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

6 months to
26 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 28 42
Rank change year-on-year -1 +14 -12
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 1,055 1,101 1,746
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.26% 8.52% 5.68%
As % of the General category 10.99% 11.85% 9.22%
Number of salaries quoted 438 447 1,033
10th Percentile £20,000 £36,410 £32,500
25th Percentile £27,750 £46,368 £42,287
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £59,430 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.66% +8.05% -15.38%
75th Percentile £70,000 £73,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £79,809 £88,509 £92,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -7.89% +8.57% -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 9,598 9,295 18,928
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 56.91% 71.93% 61.57%
Number of salaries quoted 6,259 6,315 14,862
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £31,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £42,147
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.20% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £78,790 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £110,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% -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 26 March 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 55 (5.21%) SharePoint
2 12 (1.14%) CMS
2 12 (1.14%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (0.38%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (0.38%) Umbraco
4 3 (0.28%) SAS
5 2 (0.19%) Confluence
5 2 (0.19%) WordPress
6 1 (0.095%) Apache
6 1 (0.095%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.095%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.095%) Drupal
6 1 (0.095%) IIS
6 1 (0.095%) WildFly
Applications
1 57 (5.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 37 (3.51%) Acrobat
3 32 (3.03%) Adobe XD
4 27 (2.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 21 (1.99%) Microsoft Office
6 3 (0.28%) AutoCAD
7 2 (0.19%) Maya
7 2 (0.19%) MotionBuilder
8 1 (0.095%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.095%) InDesign
8 1 (0.095%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.095%) SmartSuite
8 1 (0.095%) Trello
Business Applications
1 15 (1.42%) NetSuite
2 8 (0.76%) Oracle Payables
3 6 (0.57%) SAP HR
4 4 (0.38%) Academy Housing
4 4 (0.38%) SAP CO
4 4 (0.38%) SAP FI
4 4 (0.38%) SAP FI/CO
5 3 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.28%) Shopify
6 2 (0.19%) Dynamics AX
6 2 (0.19%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.095%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.095%) Magento
7 1 (0.095%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.095%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 218 (20.66%) AWS
2 155 (14.69%) Azure
3 145 (13.74%) SaaS
4 111 (10.52%) GCP
5 70 (6.64%) Microsoft 365
6 62 (5.88%) Amazon EKS
7 57 (5.40%) Power Platform
8 41 (3.89%) Figma
9 27 (2.56%) Entra ID
10 24 (2.27%) Pulumi
11 23 (2.18%) Dynamics 365
12 22 (2.09%) Google Analytics
12 22 (2.09%) Power Automate
13 21 (1.99%) Azure DevOps
14 20 (1.90%) Miro
14 20 (1.90%) PowerApps
15 18 (1.71%) Serverless
16 17 (1.61%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
16 17 (1.61%) Salesforce Service Cloud
17 15 (1.42%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 82 (7.77%) Broadband
2 20 (1.90%) VPN
3 19 (1.80%) TCP/IP
4 18 (1.71%) BGP
5 16 (1.52%) 4G
6 15 (1.42%) DNS
7 14 (1.33%) DHCP
8 13 (1.23%) LAN
