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

6 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 67 21 24
Rank change year-on-year -46 +3 +37
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 1,793 2,744 3,981
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 2.29% 7.91% 6.69%
As % of the General category 5.20% 11.94% 12.47%
Number of salaries quoted 853 474 807
10th Percentile £28,350 £25,566 £28,745
25th Percentile £36,000 £32,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £48,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.38% -4.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £69,750 £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 34,473 22,973 31,934
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 44.01% 66.24% 53.63%
Number of salaries quoted 21,251 11,289 17,747
10th Percentile £28,750 £26,000 £27,218
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 £78,750 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,563 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.80% -0.80% -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 20 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 20 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 -63 454 £52,445 +17.85% 201
South East -37 360 £56,000 +6.67% 267
Midlands -48 269 £45,000 -6.74% 131
North West -60 253 £42,000 -5.62% 104
South West -8 243 £57,500 +51.32% 138
Scotland -10 164 £52,500 +31.25% 67
West Midlands -39 161 £59,250 +7.73% 77
East of England 0 155 £40,869 -28.30% 69
East Midlands -32 107 £40,000 +23.08% 53
North East +3 106 £60,000 +144.20% 35
Wales -1 102 £53,000 -7.71% 14
Yorkshire +6 95 £50,000 -37.50% 62
Northern Ireland -42 52 £74,654 -1.89% 40
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 41 (2.29%) Microsoft Exchange
2 37 (2.06%) Confluence
3 30 (1.67%) SharePoint
4 18 (1.00%) Apache Spark
5 17 (0.95%) Apache Airflow
6 16 (0.89%) Apache
7 11 (0.61%) CMS
8 10 (0.56%) Jupyter
9 4 (0.22%) IIS
9 4 (0.22%) WordPress
10 2 (0.11%) Exchange Server 2013
10 2 (0.11%) Moodle
10 2 (0.11%) Skype for Business
10 2 (0.11%) Totara
11 1 (0.056%) Cloud Foundry
11 1 (0.056%) OpenEdge
Applications
1 83 (4.63%) Microsoft Office
2 77 (4.29%) Microsoft Excel
3 18 (1.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 18 (1.00%) Simulink
4 9 (0.50%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 9 (0.50%) Revit
5 8 (0.45%) Adobe After Effects
5 8 (0.45%) Adobe Illustrator
5 8 (0.45%) Adobe XD
5 8 (0.45%) InDesign
5 8 (0.45%) Microsoft Project
5 8 (0.45%) Photoshop
6 7 (0.39%) Sketch
7 6 (0.33%) AutoCAD
7 6 (0.33%) MS Visio
8 4 (0.22%) Chatbot
8 4 (0.22%) Maple
8 4 (0.22%) Mathcad
9 3 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
10 2 (0.11%) Trello
Business Applications
1 24 (1.34%) Cloudability
2 21 (1.17%) SAP S/4HANA
3 12 (0.67%) Workday HCM
4 11 (0.61%) Primavera
5 7 (0.39%) NetSuite
6 6 (0.33%) Dynamics CRM
6 6 (0.33%) SAP EHS
6 6 (0.33%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 5 (0.28%) Teamcenter
8 4 (0.22%) SAP HR
8 4 (0.22%) SAP SD
8 4 (0.22%) SAP WM
9 3 (0.17%) JDE EnterpriseOne
9 3 (0.17%) SAP ERP
9 3 (0.17%) SAP MM
9 3 (0.17%) Shopify
10 2 (0.11%) Elite 3E
10 2 (0.11%) Misys Midas
10 2 (0.11%) NEC Housing
10 2 (0.11%) SAP R/3
Cloud Services
1 313 (17.46%) Azure
2 229 (12.77%) AWS
3 134 (7.47%) GCP
4 93 (5.19%) Power Platform
5 90 (5.02%) Azure DevOps
6 78 (4.35%) Microsoft 365
7 57 (3.18%) GitHub
8 50 (2.79%) Serverless
9 42 (2.34%) SaaS
10 34 (1.90%) dbt
11 32 (1.78%) PaaS
12 30 (1.67%) Entra ID
13 28 (1.56%) Figma
13 28 (1.56%) IaaS
14 26 (1.45%) Azure Key Vault
14 26 (1.45%) Azure Monitor
15 25 (1.39%) GitHub Actions
16 22 (1.23%) Microsoft Copilot
17 21 (1.17%) Microsoft Purview
18 16 (0.89%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 37 (2.06%) Firewall
