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

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 84 19 26
Rank change year-on-year -65 +7 +44
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 1,413 2,867 4,899
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.98% 8.49% 6.68%
As % of the General category 4.43% 12.61% 12.15%
Number of salaries quoted 742 479 1,223
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,500 £26,900
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £33,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £46,293
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +8.01% -21.79%
75th Percentile £67,500 £62,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £78,312 £82,500 £71,725
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year - +5.77% -20.00%

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 31,880 22,743 40,337
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 44.56% 67.31% 55.02%
Number of salaries quoted 19,551 10,812 25,605
10th Percentile £28,500 £25,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £32,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £46,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -3.16% -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £80,000 £75,772
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 15 July 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 15 July 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 -71 395 £55,000 +17.02% 293
Midlands -46 274 £44,543 -19.01% 184
South East -76 239 £53,663 +23.36% 346
North West -66 233 £46,000 -2.13% 162
South West -38 189 £57,500 +27.78% 142
West Midlands -30 176 £59,527 +4.49% 89
East of England -41 112 £40,000 -29.82% 138
Scotland -28 101 £51,250 +2.50% 164
East Midlands -38 97 £35,000 +16.67% 94
Wales -2 93 £57,515 +0.15% 85
Yorkshire -15 85 £52,445 -38.30% 91
North East -13 77 £57,500 +134.03% 40
Northern Ireland -47 20 £56,901 -25.22% 67
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 36 (2.55%) Microsoft Exchange
2 31 (2.19%) SharePoint
3 26 (1.84%) Confluence
4 13 (0.92%) Apache
5 11 (0.78%) Apache Airflow
6 8 (0.57%) Apache Spark
6 8 (0.57%) Jupyter
7 7 (0.50%) ArcGIS
8 6 (0.42%) CMS
9 3 (0.21%) WordPress
10 2 (0.14%) Exchange Server 2013
10 2 (0.14%) IIS
10 2 (0.14%) Moodle
10 2 (0.14%) Totara
11 1 (0.071%) OpenEdge
Applications
1 66 (4.67%) Microsoft Office
2 54 (3.82%) Microsoft Excel
3 37 (2.62%) Acrobat
4 12 (0.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (0.64%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 8 (0.57%) Adobe After Effects
6 8 (0.57%) Adobe Illustrator
6 8 (0.57%) InDesign
6 8 (0.57%) Photoshop
7 6 (0.42%) Adobe XD
7 6 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
7 6 (0.42%) Sketch
8 3 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.21%) Trello
9 2 (0.14%) Camtasia
9 2 (0.14%) InVision
9 2 (0.14%) MS Visio
9 2 (0.14%) PlantUML
10 1 (0.071%) AutoCAD
10 1 (0.071%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 24 (1.70%) Cloudability
2 6 (0.42%) Workday HCM
3 4 (0.28%) NetSuite
3 4 (0.28%) SAP EHS
3 4 (0.28%) SAP HR
3 4 (0.28%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 3 (0.21%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.21%) JDE EnterpriseOne
5 2 (0.14%) Academy Housing
5 2 (0.14%) Elite 3E
5 2 (0.14%) NEC Housing
6 1 (0.071%) Exchequer
6 1 (0.071%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 1 (0.071%) Raiser’s Edge
6 1 (0.071%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.071%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 247 (17.48%) Azure
2 142 (10.05%) AWS
3 97 (6.86%) GCP
4 81 (5.73%) Power Platform
5 78 (5.52%) Azure DevOps
5 78 (5.52%) Microsoft 365
6 39 (2.76%) Serverless
7 37 (2.62%) GitHub
8 30 (2.12%) dbt
9 28 (1.98%) Entra ID
10 26 (1.84%) PaaS
10 26 (1.84%) SaaS
11 25 (1.77%) Figma
