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

6 months to
16 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 16 44
Rank change year-on-year -19 +28 +2
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 1,127 1,933 1,893
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.66% 12.61% 5.48%
As % of the General category 9.72% 16.92% 9.08%
Number of salaries quoted 414 431 1,123
10th Percentile £32,650 £29,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £48,065 £40,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,853 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.82% - -19.12%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £68,000
90th Percentile £80,875 £88,333 £87,500
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 11,590 11,422 20,855
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 58.22% 74.50% 60.40%
Number of salaries quoted 7,555 6,277 15,251
10th Percentile £32,261 £27,500 £31,579
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £79,293 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £110,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,043 £52,500
% change year-on-year -0.08% +4.84% -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 16 June 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 47 (4.17%) SharePoint
2 18 (1.60%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (1.15%) CMS
4 5 (0.44%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (0.35%) Apache
5 4 (0.35%) Confluence
5 4 (0.35%) Umbraco
6 3 (0.27%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.27%) Jupyter
6 3 (0.27%) SAS
7 2 (0.18%) WordPress
8 1 (0.089%) Drupal
8 1 (0.089%) IIS
Applications
1 39 (3.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 37 (3.28%) Acrobat
3 16 (1.42%) Microsoft Office
4 10 (0.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (0.80%) Adobe XD
6 8 (0.71%) InDesign
7 7 (0.62%) Adobe After Effects
7 7 (0.62%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 7 (0.62%) Adobe Illustrator
7 7 (0.62%) Photoshop
8 3 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
9 2 (0.18%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 24 (2.13%) Cloudability
2 9 (0.80%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.53%) SAP HR
4 3 (0.27%) Academy Housing
4 3 (0.27%) Dynamics NAV
4 3 (0.27%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.18%) Elite 3E
5 2 (0.18%) Shopify
6 1 (0.089%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.089%) Raiser’s Edge
6 1 (0.089%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 241 (21.38%) AWS
2 201 (17.83%) Azure
3 168 (14.91%) GCP
4 152 (13.49%) SaaS
5 87 (7.72%) Power Platform
6 59 (5.24%) Amazon EKS
7 58 (5.15%) Microsoft 365
8 38 (3.37%) Serverless
9 35 (3.11%) Power Automate
10 30 (2.66%) Figma
11 25 (2.22%) Azure DevOps
12 24 (2.13%) Entra ID
12 24 (2.13%) Google Analytics
12 24 (2.13%) Microsoft Purview
13 23 (2.04%) Pulumi
14 22 (1.95%) Dynamics 365
15 20 (1.77%) dbt
16 19 (1.69%) PowerApps
17 16 (1.42%) PaaS
18 15 (1.33%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 89 (7.90%) Broadband
2 22 (1.95%) VPN
3 21 (1.86%) Network Security
4 16 (1.42%) Firewall
5 15 (1.33%) BGP
5 15 (1.33%) WAN
6 14 (1.24%) 4G
6 14 (1.24%) DHCP
6 14 (1.24%) DNS
6 14 (1.24%) TCP/IP
7 11 (0.98%) Cisco IOS
7 11 (0.98%) Ethernet VPN
7 11 (0.98%) IOS XR
7 11 (0.98%) MPLS
8 10 (0.89%) Wi-Fi
9 9 (0.80%) LAN
9 9 (0.80%) SMTP
10 7 (0.62%) VLAN
11 6 (0.53%) SD-WAN
