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

6 months to
5 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 63 16 33
Rank change year-on-year -47 +17 +9
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 2,119 2,808 2,636
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 2.45% 8.08% 5.02%
As % of the General category 5.54% 12.27% 9.29%
Number of salaries quoted 897 485 542
10th Percentile £28,000 £25,571 £28,770
25th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £50,309
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.55% -8.53%
75th Percentile £66,250 £60,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,312 £82,241 £79,225
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,000 £59,850
% change year-on-year +1.85% -9.77% -7.92%

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 38,215 22,892 28,385
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 44.17% 65.90% 54.06%
Number of salaries quoted 23,559 11,091 12,761
10th Percentile £28,750 £26,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £43,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.94% -13.00% -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 5 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 5 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 -52 565 £47,073 +2.39% 780
South East -31 452 £56,000 +1.82% 619
Midlands -41 348 £45,000 -5.26% 400
North West -50 326 £42,000 -7.16% 429
South West -21 263 £42,000 +23.53% 425
East of England +12 197 £38,000 -31.22% 307
West Midlands -37 186 £55,000 - 246
East Midlands -13 161 £40,629 +25.01% 154
Scotland -23 141 £37,250 +24.17% 542
North East +15 137 £65,500 +166.59% 136
Wales +2 109 £54,000 -5.97% 102
Yorkshire -2 102 £38,989 -54.13% 217
Northern Ireland -48 49 £74,742 -3.21% 129
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 45 (2.12%) Microsoft Exchange
2 43 (2.03%) SharePoint
3 27 (1.27%) CMS
3 27 (1.27%) Confluence
4 20 (0.94%) Apache Spark
5 16 (0.76%) Apache Airflow
6 15 (0.71%) Apache
7 10 (0.47%) Jupyter
8 6 (0.28%) WordPress
9 5 (0.24%) Moodle
10 3 (0.14%) Headless CMS
10 3 (0.14%) IIS
11 2 (0.094%) Skype for Business
11 2 (0.094%) Totara
12 1 (0.047%) Cloud Foundry
12 1 (0.047%) OpenEdge
12 1 (0.047%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 117 (5.52%) Microsoft Excel
1 117 (5.52%) Microsoft Office
2 31 (1.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 19 (0.90%) Maple
4 17 (0.80%) Simulink
5 15 (0.71%) Revit
6 13 (0.61%) Spreadsheet
7 10 (0.47%) Adobe After Effects
7 10 (0.47%) Adobe Illustrator
7 10 (0.47%) Photoshop
8 9 (0.42%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 9 (0.42%) AutoCAD
8 9 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
9 8 (0.38%) Adobe XD
9 8 (0.38%) InDesign
10 7 (0.33%) MS Visio
10 7 (0.33%) Sketch
11 6 (0.28%) Notion
12 4 (0.19%) Chatbot
12 4 (0.19%) Mathcad
Business Applications
1 23 (1.09%) Dynamics CRM
2 22 (1.04%) SAP S/4HANA
3 21 (0.99%) Cloudability
4 13 (0.61%) SAP EHS
4 13 (0.61%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 12 (0.57%) Workday HCM
6 11 (0.52%) Primavera
7 9 (0.42%) Teamcenter
8 6 (0.28%) NetSuite
9 4 (0.19%) SAP SD
9 4 (0.19%) SAP WM
9 4 (0.19%) 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 (0.094%) Academy Housing
11 2 (0.094%) Adobe Campaign
11 2 (0.094%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 333 (15.71%) Azure
2 257 (12.13%) AWS
3 126 (5.95%) GCP
4 109 (5.14%) Power Platform
5 98 (4.62%) Azure DevOps
6 91 (4.29%) Microsoft 365
7 80 (3.78%) SaaS
8 61 (2.88%) Serverless
9 55 (2.60%) GitHub
10 43 (2.03%) Entra ID
11 38 (1.79%) Dynamics 365
12 33 (1.56%) Azure Key Vault
12 33 (1.56%) dbt
13 30 (1.42%) PaaS
14 29 (1.37%) IaaS
15 28 (1.32%) GitHub Actions
16 27 (1.27%) Azure Monitor
16 27 (1.27%) Figma
17 22 (1.04%) Microsoft Copilot
