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 26 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 30 31
Rank change year-on-year +22 +1 +5
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 4,989 2,301 2,942
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 11.23% 6.55% 6.68%
As % of the General category 20.62% 10.17% 11.24%
Number of salaries quoted 545 457 940
10th Percentile £20,000 £32,500 £25,000
25th Percentile £27,707 £40,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £60,750 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £79,500 £79,600 £75,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% - -7.69%

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 24,194 22,627 26,176
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 54.48% 64.39% 59.45%
Number of salaries quoted 12,474 9,156 19,036
10th Percentile £27,000 £31,000 £26,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £40,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +7.14% -6.67%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,568 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £77,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% +9.09% -11.41%

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 26 January 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 26 January 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 +56 1,939 £35,000 -37.33% 147
North West +45 1,717 £35,000 -38.27% 74
Midlands +33 1,458 £47,500 -7.22% 101
West Midlands +50 1,276 £52,500 - 51
South East +16 897 £54,000 +2.86% 327
East of England +3 428 £40,678 -9.61% 68
Yorkshire +35 215 £25,750 -49.76% 51
East Midlands +6 194 £35,000 -11.39% 49
South West -21 152 £28,500 -43.00% 87
Scotland -77 55 £25,835 -53.03% 82
Wales +23 48 £68,958 +34.03% 28
Northern Ireland -22 14 £76,024 +18.11% 11
Channel Islands - 8 - - 1
North East -11 7 £65,000 -6.22% 22
Isle of Man - 2 £32,000 -
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 (0.80%) SharePoint
2 8 (0.16%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (0.080%) ArcGIS
4 2 (0.040%) Confluence
5 1 (0.020%) CMS
5 1 (0.020%) Drupal
5 1 (0.020%) HCL Notes
5 1 (0.020%) WildFly
5 1 (0.020%) WordPress
Applications
1 57 (1.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 54 (1.08%) Microsoft Office
3 28 (0.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 16 (0.32%) AutoCAD
5 10 (0.20%) Acrobat
6 5 (0.10%) Adobe XD
7 3 (0.060%) Revit
8 2 (0.040%) Microsoft Project
8 2 (0.040%) MS Visio
8 2 (0.040%) Simulink
8 2 (0.040%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.040%) Trello
9 1 (0.020%) Civil 3D
9 1 (0.020%) MicroStation
9 1 (0.020%) Navisworks
9 1 (0.020%) ProjectWise
9 1 (0.020%) SmartSuite
Business Applications
1 14 (0.28%) NetSuite
2 8 (0.16%) Oracle Payables
3 4 (0.080%) Academy Housing
4 3 (0.060%) Integrated Workplace Management System
4 3 (0.060%) Workday HCM
5 2 (0.040%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.040%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.040%) Misys Midas
5 2 (0.040%) Sage X3
6 1 (0.020%) Infor M3
6 1 (0.020%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.020%) Primavera
6 1 (0.020%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.020%) SAP HR
6 1 (0.020%) TRIRIGA
Cloud Services
1 3,651 (73.18%) Cloud Computing
2 124 (2.49%) Azure
3 73 (1.46%) AWS
4 68 (1.36%) Microsoft 365
5 51 (1.02%) Power Platform
6 34 (0.68%) SaaS
7 33 (0.66%) Entra ID
8 11 (0.22%) OneDrive
9 10 (0.20%) Azure DevOps
10 8 (0.16%) Azure Monitor
10 8 (0.16%) GCP
10 8 (0.16%) Microsoft Purview
10 8 (0.16%) PaaS
11 7 (0.14%) Azure Data Factory
11 7 (0.14%) Google Analytics
11 7 (0.14%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
11 7 (0.14%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 6 (0.12%) Figma
13 5 (0.10%) Dynamics 365
14 4 (0.080%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 3,663 (73.42%) Internet
