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

6 months to
18 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 63 16 29
Rank change year-on-year -47 +13 +19
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 2,019 2,802 3,244
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 2.39% 8.15% 5.85%
As % of the General category 5.41% 12.35% 10.96%
Number of salaries quoted 919 484 630
10th Percentile £28,200 £25,600 £29,900
25th Percentile £35,438 £31,250 £36,540
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £47,500 £50,309
Median % change year-on-year +7.37% -5.58% -8.53%
75th Percentile £68,750 £60,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,312 £81,250 £78,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £58,700
% change year-on-year - -6.30% -9.69%

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 37,348 22,681 29,606
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 44.20% 65.94% 53.38%
Number of salaries quoted 22,967 11,073 14,062
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -1.96%
75th Percentile £65,640 £62,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £79,020
UK median annual salary £55,000 £53,688 £56,000
% change year-on-year +2.44% -4.13% -6.67%

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 18 September 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 18 September 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 -59 525 £50,000 +12.36% 592
South East -28 434 £55,000 - 528
Midlands -48 308 £46,000 -3.16% 343
North West -53 300 £42,000 +0.40% 379
South West -14 274 £53,750 +58.09% 332
West Midlands -43 182 £59,250 +7.73% 235
East of England +6 181 £42,119 -26.11% 168
Scotland -14 150 £42,500 +6.25% 422
North East +7 133 £60,000 +144.20% 100
East Midlands -35 125 £40,000 +23.08% 108
Wales -2 102 £53,000 -7.71% 46
Yorkshire -12 92 £37,977 -55.32% 113
Northern Ireland -46 51 £74,742 -3.21% 159
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 (2.23%) Microsoft Exchange
2 43 (2.13%) SharePoint
3 34 (1.68%) Confluence
4 18 (0.89%) Apache Spark
5 15 (0.74%) Apache Airflow
6 14 (0.69%) Apache
6 14 (0.69%) CMS
7 10 (0.50%) Jupyter
8 6 (0.30%) WordPress
9 5 (0.25%) Moodle
10 3 (0.15%) IIS
11 2 (0.099%) Exchange Server 2013
11 2 (0.099%) Headless CMS
11 2 (0.099%) Skype for Business
11 2 (0.099%) Totara
12 1 (0.050%) Cloud Foundry
12 1 (0.050%) OpenEdge
12 1 (0.050%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 112 (5.55%) Microsoft Office
2 104 (5.15%) Microsoft Excel
3 28 (1.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 18 (0.89%) Simulink
5 15 (0.74%) Maple
6 14 (0.69%) Revit
7 10 (0.50%) Adobe After Effects
7 10 (0.50%) Adobe Illustrator
7 10 (0.50%) AutoCAD
7 10 (0.50%) Photoshop
8 9 (0.45%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 9 (0.45%) Spreadsheet
9 8 (0.40%) Adobe XD
9 8 (0.40%) InDesign
9 8 (0.40%) Microsoft Project
10 7 (0.35%) Sketch
11 6 (0.30%) MS Visio
