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 18 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 21 22
Rank change year-on-year -48 +1 +40
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 1,769 2,749 4,045
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 2.26% 7.91% 6.81%
As % of the General category 5.13% 11.89% 12.69%
Number of salaries quoted 851 480 818
10th Percentile £28,500 £25,552 £28,745
25th Percentile £36,319 £32,500 £36,360
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £48,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.38% -4.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £69,875 £60,000 £62,200
90th Percentile £78,312 £80,000 £74,144
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -15.38%

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 34,474 23,111 31,865
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 44.09% 66.49% 53.67%
Number of salaries quoted 21,314 11,340 17,842
10th Percentile £28,618 £26,000 £27,129
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £66,250 £62,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,525 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,421 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.06% -1.05% -8.33%

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 18 August 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 18 August 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 -66 446 £52,500 +17.98% 496
South East -38 346 £56,000 +12.00% 362
Midlands -48 267 £45,000 -5.26% 287
North West -61 250 £42,000 -5.62% 285
South West -8 245 £57,500 +51.32% 253
Scotland -13 160 £52,500 +31.25% 327
West Midlands -43 159 £59,250 +7.73% 214
East of England -7 155 £40,869 -28.30% 147
East Midlands -37 107 £40,000 +23.08% 72
Wales -2 104 £53,000 -7.71% 42
North East +3 103 £60,000 +144.20% 86
Yorkshire +8 93 £50,161 -37.30% 127
Northern Ireland -41 53 £74,654 -1.89% 147
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 40 (2.26%) Microsoft Exchange
2 37 (2.09%) Confluence
3 29 (1.64%) SharePoint
4 18 (1.02%) Apache Spark
5 17 (0.96%) Apache Airflow
6 16 (0.90%) Apache
7 11 (0.62%) CMS
8 10 (0.57%) Jupyter
9 5 (0.28%) WordPress
10 4 (0.23%) IIS
11 2 (0.11%) Exchange Server 2013
11 2 (0.11%) Moodle
11 2 (0.11%) Skype for Business
11 2 (0.11%) Totara
12 1 (0.057%) Cloud Foundry
12 1 (0.057%) OpenEdge
Applications
1 82 (4.64%) Microsoft Office
2 75 (4.24%) Microsoft Excel
3 18 (1.02%) Simulink
4 16 (0.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (0.51%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 9 (0.51%) Revit
6 8 (0.45%) Adobe After Effects
6 8 (0.45%) Adobe Illustrator
6 8 (0.45%) Adobe XD
6 8 (0.45%) InDesign
6 8 (0.45%) Microsoft Project
6 8 (0.45%) Photoshop
7 7 (0.40%) Sketch
8 6 (0.34%) AutoCAD
8 6 (0.34%) MS Visio
9 5 (0.28%) Acrobat
10 4 (0.23%) Chatbot
10 4 (0.23%) Mathcad
11 3 (0.17%) Maple
