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 7 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 35 30 32
Rank change year-on-year -5 +2 +5
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 914 1,450 1,552
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.98% 7.71% 7.53%
As % of the General category 9.52% 11.68% 11.56%
Number of salaries quoted 444 549 948
10th Percentile £20,000 £39,750 £35,733
25th Percentile £26,968 £46,713 £45,341
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £62,500 £64,622
Median % change year-on-year -24.00% -3.28% +6.81%
75th Percentile £62,500 £74,145 £82,512
90th Percentile £78,750 £87,348 £105,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% -3.85% +4.17%

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 common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 9,600 12,414 13,428
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 62.77% 66.01% 65.11%
Number of salaries quoted 6,140 7,236 10,563
10th Percentile £28,560 £35,750 £35,900
25th Percentile £38,750 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% - -
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £107,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -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 7 December 2025.

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 39 (4.27%) SharePoint
2 9 (0.98%) CMS
3 7 (0.77%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (0.55%) Confluence
5 3 (0.33%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.33%) Umbraco
5 3 (0.33%) WordPress
6 2 (0.22%) Apache
6 2 (0.22%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.11%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.11%) Drupal
7 1 (0.11%) HCL Notes
7 1 (0.11%) SAS
7 1 (0.11%) WildFly
Applications
1 53 (5.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 34 (3.72%) Microsoft Office
3 32 (3.50%) Adobe XD
4 16 (1.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (0.77%) Maya
6 6 (0.66%) Microsoft Project
6 6 (0.66%) MotionBuilder
7 5 (0.55%) AutoCAD
7 5 (0.55%) Photoshop
8 4 (0.44%) Adobe Premiere
9 3 (0.33%) Adobe After Effects
9 3 (0.33%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 3 (0.33%) MS Visio
9 3 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
10 1 (0.11%) Blender
10 1 (0.11%) MicroStation
10 1 (0.11%) ProjectWise
10 1 (0.11%) Revit
10 1 (0.11%) Trello
10 1 (0.11%) ZBrush
Business Applications
1 13 (1.42%) NetSuite
2 8 (0.88%) Oracle Payables
3 5 (0.55%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (0.44%) Salesforce CRM
4 4 (0.44%) SAP CO
4 4 (0.44%) SAP FI
4 4 (0.44%) SAP FI/CO
5 3 (0.33%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.33%) SAP PS
6 1 (0.11%) Aladdin
6 1 (0.11%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.11%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.11%) Elite 3E
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%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 116 (12.69%) Azure
2 91 (9.96%) AWS
3 83 (9.08%) Microsoft 365
4 75 (8.21%) Power Platform
5 64 (7.00%) SaaS
6 42 (4.60%) Dynamics 365
7 35 (3.83%) Figma
8 34 (3.72%) Power Automate
9 30 (3.28%) GCP
10 27 (2.95%) Azure DevOps
11 22 (2.41%) Amazon EKS
12 21 (2.30%) Google Analytics
12 21 (2.30%) Miro
13 20 (2.19%) PowerApps
14 16 (1.75%) Entra ID
15 12 (1.31%) Serverless
16 11 (1.20%) Amazon S3
16 11 (1.20%) AWS Lambda
17 10 (1.09%) PaaS
18 9 (0.98%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 22 (2.41%) Broadband
2 10 (1.09%) TCP/IP
2 10 (1.09%) VPN
