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

6 months to
1 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 64 18 27
Rank change year-on-year -46 +9 +33
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 1,838 2,760 3,613
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 2.29% 7.92% 6.20%
As % of the General category 5.25% 12.05% 11.63%
Number of salaries quoted 865 466 715
10th Percentile £28,350 £25,552 £28,850
25th Percentile £36,000 £32,000 £36,540
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -5.00% -12.73%
75th Percentile £69,750 £60,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £78,312 £80,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £56,282
% change year-on-year - -2.28% -13.41%

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 34,991 22,908 31,070
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 43.53% 65.71% 53.32%
Number of salaries quoted 21,713 11,379 16,330
10th Percentile £28,750 £26,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £35,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -2.91%
75th Percentile £66,250 £62,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -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 1 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 1 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 -65 468 £52,445 +17.85% 654
South East -33 387 £56,000 +3.70% 465
Midlands -49 277 £45,000 -5.26% 373
North West -62 261 £42,000 -5.62% 390
South West -7 250 £57,500 +51.32% 494
West Midlands -37 167 £59,250 +7.73% 274
Scotland -14 161 £52,500 +31.25% 479
East of England +3 153 £42,119 -26.11% 193
North East +10 117 £60,000 +144.20% 92
East Midlands -31 109 £35,000 +7.69% 99
Wales -7 97 £53,000 -3.64% 54
Yorkshire -5 90 £50,000 -37.50% 173
Northern Ireland -42 51 £74,654 -1.89% 224
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 43 (2.34%) Microsoft Exchange
2 37 (2.01%) Confluence
3 35 (1.90%) SharePoint
4 18 (0.98%) Apache Spark
5 17 (0.92%) Apache Airflow
6 16 (0.87%) Apache
7 12 (0.65%) CMS
8 10 (0.54%) Jupyter
9 4 (0.22%) IIS
9 4 (0.22%) WordPress
10 2 (0.11%) Exchange Server 2013
10 2 (0.11%) Moodle
10 2 (0.11%) Skype for Business
10 2 (0.11%) Totara
11 1 (0.054%) Cloud Foundry
11 1 (0.054%) Headless CMS
11 1 (0.054%) OpenEdge
Applications
1 91 (4.95%) Microsoft Office
2 85 (4.62%) Microsoft Excel
3 24 (1.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 18 (0.98%) Simulink
5 12 (0.65%) Revit
6 9 (0.49%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 8 (0.44%) Adobe After Effects
7 8 (0.44%) Adobe Illustrator
7 8 (0.44%) Adobe XD
7 8 (0.44%) InDesign
7 8 (0.44%) Microsoft Project
7 8 (0.44%) Photoshop
8 7 (0.38%) AutoCAD
8 7 (0.38%) Maple
8 7 (0.38%) Sketch
9 6 (0.33%) MS Visio
10 4 (0.22%) Chatbot
10 4 (0.22%) Mathcad
10 4 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
11 2 (0.11%) Camtasia
Business Applications
