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

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 65 16 27
Rank change year-on-year -49 +11 +27
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 1,917 2,790 3,479
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 2.32% 8.07% 6.23%
As % of the General category 5.29% 12.28% 11.75%
Number of salaries quoted 897 482 670
10th Percentile £28,350 £25,600 £28,745
25th Percentile £36,000 £32,000 £36,540
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,709 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.86% -5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £68,750 £60,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,312 £81,250 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -11.54%

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 36,254 22,720 29,619
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 43.82% 65.72% 53.08%
Number of salaries quoted 22,576 11,122 14,454
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,000 £28,000
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% -2.66%
75th Percentile £66,250 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £78,750
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 10 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 10 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 -65 483 £50,000 +15.83% 249
South East -29 415 £56,000 +1.82% 346
Midlands -46 290 £46,250 -2.63% 187
North West -59 274 £42,000 +7.02% 151
South West -13 258 £56,250 +50.00% 263
West Midlands -39 173 £59,250 +7.73% 111
East of England +1 164 £42,119 -23.42% 120
Scotland -14 162 £52,500 +31.25% 208
North East +12 119 £60,000 +144.20% 41
East Midlands -34 116 £40,000 +23.08% 76
Wales -11 101 £53,000 -7.71% 25
Yorkshire -7 90 £46,053 -45.82% 58
Northern Ireland -46 50 £74,742 -3.21% 75
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 44 (2.30%) Microsoft Exchange
2 39 (2.03%) SharePoint
3 37 (1.93%) Confluence
4 18 (0.94%) Apache Spark
5 17 (0.89%) Apache Airflow
6 16 (0.83%) Apache
7 12 (0.63%) CMS
8 10 (0.52%) Jupyter
9 6 (0.31%) WordPress
10 5 (0.26%) Moodle
11 4 (0.21%) IIS
12 2 (0.10%) Exchange Server 2013
12 2 (0.10%) Skype for Business
12 2 (0.10%) Totara
13 1 (0.052%) Cloud Foundry
13 1 (0.052%) Headless CMS
13 1 (0.052%) OpenEdge
Applications
1 103 (5.37%) Microsoft Office
2 95 (4.96%) Microsoft Excel
3 27 (1.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 18 (0.94%) Simulink
5 13 (0.68%) Revit
6 10 (0.52%) Adobe After Effects
6 10 (0.52%) Adobe Illustrator
6 10 (0.52%) Photoshop
7 9 (0.47%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 8 (0.42%) Adobe XD
8 8 (0.42%) InDesign
8 8 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
9 7 (0.37%) AutoCAD
9 7 (0.37%) Maple
9 7 (0.37%) Sketch
9 7 (0.37%) Spreadsheet
10 6 (0.31%) MS Visio
11 4 (0.21%) Chatbot
11 4 (0.21%) Mathcad
