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

6 months to
3 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 22 43
Rank change year-on-year -10 +21 0
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 1,096 1,304 1,843
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.02% 9.59% 5.67%
As % of the General category 10.81% 13.22% 9.16%
Number of salaries quoted 445 445 1,097
10th Percentile £20,000 £30,200 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £43,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,195 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.35% - -18.52%
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,250 £68,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £90,150 £90,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,500
% change year-on-year - +8.91% -22.31%

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 10,136 9,866 20,113
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 55.69% 72.52% 61.86%
Number of salaries quoted 6,749 6,508 15,127
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,913 £31,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -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 3 May 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 (5.02%) SharePoint
2 13 (1.19%) CMS
3 12 (1.09%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.36%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (0.36%) Umbraco
5 3 (0.27%) Confluence
5 3 (0.27%) SAS
6 2 (0.18%) Apache
6 2 (0.18%) Jupyter
6 2 (0.18%) WordPress
7 1 (0.091%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.091%) Drupal
7 1 (0.091%) IIS
7 1 (0.091%) WildFly
Applications
1 49 (4.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 37 (3.38%) Acrobat
3 24 (2.19%) Microsoft Office
4 21 (1.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 20 (1.82%) Adobe XD
6 2 (0.18%) Maya
6 2 (0.18%) MotionBuilder
7 1 (0.091%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.091%) InDesign
7 1 (0.091%) Trello
Business Applications
1 17 (1.55%) Cloudability
2 6 (0.55%) NetSuite
2 6 (0.55%) SAP HR
3 4 (0.36%) Academy Housing
4 3 (0.27%) Shopify
5 2 (0.18%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (0.18%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.091%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.091%) Magento
6 1 (0.091%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.091%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.091%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 230 (20.99%) AWS
2 189 (17.24%) Azure
3 145 (13.23%) SaaS
4 137 (12.50%) GCP
5 60 (5.47%) Microsoft 365
6 57 (5.20%) Power Platform
7 56 (5.11%) Amazon EKS
8 30 (2.74%) Figma
9 29 (2.65%) Entra ID
9 29 (2.65%) Serverless
10 24 (2.19%) Google Analytics
10 24 (2.19%) Power Automate
10 24 (2.19%) Pulumi
11 20 (1.82%) Azure DevOps
12 17 (1.55%) dbt
12 17 (1.55%) Dynamics 365
13 15 (1.37%) PowerApps
14 14 (1.28%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
14 14 (1.28%) Salesforce Service Cloud
15 12 (1.09%) Sprout Social
Communications & Networking
1 80 (7.30%) Broadband
2 20 (1.82%) VPN
3 18 (1.64%) TCP/IP
4 17 (1.55%) DNS
4 17 (1.55%) Firewall
5 16 (1.46%) 4G
5 16 (1.46%) BGP
5 16 (1.46%) DHCP
6 15 (1.37%) WAN
7 13 (1.19%) LAN
8 12 (1.09%) Network Security
9 11 (1.00%) Cisco IOS
9 11 (1.00%) Ethernet VPN
9 11 (1.00%) IOS XR
9 11 (1.00%) MPLS
10 9 (0.82%) SMTP
10 9 (0.82%) VLAN
10 9 (0.82%) Wi-Fi
11 4 (0.36%) 5G
