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

6 months to
18 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 18 44
Rank change year-on-year -13 +26 +1
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 1,117 1,914 1,821
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.98% 12.64% 5.59%
As % of the General category 10.74% 16.94% 9.01%
Number of salaries quoted 408 455 1,077
10th Percentile £28,500 £29,750 £31,800
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,515 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.57% +4.76% -23.72%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £89,333 £90,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +10.00% -23.08%

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 10,396 11,301 20,212
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 55.68% 74.64% 62.08%
Number of salaries quoted 6,923 6,421 15,099
10th Percentile £31,510 £29,000 £31,750
25th Percentile £43,000 £42,500 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -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 18 May 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 (4.83%) SharePoint
2 12 (1.07%) CMS
3 11 (0.98%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (0.45%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (0.36%) Confluence
5 4 (0.36%) Umbraco
6 3 (0.27%) Apache
6 3 (0.27%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.27%) Jupyter
6 3 (0.27%) SAS
7 2 (0.18%) WordPress
8 1 (0.090%) Drupal
8 1 (0.090%) IIS
8 1 (0.090%) WildFly
Applications
1 49 (4.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 37 (3.31%) Acrobat
3 25 (2.24%) Microsoft Office
4 20 (1.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 15 (1.34%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.090%) InDesign
6 1 (0.090%) PlantUML
6 1 (0.090%) Trello
Business Applications
1 24 (2.15%) Cloudability
2 6 (0.54%) SAP HR
3 5 (0.45%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.36%) Academy Housing
4 4 (0.36%) NetSuite
5 3 (0.27%) Shopify
6 2 (0.18%) Dynamics AX
6 2 (0.18%) Dynamics NAV
6 2 (0.18%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.090%) Magento
7 1 (0.090%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.090%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.090%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 251 (22.47%) AWS
2 198 (17.73%) Azure
3 155 (13.88%) GCP
4 153 (13.70%) SaaS
5 73 (6.54%) Power Platform
6 59 (5.28%) Amazon EKS
7 58 (5.19%) Microsoft 365
8 33 (2.95%) Serverless
9 30 (2.69%) Power Automate
10 27 (2.42%) Entra ID
11 26 (2.33%) Figma
12 24 (2.15%) Google Analytics
13 23 (2.06%) Pulumi
14 20 (1.79%) Azure DevOps
14 20 (1.79%) dbt
14 20 (1.79%) Dynamics 365
15 18 (1.61%) PowerApps
16 17 (1.52%) Microsoft Purview
17 13 (1.16%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
17 13 (1.16%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 77 (6.89%) Broadband
2 16 (1.43%) 4G
2 16 (1.43%) DHCP
2 16 (1.43%) DNS
2 16 (1.43%) VPN
3 15 (1.34%) BGP
3 15 (1.34%) TCP/IP
3 15 (1.34%) WAN
4 14 (1.25%) Firewall
4 14 (1.25%) Network Security
5 12 (1.07%) LAN
6 11 (0.98%) Cisco IOS
6 11 (0.98%) Ethernet VPN
6 11 (0.98%) IOS XR
6 11 (0.98%) MPLS
7 10 (0.90%) Wi-Fi
8 9 (0.81%) SMTP
9 7 (0.63%) VLAN
10 5 (0.45%) SD-WAN
11 3 (0.27%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (5.82%) Power BI
2 29 (2.60%) PostgreSQL
3 23 (2.06%) Relational Database
