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

6 months to
11 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 28 43
Rank change year-on-year 0 +15 -13
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 1,039 1,178 1,657
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.25% 8.44% 5.54%
As % of the General category 10.84% 11.85% 9.00%
Number of salaries quoted 429 451 985
10th Percentile £20,000 £37,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £27,707 £47,000 £42,999
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +4.35% -11.54%
75th Percentile £67,500 £73,396 £77,500
90th Percentile £80,205 £93,750 £95,000
UK median annual salary £51,625 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -10.22% +9.52% -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 9,583 9,943 18,402
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 57.63% 71.27% 61.51%
Number of salaries quoted 6,088 6,264 14,684
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £32,000
25th Percentile £40,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £83,000 £75,772
90th Percentile £97,500 £110,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -10.00%

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 11 March 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 57 (5.49%) SharePoint
2 12 (1.15%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (1.06%) CMS
4 4 (0.38%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (0.38%) Umbraco
5 3 (0.29%) SAS
6 2 (0.19%) Confluence
6 2 (0.19%) WordPress
7 1 (0.096%) Apache
7 1 (0.096%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.096%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.096%) Drupal
7 1 (0.096%) WildFly
Applications
1 59 (5.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 37 (3.56%) Acrobat
3 31 (2.98%) Adobe XD
4 27 (2.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 22 (2.12%) Microsoft Office
6 4 (0.38%) Maya
6 4 (0.38%) MotionBuilder
7 3 (0.29%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.096%) Adobe After Effects
8 1 (0.096%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.096%) Adobe Premiere
8 1 (0.096%) InDesign
8 1 (0.096%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.096%) SmartSuite
8 1 (0.096%) Trello
Business Applications
1 14 (1.35%) NetSuite
2 8 (0.77%) Oracle Payables
3 4 (0.38%) Academy Housing
3 4 (0.38%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.38%) SAP CO
3 4 (0.38%) SAP FI
3 4 (0.38%) SAP FI/CO
3 4 (0.38%) SAP HR
4 3 (0.29%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.19%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (0.19%) Shopify
6 1 (0.096%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.096%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 1 (0.096%) Magento
6 1 (0.096%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.096%) Raiser’s Edge
6 1 (0.096%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.096%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.096%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 210 (20.21%) AWS
2 151 (14.53%) Azure
3 130 (12.51%) SaaS
4 102 (9.82%) GCP
5 71 (6.83%) Microsoft 365
6 63 (6.06%) Power Platform
7 59 (5.68%) Amazon EKS
8 42 (4.04%) Figma
9 25 (2.41%) Dynamics 365
10 24 (2.31%) Entra ID
10 24 (2.31%) Pulumi
11 22 (2.12%) Google Analytics
12 21 (2.02%) Power Automate
12 21 (2.02%) PowerApps
13 20 (1.92%) Miro
14 18 (1.73%) Azure DevOps
15 17 (1.64%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
15 17 (1.64%) Salesforce Service Cloud
15 17 (1.64%) Serverless
16 14 (1.35%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 82 (7.89%) Broadband
