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

6 months to
3 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 83 15 26
Rank change year-on-year -68 +11 +46
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 1,381 3,050 5,302
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.98% 9.50% 6.92%
As % of the General category 4.44% 13.81% 12.63%
Number of salaries quoted 703 485 1,300
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,500 £25,000
25th Percentile £34,250 £36,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% -24.40%
75th Percentile £62,500 £62,500 £60,063
90th Percentile £76,201 £82,000 £71,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,500
% change year-on-year - +8.91% -22.31%

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 31,129 22,084 41,980
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 44.59% 68.75% 54.80%
Number of salaries quoted 19,131 10,293 26,928
10th Percentile £28,500 £25,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £80,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -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 3 July 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 3 July 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 -73 382 £52,445 +11.59% 167
Midlands -48 272 £44,543 -15.16% 108
South East -81 241 £52,500 +25.75% 199
North West -63 231 £46,000 -2.13% 102
South West -35 188 £57,546 +9.61% 90
West Midlands -30 168 £57,500 +1.77% 66
East of England -46 115 £40,000 -29.82% 39
East Midlands -44 103 £35,000 +16.67% 42
Scotland -39 92 £47,500 -5.00% 53
Wales +3 87 £54,000 -1.82% 25
Yorkshire -17 86 £52,445 -38.30% 42
North East -13 65 £56,250 +128.94% 23
Northern Ireland -41 14 £40,000 -47.43% 26
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 35 (2.53%) Microsoft Exchange
1 35 (2.53%) SharePoint
2 25 (1.81%) Confluence
3 12 (0.87%) Apache
4 10 (0.72%) Apache Airflow
5 7 (0.51%) Apache Spark
5 7 (0.51%) ArcGIS
5 7 (0.51%) Jupyter
6 5 (0.36%) CMS
7 2 (0.14%) Exchange Server 2013
7 2 (0.14%) IIS
7 2 (0.14%) Moodle
7 2 (0.14%) Totara
7 2 (0.14%) WordPress
8 1 (0.072%) OpenEdge
Applications
1 65 (4.71%) Microsoft Office
2 56 (4.06%) Microsoft Excel
3 37 (2.68%) Acrobat
4 13 (0.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (0.65%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 8 (0.58%) Adobe After Effects
6 8 (0.58%) Adobe Illustrator
6 8 (0.58%) InDesign
6 8 (0.58%) Photoshop
7 6 (0.43%) Microsoft Project
8 5 (0.36%) Adobe XD
8 5 (0.36%) Sketch
9 4 (0.29%) Trello
10 3 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
11 2 (0.14%) Camtasia
11 2 (0.14%) InVision
11 2 (0.14%) MS Visio
11 2 (0.14%) PlantUML
12 1 (0.072%) AutoCAD
12 1 (0.072%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 24 (1.74%) Cloudability
2 6 (0.43%) Workday HCM
3 5 (0.36%) SAP HR
4 4 (0.29%) NetSuite
5 3 (0.22%) Academy Housing
5 3 (0.22%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.22%) JDE EnterpriseOne
6 2 (0.14%) Elite 3E
6 2 (0.14%) NEC Housing
6 2 (0.14%) SAP EHS
6 2 (0.14%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 1 (0.072%) Exchequer
7 1 (0.072%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 1 (0.072%) Raiser’s Edge
7 1 (0.072%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.072%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 232 (16.80%) Azure
2 126 (9.12%) AWS
3 90 (6.52%) GCP
4 80 (5.79%) Microsoft 365
5 79 (5.72%) Power Platform
6 75 (5.43%) Azure DevOps
7 39 (2.82%) Serverless
8 34 (2.46%) GitHub
9 30 (2.17%) Entra ID
10 27 (1.96%) PaaS
11 25 (1.81%) SaaS
12 24 (1.74%) Figma
13 23 (1.67%) Microsoft Purview
14 20 (1.45%) IaaS
15 18 (1.30%) Azure Monitor
16 17 (1.23%) Azure Key Vault
17 14 (1.01%) Asana
17 14 (1.01%) Power Automate
