Inclusion and Diversity Job Trends in England

Inclusion and Diversity
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Inclusion and Diversity in permanent job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Inclusion and Diversity over the 6 months leading up to 10 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 39 45
Rank change year-on-year +28 +6 -11
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 5,008 2,933 2,496
As % of all permanent jobs in England 10.17% 5.27% 5.54%
As % of the General category 16.41% 8.39% 8.57%
Number of salaries quoted 813 643 1,125
10th Percentile £20,000 £36,343 £38,200
25th Percentile £29,250 £48,750 £53,017
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £65,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% -7.14% +12.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £80,000 £88,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £92,500 £108,750
UK median annual salary £50,000 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% -3.85% +4.17%

All General Skills
England

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 common skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 30,518 34,941 29,131
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 62.00% 62.76% 64.66%
Number of salaries quoted 17,095 16,937 21,831
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £44,106 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - -0.83%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £96,750 £102,500 £102,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - -

Inclusion and Diversity
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Inclusion and Diversity relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Inclusion and Diversity job vacancy trend in England

Inclusion and Diversity
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Inclusion and Diversity.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Inclusion and Diversity

Inclusion and Diversity
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity in England over the 6 months to 10 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Inclusion and Diversity in England

Inclusion and Diversity
Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 10 December 2025. 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 +62 1,612 £32,000 -41.82% 335
North West +53 1,424 £34,178 -39.72% 191
London +15 1,116 £58,000 -17.14% 526
Midlands +62 1,111 £47,500 -5.58% 305
West Midlands +66 962 £47,500 -9.52% 188
South East +17 684 £52,500 -12.50% 524
East of England +8 310 £59,500 +32.22% 156
Yorkshire +32 176 £26,450 -48.39% 104
East Midlands +32 157 £35,000 -12.50% 105
South West -16 155 £28,500 -32.94% 174
North East -2 12 £46,250 -28.85% 40
Inclusion and Diversity
UK