1 24 (1.31%) Cloudability
2 21 (1.14%) SAP S/4HANA
3 12 (0.65%) Workday HCM
4 11 (0.60%) Primavera
5 10 (0.54%) Dynamics CRM
6 8 (0.44%) NetSuite
6 8 (0.44%) SAP EHS
6 8 (0.44%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 6 (0.33%) Teamcenter
8 4 (0.22%) SAP HR
8 4 (0.22%) SAP SD
8 4 (0.22%) SAP WM
9 3 (0.16%) JDE EnterpriseOne
9 3 (0.16%) Misys Midas
9 3 (0.16%) SAP ERP
9 3 (0.16%) SAP MM
9 3 (0.16%) SAP R/3
9 3 (0.16%) Shopify
10 2 (0.11%) Elite 3E
10 2 (0.11%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 325 (17.68%) Azure
2 236 (12.84%) AWS
3 137 (7.45%) GCP
4 100 (5.44%) Power Platform
5 95 (5.17%) Azure DevOps
6 79 (4.30%) Microsoft 365
7 58 (3.16%) GitHub
8 52 (2.83%) Serverless
9 39 (2.12%) SaaS
10 34 (1.85%) Entra ID
11 32 (1.74%) dbt
12 30 (1.63%) Azure Key Vault
12 30 (1.63%) PaaS
13 28 (1.52%) Figma
13 28 (1.52%) IaaS
14 26 (1.41%) Azure Monitor
14 26 (1.41%) GitHub Actions
15 24 (1.31%) Dynamics 365
16 22 (1.20%) Microsoft Copilot
17 21 (1.14%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 38 (2.07%) Firewall
2 31 (1.69%) Network Security
3 24 (1.31%) Internet
4 23 (1.25%) Broadband
5 20 (1.09%) VPN
6 19 (1.03%) DNS
7 18 (0.98%) TCP/IP
8 16 (0.87%) Ethernet
9 15 (0.82%) LAN
10 13 (0.71%) DHCP
10 13 (0.71%) WAN
11 11 (0.60%) Modbus
12 10 (0.54%) SAN
13 9 (0.49%) VLAN
13 9 (0.49%) Wireless
14 8 (0.44%) Profibus
14 8 (0.44%) Wi-Fi
15 7 (0.38%) SSL
16 4 (0.22%) HTTP
16 4 (0.22%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 80 (4.35%) Power BI
2 42 (2.29%) SQL Server
3 31 (1.69%) PostgreSQL
4 27 (1.47%) Tableau
5 22 (1.20%) Metadata
6 21 (1.14%) Relational Database
7 19 (1.03%) MongoDB
8 17 (0.92%) Azure SQL Database
8 17 (0.92%) MySQL
8 17 (0.92%) NoSQL
9 16 (0.87%) Data Lake
10 14 (0.76%) Data Warehouse
10 14 (0.76%) DynamoDB
10 14 (0.76%) Elasticsearch
11 13 (0.71%) BigQuery
12 11 (0.60%) Big Data
12 11 (0.60%) GIS
13 10 (0.54%) Amazon Athena
14 9 (0.49%) Geospatial Data
14 9 (0.49%) Looker
Development Applications
1 84 (4.57%) Git
2 65 (3.54%) JIRA
3 60 (3.26%) Jenkins
4 37 (2.01%) GitLab
5 22 (1.20%) Snyk
6 21 (1.14%) Rational DOORS
7 14 (0.76%) fastlane
7 14 (0.76%) LabVIEW
7 14 (0.76%) SonarQube
8 9 (0.49%) Cypress.io
9 8 (0.44%) Gatling
9 8 (0.44%) JMeter
9 8 (0.44%) Postman
9 8 (0.44%) Xcode
10 7 (0.38%) Moq
10 7 (0.38%) MSI
11 6 (0.33%) Android Studio
11 6 (0.33%) Crashlytics
11 6 (0.33%) Cucumber
11 6 (0.33%) Gradle
General
1 748 (40.70%) Social Skills
2 511 (27.80%) Finance
3 279 (15.18%) Analytical Skills
4 263 (14.31%) Public Sector
5 160 (8.71%) Marketing
6 151 (8.22%) Law
7 134 (7.29%) Aerospace
8 104 (5.66%) Organisational Skills
9 97 (5.28%) Legal
10 83 (4.52%) Retail
11 76 (4.13%) Manufacturing
12 64 (3.48%) Local Government
13 63 (3.43%) Electronics
14 46 (2.50%) Influencing Skills
14 46 (2.50%) Telecoms
15 40 (2.18%) Presentation Skills
16 35 (1.90%) Banking
17 29 (1.58%) Military
18 28 (1.52%) Games