11 4 (0.36%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (4.47%) Power BI
2 26 (2.37%) PostgreSQL
3 24 (2.19%) Relational Database
4 19 (1.73%) NoSQL
4 19 (1.73%) RDBMS
5 17 (1.55%) Data Lake
6 16 (1.46%) Data Warehouse
7 12 (1.09%) Metadata
7 12 (1.09%) SQL Server
8 10 (0.91%) Amazon RDS
8 10 (0.91%) Looker
9 9 (0.82%) BigQuery
10 8 (0.73%) Redis
11 7 (0.64%) Tableau
12 6 (0.55%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
13 5 (0.46%) Elasticsearch
14 4 (0.36%) Semantic Layer
15 3 (0.27%) DynamoDB
15 3 (0.27%) MongoDB
15 3 (0.27%) SAS EBI
Development Applications
1 47 (4.29%) TeamCity
2 39 (3.56%) Jenkins
3 37 (3.38%) GitLab
4 34 (3.10%) SonarQube
5 24 (2.19%) Git
6 20 (1.82%) Axure RP
6 20 (1.82%) Balsamiq
7 19 (1.73%) Jaeger
8 17 (1.55%) Snyk
9 10 (0.91%) JIRA
10 5 (0.46%) Cucumber
10 5 (0.46%) JMeter
10 5 (0.46%) Locust
11 4 (0.36%) Selenium
12 3 (0.27%) JUnit
12 3 (0.27%) Postman
12 3 (0.27%) SpecFlow
13 2 (0.18%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
14 1 (0.091%) Cypress.io
14 1 (0.091%) WebDriver
General
1 352 (32.12%) Social Skills
2 297 (27.10%) Finance
3 291 (26.55%) Law
4 207 (18.89%) Public Sector
5 187 (17.06%) Retail
6 177 (16.15%) Banking
7 149 (13.59%) Marketing
8 135 (12.32%) Analytical Skills
9 120 (10.95%) Back Office
10 100 (9.12%) Financial Institution
11 56 (5.11%) Presentation Skills
12 52 (4.74%) Legal
13 38 (3.47%) Games
14 35 (3.19%) Organisational Skills
15 26 (2.37%) Influencing Skills
16 21 (1.92%) Telecoms
17 19 (1.73%) German Language
18 16 (1.46%) Polish Language
19 14 (1.28%) Italian Language
20 13 (1.19%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 203 (18.52%) Senior
2 130 (11.86%) Architect
3 113 (10.31%) Analyst
4 79 (7.21%) Lead
5 52 (4.74%) Developer
6 46 (4.20%) Senior Analyst
6 46 (4.20%) Software Engineer
7 43 (3.92%) Solutions Architect
8 38 (3.47%) Consultant
9 33 (3.01%) Salesforce Architect
10 32 (2.92%) Business Analyst
11 31 (2.83%) Alliance Manager
12 29 (2.65%) Designer
13 28 (2.55%) Senior Architect
14 26 (2.37%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 25 (2.28%) Senior Manager
16 23 (2.10%) Technical Architect
17 22 (2.01%) Cloud Architect
18 21 (1.92%) Delivery Manager
18 21 (1.92%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 71 (6.48%) REST
2 48 (4.38%) Lightning Web Components
2 48 (4.38%) SOAP
2 48 (4.38%) Visualforce
3 27 (2.46%) HTML
4 26 (2.37%) .NET
5 24 (2.19%) CSS
5 24 (2.19%) React
6 21 (1.92%) EDI
7 19 (1.73%) Elastic Stack
7 19 (1.73%) OpenTelemetry
8 16 (1.46%) Middleware
9 15 (1.37%) Node.js
10 13 (1.19%) RESTful
11 12 (1.09%) SAML
12 11 (1.00%) Jinja
12 11 (1.00%) NETCONF
12 11 (1.00%) YANG
13 10 (0.91%) HTML5 Canvas
13 10 (0.91%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 139 (12.68%) Cloud Native
2 129 (11.77%) Onboarding
3 119 (10.86%) Product Ownership
4 111 (10.13%) Blog
5 52 (4.74%) Management Information System
6 47 (4.29%) Driving Licence
7 45 (4.11%) Data Centre
8 39 (3.56%) Cyberattack
9 36 (3.28%) Social Media
10 29 (2.65%) Public Cloud
11 26 (2.37%) Self-Motivation
12 24 (2.19%) Distributed Systems
13 22 (2.01%) Podcast
14 12 (1.09%) Analytical Mindset
14 12 (1.09%) Security Posture
15 11 (1.00%) Video Editing
16 9 (0.82%) Enterprise Software
17 8 (0.73%) Hybrid Cloud
17 8 (0.73%) Low-Code
18 7 (0.64%) Culture of Ownership
Operating Systems
1 39 (3.56%) Linux
2 33 (3.01%) Windows
3 28 (2.55%) Unix
4 17 (1.55%) Android
5 15 (1.37%) Apple iOS
6 11 (1.00%) Windows Server