12 4 (0.20%) Chatbot
12 4 (0.20%) Mathcad
13 2 (0.099%) InVision
Business Applications
1 24 (1.19%) Cloudability
2 21 (1.04%) SAP S/4HANA
3 20 (0.99%) Dynamics CRM
4 12 (0.59%) Workday HCM
5 11 (0.54%) Primavera
5 11 (0.54%) SAP EHS
5 11 (0.54%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 9 (0.45%) Teamcenter
7 7 (0.35%) NetSuite
8 4 (0.20%) SAP SD
8 4 (0.20%) SAP WM
9 3 (0.15%) JDE EnterpriseOne
9 3 (0.15%) Misys Midas
9 3 (0.15%) SAP ERP
9 3 (0.15%) SAP MM
9 3 (0.15%) SAP R/3
9 3 (0.15%) Shopify
10 2 (0.099%) Academy Housing
10 2 (0.099%) Adobe Campaign
10 2 (0.099%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 338 (16.74%) Azure
2 250 (12.38%) AWS
3 132 (6.54%) GCP
4 107 (5.30%) Power Platform
5 102 (5.05%) Azure DevOps
6 87 (4.31%) Microsoft 365
7 60 (2.97%) Serverless
8 53 (2.63%) GitHub
9 39 (1.93%) Entra ID
9 39 (1.93%) SaaS
10 36 (1.78%) Dynamics 365
11 33 (1.63%) Azure Key Vault
12 31 (1.54%) dbt
13 29 (1.44%) PaaS
14 28 (1.39%) IaaS
15 27 (1.34%) Figma
16 26 (1.29%) Azure Monitor
17 25 (1.24%) GitHub Actions
18 21 (1.04%) Power Automate
18 21 (1.04%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 36 (1.78%) Firewall
2 29 (1.44%) Internet
3 28 (1.39%) Network Security
4 27 (1.34%) Ethernet
5 25 (1.24%) 5G
6 22 (1.09%) Modbus
6 22 (1.09%) VPN
7 20 (0.99%) DNS
8 19 (0.94%) Profibus
8 19 (0.94%) TCP/IP
9 15 (0.74%) LAN
10 13 (0.64%) WAN
11 12 (0.59%) DHCP
12 10 (0.50%) Broadband
12 10 (0.50%) SAN
13 9 (0.45%) SSL
13 9 (0.45%) VLAN
14 8 (0.40%) HTTP
14 8 (0.40%) Wireless
15 6 (0.30%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 81 (4.01%) Power BI
2 47 (2.33%) SQL Server
3 27 (1.34%) Tableau
4 24 (1.19%) PostgreSQL
5 21 (1.04%) Relational Database
6 20 (0.99%) Metadata
7 19 (0.94%) Data Lake
7 19 (0.94%) MongoDB
8 18 (0.89%) Elasticsearch
9 17 (0.84%) Azure SQL Database
9 17 (0.84%) MySQL
10 15 (0.74%) DynamoDB
10 15 (0.74%) GIS
10 15 (0.74%) NoSQL
11 14 (0.69%) Data Warehouse
12 11 (0.54%) BigQuery
13 10 (0.50%) Amazon Athena
13 10 (0.50%) Big Data
13 10 (0.50%) Looker
14 9 (0.45%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 99 (4.90%) Git
2 60 (2.97%) JIRA
3 51 (2.53%) Jenkins
4 32 (1.58%) GitLab
5 22 (1.09%) Snyk
6 21 (1.04%) Rational DOORS
7 14 (0.69%) LabVIEW
8 13 (0.64%) Gatling
9 11 (0.54%) fastlane
9 11 (0.54%) JMeter
10 9 (0.45%) Cypress.io
11 8 (0.40%) LoadRunner
12 7 (0.35%) Moq
12 7 (0.35%) MSI
12 7 (0.35%) Postman
13 6 (0.30%) Cucumber
13 6 (0.30%) SonarQube
13 6 (0.30%) Xcode
14 5 (0.25%) Android Studio
14 5 (0.25%) Gradle
General
1 835 (41.36%) Social Skills
2 541 (26.80%) Finance
3 299 (14.81%) Analytical Skills
4 277 (13.72%) Public Sector
5 168 (8.32%) Law
5 168 (8.32%) Marketing
6 144 (7.13%) Aerospace
7 125 (6.19%) Organisational Skills
8 114 (5.65%) Retail
9 110 (5.45%) Legal
10 90 (4.46%) Manufacturing
11 76 (3.76%) Local Government
12 70 (3.47%) Electronics
13 67 (3.32%) Telecoms
14 45 (2.23%) Presentation Skills
