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

6 months to
7 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 58 16 33
Rank change year-on-year -42 +17 +9
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 2,163 2,806 2,581
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 2.50% 8.08% 4.98%
As % of the General category 5.68% 12.28% 9.21%
Number of salaries quoted 908 487 532
10th Percentile £28,000 £25,500 £28,745
25th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £50,577
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -11.03% -8.04%
75th Percentile £66,250 £60,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,312 £82,241 £79,225
UK median annual salary £55,000 £53,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +2.80% -10.83% -7.69%

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 38,092 22,856 28,010
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 44.06% 65.78% 54.08%
Number of salaries quoted 23,644 11,083 12,526
10th Percentile £28,750 £26,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £43,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.94% -13.00% -0.99%
75th Percentile £65,000 £61,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.76% -8.70% -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 7 October 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 7 October 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 -50 584 £48,750 +4.31% 736
South East -26 456 £56,000 +1.82% 547
Midlands -33 364 £45,000 -5.26% 359
North West -50 334 £42,000 -8.64% 435
South West -22 263 £42,000 +23.53% 307
East of England +3 203 £38,000 -31.22% 260
West Midlands -35 191 £58,375 +6.14% 244
East Midlands -9 172 £40,258 +23.87% 115
North East +14 142 £65,500 +166.59% 111
Scotland -20 142 £35,000 +16.67% 480
Wales +5 109 £54,000 -5.97% 78
Yorkshire +12 108 £37,977 -55.32% 190
Northern Ireland -49 49 £74,742 -3.21% 116
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 (2.03%) Microsoft Exchange
2 43 (1.99%) SharePoint
3 33 (1.53%) CMS
4 27 (1.25%) Confluence
5 20 (0.92%) Apache Spark
6 16 (0.74%) Apache Airflow
7 15 (0.69%) Apache
8 10 (0.46%) Jupyter
9 6 (0.28%) WordPress
10 5 (0.23%) Moodle
11 3 (0.14%) Headless CMS
11 3 (0.14%) IIS
12 2 (0.092%) Skype for Business
12 2 (0.092%) Totara
13 1 (0.046%) Cloud Foundry
13 1 (0.046%) OpenEdge
13 1 (0.046%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 120 (5.55%) Microsoft Office
2 117 (5.41%) Microsoft Excel
3 31 (1.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 19 (0.88%) Maple
5 17 (0.79%) Simulink
6 16 (0.74%) Revit
7 13 (0.60%) Spreadsheet
8 12 (0.55%) AutoCAD
9 10 (0.46%) Adobe After Effects
9 10 (0.46%) Adobe Illustrator
9 10 (0.46%) Photoshop
10 9 (0.42%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 9 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
11 8 (0.37%) Adobe XD
11 8 (0.37%) InDesign
12 7 (0.32%) MS Visio
12 7 (0.32%) Sketch
13 6 (0.28%) Notion
