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

6 months to
26 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 16 32
Rank change year-on-year -45 +16 +14
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 2,060 2,820 2,993
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 2.39% 8.16% 5.53%
As % of the General category 5.41% 12.42% 10.24%
Number of salaries quoted 920 489 580
10th Percentile £28,000 £25,600 £28,749
25th Percentile £35,250 £31,250 £36,540
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £50,309
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.58% -8.53%
75th Percentile £67,813 £60,000 £65,063
90th Percentile £78,312 £82,241 £79,225
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £58,700
% change year-on-year - -6.30% -9.69%

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 38,103 22,700 29,216
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 44.29% 65.72% 53.95%
Number of salaries quoted 23,501 11,058 13,418
10th Percentile £28,750 £26,250 £28,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £44,720 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.81% -10.56% -1.93%
75th Percentile £65,000 £61,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £53,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +3.77% -7.83% -4.17%

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 September 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 September 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 -52 547 £50,000 +12.36% 694
South East -33 446 £55,000 - 587
Midlands -45 319 £45,000 -5.26% 389
North West -51 316 £42,000 +0.40% 441
South West -20 274 £45,000 +32.35% 433
East of England +2 185 £39,869 -30.05% 248
West Midlands -40 184 £59,250 +7.73% 252
North East +13 140 £61,250 +149.29% 90
Scotland -20 139 £39,500 +23.44% 475
East Midlands -27 134 £40,000 +23.08% 137
Wales +2 105 £54,000 -9.78% 73
Yorkshire -12 91 £37,977 -55.32% 163
Northern Ireland -54 50 £74,742 -3.21% 175
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 46 (2.23%) Microsoft Exchange
2 43 (2.09%) SharePoint
3 29 (1.41%) Confluence
4 19 (0.92%) Apache Spark
5 15 (0.73%) Apache Airflow
5 15 (0.73%) CMS
6 14 (0.68%) Apache
7 10 (0.49%) Jupyter
8 6 (0.29%) WordPress
9 5 (0.24%) Moodle
10 3 (0.15%) Headless CMS
10 3 (0.15%) IIS
11 2 (0.097%) Exchange Server 2013
11 2 (0.097%) Skype for Business
11 2 (0.097%) Totara
12 1 (0.049%) Cloud Foundry
12 1 (0.049%) OpenEdge
12 1 (0.049%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 115 (5.58%) Microsoft Office
2 110 (5.34%) Microsoft Excel
3 29 (1.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 18 (0.87%) Simulink
5 17 (0.83%) Maple
6 15 (0.73%) Revit
7 10 (0.49%) Adobe After Effects
7 10 (0.49%) Adobe Illustrator
7 10 (0.49%) AutoCAD
7 10 (0.49%) Photoshop
7 10 (0.49%) Spreadsheet
8 9 (0.44%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 9 (0.44%) Microsoft Project
9 8 (0.39%) Adobe XD
