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

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 21 19
Rank change year-on-year +10 -2 +41
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 5,166 2,481 5,676
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 7.80% 8.75% 8.34%
As % of the General category 16.25% 12.54% 14.37%
Number of salaries quoted 633 480 1,296
10th Percentile £25,750 £29,000 £25,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £37,840 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,760 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.48% +11.11% -22.41%
75th Percentile £63,000 £62,500 £60,918
90th Percentile £78,032 £78,750 £71,725
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 31,800 19,784 39,506
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 48.04% 69.81% 58.02%
Number of salaries quoted 16,462 9,481 26,311
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,250 £26,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £33,750 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,050 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% +5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £82,500 £75,750
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 6 May 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 6 May 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 +1 1,978 £46,350 -1.38% 178
North West -1 1,707 £38,500 -16.30% 86
Midlands +14 1,511 £47,500 -5.00% 97
West Midlands +33 1,295 £59,527 +8.23% 46
South East +7 854 £52,500 +5.00% 226
East of England +25 473 £40,000 -25.93% 51
Yorkshire +30 240 £27,625 -40.27% 58
East Midlands -7 228 £35,000 +7.69% 50
South West -16 171 £52,500 +7.69% 84
Scotland -37 89 £50,000 -9.09% 57
Wales +8 85 £53,500 +4.17% 35
North East -11 31 £60,000 -13.52% 35
Northern Ireland -34 16 £40,000 - 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 46 (0.89%) SharePoint
2 18 (0.35%) Microsoft Exchange
3 15 (0.29%) Confluence
4 7 (0.14%) ArcGIS
5 5 (0.097%) Apache
5 5 (0.097%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (0.077%) CMS
7 2 (0.039%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.039%) Exchange Server 2013
7 2 (0.039%) Jupyter
7 2 (0.039%) WordPress
8 1 (0.019%) IIS
8 1 (0.019%) WildFly
Applications
1 60 (1.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 54 (1.05%) Microsoft Office
3 37 (0.72%) Acrobat
4 25 (0.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.097%) Adobe XD
6 3 (0.058%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.039%) AutoCAD
7 2 (0.039%) Trello
8 1 (0.019%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.019%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 19 (0.37%) Cloudability
2 7 (0.14%) NetSuite
3 6 (0.12%) Workday HCM
4 5 (0.097%) SAP HR
5 4 (0.077%) Academy Housing
6 2 (0.039%) Elite 3E
6 2 (0.039%) Misys Midas
7 1 (0.019%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.019%) Exchequer
7 1 (0.019%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 1 (0.019%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.019%) Raiser’s Edge
7 1 (0.019%) Sage X3
7 1 (0.019%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 3,653 (70.71%) Cloud Computing
2 203 (3.93%) Azure
3 130 (2.52%) AWS
4 88 (1.70%) Microsoft 365
5 71 (1.37%) GCP
6 70 (1.36%) Power Platform
7 36 (0.70%) Entra ID
8 33 (0.64%) SaaS
9 28 (0.54%) Azure DevOps
10 21 (0.41%) Serverless
11 19 (0.37%) Microsoft Purview
12 13 (0.25%) PaaS
13 12 (0.23%) Asana
13 12 (0.23%) OneDrive
14 11 (0.21%) Figma
14 11 (0.21%) GitHub
14 11 (0.21%) Power Automate
14 11 (0.21%) Sprout Social
15 10 (0.19%) Azure Sentinel
15 10 (0.19%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 3,656 (70.77%) Internet
