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

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 19 34
Rank change year-on-year -28 +15 +11
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 3,039 3,632 3,322
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.92% 8.41% 5.06%
As % of the General category 6.41% 12.26% 8.70%
Number of salaries quoted 1,166 753 759
10th Percentile £28,697 £27,707 £32,500
25th Percentile £39,737 £36,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,625 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.69% -15.96% -7.14%
75th Percentile £70,000 £74,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £82,750 £90,000 £99,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,000 £59,925
% change year-on-year +1.85% -9.89% -7.81%

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 general skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 47,420 29,625 38,203
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 45.55% 68.57% 58.25%
Number of salaries quoted 30,387 15,556 18,822
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,793 £57,945
Median % change year-on-year +0.38% -5.44% -3.43%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £97,500 £100,000
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 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 6 October 2026.

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 6 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
London -16 1,187 £60,000 -4.00% 2,840
North of England -49 577 £47,073 +2.39% 794
South East -27 457 £56,000 +1.82% 592
Midlands -38 354 £45,000 -5.26% 411
North West -50 334 £42,000 -7.16% 452
South West -22 263 £42,000 +23.53% 356
East of England +10 199 £38,000 -31.22% 295
West Midlands -34 190 £57,500 +4.55% 271
East Midlands -14 163 £40,258 +23.87% 140
North East +16 139 £65,500 +166.59% 127
Yorkshire +7 104 £36,989 -56.48% 215
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 55 (1.81%) SharePoint
2 53 (1.74%) Microsoft Exchange
3 40 (1.32%) CMS
4 17 (0.56%) Apache Spark
5 16 (0.53%) Apache Airflow
5 16 (0.53%) Confluence
6 12 (0.39%) Apache
7 11 (0.36%) Jupyter
8 9 (0.30%) WordPress
9 5 (0.16%) Moodle
10 3 (0.099%) Headless CMS
10 3 (0.099%) IIS
11 2 (0.066%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 2 (0.066%) Cloud Foundry
11 2 (0.066%) Palantir Foundry
11 2 (0.066%) SAS
11 2 (0.066%) Skype for Business
11 2 (0.066%) Totara
12 1 (0.033%) nginx
12 1 (0.033%) Umbraco
Applications
1 133 (4.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 120 (3.95%) Microsoft Office
3 46 (1.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 19 (0.63%) Maple
5 17 (0.56%) Revit
6 16 (0.53%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 15 (0.49%) Adobe Illustrator
7 15 (0.49%) Photoshop
8 13 (0.43%) AutoCAD
9 10 (0.33%) Adobe After Effects
9 10 (0.33%) Microsoft Project
9 10 (0.33%) Simulink