9 8 (0.39%) InDesign
10 7 (0.34%) Sketch
11 6 (0.29%) MS Visio
12 4 (0.19%) Chatbot
12 4 (0.19%) Mathcad
13 2 (0.097%) InVision
Business Applications
1 24 (1.17%) Cloudability
2 22 (1.07%) SAP S/4HANA
3 21 (1.02%) Dynamics CRM
4 12 (0.58%) SAP EHS
4 12 (0.58%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 12 (0.58%) Workday HCM
5 11 (0.53%) Primavera
6 9 (0.44%) Teamcenter
7 7 (0.34%) NetSuite
8 4 (0.19%) SAP SD
8 4 (0.19%) SAP WM
9 3 (0.15%) JDE EnterpriseOne
9 3 (0.15%) Misys Midas
9 3 (0.15%) SAP ERP
9 3 (0.15%) SAP MM
9 3 (0.15%) SAP R/3
9 3 (0.15%) Shopify
10 2 (0.097%) Academy Housing
10 2 (0.097%) Adobe Campaign
10 2 (0.097%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 340 (16.50%) Azure
2 260 (12.62%) AWS
3 128 (6.21%) GCP
4 108 (5.24%) Power Platform
5 101 (4.90%) Azure DevOps
6 89 (4.32%) Microsoft 365
7 63 (3.06%) Serverless
8 53 (2.57%) GitHub
9 40 (1.94%) Entra ID
10 39 (1.89%) SaaS
11 37 (1.80%) Dynamics 365
12 33 (1.60%) Azure Key Vault
12 33 (1.60%) dbt
13 31 (1.50%) PaaS
14 29 (1.41%) IaaS
15 27 (1.31%) Figma
15 27 (1.31%) GitHub Actions
16 26 (1.26%) Azure Monitor
17 21 (1.02%) Microsoft Copilot
17 21 (1.02%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 35 (1.70%) Firewall
2 31 (1.50%) Internet
3 30 (1.46%) Ethernet
4 27 (1.31%) Network Security
5 25 (1.21%) 5G
5 25 (1.21%) Modbus
6 22 (1.07%) Profibus
7 21 (1.02%) VPN
8 20 (0.97%) DNS
9 19 (0.92%) TCP/IP
10 14 (0.68%) LAN
11 12 (0.58%) DHCP
11 12 (0.58%) WAN
12 11 (0.53%) SAN
13 9 (0.44%) HTTP
13 9 (0.44%) SSL
13 9 (0.44%) VLAN
14 8 (0.39%) Wireless
15 4 (0.19%) Broadband
15 4 (0.19%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 82 (3.98%) Power BI
2 47 (2.28%) SQL Server
3 26 (1.26%) Tableau
4 22 (1.07%) PostgreSQL
4 22 (1.07%) Relational Database
5 21 (1.02%) MongoDB
6 20 (0.97%) Data Lake
7 19 (0.92%) Elasticsearch
8 18 (0.87%) Metadata
8 18 (0.87%) MySQL
9 17 (0.83%) Azure SQL Database
9 17 (0.83%) GIS
10 16 (0.78%) Data Warehouse
10 16 (0.78%) NoSQL
11 15 (0.73%) DynamoDB
12 11 (0.53%) Amazon Athena
13 10 (0.49%) Looker
14 9 (0.44%) Big Data
14 9 (0.44%) BigQuery
14 9 (0.44%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 103 (5.00%) Git
2 55 (2.67%) JIRA
3 47 (2.28%) Jenkins
4 30 (1.46%) GitLab
5 22 (1.07%) Snyk
6 21 (1.02%) Rational DOORS
7 15 (0.73%) Gatling
8 14 (0.68%) LabVIEW
9 12 (0.58%) JMeter
10 11 (0.53%) fastlane
11 10 (0.49%) Cypress.io
12 9 (0.44%) LoadRunner
13 8 (0.39%) MSI
14 7 (0.34%) Cucumber
14 7 (0.34%) Moq
15 6 (0.29%) Xcode
16 5 (0.24%) Android Studio
16 5 (0.24%) Crashlytics
16 5 (0.24%) Gradle
16 5 (0.24%) Postman
General
1 857 (41.60%) Social Skills
2 546 (26.50%) Finance
3 308 (14.95%) Analytical Skills
4 283 (13.74%) Public Sector
5 174 (8.45%) Law
6 168 (8.16%) Marketing
7 150 (7.28%) Aerospace
8 130 (6.31%) Organisational Skills
9 118 (5.73%) Retail
10 111 (5.39%) Legal
11 100 (4.85%) Manufacturing
12 78 (3.79%) Local Government
13 71 (3.45%) Electronics
