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

6 months to
29 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 77 19 24
Rank change year-on-year -58 +5 +41
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 1,511 2,854 4,290
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 2.05% 8.35% 6.86%
As % of the General category 4.63% 12.44% 12.68%
Number of salaries quoted 766 481 977
10th Percentile £28,350 £26,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,038 £36,250 £35,225
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +2.04% -17.22%
75th Percentile £68,750 £61,250 £62,200
90th Percentile £78,312 £80,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -19.23%

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 32,649 22,935 33,832
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 44.28% 67.14% 54.10%
Number of salaries quoted 20,077 11,144 20,122
10th Percentile £28,500 £25,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -6.25% -8.57%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £84,850 £78,750 £76,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 29 July 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 29 July 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 -69 407 £55,000 +17.02% 160
Midlands -52 264 £45,000 -10.00% 86
South East -66 264 £53,750 +23.56% 195
North West -69 230 £42,700 -9.15% 84
South West -25 218 £57,500 +35.29% 98
West Midlands -37 165 £60,000 +9.09% 50
Scotland -16 120 £52,500 +16.67% 52
East of England -31 117 £40,000 -29.82% 35
Wales -1 98 £55,159 +0.29% 18
East Midlands -42 98 £37,500 +15.38% 36
Yorkshire 0 90 £52,445 -30.07% 42
North East -1 87 £57,500 +134.03% 34
Northern Ireland -46 32 £56,901 -25.22% 19
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 (2.71%) Microsoft Exchange
2 29 (1.92%) Confluence
2 29 (1.92%) SharePoint
3 14 (0.93%) Apache
4 13 (0.86%) Apache Airflow
5 12 (0.79%) Apache Spark
6 9 (0.60%) Jupyter
7 8 (0.53%) CMS
8 5 (0.33%) ArcGIS
9 4 (0.26%) IIS
9 4 (0.26%) WordPress
10 2 (0.13%) Exchange Server 2013
10 2 (0.13%) Moodle
10 2 (0.13%) Skype for Business
10 2 (0.13%) Totara
11 1 (0.066%) Cloud Foundry
11 1 (0.066%) OpenEdge
Applications
1 73 (4.83%) Microsoft Office
2 62 (4.10%) Microsoft Excel
3 24 (1.59%) Acrobat
4 12 (0.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (0.60%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 8 (0.53%) Adobe After Effects
6 8 (0.53%) Adobe Illustrator
6 8 (0.53%) InDesign
6 8 (0.53%) Photoshop
7 7 (0.46%) Simulink
8 6 (0.40%) Adobe XD
8 6 (0.40%) Sketch
9 4 (0.26%) Microsoft Project
10 3 (0.20%) Chatbot
10 3 (0.20%) MS Visio
10 3 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
11 2 (0.13%) Camtasia
11 2 (0.13%) InVision
11 2 (0.13%) Mathcad
11 2 (0.13%) Trello
Business Applications
1 24 (1.59%) Cloudability
2 7 (0.46%) Workday HCM
3 6 (0.40%) NetSuite
4 4 (0.26%) SAP EHS
4 4 (0.26%) SAP HR
4 4 (0.26%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 3 (0.20%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.20%) JDE EnterpriseOne
5 3 (0.20%) Shopify
6 2 (0.13%) Elite 3E
6 2 (0.13%) NEC Housing
6 2 (0.13%) Teamcenter
7 1 (0.066%) Exchequer
7 1 (0.066%) Raiser’s Edge
7 1 (0.066%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.066%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 270 (17.87%) Azure
2 178 (11.78%) AWS
3 115 (7.61%) GCP
4 88 (5.82%) Power Platform
5 81 (5.36%) Azure DevOps
6 79 (5.23%) Microsoft 365
7 44 (2.91%) Serverless
8 43 (2.85%) GitHub
9 34 (2.25%) dbt
10 31 (2.05%) SaaS
11 28 (1.85%) Entra ID
12 27 (1.79%) PaaS
13 26 (1.72%) Figma
14 23 (1.52%) Microsoft Purview
15 22 (1.46%) Azure Monitor
15 22 (1.46%) IaaS
16 20 (1.32%) Azure Key Vault
17 18 (1.19%) GitHub Actions
18 16 (1.06%) Microsoft Copilot
19 13 (0.86%) Amazon ECR
Communications & Networking
