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 2 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 23 19
Rank change year-on-year +12 -4 +40
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 5,149 2,170 5,675
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 7.88% 7.98% 8.34%
As % of the General category 16.30% 11.61% 14.36%
Number of salaries quoted 621 479 1,300
10th Percentile £25,600 £29,000 £25,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £37,804 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% -21.74%
75th Percentile £63,220 £62,500 £60,918
90th Percentile £78,500 £79,000 £71,725
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,500
% change year-on-year - +8.91% -22.31%

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 31,588 18,684 39,517
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 48.36% 68.69% 58.07%
Number of salaries quoted 16,297 9,455 26,344
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,250 £26,000
25th Percentile £34,500 £34,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.00% +5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £83,125 £82,500 £75,772
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -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 2 May 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 2 May 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 +6 1,970 £50,000 +7.53% 157
North West +1 1,700 £39,000 -15.22% 87
Midlands +22 1,509 £47,500 -5.00% 90
West Midlands +45 1,293 £60,000 +9.09% 41
South East +8 850 £52,500 +5.00% 198
East of England +14 471 £40,678 -26.04% 49
Yorkshire +18 240 £27,075 -39.83% 61
East Midlands -3 228 £35,000 +7.69% 49
South West -18 174 £52,500 +7.69% 69
Scotland -29 89 £50,000 -9.09% 47
Wales +8 82 £54,000 +5.14% 24
North East -18 30 £60,000 -13.52% 10
Northern Ireland -38 15 £40,000 - 10
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 45 (0.87%) SharePoint
2 17 (0.33%) Microsoft Exchange
3 15 (0.29%) Confluence
4 7 (0.14%) ArcGIS
5 5 (0.097%) Apache
5 5 (0.097%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (0.078%) CMS
7 2 (0.039%) Exchange Server 2013
7 2 (0.039%) Jupyter
7 2 (0.039%) WordPress
8 1 (0.019%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.019%) IIS
8 1 (0.019%) WildFly
Applications
1 62 (1.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 53 (1.03%) Microsoft Office
3 37 (0.72%) Acrobat
4 27 (0.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.097%) Adobe XD
6 3 (0.058%) AutoCAD
6 3 (0.058%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.039%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.039%) Trello
8 1 (0.019%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 16 (0.31%) Cloudability
2 7 (0.14%) NetSuite
3 6 (0.12%) Workday HCM
4 5 (0.097%) SAP HR
5 4 (0.078%) Academy Housing
6 2 (0.039%) Elite 3E
6 2 (0.039%) Misys Midas
7 1 (0.019%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.019%) Exchequer
7 1 (0.019%) Infor M3
7 1 (0.019%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 1 (0.019%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.019%) Raiser’s Edge
7 1 (0.019%) Sage X3
7 1 (0.019%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 3,654 (70.97%) Cloud Computing
2 198 (3.85%) Azure
3 125 (2.43%) AWS
4 86 (1.67%) Microsoft 365
5 67 (1.30%) GCP
6 66 (1.28%) Power Platform
7 35 (0.68%) Entra ID
7 35 (0.68%) SaaS
8 28 (0.54%) Azure DevOps
9 20 (0.39%) Serverless
10 14 (0.27%) Microsoft Purview
11 12 (0.23%) Asana
11 12 (0.23%) OneDrive
11 12 (0.23%) PaaS
12 11 (0.21%) GitHub
12 11 (0.21%) Google Analytics
12 11 (0.21%) Sprout Social
13 10 (0.19%) Azure Sentinel
