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

6 months to
1 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 16 33 43
Rank change year-on-year +17 +10 +13
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 2,810 2,750 1,837
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 8.14% 5.20% 5.53%
As % of the General category 12.38% 9.63% 8.67%
Number of salaries quoted 484 563 800
10th Percentile £25,600 £28,796 £32,500
25th Percentile £30,500 £37,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,309 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.55% -8.53% +8.38%
75th Percentile £60,000 £67,075 £70,000
90th Percentile £81,943 £79,225 £84,056
UK median annual salary £54,000 £58,800 £65,000
% change year-on-year -8.16% -9.54% +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 22,705 28,561 21,176
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 65.79% 53.97% 63.74%
Number of salaries quoted 10,937 12,945 15,064
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,000 £26,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,750 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,000 £50,000 £50,985
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% -1.93% -1.00%
75th Percentile £61,250 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% -4.17% -

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 1 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 1 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 +36 1,348 £44,500 -17.21% 173
North West +25 1,265 £39,245 -25.25% 101
South East +1 452 £55,000 +6.80% 264
Midlands +30 380 £47,500 -5.58% 129
Scotland -11 316 £31,000 -38.38% 135
West Midlands +36 215 £55,000 -3.51% 83
East Midlands +10 165 £32,500 -7.74% 46
South West -10 163 £34,000 -9.33% 73
East of England -25 130 £55,250 +22.78% 45
Yorkshire -23 58 £85,000 +78.95% 49
North East +7 25 £24,570 -58.21% 25
Wales -1 19 £57,429 -10.42% 27
Northern Ireland 0 11 £77,217 +31.32% 12
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
1 159 (5.66%) Confluence
2 28 (1.00%) Apache Spark
3 27 (0.96%) SharePoint
4 18 (0.64%) Skype for Business
5 16 (0.57%) Apache
5 16 (0.57%) Microsoft Exchange
6 9 (0.32%) CMS
7 8 (0.28%) Camunda
7 8 (0.28%) Oracle Workflow
8 4 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
8 4 (0.14%) Cloud Foundry
8 4 (0.14%) Tomcat
9 2 (0.071%) HCL Notes
9 2 (0.071%) IIS
10 1 (0.036%) Exchange Server 2013
10 1 (0.036%) Mendix
10 1 (0.036%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.036%) WebLogic
Applications
1 77 (2.74%) Microsoft Office
2 51 (1.81%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (0.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (0.39%) AutoCAD
5 8 (0.28%) Revit
6 6 (0.21%) Adobe After Effects
6 6 (0.21%) Adobe Premiere
6 6 (0.21%) Civil 3D
6 6 (0.21%) Microsoft Project
7 5 (0.18%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 5 (0.18%) Navisworks
7 5 (0.18%) Photoshop
8 3 (0.11%) MS Visio
8 3 (0.11%) Simulink
8 3 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.036%) MicroStation
9 1 (0.036%) ProjectWise
Business Applications
1 8 (0.28%) NetSuite
2 5 (0.18%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.14%) Integrated Workplace Management System
3 4 (0.14%) Salesforce CRM
4 3 (0.11%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 1 (0.036%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.036%) Oracle BPM
5 1 (0.036%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.036%) Primavera
5 1 (0.036%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.036%) TRIRIGA
Cloud Services
1 603 (21.46%) AWS
2 580 (20.64%) Azure
3 361 (12.85%) GCP
4 79 (2.81%) Microsoft 365
5 56 (1.99%) Power Platform
6 47 (1.67%) Amazon EKS
7 39 (1.39%) AWS CloudFormation
8 29 (1.03%) Azure DevOps
9 23 (0.82%) SaaS
10 18 (0.64%) Amazon S3
11 17 (0.60%) Entra ID
12 16 (0.57%) Serverless
13 15 (0.53%) AWS Lambda
14 12 (0.43%) Amazon ECS
15 10 (0.36%) Dynamics 365
16 9 (0.32%) GitHub
16 9 (0.32%) npm
16 9 (0.32%) Power Automate
17 7 (0.25%) Cloud Computing