12 2 (0.10%) InVision
Business Applications
1 24 (1.25%) Cloudability
2 21 (1.10%) SAP S/4HANA
3 15 (0.78%) Dynamics CRM
4 12 (0.63%) Workday HCM
5 11 (0.57%) Primavera
6 10 (0.52%) SAP EHS
6 10 (0.52%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 9 (0.47%) Teamcenter
8 7 (0.37%) NetSuite
9 4 (0.21%) SAP SD
9 4 (0.21%) SAP WM
10 3 (0.16%) JDE EnterpriseOne
10 3 (0.16%) Misys Midas
10 3 (0.16%) SAP ERP
10 3 (0.16%) SAP MM
10 3 (0.16%) SAP R/3
10 3 (0.16%) Shopify
11 2 (0.10%) Elite 3E
11 2 (0.10%) NEC Housing
11 2 (0.10%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 333 (17.37%) Azure
2 240 (12.52%) AWS
3 140 (7.30%) GCP
4 102 (5.32%) Power Platform
5 100 (5.22%) Azure DevOps
6 82 (4.28%) Microsoft 365
7 58 (3.03%) GitHub
8 55 (2.87%) Serverless
9 40 (2.09%) SaaS
10 37 (1.93%) Entra ID
11 32 (1.67%) Azure Key Vault
11 32 (1.67%) dbt
12 30 (1.56%) PaaS
13 28 (1.46%) Dynamics 365
13 28 (1.46%) IaaS
14 27 (1.41%) Figma
15 26 (1.36%) Azure Monitor
15 26 (1.36%) GitHub Actions
16 22 (1.15%) Microsoft Copilot
17 21 (1.10%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 41 (2.14%) Firewall
2 31 (1.62%) Network Security
3 28 (1.46%) Internet
4 22 (1.15%) VPN
5 21 (1.10%) Broadband
6 20 (1.04%) DNS
6 20 (1.04%) TCP/IP
7 17 (0.89%) Ethernet
8 15 (0.78%) LAN
9 14 (0.73%) Modbus
10 13 (0.68%) DHCP
10 13 (0.68%) WAN
11 10 (0.52%) SAN
12 9 (0.47%) Profibus
12 9 (0.47%) VLAN
12 9 (0.47%) Wireless
13 8 (0.42%) SSL
13 8 (0.42%) Wi-Fi
14 7 (0.37%) 5G
15 6 (0.31%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 80 (4.17%) Power BI
2 44 (2.30%) SQL Server
3 30 (1.56%) PostgreSQL
4 27 (1.41%) Tableau
5 22 (1.15%) Metadata
6 21 (1.10%) Relational Database
7 19 (0.99%) MongoDB
8 18 (0.94%) Data Lake
9 17 (0.89%) Azure SQL Database
9 17 (0.89%) MySQL
10 16 (0.83%) Elasticsearch
10 16 (0.83%) NoSQL
11 14 (0.73%) Data Warehouse
11 14 (0.73%) DynamoDB
12 13 (0.68%) BigQuery
13 11 (0.57%) Big Data
13 11 (0.57%) GIS
14 10 (0.52%) Amazon Athena
15 9 (0.47%) Geospatial Data
15 9 (0.47%) Looker
Development Applications
1 90 (4.69%) Git
2 65 (3.39%) JIRA
3 58 (3.03%) Jenkins
4 36 (1.88%) GitLab
5 22 (1.15%) Snyk
6 21 (1.10%) Rational DOORS
7 14 (0.73%) fastlane
7 14 (0.73%) LabVIEW
8 12 (0.63%) SonarQube
9 10 (0.52%) Gatling
9 10 (0.52%) JMeter
10 9 (0.47%) Cypress.io
11 8 (0.42%) Postman
11 8 (0.42%) Xcode
12 7 (0.37%) Moq
12 7 (0.37%) MSI
13 6 (0.31%) Android Studio
13 6 (0.31%) Cucumber
13 6 (0.31%) Gradle
13 6 (0.31%) LoadRunner
General
1 783 (40.85%) Social Skills
2 518 (27.02%) Finance
3 290 (15.13%) Analytical Skills
4 275 (14.35%) Public Sector
5 164 (8.56%) Marketing
6 157 (8.19%) Law
7 139 (7.25%) Aerospace
8 116 (6.05%) Organisational Skills
9 105 (5.48%) Legal
10 86 (4.49%) Retail
11 78 (4.07%) Manufacturing
12 71 (3.70%) Local Government
13 68 (3.55%) Electronics
14 56 (2.92%) Telecoms
15 45 (2.35%) Influencing Skills
16 43 (2.24%) Presentation Skills
