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

6 months to
23 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 16 31
Rank change year-on-year -45 +15 +16
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 2,043 2,809 3,083
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 2.39% 8.24% 5.77%
As % of the General category 5.40% 12.50% 10.76%
Number of salaries quoted 916 485 588
10th Percentile £28,000 £25,600 £28,748
25th Percentile £35,250 £31,000 £36,540
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £50,309
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.58% -8.53%
75th Percentile £67,813 £60,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,312 £81,844 £78,893
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 37,816 22,466 28,652
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 44.23% 65.88% 53.58%
Number of salaries quoted 23,202 10,934 13,388
10th Percentile £28,750 £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 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,000 £56,988
% change year-on-year +1.85% -5.24% -5.02%

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 23 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 23 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 -54 534 £50,000 +19.53% 672
South East -29 441 £55,000 - 569
Midlands -48 313 £45,500 -4.21% 385
North West -52 309 £42,000 +14.57% 413
South West -16 276 £50,000 +47.06% 424
East of England +4 186 £41,739 -26.77% 229
West Midlands -44 183 £59,250 +7.73% 252
Scotland -17 144 £39,500 +9.72% 473
North East +9 132 £60,000 +144.20% 95
East Midlands -32 129 £40,000 +23.08% 133
Wales -8 103 £53,000 -11.46% 75
Yorkshire -2 93 £37,977 -55.32% 164
Northern Ireland -51 51 £74,742 -3.21% 138
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 (2.25%) Microsoft Exchange
2 43 (2.10%) SharePoint
3 31 (1.52%) Confluence
4 18 (0.88%) Apache Spark
5 14 (0.69%) Apache Airflow
5 14 (0.69%) CMS
6 13 (0.64%) Apache
7 10 (0.49%) Jupyter
8 6 (0.29%) WordPress
9 5 (0.24%) Moodle
10 3 (0.15%) IIS
11 2 (0.098%) Exchange Server 2013
11 2 (0.098%) Headless CMS
11 2 (0.098%) Skype for Business
11 2 (0.098%) Totara
12 1 (0.049%) Cloud Foundry
12 1 (0.049%) OpenEdge
12 1 (0.049%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 111 (5.43%) Microsoft Office
2 107 (5.24%) Microsoft Excel
3 28 (1.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 18 (0.88%) Simulink
5 17 (0.83%) Maple
6 15 (0.73%) Revit
7 10 (0.49%) Adobe After Effects
7 10 (0.49%) Adobe Illustrator
7 10 (0.49%) AutoCAD
7 10 (0.49%) Photoshop
7 10 (0.49%) Spreadsheet
8 9 (0.44%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 8 (0.39%) Adobe XD
9 8 (0.39%) InDesign
9 8 (0.39%) Microsoft Project
10 7 (0.34%) Sketch
11 6 (0.29%) MS Visio
12 4 (0.20%) Chatbot
12 4 (0.20%) Mathcad
13 2 (0.098%) Camtasia
Business Applications
1 24 (1.17%) Cloudability
2 22 (1.08%) SAP S/4HANA
3 21 (1.03%) Dynamics CRM
4 12 (0.59%) SAP EHS
4 12 (0.59%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 12 (0.59%) Workday HCM
5 11 (0.54%) Primavera
6 9 (0.44%) Teamcenter
7 7 (0.34%) 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 (0.098%) Academy Housing
10 2 (0.098%) Adobe Campaign
10 2 (0.098%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 336 (16.45%) Azure
2 251 (12.29%) AWS
3 125 (6.12%) GCP
4 106 (5.19%) Power Platform
5 101 (4.94%) Azure DevOps
6 89 (4.36%) Microsoft 365
7 60 (2.94%) Serverless
8 50 (2.45%) GitHub
9 39 (1.91%) Entra ID
10 38 (1.86%) SaaS
11 37 (1.81%) Dynamics 365
12 33 (1.62%) Azure Key Vault
13 31 (1.52%) dbt
14 30 (1.47%) PaaS
15 29 (1.42%) IaaS
16 27 (1.32%) Figma
17 26 (1.27%) Azure Monitor
18 25 (1.22%) GitHub Actions
19 21 (1.03%) Power Automate
19 21 (1.03%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 35 (1.71%) Firewall
