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 3 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 74 20 21
Rank change year-on-year -54 +1 +44
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 1,611 2,778 4,184
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 2.14% 8.07% 7.02%
As % of the General category 4.83% 12.06% 13.05%
Number of salaries quoted 804 485 896
10th Percentile £28,350 £26,250 £28,622
25th Percentile £35,375 £35,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - -15.53%
75th Percentile £70,000 £61,250 £62,200
90th Percentile £78,312 £80,000 £73,299
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £54,499
% change year-on-year - +0.92% -16.16%

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 33,363 23,027 32,067
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 44.40% 66.88% 53.82%
Number of salaries quoted 20,554 11,315 18,578
10th Percentile £28,500 £25,750 £26,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £49,070
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -8.29% -6.53%
75th Percentile £65,640 £63,750 £63,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £78,750 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -8.33%

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 3 August 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 3 August 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 -66 432 £55,000 +17.02% 217
South East -48 298 £55,000 +26.44% 310
Midlands -52 264 £45,000 -10.00% 127
North West -63 239 £42,000 -8.70% 127
South West -25 226 £57,500 +35.29% 157
West Midlands -36 164 £60,000 +9.09% 80
Scotland -14 135 £52,500 +23.53% 82
East of England -16 129 £40,000 -29.82% 58
East Midlands -36 99 £40,000 +23.08% 46
Wales -1 98 £55,159 +0.29% 18
North East +5 97 £60,000 +144.20% 34
Yorkshire -1 96 £51,723 -17.85% 56
Northern Ireland -49 38 £56,901 -25.22% 57
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 40 (2.48%) Microsoft Exchange
2 31 (1.92%) Confluence
3 28 (1.74%) SharePoint
4 15 (0.93%) Apache
4 15 (0.93%) Apache Airflow
4 15 (0.93%) Apache Spark
5 10 (0.62%) Jupyter
6 9 (0.56%) CMS
7 5 (0.31%) WordPress
8 4 (0.25%) ArcGIS
8 4 (0.25%) IIS
9 2 (0.12%) Exchange Server 2013
9 2 (0.12%) Moodle
9 2 (0.12%) Skype for Business
9 2 (0.12%) Totara
10 1 (0.062%) Cloud Foundry
10 1 (0.062%) OpenEdge
Applications
1 78 (4.84%) Microsoft Office
2 66 (4.10%) Microsoft Excel
3 21 (1.30%) Acrobat
4 15 (0.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 11 (0.68%) Simulink
6 9 (0.56%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 8 (0.50%) Adobe After Effects
7 8 (0.50%) Adobe Illustrator
7 8 (0.50%) InDesign
7 8 (0.50%) Photoshop
8 7 (0.43%) Microsoft Project
9 6 (0.37%) Adobe XD
9 6 (0.37%) Sketch
10 3 (0.19%) Chatbot
10 3 (0.19%) Mathcad
10 3 (0.19%) MS Visio
10 3 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
11 2 (0.12%) Maple
11 2 (0.12%) Revit
