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 26 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 28 28
Rank change year-on-year +19 0 +7
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 5,069 2,208 3,613
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 10.21% 7.13% 7.13%
As % of the General category 19.28% 10.75% 11.93%
Number of salaries quoted 551 464 1,085
10th Percentile £20,000 £31,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £27,707 £40,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £52,500 £46,604
Median % change year-on-year -23.81% +12.65% -15.27%
75th Percentile £61,438 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,250 £75,772
UK median annual salary £50,000 £59,430 £55,000
% change year-on-year -15.87% +8.05% -15.38%

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 26,293 20,543 30,288
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 52.94% 66.33% 59.80%
Number of salaries quoted 13,719 8,717 21,799
10th Percentile £27,000 £29,750 £26,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £39,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +10.53% -9.52%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £76,250
UK median annual salary £54,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +9.09% -9.84%

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 26 February 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 26 February 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 +56 1,964 £35,000 -31.71% 102
North West +43 1,720 £35,000 -25.53% 50
Midlands +27 1,483 £47,500 -9.52% 77
West Midlands +47 1,290 £53,750 +2.38% 38
South East +9 894 £52,500 +8.66% 218
East of England +1 428 £40,000 -20.00% 30
Yorkshire +27 234 £26,450 -42.81% 28
East Midlands +2 205 £35,000 -4.11% 39
South West -33 160 £28,500 -46.73% 43
Scotland -58 73 £25,600 -53.45% 35
Wales +18 55 £63,236 +28.78% 15
Northern Ireland -24 18 £56,901 -17.90% 6
North East -8 10 £65,000 -6.22% 25
Channel Islands - 8 - - 1
Isle of Man - 2 £32,000 - 2
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 42 (0.83%) SharePoint
2 11 (0.22%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (0.18%) ArcGIS
4 4 (0.079%) Confluence
5 2 (0.039%) WordPress
6 1 (0.020%) CMS
6 1 (0.020%) Drupal
6 1 (0.020%) WildFly
Applications
1 59 (1.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 55 (1.09%) Microsoft Office
3 37 (0.73%) Acrobat
4 32 (0.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 13 (0.26%) AutoCAD
6 5 (0.099%) Adobe XD
7 4 (0.079%) Microsoft Project
8 2 (0.039%) MS Visio
8 2 (0.039%) Revit
8 2 (0.039%) Trello
9 1 (0.020%) SmartSuite
9 1 (0.020%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 14 (0.28%) NetSuite
2 8 (0.16%) Oracle Payables
3 6 (0.12%) Workday HCM
4 4 (0.079%) Academy Housing
5 3 (0.059%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 2 (0.039%) Dynamics NAV
6 2 (0.039%) Misys Midas
6 2 (0.039%) Sage X3
7 1 (0.020%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.020%) Exchequer
7 1 (0.020%) Infor M3
7 1 (0.020%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.020%) Primavera
7 1 (0.020%) Raiser’s Edge
7 1 (0.020%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.020%) SAP HR
7 1 (0.020%) TRIRIGA
Cloud Services
1 3,654 (72.09%) Cloud Computing
2 134 (2.64%) Azure
3 88 (1.74%) AWS
4 70 (1.38%) Microsoft 365
5 55 (1.09%) Power Platform
6 35 (0.69%) Entra ID
6 35 (0.69%) SaaS
7 19 (0.37%) GCP
8 14 (0.28%) PaaS
9 11 (0.22%) Asana
9 11 (0.22%) OneDrive
10 10 (0.20%) Azure DevOps
10 10 (0.20%) Microsoft Purview
10 10 (0.20%) Sprout Social
11 8 (0.16%) AWS CloudFormation
11 8 (0.16%) Azure Monitor
11 8 (0.16%) Figma
11 8 (0.16%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
