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

6 months to
26 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 14 21
Rank change year-on-year -8 +7 +43
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 3,893 2,914 5,623
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 5.80% 10.29% 7.93%
As % of the General category 12.41% 14.31% 13.95%
Number of salaries quoted 644 464 1,281
10th Percentile £28,000 £28,000 £25,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,813 £32,083
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £44,886
Median % change year-on-year - +11.39% -24.17%
75th Percentile £63,000 £62,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £78,032 £80,000 £70,400
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 31,371 20,367 40,294
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 46.72% 71.95% 56.85%
Number of salaries quoted 17,292 8,909 26,628
10th Percentile £28,250 £25,750 £26,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £32,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £81,250 £75,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -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 26 May 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 26 May 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
Midlands +12 1,472 £46,651 -6.70% 111
North of England -5 1,377 £52,445 +11.59% 197
West Midlands +25 1,299 £59,389 +3.40% 54
North West -6 1,151 £47,000 - 105
South East -20 468 £52,500 +16.67% 207
East of England +4 255 £40,000 -27.27% 39
East Midlands -20 185 £36,250 +11.54% 57
Yorkshire +14 182 £52,445 -30.93% 70
South West -34 157 £57,591 +9.70% 90
Scotland -35 85 £50,000 -9.09% 60
Wales +1 75 £53,000 -3.62% 18
North East -16 44 £57,500 -17.13% 24
Northern Ireland -37 16 £40,000 -47.43% 22
Channel Islands - 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 44 (1.13%) SharePoint
2 22 (0.57%) Microsoft Exchange
3 16 (0.41%) Confluence
4 7 (0.18%) Apache
4 7 (0.18%) Apache Airflow
4 7 (0.18%) ArcGIS
5 4 (0.10%) Apache Spark
5 4 (0.10%) CMS
5 4 (0.10%) Jupyter
6 2 (0.051%) Exchange Server 2013
6 2 (0.051%) Moodle
6 2 (0.051%) Totara
6 2 (0.051%) WordPress
7 1 (0.026%) IIS
7 1 (0.026%) OpenEdge
7 1 (0.026%) WildFly
Applications
1 67 (1.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 58 (1.49%) Microsoft Office
3 37 (0.95%) Acrobat
4 28 (0.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (0.15%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 5 (0.13%) Adobe After Effects
6 5 (0.13%) Adobe Illustrator
6 5 (0.13%) InDesign
6 5 (0.13%) Photoshop
7 3 (0.077%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.077%) Trello
8 2 (0.051%) Adobe XD
8 2 (0.051%) AutoCAD
8 2 (0.051%) Camtasia
8 2 (0.051%) PlantUML
9 1 (0.026%) InVision
9 1 (0.026%) MS Visio
9 1 (0.026%) Simulink
9 1 (0.026%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 24 (0.62%) Cloudability
2 6 (0.15%) Workday HCM
3 5 (0.13%) NetSuite
3 5 (0.13%) SAP HR
4 4 (0.10%) Academy Housing
5 3 (0.077%) JDE EnterpriseOne
6 2 (0.051%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.026%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.026%) Exchequer
7 1 (0.026%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 1 (0.026%) Misys Midas
7 1 (0.026%) NEC Housing
7 1 (0.026%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.026%) Raiser’s Edge
7 1 (0.026%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 2,321 (59.62%) Cloud Computing
2 217 (5.57%) Azure
3 147 (3.78%) AWS
4 88 (2.26%) Microsoft 365
5 81 (2.08%) GCP
6 73 (1.88%) Power Platform
7 36 (0.92%) Azure DevOps
8 35 (0.90%) Entra ID
9 29 (0.74%) SaaS
10 26 (0.67%) Serverless
11 25 (0.64%) Microsoft Purview
12 14 (0.36%) Azure Sentinel
12 14 (0.36%) Figma
12 14 (0.36%) GitHub
12 14 (0.36%) PaaS
13 13 (0.33%) Asana
14 12 (0.31%) Power Automate
