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

6 months to
22 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 83 19 25
Rank change year-on-year -64 +6 +41
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 1,413 2,855 4,594
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.95% 8.42% 6.81%
As % of the General category 4.39% 12.54% 12.47%
Number of salaries quoted 737 476 1,123
10th Percentile £28,210 £26,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +5.26% -19.75%
75th Percentile £70,000 £61,250 £62,200
90th Percentile £78,312 £80,625 £72,500
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 32,198 22,773 36,834
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 44.34% 67.13% 54.58%
Number of salaries quoted 19,821 10,945 22,676
10th Percentile £28,500 £25,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,390 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.16% -4.44% -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £79,000 £76,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -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 22 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 22 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 -70 390 £55,000 +17.02% 131
Midlands -47 263 £44,772 -12.64% 80
South East -70 249 £55,000 +26.44% 239
North West -66 223 £45,000 -2.17% 69
South West -40 191 £57,500 +32.05% 67
West Midlands -32 166 £60,000 +7.62% 47
Scotland -24 109 £51,250 +5.67% 52
East of England -31 108 £40,000 -29.82% 43
East Midlands -41 96 £35,000 +12.00% 33
Wales -4 92 £57,515 +4.57% 18
Yorkshire -14 89 £52,445 -38.30% 37
North East -9 78 £57,500 +134.03% 25
Northern Ireland -54 21 £56,901 -25.22% 15
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 36 (2.55%) Microsoft Exchange
2 29 (2.05%) SharePoint
3 24 (1.70%) Confluence
4 13 (0.92%) Apache
5 11 (0.78%) Apache Airflow
6 9 (0.64%) Apache Spark
7 8 (0.57%) CMS
7 8 (0.57%) Jupyter
8 6 (0.42%) ArcGIS
9 4 (0.28%) IIS
10 3 (0.21%) WordPress
11 2 (0.14%) Exchange Server 2013
11 2 (0.14%) Moodle
11 2 (0.14%) Totara
12 1 (0.071%) OpenEdge
Applications
1 66 (4.67%) Microsoft Office
2 56 (3.96%) Microsoft Excel
3 27 (1.91%) Acrobat
4 12 (0.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (0.64%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 8 (0.57%) Adobe After Effects
6 8 (0.57%) Adobe Illustrator
6 8 (0.57%) InDesign
6 8 (0.57%) Photoshop
7 6 (0.42%) Adobe XD
7 6 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
7 6 (0.42%) Sketch
8 3 (0.21%) Simulink
8 3 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.21%) Trello
9 2 (0.14%) Camtasia
9 2 (0.14%) InVision
9 2 (0.14%) PlantUML
10 1 (0.071%) Chatbot
10 1 (0.071%) Mathcad
Business Applications
1 24 (1.70%) Cloudability
2 5 (0.35%) NetSuite
3 4 (0.28%) SAP EHS
3 4 (0.28%) SAP HR
3 4 (0.28%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 4 (0.28%) Workday HCM
4 3 (0.21%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.21%) JDE EnterpriseOne
4 3 (0.21%) Shopify
5 2 (0.14%) Elite 3E
5 2 (0.14%) NEC Housing
6 1 (0.071%) Exchequer
6 1 (0.071%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 249 (17.62%) Azure
2 148 (10.47%) AWS
3 101 (7.15%) GCP
4 84 (5.94%) Power Platform
5 80 (5.66%) Azure DevOps
6 75 (5.31%) Microsoft 365
7 39 (2.76%) Serverless
8 37 (2.62%) GitHub
9 31 (2.19%) dbt
10 27 (1.91%) Entra ID
11 26 (1.84%) SaaS
12 25 (1.77%) Figma
12 25 (1.77%) PaaS
13 23 (1.63%) Microsoft Purview
14 21 (1.49%) Azure Monitor
15 20 (1.42%) Azure Key Vault
16 19 (1.34%) IaaS
17 15 (1.06%) GitHub Actions
18 14 (0.99%) Azure Sentinel
19 13 (0.92%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 56 (3.96%) Broadband
2 40 (2.83%) Firewall
3 27 (1.91%) VPN
