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

6 months to
19 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 21 24
Rank change year-on-year -48 +3 +37
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 1,779 2,745 4,017
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 2.27% 7.91% 6.73%
As % of the General category 5.16% 11.90% 12.53%
Number of salaries quoted 857 476 819
10th Percentile £28,350 £25,552 £28,745
25th Percentile £36,000 £32,500 £36,420
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -5.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £69,750 £60,000 £62,200
90th Percentile £78,312 £80,000 £74,144
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 34,460 23,058 32,059
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 44.06% 66.43% 53.71%
Number of salaries quoted 21,271 11,323 17,842
10th Percentile £28,618 £26,000 £27,218
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 £66,250 £62,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £78,600 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,266 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.35% -1.33% -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 19 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 19 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 -65 453 £52,445 +17.85% 502
South East -37 346 £56,000 +12.00% 389
Midlands -49 269 £45,000 -5.26% 307
North West -60 252 £42,000 -5.62% 277
South West -8 245 £57,500 +51.32% 259
Scotland -12 162 £52,500 +31.25% 336
West Midlands -40 161 £59,250 +7.73% 226
East of England -2 155 £40,869 -28.30% 152
East Midlands -35 107 £40,000 +23.08% 80
North East +3 105 £60,000 +144.20% 85
Wales +3 104 £53,000 -7.71% 41
Yorkshire +15 96 £50,000 -37.50% 142
Northern Ireland -47 52 £74,654 -1.89% 153
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 (2.30%) Microsoft Exchange
2 37 (2.08%) Confluence
3 30 (1.69%) SharePoint
4 18 (1.01%) Apache Spark
5 17 (0.96%) Apache Airflow
6 16 (0.90%) Apache
7 11 (0.62%) CMS
8 10 (0.56%) Jupyter
9 5 (0.28%) WordPress
10 4 (0.22%) 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 (0.056%) Cloud Foundry
12 1 (0.056%) OpenEdge
Applications
1 82 (4.61%) Microsoft Office
2 74 (4.16%) Microsoft Excel
3 18 (1.01%) Simulink
4 15 (0.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (0.51%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 9 (0.51%) Revit
6 8 (0.45%) Adobe After Effects
6 8 (0.45%) Adobe Illustrator
6 8 (0.45%) Adobe XD
6 8 (0.45%) InDesign
6 8 (0.45%) Microsoft Project
6 8 (0.45%) Photoshop
7 7 (0.39%) Sketch
8 6 (0.34%) AutoCAD
8 6 (0.34%) MS Visio
9 4 (0.22%) Chatbot
9 4 (0.22%) Mathcad
10 3 (0.17%) Maple
10 3 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
11 2 (0.11%) Trello
Business Applications
1 24 (1.35%) Cloudability
2 21 (1.18%) SAP S/4HANA
3 12 (0.67%) Workday HCM
4 11 (0.62%) Primavera
5 7 (0.39%) NetSuite
6 6 (0.34%) Dynamics CRM
6 6 (0.34%) SAP EHS
6 6 (0.34%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 5 (0.28%) Teamcenter
8 4 (0.22%) SAP HR
8 4 (0.22%) SAP SD
8 4 (0.22%) SAP WM
9 3 (0.17%) JDE EnterpriseOne
9 3 (0.17%) SAP ERP
9 3 (0.17%) SAP MM
9 3 (0.17%) Shopify
10 2 (0.11%) Elite 3E
10 2 (0.11%) Misys Midas
10 2 (0.11%) NEC Housing
11 1 (0.056%) SAP R/3
Cloud Services
1 312 (17.54%) Azure
2 229 (12.87%) AWS
3 134 (7.53%) GCP
4 93 (5.23%) Power Platform
5 89 (5.00%) Azure DevOps
6 78 (4.38%) Microsoft 365
7 57 (3.20%) GitHub
8 50 (2.81%) Serverless
9 42 (2.36%) SaaS
10 34 (1.91%) dbt
11 32 (1.80%) PaaS
12 30 (1.69%) Entra ID
13 28 (1.57%) Figma
13 28 (1.57%) IaaS
14 25 (1.41%) Azure Key Vault
14 25 (1.41%) Azure Monitor
14 25 (1.41%) GitHub Actions
15 22 (1.24%) Microsoft Copilot
16 21 (1.18%) Microsoft Purview
17 16 (0.90%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 38 (2.14%) Firewall
