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

6 months to
29 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 66 19 27
Rank change year-on-year -47 +8 +34
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 1,828 2,751 3,605
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 2.28% 7.88% 6.20%
As % of the General category 5.23% 11.98% 11.65%
Number of salaries quoted 867 471 719
10th Percentile £28,350 £25,552 £28,750
25th Percentile £35,750 £32,000 £36,540
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -5.00% -12.73%
75th Percentile £69,750 £60,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £78,312 £80,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,623
% change year-on-year - -1.12% -14.43%

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 34,985 22,965 30,949
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 43.73% 65.79% 53.25%
Number of salaries quoted 21,668 11,433 16,472
10th Percentile £28,750 £26,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £35,195
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -2.91%
75th Percentile £66,250 £62,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,441 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.03% -1.02% -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 29 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 29 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 -65 463 £52,445 +17.85% 574
South East -31 383 £56,000 +3.70% 428
Midlands -48 275 £45,500 -4.21% 339
North West -62 260 £42,000 -5.62% 334
South West -10 248 £57,500 +51.32% 481
West Midlands -38 166 £59,250 +7.73% 236
Scotland -11 161 £52,500 +31.25% 427
East of England +7 153 £42,119 -26.11% 188
North East +7 113 £60,000 +144.20% 88
East Midlands -36 108 £37,500 +15.38% 103
Wales -3 100 £53,000 -3.64% 50
Yorkshire -6 90 £50,000 -37.50% 152
Northern Ireland -40 51 £74,654 -1.89% 185
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 (2.30%) Microsoft Exchange
2 37 (2.02%) Confluence
3 33 (1.81%) SharePoint
4 18 (0.98%) Apache Spark
5 17 (0.93%) Apache Airflow
6 16 (0.88%) Apache
7 12 (0.66%) CMS
8 10 (0.55%) Jupyter
9 4 (0.22%) IIS
9 4 (0.22%) WordPress
10 2 (0.11%) Exchange Server 2013
10 2 (0.11%) Moodle
10 2 (0.11%) Skype for Business
10 2 (0.11%) Totara
11 1 (0.055%) Cloud Foundry
11 1 (0.055%) Headless CMS
11 1 (0.055%) OpenEdge
Applications
1 90 (4.92%) Microsoft Office
2 83 (4.54%) Microsoft Excel
3 24 (1.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 18 (0.98%) Simulink
5 12 (0.66%) Revit
6 9 (0.49%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 8 (0.44%) Adobe After Effects
7 8 (0.44%) Adobe Illustrator
7 8 (0.44%) Adobe XD
7 8 (0.44%) InDesign
7 8 (0.44%) Microsoft Project
7 8 (0.44%) Photoshop
8 7 (0.38%) AutoCAD
8 7 (0.38%) Maple
8 7 (0.38%) Sketch
9 6 (0.33%) MS Visio
10 4 (0.22%) Chatbot
10 4 (0.22%) Mathcad
10 4 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
