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

6 months to
23 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 14 21
Rank change year-on-year -9 +7 +43
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 3,889 2,905 5,618
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 5.80% 10.25% 8.08%
As % of the General category 12.43% 14.24% 14.05%
Number of salaries quoted 647 463 1,279
10th Percentile £27,161 £28,200 £25,000
25th Percentile £34,125 £37,000 £32,083
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £44,886
Median % change year-on-year - +11.39% -24.17%
75th Percentile £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £77,713 £80,000 £70,400
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 31,283 20,405 39,992
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 46.64% 72.01% 57.52%
Number of salaries quoted 17,177 8,887 26,434
10th Percentile £28,000 £25,950 £26,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £81,250 £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 23 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 23 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
Midlands +14 1,472 £46,500 -7.00% 101
North of England -5 1,372 £50,000 +6.38% 199
West Midlands +24 1,299 £58,375 +3.84% 53
North West -6 1,148 £42,600 -9.36% 106
South East -19 472 £45,000 - 205
East of England +4 255 £40,000 -25.93% 44
East Midlands -21 185 £35,000 +7.69% 48
Yorkshire +21 182 £51,000 -32.84% 71
South West -35 154 £57,591 +9.70% 82
Scotland -31 85 £50,000 -9.09% 58
Wales +2 74 £53,000 -3.62% 18
North East -17 42 £57,500 -17.13% 24
Northern Ireland -34 16 £40,000 -47.43% 27
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 45 (1.16%) SharePoint
2 22 (0.57%) Microsoft Exchange
3 16 (0.41%) Confluence
4 7 (0.18%) Apache
4 7 (0.18%) Apache Airflow
4 7 (0.18%) ArcGIS
5 4 (0.10%) Apache Spark
5 4 (0.10%) CMS
5 4 (0.10%) Jupyter
6 2 (0.051%) Exchange Server 2013
6 2 (0.051%) Moodle
6 2 (0.051%) Totara
6 2 (0.051%) WordPress
7 1 (0.026%) IIS
7 1 (0.026%) WildFly
Applications
1 65 (1.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 58 (1.49%) Microsoft Office
3 37 (0.95%) Acrobat
4 26 (0.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.077%) Adobe After Effects
5 3 (0.077%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 3 (0.077%) Adobe Illustrator
5 3 (0.077%) InDesign
5 3 (0.077%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.077%) Photoshop
6 2 (0.051%) AutoCAD
6 2 (0.051%) Camtasia
6 2 (0.051%) Trello
7 1 (0.026%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.026%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.026%) PlantUML
7 1 (0.026%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 24 (0.62%) Cloudability
2 6 (0.15%) Workday HCM
3 5 (0.13%) NetSuite
3 5 (0.13%) SAP HR
4 4 (0.10%) Academy Housing
5 2 (0.051%) Elite 3E
5 2 (0.051%) JDE EnterpriseOne
5 2 (0.051%) Misys Midas
6 1 (0.026%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.026%) Exchequer
6 1 (0.026%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 1 (0.026%) NEC Housing
6 1 (0.026%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.026%) Raiser’s Edge
6 1 (0.026%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 2,321 (59.68%) Cloud Computing
2 219 (5.63%) Azure
3 146 (3.75%) AWS
4 90 (2.31%) Microsoft 365
5 82 (2.11%) GCP
6 71 (1.83%) Power Platform
7 37 (0.95%) Entra ID
8 36 (0.93%) Azure DevOps
9 30 (0.77%) SaaS
10 26 (0.67%) Serverless
11 24 (0.62%) Microsoft Purview
12 14 (0.36%) Azure Sentinel
12 14 (0.36%) GitHub
12 14 (0.36%) PaaS
13 12 (0.31%) Asana
13 12 (0.31%) Power Automate
14 11 (0.28%) Figma
14 11 (0.28%) Sprout Social
