Inclusion and Diversity Job Trends

Inclusion and Diversity
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Inclusion and Diversity in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Inclusion and Diversity over the 6 months leading up to 11 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 18 21
Rank change year-on-year -5 +3 +25
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 5,201 3,946 7,666
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 5.75% 8.99% 7.94%
As % of the General category 11.71% 12.42% 13.17%
Number of salaries quoted 1,025 790 2,347
10th Percentile £28,000 £30,613 £27,400
25th Percentile £37,000 £40,000 £35,673
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% -23.08%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £87,000 £86,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - +11.11% -22.41%

All General Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 44,420 31,776 58,224
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 49.13% 72.37% 60.28%
Number of salaries quoted 24,905 16,071 39,591
10th Percentile £29,250 £28,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%
75th Percentile £77,424 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £105,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -9.52%

Inclusion and Diversity
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Inclusion and Diversity relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Inclusion and Diversity job vacancy trend in the UK

Inclusion and Diversity
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Inclusion and Diversity.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Inclusion and Diversity

Inclusion and Diversity
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity over the 6 months to 11 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Inclusion and Diversity in the UK

Inclusion and Diversity
Top 18 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 11 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
England -3 4,811 £55,000 - 842
UK excluding London -4 3,918 £50,000 - 643
Midlands +16 1,468 £47,500 -5.00% 102
North of England -4 1,380 £50,000 +6.38% 165
West Midlands +29 1,301 £59,527 +8.23% 49
North West -2 1,154 £40,000 -13.98% 80
Work from Home -14 1,083 £57,508 +4.56% 447
London -11 1,034 £60,000 -4.00% 340
South East -14 504 £52,500 +5.92% 199
East of England +7 262 £40,000 -24.53% 39
Yorkshire +10 190 £50,000 -1.48% 63
East Midlands -24 179 £37,500 +15.38% 52
South West -32 146 £57,546 +10.14% 70
Scotland -25 88 £50,000 -9.09% 50
Wales -4 65 £53,000 +3.20% 24
North East -23 36 £58,750 -15.33% 23
Northern Ireland -34 16 £40,000 -51.69% 6
Channel Islands - 2 - -