Inclusion and Diversity
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 42 (0.84%) SharePoint
2 12 (0.24%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (0.12%) Apache Spark
3 6 (0.12%) CMS
3 6 (0.12%) Confluence
4 4 (0.080%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.040%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 2 (0.040%) Apache
5 2 (0.040%) ArcGIS
5 2 (0.040%) WordPress
6 1 (0.020%) Apache Pulsar
6 1 (0.020%) Drupal
6 1 (0.020%) HCL Notes
6 1 (0.020%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.020%) nginx
6 1 (0.020%) Sitecore CMS
6 1 (0.020%) Traefik
Applications
1 98 (1.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 81 (1.62%) Microsoft Office
3 31 (0.62%) Adobe XD
4 19 (0.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 17 (0.34%) AutoCAD
6 10 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
7 7 (0.14%) MS Visio
8 5 (0.100%) Photoshop
9 4 (0.080%) Adobe After Effects
9 4 (0.080%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 4 (0.080%) Revit
9 4 (0.080%) Spreadsheet
10 3 (0.060%) Simulink
11 2 (0.040%) Adobe Illustrator
11 2 (0.040%) Adobe Premiere
11 2 (0.040%) CINEMA 4D
11 2 (0.040%) Civil 3D
11 2 (0.040%) InDesign
11 2 (0.040%) ProjectWise
12 1 (0.020%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 32 (0.64%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (0.28%) NetSuite
3 8 (0.16%) Oracle Payables
4 7 (0.14%) Salesforce CRM
5 4 (0.080%) SAP CO
5 4 (0.080%) SAP FI
5 4 (0.080%) SAP FI/CO
6 3 (0.060%) Adobe Campaign
6 3 (0.060%) Misys Midas
6 3 (0.060%) Primavera
6 3 (0.060%) Workday HCM
7 2 (0.040%) Dynamics NAV
7 2 (0.040%) Integrated Workplace Management System
8 1 (0.020%) Dynamics AX
8 1 (0.020%) Elite 3E
8 1 (0.020%) Infor M3
8 1 (0.020%) Misys Equation
8 1 (0.020%) Oracle EBS
8 1 (0.020%) SAP Business One
8 1 (0.020%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 3,040 (60.70%) Cloud Computing
2 221 (4.41%) Azure
3 188 (3.75%) AWS
4 140 (2.80%) Microsoft 365
5 133 (2.66%) Power Platform
6 97 (1.94%) SaaS
7 95 (1.90%) GCP
8 45 (0.90%) Dynamics 365
9 40 (0.80%) Figma
10 35 (0.70%) Azure DevOps
11 32 (0.64%) Power Automate
12 30 (0.60%) Entra ID
13 29 (0.58%) Amazon EKS
14 24 (0.48%) Google Analytics
15 22 (0.44%) GitHub
16 19 (0.38%) Microsoft Purview
16 19 (0.38%) Miro
17 18 (0.36%) PowerApps
18 16 (0.32%) Amazon S3
19 14 (0.28%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 3,063 (61.16%) Internet
2 28 (0.56%) LAN
3 27 (0.54%) Firewall
4 23 (0.46%) WAN
5 22 (0.44%) VPN
6 16 (0.32%) DNS
7 13 (0.26%) Wi-Fi
8 12 (0.24%) Network Security
8 12 (0.24%) TCP/IP
9 11 (0.22%) DHCP
10 8 (0.16%) Wireless
11 7 (0.14%) BGP
11 7 (0.14%) Broadband
11 7 (0.14%) VLAN
12 6 (0.12%) WAAS
13 5 (0.100%) SAN
14 4 (0.080%) EIGRP
14 4 (0.080%) OSPF
14 4 (0.080%) SNMP
14 4 (0.080%) TACACS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 101 (2.02%) Power BI
2 54 (1.08%) Tableau
3 38 (0.76%) Data Lake
4 36 (0.72%) Metadata
5 30 (0.60%) Relational Database
6 26 (0.52%) Big Data
7 18 (0.36%) PostgreSQL
8 17 (0.34%) Data Warehouse
8 17 (0.34%) SQL Server
9 13 (0.26%) NoSQL
9 13 (0.26%) Power Query
10 12 (0.24%) MySQL
11 8 (0.16%) GIS
12 7 (0.14%) Amazon RDS
13 6 (0.12%) Apache Iceberg
14 5 (0.100%) Amazon Aurora
14 5 (0.100%) Delta Lake
14 5 (0.100%) KDB
15 4 (0.080%) Amazon Redshift
15 4 (0.080%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 38 (0.76%) JIRA
