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

6 months to
9 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 21 21
Rank change year-on-year -48 0 +43
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 1,730 2,775 4,134
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 2.26% 8.02% 6.96%
As % of the General category 5.08% 12.00% 12.93%
Number of salaries quoted 838 479 846
10th Percentile £28,500 £25,590 £28,622
25th Percentile £35,813 £34,599 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £49,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -2.00% -13.79%
75th Percentile £69,688 £61,250 £62,200
90th Percentile £78,312 £79,200 £73,525
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 34,053 23,133 31,976
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 44.53% 66.84% 53.87%
Number of salaries quoted 20,993 11,387 18,259
10th Percentile £28,750 £25,750 £27,000
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 £65,640 £63,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £78,750 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 9 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 9 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 -65 444 £52,500 +11.70% 229
South East -48 325 £55,000 +26.44% 281
Midlands -47 274 £44,543 -9.10% 129
North West -60 247 £42,000 -8.70% 121
South West -17 240 £57,500 +42.86% 157
West Midlands -39 168 £59,250 +7.73% 69
Scotland -9 155 £52,500 +31.25% 111
East of England -10 147 £40,000 -29.82% 79
East Midlands -40 105 £40,000 +23.08% 60
North East +5 103 £60,000 +144.20% 37
Wales +2 101 £54,000 -5.97% 25
Yorkshire -4 94 £51,000 -36.25% 71
Northern Ireland -34 52 £56,901 -25.22% 46
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 (2.37%) Microsoft Exchange
2 34 (1.97%) Confluence
3 28 (1.62%) SharePoint
4 17 (0.98%) Apache Spark
5 16 (0.92%) Apache Airflow
6 15 (0.87%) Apache
7 10 (0.58%) CMS
7 10 (0.58%) Jupyter
8 5 (0.29%) WordPress
9 4 (0.23%) IIS
10 2 (0.12%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.12%) Exchange Server 2013
10 2 (0.12%) Moodle
10 2 (0.12%) Skype for Business
10 2 (0.12%) Totara
11 1 (0.058%) Cloud Foundry
11 1 (0.058%) OpenEdge
Applications
1 84 (4.86%) Microsoft Office
2 75 (4.34%) Microsoft Excel
3 17 (0.98%) Acrobat
3 17 (0.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 17 (0.98%) Simulink
4 9 (0.52%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 8 (0.46%) Adobe After Effects
5 8 (0.46%) Adobe Illustrator
5 8 (0.46%) InDesign
5 8 (0.46%) Microsoft Project
5 8 (0.46%) Photoshop
6 7 (0.40%) Adobe XD
6 7 (0.40%) Sketch
7 5 (0.29%) MS Visio
8 4 (0.23%) Chatbot
8 4 (0.23%) Mathcad
9 3 (0.17%) Revit
9 3 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
10 2 (0.12%) Maple
10 2 (0.12%) Trello
Business Applications
1 24 (1.39%) Cloudability
2 13 (0.75%) Workday HCM