4 19 (1.70%) NoSQL
5 18 (1.61%) RDBMS
6 17 (1.52%) Tableau
7 16 (1.43%) Data Lake
8 15 (1.34%) Metadata
9 13 (1.16%) Data Warehouse
9 13 (1.16%) Looker
10 11 (0.98%) SQL Server
11 10 (0.90%) BigQuery
12 9 (0.81%) Amazon RDS
13 8 (0.72%) Redis
14 5 (0.45%) Elasticsearch
15 4 (0.36%) Big Data
15 4 (0.36%) DynamoDB
15 4 (0.36%) MongoDB
15 4 (0.36%) Semantic Layer
16 3 (0.27%) Amazon Athena
Development Applications
1 53 (4.74%) TeamCity
2 40 (3.58%) Jenkins
3 39 (3.49%) GitLab
4 34 (3.04%) SonarQube
5 24 (2.15%) Git
6 22 (1.97%) Snyk
7 18 (1.61%) Jaeger
8 15 (1.34%) Axure RP
8 15 (1.34%) Balsamiq
9 11 (0.98%) JIRA
10 5 (0.45%) Cucumber
10 5 (0.45%) JMeter
10 5 (0.45%) JUnit
10 5 (0.45%) Locust
11 4 (0.36%) Selenium
12 3 (0.27%) Postman
12 3 (0.27%) SpecFlow
13 2 (0.18%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
14 1 (0.090%) Cypress.io
14 1 (0.090%) WebDriver
General
1 349 (31.24%) Social Skills
2 329 (29.45%) Finance
3 305 (27.31%) Law
4 202 (18.08%) Public Sector
5 196 (17.55%) Banking
6 193 (17.28%) Retail
7 153 (13.70%) Marketing
8 150 (13.43%) Analytical Skills
9 130 (11.64%) Back Office
10 109 (9.76%) Financial Institution
11 64 (5.73%) Legal
12 58 (5.19%) Presentation Skills
13 36 (3.22%) Games
14 32 (2.86%) Organisational Skills
15 29 (2.60%) Influencing Skills
16 21 (1.88%) Telecoms
17 19 (1.70%) German Language
17 19 (1.70%) Polish Language
18 16 (1.43%) Local Government
19 14 (1.25%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 217 (19.43%) Senior
2 144 (12.89%) Architect
3 127 (11.37%) Analyst
4 79 (7.07%) Lead
5 55 (4.92%) Senior Analyst
6 54 (4.83%) Software Engineer
7 53 (4.74%) Developer
8 44 (3.94%) Solutions Architect
9 35 (3.13%) Consultant
10 34 (3.04%) Senior Architect
11 33 (2.95%) Salesforce Architect
12 31 (2.78%) Alliance Manager
13 28 (2.51%) Business Analyst
13 28 (2.51%) Designer
13 28 (2.51%) Security Architect
14 27 (2.42%) Cloud Architect
15 25 (2.24%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 24 (2.15%) Technical Architect
17 22 (1.97%) Data Manager
17 22 (1.97%) Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 72 (6.45%) REST
2 49 (4.39%) Lightning Web Components
3 47 (4.21%) SOAP
3 47 (4.21%) Visualforce
4 27 (2.42%) .NET
5 24 (2.15%) HTML
6 23 (2.06%) React
7 22 (1.97%) EDI
8 21 (1.88%) CSS
9 19 (1.70%) Elastic Stack
10 18 (1.61%) OpenTelemetry
11 16 (1.43%) Middleware
12 14 (1.25%) Node.js
13 13 (1.16%) RESTful
14 12 (1.07%) SAML
15 11 (0.98%) Jinja
15 11 (0.98%) NETCONF
15 11 (0.98%) YANG
16 9 (0.81%) HTML5 Canvas
16 9 (0.81%) OpenAPI
Miscellaneous
1 147 (13.16%) Cloud Native
2 126 (11.28%) Product Ownership
3 121 (10.83%) Onboarding
4 76 (6.80%) Blog
5 50 (4.48%) Management Information System
6 48 (4.30%) Data Centre
6 48 (4.30%) Driving Licence
7 45 (4.03%) Cyberattack
8 39 (3.49%) Social Media
9 28 (2.51%) Public Cloud
9 28 (2.51%) Self-Motivation
10 24 (2.15%) Distributed Systems
11 21 (1.88%) Podcast
12 11 (0.98%) Security Posture
12 11 (0.98%) Video Editing
13 10 (0.90%) Low-Code
14 9 (0.81%) SWIFT Messaging Network
15 8 (0.72%) Analytical Mindset
15 8 (0.72%) Enterprise Software
16 7 (0.63%) Culture of Ownership
Operating Systems
1 38 (3.40%) Linux
2 34 (3.04%) Windows
3 27 (2.42%) Unix
4 21 (1.88%) Android
5 19 (1.70%) Apple iOS
6 11 (0.98%) Windows Server
7 3 (0.27%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.090%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.090%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 296 (26.50%) Agile