17 7 (0.25%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 730 (25.98%) VPN
2 413 (14.70%) DNS
3 260 (9.25%) Cisco IOS
4 69 (2.46%) TCP/IP
5 37 (1.32%) WAN
6 32 (1.14%) Firewall
6 32 (1.14%) LAN
7 23 (0.82%) Internet
7 23 (0.82%) Network Security
8 22 (0.78%) Wireless
9 21 (0.75%) DHCP
10 18 (0.64%) Skype
10 18 (0.64%) Unified Communications
11 14 (0.50%) Wi-Fi
12 12 (0.43%) SAN
13 10 (0.36%) MPLS
14 9 (0.32%) Broadband
15 8 (0.28%) Remote Desktop
15 8 (0.28%) SMTP
16 7 (0.25%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 262 (9.32%) SQL Server
2 48 (1.71%) Elasticsearch
2 48 (1.71%) Power BI
3 32 (1.14%) NoSQL
4 28 (1.00%) Big Data
5 26 (0.93%) Relational Database
6 21 (0.75%) PostgreSQL
7 17 (0.60%) Amazon Athena
8 16 (0.57%) Apache Cassandra
9 13 (0.46%) Tableau
10 12 (0.43%) KDB
10 12 (0.43%) Kdb+
10 12 (0.43%) MySQL
11 11 (0.39%) Amazon RDS
11 11 (0.39%) Amazon Redshift
11 11 (0.39%) Oracle Database
11 11 (0.39%) Power Query
12 10 (0.36%) Data Warehouse
12 10 (0.36%) Hadoop
12 10 (0.36%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 308 (10.96%) Cucumber
2 282 (10.04%) JIRA
3 264 (9.40%) Maven
4 258 (9.18%) GitLab
5 257 (9.15%) Selenium
6 254 (9.04%) SonarQube
7 251 (8.93%) Sonatype Nexus
8 246 (8.75%) Bitbucket
9 62 (2.21%) Robot Framework
10 40 (1.42%) Jenkins
11 24 (0.85%) Git
12 23 (0.82%) JUnit
13 13 (0.46%) Cypress.io
14 10 (0.36%) webpack
15 7 (0.25%) Vite
16 6 (0.21%) Gradle
16 6 (0.21%) Mockito
17 4 (0.14%) Locust
17 4 (0.14%) Subversion
18 3 (0.11%) ERwin
General
1 1,050 (37.37%) Finance
2 816 (29.04%) Analytical Skills
3 529 (18.83%) Law
4 504 (17.94%) Social Skills
5 376 (13.38%) Banking
6 300 (10.68%) Legal
7 217 (7.72%) Retail
8 198 (7.05%) Marketing
9 177 (6.30%) Public Sector
10 109 (3.88%) Investment Banking
11 96 (3.42%) Telecoms
12 90 (3.20%) Corporate Banking
13 57 (2.03%) Organisational Skills
14 55 (1.96%) Manufacturing
15 49 (1.74%) Electronics
16 28 (1.00%) Pharmaceutical
17 21 (0.75%) Influencing Skills
18 19 (0.68%) Games
18 19 (0.68%) Presentation Skills
19 17 (0.60%) French Language
Job Titles
1 639 (22.74%) Software Engineer
2 481 (17.12%) Developer
3 444 (15.80%) Software Developer
4 341 (12.14%) Senior
5 291 (10.36%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 191 (6.80%) Senior Software Engineer
7 173 (6.16%) Lead
8 112 (3.99%) Java Engineer
8 112 (3.99%) Java Software Engineer
9 76 (2.70%) Analyst
10 69 (2.46%) Support Engineer
10 69 (2.46%) Test Engineer
11 67 (2.38%) Test Automation Engineer
12 60 (2.14%) Lead Software Engineer
13 57 (2.03%) Microsoft Specialist
14 55 (1.96%) Senior Manager
15 50 (1.78%) Architect
16 48 (1.71%) Python Engineer
17 47 (1.67%) Full-Stack Engineer
17 47 (1.67%) Python Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 357 (12.70%) Spring
2 325 (11.57%) React
3 322 (11.46%) Kafka
4 312 (11.10%) Spring Boot
5 274 (9.75%) HTML
6 269 (9.57%) CSS
7 262 (9.32%) Elastic Stack
8 255 (9.07%) JPA
9 246 (8.75%) Redux
10 214 (7.62%) .NET
10 214 (7.62%) Node.js
11 171 (6.09%) Hibernate
12 142 (5.05%) REST
13 121 (4.31%) RESTful
14 97 (3.45%) Jest
15 93 (3.31%) HTML5
16 92 (3.27%) Sass
17 90 (3.20%) CSS3
18 46 (1.64%) Pandas
19 42 (1.49%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 1,102 (39.22%) Cyberattack
2 268 (9.54%) Product Ownership
3 255 (9.07%) Enterprise Software
4 234 (8.33%) Linux Command Line
5 202 (7.19%) Self-Motivation
6 93 (3.31%) Algorithms
7 79 (2.81%) Hybrid Cloud
8 72 (2.56%) Cloud Native
9 68 (2.42%) e-Learning
10 49 (1.74%) Onboarding
11 40 (1.42%) Data Centre
12 31 (1.10%) Driving Licence
12 31 (1.10%) Management Information System
13 30 (1.07%) Social Media
14 29 (1.03%) Public Cloud
15 24 (0.85%) Renewable Energy
16 20 (0.71%) Video Conferencing
17 18 (0.64%) Digital Signage
17 18 (0.64%) Microsoft Licensing
17 18 (0.64%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 948 (33.74%) Linux
2 696 (24.77%) Android
3 396 (14.09%) Windows
4 28 (1.00%) Windows Server
5 12 (0.43%) Apple iOS
5 12 (0.43%) Windows 10
6 7 (0.25%) Unix
