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

6 months to
26 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 15 32
Rank change year-on-year -19 +17 +5
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 1,501 1,930 1,499
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.06% 11.68% 6.54%
As % of the General category 9.87% 16.37% 10.43%
Number of salaries quoted 493 416 655
10th Percentile £32,500 £25,600 £36,924
25th Percentile £46,000 £35,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £58,800
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -10.71% -9.01%
75th Percentile £78,224 £70,313 £72,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £86,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £58,700
% change year-on-year - -6.30% -9.69%

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 15,214 11,787 14,372
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 61.39% 71.36% 62.74%
Number of salaries quoted 9,250 6,281 8,147
10th Percentile £32,260 £29,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,000 £39,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £53,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +3.77% -7.83% -4.17%

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 September 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 37 (2.47%) SharePoint
2 22 (1.47%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (0.87%) Confluence
4 11 (0.73%) CMS
5 7 (0.47%) Apache Spark
5 7 (0.47%) WordPress
6 5 (0.33%) Apache
7 4 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
7 4 (0.27%) SAS
8 3 (0.20%) Jupyter
9 2 (0.13%) Moodle
9 2 (0.13%) Umbraco
10 1 (0.067%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.067%) nginx
Applications
1 71 (4.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 33 (2.20%) Microsoft Office
3 19 (1.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 17 (1.13%) Simulink
5 12 (0.80%) Maple
6 10 (0.67%) Adobe After Effects
6 10 (0.67%) Adobe Illustrator
6 10 (0.67%) Photoshop
7 9 (0.60%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 8 (0.53%) InDesign
8 8 (0.53%) Spreadsheet
9 7 (0.47%) Adobe XD
9 7 (0.47%) Microsoft Project
10 4 (0.27%) Mathcad
11 2 (0.13%) Adobe Premiere
11 2 (0.13%) AutoCAD
11 2 (0.13%) MS Visio
11 2 (0.13%) Notion
11 2 (0.13%) PlantUML
11 2 (0.13%) Revit
Business Applications
1 24 (1.60%) Cloudability
2 14 (0.93%) Dynamics CRM
3 11 (0.73%) Workday HCM
4 10 (0.67%) Primavera
5 9 (0.60%) Teamcenter
6 5 (0.33%) NetSuite
7 4 (0.27%) Distributed Ledger
7 4 (0.27%) Dynamics NAV
7 4 (0.27%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 3 (0.20%) Misys Midas
8 3 (0.20%) SAP R/3
9 2 (0.13%) Adobe Campaign
9 2 (0.13%) Elite 3E
10 1 (0.067%) Dynamics GP
10 1 (0.067%) NEC Housing
10 1 (0.067%) Remedy ITSM
10 1 (0.067%) Salesforce CRM
10 1 (0.067%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 274 (18.25%) AWS
2 228 (15.19%) Azure
3 213 (14.19%) GCP
4 166 (11.06%) SaaS
5 96 (6.40%) Power Platform
6 76 (5.06%) Amazon EKS
7 48 (3.20%) Serverless
8 43 (2.86%) Microsoft 365
9 37 (2.47%) Dynamics 365
10 36 (2.40%) Azure Key Vault
11 35 (2.33%) dbt
12 34 (2.27%) Azure DevOps
13 33 (2.20%) Figma
14 31 (2.07%) Power Automate
15 26 (1.73%) Entra ID
15 26 (1.73%) PowerApps
16 25 (1.67%) GitHub
17 24 (1.60%) Azure Monitor
17 24 (1.60%) Microsoft Purview
18 21 (1.40%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 42 (2.80%) Network Security
2 22 (1.47%) Ethernet
3 20 (1.33%) Firewall
4 19 (1.27%) Broadband
4 19 (1.27%) VPN
5 15 (1.00%) TCP/IP
6 11 (0.73%) Modbus
6 11 (0.73%) Profibus
7 9 (0.60%) 5G
8 8 (0.53%) DNS
