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 19 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 34 41
Rank change year-on-year +7 +7 +6
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 2,179 2,512 1,869
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 6.39% 5.12% 5.79%
As % of the General category 9.80% 9.42% 9.12%
Number of salaries quoted 471 497 754
10th Percentile £25,500 £30,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £29,125 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,543 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.01% - +7.93%
75th Percentile £60,000 £69,800 £69,800
90th Percentile £81,250 £79,225 £84,056
UK median annual salary £51,625 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -17.40% -3.85% +8.33%

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 common skills in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 22,246 26,665 20,497
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 65.27% 54.36% 63.51%
Number of salaries quoted 11,288 11,748 14,706
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £26,500
25th Percentile £31,000 £38,000 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% - -3.85%
75th Percentile £61,250 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £80,627
UK median annual salary £52,500 £59,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.02% -1.67% -

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 19 October 2025.

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 19 October 2025. 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 +29 859 £45,974 -18.92% 189
North West +24 790 £45,974 -21.81% 95
South East -16 378 £55,000 -7.17% 495
Midlands +23 336 £47,500 -17.03% 128
Scotland -6 313 £30,000 -45.45% 91
West Midlands +35 204 £52,500 -8.70% 79
South West -19 163 £30,250 -19.33% 82
East Midlands +4 132 £28,500 -28.75% 47
East of England -54 103 £57,000 +26.67% 61
Yorkshire -35 46 £80,000 +64.10% 56
North East -4 23 £24,570 -62.20% 38
Wales -4 17 £52,562 -18.01% 14
Northern Ireland -11 12 £76,024 +27.92% 14
Isle of Man - 2 £32,000 -
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
1 157 (7.21%) Confluence
2 26 (1.19%) Apache Spark
3 21 (0.96%) SharePoint
4 15 (0.69%) Apache
5 9 (0.41%) CMS
6 8 (0.37%) Camunda
6 8 (0.37%) Oracle Workflow
7 7 (0.32%) Microsoft Exchange
8 4 (0.18%) Apache Airflow
8 4 (0.18%) Cloud Foundry
8 4 (0.18%) Tomcat
9 2 (0.092%) HCL Notes
10 1 (0.046%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.046%) Drupal
10 1 (0.046%) Exchange Server 2013
10 1 (0.046%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.046%) WebLogic
10 1 (0.046%) WordPress
Applications
1 71 (3.26%) Microsoft Office
2 59 (2.71%) Microsoft Excel
3 15 (0.69%) AutoCAD
4 11 (0.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 8 (0.37%) Revit
6 7 (0.32%) Microsoft Project
7 6 (0.28%) Adobe After Effects
7 6 (0.28%) Adobe Premiere
7 6 (0.28%) Civil 3D
8 5 (0.23%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 5 (0.23%) Navisworks
8 5 (0.23%) Photoshop
9 4 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
10 3 (0.14%) Simulink
11 2 (0.092%) MS Visio
12 1 (0.046%) MicroStation
12 1 (0.046%) ProjectWise
Business Applications
1 13 (0.60%) NetSuite
2 7 (0.32%) Oracle Payables
3 5 (0.23%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.18%) Salesforce CRM
5 3 (0.14%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 2 (0.092%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 1 (0.046%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.046%) Oracle BPM
7 1 (0.046%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.046%) Primavera
7 1 (0.046%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.046%) TRIRIGA
Cloud Services
1 557 (25.56%) AWS
2 533 (24.46%) Azure
3 355 (16.29%) GCP
4 71 (3.26%) Microsoft 365
5 52 (2.39%) Power Platform
6 28 (1.28%) Azure DevOps
7 18 (0.83%) Amazon S3
7 18 (0.83%) SaaS
8 17 (0.78%) Entra ID
9 15 (0.69%) AWS Lambda
9 15 (0.69%) Serverless
10 12 (0.55%) Amazon ECS
11 11 (0.50%) Amazon EKS
12 9 (0.41%) GitHub