7 4 (0.14%) Mac OS
7 4 (0.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (0.14%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.11%) Embedded Linux
9 1 (0.036%) Windows Server 2003
9 1 (0.036%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.036%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,213 (43.17%) Agile
2 953 (33.91%) Line Management
3 718 (25.55%) Mathematics
4 688 (24.48%) Software Engineering
5 659 (23.45%) DevOps
6 546 (19.43%) Problem-Solving
7 501 (17.83%) Mentoring
8 478 (17.01%) CI/CD
9 452 (16.09%) Design Patterns
10 449 (15.98%) OO
10 449 (15.98%) SDLC
11 445 (15.84%) Microservices
12 432 (15.37%) OOP
13 427 (15.20%) Android Development
14 408 (14.52%) Artificial Intelligence
15 382 (13.59%) Continuous Improvement
16 375 (13.35%) Test Automation
17 346 (12.31%) Risk Management
18 336 (11.96%) Containerisation
19 318 (11.32%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 1,044 (37.15%) Python
2 1,032 (36.73%) Java
3 610 (21.71%) C++
4 607 (21.60%) Go
5 581 (20.68%) JavaScript
6 370 (13.17%) SQL
7 349 (12.42%) PowerShell
8 325 (11.57%) Bash
9 209 (7.44%) Rust
10 119 (4.23%) TypeScript
11 22 (0.78%) C#
12 11 (0.39%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 10 (0.36%) C
13 10 (0.36%) PHP
14 9 (0.32%) PL/SQL
15 8 (0.28%) Apex Code
15 8 (0.28%) SOQL
15 8 (0.28%) SOSL
16 6 (0.21%) R
17 4 (0.14%) Scala
Qualifications
1 678 (24.13%) Security Cleared
2 626 (22.28%) DV Cleared
3 387 (13.77%) Degree
4 181 (6.44%) AWS Certification
5 174 (6.19%) AWS Certified Developer
6 173 (6.16%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 50 (1.78%) HND
8 41 (1.46%) SC Cleared
9 26 (0.93%) DBS Check
10 20 (0.71%) Microsoft Certification
11 19 (0.68%) Chartered Engineer
11 19 (0.68%) Computer Science Degree
12 16 (0.57%) Cisco Certification
13 15 (0.53%) MCSE
14 14 (0.50%) CCNA
14 14 (0.50%) HNC
14 14 (0.50%) Master's Degree
15 11 (0.39%) Azure Certification
16 10 (0.36%) CITP
17 9 (0.32%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 354 (12.60%) QA
2 250 (8.90%) NCSC
3 110 (3.91%) Accessibility
4 22 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 22 (0.78%) SLA
5 21 (0.75%) NIST
6 19 (0.68%) Data Quality
7 14 (0.50%) GDPR
8 10 (0.36%) PMO
9 8 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials
10 6 (0.21%) PMBOK
11 5 (0.18%) COBIT
12 4 (0.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 3 (0.11%) ISO 19650
13 3 (0.11%) PCI DSS
14 2 (0.071%) IEC 61508
15 1 (0.036%) ISO 14001
15 1 (0.036%) ISO 22301
15 1 (0.036%) ISO/IEC 20000
15 1 (0.036%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 988 (35.16%) Docker
2 276 (9.82%) Hyper-V
3 275 (9.79%) vSphere
4 260 (9.25%) VMware NSX
5 62 (2.21%) Active Directory
6 32 (1.14%) VMware Infrastructure
7 15 (0.53%) VMware ESXi
8 8 (0.28%) Terminal Services
9 6 (0.21%) BitLocker
9 6 (0.21%) Microsoft App-V
10 5 (0.18%) HDFS
11 3 (0.11%) Virtual Servers
12 2 (0.071%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 2 (0.071%) Virtual Machines
13 1 (0.036%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 725 (25.80%) Ansible
2 376 (13.38%) Kubernetes
3 346 (12.31%) Terraform
4 17 (0.60%) Grafana
4 17 (0.60%) Microsoft Intune
5 13 (0.46%) Puppet
5 13 (0.46%) vCenter Server
6 12 (0.43%) vMotion
7 7 (0.25%) Nagios
7 7 (0.25%) Prometheus
8 6 (0.21%) CASB
8 6 (0.21%) PowerCLI
8 6 (0.21%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 6 (0.21%) vRealize
9 4 (0.14%) Cisco CUCM
9 4 (0.14%) ITRS Geneos
9 4 (0.14%) Netcool
9 4 (0.14%) Netcool/OMNIbus
9 4 (0.14%) SCCM
9 4 (0.14%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 393 (13.99%) Cisco
2 295 (10.50%) Splunk
3 286 (10.18%) Microsoft
4 276 (9.82%) Juniper
5 260 (9.25%) 3PAR
6 246 (8.75%) Solace
7 88 (3.13%) Oracle
8 68 (2.42%) IBM
9 66 (2.35%) Red Hat
10 41 (1.46%) EMC
11 38 (1.35%) Palo Alto
12 35 (1.25%) Dell
12 35 (1.25%) VMware
13 31 (1.10%) Salesforce
13 31 (1.10%) ServiceNow
14 30 (1.07%) Adobe
14 30 (1.07%) Google
15 29 (1.03%) Apple
16 23 (0.82%) Databricks
17 21 (0.75%) Fortinet