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

6 months to
22 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 21 24
Rank change year-on-year -48 +3 +37
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 1,800 2,745 3,908
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 2.29% 7.92% 6.56%
As % of the General category 5.20% 11.97% 12.25%
Number of salaries quoted 856 471 789
10th Percentile £28,350 £25,552 £28,749
25th Percentile £36,000 £32,625 £36,300
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,750 £48,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.76% -3.00% -12.73%
75th Percentile £70,000 £60,000 £62,200
90th Percentile £78,312 £80,000 £74,144
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -15.38%

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 34,609 22,929 31,906
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 43.99% 66.13% 53.54%
Number of salaries quoted 21,362 11,284 17,599
10th Percentile £28,750 £26,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £66,250 £62,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.92% -0.91% -8.33%

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 22 August 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 22 August 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 -66 457 £52,500 +17.98% 540
South East -34 362 £56,000 +6.67% 405
Midlands -47 268 £45,000 -5.26% 326
North West -61 252 £42,000 -5.62% 309
South West -8 244 £57,500 +51.32% 338
Scotland -11 165 £52,500 +31.25% 338
West Midlands -39 161 £59,250 +7.73% 237
East of England -5 155 £41,739 -26.77% 163
North East +11 109 £60,000 +144.20% 81
East Midlands -34 106 £40,000 +23.08% 88
Wales +1 103 £53,000 -7.71% 44
Yorkshire +5 96 £50,000 -37.50% 152
Northern Ireland -46 52 £74,654 -1.89% 159
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 41 (2.28%) Microsoft Exchange
2 37 (2.06%) Confluence
3 30 (1.67%) SharePoint
4 18 (1.00%) Apache Spark
5 17 (0.94%) Apache Airflow
6 16 (0.89%) Apache
7 11 (0.61%) CMS
8 10 (0.56%) Jupyter
9 4 (0.22%) IIS
9 4 (0.22%) WordPress
10 2 (0.11%) Exchange Server 2013
10 2 (0.11%) Moodle
10 2 (0.11%) Skype for Business
10 2 (0.11%) Totara
11 1 (0.056%) Cloud Foundry
11 1 (0.056%) OpenEdge
Applications
1 87 (4.83%) Microsoft Office
2 80 (4.44%) Microsoft Excel
3 21 (1.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 18 (1.00%) Simulink
5 9 (0.50%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 9 (0.50%) Revit
6 8 (0.44%) Adobe After Effects
6 8 (0.44%) Adobe Illustrator
6 8 (0.44%) Adobe XD
6 8 (0.44%) InDesign
6 8 (0.44%) Microsoft Project
6 8 (0.44%) Photoshop
7 7 (0.39%) Sketch
8 6 (0.33%) AutoCAD
8 6 (0.33%) MS Visio
9 5 (0.28%) Maple
10 4 (0.22%) Chatbot
10 4 (0.22%) Mathcad
11 3 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
12 2 (0.11%) Trello
Business Applications
1 24 (1.33%) Cloudability
