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

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 80 19 25
Rank change year-on-year -61 +6 +42
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 1,472 2,859 4,484
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 2.02% 8.44% 6.82%
As % of the General category 4.56% 12.57% 12.54%
Number of salaries quoted 745 477 1,065
10th Percentile £28,140 £26,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £35,092
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +5.26% -19.75%
75th Percentile £70,000 £61,250 £62,200
90th Percentile £78,312 £80,000 £72,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -19.23%

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 32,315 22,740 35,766
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 44.37% 67.11% 54.42%
Number of salaries quoted 19,840 11,005 21,815
10th Percentile £28,500 £25,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £78,750 £76,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £53,046
% change year-on-year - +3.68% -11.59%

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 24 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 24 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 -72 401 £55,000 +17.02% 155
Midlands -54 266 £45,000 -10.00% 92
South East -68 260 £55,000 +26.44% 212
North West -67 227 £45,000 -4.26% 84
South West -30 203 £57,500 +32.05% 101
West Midlands -41 168 £60,000 +7.62% 56
Scotland -18 119 £52,500 +12.30% 101
East of England -33 111 £40,000 -29.82% 67
East Midlands -43 97 £40,000 +23.08% 36
Wales +2 94 £57,515 +4.57% 17
Yorkshire -6 90 £52,445 -34.44% 37
North East 0 84 £57,500 +134.03% 34
Northern Ireland -48 28 £56,901 -25.22% 43
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 37 (2.51%) Microsoft Exchange
2 28 (1.90%) SharePoint
3 27 (1.83%) Confluence
4 14 (0.95%) Apache
5 12 (0.82%) Apache Airflow
6 11 (0.75%) Apache Spark
7 9 (0.61%) Jupyter
8 8 (0.54%) CMS
9 6 (0.41%) ArcGIS
10 4 (0.27%) IIS
10 4 (0.27%) WordPress
11 2 (0.14%) Exchange Server 2013
11 2 (0.14%) Moodle
11 2 (0.14%) Totara
12 1 (0.068%) OpenEdge
12 1 (0.068%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 68 (4.62%) Microsoft Office
2 57 (3.87%) Microsoft Excel
3 27 (1.83%) Acrobat
4 12 (0.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (0.61%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 8 (0.54%) Adobe After Effects
6 8 (0.54%) Adobe Illustrator
6 8 (0.54%) InDesign
6 8 (0.54%) Photoshop
7 6 (0.41%) Adobe XD
7 6 (0.41%) Microsoft Project
7 6 (0.41%) Simulink
7 6 (0.41%) Sketch
8 3 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
9 2 (0.14%) Camtasia
9 2 (0.14%) Chatbot
9 2 (0.14%) InVision
9 2 (0.14%) Mathcad
9 2 (0.14%) MS Visio
9 2 (0.14%) Trello
Business Applications
1 24 (1.63%) Cloudability
2 6 (0.41%) Workday HCM
3 5 (0.34%) NetSuite
4 4 (0.27%) SAP EHS
4 4 (0.27%) SAP HR
4 4 (0.27%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 3 (0.20%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.20%) JDE EnterpriseOne
5 3 (0.20%) Shopify
6 2 (0.14%) Elite 3E
6 2 (0.14%) NEC Housing
6 2 (0.14%) Teamcenter
7 1 (0.068%) Exchequer
7 1 (0.068%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 253 (17.19%) Azure
2 162 (11.01%) AWS
3 103 (7.00%) GCP
4 86 (5.84%) Power Platform
5 81 (5.50%) Azure DevOps
6 76 (5.16%) Microsoft 365
7 43 (2.92%) Serverless
8 39 (2.65%) GitHub
9 32 (2.17%) dbt
10 28 (1.90%) SaaS
11 27 (1.83%) Entra ID
12 26 (1.77%) Figma
12 26 (1.77%) PaaS
13 23 (1.56%) Microsoft Purview
14 21 (1.43%) Azure Monitor
15 20 (1.36%) Azure Key Vault
15 20 (1.36%) IaaS
16 17 (1.15%) GitHub Actions
17 13 (0.88%) Amazon ECR
17 13 (0.88%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 55 (3.74%) Broadband
2 39 (2.65%) Firewall
3 27 (1.83%) VPN
