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

6 months to
14 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 21 21
Rank change year-on-year -48 0 +42
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 1,753 2,772 4,124
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 2.27% 7.98% 6.90%
As % of the General category 5.13% 11.97% 12.79%
Number of salaries quoted 840 479 839
10th Percentile £28,500 £25,590 £28,696
25th Percentile £36,000 £33,974 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £49,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -2.00% -13.79%
75th Percentile £69,750 £61,250 £62,200
90th Percentile £78,312 £80,000 £73,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 34,166 23,153 32,234
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 44.21% 66.64% 53.95%
Number of salaries quoted 21,077 11,333 18,151
10th Percentile £28,750 £25,750 £27,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,640 £62,500 £63,750
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 14 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 14 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 -66 439 £52,500 +11.70% 244
South East -42 335 £56,000 +12.00% 277
Midlands -48 272 £45,000 -5.26% 130
South West -19 246 £57,500 +48.39% 171
North West -61 244 £42,000 -10.64% 136
West Midlands -37 165 £59,250 +7.73% 70
Scotland -9 161 £52,500 +31.25% 115
East of England -3 154 £40,000 -29.82% 85
East Midlands -37 106 £40,000 +23.08% 60
North East +2 101 £60,000 +144.20% 42
Wales -1 100 £53,000 -7.71% 29
Yorkshire +1 94 £50,500 -36.88% 66
Northern Ireland -32 54 £57,327 -24.66% 47
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 41 (2.34%) Microsoft Exchange
2 36 (2.05%) Confluence
3 28 (1.60%) SharePoint
4 18 (1.03%) Apache Spark
5 17 (0.97%) Apache Airflow
6 16 (0.91%) Apache
7 11 (0.63%) CMS
8 10 (0.57%) Jupyter
9 5 (0.29%) WordPress
10 4 (0.23%) IIS
11 2 (0.11%) Exchange Server 2013
11 2 (0.11%) Moodle
11 2 (0.11%) Skype for Business
11 2 (0.11%) Totara
12 1 (0.057%) ArcGIS
12 1 (0.057%) Cloud Foundry
12 1 (0.057%) OpenEdge
Applications
1 83 (4.73%) Microsoft Office
2 73 (4.16%) Microsoft Excel
3 18 (1.03%) Simulink
4 15 (0.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 11 (0.63%) Acrobat
6 9 (0.51%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 8 (0.46%) Adobe After Effects
7 8 (0.46%) Adobe Illustrator
7 8 (0.46%) Adobe XD
7 8 (0.46%) InDesign
7 8 (0.46%) Microsoft Project
7 8 (0.46%) Photoshop
8 7 (0.40%) Sketch
9 6 (0.34%) MS Visio
10 4 (0.23%) Chatbot
10 4 (0.23%) Mathcad
11 3 (0.17%) Maple
11 3 (0.17%) Revit
11 3 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
12 2 (0.11%) Trello
Business Applications
1 24 (1.37%) Cloudability
2 15 (0.86%) SAP S/4HANA
3 13 (0.74%) Workday HCM
4 11 (0.63%) Primavera
5 7 (0.40%) NetSuite
6 5 (0.29%) Dynamics CRM
6 5 (0.29%) SAP EHS
6 5 (0.29%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 5 (0.29%) Teamcenter
7 4 (0.23%) SAP HR
8 3 (0.17%) JDE EnterpriseOne
8 3 (0.17%) SAP SD
8 3 (0.17%) SAP WM
8 3 (0.17%) Shopify
9 2 (0.11%) Elite 3E
9 2 (0.11%) NEC Housing
9 2 (0.11%) SAP ERP
9 2 (0.11%) SAP MM
10 1 (0.057%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 306 (17.46%) Azure
2 222 (12.66%) AWS
3 132 (7.53%) GCP
4 92 (5.25%) Power Platform
5 87 (4.96%) Azure DevOps
6 78 (4.45%) Microsoft 365
7 52 (2.97%) GitHub
8 47 (2.68%) Serverless
9 42 (2.40%) SaaS
10 33 (1.88%) dbt
11 30 (1.71%) PaaS
12 29 (1.65%) Figma
13 28 (1.60%) Entra ID
14 27 (1.54%) IaaS
15 25 (1.43%) Azure Monitor
16 23 (1.31%) Azure Key Vault
17 22 (1.25%) Microsoft Purview
18 21 (1.20%) GitHub Actions
18 21 (1.20%) Microsoft Copilot
19 14 (0.80%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 36 (2.05%) Broadband
1 36 (2.05%) Firewall
2 27 (1.54%) Network Security