Inclusion and Diversity
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 83 (1.60%) SharePoint
2 38 (0.73%) Microsoft Exchange
3 26 (0.50%) Apache Airflow
4 20 (0.38%) CMS
5 17 (0.33%) Confluence
6 11 (0.21%) ArcGIS
6 11 (0.21%) Jupyter
7 7 (0.13%) SAS
8 6 (0.12%) Apache
9 5 (0.096%) Umbraco
10 4 (0.077%) WordPress
11 3 (0.058%) Exchange Server 2013
12 2 (0.038%) Apache Spark
13 1 (0.019%) Drupal
13 1 (0.019%) IIS
13 1 (0.019%) Moodle
13 1 (0.019%) Oracle Workflow
13 1 (0.019%) Totara
13 1 (0.019%) WildFly
Applications
1 90 (1.73%) Microsoft Office
2 88 (1.69%) Microsoft Excel
3 37 (0.71%) Acrobat
4 32 (0.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 18 (0.35%) Adobe XD
6 3 (0.058%) Chatbot
6 3 (0.058%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.058%) SPSS
6 3 (0.058%) Trello
7 2 (0.038%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.019%) Camtasia
8 1 (0.019%) InDesign
8 1 (0.019%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.019%) Notion
8 1 (0.019%) Simulink
8 1 (0.019%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 24 (0.46%) Cloudability
2 15 (0.29%) Dynamics CRM
3 13 (0.25%) Unit4 Business World
4 8 (0.15%) Workday HCM
5 7 (0.13%) NetSuite
6 6 (0.12%) SAP HR
7 4 (0.077%) Academy Housing
8 3 (0.058%) Misys Midas
8 3 (0.058%) Raiser’s Edge
8 3 (0.058%) Salesforce CRM
8 3 (0.058%) Shopify
9 2 (0.038%) Carpe Diem
9 2 (0.038%) Distributed Ledger
9 2 (0.038%) Dynamics AX
9 2 (0.038%) Dynamics NAV
9 2 (0.038%) Elite 3E
9 2 (0.038%) Oracle Payables
10 1 (0.019%) Exchequer
10 1 (0.019%) JDE EnterpriseOne
10 1 (0.019%) Oracle General Ledger
Cloud Services
1 2,550 (49.03%) Cloud Computing
2 410 (7.88%) Azure
3 354 (6.81%) AWS
4 255 (4.90%) GCP
5 178 (3.42%) Microsoft 365
6 170 (3.27%) SaaS
7 151 (2.90%) Power Platform
8 75 (1.44%) Entra ID
9 51 (0.98%) Amazon EKS
10 48 (0.92%) Azure DevOps
11 36 (0.69%) Serverless
12 33 (0.63%) Figma
12 33 (0.63%) Google Analytics
12 33 (0.63%) Power Automate
13 30 (0.58%) Dynamics 365
13 30 (0.58%) Salesforce Service Cloud
14 29 (0.56%) Microsoft Purview
15 24 (0.46%) PowerApps
16 23 (0.44%) Pulumi
17 22 (0.42%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 2,556 (49.14%) Internet
2 96 (1.85%) Broadband
3 56 (1.08%) Firewall
4 41 (0.79%) Network Security
5 39 (0.75%) WAN
6 35 (0.67%) VPN
7 31 (0.60%) LAN
8 28 (0.54%) DNS
9 26 (0.50%) DHCP
10 25 (0.48%) Wi-Fi
11 24 (0.46%) TCP/IP
12 23 (0.44%) Cisco IOS
13 17 (0.33%) 4G
13 17 (0.33%) BGP
14 15 (0.29%) MPLS
15 13 (0.25%) VLAN
15 13 (0.25%) Wireless
16 11 (0.21%) Ethernet VPN
16 11 (0.21%) IOS XR
17 10 (0.19%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 122 (2.35%) Power BI
2 45 (0.87%) Data Lake
3 42 (0.81%) PostgreSQL
4 39 (0.75%) Tableau
5 38 (0.73%) BigQuery
6 34 (0.65%) Metadata
7 26 (0.50%) Data Warehouse
7 26 (0.50%) Relational Database
8 25 (0.48%) GIS
8 25 (0.48%) NoSQL
9 23 (0.44%) Big Data
9 23 (0.44%) SQL Server
10 19 (0.37%) Semantic Layer
11 18 (0.35%) Looker
11 18 (0.35%) RDBMS
12 13 (0.25%) Amazon RDS
12 13 (0.25%) MySQL
13 11 (0.21%) Geospatial Data
14 9 (0.17%) Elasticsearch
15 8 (0.15%) Redis
Development Applications
1 48 (0.92%) Git
1 48 (0.92%) Jenkins
2 46 (0.88%) JIRA
3 43 (0.83%) TeamCity
4 38 (0.73%) GitLab
5 34 (0.65%) SonarQube
