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 22 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 29 26
Rank change year-on-year +19 -3 +13
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 5,029 1,783 4,655
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 9.17% 6.60% 7.66%
As % of the General category 18.09% 9.70% 12.95%
Number of salaries quoted 559 472 1,206
10th Percentile £20,000 £31,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £27,750 £40,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +16.67% -18.18%
75th Percentile £62,500 £66,050 £62,200
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,225 £72,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -7.89% +8.57% -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 27,793 18,373 35,956
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 50.67% 68.00% 59.15%
Number of salaries quoted 14,568 9,174 25,055
10th Percentile £27,500 £27,405 £26,159
25th Percentile £31,250 £37,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.46% +9.47% -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,525 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £75,772
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £52,504
% change year-on-year -8.33% +14.28% -12.49%

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 22 March 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 22 March 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 +58 1,944 £36,255 -23.67% 148
North West +48 1,685 £35,000 -25.53% 68
Midlands +36 1,476 £50,000 -4.76% 80
West Midlands +42 1,281 £57,500 +2.22% 44
South East +14 864 £45,000 -2.70% 284
East of England +4 432 £40,000 -25.93% 52
Yorkshire +37 243 £26,525 -39.37% 59
East Midlands +5 207 £37,500 -11.24% 36
South West -44 153 £31,000 -38.00% 74
Scotland -33 96 £51,250 -6.82% 54
Wales +6 61 £57,515 +14.75% 18
North East -27 16 £60,000 -13.43% 22
Northern Ireland -42 12 £40,000 -42.29% 6
Channel Islands - 8 - -
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 (0.84%) SharePoint
2 12 (0.24%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (0.22%) Confluence
4 9 (0.18%) ArcGIS
5 3 (0.060%) Apache
5 3 (0.060%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.040%) CMS
6 2 (0.040%) WordPress
7 1 (0.020%) Drupal
7 1 (0.020%) IIS
7 1 (0.020%) WildFly
Applications
1 61 (1.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 46 (0.91%) Microsoft Office
3 37 (0.74%) Acrobat
4 34 (0.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (0.12%) AutoCAD
6 5 (0.099%) Adobe XD
7 4 (0.080%) Microsoft Project
8 2 (0.040%) MS Visio
8 2 (0.040%) Trello
9 1 (0.020%) SmartSuite
9 1 (0.020%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 15 (0.30%) NetSuite
2 8 (0.16%) Oracle Payables
3 6 (0.12%) Workday HCM
4 5 (0.099%) SAP HR
5 4 (0.080%) Academy Housing
6 2 (0.040%) Dynamics NAV
6 2 (0.040%) Misys Midas
6 2 (0.040%) Sage X3
7 1 (0.020%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.020%) Exchequer
7 1 (0.020%) Infor M3
7 1 (0.020%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 1 (0.020%) Raiser’s Edge
7 1 (0.020%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 3,654 (72.66%) Cloud Computing
2 144 (2.86%) Azure
3 96 (1.91%) AWS
4 67 (1.33%) Microsoft 365
5 55 (1.09%) Power Platform
6 41 (0.82%) GCP
7 36 (0.72%) Entra ID
7 36 (0.72%) SaaS
8 14 (0.28%) Azure DevOps
9 13 (0.26%) OneDrive
10 12 (0.24%) Asana
11 11 (0.22%) PaaS
11 11 (0.22%) Sprout Social
12 10 (0.20%) Microsoft Purview
13 9 (0.18%) GitHub
14 8 (0.16%) AWS CloudFormation
14 8 (0.16%) Azure Monitor
14 8 (0.16%) Figma
14 8 (0.16%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
14 8 (0.16%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 3,656 (72.70%) Internet
2 71 (1.41%) Broadband
3 24 (0.48%) Firewall
3 24 (0.48%) VPN
