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

6 months to
2 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 28 42
Rank change year-on-year -1 +14 -11
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 1,073 1,053 1,743
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.37% 8.20% 5.60%
As % of the General category 11.10% 11.43% 9.10%
Number of salaries quoted 451 449 1,053
10th Percentile £20,000 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £27,750 £46,250 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £59,430 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.66% +8.05% -15.38%
75th Percentile £73,875 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,928 £92,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +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 9,664 9,210 19,145
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 57.35% 71.69% 61.52%
Number of salaries quoted 6,418 6,326 14,988
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £31,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £42,104
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,450 £61,644 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.56% +7.21% -8.00%
75th Percentile £79,207 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £99,273 £110,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% -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 2 April 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 53 (4.94%) SharePoint
2 12 (1.12%) CMS
2 12 (1.12%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (0.37%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (0.28%) SAS
4 3 (0.28%) Umbraco
5 2 (0.19%) Confluence
5 2 (0.19%) WordPress
6 1 (0.093%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.093%) Drupal
6 1 (0.093%) IIS
6 1 (0.093%) WildFly
Applications
1 57 (5.31%) Microsoft Excel
2 37 (3.45%) Acrobat
3 30 (2.80%) Adobe XD
4 26 (2.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 21 (1.96%) Microsoft Office
6 3 (0.28%) AutoCAD
7 2 (0.19%) Maya
7 2 (0.19%) MotionBuilder
8 1 (0.093%) InDesign
8 1 (0.093%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.093%) SmartSuite
8 1 (0.093%) Trello
Business Applications
1 15 (1.40%) NetSuite
2 8 (0.75%) Oracle Payables
3 6 (0.56%) SAP HR
4 4 (0.37%) Academy Housing
4 4 (0.37%) SAP CO
4 4 (0.37%) SAP FI
4 4 (0.37%) SAP FI/CO
5 3 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.28%) Shopify
6 2 (0.19%) Dynamics AX
6 2 (0.19%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.093%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.093%) Magento
7 1 (0.093%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.093%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 225 (20.97%) AWS
2 163 (15.19%) Azure
3 150 (13.98%) SaaS
4 117 (10.90%) GCP
5 67 (6.24%) Microsoft 365
6 65 (6.06%) Amazon EKS
7 56 (5.22%) Power Platform
8 39 (3.63%) Figma
9 28 (2.61%) Entra ID
10 24 (2.24%) Pulumi
11 23 (2.14%) Google Analytics
12 22 (2.05%) Azure DevOps
12 22 (2.05%) Dynamics 365
13 21 (1.96%) Power Automate
14 18 (1.68%) Miro
14 18 (1.68%) PowerApps
15 17 (1.58%) dbt
15 17 (1.58%) Serverless
16 16 (1.49%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
16 16 (1.49%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 82 (7.64%) Broadband
2 20 (1.86%) VPN
3 19 (1.77%) TCP/IP
4 18 (1.68%) BGP
5 16 (1.49%) 4G
6 15 (1.40%) DNS
7 14 (1.30%) DHCP
8 13 (1.21%) LAN
8 13 (1.21%) WAN
9 11 (1.03%) Cisco IOS
9 11 (1.03%) Ethernet VPN
9 11 (1.03%) Firewall
