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

6 months to
27 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 38 16 31
Rank change year-on-year -22 +15 +15
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 1,190 1,929 1,694
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.45% 11.69% 6.25%
As % of the General category 9.15% 16.11% 10.22%
Number of salaries quoted 478 429 968
10th Percentile £35,175 £29,000 £33,891
25th Percentile £51,000 £40,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.82% - -15.38%
75th Percentile £78,224 £71,250 £68,750
90th Percentile £81,970 £85,355 £84,893
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +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 13,001 11,973 16,582
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 59.51% 72.53% 61.15%
Number of salaries quoted 8,356 6,713 11,522
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,821 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% - -8.00%
75th Percentile £79,746 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £107,250 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £54,084
% change year-on-year - +1.69% -9.86%

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 July 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 37 (3.11%) SharePoint
2 24 (2.02%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (1.09%) CMS
4 6 (0.50%) Confluence
5 5 (0.42%) Apache
5 5 (0.42%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.34%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (0.34%) WordPress
7 3 (0.25%) Jupyter
7 3 (0.25%) SAS
7 3 (0.25%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.084%) Drupal
8 1 (0.084%) IIS
Applications
1 34 (2.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 27 (2.27%) Acrobat
3 18 (1.51%) Microsoft Office
4 9 (0.76%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 9 (0.76%) InDesign
5 8 (0.67%) Adobe After Effects
5 8 (0.67%) Adobe Illustrator
5 8 (0.67%) Photoshop
6 6 (0.50%) Adobe XD
6 6 (0.50%) Simulink
7 3 (0.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 3 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.17%) Mathcad
8 2 (0.17%) PlantUML
9 1 (0.084%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 24 (2.02%) Cloudability
2 11 (0.92%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.42%) NetSuite
4 4 (0.34%) Distributed Ledger
4 4 (0.34%) Dynamics NAV
4 4 (0.34%) SAP HR
4 4 (0.34%) Workday HCM
5 2 (0.17%) Elite 3E
5 2 (0.17%) Shopify
5 2 (0.17%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.084%) NEC Housing
6 1 (0.084%) Raiser’s Edge
6 1 (0.084%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 224 (18.82%) AWS
2 214 (17.98%) Azure
3 171 (14.37%) GCP
4 149 (12.52%) SaaS
5 84 (7.06%) Power Platform
6 51 (4.29%) Amazon EKS
7 47 (3.95%) Microsoft 365
8 44 (3.70%) dbt
9 42 (3.53%) Serverless
10 34 (2.86%) Power Automate
11 31 (2.61%) Figma
12 30 (2.52%) Azure DevOps
13 27 (2.27%) Azure Key Vault
14 25 (2.10%) Microsoft Purview
15 23 (1.93%) PaaS
16 21 (1.76%) Dynamics 365
16 21 (1.76%) Google Analytics
17 20 (1.68%) Azure Monitor
17 20 (1.68%) Entra ID
17 20 (1.68%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 52 (4.37%) Broadband
2 25 (2.10%) Network Security
3 24 (2.02%) VPN
4 18 (1.51%) Firewall
5 15 (1.26%) TCP/IP
6 11 (0.92%) DNS
6 11 (0.92%) WAN
7 10 (0.84%) DHCP
8 7 (0.59%) Intranet
8 7 (0.59%) SD-WAN
8 7 (0.59%) SMTP
9 6 (0.50%) LAN
9 6 (0.50%) VLAN
9 6 (0.50%) Wi-Fi
10 3 (0.25%) Cisco ISE
10 3 (0.25%) SSL
11 2 (0.17%) 4G
11 2 (0.17%) BGP
11 2 (0.17%) Extranet
