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

6 months to
16 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 28 36
Rank change year-on-year -5 +8 -3
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 937 1,372 1,457
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.13% 8.36% 6.70%
As % of the General category 10.18% 12.14% 10.75%
Number of salaries quoted 450 462 859
10th Percentile £20,000 £38,750 £34,900
25th Percentile £27,707 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -24.00% - -1.57%
75th Percentile £63,563 £74,145 £80,070
90th Percentile £78,750 £92,275 £99,540
UK median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% -7.69% +3.45%

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 9,207 11,302 13,554
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 60.20% 68.87% 62.33%
Number of salaries quoted 5,847 6,378 10,553
10th Percentile £29,000 £36,175 £35,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £107,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £57,965
% change year-on-year -12.50% +3.51% -6.64%

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 16 January 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 48 (5.12%) SharePoint
2 8 (0.85%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (0.75%) CMS
4 4 (0.43%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.32%) Umbraco
6 2 (0.21%) WordPress
7 1 (0.11%) Apache
7 1 (0.11%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.11%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.11%) HCL Notes
7 1 (0.11%) SAS
7 1 (0.11%) WildFly
Applications
1 58 (6.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 33 (3.52%) Adobe XD
3 27 (2.88%) Microsoft Office
4 26 (2.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.53%) Maya
5 5 (0.53%) MotionBuilder
6 4 (0.43%) AutoCAD
7 2 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.11%) Acrobat
8 1 (0.11%) Adobe After Effects
8 1 (0.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.11%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.11%) Adobe Premiere
8 1 (0.11%) InDesign
8 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.11%) MicroStation
8 1 (0.11%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.11%) ProjectWise
8 1 (0.11%) Revit
8 1 (0.11%) SmartSuite
Business Applications
1 13 (1.39%) NetSuite
2 8 (0.85%) Oracle Payables
3 4 (0.43%) SAP CO
3 4 (0.43%) SAP FI
3 4 (0.43%) SAP FI/CO
3 4 (0.43%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (0.32%) Academy Housing
4 3 (0.32%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.21%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.21%) SAP PS
6 1 (0.11%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.11%) Magento
6 1 (0.11%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.11%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.11%) Primavera
6 1 (0.11%) SAP BPC
6 1 (0.11%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.11%) SAP HR
6 1 (0.11%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 138 (14.73%) AWS
2 136 (14.51%) Azure
3 74 (7.90%) SaaS
4 67 (7.15%) Microsoft 365
5 59 (6.30%) Power Platform
6 45 (4.80%) GCP
7 37 (3.95%) Figma
8 28 (2.99%) Amazon EKS
9 25 (2.67%) Dynamics 365
10 22 (2.35%) Power Automate
11 21 (2.24%) Google Analytics
11 21 (2.24%) Miro
12 19 (2.03%) PowerApps
12 19 (2.03%) Serverless
13 18 (1.92%) Azure DevOps
14 17 (1.81%) Entra ID
15 13 (1.39%) Pulumi
16 12 (1.28%) Azure Data Factory
17 11 (1.17%) AWS Lambda
18 10 (1.07%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 45 (4.80%) Broadband
2 13 (1.39%) BGP
3 12 (1.28%) 4G