9 10 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
10 8 (0.26%) InDesign
11 7 (0.23%) Adobe XD
11 7 (0.23%) Chatbot
12 6 (0.20%) Notion
13 5 (0.16%) MS Visio
14 4 (0.13%) Mathcad
15 3 (0.099%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 43 (1.41%) Dynamics CRM
2 25 (0.82%) SAP S/4HANA
3 21 (0.69%) Cloudability
4 13 (0.43%) NetSuite
4 13 (0.43%) SAP EHS
4 13 (0.43%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 11 (0.36%) Primavera
6 8 (0.26%) Distributed Ledger
7 5 (0.16%) Shopify
8 4 (0.13%) Adobe Campaign
8 4 (0.13%) NEC Housing
8 4 (0.13%) SAP SD
8 4 (0.13%) SAP WM
8 4 (0.13%) Workday HCM
9 3 (0.099%) Dynamics NAV
9 3 (0.099%) JDE EnterpriseOne
9 3 (0.099%) Misys Midas
9 3 (0.099%) SAP ERP
9 3 (0.099%) SAP MM
9 3 (0.099%) SAP R/3
Cloud Services
1 448 (14.74%) AWS
2 420 (13.82%) Azure
3 277 (9.11%) GCP
4 228 (7.50%) SaaS
5 159 (5.23%) Power Platform
6 134 (4.41%) Microsoft 365
7 84 (2.76%) Azure DevOps
8 79 (2.60%) Serverless
9 76 (2.50%) GitHub
10 63 (2.07%) Amazon EKS
10 63 (2.07%) Entra ID
11 56 (1.84%) Dynamics 365
12 47 (1.55%) Figma
13 38 (1.25%) Amazon S3
14 36 (1.18%) Power Automate
15 35 (1.15%) Azure Key Vault
15 35 (1.15%) PowerApps
16 31 (1.02%) dbt
16 31 (1.02%) IaaS
17 30 (0.99%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 81 (2.67%) Internet
2 63 (2.07%) Network Security
3 53 (1.74%) Firewall
4 35 (1.15%) Ethernet
5 31 (1.02%) TCP/IP
6 30 (0.99%) Modbus
7 27 (0.89%) VPN
8 25 (0.82%) Profibus
9 24 (0.79%) DNS
10 23 (0.76%) 5G
11 19 (0.63%) Broadband
12 18 (0.59%) VLAN
13 16 (0.53%) WAN
14 14 (0.46%) LAN
15 13 (0.43%) DHCP
15 13 (0.43%) HTTP
16 12 (0.39%) SSL
17 10 (0.33%) Wireless
18 8 (0.26%) SAN
18 8 (0.26%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 128 (4.21%) Power BI
2 71 (2.34%) PostgreSQL
3 60 (1.97%) SQL Server
4 48 (1.58%) Tableau
5 35 (1.15%) Metadata
6 34 (1.12%) Big Data
7 33 (1.09%) Relational Database
8 30 (0.99%) MySQL
9 26 (0.86%) NoSQL
10 24 (0.79%) Data Lake
10 24 (0.79%) MongoDB
11 23 (0.76%) BigQuery
12 22 (0.72%) Amazon RDS
12 22 (0.72%) Elasticsearch
13 19 (0.63%) Data Warehouse
13 19 (0.63%) GIS
14 17 (0.56%) Azure SQL Database
15 16 (0.53%) DynamoDB
15 16 (0.53%) Looker
16 14 (0.46%) Amazon Athena
Development Applications
1 136 (4.48%) Git
2 74 (2.44%) Jenkins
3 55 (1.81%) JIRA
4 47 (1.55%) TeamCity
5 38 (1.25%) GitLab
6 19 (0.63%) Snyk
7 14 (0.46%) LabVIEW
8 13 (0.43%) Gatling
8 13 (0.43%) JUnit
8 13 (0.43%) Rational DOORS
9 12 (0.39%) JMeter
10 11 (0.36%) Claude Code
10 11 (0.36%) fastlane
11 10 (0.33%) LoadRunner
12 9 (0.30%) Android Studio
12 9 (0.30%) Selenium
13 8 (0.26%) Cypress.io
13 8 (0.26%) Gradle
13 8 (0.26%) MSI
13 8 (0.26%) Xcode
General
1 1,242 (40.87%) Social Skills
2 1,019 (33.53%) Finance
3 577 (18.99%) Law
4 489 (16.09%) Analytical Skills
5 413 (13.59%) Marketing
6 362 (11.91%) Public Sector
7 318 (10.46%) Banking
8 314 (10.33%) Retail
9 191 (6.28%) Legal
10 171 (5.63%) Organisational Skills