13 10 (0.19%) Figma
13 10 (0.19%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 3,655 (70.98%) Internet
2 64 (1.24%) Broadband
3 33 (0.64%) Firewall
4 25 (0.49%) DNS
5 24 (0.47%) VPN
6 23 (0.45%) DHCP
6 23 (0.45%) LAN
7 22 (0.43%) WAN
8 16 (0.31%) TCP/IP
8 16 (0.31%) Wi-Fi
9 12 (0.23%) Network Security
10 9 (0.17%) VLAN
11 8 (0.16%) 4G
12 7 (0.14%) MPLS
12 7 (0.14%) Wireless
13 4 (0.078%) 5G
13 4 (0.078%) BGP
13 4 (0.078%) Ethernet
13 4 (0.078%) PSTN
13 4 (0.078%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (1.03%) Power BI
2 20 (0.39%) PostgreSQL
3 16 (0.31%) Data Warehouse
4 14 (0.27%) Data Lake
5 12 (0.23%) Metadata
6 11 (0.21%) SQL Server
7 9 (0.17%) GIS
7 9 (0.17%) 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 (0.097%) Looker
12 4 (0.078%) Big Data
12 4 (0.078%) Elasticsearch
12 4 (0.078%) Relational Database
12 4 (0.078%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 37 (0.72%) GitLab
2 36 (0.70%) Jenkins
3 34 (0.66%) SonarQube
4 30 (0.58%) JIRA
5 19 (0.37%) Git
6 16 (0.31%) Snyk
7 10 (0.19%) Postman
8 8 (0.16%) Cucumber
9 7 (0.14%) Moq
10 5 (0.097%) Axure RP
10 5 (0.097%) Balsamiq
10 5 (0.097%) Zephyr
11 4 (0.078%) Gatling
11 4 (0.078%) JMeter
11 4 (0.078%) JUnit
11 4 (0.078%) Locust
12 3 (0.058%) fastlane
12 3 (0.058%) Mockito
13 2 (0.039%) Jaeger
13 2 (0.039%) Rational DOORS
General
1 4,039 (78.44%) Social Skills
2 3,671 (71.30%) Banking
3 477 (9.26%) Finance
4 156 (3.03%) Analytical Skills
5 154 (2.99%) Public Sector
6 124 (2.41%) Marketing
7 117 (2.27%) Law
8 110 (2.14%) Retail
9 77 (1.50%) Legal
10 53 (1.03%) Games
11 44 (0.85%) Organisational Skills
12 37 (0.72%) Manufacturing
13 36 (0.70%) Local Government
14 21 (0.41%) Aerospace
14 21 (0.41%) Influencing Skills
15 16 (0.31%) Presentation Skills
16 15 (0.29%) Automotive
16 15 (0.29%) Telecoms
17 14 (0.27%) Billing
18 13 (0.25%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 2,811 (54.59%) Lecturer
2 228 (4.43%) Senior
3 210 (4.08%) Systems Engineer
4 195 (3.79%) Facilities Engineer
5 161 (3.13%) Analyst
6 114 (2.21%) Architect
7 73 (1.42%) Project Manager
8 59 (1.15%) Lead
9 58 (1.13%) Business Analyst
10 48 (0.93%) IT Engineer
11 46 (0.89%) Account Executive
12 44 (0.85%) Project Engineer
13 43 (0.84%) Senior Analyst
14 41 (0.80%) Senior Manager
15 36 (0.70%) Solutions Architect
16 35 (0.68%) Developer
17 33 (0.64%) Salesforce Architect
18 31 (0.60%) Alliance Manager
19 29 (0.56%) IT Support
20 28 (0.54%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (0.95%) REST
2 40 (0.78%) Lightning Web Components
2 40 (0.78%) SOAP
2 40 (0.78%) Visualforce
3 26 (0.50%) EDI
4 19 (0.37%) .NET
5 14 (0.27%) Android SDK
6 13 (0.25%) GraphQL
7 10 (0.19%) Node.js
7 10 (0.19%) XML
8 8 (0.16%) CSS
8 8 (0.16%) Entity Framework
8 8 (0.16%) HTML
8 8 (0.16%) RESTful
8 8 (0.16%) Web Services
9 7 (0.14%) .NET Framework
9 7 (0.14%) SAML
9 7 (0.14%) Spring
9 7 (0.14%) XSLT
10 6 (0.12%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 3,649 (70.87%) IoT
2 128 (2.49%) Onboarding
3 81 (1.57%) Driving Licence
4 75 (1.46%) Product Ownership
5 58 (1.13%) Management Information System
6 55 (1.07%) Self-Motivation
7 54 (1.05%) Blog
8 42 (0.82%) Cyberattack
9 39 (0.76%) Social Media
10 35 (0.68%) Data Centre
11 28 (0.54%) Enterprise Software
11 28 (0.54%) Mobile App
12 24 (0.47%) 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 11 (0.21%) Legacy Systems
16 11 (0.21%) Video Editing
17 10 (0.19%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 68 (1.32%) Windows
2 37 (0.72%) Linux
3 29 (0.56%) Windows Server
4 17 (0.33%) Android
4 17 (0.33%) Unix
5 13 (0.25%) Windows 10
6 10 (0.19%) Apple iOS
