Inclusion and Diversity Job Trends in Scotland

Inclusion and Diversity
UK > Scotland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Inclusion and Diversity in permanent job vacancies in Scotland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Inclusion and Diversity over the 6 months leading up to 12 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 33 2
Rank change year-on-year -23 -31 +4
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 87 153 3,015
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 2.64% 7.70% 47.58%
As % of the General category 5.63% 9.99% 63.70%
Number of salaries quoted 37 73 371
10th Percentile £28,300 £27,500 £28,750
25th Percentile £34,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £62,500 £60,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £65,250 £67,250 £79,600
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +10.00% -23.08%

All General Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 1,544 1,532 4,733
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 46.89% 77.06% 74.69%
Number of salaries quoted 650 655 1,551
10th Percentile £27,000 £25,313 £27,500
25th Percentile £29,094 £32,851 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.81% +5.00% -13.28%
75th Percentile £61,250 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £93,778 £82,548
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%

Inclusion and Diversity
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Inclusion and Diversity job vacancy trend in Scotland

Inclusion and Diversity
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Inclusion and Diversity

Inclusion and Diversity
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity in Scotland over the 6 months to 12 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Inclusion and Diversity in Scotland

Inclusion and Diversity
Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland region over the 6 months to 12 May 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
Edinburgh -12 34 £52,500 -4.55% 13
West Lothian -5 12 £25,600 -36.00% 3
Stirling -3 9 - -
Glasgow -16 9 £60,000 +4.35% 14
Fife +2 7 - - 3
Lanarkshire +4 5 - - 4
North Lanarkshire -5 4 - -
Dundee -7 2 - -
Highlands - 2 £39,500 -
Inverclyde +2 1 £60,000 - 1
Midlothian 0 1 - - 12
Aberdeen -27 1 £39,500 -21.00% 2
Inclusion and Diversity
UK

