Inclusion and Diversity Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Inclusion and Diversity
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Inclusion and Diversity in permanent job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Inclusion and Diversity over the 6 months leading up to 25 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 22 21
Rank change year-on-year +11 -1 +30
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 5,130 2,169 5,561
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 7.98% 8.06% 8.22%
As % of the General category 16.30% 11.78% 14.16%
Number of salaries quoted 608 480 1,298
10th Percentile £20,000 £29,750 £25,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £39,929 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% -21.74%
75th Percentile £63,375 £62,749 £61,167
90th Percentile £78,750 £78,658 £71,725
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £51,000
% change year-on-year - +7.84% -21.54%

All General Skills
UK excluding London

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 requiring general skills in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 31,466 18,416 39,280
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 48.95% 68.47% 58.07%
Number of salaries quoted 16,135 9,472 26,301
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,250 £26,000
25th Percentile £33,750 £35,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £75,772
UK median annual salary £55,000 £58,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.17% +10.48% -12.50%

Inclusion and Diversity
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Inclusion and Diversity relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Inclusion and Diversity job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Inclusion and Diversity
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Inclusion and Diversity.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Inclusion and Diversity

Inclusion and Diversity
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 25 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Inclusion and Diversity in the UK excluding London

Inclusion and Diversity
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 25 April 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England +7 1,966 £42,500 -8.60% 320
North West +1 1,694 £39,000 -15.22% 235
Midlands +22 1,504 £50,000 - 97
West Midlands +42 1,291 £61,000 +10.91% 36
South East +9 856 £52,500 +5.92% 190
East of England +8 458 £41,739 -26.45% 55
Yorkshire +28 247 £27,625 -35.00% 67
East Midlands -9 225 £35,000 +7.69% 61
South West -18 173 £48,373 -3.25% 71
Scotland -27 89 £51,250 -6.82% 75
Wales +10 79 £57,515 +11.99% 22
North East -28 25 £60,000 -13.52% 18
Northern Ireland -36 15 £40,000 -32.69% 20
Channel Islands - 8 - -
Inclusion and Diversity
UK