1 47 (3.11%) Broadband
2 39 (2.58%) Firewall
3 26 (1.72%) VPN
4 20 (1.32%) DNS
4 20 (1.32%) LAN
4 20 (1.32%) Network Security
5 19 (1.26%) TCP/IP
5 19 (1.26%) WAN
6 17 (1.13%) DHCP
6 17 (1.13%) Internet
7 12 (0.79%) Wi-Fi
8 9 (0.60%) VLAN
8 9 (0.60%) Wireless
9 8 (0.53%) SAN
10 7 (0.46%) SSL
11 3 (0.20%) Intranet
11 3 (0.20%) SD-WAN
12 2 (0.13%) 5G
12 2 (0.13%) Cisco Firepower
12 2 (0.13%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 74 (4.90%) Power BI
2 30 (1.99%) PostgreSQL
2 30 (1.99%) SQL Server
3 23 (1.52%) Tableau
4 19 (1.26%) Metadata
5 16 (1.06%) Azure SQL Database
5 16 (1.06%) MongoDB
5 16 (1.06%) Relational Database
6 15 (0.99%) GIS
6 15 (0.99%) MySQL
7 14 (0.93%) NoSQL
8 13 (0.86%) BigQuery
8 13 (0.86%) Geospatial Data
9 12 (0.79%) Data Warehouse
9 12 (0.79%) Elasticsearch
10 10 (0.66%) DynamoDB
10 10 (0.66%) Looker
11 9 (0.60%) Amazon Athena
11 9 (0.60%) Redis
12 7 (0.46%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 61 (4.04%) Jenkins
2 52 (3.44%) Git
3 49 (3.24%) JIRA
4 44 (2.91%) GitLab
5 26 (1.72%) SonarQube
6 22 (1.46%) Snyk
7 14 (0.93%) fastlane
8 12 (0.79%) LabVIEW
9 10 (0.66%) Postman
9 10 (0.66%) Rational DOORS
10 8 (0.53%) Cucumber
10 8 (0.53%) JMeter
10 8 (0.53%) Xcode
11 7 (0.46%) Moq
12 6 (0.40%) Android Studio
12 6 (0.40%) Crashlytics
12 6 (0.40%) Cypress.io
12 6 (0.40%) Gatling
12 6 (0.40%) Gradle
12 6 (0.40%) MSI
General
1 571 (37.79%) Social Skills
2 347 (22.96%) Finance
3 208 (13.77%) Public Sector
4 204 (13.50%) Analytical Skills
5 137 (9.07%) Marketing
6 114 (7.54%) Law
7 96 (6.35%) Legal
8 80 (5.29%) Retail
9 78 (5.16%) Organisational Skills
10 61 (4.04%) Local Government
11 54 (3.57%) Aerospace
12 47 (3.11%) Games
13 43 (2.85%) Manufacturing
14 35 (2.32%) Influencing Skills
15 32 (2.12%) Banking
15 32 (2.12%) Electronics
16 24 (1.59%) Presentation Skills
17 16 (1.06%) Telecoms
18 15 (0.99%) Advertising
18 15 (0.99%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 318 (21.05%) Senior
2 184 (12.18%) Analyst
3 171 (11.32%) Architect
4 117 (7.74%) Lead
5 82 (5.43%) Developer
6 70 (4.63%) Sales Executive
7 62 (4.10%) Senior Analyst
8 55 (3.64%) Business Analyst
9 50 (3.31%) IT Engineer
10 47 (3.11%) Solutions Architect
11 41 (2.71%) Systems Engineer
12 40 (2.65%) Consultant
13 38 (2.51%) Cloud Architect
14 37 (2.45%) Senior Architect
14 37 (2.45%) Technical Architect
15 31 (2.05%) Account Executive
15 31 (2.05%) IT Support
16 30 (1.99%) Software Engineer
17 29 (1.92%) IT Manager
18 28 (1.85%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (3.24%) REST
2 38 (2.51%) .NET
3 37 (2.45%) CSS
4 35 (2.32%) HTML
4 35 (2.32%) RESTful
5 29 (1.92%) SOAP
6 27 (1.79%) Lightning Web Components
6 27 (1.79%) Visualforce
7 25 (1.65%) Node.js
8 24 (1.59%) React
9 20 (1.32%) EDI
10 19 (1.26%) Android SDK
11 18 (1.19%) XML
12 16 (1.06%) .NET Framework
13 15 (0.99%) .NET Core
14 14 (0.93%) GraphQL
14 14 (0.93%) Spring
15 13 (0.86%) Spring Boot
16 12 (0.79%) Entity Framework
17 11 (0.73%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 109 (7.21%) Onboarding
2 108 (7.15%) Driving Licence
3 104 (6.88%) Product Ownership
4 94 (6.22%) Self-Motivation
5 65 (4.30%) Cloud Native
6 63 (4.17%) Management Information System
7 50 (3.31%) Data Centre
8 44 (2.91%) Cyberattack
9 43 (2.85%) Social Media
10 35 (2.32%) Mobile App
11 22 (1.46%) Security Posture
12 21 (1.39%) Algorithms
13 19 (1.26%) Legacy Systems
13 19 (1.26%) Public Cloud
14 18 (1.19%) Credit Risk
14 18 (1.19%) CSOC
14 18 (1.19%) Data Structures
14 18 (1.19%) Security Operations Centre
15 15 (0.99%) Analytical Mindset
16 14 (0.93%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 94 (6.22%) Windows
2 47 (3.11%) Linux
3 30 (1.99%) Windows Server
4 25 (1.65%) Android
5 21 (1.39%) Windows 10
6 20 (1.32%) Apple iOS
7 17 (1.13%) Unix
8 13 (0.86%) VMS
9 9 (0.60%) Mac OS