3 12 (0.69%) SAP S/4HANA
4 7 (0.40%) NetSuite
4 7 (0.40%) Primavera
5 5 (0.29%) Dynamics CRM
5 5 (0.29%) SAP EHS
5 5 (0.29%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 5 (0.29%) Teamcenter
6 4 (0.23%) SAP HR
7 3 (0.17%) JDE EnterpriseOne
7 3 (0.17%) SAP SD
7 3 (0.17%) Shopify
8 2 (0.12%) Elite 3E
8 2 (0.12%) NEC Housing
8 2 (0.12%) SAP MM
8 2 (0.12%) SAP WM
9 1 (0.058%) Raiser’s Edge
9 1 (0.058%) Sage 200
9 1 (0.058%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 303 (17.51%) Azure
2 221 (12.77%) AWS
3 136 (7.86%) GCP
4 92 (5.32%) Power Platform
5 86 (4.97%) Azure DevOps
6 81 (4.68%) Microsoft 365
7 52 (3.01%) GitHub
8 47 (2.72%) Serverless
9 40 (2.31%) SaaS
10 36 (2.08%) dbt
11 32 (1.85%) PaaS
12 29 (1.68%) Figma
13 27 (1.56%) Entra ID
14 26 (1.50%) IaaS
15 24 (1.39%) Azure Monitor
16 22 (1.27%) Azure Key Vault
16 22 (1.27%) Microsoft Purview
17 21 (1.21%) GitHub Actions
18 20 (1.16%) Microsoft Copilot
19 15 (0.87%) Amazon ECR
Communications & Networking
1 42 (2.43%) Broadband
2 39 (2.25%) Firewall
3 27 (1.56%) Network Security
4 24 (1.39%) VPN
5 20 (1.16%) TCP/IP
6 19 (1.10%) DNS
7 18 (1.04%) Internet
7 18 (1.04%) LAN
8 16 (0.92%) DHCP
8 16 (0.92%) WAN
9 10 (0.58%) Wi-Fi
9 10 (0.58%) Wireless
10 9 (0.52%) SAN
10 9 (0.52%) VLAN
11 8 (0.46%) Ethernet
11 8 (0.46%) SSL
12 3 (0.17%) Cisco ISE
12 3 (0.17%) HTTP
12 3 (0.17%) Intranet
12 3 (0.17%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 76 (4.39%) Power BI
2 37 (2.14%) SQL Server
3 35 (2.02%) PostgreSQL
4 26 (1.50%) Tableau
5 23 (1.33%) Metadata
6 19 (1.10%) Relational Database
7 17 (0.98%) MongoDB
8 16 (0.92%) Azure SQL Database
8 16 (0.92%) MySQL
8 16 (0.92%) NoSQL
9 15 (0.87%) Elasticsearch
10 14 (0.81%) Data Warehouse
11 13 (0.75%) BigQuery
11 13 (0.75%) GIS
12 12 (0.69%) DynamoDB
13 11 (0.64%) Geospatial Data
13 11 (0.64%) Looker
14 10 (0.58%) Amazon Athena
14 10 (0.58%) Big Data
15 9 (0.52%) Redis
Development Applications
1 70 (4.05%) Git
2 68 (3.93%) Jenkins
3 61 (3.53%) JIRA
4 48 (2.77%) GitLab
5 25 (1.45%) SonarQube
6 22 (1.27%) Snyk
7 18 (1.04%) Rational DOORS
8 14 (0.81%) fastlane
8 14 (0.81%) LabVIEW
9 10 (0.58%) Postman
10 9 (0.52%) JMeter
11 8 (0.46%) Cucumber
11 8 (0.46%) Xcode
12 7 (0.40%) Gatling
12 7 (0.40%) Moq
12 7 (0.40%) MSI
13 6 (0.35%) Android Studio
13 6 (0.35%) Crashlytics
13 6 (0.35%) Cypress.io
13 6 (0.35%) Gradle
General
1 672 (38.84%) Social Skills
2 442 (25.55%) Finance
3 247 (14.28%) Analytical Skills
4 239 (13.82%) Public Sector
5 159 (9.19%) Marketing
6 137 (7.92%) Law
7 115 (6.65%) Aerospace
8 102 (5.90%) Legal
9 91 (5.26%) Organisational Skills
10 82 (4.74%) Retail
11 64 (3.70%) Manufacturing
12 63 (3.64%) Local Government
13 52 (3.01%) Electronics
14 45 (2.60%) Games
15 43 (2.49%) Influencing Skills
16 36 (2.08%) Banking
17 32 (1.85%) Telecoms
18 29 (1.68%) Presentation Skills
19 24 (1.39%) Military