13 71 (3.45%) Telecoms
14 46 (2.23%) Influencing Skills
15 45 (2.18%) Presentation Skills
16 41 (1.99%) Banking
17 31 (1.50%) Military
18 26 (1.26%) Financial Institution
19 24 (1.17%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 379 (18.40%) Senior
2 218 (10.58%) Lead
3 185 (8.98%) Analyst
4 168 (8.16%) Architect
5 110 (5.34%) Developer
6 101 (4.90%) Sales Executive
7 74 (3.59%) Consultant
8 64 (3.11%) Senior Analyst
9 58 (2.82%) Systems Engineer
10 55 (2.67%) Software Engineer
11 52 (2.52%) Business Analyst
12 49 (2.38%) Project Engineer
13 41 (1.99%) Design Engineer
14 40 (1.94%) Senior Architect
14 40 (1.94%) Solutions Architect
15 39 (1.89%) Electrical Engineer
16 37 (1.80%) Cloud Architect
17 36 (1.75%) Designer
17 36 (1.75%) IT Engineer
17 36 (1.75%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 83 (4.03%) Terraform
2 56 (2.72%) .NET
3 47 (2.28%) CSS
3 47 (2.28%) HTML
4 45 (2.18%) RESTful
5 36 (1.75%) React
6 35 (1.70%) Node.js
7 34 (1.65%) EDI
7 34 (1.65%) XML
8 27 (1.31%) .NET Core
9 25 (1.21%) REST
10 24 (1.17%) Spring
11 22 (1.07%) .NET Framework
12 21 (1.02%) Spring Boot
13 19 (0.92%) LangChain
14 18 (0.87%) AngularJS
14 18 (0.87%) ASP.NET
14 18 (0.87%) Entity Framework
14 18 (0.87%) Kafka
14 18 (0.87%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 200 (9.71%) Driving Licence
2 158 (7.67%) Onboarding
3 108 (5.24%) Self-Motivation
4 106 (5.15%) Management Information System
5 90 (4.37%) Cloud Native
6 85 (4.13%) Product Ownership
7 72 (3.50%) Data Centre
8 56 (2.72%) Social Media
9 46 (2.23%) Public Cloud
10 45 (2.18%) SCADA
11 36 (1.75%) Cyberattack
12 32 (1.55%) Algorithms
13 26 (1.26%) Security Posture
14 24 (1.17%) Cyber Threat
15 23 (1.12%) Data Structures
15 23 (1.12%) Distributed Systems
16 22 (1.07%) FPGA
16 22 (1.07%) Renewable Energy
17 21 (1.02%) Analytical Mindset
17 21 (1.02%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 123 (5.97%) Windows
2 58 (2.82%) Linux
3 30 (1.46%) Windows Server
4 22 (1.07%) Apple iOS
5 20 (0.97%) VMS
5 20 (0.97%) Windows 10
6 14 (0.68%) Mac OS
7 13 (0.63%) Android
7 13 (0.63%) Unix
8 5 (0.24%) VxWorks
9 3 (0.15%) AIX
9 3 (0.15%) Mac OS X
9 3 (0.15%) Solaris
10 2 (0.097%) Windows 7
11 1 (0.049%) Data ONTAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 500 (24.27%) Agile
2 465 (22.57%) AI
3 428 (20.78%) Problem-Solving
4 371 (18.01%) Continuous Improvement
5 302 (14.66%) Mentoring
6 290 (14.08%) Decision-Making
7 247 (11.99%) CI/CD
8 242 (11.75%) Stakeholder Management
9 229 (11.12%) Cybersecurity
10 223 (10.83%) DevOps
11 178 (8.64%) Customer Service
12 164 (7.96%) Roadmaps
13 157 (7.62%) Analytics
14 150 (7.28%) Validation
15 145 (7.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 144 (6.99%) Collaborative Working
17 139 (6.75%) Coaching
18 136 (6.60%) Customer Experience
18 136 (6.60%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
19 133 (6.46%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 172 (8.35%) Python
