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 6 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 36 37 41
Rank change year-on-year +1 +4 +5
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 1,712 2,288 1,840
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 4.93% 4.79% 6.06%
As % of the General category 8.01% 8.75% 9.47%
Number of salaries quoted 501 500 732
10th Percentile £25,000 £31,250 £32,442
25th Percentile £27,750 £40,563 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £55,000 £53,118
Median % change year-on-year -23.64% +3.54% +1.18%
75th Percentile £60,000 £69,800 £69,800
90th Percentile £81,250 £79,225 £84,056
UK median annual salary £50,000 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% -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 21,380 26,157 19,439
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 61.56% 54.77% 63.97%
Number of salaries quoted 12,065 11,332 14,025
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £26,500
25th Percentile £31,000 £38,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £50,309 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.52% +0.62% -4.76%
75th Percentile £61,250 £66,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £51,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -14.17% - -

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 6 November 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 6 November 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 +16 607 £35,000 -40.48% 231
North West +16 529 £35,009 -40.46% 99
South East -21 307 £50,000 -23.08% 776
Scotland -3 262 £25,835 -53.03% 109
Midlands +15 260 £47,500 -9.52% 175
West Midlands +35 190 £55,000 -4.35% 104
South West -2 170 £29,250 -22.00% 111
East of England -52 77 £57,000 +26.67% 80
East Midlands +3 70 £34,000 -15.00% 61
Yorkshire -22 57 £42,208 -13.42% 80
North East -12 21 £25,835 -60.25% 52
Wales -12 18 £52,562 -18.01% 28
Northern Ireland -17 12 £76,024 +27.92% 24
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 26 (1.52%) Apache Spark
2 18 (1.05%) SharePoint
3 15 (0.88%) Apache
4 9 (0.53%) CMS
5 8 (0.47%) Camunda
5 8 (0.47%) Oracle Workflow
6 4 (0.23%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (0.23%) Cloud Foundry
6 4 (0.23%) Tomcat
7 2 (0.12%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.12%) HCL Notes
7 2 (0.12%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.058%) Drupal
8 1 (0.058%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.058%) WebLogic
8 1 (0.058%) WordPress
Applications
1 72 (4.21%) Microsoft Office
2 62 (3.62%) Microsoft Excel
3 16 (0.93%) AutoCAD
4 15 (0.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 8 (0.47%) Revit
6 7 (0.41%) Microsoft Project
7 6 (0.35%) Civil 3D
8 5 (0.29%) Adobe After Effects
8 5 (0.29%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 5 (0.29%) Adobe Premiere
8 5 (0.29%) Navisworks
8 5 (0.29%) Photoshop
9 4 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
10 3 (0.18%) MS Visio
10 3 (0.18%) Simulink
11 1 (0.058%) MicroStation
11 1 (0.058%) ProjectWise
11 1 (0.058%) SmartSuite
Business Applications
1 16 (0.93%) NetSuite
2 7 (0.41%) Oracle Payables
3 5 (0.29%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.23%) Salesforce CRM
5 3 (0.18%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 2 (0.12%) Dynamics NAV
6 2 (0.12%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 1 (0.058%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.058%) Infor M3
7 1 (0.058%) Oracle BPM
7 1 (0.058%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.058%) Primavera
7 1 (0.058%) Sage X3
7 1 (0.058%) TRIRIGA
Cloud Services
1 234 (13.67%) AWS
2 190 (11.10%) Azure
3 86 (5.02%) GCP
4 69 (4.03%) Microsoft 365
5 50 (2.92%) Power Platform
6 27 (1.58%) SaaS
7 20 (1.17%) Entra ID
8 18 (1.05%) Amazon S3
9 17 (0.99%) AWS Lambda
9 17 (0.99%) Serverless
10 13 (0.76%) Amazon EKS
11 12 (0.70%) Amazon ECS
12 10 (0.58%) Azure DevOps
13 9 (0.53%) Dynamics 365
13 9 (0.53%) GitHub
13 9 (0.53%) npm