19 21 (1.14%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 368 (20.02%) Senior
2 196 (10.66%) Lead
3 189 (10.28%) Architect
4 188 (10.23%) Analyst
5 95 (5.17%) Developer
6 91 (4.95%) Sales Executive
7 77 (4.19%) Consultant
8 68 (3.70%) Senior Analyst
9 63 (3.43%) Business Analyst
10 58 (3.16%) Software Engineer
11 57 (3.10%) Systems Engineer
12 53 (2.88%) Solutions Architect
13 41 (2.23%) IT Engineer
14 40 (2.18%) Senior Architect
14 40 (2.18%) Technical Architect
15 39 (2.12%) Cloud Architect
16 38 (2.07%) Designer
17 30 (1.63%) Principal Engineer
17 30 (1.63%) Senior Developer
18 29 (1.58%) Project Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 87 (4.73%) Terraform
2 56 (3.05%) .NET
3 45 (2.45%) CSS
4 44 (2.39%) RESTful
5 43 (2.34%) HTML
6 37 (2.01%) REST
7 35 (1.90%) React
8 31 (1.69%) Node.js
9 28 (1.52%) EDI
10 27 (1.47%) .NET Core
11 26 (1.41%) XML
12 22 (1.20%) .NET Framework
12 22 (1.20%) Spring
13 19 (1.03%) Spring Boot
14 18 (0.98%) ASP.NET
14 18 (0.98%) Entity Framework
15 16 (0.87%) SOAP
16 15 (0.82%) AngularJS
17 14 (0.76%) Playwright
17 14 (0.76%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 153 (8.32%) Driving Licence
2 147 (8.00%) Onboarding
3 113 (6.15%) Self-Motivation
4 100 (5.44%) Product Ownership
5 85 (4.62%) Cloud Native
6 74 (4.03%) Management Information System
7 71 (3.86%) Data Centre
8 47 (2.56%) Social Media
9 46 (2.50%) Public Cloud
10 40 (2.18%) Cyberattack
11 29 (1.58%) Algorithms
12 24 (1.31%) Mobile App
12 24 (1.31%) Security Posture
13 23 (1.25%) Data Structures
13 23 (1.25%) Legacy Systems
13 23 (1.25%) SCADA
14 21 (1.14%) Analytical Mindset
14 21 (1.14%) FPGA
15 20 (1.09%) Credit Risk
16 19 (1.03%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 111 (6.04%) Windows
2 57 (3.10%) Linux
3 31 (1.69%) Windows Server
4 23 (1.25%) Apple iOS
5 21 (1.14%) Windows 10
6 19 (1.03%) Android
7 16 (0.87%) Unix
7 16 (0.87%) VMS
8 13 (0.71%) Mac OS
9 5 (0.27%) VxWorks
10 4 (0.22%) Mac OS X
11 3 (0.16%) Solaris
12 2 (0.11%) AIX
12 2 (0.11%) Windows 7
13 1 (0.054%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 503 (27.37%) Agile
2 433 (23.56%) AI
3 377 (20.51%) Problem-Solving
4 303 (16.49%) Continuous Improvement
5 276 (15.02%) Mentoring
6 272 (14.80%) Decision-Making
7 253 (13.76%) CI/CD
8 236 (12.84%) DevOps
9 207 (11.26%) Stakeholder Management
10 204 (11.10%) Cybersecurity
11 159 (8.65%) Roadmaps
12 147 (8.00%) Validation
13 145 (7.89%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
14 139 (7.56%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 135 (7.34%) Analytics
16 133 (7.24%) Customer Service
17 128 (6.96%) Software Engineering
18 125 (6.80%) Coaching
19 122 (6.64%) Collaborative Working
20 119 (6.47%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 167 (9.09%) Python
2 132 (7.18%) SQL
3 70 (3.81%) C#
4 68 (3.70%) Java
5 64 (3.48%) JavaScript
6 47 (2.56%) PowerShell