11 2 (0.17%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 74 (6.22%) Power BI
2 31 (2.61%) PostgreSQL
3 27 (2.27%) Tableau
4 26 (2.18%) Metadata
5 24 (2.02%) SQL Server
6 18 (1.51%) BigQuery
7 16 (1.34%) Azure SQL Database
8 15 (1.26%) Relational Database
9 14 (1.18%) Semantic Layer
10 13 (1.09%) MongoDB
10 13 (1.09%) NoSQL
11 11 (0.92%) Elasticsearch
11 11 (0.92%) Looker
11 11 (0.92%) MySQL
12 9 (0.76%) Data Warehouse
13 8 (0.67%) Redis
14 7 (0.59%) Amazon RDS
14 7 (0.59%) Big Data
14 7 (0.59%) Data Lake
14 7 (0.59%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 49 (4.12%) Jenkins
2 48 (4.03%) TeamCity
3 40 (3.36%) Git
4 34 (2.86%) GitLab
5 29 (2.44%) SonarQube
6 22 (1.85%) Snyk
7 15 (1.26%) JIRA
8 10 (0.84%) LabVIEW
9 7 (0.59%) Balsamiq
9 7 (0.59%) Rational DOORS
10 6 (0.50%) Axure RP
11 5 (0.42%) Cucumber
11 5 (0.42%) JMeter
11 5 (0.42%) JUnit
11 5 (0.42%) Locust
12 3 (0.25%) Cypress.io
12 3 (0.25%) Postman
12 3 (0.25%) Selenium
12 3 (0.25%) SpecFlow
13 2 (0.17%) Bitbucket
General
1 425 (35.71%) Social Skills
2 355 (29.83%) Finance
3 287 (24.12%) Law
4 200 (16.81%) Public Sector
5 168 (14.12%) Analytical Skills
6 166 (13.95%) Banking
6 166 (13.95%) Marketing
7 165 (13.87%) Retail
8 114 (9.58%) Back Office
9 91 (7.65%) Financial Institution
10 71 (5.97%) Legal
11 65 (5.46%) Presentation Skills
12 51 (4.29%) Organisational Skills
13 39 (3.28%) Influencing Skills
14 32 (2.69%) Aerospace
14 32 (2.69%) Games
15 20 (1.68%) Electronics
15 20 (1.68%) German Language
15 20 (1.68%) Local Government
16 19 (1.60%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 279 (23.45%) Senior
2 198 (16.64%) Architect
3 140 (11.76%) Analyst
4 85 (7.14%) Lead
5 69 (5.80%) Senior Analyst
6 68 (5.71%) Software Engineer
7 62 (5.21%) Developer
8 61 (5.13%) Solutions Architect
9 49 (4.12%) Consultant
10 44 (3.70%) Cloud Architect
11 42 (3.53%) Business Analyst
12 40 (3.36%) Technical Architect
13 35 (2.94%) Security Architect
14 32 (2.69%) Senior Architect
15 28 (2.35%) Salesforce Architect
16 27 (2.27%) Senior Software Engineer
17 26 (2.18%) Delivery Manager
18 25 (2.10%) Agile Delivery Manager
18 25 (2.10%) Designer
19 24 (2.02%) Data Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 74 (6.22%) REST
2 42 (3.53%) Lightning Web Components
3 41 (3.45%) React
4 39 (3.28%) SOAP
5 38 (3.19%) CSS
5 38 (3.19%) HTML
6 37 (3.11%) Visualforce
7 35 (2.94%) .NET
8 33 (2.77%) Node.js
9 18 (1.51%) RESTful
10 15 (1.26%) EDI
10 15 (1.26%) XML
11 14 (1.18%) OpenAPI
12 13 (1.09%) Middleware
13 11 (0.92%) .NET Core
13 11 (0.92%) ASP.NET
13 11 (0.92%) Swagger
14 10 (0.84%) Next.js
14 10 (0.84%) SAML
15 9 (0.76%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 166 (13.95%) Cloud Native
2 136 (11.43%) Product Ownership
3 87 (7.31%) Onboarding
4 52 (4.37%) Management Information System
5 51 (4.29%) Driving Licence
6 46 (3.87%) Cyberattack
7 45 (3.78%) Data Centre
7 45 (3.78%) Self-Motivation
8 37 (3.11%) Social Media
9 28 (2.35%) Podcast
10 26 (2.18%) Blog
11 23 (1.93%) Distributed Systems
12 21 (1.76%) Security Posture
13 18 (1.51%) Credit Risk
14 15 (1.26%) Public Cloud
15 12 (1.01%) Data Structures
16 11 (0.92%) AI Agents
17 10 (0.84%) Low-Code
18 9 (0.76%) Analytical Mindset
18 9 (0.76%) Culture of Ownership
Operating Systems
1 46 (3.87%) Windows
2 17 (1.43%) Linux
3 15 (1.26%) Android
3 15 (1.26%) Apple iOS
4 12 (1.01%) VMS
4 12 (1.01%) Windows Server
5 9 (0.76%) Unix
6 4 (0.34%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.17%) VxWorks
7 2 (0.17%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.084%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 360 (30.25%) Agile
