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

6 months to
19 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 28 28
Rank change year-on-year +18 0 +9
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 5,019 1,952 4,411
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 9.34% 7.18% 7.43%
As % of the General category 18.39% 10.52% 12.52%
Number of salaries quoted 542 469 1,195
10th Percentile £20,000 £31,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £27,750 £40,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,543 £52,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.16% +16.67% -18.18%
75th Percentile £62,500 £66,050 £62,200
90th Percentile £78,786 £77,050 £75,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -7.89% +8.57% -19.23%

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 27,287 18,550 35,244
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 50.75% 68.19% 59.35%
Number of salaries quoted 14,315 9,139 24,780
10th Percentile £27,500 £27,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,375 £37,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,387 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.10% +10.29% -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,388 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £76,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +12.15% -10.83%

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 March 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 March 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 +59 1,940 £35,009 -26.30% 135
North West +49 1,684 £35,000 -25.53% 59
Midlands +27 1,476 £50,000 -4.76% 78
West Midlands +46 1,281 £57,500 +2.22% 42
South East +9 866 £47,500 +2.70% 287
East of England -1 432 £40,000 -25.93% 39
Yorkshire +39 243 £26,525 -39.37% 56
East Midlands -3 207 £37,500 -11.24% 36
South West -46 151 £31,000 -39.21% 74
Scotland -38 89 £50,000 -9.09% 41
Wales +9 61 £57,515 +14.75% 11
North East -23 13 £60,000 -13.43% 21
Northern Ireland -36 12 £40,000 -42.29% 7
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 42 (0.84%) SharePoint
2 12 (0.24%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (0.18%) ArcGIS
4 8 (0.16%) Confluence
5 2 (0.040%) Apache
5 2 (0.040%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.040%) CMS
5 2 (0.040%) WordPress
6 1 (0.020%) Drupal
6 1 (0.020%) IIS
6 1 (0.020%) WildFly
Applications
1 61 (1.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 43 (0.86%) Microsoft Office
3 37 (0.74%) Acrobat
4 34 (0.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (0.14%) AutoCAD
6 5 (0.100%) Adobe XD
7 4 (0.080%) Microsoft Project
8 2 (0.040%) MS Visio
8 2 (0.040%) Trello
9 1 (0.020%) SmartSuite
9 1 (0.020%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 15 (0.30%) NetSuite
2 8 (0.16%) Oracle Payables
3 6 (0.12%) Workday HCM
4 4 (0.080%) Academy Housing
4 4 (0.080%) SAP HR
5 2 (0.040%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.040%) Misys Midas
5 2 (0.040%) Sage X3
6 1 (0.020%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.020%) Exchequer
6 1 (0.020%) Infor M3
6 1 (0.020%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 1 (0.020%) Raiser’s Edge
6 1 (0.020%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 3,654 (72.80%) Cloud Computing
2 141 (2.81%) Azure
3 95 (1.89%) AWS
4 65 (1.30%) Microsoft 365
5 54 (1.08%) Power Platform
6 36 (0.72%) Entra ID
7 35 (0.70%) SaaS
8 33 (0.66%) GCP
9 13 (0.26%) Azure DevOps
9 13 (0.26%) OneDrive
10 12 (0.24%) Asana
11 11 (0.22%) PaaS
11 11 (0.22%) Sprout Social
12 10 (0.20%) Microsoft Purview
13 9 (0.18%) Figma
14 8 (0.16%) AWS CloudFormation
14 8 (0.16%) Azure Monitor
14 8 (0.16%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
14 8 (0.16%) Salesforce Service Cloud
15 7 (0.14%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 3,656 (72.84%) Internet
