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 10 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 17 33
Rank change year-on-year -39 +16 +9
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 2,204 2,785 2,687
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 2.55% 8.05% 5.24%
As % of the General category 5.75% 12.22% 9.63%
Number of salaries quoted 908 487 519
10th Percentile £28,000 £25,500 £28,745
25th Percentile £35,000 £29,375 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -14.29% -4.55%
75th Percentile £66,250 £60,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,312 £82,241 £79,225
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -7.69%

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 38,309 22,785 27,908
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 44.28% 65.90% 54.39%
Number of salaries quoted 23,642 11,142 12,356
10th Percentile £28,618 £26,250 £29,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,031 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £43,095 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.02% -13.81% -0.99%
75th Percentile £65,000 £61,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.76% -8.70% -4.17%

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 10 October 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 10 October 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 -48 593 £47,073 -0.90% 667
South East -26 463 £56,000 +1.82% 500
Midlands -31 379 £45,500 -4.21% 325
North West -48 339 £42,000 -8.64% 376
South West -21 264 £40,000 +33.33% 276
East of England +3 207 £38,000 -31.22% 237
West Midlands -32 195 £59,250 +7.73% 215
East Midlands -3 183 £42,000 +34.40% 110
North East +13 145 £65,500 +166.59% 112
Scotland -19 143 £35,000 +16.67% 473
Wales 0 114 £54,000 -5.97% 74
Yorkshire +14 109 £38,989 -54.13% 179
Northern Ireland -47 48 £74,742 -1.69% 114
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 44 (2.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 42 (1.91%) SharePoint
3 38 (1.72%) CMS
4 28 (1.27%) Confluence
5 21 (0.95%) Apache Spark
6 17 (0.77%) Apache Airflow
7 16 (0.73%) Apache
8 10 (0.45%) Jupyter
9 5 (0.23%) Moodle
9 5 (0.23%) WordPress
10 3 (0.14%) Headless CMS
10 3 (0.14%) IIS
11 2 (0.091%) Skype for Business
11 2 (0.091%) Totara
12 1 (0.045%) Cloud Foundry
12 1 (0.045%) OpenEdge
12 1 (0.045%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 118 (5.35%) Microsoft Office
2 116 (5.26%) Microsoft Excel
3 32 (1.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 21 (0.95%) Maple
5 17 (0.77%) Revit
5 17 (0.77%) Simulink
6 15 (0.68%) AutoCAD
7 13 (0.59%) Spreadsheet
8 10 (0.45%) Adobe After Effects
8 10 (0.45%) Adobe Illustrator
8 10 (0.45%) Microsoft Project
8 10 (0.45%) Photoshop
9 9 (0.41%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 9 (0.41%) Notion
10 8 (0.36%) Adobe XD
10 8 (0.36%) InDesign
10 8 (0.36%) MS Visio
11 7 (0.32%) Sketch
12 5 (0.23%) Chatbot
