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

6 months to
12 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 20 33 42
Rank change year-on-year +13 +9 +12
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 2,665 2,668 1,821
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 7.74% 5.25% 5.61%
As % of the General category 11.77% 9.64% 8.85%
Number of salaries quoted 483 503 772
10th Percentile £25,500 £28,796 £32,500
25th Percentile £29,125 £38,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% -4.55% +8.17%
75th Percentile £60,000 £68,000 £69,800
90th Percentile £82,241 £79,225 £84,056
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% -7.69% +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 22,637 27,688 20,569
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 65.78% 54.50% 63.37%
Number of salaries quoted 11,159 12,212 14,770
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,750 £26,500
25th Percentile £31,000 £37,500 £36,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,000 £50,000 £50,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.00% -0.99% -2.72%
75th Percentile £61,250 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £80,627
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 12 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 12 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 1,284 £47,500 -13.64% 157
North West +26 1,206 £46,737 -10.98% 86
South East -16 399 £55,000 +0.30% 298
Midlands +21 355 £47,500 -14.63% 105
Scotland -8 314 £30,000 -43.40% 87
West Midlands +32 207 £55,000 -4.35% 63
South West -13 168 £30,500 -18.67% 85
East Midlands +3 148 £32,500 -10.34% 41
East of England -39 117 £57,000 +26.67% 57
Yorkshire -19 56 £85,000 +78.95% 43
North East +8 22 £24,570 -62.20% 30
Wales -5 18 £55,000 -10.50% 16
Northern Ireland -13 12 £76,024 +29.29% 16
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 (5.97%) Confluence
2 26 (0.98%) Apache Spark
3 25 (0.94%) SharePoint
4 15 (0.56%) Apache
5 10 (0.38%) Microsoft Exchange
6 9 (0.34%) CMS
7 8 (0.30%) Camunda
7 8 (0.30%) Oracle Workflow
8 4 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
8 4 (0.15%) Cloud Foundry
8 4 (0.15%) Skype for Business
8 4 (0.15%) Tomcat
9 2 (0.075%) HCL Notes
10 1 (0.038%) Exchange Server 2013
10 1 (0.038%) IIS
10 1 (0.038%) Mendix
10 1 (0.038%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.038%) WebLogic
Applications
1 72 (2.70%) Microsoft Office
2 56 (2.10%) Microsoft Excel
3 15 (0.56%) AutoCAD
4 12 (0.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 8 (0.30%) Revit
6 6 (0.23%) Adobe After Effects
6 6 (0.23%) Adobe Premiere
6 6 (0.23%) Civil 3D
6 6 (0.23%) Microsoft Project
7 5 (0.19%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 5 (0.19%) Navisworks
7 5 (0.19%) Photoshop
8 3 (0.11%) Simulink
8 3 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
9 2 (0.075%) MS Visio
10 1 (0.038%) MicroStation
10 1 (0.038%) ProjectWise
Business Applications
1 9 (0.34%) NetSuite
2 5 (0.19%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.15%) Integrated Workplace Management System
3 4 (0.15%) Oracle Payables
3 4 (0.15%) Salesforce CRM
4 3 (0.11%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 1 (0.038%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.038%) Oracle BPM
5 1 (0.038%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.038%) Primavera
5 1 (0.038%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.038%) TRIRIGA
Cloud Services
1 597 (22.40%) AWS
2 576 (21.61%) Azure
3 357 (13.40%) GCP
4 75 (2.81%) Microsoft 365
5 57 (2.14%) Power Platform
6 47 (1.76%) Amazon EKS
7 39 (1.46%) AWS CloudFormation
8 28 (1.05%) Azure DevOps
9 20 (0.75%) SaaS
10 18 (0.68%) Amazon S3
11 17 (0.64%) Entra ID
12 16 (0.60%) Serverless
13 15 (0.56%) AWS Lambda
14 12 (0.45%) Amazon ECS
15 10 (0.38%) Dynamics 365
16 9 (0.34%) GitHub
16 9 (0.34%) npm
17 8 (0.30%) Power Automate
18 7 (0.26%) Cloud Computing
