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

6 months to
4 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 13 21
Rank change year-on-year -14 +8 +44
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 3,023 3,037 5,731
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 4.52% 10.41% 7.73%
As % of the General category 9.77% 14.52% 13.86%
Number of salaries quoted 643 470 1,290
10th Percentile £28,000 £27,500 £25,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £32,083
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,062 £44,886
Median % change year-on-year -2.08% +13.76% -24.59%
75th Percentile £63,220 £62,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £81,375 £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 30,929 20,916 41,346
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 46.23% 71.68% 55.80%
Number of salaries quoted 17,582 9,205 27,006
10th Percentile £28,250 £25,750 £26,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £48,507 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.08% +2.12% -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £62,200
90th Percentile £83,750 £80,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -3.51% +8.57% -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 4 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 4 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 +3 1,015 £45,750 -12.86% 125
North of England -18 1,015 £55,000 +17.02% 186
West Midlands +25 866 £60,000 +6.19% 64
North West -9 814 £47,000 - 97
South East -23 432 £45,750 +1.67% 221
East of England +6 241 £40,000 -25.23% 47
East Midlands -24 157 £35,000 +7.69% 61
South West -44 156 £57,591 +27.98% 98
Yorkshire +1 148 £52,445 -38.30% 67
Scotland -42 84 £48,750 -11.36% 63
Wales +4 75 £54,000 -9.78% 38
North East -6 53 £57,500 +22.40% 24
Northern Ireland -34 17 £40,000 -47.43% 44
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 42 (1.39%) SharePoint
2 25 (0.83%) Microsoft Exchange
3 16 (0.53%) Confluence
4 8 (0.26%) Apache
4 8 (0.26%) Apache Airflow
5 7 (0.23%) ArcGIS
6 5 (0.17%) Apache Spark
6 5 (0.17%) Jupyter
7 4 (0.13%) CMS
8 2 (0.066%) Exchange Server 2013
8 2 (0.066%) Moodle
8 2 (0.066%) Totara
8 2 (0.066%) WordPress
9 1 (0.033%) IIS
9 1 (0.033%) OpenEdge
Applications
1 62 (2.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 55 (1.82%) Microsoft Office
3 37 (1.22%) Acrobat
4 24 (0.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 8 (0.26%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 7 (0.23%) Adobe After Effects
6 7 (0.23%) Adobe Illustrator
6 7 (0.23%) InDesign
6 7 (0.23%) Photoshop
7 4 (0.13%) Trello
8 2 (0.066%) Adobe XD
8 2 (0.066%) Camtasia
8 2 (0.066%) InVision
8 2 (0.066%) Microsoft Project
8 2 (0.066%) PlantUML
8 2 (0.066%) Sketch
9 1 (0.033%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.033%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.033%) MS Visio
9 1 (0.033%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 24 (0.79%) Cloudability
2 6 (0.20%) Workday HCM
3 5 (0.17%) SAP HR
4 4 (0.13%) Academy Housing
4 4 (0.13%) NetSuite
5 3 (0.099%) JDE EnterpriseOne
6 2 (0.066%) Elite 3E
6 2 (0.066%) NEC Housing
7 1 (0.033%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.033%) Exchequer
7 1 (0.033%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 1 (0.033%) Raiser’s Edge
7 1 (0.033%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 1,582 (52.33%) Cloud Computing
2 222 (7.34%) Azure
3 147 (4.86%) AWS
4 89 (2.94%) Microsoft 365
5 84 (2.78%) GCP
6 75 (2.48%) Power Platform
7 40 (1.32%) Azure DevOps
8 35 (1.16%) Entra ID
9 29 (0.96%) Serverless
10 28 (0.93%) SaaS
11 26 (0.86%) Microsoft Purview
12 17 (0.56%) Figma
12 17 (0.56%) GitHub
13 16 (0.53%) PaaS
14 14 (0.46%) Asana
15 13 (0.43%) Azure Sentinel
16 12 (0.40%) Power Automate