14 5 (0.23%) Chatbot
15 4 (0.18%) Mathcad
Business Applications
1 23 (1.06%) Dynamics CRM
2 22 (1.02%) SAP S/4HANA
3 19 (0.88%) Cloudability
4 14 (0.65%) SAP EHS
4 14 (0.65%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 12 (0.55%) Workday HCM
6 11 (0.51%) Primavera
7 9 (0.42%) Teamcenter
8 6 (0.28%) NetSuite
9 4 (0.18%) SAP SD
9 4 (0.18%) SAP WM
9 4 (0.18%) Shopify
10 3 (0.14%) JDE EnterpriseOne
10 3 (0.14%) Misys Midas
10 3 (0.14%) SAP ERP
10 3 (0.14%) SAP MM
10 3 (0.14%) SAP R/3
11 2 (0.092%) Adobe Campaign
11 2 (0.092%) NEC Housing
11 2 (0.092%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 330 (15.26%) Azure
2 257 (11.88%) AWS
3 125 (5.78%) GCP
4 109 (5.04%) Power Platform
5 105 (4.85%) SaaS
6 98 (4.53%) Azure DevOps
7 92 (4.25%) Microsoft 365
8 58 (2.68%) Serverless
9 55 (2.54%) GitHub
10 42 (1.94%) Entra ID
11 38 (1.76%) Dynamics 365
12 33 (1.53%) Azure Key Vault
12 33 (1.53%) dbt
13 30 (1.39%) PaaS
14 29 (1.34%) IaaS
15 28 (1.29%) Figma
15 28 (1.29%) GitHub Actions
16 27 (1.25%) Azure Monitor
17 22 (1.02%) Microsoft Copilot
17 22 (1.02%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 36 (1.66%) Firewall
2 33 (1.53%) Ethernet
3 32 (1.48%) Internet
4 30 (1.39%) Modbus
5 27 (1.25%) Network Security
6 25 (1.16%) 5G
6 25 (1.16%) Profibus
7 22 (1.02%) DNS
7 22 (1.02%) VPN
8 20 (0.92%) TCP/IP
9 14 (0.65%) LAN
10 13 (0.60%) DHCP
11 12 (0.55%) SAN
11 12 (0.55%) WAN
12 10 (0.46%) SSL
12 10 (0.46%) VLAN
13 9 (0.42%) HTTP
14 8 (0.37%) Wireless
15 4 (0.18%) Broadband
15 4 (0.18%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 83 (3.84%) Power BI
2 46 (2.13%) SQL Server
3 42 (1.94%) Tableau
4 24 (1.11%) Relational Database
5 23 (1.06%) PostgreSQL
6 22 (1.02%) MongoDB
7 19 (0.88%) Data Lake
7 19 (0.88%) Elasticsearch
7 19 (0.88%) MySQL
8 17 (0.79%) Azure SQL Database
8 17 (0.79%) GIS
8 17 (0.79%) Metadata
8 17 (0.79%) NoSQL
9 15 (0.69%) Big Data
9 15 (0.69%) Data Warehouse
9 15 (0.69%) DynamoDB
10 12 (0.55%) Amazon Athena
11 10 (0.46%) Looker
12 9 (0.42%) BigQuery
12 9 (0.42%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 105 (4.85%) Git
2 54 (2.50%) JIRA
3 48 (2.22%) Jenkins
4 32 (1.48%) GitLab
5 19 (0.88%) Rational DOORS
6 16 (0.74%) Snyk
7 14 (0.65%) LabVIEW
8 12 (0.55%) Gatling
9 11 (0.51%) fastlane
9 11 (0.51%) JMeter
10 10 (0.46%) Cypress.io
11 9 (0.42%) LoadRunner
12 8 (0.37%) MSI
13 7 (0.32%) Moq
14 6 (0.28%) Xcode
15 5 (0.23%) Android Studio
15 5 (0.23%) Crashlytics
15 5 (0.23%) Gradle
16 4 (0.18%) Claude Code
16 4 (0.18%) JUnit
General
1 929 (42.95%) Social Skills
2 623 (28.80%) Finance
3 321 (14.84%) Analytical Skills
4 289 (13.36%) Public Sector
5 269 (12.44%) Marketing
6 172 (7.95%) Law
7 148 (6.84%) Aerospace
8 138 (6.38%) Organisational Skills
9 134 (6.20%) Retail
10 110 (5.09%) Legal
11 96 (4.44%) Manufacturing
12 83 (3.84%) Local Government
13 74 (3.42%) Electronics
14 73 (3.37%) Telecoms
15 67 (3.10%) Presentation Skills
16 63 (2.91%) Influencing Skills
17 46 (2.13%) Banking
