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

6 months to
16 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 76 13 24
Rank change year-on-year -63 +11 +46
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 1,339 3,108 5,570
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 2.00% 10.44% 7.07%
As % of the General category 4.48% 14.66% 12.93%
Number of salaries quoted 662 471 1,315
10th Percentile £28,000 £27,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,051 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.10% +11.11% -24.40%
75th Percentile £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £76,245 £82,500 £71,535
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +10.00% -23.08%

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 29,904 21,206 43,065
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 44.56% 71.22% 54.63%
Number of salaries quoted 18,252 9,559 27,625
10th Percentile £28,250 £25,705 £26,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £62,200
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,043 £52,500
% change year-on-year -0.08% +4.84% -12.50%

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 16 June 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 16 June 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 -72 380 £55,000 +17.02% 152
Midlands -43 277 £45,000 -16.28% 119
North West -57 233 £47,000 - 88
South East -80 230 £47,500 +18.75% 210
West Midlands -23 175 £59,527 +3.64% 61
South West -39 169 £57,500 +27.78% 110
East of England -47 113 £40,000 -25.23% 65
East Midlands -52 102 £35,000 +9.38% 58
Scotland -47 88 £47,500 -9.52% 56
Yorkshire -29 87 £52,445 -38.30% 51
Wales -5 76 £54,000 -9.78% 25
North East -13 60 £57,500 +134.03% 15
Northern Ireland -29 16 £40,000 -47.43% 31
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 37 (2.76%) SharePoint
2 31 (2.32%) Microsoft Exchange
3 20 (1.49%) Confluence
4 10 (0.75%) Apache
5 9 (0.67%) Apache Airflow
6 7 (0.52%) ArcGIS
7 6 (0.45%) Apache Spark
7 6 (0.45%) Jupyter
8 4 (0.30%) CMS
9 2 (0.15%) Exchange Server 2013
9 2 (0.15%) Moodle
9 2 (0.15%) Totara
9 2 (0.15%) WordPress
10 1 (0.075%) IIS
10 1 (0.075%) OpenEdge
Applications
1 58 (4.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 55 (4.11%) Microsoft Office
3 37 (2.76%) Acrobat
4 18 (1.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 8 (0.60%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 7 (0.52%) Adobe After Effects
6 7 (0.52%) Adobe Illustrator
6 7 (0.52%) InDesign
6 7 (0.52%) Photoshop
7 4 (0.30%) Microsoft Project
7 4 (0.30%) Trello
8 3 (0.22%) Adobe XD
8 3 (0.22%) Sketch
8 3 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
9 2 (0.15%) Camtasia
9 2 (0.15%) InVision
9 2 (0.15%) MS Visio
9 2 (0.15%) PlantUML
10 1 (0.075%) AutoCAD
10 1 (0.075%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 24 (1.79%) Cloudability
2 6 (0.45%) Workday HCM
3 5 (0.37%) SAP HR
4 4 (0.30%) NetSuite
5 3 (0.22%) Academy Housing
5 3 (0.22%) JDE EnterpriseOne
6 2 (0.15%) Elite 3E
6 2 (0.15%) NEC Housing
7 1 (0.075%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.075%) Exchequer
7 1 (0.075%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 1 (0.075%) Raiser’s Edge
7 1 (0.075%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 227 (16.95%) Azure
2 137 (10.23%) AWS
3 88 (6.57%) GCP
4 87 (6.50%) Microsoft 365
5 75 (5.60%) Power Platform
6 57 (4.26%) Azure DevOps
7 36 (2.69%) Entra ID
8 33 (2.46%) Serverless
9 28 (2.09%) SaaS
10 26 (1.94%) GitHub
10 26 (1.94%) Microsoft Purview
11 21 (1.57%) PaaS
12 20 (1.49%) Figma
13 16 (1.19%) IaaS
14 14 (1.05%) Asana
15 13 (0.97%) Azure Sentinel
15 13 (0.97%) Firebase
16 12 (0.90%) Azure Monitor