13 4 (0.18%) Mathcad
Business Applications
1 25 (1.13%) Dynamics CRM
2 22 (1.00%) SAP S/4HANA
3 19 (0.86%) Cloudability
4 15 (0.68%) SAP EHS
4 15 (0.68%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 12 (0.54%) Workday HCM
6 11 (0.50%) Primavera
7 9 (0.41%) Teamcenter
8 5 (0.23%) NetSuite
9 4 (0.18%) SAP SD
9 4 (0.18%) SAP WM
9 4 (0.18%) Shopify
10 3 (0.14%) JDE EnterpriseOne
10 3 (0.14%) Misys Midas
10 3 (0.14%) SAP ERP
10 3 (0.14%) SAP MM
10 3 (0.14%) SAP R/3
11 2 (0.091%) Academy Housing
11 2 (0.091%) Adobe Campaign
11 2 (0.091%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 332 (15.06%) Azure
2 261 (11.84%) AWS
3 126 (5.72%) GCP
4 111 (5.04%) SaaS
5 108 (4.90%) Power Platform
6 98 (4.45%) Azure DevOps
7 94 (4.26%) Microsoft 365
8 59 (2.68%) GitHub
8 59 (2.68%) Serverless
9 43 (1.95%) Entra ID
10 38 (1.72%) Dynamics 365
11 35 (1.59%) dbt
12 33 (1.50%) Azure Key Vault
13 31 (1.41%) PaaS
14 30 (1.36%) GitHub Actions
15 29 (1.32%) IaaS
16 28 (1.27%) Figma
17 27 (1.23%) Azure Monitor
18 23 (1.04%) Amazon S3
18 23 (1.04%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 38 (1.72%) Internet
2 36 (1.63%) Firewall
3 35 (1.59%) Ethernet
4 33 (1.50%) Modbus
5 27 (1.23%) Network Security
5 27 (1.23%) Profibus
6 26 (1.18%) 5G
7 25 (1.13%) VPN
8 22 (1.00%) DNS
9 21 (0.95%) TCP/IP
10 13 (0.59%) DHCP
10 13 (0.59%) LAN
11 12 (0.54%) SAN
12 10 (0.45%) SSL
12 10 (0.45%) VLAN
12 10 (0.45%) WAN
13 9 (0.41%) HTTP
14 7 (0.32%) Wireless
15 4 (0.18%) Broadband
15 4 (0.18%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 83 (3.77%) Power BI
2 43 (1.95%) SQL Server
3 42 (1.91%) Tableau
4 25 (1.13%) Relational Database
5 24 (1.09%) MongoDB
6 23 (1.04%) PostgreSQL
7 20 (0.91%) GIS
8 19 (0.86%) Data Lake
8 19 (0.86%) Elasticsearch
8 19 (0.86%) MySQL
9 18 (0.82%) NoSQL
10 17 (0.77%) Azure SQL Database
10 17 (0.77%) Metadata
11 16 (0.73%) Data Warehouse
12 15 (0.68%) Big Data
12 15 (0.68%) DynamoDB
13 13 (0.59%) Amazon Athena
14 10 (0.45%) Power Query
15 9 (0.41%) Geospatial Data
15 9 (0.41%) Looker
Development Applications
1 107 (4.85%) Git
2 56 (2.54%) JIRA
3 49 (2.22%) Jenkins
4 34 (1.54%) GitLab
5 19 (0.86%) Rational DOORS
6 15 (0.68%) Snyk
7 14 (0.64%) LabVIEW
8 13 (0.59%) Gatling
9 11 (0.50%) fastlane
9 11 (0.50%) JMeter
10 10 (0.45%) Cypress.io
11 9 (0.41%) LoadRunner
12 8 (0.36%) MSI
13 7 (0.32%) Moq
14 6 (0.27%) Xcode
15 5 (0.23%) Android Studio
15 5 (0.23%) Crashlytics
15 5 (0.23%) Gradle
15 5 (0.23%) JUnit
16 4 (0.18%) Claude Code
General
1 943 (42.79%) Social Skills
2 645 (29.26%) Finance
3 330 (14.97%) Analytical Skills
4 299 (13.57%) Public Sector
5 290 (13.16%) Marketing
6 176 (7.99%) Law
7 150 (6.81%) Aerospace
8 141 (6.40%) Organisational Skills
9 139 (6.31%) Retail
10 114 (5.17%) Legal
11 98 (4.45%) Manufacturing
12 83 (3.77%) Local Government
13 77 (3.49%) Electronics
13 77 (3.49%) Telecoms
14 73 (3.31%) Presentation Skills
15 63 (2.86%) Influencing Skills
16 49 (2.22%) Banking