3 7 (0.77%) DNS
4 5 (0.55%) DHCP
4 5 (0.55%) Firewall
4 5 (0.55%) Internet
4 5 (0.55%) LAN
4 5 (0.55%) WAN
4 5 (0.55%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (0.44%) VLAN
6 3 (0.33%) BGP
6 3 (0.33%) SD-WAN
7 2 (0.22%) Ethernet
7 2 (0.22%) FTP
7 2 (0.22%) Intranet
7 2 (0.22%) Network Security
7 2 (0.22%) VoIP
7 2 (0.22%) WebEx
7 2 (0.22%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (5.36%) Power BI
2 16 (1.75%) SQL Server
3 15 (1.64%) Data Warehouse
3 15 (1.64%) PostgreSQL
4 13 (1.42%) Relational Database
5 9 (0.98%) Data Lake
6 8 (0.88%) Power Query
7 7 (0.77%) Metadata
8 6 (0.66%) Tableau
9 5 (0.55%) Amazon RDS
9 5 (0.55%) MySQL
10 4 (0.44%) Amazon Redshift
10 4 (0.44%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 4 (0.44%) Looker
10 4 (0.44%) SAP BW
10 4 (0.44%) Tick Data
11 3 (0.33%) Apache Iceberg
11 3 (0.33%) Delta Lake
12 2 (0.22%) Amazon Athena
12 2 (0.22%) Amazon Aurora
Development Applications
1 25 (2.74%) Axure RP
1 25 (2.74%) Balsamiq
2 19 (2.08%) Git
3 16 (1.75%) GitLab
3 16 (1.75%) Jenkins
4 15 (1.64%) SonarQube
4 15 (1.64%) TeamCity
5 14 (1.53%) JIRA
6 7 (0.77%) Cypress.io
6 7 (0.77%) Selenium
6 7 (0.77%) WebDriver
7 4 (0.44%) Visual Studio Code
8 3 (0.33%) Storybook
9 2 (0.22%) ER Studio
9 2 (0.22%) JMeter
10 1 (0.11%) IntelliJ
10 1 (0.11%) jMock
10 1 (0.11%) JUnit
10 1 (0.11%) Mercurial
10 1 (0.11%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 321 (35.12%) Social Skills
2 193 (21.12%) Finance
3 165 (18.05%) Public Sector
4 138 (15.10%) Law
5 117 (12.80%) Analytical Skills
6 113 (12.36%) Retail
7 106 (11.60%) Marketing
8 59 (6.46%) Organisational Skills
9 46 (5.03%) Banking
9 46 (5.03%) Financial Institution
10 43 (4.70%) Back Office
11 37 (4.05%) Presentation Skills
12 25 (2.74%) Games
13 22 (2.41%) Legal
14 19 (2.08%) Local Government
14 19 (2.08%) Telecoms
15 12 (1.31%) Influencing Skills
16 10 (1.09%) Advertising
16 10 (1.09%) Police
17 8 (0.88%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 152 (16.63%) Senior
2 79 (8.64%) Analyst
3 75 (8.21%) Lead
4 63 (6.89%) Microsoft Specialist
5 62 (6.78%) Architect
5 62 (6.78%) Developer
6 55 (6.02%) Senior Manager
7 44 (4.81%) Account Manager
8 39 (4.27%) Sales Account Manager
8 39 (4.27%) Sales Manager
8 39 (4.27%) Senior Account Manager
8 39 (4.27%) Senior Sales Manager
9 37 (4.05%) Consultant
10 27 (2.95%) Business Analyst
11 24 (2.63%) Designer
12 22 (2.41%) Senior Developer
13 21 (2.30%) IT Support
14 20 (2.19%) Product Manager
14 20 (2.19%) Technical Architect
15 19 (2.08%) Functional Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (3.72%) REST
2 25 (2.74%) HTML
3 24 (2.63%) CSS
4 22 (2.41%) Lightning Web Components
4 22 (2.41%) SOAP
4 22 (2.41%) Visualforce
5 20 (2.19%) React
6 18 (1.97%) .NET
7 16 (1.75%) Node.js
8 14 (1.53%) EDI
8 14 (1.53%) HTML5 Canvas
9 11 (1.20%) Django
9 11 (1.20%) Web Services
9 11 (1.20%) XML
10 10 (1.09%) Playwright
11 8 (0.88%) .NET Framework
11 8 (0.88%) Middleware
11 8 (0.88%) RESTful
12 6 (0.66%) Entity Framework
12 6 (0.66%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 104 (11.38%) Blog
2 82 (8.97%) Onboarding
3 75 (8.21%) Product Ownership
4 57 (6.24%) Cloud Native
5 39 (4.27%) Management Information System
6 33 (3.61%) Driving Licence
7 28 (3.06%) Data Centre
8 24 (2.63%) Self-Motivation
9 18 (1.97%) Microsoft Licensing
9 18 (1.97%) Social Media
10 12 (1.31%) Distributed Systems
10 12 (1.31%) Reinsurance
11 11 (1.20%) Hedge funds
12 9 (0.98%) Cyber Threat
12 9 (0.98%) Enterprise Software
