) Terraform
2 82 (7.92%) Kubernetes
3 47 (4.54%) Grafana
4 23 (2.22%) Argo
5 21 (2.03%) Ansible
5 21 (2.03%) Microsoft Intune
6 19 (1.84%) Kustomize
6 19 (1.84%) Prometheus
7 4 (0.39%) Autotask
8 2 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.097%) AirWatch
9 1 (0.097%) Nessus
9 1 (0.097%) Nmap
9 1 (0.097%) Opsgenie
9 1 (0.097%) Puppet
9 1 (0.097%) SCCM
Vendors
1 237 (22.90%) Microsoft
2 89 (8.60%) Adobe
3 66 (6.38%) Salesforce
4 50 (4.83%) Google
5 28 (2.71%) Splunk
6 26 (2.51%) Apple
7 25 (2.42%) Cisco
8 15 (1.45%) Oracle
9 13 (1.26%) MuleSoft
9 13 (1.26%) SAP
10 10 (0.97%) Databricks
10 10 (0.97%) Instagram
11 8 (0.77%) Hootsuite
11 8 (0.77%) ServiceNow
12 6 (0.58%) Meraki
12 6 (0.58%) Planon
13 5 (0.48%) CyberArk
13 5 (0.48%) PagerDuty
13 5 (0.48%) Wrike
14 4 (0.39%) YouTube