17 22 (1.04%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 36 (1.70%) Firewall
2 33 (1.56%) Ethernet
3 32 (1.51%) Internet
4 29 (1.37%) Modbus
5 27 (1.27%) Network Security
6 25 (1.18%) 5G
6 25 (1.18%) Profibus
7 22 (1.04%) DNS
7 22 (1.04%) VPN
8 20 (0.94%) TCP/IP
9 14 (0.66%) LAN
10 13 (0.61%) DHCP
11 12 (0.57%) SAN
11 12 (0.57%) WAN
12 10 (0.47%) SSL
12 10 (0.47%) VLAN
13 9 (0.42%) HTTP
14 8 (0.38%) Wireless
15 4 (0.19%) Broadband
15 4 (0.19%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 83 (3.92%) Power BI
2 46 (2.17%) SQL Server
3 37 (1.75%) Tableau
4 24 (1.13%) Relational Database
5 23 (1.09%) PostgreSQL
6 22 (1.04%) MongoDB
7 19 (0.90%) Data Lake
7 19 (0.90%) Elasticsearch
7 19 (0.90%) MySQL
8 18 (0.85%) GIS
9 17 (0.80%) Azure SQL Database
9 17 (0.80%) Metadata
9 17 (0.80%) NoSQL
10 15 (0.71%) Big Data
10 15 (0.71%) Data Warehouse
10 15 (0.71%) DynamoDB
11 12 (0.57%) Amazon Athena
12 10 (0.47%) Looker
13 9 (0.42%) BigQuery
13 9 (0.42%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 105 (4.96%) Git
2 54 (2.55%) JIRA
3 48 (2.27%) Jenkins
4 32 (1.51%) GitLab
5 19 (0.90%) Rational DOORS
5 19 (0.90%) Snyk
6 14 (0.66%) LabVIEW
7 12 (0.57%) Gatling
8 11 (0.52%) fastlane
8 11 (0.52%) JMeter
9 10 (0.47%) Cypress.io
10 9 (0.42%) LoadRunner
11 8 (0.38%) MSI
12 7 (0.33%) Moq
13 6 (0.28%) Xcode
14 5 (0.24%) Android Studio
14 5 (0.24%) Crashlytics
14 5 (0.24%) Gradle
15 4 (0.19%) Claude Code
15 4 (0.19%) JUnit
General
1 899 (42.43%) Social Skills
2 597 (28.17%) Finance
3 322 (15.20%) Analytical Skills
4 282 (13.31%) Public Sector
5 236 (11.14%) Marketing
6 172 (8.12%) Law
7 148 (6.98%) Aerospace
8 133 (6.28%) Organisational Skills
9 126 (5.95%) Retail
10 109 (5.14%) Legal
11 96 (4.53%) Manufacturing
12 80 (3.78%) Local Government
13 73 (3.45%) Electronics
13 73 (3.45%) Telecoms
14 61 (2.88%) Presentation Skills
15 57 (2.69%) Influencing Skills
16 47 (2.22%) Banking
17 31 (1.46%) Military
18 26 (1.23%) Financial Institution
19 23 (1.09%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 372 (17.56%) Senior
2 221 (10.43%) Lead
3 179 (8.45%) Analyst
4 156 (7.36%) Architect
5 119 (5.62%) Sales Executive
6 112 (5.29%) Developer
7 86 (4.06%) Consultant
8 59 (2.78%) Senior Analyst
9 55 (2.60%) Software Engineer
10 53 (2.50%) Project Engineer
11 52 (2.45%) Systems Engineer
12 48 (2.27%) Account Executive
12 48 (2.27%) Business Analyst
13 44 (2.08%) Electrical Engineer
14 43 (2.03%) Design Engineer
15 36 (1.70%) Designer
15 36 (1.70%) Senior Architect
15 36 (1.70%) Technical Architect
16 35 (1.65%) Project Manager
17 34 (1.60%) Cloud Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 83 (3.92%) Terraform
2 59 (2.78%) CSS
3 55 (2.60%) .NET
4 47 (2.22%) HTML
5 46 (2.17%) RESTful
6 37 (1.75%) REST
7 35 (1.65%) React
8 34 (1.60%) Node.js
8 34 (1.60%) XML
9 33 (1.56%) EDI
10 27 (1.27%) .NET Core
11 26 (1.23%) Spring
12 23 (1.09%) Spring Boot
13 22 (1.04%) .NET Framework
14 21 (0.99%) Kafka
15 20 (0.94%) Middleware
16 19 (0.90%) LangChain
17 18 (0.85%) AngularJS
17 18 (0.85%) ASP.NET
17 18 (0.85%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 217 (10.24%) Onboarding
2 211 (9.96%) Driving Licence
3 120 (5.66%) Self-Motivation
4 102 (4.81%) Management Information System
5 93 (4.39%) Cloud Native
6 84 (3.96%) Product Ownership
7 66 (3.11%) Data Centre
8 63 (2.97%) Social Media
9 48 (2.27%) SCADA
10 46 (2.17%) Public Cloud
11 41 (1.93%) Marketing Technology
12 33 (1.56%) Algorithms
13 28 (1.32%) Security Posture
14 25 (1.18%) Cyber Threat
14 25 (1.18%) Distributed Systems
14 25 (1.18%) Renewable Energy
15 24 (1.13%) Cyberattack
16 23 (1.09%) Data Structures
17 22 (1.04%) FPGA
18 21 (0.99%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 123 (5.80%) Windows
2 59 (2.78%) Linux
3 28 (1.32%) Windows Server
4 20 (0.94%) Apple iOS
4 20 (0.94%) VMS
5 15 (0.71%) Mac OS
6 14 (0.66%) Windows 10
7 13 (0.61%) Android