15 10 (0.26%) Microsoft Copilot
16 9 (0.23%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 2,329 (59.89%) Internet
2 65 (1.67%) Broadband
3 37 (0.95%) Firewall
4 23 (0.59%) DNS
4 23 (0.59%) LAN
5 22 (0.57%) DHCP
5 22 (0.57%) WAN
6 20 (0.51%) VPN
7 17 (0.44%) 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%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (1.54%) Power BI
2 23 (0.59%) PostgreSQL
3 15 (0.39%) GIS
4 14 (0.36%) Metadata
4 14 (0.36%) Tableau
5 13 (0.33%) Data Warehouse
6 12 (0.31%) Data Lake
6 12 (0.31%) MySQL
7 11 (0.28%) SQL Server
8 8 (0.21%) Amazon RDS
8 8 (0.21%) BigQuery
8 8 (0.21%) MongoDB
8 8 (0.21%) NoSQL
9 7 (0.18%) Geospatial Data
9 7 (0.18%) Looker
10 6 (0.15%) Redis
10 6 (0.15%) Relational Database
11 5 (0.13%) Big Data
12 4 (0.10%) DynamoDB
12 4 (0.10%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 45 (1.16%) Jenkins
2 39 (1.00%) GitLab
3 34 (0.87%) SonarQube
4 32 (0.82%) JIRA
5 22 (0.57%) Snyk
6 20 (0.51%) Git
7 10 (0.26%) Postman
8 9 (0.23%) fastlane
9 8 (0.21%) Cucumber
10 7 (0.18%) Moq
11 5 (0.13%) Xcode
11 5 (0.13%) Zephyr
12 4 (0.10%) Android Studio
12 4 (0.10%) Crashlytics
12 4 (0.10%) Gatling
12 4 (0.10%) Gradle
12 4 (0.10%) JMeter
12 4 (0.10%) JUnit
12 4 (0.10%) Locust
13 3 (0.077%) Mockito
General
1 2,740 (70.46%) Social Skills
2 2,334 (60.02%) Banking
3 489 (12.57%) Finance
4 180 (4.63%) Analytical Skills
5 166 (4.27%) Public Sector
6 123 (3.16%) Marketing
7 115 (2.96%) Law
8 99 (2.55%) Retail
9 90 (2.31%) Legal
10 55 (1.41%) Games
11 46 (1.18%) Organisational Skills
12 43 (1.11%) Local Government
13 30 (0.77%) Manufacturing
14 21 (0.54%) Aerospace
14 21 (0.54%) Influencing Skills
15 17 (0.44%) Presentation Skills
16 14 (0.36%) Billing
16 14 (0.36%) Electronics
16 14 (0.36%) Telecoms
17 13 (0.33%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 1,741 (44.77%) Lecturer
2 253 (6.51%) Senior
3 214 (5.50%) Systems Engineer
4 195 (5.01%) Facilities Engineer
5 182 (4.68%) Analyst
6 122 (3.14%) Architect
7 65 (1.67%) Project Manager
8 59 (1.52%) Business Analyst
8 59 (1.52%) Lead
9 54 (1.39%) Senior Analyst
10 52 (1.34%) IT Engineer
11 46 (1.18%) Project Engineer
12 43 (1.11%) Account Executive
12 43 (1.11%) Sales Executive
13 40 (1.03%) Developer
14 37 (0.95%) Solutions Architect
15 33 (0.85%) Salesforce Architect
16 31 (0.80%) Alliance Manager
16 31 (0.80%) IT Manager
16 31 (0.80%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (1.23%) REST
2 38 (0.98%) Lightning Web Components
2 38 (0.98%) SOAP
2 38 (0.98%) Visualforce
3 20 (0.51%) EDI
4 18 (0.46%) .NET
5 17 (0.44%) Android SDK
6 14 (0.36%) RESTful
7 13 (0.33%) GraphQL
8 10 (0.26%) XML
9 8 (0.21%) CSS
9 8 (0.21%) Entity Framework
9 8 (0.21%) HTML
9 8 (0.21%) Node.js
9 8 (0.21%) Web Services
10 7 (0.18%) .NET Framework
10 7 (0.18%) SAML
10 7 (0.18%) Spring
10 7 (0.18%) XSLT
11 6 (0.15%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 2,316 (59.55%) IoT
2 119 (3.06%) Onboarding
3 96 (2.47%) Driving Licence
4 93 (2.39%) Product Ownership
5 71 (1.83%) Self-Motivation
6 58 (1.49%) Management Information System
7 47 (1.21%) Cyberattack
8 41 (1.05%) Social Media
9 40 (1.03%) Data Centre
10 35 (0.90%) Mobile App
11 30 (0.77%) Cloud Native
12 24 (0.62%) Blog
12 24 (0.62%) Enterprise Software
13 18 (0.46%) Public Cloud
14 17 (0.44%) Security Operations Centre
15 16 (0.41%) CSOC
16 15 (0.39%) Life Science
17 11 (0.28%) Analytical Mindset
17 11 (0.28%) Legacy Systems
17 11 (0.28%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 68 (1.75%) Windows
2 36 (0.93%) Linux
3 31 (0.80%) Windows Server
4 22 (0.57%) Android
5 15 (0.39%) Apple iOS
6 14 (0.36%) Unix
7 13 (0.33%) Windows 10