18 31 (1.43%) Military
19 26 (1.20%) Financial Institution
20 23 (1.06%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 374 (17.29%) Senior
2 225 (10.40%) Lead
3 176 (8.14%) Analyst
4 153 (7.07%) Architect
5 131 (6.06%) Sales Executive
6 112 (5.18%) Developer
7 86 (3.98%) Consultant
8 65 (3.01%) Account Executive
9 57 (2.64%) Senior Analyst
10 55 (2.54%) Software Engineer
11 53 (2.45%) Project Engineer
11 53 (2.45%) Systems Engineer
12 48 (2.22%) Business Analyst
13 44 (2.03%) Electrical Engineer
14 43 (1.99%) Design Engineer
15 37 (1.71%) Designer
16 36 (1.66%) Technical Architect
17 35 (1.62%) Project Manager
18 33 (1.53%) Senior Architect
18 33 (1.53%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 83 (3.84%) Terraform
2 59 (2.73%) CSS
3 55 (2.54%) .NET
4 47 (2.17%) HTML
5 46 (2.13%) RESTful
6 37 (1.71%) REST
7 35 (1.62%) React
8 34 (1.57%) Node.js
8 34 (1.57%) XML
9 33 (1.53%) EDI
10 27 (1.25%) .NET Core
11 26 (1.20%) Spring
12 23 (1.06%) Spring Boot
13 22 (1.02%) .NET Framework
14 21 (0.97%) Kafka
15 20 (0.92%) Middleware
16 19 (0.88%) LangChain
17 18 (0.83%) AngularJS
17 18 (0.83%) Entity Framework
17 18 (0.83%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 245 (11.33%) Onboarding
2 213 (9.85%) Driving Licence
3 125 (5.78%) Self-Motivation
4 106 (4.90%) Management Information System
5 93 (4.30%) Cloud Native
6 87 (4.02%) Product Ownership
7 65 (3.01%) Social Media
8 62 (2.87%) Data Centre
9 57 (2.64%) Marketing Technology
10 49 (2.27%) SCADA
11 46 (2.13%) Public Cloud
12 33 (1.53%) Algorithms
13 28 (1.29%) Security Posture
14 26 (1.20%) Distributed Systems
14 26 (1.20%) Renewable Energy
15 25 (1.16%) Cyber Threat
16 24 (1.11%) Cyberattack
17 22 (1.02%) Data Structures
17 22 (1.02%) FPGA
17 22 (1.02%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 124 (5.73%) Windows
2 59 (2.73%) Linux
3 28 (1.29%) Windows Server
4 20 (0.92%) Apple iOS
4 20 (0.92%) VMS
5 14 (0.65%) Mac OS
5 14 (0.65%) Windows 10
6 13 (0.60%) Android
7 12 (0.55%) Unix
8 5 (0.23%) VxWorks
9 3 (0.14%) AIX
9 3 (0.14%) Solaris
10 2 (0.092%) Windows 7
11 1 (0.046%) Data ONTAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 552 (25.52%) AI
2 506 (23.39%) Agile
3 427 (19.74%) Problem-Solving
4 399 (18.45%) Continuous Improvement
5 305 (14.10%) Mentoring
6 300 (13.87%) Decision-Making
7 262 (12.11%) Stakeholder Management
8 239 (11.05%) CI/CD
9 223 (10.31%) DevOps
10 221 (10.22%) Cybersecurity
11 188 (8.69%) Roadmaps
12 186 (8.60%) Analytics
13 185 (8.55%) Customer Service
14 168 (7.77%) Validation
15 166 (7.67%) Coaching
16 164 (7.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 154 (7.12%) CRM
18 152 (7.03%) Collaborative Working
19 144 (6.66%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
20 141 (6.52%) Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 177 (8.18%) Python
2 138 (6.38%) SQL
3 83 (3.84%) JavaScript
4 75 (3.47%) C#
5 65 (3.01%) Java
6 47 (2.17%) PowerShell
7 41 (1.90%) TypeScript
