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 28 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 23 21
Rank change year-on-year +12 -2 +33
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 5,125 2,153 5,614
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 7.88% 7.93% 8.28%
As % of the General category 16.22% 11.54% 14.27%
Number of salaries quoted 598 473 1,298
10th Percentile £25,375 £29,750 £25,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £37,875 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% -21.74%
75th Percentile £63,750 £62,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,450 £71,725
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £51,000
% change year-on-year - +7.84% -21.54%

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 31,592 18,661 39,344
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 48.58% 68.74% 58.05%
Number of salaries quoted 16,228 9,444 26,257
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,250 £26,000
25th Percentile £33,750 £35,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £75,772
UK median annual salary £55,000 £58,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.17% +10.48% -12.50%

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 28 April 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 28 April 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 +7 1,962 £50,000 +8.70% 444
North West +1 1,696 £41,250 -9.34% 343
Midlands +22 1,504 £50,000 - 114
West Midlands +42 1,291 £62,000 +12.73% 46
South East +12 850 £52,500 +5.92% 235
East of England +9 462 £41,739 -24.11% 57
Yorkshire +24 239 £27,625 -35.00% 77
East Midlands -5 225 £35,000 +7.69% 67
South West -18 176 £50,437 +0.87% 88
Scotland -32 88 £51,250 -6.82% 54
Wales +7 78 £55,758 +11.24% 52
North East -24 27 £60,000 -13.52% 25
Northern Ireland -36 15 £40,000 - 18
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 46 (0.90%) SharePoint
2 16 (0.31%) Microsoft Exchange
3 15 (0.29%) Confluence
4 7 (0.14%) ArcGIS
5 3 (0.059%) Apache
5 3 (0.059%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.059%) CMS
6 2 (0.039%) Exchange Server 2013
6 2 (0.039%) WordPress
7 1 (0.020%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.020%) IIS
7 1 (0.020%) WildFly
Applications
1 63 (1.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 54 (1.05%) Microsoft Office
3 37 (0.72%) Acrobat
4 27 (0.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.098%) Adobe XD
6 3 (0.059%) AutoCAD
6 3 (0.059%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.039%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.039%) Trello
8 1 (0.020%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 14 (0.27%) Cloudability
2 8 (0.16%) NetSuite
3 6 (0.12%) Workday HCM
4 5 (0.098%) SAP HR
5 4 (0.078%) Academy Housing
6 2 (0.039%) Elite 3E
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%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 1 (0.020%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.020%) Raiser’s Edge
7 1 (0.020%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 3,654 (71.30%) Cloud Computing
2 192 (3.75%) Azure
3 118 (2.30%) AWS
4 85 (1.66%) Microsoft 365
5 63 (1.23%) Power Platform
6 62 (1.21%) GCP
7 38 (0.74%) SaaS
8 37 (0.72%) Entra ID
9 25 (0.49%) Azure DevOps
10 20 (0.39%) Serverless
11 13 (0.25%) OneDrive
12 12 (0.23%) Asana
12 12 (0.23%) PaaS
13 11 (0.21%) Google Analytics
13 11 (0.21%) Sprout Social
14 10 (0.20%) Figma
14 10 (0.20%) GitHub
14 10 (0.20%) Microsoft Purview
14 10 (0.20%) Power Automate
15 9 (0.18%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 3,655 (71.32%) Internet
2 64 (1.25%) Broadband
3 30 (0.59%) Firewall
4 26 (0.51%) DNS
4 26 (0.51%) VPN
5 23 (0.45%) DHCP
5 23 (0.45%) LAN