16 12 (0.90%) Power Automate
17 11 (0.82%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 65 (4.85%) Broadband
2 42 (3.14%) Firewall
3 26 (1.94%) VPN
4 22 (1.64%) DNS
5 21 (1.57%) DHCP
5 21 (1.57%) WAN
6 20 (1.49%) LAN
6 20 (1.49%) Network Security
7 18 (1.34%) Internet
8 17 (1.27%) TCP/IP
9 14 (1.05%) Wi-Fi
10 7 (0.52%) VLAN
10 7 (0.52%) Wireless
11 6 (0.45%) 4G
11 6 (0.45%) MPLS
12 4 (0.30%) BGP
12 4 (0.30%) SAN
12 4 (0.30%) SMTP
12 4 (0.30%) SSL
12 4 (0.30%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 67 (5.00%) Power BI
2 25 (1.87%) PostgreSQL
3 20 (1.49%) Tableau
4 16 (1.19%) GIS
5 15 (1.12%) Metadata
6 14 (1.05%) MySQL
6 14 (1.05%) Relational Database
7 13 (0.97%) SQL Server
8 12 (0.90%) MongoDB
9 11 (0.82%) Data Lake
9 11 (0.82%) Data Warehouse
10 10 (0.75%) BigQuery
10 10 (0.75%) NoSQL
11 9 (0.67%) Geospatial Data
11 9 (0.67%) Looker
12 8 (0.60%) Amazon RDS
12 8 (0.60%) Azure SQL Database
13 6 (0.45%) Amazon Athena
13 6 (0.45%) DynamoDB
13 6 (0.45%) Redis
Development Applications
1 54 (4.03%) Jenkins
2 44 (3.29%) GitLab
3 37 (2.76%) JIRA
4 34 (2.54%) SonarQube
5 28 (2.09%) Git
6 22 (1.64%) Snyk
7 14 (1.05%) fastlane
8 10 (0.75%) Postman
9 8 (0.60%) Cucumber
9 8 (0.60%) Xcode
10 7 (0.52%) Moq
11 6 (0.45%) Android Studio
11 6 (0.45%) Crashlytics
11 6 (0.45%) Gradle
12 5 (0.37%) JMeter
12 5 (0.37%) Zephyr
13 4 (0.30%) Gatling
13 4 (0.30%) Locust
14 3 (0.22%) JUnit
14 3 (0.22%) Mockito
General
1 448 (33.46%) Social Skills
2 282 (21.06%) Finance
3 175 (13.07%) Public Sector
4 173 (12.92%) Analytical Skills
5 125 (9.34%) Marketing
6 101 (7.54%) Law
7 95 (7.09%) Legal
8 93 (6.95%) Retail
9 64 (4.78%) Organisational Skills
10 55 (4.11%) Games
11 48 (3.58%) Local Government
12 29 (2.17%) Manufacturing
13 22 (1.64%) Influencing Skills
14 21 (1.57%) Aerospace
14 21 (1.57%) Banking
15 16 (1.19%) Presentation Skills
16 14 (1.05%) Electronics
16 14 (1.05%) Telecoms
17 13 (0.97%) Automotive
17 13 (0.97%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 265 (19.79%) Senior
2 185 (13.82%) Analyst
3 124 (9.26%) Architect
4 65 (4.85%) Lead
5 60 (4.48%) Senior Analyst
6 59 (4.41%) Business Analyst
7 53 (3.96%) IT Engineer
8 51 (3.81%) Developer
9 50 (3.73%) Sales Executive
10 39 (2.91%) Project Manager
11 38 (2.84%) Account Executive
12 37 (2.76%) Solutions Architect
13 33 (2.46%) Salesforce Architect
13 33 (2.46%) Senior Architect
14 31 (2.32%) IT Manager
14 31 (2.32%) IT Support
15 27 (2.02%) Cloud Architect
16 25 (1.87%) Business Manager
16 25 (1.87%) Technical Architect
17 24 (1.79%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (3.73%) REST
2 38 (2.84%) SOAP
3 37 (2.76%) Lightning Web Components
3 37 (2.76%) Visualforce
4 22 (1.64%) RESTful
5 19 (1.42%) Android SDK
6 18 (1.34%) .NET
6 18 (1.34%) EDI
7 17 (1.27%) CSS
7 17 (1.27%) HTML
8 13 (0.97%) GraphQL
8 13 (0.97%) Node.js
9 11 (0.82%) XML
10 9 (0.67%) React
11 8 (0.60%) .NET Framework
11 8 (0.60%) Web Services
12 7 (0.52%) SAML
12 7 (0.52%) Spring
12 7 (0.52%) Spring Boot
12 7 (0.52%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 109 (8.14%) Onboarding
2 106 (7.92%) Product Ownership
3 89 (6.65%) Driving Licence
4 77 (5.75%) Self-Motivation
5 56 (4.18%) Management Information System
6 47 (3.51%) Cyberattack
6 47 (3.51%) Social Media
7 40 (2.99%) Cloud Native
7 40 (2.99%) Data Centre
7 40 (2.99%) Mobile App
8 19 (1.42%) Enterprise Software
9 18 (1.34%) Credit Risk
10 17 (1.27%) CSOC
10 17 (1.27%) Security Operations Centre
10 17 (1.27%) Security Posture
11 13 (0.97%) Legacy Systems
11 13 (0.97%) Public Cloud
12 12 (0.90%) Analytical Mindset
13 11 (0.82%) Data Structures
13 11 (0.82%) Graphic Design
Operating Systems
1 79 (5.90%) Windows
2 40 (2.99%) Linux