2 71 (1.41%) Broadband
3 24 (0.48%) Firewall
3 24 (0.48%) VPN
4 23 (0.46%) DNS
5 22 (0.44%) LAN
6 21 (0.42%) DHCP
7 15 (0.30%) TCP/IP
7 15 (0.30%) WAN
7 15 (0.30%) Wi-Fi
8 8 (0.16%) 4G
8 8 (0.16%) VLAN
9 7 (0.14%) MPLS
10 6 (0.12%) Network Security
11 4 (0.080%) 5G
11 4 (0.080%) BGP
11 4 (0.080%) Ethernet
11 4 (0.080%) PSTN
11 4 (0.080%) SMTP
11 4 (0.080%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (0.86%) Power BI
2 13 (0.26%) PostgreSQL
3 12 (0.24%) Data Warehouse
4 11 (0.22%) Data Lake
4 11 (0.22%) GIS
5 9 (0.18%) Geospatial Data
5 9 (0.18%) SQL Server
5 9 (0.18%) Tableau
6 8 (0.16%) Amazon RDS
7 7 (0.14%) Metadata
8 6 (0.12%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 5 (0.100%) NoSQL
9 5 (0.100%) Redis
10 4 (0.080%) BigQuery
10 4 (0.080%) Elasticsearch
10 4 (0.080%) MongoDB
10 4 (0.080%) MySQL
11 3 (0.060%) Looker
11 3 (0.060%) Relational Database
12 2 (0.040%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 43 (0.86%) Jenkins
2 41 (0.82%) GitLab
2 41 (0.82%) SonarQube
3 21 (0.42%) JIRA
4 17 (0.34%) Git
5 5 (0.100%) Axure RP
5 5 (0.100%) Balsamiq
6 4 (0.080%) JUnit
7 3 (0.060%) Cucumber
7 3 (0.060%) fastlane
7 3 (0.060%) JMeter
7 3 (0.060%) Locust
7 3 (0.060%) Mockito
7 3 (0.060%) Postman
8 2 (0.040%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.040%) Jaeger
8 2 (0.040%) LabVIEW
8 2 (0.040%) Visual Studio Code
8 2 (0.040%) WebDriver
8 2 (0.040%) Xcode
General
1 3,990 (79.50%) Social Skills
2 3,666 (73.04%) Banking
3 465 (9.26%) Finance
4 136 (2.71%) Analytical Skills
5 131 (2.61%) Public Sector
6 130 (2.59%) Retail
7 128 (2.55%) Marketing
8 99 (1.97%) Law
9 59 (1.18%) Games
10 55 (1.10%) Legal
11 42 (0.84%) Organisational Skills
12 31 (0.62%) Influencing Skills
13 24 (0.48%) Telecoms
14 22 (0.44%) Manufacturing
15 20 (0.40%) Local Government
15 20 (0.40%) Presentation Skills
16 16 (0.32%) Pharmaceutical
17 12 (0.24%) Electronics
18 10 (0.20%) Documentation Skills
19 9 (0.18%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 2,811 (56.01%) Lecturer
2 198 (3.95%) Systems Engineer
3 195 (3.89%) Facilities Engineer
4 163 (3.25%) Senior
5 117 (2.33%) Analyst
6 78 (1.55%) Architect
7 74 (1.47%) Project Manager
8 58 (1.16%) Project Engineer
9 55 (1.10%) Lead
10 49 (0.98%) Senior Manager
11 42 (0.84%) Business Analyst
12 39 (0.78%) Salesforce Architect
13 37 (0.74%) Account Executive
13 37 (0.74%) Sales Manager
14 36 (0.72%) Account Manager
15 35 (0.70%) Consultant
15 35 (0.70%) Developer
16 31 (0.62%) Alliance Manager
17 30 (0.60%) Sales Account Manager
17 30 (0.60%) Senior Sales Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (1.18%) REST
2 49 (0.98%) Lightning Web Components
2 49 (0.98%) SOAP
2 49 (0.98%) Visualforce
3 24 (0.48%) EDI
4 15 (0.30%) .NET
4 15 (0.30%) Node.js
4 15 (0.30%) Web Services
5 14 (0.28%) Android SDK
6 13 (0.26%) GraphQL
7 10 (0.20%) Django
8 9 (0.18%) CSS
8 9 (0.18%) HTML
9 8 (0.16%) Middleware
9 8 (0.16%) React
9 8 (0.16%) RESTful
10 7 (0.14%) SAML
10 7 (0.14%) Spring
11 4 (0.080%) .NET Framework
11 4 (0.080%) Hibernate
Miscellaneous
1 3,650 (72.72%) IoT
2 124 (2.47%) Onboarding
3 79 (1.57%) Blog
4 74 (1.47%) Product Ownership
5 72 (1.43%) Driving Licence
6 50 (1.00%) Management Information System
7 45 (0.90%) Self-Motivation
8 33 (0.66%) Enterprise Software
8 33 (0.66%) Social Media
9 30 (0.60%) Mobile App
10 19 (0.38%) Public Cloud
11 17 (0.34%) Cloud Native
12 12 (0.24%) Legacy Systems
12 12 (0.24%) Life Science
12 12 (0.24%) Security Posture
13 11 (0.22%) Video Editing
14 9 (0.18%) Cyberattack
14 9 (0.18%) Security Operations Centre
15 8 (0.16%) CSOC
15 8 (0.16%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 44 (0.88%) Windows
2 29 (0.58%) Linux
3 19 (0.38%) Android
4 17 (0.34%) Windows Server
5 15 (0.30%) Unix
6 7 (0.14%) Apple iOS
7 5 (0.100%) Debian