8 13 (1.23%) WAN
9 11 (1.04%) Cisco IOS
9 11 (1.04%) Ethernet VPN
9 11 (1.04%) Firewall
9 11 (1.04%) IOS XR
9 11 (1.04%) MPLS
10 9 (0.85%) SMTP
10 9 (0.85%) VLAN
10 9 (0.85%) Wi-Fi
11 6 (0.57%) Network Security
12 4 (0.38%) 5G
13 3 (0.28%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (4.36%) Power BI
2 30 (2.84%) PostgreSQL
3 28 (2.65%) Relational Database
4 19 (1.80%) NoSQL
4 19 (1.80%) RDBMS
4 19 (1.80%) SQL Server
5 18 (1.71%) Data Warehouse
6 17 (1.61%) Data Lake
7 12 (1.14%) Amazon RDS
8 10 (0.95%) Metadata
9 8 (0.76%) Looker
10 7 (0.66%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 7 (0.66%) Redis
11 5 (0.47%) BigQuery
11 5 (0.47%) Elasticsearch
11 5 (0.47%) MySQL
11 5 (0.47%) Tableau
12 3 (0.28%) Oracle Reports
12 3 (0.28%) SAP BW
12 3 (0.28%) SAS EBI
Development Applications
1 51 (4.83%) TeamCity
2 43 (4.08%) Jenkins
3 42 (3.98%) GitLab
4 41 (3.89%) SonarQube
5 31 (2.94%) Git
6 25 (2.37%) Axure RP
6 25 (2.37%) Balsamiq
7 19 (1.80%) Jaeger
8 9 (0.85%) JIRA
9 6 (0.57%) JMeter
10 4 (0.38%) Cucumber
10 4 (0.38%) Cypress.io
10 4 (0.38%) Locust
10 4 (0.38%) Selenium
10 4 (0.38%) WebDriver
11 3 (0.28%) JUnit
12 2 (0.19%) Postman
12 2 (0.19%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
13 1 (0.095%) Deequ
13 1 (0.095%) Storybook
General
1 322 (30.52%) Social Skills
2 293 (27.77%) Finance
3 277 (26.26%) Law
4 198 (18.77%) Public Sector
5 196 (18.58%) Retail
6 170 (16.11%) Banking
7 143 (13.55%) Analytical Skills
8 142 (13.46%) Marketing
9 127 (12.04%) Back Office
10 112 (10.62%) Financial Institution
11 45 (4.27%) Games
12 43 (4.08%) Legal
12 43 (4.08%) Organisational Skills
13 40 (3.79%) Presentation Skills
14 27 (2.56%) Telecoms
15 25 (2.37%) Influencing Skills
16 17 (1.61%) Polish Language
17 11 (1.04%) German Language
17 11 (1.04%) Italian Language
17 11 (1.04%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 170 (16.11%) Senior
2 98 (9.29%) Architect
3 92 (8.72%) Lead
4 86 (8.15%) Analyst
5 66 (6.26%) Developer
6 46 (4.36%) Software Engineer
7 43 (4.08%) Consultant
8 39 (3.70%) Salesforce Architect
9 34 (3.22%) Senior Manager
10 33 (3.13%) Technical Architect
11 32 (3.03%) Solutions Architect
12 31 (2.94%) Alliance Manager
13 30 (2.84%) Designer
14 28 (2.65%) Account Manager
14 28 (2.65%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 25 (2.37%) Business Analyst
15 25 (2.37%) Senior Developer
16 21 (1.99%) Sales Manager
16 21 (1.99%) Salesforce Technical Architect
16 21 (1.99%) Senior Account Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 84 (7.96%) REST
2 58 (5.50%) Lightning Web Components
2 58 (5.50%) SOAP
2 58 (5.50%) Visualforce
3 36 (3.41%) .NET
4 33 (3.13%) HTML
5 32 (3.03%) React
6 30 (2.84%) CSS
7 21 (1.99%) EDI
8 19 (1.80%) Elastic Stack
8 19 (1.80%) Middleware
8 19 (1.80%) OpenTelemetry
9 17 (1.61%) RESTful
10 15 (1.42%) Node.js
11 13 (1.23%) HTML5 Canvas
11 13 (1.23%) Web Services
12 12 (1.14%) Django
12 12 (1.14%) SAML
12 12 (1.14%) Sass
13 11 (1.04%) Jinja
Miscellaneous
1 137 (12.99%) Blog
2 133 (12.61%) Cloud Native
3 127 (12.04%) Onboarding
4 123 (11.66%) Product Ownership
5 42 (3.98%) Driving Licence
6 37 (3.51%) Management Information System
7 31 (2.94%) Social Media
8 30 (2.84%) Distributed Systems
9 28 (2.65%) Public Cloud
10 21 (1.99%) Self-Motivation
11 20 (1.90%) Podcast
12 19 (1.80%) Data Centre
13 13 (1.23%) Security Posture
14 12 (1.14%) Enterprise Software
15 11 (1.04%) Cyberattack
15 11 (1.04%) Hybrid Cloud
15 11 (1.04%) Video Editing
16 8 (0.76%) Analytical Mindset
16 8 (0.76%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