6 21 (0.40%) Snyk
7 18 (0.35%) Axure RP
7 18 (0.35%) Balsamiq
7 18 (0.35%) Jaeger
8 13 (0.25%) JMeter
9 12 (0.23%) Gatling
10 11 (0.21%) Postman
11 9 (0.17%) Cucumber
12 8 (0.15%) LoadRunner
12 8 (0.15%) Selenium
13 7 (0.13%) fastlane
13 7 (0.13%) Moq
14 6 (0.12%) JUnit
15 5 (0.096%) Locust
General
1 3,326 (63.95%) Social Skills
2 2,779 (53.43%) Banking
3 889 (17.09%) Finance
4 391 (7.52%) Law
5 371 (7.13%) Analytical Skills
6 321 (6.17%) Retail
7 299 (5.75%) Public Sector
8 252 (4.85%) Marketing
9 148 (2.85%) Legal
10 126 (2.42%) Financial Institution
11 116 (2.23%) Back Office
12 94 (1.81%) Organisational Skills
13 80 (1.54%) Presentation Skills
14 68 (1.31%) Local Government
15 60 (1.15%) Influencing Skills
16 56 (1.08%) Games
17 37 (0.71%) Manufacturing
18 34 (0.65%) Telecoms
19 27 (0.52%) German Language
20 24 (0.46%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 1,861 (35.78%) Lecturer
2 458 (8.81%) Senior
3 295 (5.67%) Analyst
4 223 (4.29%) Systems Engineer
5 212 (4.08%) Architect
6 197 (3.79%) Facilities Engineer
7 168 (3.23%) Lead
8 97 (1.87%) Developer
9 90 (1.73%) Project Manager
10 86 (1.65%) Business Analyst
11 81 (1.56%) Consultant
12 79 (1.52%) Senior Analyst
13 70 (1.35%) IT Engineer
14 67 (1.29%) Software Engineer
15 61 (1.17%) Senior Manager
16 58 (1.12%) Project Engineer
16 58 (1.12%) Solutions Architect
17 54 (1.04%) Account Executive
18 50 (0.96%) Data Analyst
19 46 (0.88%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 71 (1.37%) REST
2 60 (1.15%) EDI
3 58 (1.12%) Lightning Web Components
4 47 (0.90%) SOAP
4 47 (0.90%) Visualforce
5 43 (0.83%) CSS
6 41 (0.79%) HTML
7 40 (0.77%) .NET
8 35 (0.67%) React
9 21 (0.40%) RESTful
10 19 (0.37%) Elastic Stack
11 18 (0.35%) OpenTelemetry
11 18 (0.35%) PyTorch
12 17 (0.33%) Middleware
13 16 (0.31%) Android SDK
14 15 (0.29%) Node.js
14 15 (0.29%) XML
15 13 (0.25%) GraphQL
16 12 (0.23%) SAML
17 11 (0.21%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2,547 (48.97%) IoT
2 187 (3.60%) Onboarding
3 164 (3.15%) Product Ownership
4 163 (3.13%) Cloud Native
5 117 (2.25%) Management Information System
5 117 (2.25%) Self-Motivation
6 103 (1.98%) Driving Licence
7 99 (1.90%) Blog
8 73 (1.40%) Social Media
9 63 (1.21%) Security Posture
10 56 (1.08%) Data Centre
11 54 (1.04%) Cyberattack
12 45 (0.87%) Distributed Systems
13 39 (0.75%) Mobile App
14 38 (0.73%) Enterprise Software
15 32 (0.62%) Public Cloud
16 31 (0.60%) Legacy Systems
17 30 (0.58%) Podcast
18 21 (0.40%) Algorithms
18 21 (0.40%) CSOC
Operating Systems
1 122 (2.35%) Windows
2 95 (1.83%) Linux
3 49 (0.94%) Android
4 43 (0.83%) Unix
5 42 (0.81%) Apple iOS
5 42 (0.81%) Windows Server
6 32 (0.62%) Windows 10
7 12 (0.23%) Mac OS
8 11 (0.21%) Mac OS X
9 5 (0.096%) VMS
9 5 (0.096%) Windows Server 2016
10 4 (0.077%) Debian
11 2 (0.038%) Windows Server 2012
12 1 (0.019%) tvOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3,014 (57.95%) AI
2 2,848 (54.76%) Cybersecurity
3 2,647 (50.89%) User Experience
4 2,635 (50.66%) Machine Learning
5 2,548 (48.99%) Web Development
6 556 (10.69%) Mentoring
7 539 (10.36%) Agile
8 431 (8.29%) Problem-Solving
9 356 (6.84%) Continuous Improvement
10 297 (5.71%) Roadmaps
11 280 (5.38%) CI/CD
12 262 (5.04%) Analytics