11 136 (4.48%) Financial Institution
12 113 (3.72%) Aerospace
13 111 (3.65%) Presentation Skills
14 102 (3.36%) Local Government
15 101 (3.32%) Back Office
15 101 (3.32%) Influencing Skills
16 91 (2.99%) Manufacturing
17 77 (2.53%) Telecoms
18 75 (2.47%) Electronics
19 44 (1.45%) French Language
Job Titles
1 574 (18.89%) Senior
2 307 (10.10%) Lead
3 279 (9.18%) Analyst
4 208 (6.84%) Architect
5 141 (4.64%) Software Engineer
6 137 (4.51%) Developer
7 115 (3.78%) Sales Executive
8 83 (2.73%) Consultant
9 80 (2.63%) Senior Analyst
10 78 (2.57%) Business Analyst
11 62 (2.04%) Project Engineer
12 57 (1.88%) Account Executive
13 53 (1.74%) Senior Manager
14 52 (1.71%) Designer
14 52 (1.71%) Electrical Engineer
14 52 (1.71%) Project Manager
15 50 (1.65%) Senior Architect
15 50 (1.65%) Solutions Architect
16 48 (1.58%) Systems Engineer
17 46 (1.51%) Lead Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 170 (5.59%) Terraform
2 79 (2.60%) CSS
3 77 (2.53%) REST
4 75 (2.47%) .NET
5 71 (2.34%) HTML
6 65 (2.14%) React
7 62 (2.04%) RESTful
8 49 (1.61%) Node.js
9 44 (1.45%) EDI
10 37 (1.22%) Kafka
11 34 (1.12%) XML
12 33 (1.09%) .NET Core
13 30 (0.99%) LangChain
14 28 (0.92%) .NET Framework
14 28 (0.92%) AngularJS
15 25 (0.82%) Middleware
15 25 (0.82%) PyTorch
16 24 (0.79%) TensorFlow
17 23 (0.76%) ASP.NET
17 23 (0.76%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 294 (9.67%) Onboarding
2 244 (8.03%) Cloud Native
3 242 (7.96%) Driving Licence
4 164 (5.40%) Product Ownership
5 154 (5.07%) Self-Motivation
6 151 (4.97%) Management Information System
7 80 (2.63%) Data Centre
8 75 (2.47%) Social Media
9 66 (2.17%) Blog
10 61 (2.01%) Distributed Systems
11 59 (1.94%) AI Agents
12 57 (1.88%) Marketing Technology
12 57 (1.88%) SCADA
13 56 (1.84%) Security Posture
14 49 (1.61%) Public Cloud
15 40 (1.32%) Algorithms
16 37 (1.22%) IoT
17 32 (1.05%) Analytical Mindset
17 32 (1.05%) Cyber Threat
17 32 (1.05%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 154 (5.07%) Windows
2 79 (2.60%) Linux
3 50 (1.65%) Apple iOS
4 40 (1.32%) Android
5 32 (1.05%) Windows Server
6 28 (0.92%) Mac OS
7 22 (0.72%) Windows 10
8 20 (0.66%) VMS
9 15 (0.49%) Unix
10 5 (0.16%) VxWorks
11 3 (0.099%) Solaris
12 2 (0.066%) tvOS
12 2 (0.066%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 782 (25.73%) AI
2 689 (22.67%) Agile
3 554 (18.23%) Problem-Solving
4 552 (18.16%) Continuous Improvement
5 456 (15.00%) Decision-Making
6 442 (14.54%) Mentoring
7 402 (13.23%) CI/CD
8 375 (12.34%) Stakeholder Management
9 340 (11.19%) Cybersecurity
10 335 (11.02%) Roadmaps
11 295 (9.71%) Analytics
12 280 (9.21%) Software Engineering
13 261 (8.59%) DevOps
14 230 (7.57%) Customer Service
15 226 (7.44%) Test Automation
16 223 (7.34%) Coaching
17 221 (7.27%) CRM
17 221 (7.27%) Machine Learning
18 215 (7.07%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 211 (6.94%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 366 (12.04%) Python