2 272 (24.35%) AI
3 196 (17.55%) CI/CD
4 181 (16.20%) Continuous Improvement
5 177 (15.85%) Roadmaps
6 157 (14.06%) Community of Practice
7 155 (13.88%) Problem-Solving
8 152 (13.61%) DevOps
9 151 (13.52%) Technology Strategy
10 140 (12.53%) Mentoring
11 134 (12.00%) Cybersecurity
12 106 (9.49%) Scrum
13 103 (9.22%) Software Engineering
14 98 (8.77%) Test Automation
15 95 (8.50%) Fintech
16 92 (8.24%) Decision-Making
17 89 (7.97%) TOGAF
18 84 (7.52%) Analytics
19 82 (7.34%) Customer Service
20 79 (7.07%) Business Development
Programming Languages
1 134 (12.00%) Java
2 123 (11.01%) Python
3 86 (7.70%) SQL
4 79 (7.07%) JavaScript
5 49 (4.39%) Apex Code
6 38 (3.40%) Go
7 34 (3.04%) SOQL
7 34 (3.04%) SOSL
8 30 (2.69%) C#
9 22 (1.97%) Bash
10 19 (1.70%) TypeScript
11 13 (1.16%) PowerShell
12 7 (0.63%) Bicep
13 4 (0.36%) C
13 4 (0.36%) R
13 4 (0.36%) Rust
14 3 (0.27%) T-SQL
15 2 (0.18%) Ada
15 2 (0.18%) C++
15 2 (0.18%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 263 (23.55%) Degree
2 168 (15.04%) Security Cleared
3 163 (14.59%) SC Cleared
4 63 (5.64%) AWS Certification
5 39 (3.49%) Computer Science Degree
6 37 (3.31%) DBS Check
7 33 (2.95%) Microsoft Certification
8 29 (2.60%) CISSP
9 26 (2.33%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 22 (1.97%) CISM
11 14 (1.25%) Azure Certification
12 13 (1.16%) BPSS Clearance
13 12 (1.07%) CISA
14 11 (0.98%) CREST Certified
14 11 (0.98%) CRISC
14 11 (0.98%) OSCP
15 10 (0.90%) HNC
15 10 (0.90%) HND
16 7 (0.63%) CITP
16 7 (0.63%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (6.18%) Accessibility
2 48 (4.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 48 (4.30%) NIST
3 45 (4.03%) GRC
4 44 (3.94%) Data Quality
5 40 (3.58%) QA
6 30 (2.69%) GDPR
7 27 (2.42%) PCI DSS
8 24 (2.15%) Cyber Essentials
8 24 (2.15%) SOC 2
9 23 (2.06%) WCAG
10 13 (1.16%) SLA
11 12 (1.07%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 11 (0.98%) PMO
13 10 (0.90%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 7 (0.63%) COBIT
15 6 (0.54%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 6 (0.54%) NCSC
16 5 (0.45%) NEBOSH
17 3 (0.27%) PSD2
System Software
1 44 (3.94%) Docker
2 22 (1.97%) Virtual Machines
3 21 (1.88%) Active Directory
4 3 (0.27%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.27%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.18%) Firmware
6 1 (0.090%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.090%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 119 (10.65%) Terraform
2 96 (8.59%) Kubernetes
3 62 (5.55%) Grafana
4 24 (2.15%) Ansible
5 20 (1.79%) Microsoft Intune
6 19 (1.70%) Prometheus
7 18 (1.61%) Argo
7 18 (1.61%) Kustomize
8 6 (0.54%) Autotask
8 6 (0.54%) Puppet
9 5 (0.45%) AWS Copilot
10 4 (0.36%) Single Sign-On
11 3 (0.27%) Check_MK
12 2 (0.18%) Opsgenie
13 1 (0.090%) CASB
13 1 (0.090%) FortiGate
13 1 (0.090%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 194 (17.37%) Microsoft
2 118 (10.56%) Adobe
3 71 (6.36%) Salesforce
4 58 (5.19%) Google
5 51 (4.57%) Apple
6 35 (3.13%) ServiceNow
7 34 (3.04%) Splunk
8 31 (2.78%) Cisco
9 24 (2.15%) CrowdStrike
10 23 (2.06%) Palo Alto
11 22 (1.97%) Tenable
12 13 (1.16%) MuleSoft
12 13 (1.16%) SAP
13 12 (1.07%) Instagram
14 11 (0.98%) Hootsuite
14 11 (0.98%) Meraki
14 11 (0.98%) Oracle
14 11 (0.98%) Wrike
15 10 (0.90%) Databricks
16 9 (0.81%) FIS