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

6 months to
10 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 83 17 26
Rank change year-on-year -66 +9 +48
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 1,414 2,973 4,990
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 2.00% 8.87% 6.75%
As % of the General category 4.46% 13.15% 12.23%
Number of salaries quoted 730 482 1,270
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,500 £25,725
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,077 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.15% +11.11% -24.40%
75th Percentile £63,750 £62,500 £60,918
90th Percentile £78,232 £82,375 £71,725
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £51,001
% change year-on-year - +7.84% -21.54%

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 31,690 22,604 40,807
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 44.80% 67.45% 55.19%
Number of salaries quoted 19,442 10,683 26,038
10th Percentile £28,500 £25,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £80,000 £75,750
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 10 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 10 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 -69 390 £55,000 +17.02% 169
Midlands -44 278 £44,772 -16.70% 96
South East -75 246 £53,081 +22.03% 192
North West -62 233 £47,000 - 102
South West -33 192 £57,500 +9.52% 527
West Midlands -27 176 £59,527 +4.49% 57
East of England -41 113 £40,000 -29.82% 71
East Midlands -46 101 £35,000 +19.66% 36
Scotland -33 98 £50,000 - 120
Wales -1 89 £54,500 -0.91% 18
Yorkshire -12 86 £52,445 -38.30% 34
North East -8 71 £57,500 +134.03% 33
Northern Ireland -54 18 £40,000 -47.43% 102
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 35 (2.48%) SharePoint
3 25 (1.77%) Confluence
4 12 (0.85%) Apache
5 10 (0.71%) Apache Airflow
6 7 (0.50%) Apache Spark
6 7 (0.50%) ArcGIS
6 7 (0.50%) Jupyter
7 5 (0.35%) CMS
8 2 (0.14%) Exchange Server 2013
8 2 (0.14%) IIS
8 2 (0.14%) Moodle
8 2 (0.14%) Totara
8 2 (0.14%) WordPress
9 1 (0.071%) OpenEdge
Applications
1 66 (4.67%) Microsoft Office
2 55 (3.89%) Microsoft Excel
3 37 (2.62%) Acrobat
4 13 (0.92%) 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%) Microsoft Project
8 5 (0.35%) Adobe XD
8 5 (0.35%) Sketch
9 3 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
9 3 (0.21%) Trello
10 2 (0.14%) Camtasia
10 2 (0.14%) InVision
10 2 (0.14%) MS Visio
10 2 (0.14%) PlantUML
11 1 (0.071%) AutoCAD
11 1 (0.071%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 24 (1.70%) Cloudability
2 6 (0.42%) Workday HCM
3 5 (0.35%) SAP HR
4 4 (0.28%) NetSuite
5 3 (0.21%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.21%) JDE EnterpriseOne
5 3 (0.21%) SAP EHS
5 3 (0.21%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 2 (0.14%) Academy Housing
6 2 (0.14%) Elite 3E
6 2 (0.14%) NEC Housing
7 1 (0.071%) Exchequer
7 1 (0.071%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 1 (0.071%) Raiser’s Edge
7 1 (0.071%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.071%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 243 (17.19%) Azure
2 136 (9.62%) AWS
3 94 (6.65%) GCP
4 81 (5.73%) Power Platform
5 79 (5.59%) Microsoft 365
6 76 (5.37%) Azure DevOps
7 39 (2.76%) Serverless
8 35 (2.48%) GitHub
9 30 (2.12%) Entra ID
10 27 (1.91%) PaaS
11 26 (1.84%) SaaS
12 24 (1.70%) Figma
13 23 (1.63%) Microsoft Purview
14 21 (1.49%) dbt
15 20 (1.41%) IaaS
16 19 (1.34%) Azure Monitor
17 18 (1.27%) Azure Key Vault
18 14 (0.99%) Azure Sentinel
18 14 (0.99%) Power Automate
19 13 (0.92%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 59 (4.17%) Broadband