18 7 (0.26%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 617 (23.15%) VPN
2 357 (13.40%) DNS
3 260 (9.76%) Cisco IOS
4 36 (1.35%) WAN
5 33 (1.24%) LAN
6 29 (1.09%) Firewall
7 23 (0.86%) Internet
8 21 (0.79%) Network Security
9 16 (0.60%) Broadband
9 16 (0.60%) DHCP
10 14 (0.53%) Wi-Fi
11 9 (0.34%) SAN
12 8 (0.30%) Wireless
13 7 (0.26%) TCP/IP
14 6 (0.23%) MPLS
14 6 (0.23%) SMTP
15 5 (0.19%) ADSL
15 5 (0.19%) Cisco Nexus
15 5 (0.19%) Modbus
15 5 (0.19%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 264 (9.91%) SQL Server
2 49 (1.84%) Power BI
3 48 (1.80%) Elasticsearch
4 30 (1.13%) NoSQL
5 28 (1.05%) Big Data
6 26 (0.98%) Relational Database
7 18 (0.68%) PostgreSQL
8 17 (0.64%) Amazon Athena
8 17 (0.64%) Tableau
9 16 (0.60%) Apache Cassandra
10 12 (0.45%) KDB
10 12 (0.45%) Kdb+
11 11 (0.41%) Amazon Redshift
11 11 (0.41%) MySQL
11 11 (0.41%) Oracle Database
11 11 (0.41%) Power Query
12 9 (0.34%) Apache Hive
12 9 (0.34%) Apache Iceberg
12 9 (0.34%) Metadata
12 9 (0.34%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 281 (10.54%) JIRA
2 264 (9.91%) Maven
3 263 (9.87%) GitLab
4 261 (9.79%) SonarQube
5 257 (9.64%) Selenium
6 251 (9.42%) Sonatype Nexus
7 246 (9.23%) Bitbucket
7 246 (9.23%) Cucumber
8 45 (1.69%) Jenkins
9 24 (0.90%) Git
10 21 (0.79%) JUnit
11 13 (0.49%) Cypress.io
12 10 (0.38%) webpack
13 7 (0.26%) Vite
14 6 (0.23%) Gradle
15 4 (0.15%) Locust
15 4 (0.15%) Mockito
15 4 (0.15%) Subversion
16 3 (0.11%) ERwin
16 3 (0.11%) WebDriver
General
1 1,006 (37.75%) Finance
2 772 (28.97%) Analytical Skills
3 526 (19.74%) Law
4 431 (16.17%) Social Skills
5 376 (14.11%) Banking
6 295 (11.07%) Legal
7 223 (8.37%) Retail
8 201 (7.54%) Marketing
9 162 (6.08%) Public Sector
10 109 (4.09%) Investment Banking
11 90 (3.38%) Corporate Banking
12 58 (2.18%) Organisational Skills
13 51 (1.91%) Electronics
14 50 (1.88%) Manufacturing
15 31 (1.16%) Telecoms
16 26 (0.98%) Influencing Skills
17 23 (0.86%) Games
17 23 (0.86%) Pharmaceutical
18 22 (0.83%) Presentation Skills
19 17 (0.64%) French Language
Job Titles
1 638 (23.94%) Software Engineer
2 423 (15.87%) Developer
3 393 (14.75%) Software Developer
4 351 (13.17%) Senior
5 288 (10.81%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 191 (7.17%) Senior Software Engineer
7 169 (6.34%) Lead
8 112 (4.20%) Java Engineer
8 112 (4.20%) Java Software Engineer
9 78 (2.93%) Analyst
10 66 (2.48%) Senior Manager
11 63 (2.36%) Microsoft Specialist
12 61 (2.29%) Architect
13 60 (2.25%) Lead Software Engineer
13 60 (2.25%) Support Engineer
14 48 (1.80%) Python Engineer
15 47 (1.76%) Full-Stack Engineer
15 47 (1.76%) Python Software Engineer
16 46 (1.73%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
17 45 (1.69%) Sales Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 355 (13.32%) Spring
2 327 (12.27%) React
3 320 (12.01%) Kafka
4 310 (11.63%) Spring Boot
5 274 (10.28%) HTML
6 269 (10.09%) CSS
7 262 (9.83%) Elastic Stack
8 255 (9.57%) JPA
9 246 (9.23%) Redux
10 219 (8.22%) Node.js
11 217 (8.14%) .NET
12 169 (6.34%) Hibernate
13 146 (5.48%) REST
14 118 (4.43%) RESTful
15 97 (3.64%) Jest
16 93 (3.49%) HTML5
17 92 (3.45%) Sass
18 90 (3.38%) CSS3
19 46 (1.73%) Pandas
20 36 (1.35%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 1,045 (39.21%) Cyberattack
2 274 (10.28%) Product Ownership
3 257 (9.64%) Enterprise Software
4 199 (7.47%) Self-Motivation
5 172 (6.45%) Linux Command Line
6 91 (3.41%) Algorithms
7 78 (2.93%) Hybrid Cloud
8 72 (2.70%) Cloud Native
9 68 (2.55%) e-Learning
10 57 (2.14%) Onboarding
11 39 (1.46%) Driving Licence
12 32 (1.20%) Data Centre
12 32 (1.20%) Management Information System
12 32 (1.20%) Social Media
13 29 (1.09%) Public Cloud
14 18 (0.68%) Microsoft Licensing
15 15 (0.56%) Reference Data
15 15 (0.56%) Renewable Energy
16 14 (0.53%) FMCG
16 14 (0.53%) Podcast
Operating Systems
1 827 (31.03%) Linux
2 645 (24.20%) Android
3 322 (12.08%) Windows
4 18 (0.68%) Windows Server
5 12 (0.45%) Apple iOS
5 12 (0.45%) Windows 10