2 137 (6.65%) SQL
3 79 (3.83%) C#
4 75 (3.64%) JavaScript
5 67 (3.25%) Java
6 50 (2.43%) PowerShell
7 46 (2.23%) TypeScript
8 32 (1.55%) MATLAB
9 30 (1.46%) Bicep
10 26 (1.26%) Bash
11 22 (1.07%) C++
12 17 (0.83%) Kusto Query Language
13 15 (0.73%) Go
14 11 (0.53%) Ruby
15 10 (0.49%) ABAP
15 10 (0.49%) Ada
16 9 (0.44%) Kotlin
17 7 (0.34%) PHP
17 7 (0.34%) Scala
17 7 (0.34%) XAML
Qualifications
1 474 (23.01%) Degree
2 402 (19.51%) Security Cleared
3 359 (17.43%) SC Cleared
4 166 (8.06%) BPSS Clearance
4 166 (8.06%) DBS Check
5 123 (5.97%) HNC
6 119 (5.78%) DV Cleared
7 55 (2.67%) AWS Certification
8 51 (2.48%) Azure Certification
8 51 (2.48%) Master's Degree
9 44 (2.14%) Chartered Engineer
10 31 (1.50%) Computer Science Degree
10 31 (1.50%) HND
11 30 (1.46%) PhD
12 28 (1.36%) Microsoft Certification
13 27 (1.31%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 17 (0.83%) ACCA
14 17 (0.83%) CIMA
15 15 (0.73%) CISSP
16 12 (0.58%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 266 (12.91%) Accessibility
2 103 (5.00%) QA
3 82 (3.98%) Data Quality
4 65 (3.16%) SLA
5 64 (3.11%) GDPR
6 50 (2.43%) WCAG
7 35 (1.70%) GRC
8 33 (1.60%) NCSC
9 28 (1.36%) NIST
10 24 (1.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 18 (0.87%) Cyber Essentials
12 14 (0.68%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 7 (0.34%) Actionable Recommendations
14 6 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 6 (0.29%) PCI DSS
15 5 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 20000
16 4 (0.19%) DO-160
16 4 (0.19%) GAAP
16 4 (0.19%) IFRS
16 4 (0.19%) NIST 800
System Software
1 86 (4.17%) Docker
2 77 (3.74%) Active Directory
3 40 (1.94%) Firmware
4 26 (1.26%) Virtual Machines
5 23 (1.12%) VMware Infrastructure
6 12 (0.58%) Virtual Desktop
6 12 (0.58%) vSphere
7 6 (0.29%) Hyper-V
8 5 (0.24%) BitLocker
9 3 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
10 2 (0.097%) IAG
10 2 (0.097%) NFS
11 1 (0.049%) Microsoft App-V
11 1 (0.049%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 67 (3.25%) Kubernetes
2 27 (1.31%) Grafana
3 23 (1.12%) Microsoft Intune
4 16 (0.78%) SCCM
5 14 (0.68%) Ansible
6 13 (0.63%) Prometheus
7 9 (0.44%) Kibana
8 6 (0.29%) WSUS
9 4 (0.19%) Argo
9 4 (0.19%) Autotask
10 3 (0.15%) Jamf Pro
11 2 (0.097%) Progress Chef
11 2 (0.097%) Puppet
11 2 (0.097%) Single Sign-On
12 1 (0.049%) Check_MK
12 1 (0.049%) EMC NetWorker
12 1 (0.049%) Nessus
12 1 (0.049%) Proxmox
12 1 (0.049%) QRadar
12 1 (0.049%) SCOM
Vendors
1 373 (18.11%) Microsoft
2 87 (4.22%) SAP
3 70 (3.40%) Google
4 64 (3.11%) Adobe
5 50 (2.43%) Apple
6 47 (2.28%) Workday
7 38 (1.84%) Cisco
8 34 (1.65%) ServiceNow
9 33 (1.60%) Salesforce
10 31 (1.50%) Dynatrace
11 29 (1.41%) VMware
12 27 (1.31%) Facebook
13 26 (1.26%) Palo Alto
14 25 (1.21%) CrowdStrike
14 25 (1.21%) Oracle
15 24 (1.17%) Instagram
16 22 (1.07%) Tenable
17 15 (0.73%) Databricks
17 15 (0.73%) Dell
18 14 (0.68%) OpenAI