3 12 (1.28%) VPN
4 11 (1.17%) DNS
4 11 (1.17%) MPLS
4 11 (1.17%) TCP/IP
5 10 (1.07%) Cisco IOS
5 10 (1.07%) Ethernet VPN
5 10 (1.07%) IOS XR
6 9 (0.96%) DHCP
7 8 (0.85%) LAN
8 7 (0.75%) Firewall
8 7 (0.75%) WAN
9 5 (0.53%) Internet
9 5 (0.53%) Network Security
10 4 (0.43%) VLAN
10 4 (0.43%) Wi-Fi
11 3 (0.32%) SD-WAN
12 2 (0.21%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (4.70%) Power BI
2 25 (2.67%) Relational Database
3 23 (2.45%) Data Warehouse
4 19 (2.03%) Data Lake
5 15 (1.60%) PostgreSQL
5 15 (1.60%) SQL Server
6 13 (1.39%) NoSQL
6 13 (1.39%) RDBMS
7 8 (0.85%) Metadata
8 7 (0.75%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 5 (0.53%) Amazon RDS
9 5 (0.53%) Tableau
10 4 (0.43%) Amazon Redshift
10 4 (0.43%) Looker
10 4 (0.43%) MySQL
10 4 (0.43%) SAP BW
11 3 (0.32%) Apache Iceberg
11 3 (0.32%) BigQuery
11 3 (0.32%) Delta Lake
12 2 (0.21%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 28 (2.99%) Git
2 26 (2.77%) Axure RP
2 26 (2.77%) Balsamiq
3 21 (2.24%) TeamCity
4 17 (1.81%) Jenkins
5 16 (1.71%) GitLab
6 15 (1.60%) SonarQube
7 13 (1.39%) Jaeger
8 8 (0.85%) Cypress.io
8 8 (0.85%) JIRA
8 8 (0.85%) Selenium
8 8 (0.85%) WebDriver
9 3 (0.32%) Storybook
10 2 (0.21%) ER Studio
10 2 (0.21%) JMeter
10 2 (0.21%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 1 (0.11%) IntelliJ
11 1 (0.11%) jMock
11 1 (0.11%) JUnit
11 1 (0.11%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 314 (33.51%) Social Skills
2 196 (20.92%) Finance
3 177 (18.89%) Public Sector
4 167 (17.82%) Law
5 139 (14.83%) Analytical Skills
6 116 (12.38%) Retail
7 80 (8.54%) Marketing
8 69 (7.36%) Banking
9 61 (6.51%) Organisational Skills
10 58 (6.19%) Financial Institution
11 52 (5.55%) Back Office
12 24 (2.56%) Presentation Skills
13 23 (2.45%) Telecoms
14 22 (2.35%) Games
15 20 (2.13%) Legal
16 14 (1.49%) Influencing Skills
17 10 (1.07%) Local Government
18 8 (0.85%) Police
19 7 (0.75%) Digital Health
19 7 (0.75%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 159 (16.97%) Senior
2 85 (9.07%) Analyst
3 79 (8.43%) Lead
4 62 (6.62%) Architect
5 54 (5.76%) Developer
6 52 (5.55%) Senior Manager
7 45 (4.80%) Microsoft Specialist
8 42 (4.48%) Account Manager
9 39 (4.16%) Sales Account Manager
9 39 (4.16%) Sales Manager
9 39 (4.16%) Senior Account Manager
9 39 (4.16%) Senior Sales Manager
10 37 (3.95%) Alliance Manager
11 26 (2.77%) Designer
12 24 (2.56%) Consultant
13 22 (2.35%) Business Analyst
14 21 (2.24%) Data Engineer
14 21 (2.24%) Software Engineer
15 20 (2.13%) Senior Developer
16 19 (2.03%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (3.31%) REST
2 25 (2.67%) .NET
2 25 (2.67%) HTML
3 24 (2.56%) CSS
4 23 (2.45%) Lightning Web Components
4 23 (2.45%) React
4 23 (2.45%) SOAP
4 23 (2.45%) Visualforce
5 19 (2.03%) EDI
6 16 (1.71%) Node.js
7 13 (1.39%) Elastic Stack
7 13 (1.39%) HTML5 Canvas
7 13 (1.39%) OpenTelemetry
8 11 (1.17%) Playwright
9 10 (1.07%) Jinja
9 10 (1.07%) NETCONF
9 10 (1.07%) RESTful
9 10 (1.07%) YANG
10 9 (0.96%) Django
10 9 (0.96%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 115 (12.27%) Blog
2 89 (9.50%) Onboarding
3 79 (8.43%) Product Ownership
4 62 (6.62%) Cloud Native
5 39 (4.16%) Driving Licence
6 35 (3.74%) Management Information System
7 28 (2.99%) Public Cloud
8 27 (2.88%) Self-Motivation
9 26 (2.77%) Data Centre
10 23 (2.45%) Social Media
11 17 (1.81%) Distributed Systems
12 12 (1.28%) Cyber Threat
12 12 (1.28%) Enterprise Software
13 10 (1.07%) Analytical Mindset
13 10 (1.07%) Hybrid Cloud
13 10 (1.07%) Reinsurance
14 9 (0.96%) Security Posture
14 9 (0.96%) Team-Oriented Environment