12 4 (0.35%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 77 (6.83%) Power BI
2 33 (2.93%) PostgreSQL
3 31 (2.75%) Relational Database
4 26 (2.31%) NoSQL
4 26 (2.31%) Tableau
5 22 (1.95%) Metadata
6 19 (1.69%) BigQuery
7 18 (1.60%) RDBMS
8 15 (1.33%) SQL Server
9 14 (1.24%) Semantic Layer
10 13 (1.15%) Data Lake
11 12 (1.06%) Looker
12 10 (0.89%) MongoDB
13 9 (0.80%) Amazon RDS
13 9 (0.80%) Azure SQL Database
13 9 (0.80%) Data Warehouse
14 8 (0.71%) MySQL
14 8 (0.71%) Redis
15 6 (0.53%) DynamoDB
15 6 (0.53%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 53 (4.70%) TeamCity
2 50 (4.44%) Jenkins
3 39 (3.46%) GitLab
4 34 (3.02%) SonarQube
5 32 (2.84%) Git
6 22 (1.95%) Snyk
7 18 (1.60%) Jaeger
8 11 (0.98%) JIRA
9 9 (0.80%) Axure RP
9 9 (0.80%) Balsamiq
10 5 (0.44%) Cucumber
10 5 (0.44%) JMeter
10 5 (0.44%) Locust
11 4 (0.35%) JUnit
11 4 (0.35%) Selenium
12 3 (0.27%) Postman
12 3 (0.27%) SpecFlow
13 1 (0.089%) Cypress.io
13 1 (0.089%) Gemini Tracker
13 1 (0.089%) XCUITest
General
1 362 (32.12%) Social Skills
2 332 (29.46%) Finance
3 303 (26.89%) Law
4 193 (17.13%) Public Sector
5 190 (16.86%) Banking
6 184 (16.33%) Retail
7 163 (14.46%) Marketing
8 153 (13.58%) Analytical Skills
9 127 (11.27%) Back Office
10 106 (9.41%) Financial Institution
11 72 (6.39%) Legal
12 56 (4.97%) Presentation Skills
13 45 (3.99%) Organisational Skills
14 37 (3.28%) Games
15 31 (2.75%) Influencing Skills
16 22 (1.95%) Telecoms
17 20 (1.77%) Polish Language
18 19 (1.69%) German Language
19 18 (1.60%) Local Government
20 15 (1.33%) Legal Technology
Job Titles
1 234 (20.76%) Senior
2 157 (13.93%) Architect
3 131 (11.62%) Analyst
4 80 (7.10%) Lead
5 60 (5.32%) Senior Analyst
6 58 (5.15%) Software Engineer
7 54 (4.79%) Developer
8 47 (4.17%) Solutions Architect
9 35 (3.11%) Business Analyst
9 35 (3.11%) Consultant
10 33 (2.93%) Salesforce Architect
11 32 (2.84%) Security Architect
11 32 (2.84%) Senior Architect
12 30 (2.66%) Cloud Architect
13 29 (2.57%) Designer
14 27 (2.40%) Technical Architect
15 25 (2.22%) Data Manager
16 23 (2.04%) Delivery Manager
16 23 (2.04%) Senior Software Engineer
17 22 (1.95%) Senior Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 76 (6.74%) REST
2 50 (4.44%) Lightning Web Components
3 46 (4.08%) SOAP
4 45 (3.99%) Visualforce
5 33 (2.93%) HTML
6 31 (2.75%) CSS
7 29 (2.57%) React
8 26 (2.31%) Node.js
9 25 (2.22%) .NET
10 20 (1.77%) Elastic Stack
11 18 (1.60%) OpenTelemetry
12 17 (1.51%) EDI
13 15 (1.33%) RESTful
14 14 (1.24%) Middleware
15 12 (1.06%) SAML
16 11 (0.98%) Jinja
16 11 (0.98%) NETCONF
16 11 (0.98%) OpenAPI
16 11 (0.98%) YANG
17 9 (0.80%) HTML5 Canvas
Miscellaneous
1 163 (14.46%) Cloud Native
2 132 (11.71%) Product Ownership
3 101 (8.96%) Onboarding
4 52 (4.61%) Social Media
5 49 (4.35%) Management Information System
6 46 (4.08%) Cyberattack
7 45 (3.99%) Data Centre
8 43 (3.82%) Driving Licence
9 42 (3.73%) Blog
10 37 (3.28%) Self-Motivation
11 25 (2.22%) Distributed Systems
12 22 (1.95%) Podcast
13 18 (1.60%) Credit Risk
13 18 (1.60%) Public Cloud
14 17 (1.51%) Security Posture
15 11 (0.98%) Video Editing
16 9 (0.80%) Low-Code
16 9 (0.80%) SWIFT Messaging Network
17 8 (0.71%) Analytical Mindset
17 8 (0.71%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 43 (3.82%) Windows
2 38 (3.37%) Linux
3 27 (2.40%) Unix
4 18 (1.60%) Android
5 17 (1.51%) Apple iOS
6 12 (1.06%) Windows Server
7 6 (0.53%) VMS