2 21 (1.17%) SAP S/4HANA
3 12 (0.67%) Workday HCM
4 11 (0.61%) Primavera
5 7 (0.39%) Dynamics CRM
5 7 (0.39%) NetSuite
6 6 (0.33%) SAP EHS
6 6 (0.33%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 5 (0.28%) Teamcenter
8 4 (0.22%) SAP HR
8 4 (0.22%) SAP SD
8 4 (0.22%) SAP WM
9 3 (0.17%) JDE EnterpriseOne
9 3 (0.17%) SAP ERP
9 3 (0.17%) SAP MM
9 3 (0.17%) Shopify
10 2 (0.11%) Elite 3E
10 2 (0.11%) Misys Midas
10 2 (0.11%) NEC Housing
10 2 (0.11%) SAP R/3
Cloud Services
1 314 (17.44%) Azure
2 231 (12.83%) AWS
3 135 (7.50%) GCP
4 94 (5.22%) Power Platform
5 90 (5.00%) Azure DevOps
6 78 (4.33%) Microsoft 365
7 58 (3.22%) GitHub
8 50 (2.78%) Serverless
9 42 (2.33%) SaaS
10 34 (1.89%) dbt
11 32 (1.78%) PaaS
12 30 (1.67%) Entra ID
13 28 (1.56%) Figma
13 28 (1.56%) IaaS
14 26 (1.44%) Azure Key Vault
14 26 (1.44%) Azure Monitor
14 26 (1.44%) GitHub Actions
15 22 (1.22%) Microsoft Copilot
16 21 (1.17%) Microsoft Purview
17 17 (0.94%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 37 (2.06%) Firewall
2 35 (1.94%) Broadband
3 31 (1.72%) Network Security
4 21 (1.17%) Internet
5 19 (1.06%) DNS
5 19 (1.06%) VPN
6 16 (0.89%) TCP/IP
7 15 (0.83%) LAN
8 14 (0.78%) DHCP
9 13 (0.72%) Ethernet
9 13 (0.72%) WAN
10 10 (0.56%) SAN
10 10 (0.56%) Wireless
11 9 (0.50%) VLAN
12 8 (0.44%) Wi-Fi
13 7 (0.39%) Modbus
14 6 (0.33%) SSL
15 5 (0.28%) Profibus
16 4 (0.22%) Unified Communications
17 3 (0.17%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 77 (4.28%) Power BI
2 40 (2.22%) SQL Server
3 31 (1.72%) PostgreSQL
4 26 (1.44%) Tableau
5 22 (1.22%) Metadata
6 21 (1.17%) Relational Database
7 19 (1.06%) MongoDB
8 17 (0.94%) Azure SQL Database
8 17 (0.94%) MySQL
8 17 (0.94%) NoSQL
9 14 (0.78%) Data Warehouse
9 14 (0.78%) DynamoDB
10 13 (0.72%) BigQuery
10 13 (0.72%) Elasticsearch
11 12 (0.67%) Data Lake
12 11 (0.61%) Big Data
12 11 (0.61%) GIS
13 10 (0.56%) Amazon Athena
14 9 (0.50%) Geospatial Data
14 9 (0.50%) Looker
Development Applications
1 78 (4.33%) Git
2 66 (3.67%) Jenkins
2 66 (3.67%) JIRA
3 43 (2.39%) GitLab
4 22 (1.22%) Snyk
5 21 (1.17%) Rational DOORS
6 20 (1.11%) SonarQube
7 14 (0.78%) fastlane
7 14 (0.78%) LabVIEW
8 9 (0.50%) Cypress.io
8 9 (0.50%) JMeter
9 8 (0.44%) Cucumber
9 8 (0.44%) Postman
9 8 (0.44%) Xcode
10 7 (0.39%) Gatling
10 7 (0.39%) Moq
10 7 (0.39%) MSI
11 6 (0.33%) Android Studio
11 6 (0.33%) Crashlytics
11 6 (0.33%) Gradle
General
1 730 (40.56%) Social Skills
2 487 (27.06%) Finance
3 272 (15.11%) Analytical Skills
4 260 (14.44%) Public Sector
5 161 (8.94%) Marketing
6 146 (8.11%) Law
7 134 (7.44%) Aerospace
8 97 (5.39%) Legal
9 96 (5.33%) Organisational Skills
10 80 (4.44%) Retail
11 76 (4.22%) Manufacturing
12 63 (3.50%) Local Government
13 58 (3.22%) Electronics
14 46 (2.56%) Influencing Skills
15 42 (2.33%) Games
16 39 (2.17%) Telecoms
17 36 (2.00%) Presentation Skills
18 34 (1.89%) Banking
19 30 (1.67%) Military
