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

6 months to
4 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 16 33
Rank change year-on-year -45 +17 +9
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 2,134 2,817 2,638
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 2.46% 8.11% 5.03%
As % of the General category 5.58% 12.30% 9.31%
Number of salaries quoted 908 488 554
10th Percentile £28,000 £25,586 £28,821
25th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £37,000
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 38,259 22,897 28,343
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 44.17% 65.88% 54.06%
Number of salaries quoted 23,620 11,114 12,828
10th Percentile £28,750 £26,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £37,120
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £43,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.94% -13.00% -1.38%
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 4 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 4 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 -52 569 £47,323 +2.93% 865
South East -32 452 £56,000 +1.82% 670
Midlands -37 353 £45,000 -5.26% 469
North West -50 329 £42,000 -5.62% 508
South West -20 266 £42,138 +23.94% 513
East of England +11 199 £38,000 -31.22% 340
West Midlands -33 188 £56,250 +2.27% 308
East Midlands -17 164 £40,258 +23.87% 161
Scotland -23 141 £37,250 +24.17% 642
North East +14 138 £65,500 +166.59% 129
Wales +3 110 £54,000 -5.97% 118
Yorkshire -3 102 £38,989 -54.13% 231
Northern Ireland -47 49 £74,742 -3.21% 142
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 (2.11%) Microsoft Exchange
2 43 (2.01%) SharePoint
3 27 (1.27%) CMS
3 27 (1.27%) Confluence
4 20 (0.94%) Apache Spark
5 16 (0.75%) Apache Airflow
6 15 (0.70%) Apache
7 10 (0.47%) Jupyter
8 6 (0.28%) WordPress
9 5 (0.23%) 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
1 119 (5.58%) Microsoft Office
2 118 (5.53%) Microsoft Excel
3 31 (1.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 19 (0.89%) Maple
5 17 (0.80%) Simulink
6 15 (0.70%) Revit
7 13 (0.61%) Spreadsheet
8 10 (0.47%) Adobe After Effects
8 10 (0.47%) Adobe Illustrator
8 10 (0.47%) AutoCAD
8 10 (0.47%) Photoshop
9 9 (0.42%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 9 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
10 8 (0.37%) Adobe XD
10 8 (0.37%) InDesign
11 7 (0.33%) MS Visio
11 7 (0.33%) Sketch
12 6 (0.28%) Notion
13 4 (0.19%) Chatbot
13 4 (0.19%) Mathcad
Business Applications
1 23 (1.08%) Dynamics CRM
2 22 (1.03%) Cloudability
2 22 (1.03%) SAP S/4HANA
3 13 (0.61%) SAP EHS
3 13 (0.61%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 12 (0.56%) Workday HCM
5 11 (0.52%) Primavera
6 9 (0.42%) Teamcenter
7 7 (0.33%) NetSuite
8 4 (0.19%) SAP SD
8 4 (0.19%) SAP WM
8 4 (0.19%) Shopify
9 3 (0.14%) JDE EnterpriseOne
9 3 (0.14%) Misys Midas
9 3 (0.14%) SAP ERP
9 3 (0.14%) SAP MM
9 3 (0.14%) SAP R/3
10 2 (0.094%) Academy Housing
10 2 (0.094%) Adobe Campaign
10 2 (0.094%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 338 (15.84%) Azure
2 260 (12.18%) AWS
3 127 (5.95%) GCP
4 111 (5.20%) Power Platform
5 100 (4.69%) Azure DevOps
6 94 (4.40%) Microsoft 365
7 81 (3.80%) SaaS
8 62 (2.91%) Serverless
9 55 (2.58%) GitHub
10 43 (2.01%) Entra ID
11 38 (1.78%) Dynamics 365
12 33 (1.55%) Azure Key Vault
12 33 (1.55%) dbt
13 30 (1.41%) PaaS
14 29 (1.36%) IaaS
15 28 (1.31%) GitHub Actions
16 27 (1.27%) Azure Monitor
16 27 (1.27%) Figma
17 22 (1.03%) Microsoft Copilot
17 22 (1.03%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 36 (1.69%) Firewall