8 3 (0.27%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.27%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.089%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 333 (29.55%) Agile
2 261 (23.16%) AI
3 215 (19.08%) CI/CD
4 188 (16.68%) Continuous Improvement
4 188 (16.68%) Roadmaps
5 170 (15.08%) Problem-Solving
6 163 (14.46%) Technology Strategy
7 160 (14.20%) Community of Practice
7 160 (14.20%) DevOps
8 153 (13.58%) Mentoring
9 126 (11.18%) Scrum
10 123 (10.91%) Decision-Making
11 116 (10.29%) Cybersecurity
12 110 (9.76%) Software Engineering
13 106 (9.41%) Test Automation
14 103 (9.14%) Analytics
15 92 (8.16%) CRM
15 92 (8.16%) TOGAF
16 90 (7.99%) Fintech
17 82 (7.28%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 143 (12.69%) Python
2 130 (11.54%) Java
3 115 (10.20%) SQL
4 81 (7.19%) JavaScript
5 50 (4.44%) Apex Code
6 37 (3.28%) Go
7 34 (3.02%) SOQL
7 34 (3.02%) SOSL
8 29 (2.57%) Bash
8 29 (2.57%) C#
9 23 (2.04%) TypeScript
10 19 (1.69%) PowerShell
11 14 (1.24%) Bicep
12 6 (0.53%) Kusto Query Language
13 5 (0.44%) R
14 4 (0.35%) C
14 4 (0.35%) Rust
15 3 (0.27%) Ada
15 3 (0.27%) Ruby
15 3 (0.27%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 242 (21.47%) Degree
2 169 (15.00%) Security Cleared
3 164 (14.55%) SC Cleared
4 52 (4.61%) AWS Certification
5 44 (3.90%) Computer Science Degree
6 39 (3.46%) DBS Check
7 30 (2.66%) Microsoft Certification
8 29 (2.57%) CISSP
9 25 (2.22%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 23 (2.04%) CISM
11 14 (1.24%) Azure Certification
11 14 (1.24%) HNC
12 11 (0.98%) CISA
12 11 (0.98%) HND
13 10 (0.89%) CREST Certified
13 10 (0.89%) CRISC
13 10 (0.89%) OSCP
14 7 (0.62%) BPSS Clearance
15 6 (0.53%) Chartered Engineer
15 6 (0.53%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (6.03%) Accessibility
2 64 (5.68%) Data Quality
3 53 (4.70%) NIST
4 50 (4.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 49 (4.35%) GRC
6 38 (3.37%) QA
7 37 (3.28%) GDPR
8 26 (2.31%) PCI DSS
9 25 (2.22%) SLA
10 23 (2.04%) Cyber Essentials
10 23 (2.04%) SOC 2
11 17 (1.51%) WCAG
12 14 (1.24%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 11 (0.98%) NCSC
13 11 (0.98%) PMO
14 10 (0.89%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 8 (0.71%) COBIT
15 8 (0.71%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 4 (0.35%) SOC 1
17 3 (0.27%) PSD2
System Software
1 47 (4.17%) Docker
2 24 (2.13%) Active Directory
3 22 (1.95%) Virtual Machines
4 8 (0.71%) VMware Infrastructure
5 7 (0.62%) Virtual Desktop
6 6 (0.53%) vSphere
7 2 (0.18%) Firmware
7 2 (0.18%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 124 (11.00%) Terraform
2 97 (8.61%) Kubernetes
3 62 (5.50%) Grafana
4 24 (2.13%) Ansible
5 19 (1.69%) Prometheus
6 18 (1.60%) Argo
6 18 (1.60%) Kustomize
7 13 (1.15%) Microsoft Intune
8 9 (0.80%) Autotask
9 6 (0.53%) Puppet
10 5 (0.44%) AWS Copilot
11 4 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
12 3 (0.27%) Check_MK
13 2 (0.18%) CASB
13 2 (0.18%) Opsgenie
14 1 (0.089%) FortiGate
14 1 (0.089%) Jamf Pro
14 1 (0.089%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 190 (16.86%) Microsoft
2 102 (9.05%) Adobe
3 68 (6.03%) Salesforce
4 57 (5.06%) Google
5 40 (3.55%) Cisco
6 34 (3.02%) ServiceNow
6 34 (3.02%) Splunk
7 32 (2.84%) Apple
8 23 (2.04%) Palo Alto
9 22 (1.95%) CrowdStrike
9 22 (1.95%) Tenable
10 15 (1.33%) SAP
11 14 (1.24%) Oracle
12 12 (1.06%) Dell
13 11 (0.98%) Hootsuite
13 11 (0.98%) Instagram
13 11 (0.98%) MuleSoft
13 11 (0.98%) VMware
13 11 (0.98%) Wrike
14 10 (0.89%) Databricks