2 28 (0.56%) Git
3 25 (0.50%) Axure RP
3 25 (0.50%) Balsamiq
4 16 (0.32%) TeamCity
5 13 (0.26%) Jenkins
6 12 (0.24%) Selenium
7 9 (0.18%) Cypress.io
7 9 (0.18%) GitLab
8 7 (0.14%) WebDriver
9 4 (0.080%) Rational DOORS
9 4 (0.080%) Vite
10 3 (0.060%) JUnit
10 3 (0.060%) Rational Rhapsody
10 3 (0.060%) Spinnaker
10 3 (0.060%) Storybook
11 2 (0.040%) ER Studio
11 2 (0.040%) JMeter
11 2 (0.040%) LabVIEW
11 2 (0.040%) Mockito
General
1 3,613 (72.14%) Social Skills
2 3,209 (64.08%) Banking
3 739 (14.76%) Finance
4 309 (6.17%) Law
5 296 (5.91%) Analytical Skills
6 227 (4.53%) Retail
7 218 (4.35%) Public Sector
8 199 (3.97%) Marketing
9 119 (2.38%) Financial Institution
10 117 (2.34%) Organisational Skills
11 97 (1.94%) Legal
12 79 (1.58%) Presentation Skills
13 46 (0.92%) Back Office
14 44 (0.88%) Influencing Skills
14 44 (0.88%) Telecoms
15 34 (0.68%) Pharmaceutical
16 28 (0.56%) Retail Banking
17 22 (0.44%) French Language
18 18 (0.36%) Swedish Language
19 17 (0.34%) Games
Job Titles
1 2,296 (45.85%) Lecturer
2 343 (6.85%) Senior
3 194 (3.87%) Analyst
4 182 (3.63%) Lead
5 147 (2.94%) Systems Engineer
6 139 (2.78%) Facilities Engineer
7 137 (2.74%) Senior Manager
8 106 (2.12%) Software Engineer
9 91 (1.82%) Architect
10 83 (1.66%) Project Engineer
11 77 (1.54%) Developer
12 63 (1.26%) Microsoft Specialist
13 61 (1.22%) Project Manager
14 59 (1.18%) Account Manager
15 57 (1.14%) Business Analyst
16 55 (1.10%) Data Analyst
17 54 (1.08%) Sales Manager
18 45 (0.90%) Sales Account Manager
18 45 (0.90%) Senior Account Manager
18 45 (0.90%) Senior Sales Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (0.92%) EDI
2 45 (0.90%) React
3 35 (0.70%) CSS
4 34 (0.68%) HTML
4 34 (0.68%) REST
5 27 (0.54%) Kafka
5 27 (0.54%) Spring
6 24 (0.48%) .NET
7 23 (0.46%) RESTful
8 16 (0.32%) Spring Boot
9 15 (0.30%) Node.js
10 14 (0.28%) Django
10 14 (0.28%) HTML5 Canvas
10 14 (0.28%) Playwright
11 9 (0.18%) .NET Core
11 9 (0.18%) Middleware
11 9 (0.18%) XML
12 8 (0.16%) .NET Framework
12 8 (0.16%) Visualforce
12 8 (0.16%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 3,032 (60.54%) IoT
2 114 (2.28%) Blog
3 105 (2.10%) Onboarding
4 94 (1.88%) Cloud Native
5 89 (1.78%) Driving Licence
6 87 (1.74%) Management Information System
7 81 (1.62%) Self-Motivation
8 79 (1.58%) Product Ownership
9 42 (0.84%) Data Centre
10 26 (0.52%) Algorithms
11 25 (0.50%) Podcast
12 24 (0.48%) Distributed Systems
13 22 (0.44%) Public Cloud
13 22 (0.44%) Social Media
14 21 (0.42%) CCTV
15 18 (0.36%) Microsoft Licensing
16 17 (0.34%) Analytical Mindset
17 16 (0.32%) Enterprise Software
17 16 (0.32%) Security Posture
18 15 (0.30%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 66 (1.32%) Windows
2 26 (0.52%) Linux
3 15 (0.30%) Android
4 13 (0.26%) Apple iOS
4 13 (0.26%) Unix
5 11 (0.22%) Windows 10
5 11 (0.22%) Windows Server
6 9 (0.18%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.020%) Debian
7 1 (0.020%) Embedded Linux
7 1 (0.020%) OpenWrt
7 1 (0.020%) VMS
7 1 (0.020%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.020%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 3,429 (68.47%) AI
2 3,161 (63.12%) Cybersecurity
3 3,086 (61.62%) User Experience
4 3,079 (61.48%) Machine Learning
5 3,038 (60.66%) Web Development
6 355 (7.09%) Agile
7 319 (6.37%) Problem-Solving
8 314 (6.27%) Mentoring
9 272 (5.43%) Continuous Improvement
