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

6 months to
22 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 28 29
Rank change year-on-year +19 +1 +7
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 5,062 2,263 3,491
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 10.29% 7.15% 6.88%
As % of the General category 19.37% 10.84% 11.50%
Number of salaries quoted 560 459 1,081
10th Percentile £20,000 £31,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £27,707 £40,000 £32,435
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £52,500 £46,131
Median % change year-on-year -23.81% +13.81% -16.13%
75th Percentile £61,093 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,730 £75,772
UK median annual salary £50,000 £59,430 £55,000
% change year-on-year -15.87% +8.05% -15.38%

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 26,130 20,868 30,347
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 53.11% 65.91% 59.76%
Number of salaries quoted 13,655 8,750 21,940
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,000 £26,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £39,853 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +10.53% -9.52%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,705 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £77,500
UK median annual salary £52,501 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% +9.09% -9.84%

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 February 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 February 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 +60 1,957 £35,000 -36.36% 116
North West +46 1,723 £35,000 -36.36% 63
Midlands +25 1,480 £47,500 -9.52% 92
West Midlands +47 1,290 £52,500 - 52
South East +10 902 £52,500 +6.85% 282
East of England +1 427 £40,000 -11.11% 43
Yorkshire +30 224 £26,450 -44.32% 32
East Midlands 0 202 £35,000 -15.66% 40
South West -32 162 £30,000 -42.30% 58
Scotland -52 69 £25,600 -53.45% 44
Wales +19 53 £63,236 +28.78% 19
Northern Ireland -24 18 £56,901 -17.90% 6
North East -18 10 £65,000 -6.22% 22
Channel Islands - 8 - - 1
Isle of Man - 2 £32,000 - 2
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 (0.85%) SharePoint
2 11 (0.22%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (0.18%) ArcGIS
4 4 (0.079%) Confluence
5 2 (0.040%) WordPress
6 1 (0.020%) CMS
6 1 (0.020%) Drupal
6 1 (0.020%) WildFly
Applications
1 58 (1.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 56 (1.11%) Microsoft Office
3 37 (0.73%) Acrobat
4 32 (0.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 15 (0.30%) AutoCAD
6 5 (0.099%) Adobe XD
7 4 (0.079%) Microsoft Project
8 2 (0.040%) MS Visio
8 2 (0.040%) Revit
8 2 (0.040%) Trello
9 1 (0.020%) SmartSuite
9 1 (0.020%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 14 (0.28%) NetSuite
2 8 (0.16%) Oracle Payables
3 6 (0.12%) Workday HCM
4 4 (0.079%) Academy Housing
5 3 (0.059%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 2 (0.040%) Dynamics NAV
6 2 (0.040%) Misys Midas
6 2 (0.040%) Sage X3
7 1 (0.020%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.020%) Exchequer
7 1 (0.020%) Infor M3
7 1 (0.020%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.020%) Primavera
7 1 (0.020%) Raiser’s Edge
7 1 (0.020%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.020%) SAP HR
7 1 (0.020%) TRIRIGA
Cloud Services
1 3,654 (72.18%) Cloud Computing
2 133 (2.63%) Azure
3 88 (1.74%) AWS
4 73 (1.44%) Microsoft 365
5 54 (1.07%) Power Platform
6 35 (0.69%) Entra ID
7 33 (0.65%) SaaS
8 18 (0.36%) GCP
9 14 (0.28%) PaaS
10 11 (0.22%) OneDrive
11 10 (0.20%) Microsoft Purview
12 9 (0.18%) Asana
12 9 (0.18%) Azure DevOps
13 8 (0.16%) AWS CloudFormation
13 8 (0.16%) Azure Monitor
13 8 (0.16%) Figma
13 8 (0.16%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
13 8 (0.16%) Salesforce Service Cloud