11 2 (0.12%) Trello
Business Applications
1 24 (1.49%) Cloudability
2 11 (0.68%) Workday HCM
3 6 (0.37%) NetSuite
4 5 (0.31%) Primavera
4 5 (0.31%) SAP S/4HANA
5 4 (0.25%) Dynamics CRM
5 4 (0.25%) SAP EHS
5 4 (0.25%) SAP HR
5 4 (0.25%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 3 (0.19%) JDE EnterpriseOne
6 3 (0.19%) Shopify
6 3 (0.19%) Teamcenter
7 2 (0.12%) Elite 3E
7 2 (0.12%) NEC Housing
8 1 (0.062%) Exchequer
8 1 (0.062%) Raiser’s Edge
8 1 (0.062%) SAP MM
8 1 (0.062%) SAP SD
8 1 (0.062%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 284 (17.63%) Azure
2 198 (12.29%) AWS
3 123 (7.64%) GCP
4 88 (5.46%) Power Platform
5 83 (5.15%) Azure DevOps
6 77 (4.78%) Microsoft 365
7 45 (2.79%) GitHub
7 45 (2.79%) Serverless
8 35 (2.17%) dbt
9 32 (1.99%) SaaS
10 28 (1.74%) PaaS
11 27 (1.68%) Entra ID
11 27 (1.68%) Figma
12 23 (1.43%) Azure Monitor
13 22 (1.37%) IaaS
13 22 (1.37%) Microsoft Purview
14 21 (1.30%) Azure Key Vault
15 19 (1.18%) GitHub Actions
16 16 (0.99%) Microsoft Copilot
17 15 (0.93%) Amazon ECR
Communications & Networking
1 46 (2.86%) Broadband
2 40 (2.48%) Firewall
3 26 (1.61%) Network Security
4 25 (1.55%) VPN
5 20 (1.24%) LAN
6 19 (1.18%) DNS
6 19 (1.18%) TCP/IP
7 18 (1.12%) Internet
7 18 (1.12%) WAN
8 16 (0.99%) DHCP
9 11 (0.68%) Wi-Fi
10 10 (0.62%) Wireless
11 9 (0.56%) SAN
11 9 (0.56%) VLAN
12 7 (0.43%) SSL
13 4 (0.25%) Ethernet
14 3 (0.19%) Intranet
14 3 (0.19%) SD-WAN
14 3 (0.19%) Unified Communications
15 2 (0.12%) Cisco Firepower
Database & Business Intelligence
1 74 (4.59%) Power BI
2 33 (2.05%) SQL Server
3 32 (1.99%) PostgreSQL
4 25 (1.55%) Tableau
5 21 (1.30%) Metadata
6 18 (1.12%) Relational Database
7 17 (1.06%) MongoDB
8 16 (0.99%) Azure SQL Database
8 16 (0.99%) MySQL
9 15 (0.93%) GIS
10 14 (0.87%) NoSQL
11 13 (0.81%) BigQuery
11 13 (0.81%) Data Warehouse
11 13 (0.81%) Elasticsearch
11 13 (0.81%) Geospatial Data
12 11 (0.68%) DynamoDB
13 10 (0.62%) Amazon Athena
13 10 (0.62%) Looker
14 9 (0.56%) Redis
15 8 (0.50%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 63 (3.91%) Jenkins
2 61 (3.79%) Git
3 54 (3.35%) JIRA
4 47 (2.92%) GitLab
5 26 (1.61%) SonarQube
6 22 (1.37%) Snyk
7 14 (0.87%) fastlane
8 13 (0.81%) LabVIEW
8 13 (0.81%) Rational DOORS
9 10 (0.62%) Postman
10 8 (0.50%) Cucumber
10 8 (0.50%) JMeter
10 8 (0.50%) Xcode
11 7 (0.43%) Moq
11 7 (0.43%) MSI
12 6 (0.37%) Android Studio
12 6 (0.37%) Crashlytics
12 6 (0.37%) Cypress.io
12 6 (0.37%) Gatling
12 6 (0.37%) Gradle
General
1 619 (38.42%) Social Skills
2 392 (24.33%) Finance
3 226 (14.03%) Analytical Skills
4 223 (13.84%) Public Sector
5 147 (9.12%) Marketing
6 126 (7.82%) Law
7 101 (6.27%) Legal
8 86 (5.34%) Organisational Skills
9 81 (5.03%) Aerospace
10 80 (4.97%) Retail
11 61 (3.79%) Local Government
12 53 (3.29%) Manufacturing
13 48 (2.98%) Games
14 38 (2.36%) Electronics
15 36 (2.23%) Influencing Skills
16 33 (2.05%) Banking
17 26 (1.61%) Presentation Skills