2 30 (1.47%) Ethernet
3 29 (1.42%) Internet
4 27 (1.32%) Network Security
5 25 (1.22%) 5G
5 25 (1.22%) Modbus
6 22 (1.08%) Profibus
7 21 (1.03%) VPN
8 20 (0.98%) DNS
9 19 (0.93%) TCP/IP
10 14 (0.69%) LAN
11 12 (0.59%) DHCP
11 12 (0.59%) WAN
12 10 (0.49%) Broadband
12 10 (0.49%) SAN
13 9 (0.44%) SSL
13 9 (0.44%) VLAN
14 8 (0.39%) HTTP
14 8 (0.39%) Wireless
15 4 (0.20%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 80 (3.92%) Power BI
2 47 (2.30%) SQL Server
3 27 (1.32%) Tableau
4 21 (1.03%) PostgreSQL
4 21 (1.03%) Relational Database
5 20 (0.98%) Data Lake
6 19 (0.93%) Metadata
6 19 (0.93%) MongoDB
7 18 (0.88%) Elasticsearch
8 17 (0.83%) Azure SQL Database
8 17 (0.83%) MySQL
9 16 (0.78%) GIS
10 15 (0.73%) DynamoDB
10 15 (0.73%) NoSQL
11 14 (0.69%) Data Warehouse
12 10 (0.49%) Amazon Athena
13 9 (0.44%) Big Data
13 9 (0.44%) BigQuery
13 9 (0.44%) Geospatial Data
13 9 (0.44%) Looker
Development Applications
1 100 (4.89%) Git
2 57 (2.79%) JIRA
3 51 (2.50%) Jenkins
4 33 (1.62%) GitLab
5 22 (1.08%) Snyk
6 21 (1.03%) Rational DOORS
7 14 (0.69%) LabVIEW
8 13 (0.64%) Gatling
9 11 (0.54%) fastlane
9 11 (0.54%) JMeter
10 9 (0.44%) Cypress.io
11 8 (0.39%) LoadRunner
11 8 (0.39%) MSI
12 7 (0.34%) Moq
13 6 (0.29%) Cucumber
13 6 (0.29%) Postman
13 6 (0.29%) SonarQube
13 6 (0.29%) Xcode
14 5 (0.24%) Crashlytics
14 5 (0.24%) Gradle
General
1 851 (41.65%) Social Skills
2 542 (26.53%) Finance
3 303 (14.83%) Analytical Skills
4 274 (13.41%) Public Sector
5 171 (8.37%) Law
5 171 (8.37%) Marketing
6 147 (7.20%) Aerospace
7 127 (6.22%) Organisational Skills
8 115 (5.63%) Retail
9 109 (5.34%) Legal
10 95 (4.65%) Manufacturing
11 77 (3.77%) Local Government
12 71 (3.48%) Electronics
12 71 (3.48%) Telecoms
13 45 (2.20%) Presentation Skills
14 44 (2.15%) Influencing Skills
15 40 (1.96%) Banking
16 31 (1.52%) Military
17 25 (1.22%) Financial Institution
18 22 (1.08%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 381 (18.65%) Senior
2 215 (10.52%) Lead
3 183 (8.96%) Analyst
4 175 (8.57%) Architect
5 106 (5.19%) Developer
6 101 (4.94%) Sales Executive
7 75 (3.67%) Consultant
8 66 (3.23%) Senior Analyst
9 58 (2.84%) Systems Engineer
10 55 (2.69%) Software Engineer
11 54 (2.64%) Business Analyst
12 49 (2.40%) Project Engineer
13 45 (2.20%) Solutions Architect
14 41 (2.01%) Design Engineer
15 40 (1.96%) Senior Architect
16 39 (1.91%) Electrical Engineer
17 38 (1.86%) Technical Architect
18 37 (1.81%) Cloud Architect
19 36 (1.76%) Designer
19 36 (1.76%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 80 (3.92%) Terraform
2 56 (2.74%) .NET
3 47 (2.30%) CSS
3 47 (2.30%) HTML
4 42 (2.06%) RESTful
5 35 (1.71%) React
6 34 (1.66%) Node.js
7 33 (1.62%) XML
8 32 (1.57%) EDI
9 30 (1.47%) REST
10 27 (1.32%) .NET Core
11 22 (1.08%) .NET Framework
12 21 (1.03%) Spring
13 18 (0.88%) ASP.NET
13 18 (0.88%) Entity Framework
13 18 (0.88%) Spring Boot
13 18 (0.88%) XSLT
14 17 (0.83%) AngularJS
14 17 (0.83%) JSON
14 17 (0.83%) LangChain
Miscellaneous
1 200 (9.79%) Driving Licence
2 158 (7.73%) Onboarding
3 107 (5.24%) Self-Motivation
4 105 (5.14%) Management Information System
5 89 (4.36%) Product Ownership
6 85 (4.16%) Cloud Native
7 72 (3.52%) Data Centre
8 56 (2.74%) Social Media
9 46 (2.25%) Public Cloud
10 45 (2.20%) SCADA
11 37 (1.81%) Cyberattack
12 32 (1.57%) Algorithms
13 26 (1.27%) Security Posture
14 24 (1.17%) Cyber Threat
14 24 (1.17%) Data Structures
15 22 (1.08%) Analytical Mindset
15 22 (1.08%) FPGA
16 21 (1.03%) Distributed Systems
16 21 (1.03%) Legacy Systems
17 20 (0.98%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 124 (6.07%) Windows
2 59 (2.89%) Linux
3 30 (1.47%) Windows Server
4 21 (1.03%) Apple iOS
5 20 (0.98%) Windows 10
6 19 (0.93%) VMS
7 14 (0.69%) Mac OS
7 14 (0.69%) Unix
8 12 (0.59%) Android