7 5 (0.097%) Debian
7 5 (0.097%) Windows Server 2016
8 4 (0.078%) Mac OS X
8 4 (0.078%) VMS
9 3 (0.058%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.039%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.019%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 3,934 (76.40%) AI
2 3,812 (74.03%) Cybersecurity
3 3,683 (71.53%) User Experience
4 3,670 (71.28%) Machine Learning
5 3,652 (70.93%) Web Development
6 327 (6.35%) Mentoring
7 241 (4.68%) Agile
8 213 (4.14%) Problem-Solving
9 197 (3.83%) Inventory Management
10 196 (3.81%) Preventative Maintenance
11 179 (3.48%) Continuous Improvement
12 137 (2.66%) Customer Service
13 135 (2.62%) CI/CD
14 131 (2.54%) DevOps
15 116 (2.25%) Coaching
16 112 (2.18%) Analytics
17 106 (2.06%) Decision-Making
18 105 (2.04%) B2B
19 101 (1.96%) Roadmaps
20 81 (1.57%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 78 (1.51%) Python
2 77 (1.50%) SQL
3 46 (0.89%) Java
4 40 (0.78%) Apex Code
5 34 (0.66%) SOQL
5 34 (0.66%) SOSL
6 27 (0.52%) PowerShell
7 24 (0.47%) JavaScript
8 17 (0.33%) C#
9 14 (0.27%) Kotlin
10 10 (0.19%) TypeScript
11 9 (0.17%) Bash
12 7 (0.14%) C++
12 7 (0.14%) XAML
13 6 (0.12%) Kusto Query Language
14 5 (0.097%) PHP
15 2 (0.039%) ActionScript
15 2 (0.039%) MATLAB
15 2 (0.039%) T-SQL
15 2 (0.039%) VB
Qualifications
1 3,955 (76.81%) Degree
2 3,853 (74.83%) Postgraduate
3 3,656 (71.00%) Master's Degree
4 3,654 (70.97%) PhD
5 197 (3.83%) City & Guilds
6 195 (3.79%) NVQ Level 3
7 141 (2.74%) Security Cleared
8 123 (2.39%) SC Cleared
9 43 (0.84%) DBS Check
10 39 (0.76%) AWS Certification
11 36 (0.70%) BPSS Clearance
12 24 (0.47%) Microsoft Certification
13 23 (0.45%) HNC
14 19 (0.37%) Computer Science Degree
14 19 (0.37%) HND
14 19 (0.37%) PMP
15 18 (0.35%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 18 (0.35%) CISSP
16 17 (0.33%) CISM
17 13 (0.25%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 195 (3.79%) COSHH
2 56 (1.09%) QA
3 46 (0.89%) NIST
4 43 (0.84%) Accessibility
5 40 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 29 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials
6 29 (0.56%) GDPR
6 29 (0.56%) SLA
7 26 (0.50%) GRC
8 23 (0.45%) Data Quality
9 16 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 14 (0.27%) WCAG
11 10 (0.19%) PCI DSS
12 6 (0.12%) SOC 2
13 5 (0.097%) COBIT
13 5 (0.097%) NEBOSH
13 5 (0.097%) PMO
14 4 (0.078%) GAAP
14 4 (0.078%) IFRS
15 3 (0.058%) NCSC
System Software
1 66 (1.28%) Active Directory
2 26 (0.50%) Docker
3 20 (0.39%) Virtual Machines
4 15 (0.29%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (0.12%) vSphere
6 5 (0.097%) Hyper-V
7 3 (0.058%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.039%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.019%) Firmware
9 1 (0.019%) iptables
Systems Management
1 40 (0.78%) Terraform
2 31 (0.60%) Microsoft Intune
3 20 (0.39%) Kubernetes
4 15 (0.29%) Single Sign-On
5 8 (0.16%) SCCM
6 6 (0.12%) Grafana
7 5 (0.097%) 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 (0.058%) Ansible
9 3 (0.058%) CASB
9 3 (0.058%) Check_MK
10 2 (0.039%) Jamf Pro
10 2 (0.039%) Kustomize
10 2 (0.039%) Opsgenie
10 2 (0.039%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 286 (5.55%) Microsoft
2 111 (2.16%) Salesforce
3 98 (1.90%) Adobe
4 73 (1.42%) Cisco
5 51 (0.99%) Apple
6 48 (0.93%) Google
7 43 (0.84%) Splunk
8 30 (0.58%) ServiceNow
9 27 (0.52%) CrowdStrike
10 25 (0.49%) Palo Alto
11 21 (0.41%) VMware
12 18 (0.35%) Tenable
13 15 (0.29%) Databricks
13 15 (0.29%) SAP
14 13 (0.25%) Fortinet
14 13 (0.25%) Instagram
15 11 (0.21%) Hootsuite
15 11 (0.21%) NEC
15 11 (0.21%) Workday
15 11 (0.21%) Wrike