17 36 (1.88%) Banking
18 29 (1.51%) Military
19 25 (1.30%) Games
20 21 (1.10%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 375 (19.56%) Senior
2 204 (10.64%) Lead
3 192 (10.02%) Architect
4 183 (9.55%) Analyst
5 102 (5.32%) Developer
6 94 (4.90%) Sales Executive
7 79 (4.12%) Consultant
8 66 (3.44%) Senior Analyst
9 59 (3.08%) Systems Engineer
10 58 (3.03%) Business Analyst
10 58 (3.03%) Software Engineer
11 53 (2.76%) Solutions Architect
12 42 (2.19%) Senior Architect
13 41 (2.14%) Technical Architect
14 39 (2.03%) IT Engineer
15 38 (1.98%) Cloud Architect
16 36 (1.88%) Designer
17 32 (1.67%) IT Support
18 30 (1.56%) Development Manager
18 30 (1.56%) Principal Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 89 (4.64%) Terraform
2 56 (2.92%) .NET
3 47 (2.45%) CSS
3 47 (2.45%) HTML
4 44 (2.30%) RESTful
5 36 (1.88%) REST
6 35 (1.83%) React
7 32 (1.67%) Node.js
8 31 (1.62%) EDI
9 29 (1.51%) XML
10 27 (1.41%) .NET Core
11 22 (1.15%) .NET Framework
12 21 (1.10%) Spring
13 18 (0.94%) ASP.NET
13 18 (0.94%) Entity Framework
13 18 (0.94%) Spring Boot
14 16 (0.83%) AngularJS
15 14 (0.73%) LangChain
15 14 (0.73%) SOAP
15 14 (0.73%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 172 (8.97%) Driving Licence
2 154 (8.03%) Onboarding
3 115 (6.00%) Self-Motivation
4 97 (5.06%) Product Ownership
5 88 (4.59%) Management Information System
6 87 (4.54%) Cloud Native
7 72 (3.76%) Data Centre
8 55 (2.87%) Social Media
9 46 (2.40%) Public Cloud
10 40 (2.09%) Cyberattack
11 30 (1.56%) Algorithms
12 27 (1.41%) SCADA
13 25 (1.30%) Mobile App
13 25 (1.30%) Security Posture
14 24 (1.25%) Cyber Threat
15 23 (1.20%) Data Structures
15 23 (1.20%) Legacy Systems
16 22 (1.15%) FPGA
17 21 (1.10%) Analytical Mindset
18 20 (1.04%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 118 (6.16%) Windows
2 57 (2.97%) Linux
3 31 (1.62%) Windows Server
4 23 (1.20%) Apple iOS
5 21 (1.10%) Windows 10
6 19 (0.99%) Android
7 18 (0.94%) VMS
8 15 (0.78%) Unix
9 13 (0.68%) Mac OS
10 5 (0.26%) VxWorks
11 4 (0.21%) Mac OS X
12 3 (0.16%) Solaris
13 2 (0.10%) AIX
13 2 (0.10%) Windows 7
14 1 (0.052%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 509 (26.55%) Agile
2 443 (23.11%) AI
3 393 (20.50%) Problem-Solving
4 322 (16.80%) Continuous Improvement
5 289 (15.08%) Mentoring
6 279 (14.55%) Decision-Making
7 261 (13.62%) CI/CD
8 242 (12.62%) DevOps
9 220 (11.48%) Stakeholder Management
10 218 (11.37%) Cybersecurity
11 169 (8.82%) Roadmaps
12 150 (7.82%) Validation
13 148 (7.72%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
14 145 (7.56%) Customer Service
15 142 (7.41%) Analytics
16 141 (7.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 132 (6.89%) Collaborative Working
18 128 (6.68%) Software Engineering
19 125 (6.52%) Coaching
20 124 (6.47%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 169 (8.82%) Python
2 131 (6.83%) SQL
3 74 (3.86%) C#
