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

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 15 31
Rank change year-on-year -22 +16 +14
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 1,213 1,927 1,695
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.48% 11.69% 6.37%
As % of the General category 9.16% 16.09% 10.41%
Number of salaries quoted 480 424 961
10th Percentile £35,363 £29,000 £34,500
25th Percentile £50,903 £40,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,259 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.38% - -15.38%
75th Percentile £78,224 £70,313 £68,750
90th Percentile £81,957 £84,625 £82,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -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 13,236 11,975 16,290
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 59.75% 72.66% 61.24%
Number of salaries quoted 8,533 6,709 11,264
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% - -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,250 £101,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -8.33%

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 31 July 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 36 (2.97%) SharePoint
2 24 (1.98%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (1.07%) CMS
4 7 (0.58%) Confluence
5 5 (0.41%) Apache
5 5 (0.41%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.33%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (0.33%) WordPress
7 3 (0.25%) Jupyter
7 3 (0.25%) SAS
7 3 (0.25%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.082%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.082%) Drupal
8 1 (0.082%) IIS
Applications
1 35 (2.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (1.73%) Acrobat
3 19 (1.57%) Microsoft Office
4 9 (0.74%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 9 (0.74%) Adobe XD
4 9 (0.74%) InDesign
5 8 (0.66%) Adobe After Effects
5 8 (0.66%) Adobe Illustrator
5 8 (0.66%) Photoshop
5 8 (0.66%) Simulink
6 5 (0.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 3 (0.25%) Mathcad
7 3 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.16%) PlantUML
9 1 (0.082%) Maple
9 1 (0.082%) Microsoft Project
9 1 (0.082%) MS Visio
9 1 (0.082%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 24 (1.98%) Cloudability
2 11 (0.91%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.41%) NetSuite
4 4 (0.33%) Distributed Ledger
4 4 (0.33%) Dynamics NAV
4 4 (0.33%) SAP HR
4 4 (0.33%) Workday HCM
5 2 (0.16%) Elite 3E
5 2 (0.16%) Shopify
5 2 (0.16%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.082%) NEC Housing
6 1 (0.082%) Primavera
6 1 (0.082%) Raiser’s Edge
6 1 (0.082%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 232 (19.13%) AWS
2 218 (17.97%) Azure
3 178 (14.67%) GCP
4 151 (12.45%) SaaS
5 86 (7.09%) Power Platform
6 51 (4.20%) Amazon EKS
7 48 (3.96%) Microsoft 365
8 45 (3.71%) dbt
9 43 (3.54%) Serverless
10 36 (2.97%) Figma
11 34 (2.80%) Power Automate
12 30 (2.47%) Azure DevOps
13 28 (2.31%) Azure Key Vault
14 25 (2.06%) Microsoft Purview
15 24 (1.98%) Google Analytics
16 23 (1.90%) PaaS
17 21 (1.73%) Azure Monitor
17 21 (1.73%) Dynamics 365
17 21 (1.73%) Entra ID
18 20 (1.65%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 49 (4.04%) Broadband
2 26 (2.14%) Network Security
3 23 (1.90%) VPN
4 19 (1.57%) Firewall
5 14 (1.15%) TCP/IP
6 12 (0.99%) WAN
7 11 (0.91%) DNS
8 10 (0.82%) DHCP
9 8 (0.66%) SD-WAN
10 7 (0.58%) Intranet
11 6 (0.49%) LAN
11 6 (0.49%) Wi-Fi
12 5 (0.41%) SMTP
12 5 (0.41%) VLAN
13 4 (0.33%) Ethernet
14 3 (0.25%) Cisco ISE
14 3 (0.25%) SSL
15 2 (0.16%) 4G
15 2 (0.16%) Cisco ASA