11 2 (0.11%) Camtasia
Business Applications
1 24 (1.31%) Cloudability
2 21 (1.15%) SAP S/4HANA
3 12 (0.66%) Workday HCM
4 11 (0.60%) Primavera
5 10 (0.55%) Dynamics CRM
6 8 (0.44%) NetSuite
7 7 (0.38%) SAP EHS
7 7 (0.38%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 6 (0.33%) Teamcenter
9 4 (0.22%) SAP HR
9 4 (0.22%) SAP SD
9 4 (0.22%) SAP WM
10 3 (0.16%) JDE EnterpriseOne
10 3 (0.16%) Misys Midas
10 3 (0.16%) SAP ERP
10 3 (0.16%) SAP MM
10 3 (0.16%) SAP R/3
10 3 (0.16%) Shopify
11 2 (0.11%) Elite 3E
11 2 (0.11%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 322 (17.61%) Azure
2 235 (12.86%) AWS
3 137 (7.49%) GCP
4 96 (5.25%) Power Platform
5 93 (5.09%) Azure DevOps
6 77 (4.21%) Microsoft 365
7 58 (3.17%) GitHub
8 52 (2.84%) Serverless
9 38 (2.08%) SaaS
10 32 (1.75%) dbt
10 32 (1.75%) Entra ID
11 30 (1.64%) PaaS
12 28 (1.53%) Azure Key Vault
12 28 (1.53%) Figma
12 28 (1.53%) IaaS
13 26 (1.42%) Azure Monitor
13 26 (1.42%) GitHub Actions
14 22 (1.20%) Microsoft Copilot
15 21 (1.15%) Dynamics 365
15 21 (1.15%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 38 (2.08%) Firewall
2 31 (1.70%) Network Security
3 24 (1.31%) Internet
4 23 (1.26%) Broadband
5 20 (1.09%) VPN
6 19 (1.04%) DNS
7 18 (0.98%) TCP/IP
8 16 (0.88%) Ethernet
9 15 (0.82%) LAN
10 13 (0.71%) DHCP
10 13 (0.71%) WAN
11 10 (0.55%) Modbus
11 10 (0.55%) SAN
12 9 (0.49%) VLAN
12 9 (0.49%) Wireless
13 8 (0.44%) Profibus
13 8 (0.44%) Wi-Fi
14 7 (0.38%) SSL
15 4 (0.22%) Remote Desktop
15 4 (0.22%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 77 (4.21%) Power BI
2 42 (2.30%) SQL Server
3 31 (1.70%) PostgreSQL
4 26 (1.42%) Tableau
5 22 (1.20%) Metadata
6 21 (1.15%) Relational Database
7 19 (1.04%) MongoDB
8 17 (0.93%) Azure SQL Database
8 17 (0.93%) MySQL
8 17 (0.93%) NoSQL
9 14 (0.77%) Data Lake
9 14 (0.77%) Data Warehouse
9 14 (0.77%) DynamoDB
10 13 (0.71%) BigQuery
10 13 (0.71%) Elasticsearch
11 11 (0.60%) Big Data
11 11 (0.60%) GIS
12 10 (0.55%) Amazon Athena
13 9 (0.49%) Geospatial Data
13 9 (0.49%) Looker
Development Applications
1 82 (4.49%) Git
2 65 (3.56%) JIRA
3 60 (3.28%) Jenkins
4 37 (2.02%) GitLab
5 22 (1.20%) Snyk
6 21 (1.15%) Rational DOORS
7 14 (0.77%) fastlane
7 14 (0.77%) LabVIEW
7 14 (0.77%) SonarQube
8 9 (0.49%) Cypress.io
9 8 (0.44%) Postman
9 8 (0.44%) Xcode
10 7 (0.38%) Gatling
10 7 (0.38%) JMeter
10 7 (0.38%) Moq
10 7 (0.38%) MSI
11 6 (0.33%) Android Studio
11 6 (0.33%) Crashlytics
11 6 (0.33%) Cucumber
11 6 (0.33%) Gradle
General
1 747 (40.86%) Social Skills
2 504 (27.57%) Finance
3 277 (15.15%) Analytical Skills
4 263 (14.39%) Public Sector
5 161 (8.81%) Marketing
6 147 (8.04%) Law
7 134 (7.33%) Aerospace
8 103 (5.63%) Organisational Skills
9 96 (5.25%) Legal
10 82 (4.49%) Retail
11 76 (4.16%) Manufacturing
12 64 (3.50%) Local Government
13 62 (3.39%) Electronics
14 48 (2.63%) Influencing Skills
15 46 (2.52%) Telecoms
16 40 (2.19%) Presentation Skills