4 23 (0.46%) DNS
5 22 (0.44%) LAN
6 21 (0.42%) DHCP
7 16 (0.32%) Wi-Fi
8 15 (0.30%) TCP/IP
8 15 (0.30%) WAN
9 8 (0.16%) 4G
9 8 (0.16%) VLAN
10 7 (0.14%) MPLS
11 6 (0.12%) Network Security
12 4 (0.080%) 5G
12 4 (0.080%) BGP
12 4 (0.080%) Ethernet
12 4 (0.080%) PSTN
12 4 (0.080%) SMTP
12 4 (0.080%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (0.87%) Power BI
2 16 (0.32%) PostgreSQL
3 12 (0.24%) Data Warehouse
4 11 (0.22%) Data Lake
4 11 (0.22%) GIS
5 9 (0.18%) Geospatial Data
5 9 (0.18%) Tableau
6 8 (0.16%) Amazon RDS
6 8 (0.16%) Metadata
6 8 (0.16%) SQL Server
7 6 (0.12%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 6 (0.12%) BigQuery
8 5 (0.099%) NoSQL
8 5 (0.099%) Redis
9 4 (0.080%) Elasticsearch
9 4 (0.080%) Looker
9 4 (0.080%) MongoDB
9 4 (0.080%) MySQL
10 2 (0.040%) RDBMS
10 2 (0.040%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 43 (0.86%) Jenkins
2 41 (0.82%) GitLab
2 41 (0.82%) SonarQube
3 25 (0.50%) JIRA
4 17 (0.34%) Git
5 5 (0.099%) Axure RP
5 5 (0.099%) Balsamiq
6 4 (0.080%) JUnit
6 4 (0.080%) Postman
7 3 (0.060%) Cucumber
7 3 (0.060%) fastlane
7 3 (0.060%) JMeter
7 3 (0.060%) Locust
7 3 (0.060%) Mockito
8 2 (0.040%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.040%) LabVIEW
8 2 (0.040%) Selenium
8 2 (0.040%) Visual Studio Code
8 2 (0.040%) WebDriver
8 2 (0.040%) Xcode
General
1 3,992 (79.38%) Social Skills
2 3,666 (72.90%) Banking
3 471 (9.37%) Finance
4 137 (2.72%) Public Sector
5 136 (2.70%) Analytical Skills
6 131 (2.60%) Retail
7 129 (2.57%) Marketing
8 99 (1.97%) Law
9 59 (1.17%) Games
10 56 (1.11%) Legal
11 43 (0.86%) Organisational Skills
12 31 (0.62%) Influencing Skills
13 24 (0.48%) Telecoms
14 23 (0.46%) Manufacturing
15 20 (0.40%) Local Government
15 20 (0.40%) Presentation Skills
16 16 (0.32%) Pharmaceutical
17 11 (0.22%) Electronics
18 10 (0.20%) Documentation Skills
19 9 (0.18%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 2,811 (55.90%) Lecturer
2 199 (3.96%) Systems Engineer
3 195 (3.88%) Facilities Engineer
4 166 (3.30%) Senior
5 120 (2.39%) Analyst
6 82 (1.63%) Architect
7 75 (1.49%) Project Manager
8 58 (1.15%) Lead
9 55 (1.09%) Project Engineer
10 50 (0.99%) Senior Manager
11 44 (0.87%) Business Analyst
12 39 (0.78%) Salesforce Architect
13 38 (0.76%) Account Executive
14 37 (0.74%) Sales Manager
15 36 (0.72%) Account Manager
16 35 (0.70%) Developer
17 34 (0.68%) Consultant
18 31 (0.62%) Alliance Manager
19 30 (0.60%) Sales Account Manager
19 30 (0.60%) Senior Sales Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (1.17%) REST
2 49 (0.97%) Lightning Web Components
2 49 (0.97%) SOAP
2 49 (0.97%) Visualforce
3 25 (0.50%) EDI
4 15 (0.30%) .NET
4 15 (0.30%) Node.js
4 15 (0.30%) Web Services
5 14 (0.28%) Android SDK
6 13 (0.26%) GraphQL
7 11 (0.22%) Django
8 8 (0.16%) CSS
8 8 (0.16%) HTML
8 8 (0.16%) Middleware
8 8 (0.16%) React
8 8 (0.16%) RESTful
9 7 (0.14%) SAML
9 7 (0.14%) Spring
10 4 (0.080%) .NET Framework
10 4 (0.080%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 3,650 (72.58%) IoT
2 125 (2.49%) Onboarding
3 78 (1.55%) Blog
4 75 (1.49%) Product Ownership
5 73 (1.45%) Driving Licence
6 50 (0.99%) Management Information System
7 46 (0.91%) Self-Motivation
8 33 (0.66%) Enterprise Software
8 33 (0.66%) Social Media
9 29 (0.58%) Mobile App
10 20 (0.40%) Cloud Native
11 19 (0.38%) Public Cloud
12 13 (0.26%) Life Science
13 12 (0.24%) Legacy Systems
13 12 (0.24%) Security Posture
14 11 (0.22%) Cyberattack
14 11 (0.22%) Video Editing
15 9 (0.18%) Security Operations Centre
16 8 (0.16%) CSOC
16 8 (0.16%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 46 (0.91%) Windows
2 29 (0.58%) Linux
3 18 (0.36%) Android
3 18 (0.36%) Windows Server
4 15 (0.30%) Unix
5 7 (0.14%) Apple iOS
6 5 (0.099%) Debian
6 5 (0.099%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (0.080%) VMS