Inclusion and Diversity
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 46 (0.90%) SharePoint
2 16 (0.31%) Microsoft Exchange
3 15 (0.29%) Confluence
4 7 (0.14%) ArcGIS
5 3 (0.058%) Apache
5 3 (0.058%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.058%) CMS
6 2 (0.039%) Exchange Server 2013
6 2 (0.039%) WordPress
7 1 (0.019%) IIS
7 1 (0.019%) WildFly
Applications
1 64 (1.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 54 (1.05%) Microsoft Office
3 37 (0.72%) Acrobat
4 28 (0.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.097%) Adobe XD
6 3 (0.058%) AutoCAD
6 3 (0.058%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.039%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.039%) Trello
8 1 (0.019%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 12 (0.23%) Cloudability
2 9 (0.18%) NetSuite
3 6 (0.12%) Workday HCM
4 5 (0.097%) SAP HR
5 4 (0.078%) Academy Housing
6 2 (0.039%) Elite 3E
6 2 (0.039%) Misys Midas
6 2 (0.039%) Sage X3
7 1 (0.019%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.019%) Exchequer
7 1 (0.019%) Infor M3
7 1 (0.019%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 1 (0.019%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.019%) Raiser’s Edge
7 1 (0.019%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 3,654 (71.23%) Cloud Computing
2 189 (3.68%) Azure
3 114 (2.22%) AWS
4 86 (1.68%) Microsoft 365
5 64 (1.25%) Power Platform
6 59 (1.15%) GCP
7 42 (0.82%) SaaS
8 39 (0.76%) Entra ID
9 25 (0.49%) Azure DevOps
10 18 (0.35%) Serverless
11 13 (0.25%) OneDrive
12 12 (0.23%) Asana
12 12 (0.23%) PaaS
13 11 (0.21%) Google Analytics
13 11 (0.21%) Sprout Social
14 10 (0.19%) Figma
14 10 (0.19%) GitHub
14 10 (0.19%) Microsoft Purview
14 10 (0.19%) Power Automate
15 9 (0.18%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 3,656 (71.27%) Internet
2 64 (1.25%) Broadband
3 29 (0.57%) Firewall
4 26 (0.51%) DNS
5 25 (0.49%) VPN
6 24 (0.47%) LAN
7 23 (0.45%) DHCP
8 21 (0.41%) WAN
9 17 (0.33%) Wi-Fi
10 16 (0.31%) TCP/IP
11 8 (0.16%) 4G
11 8 (0.16%) Network Security
11 8 (0.16%) VLAN
12 7 (0.14%) MPLS
12 7 (0.14%) Wireless
13 4 (0.078%) 5G
13 4 (0.078%) BGP
13 4 (0.078%) Ethernet
13 4 (0.078%) PSTN
13 4 (0.078%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (0.99%) Power BI
2 20 (0.39%) PostgreSQL
3 16 (0.31%) Data Warehouse
4 13 (0.25%) Data Lake
5 12 (0.23%) Metadata
6 10 (0.19%) SQL Server
7 9 (0.18%) GIS
8 8 (0.16%) Amazon RDS
8 8 (0.16%) MySQL
9 7 (0.14%) Geospatial Data
10 6 (0.12%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 6 (0.12%) BigQuery
10 6 (0.12%) MongoDB
10 6 (0.12%) NoSQL
10 6 (0.12%) Redis
11 5 (0.097%) Looker
12 4 (0.078%) Elasticsearch
13 3 (0.058%) Relational Database
14 2 (0.039%) Amazon Redshift
14 2 (0.039%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 36 (0.70%) Jenkins
2 34 (0.66%) GitLab
2 34 (0.66%) SonarQube
3 30 (0.58%) JIRA
4 19 (0.37%) Git
5 13 (0.25%) Snyk
6 10 (0.19%) Postman
7 8 (0.16%) Cucumber
8 5 (0.097%) Axure RP
8 5 (0.097%) Balsamiq
8 5 (0.097%) Zephyr
9 4 (0.078%) Gatling
9 4 (0.078%) JMeter
9 4 (0.078%) JUnit
9 4 (0.078%) Locust
10 3 (0.058%) fastlane
10 3 (0.058%) Mockito
11 2 (0.039%) Jaeger
11 2 (0.039%) LabVIEW
11 2 (0.039%) Xcode
General
1 4,018 (78.32%) Social Skills
2 3,671 (71.56%) Banking
3 485 (9.45%) Finance
4 149 (2.90%) Public Sector
5 144 (2.81%) Analytical Skills
6 128 (2.50%) Marketing
7 121 (2.36%) Retail
8 118 (2.30%) Law
9 73 (1.42%) Legal
10 53 (1.03%) Games
11 43 (0.84%) Organisational Skills
12 37 (0.72%) Manufacturing
13 35 (0.68%) Local Government
14 21 (0.41%) Influencing Skills
15 17 (0.33%) Telecoms
16 16 (0.31%) Presentation Skills
17 15 (0.29%) Billing
18 14 (0.27%) Aerospace
19 13 (0.25%) Aviation
20 12 (0.23%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 2,811 (54.80%) Lecturer
2 213 (4.15%) Senior
3 209 (4.07%) Systems Engineer
4 195 (3.80%) Facilities Engineer
5 157 (3.06%) Analyst
6 110 (2.14%) Architect
7 74 (1.44%) Project Manager
8 61 (1.19%) Lead
9 60 (1.17%) Business Analyst
10 49 (0.96%) Project Engineer
11 46 (0.90%) IT Engineer
12 45 (0.88%) Account Executive
13 41 (0.80%) Senior Manager
14 38 (0.74%) Senior Analyst
15 37 (0.72%) Solutions Architect
16 33 (0.64%) Salesforce Architect
17 32 (0.62%) Developer
18 31 (0.60%) Alliance Manager
19 30 (0.58%) IT Support
20 26 (0.51%) Mechanical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (0.97%) REST
2 41 (0.80%) Lightning Web Components
2 41 (0.80%) SOAP
2 41 (0.80%) Visualforce
3 25 (0.49%) EDI
4 14 (0.27%) .NET
4 14 (0.27%) Android SDK
4 14 (0.27%) Node.js
5 13 (0.25%) GraphQL
6 9 (0.18%) CSS
6 9 (0.18%) HTML
7 8 (0.16%) RESTful
7 8 (0.16%) Web Services
8 7 (0.14%) Middleware
8 7 (0.14%) React