2 27 (0.54%) Broadband
3 17 (0.34%) DNS
4 16 (0.32%) VPN
5 15 (0.30%) LAN
6 14 (0.28%) DHCP
6 14 (0.28%) Firewall
7 9 (0.18%) Wi-Fi
8 8 (0.16%) MPLS
8 8 (0.16%) WAN
9 6 (0.12%) 4G
9 6 (0.12%) TCP/IP
10 4 (0.080%) Ethernet
10 4 (0.080%) Network Security
10 4 (0.080%) PSTN
10 4 (0.080%) VLAN
11 3 (0.060%) BGP
11 3 (0.060%) Cisco IOS
11 3 (0.060%) Ethernet VPN
11 3 (0.060%) IOS XR
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (0.80%) Power BI
2 12 (0.24%) Data Warehouse
3 11 (0.22%) Data Lake
4 10 (0.20%) GIS
4 10 (0.20%) Tableau
5 8 (0.16%) SQL Server
6 6 (0.12%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
6 6 (0.12%) Geospatial Data
7 4 (0.080%) Relational Database
8 3 (0.060%) Metadata
8 3 (0.060%) MySQL
8 3 (0.060%) PostgreSQL
9 2 (0.040%) Amazon RDS
9 2 (0.040%) NoSQL
9 2 (0.040%) Qlik Sense
9 2 (0.040%) RDBMS
9 2 (0.040%) Semantic Layer
10 1 (0.020%) Amazon Redshift
10 1 (0.020%) BigQuery
10 1 (0.020%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 25 (0.50%) JIRA
2 19 (0.38%) Git
3 17 (0.34%) Jenkins
4 15 (0.30%) GitLab
4 15 (0.30%) SonarQube
5 6 (0.12%) Cypress.io
5 6 (0.12%) Selenium
6 5 (0.10%) Axure RP
6 5 (0.10%) Balsamiq
7 4 (0.080%) WebDriver
8 2 (0.040%) Jaeger
8 2 (0.040%) Postman
8 2 (0.040%) Rational DOORS
8 2 (0.040%) Rational Rhapsody
8 2 (0.040%) REST Assured
8 2 (0.040%) Visual Studio Code
9 1 (0.020%) IntelliJ
9 1 (0.020%) jMock
9 1 (0.020%) JUnit
General
1 3,987 (79.92%) Social Skills
2 3,655 (73.26%) Banking
3 435 (8.72%) Finance
4 155 (3.11%) Retail
5 139 (2.79%) Public Sector
6 130 (2.61%) Analytical Skills
7 101 (2.02%) Law
8 79 (1.58%) Marketing
9 56 (1.12%) Organisational Skills
10 50 (1.00%) Legal
11 27 (0.54%) Telecoms
12 24 (0.48%) Influencing Skills
13 22 (0.44%) Pharmaceutical
14 20 (0.40%) Presentation Skills
15 18 (0.36%) Manufacturing
16 17 (0.34%) French Language
17 16 (0.32%) Games
18 15 (0.30%) Swedish Language
19 14 (0.28%) Automotive
20 11 (0.22%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 2,811 (56.34%) Lecturer
2 198 (3.97%) Systems Engineer
3 195 (3.91%) Facilities Engineer
4 171 (3.43%) Senior
5 94 (1.88%) Analyst
6 87 (1.74%) Project Engineer
7 85 (1.70%) Senior Manager
8 68 (1.36%) Project Manager
9 65 (1.30%) Lead
10 59 (1.18%) Sales Manager
11 48 (0.96%) Account Manager
12 45 (0.90%) Microsoft Specialist
12 45 (0.90%) Sales Account Manager
12 45 (0.90%) Senior Account Manager
12 45 (0.90%) Senior Sales Manager
13 41 (0.82%) Account Executive
14 40 (0.80%) Architect
15 37 (0.74%) Alliance Manager
16 33 (0.66%) Mechanical Engineer
17 30 (0.60%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (0.56%) EDI
2 27 (0.54%) REST
3 22 (0.44%) Lightning Web Components
3 22 (0.44%) SOAP
3 22 (0.44%) Visualforce
4 15 (0.30%) Node.js
5 14 (0.28%) .NET
6 9 (0.18%) React
6 9 (0.18%) Web Services
7 8 (0.16%) CSS
7 8 (0.16%) HTML
8 7 (0.14%) Middleware
9 6 (0.12%) Django
9 6 (0.12%) Playwright
9 6 (0.12%) Spring
10 5 (0.10%) RESTful
11 4 (0.080%) .NET Framework
12 3 (0.060%) Jinja
12 3 (0.060%) NETCONF
12 3 (0.060%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 3,652 (73.20%) IoT
2 95 (1.90%) Onboarding
3 79 (1.58%) Blog
4 77 (1.54%) Driving Licence
5 42 (0.84%) Management Information System
6 36 (0.72%) Product Ownership
7 30 (0.60%) Self-Motivation
8 27 (0.54%) Enterprise Software
9 19 (0.38%) Public Cloud
10 15 (0.30%) Cloud Native
11 12 (0.24%) Social Media
12 11 (0.22%) Life Science
13 10 (0.20%) Cyber Threat
13 10 (0.20%) FMCG
13 10 (0.20%) Renewable Energy
13 10 (0.20%) SCADA
14 9 (0.18%) Mobile App
14 9 (0.18%) Security Posture
15 8 (0.16%) e-Learning
15 8 (0.16%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 37 (0.74%) Windows
2 17 (0.34%) Linux
3 11 (0.22%) Windows Server
4 8 (0.16%) Apple iOS
5 7 (0.14%) Android
6 6 (0.12%) Unix
7 5 (0.10%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.060%) Debian