17 29 (1.32%) Military
18 27 (1.23%) Financial Institution
19 24 (1.09%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 376 (17.06%) Senior
2 231 (10.48%) Lead
3 170 (7.71%) Analyst
4 152 (6.90%) Architect
5 137 (6.22%) Sales Executive
6 115 (5.22%) Developer
7 98 (4.45%) Consultant
8 70 (3.18%) Account Executive
9 58 (2.63%) Project Engineer
10 56 (2.54%) Senior Analyst
11 55 (2.50%) Software Engineer
12 51 (2.31%) Systems Engineer
13 49 (2.22%) Design Engineer
14 48 (2.18%) Electrical Engineer
15 47 (2.13%) Business Analyst
16 37 (1.68%) Designer
16 37 (1.68%) Sales Account Executive
16 37 (1.68%) Technical Architect
17 36 (1.63%) Project Manager
18 35 (1.59%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 87 (3.95%) Terraform
2 65 (2.95%) CSS
3 55 (2.50%) .NET
4 47 (2.13%) HTML
4 47 (2.13%) RESTful
5 43 (1.95%) REST
6 36 (1.63%) XML
7 33 (1.50%) EDI
7 33 (1.50%) React
8 32 (1.45%) Node.js
9 29 (1.32%) Spring
10 27 (1.23%) .NET Core
11 26 (1.18%) Middleware
11 26 (1.18%) Spring Boot
12 24 (1.09%) Kafka
13 22 (1.00%) .NET Framework
14 19 (0.86%) LangChain
15 18 (0.82%) AngularJS
15 18 (0.82%) JWT
15 18 (0.82%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 267 (12.11%) Onboarding
2 225 (10.21%) Driving Licence
3 134 (6.08%) Self-Motivation
4 106 (4.81%) Management Information System
5 97 (4.40%) Cloud Native
6 90 (4.08%) Product Ownership
7 69 (3.13%) Marketing Technology
8 68 (3.09%) Social Media
9 58 (2.63%) Data Centre
10 53 (2.40%) SCADA
11 46 (2.09%) Public Cloud
12 34 (1.54%) Algorithms
13 29 (1.32%) Renewable Energy
14 27 (1.23%) Distributed Systems
15 26 (1.18%) Cyber Threat
15 26 (1.18%) Security Posture
16 23 (1.04%) FPGA
17 22 (1.00%) Data Structures
17 22 (1.00%) Legacy Systems
18 21 (0.95%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 125 (5.67%) Windows
2 59 (2.68%) Linux
3 28 (1.27%) Windows Server
4 23 (1.04%) Apple iOS
5 20 (0.91%) VMS
6 16 (0.73%) Android
7 15 (0.68%) Mac OS
8 14 (0.64%) Windows 10
9 12 (0.54%) Unix
10 5 (0.23%) VxWorks
11 3 (0.14%) AIX
11 3 (0.14%) Solaris
12 2 (0.091%) Windows 7
13 1 (0.045%) Data ONTAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 573 (26.00%) AI
2 526 (23.87%) Agile
3 447 (20.28%) Problem-Solving
4 410 (18.60%) Continuous Improvement
5 311 (14.11%) Mentoring
6 306 (13.88%) Decision-Making
7 274 (12.43%) Stakeholder Management
8 242 (10.98%) CI/CD
9 228 (10.34%) DevOps
10 217 (9.85%) Cybersecurity
11 197 (8.94%) Analytics
12 194 (8.80%) Roadmaps
13 192 (8.71%) Customer Service
14 182 (8.26%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 179 (8.12%) Validation
16 168 (7.62%) Coaching
17 166 (7.53%) Collaborative Working
18 159 (7.21%) CRM
19 153 (6.94%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
20 138 (6.26%) Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 181 (8.21%) Python
2 138 (6.26%) SQL
3 89 (4.04%) JavaScript
4 75 (3.40%) C#
5 69 (3.13%) Java
6 48 (2.18%) PowerShell
