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

6 months to
30 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 80 15 26
Rank change year-on-year -65 +11 +44
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 1,374 3,038 5,308
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.98% 9.65% 6.93%
As % of the General category 4.44% 13.88% 12.62%
Number of salaries quoted 697 476 1,300
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,500 £25,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £32,396
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% -24.40%
75th Percentile £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £76,201 £81,875 £71,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +10.00% -23.08%

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 30,940 21,893 42,062
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 44.57% 69.54% 54.89%
Number of salaries quoted 19,015 10,081 26,990
10th Percentile £28,500 £25,750 £26,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £62,200
90th Percentile £83,750 £80,000 £75,000
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 30 June 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 30 June 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 -77 382 £52,473 +11.64% 103
Midlands -50 271 £44,543 -15.16% 66
South East -81 238 £52,500 +31.25% 150
North West -61 233 £46,000 -2.13% 58
South West -33 188 £57,500 +9.52% 57
West Midlands -32 168 £57,500 +1.77% 36
East of England -48 114 £40,000 -29.82% 25
East Midlands -49 102 £35,000 +16.67% 30
Scotland -37 92 £47,500 -5.00% 31
Yorkshire -17 87 £52,445 -38.30% 27
Wales -3 85 £54,500 -8.95% 18
North East -15 62 £57,500 +134.03% 18
Northern Ireland -28 14 £40,000 -47.43% 5
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 35 (2.55%) Microsoft Exchange
2 34 (2.47%) SharePoint
3 24 (1.75%) Confluence
4 12 (0.87%) Apache
5 10 (0.73%) Apache Airflow
6 7 (0.51%) Apache Spark
6 7 (0.51%) ArcGIS
6 7 (0.51%) Jupyter
7 5 (0.36%) CMS
8 2 (0.15%) Exchange Server 2013
8 2 (0.15%) IIS
8 2 (0.15%) Moodle
8 2 (0.15%) Totara
8 2 (0.15%) WordPress
9 1 (0.073%) OpenEdge
Applications
1 65 (4.73%) Microsoft Office
2 54 (3.93%) Microsoft Excel
3 37 (2.69%) Acrobat
4 13 (0.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (0.66%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 8 (0.58%) Adobe After Effects
6 8 (0.58%) Adobe Illustrator
6 8 (0.58%) InDesign
6 8 (0.58%) Photoshop
7 6 (0.44%) Microsoft Project
8 4 (0.29%) Adobe XD
8 4 (0.29%) Sketch
8 4 (0.29%) Trello
9 3 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
10 2 (0.15%) Camtasia
10 2 (0.15%) InVision
10 2 (0.15%) MS Visio
10 2 (0.15%) PlantUML
11 1 (0.073%) AutoCAD
11 1 (0.073%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 24 (1.75%) Cloudability
2 6 (0.44%) Workday HCM
3 5 (0.36%) SAP HR
4 4 (0.29%) NetSuite
5 3 (0.22%) Academy Housing
5 3 (0.22%) JDE EnterpriseOne
6 2 (0.15%) Dynamics CRM
6 2 (0.15%) Elite 3E
6 2 (0.15%) NEC Housing
7 1 (0.073%) Exchequer
7 1 (0.073%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 1 (0.073%) Raiser’s Edge
7 1 (0.073%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.073%) SAP EHS
7 1 (0.073%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 1 (0.073%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 234 (17.03%) Azure
2 126 (9.17%) AWS
3 90 (6.55%) GCP
4 80 (5.82%) Microsoft 365
5 76 (5.53%) Power Platform
6 75 (5.46%) Azure DevOps
7 39 (2.84%) Serverless
8 34 (2.47%) GitHub
9 31 (2.26%) Entra ID
10 27 (1.97%) PaaS
11 25 (1.82%) SaaS
12 23 (1.67%) Figma
12 23 (1.67%) Microsoft Purview
13 21 (1.53%) IaaS
14 18 (1.31%) Azure Monitor
15 17 (1.24%) Azure Key Vault
16 14 (1.02%) Asana
17 13 (0.95%) Azure Sentinel
17 13 (0.95%) Firebase
