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 1 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 16 33
Rank change year-on-year -46 +17 +10
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 2,065 2,810 2,750
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 2.39% 8.14% 5.20%
As % of the General category 5.43% 12.38% 9.63%
Number of salaries quoted 920 484 563
10th Percentile £28,340 £25,600 £28,796
25th Percentile £35,250 £30,500 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £50,309
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.55% -8.53%
75th Percentile £67,500 £60,000 £67,075
90th Percentile £78,312 £81,943 £79,225
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,000 £58,800
% change year-on-year +1.85% -8.16% -9.54%

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 38,053 22,705 28,563
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 44.10% 65.79% 53.97%
Number of salaries quoted 23,577 10,937 12,947
10th Percentile £28,750 £26,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £44,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% -12.00% -1.93%
75th Percentile £65,000 £61,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.76% -8.70% -4.17%

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 1 October 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 1 October 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 -55 541 £50,000 +12.36% 738
South East -31 448 £56,000 +1.82% 619
Midlands -43 322 £45,000 -5.26% 411
North West -52 315 £42,000 +7.02% 447
South West -15 275 £43,750 +28.68% 488
East of England 0 184 £41,739 -24.46% 277
West Midlands -36 184 £59,250 +7.73% 287
Scotland -21 141 £39,500 +27.42% 533
North East +13 137 £65,500 +166.59% 96
East Midlands -29 137 £40,258 +23.87% 124
Wales +2 109 £54,000 -5.97% 95
Yorkshire -3 89 £40,000 -52.94% 196
Northern Ireland -51 50 £74,742 -3.21% 151
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 (2.18%) Microsoft Exchange
2 43 (2.08%) SharePoint
3 29 (1.40%) Confluence
4 19 (0.92%) Apache Spark
5 15 (0.73%) Apache Airflow
5 15 (0.73%) CMS
6 14 (0.68%) Apache
7 10 (0.48%) Jupyter
8 6 (0.29%) WordPress
9 5 (0.24%) Moodle
10 3 (0.15%) Headless CMS
10 3 (0.15%) IIS
11 2 (0.097%) Skype for Business
11 2 (0.097%) Totara
12 1 (0.048%) Cloud Foundry
12 1 (0.048%) Exchange Server 2013
12 1 (0.048%) OpenEdge
12 1 (0.048%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 117 (5.67%) Microsoft Office
2 115 (5.57%) Microsoft Excel
3 31 (1.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 18 (0.87%) Simulink
5 17 (0.82%) Maple
6 15 (0.73%) Revit
7 12 (0.58%) Spreadsheet
8 10 (0.48%) Adobe After Effects
8 10 (0.48%) Adobe Illustrator
8 10 (0.48%) AutoCAD
8 10 (0.48%) Photoshop
9 9 (0.44%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 9 (0.44%) Microsoft Project
10 8 (0.39%) Adobe XD
10 8 (0.39%) InDesign
11 7 (0.34%) MS Visio
11 7 (0.34%) Sketch
12 4 (0.19%) Chatbot
12 4 (0.19%) Mathcad