11 8 (0.16%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 7 (0.14%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 3,658 (72.16%) Internet
2 58 (1.14%) Broadband
3 23 (0.45%) VPN
4 22 (0.43%) LAN
5 20 (0.39%) DNS
5 20 (0.39%) Firewall
6 18 (0.36%) DHCP
7 15 (0.30%) WAN
8 13 (0.26%) Wi-Fi
9 12 (0.24%) TCP/IP
10 8 (0.16%) 4G
11 7 (0.14%) MPLS
11 7 (0.14%) VLAN
12 4 (0.079%) 5G
12 4 (0.079%) BGP
12 4 (0.079%) Ethernet
12 4 (0.079%) PSTN
12 4 (0.079%) SMTP
12 4 (0.079%) WLAN
13 3 (0.059%) IOS XR
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (0.85%) Power BI
2 13 (0.26%) GIS
3 12 (0.24%) Data Warehouse
4 11 (0.22%) Data Lake
4 11 (0.22%) Geospatial Data
5 10 (0.20%) Tableau
6 8 (0.16%) Amazon RDS
6 8 (0.16%) SQL Server
7 6 (0.12%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 6 (0.12%) PostgreSQL
8 5 (0.099%) Metadata
9 4 (0.079%) Elasticsearch
9 4 (0.079%) MySQL
9 4 (0.079%) Redis
10 3 (0.059%) Looker
10 3 (0.059%) NoSQL
10 3 (0.059%) Relational Database
11 2 (0.039%) BigQuery
11 2 (0.039%) Qlik Sense
11 2 (0.039%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 34 (0.67%) GitLab
1 34 (0.67%) Jenkins
1 34 (0.67%) SonarQube
2 26 (0.51%) JIRA
3 17 (0.34%) Git
4 5 (0.099%) Axure RP
4 5 (0.099%) Balsamiq
5 3 (0.059%) Cypress.io
5 3 (0.059%) Selenium
5 3 (0.059%) WebDriver
6 2 (0.039%) Jaeger
6 2 (0.039%) JUnit
6 2 (0.039%) LabVIEW
6 2 (0.039%) Postman
6 2 (0.039%) Visual Studio Code
7 1 (0.020%) IntelliJ
7 1 (0.020%) jMock
7 1 (0.020%) Mockito
General
1 4,001 (78.93%) Social Skills
2 3,663 (72.26%) Banking
3 450 (8.88%) Finance
4 164 (3.24%) Retail
5 137 (2.70%) Analytical Skills
6 133 (2.62%) Public Sector
7 116 (2.29%) Marketing
8 104 (2.05%) Law
9 56 (1.10%) Legal
10 51 (1.01%) Organisational Skills
11 44 (0.87%) Games
12 28 (0.55%) Telecoms
13 23 (0.45%) Influencing Skills
14 22 (0.43%) Pharmaceutical
15 20 (0.39%) Local Government
15 20 (0.39%) Presentation Skills
16 18 (0.36%) Manufacturing
17 14 (0.28%) French Language
18 12 (0.24%) Automotive
18 12 (0.24%) Swedish Language
Job Titles
1 2,811 (55.45%) Lecturer
2 196 (3.87%) Systems Engineer
3 195 (3.85%) Facilities Engineer
4 175 (3.45%) Senior
5 103 (2.03%) Analyst
6 73 (1.44%) Project Manager
7 71 (1.40%) Project Engineer
8 70 (1.38%) Senior Manager
9 64 (1.26%) Lead
10 60 (1.18%) Architect
11 58 (1.14%) Sales Manager
12 50 (0.99%) Account Manager
13 45 (0.89%) Account Executive
14 44 (0.87%) Sales Account Manager
14 44 (0.87%) Senior Account Manager
14 44 (0.87%) Senior Sales Manager
15 36 (0.71%) Microsoft Specialist
16 33 (0.65%) Alliance Manager
17 32 (0.63%) Mechanical Engineer
17 32 (0.63%) Salesforce Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (1.01%) REST
2 42 (0.83%) Lightning Web Components
2 42 (0.83%) SOAP
2 42 (0.83%) Visualforce
3 25 (0.49%) EDI
4 15 (0.30%) .NET
4 15 (0.30%) Node.js
5 13 (0.26%) Web Services
6 9 (0.18%) Django
7 8 (0.16%) Middleware
7 8 (0.16%) React
8 7 (0.14%) Android SDK
8 7 (0.14%) CSS
8 7 (0.14%) GraphQL
8 7 (0.14%) HTML
8 7 (0.14%) SAML
9 5 (0.099%) Spring
10 4 (0.079%) .NET Framework
10 4 (0.079%) RESTful
11 3 (0.059%) JDBC
Miscellaneous
1 3,652 (72.05%) IoT
2 125 (2.47%) Onboarding
3 81 (1.60%) Driving Licence
4 79 (1.56%) Blog
5 61 (1.20%) Product Ownership
6 48 (0.95%) Management Information System
7 39 (0.77%) Self-Motivation
8 32 (0.63%) Enterprise Software
9 27 (0.53%) Social Media
10 22 (0.43%) Mobile App
11 19 (0.37%) Cloud Native
11 19 (0.37%) Public Cloud
12 12 (0.24%) Video Editing
13 10 (0.20%) Life Science
13 10 (0.20%) Security Posture
14 9 (0.18%) Legacy Systems
15 8 (0.16%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 8 (0.16%) SCADA
16 7 (0.14%) FMCG
16 7 (0.14%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 42 (0.83%) Windows
2 26 (0.51%) Linux
3 16 (0.32%) Windows Server
4 13 (0.26%) Android
