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 18 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 8 34 31
Rank change year-on-year +26 -3 +7
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 4,952 2,124 1,963
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 11.90% 5.52% 6.97%
As % of the General category 20.50% 8.86% 10.95%
Number of salaries quoted 525 501 713
10th Percentile £20,000 £32,500 £32,435
25th Percentile £27,707 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% - +0.22%
75th Percentile £60,000 £68,250 £69,800
90th Percentile £78,750 £79,600 £82,900
UK median annual salary £50,000 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% -3.85% +4.17%

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 common skills in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 24,153 23,974 17,924
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 58.05% 62.33% 63.66%
Number of salaries quoted 12,372 10,262 12,946
10th Percentile £26,500 £30,500 £26,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £40,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,398 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.12% +4.80% -4.76%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £82,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -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 18 December 2025.

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 18 December 2025. 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 +56 1,913 £33,000 -40.00% 409
North West +44 1,697 £34,178 -32.06% 219
Midlands +50 1,464 £47,500 -5.58% 382
West Midlands +59 1,290 £47,500 -9.52% 207
South East +23 885 £53,250 -11.25% 577
East of England +16 424 £46,250 +2.78% 256
Yorkshire +34 209 £26,450 -49.62% 160
East Midlands +26 186 £35,000 -12.50% 152
South West -18 151 £28,500 -36.67% 232
Scotland -67 60 £25,718 -53.24% 123
Wales +4 46 £60,876 +15.75% 57
Northern Ireland -15 11 £76,024 +22.19% 25
Channel Islands - 8 - - 1
North East -11 7 £65,000 - 30
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 27 (0.55%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.061%) 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 63 (1.27%) Microsoft Office
2 56 (1.13%) Microsoft Excel
3 23 (0.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 16 (0.32%) AutoCAD
5 5 (0.10%) Adobe XD
6 3 (0.061%) Revit
6 3 (0.061%) Simulink
7 2 (0.040%) Adobe After Effects
7 2 (0.040%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 2 (0.040%) Adobe Premiere
7 2 (0.040%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.040%) Photoshop
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 (73.73%) Cloud Computing
2 87 (1.76%) Azure
3 67 (1.35%) Microsoft 365
4 52 (1.05%) AWS
5 51 (1.03%) Power Platform
6 32 (0.65%) SaaS
7 29 (0.59%) Entra ID
8 9 (0.18%) Google Analytics
8 9 (0.18%) OneDrive
9 7 (0.14%) Azure Monitor
10 6 (0.12%) Azure Data Factory
10 6 (0.12%) Dynamics 365
10 6 (0.12%) Figma
10 6 (0.12%) GCP
10 6 (0.12%) Microsoft Purview
10 6 (0.12%) PaaS
11 5 (0.10%) Azure DevOps
11 5 (0.10%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
11 5 (0.10%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 4 (0.081%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 3,664 (73.99%) Internet
2 17 (0.34%) Broadband
2 17 (0.34%) LAN
3 14 (0.28%) Firewall
4 13 (0.26%) DNS
5 12 (0.24%) VPN
6 10 (0.20%) DHCP
7 9 (0.18%) WAN
