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

6 months to
4 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 64 16 27
Rank change year-on-year -48 +11 +30
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 1,850 2,746 3,513
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 2.29% 8.03% 6.20%
As % of the General category 5.26% 12.22% 11.70%
Number of salaries quoted 872 462 691
10th Percentile £28,350 £25,600 £28,750
25th Percentile £36,188 £32,000 £36,540
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -5.00% -12.73%
75th Percentile £69,813 £60,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £78,312 £80,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £56,282
% change year-on-year - -2.28% -13.41%

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 35,178 22,468 30,017
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 43.58% 65.69% 52.93%
Number of salaries quoted 21,837 11,019 15,495
10th Percentile £28,750 £26,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -2.91%
75th Percentile £66,450 £62,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.92% -0.91% -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 4 September 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 September 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 -64 473 £52,445 +17.85% 660
South East -33 390 £56,000 +1.82% 479
Midlands -44 281 £46,500 -2.11% 418
North West -62 262 £42,000 -5.62% 407
South West -11 249 £57,500 +53.33% 477
West Midlands -35 168 £59,250 +7.73% 307
Scotland -17 160 £52,500 +64.06% 529
East of England +4 156 £41,739 -25.47% 228
North East +9 120 £60,000 +144.20% 91
East Midlands -33 112 £40,000 +23.08% 111
Wales -5 97 £53,000 -3.64% 53
Yorkshire -4 91 £50,000 -41.18% 163
Northern Ireland -48 50 £74,742 -1.77% 230
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 (2.38%) Microsoft Exchange
2 38 (2.05%) SharePoint
3 37 (2.00%) Confluence
4 18 (0.97%) Apache Spark
5 17 (0.92%) Apache Airflow
6 16 (0.86%) Apache
7 13 (0.70%) CMS
8 10 (0.54%) 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 (0.054%) Cloud Foundry
11 1 (0.054%) Headless CMS
11 1 (0.054%) OpenEdge
Applications
1 93 (5.03%) Microsoft Office
2 85 (4.59%) Microsoft Excel
3 25 (1.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 18 (0.97%) Simulink
5 12 (0.65%) Revit
6 9 (0.49%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 8 (0.43%) Adobe After Effects
7 8 (0.43%) Adobe Illustrator
7 8 (0.43%) Adobe XD
7 8 (0.43%) InDesign
7 8 (0.43%) Microsoft Project
7 8 (0.43%) Photoshop
8 7 (0.38%) AutoCAD
8 7 (0.38%) Maple
8 7 (0.38%) Sketch
9 6 (0.32%) MS Visio
10 4 (0.22%) Chatbot
10 4 (0.22%) Mathcad
10 4 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
11 2 (0.11%) Camtasia
Business Applications
1 24 (1.30%) Cloudability
2 21 (1.14%) SAP S/4HANA
3 13 (0.70%) Dynamics CRM
4 12 (0.65%) Workday HCM
5 11 (0.59%) Primavera
6 9 (0.49%) SAP EHS
6 9 (0.49%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 8 (0.43%) NetSuite
8 6 (0.32%) Teamcenter
9 4 (0.22%) SAP HR
9 4 (0.22%) SAP SD
9 4 (0.22%) SAP WM
10 3 (0.16%) JDE EnterpriseOne
10 3 (0.16%) Misys Midas
10 3 (0.16%) SAP ERP
10 3 (0.16%) SAP MM
10 3 (0.16%) SAP R/3
10 3 (0.16%) Shopify
11 2 (0.11%) Elite 3E
11 2 (0.11%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 331 (17.89%) Azure
2 239 (12.92%) AWS
3 140 (7.57%) GCP
4 102 (5.51%) Power Platform
5 98 (5.30%) Azure DevOps
6 79 (4.27%) Microsoft 365
7 58 (3.14%) GitHub
8 54 (2.92%) Serverless
9 39 (2.11%) SaaS
10 36 (1.95%) Entra ID
11 32 (1.73%) dbt
12 31 (1.68%) Azure Key Vault
13 30 (1.62%) PaaS
14 28 (1.51%) Figma
14 28 (1.51%) IaaS
15 27 (1.46%) Dynamics 365
16 26 (1.41%) Azure Monitor
16 26 (1.41%) GitHub Actions
17 22 (1.19%) Microsoft Copilot
18 21 (1.14%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 39 (2.11%) Firewall