12 4 (0.19%) Notion
Business Applications
1 24 (1.16%) Cloudability
2 23 (1.11%) Dynamics CRM
3 22 (1.07%) SAP S/4HANA
4 13 (0.63%) SAP EHS
4 13 (0.63%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 12 (0.58%) Workday HCM
6 11 (0.53%) Primavera
7 9 (0.44%) Teamcenter
8 7 (0.34%) NetSuite
9 4 (0.19%) SAP SD
9 4 (0.19%) SAP WM
10 3 (0.15%) JDE EnterpriseOne
10 3 (0.15%) Misys Midas
10 3 (0.15%) SAP ERP
10 3 (0.15%) SAP MM
10 3 (0.15%) SAP R/3
10 3 (0.15%) Shopify
11 2 (0.097%) Academy Housing
11 2 (0.097%) Adobe Campaign
11 2 (0.097%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 344 (16.66%) Azure
2 261 (12.64%) AWS
3 130 (6.30%) GCP
4 109 (5.28%) Power Platform
5 102 (4.94%) Azure DevOps
6 92 (4.46%) Microsoft 365
7 63 (3.05%) Serverless
8 53 (2.57%) GitHub
9 42 (2.03%) Entra ID
10 38 (1.84%) Dynamics 365
10 38 (1.84%) SaaS
11 33 (1.60%) Azure Key Vault
12 32 (1.55%) dbt
13 30 (1.45%) PaaS
14 29 (1.40%) IaaS
15 27 (1.31%) Azure Monitor
15 27 (1.31%) Figma
15 27 (1.31%) GitHub Actions
16 21 (1.02%) Microsoft Copilot
16 21 (1.02%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 35 (1.69%) Firewall
2 31 (1.50%) Internet
3 30 (1.45%) Ethernet
4 27 (1.31%) Network Security
5 26 (1.26%) Modbus
6 25 (1.21%) 5G
7 22 (1.07%) Profibus
8 21 (1.02%) DNS
8 21 (1.02%) VPN
9 19 (0.92%) TCP/IP
10 14 (0.68%) LAN
11 13 (0.63%) DHCP
12 12 (0.58%) WAN
13 11 (0.53%) SAN
14 10 (0.48%) VLAN
15 9 (0.44%) HTTP
15 9 (0.44%) SSL
16 8 (0.39%) Wireless
17 4 (0.19%) Broadband
17 4 (0.19%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 83 (4.02%) Power BI
2 47 (2.28%) SQL Server
3 26 (1.26%) Tableau
4 24 (1.16%) Relational Database
5 23 (1.11%) PostgreSQL
6 21 (1.02%) MongoDB
7 20 (0.97%) Data Lake
8 19 (0.92%) Elasticsearch
9 18 (0.87%) GIS
9 18 (0.87%) MySQL
10 17 (0.82%) Azure SQL Database
10 17 (0.82%) Metadata
11 16 (0.77%) Data Warehouse
11 16 (0.77%) NoSQL
12 15 (0.73%) DynamoDB
13 11 (0.53%) Amazon Athena
14 10 (0.48%) Looker
15 9 (0.44%) Big Data
15 9 (0.44%) BigQuery
15 9 (0.44%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 104 (5.04%) Git
2 56 (2.71%) JIRA
3 47 (2.28%) Jenkins
4 30 (1.45%) GitLab
5 22 (1.07%) Snyk
6 20 (0.97%) Rational DOORS
7 15 (0.73%) Gatling
8 14 (0.68%) LabVIEW
9 11 (0.53%) fastlane
9 11 (0.53%) JMeter
10 10 (0.48%) Cypress.io
11 9 (0.44%) LoadRunner
12 8 (0.39%) MSI
13 7 (0.34%) Moq
14 6 (0.29%) Cucumber
14 6 (0.29%) Xcode
15 5 (0.24%) Android Studio
15 5 (0.24%) Crashlytics
15 5 (0.24%) Gradle
15 5 (0.24%) Postman
General
1 868 (42.03%) Social Skills
2 551 (26.68%) Finance
3 311 (15.06%) Analytical Skills
4 281 (13.61%) Public Sector
5 176 (8.52%) Law
6 166 (8.04%) Marketing
7 148 (7.17%) Aerospace
8 131 (6.34%) Organisational Skills
9 123 (5.96%) Retail
10 105 (5.08%) Legal
11 97 (4.70%) Manufacturing
12 78 (3.78%) Local Government
13 72 (3.49%) Electronics
14 71 (3.44%) Telecoms
15 46 (2.23%) Banking
15 46 (2.23%) Influencing Skills
15 46 (2.23%) Presentation Skills