18 22 (1.37%) Telecoms
19 17 (1.06%) Automotive
19 17 (1.06%) Military
Job Titles
1 337 (20.92%) Senior
2 186 (11.55%) Analyst
3 179 (11.11%) Architect
4 141 (8.75%) Lead
5 88 (5.46%) Developer
6 76 (4.72%) Sales Executive
7 62 (3.85%) Senior Analyst
8 55 (3.41%) Business Analyst
9 51 (3.17%) Consultant
10 50 (3.10%) Solutions Architect
11 47 (2.92%) IT Engineer
12 45 (2.79%) Systems Engineer
13 40 (2.48%) Technical Architect
14 38 (2.36%) Cloud Architect
14 38 (2.36%) Senior Architect
14 38 (2.36%) Software Engineer
15 32 (1.99%) Account Executive
16 30 (1.86%) IT Support
17 29 (1.80%) IT Manager
18 28 (1.74%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (3.23%) REST
2 44 (2.73%) .NET
3 41 (2.55%) CSS
4 39 (2.42%) HTML
5 38 (2.36%) RESTful
6 29 (1.80%) SOAP
7 27 (1.68%) Lightning Web Components
7 27 (1.68%) Node.js
7 27 (1.68%) Visualforce
8 26 (1.61%) React
9 20 (1.24%) .NET Core
9 20 (1.24%) EDI
10 19 (1.18%) .NET Framework
10 19 (1.18%) Android SDK
10 19 (1.18%) XML
11 16 (0.99%) Spring
12 15 (0.93%) Entity Framework
13 14 (0.87%) GraphQL
13 14 (0.87%) Spring Boot
14 13 (0.81%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 121 (7.51%) Onboarding
2 117 (7.26%) Driving Licence
3 107 (6.64%) Product Ownership
4 100 (6.21%) Self-Motivation
5 72 (4.47%) Cloud Native
6 64 (3.97%) Management Information System
7 59 (3.66%) Data Centre
8 46 (2.86%) Social Media
9 44 (2.73%) Cyberattack
10 35 (2.17%) Mobile App
11 26 (1.61%) Public Cloud
12 25 (1.55%) Algorithms
13 22 (1.37%) Legacy Systems
13 22 (1.37%) Security Posture
14 21 (1.30%) Data Structures
15 19 (1.18%) Credit Risk
16 18 (1.12%) CSOC
16 18 (1.12%) Security Operations Centre
17 15 (0.93%) Analytical Mindset
17 15 (0.93%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 99 (6.15%) Windows
2 51 (3.17%) Linux
3 29 (1.80%) Windows Server
4 25 (1.55%) Android
5 21 (1.30%) Windows 10
6 20 (1.24%) Apple iOS
7 18 (1.12%) Unix
8 13 (0.81%) VMS
9 10 (0.62%) Mac OS
10 4 (0.25%) Mac OS X
11 3 (0.19%) VxWorks
12 2 (0.12%) Solaris
12 2 (0.12%) Windows 7
12 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
13 1 (0.062%) AIX
13 1 (0.062%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 429 (26.63%) Agile
2 375 (23.28%) AI
3 306 (18.99%) Problem-Solving
4 248 (15.39%) Continuous Improvement
5 245 (15.21%) CI/CD
6 231 (14.34%) Decision-Making
7 222 (13.78%) Mentoring
8 219 (13.59%) DevOps
9 192 (11.92%) Cybersecurity
10 153 (9.50%) Stakeholder Management
11 150 (9.31%) Roadmaps
12 135 (8.38%) Analytics
13 120 (7.45%) Scrum
13 120 (7.45%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
14 119 (7.39%) Validation
15 117 (7.26%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 114 (7.08%) Customer Service
17 100 (6.21%) Coaching
18 97 (6.02%) Technology Strategy
19 96 (5.96%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 156 (9.68%) Python
2 128 (7.95%) SQL
3 64 (3.97%) Java