4 19 (1.34%) DNS
4 19 (1.34%) TCP/IP
5 18 (1.27%) LAN
5 18 (1.27%) Network Security
5 18 (1.27%) WAN
6 17 (1.20%) DHCP
6 17 (1.20%) Internet
7 10 (0.71%) Wi-Fi
8 9 (0.64%) Wireless
9 6 (0.42%) SAN
9 6 (0.42%) VLAN
10 5 (0.35%) SSL
11 4 (0.28%) SMTP
12 3 (0.21%) 4G
12 3 (0.21%) 5G
12 3 (0.21%) Intranet
12 3 (0.21%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 72 (5.10%) Power BI
2 25 (1.77%) PostgreSQL
3 23 (1.63%) SQL Server
4 22 (1.56%) Tableau
5 16 (1.13%) Metadata
6 15 (1.06%) Azure SQL Database
6 15 (1.06%) GIS
7 13 (0.92%) Geospatial Data
7 13 (0.92%) MongoDB
7 13 (0.92%) Relational Database
8 12 (0.85%) MySQL
9 11 (0.78%) BigQuery
9 11 (0.78%) Elasticsearch
10 10 (0.71%) Looker
11 9 (0.64%) NoSQL
11 9 (0.64%) Redis
12 8 (0.57%) Amazon Athena
12 8 (0.57%) Data Warehouse
12 8 (0.57%) DynamoDB
13 6 (0.42%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 60 (4.25%) Jenkins
2 49 (3.47%) GitLab
3 41 (2.90%) Git
3 41 (2.90%) JIRA
4 34 (2.41%) SonarQube
5 22 (1.56%) Snyk
6 14 (0.99%) fastlane
7 11 (0.78%) LabVIEW
8 10 (0.71%) Postman
9 8 (0.57%) Cucumber
9 8 (0.57%) Xcode
10 7 (0.50%) JMeter
10 7 (0.50%) Moq
11 6 (0.42%) Android Studio
11 6 (0.42%) Crashlytics
11 6 (0.42%) Gradle
12 5 (0.35%) Gatling
12 5 (0.35%) MSI
12 5 (0.35%) Zephyr
13 4 (0.28%) JUnit
General
1 535 (37.86%) Social Skills
2 287 (20.31%) Finance
3 192 (13.59%) Public Sector
4 183 (12.95%) Analytical Skills
5 132 (9.34%) Marketing
6 95 (6.72%) Legal
7 94 (6.65%) Law
8 83 (5.87%) Retail
9 78 (5.52%) Organisational Skills
10 55 (3.89%) Games
10 55 (3.89%) Local Government
11 38 (2.69%) Manufacturing
12 32 (2.26%) Influencing Skills
13 30 (2.12%) Aerospace
14 27 (1.91%) Electronics
15 23 (1.63%) Banking
16 20 (1.42%) Presentation Skills
17 14 (0.99%) Advertising
17 14 (0.99%) Automotive
18 13 (0.92%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 303 (21.44%) Senior
2 177 (12.53%) Analyst
3 164 (11.61%) Architect
4 85 (6.02%) Lead
5 74 (5.24%) Developer
6 68 (4.81%) Sales Executive
7 60 (4.25%) Senior Analyst
8 50 (3.54%) IT Engineer
9 49 (3.47%) Business Analyst
10 48 (3.40%) Solutions Architect
11 40 (2.83%) Technical Architect
12 39 (2.76%) Cloud Architect
13 37 (2.62%) Senior Architect
14 33 (2.34%) Account Executive
14 33 (2.34%) Consultant
14 33 (2.34%) Salesforce Architect
14 33 (2.34%) Systems Engineer
15 31 (2.19%) IT Support
16 28 (1.98%) IT Manager
17 27 (1.91%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (4.03%) REST
2 37 (2.62%) SOAP
3 35 (2.48%) Lightning Web Components
3 35 (2.48%) Visualforce
4 32 (2.26%) CSS
5 31 (2.19%) RESTful
6 30 (2.12%) .NET
6 30 (2.12%) HTML
7 22 (1.56%) Node.js
8 19 (1.34%) Android SDK
8 19 (1.34%) EDI
9 17 (1.20%) React
10 16 (1.13%) XML
11 14 (0.99%) GraphQL
12 12 (0.85%) .NET Framework
13 11 (0.78%) .NET Core
14 10 (0.71%) Entity Framework
15 9 (0.64%) ASP.NET
15 9 (0.64%) Spring
15 9 (0.64%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 105 (7.43%) Product Ownership
2 102 (7.22%) Driving Licence
3 97 (6.86%) Onboarding
4 85 (6.02%) Self-Motivation
5 56 (3.96%) Cloud Native
5 56 (3.96%) Management Information System
6 45 (3.18%) Cyberattack
6 45 (3.18%) Social Media
7 42 (2.97%) Data Centre
8 36 (2.55%) Mobile App
9 22 (1.56%) Security Posture
10 18 (1.27%) Credit Risk
10 18 (1.27%) CSOC
10 18 (1.27%) Security Operations Centre
11 17 (1.20%) Legacy Systems
12 14 (0.99%) Algorithms
12 14 (0.99%) Data Structures
12 14 (0.99%) Public Cloud
13 13 (0.92%) Analytical Mindset
14 12 (0.85%) Podcast
Operating Systems
1 86 (6.09%) Windows
2 42 (2.97%) Linux
3 29 (2.05%) Windows Server
4 25 (1.77%) Android
5 19 (1.34%) Apple iOS
6 15 (1.06%) Windows 10
7 14 (0.99%) Unix
7 14 (0.99%) VMS
8 8 (0.57%) Mac OS
9 4 (0.28%) Mac OS X