5 12 (0.24%) Unix
6 7 (0.14%) Apple iOS
7 5 (0.099%) Debian
7 5 (0.099%) Windows Server 2016
8 4 (0.079%) VMS
9 3 (0.059%) Windows 10
10 2 (0.039%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.020%) OpenWrt
11 1 (0.020%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 3,923 (77.39%) AI
2 3,767 (74.31%) Cybersecurity
3 3,675 (72.50%) User Experience
4 3,662 (72.24%) Machine Learning
5 3,657 (72.14%) Web Development
6 287 (5.66%) Mentoring
7 201 (3.97%) Continuous Improvement
8 195 (3.85%) Inventory Management
8 195 (3.85%) Preventative Maintenance
9 177 (3.49%) Agile
10 165 (3.26%) Problem-Solving
11 162 (3.20%) Customer Service
12 142 (2.80%) Coaching
13 136 (2.68%) B2B
14 103 (2.03%) Analytics
15 101 (1.99%) Project Management
16 97 (1.91%) Decision-Making
17 94 (1.85%) CRM
18 91 (1.80%) DevOps
19 75 (1.48%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 42 (0.83%) Apex Code
2 41 (0.81%) Python
2 41 (0.81%) SQL
3 34 (0.67%) SOQL
3 34 (0.67%) SOSL
4 31 (0.61%) Java
5 18 (0.36%) JavaScript
6 11 (0.22%) PowerShell
7 7 (0.14%) C#
7 7 (0.14%) Kotlin
8 3 (0.059%) Bash
8 3 (0.059%) VB
9 2 (0.039%) ActionScript
9 2 (0.039%) ActionScript 2.0
9 2 (0.039%) Go
9 2 (0.039%) PHP
10 1 (0.020%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.020%) R
10 1 (0.020%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.020%) VBA
Qualifications
1 3,979 (78.50%) Degree
2 3,847 (75.89%) Postgraduate
3 3,654 (72.09%) Master's Degree
4 3,653 (72.07%) PhD
5 201 (3.97%) City & Guilds
6 196 (3.87%) NVQ Level 3
7 94 (1.85%) Security Cleared
8 81 (1.60%) SC Cleared
9 34 (0.67%) Microsoft Certification
10 33 (0.65%) DBS Check
11 31 (0.61%) BPSS Clearance
11 31 (0.61%) HNC
12 27 (0.53%) PMP
13 24 (0.47%) HND
14 22 (0.43%) AWS Certification
15 19 (0.37%) MCSE
16 14 (0.28%) CISSP
17 12 (0.24%) Computer Science Degree
18 11 (0.22%) CISM
19 10 (0.20%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 195 (3.85%) COSHH
2 56 (1.10%) QA
3 40 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 28 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials
4 28 (0.55%) NIST
5 20 (0.39%) GDPR
6 18 (0.36%) SLA
7 15 (0.30%) Accessibility
7 15 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 14 (0.28%) PMO
9 12 (0.24%) PCI DSS
10 9 (0.18%) COBIT
11 8 (0.16%) SOC 2
12 7 (0.14%) GRC
13 6 (0.12%) Data Quality
13 6 (0.12%) WCAG
14 5 (0.099%) NEBOSH
15 4 (0.079%) EU AI Act
16 2 (0.039%) ISO 19650
16 2 (0.039%) SEPA
System Software
1 57 (1.12%) Active Directory
2 9 (0.18%) Docker
2 9 (0.18%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (0.12%) vSphere
4 4 (0.079%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.059%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.039%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.039%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.020%) iptables
Systems Management
1 28 (0.55%) Microsoft Intune
2 19 (0.37%) Terraform
3 17 (0.34%) Single Sign-On
4 6 (0.12%) Argo
5 5 (0.099%) Autotask
5 5 (0.099%) Kubernetes
6 4 (0.079%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 4 (0.079%) AWS Copilot
6 4 (0.079%) SolarWinds Orion
6 4 (0.079%) vCenter Server
7 3 (0.059%) Ansible
7 3 (0.059%) CASB
7 3 (0.059%) Grafana
7 3 (0.059%) Jamf Pro
8 2 (0.039%) Kustomize
8 2 (0.039%) Nessus
8 2 (0.039%) Opsgenie
8 2 (0.039%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 289 (5.70%) Microsoft
2 106 (2.09%) Salesforce
3 78 (1.54%) Adobe
4 74 (1.46%) Cisco
5 42 (0.83%) Splunk
6 30 (0.59%) Apple
7 27 (0.53%) NEC
8 21 (0.41%) Google
9 13 (0.26%) Oracle
10 12 (0.24%) Hootsuite
10 12 (0.24%) Instagram
10 12 (0.24%) SAP
11 11 (0.22%) Databricks
12 10 (0.20%) CrowdStrike
12 10 (0.20%) Fortinet
12 10 (0.20%) VMware
12 10 (0.20%) Wrike
13 9 (0.18%) ServiceNow
14 8 (0.16%) Meraki
14 8 (0.16%) New Relic