17 11 (0.36%) IaaS
17 11 (0.36%) Sprout Social
18 10 (0.33%) Firebase
Communications & Networking
1 1,591 (52.63%) Internet
2 65 (2.15%) Broadband
3 38 (1.26%) Firewall
4 23 (0.76%) DNS
4 23 (0.76%) LAN
5 22 (0.73%) DHCP
5 22 (0.73%) VPN
5 22 (0.73%) WAN
6 18 (0.60%) Network Security
7 15 (0.50%) TCP/IP
7 15 (0.50%) Wi-Fi
8 8 (0.26%) 4G
9 7 (0.23%) MPLS
9 7 (0.23%) VLAN
9 7 (0.23%) Wireless
10 4 (0.13%) BGP
10 4 (0.13%) Ethernet
10 4 (0.13%) PSTN
10 4 (0.13%) SMTP
10 4 (0.13%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 66 (2.18%) Power BI
2 24 (0.79%) PostgreSQL
3 19 (0.63%) Tableau
4 16 (0.53%) GIS
5 15 (0.50%) Metadata
6 13 (0.43%) Data Warehouse
6 13 (0.43%) MySQL
6 13 (0.43%) Relational Database
7 12 (0.40%) Data Lake
7 12 (0.40%) SQL Server
8 11 (0.36%) MongoDB
9 9 (0.30%) BigQuery
9 9 (0.30%) NoSQL
10 8 (0.26%) Amazon RDS
10 8 (0.26%) Looker
11 7 (0.23%) Geospatial Data
12 6 (0.20%) Redis
13 5 (0.17%) Amazon Athena
13 5 (0.17%) Big Data
13 5 (0.17%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 47 (1.55%) Jenkins
2 41 (1.36%) GitLab
3 34 (1.12%) JIRA
3 34 (1.12%) SonarQube
4 22 (0.73%) Git
4 22 (0.73%) Snyk
5 11 (0.36%) fastlane
6 10 (0.33%) Postman
7 8 (0.26%) Cucumber
8 7 (0.23%) Moq
9 6 (0.20%) Xcode
10 5 (0.17%) Android Studio
10 5 (0.17%) Crashlytics
10 5 (0.17%) Gradle
10 5 (0.17%) Zephyr
11 4 (0.13%) Gatling
11 4 (0.13%) JMeter
11 4 (0.13%) Locust
12 3 (0.099%) JUnit
12 3 (0.099%) Mockito
General
1 2,010 (66.49%) Social Skills
2 1,597 (52.83%) Banking
3 392 (12.97%) Finance
4 179 (5.92%) Analytical Skills
5 164 (5.43%) Public Sector
6 123 (4.07%) Marketing
7 105 (3.47%) Law
8 99 (3.27%) Retail
9 91 (3.01%) Legal
10 55 (1.82%) Games
11 52 (1.72%) Organisational Skills
12 41 (1.36%) Local Government
13 30 (0.99%) Manufacturing
14 21 (0.69%) Aerospace
15 20 (0.66%) Influencing Skills
16 15 (0.50%) Electronics
17 14 (0.46%) Billing
17 14 (0.46%) Presentation Skills
17 14 (0.46%) Telecoms
18 13 (0.43%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 1,238 (40.95%) Lecturer
2 249 (8.24%) Senior
3 191 (6.32%) Analyst
4 126 (4.17%) Architect
5 124 (4.10%) Systems Engineer
6 105 (3.47%) Facilities Engineer
7 66 (2.18%) Lead
8 61 (2.02%) Business Analyst
9 58 (1.92%) Senior Analyst
10 51 (1.69%) IT Engineer
11 46 (1.52%) Project Manager
11 46 (1.52%) Sales Executive
12 44 (1.46%) Developer
13 43 (1.42%) Account Executive
14 37 (1.22%) Solutions Architect
15 33 (1.09%) Salesforce Architect
16 32 (1.06%) Senior Architect
17 31 (1.03%) IT Manager
18 30 (0.99%) IT Support
19 27 (0.89%) Cloud Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (1.62%) REST
2 38 (1.26%) Lightning Web Components
2 38 (1.26%) SOAP
2 38 (1.26%) Visualforce
3 21 (0.69%) EDI
4 18 (0.60%) .NET
4 18 (0.60%) Android SDK
5 16 (0.53%) RESTful
6 14 (0.46%) CSS
6 14 (0.46%) HTML
7 13 (0.43%) GraphQL
8 10 (0.33%) XML
9 9 (0.30%) Node.js
10 8 (0.26%) Entity Framework
11 7 (0.23%) .NET Framework
11 7 (0.23%) SAML
11 7 (0.23%) Spring
11 7 (0.23%) Web Services
11 7 (0.23%) XSLT
12 6 (0.20%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 1,577 (52.17%) IoT
2 115 (3.80%) Onboarding
3 100 (3.31%) Product Ownership
4 83 (2.75%) Driving Licence
5 70 (2.32%) Self-Motivation
6 60 (1.98%) Management Information System
7 47 (1.55%) Cyberattack
8 46 (1.52%) Social Media
9 40 (1.32%) Data Centre
10 37 (1.22%) Mobile App
11 32 (1.06%) Cloud Native
12 23 (0.76%) Enterprise Software
13 17 (0.56%) Public Cloud
13 17 (0.56%) Security Operations Centre
14 16 (0.53%) CSOC
15 13 (0.43%) Life Science
16 12 (0.40%) Analytical Mindset
16 12 (0.40%) Credit Risk
17 11 (0.36%) Legacy Systems
17 11 (0.36%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 72 (2.38%) Windows
2 34 (1.12%) Linux
3 32 (1.06%) Windows Server
4 23 (0.76%) Android
5 17 (0.56%) Apple iOS