3 34 (2.54%) Windows Server
4 23 (1.72%) Android
5 19 (1.42%) Apple iOS
6 14 (1.05%) Unix
7 13 (0.97%) Windows 10
8 10 (0.75%) VMS
9 8 (0.60%) Mac OS
10 5 (0.37%) Windows Server 2016
11 4 (0.30%) Debian
11 4 (0.30%) Mac OS X
12 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 290 (21.66%) Agile
2 279 (20.84%) AI
3 225 (16.80%) Problem-Solving
4 198 (14.79%) Continuous Improvement
5 177 (13.22%) CI/CD
6 163 (12.17%) Decision-Making
7 161 (12.02%) Mentoring
8 160 (11.95%) DevOps
9 159 (11.87%) Cybersecurity
10 130 (9.71%) Analytics
11 127 (9.48%) Roadmaps
12 122 (9.11%) Customer Service
13 106 (7.92%) Stakeholder Management
14 100 (7.47%) Scrum
15 97 (7.24%) Coaching
16 88 (6.57%) B2B
17 82 (6.12%) CRM
18 80 (5.97%) Technology Strategy
19 77 (5.75%) TOGAF
20 76 (5.68%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 105 (7.84%) SQL
2 103 (7.69%) Python
3 50 (3.73%) Java
4 39 (2.91%) PowerShell
5 37 (2.76%) Apex Code
6 34 (2.54%) SOQL
6 34 (2.54%) SOSL
7 25 (1.87%) JavaScript
8 20 (1.49%) C#
9 19 (1.42%) Kotlin
10 18 (1.34%) Bash
11 16 (1.19%) TypeScript
12 14 (1.05%) Bicep
13 13 (0.97%) Kusto Query Language
14 7 (0.52%) C++
14 7 (0.52%) Swift
14 7 (0.52%) XAML
15 5 (0.37%) PHP
16 3 (0.22%) Ruby
16 3 (0.22%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 262 (19.57%) Degree
2 146 (10.90%) Security Cleared
3 128 (9.56%) SC Cleared
4 72 (5.38%) DBS Check
5 37 (2.76%) AWS Certification
6 33 (2.46%) BPSS Clearance
7 28 (2.09%) Microsoft Certification
8 25 (1.87%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 21 (1.57%) Azure Certification
9 21 (1.57%) Computer Science Degree
10 20 (1.49%) HNC
11 15 (1.12%) CompTIA Security+
12 14 (1.05%) Chartered Engineer
12 14 (1.05%) CISSP
13 12 (0.90%) Postgraduate
14 11 (0.82%) CISM
14 11 (0.82%) DV Cleared
14 11 (0.82%) SANS
15 10 (0.75%) Cisco Certification
16 9 (0.67%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 72 (5.38%) Accessibility
2 60 (4.48%) Data Quality
3 51 (3.81%) GDPR
3 51 (3.81%) SLA
4 40 (2.99%) NIST
5 38 (2.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 38 (2.84%) QA
6 37 (2.76%) GRC
7 28 (2.09%) WCAG
8 26 (1.94%) Cyber Essentials
9 15 (1.12%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 12 (0.90%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 12 (0.90%) PCI DSS
11 7 (0.52%) NCSC
12 5 (0.37%) SOC 2
13 4 (0.30%) Actionable Recommendations
13 4 (0.30%) COBIT
13 4 (0.30%) GAAP
13 4 (0.30%) IFRS
13 4 (0.30%) PMO
System Software
1 69 (5.15%) Active Directory
2 42 (3.14%) Docker
3 26 (1.94%) Virtual Machines
4 20 (1.49%) VMware Infrastructure
5 12 (0.90%) vSphere
6 8 (0.60%) Hyper-V
6 8 (0.60%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.075%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 53 (3.96%) Terraform
2 30 (2.24%) Microsoft Intune
3 29 (2.17%) Kubernetes
4 10 (0.75%) Single Sign-On
5 9 (0.67%) Autotask
6 8 (0.60%) Grafana
6 8 (0.60%) SCCM
7 4 (0.30%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 4 (0.30%) Ansible
7 4 (0.30%) AWS Copilot
7 4 (0.30%) SolarWinds Orion
7 4 (0.30%) vCenter Server
7 4 (0.30%) WSUS
8 3 (0.22%) Argo
8 3 (0.22%) Check_MK
8 3 (0.22%) Jamf Pro
8 3 (0.22%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.15%) CASB
9 2 (0.15%) Kustomize
9 2 (0.15%) Opsgenie
Vendors
1 274 (20.46%) Microsoft
2 98 (7.32%) Adobe
3 85 (6.35%) Salesforce
4 61 (4.56%) Cisco
5 58 (4.33%) Google
6 48 (3.58%) Apple
7 38 (2.84%) Splunk
8 37 (2.76%) ServiceNow
9 33 (2.46%) Palo Alto
10 30 (2.24%) CrowdStrike
11 26 (1.94%) VMware
12 23 (1.72%) Tenable
13 15 (1.12%) Fortinet
14 14 (1.05%) Dynatrace
14 14 (1.05%) Instagram
15 13 (0.97%) SAP
16 11 (0.82%) Databricks
16 11 (0.82%) Dell
16 11 (0.82%) Pega
16 11 (0.82%) Workday