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

6 months to
21 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 63 16 29
Rank change year-on-year -47 +13 +19
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 2,032 2,794 3,233
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 2.38% 8.16% 5.88%
As % of the General category 5.40% 12.39% 10.98%
Number of salaries quoted 913 480 611
10th Percentile £28,000 £25,600 £28,750
25th Percentile £35,250 £31,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £50,309
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.58% -8.53%
75th Percentile £68,750 £60,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,312 £82,241 £78,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £58,700
% change year-on-year - -6.30% -9.69%

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 37,660 22,554 29,444
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 44.20% 65.91% 53.51%
Number of salaries quoted 23,053 11,000 13,926
10th Percentile £28,750 £26,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -1.96%
75th Percentile £65,640 £61,906 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £79,225
UK median annual salary £55,000 £53,688 £56,000
% change year-on-year +2.44% -4.13% -6.67%

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 21 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 21 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 -55 533 £50,000 +19.53% 885
South East -27 438 £55,000 - 634
Midlands -46 310 £46,000 -3.16% 528
North West -53 308 £42,000 +14.57% 556
South West -12 276 £50,000 +47.06% 471
East of England +1 184 £41,739 -26.77% 275
West Midlands -48 183 £59,250 +7.73% 382
Scotland -18 143 £39,500 -1.25% 652
North East +14 132 £60,000 +144.20% 119
East Midlands -32 126 £40,000 +23.08% 146
Wales -4 102 £53,000 -11.46% 84
Yorkshire -2 93 £37,977 -55.32% 212
Northern Ireland -51 51 £74,742 -3.21% 235
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 46 (2.26%) Microsoft Exchange
2 43 (2.12%) SharePoint
3 31 (1.53%) Confluence
4 18 (0.89%) Apache Spark
5 14 (0.69%) Apache Airflow
5 14 (0.69%) CMS
6 13 (0.64%) Apache
7 10 (0.49%) Jupyter
8 6 (0.30%) WordPress
9 5 (0.25%) Moodle
10 3 (0.15%) IIS
11 2 (0.098%) Exchange Server 2013
11 2 (0.098%) Headless CMS
11 2 (0.098%) Skype for Business
11 2 (0.098%) Totara
12 1 (0.049%) Cloud Foundry
12 1 (0.049%) OpenEdge
12 1 (0.049%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 112 (5.51%) Microsoft Office
2 105 (5.17%) Microsoft Excel
3 28 (1.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 18 (0.89%) Simulink
5 17 (0.84%) Maple
6 15 (0.74%) Revit
7 10 (0.49%) Adobe After Effects
7 10 (0.49%) Adobe Illustrator
7 10 (0.49%) AutoCAD
7 10 (0.49%) Photoshop
8 9 (0.44%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 9 (0.44%) Spreadsheet
9 8 (0.39%) Adobe XD
9 8 (0.39%) InDesign
9 8 (0.39%) Microsoft Project