14 8 (0.47%) Cloud Computing
15 7 (0.41%) Google Analytics
15 7 (0.41%) PaaS
15 7 (0.41%) Yarn
Communications & Networking
1 277 (16.18%) VPN
2 260 (15.19%) Cisco IOS
3 27 (1.58%) LAN
4 25 (1.46%) WAN
5 24 (1.40%) Internet
6 22 (1.29%) Firewall
7 16 (0.93%) Broadband
7 16 (0.93%) Network Security
8 13 (0.76%) Wi-Fi
9 9 (0.53%) DNS
10 7 (0.41%) DHCP
11 6 (0.35%) TCP/IP
12 5 (0.29%) Modbus
12 5 (0.29%) MPLS
13 4 (0.23%) ADSL
13 4 (0.23%) Cisco Firepower
13 4 (0.23%) Cisco Nexus
13 4 (0.23%) LoRaWAN
14 3 (0.18%) HTTP
14 3 (0.18%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (2.80%) SQL Server
2 44 (2.57%) Power BI
3 29 (1.69%) NoSQL
4 28 (1.64%) Big Data
5 25 (1.46%) Relational Database
6 17 (0.99%) Amazon Athena
6 17 (0.99%) PostgreSQL
7 16 (0.93%) Apache Cassandra
7 16 (0.93%) Tableau
8 12 (0.70%) Elasticsearch
8 12 (0.70%) KDB
8 12 (0.70%) Kdb+
8 12 (0.70%) Power Query
9 11 (0.64%) MySQL
9 11 (0.64%) Oracle Database
10 10 (0.58%) Amazon Redshift
11 9 (0.53%) Apache Hive
11 9 (0.53%) Apache Iceberg
11 9 (0.53%) RDBMS
12 8 (0.47%) GIS
Development Applications
1 66 (3.86%) JIRA
2 54 (3.15%) Maven
3 52 (3.04%) GitLab
4 51 (2.98%) SonarQube
5 48 (2.80%) Selenium
6 44 (2.57%) Jenkins
7 40 (2.34%) Sonatype Nexus
8 36 (2.10%) Bitbucket
8 36 (2.10%) Cucumber
9 26 (1.52%) Git
10 20 (1.17%) JUnit
11 14 (0.82%) Cypress.io
12 10 (0.58%) webpack
13 7 (0.41%) Vite
14 6 (0.35%) Gradle
15 4 (0.23%) Locust
15 4 (0.23%) Subversion
15 4 (0.23%) WebDriver
16 3 (0.18%) ERwin
16 3 (0.18%) Mockito
General
1 500 (29.21%) Finance
2 434 (25.35%) Social Skills
3 408 (23.83%) Analytical Skills
4 297 (17.35%) Law
5 208 (12.15%) Marketing
6 177 (10.34%) Retail
7 169 (9.87%) Banking
8 138 (8.06%) Public Sector
9 67 (3.91%) Organisational Skills
10 65 (3.80%) Legal
11 56 (3.27%) Investment Banking
12 50 (2.92%) Manufacturing
13 48 (2.80%) Electronics
14 37 (2.16%) Telecoms
15 36 (2.10%) Corporate Banking
16 28 (1.64%) Influencing Skills
17 25 (1.46%) Pharmaceutical
18 21 (1.23%) Presentation Skills
19 20 (1.17%) Games
20 17 (0.99%) French Language
Job Titles
1 317 (18.52%) Software Engineer
2 282 (16.47%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 241 (14.08%) Senior
4 165 (9.64%) Lead
5 113 (6.60%) Java Engineer
6 112 (6.54%) Java Software Engineer
7 80 (4.67%) Analyst
7 80 (4.67%) Senior Software Engineer
8 71 (4.15%) Senior Manager
9 63 (3.68%) Microsoft Specialist
10 62 (3.62%) Architect
11 60 (3.50%) Lead Software Engineer
12 55 (3.21%) Project Engineer
13 51 (2.98%) Sales Manager
14 48 (2.80%) Python Engineer
15 47 (2.75%) Full-Stack Engineer
15 47 (2.75%) Python Software Engineer
16 46 (2.69%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
17 44 (2.57%) Support Engineer
18 42 (2.45%) Design Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 262 (15.30%) Elastic Stack
2 145 (8.47%) Spring
3 119 (6.95%) React
4 109 (6.37%) Kafka
5 99 (5.78%) Spring Boot
6 91 (5.32%) REST
7 78 (4.56%) Node.js
8 73 (4.26%) .NET
9 67 (3.91%) HTML
10 63 (3.68%) RESTful
11 62 (3.62%) CSS
12 45 (2.63%) JPA
13 43 (2.51%) Jest
14 39 (2.28%) HTML5
15 38 (2.22%) Sass
16 36 (2.10%) CSS3
16 36 (2.10%) Redux
17 35 (2.04%) AngularJS
18 26 (1.52%) EDI
19 21 (1.23%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 322 (18.81%) Cyberattack
2 93 (5.43%) Self-Motivation
3 90 (5.26%) Algorithms
4 72 (4.21%) Cloud Native
5 69 (4.03%) Onboarding
6 62 (3.62%) Product Ownership
7 61 (3.56%) Linux Command Line
8 48 (2.80%) Driving Licence
8 48 (2.80%) Enterprise Software
9 35 (2.04%) Management Information System
10 32 (1.87%) Data Centre
11 30 (1.75%) Blog
11 30 (1.75%) Hybrid Cloud
12 28 (1.64%) Public Cloud
12 28 (1.64%) Social Media
13 26 (1.52%) e-Learning
14 18 (1.05%) Microsoft Licensing
15 15 (0.88%) Podcast
15 15 (0.88%) Reference Data
16 14 (0.82%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 337 (19.68%) Linux
2 307 (17.93%) Windows
3 268 (15.65%) Android
4 12 (0.70%) Apple iOS
5 11 (0.64%) Windows 10
6 8 (0.47%) Unix
7 6 (0.35%) Windows Server
8 4 (0.23%) Mac OS