8 5 (0.10%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (0.081%) TCP/IP
10 2 (0.040%) 4G
10 2 (0.040%) HTTP
10 2 (0.040%) MPLS
10 2 (0.040%) Network Security
10 2 (0.040%) Remote Desktop
10 2 (0.040%) SAN
10 2 (0.040%) SSH
10 2 (0.040%) VLAN
10 2 (0.040%) Wireless
11 1 (0.020%) RS-485
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (0.83%) Power BI
2 14 (0.28%) Tableau
3 9 (0.18%) SQL Server
4 8 (0.16%) Data Lake
4 8 (0.16%) Data Warehouse
4 8 (0.16%) GIS
5 7 (0.14%) Power Query
6 5 (0.10%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 4 (0.081%) Geospatial Data
8 3 (0.061%) Metadata
8 3 (0.061%) PostgreSQL
9 2 (0.040%) Qlik Sense
9 2 (0.040%) Relational Database
10 1 (0.020%) BigQuery
10 1 (0.020%) BusinessObjects
10 1 (0.020%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 21 (0.42%) JIRA
2 17 (0.34%) Jenkins
3 15 (0.30%) GitLab
3 15 (0.30%) SonarQube
4 6 (0.12%) Cypress.io
4 6 (0.12%) Git
4 6 (0.12%) Selenium
5 5 (0.10%) Axure RP
5 5 (0.10%) Balsamiq
6 4 (0.081%) WebDriver
7 3 (0.061%) Rational DOORS
7 3 (0.061%) Rational Rhapsody
8 2 (0.040%) Postman
8 2 (0.040%) REST Assured
8 2 (0.040%) Visual Studio Code
9 1 (0.020%) IntelliJ
9 1 (0.020%) jMock
9 1 (0.020%) JUnit
General
1 3,976 (80.29%) Social Skills
2 3,659 (73.89%) Banking
3 422 (8.52%) Finance
4 143 (2.89%) Retail
5 140 (2.83%) Public Sector
6 129 (2.61%) Analytical Skills
7 93 (1.88%) Marketing
8 88 (1.78%) Law
9 52 (1.05%) Organisational Skills
10 47 (0.95%) Legal
11 32 (0.65%) Telecoms
12 30 (0.61%) Pharmaceutical
13 25 (0.50%) 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 (56.76%) Lecturer
2 200 (4.04%) Systems Engineer
3 195 (3.94%) Facilities Engineer
4 167 (3.37%) Senior
5 94 (1.90%) Analyst
6 85 (1.72%) Project Engineer
6 85 (1.72%) Senior Manager
7 69 (1.39%) Lead
8 58 (1.17%) Architect
9 57 (1.15%) Microsoft Specialist
9 57 (1.15%) Sales Manager
10 49 (0.99%) 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 35 (0.71%) Account Executive
14 33 (0.67%) IT Support
14 33 (0.67%) Mechanical Engineer
15 30 (0.61%) Alliance Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (0.53%) EDI
2 24 (0.48%) REST
3 20 (0.40%) Lightning Web Components
3 20 (0.40%) SOAP
3 20 (0.40%) Visualforce
4 15 (0.30%) Node.js
5 11 (0.22%) .NET
6 9 (0.18%) React
7 8 (0.16%) CSS
7 8 (0.16%) HTML
7 8 (0.16%) Web Services
8 6 (0.12%) Django
8 6 (0.12%) Middleware
8 6 (0.12%) Playwright
8 6 (0.12%) Spring
9 4 (0.081%) .NET Framework
9 4 (0.081%) Oracle Fusion
9 4 (0.081%) RESTful
10 3 (0.061%) OAuth
10 3 (0.061%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 3,652 (73.75%) IoT
2 78 (1.58%) Blog
3 75 (1.51%) Onboarding
4 70 (1.41%) Driving Licence
5 36 (0.73%) Management Information System
6 33 (0.67%) Self-Motivation
7 30 (0.61%) Data Centre
8 25 (0.50%) Product Ownership
9 18 (0.36%) Enterprise Software
10 14 (0.28%) FMCG
11 13 (0.26%) Public Cloud
11 13 (0.26%) Social Media
12 12 (0.24%) Cloud Native
12 12 (0.24%) Microsoft Licensing
12 12 (0.24%) Renewable Energy
13 10 (0.20%) SCADA
14 9 (0.18%) Cyber Threat
14 9 (0.18%) Life Science
15 8 (0.16%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 8 (0.16%) Podcast
Operating Systems
1 36 (0.73%) Windows
2 8 (0.16%) Linux
2 8 (0.16%) Windows Server
3 7 (0.14%) Android
4 6 (0.12%) Apple iOS
4 6 (0.12%) Windows 10
5 4 (0.081%) Unix
6 1 (0.020%) Debian
6 1 (0.020%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.020%) OpenWrt