17 35 (1.91%) Banking
18 29 (1.59%) Games
18 29 (1.59%) Military
19 18 (0.98%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 366 (20.02%) Senior
2 195 (10.67%) Lead
3 191 (10.45%) Architect
4 185 (10.12%) Analyst
5 93 (5.09%) Developer
6 91 (4.98%) Sales Executive
7 78 (4.27%) Consultant
8 67 (3.67%) Senior Analyst
9 63 (3.45%) Business Analyst
10 58 (3.17%) Software Engineer
11 56 (3.06%) Systems Engineer
12 53 (2.90%) Solutions Architect
13 42 (2.30%) IT Engineer
14 40 (2.19%) Senior Architect
14 40 (2.19%) Technical Architect
15 39 (2.13%) Cloud Architect
16 38 (2.08%) Designer
17 30 (1.64%) Principal Engineer
17 30 (1.64%) Senior Developer
18 29 (1.59%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 87 (4.76%) Terraform
2 56 (3.06%) .NET
3 46 (2.52%) CSS
4 44 (2.41%) HTML
4 44 (2.41%) RESTful
5 37 (2.02%) REST
6 35 (1.91%) React
7 31 (1.70%) Node.js
8 27 (1.48%) .NET Core
8 27 (1.48%) EDI
8 27 (1.48%) XML
9 22 (1.20%) .NET Framework
9 22 (1.20%) Spring
10 19 (1.04%) Spring Boot
11 18 (0.98%) ASP.NET
11 18 (0.98%) Entity Framework
12 16 (0.88%) SOAP
13 15 (0.82%) AngularJS
14 14 (0.77%) Playwright
14 14 (0.77%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 152 (8.32%) Driving Licence
2 149 (8.15%) Onboarding
3 112 (6.13%) Self-Motivation
4 100 (5.47%) Product Ownership
5 85 (4.65%) Cloud Native
6 72 (3.94%) Management Information System
7 71 (3.88%) Data Centre
8 47 (2.57%) Social Media
9 46 (2.52%) Public Cloud
10 40 (2.19%) Cyberattack
11 29 (1.59%) Algorithms
12 25 (1.37%) Security Posture
13 24 (1.31%) Legacy Systems
13 24 (1.31%) Mobile App
14 22 (1.20%) Data Structures
15 21 (1.15%) FPGA
15 21 (1.15%) SCADA
16 20 (1.09%) Analytical Mindset
16 20 (1.09%) Credit Risk
17 19 (1.04%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 111 (6.07%) Windows
2 57 (3.12%) Linux
3 31 (1.70%) Windows Server
4 23 (1.26%) Apple iOS
5 21 (1.15%) Windows 10
6 19 (1.04%) Android
7 16 (0.88%) Unix
7 16 (0.88%) VMS
8 13 (0.71%) Mac OS
9 5 (0.27%) VxWorks
10 4 (0.22%) Mac OS X
11 3 (0.16%) Solaris
12 2 (0.11%) AIX
12 2 (0.11%) Windows 7
13 1 (0.055%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 500 (27.35%) Agile
2 433 (23.69%) AI
3 375 (20.51%) Problem-Solving
4 299 (16.36%) Continuous Improvement
5 278 (15.21%) Mentoring
6 273 (14.93%) Decision-Making
7 252 (13.79%) CI/CD
8 233 (12.75%) DevOps
9 206 (11.27%) Stakeholder Management
10 203 (11.11%) Cybersecurity
11 160 (8.75%) Roadmaps
12 147 (8.04%) Validation
13 144 (7.88%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
14 139 (7.60%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 136 (7.44%) Analytics
16 133 (7.28%) Customer Service
17 126 (6.89%) Software Engineering
18 125 (6.84%) Coaching
19 122 (6.67%) Collaborative Working
20 118 (6.46%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 167 (9.14%) Python
2 129 (7.06%) SQL
3 68 (3.72%) C#
3 68 (3.72%) Java
4 65 (3.56%) JavaScript