4 21 (1.43%) LAN
5 20 (1.36%) DNS
5 20 (1.36%) TCP/IP
5 20 (1.36%) WAN
6 19 (1.29%) Network Security
7 17 (1.15%) DHCP
7 17 (1.15%) Internet
8 12 (0.82%) Wi-Fi
9 10 (0.68%) VLAN
10 9 (0.61%) Wireless
11 7 (0.48%) SAN
12 6 (0.41%) SSL
13 3 (0.20%) Intranet
13 3 (0.20%) SD-WAN
13 3 (0.20%) SMTP
13 3 (0.20%) WLAN
14 2 (0.14%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 72 (4.89%) Power BI
2 27 (1.83%) PostgreSQL
3 26 (1.77%) SQL Server
4 22 (1.49%) Tableau
5 18 (1.22%) Metadata
6 15 (1.02%) Azure SQL Database
6 15 (1.02%) GIS
6 15 (1.02%) MongoDB
7 14 (0.95%) Geospatial Data
7 14 (0.95%) Relational Database
8 13 (0.88%) MySQL
9 12 (0.82%) BigQuery
9 12 (0.82%) NoSQL
10 11 (0.75%) Data Warehouse
10 11 (0.75%) Elasticsearch
11 10 (0.68%) Looker
12 9 (0.61%) Amazon Athena
12 9 (0.61%) DynamoDB
12 9 (0.61%) Redis
13 7 (0.48%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 66 (4.48%) Jenkins
2 51 (3.46%) GitLab
3 46 (3.13%) Git
4 45 (3.06%) JIRA
5 34 (2.31%) SonarQube
6 22 (1.49%) Snyk
7 14 (0.95%) fastlane
8 12 (0.82%) LabVIEW
9 10 (0.68%) Postman
10 8 (0.54%) Cucumber
10 8 (0.54%) Xcode
11 7 (0.48%) JMeter
11 7 (0.48%) Moq
12 6 (0.41%) Android Studio
12 6 (0.41%) Crashlytics
12 6 (0.41%) Cypress.io
12 6 (0.41%) Gradle
12 6 (0.41%) MSI
12 6 (0.41%) Rational DOORS
13 5 (0.34%) Gatling
General
1 555 (37.70%) Social Skills
2 317 (21.54%) Finance
3 205 (13.93%) Public Sector
4 188 (12.77%) Analytical Skills
5 138 (9.38%) Marketing
6 103 (7.00%) Law
7 96 (6.52%) Legal
8 83 (5.64%) Retail
9 79 (5.37%) Organisational Skills
10 57 (3.87%) Local Government
11 55 (3.74%) Games
12 42 (2.85%) Aerospace
13 40 (2.72%) Manufacturing
14 34 (2.31%) Influencing Skills
15 31 (2.11%) Electronics
16 28 (1.90%) Banking
17 22 (1.49%) Presentation Skills
18 14 (0.95%) Advertising
18 14 (0.95%) Automotive
19 13 (0.88%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 313 (21.26%) Senior
2 180 (12.23%) Analyst
3 169 (11.48%) Architect
4 101 (6.86%) Lead
5 81 (5.50%) Developer
6 70 (4.76%) Sales Executive
7 60 (4.08%) Senior Analyst
8 53 (3.60%) Business Analyst
9 49 (3.33%) IT Engineer
9 49 (3.33%) Solutions Architect
10 41 (2.79%) Technical Architect
11 40 (2.72%) Cloud Architect
12 38 (2.58%) Systems Engineer
13 37 (2.51%) Senior Architect
14 36 (2.45%) Consultant
15 33 (2.24%) Salesforce Architect
16 32 (2.17%) Account Executive
17 31 (2.11%) IT Support
18 29 (1.97%) Senior Manager
19 28 (1.90%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (3.94%) REST
2 37 (2.51%) SOAP
3 36 (2.45%) CSS
4 35 (2.38%) Lightning Web Components
4 35 (2.38%) RESTful
4 35 (2.38%) Visualforce
5 34 (2.31%) .NET
5 34 (2.31%) HTML
6 24 (1.63%) Node.js
7 21 (1.43%) React
8 19 (1.29%) Android SDK
8 19 (1.29%) EDI
9 17 (1.15%) XML
10 14 (0.95%) .NET Framework
10 14 (0.95%) GraphQL
11 13 (0.88%) .NET Core
12 12 (0.82%) Spring
13 11 (0.75%) Entity Framework
13 11 (0.75%) Playwright
13 11 (0.75%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 111 (7.54%) Product Ownership
2 104 (7.07%) Driving Licence
2 104 (7.07%) Onboarding
3 89 (6.05%) Self-Motivation
4 60 (4.08%) Cloud Native
5 58 (3.94%) Management Information System
6 45 (3.06%) Social Media
7 44 (2.99%) Cyberattack
7 44 (2.99%) Data Centre
8 36 (2.45%) Mobile App
9 22 (1.49%) Security Posture
10 19 (1.29%) Legacy Systems
11 18 (1.22%) Algorithms
11 18 (1.22%) Credit Risk
11 18 (1.22%) CSOC
11 18 (1.22%) Security Operations Centre
12 16 (1.09%) Data Structures
12 16 (1.09%) Public Cloud
13 14 (0.95%) Life Science
14 13 (0.88%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 94 (6.39%) Windows
2 43 (2.92%) Linux
3 32 (2.17%) Windows Server
4 25 (1.70%) Android
5 19 (1.29%) Apple iOS
5 19 (1.29%) Windows 10
6 15 (1.02%) Unix
7 14 (0.95%) VMS
8 8 (0.54%) Mac OS
9 4 (0.27%) Mac OS X