8 30 (1.39%) Bicep
8 30 (1.39%) MATLAB
9 25 (1.16%) Bash
10 22 (1.02%) C++
11 18 (0.83%) Kusto Query Language
12 15 (0.69%) Go
13 11 (0.51%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 11 (0.51%) Ruby
14 10 (0.46%) ABAP
14 10 (0.46%) Ada
15 9 (0.42%) Kotlin
16 7 (0.32%) Scala
16 7 (0.32%) XAML
Qualifications
1 511 (23.62%) Degree
2 411 (19.00%) Security Cleared
3 362 (16.74%) SC Cleared
4 183 (8.46%) DBS Check
5 166 (7.67%) BPSS Clearance
6 134 (6.20%) HNC
7 121 (5.59%) DV Cleared
8 94 (4.35%) Master's Degree
9 54 (2.50%) Azure Certification
10 51 (2.36%) AWS Certification
11 48 (2.22%) Chartered Engineer
12 34 (1.57%) HND
13 32 (1.48%) PhD
14 29 (1.34%) Computer Science Degree
15 27 (1.25%) Microsoft Certification
16 22 (1.02%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
17 15 (0.69%) CISSP
18 14 (0.65%) ACCA
18 14 (0.65%) CIMA
18 14 (0.65%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 269 (12.44%) Accessibility
2 108 (4.99%) QA
3 89 (4.11%) Data Quality
4 67 (3.10%) GDPR
5 66 (3.05%) SLA
6 50 (2.31%) WCAG
7 34 (1.57%) NCSC
8 32 (1.48%) GRC
9 26 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 21 (0.97%) NIST
11 20 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials
12 14 (0.65%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 8 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
14 6 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 6 (0.28%) PCI DSS
15 5 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 20000
16 4 (0.18%) NIST 800
17 3 (0.14%) ISO 9001
17 3 (0.14%) MIL-STD-1553
18 2 (0.092%) GxP
System Software
1 87 (4.02%) Docker
2 73 (3.37%) Active Directory
3 40 (1.85%) Firmware
4 22 (1.02%) VMware Infrastructure
5 21 (0.97%) Virtual Machines
6 13 (0.60%) Virtual Desktop
7 12 (0.55%) vSphere
8 6 (0.28%) Hyper-V
9 5 (0.23%) BitLocker
10 3 (0.14%) NFS
10 3 (0.14%) VMware ESXi
11 2 (0.092%) IAG
12 1 (0.046%) Microsoft App-V
12 1 (0.046%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 69 (3.19%) Kubernetes
2 27 (1.25%) Grafana
3 23 (1.06%) Microsoft Intune
4 14 (0.65%) Ansible
4 14 (0.65%) Prometheus
5 13 (0.60%) SCCM
6 9 (0.42%) Kibana
7 4 (0.18%) Argo
7 4 (0.18%) Autotask
8 3 (0.14%) Jamf Pro
8 3 (0.14%) WSUS
9 2 (0.092%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.092%) Puppet
9 2 (0.092%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.046%) EMC NetWorker
10 1 (0.046%) Proxmox
10 1 (0.046%) QRadar
10 1 (0.046%) SCOM
10 1 (0.046%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.046%) VxRail
Vendors
1 387 (17.89%) Microsoft
2 89 (4.11%) SAP
3 78 (3.61%) Salesforce
3 78 (3.61%) Samsung
4 77 (3.56%) Adobe
5 76 (3.51%) TikTok
6 68 (3.14%) Google
7 47 (2.17%) Workday
8 42 (1.94%) Apple
9 38 (1.76%) Cisco
10 31 (1.43%) Dynatrace
11 29 (1.34%) ServiceNow
12 28 (1.29%) Facebook
13 27 (1.25%) VMware
14 25 (1.16%) Instagram
15 24 (1.11%) Oracle
16 20 (0.92%) Palo Alto
17 19 (0.88%) CrowdStrike
18 17 (0.79%) Botify
19 16 (0.74%) Tenable