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

6 months to
2 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 14 20
Rank change year-on-year -8 +6 +43
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 3,850 2,989 5,679
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 5.71% 10.23% 7.71%
As % of the General category 12.16% 14.26% 13.78%
Number of salaries quoted 640 473 1,298
10th Percentile £28,000 £27,500 £25,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +15.56% -24.40%
75th Percentile £63,055 £62,500 £60,375
90th Percentile £77,553 £81,000 £71,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +10.00% -23.08%

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 31,658 20,968 41,221
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 46.92% 71.80% 55.95%
Number of salaries quoted 17,580 9,240 26,991
10th Percentile £28,250 £25,750 £26,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,750 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £49,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.04% +3.16% -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,250 £62,200
90th Percentile £83,750 £80,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%

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 2 June 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 2 June 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
Midlands +10 1,461 £46,500 -11.43% 117
North of England -6 1,375 £52,500 +11.70% 189
West Midlands +25 1,293 £60,000 +6.19% 55
North West -5 1,147 £47,000 - 106
South East -22 441 £46,500 +3.33% 235
East of England +8 253 £40,000 -25.23% 58
East Midlands -22 180 £35,000 +7.69% 62
Yorkshire +20 179 £52,445 -38.30% 55
South West -39 154 £57,591 +18.14% 124
Scotland -34 84 £50,000 -9.09% 62
Wales +5 77 £54,000 -9.78% 30
North East -14 49 £57,500 +22.40% 30
Northern Ireland -35 17 £40,000 -47.43% 39
Channel Islands - 2 - -
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 44 (1.14%) SharePoint
2 23 (0.60%) Microsoft Exchange
3 16 (0.42%) Confluence
4 8 (0.21%) Apache
4 8 (0.21%) Apache Airflow
5 7 (0.18%) ArcGIS
6 5 (0.13%) Apache Spark
6 5 (0.13%) Jupyter
7 4 (0.10%) CMS
8 2 (0.052%) Exchange Server 2013
8 2 (0.052%) Moodle
8 2 (0.052%) Totara
8 2 (0.052%) WordPress
9 1 (0.026%) IIS
9 1 (0.026%) OpenEdge
Applications
1 66 (1.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 57 (1.48%) Microsoft Office
3 37 (0.96%) Acrobat
4 27 (0.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 8 (0.21%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 7 (0.18%) Adobe After Effects
6 7 (0.18%) Adobe Illustrator
6 7 (0.18%) InDesign
6 7 (0.18%) Photoshop
7 3 (0.078%) Trello
8 2 (0.052%) Camtasia
8 2 (0.052%) Microsoft Project
8 2 (0.052%) PlantUML
9 1 (0.026%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.026%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.026%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.026%) InVision
9 1 (0.026%) MS Visio
9 1 (0.026%) Simulink
9 1 (0.026%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 24 (0.62%) Cloudability
2 6 (0.16%) Workday HCM
3 5 (0.13%) NetSuite
3 5 (0.13%) SAP HR
4 4 (0.10%) Academy Housing
5 3 (0.078%) JDE EnterpriseOne
6 2 (0.052%) Elite 3E
6 2 (0.052%) NEC Housing
7 1 (0.026%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.026%) Exchequer
7 1 (0.026%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 1 (0.026%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.026%) Raiser’s Edge
7 1 (0.026%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 2,321 (60.29%) Cloud Computing
2 223 (5.79%) Azure
3 149 (3.87%) AWS
4 89 (2.31%) Microsoft 365
5 84 (2.18%) GCP
6 75 (1.95%) Power Platform
7 38 (0.99%) Azure DevOps
8 35 (0.91%) Entra ID
9 28 (0.73%) SaaS
10 26 (0.68%) Microsoft Purview
10 26 (0.68%) Serverless
11 15 (0.39%) Figma