18 13 (0.94%) Azure Sentinel
18 13 (0.94%) Firebase
Communications & Networking
1 60 (4.34%) Broadband
2 41 (2.97%) Firewall
3 29 (2.10%) VPN
4 20 (1.45%) DNS
4 20 (1.45%) Network Security
4 20 (1.45%) WAN
5 19 (1.38%) DHCP
5 19 (1.38%) LAN
6 18 (1.30%) Internet
6 18 (1.30%) TCP/IP
7 11 (0.80%) Wi-Fi
8 7 (0.51%) VLAN
8 7 (0.51%) Wireless
9 6 (0.43%) 4G
10 5 (0.36%) SAN
11 4 (0.29%) BGP
11 4 (0.29%) MPLS
11 4 (0.29%) SMTP
11 4 (0.29%) SSL
11 4 (0.29%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (5.00%) Power BI
2 25 (1.81%) PostgreSQL
3 21 (1.52%) Tableau
4 16 (1.16%) GIS
4 16 (1.16%) SQL Server
5 15 (1.09%) Azure SQL Database
5 15 (1.09%) Metadata
6 14 (1.01%) MySQL
7 13 (0.94%) Geospatial Data
7 13 (0.94%) Relational Database
8 12 (0.87%) MongoDB
9 10 (0.72%) BigQuery
10 9 (0.65%) Looker
11 8 (0.58%) Amazon RDS
11 8 (0.58%) Data Warehouse
11 8 (0.58%) NoSQL
12 7 (0.51%) Data Lake
12 7 (0.51%) DynamoDB
12 7 (0.51%) Elasticsearch
12 7 (0.51%) Redis
Development Applications
1 56 (4.06%) Jenkins
2 46 (3.33%) GitLab
3 43 (3.11%) JIRA
4 39 (2.82%) Git
5 34 (2.46%) SonarQube
6 22 (1.59%) Snyk
7 14 (1.01%) fastlane
8 10 (0.72%) Postman
9 8 (0.58%) Cucumber
9 8 (0.58%) LabVIEW
9 8 (0.58%) Xcode
10 7 (0.51%) Moq
11 6 (0.43%) Android Studio
11 6 (0.43%) Crashlytics
11 6 (0.43%) Gradle
11 6 (0.43%) JMeter
12 5 (0.36%) Zephyr
13 4 (0.29%) Gatling
13 4 (0.29%) Locust
13 4 (0.29%) MSI
General
1 487 (35.26%) Social Skills
2 286 (20.71%) Finance
3 184 (13.32%) Public Sector
4 169 (12.24%) Analytical Skills
5 128 (9.27%) Marketing
6 104 (7.53%) Law
7 99 (7.17%) Legal
8 93 (6.73%) Retail
9 75 (5.43%) Organisational Skills
10 55 (3.98%) Games
11 52 (3.77%) Local Government
12 32 (2.32%) Manufacturing
13 26 (1.88%) Influencing Skills
14 21 (1.52%) Aerospace
14 21 (1.52%) Banking
14 21 (1.52%) Electronics
15 17 (1.23%) Presentation Skills
16 14 (1.01%) Aviation
17 13 (0.94%) Automotive
17 13 (0.94%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 287 (20.78%) Senior
2 181 (13.11%) Analyst
3 127 (9.20%) Architect
4 73 (5.29%) Lead
5 65 (4.71%) Sales Executive
6 63 (4.56%) Developer
7 62 (4.49%) Senior Analyst
8 53 (3.84%) Business Analyst
9 51 (3.69%) IT Engineer
10 38 (2.75%) Solutions Architect
11 34 (2.46%) Project Manager
11 34 (2.46%) Senior Architect
12 33 (2.39%) Account Executive
12 33 (2.39%) Salesforce Architect
13 31 (2.24%) IT Support
14 30 (2.17%) IT Manager
15 28 (2.03%) Systems Engineer
16 27 (1.96%) Business Manager
16 27 (1.96%) Cloud Architect
17 26 (1.88%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (3.91%) REST
2 38 (2.75%) SOAP
3 36 (2.61%) Lightning Web Components
3 36 (2.61%) Visualforce
4 28 (2.03%) RESTful
5 25 (1.81%) CSS
5 25 (1.81%) HTML
6 24 (1.74%) .NET
7 22 (1.59%) EDI
8 19 (1.38%) Android SDK
9 16 (1.16%) Node.js
10 13 (0.94%) GraphQL
10 13 (0.94%) XML
11 12 (0.87%) React
12 11 (0.80%) .NET Framework
13 9 (0.65%) Web Services
14 8 (0.58%) Entity Framework
14 8 (0.58%) Spring
14 8 (0.58%) Spring Boot
15 7 (0.51%) iOS SDK
Miscellaneous
1 113 (8.18%) Onboarding
2 109 (7.89%) Product Ownership
3 99 (7.17%) Driving Licence
4 79 (5.72%) Self-Motivation
5 53 (3.84%) Management Information System
6 48 (3.48%) Cloud Native
6 48 (3.48%) Social Media
7 47 (3.40%) Cyberattack
8 42 (3.04%) Data Centre
9 38 (2.75%) Mobile App
10 22 (1.59%) Security Posture
11 18 (1.30%) Credit Risk
12 17 (1.23%) CSOC
12 17 (1.23%) Security Operations Centre
13 15 (1.09%) Legacy Systems
14 14 (1.01%) Enterprise Software
15 13 (0.94%) Public Cloud
16 12 (0.87%) Data Structures
16 12 (0.87%) Graphic Design
16 12 (0.87%) Podcast
Operating Systems
1 87 (6.30%) Windows
2 39 (2.82%) Linux
3 33 (2.39%) Windows Server
4 23 (1.67%) Android
5 17 (1.23%) Apple iOS
6 16 (1.16%) VMS