15 44 (2.18%) Influencing Skills
16 39 (1.93%) Banking
17 30 (1.49%) Military
18 24 (1.19%) Financial Institution
19 20 (0.99%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 378 (18.72%) Senior
2 213 (10.55%) Lead
3 183 (9.06%) Analyst
4 180 (8.92%) Architect
5 106 (5.25%) Developer
6 99 (4.90%) Sales Executive
7 75 (3.71%) Consultant
8 64 (3.17%) Senior Analyst
9 58 (2.87%) Systems Engineer
10 56 (2.77%) Software Engineer
11 55 (2.72%) Business Analyst
12 48 (2.38%) Solutions Architect
13 44 (2.18%) Project Engineer
14 42 (2.08%) Senior Architect
15 39 (1.93%) IT Engineer
16 38 (1.88%) Technical Architect
17 37 (1.83%) Cloud Architect
17 37 (1.83%) Design Engineer
18 36 (1.78%) Designer
19 33 (1.63%) Electrical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 82 (4.06%) Terraform
2 56 (2.77%) .NET
3 47 (2.33%) CSS
3 47 (2.33%) HTML
4 42 (2.08%) RESTful
5 35 (1.73%) React
6 34 (1.68%) Node.js
7 33 (1.63%) EDI
7 33 (1.63%) XML
8 30 (1.49%) REST
9 27 (1.34%) .NET Core
10 22 (1.09%) .NET Framework
11 21 (1.04%) Spring
12 18 (0.89%) ASP.NET
12 18 (0.89%) Entity Framework
12 18 (0.89%) Spring Boot
12 18 (0.89%) XSLT
13 17 (0.84%) AngularJS
13 17 (0.84%) JSON
13 17 (0.84%) LangChain
Miscellaneous
1 194 (9.61%) Driving Licence
2 159 (7.88%) Onboarding
3 108 (5.35%) Self-Motivation
4 102 (5.05%) Management Information System
5 89 (4.41%) Product Ownership
6 88 (4.36%) Cloud Native
7 72 (3.57%) Data Centre
8 54 (2.67%) Social Media
9 46 (2.28%) Public Cloud
10 40 (1.98%) SCADA
11 39 (1.93%) Cyberattack
12 32 (1.58%) Algorithms
13 25 (1.24%) Security Posture
14 24 (1.19%) Cyber Threat
14 24 (1.19%) Data Structures
15 22 (1.09%) FPGA
16 21 (1.04%) Analytical Mindset
16 21 (1.04%) Distributed Systems
16 21 (1.04%) Legacy Systems
17 20 (0.99%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 123 (6.09%) Windows
2 58 (2.87%) Linux
3 31 (1.54%) Windows Server
4 22 (1.09%) Apple iOS
5 21 (1.04%) Windows 10
6 19 (0.94%) VMS
7 14 (0.69%) Mac OS
7 14 (0.69%) Unix
8 12 (0.59%) Android
9 5 (0.25%) VxWorks
10 4 (0.20%) Mac OS X
11 3 (0.15%) Solaris
12 2 (0.099%) AIX
12 2 (0.099%) Windows 7
13 1 (0.050%) Data ONTAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 501 (24.81%) Agile
2 456 (22.59%) AI
3 421 (20.85%) Problem-Solving
4 356 (17.63%) Continuous Improvement
5 294 (14.56%) Mentoring
6 286 (14.17%) Decision-Making
7 248 (12.28%) CI/CD
8 233 (11.54%) Stakeholder Management
9 231 (11.44%) DevOps
10 222 (11.00%) Cybersecurity
11 177 (8.77%) Customer Service
12 170 (8.42%) Roadmaps
13 148 (7.33%) Validation
14 147 (7.28%) Analytics
15 142 (7.03%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 141 (6.98%) Collaborative Working
17 137 (6.79%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
18 132 (6.54%) Coaching
18 132 (6.54%) Software Engineering
19 131 (6.49%) Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 173 (8.57%) Python
2 132 (6.54%) SQL