20 18 (1.04%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 351 (20.29%) Senior
2 193 (11.16%) Analyst
3 191 (11.04%) Architect
4 169 (9.77%) Lead
5 89 (5.14%) Developer
6 78 (4.51%) Sales Executive
7 65 (3.76%) Senior Analyst
8 64 (3.70%) Consultant
9 59 (3.41%) Business Analyst
10 53 (3.06%) Solutions Architect
10 53 (3.06%) Systems Engineer
11 48 (2.77%) Software Engineer
12 45 (2.60%) IT Engineer
13 41 (2.37%) Technical Architect
14 39 (2.25%) Cloud Architect
15 38 (2.20%) Senior Architect
16 32 (1.85%) Account Executive
16 32 (1.85%) IT Support
17 31 (1.79%) Designer
18 28 (1.62%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (3.12%) .NET
2 52 (3.01%) REST
3 43 (2.49%) CSS
4 41 (2.37%) HTML
5 40 (2.31%) RESTful
6 30 (1.73%) Node.js
6 30 (1.73%) React
7 28 (1.62%) SOAP
8 26 (1.50%) Lightning Web Components
8 26 (1.50%) Visualforce
9 24 (1.39%) .NET Core
10 21 (1.21%) .NET Framework
11 20 (1.16%) EDI
11 20 (1.16%) Spring
11 20 (1.16%) XML
12 18 (1.04%) Android SDK
13 17 (0.98%) Entity Framework
13 17 (0.98%) Spring Boot
14 16 (0.92%) ASP.NET
15 14 (0.81%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 125 (7.23%) Driving Licence
1 125 (7.23%) Onboarding
2 109 (6.30%) Product Ownership
3 104 (6.01%) Self-Motivation
4 80 (4.62%) Cloud Native
5 70 (4.05%) Management Information System
6 61 (3.53%) Data Centre
7 50 (2.89%) Social Media
8 44 (2.54%) Cyberattack
9 37 (2.14%) Public Cloud
10 31 (1.79%) Mobile App
11 29 (1.68%) Algorithms
12 23 (1.33%) Data Structures
12 23 (1.33%) Security Posture
13 22 (1.27%) Legacy Systems
14 19 (1.10%) Credit Risk
15 18 (1.04%) Analytical Mindset
15 18 (1.04%) CSOC
15 18 (1.04%) FPGA
15 18 (1.04%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 107 (6.18%) Windows
2 57 (3.29%) Linux
3 31 (1.79%) Windows Server
4 24 (1.39%) Android
5 22 (1.27%) Windows 10
6 21 (1.21%) Apple iOS
7 20 (1.16%) Unix
8 12 (0.69%) VMS
9 11 (0.64%) Mac OS
10 4 (0.23%) Mac OS X
10 4 (0.23%) VxWorks
11 3 (0.17%) Solaris
12 2 (0.12%) Windows 7
13 1 (0.058%) AIX
13 1 (0.058%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 473 (27.34%) Agile
2 408 (23.58%) AI
3 359 (20.75%) Problem-Solving
4 267 (15.43%) Continuous Improvement
5 257 (14.86%) CI/CD
6 248 (14.34%) Decision-Making
7 245 (14.16%) Mentoring
8 230 (13.29%) DevOps
9 202 (11.68%) Cybersecurity
10 170 (9.83%) Stakeholder Management
11 161 (9.31%) Roadmaps
12 139 (8.03%) Analytics
13 138 (7.98%) Validation
14 129 (7.46%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
15 126 (7.28%) Scrum
15 126 (7.28%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 120 (6.94%) Customer Service
17 118 (6.82%) Coaching
18 110 (6.36%) Software Engineering
19 104 (6.01%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 171 (9.88%) Python
2 133 (7.69%) SQL
3 70 (4.05%) Java
4 58 (3.35%) C#
5 57 (3.29%) JavaScript
6 49 (2.83%) PowerShell