8 7 (0.14%) SAML
9 6 (0.12%) Django
9 6 (0.12%) Regular Expression
9 6 (0.12%) Spring
10 5 (0.097%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 3,650 (71.15%) IoT
2 127 (2.48%) Onboarding
3 79 (1.54%) Driving Licence
4 72 (1.40%) Product Ownership
5 65 (1.27%) Blog
6 59 (1.15%) Management Information System
7 53 (1.03%) Self-Motivation
8 39 (0.76%) Social Media
9 38 (0.74%) Cyberattack
10 30 (0.58%) Data Centre
11 29 (0.57%) Enterprise Software
11 29 (0.57%) Mobile App
12 21 (0.41%) Cloud Native
13 19 (0.37%) Public Cloud
14 15 (0.29%) Life Science
14 15 (0.29%) Security Operations Centre
15 14 (0.27%) CSOC
16 13 (0.25%) Security Posture
17 11 (0.21%) Legacy Systems
17 11 (0.21%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 65 (1.27%) Windows
2 34 (0.66%) Linux
3 29 (0.57%) Windows Server
4 17 (0.33%) Android
4 17 (0.33%) Unix
5 13 (0.25%) Windows 10
6 10 (0.19%) Apple iOS
7 5 (0.097%) Debian
7 5 (0.097%) Windows Server 2016
8 4 (0.078%) Mac OS X
8 4 (0.078%) VMS
9 2 (0.039%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.039%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.019%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 3,926 (76.53%) AI
2 3,803 (74.13%) Cybersecurity
3 3,683 (71.79%) User Experience
4 3,665 (71.44%) Machine Learning
5 3,652 (71.19%) Web Development
6 322 (6.28%) Mentoring
7 238 (4.64%) Agile
8 210 (4.09%) Problem-Solving
9 197 (3.84%) Inventory Management
10 196 (3.82%) Preventative Maintenance
11 177 (3.45%) Continuous Improvement
12 131 (2.55%) CI/CD
12 131 (2.55%) DevOps
13 130 (2.53%) Customer Service
14 120 (2.34%) Coaching
15 113 (2.20%) Analytics
16 110 (2.14%) B2B
17 99 (1.93%) Decision-Making
18 97 (1.89%) Roadmaps
19 87 (1.70%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 71 (1.38%) Python
2 69 (1.35%) SQL
3 44 (0.86%) Java
4 41 (0.80%) Apex Code
5 34 (0.66%) SOQL
5 34 (0.66%) SOSL
6 26 (0.51%) JavaScript
7 25 (0.49%) PowerShell
8 14 (0.27%) Kotlin
9 10 (0.19%) C#
9 10 (0.19%) TypeScript
10 6 (0.12%) Bash
10 6 (0.12%) Kusto Query Language
11 5 (0.097%) PHP
12 3 (0.058%) VB
13 2 (0.039%) ActionScript
13 2 (0.039%) ActionScript 2.0
13 2 (0.039%) Go
13 2 (0.039%) MATLAB
14 1 (0.019%) R
Qualifications
1 3,949 (76.98%) Degree
2 3,851 (75.07%) Postgraduate
3 3,656 (71.27%) Master's Degree
4 3,654 (71.23%) PhD
5 197 (3.84%) City & Guilds
6 195 (3.80%) NVQ Level 3
7 130 (2.53%) Security Cleared
8 112 (2.18%) SC Cleared
9 37 (0.72%) DBS Check
10 36 (0.70%) BPSS Clearance
11 34 (0.66%) AWS Certification
12 25 (0.49%) Microsoft Certification
13 23 (0.45%) HNC
14 22 (0.43%) PMP
15 20 (0.39%) Computer Science Degree
16 19 (0.37%) CISSP
16 19 (0.37%) HND
17 17 (0.33%) CISM
18 14 (0.27%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
19 13 (0.25%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 195 (3.80%) COSHH
2 53 (1.03%) QA
3 47 (0.92%) NIST
4 40 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 39 (0.76%) Accessibility
6 29 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials
7 26 (0.51%) SLA
8 24 (0.47%) GDPR
9 21 (0.41%) GRC
10 16 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 16 (0.31%) Data Quality
11 14 (0.27%) WCAG
12 9 (0.18%) PCI DSS
13 6 (0.12%) COBIT
13 6 (0.12%) PMO
13 6 (0.12%) SOC 2
14 5 (0.097%) NEBOSH
15 4 (0.078%) GAAP
15 4 (0.078%) IFRS
16 3 (0.058%) NCSC
System Software
1 64 (1.25%) Active Directory
2 25 (0.49%) Docker
3 17 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
4 15 (0.29%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (0.12%) vSphere
6 4 (0.078%) Hyper-V
7 3 (0.058%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.039%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.019%) iptables
Systems Management
1 40 (0.78%) Terraform
2 31 (0.60%) Microsoft Intune
3 19 (0.37%) Kubernetes
4 17 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
5 7 (0.14%) SCCM
6 6 (0.12%) Argo
6 6 (0.12%) Grafana
7 5 (0.097%) Autotask
8 4 (0.078%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 4 (0.078%) AWS Copilot
8 4 (0.078%) SolarWinds Orion
8 4 (0.078%) vCenter Server
8 4 (0.078%) WSUS
9 3 (0.058%) Ansible
9 3 (0.058%) CASB
9 3 (0.058%) Check_MK
9 3 (0.058%) Jamf Pro
10 2 (0.039%) Kustomize
10 2 (0.039%) Opsgenie
10 2 (0.039%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 285 (5.56%) Microsoft
2 116 (2.26%) Salesforce
3 94 (1.83%) Adobe
4 74 (1.44%) Cisco
5 48 (0.94%) Google
6 47 (0.92%) Apple
7 43 (0.84%) Splunk
8 25 (0.49%) ServiceNow
9 24 (0.47%) CrowdStrike
10 21 (0.41%) Palo Alto
10 21 (0.41%) VMware
11 18 (0.35%) SAP
12 15 (0.29%) NEC
12 15 (0.29%) Tenable
13 14 (0.27%) Databricks
14 12 (0.23%) Instagram
15 11 (0.21%) Hootsuite
15 11 (0.21%) Pega
15 11 (0.21%) Workday
15 11 (0.21%) Wrike