9 11 (1.03%) IOS XR
9 11 (1.03%) MPLS
10 9 (0.84%) SMTP
10 9 (0.84%) VLAN
10 9 (0.84%) Wi-Fi
11 6 (0.56%) Network Security
12 4 (0.37%) 5G
13 3 (0.28%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (4.19%) Power BI
2 29 (2.70%) PostgreSQL
3 26 (2.42%) Relational Database
4 19 (1.77%) Data Warehouse
4 19 (1.77%) NoSQL
4 19 (1.77%) RDBMS
5 18 (1.68%) Data Lake
6 17 (1.58%) SQL Server
7 12 (1.12%) Amazon RDS
8 11 (1.03%) Metadata
9 9 (0.84%) Looker
10 7 (0.65%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 7 (0.65%) Redis
11 5 (0.47%) BigQuery
11 5 (0.47%) Elasticsearch
11 5 (0.47%) Tableau
12 3 (0.28%) MongoDB
12 3 (0.28%) MySQL
12 3 (0.28%) Oracle Reports
12 3 (0.28%) SAS EBI
Development Applications
1 53 (4.94%) TeamCity
2 42 (3.91%) Jenkins
3 41 (3.82%) GitLab
3 41 (3.82%) SonarQube
4 29 (2.70%) Git
5 24 (2.24%) Axure RP
5 24 (2.24%) Balsamiq
6 19 (1.77%) Jaeger
7 9 (0.84%) JIRA
8 6 (0.56%) JMeter
9 5 (0.47%) Cucumber
9 5 (0.47%) Locust
10 4 (0.37%) Cypress.io
10 4 (0.37%) Selenium
10 4 (0.37%) WebDriver
11 3 (0.28%) JUnit
12 2 (0.19%) Postman
12 2 (0.19%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
13 1 (0.093%) Storybook
13 1 (0.093%) XCUITest
General
1 332 (30.94%) Social Skills
2 306 (28.52%) Finance
3 293 (27.31%) Law
4 205 (19.11%) Public Sector
4 205 (19.11%) Retail
5 179 (16.68%) Banking
6 148 (13.79%) Marketing
7 142 (13.23%) Analytical Skills
8 131 (12.21%) Back Office
9 115 (10.72%) Financial Institution
10 45 (4.19%) Games
10 45 (4.19%) Legal
11 43 (4.01%) Presentation Skills
12 41 (3.82%) Organisational Skills
13 26 (2.42%) Influencing Skills
13 26 (2.42%) Telecoms
14 17 (1.58%) Polish Language
15 12 (1.12%) German Language
15 12 (1.12%) Italian Language
15 12 (1.12%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 165 (15.38%) Senior
2 106 (9.88%) Architect
3 95 (8.85%) Lead
4 88 (8.20%) Analyst
5 64 (5.96%) Developer
6 48 (4.47%) Software Engineer
7 43 (4.01%) Consultant
8 39 (3.63%) Salesforce Architect
9 38 (3.54%) Solutions Architect
10 34 (3.17%) Technical Architect
11 31 (2.89%) Alliance Manager
11 31 (2.89%) Senior Manager
12 30 (2.80%) Designer
13 28 (2.61%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 26 (2.42%) Business Analyst
15 25 (2.33%) Account Manager
16 24 (2.24%) Senior Developer
17 21 (1.96%) Salesforce Technical Architect
18 19 (1.77%) Senior Analyst
19 18 (1.68%) Sales Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 83 (7.74%) REST
2 57 (5.31%) Lightning Web Components
2 57 (5.31%) SOAP
2 57 (5.31%) Visualforce
3 34 (3.17%) .NET
4 32 (2.98%) HTML
5 31 (2.89%) React
6 29 (2.70%) CSS
7 23 (2.14%) EDI
8 19 (1.77%) Elastic Stack
8 19 (1.77%) Middleware
8 19 (1.77%) OpenTelemetry
9 17 (1.58%) RESTful
10 15 (1.40%) Node.js
11 13 (1.21%) Web Services
12 12 (1.12%) Django
12 12 (1.12%) HTML5 Canvas
12 12 (1.12%) SAML
12 12 (1.12%) Sass
13 11 (1.03%) Jinja
Miscellaneous
1 139 (12.95%) Blog
1 139 (12.95%) Cloud Native
2 132 (12.30%) Onboarding
3 126 (11.74%) Product Ownership
4 42 (3.91%) Driving Licence
5 41 (3.82%) Management Information System
6 31 (2.89%) Distributed Systems
7 30 (2.80%) Social Media
8 28 (2.61%) Public Cloud
9 22 (2.05%) Podcast
10 21 (1.96%) Self-Motivation
11 20 (1.86%) Cyberattack
12 19 (1.77%) Data Centre
13 14 (1.30%) Security Posture
14 11 (1.03%) Enterprise Software
14 11 (1.03%) Hybrid Cloud
14 11 (1.03%) Video Editing
15 10 (0.93%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
16 8 (0.75%) Analytical Mindset
17 7 (0.65%) Culture of Ownership
Operating Systems