15 2 (0.16%) Extranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 76 (6.27%) Power BI
2 34 (2.80%) PostgreSQL
3 27 (2.23%) Tableau
4 26 (2.14%) SQL Server
5 25 (2.06%) Metadata
6 19 (1.57%) BigQuery
7 16 (1.32%) Azure SQL Database
8 15 (1.24%) Relational Database
9 14 (1.15%) MongoDB
9 14 (1.15%) NoSQL
9 14 (1.15%) Semantic Layer
10 12 (0.99%) Elasticsearch
11 11 (0.91%) Looker
11 11 (0.91%) MySQL
12 10 (0.82%) Data Warehouse
13 8 (0.66%) Big Data
13 8 (0.66%) DynamoDB
13 8 (0.66%) Redis
14 7 (0.58%) Data Lake
15 6 (0.49%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 50 (4.12%) TeamCity
2 49 (4.04%) Jenkins
3 45 (3.71%) Git
4 31 (2.56%) GitLab
5 26 (2.14%) SonarQube
6 22 (1.81%) Snyk
7 16 (1.32%) JIRA
8 11 (0.91%) LabVIEW
9 10 (0.82%) Rational DOORS
10 9 (0.74%) Balsamiq
11 8 (0.66%) Axure RP
12 5 (0.41%) Cucumber
12 5 (0.41%) JMeter
12 5 (0.41%) JUnit
12 5 (0.41%) Locust
13 4 (0.33%) Cypress.io
14 3 (0.25%) Bitbucket
14 3 (0.25%) Selenium
14 3 (0.25%) SpecFlow
14 3 (0.25%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 441 (36.36%) Social Skills
2 375 (30.92%) Finance
3 294 (24.24%) Law
4 199 (16.41%) Public Sector
5 180 (14.84%) Analytical Skills
6 168 (13.85%) Banking
6 168 (13.85%) Retail
7 167 (13.77%) Marketing
8 114 (9.40%) Back Office
9 91 (7.50%) Financial Institution
10 72 (5.94%) Legal
11 67 (5.52%) Presentation Skills
12 54 (4.45%) Organisational Skills
13 45 (3.71%) Aerospace
14 39 (3.22%) Influencing Skills
15 29 (2.39%) Games
16 22 (1.81%) Electronics
17 21 (1.73%) German Language
17 21 (1.73%) Local Government
18 20 (1.65%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 283 (23.33%) Senior
2 196 (16.16%) Architect
3 146 (12.04%) Analyst
4 89 (7.34%) Lead
5 72 (5.94%) Software Engineer
6 71 (5.85%) Senior Analyst
7 62 (5.11%) Developer
8 61 (5.03%) Solutions Architect
9 50 (4.12%) Consultant
10 43 (3.54%) Business Analyst
11 42 (3.46%) Cloud Architect
12 40 (3.30%) Technical Architect
13 35 (2.89%) Security Architect
14 32 (2.64%) Senior Architect
15 29 (2.39%) Designer
16 27 (2.23%) Senior Software Engineer
17 26 (2.14%) Salesforce Architect
18 25 (2.06%) Delivery Manager
18 25 (2.06%) Senior Business Analyst
19 24 (1.98%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 69 (5.69%) REST
2 44 (3.63%) React
3 41 (3.38%) CSS
3 41 (3.38%) HTML
4 38 (3.13%) Lightning Web Components
5 35 (2.89%) .NET
6 34 (2.80%) Node.js
6 34 (2.80%) SOAP
7 32 (2.64%) Visualforce
8 17 (1.40%) RESTful
9 15 (1.24%) EDI
9 15 (1.24%) OpenAPI
9 15 (1.24%) XML
10 13 (1.07%) .NET Core
10 13 (1.07%) ASP.NET
11 11 (0.91%) Django
11 11 (0.91%) Middleware
11 11 (0.91%) Next.js
11 11 (0.91%) Swagger
12 10 (0.82%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 171 (14.10%) Cloud Native
2 137 (11.29%) Product Ownership
3 83 (6.84%) Onboarding
4 54 (4.45%) Management Information System
5 53 (4.37%) Driving Licence
6 48 (3.96%) Self-Motivation
7 46 (3.79%) Cyberattack
7 46 (3.79%) Data Centre
8 38 (3.13%) Social Media
9 28 (2.31%) Podcast
10 26 (2.14%) Blog
11 21 (1.73%) Distributed Systems
11 21 (1.73%) Security Posture
12 18 (1.48%) Credit Risk
13 17 (1.40%) Public Cloud
14 13 (1.07%) Data Structures
15 12 (0.99%) AI Agents
16 10 (0.82%) Low-Code
16 10 (0.82%) SWIFT Messaging Network
17 9 (0.74%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 46 (3.79%) Windows
2 19 (1.57%) Linux
3 15 (1.24%) Android
3 15 (1.24%) Apple iOS
4 12 (0.99%) VMS
4 12 (0.99%) Windows Server
5 10 (0.82%) Unix
6 4 (0.33%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.16%) VxWorks