2 41 (2.90%) Firewall
3 29 (2.05%) VPN
4 21 (1.49%) DNS
5 20 (1.41%) Network Security
5 20 (1.41%) WAN
6 19 (1.34%) DHCP
6 19 (1.34%) LAN
6 19 (1.34%) TCP/IP
7 18 (1.27%) Internet
8 11 (0.78%) Wi-Fi
9 7 (0.50%) VLAN
9 7 (0.50%) Wireless
10 6 (0.42%) 4G
10 6 (0.42%) SAN
11 4 (0.28%) BGP
11 4 (0.28%) SMTP
11 4 (0.28%) SSL
11 4 (0.28%) WLAN
12 3 (0.21%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (4.88%) Power BI
2 25 (1.77%) PostgreSQL
3 21 (1.49%) Tableau
4 17 (1.20%) SQL Server
5 16 (1.13%) GIS
6 15 (1.06%) Azure SQL Database
6 15 (1.06%) Metadata
7 14 (0.99%) MySQL
8 13 (0.92%) Geospatial Data
8 13 (0.92%) Relational Database
9 12 (0.85%) MongoDB
10 10 (0.71%) BigQuery
11 9 (0.64%) Looker
12 8 (0.57%) Amazon RDS
12 8 (0.57%) Elasticsearch
12 8 (0.57%) NoSQL
13 7 (0.50%) Amazon Athena
13 7 (0.50%) Data Warehouse
13 7 (0.50%) DynamoDB
13 7 (0.50%) Redis
Development Applications
1 57 (4.03%) Jenkins
2 47 (3.32%) GitLab
3 42 (2.97%) JIRA
4 39 (2.76%) Git
5 34 (2.40%) SonarQube
6 22 (1.56%) Snyk
7 14 (0.99%) fastlane
8 10 (0.71%) Postman
9 9 (0.64%) LabVIEW
10 8 (0.57%) Cucumber
10 8 (0.57%) Xcode
11 7 (0.50%) Moq
12 6 (0.42%) Android Studio
12 6 (0.42%) Crashlytics
12 6 (0.42%) Gradle
12 6 (0.42%) JMeter
13 5 (0.35%) Zephyr
14 4 (0.28%) Gatling
14 4 (0.28%) JUnit
14 4 (0.28%) MSI
General
1 517 (36.56%) Social Skills
2 281 (19.87%) Finance
3 185 (13.08%) Public Sector
4 172 (12.16%) Analytical Skills
5 130 (9.19%) Marketing
6 98 (6.93%) Legal
7 96 (6.79%) Law
8 94 (6.65%) Retail
9 77 (5.45%) Organisational Skills
10 55 (3.89%) Games
10 55 (3.89%) Local Government
11 35 (2.48%) Manufacturing
12 26 (1.84%) Influencing Skills
13 23 (1.63%) Electronics
14 22 (1.56%) Aerospace
14 22 (1.56%) Banking
15 18 (1.27%) Presentation Skills
16 14 (0.99%) Aviation
17 13 (0.92%) Advertising
17 13 (0.92%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 297 (21.00%) Senior
2 179 (12.66%) Analyst
3 150 (10.61%) Architect
4 77 (5.45%) Lead
5 68 (4.81%) Sales Executive
6 66 (4.67%) Developer
7 62 (4.38%) Senior Analyst
8 51 (3.61%) Business Analyst
8 51 (3.61%) IT Engineer
9 45 (3.18%) Solutions Architect
10 36 (2.55%) Cloud Architect
11 35 (2.48%) Senior Architect
12 34 (2.40%) Project Manager
13 33 (2.33%) Account Executive
13 33 (2.33%) Salesforce Architect
13 33 (2.33%) Technical Architect
14 31 (2.19%) IT Support
15 30 (2.12%) IT Manager
15 30 (2.12%) Systems Engineer
16 27 (1.91%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (3.89%) REST
2 38 (2.69%) SOAP
3 36 (2.55%) Lightning Web Components
3 36 (2.55%) Visualforce
4 29 (2.05%) RESTful
5 26 (1.84%) .NET
6 25 (1.77%) CSS
6 25 (1.77%) HTML
7 21 (1.49%) EDI
8 19 (1.34%) Android SDK
9 17 (1.20%) Node.js
10 15 (1.06%) XML
11 13 (0.92%) GraphQL
11 13 (0.92%) React
12 11 (0.78%) .NET Framework
13 9 (0.64%) Spring
13 9 (0.64%) Spring Boot
13 9 (0.64%) Web Services
14 8 (0.57%) .NET Core
14 8 (0.57%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 110 (7.78%) Product Ownership
2 109 (7.71%) Driving Licence
3 107 (7.57%) Onboarding
4 80 (5.66%) Self-Motivation
5 52 (3.68%) Management Information System
6 51 (3.61%) Cloud Native
7 48 (3.39%) Social Media
8 47 (3.32%) Cyberattack
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 15 (1.06%) Legacy Systems
15 13 (0.92%) Data Structures
15 13 (0.92%) Enterprise Software
15 13 (0.92%) Public Cloud
16 12 (0.85%) Graphic Design
16 12 (0.85%) Podcast
Operating Systems
1 86 (6.08%) Windows
2 42 (2.97%) Linux
3 32 (2.26%) Windows Server
4 24 (1.70%) Android
5 19 (1.34%) Apple iOS
6 16 (1.13%) VMS
7 14 (0.99%) Unix
