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 21 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 8 34 30
Rank change year-on-year +26 -4 +8
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 4,961 2,122 1,930
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 11.80% 5.57% 6.89%
As % of the General category 20.48% 8.88% 10.81%
Number of salaries quoted 523 495 702
10th Percentile £20,000 £32,500 £32,435
25th Percentile £27,707 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% - +0.22%
75th Percentile £60,000 £69,800 £69,800
90th Percentile £78,700 £79,600 £80,070
UK median annual salary £50,000 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% -3.85% +4.00%

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 common skills in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 24,227 23,897 17,852
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 57.61% 62.72% 63.74%
Number of salaries quoted 12,449 10,176 12,866
10th Percentile £26,520 £30,729 £26,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £40,000 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -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 21 December 2025.

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 21 December 2025. 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 +56 1,918 £32,500 -40.91% 97
North West +43 1,701 £34,178 -32.06% 55
Midlands +51 1,465 £47,500 -5.58% 98
West Midlands +62 1,292 £47,500 -9.52% 61
South East +23 888 £54,000 -10.00% 213
East of England +14 423 £45,000 - 34
Yorkshire +36 210 £26,100 -50.29% 24
East Midlands +26 185 £35,000 -15.66% 37
South West -17 151 £28,500 -36.67% 56
Scotland -66 60 £25,600 -53.45% 57
Wales +4 46 £60,876 +15.75% 7
Northern Ireland -15 12 £76,024 +22.19%
Channel Islands - 8 - - 1
North East -9 7 £65,000 - 18
Isle of Man - 2 £32,000 - 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 29 (0.58%) SharePoint
2 4 (0.081%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.040%) ArcGIS
4 1 (0.020%) Drupal
4 1 (0.020%) HCL Notes
4 1 (0.020%) WildFly
4 1 (0.020%) WordPress
Applications
1 63 (1.27%) Microsoft Office
2 57 (1.15%) Microsoft Excel
3 23 (0.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 16 (0.32%) AutoCAD
5 5 (0.10%) Adobe XD
6 3 (0.060%) Revit
6 3 (0.060%) Simulink
7 2 (0.040%) Adobe After Effects
7 2 (0.040%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 2 (0.040%) Adobe Premiere
7 2 (0.040%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.040%) Photoshop
7 2 (0.040%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.020%) Civil 3D
8 1 (0.020%) MicroStation
8 1 (0.020%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.020%) Navisworks
8 1 (0.020%) ProjectWise
8 1 (0.020%) SmartSuite
Business Applications
1 14 (0.28%) NetSuite
2 8 (0.16%) Oracle Payables
3 4 (0.081%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.040%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (0.040%) Integrated Workplace Management System
4 2 (0.040%) Misys Midas
4 2 (0.040%) Sage X3
5 1 (0.020%) Academy Housing
5 1 (0.020%) Infor M3
5 1 (0.020%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.020%) Primavera
5 1 (0.020%) TRIRIGA
Cloud Services
1 3,651 (73.59%) Cloud Computing
2 89 (1.79%) Azure
3 68 (1.37%) Microsoft 365
4 54 (1.09%) AWS
5 52 (1.05%) Power Platform
6 33 (0.67%) SaaS
7 29 (0.58%) Entra ID
8 10 (0.20%) OneDrive
9 9 (0.18%) Google Analytics
10 7 (0.14%) Azure Monitor
10 7 (0.14%) GCP
10 7 (0.14%) Microsoft Purview
11 6 (0.12%) Azure Data Factory
11 6 (0.12%) Dynamics 365
11 6 (0.12%) Figma
11 6 (0.12%) PaaS
12 5 (0.10%) Azure DevOps
12 5 (0.10%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
12 5 (0.10%) Salesforce Service Cloud