3 21 (1.20%) VPN
4 19 (1.08%) DNS
4 19 (1.08%) Internet
5 17 (0.97%) LAN
6 16 (0.91%) DHCP
6 16 (0.91%) TCP/IP
7 15 (0.86%) WAN
8 11 (0.63%) Ethernet
9 10 (0.57%) Wi-Fi
9 10 (0.57%) Wireless
10 9 (0.51%) SAN
10 9 (0.51%) VLAN
11 6 (0.34%) SSL
12 4 (0.23%) Modbus
12 4 (0.23%) Unified Communications
13 3 (0.17%) Cisco ISE
13 3 (0.17%) Profibus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 76 (4.34%) Power BI
2 39 (2.22%) SQL Server
3 32 (1.83%) PostgreSQL
4 26 (1.48%) Tableau
5 23 (1.31%) Metadata
6 21 (1.20%) Relational Database
7 18 (1.03%) MongoDB
7 18 (1.03%) NoSQL
8 17 (0.97%) MySQL
9 16 (0.91%) Azure SQL Database
10 14 (0.80%) Data Warehouse
10 14 (0.80%) DynamoDB
11 13 (0.74%) BigQuery
12 12 (0.68%) Elasticsearch
12 12 (0.68%) GIS
13 11 (0.63%) Big Data
14 10 (0.57%) Amazon Athena
14 10 (0.57%) Data Lake
14 10 (0.57%) Geospatial Data
15 9 (0.51%) Looker
Development Applications
1 72 (4.11%) Git
2 66 (3.76%) JIRA
3 63 (3.59%) Jenkins
4 43 (2.45%) GitLab
5 22 (1.25%) Snyk
6 21 (1.20%) Rational DOORS
7 20 (1.14%) SonarQube
8 14 (0.80%) fastlane
8 14 (0.80%) LabVIEW
9 9 (0.51%) JMeter
9 9 (0.51%) Postman
10 8 (0.46%) Cucumber
10 8 (0.46%) Xcode
11 7 (0.40%) Gatling
11 7 (0.40%) Moq
11 7 (0.40%) MSI
12 6 (0.34%) Android Studio
12 6 (0.34%) Crashlytics
12 6 (0.34%) Cypress.io
12 6 (0.34%) Gradle
General
1 685 (39.08%) Social Skills
2 461 (26.30%) Finance
3 256 (14.60%) Analytical Skills
4 246 (14.03%) Public Sector
5 158 (9.01%) Marketing
6 144 (8.21%) Law
7 132 (7.53%) Aerospace
8 101 (5.76%) Legal
9 91 (5.19%) Organisational Skills
10 82 (4.68%) Retail
11 68 (3.88%) Manufacturing
12 62 (3.54%) Local Government
13 55 (3.14%) Electronics
14 45 (2.57%) Influencing Skills
15 42 (2.40%) Games
16 35 (2.00%) Banking
17 33 (1.88%) Telecoms
18 30 (1.71%) Military
19 29 (1.65%) Presentation Skills
20 18 (1.03%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 354 (20.19%) Senior
2 195 (11.12%) Analyst
3 193 (11.01%) Architect
4 178 (10.15%) Lead
5 89 (5.08%) Developer
6 78 (4.45%) Sales Executive
7 67 (3.82%) Consultant
7 67 (3.82%) Senior Analyst
8 62 (3.54%) Business Analyst
9 56 (3.19%) Software Engineer
10 54 (3.08%) Systems Engineer
11 52 (2.97%) Solutions Architect
12 46 (2.62%) IT Engineer
13 42 (2.40%) Technical Architect
14 40 (2.28%) Senior Architect
15 39 (2.22%) Cloud Architect
16 33 (1.88%) Designer
17 32 (1.83%) Account Executive
18 29 (1.65%) IT Support
18 29 (1.65%) Principal Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (3.19%) .NET
2 45 (2.57%) CSS
2 45 (2.57%) REST
3 43 (2.45%) HTML
4 41 (2.34%) RESTful
5 32 (1.83%) React
6 31 (1.77%) Node.js
7 26 (1.48%) .NET Core
8 23 (1.31%) SOAP
9 22 (1.25%) .NET Framework
10 21 (1.20%) Lightning Web Components
10 21 (1.20%) Visualforce
10 21 (1.20%) XML
11 20 (1.14%) EDI
11 20 (1.14%) Spring
12 18 (1.03%) Android SDK
12 18 (1.03%) Entity Framework
13 17 (0.97%) ASP.NET
13 17 (0.97%) Spring Boot
14 15 (0.86%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 133 (7.59%) Driving Licence
2 118 (6.73%) Onboarding
3 108 (6.16%) Self-Motivation
4 106 (6.05%) Product Ownership
5 83 (4.73%) Cloud Native
6 69 (3.94%) Management Information System
7 63 (3.59%) Data Centre
8 52 (2.97%) Social Media
9 43 (2.45%) Cyberattack
10 40 (2.28%) Public Cloud
11 30 (1.71%) Algorithms
11 30 (1.71%) Mobile App
12 24 (1.37%) Legacy Systems
13 23 (1.31%) Security Posture
14 22 (1.25%) Data Structures
15 21 (1.20%) FPGA
16 20 (1.14%) Credit Risk
17 19 (1.08%) Analytical Mindset
18 18 (1.03%) Life Science
19 17 (0.97%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 106 (6.05%) Windows
2 55 (3.14%) Linux
3 30 (1.71%) Windows Server
4 25 (1.43%) Android
5 22 (1.25%) Apple iOS
5 22 (1.25%) Windows 10
6 16 (0.91%) Unix
7 12 (0.68%) VMS
8 11 (0.63%) Mac OS
9 5 (0.29%) VxWorks