15 11 (0.28%) Sprout Social
16 10 (0.26%) Microsoft Copilot
17 9 (0.23%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 2,329 (59.83%) Internet
2 65 (1.67%) Broadband
3 37 (0.95%) Firewall
4 23 (0.59%) LAN
5 22 (0.57%) DNS
5 22 (0.57%) WAN
6 21 (0.54%) DHCP
7 20 (0.51%) VPN
8 17 (0.44%) Network Security
9 15 (0.39%) TCP/IP
9 15 (0.39%) Wi-Fi
10 8 (0.21%) 4G
11 7 (0.18%) MPLS
11 7 (0.18%) VLAN
11 7 (0.18%) Wireless
12 4 (0.10%) BGP
12 4 (0.10%) Ethernet
12 4 (0.10%) PSTN
12 4 (0.10%) SMTP
12 4 (0.10%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (1.62%) Power BI
2 24 (0.62%) PostgreSQL
3 16 (0.41%) Tableau
4 15 (0.39%) GIS
5 14 (0.36%) Metadata
6 13 (0.33%) Data Warehouse
7 12 (0.31%) Data Lake
7 12 (0.31%) MySQL
7 12 (0.31%) SQL Server
8 8 (0.21%) Amazon RDS
8 8 (0.21%) BigQuery
8 8 (0.21%) MongoDB
8 8 (0.21%) NoSQL
8 8 (0.21%) Relational Database
9 7 (0.18%) Geospatial Data
9 7 (0.18%) Looker
10 6 (0.15%) Redis
11 5 (0.13%) Big Data
12 4 (0.10%) DynamoDB
12 4 (0.10%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 45 (1.16%) Jenkins
2 39 (1.00%) GitLab
3 34 (0.87%) SonarQube
4 32 (0.82%) JIRA
5 22 (0.57%) Snyk
6 20 (0.51%) Git
7 10 (0.26%) Postman
8 9 (0.23%) fastlane
9 8 (0.21%) Cucumber
10 7 (0.18%) Moq
11 5 (0.13%) Xcode
11 5 (0.13%) Zephyr
12 4 (0.10%) Android Studio
12 4 (0.10%) Crashlytics
12 4 (0.10%) Gatling
12 4 (0.10%) Gradle
12 4 (0.10%) JMeter
12 4 (0.10%) JUnit
12 4 (0.10%) Locust
13 3 (0.077%) Mockito
General
1 2,741 (70.41%) Social Skills
2 2,334 (59.95%) Banking
3 491 (12.61%) Finance
4 182 (4.68%) Analytical Skills
5 166 (4.26%) Public Sector
6 121 (3.11%) Marketing
7 114 (2.93%) Law
8 99 (2.54%) Retail
9 93 (2.39%) Legal
10 55 (1.41%) Games
11 49 (1.26%) Organisational Skills
12 42 (1.08%) Local Government
13 30 (0.77%) Manufacturing
14 22 (0.57%) Influencing Skills
15 21 (0.54%) Aerospace
16 16 (0.41%) Presentation Skills
17 15 (0.39%) Electronics
18 14 (0.36%) Billing
18 14 (0.36%) Telecoms
19 13 (0.33%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 1,741 (44.72%) Lecturer
2 256 (6.58%) Senior
3 214 (5.50%) Systems Engineer
4 195 (5.01%) Facilities Engineer
5 185 (4.75%) Analyst
6 124 (3.19%) Architect
7 66 (1.70%) Project Manager
8 61 (1.57%) Business Analyst
9 59 (1.52%) Lead
10 55 (1.41%) Senior Analyst
11 51 (1.31%) IT Engineer
12 46 (1.18%) Project Engineer
13 43 (1.10%) Account Executive
13 43 (1.10%) Sales Executive
14 40 (1.03%) Developer
15 37 (0.95%) Solutions Architect
16 33 (0.85%) Salesforce Architect
17 32 (0.82%) IT Manager
17 32 (0.82%) Senior Architect
18 31 (0.80%) Alliance Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (1.23%) REST
2 38 (0.98%) Lightning Web Components
2 38 (0.98%) SOAP
2 38 (0.98%) Visualforce
3 20 (0.51%) EDI
4 18 (0.46%) .NET
5 17 (0.44%) Android SDK
6 14 (0.36%) RESTful
7 13 (0.33%) GraphQL
8 11 (0.28%) CSS
8 11 (0.28%) HTML
9 10 (0.26%) XML
10 8 (0.21%) Entity Framework
10 8 (0.21%) Node.js
10 8 (0.21%) Web Services
11 7 (0.18%) .NET Framework
11 7 (0.18%) SAML
11 7 (0.18%) Spring
11 7 (0.18%) XSLT
12 6 (0.15%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 2,316 (59.49%) IoT
2 119 (3.06%) Onboarding
3 96 (2.47%) Driving Licence
3 96 (2.47%) Product Ownership
4 71 (1.82%) Self-Motivation
5 59 (1.52%) Management Information System
6 47 (1.21%) Cyberattack
7 44 (1.13%) Social Media
8 40 (1.03%) Data Centre
9 35 (0.90%) Mobile App
10 31 (0.80%) Cloud Native
11 23 (0.59%) Enterprise Software
12 18 (0.46%) Public Cloud
13 17 (0.44%) Security Operations Centre
14 16 (0.41%) CSOC
15 15 (0.39%) Life Science
16 11 (0.28%) Analytical Mindset
16 11 (0.28%) Blog
16 11 (0.28%) Legacy Systems
16 11 (0.28%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 69 (1.77%) Windows
2 36 (0.92%) Linux
3 31 (0.80%) Windows Server
4 22 (0.57%) Android
5 15 (0.39%) Apple iOS