4 67 (3.50%) Java
4 67 (3.50%) JavaScript
5 50 (2.61%) PowerShell
6 39 (2.03%) TypeScript
7 32 (1.67%) MATLAB
8 30 (1.56%) Bicep
9 26 (1.36%) Bash
10 22 (1.15%) C++
11 17 (0.89%) Kusto Query Language
12 15 (0.78%) Go
13 14 (0.73%) Kotlin
14 12 (0.63%) Apex Code
14 12 (0.63%) SOQL
14 12 (0.63%) SOSL
15 10 (0.52%) ABAP
15 10 (0.52%) Ada
15 10 (0.52%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 429 (22.38%) Degree
2 367 (19.14%) Security Cleared
3 340 (17.74%) SC Cleared
4 157 (8.19%) BPSS Clearance
5 135 (7.04%) DBS Check
6 113 (5.89%) DV Cleared
7 77 (4.02%) HNC
8 49 (2.56%) AWS Certification
9 46 (2.40%) Azure Certification
10 45 (2.35%) Master's Degree
11 42 (2.19%) Chartered Engineer
12 31 (1.62%) Computer Science Degree
13 30 (1.56%) PhD
14 27 (1.41%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 25 (1.30%) Microsoft Certification
16 18 (0.94%) CISSP
17 16 (0.83%) HND
18 15 (0.78%) ACCA
18 15 (0.78%) CIMA
19 13 (0.68%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 244 (12.73%) Accessibility
2 89 (4.64%) QA
3 81 (4.23%) Data Quality
4 65 (3.39%) SLA
5 63 (3.29%) GDPR
6 49 (2.56%) WCAG
7 37 (1.93%) NIST
8 36 (1.88%) GRC
9 33 (1.72%) NCSC
10 29 (1.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 21 (1.10%) Cyber Essentials
12 14 (0.73%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 7 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
14 6 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 5 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 20000
15 5 (0.26%) PCI DSS
16 4 (0.21%) DO-160
16 4 (0.21%) GAAP
16 4 (0.21%) IFRS
16 4 (0.21%) NIST 800
System Software
1 82 (4.28%) Docker
2 77 (4.02%) Active Directory
3 40 (2.09%) Firmware
4 25 (1.30%) VMware Infrastructure
5 24 (1.25%) Virtual Machines
6 12 (0.63%) Virtual Desktop
6 12 (0.63%) vSphere
7 8 (0.42%) Hyper-V
8 5 (0.26%) BitLocker
9 3 (0.16%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.052%) IAG
10 1 (0.052%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 67 (3.50%) Kubernetes
2 24 (1.25%) Microsoft Intune
3 23 (1.20%) Grafana
4 17 (0.89%) SCCM
5 12 (0.63%) Ansible
6 11 (0.57%) Prometheus
7 7 (0.37%) WSUS
8 6 (0.31%) Kibana
9 4 (0.21%) Argo
9 4 (0.21%) Autotask
10 3 (0.16%) Check_MK
10 3 (0.16%) Jamf Pro
11 2 (0.10%) Progress Chef
11 2 (0.10%) Puppet
11 2 (0.10%) Single Sign-On
12 1 (0.052%) FortiGate
12 1 (0.052%) Functional Safety
12 1 (0.052%) QRadar
12 1 (0.052%) vCenter Server
12 1 (0.052%) VxRail
Vendors
1 336 (17.53%) Microsoft
2 88 (4.59%) Google
3 81 (4.23%) SAP
4 61 (3.18%) Adobe
5 52 (2.71%) Apple
6 49 (2.56%) Workday
7 42 (2.19%) Salesforce
8 33 (1.72%) Cisco
8 33 (1.72%) ServiceNow
8 33 (1.72%) VMware
9 28 (1.46%) Dynatrace
10 26 (1.36%) Palo Alto
11 25 (1.30%) CrowdStrike
12 22 (1.15%) Facebook
12 22 (1.15%) Tenable
13 20 (1.04%) Instagram
13 20 (1.04%) Oracle
14 19 (0.99%) Splunk
15 14 (0.73%) OpenAI
16 13 (0.68%) Databricks