15 8 (0.85%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 8 (0.85%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 24 (2.56%) Linux
2 22 (2.35%) Windows
3 13 (1.39%) Unix
4 12 (1.28%) Android
5 10 (1.07%) Apple iOS
6 6 (0.64%) Windows 10
6 6 (0.64%) Windows Server
7 4 (0.43%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.11%) Debian
8 1 (0.11%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 332 (35.43%) AI
2 213 (22.73%) Agile
3 160 (17.08%) Continuous Improvement
4 151 (16.12%) Customer Service
5 113 (12.06%) CRM
6 100 (10.67%) Cybersecurity
7 99 (10.57%) Community of Practice
8 93 (9.93%) DevOps
8 93 (9.93%) Mentoring
8 93 (9.93%) Problem-Solving
9 82 (8.75%) CI/CD
9 82 (8.75%) Technology Strategy
10 81 (8.64%) Roadmaps
11 77 (8.22%) Analytics
12 75 (8.00%) Business Development
13 72 (7.68%) Project Management
14 68 (7.26%) B2B
15 63 (6.72%) User Experience
16 59 (6.30%) Customer Experience
16 59 (6.30%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 76 (8.11%) Python
2 72 (7.68%) Java
3 65 (6.94%) JavaScript
4 49 (5.23%) SQL
5 40 (4.27%) C#
6 23 (2.45%) Apex Code
7 20 (2.13%) Go
8 15 (1.60%) SOQL
8 15 (1.60%) SOSL
8 15 (1.60%) TypeScript
9 13 (1.39%) Bash
10 6 (0.64%) RPG
11 5 (0.53%) C
11 5 (0.53%) PowerShell
12 4 (0.43%) C++
12 4 (0.43%) Kotlin
13 3 (0.32%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 2 (0.21%) PHP
14 2 (0.21%) R
14 2 (0.21%) Scala
Qualifications
1 315 (33.62%) Degree
2 107 (11.42%) Security Cleared
3 102 (10.89%) SC Cleared
4 36 (3.84%) Computer Science Degree
5 35 (3.74%) AWS Certification
6 31 (3.31%) Microsoft Certification
7 25 (2.67%) PMP
8 23 (2.45%) DBS Check
9 18 (1.92%) Azure Certification
10 17 (1.81%) CISSP
11 13 (1.39%) CISM
12 12 (1.28%) BPSS Clearance
12 12 (1.28%) Master's Degree
13 8 (0.85%) CREST Certified
13 8 (0.85%) OSCP
14 7 (0.75%) CITP
14 7 (0.75%) PMI Certification
15 5 (0.53%) ACCA
15 5 (0.53%) CISA
15 5 (0.53%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (6.62%) Accessibility
2 36 (3.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 28 (2.99%) QA
4 27 (2.88%) WCAG
5 26 (2.77%) GDPR
6 20 (2.13%) NIST
7 18 (1.92%) Data Quality
8 17 (1.81%) Cyber Essentials
9 16 (1.71%) PCI DSS
10 13 (1.39%) SOC 2
11 11 (1.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 11 (1.17%) PMO
12 10 (1.07%) SLA
13 8 (0.85%) GRC
14 5 (0.53%) Actionable Recommendations
14 5 (0.53%) EU AI Act
14 5 (0.53%) NCSC
14 5 (0.53%) NEBOSH
15 3 (0.32%) PERC
16 1 (0.11%) ISO 19650
System Software
1 21 (2.24%) Docker
2 15 (1.60%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.11%) Firmware
3 1 (0.11%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.11%) iptables
3 1 (0.11%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 55 (5.87%) Terraform
2 47 (5.02%) Kubernetes
3 22 (2.35%) Grafana
4 18 (1.92%) Microsoft Intune
5 17 (1.81%) Argo
6 14 (1.49%) Ansible
7 13 (1.39%) Kustomize
7 13 (1.39%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.21%) SCCM
9 1 (0.11%) AirWatch
9 1 (0.11%) Nessus
9 1 (0.11%) Nmap
9 1 (0.11%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.11%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 240 (25.61%) Microsoft
2 73 (7.79%) Adobe
3 49 (5.23%) Salesforce
4 39 (4.16%) Google
5 38 (4.06%) Apple
6 30 (3.20%) Cisco
7 15 (1.60%) Splunk
8 13 (1.39%) Oracle
8 13 (1.39%) SAP
9 10 (1.07%) Databricks
9 10 (1.07%) Palo Alto
10 8 (0.85%) MuleSoft
11 7 (0.75%) ServiceNow
12 6 (0.64%) Planon
12 6 (0.64%) Snow
13 5 (0.53%) Dell
13 5 (0.53%) Instagram
13 5 (0.53%) Openreach
14 4 (0.43%) Hootsuite
14 4 (0.43%) YouTube