3 79 (3.91%) C#
4 74 (3.67%) JavaScript
5 63 (3.12%) Java
6 49 (2.43%) PowerShell
7 44 (2.18%) TypeScript
8 32 (1.58%) MATLAB
9 30 (1.49%) Bicep
10 26 (1.29%) Bash
11 22 (1.09%) C++
12 17 (0.84%) Kusto Query Language
13 15 (0.74%) Go
14 10 (0.50%) ABAP
14 10 (0.50%) Ada
14 10 (0.50%) Ruby
15 8 (0.40%) Kotlin
16 7 (0.35%) C
16 7 (0.35%) PHP
16 7 (0.35%) XAML
Qualifications
1 459 (22.73%) Degree
2 388 (19.22%) Security Cleared
3 350 (17.34%) SC Cleared
4 162 (8.02%) BPSS Clearance
5 157 (7.78%) DBS Check
6 117 (5.79%) DV Cleared
7 111 (5.50%) HNC
8 52 (2.58%) AWS Certification
9 50 (2.48%) Azure Certification
10 49 (2.43%) Master's Degree
11 44 (2.18%) Chartered Engineer
12 31 (1.54%) Computer Science Degree
13 30 (1.49%) PhD
14 29 (1.44%) Microsoft Certification
15 27 (1.34%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 27 (1.34%) HND
16 17 (0.84%) ACCA
16 17 (0.84%) CIMA
17 15 (0.74%) CISSP
18 12 (0.59%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 264 (13.08%) Accessibility
2 97 (4.80%) QA
3 80 (3.96%) Data Quality
4 65 (3.22%) SLA
5 63 (3.12%) GDPR
6 49 (2.43%) WCAG
7 35 (1.73%) GRC
8 33 (1.63%) NCSC
9 32 (1.58%) NIST
10 24 (1.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 19 (0.94%) Cyber Essentials
12 14 (0.69%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 7 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
14 6 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 5 (0.25%) GAAP
15 5 (0.25%) IFRS
15 5 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 20000
15 5 (0.25%) PCI DSS
16 4 (0.20%) DO-160
16 4 (0.20%) NIST 800
System Software
1 82 (4.06%) Docker
2 75 (3.71%) Active Directory
3 40 (1.98%) Firmware
4 25 (1.24%) Virtual Machines
5 23 (1.14%) VMware Infrastructure
6 12 (0.59%) Virtual Desktop
6 12 (0.59%) vSphere
7 6 (0.30%) Hyper-V
8 5 (0.25%) BitLocker
9 3 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.050%) IAG
10 1 (0.050%) NFS
10 1 (0.050%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 64 (3.17%) Kubernetes
2 25 (1.24%) Grafana
3 23 (1.14%) Microsoft Intune
4 16 (0.79%) SCCM
5 12 (0.59%) Ansible
5 12 (0.59%) Prometheus
6 8 (0.40%) Kibana
7 7 (0.35%) WSUS
8 4 (0.20%) Argo
8 4 (0.20%) Autotask
9 3 (0.15%) Jamf Pro
10 2 (0.099%) Check_MK
10 2 (0.099%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.099%) Puppet
10 2 (0.099%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.050%) Nessus
11 1 (0.050%) QRadar
11 1 (0.050%) SCOM
11 1 (0.050%) vCenter Server
11 1 (0.050%) VxRail
Vendors
1 358 (17.73%) Microsoft
2 84 (4.16%) SAP
3 77 (3.81%) Google
4 64 (3.17%) Adobe
5 51 (2.53%) Apple
6 48 (2.38%) Workday
7 38 (1.88%) Salesforce
8 36 (1.78%) Cisco
9 34 (1.68%) ServiceNow
10 30 (1.49%) VMware
11 29 (1.44%) Dynatrace
12 26 (1.29%) Facebook
12 26 (1.29%) Palo Alto
13 25 (1.24%) CrowdStrike
14 23 (1.14%) Instagram
15 22 (1.09%) Oracle
15 22 (1.09%) Tenable
16 14 (0.69%) OpenAI
17 13 (0.64%) Databricks
17 13 (0.64%) Dell