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

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 33 30
Rank change year-on-year +25 -3 +5
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 4,961 2,143 2,112
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 11.81% 5.78% 6.80%
As % of the General category 20.75% 9.15% 11.10%
Number of salaries quoted 513 465 700
10th Percentile £20,000 £32,500 £32,092
25th Percentile £27,707 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,929 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -27.40% - +0.22%
75th Percentile £60,000 £67,500 £69,800
90th Percentile £78,700 £78,709 £83,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £60,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -17.36% -6.92% +4.00%

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 23,907 23,425 19,027
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 56.91% 63.18% 61.28%
Number of salaries quoted 12,305 9,782 13,530
10th Percentile £26,750 £30,750 £26,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £40,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £66,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,996 £80,070
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - -2.39%

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 2 January 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 2 January 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 +52 1,925 £32,500 -40.37% 142
North West +39 1,706 £34,178 -32.06% 76
Midlands +46 1,464 £47,500 -7.22% 95
West Midlands +55 1,291 £47,500 -9.52% 67
South East +21 887 £54,000 -10.00% 272
East of England +14 420 £45,000 - 51
Yorkshire +35 212 £26,100 -50.29% 39
East Midlands +15 185 £35,000 -16.17% 28
South West -16 151 £28,500 -32.94% 64
Scotland -69 58 £25,835 -53.03% 65
Wales +11 45 £68,958 +31.12% 8
Northern Ireland -16 13 £76,024 +27.92% 3
Channel Islands - 8 - - 1
North East -6 7 £65,000 +9.37% 27
Isle of Man - 2 £32,000 - 1
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 31 (0.62%) SharePoint
2 6 (0.12%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.040%) ArcGIS
4 1 (0.020%) Drupal
4 1 (0.020%) HCL Notes
4 1 (0.020%) WildFly
4 1 (0.020%) WordPress
Applications
1 58 (1.17%) Microsoft Office
2 54 (1.09%) Microsoft Excel
3 28 (0.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 16 (0.32%) AutoCAD
5 5 (0.10%) Adobe XD
6 3 (0.060%) Revit
6 3 (0.060%) Simulink
7 2 (0.040%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.040%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.020%) Civil 3D
8 1 (0.020%) MicroStation
8 1 (0.020%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.020%) Navisworks
8 1 (0.020%) ProjectWise
8 1 (0.020%) SmartSuite
Business Applications
1 14 (0.28%) NetSuite
2 8 (0.16%) Oracle Payables
3 4 (0.081%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.040%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (0.040%) Integrated Workplace Management System
4 2 (0.040%) Misys Midas
4 2 (0.040%) Sage X3
5 1 (0.020%) Academy Housing
5 1 (0.020%) Infor M3
5 1 (0.020%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.020%) Primavera
5 1 (0.020%) TRIRIGA
Cloud Services
1 3,651 (73.59%) Cloud Computing
2 104 (2.10%) Azure
3 70 (1.41%) Microsoft 365
4 66 (1.33%) AWS
5 46 (0.93%) Power Platform
6 34 (0.69%) SaaS
7 29 (0.58%) Entra ID
8 11 (0.22%) OneDrive
9 9 (0.18%) Google Analytics
10 8 (0.16%) Azure DevOps
10 8 (0.16%) Azure Monitor
10 8 (0.16%) Microsoft Purview
11 7 (0.14%) Azure Data Factory
11 7 (0.14%) GCP
12 6 (0.12%) Figma
12 6 (0.12%) PaaS
12 6 (0.12%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
12 6 (0.12%) Salesforce Service Cloud
13 4 (0.081%) Amazon EKS
13 4 (0.081%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 3,664 (73.86%) Internet