17 13 (0.95%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 60 (4.37%) Broadband
2 42 (3.06%) Firewall
3 30 (2.18%) VPN
4 20 (1.46%) DNS
4 20 (1.46%) Network Security
4 20 (1.46%) WAN
5 19 (1.38%) DHCP
5 19 (1.38%) LAN
6 18 (1.31%) Internet
7 17 (1.24%) TCP/IP
8 12 (0.87%) Wi-Fi
9 7 (0.51%) VLAN
9 7 (0.51%) Wireless
10 6 (0.44%) 4G
11 5 (0.36%) SAN
12 4 (0.29%) BGP
12 4 (0.29%) MPLS
12 4 (0.29%) SMTP
12 4 (0.29%) SSL
12 4 (0.29%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 67 (4.88%) Power BI
2 25 (1.82%) PostgreSQL
3 20 (1.46%) Tableau
4 16 (1.16%) GIS
4 16 (1.16%) SQL Server
5 15 (1.09%) Azure SQL Database
5 15 (1.09%) Metadata
6 14 (1.02%) MySQL
7 13 (0.95%) Relational Database
8 12 (0.87%) Geospatial Data
8 12 (0.87%) MongoDB
9 10 (0.73%) BigQuery
10 9 (0.66%) Data Warehouse
10 9 (0.66%) Looker
11 8 (0.58%) Amazon RDS
11 8 (0.58%) Data Lake
11 8 (0.58%) NoSQL
12 7 (0.51%) Amazon Athena
12 7 (0.51%) DynamoDB
12 7 (0.51%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 56 (4.08%) Jenkins
2 46 (3.35%) GitLab
3 42 (3.06%) JIRA
4 40 (2.91%) Git
5 34 (2.47%) SonarQube
6 22 (1.60%) Snyk
7 14 (1.02%) fastlane
8 10 (0.73%) Postman
9 8 (0.58%) Cucumber
9 8 (0.58%) Xcode
10 7 (0.51%) LabVIEW
10 7 (0.51%) Moq
11 6 (0.44%) Android Studio
11 6 (0.44%) Crashlytics
11 6 (0.44%) Gradle
11 6 (0.44%) JMeter
12 5 (0.36%) Zephyr
13 4 (0.29%) Gatling
13 4 (0.29%) Locust
14 3 (0.22%) REST Assured
General
1 483 (35.15%) Social Skills
2 287 (20.89%) Finance
3 182 (13.25%) Public Sector
4 168 (12.23%) Analytical Skills
5 128 (9.32%) Marketing
6 104 (7.57%) Law
7 98 (7.13%) Legal
8 92 (6.70%) Retail
9 72 (5.24%) Organisational Skills
10 55 (4.00%) Games
11 51 (3.71%) Local Government
12 32 (2.33%) Manufacturing
13 25 (1.82%) Influencing Skills
14 21 (1.53%) Aerospace
14 21 (1.53%) Banking
15 19 (1.38%) Electronics
16 17 (1.24%) Presentation Skills
17 14 (1.02%) Aviation
18 13 (0.95%) Automotive
19 12 (0.87%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 283 (20.60%) Senior
2 182 (13.25%) Analyst
3 125 (9.10%) Architect
4 70 (5.09%) Lead
5 63 (4.59%) Sales Executive
6 62 (4.51%) Senior Analyst
7 61 (4.44%) Developer
8 55 (4.00%) Business Analyst
9 51 (3.71%) IT Engineer
10 38 (2.77%) Solutions Architect
11 36 (2.62%) Project Manager
12 33 (2.40%) Account Executive
12 33 (2.40%) Salesforce Architect
12 33 (2.40%) Senior Architect
13 31 (2.26%) IT Support
14 30 (2.18%) IT Manager
15 27 (1.97%) Business Manager
15 27 (1.97%) Cloud Architect
16 26 (1.89%) Consultant
16 26 (1.89%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (3.86%) REST
2 38 (2.77%) SOAP
3 36 (2.62%) Lightning Web Components
3 36 (2.62%) Visualforce
4 27 (1.97%) RESTful
5 23 (1.67%) .NET
5 23 (1.67%) CSS
5 23 (1.67%) HTML
6 21 (1.53%) EDI
7 19 (1.38%) Android SDK
8 16 (1.16%) Node.js
9 13 (0.95%) GraphQL
10 12 (0.87%) React
10 12 (0.87%) XML
11 10 (0.73%) .NET Framework
12 9 (0.66%) Web Services
13 8 (0.58%) Entity Framework
13 8 (0.58%) Spring
13 8 (0.58%) Spring Boot
14 7 (0.51%) iOS SDK
Miscellaneous
1 111 (8.08%) Onboarding
2 109 (7.93%) Product Ownership
3 98 (7.13%) Driving Licence
4 79 (5.75%) Self-Motivation
5 54 (3.93%) Management Information System
6 48 (3.49%) Social Media
7 47 (3.42%) Cyberattack
8 46 (3.35%) Cloud Native
9 42 (3.06%) Data Centre
10 39 (2.84%) Mobile App
11 23 (1.67%) Security Posture
12 18 (1.31%) Credit Risk
13 17 (1.24%) CSOC
13 17 (1.24%) Security Operations Centre
14 14 (1.02%) Enterprise Software
14 14 (1.02%) Legacy Systems
15 13 (0.95%) Public Cloud
16 12 (0.87%) Data Structures
16 12 (0.87%) Graphic Design
16 12 (0.87%) Podcast
Operating Systems
1 86 (6.26%) Windows
2 40 (2.91%) Linux
3 34 (2.47%) Windows Server
4 23 (1.67%) Android
5 18 (1.31%) Apple iOS
6 16 (1.16%) VMS
7 13 (0.95%) Unix
7 13 (0.95%) Windows 10