10 7 (0.34%) Sketch
11 6 (0.30%) MS Visio
12 4 (0.20%) Chatbot
12 4 (0.20%) Mathcad
13 2 (0.098%) InVision
Business Applications
1 24 (1.18%) Cloudability
2 21 (1.03%) SAP S/4HANA
3 20 (0.98%) Dynamics CRM
4 12 (0.59%) SAP EHS
4 12 (0.59%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 12 (0.59%) Workday HCM
5 11 (0.54%) Primavera
6 9 (0.44%) Teamcenter
7 7 (0.34%) NetSuite
8 4 (0.20%) SAP SD
8 4 (0.20%) SAP WM
9 3 (0.15%) JDE EnterpriseOne
9 3 (0.15%) Misys Midas
9 3 (0.15%) SAP ERP
9 3 (0.15%) SAP MM
9 3 (0.15%) SAP R/3
9 3 (0.15%) Shopify
10 2 (0.098%) Academy Housing
10 2 (0.098%) Adobe Campaign
10 2 (0.098%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 335 (16.49%) Azure
2 249 (12.25%) AWS
3 124 (6.10%) GCP
4 106 (5.22%) Power Platform
5 101 (4.97%) Azure DevOps
6 89 (4.38%) Microsoft 365
7 60 (2.95%) Serverless
8 50 (2.46%) GitHub
9 39 (1.92%) Entra ID
10 38 (1.87%) SaaS
11 36 (1.77%) Dynamics 365
12 33 (1.62%) Azure Key Vault
13 31 (1.53%) dbt
14 29 (1.43%) PaaS
15 28 (1.38%) IaaS
16 27 (1.33%) Figma
17 26 (1.28%) Azure Monitor
18 25 (1.23%) GitHub Actions
19 21 (1.03%) Power Automate
19 21 (1.03%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 36 (1.77%) Firewall
2 30 (1.48%) Ethernet
3 29 (1.43%) Internet
4 28 (1.38%) Network Security
5 25 (1.23%) 5G
6 24 (1.18%) Modbus
7 22 (1.08%) Profibus
7 22 (1.08%) VPN
8 20 (0.98%) DNS
9 19 (0.94%) TCP/IP
10 15 (0.74%) LAN
11 13 (0.64%) WAN
12 12 (0.59%) DHCP
13 10 (0.49%) Broadband
13 10 (0.49%) SAN
14 9 (0.44%) SSL
14 9 (0.44%) VLAN
15 8 (0.39%) HTTP
15 8 (0.39%) Wireless
16 5 (0.25%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 80 (3.94%) Power BI
2 47 (2.31%) SQL Server
3 27 (1.33%) Tableau
4 21 (1.03%) PostgreSQL
4 21 (1.03%) Relational Database
5 20 (0.98%) Data Lake
6 19 (0.94%) Metadata
6 19 (0.94%) MongoDB
7 18 (0.89%) Elasticsearch
8 17 (0.84%) Azure SQL Database
8 17 (0.84%) MySQL
9 15 (0.74%) DynamoDB
9 15 (0.74%) GIS
9 15 (0.74%) NoSQL
10 14 (0.69%) Data Warehouse
11 10 (0.49%) Amazon Athena
12 9 (0.44%) Big Data
12 9 (0.44%) BigQuery
12 9 (0.44%) Geospatial Data
12 9 (0.44%) Looker
Development Applications
1 99 (4.87%) Git
2 56 (2.76%) JIRA
3 51 (2.51%) Jenkins
4 33 (1.62%) GitLab
5 22 (1.08%) Snyk
6 21 (1.03%) Rational DOORS
7 14 (0.69%) LabVIEW
8 13 (0.64%) Gatling
9 11 (0.54%) fastlane
9 11 (0.54%) JMeter
10 9 (0.44%) Cypress.io
11 8 (0.39%) LoadRunner
11 8 (0.39%) MSI
12 7 (0.34%) Moq
13 6 (0.30%) Cucumber
13 6 (0.30%) Postman
13 6 (0.30%) SonarQube
13 6 (0.30%) Xcode
14 5 (0.25%) Crashlytics
14 5 (0.25%) Gradle
General
1 846 (41.63%) Social Skills
2 541 (26.62%) Finance
3 300 (14.76%) Analytical Skills
4 273 (13.44%) Public Sector
5 170 (8.37%) Marketing
6 169 (8.32%) Law
7 146 (7.19%) Aerospace
8 127 (6.25%) Organisational Skills
9 114 (5.61%) Retail
10 110 (5.41%) Legal
11 94 (4.63%) Manufacturing
12 77 (3.79%) Local Government
13 71 (3.49%) Telecoms
14 70 (3.44%) Electronics