2 35 (1.97%) Broadband
3 32 (1.80%) Network Security
4 20 (1.12%) Internet
4 20 (1.12%) VPN
5 19 (1.07%) DNS
6 17 (0.96%) TCP/IP
7 16 (0.90%) LAN
8 14 (0.79%) DHCP
8 14 (0.79%) WAN
9 11 (0.62%) Ethernet
10 10 (0.56%) SAN
10 10 (0.56%) VLAN
10 10 (0.56%) Wireless
11 8 (0.45%) Wi-Fi
12 6 (0.34%) SSL
13 5 (0.28%) Modbus
14 4 (0.22%) SD-WAN
14 4 (0.22%) Unified Communications
15 3 (0.17%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 77 (4.33%) Power BI
2 39 (2.19%) SQL Server
3 32 (1.80%) PostgreSQL
4 26 (1.46%) Tableau
5 22 (1.24%) Metadata
6 21 (1.18%) Relational Database
7 19 (1.07%) MongoDB
8 18 (1.01%) NoSQL
9 17 (0.96%) Azure SQL Database
9 17 (0.96%) MySQL
10 14 (0.79%) Data Warehouse
10 14 (0.79%) DynamoDB
11 12 (0.67%) BigQuery
11 12 (0.67%) Data Lake
11 12 (0.67%) Elasticsearch
12 11 (0.62%) Big Data
12 11 (0.62%) GIS
13 10 (0.56%) Amazon Athena
14 9 (0.51%) Geospatial Data
15 8 (0.45%) Looker
Development Applications
1 77 (4.33%) Git
2 66 (3.71%) Jenkins
2 66 (3.71%) JIRA
3 43 (2.42%) GitLab
4 22 (1.24%) Snyk
5 21 (1.18%) Rational DOORS
6 20 (1.12%) SonarQube
7 14 (0.79%) fastlane
7 14 (0.79%) LabVIEW
8 9 (0.51%) Cypress.io
8 9 (0.51%) JMeter
9 8 (0.45%) Cucumber
9 8 (0.45%) Postman
9 8 (0.45%) Xcode
10 7 (0.39%) Gatling
10 7 (0.39%) Moq
10 7 (0.39%) MSI
11 6 (0.34%) Android Studio
11 6 (0.34%) Crashlytics
11 6 (0.34%) Gradle
General
1 707 (39.74%) Social Skills
2 472 (26.53%) Finance
3 261 (14.67%) Analytical Skills
4 255 (14.33%) Public Sector
5 155 (8.71%) Marketing
6 144 (8.09%) Law
7 132 (7.42%) Aerospace
8 98 (5.51%) Legal
9 92 (5.17%) Organisational Skills
10 79 (4.44%) Retail
11 73 (4.10%) Manufacturing
12 67 (3.77%) Local Government
13 57 (3.20%) Electronics
14 46 (2.59%) Influencing Skills
15 42 (2.36%) Games
16 39 (2.19%) Telecoms
17 34 (1.91%) Banking
18 33 (1.85%) Presentation Skills
19 30 (1.69%) Military
20 18 (1.01%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 361 (20.29%) Senior
2 194 (10.91%) Architect
3 191 (10.74%) Analyst
4 183 (10.29%) Lead
5 92 (5.17%) Developer
6 84 (4.72%) Sales Executive
7 76 (4.27%) Consultant
8 67 (3.77%) Senior Analyst
9 62 (3.49%) Business Analyst
10 57 (3.20%) Software Engineer
11 55 (3.09%) Systems Engineer
12 53 (2.98%) Solutions Architect
13 44 (2.47%) IT Engineer
14 42 (2.36%) Technical Architect
15 40 (2.25%) Senior Architect
16 39 (2.19%) Cloud Architect
17 36 (2.02%) Designer
18 30 (1.69%) Account Executive
18 30 (1.69%) Principal Engineer
19 29 (1.63%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (3.09%) .NET
2 47 (2.64%) CSS
3 45 (2.53%) HTML
3 45 (2.53%) RESTful
4 43 (2.42%) REST
5 35 (1.97%) React
6 31 (1.74%) Node.js
7 26 (1.46%) .NET Core
8 23 (1.29%) EDI
8 23 (1.29%) Spring
9 22 (1.24%) .NET Framework
9 22 (1.24%) SOAP
9 22 (1.24%) XML
10 20 (1.12%) Lightning Web Components
10 20 (1.12%) Spring Boot
10 20 (1.12%) Visualforce
11 18 (1.01%) Android SDK
11 18 (1.01%) Entity Framework
12 17 (0.96%) ASP.NET
13 15 (0.84%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 133 (7.48%) Driving Licence
2 121 (6.80%) Onboarding
3 110 (6.18%) Self-Motivation
4 106 (5.96%) Product Ownership
5 85 (4.78%) Cloud Native
6 70 (3.93%) Management Information System
7 68 (3.82%) Data Centre
8 53 (2.98%) Social Media
9 46 (2.59%) Public Cloud
10 42 (2.36%) Cyberattack
11 30 (1.69%) Algorithms
12 29 (1.63%) Mobile App
13 27 (1.52%) Legacy Systems
14 24 (1.35%) Security Posture
15 22 (1.24%) Data Structures
16 21 (1.18%) FPGA
17 20 (1.12%) Analytical Mindset
17 20 (1.12%) Credit Risk
18 18 (1.01%) Cyber Threat
18 18 (1.01%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 111 (6.24%) Windows
2 56 (3.15%) Linux
3 31 (1.74%) Windows Server
4 25 (1.41%) Android
5 22 (1.24%) Apple iOS
5 22 (1.24%) Windows 10
6 16 (0.90%) Unix