7 39 (1.77%) TypeScript
8 30 (1.36%) Bicep
8 30 (1.36%) MATLAB
9 25 (1.13%) Bash
10 23 (1.04%) C++
11 17 (0.77%) Kusto Query Language
12 15 (0.68%) Go
13 14 (0.64%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 11 (0.50%) Ruby
15 10 (0.45%) ABAP
15 10 (0.45%) Ada
15 10 (0.45%) Kotlin
16 8 (0.36%) C
17 7 (0.32%) PHP
Qualifications
1 524 (23.77%) Degree
2 414 (18.78%) Security Cleared
3 363 (16.47%) SC Cleared
4 187 (8.48%) DBS Check
5 165 (7.49%) BPSS Clearance
6 145 (6.58%) HNC
7 122 (5.54%) DV Cleared
8 105 (4.76%) Master's Degree
9 55 (2.50%) Azure Certification
10 53 (2.40%) AWS Certification
11 52 (2.36%) Chartered Engineer
12 35 (1.59%) HND
13 33 (1.50%) PhD
14 28 (1.27%) Computer Science Degree
15 27 (1.23%) Microsoft Certification
16 22 (1.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
17 17 (0.77%) CISSP
18 15 (0.68%) Postgraduate
19 13 (0.59%) ACCA
19 13 (0.59%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 282 (12.79%) Accessibility
2 111 (5.04%) QA
3 93 (4.22%) Data Quality
4 68 (3.09%) GDPR
5 66 (2.99%) SLA
6 52 (2.36%) WCAG
7 36 (1.63%) NCSC
8 32 (1.45%) GRC
9 29 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 20 (0.91%) Cyber Essentials
10 20 (0.91%) NIST
11 14 (0.64%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 8 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
13 6 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 6 (0.27%) PCI DSS
14 5 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 20000
15 4 (0.18%) NIST 800
16 3 (0.14%) JSP 440
16 3 (0.14%) MIL-STD-1553
16 3 (0.14%) PMO
System Software
1 87 (3.95%) Docker
2 73 (3.31%) Active Directory
3 41 (1.86%) Firmware
4 21 (0.95%) VMware Infrastructure
5 20 (0.91%) Virtual Machines
6 14 (0.64%) Virtual Desktop
7 12 (0.54%) vSphere
8 6 (0.27%) Hyper-V
9 5 (0.23%) BitLocker
10 3 (0.14%) NFS
10 3 (0.14%) VMware ESXi
11 2 (0.091%) IAG
12 1 (0.045%) Embedded Firmware
12 1 (0.045%) Microsoft App-V
12 1 (0.045%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 72 (3.27%) Kubernetes
2 29 (1.32%) Grafana
3 24 (1.09%) Microsoft Intune
4 15 (0.68%) Prometheus
5 14 (0.64%) Ansible
6 13 (0.59%) SCCM
7 9 (0.41%) Kibana
8 4 (0.18%) Argo
8 4 (0.18%) Autotask
9 3 (0.14%) Jamf Pro
9 3 (0.14%) WSUS
10 2 (0.091%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.091%) Puppet
10 2 (0.091%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.045%) EMC NetWorker
11 1 (0.045%) Proxmox
11 1 (0.045%) QRadar
11 1 (0.045%) SCOM
11 1 (0.045%) vCenter Server
11 1 (0.045%) VxRail
Vendors
1 387 (17.56%) Microsoft
2 96 (4.36%) Samsung
3 94 (4.26%) TikTok
4 93 (4.22%) SAP
5 92 (4.17%) Salesforce
6 83 (3.77%) Adobe
7 72 (3.27%) Google
8 47 (2.13%) Workday
9 42 (1.91%) Apple
10 37 (1.68%) Cisco
11 31 (1.41%) Dynatrace
12 29 (1.32%) Facebook
12 29 (1.32%) ServiceNow
13 26 (1.18%) Instagram
14 25 (1.13%) Oracle
15 24 (1.09%) VMware
16 19 (0.86%) Palo Alto
17 18 (0.82%) CrowdStrike
18 17 (0.77%) Botify
19 15 (0.68%) Tenable