16 31 (1.50%) Military
17 26 (1.26%) Financial Institution
18 23 (1.11%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 375 (18.16%) Senior
2 224 (10.85%) Lead
3 184 (8.91%) Analyst
4 166 (8.04%) Architect
5 110 (5.33%) Developer
6 100 (4.84%) Sales Executive
7 74 (3.58%) Consultant
8 64 (3.10%) Senior Analyst
9 56 (2.71%) Systems Engineer
10 55 (2.66%) Software Engineer
11 52 (2.52%) Business Analyst
12 49 (2.37%) Project Engineer
13 41 (1.99%) Design Engineer
14 40 (1.94%) Solutions Architect
15 39 (1.89%) Electrical Engineer
15 39 (1.89%) Senior Architect
16 37 (1.79%) Cloud Architect
17 36 (1.74%) Designer
17 36 (1.74%) Technical Architect
18 34 (1.65%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 82 (3.97%) Terraform
2 56 (2.71%) .NET
3 47 (2.28%) CSS
3 47 (2.28%) HTML
4 45 (2.18%) RESTful
5 36 (1.74%) React
6 35 (1.69%) Node.js
7 34 (1.65%) XML
8 33 (1.60%) EDI
9 27 (1.31%) .NET Core
10 25 (1.21%) REST
11 24 (1.16%) Spring
12 22 (1.07%) .NET Framework
13 21 (1.02%) Spring Boot
14 19 (0.92%) LangChain
15 18 (0.87%) AngularJS
15 18 (0.87%) ASP.NET
15 18 (0.87%) Entity Framework
15 18 (0.87%) Kafka
15 18 (0.87%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 201 (9.73%) Driving Licence
2 155 (7.51%) Onboarding
3 107 (5.18%) Management Information System
3 107 (5.18%) Self-Motivation
4 92 (4.46%) Cloud Native
5 85 (4.12%) Product Ownership
6 71 (3.44%) Data Centre
7 61 (2.95%) Social Media
8 46 (2.23%) Public Cloud
9 45 (2.18%) SCADA
10 36 (1.74%) Cyberattack
11 33 (1.60%) Algorithms
12 27 (1.31%) Security Posture
13 25 (1.21%) Renewable Energy
14 24 (1.16%) Cyber Threat
14 24 (1.16%) Data Structures
14 24 (1.16%) Distributed Systems
15 22 (1.07%) FPGA
16 21 (1.02%) Analytical Mindset
16 21 (1.02%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 124 (6.00%) Windows
2 59 (2.86%) Linux
3 29 (1.40%) Windows Server
4 20 (0.97%) Apple iOS
4 20 (0.97%) VMS
5 17 (0.82%) Windows 10
6 14 (0.68%) Mac OS
7 13 (0.63%) Android
7 13 (0.63%) Unix
8 5 (0.24%) VxWorks
9 3 (0.15%) AIX
9 3 (0.15%) Solaris
10 2 (0.097%) Windows 7
11 1 (0.048%) Data ONTAP
11 1 (0.048%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 503 (24.36%) Agile
2 467 (22.62%) AI
3 421 (20.39%) Problem-Solving
4 383 (18.55%) Continuous Improvement
5 305 (14.77%) Mentoring
6 294 (14.24%) Decision-Making
7 248 (12.01%) CI/CD
8 245 (11.86%) Stakeholder Management
9 230 (11.14%) Cybersecurity
10 224 (10.85%) DevOps
11 185 (8.96%) Customer Service
12 163 (7.89%) Roadmaps
13 161 (7.80%) Analytics
14 153 (7.41%) Validation
15 147 (7.12%) Coaching
16 146 (7.07%) Collaborative Working
17 144 (6.97%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 140 (6.78%) Customer Experience
19 137 (6.63%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
20 134 (6.49%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 174 (8.43%) Python
2 140 (6.78%) SQL
3 79 (3.83%) C#
4 75 (3.63%) JavaScript
5 67 (3.24%) Java
6 50 (2.42%) PowerShell