2 33 (1.55%) Ethernet
3 32 (1.50%) Internet
4 29 (1.36%) Modbus
5 27 (1.27%) Network Security
6 25 (1.17%) 5G
6 25 (1.17%) Profibus
7 22 (1.03%) DNS
7 22 (1.03%) VPN
8 20 (0.94%) TCP/IP
9 14 (0.66%) LAN
10 13 (0.61%) DHCP
11 12 (0.56%) SAN
11 12 (0.56%) WAN
12 10 (0.47%) SSL
12 10 (0.47%) VLAN
13 9 (0.42%) HTTP
14 8 (0.37%) Wireless
15 4 (0.19%) Broadband
15 4 (0.19%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 85 (3.98%) Power BI
2 46 (2.16%) SQL Server
3 37 (1.73%) Tableau
4 24 (1.12%) PostgreSQL
4 24 (1.12%) Relational Database
5 22 (1.03%) MongoDB
6 20 (0.94%) Data Lake
7 19 (0.89%) Elasticsearch
7 19 (0.89%) MySQL
8 18 (0.84%) GIS
9 17 (0.80%) Azure SQL Database
9 17 (0.80%) Metadata
9 17 (0.80%) NoSQL
10 16 (0.75%) Data Warehouse
11 15 (0.70%) Big Data
11 15 (0.70%) DynamoDB
12 12 (0.56%) Amazon Athena
13 10 (0.47%) Looker
14 9 (0.42%) BigQuery
14 9 (0.42%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 106 (4.97%) Git
2 54 (2.53%) JIRA
3 48 (2.25%) Jenkins
4 32 (1.50%) GitLab
5 20 (0.94%) Rational DOORS
5 20 (0.94%) Snyk
6 14 (0.66%) LabVIEW
7 12 (0.56%) Gatling
8 11 (0.52%) fastlane
8 11 (0.52%) JMeter
9 10 (0.47%) Cypress.io
10 9 (0.42%) LoadRunner
11 8 (0.37%) MSI
12 7 (0.33%) Moq
13 6 (0.28%) Xcode
14 5 (0.23%) Android Studio
14 5 (0.23%) Crashlytics
14 5 (0.23%) Gradle
15 4 (0.19%) Claude Code
15 4 (0.19%) JUnit
General
1 904 (42.36%) Social Skills
2 599 (28.07%) Finance
3 324 (15.18%) Analytical Skills
4 284 (13.31%) Public Sector
5 237 (11.11%) Marketing
6 172 (8.06%) Law
7 149 (6.98%) Aerospace
8 134 (6.28%) Organisational Skills
9 128 (6.00%) Retail
10 110 (5.15%) Legal
11 97 (4.55%) Manufacturing
12 80 (3.75%) Local Government
13 73 (3.42%) Electronics
13 73 (3.42%) Telecoms
14 61 (2.86%) Presentation Skills
15 57 (2.67%) Influencing Skills
16 47 (2.20%) Banking
17 31 (1.45%) Military
18 26 (1.22%) Financial Institution
19 23 (1.08%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 375 (17.57%) Senior
2 222 (10.40%) Lead
3 182 (8.53%) Analyst
4 159 (7.45%) Architect
5 119 (5.58%) Sales Executive
6 112 (5.25%) Developer
7 86 (4.03%) Consultant
8 61 (2.86%) Senior Analyst
9 55 (2.58%) Software Engineer
10 54 (2.53%) Systems Engineer
11 51 (2.39%) Project Engineer
12 49 (2.30%) Business Analyst
13 48 (2.25%) Account Executive
14 43 (2.01%) Design Engineer
14 43 (2.01%) Electrical Engineer
15 37 (1.73%) Senior Architect
16 36 (1.69%) Designer
16 36 (1.69%) Technical Architect
17 35 (1.64%) Cloud Architect
17 35 (1.64%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 84 (3.94%) Terraform
2 59 (2.76%) CSS
3 56 (2.62%) .NET
4 47 (2.20%) HTML
5 46 (2.16%) RESTful
6 37 (1.73%) REST
7 36 (1.69%) React
8 35 (1.64%) Node.js
9 34 (1.59%) EDI
9 34 (1.59%) XML
10 27 (1.27%) .NET Core
11 26 (1.22%) Spring
12 23 (1.08%) Spring Boot
13 22 (1.03%) .NET Framework
14 21 (0.98%) Kafka
15 20 (0.94%) Middleware
16 19 (0.89%) LangChain
17 18 (0.84%) AngularJS
17 18 (0.84%) Entity Framework
17 18 (0.84%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 218 (10.22%) Onboarding
2 211 (9.89%) Driving Licence
3 120 (5.62%) Self-Motivation
4 104 (4.87%) Management Information System
5 93 (4.36%) Cloud Native
6 84 (3.94%) Product Ownership
7 67 (3.14%) Data Centre
8 63 (2.95%) Social Media
9 49 (2.30%) SCADA
10 46 (2.16%) Public Cloud
11 41 (1.92%) Marketing Technology
12 33 (1.55%) Algorithms
13 28 (1.31%) Security Posture
14 27 (1.27%) Cyberattack
15 25 (1.17%) Cyber Threat
15 25 (1.17%) Distributed Systems
15 25 (1.17%) Renewable Energy