12 9 (0.41%) npm
13 7 (0.32%) Cloud Computing
13 7 (0.32%) Dynamics 365
13 7 (0.32%) PaaS
13 7 (0.32%) Power Automate
13 7 (0.32%) Yarn
Communications & Networking
1 277 (12.71%) VPN
2 260 (11.93%) Cisco IOS
3 34 (1.56%) WAN
4 33 (1.51%) LAN
5 27 (1.24%) Firewall
6 23 (1.06%) Internet
7 20 (0.92%) Network Security
8 16 (0.73%) Broadband
9 14 (0.64%) DNS
9 14 (0.64%) Wi-Fi
10 13 (0.60%) DHCP
11 7 (0.32%) SAN
11 7 (0.32%) TCP/IP
12 6 (0.28%) MPLS
13 5 (0.23%) ADSL
13 5 (0.23%) Cisco Firepower
13 5 (0.23%) Cisco Nexus
13 5 (0.23%) LoRaWAN
13 5 (0.23%) Modbus
13 5 (0.23%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 258 (11.84%) SQL Server
2 46 (2.11%) Power BI
3 29 (1.33%) NoSQL
4 28 (1.28%) Big Data
5 26 (1.19%) Relational Database
6 18 (0.83%) Tableau
7 17 (0.78%) Amazon Athena
7 17 (0.78%) PostgreSQL
8 16 (0.73%) Apache Cassandra
9 12 (0.55%) Elasticsearch
9 12 (0.55%) KDB
9 12 (0.55%) Kdb+
9 12 (0.55%) Power Query
10 11 (0.50%) Amazon Redshift
10 11 (0.50%) MySQL
10 11 (0.50%) Oracle Database
11 9 (0.41%) Apache Hive
11 9 (0.41%) Apache Iceberg
11 9 (0.41%) RDBMS
12 8 (0.37%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 278 (12.76%) JIRA
2 264 (12.12%) Maven
3 262 (12.02%) GitLab
4 261 (11.98%) SonarQube
5 258 (11.84%) Selenium
6 251 (11.52%) Sonatype Nexus
7 246 (11.29%) Bitbucket
7 246 (11.29%) Cucumber
8 44 (2.02%) Jenkins
9 24 (1.10%) Git
10 20 (0.92%) JUnit
11 14 (0.64%) Cypress.io
12 10 (0.46%) webpack
13 7 (0.32%) Vite
14 6 (0.28%) Gradle
15 4 (0.18%) Locust
15 4 (0.18%) Subversion
15 4 (0.18%) WebDriver
16 3 (0.14%) ERwin
16 3 (0.14%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 675 (30.98%) Finance
2 426 (19.55%) Law
3 425 (19.50%) Social Skills
4 403 (18.49%) Analytical Skills
5 376 (17.26%) Banking
6 231 (10.60%) Retail
7 202 (9.27%) Marketing
8 198 (9.09%) Legal
9 161 (7.39%) Public Sector
10 109 (5.00%) Investment Banking
11 90 (4.13%) Corporate Banking
12 60 (2.75%) Organisational Skills
13 49 (2.25%) Electronics
14 44 (2.02%) Manufacturing
15 32 (1.47%) Telecoms
16 27 (1.24%) Influencing Skills
17 23 (1.06%) Presentation Skills
18 22 (1.01%) Games
18 22 (1.01%) Pharmaceutical
19 17 (0.78%) French Language
Job Titles
1 638 (29.28%) Software Engineer
2 346 (15.88%) Senior
3 286 (13.13%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 191 (8.77%) Senior Software Engineer
5 167 (7.66%) Lead
6 112 (5.14%) Java Engineer
6 112 (5.14%) Java Software Engineer
7 82 (3.76%) Analyst
8 63 (2.89%) Microsoft Specialist
8 63 (2.89%) Senior Manager
9 60 (2.75%) Lead Software Engineer
10 59 (2.71%) Architect
11 54 (2.48%) Support Engineer
12 48 (2.20%) Python Engineer
13 47 (2.16%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 47 (2.16%) Python Software Engineer
14 46 (2.11%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
14 46 (2.11%) Project Engineer
15 45 (2.07%) Developer
15 45 (2.07%) Sales Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 354 (16.25%) Spring
2 326 (14.96%) React
3 319 (14.64%) Kafka
4 309 (14.18%) Spring Boot
5 274 (12.57%) HTML
6 269 (12.35%) CSS
7 262 (12.02%) Elastic Stack
8 255 (11.70%) JPA
9 246 (11.29%) Redux
10 183 (8.40%) Node.js
11 181 (8.31%) .NET
12 168 (7.71%) Hibernate
13 143 (6.56%) REST
14 117 (5.37%) RESTful
15 97 (4.45%) Jest
16 93 (4.27%) HTML5
17 92 (4.22%) Sass
18 90 (4.13%) CSS3
19 35 (1.61%) AngularJS
20 25 (1.15%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 571 (26.20%) Cyberattack
2 273 (12.53%) Product Ownership
3 257 (11.79%) Enterprise Software
4 201 (9.22%) Self-Motivation
5 172 (7.89%) Linux Command Line
6 91 (4.18%) Algorithms
7 76 (3.49%) Hybrid Cloud
8 72 (3.30%) Cloud Native
9 68 (3.12%) e-Learning
10 58 (2.66%) Onboarding
11 40 (1.84%) Driving Licence
12 32 (1.47%) Data Centre
12 32 (1.47%) Management Information System
12 32 (1.47%) Social Media
13 29 (1.33%) Public Cloud
14 18 (0.83%) Microsoft Licensing
15 15 (0.69%) Reference Data
15 15 (0.69%) Renewable Energy
16 14 (0.64%) FMCG
16 14 (0.64%) Podcast
Operating Systems
1 450 (20.65%) Linux
2 317 (14.55%) Windows
3 269 (12.35%) Android