13 4 (0.081%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 3,664 (73.86%) Internet
2 19 (0.38%) Broadband
3 18 (0.36%) LAN
4 14 (0.28%) Firewall
5 13 (0.26%) DNS
5 13 (0.26%) VPN
6 10 (0.20%) DHCP
6 10 (0.20%) WAN
7 6 (0.12%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (0.081%) TCP/IP
9 3 (0.060%) MPLS
10 2 (0.040%) 4G
10 2 (0.040%) Ethernet
10 2 (0.040%) HTTP
10 2 (0.040%) Network Security
10 2 (0.040%) PSTN
10 2 (0.040%) SAN
10 2 (0.040%) SSH
10 2 (0.040%) VLAN
10 2 (0.040%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (0.83%) Power BI
2 14 (0.28%) Tableau
3 9 (0.18%) SQL Server
4 8 (0.16%) Data Lake
4 8 (0.16%) Data Warehouse
4 8 (0.16%) GIS
5 7 (0.14%) Power Query
6 5 (0.10%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 4 (0.081%) Geospatial Data
8 3 (0.060%) Metadata
8 3 (0.060%) PostgreSQL
9 2 (0.040%) Qlik Sense
9 2 (0.040%) Relational Database
10 1 (0.020%) BigQuery
10 1 (0.020%) BusinessObjects
10 1 (0.020%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 20 (0.40%) JIRA
2 17 (0.34%) Jenkins
3 15 (0.30%) GitLab
3 15 (0.30%) SonarQube
4 6 (0.12%) Cypress.io
4 6 (0.12%) Git
4 6 (0.12%) Selenium
5 5 (0.10%) Axure RP
5 5 (0.10%) Balsamiq
6 4 (0.081%) WebDriver
7 3 (0.060%) Rational DOORS
7 3 (0.060%) Rational Rhapsody
8 2 (0.040%) Postman
8 2 (0.040%) REST Assured
8 2 (0.040%) Visual Studio Code
9 1 (0.020%) IntelliJ
9 1 (0.020%) jMock
9 1 (0.020%) JUnit
General
1 3,978 (80.19%) Social Skills
2 3,659 (73.76%) Banking
3 423 (8.53%) Finance
4 144 (2.90%) Retail
5 140 (2.82%) Public Sector
6 133 (2.68%) Analytical Skills
7 92 (1.85%) Marketing
8 88 (1.77%) Law
9 52 (1.05%) Organisational Skills
10 48 (0.97%) Legal
11 33 (0.67%) Telecoms
12 30 (0.60%) Pharmaceutical
13 25 (0.50%) Influencing Skills
14 21 (0.42%) Presentation Skills
15 18 (0.36%) Manufacturing
16 17 (0.34%) French Language
17 16 (0.32%) Automotive
18 15 (0.30%) Games
18 15 (0.30%) Swedish Language
19 12 (0.24%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 2,811 (56.66%) Lecturer
2 200 (4.03%) Systems Engineer
3 195 (3.93%) Facilities Engineer
4 167 (3.37%) Senior
5 97 (1.96%) Analyst
6 85 (1.71%) Project Engineer
6 85 (1.71%) Senior Manager
7 69 (1.39%) Lead
8 58 (1.17%) Architect
8 58 (1.17%) Sales Manager
9 57 (1.15%) Microsoft Specialist
10 50 (1.01%) Project Manager
11 47 (0.95%) Account Manager
12 45 (0.91%) Sales Account Manager
12 45 (0.91%) Senior Account Manager
12 45 (0.91%) Senior Sales Manager
13 35 (0.71%) Account Executive
14 33 (0.67%) Alliance Manager
14 33 (0.67%) IT Support
14 33 (0.67%) Mechanical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (0.52%) EDI
2 24 (0.48%) REST
3 20 (0.40%) Lightning Web Components
3 20 (0.40%) SOAP
3 20 (0.40%) Visualforce
4 15 (0.30%) Node.js
5 11 (0.22%) .NET
6 9 (0.18%) React
7 8 (0.16%) CSS
7 8 (0.16%) HTML
7 8 (0.16%) Web Services
8 6 (0.12%) Django
8 6 (0.12%) Middleware
8 6 (0.12%) Playwright
8 6 (0.12%) Spring
9 4 (0.081%) .NET Framework
9 4 (0.081%) Oracle Fusion
9 4 (0.081%) RESTful
10 3 (0.060%) OAuth
10 3 (0.060%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 3,652 (73.61%) IoT
2 78 (1.57%) Blog
3 75 (1.51%) Onboarding
4 71 (1.43%) Driving Licence
5 36 (0.73%) Management Information System
6 34 (0.69%) Self-Motivation
7 30 (0.60%) Data Centre
8 26 (0.52%) Product Ownership
9 20 (0.40%) Enterprise Software
10 14 (0.28%) FMCG
10 14 (0.28%) Social Media
11 13 (0.26%) Cloud Native
11 13 (0.26%) Public Cloud
12 12 (0.24%) Microsoft Licensing
12 12 (0.24%) Renewable Energy
13 10 (0.20%) SCADA
14 9 (0.18%) Cyber Threat
14 9 (0.18%) Life Science
15 8 (0.16%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 8 (0.16%) Podcast
Operating Systems
1 36 (0.73%) Windows