8 8 (0.58%) Mac OS
9 5 (0.36%) Windows Server 2016
10 4 (0.29%) Debian
10 4 (0.29%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.073%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 304 (22.13%) Agile
2 286 (20.82%) AI
3 236 (17.18%) Problem-Solving
4 206 (14.99%) Continuous Improvement
5 191 (13.90%) CI/CD
6 185 (13.46%) Decision-Making
7 177 (12.88%) DevOps
8 166 (12.08%) Mentoring
9 150 (10.92%) Cybersecurity
10 137 (9.97%) Roadmaps
11 132 (9.61%) Analytics
12 122 (8.88%) Customer Service
13 119 (8.66%) Stakeholder Management
14 110 (8.01%) Scrum
15 93 (6.77%) Coaching
16 90 (6.55%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
17 84 (6.11%) Technology Strategy
18 83 (6.04%) B2B
18 83 (6.04%) CRM
19 76 (5.53%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 115 (8.37%) SQL
2 112 (8.15%) Python
3 48 (3.49%) Java
4 45 (3.28%) PowerShell
5 36 (2.62%) Apex Code
6 34 (2.47%) SOQL
6 34 (2.47%) SOSL
7 27 (1.97%) JavaScript
8 25 (1.82%) C#
9 24 (1.75%) Bicep
10 22 (1.60%) Bash
11 19 (1.38%) Kotlin
11 19 (1.38%) Kusto Query Language
11 19 (1.38%) TypeScript
12 7 (0.51%) C++
12 7 (0.51%) MATLAB
12 7 (0.51%) Swift
12 7 (0.51%) XAML
13 6 (0.44%) PHP
14 3 (0.22%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 281 (20.45%) Degree
2 153 (11.14%) Security Cleared
3 135 (9.83%) SC Cleared
4 79 (5.75%) DBS Check
5 33 (2.40%) BPSS Clearance
5 33 (2.40%) Microsoft Certification
6 29 (2.11%) AWS Certification
7 28 (2.04%) Azure Certification
8 25 (1.82%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 20 (1.46%) Computer Science Degree
9 20 (1.46%) HNC
10 15 (1.09%) CompTIA Security+
10 15 (1.09%) Master's Degree
11 14 (1.02%) Chartered Engineer
12 13 (0.95%) CISSP
13 12 (0.87%) Postgraduate
14 11 (0.80%) DV Cleared
14 11 (0.80%) PhD
14 11 (0.80%) SANS
15 10 (0.73%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 78 (5.68%) Accessibility
2 62 (4.51%) Data Quality
3 53 (3.86%) SLA
4 51 (3.71%) GDPR
5 40 (2.91%) QA
6 39 (2.84%) NIST
7 36 (2.62%) GRC
8 35 (2.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 32 (2.33%) WCAG
10 24 (1.75%) Cyber Essentials
11 15 (1.09%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 12 (0.87%) PCI DSS
13 10 (0.73%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 10 (0.73%) NCSC
14 5 (0.36%) SOC 2
15 4 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
15 4 (0.29%) COBIT
15 4 (0.29%) GAAP
15 4 (0.29%) IFRS
16 3 (0.22%) ARP4761
System Software
1 70 (5.09%) Active Directory
2 49 (3.57%) Docker
3 26 (1.89%) Virtual Machines
4 25 (1.82%) VMware Infrastructure
5 17 (1.24%) vSphere
6 13 (0.95%) Virtual Desktop
7 8 (0.58%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.073%) Firmware
8 1 (0.073%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 60 (4.37%) Terraform
2 32 (2.33%) Kubernetes
3 24 (1.75%) Microsoft Intune
4 9 (0.66%) Autotask
5 8 (0.58%) Grafana
5 8 (0.58%) SCCM
6 6 (0.44%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (0.29%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 4 (0.29%) AWS Copilot
7 4 (0.29%) SolarWinds Orion
7 4 (0.29%) vCenter Server
7 4 (0.29%) WSUS
8 3 (0.22%) Check_MK
9 2 (0.15%) Ansible
9 2 (0.15%) CASB
9 2 (0.15%) Jamf Pro
9 2 (0.15%) Opsgenie
10 1 (0.073%) Argo
10 1 (0.073%) Functional Safety
10 1 (0.073%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 274 (19.94%) Microsoft
2 94 (6.84%) Adobe
3 77 (5.60%) Salesforce
4 59 (4.29%) Google
5 52 (3.78%) Cisco
6 40 (2.91%) Apple
7 36 (2.62%) ServiceNow
8 35 (2.55%) Splunk
9 31 (2.26%) Palo Alto
9 31 (2.26%) VMware
10 28 (2.04%) CrowdStrike
11 23 (1.67%) Tenable
12 15 (1.09%) Instagram
12 15 (1.09%) SAP
13 14 (1.02%) Dynatrace
14 13 (0.95%) Fortinet
15 12 (0.87%) ScienceLogic
16 11 (0.80%) Hootsuite
16 11 (0.80%) Workday
16 11 (0.80%) Wrike