2 35 (1.95%) Broadband
3 31 (1.73%) Network Security
4 20 (1.12%) Internet
5 19 (1.06%) DNS
5 19 (1.06%) VPN
6 16 (0.89%) TCP/IP
7 15 (0.84%) LAN
8 14 (0.78%) DHCP
9 13 (0.73%) WAN
10 12 (0.67%) Ethernet
11 10 (0.56%) SAN
11 10 (0.56%) Wireless
12 9 (0.50%) VLAN
13 8 (0.45%) Wi-Fi
14 6 (0.33%) Modbus
14 6 (0.33%) SSL
15 4 (0.22%) Profibus
15 4 (0.22%) Unified Communications
16 3 (0.17%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 77 (4.29%) Power BI
2 40 (2.23%) SQL Server
3 32 (1.78%) PostgreSQL
4 26 (1.45%) Tableau
5 22 (1.23%) Metadata
6 21 (1.17%) Relational Database
7 19 (1.06%) MongoDB
8 18 (1.00%) NoSQL
9 17 (0.95%) Azure SQL Database
9 17 (0.95%) MySQL
10 14 (0.78%) Data Warehouse
10 14 (0.78%) DynamoDB
11 13 (0.73%) Elasticsearch
12 12 (0.67%) BigQuery
12 12 (0.67%) Data Lake
13 11 (0.61%) Big Data
13 11 (0.61%) GIS
14 10 (0.56%) Amazon Athena
15 9 (0.50%) Geospatial Data
16 8 (0.45%) Looker
Development Applications
1 78 (4.35%) Git
2 66 (3.68%) Jenkins
2 66 (3.68%) JIRA
3 43 (2.40%) GitLab
4 22 (1.23%) Snyk
5 21 (1.17%) Rational DOORS
6 20 (1.12%) SonarQube
7 14 (0.78%) fastlane
7 14 (0.78%) LabVIEW
8 9 (0.50%) Cypress.io
8 9 (0.50%) JMeter
9 8 (0.45%) Cucumber
9 8 (0.45%) Postman
9 8 (0.45%) Xcode
10 7 (0.39%) Gatling
10 7 (0.39%) Moq
10 7 (0.39%) MSI
11 6 (0.33%) Android Studio
11 6 (0.33%) Crashlytics
11 6 (0.33%) Gradle
General
1 724 (40.38%) Social Skills
2 482 (26.88%) Finance
3 265 (14.78%) Analytical Skills
4 254 (14.17%) Public Sector
5 159 (8.87%) Marketing
6 143 (7.98%) Law
7 132 (7.36%) Aerospace
8 97 (5.41%) Legal
9 93 (5.19%) Organisational Skills
10 80 (4.46%) Retail
11 74 (4.13%) Manufacturing
12 66 (3.68%) Local Government
13 58 (3.23%) Electronics
14 47 (2.62%) Influencing Skills
15 42 (2.34%) Games
16 39 (2.18%) Telecoms
17 36 (2.01%) Presentation Skills
18 34 (1.90%) Banking
19 29 (1.62%) Military
20 18 (1.00%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 364 (20.30%) Senior
2 195 (10.88%) Architect
3 191 (10.65%) Analyst
4 186 (10.37%) Lead
5 93 (5.19%) Developer
6 88 (4.91%) Sales Executive
7 74 (4.13%) Consultant
8 67 (3.74%) Senior Analyst
9 62 (3.46%) Business Analyst
10 57 (3.18%) Software Engineer
11 55 (3.07%) Systems Engineer
12 54 (3.01%) Solutions Architect
13 44 (2.45%) IT Engineer
14 42 (2.34%) Technical Architect
15 40 (2.23%) Senior Architect
16 39 (2.18%) Cloud Architect
17 36 (2.01%) Designer
18 30 (1.67%) Account Executive
18 30 (1.67%) Principal Engineer
19 29 (1.62%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 88 (4.91%) Terraform
2 56 (3.12%) .NET
3 47 (2.62%) CSS
4 45 (2.51%) HTML
4 45 (2.51%) RESTful
5 43 (2.40%) REST
6 35 (1.95%) React
7 31 (1.73%) Node.js
8 27 (1.51%) .NET Core
9 25 (1.39%) EDI
10 23 (1.28%) Spring
10 23 (1.28%) XML
11 22 (1.23%) .NET Framework
11 22 (1.23%) SOAP
12 20 (1.12%) Lightning Web Components
12 20 (1.12%) Spring Boot
12 20 (1.12%) Visualforce
13 18 (1.00%) Android SDK
13 18 (1.00%) ASP.NET
13 18 (1.00%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 137 (7.64%) Driving Licence
2 134 (7.47%) Onboarding
3 111 (6.19%) Self-Motivation
4 106 (5.91%) Product Ownership
5 85 (4.74%) Cloud Native
6 70 (3.90%) Management Information System
7 69 (3.85%) Data Centre
8 54 (3.01%) Social Media
9 46 (2.57%) Public Cloud
10 42 (2.34%) Cyberattack
11 30 (1.67%) Algorithms
12 29 (1.62%) Mobile App
13 25 (1.39%) Legacy Systems
13 25 (1.39%) Security Posture
14 22 (1.23%) Data Structures
15 21 (1.17%) FPGA
16 20 (1.12%) Analytical Mindset
16 20 (1.12%) Credit Risk
17 19 (1.06%) Cyber Threat
18 18 (1.00%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 110 (6.13%) Windows
2 56 (3.12%) Linux
3 31 (1.73%) Windows Server
4 25 (1.39%) Android
5 22 (1.23%) Apple iOS
5 22 (1.23%) Windows 10
6 16 (0.89%) Unix
7 15 (0.84%) VMS
8 12 (0.67%) Mac OS
9 5 (0.28%) VxWorks