2 21 (2.02%) VPN
3 19 (1.83%) TCP/IP
4 18 (1.73%) BGP
5 16 (1.54%) 4G
6 15 (1.44%) DNS
7 14 (1.35%) DHCP
8 13 (1.25%) LAN
8 13 (1.25%) WAN
9 11 (1.06%) Cisco IOS
9 11 (1.06%) Ethernet VPN
9 11 (1.06%) IOS XR
9 11 (1.06%) MPLS
10 10 (0.96%) Wi-Fi
11 9 (0.87%) Firewall
11 9 (0.87%) SMTP
12 8 (0.77%) VLAN
13 4 (0.38%) 5G
13 4 (0.38%) Network Security
14 3 (0.29%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (4.81%) Power BI
2 29 (2.79%) PostgreSQL
2 29 (2.79%) Relational Database
3 19 (1.83%) Data Warehouse
3 19 (1.83%) NoSQL
3 19 (1.83%) RDBMS
4 18 (1.73%) Data Lake
4 18 (1.73%) SQL Server
5 11 (1.06%) Amazon RDS
6 10 (0.96%) Metadata
7 7 (0.67%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 7 (0.67%) Looker
7 7 (0.67%) Tableau
8 6 (0.58%) Redis
9 5 (0.48%) BigQuery
9 5 (0.48%) Elasticsearch
10 4 (0.38%) MySQL
11 3 (0.29%) Oracle Reports
11 3 (0.29%) SAP BW
11 3 (0.29%) SAS EBI
Development Applications
1 48 (4.62%) TeamCity
2 42 (4.04%) Jenkins
3 41 (3.95%) GitLab
4 40 (3.85%) SonarQube
5 30 (2.89%) Git
6 24 (2.31%) Axure RP
6 24 (2.31%) Balsamiq
7 19 (1.83%) Jaeger
8 8 (0.77%) JIRA
9 6 (0.58%) JMeter
10 5 (0.48%) Cypress.io
10 5 (0.48%) Selenium
10 5 (0.48%) WebDriver
11 4 (0.38%) Cucumber
11 4 (0.38%) Locust
12 3 (0.29%) Storybook
13 2 (0.19%) JUnit
13 2 (0.19%) Postman
13 2 (0.19%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
14 1 (0.096%) IntelliJ
General
1 308 (29.64%) Social Skills
2 274 (26.37%) Finance
3 247 (23.77%) Law
4 187 (18.00%) Public Sector
5 184 (17.71%) Retail
6 150 (14.44%) Banking
7 134 (12.90%) Analytical Skills
8 129 (12.42%) Marketing
9 109 (10.49%) Back Office
10 104 (10.01%) Financial Institution
11 46 (4.43%) Games
12 45 (4.33%) Organisational Skills
13 33 (3.18%) Legal
14 29 (2.79%) Presentation Skills
15 28 (2.69%) Telecoms
16 23 (2.21%) Influencing Skills
17 16 (1.54%) Polish Language
18 8 (0.77%) Manufacturing
19 7 (0.67%) Digital Health
20 6 (0.58%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 175 (16.84%) Senior
2 91 (8.76%) Lead
3 88 (8.47%) Architect
4 81 (7.80%) Analyst
5 65 (6.26%) Developer
6 43 (4.14%) Software Engineer
7 42 (4.04%) Senior Manager
8 38 (3.66%) Salesforce Architect
9 37 (3.56%) Consultant
10 35 (3.37%) Account Manager
11 32 (3.08%) Technical Architect
12 31 (2.98%) Alliance Manager
13 29 (2.79%) Designer
14 28 (2.69%) Sales Account Manager
14 28 (2.69%) Sales Manager
14 28 (2.69%) Senior Account Manager
14 28 (2.69%) Senior Sales Manager
15 27 (2.60%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 24 (2.31%) Senior Developer
16 24 (2.31%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 83 (7.99%) REST
2 57 (5.49%) Lightning Web Components
2 57 (5.49%) SOAP
2 57 (5.49%) Visualforce
3 36 (3.46%) .NET
4 31 (2.98%) React
5 30 (2.89%) HTML
6 27 (2.60%) CSS
7 20 (1.92%) EDI
8 19 (1.83%) Elastic Stack
8 19 (1.83%) OpenTelemetry
9 18 (1.73%) Middleware
10 17 (1.64%) RESTful
11 16 (1.54%) Node.js
12 14 (1.35%) HTML5 Canvas
13 13 (1.25%) Web Services
14 12 (1.15%) Django
14 12 (1.15%) SAML
14 12 (1.15%) Sass
15 11 (1.06%) Jinja
Miscellaneous
1 136 (13.09%) Blog
2 122 (11.74%) Onboarding
3 113 (10.88%) Product Ownership
4 112 (10.78%) Cloud Native
5 43 (4.14%) Driving Licence
6 36 (3.46%) Management Information System
7 34 (3.27%) Social Media
8 29 (2.79%) Distributed Systems
9 28 (2.69%) Public Cloud
10 24 (2.31%) Self-Motivation
11 17 (1.64%) Data Centre
12 15 (1.44%) Enterprise Software
13 13 (1.25%) Podcast
13 13 (1.25%) Security Posture
14 12 (1.15%) Video Editing
15 11 (1.06%) Hybrid Cloud
16 8 (0.77%) Analytical Mindset
16 8 (0.77%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