6 1 (0.020%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.020%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 3,935 (79.46%) AI
2 3,761 (75.95%) Cybersecurity
3 3,671 (74.13%) User Experience
4 3,657 (73.85%) Web Development
5 3,654 (73.79%) Machine Learning
6 269 (5.43%) Mentoring
7 197 (3.98%) Inventory Management
8 195 (3.94%) Preventative Maintenance
9 176 (3.55%) Customer Service
10 165 (3.33%) Continuous Improvement
11 147 (2.97%) Problem-Solving
12 117 (2.36%) Agile
13 114 (2.30%) B2B
14 109 (2.20%) Coaching
14 109 (2.20%) Decision-Making
15 101 (2.04%) CRM
16 79 (1.60%) Project Management
17 74 (1.49%) Time Management
18 61 (1.23%) Roadmaps
19 60 (1.21%) Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 34 (0.69%) SQL
2 20 (0.40%) Apex Code
3 19 (0.38%) Java
3 19 (0.38%) Python
4 15 (0.30%) JavaScript
4 15 (0.30%) SOQL
4 15 (0.30%) SOSL
5 9 (0.18%) C#
5 9 (0.18%) PowerShell
6 7 (0.14%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 3 (0.061%) MATLAB
8 2 (0.040%) ActionScript
8 2 (0.040%) ActionScript 2.0
8 2 (0.040%) PHP
8 2 (0.040%) R
9 1 (0.020%) Bash
9 1 (0.020%) Bicep
9 1 (0.020%) Ruby
9 1 (0.020%) VB
9 1 (0.020%) VBA
Qualifications
1 4,008 (80.94%) Degree
2 3,844 (77.63%) Postgraduate
3 3,650 (73.71%) Master's Degree
4 3,649 (73.69%) PhD
5 203 (4.10%) City & Guilds
6 196 (3.96%) NVQ Level 3
7 48 (0.97%) Security Cleared
8 44 (0.89%) SC Cleared
9 28 (0.57%) DBS Check
10 26 (0.53%) HNC
11 25 (0.50%) PMP
12 22 (0.44%) HND
13 21 (0.42%) Microsoft Certification
14 18 (0.36%) MCSE
15 14 (0.28%) AWS Certification
16 13 (0.26%) CISSP
16 13 (0.26%) Computer Science Degree
17 12 (0.24%) BPSS Clearance
18 11 (0.22%) Chartered Engineer
18 11 (0.22%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 195 (3.94%) COSHH
2 42 (0.85%) QA
3 29 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 25 (0.50%) SLA
5 23 (0.46%) NIST
6 21 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials
7 15 (0.30%) GDPR
8 14 (0.28%) Accessibility
9 13 (0.26%) PMO
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 (0.061%) GRC
14 3 (0.061%) ISO 19650
14 3 (0.061%) SOC 2
15 2 (0.040%) NCSC
System Software
1 48 (0.97%) Active Directory
2 13 (0.26%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (0.081%) Docker
4 3 (0.061%) Virtual Servers
4 3 (0.061%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.040%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 1 (0.020%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.020%) iptables
6 1 (0.020%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 20 (0.40%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (0.22%) Terraform
3 9 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (0.081%) Argo
5 3 (0.061%) Kubernetes
6 2 (0.040%) Nessus
6 2 (0.040%) SCCM
7 1 (0.020%) Ansible
7 1 (0.020%) CASB
7 1 (0.020%) CSIRT
7 1 (0.020%) Grafana
7 1 (0.020%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.020%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 266 (5.37%) Microsoft
2 54 (1.09%) Salesforce
3 53 (1.07%) Cisco
4 44 (0.89%) Adobe
5 42 (0.85%) Apple
6 38 (0.77%) NEC
7 21 (0.42%) Splunk
8 19 (0.38%) Palo Alto
9 16 (0.32%) Google
10 14 (0.28%) Oracle
10 14 (0.28%) VMware
11 12 (0.24%) SAP
12 10 (0.20%) Dell
13 8 (0.16%) Databricks
14 7 (0.14%) Sparx
15 6 (0.12%) Juniper
15 6 (0.12%) McAfee
15 6 (0.12%) New Relic
15 6 (0.12%) Snow
16 5 (0.10%) MuleSoft