10 3 (0.21%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.14%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 350 (24.77%) Agile
2 311 (22.01%) AI
3 237 (16.77%) Problem-Solving
4 211 (14.93%) CI/CD
5 210 (14.86%) Continuous Improvement
6 204 (14.44%) Decision-Making
7 196 (13.87%) DevOps
8 175 (12.38%) Mentoring
9 172 (12.17%) Cybersecurity
10 142 (10.05%) Roadmaps
11 127 (8.99%) Stakeholder Management
12 125 (8.85%) Analytics
13 113 (8.00%) Customer Service
14 112 (7.93%) Scrum
15 108 (7.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 102 (7.22%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
17 87 (6.16%) Technology Strategy
18 80 (5.66%) Validation
19 78 (5.52%) Business Intelligence
20 76 (5.38%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 123 (8.70%) Python
2 117 (8.28%) SQL
3 50 (3.54%) Java
4 44 (3.11%) PowerShell
5 35 (2.48%) Apex Code
6 34 (2.41%) JavaScript
6 34 (2.41%) SOQL
6 34 (2.41%) SOSL
7 32 (2.26%) C#
8 27 (1.91%) Bicep
9 25 (1.77%) Bash
10 24 (1.70%) TypeScript
11 20 (1.42%) Kotlin
12 19 (1.34%) Kusto Query Language
13 12 (0.85%) MATLAB
14 9 (0.64%) Go
15 8 (0.57%) C++
15 8 (0.57%) PHP
16 7 (0.50%) Swift
16 7 (0.50%) XAML
Qualifications
1 290 (20.52%) Degree
2 201 (14.23%) Security Cleared
3 184 (13.02%) SC Cleared
4 75 (5.31%) DBS Check
5 37 (2.62%) BPSS Clearance
6 30 (2.12%) Microsoft Certification
7 28 (1.98%) AWS Certification
8 27 (1.91%) Azure Certification
9 24 (1.70%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 22 (1.56%) Master's Degree
11 21 (1.49%) Computer Science Degree
11 21 (1.49%) HNC
12 19 (1.34%) PhD
13 17 (1.20%) DV Cleared
14 16 (1.13%) Chartered Engineer
15 15 (1.06%) CompTIA Security+
16 13 (0.92%) Postgraduate
17 12 (0.85%) Cisco Certification
17 12 (0.85%) CISSP
18 11 (0.78%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 96 (6.79%) Accessibility
2 66 (4.67%) Data Quality
3 52 (3.68%) SLA
4 49 (3.47%) GDPR
5 37 (2.62%) WCAG
6 36 (2.55%) NIST
7 35 (2.48%) QA
8 34 (2.41%) GRC
9 29 (2.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 22 (1.56%) Cyber Essentials
11 14 (0.99%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 14 (0.99%) NCSC
12 11 (0.78%) PCI DSS
13 9 (0.64%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 4 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
14 4 (0.28%) GAAP
14 4 (0.28%) IFRS
14 4 (0.28%) SOC 2
15 3 (0.21%) ARP4761
15 3 (0.21%) DO-160
System Software
1 68 (4.81%) Active Directory
2 62 (4.39%) Docker
3 24 (1.70%) Virtual Machines
4 23 (1.63%) VMware Infrastructure
5 14 (0.99%) vSphere
6 12 (0.85%) Virtual Desktop
7 8 (0.57%) Hyper-V
8 6 (0.42%) Firmware
9 1 (0.071%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 68 (4.81%) Terraform
2 41 (2.90%) Kubernetes
3 22 (1.56%) Microsoft Intune
4 12 (0.85%) Grafana
5 9 (0.64%) SCCM
6 8 (0.57%) Autotask
7 5 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
7 5 (0.35%) WSUS
8 4 (0.28%) Ansible
8 4 (0.28%) AWS Copilot
8 4 (0.28%) Prometheus
9 3 (0.21%) Check_MK
9 3 (0.21%) vCenter Server
10 2 (0.14%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.14%) CASB
10 2 (0.14%) Opsgenie
10 2 (0.14%) SolarWinds Orion
11 1 (0.071%) Argo
11 1 (0.071%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.071%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 271 (19.18%) Microsoft
2 84 (5.94%) Adobe
3 71 (5.02%) Google
4 61 (4.32%) Salesforce
5 40 (2.83%) Apple
6 39 (2.76%) Cisco
7 35 (2.48%) ServiceNow
7 35 (2.48%) Splunk
8 29 (2.05%) Palo Alto
8 29 (2.05%) VMware
9 26 (1.84%) CrowdStrike
10 23 (1.63%) Tenable
11 20 (1.42%) Instagram
12 17 (1.20%) SAP
13 15 (1.06%) Dynatrace
14 12 (0.85%) OpenAI
14 12 (0.85%) ScienceLogic
15 11 (0.78%) Hootsuite
15 11 (0.78%) Pega
15 11 (0.78%) Wrike