8 8 (0.53%) Intranet
8 8 (0.53%) VLAN
8 8 (0.53%) WAN
9 7 (0.47%) DHCP
9 7 (0.47%) SD-WAN
10 5 (0.33%) MPLS
11 4 (0.27%) Cisco ISE
11 4 (0.27%) Internet
12 3 (0.20%) Cisco ASA
12 3 (0.20%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 85 (5.66%) Power BI
2 51 (3.40%) PostgreSQL
3 34 (2.27%) SQL Server
4 30 (2.00%) Metadata
5 28 (1.87%) Tableau
6 23 (1.53%) Relational Database
7 19 (1.27%) BigQuery
8 18 (1.20%) Data Lake
9 17 (1.13%) MySQL
10 16 (1.07%) Azure SQL Database
11 15 (1.00%) NoSQL
12 14 (0.93%) MongoDB
12 14 (0.93%) Semantic Layer
13 12 (0.80%) Big Data
13 12 (0.80%) Data Warehouse
14 10 (0.67%) Elasticsearch
15 9 (0.60%) GIS
16 8 (0.53%) DynamoDB
17 7 (0.47%) Amazon RDS
17 7 (0.47%) Looker
Development Applications
1 77 (5.13%) TeamCity
2 69 (4.60%) Git
3 29 (1.93%) JIRA
4 26 (1.73%) Jenkins
5 22 (1.47%) Snyk
6 20 (1.33%) Rational DOORS
7 14 (0.93%) LabVIEW
8 12 (0.80%) JUnit
9 8 (0.53%) Balsamiq
10 6 (0.40%) Axure RP
11 5 (0.33%) GitLab
12 4 (0.27%) Cypress.io
13 3 (0.20%) Android Studio
13 3 (0.20%) Bitbucket
13 3 (0.20%) CMake
13 3 (0.20%) Selenium
13 3 (0.20%) SpecFlow
13 3 (0.20%) Visual Studio Code
14 2 (0.13%) Bower
14 2 (0.13%) MLflow
General
1 584 (38.91%) Finance
2 573 (38.17%) Social Skills
3 345 (22.98%) Law
4 252 (16.79%) Analytical Skills
5 231 (15.39%) Public Sector
6 229 (15.26%) Retail
7 209 (13.92%) Banking
8 155 (10.33%) Marketing
9 128 (8.53%) Back Office
10 127 (8.46%) Aerospace
11 119 (7.93%) Financial Institution
12 78 (5.20%) Organisational Skills
13 77 (5.13%) Legal
14 72 (4.80%) Presentation Skills
15 53 (3.53%) Electronics
16 51 (3.40%) Influencing Skills
17 38 (2.53%) Telecoms
18 32 (2.13%) Local Government
19 30 (2.00%) Military
20 25 (1.67%) Police
Job Titles
1 348 (23.18%) Senior
2 179 (11.93%) Architect
3 175 (11.66%) Analyst
4 142 (9.46%) Lead
5 117 (7.79%) Software Engineer
6 81 (5.40%) Developer
7 76 (5.06%) Senior Analyst
8 58 (3.86%) Solutions Architect
9 48 (3.20%) Business Analyst
9 48 (3.20%) Consultant
10 40 (2.66%) Cloud Architect
11 38 (2.53%) Security Architect
11 38 (2.53%) Senior Architect
12 37 (2.47%) Senior Manager
13 35 (2.33%) Sales Executive
14 32 (2.13%) Senior Software Engineer
14 32 (2.13%) Systems Engineer
15 31 (2.07%) Delivery Manager
15 31 (2.07%) Lead Software Engineer
16 30 (2.00%) Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 123 (8.19%) Terraform
2 52 (3.46%) .NET
3 50 (3.33%) React
4 45 (3.00%) CSS
5 44 (2.93%) HTML
6 36 (2.40%) Node.js
7 31 (2.07%) REST
8 27 (1.80%) RESTful
9 26 (1.73%) XML
10 24 (1.60%) .NET Core
11 22 (1.47%) EDI
11 22 (1.47%) OpenAPI
12 19 (1.27%) ASP.NET
13 17 (1.13%) Swagger
14 15 (1.00%) AngularJS
14 15 (1.00%) Entity Framework
15 14 (0.93%) .NET Framework
15 14 (0.93%) Blazor
15 14 (0.93%) Next.js
16 11 (0.73%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 172 (11.46%) Cloud Native
2 128 (8.53%) Product Ownership
3 90 (6.00%) Driving Licence
4 81 (5.40%) Onboarding
5 69 (4.60%) Data Centre
6 68 (4.53%) Management Information System
7 56 (3.73%) Self-Motivation
8 43 (2.86%) Social Media
9 42 (2.80%) Cyberattack
10 39 (2.60%) Blog
11 29 (1.93%) Distributed Systems
12 26 (1.73%) Security Posture
13 21 (1.40%) FPGA
13 21 (1.40%) Public Cloud
14 18 (1.20%) Credit Risk
14 18 (1.20%) SCADA
15 16 (1.07%) Podcast
16 15 (1.00%) Algorithms
16 15 (1.00%) Data Structures
17 14 (0.93%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 47 (3.13%) Windows
2 26 (1.73%) Apple iOS
2 26 (1.73%) Linux
3 23 (1.53%) Android
4 15 (1.00%) VMS
5 12 (0.80%) Windows Server
6 10 (0.67%) Mac OS
7 6 (0.40%) Unix
8 5 (0.33%) VxWorks