2 22 (0.44%) Broadband
3 15 (0.30%) LAN
3 15 (0.30%) VPN
4 13 (0.26%) DNS
5 12 (0.24%) Firewall
6 10 (0.20%) DHCP
7 7 (0.14%) WAN
7 7 (0.14%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (0.081%) MPLS
8 4 (0.081%) TCP/IP
9 3 (0.060%) Ethernet
9 3 (0.060%) PSTN
10 2 (0.040%) 4G
10 2 (0.040%) HTTP
10 2 (0.040%) Network Security
10 2 (0.040%) Remote Desktop
10 2 (0.040%) SSH
10 2 (0.040%) VLAN
10 2 (0.040%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (0.73%) Power BI
2 14 (0.28%) Tableau
3 11 (0.22%) Data Warehouse
4 10 (0.20%) Data Lake
5 8 (0.16%) GIS
5 8 (0.16%) SQL Server
6 6 (0.12%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 4 (0.081%) Geospatial Data
7 4 (0.081%) Relational Database
8 3 (0.060%) Metadata
8 3 (0.060%) PostgreSQL
9 2 (0.040%) NoSQL
9 2 (0.040%) Qlik Sense
9 2 (0.040%) RDBMS
10 1 (0.020%) BigQuery
10 1 (0.020%) BusinessObjects
10 1 (0.020%) MySQL
10 1 (0.020%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 20 (0.40%) JIRA
2 17 (0.34%) Jenkins
3 15 (0.30%) GitLab
3 15 (0.30%) SonarQube
4 9 (0.18%) Git
5 6 (0.12%) Cypress.io
5 6 (0.12%) Selenium
6 5 (0.10%) Axure RP
6 5 (0.10%) Balsamiq
7 4 (0.081%) WebDriver
8 3 (0.060%) Rational DOORS
8 3 (0.060%) Rational Rhapsody
9 2 (0.040%) Jaeger
9 2 (0.040%) Postman
9 2 (0.040%) REST Assured
9 2 (0.040%) Visual Studio Code
10 1 (0.020%) IntelliJ
10 1 (0.020%) jMock
10 1 (0.020%) JUnit
General
1 3,980 (80.23%) Social Skills
2 3,659 (73.76%) Banking
3 419 (8.45%) Finance
4 144 (2.90%) Retail
5 142 (2.86%) Public Sector
6 136 (2.74%) Analytical Skills
7 88 (1.77%) Marketing
8 86 (1.73%) Law
9 51 (1.03%) Organisational Skills
10 44 (0.89%) Legal
11 32 (0.65%) Telecoms
12 27 (0.54%) Pharmaceutical
13 26 (0.52%) Influencing Skills
14 20 (0.40%) Presentation Skills
15 18 (0.36%) Manufacturing
16 17 (0.34%) French Language
17 16 (0.32%) Automotive
18 15 (0.30%) Games
18 15 (0.30%) Swedish Language
19 12 (0.24%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 2,811 (56.66%) Lecturer
2 199 (4.01%) Systems Engineer
3 195 (3.93%) Facilities Engineer
4 164 (3.31%) Senior
5 89 (1.79%) Analyst
6 85 (1.71%) Project Engineer
6 85 (1.71%) Senior Manager
7 66 (1.33%) Lead
8 58 (1.17%) Architect
8 58 (1.17%) Sales Manager
9 57 (1.15%) Microsoft Specialist
10 54 (1.09%) Project Manager
11 47 (0.95%) Account Manager
12 45 (0.91%) Sales Account Manager
12 45 (0.91%) Senior Account Manager
12 45 (0.91%) Senior Sales Manager
13 39 (0.79%) Account Executive
14 37 (0.75%) Alliance Manager
15 33 (0.67%) Mechanical Engineer
16 31 (0.62%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (0.54%) EDI
2 25 (0.50%) REST
3 21 (0.42%) Lightning Web Components
3 21 (0.42%) SOAP
3 21 (0.42%) Visualforce
4 15 (0.30%) Node.js
5 12 (0.24%) .NET
6 9 (0.18%) React
7 8 (0.16%) CSS
7 8 (0.16%) HTML
7 8 (0.16%) Web Services
8 7 (0.14%) Middleware
9 6 (0.12%) Django
9 6 (0.12%) Playwright
9 6 (0.12%) Spring
10 4 (0.081%) .NET Framework
10 4 (0.081%) Oracle Fusion
10 4 (0.081%) RESTful
11 2 (0.040%) OpenTelemetry
11 2 (0.040%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 3,652 (73.61%) IoT
2 79 (1.59%) Blog
3 78 (1.57%) Onboarding
4 71 (1.43%) Driving Licence
5 37 (0.75%) Management Information System
6 35 (0.71%) Self-Motivation
7 27 (0.54%) Data Centre
8 26 (0.52%) Product Ownership
9 22 (0.44%) Enterprise Software
10 19 (0.38%) Public Cloud
11 13 (0.26%) Cloud Native
11 13 (0.26%) FMCG
12 12 (0.24%) Microsoft Licensing
12 12 (0.24%) Renewable Energy
12 12 (0.24%) Social Media
13 10 (0.20%) SCADA
14 9 (0.18%) Cyber Threat
14 9 (0.18%) Life Science
14 9 (0.18%) Security Posture
15 8 (0.16%) Podcast
Operating Systems
1 33 (0.67%) Windows
2 11 (0.22%) Linux
3 8 (0.16%) Apple iOS
4 7 (0.14%) Android
4 7 (0.14%) Windows Server
5 6 (0.12%) Unix