13 245 (4.71%) Decision-Making
14 238 (4.58%) DevOps
15 236 (4.54%) Coaching
16 202 (3.88%) Customer Service
16 202 (3.88%) Inventory Management
17 199 (3.83%) Preventative Maintenance
18 186 (3.58%) Software Engineering
19 182 (3.50%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 293 (5.63%) Python
2 205 (3.94%) SQL
3 158 (3.04%) Java
4 114 (2.19%) JavaScript
5 59 (1.13%) C#
6 58 (1.12%) Apex Code
7 50 (0.96%) PowerShell
8 38 (0.73%) C++
9 37 (0.71%) Go
10 34 (0.65%) SOQL
10 34 (0.65%) SOSL
11 31 (0.60%) Bash
12 27 (0.52%) TypeScript
13 18 (0.35%) R
14 16 (0.31%) Kotlin
15 14 (0.27%) C
16 10 (0.19%) Rust
17 9 (0.17%) Bicep
18 8 (0.15%) Data Analysis Expressions
18 8 (0.15%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 3,152 (60.60%) Degree
2 2,751 (52.89%) Postgraduate
3 2,595 (49.89%) Master's Degree
4 2,551 (49.05%) PhD
5 316 (6.08%) Security Cleared
6 271 (5.21%) SC Cleared
7 197 (3.79%) City & Guilds
7 197 (3.79%) NVQ Level 3
8 176 (3.38%) DBS Check
9 78 (1.50%) CISSP
10 76 (1.46%) AWS Certification
11 73 (1.40%) Microsoft Certification
12 61 (1.17%) Computer Science Degree
13 59 (1.13%) CISM
14 45 (0.87%) BPSS Clearance
15 36 (0.69%) Cisco Certification
16 35 (0.67%) Azure Certification
17 34 (0.65%) HND
18 27 (0.52%) DV Cleared
19 26 (0.50%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 197 (3.79%) COSHH
2 120 (2.31%) Accessibility
2 120 (2.31%) QA
3 105 (2.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 104 (2.00%) NIST
5 80 (1.54%) GDPR
6 77 (1.48%) Data Quality
7 65 (1.25%) GRC
8 51 (0.98%) SLA
9 43 (0.83%) PCI DSS
10 40 (0.77%) Cyber Essentials
11 35 (0.67%) WCAG
12 28 (0.54%) SOC 2
13 21 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 19 (0.37%) NIST 800
15 13 (0.25%) PMO
16 11 (0.21%) IFRS
17 10 (0.19%) COBIT
18 9 (0.17%) California Consumer Privacy Act
18 9 (0.17%) GAAP
System Software
1 112 (2.15%) Active Directory
2 72 (1.38%) Docker
3 25 (0.48%) Virtual Machines
4 17 (0.33%) VMware Infrastructure
5 13 (0.25%) IAG
6 9 (0.17%) Hyper-V
7 7 (0.13%) Firmware
7 7 (0.13%) vSphere
8 3 (0.058%) Virtual Desktop
8 3 (0.058%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.019%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.019%) Xen
Systems Management
1 140 (2.69%) Terraform
2 110 (2.11%) Kubernetes
3 58 (1.12%) Microsoft Intune
4 56 (1.08%) Grafana
5 29 (0.56%) Ansible
6 26 (0.50%) SCCM
7 19 (0.37%) Prometheus
8 18 (0.35%) Argo
8 18 (0.35%) Kustomize
9 17 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
10 11 (0.21%) WSUS
11 9 (0.17%) Puppet
12 8 (0.15%) Jamf Pro
13 6 (0.12%) Autotask
13 6 (0.12%) CASB
14 5 (0.096%) AWS Copilot
15 4 (0.077%) Active Directory Federation Services
15 4 (0.077%) Kibana
15 4 (0.077%) SolarWinds Orion
15 4 (0.077%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 490 (9.42%) Microsoft
2 181 (3.48%) Salesforce
3 125 (2.40%) Adobe
4 124 (2.38%) Google
5 107 (2.06%) Cisco
6 75 (1.44%) Apple
7 44 (0.85%) Palo Alto
7 44 (0.85%) ServiceNow
7 44 (0.85%) Splunk
8 41 (0.79%) CrowdStrike
9 33 (0.63%) NEC
10 29 (0.56%) Fortinet
11 24 (0.46%) VMware
12 23 (0.44%) Tenable
13 22 (0.42%) Databricks
13 22 (0.42%) SAP
14 21 (0.40%) Meraki
15 20 (0.38%) Facebook
16 17 (0.33%) Instagram
17 14 (0.27%) Workday