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

6 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 27 43
Rank change year-on-year -2 +16 -13
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 1,056 1,173 1,678
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.28% 8.48% 5.60%
As % of the General category 10.94% 11.87% 9.11%
Number of salaries quoted 436 446 1,014
10th Percentile £20,000 £37,617 £32,500
25th Percentile £27,707 £46,486 £42,999
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,473 £59,715 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.13% +3.85% -11.54%
75th Percentile £67,500 £73,063 £77,188
90th Percentile £80,513 £92,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £52,473 £57,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -7.94% +8.57% -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 9,655 9,884 18,416
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 57.41% 71.45% 61.50%
Number of salaries quoted 6,212 6,240 14,696
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £31,800
25th Percentile £40,188 £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 £75,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £110,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +12.15% -10.83%

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 14 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 59 (5.59%) SharePoint
2 13 (1.23%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (1.14%) CMS
4 4 (0.38%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (0.38%) Umbraco
5 3 (0.28%) SAS
6 2 (0.19%) Confluence
6 2 (0.19%) WordPress
7 1 (0.095%) Apache
7 1 (0.095%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.095%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.095%) Drupal
7 1 (0.095%) IIS
7 1 (0.095%) WildFly
Applications
1 58 (5.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 37 (3.50%) Acrobat
3 32 (3.03%) Adobe XD
4 27 (2.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 22 (2.08%) Microsoft Office
6 3 (0.28%) AutoCAD
6 3 (0.28%) Maya
6 3 (0.28%) MotionBuilder
7 1 (0.095%) Adobe After Effects
7 1 (0.095%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.095%) Adobe Premiere
7 1 (0.095%) InDesign
7 1 (0.095%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.095%) SmartSuite
7 1 (0.095%) Trello
Business Applications
1 15 (1.42%) NetSuite
2 8 (0.76%) 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 (0.28%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (0.28%) Shopify
5 2 (0.19%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.095%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.095%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 1 (0.095%) Magento
6 1 (0.095%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.095%) Raiser’s Edge
6 1 (0.095%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.095%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.095%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 216 (20.45%) AWS
2 152 (14.39%) Azure
3 142 (13.45%) SaaS
4 106 (10.04%) GCP
5 73 (6.91%) Microsoft 365
6 61 (5.78%) Amazon EKS
6 61 (5.78%) Power Platform
7 43 (4.07%) Figma
8 25 (2.37%) Dynamics 365
8 25 (2.37%) Entra ID
9 24 (2.27%) Pulumi
10 23 (2.18%) Google Analytics
11 21 (1.99%) PowerApps
12 20 (1.89%) Miro
12 20 (1.89%) Power Automate
13 19 (1.80%) Azure DevOps
14 18 (1.70%) Serverless
15 17 (1.61%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
15 17 (1.61%) Salesforce Service Cloud
16 14 (1.33%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 82 (7.77%) Broadband
2 21 (1.99%) VPN
3 20 (1.89%) TCP/IP