12 23 (1.63%) Microsoft Purview
13 20 (1.42%) Azure Monitor
14 19 (1.34%) Azure Key Vault
14 19 (1.34%) IaaS
15 15 (1.06%) GitHub Actions
16 14 (0.99%) Azure Sentinel
16 14 (0.99%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 56 (3.96%) Broadband
2 39 (2.76%) Firewall
3 29 (2.05%) VPN
4 20 (1.42%) DNS
4 20 (1.42%) LAN
4 20 (1.42%) TCP/IP
4 20 (1.42%) WAN
5 18 (1.27%) DHCP
5 18 (1.27%) Internet
5 18 (1.27%) Network Security
6 11 (0.78%) Wi-Fi
7 7 (0.50%) VLAN
7 7 (0.50%) Wireless
8 6 (0.42%) SAN
9 4 (0.28%) SMTP
9 4 (0.28%) SSL
9 4 (0.28%) WLAN
10 3 (0.21%) 4G
10 3 (0.21%) 5G
10 3 (0.21%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (4.88%) Power BI
2 25 (1.77%) PostgreSQL
3 21 (1.49%) Tableau
4 18 (1.27%) SQL Server
5 16 (1.13%) GIS
6 15 (1.06%) Azure SQL Database
6 15 (1.06%) Metadata
7 14 (0.99%) Geospatial Data
8 13 (0.92%) MySQL
8 13 (0.92%) Relational Database
9 12 (0.85%) MongoDB
10 10 (0.71%) BigQuery
10 10 (0.71%) Looker
11 9 (0.64%) Elasticsearch
12 8 (0.57%) Amazon Athena
12 8 (0.57%) DynamoDB
12 8 (0.57%) NoSQL
13 7 (0.50%) Amazon RDS
13 7 (0.50%) Redis
14 6 (0.42%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 59 (4.18%) Jenkins
2 49 (3.47%) GitLab
3 44 (3.11%) JIRA
4 38 (2.69%) Git
5 34 (2.41%) SonarQube
6 22 (1.56%) Snyk
7 14 (0.99%) fastlane
8 10 (0.71%) LabVIEW
8 10 (0.71%) Postman
9 8 (0.57%) Cucumber
9 8 (0.57%) Xcode
10 7 (0.50%) Moq
11 6 (0.42%) Android Studio
11 6 (0.42%) Crashlytics
11 6 (0.42%) Gradle
11 6 (0.42%) JMeter
12 5 (0.35%) MSI
12 5 (0.35%) Zephyr
13 4 (0.28%) Cypress.io
13 4 (0.28%) Gatling
General
1 528 (37.37%) Social Skills
2 273 (19.32%) Finance
3 190 (13.45%) Public Sector
4 173 (12.24%) Analytical Skills
5 130 (9.20%) Marketing
6 97 (6.86%) Legal
7 91 (6.44%) Retail
8 90 (6.37%) Law
9 77 (5.45%) Organisational Skills
10 55 (3.89%) Games
10 55 (3.89%) Local Government
11 36 (2.55%) Manufacturing
12 27 (1.91%) Influencing Skills
13 25 (1.77%) Electronics
14 22 (1.56%) Aerospace
14 22 (1.56%) Banking
15 18 (1.27%) Presentation Skills
16 14 (0.99%) Automotive
17 13 (0.92%) Advertising
18 11 (0.78%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 301 (21.30%) Senior
2 176 (12.46%) Analyst
3 162 (11.46%) Architect
4 78 (5.52%) Lead
5 72 (5.10%) Developer
6 68 (4.81%) Sales Executive
7 60 (4.25%) Senior Analyst
8 51 (3.61%) IT Engineer
9 50 (3.54%) Business Analyst
10 48 (3.40%) Solutions Architect
11 39 (2.76%) Cloud Architect
11 39 (2.76%) Technical Architect
12 36 (2.55%) Senior Architect
13 33 (2.34%) Account Executive
13 33 (2.34%) Salesforce Architect
14 32 (2.26%) IT Support
14 32 (2.26%) Systems Engineer
15 28 (1.98%) IT Manager
16 27 (1.91%) Consultant
16 27 (1.91%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (4.03%) REST
2 38 (2.69%) SOAP
3 36 (2.55%) Lightning Web Components
3 36 (2.55%) Visualforce
4 31 (2.19%) RESTful
5 30 (2.12%) CSS
6 28 (1.98%) HTML
7 27 (1.91%) .NET
8 21 (1.49%) EDI
9 20 (1.42%) Node.js
10 19 (1.34%) Android SDK
11 16 (1.13%) XML
12 15 (1.06%) React
13 14 (0.99%) GraphQL
14 12 (0.85%) .NET Framework
15 10 (0.71%) .NET Core
16 9 (0.64%) Playwright
16 9 (0.64%) Spring
16 9 (0.64%) Spring Boot
17 8 (0.57%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 111 (7.86%) Product Ownership
2 108 (7.64%) Onboarding
3 105 (7.43%) Driving Licence
4 81 (5.73%) Self-Motivation
5 53 (3.75%) Cloud Native
6 50 (3.54%) Management Information System
7 47 (3.33%) Cyberattack
8 45 (3.18%) Social Media
9 42 (2.97%) Data Centre
10 38 (2.69%) Mobile App
11 22 (1.56%) Security Posture
12 18 (1.27%) Credit Risk
13 17 (1.20%) CSOC
13 17 (1.20%) Security Operations Centre
14 16 (1.13%) Legacy Systems
15 14 (0.99%) Data Structures
16 13 (0.92%) Public Cloud
17 12 (0.85%) Graphic Design
17 12 (0.85%) Podcast
18 11 (0.78%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 88 (6.23%) Windows
2 42 (2.97%) Linux
3 31 (2.19%) Windows Server