2 298 (25.04%) AI
3 226 (18.99%) CI/CD
4 205 (17.23%) Continuous Improvement
5 192 (16.13%) Technology Strategy
6 186 (15.63%) Problem-Solving
7 183 (15.38%) Roadmaps
8 172 (14.45%) Mentoring
9 163 (13.70%) Community of Practice
10 155 (13.03%) DevOps
11 152 (12.77%) Decision-Making
12 144 (12.10%) Cybersecurity
13 140 (11.76%) Scrum
14 134 (11.26%) Software Engineering
15 115 (9.66%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 112 (9.41%) Analytics
17 108 (9.08%) Test Automation
18 104 (8.74%) Coaching
19 100 (8.40%) Stakeholder Management
20 87 (7.31%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 126 (10.59%) Python
2 123 (10.34%) SQL
3 95 (7.98%) Java
4 64 (5.38%) JavaScript
5 42 (3.53%) Apex Code
6 36 (3.03%) C#
7 29 (2.44%) SOQL
7 29 (2.44%) SOSL
8 28 (2.35%) PowerShell
8 28 (2.35%) TypeScript
9 21 (1.76%) Bicep
10 20 (1.68%) Go
11 17 (1.43%) Bash
12 15 (1.26%) MATLAB
13 12 (1.01%) Kusto Query Language
14 6 (0.50%) Ada
14 6 (0.50%) R
15 5 (0.42%) PHP
15 5 (0.42%) Rust
16 4 (0.34%) C++
Qualifications
1 282 (23.70%) Degree
2 243 (20.42%) Security Cleared
3 234 (19.66%) SC Cleared
4 56 (4.71%) Computer Science Degree
5 40 (3.36%) BPSS Clearance
6 33 (2.77%) DBS Check
7 32 (2.69%) CISSP
7 32 (2.69%) DV Cleared
8 27 (2.27%) AWS Certification
8 27 (2.27%) CISM
9 26 (2.18%) Microsoft Certification
10 24 (2.02%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 18 (1.51%) HNC
12 17 (1.43%) Master's Degree
13 15 (1.26%) Azure Certification
13 15 (1.26%) PhD
14 12 (1.01%) CISA
15 11 (0.92%) CRISC
16 8 (0.67%) HND
17 7 (0.59%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 102 (8.57%) Accessibility
2 67 (5.63%) Data Quality
3 61 (5.13%) NIST
4 49 (4.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 47 (3.95%) GRC
6 41 (3.45%) GDPR
7 36 (3.03%) QA
8 24 (2.02%) SLA
9 22 (1.85%) Cyber Essentials
10 21 (1.76%) PCI DSS
11 18 (1.51%) WCAG
12 17 (1.43%) NCSC
12 17 (1.43%) SOC 2
13 14 (1.18%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 13 (1.09%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 10 (0.84%) COBIT
15 10 (0.84%) PMO
16 7 (0.59%) SOC 1
17 5 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
18 3 (0.25%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 41 (3.45%) Docker
2 30 (2.52%) Active Directory
3 22 (1.85%) Virtual Machines
4 16 (1.34%) VMware Infrastructure
5 13 (1.09%) Firmware
5 13 (1.09%) Virtual Desktop
6 12 (1.01%) vSphere
7 2 (0.17%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 103 (8.66%) Terraform
2 72 (6.05%) Kubernetes
3 57 (4.79%) Grafana
4 9 (0.76%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (0.59%) Ansible
5 7 (0.59%) Autotask
6 6 (0.50%) Puppet
7 5 (0.42%) AWS Copilot
7 5 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.25%) CASB
8 3 (0.25%) Check_MK
9 2 (0.17%) Opsgenie
9 2 (0.17%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.084%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.084%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.084%) SCCM
10 1 (0.084%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 1 (0.084%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.084%) WSUS
Vendors
1 183 (15.38%) Microsoft
2 82 (6.89%) Adobe
3 61 (5.13%) Salesforce
4 40 (3.36%) Google
5 31 (2.61%) ServiceNow
6 29 (2.44%) Cisco
6 29 (2.44%) Splunk
7 26 (2.18%) Apple
8 24 (2.02%) Palo Alto
9 22 (1.85%) CrowdStrike
9 22 (1.85%) Tenable
10 19 (1.60%) VMware
11 15 (1.26%) Oracle
12 13 (1.09%) SAP
13 12 (1.01%) Instagram
13 12 (1.01%) ScienceLogic
14 11 (0.92%) OpenAI
15 10 (0.84%) Dell
16 9 (0.76%) FIS
16 9 (0.76%) ION Trading