11 3 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 24 (1.36%) Cloudability
2 19 (1.07%) SAP S/4HANA
3 12 (0.68%) Workday HCM
4 11 (0.62%) Primavera
5 7 (0.40%) NetSuite
6 6 (0.34%) Dynamics CRM
6 6 (0.34%) SAP EHS
6 6 (0.34%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 5 (0.28%) Teamcenter
8 4 (0.23%) SAP HR
8 4 (0.23%) SAP SD
8 4 (0.23%) SAP WM
9 3 (0.17%) JDE EnterpriseOne
9 3 (0.17%) SAP MM
9 3 (0.17%) Shopify
10 2 (0.11%) Elite 3E
10 2 (0.11%) NEC Housing
10 2 (0.11%) SAP ERP
11 1 (0.057%) Misys Midas
11 1 (0.057%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 313 (17.69%) Azure
2 230 (13.00%) AWS
3 135 (7.63%) GCP
4 93 (5.26%) Power Platform
5 89 (5.03%) Azure DevOps
6 77 (4.35%) Microsoft 365
7 57 (3.22%) GitHub
8 50 (2.83%) Serverless
9 43 (2.43%) SaaS
10 34 (1.92%) dbt
11 32 (1.81%) PaaS
12 29 (1.64%) Entra ID
13 28 (1.58%) Figma
13 28 (1.58%) IaaS
14 25 (1.41%) Azure Key Vault
14 25 (1.41%) Azure Monitor
14 25 (1.41%) GitHub Actions
15 22 (1.24%) Microsoft Copilot
15 22 (1.24%) Microsoft Purview
16 16 (0.90%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 38 (2.15%) Firewall
2 35 (1.98%) Broadband
3 29 (1.64%) Network Security
4 19 (1.07%) Internet
4 19 (1.07%) VPN
5 18 (1.02%) DNS
6 16 (0.90%) LAN
6 16 (0.90%) TCP/IP
7 14 (0.79%) DHCP
7 14 (0.79%) WAN
8 11 (0.62%) Ethernet
9 10 (0.57%) SAN
9 10 (0.57%) VLAN
9 10 (0.57%) Wireless
10 8 (0.45%) Wi-Fi
11 6 (0.34%) SSL
12 5 (0.28%) Modbus
13 4 (0.23%) SD-WAN
13 4 (0.23%) Unified Communications
14 3 (0.17%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 77 (4.35%) Power BI
2 39 (2.20%) SQL Server
3 32 (1.81%) PostgreSQL
4 26 (1.47%) Tableau
5 22 (1.24%) Metadata
6 21 (1.19%) Relational Database
7 19 (1.07%) MongoDB
8 18 (1.02%) NoSQL
9 17 (0.96%) Azure SQL Database
9 17 (0.96%) MySQL
10 14 (0.79%) Data Warehouse
10 14 (0.79%) DynamoDB
11 12 (0.68%) BigQuery
11 12 (0.68%) Data Lake
11 12 (0.68%) Elasticsearch
12 11 (0.62%) Big Data
12 11 (0.62%) GIS
13 10 (0.57%) Amazon Athena
14 9 (0.51%) Geospatial Data
15 8 (0.45%) Looker
Development Applications
1 77 (4.35%) Git
2 66 (3.73%) Jenkins
2 66 (3.73%) JIRA
3 43 (2.43%) GitLab
4 22 (1.24%) Snyk
5 21 (1.19%) Rational DOORS
6 20 (1.13%) SonarQube
7 14 (0.79%) fastlane
7 14 (0.79%) LabVIEW
8 9 (0.51%) Cypress.io
8 9 (0.51%) JMeter
9 8 (0.45%) Cucumber
9 8 (0.45%) Postman
9 8 (0.45%) Xcode
10 7 (0.40%) Gatling
10 7 (0.40%) Moq
10 7 (0.40%) MSI
11 6 (0.34%) Android Studio
11 6 (0.34%) Crashlytics
11 6 (0.34%) Gradle
General
1 701 (39.63%) Social Skills
2 472 (26.68%) Finance
3 262 (14.81%) Analytical Skills
4 253 (14.30%) Public Sector
5 154 (8.71%) Marketing
6 143 (8.08%) Law
7 132 (7.46%) Aerospace
8 99 (5.60%) Legal
9 93 (5.26%) Organisational Skills
10 79 (4.47%) Retail
11 73 (4.13%) Manufacturing
12 65 (3.67%) Local Government
13 57 (3.22%) Electronics
14 45 (2.54%) Influencing Skills
15 42 (2.37%) Games
16 38 (2.15%) Telecoms