16 23 (1.08%) Data Structures
17 22 (1.03%) FPGA
18 21 (0.98%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 125 (5.86%) Windows
2 59 (2.76%) Linux
3 30 (1.41%) Windows Server
4 20 (0.94%) Apple iOS
4 20 (0.94%) VMS
5 16 (0.75%) Windows 10
6 15 (0.70%) Mac OS
7 13 (0.61%) Android
8 12 (0.56%) Unix
9 5 (0.23%) 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
1 528 (24.74%) AI
2 501 (23.48%) Agile
3 434 (20.34%) Problem-Solving
4 396 (18.56%) Continuous Improvement
5 310 (14.53%) Mentoring
6 293 (13.73%) Decision-Making
7 250 (11.72%) Stakeholder Management
8 244 (11.43%) CI/CD
9 227 (10.64%) Cybersecurity
10 223 (10.45%) DevOps
11 185 (8.67%) Customer Service
12 175 (8.20%) Roadmaps
13 173 (8.11%) Analytics
14 164 (7.69%) Validation
15 159 (7.45%) Coaching
16 158 (7.40%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 148 (6.94%) CRM
18 147 (6.89%) Collaborative Working
19 141 (6.61%) Customer Experience
20 139 (6.51%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 178 (8.34%) Python
2 140 (6.56%) SQL
3 83 (3.89%) JavaScript
4 75 (3.51%) C#
5 65 (3.05%) Java
6 49 (2.30%) PowerShell
7 42 (1.97%) TypeScript
8 30 (1.41%) Bicep
8 30 (1.41%) MATLAB
9 26 (1.22%) Bash
10 22 (1.03%) C++
11 18 (0.84%) Kusto Query Language
12 15 (0.70%) 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%) PHP
16 7 (0.33%) XAML
Qualifications
1 499 (23.38%) Degree
2 406 (19.03%) Security Cleared
3 359 (16.82%) SC Cleared
4 176 (8.25%) DBS Check
5 166 (7.78%) BPSS Clearance
6 135 (6.33%) HNC
7 121 (5.67%) DV Cleared
8 78 (3.66%) Master's Degree
9 54 (2.53%) AWS Certification
9 54 (2.53%) Azure Certification
10 45 (2.11%) Chartered Engineer
11 34 (1.59%) HND
12 31 (1.45%) PhD
13 29 (1.36%) Computer Science Degree
14 27 (1.27%) Microsoft Certification
15 25 (1.17%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 15 (0.70%) CISSP
17 14 (0.66%) ACCA
17 14 (0.66%) CIMA
18 13 (0.61%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 267 (12.51%) Accessibility
2 107 (5.01%) QA
3 87 (4.08%) Data Quality
4 68 (3.19%) SLA
5 67 (3.14%) GDPR
6 49 (2.30%) WCAG
7 36 (1.69%) GRC
8 34 (1.59%) NCSC
9 26 (1.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 23 (1.08%) NIST
11 20 (0.94%) Cyber Essentials
12 14 (0.66%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 8 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
14 6 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 6 (0.28%) PCI DSS
15 5 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 20000
16 4 (0.19%) NIST 800
17 3 (0.14%) ISO 9001
17 3 (0.14%) MIL-STD-1553
18 2 (0.094%) GxP
System Software
1 89 (4.17%) Docker
2 76 (3.56%) Active Directory
3 40 (1.87%) Firmware
4 25 (1.17%) Virtual Machines
5 22 (1.03%) VMware Infrastructure
6 13 (0.61%) Virtual Desktop
7 12 (0.56%) vSphere
8 6 (0.28%) Hyper-V
9 5 (0.23%) 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 (3.23%) Kubernetes
2 27 (1.27%) Grafana
3 24 (1.12%) 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%) Functional Safety
10 1 (0.047%) Proxmox
10 1 (0.047%) QRadar
10 1 (0.047%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.047%) VxRail
Vendors
1 387 (18.13%) Microsoft
2 88 (4.12%) SAP
3 74 (3.47%) Adobe
4 68 (3.19%) Google
5 64 (3.00%) Salesforce
6 56 (2.62%) Samsung
7 54 (2.53%) TikTok
8 47 (2.20%) Workday
9 45 (2.11%) Apple
10 38 (1.78%) Cisco
11 32 (1.50%) ServiceNow
12 31 (1.45%) Dynatrace
13 27 (1.27%) Facebook
13 27 (1.27%) VMware
14 25 (1.17%) Oracle
15 24 (1.12%) Instagram
15 24 (1.12%) Palo Alto
16 23 (1.08%) CrowdStrike
17 20 (0.94%) Tenable
18 15 (0.70%) Databricks