5 6 (0.12%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.040%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.020%) Debian
7 1 (0.020%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.020%) OpenWrt
7 1 (0.020%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.020%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 3,945 (79.52%) AI
2 3,766 (75.91%) Cybersecurity
3 3,673 (74.04%) User Experience
4 3,656 (73.69%) Web Development
5 3,654 (73.65%) Machine Learning
6 278 (5.60%) Mentoring
7 197 (3.97%) Inventory Management
8 195 (3.93%) Preventative Maintenance
9 172 (3.47%) Customer Service
10 159 (3.20%) Continuous Improvement
11 144 (2.90%) Problem-Solving
12 128 (2.58%) Agile
13 126 (2.54%) Coaching
14 118 (2.38%) B2B
15 101 (2.04%) CRM
16 98 (1.98%) Decision-Making
17 77 (1.55%) Project Management
17 77 (1.55%) Time Management
18 72 (1.45%) Analytics
19 67 (1.35%) GTM Strategy
Programming Languages
1 29 (0.58%) SQL
2 22 (0.44%) Java
2 22 (0.44%) Python
3 21 (0.42%) Apex Code
4 18 (0.36%) JavaScript
5 15 (0.30%) SOQL
5 15 (0.30%) SOSL
6 9 (0.18%) C#
7 7 (0.14%) PowerShell
8 3 (0.060%) Bash
8 3 (0.060%) MATLAB
9 2 (0.040%) ActionScript
9 2 (0.040%) ActionScript 2.0
9 2 (0.040%) Go
9 2 (0.040%) PHP
9 2 (0.040%) R
10 1 (0.020%) Bicep
10 1 (0.020%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.020%) Ruby
10 1 (0.020%) VBA
Qualifications
1 4,009 (80.81%) Degree
2 3,844 (77.48%) Postgraduate
3 3,650 (73.57%) Master's Degree
4 3,649 (73.55%) PhD
5 203 (4.09%) City & Guilds
6 196 (3.95%) NVQ Level 3
7 50 (1.01%) Security Cleared
8 46 (0.93%) SC Cleared
9 28 (0.56%) DBS Check
10 26 (0.52%) HNC
11 25 (0.50%) PMP
12 22 (0.44%) AWS Certification
12 22 (0.44%) HND
12 22 (0.44%) Microsoft Certification
13 18 (0.36%) MCSE
14 13 (0.26%) BPSS Clearance
14 13 (0.26%) CISSP
14 13 (0.26%) Computer Science Degree
15 11 (0.22%) Chartered Engineer
15 11 (0.22%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 195 (3.93%) COSHH
2 45 (0.91%) QA
3 30 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 23 (0.46%) NIST
5 21 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials
6 20 (0.40%) SLA
7 15 (0.30%) PMO
8 14 (0.28%) Accessibility
9 13 (0.26%) GDPR
10 9 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 6 (0.12%) Data Quality
12 5 (0.10%) COBIT
12 5 (0.10%) NEBOSH
12 5 (0.10%) PCI DSS
12 5 (0.10%) WCAG
13 4 (0.081%) EU AI Act
14 3 (0.060%) GRC
14 3 (0.060%) ISO 19650
14 3 (0.060%) SOC 2
15 2 (0.040%) NCSC
System Software
1 50 (1.01%) Active Directory
2 9 (0.18%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (0.12%) Docker
4 4 (0.081%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.040%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.040%) vSphere
6 1 (0.020%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.020%) iptables
6 1 (0.020%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 1 (0.020%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 24 (0.48%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (0.30%) Terraform
3 13 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
4 6 (0.12%) Argo
5 5 (0.10%) Kubernetes
6 3 (0.060%) Ansible
6 3 (0.060%) Jamf Pro
7 2 (0.040%) Kustomize
7 2 (0.040%) Nessus
7 2 (0.040%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.040%) SCCM
8 1 (0.020%) CASB
8 1 (0.020%) CSIRT
8 1 (0.020%) Grafana
8 1 (0.020%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 280 (5.64%) Microsoft
2 69 (1.39%) Salesforce
3 63 (1.27%) Cisco
4 51 (1.03%) Apple
5 48 (0.97%) Adobe
6 38 (0.77%) NEC
7 23 (0.46%) Splunk
8 21 (0.42%) Palo Alto
9 17 (0.34%) Google
10 14 (0.28%) Oracle
11 10 (0.20%) SAP
11 10 (0.20%) VMware
12 9 (0.18%) Databricks
13 8 (0.16%) Dell
13 8 (0.16%) New Relic
14 7 (0.14%) Sparx
15 6 (0.12%) MuleSoft
15 6 (0.12%) Snow
16 5 (0.10%) CrowdStrike
16 5 (0.10%) ServiceNow