20 18 (1.00%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 361 (20.06%) Senior
2 196 (10.89%) Architect
3 191 (10.61%) Analyst
4 188 (10.44%) Lead
5 93 (5.17%) Developer
6 88 (4.89%) Sales Executive
7 74 (4.11%) Consultant
8 68 (3.78%) Senior Analyst
9 63 (3.50%) Business Analyst
10 58 (3.22%) Software Engineer
11 55 (3.06%) Systems Engineer
12 54 (3.00%) Solutions Architect
13 44 (2.44%) IT Engineer
14 43 (2.39%) Technical Architect
15 40 (2.22%) Senior Architect
16 39 (2.17%) Cloud Architect
17 36 (2.00%) Designer
18 30 (1.67%) Account Executive
18 30 (1.67%) Principal Engineer
19 29 (1.61%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 89 (4.94%) Terraform
2 56 (3.11%) .NET
3 47 (2.61%) CSS
4 45 (2.50%) HTML
5 44 (2.44%) RESTful
6 43 (2.39%) REST
7 35 (1.94%) React
8 31 (1.72%) Node.js
9 27 (1.50%) .NET Core
10 25 (1.39%) EDI
11 23 (1.28%) XML
12 22 (1.22%) .NET Framework
12 22 (1.22%) SOAP
12 22 (1.22%) Spring
13 20 (1.11%) Lightning Web Components
13 20 (1.11%) Visualforce
14 19 (1.06%) Spring Boot
15 18 (1.00%) Android SDK
15 18 (1.00%) ASP.NET
15 18 (1.00%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 140 (7.78%) Driving Licence
2 134 (7.44%) Onboarding
3 113 (6.28%) Self-Motivation
4 105 (5.83%) Product Ownership
5 85 (4.72%) Cloud Native
6 70 (3.89%) Management Information System
7 69 (3.83%) Data Centre
8 55 (3.06%) Social Media
9 46 (2.56%) Public Cloud
10 41 (2.28%) Cyberattack
11 30 (1.67%) Algorithms
12 29 (1.61%) Mobile App
13 25 (1.39%) Legacy Systems
13 25 (1.39%) Security Posture
14 22 (1.22%) Data Structures
15 21 (1.17%) FPGA
16 20 (1.11%) Analytical Mindset
16 20 (1.11%) Credit Risk
17 19 (1.06%) Cyber Threat
17 19 (1.06%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 110 (6.11%) Windows
2 56 (3.11%) Linux
3 31 (1.72%) Windows Server
4 25 (1.39%) Android
5 22 (1.22%) Apple iOS
5 22 (1.22%) Windows 10
6 16 (0.89%) Unix
7 15 (0.83%) VMS
8 12 (0.67%) Mac OS
9 5 (0.28%) VxWorks
10 4 (0.22%) Mac OS X
11 3 (0.17%) Solaris
12 2 (0.11%) AIX
12 2 (0.11%) Windows 7
13 1 (0.056%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 502 (27.89%) Agile
2 434 (24.11%) AI
3 377 (20.94%) Problem-Solving
4 291 (16.17%) Continuous Improvement
5 269 (14.94%) Decision-Making
5 269 (14.94%) Mentoring
6 263 (14.61%) CI/CD
7 234 (13.00%) DevOps
8 206 (11.44%) Cybersecurity
9 195 (10.83%) Stakeholder Management
10 165 (9.17%) Roadmaps
11 144 (8.00%) Validation
12 143 (7.94%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
13 139 (7.72%) Analytics
14 132 (7.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 129 (7.17%) Customer Service
16 123 (6.83%) Software Engineering
17 122 (6.78%) Coaching
18 121 (6.72%) Scrum
19 117 (6.50%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 168 (9.33%) Python
2 133 (7.39%) SQL
3 75 (4.17%) Java
4 64 (3.56%) C#
5 63 (3.50%) JavaScript