11 15 (0.39%) GitHub
12 14 (0.36%) PaaS
13 13 (0.34%) Asana
13 13 (0.34%) Azure Sentinel
14 12 (0.31%) Power Automate
15 11 (0.29%) Sprout Social
16 10 (0.26%) Firebase
16 10 (0.26%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 2,330 (60.52%) Internet
2 65 (1.69%) Broadband
3 38 (0.99%) Firewall
4 23 (0.60%) DNS
4 23 (0.60%) LAN
5 22 (0.57%) DHCP
5 22 (0.57%) WAN
6 20 (0.52%) VPN
7 18 (0.47%) Network Security
8 15 (0.39%) TCP/IP
8 15 (0.39%) Wi-Fi
9 8 (0.21%) 4G
10 7 (0.18%) MPLS
10 7 (0.18%) VLAN
10 7 (0.18%) Wireless
11 4 (0.10%) BGP
11 4 (0.10%) Ethernet
11 4 (0.10%) PSTN
11 4 (0.10%) SMTP
11 4 (0.10%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 66 (1.71%) Power BI
2 24 (0.62%) PostgreSQL
3 19 (0.49%) Tableau
4 16 (0.42%) GIS
5 15 (0.39%) Metadata
6 13 (0.34%) Data Warehouse
6 13 (0.34%) MySQL
7 12 (0.31%) Data Lake
7 12 (0.31%) SQL Server
8 10 (0.26%) MongoDB
9 9 (0.23%) BigQuery
9 9 (0.23%) NoSQL
10 8 (0.21%) Amazon RDS
10 8 (0.21%) Looker
10 8 (0.21%) Relational Database
11 7 (0.18%) Geospatial Data
12 6 (0.16%) Redis
13 5 (0.13%) Amazon Athena
13 5 (0.13%) Big Data
13 5 (0.13%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 47 (1.22%) Jenkins
2 40 (1.04%) GitLab
3 34 (0.88%) SonarQube
4 33 (0.86%) JIRA
5 22 (0.57%) Snyk
6 20 (0.52%) Git
7 11 (0.29%) fastlane
8 10 (0.26%) Postman
9 8 (0.21%) Cucumber
10 7 (0.18%) Moq
11 6 (0.16%) Xcode
12 5 (0.13%) Android Studio
12 5 (0.13%) Crashlytics
12 5 (0.13%) Gradle
12 5 (0.13%) Zephyr
13 4 (0.10%) Gatling
13 4 (0.10%) JMeter
13 4 (0.10%) Locust
14 3 (0.078%) JUnit
14 3 (0.078%) Mockito
General
1 2,749 (71.40%) Social Skills
2 2,336 (60.68%) Banking
3 484 (12.57%) Finance
4 173 (4.49%) Analytical Skills
5 161 (4.18%) Public Sector
6 123 (3.19%) Marketing
7 103 (2.68%) Law
8 99 (2.57%) Retail
9 91 (2.36%) Legal
10 55 (1.43%) Games
11 52 (1.35%) Organisational Skills
12 41 (1.06%) Local Government
13 30 (0.78%) Manufacturing
14 21 (0.55%) Aerospace
14 21 (0.55%) Influencing Skills
15 15 (0.39%) Electronics
15 15 (0.39%) Presentation Skills
16 14 (0.36%) Billing
16 14 (0.36%) Telecoms
17 13 (0.34%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 1,741 (45.22%) Lecturer
2 249 (6.47%) Senior
3 214 (5.56%) Systems Engineer
4 195 (5.06%) Facilities Engineer
5 187 (4.86%) Analyst
6 126 (3.27%) Architect
7 62 (1.61%) Lead
8 61 (1.58%) Business Analyst
9 57 (1.48%) Senior Analyst
10 51 (1.32%) IT Engineer
11 46 (1.19%) Project Manager
12 45 (1.17%) Sales Executive
13 43 (1.12%) Account Executive
13 43 (1.12%) Developer
14 37 (0.96%) Solutions Architect
15 33 (0.86%) Salesforce Architect
16 32 (0.83%) IT Manager
16 32 (0.83%) Senior Architect
17 30 (0.78%) IT Support
18 27 (0.70%) Cloud Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (1.25%) REST
2 38 (0.99%) Lightning Web Components
2 38 (0.99%) SOAP
2 38 (0.99%) Visualforce
3 21 (0.55%) EDI
4 18 (0.47%) .NET
4 18 (0.47%) Android SDK
5 16 (0.42%) RESTful
6 13 (0.34%) CSS
6 13 (0.34%) GraphQL
6 13 (0.34%) HTML
7 10 (0.26%) XML
8 8 (0.21%) Entity Framework
8 8 (0.21%) Node.js
9 7 (0.18%) .NET Framework
9 7 (0.18%) SAML
9 7 (0.18%) Spring
9 7 (0.18%) Web Services
9 7 (0.18%) XSLT
10 6 (0.16%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 2,316 (60.16%) IoT
2 120 (3.12%) Onboarding
3 99 (2.57%) Product Ownership
4 84 (2.18%) Driving Licence
5 70 (1.82%) Self-Motivation
6 60 (1.56%) Management Information System
7 47 (1.22%) Cyberattack
8 46 (1.19%) Social Media
9 40 (1.04%) Data Centre
10 37 (0.96%) Mobile App
11 31 (0.81%) Cloud Native
12 22 (0.57%) Enterprise Software
13 18 (0.47%) Public Cloud
14 17 (0.44%) Security Operations Centre
15 16 (0.42%) CSOC
16 13 (0.34%) Life Science
17 12 (0.31%) Analytical Mindset
17 12 (0.31%) Credit Risk
18 11 (0.29%) Legacy Systems
18 11 (0.29%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 70 (1.82%) Windows