8 3 (0.060%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.040%) VMS
9 2 (0.040%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.020%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.020%) OpenWrt
10 1 (0.020%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 3,921 (78.59%) AI
2 3,755 (75.27%) Cybersecurity
3 3,674 (73.64%) User Experience
4 3,658 (73.32%) Machine Learning
5 3,656 (73.28%) Web Development
6 285 (5.71%) Mentoring
7 197 (3.95%) Inventory Management
8 195 (3.91%) Preventative Maintenance
9 174 (3.49%) Continuous Improvement
10 163 (3.27%) Customer Service
11 152 (3.05%) Problem-Solving
12 143 (2.87%) Coaching
13 134 (2.69%) Agile
14 119 (2.39%) B2B
15 105 (2.10%) CRM
16 92 (1.84%) Decision-Making
17 86 (1.72%) Project Management
18 85 (1.70%) Analytics
19 64 (1.28%) DevOps
20 62 (1.24%) GTM Strategy
Programming Languages
1 32 (0.64%) SQL
2 28 (0.56%) Python
3 23 (0.46%) Java
4 22 (0.44%) Apex Code
5 19 (0.38%) JavaScript
6 15 (0.30%) SOQL
6 15 (0.30%) SOSL
7 10 (0.20%) C#
8 9 (0.18%) PowerShell
9 2 (0.040%) ActionScript
9 2 (0.040%) ActionScript 2.0
9 2 (0.040%) Bash
9 2 (0.040%) Go
9 2 (0.040%) MATLAB
9 2 (0.040%) PHP
10 1 (0.020%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.020%) R
10 1 (0.020%) Ruby
10 1 (0.020%) VB
10 1 (0.020%) VBA
Qualifications
1 3,993 (80.04%) Degree
2 3,844 (77.05%) Postgraduate
3 3,650 (73.16%) Master's Degree
4 3,649 (73.14%) PhD
5 201 (4.03%) City & Guilds
6 196 (3.93%) NVQ Level 3
7 58 (1.16%) Security Cleared
8 53 (1.06%) SC Cleared
9 37 (0.74%) DBS Check
10 31 (0.62%) HNC
11 29 (0.58%) Microsoft Certification
12 26 (0.52%) PMP
13 25 (0.50%) HND
14 22 (0.44%) AWS Certification
15 20 (0.40%) MCSE
16 16 (0.32%) BPSS Clearance
17 12 (0.24%) CISSP
18 11 (0.22%) Chartered Engineer
19 10 (0.20%) CISM
19 10 (0.20%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 195 (3.91%) COSHH
2 56 (1.12%) QA
3 34 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 26 (0.52%) NIST
5 24 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials
6 15 (0.30%) GDPR
7 14 (0.28%) Accessibility
7 14 (0.28%) PMO
7 14 (0.28%) SLA
8 11 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 8 (0.16%) COBIT
9 8 (0.16%) PCI DSS
10 6 (0.12%) WCAG
11 5 (0.10%) GRC
11 5 (0.10%) NEBOSH
11 5 (0.10%) SOC 2
12 4 (0.080%) Data Quality
12 4 (0.080%) EU AI Act
13 3 (0.060%) ISO 19650
14 2 (0.040%) NCSC
System Software
1 54 (1.08%) Active Directory
2 7 (0.14%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (0.12%) Docker
4 4 (0.080%) vSphere
5 3 (0.060%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.040%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.040%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.020%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.020%) iptables
Systems Management
1 25 (0.50%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (0.28%) Terraform
3 13 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
4 6 (0.12%) Argo
5 5 (0.10%) Kubernetes
6 3 (0.060%) Ansible
6 3 (0.060%) Jamf Pro
7 2 (0.040%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.040%) Autotask
7 2 (0.040%) CASB
7 2 (0.040%) Kustomize
7 2 (0.040%) Nessus
7 2 (0.040%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.040%) SolarWinds Orion
7 2 (0.040%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.020%) CSIRT
8 1 (0.020%) Grafana
8 1 (0.020%) SCCM
8 1 (0.020%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 282 (5.65%) Microsoft
2 80 (1.60%) Salesforce
3 73 (1.46%) Cisco
4 45 (0.90%) Adobe
5 38 (0.76%) NEC
6 33 (0.66%) Apple
7 23 (0.46%) Splunk
8 14 (0.28%) Google
9 13 (0.26%) Oracle
10 12 (0.24%) SAP
11 11 (0.22%) Databricks
12 8 (0.16%) New Relic
12 8 (0.16%) Planon
12 8 (0.16%) VMware
13 7 (0.14%) CrowdStrike
13 7 (0.14%) MuleSoft
13 7 (0.14%) Palo Alto
13 7 (0.14%) Sparx
14 6 (0.12%) ServiceNow
14 6 (0.12%) Snow