8 7 (0.18%) Mac OS
9 5 (0.13%) Windows Server 2016
10 4 (0.10%) Debian
10 4 (0.10%) Mac OS X
10 4 (0.10%) VMS
11 2 (0.051%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,614 (67.22%) AI
2 2,490 (64.03%) Cybersecurity
3 2,358 (60.63%) User Experience
4 2,340 (60.17%) Machine Learning
5 2,319 (59.63%) Web Development
6 338 (8.69%) Mentoring
7 255 (6.56%) Agile
8 214 (5.50%) Problem-Solving
9 199 (5.12%) Inventory Management
10 196 (5.04%) Preventative Maintenance
11 195 (5.01%) Continuous Improvement
12 154 (3.96%) CI/CD
13 146 (3.75%) Decision-Making
14 136 (3.50%) DevOps
15 129 (3.32%) Customer Service
16 114 (2.93%) Roadmaps
17 113 (2.91%) Analytics
18 110 (2.83%) Coaching
19 90 (2.31%) B2B
20 86 (2.21%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 88 (2.26%) Python
2 84 (2.16%) SQL
3 48 (1.23%) Java
4 38 (0.98%) Apex Code
5 34 (0.87%) SOQL
5 34 (0.87%) SOSL
6 31 (0.80%) PowerShell
7 22 (0.57%) JavaScript
8 19 (0.49%) C#
9 17 (0.44%) Kotlin
10 12 (0.31%) TypeScript
11 11 (0.28%) Bash
12 7 (0.18%) C++
12 7 (0.18%) XAML
13 6 (0.15%) Kusto Query Language
14 4 (0.10%) PHP
14 4 (0.10%) Swift
15 3 (0.077%) Bicep
15 3 (0.077%) Ruby
15 3 (0.077%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 2,619 (67.34%) Degree
2 2,522 (64.85%) Postgraduate
3 2,323 (59.73%) Master's Degree
4 2,321 (59.68%) PhD
5 195 (5.01%) City & Guilds
5 195 (5.01%) NVQ Level 3
6 144 (3.70%) Security Cleared
7 126 (3.24%) SC Cleared
8 65 (1.67%) DBS Check
9 48 (1.23%) AWS Certification
10 36 (0.93%) BPSS Clearance
11 26 (0.67%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 25 (0.64%) HNC
12 25 (0.64%) Microsoft Certification
13 22 (0.57%) Computer Science Degree
14 20 (0.51%) HND
15 16 (0.41%) CISSP
16 15 (0.39%) CISM
17 13 (0.33%) CompTIA Security+
18 12 (0.31%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 195 (5.01%) COSHH
2 56 (1.44%) Accessibility
3 55 (1.41%) QA
4 48 (1.23%) Data Quality
5 44 (1.13%) GDPR
5 44 (1.13%) NIST
6 39 (1.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 38 (0.98%) SLA
8 36 (0.93%) GRC
9 28 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials
10 17 (0.44%) WCAG
11 14 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 11 (0.28%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 11 (0.28%) PCI DSS
13 6 (0.15%) SOC 2
14 5 (0.13%) COBIT
14 5 (0.13%) NEBOSH
15 4 (0.10%) GAAP
15 4 (0.10%) IFRS
15 4 (0.10%) PMO
System Software
1 69 (1.77%) Active Directory
2 32 (0.82%) Docker
3 26 (0.67%) Virtual Machines
4 15 (0.39%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (0.15%) Hyper-V
5 6 (0.15%) vSphere
6 3 (0.077%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.051%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.026%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 39 (1.00%) Terraform
2 35 (0.90%) Microsoft Intune
3 22 (0.57%) Kubernetes
4 13 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
5 8 (0.21%) SCCM
6 7 (0.18%) Autotask
7 6 (0.15%) 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 (0.077%) CASB
9 3 (0.077%) Check_MK
9 3 (0.077%) Jamf Pro
10 2 (0.051%) Ansible
10 2 (0.051%) Argo
10 2 (0.051%) Kustomize
10 2 (0.051%) Opsgenie
10 2 (0.051%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 287 (7.38%) Microsoft
2 108 (2.78%) Adobe
3 96 (2.47%) Salesforce
4 64 (1.65%) Cisco
5 63 (1.62%) Apple
6 51 (1.31%) Google
7 41 (1.05%) Splunk
8 37 (0.95%) ServiceNow
9 33 (0.85%) CrowdStrike
10 32 (0.82%) Palo Alto
11 24 (0.62%) Tenable
12 21 (0.54%) VMware
13 16 (0.41%) Fortinet
14 14 (0.36%) Instagram
15 13 (0.33%) SAP
16 12 (0.31%) Databricks
17 11 (0.28%) Hootsuite
17 11 (0.28%) Meraki
17 11 (0.28%) Pega
17 11 (0.28%) Workday