2 34 (0.88%) Linux
3 32 (0.83%) Windows Server
4 23 (0.60%) Android
5 17 (0.44%) Apple iOS
6 13 (0.34%) Unix
6 13 (0.34%) Windows 10
7 8 (0.21%) Mac OS
8 5 (0.13%) Windows Server 2016
9 4 (0.10%) Debian
9 4 (0.10%) Mac OS X
9 4 (0.10%) VMS
10 2 (0.052%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,599 (67.51%) AI
2 2,489 (64.65%) Cybersecurity
3 2,364 (61.40%) User Experience
4 2,342 (60.83%) Machine Learning
5 2,320 (60.26%) Web Development
6 341 (8.86%) Mentoring
7 263 (6.83%) Agile
8 207 (5.38%) Problem-Solving
9 199 (5.17%) Inventory Management
10 196 (5.09%) Preventative Maintenance
11 193 (5.01%) Continuous Improvement
12 159 (4.13%) CI/CD
13 143 (3.71%) Decision-Making
14 139 (3.61%) DevOps
15 123 (3.19%) Customer Service
16 122 (3.17%) Roadmaps
17 115 (2.99%) Analytics
18 105 (2.73%) Coaching
19 96 (2.49%) Stakeholder Management
20 94 (2.44%) B2B
Programming Languages
1 92 (2.39%) Python
2 87 (2.26%) SQL
3 49 (1.27%) Java
4 38 (0.99%) Apex Code
5 34 (0.88%) SOQL
5 34 (0.88%) SOSL
6 32 (0.83%) PowerShell
7 22 (0.57%) JavaScript
8 19 (0.49%) C#
9 18 (0.47%) Kotlin
10 12 (0.31%) TypeScript
11 11 (0.29%) Bash
12 7 (0.18%) C++
12 7 (0.18%) XAML
13 6 (0.16%) Kusto Query Language
14 5 (0.13%) Swift
15 4 (0.10%) PHP
16 3 (0.078%) Bicep
16 3 (0.078%) Ruby
16 3 (0.078%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 2,582 (67.06%) Degree
2 2,523 (65.53%) Postgraduate
3 2,323 (60.34%) Master's Degree
4 2,322 (60.31%) PhD
5 195 (5.06%) City & Guilds
5 195 (5.06%) NVQ Level 3
6 143 (3.71%) Security Cleared
7 125 (3.25%) SC Cleared
8 71 (1.84%) DBS Check
9 48 (1.25%) AWS Certification
10 31 (0.81%) BPSS Clearance
11 26 (0.68%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 25 (0.65%) Microsoft Certification
13 22 (0.57%) Computer Science Degree
14 17 (0.44%) CISSP
15 16 (0.42%) HNC
16 14 (0.36%) CISM
17 13 (0.34%) Azure Certification
17 13 (0.34%) CompTIA Security+
18 11 (0.29%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 195 (5.06%) COSHH
2 59 (1.53%) Accessibility
3 57 (1.48%) Data Quality
4 49 (1.27%) GDPR
5 44 (1.14%) SLA
6 42 (1.09%) NIST
6 42 (1.09%) QA
7 38 (0.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 37 (0.96%) GRC
9 28 (0.73%) Cyber Essentials
10 19 (0.49%) WCAG
11 15 (0.39%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 13 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 10 (0.26%) PCI DSS
14 5 (0.13%) SOC 2
15 4 (0.10%) COBIT
15 4 (0.10%) GAAP
15 4 (0.10%) IFRS
15 4 (0.10%) NCSC
15 4 (0.10%) PMO
System Software
1 66 (1.71%) Active Directory
2 33 (0.86%) Docker
3 26 (0.68%) Virtual Machines
4 14 (0.36%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (0.16%) Hyper-V
5 6 (0.16%) vSphere
6 2 (0.052%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.052%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.026%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 39 (1.01%) Terraform
2 33 (0.86%) Microsoft Intune
3 23 (0.60%) Kubernetes
4 11 (0.29%) Single Sign-On
5 9 (0.23%) Autotask
6 8 (0.21%) SCCM
7 7 (0.18%) Grafana
8 4 (0.10%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 4 (0.10%) AWS Copilot
8 4 (0.10%) SolarWinds Orion
8 4 (0.10%) vCenter Server
8 4 (0.10%) WSUS
9 3 (0.078%) Ansible
9 3 (0.078%) Check_MK
9 3 (0.078%) Jamf Pro
10 2 (0.052%) Argo
10 2 (0.052%) CASB
10 2 (0.052%) Kustomize
10 2 (0.052%) Opsgenie
10 2 (0.052%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 284 (7.38%) Microsoft
2 113 (2.94%) Adobe
3 92 (2.39%) Salesforce
4 65 (1.69%) Apple
5 61 (1.58%) Cisco
6 53 (1.38%) Google
7 39 (1.01%) Splunk
8 37 (0.96%) ServiceNow
9 33 (0.86%) CrowdStrike
10 32 (0.83%) Palo Alto
11 23 (0.60%) Tenable
12 20 (0.52%) VMware
13 16 (0.42%) Fortinet
14 14 (0.36%) Instagram
14 14 (0.36%) SAP
15 12 (0.31%) Databricks
16 11 (0.29%) Hootsuite
16 11 (0.29%) Meraki
16 11 (0.29%) Workday
16 11 (0.29%) Wrike