6 22 (0.43%) WAN
7 17 (0.33%) TCP/IP
7 17 (0.33%) Wi-Fi
8 9 (0.18%) VLAN
9 8 (0.16%) 4G
9 8 (0.16%) Network Security
10 7 (0.14%) MPLS
10 7 (0.14%) Wireless
11 4 (0.078%) BGP
11 4 (0.078%) Ethernet
11 4 (0.078%) PSTN
11 4 (0.078%) SMTP
11 4 (0.078%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (0.98%) Power BI
2 20 (0.39%) PostgreSQL
3 16 (0.31%) Data Warehouse
4 13 (0.25%) Data Lake
5 12 (0.23%) Metadata
6 11 (0.21%) SQL Server
7 9 (0.18%) GIS
7 9 (0.18%) MySQL
8 8 (0.16%) Amazon RDS
9 7 (0.14%) Geospatial Data
10 6 (0.12%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 6 (0.12%) BigQuery
10 6 (0.12%) MongoDB
10 6 (0.12%) NoSQL
10 6 (0.12%) Redis
11 5 (0.098%) Looker
12 4 (0.078%) Big Data
12 4 (0.078%) Elasticsearch
13 3 (0.059%) Relational Database
13 3 (0.059%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 36 (0.70%) Jenkins
2 35 (0.68%) GitLab
3 34 (0.66%) SonarQube
4 30 (0.59%) JIRA
5 19 (0.37%) Git
6 16 (0.31%) Snyk
7 10 (0.20%) Postman
8 8 (0.16%) Cucumber
9 5 (0.098%) Axure RP
9 5 (0.098%) Balsamiq
9 5 (0.098%) Moq
9 5 (0.098%) Zephyr
10 4 (0.078%) Gatling
10 4 (0.078%) JMeter
10 4 (0.078%) JUnit
10 4 (0.078%) Locust
11 3 (0.059%) fastlane
11 3 (0.059%) Mockito
12 2 (0.039%) LabVIEW
12 2 (0.039%) Rational DOORS
General
1 4,015 (78.34%) Social Skills
2 3,671 (71.63%) Banking
3 479 (9.35%) Finance
4 151 (2.95%) Analytical Skills
5 149 (2.91%) Public Sector
6 122 (2.38%) Marketing
7 116 (2.26%) Law
8 113 (2.20%) Retail
9 75 (1.46%) Legal
10 53 (1.03%) Games
11 40 (0.78%) Organisational Skills
12 38 (0.74%) Manufacturing
13 36 (0.70%) Local Government
14 21 (0.41%) Influencing Skills
15 19 (0.37%) Aerospace
16 15 (0.29%) Billing
16 15 (0.29%) Presentation Skills
16 15 (0.29%) Telecoms
17 14 (0.27%) Automotive
18 13 (0.25%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 2,811 (54.85%) Lecturer
2 220 (4.29%) Senior
3 209 (4.08%) Systems Engineer
4 195 (3.80%) Facilities Engineer
5 163 (3.18%) Analyst
6 115 (2.24%) Architect
7 75 (1.46%) Project Manager
8 60 (1.17%) Business Analyst
8 60 (1.17%) Lead
9 46 (0.90%) IT Engineer
10 45 (0.88%) Project Engineer
11 43 (0.84%) Account Executive
12 41 (0.80%) Senior Analyst
12 41 (0.80%) Senior Manager
13 37 (0.72%) Solutions Architect
14 33 (0.64%) Developer
14 33 (0.64%) Salesforce Architect
15 31 (0.60%) Alliance Manager
16 30 (0.59%) IT Support
17 26 (0.51%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (0.98%) REST
2 41 (0.80%) Lightning Web Components
2 41 (0.80%) SOAP
2 41 (0.80%) Visualforce
3 26 (0.51%) EDI
4 18 (0.35%) .NET
5 14 (0.27%) Android SDK
6 13 (0.25%) GraphQL
7 12 (0.23%) Node.js
8 9 (0.18%) CSS
8 9 (0.18%) HTML
9 8 (0.16%) RESTful
9 8 (0.16%) Web Services
9 8 (0.16%) XML
10 7 (0.14%) Middleware
10 7 (0.14%) React
10 7 (0.14%) SAML
10 7 (0.14%) Spring
11 6 (0.12%) Django
11 6 (0.12%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 3,649 (71.20%) IoT
2 127 (2.48%) Onboarding
3 79 (1.54%) Driving Licence
4 73 (1.42%) Product Ownership
5 57 (1.11%) Management Information System
6 54 (1.05%) Blog
7 52 (1.01%) Self-Motivation
8 40 (0.78%) Cyberattack
9 39 (0.76%) Social Media
10 35 (0.68%) Data Centre
11 29 (0.57%) Enterprise Software
11 29 (0.57%) Mobile App
12 22 (0.43%) Cloud Native
13 19 (0.37%) Public Cloud
14 16 (0.31%) Security Operations Centre
15 15 (0.29%) CSOC
15 15 (0.29%) Life Science
16 13 (0.25%) Security Posture
17 11 (0.21%) Legacy Systems
17 11 (0.21%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 65 (1.27%) Windows
2 35 (0.68%) Linux
3 29 (0.57%) Windows Server
4 17 (0.33%) Android
4 17 (0.33%) Unix
5 13 (0.25%) Windows 10
6 10 (0.20%) Apple iOS
7 5 (0.098%) Debian
7 5 (0.098%) Windows Server 2016
8 4 (0.078%) Mac OS X
8 4 (0.078%) VMS