13 8 (0.16%) Sprout Social
14 7 (0.14%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 3,660 (72.30%) Internet
2 46 (0.91%) Broadband
3 23 (0.45%) VPN
4 22 (0.43%) LAN
5 20 (0.40%) DNS
5 20 (0.40%) Firewall
6 18 (0.36%) DHCP
7 15 (0.30%) WAN
8 13 (0.26%) Wi-Fi
9 12 (0.24%) TCP/IP
10 8 (0.16%) 4G
11 7 (0.14%) MPLS
11 7 (0.14%) VLAN
12 4 (0.079%) 5G
12 4 (0.079%) BGP
12 4 (0.079%) Ethernet
12 4 (0.079%) PSTN
12 4 (0.079%) SMTP
12 4 (0.079%) WLAN
13 3 (0.059%) IOS XR
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (0.83%) Power BI
2 13 (0.26%) GIS
3 12 (0.24%) Data Warehouse
4 11 (0.22%) Data Lake
4 11 (0.22%) Geospatial Data
5 10 (0.20%) Tableau
6 8 (0.16%) Amazon RDS
6 8 (0.16%) SQL Server
7 6 (0.12%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 6 (0.12%) PostgreSQL
8 5 (0.099%) Metadata
9 4 (0.079%) Elasticsearch
9 4 (0.079%) MySQL
9 4 (0.079%) Redis
10 3 (0.059%) Looker
10 3 (0.059%) NoSQL
10 3 (0.059%) Relational Database
11 2 (0.040%) BigQuery
11 2 (0.040%) Qlik Sense
11 2 (0.040%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 28 (0.55%) GitLab
1 28 (0.55%) Jenkins
1 28 (0.55%) SonarQube
2 26 (0.51%) JIRA
3 17 (0.34%) Git
4 5 (0.099%) Axure RP
4 5 (0.099%) Balsamiq
5 3 (0.059%) Cypress.io
5 3 (0.059%) Selenium
5 3 (0.059%) WebDriver
6 2 (0.040%) Jaeger
6 2 (0.040%) JUnit
6 2 (0.040%) LabVIEW
6 2 (0.040%) Postman
6 2 (0.040%) Visual Studio Code
7 1 (0.020%) IntelliJ
7 1 (0.020%) jMock
7 1 (0.020%) Mockito
General
1 3,999 (79.00%) Social Skills
2 3,663 (72.36%) Banking
3 457 (9.03%) Finance
4 163 (3.22%) Retail
5 133 (2.63%) Analytical Skills
5 133 (2.63%) Public Sector
6 108 (2.13%) Marketing
7 105 (2.07%) Law
8 55 (1.09%) Legal
9 52 (1.03%) Organisational Skills
10 31 (0.61%) Games
11 28 (0.55%) Telecoms
12 23 (0.45%) Influencing Skills
13 22 (0.43%) Pharmaceutical
14 19 (0.38%) Presentation Skills
15 17 (0.34%) Local Government
15 17 (0.34%) Manufacturing
16 14 (0.28%) French Language
17 12 (0.24%) Swedish Language
18 11 (0.22%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 2,811 (55.53%) Lecturer
2 196 (3.87%) Systems Engineer
3 195 (3.85%) Facilities Engineer
4 175 (3.46%) Senior
5 100 (1.98%) Analyst
6 79 (1.56%) Project Engineer
7 73 (1.44%) Project Manager
8 71 (1.40%) Senior Manager
9 64 (1.26%) Lead
10 58 (1.15%) Sales Manager
11 54 (1.07%) Architect
12 50 (0.99%) Account Manager
13 44 (0.87%) Account Executive
13 44 (0.87%) Sales Account Manager
13 44 (0.87%) Senior Account Manager
13 44 (0.87%) Senior Sales Manager
14 36 (0.71%) Microsoft Specialist
15 34 (0.67%) Alliance Manager
16 32 (0.63%) Consultant
16 32 (0.63%) Mechanical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (0.89%) REST
2 36 (0.71%) Lightning Web Components
2 36 (0.71%) SOAP
2 36 (0.71%) Visualforce
3 25 (0.49%) EDI
4 15 (0.30%) .NET
4 15 (0.30%) Node.js
5 13 (0.26%) Web Services
6 9 (0.18%) Django
6 9 (0.18%) React
7 8 (0.16%) Middleware
8 7 (0.14%) SAML
9 6 (0.12%) CSS
9 6 (0.12%) HTML
9 6 (0.12%) Spring
10 4 (0.079%) .NET Framework
10 4 (0.079%) RESTful
11 3 (0.059%) JDBC
11 3 (0.059%) Jinja
11 3 (0.059%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 3,652 (72.15%) IoT
2 124 (2.45%) Onboarding
3 81 (1.60%) Driving Licence
4 79 (1.56%) Blog
5 55 (1.09%) Product Ownership
6 48 (0.95%) Management Information System
7 33 (0.65%) Enterprise Software
7 33 (0.65%) Self-Motivation
8 20 (0.40%) Social Media
9 19 (0.38%) Public Cloud
10 18 (0.36%) Cloud Native
11 16 (0.32%) Mobile App
12 10 (0.20%) Life Science
12 10 (0.20%) Video Editing
13 9 (0.18%) Security Posture
14 8 (0.16%) e-Learning
14 8 (0.16%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 8 (0.16%) Legacy Systems
14 8 (0.16%) SCADA
15 7 (0.14%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 41 (0.81%) Windows
2 26 (0.51%) Linux
3 16 (0.32%) Windows Server
4 12 (0.24%) Unix