17 34 (1.92%) Banking
18 33 (1.87%) Presentation Skills
19 30 (1.70%) Military
20 18 (1.02%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 360 (20.35%) Senior
2 194 (10.97%) Architect
3 191 (10.80%) Analyst
4 180 (10.18%) Lead
5 93 (5.26%) Developer
6 79 (4.47%) Sales Executive
7 71 (4.01%) Consultant
8 67 (3.79%) Senior Analyst
9 62 (3.50%) Business Analyst
10 57 (3.22%) Software Engineer
11 55 (3.11%) Systems Engineer
12 53 (3.00%) Solutions Architect
13 44 (2.49%) IT Engineer
14 42 (2.37%) Technical Architect
15 40 (2.26%) Senior Architect
16 39 (2.20%) Cloud Architect
17 33 (1.87%) Designer
18 30 (1.70%) Account Executive
18 30 (1.70%) IT Support
18 30 (1.70%) Principal Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (3.11%) .NET
2 47 (2.66%) CSS
3 45 (2.54%) HTML
4 44 (2.49%) REST
4 44 (2.49%) RESTful
5 35 (1.98%) React
6 31 (1.75%) Node.js
7 26 (1.47%) .NET Core
8 23 (1.30%) EDI
8 23 (1.30%) Spring
9 22 (1.24%) .NET Framework
9 22 (1.24%) SOAP
9 22 (1.24%) XML
10 20 (1.13%) Lightning Web Components
10 20 (1.13%) Spring Boot
10 20 (1.13%) Visualforce
11 18 (1.02%) Android SDK
11 18 (1.02%) Entity Framework
12 17 (0.96%) ASP.NET
13 15 (0.85%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 133 (7.52%) Driving Licence
2 124 (7.01%) Onboarding
3 109 (6.16%) Self-Motivation
4 106 (5.99%) Product Ownership
5 85 (4.80%) Cloud Native
6 70 (3.96%) Management Information System
7 65 (3.67%) Data Centre
8 54 (3.05%) Social Media
9 45 (2.54%) Public Cloud
10 42 (2.37%) Cyberattack
11 30 (1.70%) Algorithms
12 29 (1.64%) Mobile App
13 26 (1.47%) Legacy Systems
14 23 (1.30%) Security Posture
15 22 (1.24%) Data Structures
16 21 (1.19%) FPGA
17 20 (1.13%) Analytical Mindset
17 20 (1.13%) Credit Risk
18 18 (1.02%) Life Science
19 17 (0.96%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 109 (6.16%) Windows
2 56 (3.17%) Linux
3 31 (1.75%) Windows Server
4 25 (1.41%) Android
5 22 (1.24%) Apple iOS
5 22 (1.24%) Windows 10
6 17 (0.96%) Unix
7 14 (0.79%) VMS
8 12 (0.68%) Mac OS
9 5 (0.28%) VxWorks
10 4 (0.23%) Mac OS X
11 3 (0.17%) Solaris
12 2 (0.11%) AIX
12 2 (0.11%) Windows 7
13 1 (0.057%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 499 (28.21%) Agile
2 420 (23.74%) AI
3 372 (21.03%) Problem-Solving
4 284 (16.05%) Continuous Improvement
5 265 (14.98%) Decision-Making
6 263 (14.87%) CI/CD
7 262 (14.81%) Mentoring
8 234 (13.23%) DevOps
9 198 (11.19%) Cybersecurity
10 182 (10.29%) Stakeholder Management
11 163 (9.21%) Roadmaps
12 144 (8.14%) Validation
13 140 (7.91%) Analytics
14 139 (7.86%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
15 130 (7.35%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 128 (7.24%) Customer Service
17 122 (6.90%) Software Engineering
18 121 (6.84%) Scrum
19 120 (6.78%) Coaching
20 116 (6.56%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 171 (9.67%) Python
2 134 (7.57%) SQL
3 76 (4.30%) Java