15 45 (2.21%) Presentation Skills
16 44 (2.17%) Influencing Skills
17 39 (1.92%) Banking
18 31 (1.53%) Military
19 25 (1.23%) Financial Institution
20 21 (1.03%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 380 (18.70%) Senior
2 212 (10.43%) Lead
3 183 (9.01%) Analyst
4 176 (8.66%) Architect
5 106 (5.22%) Developer
6 100 (4.92%) Sales Executive
7 75 (3.69%) Consultant
8 65 (3.20%) Senior Analyst
9 58 (2.85%) Systems Engineer
10 55 (2.71%) Software Engineer
11 54 (2.66%) Business Analyst
12 49 (2.41%) Project Engineer
13 45 (2.21%) Solutions Architect
14 41 (2.02%) Design Engineer
14 41 (2.02%) Senior Architect
15 38 (1.87%) Electrical Engineer
15 38 (1.87%) Technical Architect
16 37 (1.82%) Cloud Architect
16 37 (1.82%) IT Engineer
17 36 (1.77%) Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 79 (3.89%) Terraform
2 56 (2.76%) .NET
3 47 (2.31%) CSS
3 47 (2.31%) HTML
4 42 (2.07%) RESTful
5 35 (1.72%) React
6 34 (1.67%) Node.js
7 33 (1.62%) XML
8 32 (1.57%) EDI
9 30 (1.48%) REST
10 27 (1.33%) .NET Core
11 22 (1.08%) .NET Framework
12 21 (1.03%) Spring
13 18 (0.89%) ASP.NET
13 18 (0.89%) Entity Framework
13 18 (0.89%) Spring Boot
13 18 (0.89%) XSLT
14 17 (0.84%) AngularJS
14 17 (0.84%) JSON
14 17 (0.84%) LangChain
Miscellaneous
1 199 (9.79%) Driving Licence
2 158 (7.78%) Onboarding
3 108 (5.31%) Self-Motivation
4 103 (5.07%) Management Information System
5 88 (4.33%) Product Ownership
6 85 (4.18%) Cloud Native
7 72 (3.54%) Data Centre
8 54 (2.66%) Social Media
9 46 (2.26%) Public Cloud
10 44 (2.17%) SCADA
11 37 (1.82%) Cyberattack
12 32 (1.57%) Algorithms
13 25 (1.23%) Security Posture
14 24 (1.18%) Cyber Threat
14 24 (1.18%) Data Structures
15 22 (1.08%) FPGA
16 21 (1.03%) Analytical Mindset
16 21 (1.03%) Distributed Systems
16 21 (1.03%) Legacy Systems
17 20 (0.98%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 124 (6.10%) Windows
2 58 (2.85%) Linux
3 30 (1.48%) Windows Server
4 21 (1.03%) Apple iOS
5 20 (0.98%) Windows 10
6 19 (0.94%) VMS
7 14 (0.69%) Mac OS
7 14 (0.69%) Unix
8 12 (0.59%) Android
9 5 (0.25%) VxWorks
10 3 (0.15%) Mac OS X
10 3 (0.15%) Solaris
11 2 (0.098%) AIX
11 2 (0.098%) Windows 7
12 1 (0.049%) Data ONTAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 496 (24.41%) Agile
2 460 (22.64%) AI
3 424 (20.87%) Problem-Solving
4 362 (17.81%) Continuous Improvement
5 294 (14.47%) Mentoring
6 285 (14.03%) Decision-Making
7 244 (12.01%) CI/CD
8 236 (11.61%) Stakeholder Management
9 224 (11.02%) DevOps
10 223 (10.97%) Cybersecurity
11 174 (8.56%) Customer Service
12 168 (8.27%) Roadmaps
13 150 (7.38%) Analytics
14 146 (7.19%) Validation
15 144 (7.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 140 (6.89%) Collaborative Working
17 134 (6.59%) Coaching
18 133 (6.55%) Customer Experience
19 131 (6.45%) Software Engineering
20 130 (6.40%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 169 (8.32%) Python
2 131 (6.45%) SQL
