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

6 months to
29 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 30 23
Rank change year-on-year +20 -7 +17
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 5,039 1,704 5,034
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 8.95% 6.55% 8.00%
As % of the General category 17.79% 9.64% 13.60%
Number of salaries quoted 568 464 1,235
10th Percentile £20,000 £31,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £27,938 £40,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +16.67% -18.18%
75th Percentile £63,000 £66,050 £61,949
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,175 £72,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -7.89% +8.57% -19.23%

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 28,329 17,670 37,003
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 50.33% 67.91% 58.81%
Number of salaries quoted 14,946 9,241 25,473
10th Percentile £27,500 £27,000 £26,149
25th Percentile £32,000 £36,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,357 £51,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.99% +8.42% -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,958 £75,772
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% -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 29 March 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 29 March 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 +62 1,946 £35,009 -26.30% 143
North West +52 1,682 £34,178 -27.28% 65
Midlands +38 1,477 £50,000 -4.76% 78
West Midlands +44 1,281 £59,527 +8.23% 46
South East +14 864 £50,000 +11.11% 265
East of England +4 435 £40,678 -26.04% 48
Yorkshire +32 244 £26,525 -39.37% 58
East Midlands 0 208 £36,250 -14.20% 32
South West -46 157 £35,000 -30.00% 70
Scotland -34 93 £52,500 -4.55% 46
Wales +5 63 £57,515 +14.75% 19
North East -17 20 £60,000 -13.43% 21
Northern Ireland -42 13 £40,000 -42.29% 8
Channel Islands - 8 - -
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 41 (0.81%) SharePoint
2 13 (0.26%) Confluence
2 13 (0.26%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (0.18%) ArcGIS
4 3 (0.060%) Apache
4 3 (0.060%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.040%) CMS
5 2 (0.040%) WordPress
6 1 (0.020%) Drupal
6 1 (0.020%) Exchange Server 2013
6 1 (0.020%) IIS
6 1 (0.020%) WildFly
Applications
1 59 (1.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 45 (0.89%) Microsoft Office
3 37 (0.73%) Acrobat
4 32 (0.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (0.12%) AutoCAD
6 5 (0.099%) Adobe XD
7 4 (0.079%) Microsoft Project
8 2 (0.040%) MS Visio
8 2 (0.040%) Trello
9 1 (0.020%) SmartSuite
9 1 (0.020%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 15 (0.30%) NetSuite
2 8 (0.16%) Oracle Payables
3 6 (0.12%) Workday HCM
4 5 (0.099%) SAP HR
5 4 (0.079%) Academy Housing
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%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 1 (0.020%) Raiser’s Edge
7 1 (0.020%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 3,654 (72.51%) Cloud Computing
2 149 (2.96%) Azure
3 99 (1.96%) AWS
4 69 (1.37%) Microsoft 365
5 54 (1.07%) Power Platform
6 42 (0.83%) GCP
7 37 (0.73%) SaaS
8 36 (0.71%) Entra ID
9 15 (0.30%) Azure DevOps
10 13 (0.26%) OneDrive
11 12 (0.24%) Asana
11 12 (0.24%) PaaS
12 11 (0.22%) Sprout Social
13 10 (0.20%) Microsoft Purview
14 9 (0.18%) GitHub
15 8 (0.16%) AWS CloudFormation
15 8 (0.16%) dbt
15 8 (0.16%) Figma
15 8 (0.16%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
15 8 (0.16%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 3,656 (72.55%) Internet
2 71 (1.41%) Broadband