8 4 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 4 (0.23%) Ubuntu
9 3 (0.18%) Embedded Linux
10 1 (0.058%) Debian
10 1 (0.058%) OpenWrt
10 1 (0.058%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.058%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 478 (27.92%) Problem-Solving
2 454 (26.52%) Agile
3 395 (23.07%) AI
4 375 (21.90%) DevOps
5 340 (19.86%) Risk Management
6 335 (19.57%) Software Engineering
7 289 (16.88%) Mathematics
8 286 (16.71%) Line Management
9 284 (16.59%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 265 (15.48%) Task Automation
11 264 (15.42%) Storage Management
12 262 (15.30%) Platform Engineering
13 234 (13.67%) CI/CD
13 234 (13.67%) SDLC
14 233 (13.61%) Continuous Improvement
15 220 (12.85%) Mentoring
16 202 (11.80%) Machine Learning
17 181 (10.57%) Decision-Making
18 180 (10.51%) Operational Stability
19 159 (9.29%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 435 (25.41%) Python
2 276 (16.12%) Java
3 273 (15.95%) PowerShell
4 262 (15.30%) Bash
5 155 (9.05%) JavaScript
6 149 (8.70%) SQL
7 69 (4.03%) Go
8 66 (3.86%) C++
9 62 (3.62%) Rust
9 62 (3.62%) TypeScript
10 20 (1.17%) C#
11 17 (0.99%) Apex Code
12 15 (0.88%) SOQL
12 15 (0.88%) SOSL
13 12 (0.70%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 8 (0.47%) PL/SQL
15 6 (0.35%) R
16 5 (0.29%) C
16 5 (0.29%) PHP
17 4 (0.23%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 354 (20.68%) Degree
2 114 (6.66%) Security Cleared
3 71 (4.15%) AWS Certification
4 65 (3.80%) DV Cleared
5 63 (3.68%) AWS Certified Developer
6 62 (3.62%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 49 (2.86%) HND
8 41 (2.39%) SC Cleared
9 27 (1.58%) DBS Check
10 19 (1.11%) Microsoft Certification
11 17 (0.99%) Computer Science Degree
11 17 (0.99%) HNC
12 15 (0.88%) MCSE
13 14 (0.82%) PMP
14 12 (0.70%) Chartered Engineer
15 11 (0.64%) Azure Certification
16 8 (0.47%) BPSS Clearance
17 7 (0.41%) Cisco Certification
17 7 (0.41%) CITP
17 7 (0.41%) City & Guilds
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 80 (4.67%) QA
2 57 (3.33%) Accessibility
3 29 (1.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 29 (1.69%) SLA
4 28 (1.64%) NIST
5 18 (1.05%) PMO
6 16 (0.93%) Data Quality
6 16 (0.93%) GDPR
7 15 (0.88%) NCSC
8 14 (0.82%) Cyber Essentials
9 9 (0.53%) COBIT
10 5 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 4 (0.23%) EU AI Act
11 4 (0.23%) ISO 19650
11 4 (0.23%) PCI DSS
12 2 (0.12%) GRC
12 2 (0.12%) P3O
12 2 (0.12%) SOC 2
13 1 (0.058%) Actionable Recommendations
13 1 (0.058%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 327 (19.10%) Docker
2 262 (15.30%) Hyper-V
3 261 (15.25%) vSphere
4 260 (15.19%) VMware NSX
5 39 (2.28%) Active Directory
6 16 (0.93%) VMware Infrastructure
7 5 (0.29%) HDFS
8 3 (0.18%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (0.12%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 2 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
9 2 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.058%) iptables
Systems Management
1 304 (17.76%) Terraform
2 278 (16.24%) Ansible
3 109 (6.37%) Kubernetes
4 17 (0.99%) Grafana
4 17 (0.99%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (0.41%) Prometheus
6 5 (0.29%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 4 (0.23%) Argo
7 4 (0.23%) CASB
7 4 (0.23%) ITRS Geneos
7 4 (0.23%) Netcool
7 4 (0.23%) Netcool/OMNIbus
7 4 (0.23%) SCCM
7 4 (0.23%) Tivoli
8 2 (0.12%) AirWatch
8 2 (0.12%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.058%) Kustomize
9 1 (0.058%) Nagios
9 1 (0.058%) Nessus
9 1 (0.058%) Puppet
Vendors
1 334 (19.51%) Cisco
2 300 (17.52%) Splunk
3 275 (16.06%) Juniper
4 260 (15.19%) 3PAR
4 260 (15.19%) Microsoft
5 67 (3.91%) Oracle
6 39 (2.28%) EMC
7 36 (2.10%) Solace
8 34 (1.99%) Salesforce
9 30 (1.75%) Apple
9 30 (1.75%) Palo Alto
10 29 (1.69%) Adobe
11 28 (1.64%) NEC
12 26 (1.52%) Google
12 26 (1.52%) IBM
12 26 (1.52%) ServiceNow
13 24 (1.40%) Databricks
13 24 (1.40%) Red Hat
14 19 (1.11%) Dell
15 18 (1.05%) VMware