5 48 (2.63%) PowerShell
6 38 (2.08%) TypeScript
7 32 (1.75%) MATLAB
8 29 (1.59%) Bicep
9 26 (1.42%) Bash
10 22 (1.20%) C++
11 18 (0.98%) Kusto Query Language
12 15 (0.82%) Go
13 14 (0.77%) Apex Code
13 14 (0.77%) Kotlin
13 14 (0.77%) SOQL
13 14 (0.77%) SOSL
14 10 (0.55%) ABAP
14 10 (0.55%) Ada
14 10 (0.55%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 412 (22.54%) Degree
2 350 (19.15%) Security Cleared
3 329 (18.00%) SC Cleared
4 150 (8.21%) BPSS Clearance
5 112 (6.13%) DV Cleared
6 107 (5.85%) DBS Check
7 63 (3.45%) HNC
8 47 (2.57%) AWS Certification
9 42 (2.30%) Azure Certification
10 39 (2.13%) Master's Degree
11 36 (1.97%) Chartered Engineer
12 31 (1.70%) Computer Science Degree
13 29 (1.59%) PhD
14 27 (1.48%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 23 (1.26%) Microsoft Certification
16 13 (0.71%) ACCA
16 13 (0.71%) CIMA
16 13 (0.71%) Cisco Certification
16 13 (0.71%) CISSP
17 12 (0.66%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 234 (12.80%) Accessibility
2 81 (4.43%) QA
3 76 (4.16%) Data Quality
4 63 (3.45%) SLA
5 57 (3.12%) GDPR
6 48 (2.63%) WCAG
7 36 (1.97%) GRC
8 34 (1.86%) NIST
9 27 (1.48%) NCSC
10 23 (1.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 21 (1.15%) Cyber Essentials
12 14 (0.77%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 7 (0.38%) Actionable Recommendations
14 6 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 5 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 20000
15 5 (0.27%) PCI DSS
16 4 (0.22%) DO-160
16 4 (0.22%) GAAP
16 4 (0.22%) IFRS
16 4 (0.22%) NIST 800
System Software
1 82 (4.49%) Docker
2 72 (3.94%) Active Directory
3 39 (2.13%) Firmware
4 25 (1.37%) VMware Infrastructure
5 24 (1.31%) Virtual Machines
6 12 (0.66%) Virtual Desktop
6 12 (0.66%) vSphere
7 8 (0.44%) Hyper-V
8 5 (0.27%) BitLocker
9 3 (0.16%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.055%) IAG
10 1 (0.055%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 67 (3.67%) Kubernetes
2 22 (1.20%) Microsoft Intune
3 20 (1.09%) Grafana
4 17 (0.93%) SCCM
5 12 (0.66%) Ansible
6 11 (0.60%) Prometheus
7 7 (0.38%) WSUS
8 4 (0.22%) Argo
8 4 (0.22%) Autotask
9 3 (0.16%) Check_MK
9 3 (0.16%) Kibana
10 2 (0.11%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.11%) Puppet
10 2 (0.11%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.055%) Functional Safety
11 1 (0.055%) Jamf Pro
11 1 (0.055%) QRadar
11 1 (0.055%) SCOM
11 1 (0.055%) vCenter Server
11 1 (0.055%) VxRail
Vendors
1 312 (17.07%) Microsoft
2 87 (4.76%) Google
3 73 (3.99%) SAP
4 56 (3.06%) Adobe
5 51 (2.79%) Workday
6 50 (2.74%) Apple
7 40 (2.19%) Salesforce
8 35 (1.91%) Cisco
8 35 (1.91%) ServiceNow
9 33 (1.81%) VMware
10 26 (1.42%) Palo Alto
11 25 (1.37%) CrowdStrike
12 24 (1.31%) Dynatrace
13 22 (1.20%) Tenable
14 21 (1.15%) Oracle
14 21 (1.15%) Splunk
15 15 (0.82%) Facebook
16 14 (0.77%) Instagram
16 14 (0.77%) OpenAI
17 13 (0.71%) Databricks