2 64 (1.24%) Broadband
3 33 (0.64%) Firewall
4 25 (0.48%) DNS
5 23 (0.45%) DHCP
6 22 (0.43%) LAN
6 22 (0.43%) VPN
6 22 (0.43%) WAN
7 16 (0.31%) TCP/IP
8 15 (0.29%) Wi-Fi
9 13 (0.25%) Network Security
10 8 (0.15%) 4G
10 8 (0.15%) VLAN
11 7 (0.14%) MPLS
11 7 (0.14%) Wireless
12 4 (0.077%) 5G
12 4 (0.077%) BGP
12 4 (0.077%) Ethernet
12 4 (0.077%) PSTN
12 4 (0.077%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (1.10%) Power BI
2 20 (0.39%) PostgreSQL
3 16 (0.31%) Data Warehouse
4 14 (0.27%) Data Lake
5 12 (0.23%) Metadata
5 12 (0.23%) SQL Server
6 10 (0.19%) GIS
6 10 (0.19%) MySQL
7 8 (0.15%) Amazon RDS
8 7 (0.14%) Geospatial Data
9 6 (0.12%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 6 (0.12%) BigQuery
9 6 (0.12%) MongoDB
9 6 (0.12%) NoSQL
9 6 (0.12%) Redis
10 5 (0.097%) Big Data
10 5 (0.097%) Looker
10 5 (0.097%) Tableau
11 4 (0.077%) Elasticsearch
11 4 (0.077%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 37 (0.72%) GitLab
2 36 (0.70%) Jenkins
3 34 (0.66%) SonarQube
4 31 (0.60%) JIRA
5 19 (0.37%) Git
6 17 (0.33%) Snyk
7 10 (0.19%) Postman
8 8 (0.15%) Cucumber
9 7 (0.14%) Moq
10 5 (0.097%) Axure RP
10 5 (0.097%) Balsamiq
10 5 (0.097%) Zephyr
11 4 (0.077%) Gatling
11 4 (0.077%) JMeter
11 4 (0.077%) JUnit
11 4 (0.077%) Locust
12 3 (0.058%) fastlane
12 3 (0.058%) Mockito
13 2 (0.039%) LabVIEW
13 2 (0.039%) Xcode
General
1 4,047 (78.34%) Social Skills
2 3,665 (70.94%) Banking
3 478 (9.25%) Finance
4 160 (3.10%) Analytical Skills
5 156 (3.02%) Public Sector
6 127 (2.46%) Marketing
7 114 (2.21%) Law
8 107 (2.07%) Retail
9 81 (1.57%) Legal
10 53 (1.03%) Games
11 41 (0.79%) Organisational Skills
12 38 (0.74%) Local Government
13 35 (0.68%) Manufacturing
14 21 (0.41%) Aerospace
14 21 (0.41%) Influencing Skills
15 18 (0.35%) Presentation Skills
16 14 (0.27%) Automotive
16 14 (0.27%) Billing
17 13 (0.25%) Aviation
17 13 (0.25%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2,812 (54.43%) Lecturer
2 231 (4.47%) Senior
3 211 (4.08%) Systems Engineer
4 195 (3.77%) Facilities Engineer
5 168 (3.25%) Analyst
6 114 (2.21%) Architect
7 74 (1.43%) Project Manager
8 58 (1.12%) Business Analyst
9 54 (1.05%) Lead
10 49 (0.95%) IT Engineer
11 47 (0.91%) Senior Analyst
12 46 (0.89%) Account Executive
13 45 (0.87%) Project Engineer
14 37 (0.72%) Senior Manager
15 36 (0.70%) Developer
15 36 (0.70%) Solutions Architect
16 33 (0.64%) Salesforce Architect
17 31 (0.60%) Alliance Manager
18 30 (0.58%) IT Manager
19 28 (0.54%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (0.95%) REST
2 40 (0.77%) Lightning Web Components
2 40 (0.77%) SOAP
2 40 (0.77%) Visualforce
3 25 (0.48%) EDI
4 19 (0.37%) .NET
5 14 (0.27%) Android SDK
6 13 (0.25%) GraphQL
7 10 (0.19%) XML
8 9 (0.17%) Node.js
9 8 (0.15%) Entity Framework
9 8 (0.15%) RESTful
9 8 (0.15%) Web Services
10 7 (0.14%) .NET Framework
10 7 (0.14%) CSS
10 7 (0.14%) HTML
10 7 (0.14%) SAML
10 7 (0.14%) Spring
10 7 (0.14%) XSLT
11 6 (0.12%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 3,648 (70.62%) IoT
2 127 (2.46%) Onboarding
3 82 (1.59%) Driving Licence
4 78 (1.51%) Product Ownership
5 60 (1.16%) Self-Motivation
6 59 (1.14%) Management Information System
7 52 (1.01%) Blog
8 44 (0.85%) Cyberattack
9 39 (0.75%) Social Media
10 36 (0.70%) Data Centre
11 28 (0.54%) Enterprise Software
11 28 (0.54%) Mobile App
12 23 (0.45%) Cloud Native
13 19 (0.37%) Public Cloud
14 17 (0.33%) Security Operations Centre
15 16 (0.31%) CSOC
16 15 (0.29%) Life Science
17 11 (0.21%) Analytical Mindset
17 11 (0.21%) Legacy Systems
17 11 (0.21%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 67 (1.30%) Windows
2 36 (0.70%) Linux
3 30 (0.58%) Windows Server
4 17 (0.33%) Android
5 16 (0.31%) Unix
6 13 (0.25%) Windows 10
7 10 (0.19%) Apple iOS