12 9 (0.98%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 9 (0.98%) Xbox
13 8 (0.88%) Analytical Mindset
13 8 (0.88%) Animation
13 8 (0.88%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 22 (2.41%) Windows
2 11 (1.20%) Linux
3 9 (0.98%) Windows 10
4 6 (0.66%) Mac OS
4 6 (0.66%) Windows Server
5 5 (0.55%) Android
5 5 (0.55%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.11%) Debian
6 1 (0.11%) OpenWrt
6 1 (0.11%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 325 (35.56%) AI
2 194 (21.23%) Agile
3 173 (18.93%) Customer Service
4 146 (15.97%) Continuous Improvement
5 116 (12.69%) CRM
6 112 (12.25%) Problem-Solving
7 93 (10.18%) DevOps
8 91 (9.96%) Roadmaps
9 88 (9.63%) Community of Practice
9 88 (9.63%) Mentoring
10 87 (9.52%) Analytics
11 84 (9.19%) Project Management
12 83 (9.08%) Cybersecurity
13 82 (8.97%) Customer Experience
14 78 (8.53%) Decision-Making
15 77 (8.42%) Time Management
16 74 (8.10%) Technology Strategy
17 73 (7.99%) CI/CD
18 71 (7.77%) B2B
19 67 (7.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 67 (7.33%) Python
2 61 (6.67%) SQL
3 51 (5.58%) JavaScript
4 42 (4.60%) Java
5 38 (4.16%) C#
6 22 (2.41%) Apex Code
7 15 (1.64%) SOQL
7 15 (1.64%) SOSL
8 11 (1.20%) TypeScript
9 9 (0.98%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 8 (0.88%) RPG
11 6 (0.66%) PowerShell
12 5 (0.55%) Go
13 4 (0.44%) Kotlin
14 3 (0.33%) C
15 2 (0.22%) C++
15 2 (0.22%) PHP
15 2 (0.22%) R
15 2 (0.22%) Ruby
15 2 (0.22%) Scala
Qualifications
1 340 (37.20%) Degree
2 95 (10.39%) Security Cleared
3 89 (9.74%) SC Cleared
4 44 (4.81%) Computer Science Degree
5 26 (2.84%) PMP
6 20 (2.19%) Microsoft Certification
7 18 (1.97%) DBS Check
8 12 (1.31%) CISSP
9 11 (1.20%) BPSS Clearance
10 10 (1.09%) CISM
11 9 (0.98%) ACCA
11 9 (0.98%) CIMA
11 9 (0.98%) ITIL Certification
11 9 (0.98%) Master's Degree
12 8 (0.88%) Azure Certification
13 7 (0.77%) AWS Certification
14 5 (0.55%) CREST Certified
14 5 (0.55%) HNC
14 5 (0.55%) OSCP
14 5 (0.55%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (6.46%) Accessibility
2 33 (3.61%) QA
3 29 (3.17%) GDPR
4 27 (2.95%) WCAG
5 25 (2.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 18 (1.97%) Data Quality
7 15 (1.64%) NIST
8 11 (1.20%) PMO
9 10 (1.09%) PCI DSS
9 10 (1.09%) SLA
10 9 (0.98%) Cyber Essentials
11 8 (0.88%) SOC 2
12 7 (0.77%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 6 (0.66%) EU AI Act
14 5 (0.55%) Actionable Recommendations
14 5 (0.55%) GRC
14 5 (0.55%) NCSC
14 5 (0.55%) NEBOSH
15 3 (0.33%) PERC
16 2 (0.22%) ISO 19650
System Software
1 15 (1.64%) Active Directory
2 7 (0.77%) Docker
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 32 (3.50%) Terraform
2 25 (2.74%) Kubernetes
3 17 (1.86%) Grafana
4 11 (1.20%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (0.55%) Argo
6 3 (0.33%) SCCM
7 2 (0.22%) Ansible
8 1 (0.11%) AirWatch
8 1 (0.11%) Kustomize
8 1 (0.11%) Nessus
8 1 (0.11%) Nmap
8 1 (0.11%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.11%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.11%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 261 (28.56%) Microsoft
2 65 (7.11%) Adobe
3 46 (5.03%) Salesforce
4 35 (3.83%) Google
5 33 (3.61%) Apple
6 22 (2.41%) Cisco
7 18 (1.97%) Palo Alto
8 15 (1.64%) Splunk
9 14 (1.53%) SAP
10 12 (1.31%) Oracle
11 8 (0.88%) Databricks
12 7 (0.77%) MuleSoft
13 6 (0.66%) Dell
13 6 (0.66%) Instagram
14 5 (0.55%) Openreach
14 5 (0.55%) ServiceNow
14 5 (0.55%) YouTube
15 4 (0.44%) Facebook
15 4 (0.44%) Guidewire
15 4 (0.44%) PagerDuty