3 25 (0.50%) Firewall
3 25 (0.50%) VPN
4 24 (0.48%) LAN
5 23 (0.46%) DNS
6 21 (0.42%) DHCP
7 17 (0.34%) WAN
7 17 (0.34%) Wi-Fi
8 15 (0.30%) TCP/IP
9 8 (0.16%) 4G
9 8 (0.16%) VLAN
10 7 (0.14%) MPLS
10 7 (0.14%) Network Security
11 4 (0.079%) 5G
11 4 (0.079%) BGP
11 4 (0.079%) Ethernet
11 4 (0.079%) PSTN
11 4 (0.079%) SMTP
11 4 (0.079%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (0.85%) Power BI
2 16 (0.32%) PostgreSQL
3 13 (0.26%) Data Warehouse
4 12 (0.24%) Data Lake
5 11 (0.22%) GIS
6 10 (0.20%) Metadata
7 9 (0.18%) Geospatial Data
7 9 (0.18%) SQL Server
8 8 (0.16%) Amazon RDS
9 7 (0.14%) Tableau
10 6 (0.12%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 6 (0.12%) BigQuery
11 5 (0.099%) MongoDB
11 5 (0.099%) NoSQL
11 5 (0.099%) Redis
12 4 (0.079%) Elasticsearch
12 4 (0.079%) Looker
12 4 (0.079%) MySQL
13 2 (0.040%) Relational Database
13 2 (0.040%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 43 (0.85%) Jenkins
2 41 (0.81%) GitLab
2 41 (0.81%) SonarQube
3 27 (0.54%) JIRA
4 17 (0.34%) Git
5 5 (0.099%) Axure RP
5 5 (0.099%) Balsamiq
5 5 (0.099%) Postman
6 4 (0.079%) Cucumber
6 4 (0.079%) JMeter
6 4 (0.079%) JUnit
6 4 (0.079%) Locust
7 3 (0.060%) fastlane
7 3 (0.060%) Mockito
8 2 (0.040%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.040%) Jaeger
8 2 (0.040%) LabVIEW
8 2 (0.040%) Visual Studio Code
8 2 (0.040%) WebDriver
8 2 (0.040%) Xcode
General
1 3,996 (79.30%) Social Skills
2 3,667 (72.77%) Banking
3 477 (9.47%) Finance
4 145 (2.88%) Public Sector
5 138 (2.74%) Analytical Skills
6 131 (2.60%) Retail
7 129 (2.56%) Marketing
8 103 (2.04%) Law
9 63 (1.25%) Legal
10 59 (1.17%) Games
11 42 (0.83%) Organisational Skills
12 30 (0.60%) Influencing Skills
13 27 (0.54%) Manufacturing
14 22 (0.44%) Telecoms
15 20 (0.40%) Local Government
16 18 (0.36%) Presentation Skills
17 13 (0.26%) Pharmaceutical
18 11 (0.22%) Aviation
18 11 (0.22%) Billing
19 10 (0.20%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 2,811 (55.78%) Lecturer
2 202 (4.01%) Systems Engineer
3 195 (3.87%) Facilities Engineer
4 168 (3.33%) Senior
5 120 (2.38%) Analyst
6 87 (1.73%) Architect
7 75 (1.49%) Project Manager
8 61 (1.21%) Lead
9 55 (1.09%) Project Engineer
10 50 (0.99%) Senior Manager
11 47 (0.93%) Business Analyst
12 41 (0.81%) Account Executive
13 39 (0.77%) Salesforce Architect
14 36 (0.71%) Developer
15 34 (0.67%) Sales Manager
16 33 (0.65%) Account Manager
16 33 (0.65%) Consultant
17 31 (0.62%) Alliance Manager
18 30 (0.60%) IT Engineer
19 28 (0.56%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (1.17%) REST
2 49 (0.97%) Lightning Web Components
2 49 (0.97%) SOAP
2 49 (0.97%) Visualforce
3 26 (0.52%) EDI
4 15 (0.30%) .NET
4 15 (0.30%) Node.js
4 15 (0.30%) Web Services
5 14 (0.28%) Android SDK
6 13 (0.26%) GraphQL
7 11 (0.22%) Django
8 8 (0.16%) CSS
8 8 (0.16%) HTML
8 8 (0.16%) Middleware
8 8 (0.16%) React
8 8 (0.16%) RESTful
9 7 (0.14%) SAML
9 7 (0.14%) Spring
10 4 (0.079%) .NET Framework
10 4 (0.079%) Hibernate
Miscellaneous
1 3,650 (72.44%) IoT
2 125 (2.48%) Onboarding
3 76 (1.51%) Blog
3 76 (1.51%) Product Ownership
4 71 (1.41%) Driving Licence
5 50 (0.99%) Management Information System
6 45 (0.89%) Self-Motivation
7 33 (0.65%) Social Media
8 31 (0.62%) Enterprise Software
9 29 (0.58%) Mobile App
10 20 (0.40%) Cloud Native
11 19 (0.38%) Public Cloud
12 14 (0.28%) Cyberattack
13 13 (0.26%) Legacy Systems
13 13 (0.26%) Life Science
14 12 (0.24%) Security Posture
15 11 (0.22%) Video Editing
16 9 (0.18%) Security Operations Centre
17 8 (0.16%) CSOC
17 8 (0.16%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 49 (0.97%) Windows
2 30 (0.60%) Linux