8 12 (0.57%) Unix
9 5 (0.24%) VxWorks
10 3 (0.14%) AIX
10 3 (0.14%) Solaris
11 2 (0.094%) Windows 7
12 1 (0.047%) Data ONTAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 526 (24.82%) AI
2 499 (23.55%) Agile
3 428 (20.20%) Problem-Solving
4 394 (18.59%) Continuous Improvement
5 308 (14.54%) Mentoring
6 292 (13.78%) Decision-Making
7 249 (11.75%) Stakeholder Management
8 240 (11.33%) CI/CD
9 224 (10.57%) Cybersecurity
10 220 (10.38%) DevOps
11 183 (8.64%) Customer Service
12 174 (8.21%) Roadmaps
13 173 (8.16%) Analytics
14 162 (7.65%) Validation
15 159 (7.50%) Coaching
16 156 (7.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 147 (6.94%) Collaborative Working
17 147 (6.94%) CRM
18 141 (6.65%) Customer Experience
19 139 (6.56%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 176 (8.31%) Python
2 139 (6.56%) SQL
3 83 (3.92%) JavaScript
4 75 (3.54%) C#
5 65 (3.07%) Java
6 47 (2.22%) PowerShell
7 41 (1.93%) TypeScript
8 30 (1.42%) Bicep
8 30 (1.42%) MATLAB
9 25 (1.18%) Bash
10 22 (1.04%) C++
11 18 (0.85%) Kusto Query Language
12 15 (0.71%) Go
13 11 (0.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 11 (0.52%) Ruby
14 10 (0.47%) ABAP
14 10 (0.47%) Ada
15 9 (0.42%) Kotlin
16 7 (0.33%) C
16 7 (0.33%) PHP
Qualifications
1 495 (23.36%) Degree
2 404 (19.07%) Security Cleared
3 357 (16.85%) SC Cleared
4 176 (8.31%) DBS Check
5 166 (7.83%) BPSS Clearance
6 134 (6.32%) HNC
7 121 (5.71%) DV Cleared
8 78 (3.68%) Master's Degree
9 54 (2.55%) Azure Certification
10 53 (2.50%) AWS Certification
11 45 (2.12%) Chartered Engineer
12 34 (1.60%) HND
13 31 (1.46%) PhD
14 29 (1.37%) Computer Science Degree
15 27 (1.27%) Microsoft Certification
16 24 (1.13%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
17 15 (0.71%) CISSP
18 14 (0.66%) ACCA
18 14 (0.66%) CIMA
19 13 (0.61%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 267 (12.60%) Accessibility
2 107 (5.05%) QA
3 87 (4.11%) Data Quality
4 67 (3.16%) GDPR
4 67 (3.16%) SLA
5 49 (2.31%) WCAG
6 35 (1.65%) GRC
7 34 (1.60%) NCSC
8 26 (1.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 21 (0.99%) NIST
10 20 (0.94%) Cyber Essentials
11 14 (0.66%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 8 (0.38%) Actionable Recommendations
13 6 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 6 (0.28%) PCI DSS
14 5 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 20000
15 4 (0.19%) NIST 800
16 3 (0.14%) ISO 9001
16 3 (0.14%) MIL-STD-1553
17 2 (0.094%) GxP
System Software
1 87 (4.11%) Docker
2 74 (3.49%) Active Directory
3 40 (1.89%) Firmware
4 24 (1.13%) Virtual Machines
5 22 (1.04%) VMware Infrastructure
6 13 (0.61%) Virtual Desktop
7 12 (0.57%) vSphere
8 6 (0.28%) Hyper-V
9 5 (0.24%) BitLocker
10 3 (0.14%) NFS
10 3 (0.14%) VMware ESXi
11 2 (0.094%) IAG
12 1 (0.047%) Microsoft App-V
12 1 (0.047%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 69 (3.26%) Kubernetes
2 27 (1.27%) Grafana
3 24 (1.13%) Microsoft Intune
4 14 (0.66%) Ansible
4 14 (0.66%) Prometheus
5 13 (0.61%) SCCM
6 9 (0.42%) Kibana
7 4 (0.19%) Argo
7 4 (0.19%) Autotask
8 3 (0.14%) Jamf Pro
8 3 (0.14%) WSUS
9 2 (0.094%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.094%) Puppet
9 2 (0.094%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.047%) EMC NetWorker
10 1 (0.047%) Proxmox
10 1 (0.047%) QRadar
10 1 (0.047%) SCOM
10 1 (0.047%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.047%) VxRail
Vendors
1 383 (18.07%) Microsoft
2 88 (4.15%) SAP
3 73 (3.45%) Adobe
4 68 (3.21%) Google
5 61 (2.88%) Salesforce
6 56 (2.64%) Samsung
7 54 (2.55%) TikTok
8 47 (2.22%) Workday
9 44 (2.08%) Apple
10 38 (1.79%) Cisco
11 31 (1.46%) Dynatrace
11 31 (1.46%) ServiceNow
12 27 (1.27%) Facebook
12 27 (1.27%) VMware
13 24 (1.13%) Instagram
13 24 (1.13%) Oracle
14 23 (1.09%) Palo Alto
15 22 (1.04%) CrowdStrike
16 19 (0.90%) Tenable
17 15 (0.71%) Databricks