10 4 (0.22%) Mac OS X
11 3 (0.17%) Solaris
12 2 (0.11%) AIX
12 2 (0.11%) Windows 7
13 1 (0.056%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 499 (27.83%) Agile
2 433 (24.15%) AI
3 374 (20.86%) Problem-Solving
4 286 (15.95%) Continuous Improvement
5 268 (14.95%) Decision-Making
6 267 (14.89%) Mentoring
7 262 (14.61%) CI/CD
8 235 (13.11%) DevOps
9 204 (11.38%) Cybersecurity
10 190 (10.60%) Stakeholder Management
11 163 (9.09%) Roadmaps
12 143 (7.98%) Validation
13 139 (7.75%) Analytics
13 139 (7.75%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
14 132 (7.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 129 (7.19%) Customer Service
16 124 (6.92%) Coaching
17 122 (6.80%) Software Engineering
18 120 (6.69%) Scrum
19 117 (6.53%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 170 (9.48%) Python
2 133 (7.42%) SQL
3 76 (4.24%) Java
4 64 (3.57%) C#
5 63 (3.51%) JavaScript
6 49 (2.73%) PowerShell
7 37 (2.06%) TypeScript
8 32 (1.78%) MATLAB
9 29 (1.62%) Bicep
10 26 (1.45%) Bash
11 22 (1.23%) C++
12 20 (1.12%) Apex Code
12 20 (1.12%) Kotlin
12 20 (1.12%) SOQL
12 20 (1.12%) SOSL
13 19 (1.06%) Kusto Query Language
14 15 (0.84%) Go
15 10 (0.56%) Ada
15 10 (0.56%) PHP
15 10 (0.56%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 406 (22.64%) Degree
2 353 (19.69%) Security Cleared
3 331 (18.46%) SC Cleared
4 148 (8.25%) BPSS Clearance
5 112 (6.25%) DV Cleared
6 101 (5.63%) DBS Check
7 51 (2.84%) HNC
8 45 (2.51%) AWS Certification
9 39 (2.18%) Azure Certification
9 39 (2.18%) Master's Degree
10 33 (1.84%) Chartered Engineer
11 32 (1.78%) Computer Science Degree
12 31 (1.73%) PhD
13 27 (1.51%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 22 (1.23%) Microsoft Certification
15 14 (0.78%) CISSP
16 13 (0.73%) Cisco Certification
17 12 (0.67%) ACCA
17 12 (0.67%) CIMA
18 11 (0.61%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 232 (12.94%) Accessibility
2 79 (4.41%) QA
3 74 (4.13%) Data Quality
4 65 (3.63%) SLA
5 52 (2.90%) GDPR
6 48 (2.68%) WCAG
7 36 (2.01%) GRC
7 36 (2.01%) NIST
8 26 (1.45%) NCSC
9 23 (1.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 20 (1.12%) Cyber Essentials
11 14 (0.78%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 7 (0.39%) Actionable Recommendations
13 5 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 5 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 20000
13 5 (0.28%) PCI DSS
14 4 (0.22%) DO-160
14 4 (0.22%) GAAP
14 4 (0.22%) IFRS
14 4 (0.22%) NIST 800
System Software
1 86 (4.80%) Docker
2 74 (4.13%) Active Directory
3 38 (2.12%) Firmware
4 25 (1.39%) VMware Infrastructure
5 24 (1.34%) Virtual Machines
6 12 (0.67%) Virtual Desktop
6 12 (0.67%) vSphere
7 8 (0.45%) Hyper-V
8 5 (0.28%) BitLocker
9 3 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.056%) IAG
10 1 (0.056%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 69 (3.85%) Kubernetes
2 23 (1.28%) Microsoft Intune
3 21 (1.17%) Grafana
4 18 (1.00%) SCCM
5 12 (0.67%) Ansible
6 11 (0.61%) Prometheus
7 7 (0.39%) WSUS
8 4 (0.22%) Argo
8 4 (0.22%) Autotask
9 3 (0.17%) Check_MK
9 3 (0.17%) Kibana
10 2 (0.11%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.11%) Puppet
10 2 (0.11%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.056%) Functional Safety
11 1 (0.056%) Jamf Pro
11 1 (0.056%) QRadar
11 1 (0.056%) SCOM
11 1 (0.056%) vCenter Server
11 1 (0.056%) VxRail
Vendors
1 303 (16.90%) Microsoft
2 84 (4.68%) Google
3 67 (3.74%) SAP
4 60 (3.35%) Adobe
5 50 (2.79%) Workday
6 48 (2.68%) Apple
7 43 (2.40%) Salesforce
8 35 (1.95%) ServiceNow
9 33 (1.84%) Cisco
10 32 (1.78%) VMware
11 26 (1.45%) Palo Alto
11 26 (1.45%) Splunk
12 25 (1.39%) CrowdStrike
13 24 (1.34%) Dynatrace
14 22 (1.23%) Tenable
15 20 (1.12%) Oracle
16 18 (1.00%) Instagram
17 15 (0.84%) Facebook
18 14 (0.78%) OpenAI
19 13 (0.73%) Databricks