7 14 (0.99%) Windows 10
8 8 (0.57%) Mac OS
9 5 (0.35%) Windows Server 2016
10 4 (0.28%) Debian
10 4 (0.28%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 326 (23.06%) Agile
2 294 (20.79%) AI
3 238 (16.83%) Problem-Solving
4 209 (14.78%) Continuous Improvement
5 197 (13.93%) CI/CD
6 194 (13.72%) Decision-Making
7 182 (12.87%) DevOps
8 166 (11.74%) Cybersecurity
9 165 (11.67%) Mentoring
10 143 (10.11%) Roadmaps
11 127 (8.98%) Analytics
12 124 (8.77%) Stakeholder Management
13 118 (8.35%) Customer Service
14 107 (7.57%) Scrum
15 94 (6.65%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
16 93 (6.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 86 (6.08%) Technology Strategy
18 81 (5.73%) Coaching
19 79 (5.59%) B2B
19 79 (5.59%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 118 (8.35%) Python
2 115 (8.13%) SQL
3 51 (3.61%) Java
4 45 (3.18%) PowerShell
5 36 (2.55%) Apex Code
6 34 (2.40%) SOQL
6 34 (2.40%) SOSL
7 28 (1.98%) JavaScript
8 27 (1.91%) C#
9 25 (1.77%) Bicep
10 23 (1.63%) Bash
11 20 (1.41%) Kotlin
11 20 (1.41%) TypeScript
12 19 (1.34%) Kusto Query Language
13 9 (0.64%) MATLAB
14 7 (0.50%) C++
14 7 (0.50%) Swift
14 7 (0.50%) XAML
15 6 (0.42%) PHP
16 5 (0.35%) Go
Qualifications
1 295 (20.86%) Degree
2 180 (12.73%) Security Cleared
3 162 (11.46%) SC Cleared
4 79 (5.59%) DBS Check
5 33 (2.33%) BPSS Clearance
6 32 (2.26%) Microsoft Certification
7 29 (2.05%) AWS Certification
7 29 (2.05%) Azure Certification
8 25 (1.77%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 24 (1.70%) HNC
10 21 (1.49%) Computer Science Degree
11 19 (1.34%) Master's Degree
12 16 (1.13%) Chartered Engineer
13 15 (1.06%) CompTIA Security+
14 13 (0.92%) CISSP
14 13 (0.92%) PhD
14 13 (0.92%) Postgraduate
15 11 (0.78%) DV Cleared
15 11 (0.78%) SANS
16 10 (0.71%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 83 (5.87%) Accessibility
2 62 (4.38%) Data Quality
3 54 (3.82%) SLA
4 50 (3.54%) GDPR
5 39 (2.76%) NIST
6 38 (2.69%) QA
7 36 (2.55%) GRC
8 34 (2.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 34 (2.40%) WCAG
9 24 (1.70%) Cyber Essentials
10 14 (0.99%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 13 (0.92%) PCI DSS
12 11 (0.78%) NCSC
13 10 (0.71%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 4 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
14 4 (0.28%) COBIT
14 4 (0.28%) GAAP
14 4 (0.28%) IFRS
14 4 (0.28%) SOC 2
15 3 (0.21%) ARP4761
System Software
1 69 (4.88%) Active Directory
2 53 (3.75%) Docker
3 26 (1.84%) Virtual Machines
4 25 (1.77%) VMware Infrastructure
5 16 (1.13%) 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 63 (4.46%) Terraform
2 36 (2.55%) Kubernetes
3 24 (1.70%) Microsoft Intune
4 9 (0.64%) Autotask
4 9 (0.64%) Grafana
4 9 (0.64%) SCCM
5 5 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (0.35%) vCenter Server
5 5 (0.35%) WSUS
6 4 (0.28%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 4 (0.28%) AWS Copilot
6 4 (0.28%) SolarWinds Orion
7 3 (0.21%) Check_MK
8 2 (0.14%) Ansible
8 2 (0.14%) CASB
8 2 (0.14%) Opsgenie
8 2 (0.14%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.071%) Argo
9 1 (0.071%) Functional Safety
9 1 (0.071%) QRadar
Vendors
1 274 (19.38%) Microsoft
2 94 (6.65%) Adobe
3 66 (4.67%) Google
3 66 (4.67%) Salesforce
4 44 (3.11%) Cisco
5 40 (2.83%) Apple
6 36 (2.55%) ServiceNow
7 35 (2.48%) Splunk
8 31 (2.19%) VMware
9 30 (2.12%) Palo Alto
10 27 (1.91%) CrowdStrike
11 23 (1.63%) Tenable
12 19 (1.34%) Instagram
13 17 (1.20%) SAP
14 14 (0.99%) Dynatrace
15 12 (0.85%) Fortinet
15 12 (0.85%) ScienceLogic
16 11 (0.78%) Hootsuite
16 11 (0.78%) Pega
16 11 (0.78%) Wrike