4 52 (3.23%) JavaScript
5 47 (2.92%) C#
5 47 (2.92%) PowerShell
6 33 (2.05%) TypeScript
7 29 (1.80%) Bicep
8 27 (1.68%) Apex Code
9 26 (1.61%) Bash
9 26 (1.61%) SOQL
9 26 (1.61%) SOSL
10 23 (1.43%) MATLAB
11 20 (1.24%) Kotlin
12 19 (1.18%) Kusto Query Language
13 16 (0.99%) C++
14 14 (0.87%) Go
15 10 (0.62%) PHP
16 7 (0.43%) Swift
16 7 (0.43%) XAML
Qualifications
1 343 (21.29%) Degree
2 287 (17.82%) Security Cleared
3 266 (16.51%) SC Cleared
4 95 (5.90%) BPSS Clearance
5 82 (5.09%) DBS Check
6 68 (4.22%) DV Cleared
7 39 (2.42%) AWS Certification
8 35 (2.17%) Azure Certification
9 33 (2.05%) HNC
10 30 (1.86%) Master's Degree
11 28 (1.74%) Computer Science Degree
12 27 (1.68%) PhD
13 26 (1.61%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 26 (1.61%) Microsoft Certification
14 24 (1.49%) Chartered Engineer
15 14 (0.87%) CompTIA Security+
16 13 (0.81%) Cisco Certification
16 13 (0.81%) CISSP
16 13 (0.81%) Postgraduate
17 12 (0.74%) ACCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 158 (9.81%) Accessibility
2 71 (4.41%) Data Quality
3 61 (3.79%) SLA
4 53 (3.29%) QA
5 50 (3.10%) GDPR
6 43 (2.67%) WCAG
7 37 (2.30%) NIST
8 36 (2.23%) GRC
9 27 (1.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 22 (1.37%) NCSC
11 20 (1.24%) Cyber Essentials
12 14 (0.87%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 8 (0.50%) PCI DSS
14 7 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 4 (0.25%) Actionable Recommendations
15 4 (0.25%) GAAP
15 4 (0.25%) IFRS
16 3 (0.19%) ARP4761
16 3 (0.19%) DO-160
16 3 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 80 (4.97%) Docker
2 72 (4.47%) Active Directory
3 24 (1.49%) Virtual Machines
3 24 (1.49%) VMware Infrastructure
4 23 (1.43%) Firmware
5 13 (0.81%) vSphere
6 12 (0.74%) Virtual Desktop
7 8 (0.50%) Hyper-V
8 5 (0.31%) BitLocker
9 2 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.062%) IAG
10 1 (0.062%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 84 (5.21%) Terraform
2 58 (3.60%) Kubernetes
3 23 (1.43%) Microsoft Intune
4 18 (1.12%) Grafana
5 16 (0.99%) SCCM
6 9 (0.56%) Ansible
6 9 (0.56%) Prometheus
7 6 (0.37%) Autotask
7 6 (0.37%) WSUS
8 5 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
9 4 (0.25%) AWS Copilot
10 3 (0.19%) Argo
10 3 (0.19%) Check_MK
11 2 (0.12%) Kibana
11 2 (0.12%) Opsgenie
11 2 (0.12%) vCenter Server
12 1 (0.062%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 1 (0.062%) CASB
12 1 (0.062%) Functional Safety
12 1 (0.062%) QRadar
Vendors
1 290 (18.00%) Microsoft
2 79 (4.90%) Google
3 76 (4.72%) Adobe
4 50 (3.10%) Salesforce
5 44 (2.73%) Apple
6 37 (2.30%) Cisco
6 37 (2.30%) ServiceNow
7 31 (1.92%) SAP
8 30 (1.86%) VMware
8 30 (1.86%) Workday
9 29 (1.80%) Splunk
10 28 (1.74%) Palo Alto
11 26 (1.61%) CrowdStrike
12 22 (1.37%) Tenable
13 21 (1.30%) Dynatrace
14 17 (1.06%) Instagram
15 14 (0.87%) Oracle
16 13 (0.81%) OpenAI
17 12 (0.74%) ScienceLogic
18 11 (0.68%) Pega