4 18 (1.70%) BGP
5 16 (1.52%) 4G
5 16 (1.52%) DNS
6 15 (1.42%) DHCP
7 13 (1.23%) LAN
7 13 (1.23%) WAN
8 11 (1.04%) Cisco IOS
8 11 (1.04%) Ethernet VPN
8 11 (1.04%) Firewall
8 11 (1.04%) IOS XR
8 11 (1.04%) MPLS
9 10 (0.95%) Wi-Fi
10 9 (0.85%) SMTP
10 9 (0.85%) VLAN
11 5 (0.47%) Network Security
12 4 (0.38%) 5G
13 3 (0.28%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (4.55%) Power BI
2 30 (2.84%) PostgreSQL
3 29 (2.75%) Relational Database
4 19 (1.80%) NoSQL
4 19 (1.80%) RDBMS
4 19 (1.80%) SQL Server
5 18 (1.70%) Data Warehouse
6 17 (1.61%) Data Lake
7 12 (1.14%) Amazon RDS
8 9 (0.85%) Metadata
9 7 (0.66%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 7 (0.66%) Looker
9 7 (0.66%) Redis
9 7 (0.66%) Tableau
10 5 (0.47%) BigQuery
10 5 (0.47%) Elasticsearch
10 5 (0.47%) MySQL
11 3 (0.28%) Oracle Reports
11 3 (0.28%) SAP BW
11 3 (0.28%) SAS EBI
Development Applications
1 50 (4.73%) TeamCity
2 42 (3.98%) Jenkins
3 41 (3.88%) GitLab
4 40 (3.79%) SonarQube
5 32 (3.03%) Git
6 25 (2.37%) Axure RP
6 25 (2.37%) Balsamiq
7 19 (1.80%) Jaeger
8 9 (0.85%) JIRA
9 6 (0.57%) JMeter
10 5 (0.47%) Cypress.io
10 5 (0.47%) Selenium
10 5 (0.47%) WebDriver
11 4 (0.38%) Cucumber
11 4 (0.38%) Locust
12 3 (0.28%) JUnit
12 3 (0.28%) Storybook
13 2 (0.19%) Postman
13 2 (0.19%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
14 1 (0.095%) Deequ
General
1 317 (30.02%) Social Skills
2 286 (27.08%) Finance
3 261 (24.72%) Law
4 196 (18.56%) Retail
5 189 (17.90%) Public Sector
6 161 (15.25%) Banking
7 140 (13.26%) Marketing
8 138 (13.07%) Analytical Skills
9 119 (11.27%) Back Office
10 108 (10.23%) Financial Institution
11 46 (4.36%) Games
12 44 (4.17%) Organisational Skills
13 36 (3.41%) Presentation Skills
14 35 (3.31%) Legal
15 28 (2.65%) Telecoms
16 23 (2.18%) Influencing Skills
17 16 (1.52%) Polish Language
18 10 (0.95%) Manufacturing
19 9 (0.85%) Italian Language
20 8 (0.76%) German Language
Job Titles
1 178 (16.86%) Senior
2 92 (8.71%) Lead
3 89 (8.43%) Architect
4 83 (7.86%) Analyst
5 68 (6.44%) Developer
6 45 (4.26%) Software Engineer
7 42 (3.98%) Consultant
7 42 (3.98%) Senior Manager
8 38 (3.60%) Salesforce Architect
9 35 (3.31%) Account Manager
10 32 (3.03%) Technical Architect
11 31 (2.94%) Alliance Manager
12 30 (2.84%) Designer
13 28 (2.65%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 28 (2.65%) Sales Account Manager
13 28 (2.65%) Sales Manager
13 28 (2.65%) Senior Account Manager
13 28 (2.65%) Senior Sales Manager
14 26 (2.46%) Senior Developer
15 25 (2.37%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 83 (7.86%) REST
2 57 (5.40%) Lightning Web Components
2 57 (5.40%) SOAP
2 57 (5.40%) Visualforce
3 36 (3.41%) .NET
4 32 (3.03%) HTML
4 32 (3.03%) React
5 29 (2.75%) CSS
6 21 (1.99%) EDI
7 19 (1.80%) Elastic Stack
7 19 (1.80%) Middleware
7 19 (1.80%) OpenTelemetry
8 17 (1.61%) Node.js
8 17 (1.61%) RESTful
9 14 (1.33%) HTML5 Canvas
10 13 (1.23%) Web Services
11 12 (1.14%) Django
11 12 (1.14%) SAML
11 12 (1.14%) Sass
12 11 (1.04%) Jinja
Miscellaneous
1 136 (12.88%) Blog
2 124 (11.74%) Cloud Native
2 124 (11.74%) Onboarding
3 116 (10.98%) Product Ownership
4 43 (4.07%) Driving Licence
5 36 (3.41%) Management Information System
6 34 (3.22%) Social Media
7 29 (2.75%) Distributed Systems
8 28 (2.65%) Public Cloud
9 25 (2.37%) Self-Motivation
10 18 (1.70%) Data Centre
11 15 (1.42%) Enterprise Software
12 14 (1.33%) Podcast
13 13 (1.23%) Security Posture
14 12 (1.14%) Video Editing
15 11 (1.04%) Hybrid Cloud
16 8 (0.76%) Analytical Mindset
16 8 (0.76%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
17 7 (0.66%) Cyber Threat