6 13 (0.43%) Unix
6 13 (0.43%) Windows 10
7 8 (0.26%) Mac OS
8 6 (0.20%) VMS
9 5 (0.17%) Windows Server 2016
10 4 (0.13%) Debian
10 4 (0.13%) Mac OS X
11 2 (0.066%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,857 (61.43%) AI
2 1,744 (57.69%) Cybersecurity
3 1,627 (53.82%) User Experience
4 1,603 (53.03%) Machine Learning
5 1,581 (52.30%) Web Development
6 268 (8.87%) Agile
7 257 (8.50%) Mentoring
8 214 (7.08%) Problem-Solving
9 192 (6.35%) Continuous Improvement
10 162 (5.36%) CI/CD
11 150 (4.96%) Decision-Making
12 142 (4.70%) DevOps
13 123 (4.07%) Customer Service
14 122 (4.04%) Analytics
14 122 (4.04%) Roadmaps
15 109 (3.61%) Inventory Management
16 106 (3.51%) Preventative Maintenance
17 104 (3.44%) Coaching
18 97 (3.21%) Stakeholder Management
19 94 (3.11%) B2B
Programming Languages
1 97 (3.21%) Python
2 94 (3.11%) SQL
3 49 (1.62%) Java
4 38 (1.26%) Apex Code
5 34 (1.12%) PowerShell
5 34 (1.12%) SOQL
5 34 (1.12%) SOSL
6 23 (0.76%) JavaScript
7 19 (0.63%) C#
8 18 (0.60%) Kotlin
9 13 (0.43%) Bash
9 13 (0.43%) TypeScript
10 8 (0.26%) Kusto Query Language
11 7 (0.23%) C++
11 7 (0.23%) XAML
12 5 (0.17%) Bicep
12 5 (0.17%) Swift
13 4 (0.13%) PHP
14 3 (0.099%) Ruby
14 3 (0.099%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1,843 (60.97%) Degree
2 1,694 (56.04%) Postgraduate
3 1,584 (52.40%) Master's Degree
4 1,583 (52.37%) PhD
5 143 (4.73%) Security Cleared
6 125 (4.13%) SC Cleared
7 105 (3.47%) City & Guilds
7 105 (3.47%) NVQ Level 3
8 71 (2.35%) DBS Check
9 45 (1.49%) AWS Certification
10 31 (1.03%) BPSS Clearance
11 27 (0.89%) Microsoft Certification
12 26 (0.86%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 22 (0.73%) Computer Science Degree
14 17 (0.56%) CISSP
15 16 (0.53%) HNC
16 15 (0.50%) Azure Certification
17 14 (0.46%) CISM
18 13 (0.43%) CompTIA Security+
19 11 (0.36%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 105 (3.47%) COSHH
2 62 (2.05%) Accessibility
3 57 (1.89%) Data Quality
4 49 (1.62%) GDPR
5 44 (1.46%) SLA
6 43 (1.42%) QA
7 42 (1.39%) NIST
8 37 (1.22%) GRC
8 37 (1.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 28 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials
10 21 (0.69%) WCAG
11 15 (0.50%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 13 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 10 (0.33%) PCI DSS
14 5 (0.17%) SOC 2
15 4 (0.13%) COBIT
15 4 (0.13%) GAAP
15 4 (0.13%) IFRS
15 4 (0.13%) NCSC
15 4 (0.13%) PMO
System Software
1 68 (2.25%) Active Directory
2 34 (1.12%) Docker
3 26 (0.86%) Virtual Machines
4 16 (0.53%) VMware Infrastructure
5 8 (0.26%) vSphere
6 6 (0.20%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.13%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.066%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.033%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 42 (1.39%) Terraform
2 33 (1.09%) Microsoft Intune
3 24 (0.79%) Kubernetes
4 11 (0.36%) Single Sign-On
5 9 (0.30%) Autotask
6 8 (0.26%) SCCM
7 7 (0.23%) Grafana
8 4 (0.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 4 (0.13%) AWS Copilot
8 4 (0.13%) SolarWinds Orion
8 4 (0.13%) vCenter Server
8 4 (0.13%) WSUS
9 3 (0.099%) Ansible
9 3 (0.099%) Check_MK
9 3 (0.099%) Jamf Pro
10 2 (0.066%) Argo
10 2 (0.066%) CASB
10 2 (0.066%) Kustomize
10 2 (0.066%) Opsgenie
10 2 (0.066%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 282 (9.33%) Microsoft
2 109 (3.61%) Adobe
3 92 (3.04%) Salesforce
4 62 (2.05%) Cisco
5 60 (1.98%) Apple
6 53 (1.75%) Google
7 39 (1.29%) Splunk
8 37 (1.22%) ServiceNow
9 33 (1.09%) CrowdStrike
10 32 (1.06%) Palo Alto
11 23 (0.76%) Tenable
12 22 (0.73%) VMware
13 16 (0.53%) Fortinet
14 14 (0.46%) Instagram
14 14 (0.46%) SAP
15 12 (0.40%) Databricks
16 11 (0.36%) Dynatrace
16 11 (0.36%) Hootsuite
16 11 (0.36%) Workday
16 11 (0.36%) Wrike