10 4 (0.26%) Mac OS X
11 2 (0.13%) Debian
11 2 (0.13%) Solaris
11 2 (0.13%) VxWorks
11 2 (0.13%) Windows 7
11 2 (0.13%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.066%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 393 (26.01%) Agile
2 352 (23.30%) AI
3 276 (18.27%) Problem-Solving
4 231 (15.29%) CI/CD
5 226 (14.96%) Continuous Improvement
6 219 (14.49%) Decision-Making
7 205 (13.57%) DevOps
8 200 (13.24%) Mentoring
9 178 (11.78%) Cybersecurity
10 145 (9.60%) Stakeholder Management
11 144 (9.53%) Roadmaps
12 127 (8.41%) Analytics
13 114 (7.54%) Customer Service
13 114 (7.54%) Scrum
13 114 (7.54%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
14 111 (7.35%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 104 (6.88%) Validation
16 93 (6.15%) Coaching
16 93 (6.15%) Technology Strategy
17 89 (5.89%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 144 (9.53%) Python
2 126 (8.34%) SQL
3 58 (3.84%) Java
4 47 (3.11%) PowerShell
5 46 (3.04%) JavaScript
6 41 (2.71%) C#
7 31 (2.05%) TypeScript
8 28 (1.85%) Bicep
9 27 (1.79%) Apex Code
10 26 (1.72%) Bash
10 26 (1.72%) SOQL
10 26 (1.72%) SOSL
11 20 (1.32%) Kotlin
12 19 (1.26%) Kusto Query Language
13 18 (1.19%) MATLAB
14 13 (0.86%) Go
15 12 (0.79%) C++
16 9 (0.60%) PHP
17 7 (0.46%) Swift
17 7 (0.46%) XAML
Qualifications
1 313 (20.71%) Degree
2 252 (16.68%) Security Cleared
3 232 (15.35%) SC Cleared
4 78 (5.16%) DBS Check
5 68 (4.50%) BPSS Clearance
6 44 (2.91%) DV Cleared
7 34 (2.25%) AWS Certification
8 31 (2.05%) Azure Certification
9 27 (1.79%) Microsoft Certification
10 26 (1.72%) Computer Science Degree
10 26 (1.72%) Master's Degree
11 25 (1.65%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 23 (1.52%) HNC
12 23 (1.52%) PhD
13 19 (1.26%) Chartered Engineer
14 14 (0.93%) CompTIA Security+
15 13 (0.86%) CISSP
15 13 (0.86%) Postgraduate
16 12 (0.79%) Cisco Certification
17 11 (0.73%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 125 (8.27%) Accessibility
2 69 (4.57%) Data Quality
3 60 (3.97%) SLA
4 51 (3.38%) GDPR
5 44 (2.91%) QA
6 41 (2.71%) WCAG
7 36 (2.38%) GRC
7 36 (2.38%) NIST
8 28 (1.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 21 (1.39%) Cyber Essentials
10 18 (1.19%) NCSC
11 14 (0.93%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 9 (0.60%) PCI DSS
13 8 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 4 (0.26%) Actionable Recommendations
14 4 (0.26%) GAAP
14 4 (0.26%) IFRS
15 3 (0.20%) ARP4761
15 3 (0.20%) DO-160
15 3 (0.20%) SOC 2
System Software
1 73 (4.83%) Active Directory
2 72 (4.77%) Docker
3 24 (1.59%) VMware Infrastructure
4 23 (1.52%) Virtual Machines
5 13 (0.86%) Firmware
5 13 (0.86%) vSphere
6 12 (0.79%) Virtual Desktop
7 8 (0.53%) Hyper-V
8 5 (0.33%) BitLocker
9 2 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.066%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 79 (5.23%) Terraform
2 53 (3.51%) Kubernetes
3 24 (1.59%) Microsoft Intune
4 16 (1.06%) Grafana
4 16 (1.06%) SCCM
5 7 (0.46%) Ansible
5 7 (0.46%) Autotask
5 7 (0.46%) Prometheus
6 6 (0.40%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (0.40%) WSUS
7 4 (0.26%) AWS Copilot
8 3 (0.20%) Check_MK
9 2 (0.13%) Argo
9 2 (0.13%) Kibana
9 2 (0.13%) Opsgenie
9 2 (0.13%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.066%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.066%) CASB
10 1 (0.066%) Functional Safety
10 1 (0.066%) QRadar
Vendors
1 283 (18.73%) Microsoft
2 77 (5.10%) Google
3 76 (5.03%) Adobe
4 51 (3.38%) Salesforce
5 41 (2.71%) Apple
6 38 (2.51%) ServiceNow
7 37 (2.45%) Cisco
8 30 (1.99%) VMware
9 28 (1.85%) Palo Alto
9 28 (1.85%) Splunk
10 26 (1.72%) CrowdStrike
11 23 (1.52%) Workday
12 22 (1.46%) Tenable
13 19 (1.26%) Dynatrace
14 18 (1.19%) SAP
15 17 (1.13%) Instagram
16 13 (0.86%) OpenAI
16 13 (0.86%) Oracle
17 12 (0.79%) ScienceLogic
18 11 (0.73%) Pega