4 13 (0.60%) Windows Server
5 12 (0.55%) Apple iOS
5 12 (0.55%) Windows 10
6 7 (0.32%) Unix
7 4 (0.18%) Mac OS
7 4 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (0.18%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.14%) Embedded Linux
9 1 (0.046%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.046%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 784 (35.98%) Agile
2 651 (29.88%) Software Engineering
3 597 (27.40%) DevOps
4 463 (21.25%) Problem-Solving
5 443 (20.33%) SDLC
6 442 (20.28%) Microservices
7 441 (20.24%) CI/CD
8 426 (19.55%) Line Management
9 422 (19.37%) Mentoring
10 407 (18.68%) AI
10 407 (18.68%) Continuous Improvement
11 340 (15.60%) Risk Management
12 312 (14.32%) Test Automation
13 309 (14.18%) Machine Learning
14 302 (13.86%) Full-Stack Development
15 295 (13.54%) Containerisation
16 289 (13.26%) Mathematics
17 288 (13.22%) Infrastructure Engineering
18 286 (13.13%) User Experience
19 271 (12.44%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 596 (27.35%) Java
2 550 (25.24%) Python
3 475 (21.80%) JavaScript
4 358 (16.43%) SQL
5 280 (12.85%) PowerShell
6 262 (12.02%) Bash
7 180 (8.26%) Go
8 179 (8.21%) C++
9 173 (7.94%) Rust
10 116 (5.32%) TypeScript
11 20 (0.92%) C#
12 15 (0.69%) Apex Code
12 15 (0.69%) SOQL
12 15 (0.69%) SOSL
13 12 (0.55%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 8 (0.37%) PL/SQL
15 7 (0.32%) C
16 6 (0.28%) R
17 4 (0.18%) Scala
17 4 (0.18%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 313 (14.36%) Degree
2 233 (10.69%) Security Cleared
3 183 (8.40%) DV Cleared
4 181 (8.31%) AWS Certification
5 174 (7.99%) AWS Certified Developer
6 173 (7.94%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 50 (2.29%) HND
8 39 (1.79%) SC Cleared
9 30 (1.38%) DBS Check
10 20 (0.92%) Microsoft Certification
11 18 (0.83%) HNC
12 17 (0.78%) Computer Science Degree
13 15 (0.69%) MCSE
14 13 (0.60%) Chartered Engineer
15 11 (0.50%) Azure Certification
16 10 (0.46%) Cisco Certification
17 8 (0.37%) BPSS Clearance
17 8 (0.37%) CCNA
17 8 (0.37%) CITP
17 8 (0.37%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 291 (13.35%) QA
2 153 (7.02%) NCSC
3 111 (5.09%) Accessibility
4 27 (1.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 26 (1.19%) SLA
6 25 (1.15%) NIST
7 17 (0.78%) Data Quality
8 15 (0.69%) GDPR
9 14 (0.64%) PMO
10 11 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials
11 7 (0.32%) COBIT
12 5 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 4 (0.18%) ISO 19650
13 4 (0.18%) PCI DSS
14 2 (0.092%) EU AI Act
14 2 (0.092%) GRC
14 2 (0.092%) P3O
14 2 (0.092%) SOC 2
15 1 (0.046%) IASME
15 1 (0.046%) IFRS
System Software
1 545 (25.01%) Docker
2 268 (12.30%) Hyper-V
3 267 (12.25%) vSphere
4 260 (11.93%) VMware NSX
5 48 (2.20%) Active Directory
6 23 (1.06%) VMware Infrastructure
7 8 (0.37%) VMware ESXi
8 5 (0.23%) HDFS
9 3 (0.14%) BitLocker
9 3 (0.14%) Microsoft App-V
9 3 (0.14%) Terminal Services
9 3 (0.14%) Virtual Servers
10 2 (0.092%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 2 (0.092%) Virtual Machines
11 1 (0.046%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 327 (15.01%) Kubernetes
2 306 (14.04%) Terraform
3 288 (13.22%) Ansible
4 17 (0.78%) Grafana
4 17 (0.78%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (0.32%) Prometheus
5 7 (0.32%) Puppet
5 7 (0.32%) vCenter Server
6 6 (0.28%) CASB
6 6 (0.28%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 6 (0.28%) vMotion
7 4 (0.18%) ITRS Geneos
7 4 (0.18%) Nagios
7 4 (0.18%) Netcool
7 4 (0.18%) Netcool/OMNIbus
7 4 (0.18%) SCCM
7 4 (0.18%) Tivoli
8 3 (0.14%) PowerCLI
8 3 (0.14%) vRealize
9 2 (0.092%) Argo
Vendors
1 346 (15.88%) Cisco
2 302 (13.86%) Splunk
3 276 (12.67%) Juniper
4 269 (12.35%) Microsoft
5 260 (11.93%) 3PAR
6 246 (11.29%) Solace
7 91 (4.18%) Oracle
8 68 (3.12%) IBM
9 66 (3.03%) Red Hat
10 40 (1.84%) EMC
11 35 (1.61%) Palo Alto
12 32 (1.47%) Salesforce
13 30 (1.38%) Adobe
14 29 (1.33%) Apple
15 27 (1.24%) Google
16 26 (1.19%) ServiceNow
17 24 (1.10%) VMware
18 23 (1.06%) Databricks
18 23 (1.06%) Dell
19 20 (0.92%) NEC