7 14 (1.01%) Windows 10
8 13 (0.94%) Unix
9 8 (0.58%) Mac OS
10 5 (0.36%) Windows Server 2016
11 4 (0.29%) Debian
11 4 (0.29%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 305 (22.09%) Agile
2 287 (20.78%) AI
3 238 (17.23%) Problem-Solving
4 208 (15.06%) Continuous Improvement
5 191 (13.83%) CI/CD
6 190 (13.76%) Decision-Making
7 178 (12.89%) DevOps
8 164 (11.88%) Mentoring
9 150 (10.86%) Cybersecurity
10 139 (10.07%) Roadmaps
11 130 (9.41%) Analytics
12 123 (8.91%) Customer Service
13 119 (8.62%) Stakeholder Management
14 109 (7.89%) Scrum
15 92 (6.66%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
16 87 (6.30%) Coaching
17 85 (6.15%) Technology Strategy
18 83 (6.01%) B2B
18 83 (6.01%) CRM
19 75 (5.43%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 116 (8.40%) SQL
2 114 (8.25%) Python
3 48 (3.48%) Java
4 45 (3.26%) PowerShell
5 36 (2.61%) Apex Code
6 34 (2.46%) SOQL
6 34 (2.46%) SOSL
7 28 (2.03%) JavaScript
8 26 (1.88%) C#
9 25 (1.81%) Bicep
10 22 (1.59%) Bash
11 20 (1.45%) TypeScript
12 19 (1.38%) Kotlin
12 19 (1.38%) Kusto Query Language
13 8 (0.58%) MATLAB
14 7 (0.51%) C++
14 7 (0.51%) Swift
14 7 (0.51%) XAML
15 6 (0.43%) PHP
16 3 (0.22%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 287 (20.78%) Degree
2 156 (11.30%) Security Cleared
3 138 (9.99%) SC Cleared
4 80 (5.79%) DBS Check
5 33 (2.39%) BPSS Clearance
5 33 (2.39%) Microsoft Certification
6 29 (2.10%) AWS Certification
7 28 (2.03%) Azure Certification
8 25 (1.81%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 20 (1.45%) Computer Science Degree
9 20 (1.45%) HNC
10 16 (1.16%) Master's Degree
11 15 (1.09%) CompTIA Security+
12 14 (1.01%) Chartered Engineer
13 13 (0.94%) CISSP
14 12 (0.87%) PhD
14 12 (0.87%) Postgraduate
15 11 (0.80%) DV Cleared
15 11 (0.80%) SANS
16 10 (0.72%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 81 (5.87%) Accessibility
2 62 (4.49%) Data Quality
3 54 (3.91%) SLA
4 51 (3.69%) GDPR
5 39 (2.82%) NIST
6 38 (2.75%) QA
7 36 (2.61%) GRC
8 35 (2.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 33 (2.39%) WCAG
10 24 (1.74%) Cyber Essentials
11 15 (1.09%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 12 (0.87%) PCI DSS
13 11 (0.80%) NCSC
14 10 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 5 (0.36%) SOC 2
16 4 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
16 4 (0.29%) COBIT
16 4 (0.29%) GAAP
16 4 (0.29%) IFRS
17 3 (0.22%) ARP4761
System Software
1 70 (5.07%) Active Directory
2 50 (3.62%) Docker
3 26 (1.88%) Virtual Machines
4 24 (1.74%) VMware Infrastructure
5 16 (1.16%) vSphere
6 12 (0.87%) Virtual Desktop
7 8 (0.58%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.072%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 61 (4.42%) Terraform
2 33 (2.39%) Kubernetes
3 23 (1.67%) Microsoft Intune
4 9 (0.65%) Autotask
5 8 (0.58%) Grafana
5 8 (0.58%) SCCM
6 5 (0.36%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (0.29%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 4 (0.29%) AWS Copilot
7 4 (0.29%) SolarWinds Orion
7 4 (0.29%) vCenter Server
7 4 (0.29%) WSUS
8 3 (0.22%) Check_MK
9 2 (0.14%) Ansible
9 2 (0.14%) CASB
9 2 (0.14%) Opsgenie
10 1 (0.072%) Argo
10 1 (0.072%) Functional Safety
10 1 (0.072%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.072%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 272 (19.70%) Microsoft
2 95 (6.88%) Adobe
3 72 (5.21%) Salesforce
4 60 (4.34%) Google
5 48 (3.48%) Cisco
6 39 (2.82%) Apple
7 36 (2.61%) ServiceNow
8 35 (2.53%) Splunk
9 31 (2.24%) Palo Alto
10 30 (2.17%) VMware
11 28 (2.03%) CrowdStrike
12 23 (1.67%) Tenable
13 18 (1.30%) SAP
14 16 (1.16%) Instagram
15 14 (1.01%) Dynatrace
16 13 (0.94%) Fortinet
17 12 (0.87%) ScienceLogic
18 11 (0.80%) Hootsuite
18 11 (0.80%) Pega
18 11 (0.80%) Wrike