17 7 (0.66%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 40 (3.79%) Linux
2 32 (3.03%) Windows
3 24 (2.27%) Unix
4 15 (1.42%) Android
5 13 (1.23%) Apple iOS
6 10 (0.95%) Windows Server
7 4 (0.38%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.19%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.095%) Debian
9 1 (0.095%) OpenWrt
9 1 (0.095%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 276 (26.14%) Agile
2 270 (25.57%) AI
3 204 (19.32%) Continuous Improvement
4 166 (15.72%) CI/CD
5 148 (14.02%) DevOps
6 142 (13.45%) Community of Practice
7 140 (13.26%) Roadmaps
8 132 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
9 131 (12.41%) Customer Service
10 113 (10.70%) Mentoring
11 97 (9.19%) Technology Strategy
12 94 (8.90%) Business Development
13 93 (8.81%) Cybersecurity
13 93 (8.81%) Scrum
14 90 (8.52%) Software Engineering
15 88 (8.33%) Project Management
16 84 (7.95%) Analytics
17 83 (7.86%) B2B
18 80 (7.58%) CRM
18 80 (7.58%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 137 (12.97%) Java
2 107 (10.13%) Python
3 92 (8.71%) JavaScript
4 57 (5.40%) Apex Code
5 48 (4.55%) SQL
6 41 (3.88%) C#
7 40 (3.79%) SOQL
7 40 (3.79%) SOSL
8 33 (3.13%) Go
9 23 (2.18%) TypeScript
10 20 (1.89%) Bash
11 5 (0.47%) C
12 4 (0.38%) C++
12 4 (0.38%) Kotlin
12 4 (0.38%) R
13 3 (0.28%) PowerShell
13 3 (0.28%) RPG
14 2 (0.19%) Bicep
15 1 (0.095%) ABAP
15 1 (0.095%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 295 (27.94%) Degree
2 143 (13.54%) Security Cleared
3 140 (13.26%) SC Cleared
4 41 (3.88%) AWS Certification
5 38 (3.60%) Microsoft Certification
6 37 (3.50%) Computer Science Degree
7 23 (2.18%) PMP
8 22 (2.08%) DBS Check
9 20 (1.89%) CISSP
10 16 (1.52%) Azure Certification
10 16 (1.52%) BPSS Clearance
11 13 (1.23%) Master's Degree
12 12 (1.14%) CISM
12 12 (1.14%) CREST Certified
12 12 (1.14%) OSCP
13 9 (0.85%) CISA
14 8 (0.76%) CompTIA Security+
14 8 (0.76%) CRISC
15 6 (0.57%) HNC
16 5 (0.47%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 74 (7.01%) Accessibility
2 49 (4.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 37 (3.50%) QA
4 33 (3.13%) WCAG
5 29 (2.75%) PCI DSS
6 28 (2.65%) SOC 2
7 25 (2.37%) Cyber Essentials
8 24 (2.27%) GDPR
9 19 (1.80%) NIST
10 18 (1.70%) GRC
11 17 (1.61%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 11 (1.04%) SLA
13 10 (0.95%) Data Quality
13 10 (0.95%) PMO
14 5 (0.47%) Actionable Recommendations
14 5 (0.47%) NEBOSH
15 4 (0.38%) EU AI Act
16 3 (0.28%) NCSC
16 3 (0.28%) PERC
16 3 (0.28%) PSD2
System Software
1 38 (3.60%) Docker
2 18 (1.70%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.28%) Hyper-V
3 3 (0.28%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.095%) iptables
4 1 (0.095%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 114 (10.80%) Terraform
2 93 (8.81%) Kubernetes
3 59 (5.59%) Grafana
4 23 (2.18%) Argo
5 22 (2.08%) Ansible
6 21 (1.99%) Microsoft Intune
7 20 (1.89%) Prometheus
8 19 (1.80%) Kustomize
9 5 (0.47%) Autotask
9 5 (0.47%) AWS Copilot
10 4 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (0.19%) Opsgenie
11 2 (0.19%) Puppet
12 1 (0.095%) CASB
12 1 (0.095%) FortiGate
12 1 (0.095%) Nessus
Vendors
1 190 (17.99%) Microsoft
2 108 (10.23%) Adobe
3 85 (8.05%) Salesforce
4 59 (5.59%) Google
5 40 (3.79%) Splunk
6 28 (2.65%) Cisco
7 26 (2.46%) Apple
8 17 (1.61%) MuleSoft
8 17 (1.61%) SAP
9 16 (1.52%) Oracle
10 14 (1.33%) Instagram
11 12 (1.14%) Hootsuite
11 12 (1.14%) ServiceNow
12 11 (1.04%) Wrike
13 9 (0.85%) CyberArk
13 9 (0.85%) Databricks
14 8 (0.76%) Dell
14 8 (0.76%) Meraki
15 6 (0.57%) PagerDuty
15 6 (0.57%) Planon