1 43 (4.01%) Linux
2 33 (3.08%) Windows
3 27 (2.52%) Unix
4 15 (1.40%) Android
5 13 (1.21%) Apple iOS
6 9 (0.84%) Windows Server
7 4 (0.37%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.19%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.093%) Debian
9 1 (0.093%) OpenWrt
9 1 (0.093%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 289 (26.93%) Agile
2 269 (25.07%) AI
3 215 (20.04%) Continuous Improvement
4 176 (16.40%) CI/CD
5 161 (15.00%) DevOps
6 158 (14.73%) Roadmaps
7 152 (14.17%) Community of Practice
8 138 (12.86%) Problem-Solving
9 118 (11.00%) Customer Service
10 111 (10.34%) Mentoring
11 105 (9.79%) Scrum
11 105 (9.79%) Technology Strategy
12 103 (9.60%) Software Engineering
13 95 (8.85%) Business Development
13 95 (8.85%) Cybersecurity
14 87 (8.11%) Test Automation
15 85 (7.92%) Project Management
16 84 (7.83%) Fintech
17 80 (7.46%) Analytics
18 73 (6.80%) B2B
Programming Languages
1 140 (13.05%) Java
2 109 (10.16%) Python
3 89 (8.29%) JavaScript
4 57 (5.31%) Apex Code
5 53 (4.94%) SQL
6 41 (3.82%) SOQL
6 41 (3.82%) SOSL
7 37 (3.45%) C#
8 35 (3.26%) Go
9 20 (1.86%) Bash
10 19 (1.77%) TypeScript
11 6 (0.56%) Bicep
11 6 (0.56%) PowerShell
12 5 (0.47%) C
13 4 (0.37%) C++
13 4 (0.37%) Kotlin
13 4 (0.37%) R
14 2 (0.19%) RPG
15 1 (0.093%) ABAP
15 1 (0.093%) PHP
Qualifications
1 303 (28.24%) Degree
2 156 (14.54%) Security Cleared
3 152 (14.17%) SC Cleared
4 41 (3.82%) AWS Certification
4 41 (3.82%) Computer Science Degree
5 36 (3.36%) Microsoft Certification
6 22 (2.05%) CISSP
6 22 (2.05%) DBS Check
6 22 (2.05%) PMP
7 16 (1.49%) Azure Certification
8 15 (1.40%) BPSS Clearance
9 14 (1.30%) CISM
10 13 (1.21%) CREST Certified
10 13 (1.21%) OSCP
11 10 (0.93%) Master's Degree
12 9 (0.84%) CISA
13 8 (0.75%) CompTIA Security+
13 8 (0.75%) CRISC
14 6 (0.56%) CITP
14 6 (0.56%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (6.99%) Accessibility
2 50 (4.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 37 (3.45%) QA
4 34 (3.17%) NIST
5 32 (2.98%) WCAG
6 29 (2.70%) PCI DSS
7 28 (2.61%) SOC 2
8 23 (2.14%) Cyber Essentials
9 21 (1.96%) GRC
10 20 (1.86%) GDPR
11 16 (1.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 12 (1.12%) PMO
13 9 (0.84%) Data Quality
13 9 (0.84%) SLA
14 5 (0.47%) NEBOSH
15 4 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
15 4 (0.37%) EU AI Act
16 3 (0.28%) PERC
16 3 (0.28%) PSD2
17 2 (0.19%) SEPA
System Software
1 39 (3.63%) Docker
2 17 (1.58%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.28%) Hyper-V
3 3 (0.28%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.093%) iptables
4 1 (0.093%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 125 (11.65%) Terraform
2 98 (9.13%) Kubernetes
3 63 (5.87%) Grafana
4 23 (2.14%) Ansible
4 23 (2.14%) Argo
5 20 (1.86%) Prometheus
6 19 (1.77%) Kustomize
6 19 (1.77%) Microsoft Intune
7 5 (0.47%) Autotask
7 5 (0.47%) AWS Copilot
8 4 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.28%) Check_MK
9 3 (0.28%) Puppet
10 2 (0.19%) Opsgenie
11 1 (0.093%) CASB
11 1 (0.093%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.093%) Nessus
Vendors
1 179 (16.68%) Microsoft
2 104 (9.69%) Adobe
3 82 (7.64%) Salesforce
4 60 (5.59%) Google
5 41 (3.82%) Splunk
6 29 (2.70%) Cisco
7 26 (2.42%) Apple
8 18 (1.68%) SAP
9 16 (1.49%) MuleSoft
10 15 (1.40%) Oracle
11 12 (1.12%) Instagram
11 12 (1.12%) ServiceNow
12 11 (1.03%) Hootsuite
12 11 (1.03%) Wrike
13 9 (0.84%) CyberArk
13 9 (0.84%) Databricks
13 9 (0.84%) Meraki
14 8 (0.75%) Dell
15 6 (0.56%) PagerDuty
15 6 (0.56%) VMware