7 5 (0.100%) Windows Server 2016
8 4 (0.080%) VMS
9 2 (0.040%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.020%) OpenWrt
10 1 (0.020%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 3,902 (77.74%) AI
2 3,767 (75.05%) Cybersecurity
3 3,678 (73.28%) User Experience
4 3,664 (73.00%) Machine Learning
5 3,657 (72.86%) Web Development
6 299 (5.96%) Mentoring
7 216 (4.30%) Agile
8 197 (3.93%) Inventory Management
9 195 (3.89%) Preventative Maintenance
10 191 (3.81%) Continuous Improvement
11 179 (3.57%) Problem-Solving
12 145 (2.89%) Customer Service
13 115 (2.29%) B2B
13 115 (2.29%) Coaching
14 111 (2.21%) DevOps
15 105 (2.09%) Analytics
16 103 (2.05%) CI/CD
17 98 (1.95%) Project Management
18 94 (1.87%) Decision-Making
19 82 (1.63%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 50 (1.00%) Python
2 49 (0.98%) Apex Code
2 49 (0.98%) SQL
3 42 (0.84%) Java
4 41 (0.82%) SOQL
4 41 (0.82%) SOSL
5 21 (0.42%) JavaScript
6 14 (0.28%) Kotlin
7 13 (0.26%) PowerShell
8 6 (0.12%) C#
9 4 (0.080%) PHP
10 3 (0.060%) Bash
10 3 (0.060%) VB
11 2 (0.040%) ActionScript
11 2 (0.040%) ActionScript 2.0
11 2 (0.040%) Go
11 2 (0.040%) Kusto Query Language
12 1 (0.020%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.020%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.020%) VBA
Qualifications
1 3,934 (78.38%) Degree
2 3,847 (76.65%) Postgraduate
3 3,654 (72.80%) PhD
4 3,653 (72.78%) Master's Degree
5 200 (3.98%) City & Guilds
6 196 (3.91%) NVQ Level 3
7 104 (2.07%) Security Cleared
8 87 (1.73%) SC Cleared
9 31 (0.62%) BPSS Clearance
10 29 (0.58%) DBS Check
11 27 (0.54%) PMP
12 25 (0.50%) HNC
13 23 (0.46%) Microsoft Certification
14 22 (0.44%) AWS Certification
15 18 (0.36%) HND
16 16 (0.32%) CISSP
17 13 (0.26%) CISM
18 12 (0.24%) CompTIA Security+
18 12 (0.24%) Computer Science Degree
19 10 (0.20%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 195 (3.89%) COSHH
2 54 (1.08%) QA
3 44 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 32 (0.64%) NIST
5 31 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials
6 26 (0.52%) Accessibility
7 24 (0.48%) GDPR
8 22 (0.44%) SLA
9 16 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 13 (0.26%) PMO
10 13 (0.26%) WCAG
11 12 (0.24%) PCI DSS
12 9 (0.18%) COBIT
13 8 (0.16%) GRC
13 8 (0.16%) SOC 2
14 6 (0.12%) Data Quality
15 5 (0.100%) NEBOSH
16 3 (0.060%) EU AI Act
16 3 (0.060%) NCSC
17 2 (0.040%) ISO 19650
System Software
1 46 (0.92%) Active Directory
2 15 (0.30%) Docker
3 10 (0.20%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.12%) vSphere
5 4 (0.080%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.060%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.060%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.040%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.020%) iptables
Systems Management
1 30 (0.60%) Microsoft Intune
1 30 (0.60%) Terraform
2 17 (0.34%) Single Sign-On
3 13 (0.26%) Kubernetes
4 6 (0.12%) Argo
5 5 (0.100%) Autotask
5 5 (0.100%) Grafana
6 4 (0.080%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 4 (0.080%) AWS Copilot
6 4 (0.080%) SolarWinds Orion
6 4 (0.080%) vCenter Server
7 3 (0.060%) Ansible
7 3 (0.060%) CASB
7 3 (0.060%) Jamf Pro
8 2 (0.040%) Kustomize
8 2 (0.040%) Nessus
8 2 (0.040%) Opsgenie
8 2 (0.040%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.040%) SCCM
9 1 (0.020%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 257 (5.12%) Microsoft
2 115 (2.29%) Salesforce
3 79 (1.57%) Adobe
4 72 (1.43%) Cisco
5 49 (0.98%) Splunk
6 30 (0.60%) Apple
6 30 (0.60%) Google
7 23 (0.46%) NEC
8 14 (0.28%) SAP
9 13 (0.26%) Oracle
10 12 (0.24%) VMware
11 11 (0.22%) Databricks
11 11 (0.22%) Hootsuite
11 11 (0.22%) Instagram
11 11 (0.22%) ServiceNow
11 11 (0.22%) Wrike
12 10 (0.20%) CrowdStrike
12 10 (0.20%) Fortinet
12 10 (0.20%) Workday
13 8 (0.16%) Pega