7 2 (0.16%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.082%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 365 (30.09%) Agile
2 306 (25.23%) AI
3 226 (18.63%) CI/CD
4 209 (17.23%) Continuous Improvement
5 192 (15.83%) Technology Strategy
6 189 (15.58%) Problem-Solving
7 183 (15.09%) Roadmaps
8 181 (14.92%) Mentoring
9 162 (13.36%) Decision-Making
10 160 (13.19%) Community of Practice
11 151 (12.45%) Cybersecurity
11 151 (12.45%) DevOps
12 139 (11.46%) Software Engineering
13 136 (11.21%) Scrum
14 119 (9.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 117 (9.65%) Analytics
16 111 (9.15%) Test Automation
17 107 (8.82%) Coaching
18 106 (8.74%) Stakeholder Management
19 89 (7.34%) Collaborative Culture
Programming Languages
1 130 (10.72%) Python
2 126 (10.39%) SQL
3 97 (8.00%) Java
4 65 (5.36%) JavaScript
5 41 (3.38%) C#
6 38 (3.13%) Apex Code
7 31 (2.56%) TypeScript
8 28 (2.31%) PowerShell
9 27 (2.23%) SOQL
9 27 (2.23%) SOSL
10 21 (1.73%) Bicep
11 20 (1.65%) Go
12 18 (1.48%) Bash
12 18 (1.48%) MATLAB
13 12 (0.99%) Kusto Query Language
14 7 (0.58%) Ada
15 6 (0.49%) C
15 6 (0.49%) C++
15 6 (0.49%) R
15 6 (0.49%) Rust
Qualifications
1 292 (24.07%) Degree
2 258 (21.27%) Security Cleared
3 247 (20.36%) SC Cleared
4 55 (4.53%) Computer Science Degree
5 53 (4.37%) BPSS Clearance
6 45 (3.71%) DV Cleared
7 33 (2.72%) DBS Check
8 32 (2.64%) CISSP
9 28 (2.31%) AWS Certification
10 27 (2.23%) CISM
11 26 (2.14%) Microsoft Certification
12 24 (1.98%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 19 (1.57%) HNC
14 18 (1.48%) Master's Degree
15 17 (1.40%) PhD
16 16 (1.32%) Azure Certification
17 12 (0.99%) CISA
18 11 (0.91%) CRISC
19 8 (0.66%) Chartered Engineer
19 8 (0.66%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 120 (9.89%) Accessibility
2 67 (5.52%) Data Quality
3 65 (5.36%) NIST
4 51 (4.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 48 (3.96%) GRC
6 42 (3.46%) GDPR
7 37 (3.05%) QA
8 23 (1.90%) SLA
9 22 (1.81%) Cyber Essentials
9 22 (1.81%) PCI DSS
9 22 (1.81%) WCAG
10 18 (1.48%) NCSC
11 16 (1.32%) SOC 2
12 14 (1.15%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 13 (1.07%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 10 (0.82%) COBIT
14 10 (0.82%) PMO
15 7 (0.58%) SOC 1
16 5 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
17 3 (0.25%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 45 (3.71%) Docker
2 28 (2.31%) Active Directory
3 24 (1.98%) Virtual Machines
4 17 (1.40%) Firmware
5 16 (1.32%) VMware Infrastructure
6 13 (1.07%) Virtual Desktop
7 12 (0.99%) vSphere
8 2 (0.16%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.16%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 104 (8.57%) Terraform
2 75 (6.18%) Kubernetes
3 58 (4.78%) Grafana
4 9 (0.74%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (0.58%) Ansible
5 7 (0.58%) Autotask
6 6 (0.49%) Puppet
7 5 (0.41%) AWS Copilot
7 5 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
8 4 (0.33%) CASB
9 3 (0.25%) Check_MK
10 2 (0.16%) Opsgenie
10 2 (0.16%) Prometheus
11 1 (0.082%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.082%) Jamf Pro
11 1 (0.082%) SCCM
11 1 (0.082%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 1 (0.082%) vCenter Server
11 1 (0.082%) WSUS
Vendors
1 187 (15.42%) Microsoft
2 79 (6.51%) Adobe
3 57 (4.70%) Salesforce
4 46 (3.79%) Google
5 31 (2.56%) ServiceNow
6 30 (2.47%) Cisco
7 28 (2.31%) Apple
8 26 (2.14%) Splunk
9 25 (2.06%) Palo Alto
10 23 (1.90%) CrowdStrike
11 22 (1.81%) Tenable
12 19 (1.57%) VMware
13 15 (1.24%) Oracle
14 14 (1.15%) SAP
15 12 (0.99%) ScienceLogic
16 11 (0.91%) Instagram
16 11 (0.91%) OpenAI
17 10 (0.82%) Dell
18 9 (0.74%) FIS
18 9 (0.74%) ION Trading