2 31 (1.68%) Network Security
3 28 (1.51%) Internet
4 23 (1.24%) Broadband
5 21 (1.14%) VPN
6 20 (1.08%) DNS
6 20 (1.08%) TCP/IP
7 16 (0.86%) Ethernet
8 15 (0.81%) LAN
9 13 (0.70%) DHCP
9 13 (0.70%) WAN
10 12 (0.65%) Modbus
11 10 (0.54%) SAN
12 9 (0.49%) VLAN
12 9 (0.49%) Wireless
13 8 (0.43%) Profibus
13 8 (0.43%) SSL
13 8 (0.43%) Wi-Fi
14 4 (0.22%) HTTP
14 4 (0.22%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 80 (4.32%) Power BI
2 44 (2.38%) SQL Server
3 30 (1.62%) PostgreSQL
4 27 (1.46%) Tableau
5 22 (1.19%) Metadata
6 21 (1.14%) Relational Database
7 18 (0.97%) MongoDB
8 17 (0.92%) Azure SQL Database
8 17 (0.92%) Data Lake
8 17 (0.92%) MySQL
9 16 (0.86%) NoSQL
10 14 (0.76%) Data Warehouse
10 14 (0.76%) DynamoDB
10 14 (0.76%) Elasticsearch
11 13 (0.70%) BigQuery
12 11 (0.59%) Big Data
12 11 (0.59%) GIS
13 10 (0.54%) Amazon Athena
14 9 (0.49%) Geospatial Data
14 9 (0.49%) Looker
Development Applications
1 88 (4.76%) Git
2 65 (3.51%) JIRA
3 60 (3.24%) Jenkins
4 37 (2.00%) GitLab
5 22 (1.19%) Snyk
6 21 (1.14%) Rational DOORS
7 14 (0.76%) fastlane
7 14 (0.76%) LabVIEW
7 14 (0.76%) SonarQube
8 9 (0.49%) Cypress.io
9 8 (0.43%) Gatling
9 8 (0.43%) JMeter
9 8 (0.43%) Postman
9 8 (0.43%) Xcode
10 7 (0.38%) Moq
10 7 (0.38%) MSI
11 6 (0.32%) Android Studio
11 6 (0.32%) Crashlytics
11 6 (0.32%) Cucumber
11 6 (0.32%) Gradle
General
1 760 (41.08%) Social Skills
2 506 (27.35%) Finance
3 280 (15.14%) Analytical Skills
4 270 (14.59%) Public Sector
5 162 (8.76%) Marketing
6 154 (8.32%) Law
7 134 (7.24%) Aerospace
8 106 (5.73%) Organisational Skills
9 97 (5.24%) Legal
10 83 (4.49%) Retail
11 76 (4.11%) Manufacturing
12 66 (3.57%) Electronics
12 66 (3.57%) Local Government
13 47 (2.54%) Telecoms
14 42 (2.27%) Influencing Skills
15 40 (2.16%) Presentation Skills
16 35 (1.89%) Banking
17 29 (1.57%) Military
18 28 (1.51%) Games
19 21 (1.14%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 368 (19.89%) Senior
2 202 (10.92%) Lead
3 192 (10.38%) Architect
4 182 (9.84%) Analyst
5 98 (5.30%) Developer
6 91 (4.92%) Sales Executive
7 77 (4.16%) Consultant
8 67 (3.62%) Senior Analyst
9 58 (3.14%) Business Analyst
9 58 (3.14%) Software Engineer
9 58 (3.14%) Systems Engineer
10 53 (2.86%) Solutions Architect
11 43 (2.32%) Technical Architect
12 42 (2.27%) Senior Architect
13 39 (2.11%) Cloud Architect
13 39 (2.11%) IT Engineer
14 38 (2.05%) Designer
15 31 (1.68%) Senior Developer
16 30 (1.62%) IT Support
16 30 (1.62%) Principal Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 87 (4.70%) Terraform
2 56 (3.03%) .NET
3 45 (2.43%) CSS
4 44 (2.38%) HTML
5 43 (2.32%) RESTful
6 37 (2.00%) REST
7 35 (1.89%) React
8 31 (1.68%) Node.js
9 29 (1.57%) XML
10 27 (1.46%) .NET Core
10 27 (1.46%) EDI
11 22 (1.19%) .NET Framework
12 21 (1.14%) Spring
13 18 (0.97%) ASP.NET
13 18 (0.97%) Entity Framework
13 18 (0.97%) Spring Boot
14 16 (0.86%) SOAP
15 15 (0.81%) AngularJS
16 14 (0.76%) Visualforce
16 14 (0.76%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 154 (8.32%) Driving Licence
2 152 (8.22%) Onboarding
3 114 (6.16%) Self-Motivation
4 98 (5.30%) Product Ownership
5 85 (4.59%) Cloud Native
6 76 (4.11%) Management Information System
7 71 (3.84%) Data Centre
8 48 (2.59%) Social Media
9 46 (2.49%) Public Cloud
10 40 (2.16%) Cyberattack
11 30 (1.62%) Algorithms
12 25 (1.35%) Mobile App
12 25 (1.35%) SCADA
12 25 (1.35%) Security Posture
13 23 (1.24%) Data Structures
13 23 (1.24%) Legacy Systems
14 22 (1.19%) Cyber Threat
15 21 (1.14%) FPGA
16 20 (1.08%) Analytical Mindset
16 20 (1.08%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 116 (6.27%) Windows
2 57 (3.08%) Linux
3 31 (1.68%) Windows Server
4 23 (1.24%) Apple iOS
5 21 (1.14%) Windows 10
6 19 (1.03%) Android
7 16 (0.86%) VMS
8 15 (0.81%) Unix
9 13 (0.70%) Mac OS
10 5 (0.27%) VxWorks