10 3 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.14%) Debian
12 1 (0.068%) AIX
12 1 (0.068%) Solaris
12 1 (0.068%) VxWorks
12 1 (0.068%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 374 (25.41%) Agile
2 333 (22.62%) AI
3 254 (17.26%) Problem-Solving
4 225 (15.29%) CI/CD
5 221 (15.01%) Continuous Improvement
6 215 (14.61%) Decision-Making
7 204 (13.86%) DevOps
8 185 (12.57%) Mentoring
9 175 (11.89%) Cybersecurity
10 148 (10.05%) Roadmaps
11 135 (9.17%) Stakeholder Management
12 128 (8.70%) Analytics
13 119 (8.08%) Scrum
14 115 (7.81%) Customer Service
15 111 (7.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 110 (7.47%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
17 92 (6.25%) Technology Strategy
18 90 (6.11%) Validation
19 87 (5.91%) Coaching
20 84 (5.71%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 133 (9.04%) Python
2 120 (8.15%) SQL
3 54 (3.67%) Java
4 45 (3.06%) PowerShell
5 41 (2.79%) JavaScript
6 36 (2.45%) C#
7 35 (2.38%) Apex Code
8 34 (2.31%) SOQL
8 34 (2.31%) SOSL
9 29 (1.97%) TypeScript
10 28 (1.90%) Bicep
11 25 (1.70%) Bash
12 20 (1.36%) Kotlin
13 19 (1.29%) Kusto Query Language
14 15 (1.02%) MATLAB
15 10 (0.68%) C++
15 10 (0.68%) Go
16 9 (0.61%) PHP
17 7 (0.48%) Swift
17 7 (0.48%) XAML
Qualifications
1 300 (20.38%) Degree
2 232 (15.76%) Security Cleared
3 213 (14.47%) SC Cleared
4 80 (5.43%) DBS Check
5 55 (3.74%) BPSS Clearance
6 31 (2.11%) AWS Certification
6 31 (2.11%) DV Cleared
7 29 (1.97%) Azure Certification
8 27 (1.83%) Microsoft Certification
9 25 (1.70%) Computer Science Degree
10 24 (1.63%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 24 (1.63%) Master's Degree
11 23 (1.56%) HNC
11 23 (1.56%) PhD
12 17 (1.15%) Chartered Engineer
13 14 (0.95%) CompTIA Security+
14 13 (0.88%) Cisco Certification
14 13 (0.88%) Postgraduate
15 12 (0.82%) CISSP
16 11 (0.75%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 113 (7.68%) Accessibility
2 68 (4.62%) Data Quality
3 58 (3.94%) SLA
4 50 (3.40%) GDPR
5 41 (2.79%) WCAG
6 39 (2.65%) QA
7 35 (2.38%) NIST
8 34 (2.31%) GRC
9 28 (1.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 20 (1.36%) Cyber Essentials
11 15 (1.02%) NCSC
12 14 (0.95%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 9 (0.61%) PCI DSS
14 8 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 4 (0.27%) Actionable Recommendations
15 4 (0.27%) GAAP
15 4 (0.27%) IFRS
16 3 (0.20%) ARP4761
16 3 (0.20%) DO-160
16 3 (0.20%) SOC 2
System Software
1 73 (4.96%) Active Directory
2 68 (4.62%) Docker
3 24 (1.63%) Virtual Machines
3 24 (1.63%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (0.95%) vSphere
5 12 (0.82%) Virtual Desktop
6 9 (0.61%) Firmware
7 8 (0.54%) Hyper-V
8 4 (0.27%) BitLocker
9 2 (0.14%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 76 (5.16%) Terraform
2 48 (3.26%) Kubernetes
3 22 (1.49%) Microsoft Intune
4 13 (0.88%) Grafana
4 13 (0.88%) SCCM
5 8 (0.54%) Autotask
6 6 (0.41%) Ansible
6 6 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
7 5 (0.34%) Prometheus
7 5 (0.34%) WSUS
8 4 (0.27%) AWS Copilot
9 3 (0.20%) Check_MK
9 3 (0.20%) vCenter Server
10 2 (0.14%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.14%) Opsgenie
10 2 (0.14%) SolarWinds Orion
11 1 (0.068%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.068%) Kibana
11 1 (0.068%) Nessus
11 1 (0.068%) Puppet
Vendors
1 277 (18.82%) Microsoft
2 83 (5.64%) Adobe
3 71 (4.82%) Google
4 62 (4.21%) Salesforce
5 40 (2.72%) Apple
6 39 (2.65%) Cisco
7 37 (2.51%) ServiceNow
8 35 (2.38%) Splunk
9 30 (2.04%) VMware
10 29 (1.97%) Palo Alto
11 26 (1.77%) CrowdStrike
12 22 (1.49%) Tenable
13 19 (1.29%) Instagram
13 19 (1.29%) Workday
14 17 (1.15%) SAP
15 16 (1.09%) Dynatrace
16 13 (0.88%) OpenAI
17 12 (0.82%) ScienceLogic
18 11 (0.75%) Fortinet
18 11 (0.75%) Pega