3 79 (3.89%) C#
4 73 (3.59%) JavaScript
5 63 (3.10%) Java
6 50 (2.46%) PowerShell
7 44 (2.17%) TypeScript
8 32 (1.57%) MATLAB
9 30 (1.48%) Bicep
10 26 (1.28%) Bash
11 22 (1.08%) C++
12 17 (0.84%) Kusto Query Language
13 15 (0.74%) Go
14 10 (0.49%) ABAP
14 10 (0.49%) Ada
14 10 (0.49%) Ruby
15 8 (0.39%) Kotlin
16 7 (0.34%) C
16 7 (0.34%) PHP
16 7 (0.34%) XAML
Qualifications
1 467 (22.98%) Degree
2 391 (19.24%) Security Cleared
3 352 (17.32%) SC Cleared
4 163 (8.02%) DBS Check
5 162 (7.97%) BPSS Clearance
6 122 (6.00%) HNC
7 118 (5.81%) DV Cleared
8 52 (2.56%) AWS Certification
9 50 (2.46%) Azure Certification
10 49 (2.41%) Master's Degree
11 44 (2.17%) Chartered Engineer
12 31 (1.53%) Computer Science Degree
13 30 (1.48%) HND
13 30 (1.48%) PhD
14 28 (1.38%) Microsoft Certification
15 27 (1.33%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 17 (0.84%) ACCA
16 17 (0.84%) CIMA
17 15 (0.74%) CISSP
18 12 (0.59%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 263 (12.94%) Accessibility
2 97 (4.77%) QA
3 79 (3.89%) Data Quality
4 65 (3.20%) SLA
5 63 (3.10%) GDPR
6 49 (2.41%) WCAG
7 35 (1.72%) GRC
8 32 (1.57%) NCSC
9 30 (1.48%) NIST
10 24 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 19 (0.94%) Cyber Essentials
12 14 (0.69%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 7 (0.34%) Actionable Recommendations
14 6 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 5 (0.25%) GAAP
15 5 (0.25%) IFRS
15 5 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 20000
15 5 (0.25%) PCI DSS
16 4 (0.20%) DO-160
16 4 (0.20%) NIST 800
System Software
1 82 (4.04%) Docker
2 75 (3.69%) Active Directory
3 40 (1.97%) Firmware
4 25 (1.23%) Virtual Machines
5 24 (1.18%) VMware Infrastructure
6 12 (0.59%) Virtual Desktop
6 12 (0.59%) vSphere
7 7 (0.34%) Hyper-V
8 5 (0.25%) BitLocker
9 3 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.049%) IAG
10 1 (0.049%) Microsoft App-V
10 1 (0.049%) NFS
10 1 (0.049%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 62 (3.05%) Kubernetes
2 25 (1.23%) Grafana
3 23 (1.13%) Microsoft Intune
4 16 (0.79%) SCCM
5 13 (0.64%) Ansible
6 12 (0.59%) Prometheus
7 8 (0.39%) Kibana
8 6 (0.30%) WSUS
9 4 (0.20%) Argo
9 4 (0.20%) Autotask
10 3 (0.15%) Jamf Pro
11 2 (0.098%) Check_MK
11 2 (0.098%) Progress Chef
11 2 (0.098%) Puppet
11 2 (0.098%) Single Sign-On
12 1 (0.049%) Nessus
12 1 (0.049%) Proxmox
12 1 (0.049%) QRadar
12 1 (0.049%) SCOM
12 1 (0.049%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 363 (17.86%) Microsoft
2 85 (4.18%) SAP
3 69 (3.40%) Google
4 64 (3.15%) Adobe
5 50 (2.46%) Apple
6 47 (2.31%) Workday
7 37 (1.82%) Cisco
7 37 (1.82%) Salesforce
8 33 (1.62%) ServiceNow
9 31 (1.53%) VMware
10 29 (1.43%) Dynatrace
11 26 (1.28%) Facebook
11 26 (1.28%) Palo Alto
12 25 (1.23%) CrowdStrike
13 23 (1.13%) Instagram
14 22 (1.08%) Oracle
14 22 (1.08%) Tenable
15 14 (0.69%) Databricks
15 14 (0.69%) Dell
15 14 (0.69%) OpenAI