9 2 (0.039%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.039%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.020%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 3,924 (76.57%) AI
2 3,806 (74.26%) Cybersecurity
3 3,683 (71.86%) User Experience
4 3,666 (71.53%) Machine Learning
5 3,652 (71.26%) Web Development
6 324 (6.32%) Mentoring
7 238 (4.64%) Agile
8 207 (4.04%) Problem-Solving
9 197 (3.84%) Inventory Management
10 196 (3.82%) Preventative Maintenance
11 174 (3.40%) Continuous Improvement
12 135 (2.63%) CI/CD
13 130 (2.54%) DevOps
14 128 (2.50%) Customer Service
15 117 (2.28%) Coaching
16 114 (2.22%) Analytics
17 107 (2.09%) B2B
18 100 (1.95%) Decision-Making
19 98 (1.91%) Roadmaps
20 81 (1.58%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 74 (1.44%) Python
1 74 (1.44%) SQL
2 45 (0.88%) Java
3 41 (0.80%) Apex Code
4 34 (0.66%) SOQL
4 34 (0.66%) SOSL
5 27 (0.53%) JavaScript
6 25 (0.49%) PowerShell
7 15 (0.29%) C#
8 14 (0.27%) Kotlin
9 10 (0.20%) TypeScript
10 6 (0.12%) Bash
10 6 (0.12%) Kusto Query Language
11 5 (0.098%) C++
11 5 (0.098%) PHP
11 5 (0.098%) XAML
12 3 (0.059%) VB
13 2 (0.039%) ActionScript
13 2 (0.039%) MATLAB
13 2 (0.039%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 3,937 (76.82%) Degree
2 3,851 (75.14%) Postgraduate
3 3,656 (71.34%) Master's Degree
4 3,654 (71.30%) PhD
5 197 (3.84%) City & Guilds
6 195 (3.80%) NVQ Level 3
7 134 (2.61%) Security Cleared
8 116 (2.26%) SC Cleared
9 42 (0.82%) DBS Check
10 37 (0.72%) AWS Certification
11 36 (0.70%) BPSS Clearance
12 24 (0.47%) Microsoft Certification
13 23 (0.45%) HNC
14 20 (0.39%) Computer Science Degree
15 19 (0.37%) CISSP
15 19 (0.37%) HND
15 19 (0.37%) PMP
16 17 (0.33%) CISM
17 16 (0.31%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
18 13 (0.25%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 195 (3.80%) COSHH
2 53 (1.03%) QA
3 47 (0.92%) NIST
4 40 (0.78%) Accessibility
4 40 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 29 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials
6 26 (0.51%) GDPR
7 25 (0.49%) SLA
8 24 (0.47%) GRC
9 17 (0.33%) Data Quality
10 16 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 14 (0.27%) WCAG
12 9 (0.18%) PCI DSS
13 6 (0.12%) COBIT
13 6 (0.12%) SOC 2
14 5 (0.098%) NEBOSH
14 5 (0.098%) PMO
15 4 (0.078%) GAAP
15 4 (0.078%) IFRS
16 3 (0.059%) ARP4761
System Software
1 64 (1.25%) Active Directory
2 26 (0.51%) Docker
3 20 (0.39%) Virtual Machines
4 15 (0.29%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (0.12%) vSphere
6 4 (0.078%) Hyper-V
7 3 (0.059%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.039%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.020%) Firmware
9 1 (0.020%) iptables
Systems Management
1 39 (0.76%) Terraform
2 31 (0.60%) Microsoft Intune
3 20 (0.39%) Kubernetes
4 17 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
5 7 (0.14%) SCCM
6 6 (0.12%) Grafana
7 5 (0.098%) Autotask
8 4 (0.078%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 4 (0.078%) Argo
8 4 (0.078%) AWS Copilot
8 4 (0.078%) SolarWinds Orion
8 4 (0.078%) vCenter Server
8 4 (0.078%) WSUS
9 3 (0.059%) Ansible
9 3 (0.059%) CASB
9 3 (0.059%) Check_MK
9 3 (0.059%) Jamf Pro
10 2 (0.039%) Kustomize
10 2 (0.039%) Opsgenie
10 2 (0.039%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 286 (5.58%) Microsoft
2 116 (2.26%) Salesforce
3 96 (1.87%) Adobe
4 75 (1.46%) Cisco
5 49 (0.96%) Apple
6 48 (0.94%) Google
7 43 (0.84%) Splunk
8 27 (0.53%) CrowdStrike
8 27 (0.53%) ServiceNow
9 24 (0.47%) Palo Alto
10 21 (0.41%) VMware
11 18 (0.35%) Tenable
12 17 (0.33%) SAP
13 14 (0.27%) Databricks
14 13 (0.25%) Instagram
15 11 (0.21%) Fortinet
15 11 (0.21%) Hootsuite
15 11 (0.21%) NEC
15 11 (0.21%) Workday
15 11 (0.21%) Wrike