7 15 (0.84%) VMS
8 12 (0.67%) Mac OS
9 5 (0.28%) VxWorks
10 4 (0.22%) Mac OS X
11 3 (0.17%) Solaris
12 2 (0.11%) AIX
12 2 (0.11%) Windows 7
13 1 (0.056%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 499 (28.05%) Agile
2 432 (24.28%) AI
3 370 (20.80%) Problem-Solving
4 286 (16.08%) Continuous Improvement
5 266 (14.95%) Decision-Making
6 265 (14.90%) Mentoring
7 262 (14.73%) CI/CD
8 234 (13.15%) DevOps
9 202 (11.35%) Cybersecurity
10 186 (10.46%) Stakeholder Management
11 163 (9.16%) Roadmaps
12 143 (8.04%) Validation
13 140 (7.87%) Analytics
14 139 (7.81%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
15 131 (7.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 128 (7.20%) Customer Service
17 123 (6.91%) Coaching
18 122 (6.86%) Software Engineering
19 121 (6.80%) Scrum
20 118 (6.63%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 170 (9.56%) Python
2 133 (7.48%) SQL
3 76 (4.27%) Java
4 63 (3.54%) C#
4 63 (3.54%) JavaScript
5 49 (2.75%) PowerShell
6 37 (2.08%) TypeScript
7 32 (1.80%) MATLAB
8 29 (1.63%) Bicep
9 26 (1.46%) Bash
10 22 (1.24%) C++
11 20 (1.12%) Apex Code
11 20 (1.12%) Kotlin
11 20 (1.12%) SOQL
11 20 (1.12%) SOSL
12 19 (1.07%) Kusto Query Language
13 15 (0.84%) Go
14 10 (0.56%) Ada
14 10 (0.56%) PHP
14 10 (0.56%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 404 (22.71%) Degree
2 354 (19.90%) Security Cleared
3 332 (18.66%) SC Cleared
4 149 (8.38%) BPSS Clearance
5 112 (6.30%) DV Cleared
6 101 (5.68%) DBS Check
7 47 (2.64%) HNC
8 45 (2.53%) AWS Certification
9 39 (2.19%) Azure Certification
9 39 (2.19%) Master's Degree
10 33 (1.85%) Chartered Engineer
11 32 (1.80%) Computer Science Degree
12 31 (1.74%) PhD
13 27 (1.52%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 21 (1.18%) Microsoft Certification
15 14 (0.79%) CISSP
16 13 (0.73%) Cisco Certification
17 12 (0.67%) ACCA
17 12 (0.67%) CIMA
18 11 (0.62%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 232 (13.04%) Accessibility
2 79 (4.44%) QA
3 73 (4.10%) Data Quality
4 65 (3.65%) SLA
5 52 (2.92%) GDPR
6 48 (2.70%) WCAG
7 36 (2.02%) GRC
7 36 (2.02%) NIST
8 26 (1.46%) NCSC
9 23 (1.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 20 (1.12%) Cyber Essentials
11 14 (0.79%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 7 (0.39%) Actionable Recommendations
13 5 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 5 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 20000
13 5 (0.28%) PCI DSS
14 4 (0.22%) DO-160
14 4 (0.22%) GAAP
14 4 (0.22%) IFRS
14 4 (0.22%) NIST 800
System Software
1 85 (4.78%) Docker
2 75 (4.22%) Active Directory
3 38 (2.14%) Firmware
4 25 (1.41%) VMware Infrastructure
5 24 (1.35%) Virtual Machines
6 12 (0.67%) Virtual Desktop
6 12 (0.67%) vSphere
7 8 (0.45%) Hyper-V
8 5 (0.28%) BitLocker
9 3 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.056%) IAG
10 1 (0.056%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 88 (4.95%) Terraform
2 69 (3.88%) Kubernetes
3 23 (1.29%) Microsoft Intune
4 21 (1.18%) Grafana
5 18 (1.01%) SCCM
6 12 (0.67%) Ansible
7 11 (0.62%) Prometheus
8 7 (0.39%) WSUS
9 4 (0.22%) Argo
9 4 (0.22%) Autotask
10 3 (0.17%) Check_MK
10 3 (0.17%) Kibana
11 2 (0.11%) Progress Chef
11 2 (0.11%) Puppet
11 2 (0.11%) Single Sign-On
12 1 (0.056%) Functional Safety
12 1 (0.056%) QRadar
12 1 (0.056%) SCOM
12 1 (0.056%) vCenter Server
12 1 (0.056%) VxRail
Vendors
1 296 (16.64%) Microsoft
2 84 (4.72%) Google
3 64 (3.60%) SAP
4 59 (3.32%) Adobe
5 50 (2.81%) Workday
6 47 (2.64%) Apple
7 44 (2.47%) Salesforce
8 35 (1.97%) ServiceNow
9 31 (1.74%) Cisco
9 31 (1.74%) VMware
10 26 (1.46%) Palo Alto
10 26 (1.46%) Splunk
11 25 (1.41%) CrowdStrike
12 24 (1.35%) Dynatrace
13 22 (1.24%) Tenable
14 20 (1.12%) Oracle
15 18 (1.01%) Instagram
16 15 (0.84%) Facebook
17 14 (0.79%) OpenAI
18 13 (0.73%) Databricks