2 8 (0.16%) Linux
3 7 (0.14%) Android
3 7 (0.14%) Windows Server
4 6 (0.12%) Apple iOS
4 6 (0.12%) Windows 10
5 4 (0.081%) Unix
6 1 (0.020%) Debian
6 1 (0.020%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.020%) OpenWrt
6 1 (0.020%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.020%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 3,939 (79.40%) AI
2 3,760 (75.79%) Cybersecurity
3 3,672 (74.02%) User Experience
4 3,656 (73.69%) Web Development
5 3,654 (73.65%) Machine Learning
6 274 (5.52%) Mentoring
7 197 (3.97%) Inventory Management
8 195 (3.93%) Preventative Maintenance
9 175 (3.53%) Customer Service
10 166 (3.35%) Continuous Improvement
11 148 (2.98%) Problem-Solving
12 119 (2.40%) Agile
13 115 (2.32%) B2B
14 114 (2.30%) Coaching
15 110 (2.22%) Decision-Making
16 101 (2.04%) CRM
17 77 (1.55%) Project Management
18 75 (1.51%) Time Management
19 64 (1.29%) Analytics
20 63 (1.27%) GTM Strategy
Programming Languages
1 34 (0.69%) SQL
2 20 (0.40%) Apex Code
3 19 (0.38%) Java
3 19 (0.38%) Python
4 15 (0.30%) JavaScript
4 15 (0.30%) SOQL
4 15 (0.30%) SOSL
5 9 (0.18%) C#
6 8 (0.16%) PowerShell
7 7 (0.14%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 3 (0.060%) MATLAB
9 2 (0.040%) ActionScript
9 2 (0.040%) ActionScript 2.0
9 2 (0.040%) PHP
9 2 (0.040%) R
10 1 (0.020%) Bash
10 1 (0.020%) Bicep
10 1 (0.020%) Ruby
10 1 (0.020%) VB
10 1 (0.020%) VBA
Qualifications
1 4,011 (80.85%) Degree
2 3,844 (77.48%) Postgraduate
3 3,650 (73.57%) Master's Degree
4 3,649 (73.55%) PhD
5 203 (4.09%) City & Guilds
6 196 (3.95%) NVQ Level 3
7 50 (1.01%) Security Cleared
8 46 (0.93%) SC Cleared
9 28 (0.56%) DBS Check
10 26 (0.52%) HNC
11 25 (0.50%) PMP
12 22 (0.44%) HND
12 22 (0.44%) Microsoft Certification
13 18 (0.36%) MCSE
14 14 (0.28%) AWS Certification
15 13 (0.26%) BPSS Clearance
15 13 (0.26%) CISSP
15 13 (0.26%) Computer Science Degree
16 11 (0.22%) Chartered Engineer
16 11 (0.22%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 195 (3.93%) COSHH
2 42 (0.85%) QA
3 30 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 25 (0.50%) SLA
5 23 (0.46%) NIST
6 21 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials
7 15 (0.30%) GDPR
8 14 (0.28%) Accessibility
8 14 (0.28%) PMO
9 9 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 6 (0.12%) Data Quality
11 5 (0.10%) COBIT
11 5 (0.10%) NEBOSH
11 5 (0.10%) PCI DSS
11 5 (0.10%) WCAG
12 4 (0.081%) EU AI Act
13 3 (0.060%) GRC
13 3 (0.060%) ISO 19650
13 3 (0.060%) SOC 2
14 2 (0.040%) NCSC
System Software
1 47 (0.95%) Active Directory
2 12 (0.24%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (0.081%) Docker
4 3 (0.060%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.040%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 2 (0.040%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.020%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.020%) iptables
Systems Management
1 21 (0.42%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (0.24%) Terraform
3 10 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (0.081%) Argo
5 3 (0.060%) Kubernetes
6 2 (0.040%) Nessus
6 2 (0.040%) SCCM
7 1 (0.020%) Ansible
7 1 (0.020%) CASB
7 1 (0.020%) CSIRT
7 1 (0.020%) Grafana
7 1 (0.020%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.020%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 272 (5.48%) Microsoft
2 58 (1.17%) Cisco
2 58 (1.17%) Salesforce
3 44 (0.89%) Adobe
4 43 (0.87%) Apple
5 38 (0.77%) NEC
6 22 (0.44%) Splunk
7 20 (0.40%) Palo Alto
8 16 (0.32%) Google
9 14 (0.28%) Oracle
10 13 (0.26%) VMware
11 12 (0.24%) SAP
12 11 (0.22%) Dell
13 8 (0.16%) Databricks
14 7 (0.14%) New Relic
14 7 (0.14%) Sparx
15 6 (0.12%) Juniper
15 6 (0.12%) McAfee
15 6 (0.12%) Snow
16 5 (0.10%) ServiceNow