17 7 (0.67%) Cyber Threat
17 7 (0.67%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 40 (3.85%) Linux
2 31 (2.98%) Windows
3 24 (2.31%) Unix
4 14 (1.35%) Android
5 12 (1.15%) Apple iOS
6 9 (0.87%) Windows Server
7 4 (0.38%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.19%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.096%) Debian
9 1 (0.096%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 271 (26.08%) AI
2 262 (25.22%) Agile
3 201 (19.35%) Continuous Improvement
4 163 (15.69%) CI/CD
5 146 (14.05%) DevOps
6 140 (13.47%) Community of Practice
7 132 (12.70%) Roadmaps
8 130 (12.51%) Customer Service
9 124 (11.93%) Problem-Solving
10 111 (10.68%) Mentoring
11 96 (9.24%) Technology Strategy
12 92 (8.85%) Scrum
13 91 (8.76%) Cybersecurity
14 87 (8.37%) Software Engineering
15 86 (8.28%) Business Development
15 86 (8.28%) Project Management
16 84 (8.08%) Analytics
17 82 (7.89%) B2B
18 80 (7.70%) CRM
19 76 (7.31%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 134 (12.90%) Java
2 107 (10.30%) Python
3 90 (8.66%) JavaScript
4 57 (5.49%) Apex Code
5 48 (4.62%) SQL
6 41 (3.95%) C#
7 40 (3.85%) SOQL
7 40 (3.85%) SOSL
8 33 (3.18%) Go
9 22 (2.12%) TypeScript
10 20 (1.92%) Bash
11 5 (0.48%) C
12 4 (0.38%) C++
12 4 (0.38%) Kotlin
12 4 (0.38%) R
12 4 (0.38%) RPG
13 2 (0.19%) Bicep
13 2 (0.19%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 2 (0.19%) PowerShell
14 1 (0.096%) Scala
Qualifications
1 293 (28.20%) Degree
2 141 (13.57%) Security Cleared
3 138 (13.28%) SC Cleared
4 41 (3.95%) AWS Certification
5 39 (3.75%) Microsoft Certification
6 36 (3.46%) Computer Science Degree
7 23 (2.21%) PMP
8 22 (2.12%) DBS Check
9 20 (1.92%) CISSP
10 17 (1.64%) Azure Certification
11 16 (1.54%) BPSS Clearance
12 13 (1.25%) Master's Degree
13 12 (1.15%) CISM
13 12 (1.15%) CREST Certified
13 12 (1.15%) OSCP
14 9 (0.87%) CISA
15 8 (0.77%) CompTIA Security+
15 8 (0.77%) CRISC
16 6 (0.58%) HNC
17 5 (0.48%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 73 (7.03%) Accessibility
2 46 (4.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 37 (3.56%) QA
4 32 (3.08%) WCAG
5 28 (2.69%) PCI DSS
5 28 (2.69%) SOC 2
6 25 (2.41%) GDPR
7 23 (2.21%) Cyber Essentials
8 18 (1.73%) NIST
9 17 (1.64%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 16 (1.54%) GRC
11 11 (1.06%) SLA
12 10 (0.96%) Data Quality
13 9 (0.87%) PMO
14 5 (0.48%) Actionable Recommendations
14 5 (0.48%) NEBOSH
15 4 (0.38%) EU AI Act
16 3 (0.29%) NCSC
16 3 (0.29%) PERC
16 3 (0.29%) PSD2
System Software
1 38 (3.66%) Docker
2 17 (1.64%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.19%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.19%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.096%) iptables
4 1 (0.096%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 111 (10.68%) Terraform
2 90 (8.66%) Kubernetes
3 56 (5.39%) Grafana
4 23 (2.21%) Argo
5 22 (2.12%) Ansible
6 20 (1.92%) Microsoft Intune
7 19 (1.83%) Kustomize
7 19 (1.83%) Prometheus
8 5 (0.48%) Autotask
8 5 (0.48%) AWS Copilot
9 4 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.19%) Opsgenie
10 2 (0.19%) Puppet
11 1 (0.096%) CASB
11 1 (0.096%) Nessus
Vendors
1 191 (18.38%) Microsoft
2 107 (10.30%) Adobe
3 84 (8.08%) Salesforce
4 58 (5.58%) Google
5 40 (3.85%) Splunk
6 29 (2.79%) Cisco
7 26 (2.50%) Apple
8 17 (1.64%) MuleSoft
9 16 (1.54%) Oracle
10 15 (1.44%) SAP
11 14 (1.35%) Instagram
12 12 (1.15%) Hootsuite
12 12 (1.15%) ServiceNow
13 11 (1.06%) Wrike
14 10 (0.96%) Databricks
15 9 (0.87%) CyberArk
16 8 (0.77%) Dell
16 8 (0.77%) Meraki
17 6 (0.58%) PagerDuty
17 6 (0.58%) Planon