6 14 (0.36%) Unix
7 13 (0.33%) Windows 10
8 7 (0.18%) Mac OS
9 5 (0.13%) Windows Server 2016
10 4 (0.10%) Debian
10 4 (0.10%) Mac OS X
10 4 (0.10%) VMS
11 2 (0.051%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,607 (66.97%) AI
2 2,488 (63.91%) Cybersecurity
3 2,362 (60.67%) User Experience
4 2,340 (60.11%) Machine Learning
5 2,320 (59.59%) Web Development
6 339 (8.71%) Mentoring
7 255 (6.55%) Agile
8 212 (5.45%) Problem-Solving
9 199 (5.11%) Continuous Improvement
9 199 (5.11%) Inventory Management
10 196 (5.03%) Preventative Maintenance
11 155 (3.98%) CI/CD
12 151 (3.88%) Decision-Making
13 136 (3.49%) DevOps
14 126 (3.24%) Customer Service
15 115 (2.95%) Analytics
15 115 (2.95%) Roadmaps
16 110 (2.83%) Coaching
17 92 (2.36%) B2B
17 92 (2.36%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 88 (2.26%) Python
2 86 (2.21%) SQL
3 48 (1.23%) Java
4 38 (0.98%) Apex Code
5 34 (0.87%) SOQL
5 34 (0.87%) SOSL
6 32 (0.82%) PowerShell
7 22 (0.57%) JavaScript
8 19 (0.49%) C#
9 17 (0.44%) Kotlin
10 12 (0.31%) TypeScript
11 11 (0.28%) Bash
12 7 (0.18%) C++
12 7 (0.18%) XAML
13 6 (0.15%) Kusto Query Language
14 4 (0.10%) PHP
14 4 (0.10%) Swift
15 3 (0.077%) Bicep
15 3 (0.077%) Ruby
15 3 (0.077%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 2,607 (66.97%) Degree
2 2,522 (64.78%) Postgraduate
3 2,323 (59.67%) Master's Degree
4 2,321 (59.62%) PhD
5 195 (5.01%) City & Guilds
5 195 (5.01%) NVQ Level 3
6 143 (3.67%) Security Cleared
7 125 (3.21%) SC Cleared
8 70 (1.80%) DBS Check
9 48 (1.23%) AWS Certification
10 36 (0.92%) BPSS Clearance
11 26 (0.67%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 25 (0.64%) HNC
13 24 (0.62%) Microsoft Certification
14 22 (0.57%) Computer Science Degree
15 20 (0.51%) HND
16 16 (0.41%) CISSP
17 15 (0.39%) CISM
18 13 (0.33%) CompTIA Security+
19 12 (0.31%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 195 (5.01%) COSHH
2 58 (1.49%) Accessibility
3 55 (1.41%) QA
4 51 (1.31%) Data Quality
5 48 (1.23%) GDPR
6 44 (1.13%) NIST
7 39 (1.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 39 (1.00%) SLA
8 36 (0.92%) GRC
9 28 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials
10 18 (0.46%) WCAG
11 14 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 13 (0.33%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 11 (0.28%) PCI DSS
14 6 (0.15%) SOC 2
15 5 (0.13%) COBIT
15 5 (0.13%) NEBOSH
16 4 (0.10%) GAAP
16 4 (0.10%) IFRS
16 4 (0.10%) PMO
System Software
1 66 (1.70%) Active Directory
2 32 (0.82%) Docker
3 26 (0.67%) Virtual Machines
4 15 (0.39%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (0.15%) Hyper-V
5 6 (0.15%) vSphere
6 3 (0.077%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.051%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.026%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 39 (1.00%) Terraform
2 33 (0.85%) Microsoft Intune
3 22 (0.57%) Kubernetes
4 12 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
5 8 (0.21%) SCCM
6 7 (0.18%) Autotask
7 6 (0.15%) Grafana
8 4 (0.10%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 4 (0.10%) AWS Copilot
8 4 (0.10%) SolarWinds Orion
8 4 (0.10%) vCenter Server
8 4 (0.10%) WSUS
9 3 (0.077%) Ansible
9 3 (0.077%) CASB
9 3 (0.077%) Check_MK
9 3 (0.077%) Jamf Pro
10 2 (0.051%) Argo
10 2 (0.051%) Kustomize
10 2 (0.051%) Opsgenie
10 2 (0.051%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 287 (7.37%) Microsoft
2 112 (2.88%) Adobe
3 96 (2.47%) Salesforce
4 64 (1.64%) Cisco
5 63 (1.62%) Apple
6 51 (1.31%) Google
7 40 (1.03%) Splunk
8 37 (0.95%) ServiceNow
9 33 (0.85%) CrowdStrike
10 32 (0.82%) Palo Alto
11 24 (0.62%) Tenable
12 21 (0.54%) VMware
13 16 (0.41%) Fortinet
14 14 (0.36%) Instagram
15 13 (0.33%) SAP
16 12 (0.31%) Databricks
17 11 (0.28%) Hootsuite
17 11 (0.28%) Meraki
17 11 (0.28%) Workday
17 11 (0.28%) Wrike