7 38 (2.07%) TypeScript
8 32 (1.74%) MATLAB
9 29 (1.58%) Bicep
10 26 (1.41%) Bash
11 22 (1.20%) C++
12 17 (0.92%) Kusto Query Language
13 15 (0.82%) Go
14 14 (0.76%) Apex Code
14 14 (0.76%) Kotlin
14 14 (0.76%) SOQL
14 14 (0.76%) SOSL
15 10 (0.54%) ABAP
15 10 (0.54%) Ada
15 10 (0.54%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 416 (22.63%) Degree
2 349 (18.99%) Security Cleared
3 328 (17.85%) SC Cleared
4 150 (8.16%) BPSS Clearance
5 112 (6.09%) DV Cleared
6 108 (5.88%) DBS Check
7 64 (3.48%) HNC
8 47 (2.56%) AWS Certification
9 42 (2.29%) Azure Certification
10 40 (2.18%) Master's Degree
11 36 (1.96%) Chartered Engineer
12 31 (1.69%) Computer Science Degree
13 29 (1.58%) PhD
14 27 (1.47%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 23 (1.25%) Microsoft Certification
16 13 (0.71%) ACCA
16 13 (0.71%) CIMA
16 13 (0.71%) Cisco Certification
16 13 (0.71%) CISSP
17 12 (0.65%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 234 (12.73%) Accessibility
2 81 (4.41%) QA
3 78 (4.24%) Data Quality
4 61 (3.32%) SLA
5 58 (3.16%) GDPR
6 48 (2.61%) WCAG
7 36 (1.96%) GRC
8 34 (1.85%) NIST
9 27 (1.47%) NCSC
10 23 (1.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 22 (1.20%) Cyber Essentials
12 14 (0.76%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 7 (0.38%) Actionable Recommendations
13 7 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 5 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 20000
14 5 (0.27%) PCI DSS
15 4 (0.22%) DO-160
15 4 (0.22%) GAAP
15 4 (0.22%) IFRS
15 4 (0.22%) NIST 800
System Software
1 82 (4.46%) Docker
2 72 (3.92%) Active Directory
3 39 (2.12%) Firmware
4 25 (1.36%) VMware Infrastructure
5 24 (1.31%) Virtual Machines
6 12 (0.65%) Virtual Desktop
6 12 (0.65%) vSphere
7 8 (0.44%) Hyper-V
8 5 (0.27%) BitLocker
9 3 (0.16%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.054%) IAG
10 1 (0.054%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 67 (3.65%) Kubernetes
2 22 (1.20%) Microsoft Intune
3 21 (1.14%) Grafana
4 17 (0.92%) SCCM
5 12 (0.65%) Ansible
6 11 (0.60%) Prometheus
7 7 (0.38%) WSUS
8 4 (0.22%) Argo
8 4 (0.22%) Autotask
8 4 (0.22%) Kibana
9 3 (0.16%) Check_MK
10 2 (0.11%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.11%) Puppet
10 2 (0.11%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.054%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.054%) Functional Safety
11 1 (0.054%) Jamf Pro
11 1 (0.054%) QRadar
11 1 (0.054%) SCOM
11 1 (0.054%) VxRail
Vendors
1 314 (17.08%) Microsoft
2 87 (4.73%) Google
3 75 (4.08%) SAP
4 56 (3.05%) Adobe
5 51 (2.77%) Workday
6 50 (2.72%) Apple
7 41 (2.23%) Salesforce
8 35 (1.90%) Cisco
8 35 (1.90%) ServiceNow
9 33 (1.80%) VMware
10 26 (1.41%) Palo Alto
11 25 (1.36%) CrowdStrike
11 25 (1.36%) Dynatrace
12 22 (1.20%) Tenable
13 21 (1.14%) Oracle
13 21 (1.14%) Splunk
14 15 (0.82%) Facebook
15 14 (0.76%) Instagram
15 14 (0.76%) OpenAI
16 13 (0.71%) Databricks