Inclusion and Diversity
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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 8 (9.20%) Confluence
2 3 (3.45%) Apache
2 3 (3.45%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (1.15%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.15%) WildFly
Applications
1 2 (2.30%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 16 (18.39%) GCP
2 7 (8.05%) GitHub
3 4 (4.60%) Cloud Run
4 3 (3.45%) Apigee
4 3 (3.45%) Azure
4 3 (3.45%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (3.45%) Cloud Composer
4 3 (3.45%) Dataform
5 2 (2.30%) Figma
5 2 (2.30%) Firebase
5 2 (2.30%) GitHub Actions
5 2 (2.30%) Miro
6 1 (1.15%) Google Play
6 1 (1.15%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (1.15%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (1.15%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 35 (40.23%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (8.05%) PostgreSQL
2 4 (4.60%) BigQuery
3 3 (3.45%) Metadata
4 2 (2.30%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 34 (39.08%) Jenkins
2 32 (36.78%) GitLab
2 32 (36.78%) SonarQube
3 11 (12.64%) JIRA
4 3 (3.45%) fastlane
4 3 (3.45%) Postman
5 2 (2.30%) Xcode
6 1 (1.15%) Android Studio
6 1 (1.15%) Appium
6 1 (1.15%) Crashlytics
6 1 (1.15%) Git
6 1 (1.15%) Gradle
6 1 (1.15%) IntelliJ
6 1 (1.15%) jMock
6 1 (1.15%) JUnit
6 1 (1.15%) REST Assured
6 1 (1.15%) SoapUI
6 1 (1.15%) TestRail
6 1 (1.15%) XCTest
6 1 (1.15%) Zephyr
General
1 40 (45.98%) Marketing
2 32 (36.78%) Games
3 19 (21.84%) Public Sector
4 14 (16.09%) Finance
5 13 (14.94%) Social Skills
6 4 (4.60%) Advertising
6 4 (4.60%) Manufacturing
7 3 (3.45%) Law
7 3 (3.45%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (2.30%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (2.30%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (2.30%) Retail
9 1 (1.15%) Legal
Job Titles
1 36 (41.38%) Architect
2 31 (35.63%) Salesforce Architect
3 19 (21.84%) Technical Architect
4 18 (20.69%) Salesforce Technical Architect
5 11 (12.64%) Solutions Architect
6 9 (10.34%) Salesforce Solution Architect
6 9 (10.34%) Senior
7 5 (5.75%) Analyst
7 5 (5.75%) Sales Executive
8 4 (4.60%) Business Sales Executive
8 4 (4.60%) Cloud Architect
8 4 (4.60%) IT Support
8 4 (4.60%) New Business Sales Executive
8 4 (4.60%) Project Manager
8 4 (4.60%) Systems Architect
9 3 (3.45%) 1st Line Support
9 3 (3.45%) Account Executive
9 3 (3.45%) DevOps Engineer
9 3 (3.45%) IT Manager
9 3 (3.45%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (37.93%) REST
2 32 (36.78%) Lightning Web Components
2 32 (36.78%) SOAP
2 32 (36.78%) Visualforce
3 3 (3.45%) RESTful
4 2 (2.30%) Great Expectations
5 1 (1.15%) Android Jetpack
5 1 (1.15%) Android SDK
5 1 (1.15%) Core Data
5 1 (1.15%) iOS SDK
5 1 (1.15%) Java EE
5 1 (1.15%) Java SE
5 1 (1.15%) Jetpack Compose
5 1 (1.15%) Quarkus
5 1 (1.15%) Retrofit
5 1 (1.15%) SwiftUI
5 1 (1.15%) Swing
5 1 (1.15%) UIKit
5 1 (1.15%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 37 (42.53%) Product Ownership
2 7 (8.05%) Onboarding
3 4 (4.60%) Algorithms
3 4 (4.60%) Cloud Native
4 3 (3.45%) Driving Licence
4 3 (3.45%) Mobile App
4 3 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (2.30%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.15%) Educational Technology
6 1 (1.15%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.15%) Reference Data
6 1 (1.15%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.30%) Android
1 2 (2.30%) Apple iOS
1 2 (2.30%) Windows
2 1 (1.15%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (66.67%) Agile
2 48 (55.17%) DevOps
3 44 (50.57%) CI/CD
4 41 (47.13%) Scrum
5 37 (42.53%) Continuous Improvement
6 36 (41.38%) Technical Analysis
7 34 (39.08%) Roadmaps
8 33 (37.93%) OO
9 32 (36.78%) Community of Practice
9 32 (36.78%) Configure, Price, Quote (CPQ)
9 32 (36.78%) Continuous Delivery
9 32 (36.78%) Continuous Integration
9 32 (36.78%) Design Patterns
9 32 (36.78%) Event-Driven
9 32 (36.78%) PLM
9 32 (36.78%) Static Code Analysis
9 32 (36.78%) Technology Roadmap
9 32 (36.78%) TOGAF
10 23 (26.44%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
11 13 (14.94%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 32 (36.78%) Apex Code
1 32 (36.78%) SOQL
1 32 (36.78%) SOSL
2 9 (10.34%) SQL
3 6 (6.90%) Python
4 2 (2.30%) Java
5 1 (1.15%) Kotlin
5 1 (1.15%) Swift
Qualifications
1 4 (4.60%) DBS Check
1 4 (4.60%) Degree
2 3 (3.45%) CFA
3 2 (2.30%) HNC
3 2 (2.30%) HND
3 2 (2.30%) SC Cleared
3 2 (2.30%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.15%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.45%) Accessibility
1 3 (3.45%) Cyber Essentials
1 3 (3.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 3 (3.45%) Data Quality
1 3 (3.45%) GDPR
1 3 (3.45%) NCSC
1 3 (3.45%) WCAG
2 2 (2.30%) QA
System Software
1 1 (1.15%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.15%) Docker
Systems Management
1 11 (12.64%) Terraform
2 6 (6.90%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 32 (36.78%) Salesforce
1 32 (36.78%) Splunk
2 17 (19.54%) Google
3 9 (10.34%) Pega
4 3 (3.45%) Microsoft
5 2 (2.30%) Apple
5 2 (2.30%) Dynatrace
6 1 (1.15%) Citrix
6 1 (1.15%) Databricks
6 1 (1.15%) Dataiku
6 1 (1.15%) Dell
6 1 (1.15%) HP
6 1 (1.15%) IFS
6 1 (1.15%) iManage
6 1 (1.15%) Intapp
6 1 (1.15%) NEC
6 1 (1.15%) ServiceNow