11 4 (0.22%) Mac OS X
12 3 (0.16%) Solaris
13 2 (0.11%) AIX
13 2 (0.11%) Windows 7
14 1 (0.054%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 506 (27.35%) Agile
2 439 (23.73%) AI
3 383 (20.70%) Problem-Solving
4 309 (16.70%) Continuous Improvement
5 280 (15.14%) Mentoring
6 273 (14.76%) Decision-Making
7 258 (13.95%) CI/CD
8 241 (13.03%) DevOps
9 210 (11.35%) Cybersecurity
10 209 (11.30%) Stakeholder Management
11 166 (8.97%) Roadmaps
12 149 (8.05%) Validation
13 147 (7.95%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
14 138 (7.46%) Analytics
14 138 (7.46%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 137 (7.41%) Customer Service
16 128 (6.92%) Software Engineering
17 125 (6.76%) Collaborative Working
18 124 (6.70%) Coaching
19 121 (6.54%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 168 (9.08%) Python
2 131 (7.08%) SQL
3 73 (3.95%) C#
4 67 (3.62%) Java
5 66 (3.57%) JavaScript
6 49 (2.65%) PowerShell
7 38 (2.05%) TypeScript
8 32 (1.73%) MATLAB
9 29 (1.57%) Bicep
10 26 (1.41%) Bash
11 22 (1.19%) C++
12 17 (0.92%) Kusto Query Language
13 15 (0.81%) Go
14 14 (0.76%) Apex Code
14 14 (0.76%) Kotlin
14 14 (0.76%) SOQL
14 14 (0.76%) SOSL
15 10 (0.54%) ABAP
15 10 (0.54%) Ada
15 10 (0.54%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 420 (22.70%) Degree
2 351 (18.97%) Security Cleared
3 332 (17.95%) SC Cleared
4 153 (8.27%) BPSS Clearance
5 110 (5.95%) DV Cleared
6 109 (5.89%) DBS Check
7 64 (3.46%) HNC
8 49 (2.65%) AWS Certification
9 45 (2.43%) Azure Certification
10 44 (2.38%) Master's Degree
11 36 (1.95%) Chartered Engineer
12 30 (1.62%) Computer Science Degree
12 30 (1.62%) PhD
13 27 (1.46%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 25 (1.35%) Microsoft Certification
15 14 (0.76%) CISSP
16 13 (0.70%) ACCA
16 13 (0.70%) CIMA
16 13 (0.70%) Cisco Certification
17 12 (0.65%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 236 (12.76%) Accessibility
2 83 (4.49%) QA
3 78 (4.22%) Data Quality
4 63 (3.41%) SLA
5 61 (3.30%) GDPR
6 50 (2.70%) WCAG
7 36 (1.95%) GRC
8 34 (1.84%) NIST
9 29 (1.57%) NCSC
10 26 (1.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 21 (1.14%) Cyber Essentials
12 14 (0.76%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 7 (0.38%) Actionable Recommendations
14 6 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 5 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 20000
15 5 (0.27%) PCI DSS
16 4 (0.22%) DO-160
16 4 (0.22%) GAAP
16 4 (0.22%) IFRS
16 4 (0.22%) NIST 800
System Software
1 81 (4.38%) Docker
2 75 (4.05%) Active Directory
3 40 (2.16%) Firmware
4 25 (1.35%) VMware Infrastructure
5 24 (1.30%) Virtual Machines
6 12 (0.65%) Virtual Desktop
6 12 (0.65%) vSphere
7 8 (0.43%) Hyper-V
8 5 (0.27%) BitLocker
9 3 (0.16%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.054%) IAG
10 1 (0.054%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 66 (3.57%) Kubernetes
2 24 (1.30%) Microsoft Intune
3 21 (1.14%) Grafana
4 17 (0.92%) SCCM
5 12 (0.65%) Ansible
6 11 (0.59%) Prometheus
7 7 (0.38%) WSUS
8 4 (0.22%) Argo
8 4 (0.22%) Autotask
8 4 (0.22%) Kibana
9 3 (0.16%) Check_MK
9 3 (0.16%) Jamf Pro
10 2 (0.11%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.11%) Puppet
10 2 (0.11%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.054%) Functional Safety
11 1 (0.054%) QRadar
11 1 (0.054%) SCOM
11 1 (0.054%) vCenter Server
11 1 (0.054%) VxRail
Vendors
1 323 (17.46%) Microsoft
2 88 (4.76%) Google
3 77 (4.16%) SAP
4 56 (3.03%) Adobe
5 52 (2.81%) Apple
6 51 (2.76%) Workday
7 40 (2.16%) Salesforce
8 35 (1.89%) Cisco
8 35 (1.89%) ServiceNow
9 33 (1.78%) VMware
10 26 (1.41%) Palo Alto
11 25 (1.35%) CrowdStrike
11 25 (1.35%) Dynatrace
12 22 (1.19%) Tenable
13 21 (1.14%) Oracle
13 21 (1.14%) Splunk
14 16 (0.86%) Facebook
15 14 (0.76%) Instagram
15 14 (0.76%) OpenAI
16 13 (0.70%) Databricks