9 1 (0.067%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 382 (25.45%) AI
2 375 (24.98%) Agile
3 255 (16.99%) Mentoring
4 251 (16.72%) Continuous Improvement
5 248 (16.52%) Problem-Solving
6 225 (14.99%) Decision-Making
7 213 (14.19%) CI/CD
8 211 (14.06%) Technology Strategy
9 188 (12.52%) Software Engineering
10 176 (11.73%) Cybersecurity
11 172 (11.46%) Stakeholder Management
12 167 (11.13%) Coaching
13 146 (9.73%) Roadmaps
14 141 (9.39%) Community of Practice
15 138 (9.19%) Analytics
16 135 (8.99%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 133 (8.86%) Test Automation
18 132 (8.79%) DevOps
19 124 (8.26%) Fintech
20 112 (7.46%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 141 (9.39%) Python
2 139 (9.26%) SQL
3 131 (8.73%) Java
4 75 (5.00%) C#
5 58 (3.86%) JavaScript
6 30 (2.00%) Go
6 30 (2.00%) MATLAB
7 29 (1.93%) TypeScript
8 27 (1.80%) Bash
8 27 (1.80%) PowerShell
9 16 (1.07%) Bicep
10 15 (1.00%) C++
11 13 (0.87%) Ada
12 12 (0.80%) Kusto Query Language
13 9 (0.60%) Apex Code
13 9 (0.60%) C
14 8 (0.53%) Kotlin
14 8 (0.53%) Rust
15 7 (0.47%) PHP
16 6 (0.40%) R
Qualifications
1 371 (24.72%) Security Cleared
2 346 (23.05%) Degree
3 345 (22.98%) SC Cleared
4 120 (7.99%) BPSS Clearance
4 120 (7.99%) DV Cleared
5 57 (3.80%) HNC
6 56 (3.73%) Computer Science Degree
7 53 (3.53%) DBS Check
8 32 (2.13%) CISSP
9 31 (2.07%) Master's Degree
10 30 (2.00%) AWS Certification
11 28 (1.87%) CISM
12 27 (1.80%) PhD
13 24 (1.60%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 21 (1.40%) Azure Certification
14 21 (1.40%) Chartered Engineer
15 16 (1.07%) Microsoft Certification
16 12 (0.80%) ACCA
17 11 (0.73%) CIMA
17 11 (0.73%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 195 (12.99%) Accessibility
2 78 (5.20%) Data Quality
3 60 (4.00%) NIST
4 51 (3.40%) GDPR
4 51 (3.40%) QA
5 46 (3.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 41 (2.73%) GRC
7 23 (1.53%) NCSC
7 23 (1.53%) SLA
8 21 (1.40%) PCI DSS
9 18 (1.20%) Cyber Essentials
10 16 (1.07%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 15 (1.00%) WCAG
12 14 (0.93%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 13 (0.87%) SOC 2
14 11 (0.73%) PMO
15 10 (0.67%) COBIT
16 8 (0.53%) SOC 1
17 5 (0.33%) EMIR
17 5 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 45 (3.00%) Docker
2 38 (2.53%) Firmware
3 27 (1.80%) Virtual Machines
4 26 (1.73%) Active Directory
5 20 (1.33%) VMware Infrastructure
6 13 (0.87%) Virtual Desktop
7 12 (0.80%) vSphere
8 3 (0.20%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.067%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 114 (7.59%) Kubernetes
2 82 (5.46%) Grafana
3 9 (0.60%) Prometheus
4 6 (0.40%) Ansible
4 6 (0.40%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (0.27%) Autotask
5 4 (0.27%) CASB
5 4 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (0.20%) Puppet
7 2 (0.13%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.067%) Argo
8 1 (0.067%) Check_MK
8 1 (0.067%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.067%) SCCM
8 1 (0.067%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 1 (0.067%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.067%) WSUS
Vendors
1 232 (15.46%) Microsoft
2 64 (4.26%) Adobe
3 47 (3.13%) Google
4 34 (2.27%) Apple
4 34 (2.27%) Salesforce
5 32 (2.13%) Cisco
6 31 (2.07%) ServiceNow
7 29 (1.93%) SAP
8 26 (1.73%) CrowdStrike
8 26 (1.73%) Oracle
9 25 (1.67%) Palo Alto
10 23 (1.53%) VMware
11 22 (1.47%) Tenable
12 19 (1.27%) Workday
13 15 (1.00%) Dell
14 13 (0.87%) HP
15 12 (0.80%) ScienceLogic
16 11 (0.73%) OpenAI
16 11 (0.73%) Siemens
17 9 (0.60%) Databricks