10 232 (4.63%) Customer Service
11 198 (3.95%) Analytics
12 191 (3.81%) Decision-Making
13 186 (3.71%) Software Engineering
14 164 (3.27%) CRM
15 147 (2.94%) Inventory Management
15 147 (2.94%) Project Management
16 145 (2.90%) Preventative Maintenance
17 143 (2.86%) Coaching
18 141 (2.82%) B2B
19 135 (2.70%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 168 (3.35%) Python
2 110 (2.20%) SQL
3 107 (2.14%) Java
4 65 (1.30%) JavaScript
5 48 (0.96%) C#
6 26 (0.52%) TypeScript
7 21 (0.42%) Kotlin
8 19 (0.38%) PowerShell
9 18 (0.36%) Go
9 18 (0.36%) PHP
10 14 (0.28%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 12 (0.24%) C++
12 8 (0.16%) Apex Code
12 8 (0.16%) C
13 7 (0.14%) R
14 6 (0.12%) Scala
15 5 (0.100%) MATLAB
16 4 (0.080%) Shell Script
17 3 (0.060%) ActionScript
17 3 (0.060%) Lua
Qualifications
1 3,621 (72.30%) Degree
2 3,158 (63.06%) Postgraduate
3 3,049 (60.88%) Master's Degree
4 3,014 (60.18%) PhD
5 147 (2.94%) City & Guilds
6 141 (2.82%) NVQ Level 3
7 113 (2.26%) Security Cleared
8 99 (1.98%) SC Cleared
9 64 (1.28%) DBS Check
10 62 (1.24%) Computer Science Degree
11 45 (0.90%) AWS Certification
11 45 (0.90%) Microsoft Certification
12 41 (0.82%) Azure Certification
13 34 (0.68%) HND
14 32 (0.64%) CISSP
14 32 (0.64%) Numerate Degree
15 29 (0.58%) PMP
16 26 (0.52%) HNC
17 21 (0.42%) ACCA
18 20 (0.40%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 139 (2.78%) COSHH
2 86 (1.72%) QA
3 70 (1.40%) Accessibility
4 62 (1.24%) Data Quality
5 50 (1.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 45 (0.90%) GDPR
7 44 (0.88%) NIST
8 38 (0.76%) SLA
9 33 (0.66%) Cyber Essentials
10 31 (0.62%) WCAG
11 24 (0.48%) PMO
12 16 (0.32%) PCI DSS
13 14 (0.28%) EU AI Act
14 10 (0.20%) GRC
14 10 (0.20%) SOC 2
15 9 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 6 (0.12%) Actionable Recommendations
16 6 (0.12%) ISO 19650
16 6 (0.12%) NIST 800
17 5 (0.100%) COBIT
System Software
1 64 (1.28%) Active Directory
2 22 (0.44%) Docker
3 21 (0.42%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.100%) ProxySG
4 5 (0.100%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.060%) Virtual Servers
5 3 (0.060%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.040%) Firmware
6 2 (0.040%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.040%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 1 (0.020%) iptables
7 1 (0.020%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 67 (1.34%) Kubernetes
2 61 (1.22%) Terraform
3 23 (0.46%) Grafana
3 23 (0.46%) Microsoft Intune
4 11 (0.22%) Ansible
5 8 (0.16%) SCCM
5 8 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (0.12%) Prometheus
7 4 (0.080%) Argo
8 3 (0.060%) ArcSight ESM
8 3 (0.060%) Jamf Pro
8 3 (0.060%) QRadar
8 3 (0.060%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 2 (0.040%) CASB
9 2 (0.040%) Nessus
10 1 (0.020%) CSIRT
10 1 (0.020%) HAProxy
10 1 (0.020%) Kustomize
10 1 (0.020%) Nmap
10 1 (0.020%) Puppet
Vendors
1 434 (8.67%) Microsoft
2 64 (1.28%) Adobe
2 64 (1.28%) Salesforce
3 61 (1.22%) Cisco
4 46 (0.92%) Google
5 37 (0.74%) NEC
6 31 (0.62%) Alteryx
7 30 (0.60%) Apple
7 30 (0.60%) Bloomberg
8 24 (0.48%) VMware
9 19 (0.38%) ServiceNow
10 18 (0.36%) Databricks
10 18 (0.36%) Palo Alto
11 17 (0.34%) SAP
12 16 (0.32%) Oracle
13 14 (0.28%) Dell
14 11 (0.22%) Facebook
14 11 (0.22%) IBM
14 11 (0.22%) McAfee
14 11 (0.22%) Splunk