2 253 (8.33%) SQL
3 142 (4.67%) Java
4 111 (3.65%) JavaScript
5 99 (3.26%) C#
6 54 (1.78%) PowerShell
6 54 (1.78%) TypeScript
7 44 (1.45%) Bash
8 41 (1.35%) C++
9 37 (1.22%) Go
10 27 (0.89%) Kotlin
11 26 (0.86%) Bicep
12 21 (0.69%) MATLAB
13 20 (0.66%) Kusto Query Language
14 15 (0.49%) C
14 15 (0.49%) R
14 15 (0.49%) Swift
15 13 (0.43%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 12 (0.39%) ABAP
16 12 (0.39%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 746 (24.55%) Degree
2 502 (16.52%) Security Cleared
3 439 (14.45%) SC Cleared
4 241 (7.93%) DBS Check
5 151 (4.97%) HNC
6 137 (4.51%) BPSS Clearance
7 127 (4.18%) Master's Degree
8 114 (3.75%) DV Cleared
9 84 (2.76%) Computer Science Degree
10 65 (2.14%) CISSP
11 59 (1.94%) Azure Certification
12 55 (1.81%) PhD
13 54 (1.78%) CISM
14 53 (1.74%) AWS Certification
15 45 (1.48%) HND
16 39 (1.28%) Chartered Engineer
17 28 (0.92%) Microsoft Certification
17 28 (0.92%) Postgraduate
18 27 (0.89%) Cisco Certification
19 22 (0.72%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 275 (9.05%) Accessibility
2 150 (4.94%) QA
3 125 (4.11%) Data Quality
4 103 (3.39%) GDPR
5 96 (3.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 91 (2.99%) NIST
7 69 (2.27%) SLA
8 54 (1.78%) NCSC
8 54 (1.78%) WCAG
9 47 (1.55%) GRC
10 32 (1.05%) PCI DSS
11 30 (0.99%) Cyber Essentials
12 16 (0.53%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 15 (0.49%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 14 (0.46%) COBIT
15 13 (0.43%) SOC 2
16 10 (0.33%) PMO
17 9 (0.30%) Actionable Recommendations
18 8 (0.26%) NIST 800
19 7 (0.23%) SOC 1
System Software
1 108 (3.55%) Docker
2 86 (2.83%) Active Directory
3 25 (0.82%) Virtual Machines
4 23 (0.76%) VMware Infrastructure
5 22 (0.72%) Firmware
6 17 (0.56%) vSphere
7 14 (0.46%) Virtual Desktop
8 6 (0.20%) Hyper-V
8 6 (0.20%) IAG
9 5 (0.16%) BitLocker
10 3 (0.099%) VMware ESXi
10 3 (0.099%) VMware NSX
11 2 (0.066%) ProxySG
12 1 (0.033%) Microsoft App-V
12 1 (0.033%) Xen
Systems Management
1 162 (5.33%) Kubernetes
2 79 (2.60%) Grafana
3 29 (0.95%) Microsoft Intune
4 28 (0.92%) Prometheus
5 13 (0.43%) Ansible
6 12 (0.39%) SCCM
7 10 (0.33%) Kibana
8 9 (0.30%) Rancher
9 8 (0.26%) Jamf Pro
10 6 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
11 4 (0.13%) Autotask
11 4 (0.13%) CASB
12 3 (0.099%) Argo
12 3 (0.099%) Kubeflow
12 3 (0.099%) WSUS
13 2 (0.066%) ITRS Geneos
13 2 (0.066%) kaniko
13 2 (0.066%) Progress Chef
13 2 (0.066%) Proxmox
13 2 (0.066%) Puppet
Vendors
1 448 (14.74%) Microsoft
2 124 (4.08%) Salesforce
3 110 (3.62%) Google
4 105 (3.46%) SAP
5 95 (3.13%) Adobe
6 77 (2.53%) Samsung
6 77 (2.53%) TikTok
7 52 (1.71%) Apple
8 44 (1.45%) ServiceNow
9 41 (1.35%) Cisco
10 38 (1.25%) Dynatrace
10 38 (1.25%) Facebook
11 35 (1.15%) Oracle
12 31 (1.02%) Instagram
13 30 (0.99%) CrowdStrike
13 30 (0.99%) VMware
14 27 (0.89%) Databricks
15 26 (0.86%) Palo Alto
16 23 (0.76%) Workday
17 19 (0.63%) Tenable