6 49 (2.72%) PowerShell
7 37 (2.06%) TypeScript
8 32 (1.78%) MATLAB
9 29 (1.61%) Bicep
10 26 (1.44%) Bash
11 22 (1.22%) C++
12 20 (1.11%) Apex Code
12 20 (1.11%) Kotlin
12 20 (1.11%) SOQL
12 20 (1.11%) SOSL
13 19 (1.06%) Kusto Query Language
14 15 (0.83%) Go
15 10 (0.56%) ABAP
15 10 (0.56%) Ada
15 10 (0.56%) PHP
Qualifications
1 406 (22.56%) Degree
2 352 (19.56%) Security Cleared
3 332 (18.44%) SC Cleared
4 149 (8.28%) BPSS Clearance
5 112 (6.22%) DV Cleared
6 101 (5.61%) DBS Check
7 53 (2.94%) HNC
8 46 (2.56%) AWS Certification
9 40 (2.22%) Azure Certification
10 39 (2.17%) Master's Degree
11 34 (1.89%) Chartered Engineer
12 32 (1.78%) Computer Science Degree
13 30 (1.67%) PhD
14 27 (1.50%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 22 (1.22%) Microsoft Certification
16 14 (0.78%) CISSP
17 13 (0.72%) ACCA
17 13 (0.72%) CIMA
17 13 (0.72%) Cisco Certification
18 12 (0.67%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 235 (13.06%) Accessibility
2 79 (4.39%) QA
3 76 (4.22%) Data Quality
4 65 (3.61%) SLA
5 54 (3.00%) GDPR
6 48 (2.67%) WCAG
7 36 (2.00%) GRC
7 36 (2.00%) NIST
8 26 (1.44%) NCSC
9 23 (1.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 21 (1.17%) Cyber Essentials
11 14 (0.78%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 7 (0.39%) Actionable Recommendations
13 6 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 5 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 20000
14 5 (0.28%) PCI DSS
15 4 (0.22%) DO-160
15 4 (0.22%) GAAP
15 4 (0.22%) IFRS
15 4 (0.22%) NIST 800
System Software
1 85 (4.72%) Docker
2 74 (4.11%) Active Directory
3 38 (2.11%) Firmware
4 25 (1.39%) VMware Infrastructure
5 24 (1.33%) Virtual Machines
6 12 (0.67%) Virtual Desktop
6 12 (0.67%) vSphere
7 8 (0.44%) Hyper-V
8 5 (0.28%) BitLocker
9 3 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.056%) IAG
10 1 (0.056%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 69 (3.83%) Kubernetes
2 23 (1.28%) Microsoft Intune
3 22 (1.22%) Grafana
4 18 (1.00%) SCCM
5 12 (0.67%) Ansible
6 11 (0.61%) Prometheus
7 7 (0.39%) WSUS
8 4 (0.22%) Argo
8 4 (0.22%) Autotask
9 3 (0.17%) Check_MK
9 3 (0.17%) Kibana
10 2 (0.11%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.11%) Puppet
10 2 (0.11%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.056%) Functional Safety
11 1 (0.056%) Jamf Pro
11 1 (0.056%) QRadar
11 1 (0.056%) SCOM
11 1 (0.056%) vCenter Server
11 1 (0.056%) VxRail
Vendors
1 306 (17.00%) Microsoft
2 86 (4.78%) Google
3 68 (3.78%) SAP
4 59 (3.28%) Adobe
5 50 (2.78%) Apple
5 50 (2.78%) Workday
6 43 (2.39%) Salesforce
7 35 (1.94%) ServiceNow
8 33 (1.83%) Cisco
9 32 (1.78%) VMware
10 27 (1.50%) Splunk
11 26 (1.44%) Palo Alto
12 25 (1.39%) CrowdStrike
13 24 (1.33%) Dynatrace
14 22 (1.22%) Tenable
15 20 (1.11%) Oracle
16 17 (0.94%) Instagram
17 15 (0.83%) Facebook
18 14 (0.78%) OpenAI
19 13 (0.72%) Databricks