4 25 (1.77%) Android
5 19 (1.34%) Apple iOS
6 15 (1.06%) VMS
6 15 (1.06%) Windows 10
7 14 (0.99%) Unix
8 8 (0.57%) Mac OS
9 4 (0.28%) Mac OS X
9 4 (0.28%) Windows Server 2016
10 3 (0.21%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 339 (23.99%) Agile
2 300 (21.23%) AI
3 238 (16.84%) Problem-Solving
4 205 (14.51%) Continuous Improvement
5 204 (14.44%) CI/CD
6 194 (13.73%) Decision-Making
7 189 (13.38%) DevOps
8 169 (11.96%) Cybersecurity
8 169 (11.96%) Mentoring
9 144 (10.19%) Roadmaps
10 126 (8.92%) Analytics
11 120 (8.49%) Stakeholder Management
12 118 (8.35%) Customer Service
13 109 (7.71%) Scrum
14 107 (7.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 101 (7.15%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
16 86 (6.09%) Technology Strategy
17 78 (5.52%) B2B
17 78 (5.52%) Coaching
17 78 (5.52%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 119 (8.42%) Python
2 115 (8.14%) SQL
3 51 (3.61%) Java
4 44 (3.11%) PowerShell
5 36 (2.55%) Apex Code
6 34 (2.41%) SOQL
6 34 (2.41%) SOSL
7 33 (2.34%) JavaScript
8 29 (2.05%) C#
9 27 (1.91%) Bicep
10 24 (1.70%) Bash
10 24 (1.70%) TypeScript
11 20 (1.42%) Kotlin
12 19 (1.34%) Kusto Query Language
13 10 (0.71%) MATLAB
14 7 (0.50%) C++
14 7 (0.50%) Go
14 7 (0.50%) PHP
14 7 (0.50%) Swift
14 7 (0.50%) XAML
Qualifications
1 288 (20.38%) Degree
2 195 (13.80%) Security Cleared
3 177 (12.53%) SC Cleared
4 79 (5.59%) DBS Check
5 33 (2.34%) BPSS Clearance
6 31 (2.19%) Microsoft Certification
7 28 (1.98%) AWS Certification
8 27 (1.91%) Azure Certification
9 24 (1.70%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 22 (1.56%) HNC
11 20 (1.42%) Computer Science Degree
11 20 (1.42%) Master's Degree
12 16 (1.13%) Chartered Engineer
13 15 (1.06%) CompTIA Security+
14 14 (0.99%) PhD
15 13 (0.92%) Postgraduate
16 12 (0.85%) CISSP
17 11 (0.78%) Cisco Certification
17 11 (0.78%) DV Cleared
17 11 (0.78%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 89 (6.30%) Accessibility
2 64 (4.53%) Data Quality
3 53 (3.75%) SLA
4 49 (3.47%) GDPR
5 38 (2.69%) WCAG
6 37 (2.62%) QA
7 35 (2.48%) GRC
7 35 (2.48%) NIST
8 30 (2.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 22 (1.56%) Cyber Essentials
10 14 (0.99%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 12 (0.85%) NCSC
12 11 (0.78%) PCI DSS
13 10 (0.71%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 4 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
14 4 (0.28%) GAAP
14 4 (0.28%) IFRS
14 4 (0.28%) SOC 2
15 3 (0.21%) ARP4761
15 3 (0.21%) DO-160
System Software
1 68 (4.81%) Active Directory
2 59 (4.18%) Docker
3 25 (1.77%) Virtual Machines
4 24 (1.70%) VMware Infrastructure
5 15 (1.06%) vSphere
6 12 (0.85%) Virtual Desktop
7 8 (0.57%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.071%) Firmware
8 1 (0.071%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 67 (4.74%) Terraform
2 40 (2.83%) Kubernetes
3 22 (1.56%) Microsoft Intune
4 10 (0.71%) Grafana
5 9 (0.64%) Autotask
5 9 (0.64%) SCCM
6 5 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
6 5 (0.35%) WSUS
7 4 (0.28%) AWS Copilot
7 4 (0.28%) vCenter Server
8 3 (0.21%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (0.21%) Check_MK
8 3 (0.21%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.21%) SolarWinds Orion
9 2 (0.14%) Ansible
9 2 (0.14%) CASB
9 2 (0.14%) Opsgenie
10 1 (0.071%) Argo
10 1 (0.071%) Functional Safety
10 1 (0.071%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 277 (19.60%) Microsoft
2 95 (6.72%) Adobe
3 69 (4.88%) Google
4 63 (4.46%) Salesforce
5 40 (2.83%) Apple
5 40 (2.83%) Cisco
6 36 (2.55%) ServiceNow
7 35 (2.48%) Splunk
8 30 (2.12%) Palo Alto
8 30 (2.12%) VMware
9 27 (1.91%) CrowdStrike
10 23 (1.63%) Tenable
11 19 (1.34%) Instagram
12 17 (1.20%) SAP
13 14 (0.99%) Dynatrace
14 12 (0.85%) Fortinet
14 12 (0.85%) OpenAI
14 12 (0.85%) ScienceLogic
15 11 (0.78%) Pega
15 11 (0.78%) Wrike