7 3 (0.27%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.091%) Debian
8 1 (0.091%) OpenWrt
8 1 (0.091%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 287 (26.19%) Agile
2 277 (25.27%) AI
3 183 (16.70%) CI/CD
4 177 (16.15%) Continuous Improvement
5 172 (15.69%) Roadmaps
6 158 (14.42%) Community of Practice
7 151 (13.78%) DevOps
8 147 (13.41%) Technology Strategy
9 145 (13.23%) Problem-Solving
10 134 (12.23%) Cybersecurity
11 129 (11.77%) Mentoring
12 104 (9.49%) Scrum
13 95 (8.67%) Customer Service
13 95 (8.67%) Software Engineering
14 89 (8.12%) Business Development
14 89 (8.12%) Test Automation
15 84 (7.66%) TOGAF
16 81 (7.39%) Fintech
17 79 (7.21%) Analytics
18 75 (6.84%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 127 (11.59%) Java
2 118 (10.77%) Python
3 81 (7.39%) JavaScript
4 75 (6.84%) SQL
5 48 (4.38%) Apex Code
6 38 (3.47%) Go
7 34 (3.10%) SOQL
7 34 (3.10%) SOSL
8 31 (2.83%) C#
9 22 (2.01%) Bash
10 19 (1.73%) TypeScript
11 12 (1.09%) PowerShell
12 7 (0.64%) Bicep
13 4 (0.36%) C
13 4 (0.36%) R
14 3 (0.27%) C++
14 3 (0.27%) Rust
15 2 (0.18%) RPG
15 2 (0.18%) T-SQL
16 1 (0.091%) PHP
Qualifications
1 294 (26.82%) Degree
2 168 (15.33%) Security Cleared
3 163 (14.87%) SC Cleared
4 56 (5.11%) AWS Certification
5 39 (3.56%) Computer Science Degree
6 34 (3.10%) Microsoft Certification
7 30 (2.74%) CISSP
8 26 (2.37%) DBS Check
9 22 (2.01%) CISM
10 19 (1.73%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 15 (1.37%) PMP
12 14 (1.28%) Azure Certification
12 14 (1.28%) BPSS Clearance
13 11 (1.00%) CISA
13 11 (1.00%) OSCP
14 10 (0.91%) CREST Certified
14 10 (0.91%) CRISC
15 8 (0.73%) CompTIA Security+
15 8 (0.73%) HNC
15 8 (0.73%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 67 (6.11%) Accessibility
2 48 (4.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 46 (4.20%) NIST
4 40 (3.65%) GRC
5 36 (3.28%) QA
6 28 (2.55%) Data Quality
6 28 (2.55%) WCAG
7 26 (2.37%) Cyber Essentials
8 25 (2.28%) PCI DSS
9 24 (2.19%) SOC 2
10 18 (1.64%) GDPR
11 15 (1.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 9 (0.82%) PMO
13 8 (0.73%) SLA
14 5 (0.46%) NCSC
14 5 (0.46%) NEBOSH
15 4 (0.36%) COBIT
15 4 (0.36%) HMG Security Policy Framework
16 3 (0.27%) EMIR
16 3 (0.27%) MiFID
System Software
1 44 (4.01%) Docker
2 20 (1.82%) Active Directory
3 17 (1.55%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.27%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.27%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.18%) Firmware
6 1 (0.091%) iptables
6 1 (0.091%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.091%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 114 (10.40%) Terraform
2 90 (8.21%) Kubernetes
3 57 (5.20%) Grafana
4 26 (2.37%) Ansible
5 21 (1.92%) Argo
6 20 (1.82%) Microsoft Intune
6 20 (1.82%) Prometheus
7 19 (1.73%) Kustomize
8 6 (0.55%) Puppet
9 5 (0.46%) Autotask
9 5 (0.46%) AWS Copilot
10 4 (0.36%) Single Sign-On
11 3 (0.27%) Check_MK
12 2 (0.18%) Opsgenie
13 1 (0.091%) CASB
13 1 (0.091%) FortiGate
13 1 (0.091%) Nessus
Vendors
1 189 (17.24%) Microsoft
2 113 (10.31%) Adobe
3 71 (6.48%) Salesforce
4 59 (5.38%) Google
5 43 (3.92%) Apple
6 34 (3.10%) Splunk
7 32 (2.92%) Cisco
8 29 (2.65%) ServiceNow
9 19 (1.73%) CrowdStrike
10 18 (1.64%) Palo Alto
11 17 (1.55%) Tenable
12 14 (1.28%) MuleSoft
13 13 (1.19%) SAP
14 12 (1.09%) Instagram
15 11 (1.00%) Databricks
15 11 (1.00%) Hootsuite
15 11 (1.00%) Meraki
15 11 (1.00%) Wrike
16 10 (0.91%) Oracle
17 9 (0.82%) CyberArk