17 7 (0.66%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 42 (3.98%) Linux
2 32 (3.03%) Windows
3 26 (2.46%) Unix
4 14 (1.33%) Android
5 12 (1.14%) Apple iOS
6 9 (0.85%) Windows Server
7 4 (0.38%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.19%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.095%) Debian
9 1 (0.095%) OpenWrt
9 1 (0.095%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 286 (27.11%) Agile
2 266 (25.21%) AI
3 213 (20.19%) Continuous Improvement
4 171 (16.21%) CI/CD
5 155 (14.69%) DevOps
6 150 (14.22%) Roadmaps
7 148 (14.03%) Community of Practice
8 137 (12.99%) Problem-Solving
9 122 (11.56%) Customer Service
10 111 (10.52%) Mentoring
11 102 (9.67%) Scrum
11 102 (9.67%) Technology Strategy
12 99 (9.38%) Software Engineering
13 93 (8.82%) Business Development
14 92 (8.72%) Cybersecurity
15 85 (8.06%) Project Management
16 83 (7.87%) Test Automation
17 82 (7.77%) Analytics
18 80 (7.58%) Fintech
19 76 (7.20%) B2B
Programming Languages
1 137 (12.99%) Java
2 105 (9.95%) Python
3 93 (8.82%) JavaScript
4 58 (5.50%) Apex Code
5 49 (4.64%) SQL
6 41 (3.89%) SOQL
6 41 (3.89%) SOSL
7 38 (3.60%) C#
8 33 (3.13%) Go
9 20 (1.90%) Bash
9 20 (1.90%) TypeScript
10 5 (0.47%) Bicep
10 5 (0.47%) C
11 4 (0.38%) C++
11 4 (0.38%) Kotlin
11 4 (0.38%) R
12 3 (0.28%) PowerShell
13 2 (0.19%) RPG
14 1 (0.095%) ABAP
14 1 (0.095%) PHP
Qualifications
1 299 (28.34%) Degree
2 149 (14.12%) Security Cleared
3 146 (13.84%) SC Cleared
4 41 (3.89%) AWS Certification
5 38 (3.60%) Computer Science Degree
6 36 (3.41%) Microsoft Certification
7 23 (2.18%) DBS Check
7 23 (2.18%) PMP
8 22 (2.09%) CISSP
9 16 (1.52%) Azure Certification
10 15 (1.42%) BPSS Clearance
11 14 (1.33%) CISM
12 12 (1.14%) CREST Certified
12 12 (1.14%) Master's Degree
12 12 (1.14%) OSCP
13 9 (0.85%) CISA
14 8 (0.76%) CompTIA Security+
14 8 (0.76%) CRISC
15 6 (0.57%) HNC
16 5 (0.47%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 76 (7.20%) Accessibility
2 50 (4.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 35 (3.32%) QA
4 33 (3.13%) WCAG
5 29 (2.75%) PCI DSS
6 28 (2.65%) NIST
6 28 (2.65%) SOC 2
7 23 (2.18%) Cyber Essentials
8 20 (1.90%) GDPR
8 20 (1.90%) GRC
9 16 (1.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 11 (1.04%) PMO
11 10 (0.95%) Data Quality
11 10 (0.95%) SLA
12 5 (0.47%) NEBOSH
13 4 (0.38%) Actionable Recommendations
13 4 (0.38%) EU AI Act
14 3 (0.28%) PERC
14 3 (0.28%) PSD2
15 2 (0.19%) SEPA
System Software
1 38 (3.60%) Docker
2 17 (1.61%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.28%) Hyper-V
3 3 (0.28%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.095%) iptables
4 1 (0.095%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 119 (11.28%) Terraform
2 94 (8.91%) Kubernetes
3 60 (5.69%) Grafana
4 23 (2.18%) Ansible
4 23 (2.18%) Argo
5 20 (1.90%) Prometheus
6 19 (1.80%) Kustomize
6 19 (1.80%) Microsoft Intune
7 5 (0.47%) Autotask
7 5 (0.47%) AWS Copilot
8 4 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.28%) Puppet
10 2 (0.19%) Check_MK
10 2 (0.19%) Opsgenie
11 1 (0.095%) CASB
11 1 (0.095%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.095%) Nessus
Vendors
1 177 (16.78%) Microsoft
2 107 (10.14%) Adobe
3 82 (7.77%) Salesforce
4 58 (5.50%) Google
5 41 (3.89%) Splunk
6 29 (2.75%) Cisco
7 26 (2.46%) Apple
8 18 (1.71%) SAP
9 17 (1.61%) MuleSoft
10 16 (1.52%) Oracle
11 13 (1.23%) Instagram
11 13 (1.23%) ServiceNow
12 12 (1.14%) Hootsuite
13 11 (1.04%) Wrike
14 9 (0.85%) CyberArk
14 9 (0.85%) Databricks
14 9 (0.85%) Meraki
15 8 (0.76%) Dell
16 6 (0.57%) PagerDuty
17 5 (0.47%) Workday