3 20 (0.40%) Windows Server
4 17 (0.34%) Android
5 16 (0.32%) Unix
6 8 (0.16%) Apple iOS
7 6 (0.12%) Windows 10
8 5 (0.099%) Debian
8 5 (0.099%) Windows Server 2016
9 4 (0.079%) VMS
10 3 (0.060%) Mac OS X
11 2 (0.040%) Windows Server 2012
12 1 (0.020%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 3,900 (77.40%) AI
2 3,765 (74.72%) Cybersecurity
3 3,678 (72.99%) User Experience
4 3,664 (72.71%) Machine Learning
5 3,656 (72.55%) Web Development
6 301 (5.97%) Mentoring
7 233 (4.62%) Agile
8 197 (3.91%) Inventory Management
9 195 (3.87%) Preventative Maintenance
10 194 (3.85%) Problem-Solving
11 193 (3.83%) Continuous Improvement
12 144 (2.86%) Customer Service
13 122 (2.42%) DevOps
14 115 (2.28%) Coaching
15 109 (2.16%) B2B
15 109 (2.16%) CI/CD
16 106 (2.10%) Analytics
17 95 (1.89%) Project Management
18 94 (1.87%) Decision-Making
19 89 (1.77%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 54 (1.07%) Python
2 51 (1.01%) SQL
3 49 (0.97%) Apex Code
4 43 (0.85%) Java
5 41 (0.81%) SOQL
5 41 (0.81%) SOSL
6 21 (0.42%) JavaScript
7 14 (0.28%) Kotlin
8 13 (0.26%) PowerShell
9 5 (0.099%) C#
10 4 (0.079%) PHP
11 3 (0.060%) Bash
11 3 (0.060%) VB
12 2 (0.040%) ActionScript
12 2 (0.040%) ActionScript 2.0
12 2 (0.040%) Go
12 2 (0.040%) Kusto Query Language
13 1 (0.020%) Groovy
13 1 (0.020%) Swift
13 1 (0.020%) VBA
Qualifications
1 3,931 (78.01%) Degree
2 3,847 (76.34%) Postgraduate
3 3,654 (72.51%) Master's Degree
3 3,654 (72.51%) PhD
4 200 (3.97%) City & Guilds
5 195 (3.87%) NVQ Level 3
6 107 (2.12%) Security Cleared
7 90 (1.79%) SC Cleared
8 30 (0.60%) BPSS Clearance
9 29 (0.58%) DBS Check
10 27 (0.54%) PMP
11 25 (0.50%) Microsoft Certification
12 22 (0.44%) AWS Certification
12 22 (0.44%) HNC
13 17 (0.34%) CISSP
13 17 (0.34%) HND
14 14 (0.28%) CISM
14 14 (0.28%) Computer Science Degree
15 12 (0.24%) CompTIA Security+
16 10 (0.20%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 195 (3.87%) COSHH
2 55 (1.09%) QA
3 44 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 37 (0.73%) NIST
5 31 (0.62%) Accessibility
6 30 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials
7 22 (0.44%) GDPR
7 22 (0.44%) SLA
8 15 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 14 (0.28%) WCAG
10 12 (0.24%) PMO
11 10 (0.20%) PCI DSS
12 9 (0.18%) COBIT
12 9 (0.18%) Data Quality
13 8 (0.16%) GRC
14 7 (0.14%) SOC 2
15 5 (0.099%) NEBOSH
16 4 (0.079%) NCSC
17 3 (0.060%) EU AI Act
17 3 (0.060%) IFRS
System Software
1 51 (1.01%) Active Directory
2 16 (0.32%) Docker
3 12 (0.24%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.12%) vSphere
5 4 (0.079%) Hyper-V
5 4 (0.079%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.060%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.040%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.020%) iptables
Systems Management
1 36 (0.71%) Terraform
2 29 (0.58%) Microsoft Intune
3 17 (0.34%) Kubernetes
3 17 (0.34%) Single Sign-On
4 6 (0.12%) Argo
4 6 (0.12%) Grafana
5 5 (0.099%) Autotask
5 5 (0.099%) SCCM
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 (0.060%) Ansible
7 3 (0.060%) CASB
7 3 (0.060%) Jamf Pro
7 3 (0.060%) WSUS
8 2 (0.040%) Check_MK
8 2 (0.040%) Kustomize
8 2 (0.040%) Nessus
8 2 (0.040%) Opsgenie
Vendors
1 255 (5.06%) Microsoft
2 116 (2.30%) Salesforce
3 79 (1.57%) Adobe
4 72 (1.43%) Cisco
5 49 (0.97%) Splunk
6 39 (0.77%) Google
7 33 (0.65%) Apple
8 23 (0.46%) NEC
9 16 (0.32%) SAP
10 15 (0.30%) VMware
11 12 (0.24%) Oracle
11 12 (0.24%) ServiceNow
12 11 (0.22%) Hootsuite
12 11 (0.22%) Instagram
12 11 (0.22%) Pega
12 11 (0.22%) Workday
12 11 (0.22%) Wrike
13 10 (0.20%) CrowdStrike
13 10 (0.20%) Databricks
13 10 (0.20%) Fortinet