7 34 (1.97%) TypeScript
8 30 (1.73%) MATLAB
9 29 (1.68%) Bicep
10 27 (1.56%) Bash
11 26 (1.50%) Apex Code
12 25 (1.45%) SOQL
12 25 (1.45%) SOSL
13 19 (1.10%) C++
13 19 (1.10%) Kotlin
13 19 (1.10%) Kusto Query Language
14 15 (0.87%) Go
15 10 (0.58%) PHP
16 8 (0.46%) Ada
17 7 (0.40%) XAML
Qualifications
1 383 (22.14%) Degree
2 337 (19.48%) Security Cleared
3 311 (17.98%) SC Cleared
4 129 (7.46%) BPSS Clearance
5 100 (5.78%) DV Cleared
6 89 (5.14%) DBS Check
7 44 (2.54%) AWS Certification
8 39 (2.25%) HNC
9 38 (2.20%) Azure Certification
10 36 (2.08%) Master's Degree
11 33 (1.91%) Computer Science Degree
12 32 (1.85%) PhD
13 30 (1.73%) Chartered Engineer
14 27 (1.56%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 24 (1.39%) Microsoft Certification
16 14 (0.81%) CISSP
16 14 (0.81%) CompTIA Security+
17 13 (0.75%) Cisco Certification
18 12 (0.69%) ACCA
18 12 (0.69%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 199 (11.50%) Accessibility
2 72 (4.16%) Data Quality
3 63 (3.64%) SLA
4 61 (3.53%) QA
5 51 (2.95%) GDPR
6 44 (2.54%) WCAG
7 38 (2.20%) GRC
7 38 (2.20%) NIST
8 27 (1.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 25 (1.45%) NCSC
10 21 (1.21%) Cyber Essentials
11 14 (0.81%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 8 (0.46%) PCI DSS
13 7 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
14 6 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 5 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 20000
16 4 (0.23%) GAAP
16 4 (0.23%) IFRS
16 4 (0.23%) NIST 800
17 3 (0.17%) SOC 2
System Software
1 88 (5.09%) Docker
2 74 (4.28%) Active Directory
3 32 (1.85%) Firmware
4 24 (1.39%) Virtual Machines
4 24 (1.39%) VMware Infrastructure
5 12 (0.69%) Virtual Desktop
5 12 (0.69%) vSphere
6 8 (0.46%) Hyper-V
7 5 (0.29%) BitLocker
8 3 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.058%) IAG
9 1 (0.058%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 91 (5.26%) Terraform
2 67 (3.87%) Kubernetes
3 23 (1.33%) Microsoft Intune
4 21 (1.21%) Grafana
5 17 (0.98%) SCCM
6 12 (0.69%) Ansible
7 11 (0.64%) Prometheus
8 7 (0.40%) WSUS
9 6 (0.35%) Autotask
10 5 (0.29%) Single Sign-On
11 4 (0.23%) Argo
11 4 (0.23%) AWS Copilot
12 3 (0.17%) Check_MK
12 3 (0.17%) Kibana
13 2 (0.12%) Opsgenie
13 2 (0.12%) Progress Chef
13 2 (0.12%) Puppet
14 1 (0.058%) CASB
14 1 (0.058%) FortiGate
14 1 (0.058%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 303 (17.51%) Microsoft
2 87 (5.03%) Google
3 76 (4.39%) Adobe
4 50 (2.89%) Salesforce
5 47 (2.72%) Apple
6 45 (2.60%) SAP
6 45 (2.60%) Workday
7 38 (2.20%) ServiceNow
8 36 (2.08%) Cisco
9 30 (1.73%) VMware
10 29 (1.68%) Splunk
11 27 (1.56%) Palo Alto
12 26 (1.50%) CrowdStrike
13 23 (1.33%) Dynatrace
14 22 (1.27%) Tenable
15 19 (1.10%) Instagram
16 16 (0.92%) Oracle
17 13 (0.75%) OpenAI
18 12 (0.69%) Facebook
18 12 (0.69%) ScienceLogic