6 7 (0.26%) Unix
7 4 (0.15%) Mac OS
7 4 (0.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (0.15%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.11%) Embedded Linux
9 1 (0.038%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.038%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,162 (43.60%) Agile
2 900 (33.77%) Line Management
3 687 (25.78%) Software Engineering
4 665 (24.95%) Mathematics
5 598 (22.44%) DevOps
6 479 (17.97%) CI/CD
7 465 (17.45%) Problem-Solving
8 444 (16.66%) SDLC
9 443 (16.62%) Microservices
10 423 (15.87%) Mentoring
11 408 (15.31%) Design Patterns
12 404 (15.16%) OO
13 403 (15.12%) AI
13 403 (15.12%) Continuous Improvement
14 381 (14.30%) OOP
15 376 (14.11%) Android Development
16 338 (12.68%) Risk Management
17 333 (12.50%) Containerisation
18 322 (12.08%) Cybersecurity
19 311 (11.67%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 973 (36.51%) Java
2 928 (34.82%) Python
3 556 (20.86%) Go
4 555 (20.83%) C++
5 512 (19.21%) JavaScript
6 364 (13.66%) SQL
7 282 (10.58%) PowerShell
8 262 (9.83%) Bash
9 209 (7.84%) Rust
10 116 (4.35%) TypeScript
11 19 (0.71%) C#
12 15 (0.56%) Apex Code
12 15 (0.56%) SOQL
12 15 (0.56%) SOSL
13 11 (0.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 8 (0.30%) PL/SQL
15 7 (0.26%) C
16 6 (0.23%) R
17 4 (0.15%) Scala
17 4 (0.15%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 613 (23.00%) Security Cleared
2 561 (21.05%) DV Cleared
3 315 (11.82%) Degree
4 181 (6.79%) AWS Certification
5 174 (6.53%) AWS Certified Developer
6 173 (6.49%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 50 (1.88%) HND
8 41 (1.54%) SC Cleared
9 28 (1.05%) DBS Check
10 20 (0.75%) Microsoft Certification
11 17 (0.64%) Computer Science Degree
11 17 (0.64%) HNC
12 15 (0.56%) MCSE
13 14 (0.53%) Chartered Engineer
14 12 (0.45%) Cisco Certification
15 11 (0.41%) Azure Certification
16 10 (0.38%) BPSS Clearance
16 10 (0.38%) CCNA
16 10 (0.38%) CITP
16 10 (0.38%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 292 (10.96%) QA
2 250 (9.38%) NCSC
3 110 (4.13%) Accessibility
4 24 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 24 (0.90%) SLA
5 22 (0.83%) NIST
6 16 (0.60%) Data Quality
7 14 (0.53%) GDPR
8 12 (0.45%) PMO
9 9 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
10 6 (0.23%) COBIT
11 4 (0.15%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 4 (0.15%) ISO 19650
12 3 (0.11%) PCI DSS
13 1 (0.038%) Actionable Recommendations
13 1 (0.038%) IASME
13 1 (0.038%) IFRS
13 1 (0.038%) ISO 22301
13 1 (0.038%) ISO/IEC 20000
13 1 (0.038%) P3O
System Software
1 925 (34.71%) Docker
2 271 (10.17%) Hyper-V
3 270 (10.13%) vSphere
4 260 (9.76%) VMware NSX
5 53 (1.99%) Active Directory
6 26 (0.98%) VMware Infrastructure
7 10 (0.38%) VMware ESXi
8 5 (0.19%) HDFS
8 5 (0.19%) Terminal Services
9 4 (0.15%) BitLocker
9 4 (0.15%) Microsoft App-V
10 3 (0.11%) Virtual Servers
11 2 (0.075%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 2 (0.075%) Virtual Machines
12 1 (0.038%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 668 (25.07%) Ansible
2 367 (13.77%) Kubernetes
3 344 (12.91%) Terraform
4 17 (0.64%) Grafana
4 17 (0.64%) Microsoft Intune
5 9 (0.34%) Puppet
5 9 (0.34%) vCenter Server
6 8 (0.30%) vMotion
7 7 (0.26%) Prometheus
8 6 (0.23%) CASB
8 6 (0.23%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 5 (0.19%) Nagios
10 4 (0.15%) ITRS Geneos
10 4 (0.15%) Netcool
10 4 (0.15%) Netcool/OMNIbus
10 4 (0.15%) PowerCLI
10 4 (0.15%) SCCM
10 4 (0.15%) Tivoli
10 4 (0.15%) vRealize
11 2 (0.075%) Argo
Vendors
1 360 (13.51%) Cisco
2 302 (11.33%) Splunk
3 279 (10.47%) Microsoft
4 276 (10.36%) Juniper
5 260 (9.76%) 3PAR
6 246 (9.23%) Solace
7 91 (3.41%) Oracle
8 68 (2.55%) IBM
9 66 (2.48%) Red Hat
10 40 (1.50%) EMC
11 37 (1.39%) Palo Alto
12 34 (1.28%) Salesforce
13 30 (1.13%) Adobe
13 30 (1.13%) ServiceNow
14 29 (1.09%) Apple
15 28 (1.05%) Google
15 28 (1.05%) VMware
16 25 (0.94%) Dell
17 23 (0.86%) Databricks
18 20 (0.75%) Fortinet