8 5 (0.097%) Windows Server 2016
9 4 (0.077%) Debian
9 4 (0.077%) Mac OS X
9 4 (0.077%) VMS
10 3 (0.058%) Mac OS
11 2 (0.039%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 3,940 (76.27%) AI
2 3,818 (73.91%) Cybersecurity
3 3,685 (71.33%) User Experience
4 3,670 (71.04%) Machine Learning
5 3,651 (70.67%) Web Development
6 332 (6.43%) Mentoring
7 243 (4.70%) Agile
8 214 (4.14%) Problem-Solving
9 198 (3.83%) Inventory Management
10 196 (3.79%) Preventative Maintenance
11 176 (3.41%) Continuous Improvement
12 136 (2.63%) CI/CD
13 134 (2.59%) Customer Service
14 131 (2.54%) DevOps
15 118 (2.28%) Coaching
16 114 (2.21%) Analytics
17 111 (2.15%) Decision-Making
18 104 (2.01%) Roadmaps
19 101 (1.96%) B2B
20 81 (1.57%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 79 (1.53%) Python
1 79 (1.53%) SQL
2 46 (0.89%) Java
3 40 (0.77%) Apex Code
4 34 (0.66%) SOQL
4 34 (0.66%) SOSL
5 28 (0.54%) PowerShell
6 23 (0.45%) JavaScript
7 17 (0.33%) C#
8 14 (0.27%) Kotlin
9 10 (0.19%) TypeScript
10 9 (0.17%) Bash
11 7 (0.14%) C++
11 7 (0.14%) XAML
12 6 (0.12%) Kusto Query Language
13 4 (0.077%) PHP
14 3 (0.058%) T-SQL
15 2 (0.039%) ActionScript
15 2 (0.039%) MATLAB
15 2 (0.039%) VB
Qualifications
1 3,960 (76.66%) Degree
2 3,852 (74.56%) Postgraduate
3 3,655 (70.75%) Master's Degree
4 3,653 (70.71%) PhD
5 197 (3.81%) City & Guilds
6 195 (3.77%) NVQ Level 3
7 144 (2.79%) Security Cleared
8 126 (2.44%) SC Cleared
9 50 (0.97%) DBS Check
10 41 (0.79%) AWS Certification
11 36 (0.70%) BPSS Clearance
12 25 (0.48%) Microsoft Certification
13 23 (0.45%) HNC
14 21 (0.41%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 19 (0.37%) Computer Science Degree
15 19 (0.37%) HND
15 19 (0.37%) PMP
16 18 (0.35%) CISSP
17 17 (0.33%) CISM
18 13 (0.25%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 195 (3.77%) COSHH
2 55 (1.06%) QA
3 49 (0.95%) Accessibility
4 46 (0.89%) NIST
5 40 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 33 (0.64%) GDPR
7 29 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials
7 29 (0.56%) Data Quality
8 28 (0.54%) GRC
9 27 (0.52%) SLA
10 16 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 14 (0.27%) WCAG
12 10 (0.19%) PCI DSS
13 6 (0.12%) SOC 2
14 5 (0.097%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 5 (0.097%) COBIT
14 5 (0.097%) NEBOSH
15 4 (0.077%) GAAP
15 4 (0.077%) IFRS
15 4 (0.077%) PMO
System Software
1 67 (1.30%) Active Directory
2 26 (0.50%) Docker
3 21 (0.41%) Virtual Machines
4 15 (0.29%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (0.12%) vSphere
6 5 (0.097%) Hyper-V
7 3 (0.058%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.039%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.019%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 40 (0.77%) Terraform
2 32 (0.62%) Microsoft Intune
3 20 (0.39%) Kubernetes
4 15 (0.29%) Single Sign-On
5 8 (0.15%) SCCM
6 6 (0.12%) Grafana
7 5 (0.097%) Autotask
8 4 (0.077%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 4 (0.077%) Argo
8 4 (0.077%) AWS Copilot
8 4 (0.077%) SolarWinds Orion
8 4 (0.077%) vCenter Server
8 4 (0.077%) WSUS
9 3 (0.058%) CASB
9 3 (0.058%) Check_MK
10 2 (0.039%) Ansible
10 2 (0.039%) Jamf Pro
10 2 (0.039%) Kustomize
10 2 (0.039%) Opsgenie
10 2 (0.039%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 292 (5.65%) Microsoft
2 111 (2.15%) Salesforce
3 101 (1.96%) Adobe
4 73 (1.41%) Cisco
5 54 (1.05%) Apple
6 48 (0.93%) Google
7 43 (0.83%) Splunk
8 32 (0.62%) ServiceNow
9 28 (0.54%) CrowdStrike
10 26 (0.50%) Palo Alto
11 21 (0.41%) VMware
12 19 (0.37%) Tenable
13 15 (0.29%) Databricks
13 15 (0.29%) SAP
14 14 (0.27%) Instagram
15 13 (0.25%) Fortinet
16 12 (0.23%) NEC
17 11 (0.21%) Hootsuite
17 11 (0.21%) Workday
17 11 (0.21%) Wrike