5 7 (0.14%) Android
5 7 (0.14%) Apple iOS
6 5 (0.099%) Debian
6 5 (0.099%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (0.079%) VMS
8 3 (0.059%) Windows 10
9 2 (0.040%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.020%) OpenWrt
10 1 (0.020%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 3,917 (77.38%) AI
2 3,765 (74.38%) Cybersecurity
3 3,674 (72.58%) User Experience
4 3,661 (72.32%) Machine Learning
5 3,657 (72.24%) Web Development
6 287 (5.67%) Mentoring
7 195 (3.85%) Inventory Management
7 195 (3.85%) Preventative Maintenance
8 194 (3.83%) Continuous Improvement
9 164 (3.24%) Customer Service
10 162 (3.20%) Agile
11 161 (3.18%) Problem-Solving
12 142 (2.81%) Coaching
13 133 (2.63%) B2B
14 100 (1.98%) Analytics
15 98 (1.94%) Project Management
16 97 (1.92%) Decision-Making
17 94 (1.86%) CRM
18 84 (1.66%) DevOps
19 66 (1.30%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 40 (0.79%) Python
2 39 (0.77%) SQL
3 36 (0.71%) Apex Code
4 28 (0.55%) SOQL
4 28 (0.55%) SOSL
5 26 (0.51%) Java
6 17 (0.34%) JavaScript
7 10 (0.20%) PowerShell
8 7 (0.14%) C#
9 3 (0.059%) Bash
9 3 (0.059%) VB
10 2 (0.040%) ActionScript
10 2 (0.040%) ActionScript 2.0
10 2 (0.040%) Go
11 1 (0.020%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.020%) Kotlin
11 1 (0.020%) PHP
11 1 (0.020%) R
11 1 (0.020%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.020%) VBA
Qualifications
1 3,983 (78.68%) Degree
2 3,847 (76.00%) Postgraduate
3 3,653 (72.17%) Master's Degree
4 3,652 (72.15%) PhD
5 201 (3.97%) City & Guilds
6 196 (3.87%) NVQ Level 3
7 88 (1.74%) Security Cleared
8 75 (1.48%) SC Cleared
9 35 (0.69%) DBS Check
10 34 (0.67%) Microsoft Certification
11 31 (0.61%) HNC
12 29 (0.57%) BPSS Clearance
13 27 (0.53%) PMP
14 24 (0.47%) HND
15 22 (0.43%) AWS Certification
16 19 (0.38%) MCSE
17 13 (0.26%) CISSP
18 12 (0.24%) Chartered Engineer
18 12 (0.24%) Computer Science Degree
19 10 (0.20%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 195 (3.85%) COSHH
2 56 (1.11%) QA
3 38 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 28 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials
5 26 (0.51%) NIST
6 20 (0.40%) GDPR
7 16 (0.32%) SLA
8 15 (0.30%) Accessibility
8 15 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 14 (0.28%) PMO
10 12 (0.24%) PCI DSS
11 8 (0.16%) COBIT
11 8 (0.16%) SOC 2
12 7 (0.14%) GRC
13 6 (0.12%) WCAG
14 5 (0.099%) Data Quality
14 5 (0.099%) NEBOSH
15 4 (0.079%) EU AI Act
16 2 (0.040%) ISO 19650
16 2 (0.040%) SEPA
System Software
1 56 (1.11%) Active Directory
2 9 (0.18%) Docker
2 9 (0.18%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (0.12%) vSphere
4 4 (0.079%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.059%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.040%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.040%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.020%) iptables
Systems Management
1 28 (0.55%) Microsoft Intune
2 19 (0.38%) Terraform
3 17 (0.34%) Single Sign-On
4 6 (0.12%) Argo
5 5 (0.099%) Autotask
5 5 (0.099%) Kubernetes
6 4 (0.079%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 4 (0.079%) AWS Copilot
6 4 (0.079%) SolarWinds Orion
6 4 (0.079%) vCenter Server
7 3 (0.059%) Ansible
7 3 (0.059%) CASB
7 3 (0.059%) Grafana
7 3 (0.059%) Jamf Pro
8 2 (0.040%) Kustomize
8 2 (0.040%) Nessus
8 2 (0.040%) Opsgenie
8 2 (0.040%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 289 (5.71%) Microsoft
2 100 (1.98%) Salesforce
3 76 (1.50%) Adobe
4 75 (1.48%) Cisco
5 36 (0.71%) Splunk
6 34 (0.67%) NEC
7 30 (0.59%) Apple
8 21 (0.41%) Google
9 13 (0.26%) Oracle
9 13 (0.26%) SAP
10 11 (0.22%) Databricks
11 10 (0.20%) CrowdStrike
11 10 (0.20%) Fortinet
11 10 (0.20%) Hootsuite
11 10 (0.20%) Instagram
11 10 (0.20%) VMware
12 9 (0.18%) ServiceNow
13 8 (0.16%) Meraki
13 8 (0.16%) MuleSoft
13 8 (0.16%) New Relic