8 3 (0.060%) Windows 10
9 2 (0.040%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.020%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.020%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 3,897 (77.49%) AI
2 3,767 (74.91%) Cybersecurity
3 3,678 (73.14%) User Experience
4 3,664 (72.86%) Machine Learning
5 3,656 (72.70%) Web Development
6 303 (6.03%) Mentoring
7 226 (4.49%) Agile
8 197 (3.92%) Inventory Management
9 195 (3.88%) Preventative Maintenance
10 193 (3.84%) Continuous Improvement
11 181 (3.60%) Problem-Solving
12 147 (2.92%) Customer Service
13 118 (2.35%) DevOps
14 114 (2.27%) B2B
14 114 (2.27%) Coaching
15 107 (2.13%) Analytics
15 107 (2.13%) CI/CD
16 97 (1.93%) Project Management
17 94 (1.87%) Decision-Making
18 86 (1.71%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 53 (1.05%) Python
2 51 (1.01%) SQL
3 49 (0.97%) Apex Code
4 42 (0.84%) Java
5 41 (0.82%) SOQL
5 41 (0.82%) SOSL
6 21 (0.42%) JavaScript
7 14 (0.28%) Kotlin
8 13 (0.26%) PowerShell
9 5 (0.099%) C#
10 4 (0.080%) PHP
11 3 (0.060%) Bash
11 3 (0.060%) VB
12 2 (0.040%) ActionScript
12 2 (0.040%) ActionScript 2.0
12 2 (0.040%) Go
12 2 (0.040%) Kusto Query Language
13 1 (0.020%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 1 (0.020%) TypeScript
13 1 (0.020%) VBA
Qualifications
1 3,930 (78.15%) Degree
2 3,847 (76.50%) Postgraduate
3 3,654 (72.66%) PhD
4 3,653 (72.64%) Master's Degree
5 200 (3.98%) City & Guilds
6 196 (3.90%) NVQ Level 3
7 104 (2.07%) Security Cleared
8 87 (1.73%) SC Cleared
9 30 (0.60%) BPSS Clearance
10 29 (0.58%) DBS Check
11 27 (0.54%) PMP
12 24 (0.48%) Microsoft Certification
13 23 (0.46%) HNC
14 22 (0.44%) AWS Certification
15 17 (0.34%) HND
16 16 (0.32%) CISSP
17 13 (0.26%) CISM
18 12 (0.24%) CompTIA Security+
18 12 (0.24%) Computer Science Degree
19 10 (0.20%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 195 (3.88%) COSHH
2 54 (1.07%) QA
3 44 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 34 (0.68%) NIST
5 31 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials
6 28 (0.56%) Accessibility
7 24 (0.48%) GDPR
8 22 (0.44%) SLA
9 16 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 13 (0.26%) PMO
10 13 (0.26%) WCAG
11 11 (0.22%) PCI DSS
12 9 (0.18%) COBIT
13 8 (0.16%) Data Quality
13 8 (0.16%) GRC
13 8 (0.16%) SOC 2
14 5 (0.099%) NEBOSH
15 4 (0.080%) NCSC
16 3 (0.060%) EU AI Act
17 2 (0.040%) ISO 19650
System Software
1 48 (0.95%) Active Directory
2 15 (0.30%) Docker
3 10 (0.20%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.12%) vSphere
5 4 (0.080%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.060%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.060%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.040%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.020%) iptables
Systems Management
1 35 (0.70%) Terraform
2 30 (0.60%) Microsoft Intune
3 17 (0.34%) Single Sign-On
4 16 (0.32%) Kubernetes
5 6 (0.12%) Argo
6 5 (0.099%) Autotask
6 5 (0.099%) Grafana
7 4 (0.080%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 4 (0.080%) AWS Copilot
7 4 (0.080%) SolarWinds Orion
7 4 (0.080%) vCenter Server
8 3 (0.060%) Ansible
8 3 (0.060%) CASB
8 3 (0.060%) Jamf Pro
8 3 (0.060%) SCCM
9 2 (0.040%) Kustomize
9 2 (0.040%) Nessus
9 2 (0.040%) Opsgenie
9 2 (0.040%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.020%) WSUS
Vendors
1 256 (5.09%) Microsoft
2 116 (2.31%) Salesforce
3 79 (1.57%) Adobe
4 72 (1.43%) Cisco
5 49 (0.97%) Splunk
6 38 (0.76%) Google
7 31 (0.62%) Apple
8 23 (0.46%) NEC
9 15 (0.30%) SAP
10 13 (0.26%) Oracle
11 12 (0.24%) ServiceNow
11 12 (0.24%) VMware
12 11 (0.22%) Databricks
12 11 (0.22%) Hootsuite
12 11 (0.22%) Instagram
12 11 (0.22%) Pega
12 11 (0.22%) Workday
12 11 (0.22%) Wrike
13 10 (0.20%) CrowdStrike
13 10 (0.20%) Fortinet