7 46 (2.23%) TypeScript
8 32 (1.55%) MATLAB
9 30 (1.45%) Bicep
10 26 (1.26%) Bash
11 22 (1.07%) C++
12 17 (0.82%) Kusto Query Language
13 15 (0.73%) Go
14 11 (0.53%) Ruby
15 10 (0.48%) ABAP
15 10 (0.48%) Ada
16 9 (0.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 9 (0.44%) Kotlin
17 7 (0.34%) PHP
17 7 (0.34%) XAML
Qualifications
1 473 (22.91%) Degree
2 405 (19.61%) Security Cleared
3 360 (17.43%) SC Cleared
4 169 (8.18%) DBS Check
5 166 (8.04%) BPSS Clearance
6 123 (5.96%) HNC
7 120 (5.81%) DV Cleared
8 55 (2.66%) AWS Certification
9 53 (2.57%) Azure Certification
10 52 (2.52%) Master's Degree
11 44 (2.13%) Chartered Engineer
12 31 (1.50%) HND
12 31 (1.50%) PhD
13 29 (1.40%) Computer Science Degree
14 27 (1.31%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 27 (1.31%) Microsoft Certification
15 16 (0.77%) ACCA
15 16 (0.77%) CIMA
16 15 (0.73%) CISSP
17 13 (0.63%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 267 (12.93%) Accessibility
2 104 (5.04%) QA
3 85 (4.12%) Data Quality
4 69 (3.34%) SLA
5 65 (3.15%) GDPR
6 49 (2.37%) WCAG
7 36 (1.74%) GRC
8 33 (1.60%) NCSC
9 28 (1.36%) NIST
10 25 (1.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 19 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials
12 14 (0.68%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 8 (0.39%) Actionable Recommendations
14 6 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 6 (0.29%) PCI DSS
15 5 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 20000
16 4 (0.19%) NIST 800
17 3 (0.15%) GAAP
17 3 (0.15%) IFRS
17 3 (0.15%) MIL-STD-1553
System Software
1 86 (4.16%) Docker
2 74 (3.58%) Active Directory
3 40 (1.94%) Firmware
4 26 (1.26%) Virtual Machines
5 22 (1.07%) VMware Infrastructure
6 12 (0.58%) Virtual Desktop
6 12 (0.58%) vSphere
7 6 (0.29%) Hyper-V
8 5 (0.24%) BitLocker
9 3 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
10 2 (0.097%) IAG
10 2 (0.097%) NFS
11 1 (0.048%) Microsoft App-V
11 1 (0.048%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 66 (3.20%) Kubernetes
2 26 (1.26%) Grafana
3 23 (1.11%) Microsoft Intune
4 14 (0.68%) Ansible
4 14 (0.68%) SCCM
5 13 (0.63%) Prometheus
6 9 (0.44%) Kibana
7 4 (0.19%) Argo
7 4 (0.19%) Autotask
7 4 (0.19%) WSUS
8 3 (0.15%) Jamf Pro
9 2 (0.097%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.097%) Puppet
9 2 (0.097%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.048%) Check_MK
10 1 (0.048%) EMC NetWorker
10 1 (0.048%) Nessus
10 1 (0.048%) Proxmox
10 1 (0.048%) QRadar
10 1 (0.048%) SCOM
Vendors
1 385 (18.64%) Microsoft
2 89 (4.31%) SAP
3 69 (3.34%) Google
4 64 (3.10%) Adobe
5 48 (2.32%) Apple
6 47 (2.28%) Workday
7 38 (1.84%) Cisco
8 34 (1.65%) Salesforce
8 34 (1.65%) ServiceNow
9 31 (1.50%) Dynatrace
10 28 (1.36%) VMware
11 27 (1.31%) Facebook
12 26 (1.26%) Palo Alto
13 25 (1.21%) CrowdStrike
13 25 (1.21%) Oracle
14 24 (1.16%) Instagram
15 22 (1.07%) Tenable
16 15 (0.73%) Databricks
16 15 (0.73%) Dell
17 14 (0.68%) OpenAI