9 5 (0.24%) VxWorks
10 3 (0.15%) Mac OS X
10 3 (0.15%) Solaris
11 2 (0.098%) AIX
11 2 (0.098%) Windows 7
12 1 (0.049%) Data ONTAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 498 (24.38%) Agile
2 463 (22.66%) AI
3 425 (20.80%) Problem-Solving
4 366 (17.91%) Continuous Improvement
5 296 (14.49%) Mentoring
6 286 (14.00%) Decision-Making
7 244 (11.94%) CI/CD
8 239 (11.70%) Stakeholder Management
9 226 (11.06%) Cybersecurity
10 225 (11.01%) DevOps
11 177 (8.66%) Customer Service
12 168 (8.22%) Roadmaps
13 151 (7.39%) Analytics
14 148 (7.24%) Validation
15 145 (7.10%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 141 (6.90%) Collaborative Working
17 137 (6.71%) Coaching
18 135 (6.61%) Customer Experience
19 131 (6.41%) Software Engineering
20 130 (6.36%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 169 (8.27%) Python
2 132 (6.46%) SQL
3 79 (3.87%) C#
4 73 (3.57%) JavaScript
5 63 (3.08%) Java
6 50 (2.45%) PowerShell
7 44 (2.15%) TypeScript
8 32 (1.57%) MATLAB
9 30 (1.47%) Bicep
10 26 (1.27%) Bash
11 22 (1.08%) C++
12 17 (0.83%) Kusto Query Language
13 15 (0.73%) Go
14 10 (0.49%) ABAP
14 10 (0.49%) Ada
14 10 (0.49%) Ruby
15 8 (0.39%) Kotlin
16 7 (0.34%) C
16 7 (0.34%) PHP
16 7 (0.34%) XAML
Qualifications
1 469 (22.96%) Degree
2 394 (19.29%) Security Cleared
3 354 (17.33%) SC Cleared
4 164 (8.03%) DBS Check
5 162 (7.93%) BPSS Clearance
6 123 (6.02%) HNC
7 118 (5.78%) DV Cleared
8 52 (2.55%) AWS Certification
9 50 (2.45%) Master's Degree
10 49 (2.40%) Azure Certification
11 44 (2.15%) Chartered Engineer
12 31 (1.52%) Computer Science Degree
12 31 (1.52%) HND
13 30 (1.47%) PhD
14 28 (1.37%) Microsoft Certification
15 27 (1.32%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 17 (0.83%) ACCA
16 17 (0.83%) CIMA
17 16 (0.78%) CISSP
18 12 (0.59%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 263 (12.87%) Accessibility
2 98 (4.80%) QA
3 79 (3.87%) Data Quality
4 65 (3.18%) SLA
5 63 (3.08%) GDPR
6 49 (2.40%) WCAG
7 35 (1.71%) GRC
8 32 (1.57%) NCSC
8 32 (1.57%) NIST
9 25 (1.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 18 (0.88%) Cyber Essentials
11 14 (0.69%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 7 (0.34%) Actionable Recommendations
13 6 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 6 (0.29%) PCI DSS
14 5 (0.24%) GAAP
14 5 (0.24%) IFRS
14 5 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 20000
15 4 (0.20%) DO-160
15 4 (0.20%) NIST 800
System Software
1 82 (4.01%) Docker
2 76 (3.72%) Active Directory
3 40 (1.96%) Firmware
4 25 (1.22%) Virtual Machines
5 23 (1.13%) VMware Infrastructure
6 12 (0.59%) Virtual Desktop
6 12 (0.59%) vSphere
7 6 (0.29%) Hyper-V
8 5 (0.24%) BitLocker
9 3 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
10 2 (0.098%) IAG
11 1 (0.049%) Microsoft App-V
11 1 (0.049%) NFS
11 1 (0.049%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 63 (3.08%) Kubernetes
2 25 (1.22%) Grafana
3 23 (1.13%) Microsoft Intune
4 16 (0.78%) SCCM
5 14 (0.69%) Ansible
6 12 (0.59%) Prometheus
7 8 (0.39%) Kibana
8 6 (0.29%) WSUS
9 4 (0.20%) Argo
9 4 (0.20%) Autotask
10 3 (0.15%) Jamf Pro
11 2 (0.098%) Check_MK
11 2 (0.098%) Progress Chef
11 2 (0.098%) Puppet
11 2 (0.098%) Single Sign-On
12 1 (0.049%) Nessus
12 1 (0.049%) Proxmox
12 1 (0.049%) QRadar
12 1 (0.049%) SCOM
12 1 (0.049%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 366 (17.91%) Microsoft
2 86 (4.21%) SAP
3 69 (3.38%) Google
4 64 (3.13%) Adobe
5 50 (2.45%) Apple
6 47 (2.30%) Workday
7 38 (1.86%) Cisco
8 37 (1.81%) Salesforce
9 34 (1.66%) ServiceNow
10 30 (1.47%) VMware
11 29 (1.42%) Dynatrace
12 27 (1.32%) Facebook
13 26 (1.27%) Palo Alto
14 25 (1.22%) CrowdStrike
15 24 (1.17%) Instagram
16 23 (1.13%) Oracle
17 22 (1.08%) Tenable
18 15 (0.73%) Dell
19 14 (0.69%) Databricks
19 14 (0.69%) OpenAI