4 63 (3.56%) C#
4 63 (3.56%) JavaScript
5 50 (2.83%) PowerShell
6 37 (2.09%) TypeScript
7 32 (1.81%) MATLAB
8 29 (1.64%) Bicep
9 27 (1.53%) Bash
10 22 (1.24%) C++
11 20 (1.13%) Apex Code
11 20 (1.13%) Kotlin
11 20 (1.13%) SOQL
11 20 (1.13%) SOSL
12 19 (1.07%) Kusto Query Language
13 15 (0.85%) Go
14 10 (0.57%) Ada
14 10 (0.57%) PHP
14 10 (0.57%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 404 (22.84%) Degree
2 353 (19.95%) Security Cleared
3 331 (18.71%) SC Cleared
4 149 (8.42%) BPSS Clearance
5 112 (6.33%) DV Cleared
6 100 (5.65%) DBS Check
7 47 (2.66%) HNC
8 45 (2.54%) AWS Certification
9 39 (2.20%) Azure Certification
9 39 (2.20%) Master's Degree
10 34 (1.92%) Computer Science Degree
11 33 (1.87%) Chartered Engineer
12 31 (1.75%) PhD
13 27 (1.53%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 21 (1.19%) Microsoft Certification
15 15 (0.85%) CISSP
16 13 (0.73%) Cisco Certification
17 12 (0.68%) ACCA
17 12 (0.68%) CIMA
18 11 (0.62%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 230 (13.00%) Accessibility
2 77 (4.35%) QA
3 73 (4.13%) Data Quality
4 64 (3.62%) SLA
5 53 (3.00%) GDPR
6 48 (2.71%) WCAG
7 36 (2.04%) GRC
7 36 (2.04%) NIST
8 26 (1.47%) NCSC
9 23 (1.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 20 (1.13%) Cyber Essentials
11 14 (0.79%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 7 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
13 6 (0.34%) PCI DSS
14 5 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 5 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 20000
15 4 (0.23%) DO-160
15 4 (0.23%) GAAP
15 4 (0.23%) IFRS
15 4 (0.23%) NIST 800
System Software
1 85 (4.80%) Docker
2 75 (4.24%) Active Directory
3 38 (2.15%) Firmware
4 25 (1.41%) VMware Infrastructure
5 24 (1.36%) Virtual Machines
6 12 (0.68%) Virtual Desktop
6 12 (0.68%) vSphere
7 8 (0.45%) Hyper-V
8 5 (0.28%) BitLocker
9 3 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.057%) IAG
10 1 (0.057%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 89 (5.03%) Terraform
2 69 (3.90%) Kubernetes
3 23 (1.30%) Microsoft Intune
4 21 (1.19%) Grafana
5 18 (1.02%) SCCM
6 12 (0.68%) Ansible
7 11 (0.62%) Prometheus
8 7 (0.40%) WSUS
9 4 (0.23%) Argo
9 4 (0.23%) Autotask
10 3 (0.17%) Check_MK
10 3 (0.17%) Kibana
10 3 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (0.11%) Progress Chef
11 2 (0.11%) Puppet
12 1 (0.057%) CASB
12 1 (0.057%) FortiGate
12 1 (0.057%) Jamf Pro
12 1 (0.057%) Nessus
12 1 (0.057%) SCOM
Vendors
1 295 (16.68%) Microsoft
2 84 (4.75%) Google
3 63 (3.56%) Adobe
4 62 (3.50%) SAP
5 50 (2.83%) Workday
6 47 (2.66%) Apple
7 44 (2.49%) Salesforce
8 36 (2.04%) ServiceNow
9 31 (1.75%) Cisco
9 31 (1.75%) VMware
10 26 (1.47%) Palo Alto
10 26 (1.47%) Splunk
11 25 (1.41%) CrowdStrike
12 24 (1.36%) Dynatrace
13 22 (1.24%) Tenable
14 20 (1.13%) Oracle
15 19 (1.07%) Instagram
16 15 (0.85%) Facebook
17 14 (0.79%) OpenAI
18 13 (0.73%) Databricks