10 4 (0.23%) Mac OS X
11 3 (0.17%) Solaris
12 2 (0.11%) Windows 7
13 1 (0.057%) AIX
13 1 (0.057%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 483 (27.55%) Agile
2 421 (24.02%) AI
3 371 (21.16%) Problem-Solving
4 275 (15.69%) Continuous Improvement
5 262 (14.95%) Decision-Making
6 256 (14.60%) CI/CD
7 254 (14.49%) Mentoring
8 228 (13.01%) DevOps
9 199 (11.35%) Cybersecurity
10 180 (10.27%) Stakeholder Management
11 162 (9.24%) Roadmaps
12 143 (8.16%) Analytics
13 140 (7.99%) Validation
14 134 (7.64%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
15 127 (7.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 121 (6.90%) Coaching
17 120 (6.85%) Customer Service
17 120 (6.85%) Scrum
17 120 (6.85%) Software Engineering
18 111 (6.33%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 171 (9.75%) Python
2 133 (7.59%) SQL
3 73 (4.16%) Java
4 61 (3.48%) C#
5 60 (3.42%) JavaScript
6 50 (2.85%) PowerShell
7 34 (1.94%) TypeScript
8 32 (1.83%) MATLAB
9 29 (1.65%) Bicep
10 27 (1.54%) Bash
11 22 (1.25%) C++
12 21 (1.20%) Apex Code
13 20 (1.14%) Kotlin
13 20 (1.14%) SOQL
13 20 (1.14%) SOSL
14 19 (1.08%) Kusto Query Language
15 15 (0.86%) Go
16 10 (0.57%) Ada
16 10 (0.57%) PHP
17 7 (0.40%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 396 (22.59%) Degree
2 352 (20.08%) Security Cleared
3 328 (18.71%) SC Cleared
4 142 (8.10%) BPSS Clearance
5 114 (6.50%) DV Cleared
6 93 (5.31%) DBS Check
7 44 (2.51%) AWS Certification
7 44 (2.51%) HNC
8 39 (2.22%) Master's Degree
9 38 (2.17%) Azure Certification
10 35 (2.00%) Computer Science Degree
11 33 (1.88%) Chartered Engineer
12 32 (1.83%) PhD
13 27 (1.54%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 24 (1.37%) Microsoft Certification
15 15 (0.86%) CISSP
16 13 (0.74%) Cisco Certification
16 13 (0.74%) CompTIA Security+
17 12 (0.68%) ACCA
17 12 (0.68%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 222 (12.66%) Accessibility
2 73 (4.16%) Data Quality
3 66 (3.76%) QA
4 63 (3.59%) SLA
5 52 (2.97%) GDPR
6 45 (2.57%) WCAG
7 36 (2.05%) GRC
7 36 (2.05%) NIST
8 25 (1.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 25 (1.43%) NCSC
9 22 (1.25%) Cyber Essentials
10 14 (0.80%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 7 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
11 7 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 6 (0.34%) PCI DSS
13 5 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 20000
14 4 (0.23%) DO-160
14 4 (0.23%) GAAP
14 4 (0.23%) IFRS
14 4 (0.23%) NIST 800
System Software
1 85 (4.85%) Docker
2 74 (4.22%) Active Directory
3 38 (2.17%) Firmware
4 24 (1.37%) Virtual Machines
5 23 (1.31%) VMware Infrastructure
6 12 (0.68%) Virtual Desktop
6 12 (0.68%) vSphere
7 7 (0.40%) Hyper-V
8 5 (0.29%) BitLocker
9 3 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.057%) IAG
10 1 (0.057%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 88 (5.02%) Terraform
2 68 (3.88%) Kubernetes
3 24 (1.37%) Microsoft Intune
4 20 (1.14%) Grafana
5 18 (1.03%) SCCM
6 12 (0.68%) Ansible
7 11 (0.63%) Prometheus
8 7 (0.40%) WSUS
9 4 (0.23%) Argo
9 4 (0.23%) Autotask
10 3 (0.17%) Check_MK
10 3 (0.17%) Kibana
10 3 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (0.11%) Progress Chef
11 2 (0.11%) Puppet
12 1 (0.057%) CASB
12 1 (0.057%) FortiGate
12 1 (0.057%) Jamf Pro
12 1 (0.057%) Nessus
12 1 (0.057%) SCOM
Vendors
1 296 (16.89%) Microsoft
2 84 (4.79%) Google
3 70 (3.99%) Adobe
4 53 (3.02%) SAP
5 51 (2.91%) Workday
6 47 (2.68%) Apple
7 45 (2.57%) Salesforce
8 36 (2.05%) Cisco
8 36 (2.05%) ServiceNow
9 29 (1.65%) VMware
10 26 (1.48%) Palo Alto
11 25 (1.43%) CrowdStrike
11 25 (1.43%) Splunk
12 24 (1.37%) Dynatrace
13 22 (1.25%) Tenable
14 19 (1.08%) Instagram
14 19 (1.08%) Oracle
15 14 (0.80%) Facebook
15 14 (0.80%) OpenAI
16 13 (0.74%) Databricks