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

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 30 39 41
Rank change year-on-year +9 +2 +5
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 2,008 2,292 1,852
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 5.65% 4.80% 6.02%
As % of the General category 9.24% 8.76% 9.43%
Number of salaries quoted 505 502 747
10th Percentile £24,570 £31,250 £32,435
25th Percentile £27,707 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £55,000 £54,500
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +0.92% +3.81%
75th Percentile £60,000 £69,800 £69,800
90th Percentile £80,750 £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 21,736 26,163 19,631
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 61.18% 54.84% 63.78%
Number of salaries quoted 12,227 11,338 14,181
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 £66,038 £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 8 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 8 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 +32 883 £35,000 -40.48% 231
North West +22 781 £35,005 -40.47% 98
South East -20 308 £50,000 -23.08% 865
Midlands +24 277 £47,500 -9.52% 183
Scotland -5 262 £25,835 -53.03% 125
West Midlands +32 189 £55,000 -4.35% 106
South West -4 168 £28,750 -23.33% 144
East Midlands +14 88 £34,000 -15.00% 65
Yorkshire -8 80 £42,208 -13.42% 86
East of England -58 77 £57,000 +26.67% 72
North East -2 22 £26,668 -58.97% 47
Wales -2 22 £52,562 -18.01% 27
Northern Ireland -16 12 £76,024 +27.92% 23
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 (1.29%) Apache Spark
2 18 (0.90%) SharePoint
3 15 (0.75%) Apache
4 9 (0.45%) CMS
5 8 (0.40%) Camunda
5 8 (0.40%) Oracle Workflow
6 4 (0.20%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (0.20%) Cloud Foundry
6 4 (0.20%) Tomcat
7 2 (0.100%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.100%) HCL Notes
7 2 (0.100%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.050%) Drupal
8 1 (0.050%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.050%) WebLogic
8 1 (0.050%) WordPress
Applications
1 72 (3.59%) Microsoft Office
2 62 (3.09%) Microsoft Excel
3 16 (0.80%) AutoCAD
4 15 (0.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 8 (0.40%) Revit
6 7 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
7 6 (0.30%) Civil 3D
8 5 (0.25%) Adobe After Effects
8 5 (0.25%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 5 (0.25%) Adobe Premiere
8 5 (0.25%) Navisworks
8 5 (0.25%) Photoshop
9 4 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
10 3 (0.15%) MS Visio
10 3 (0.15%) Simulink
11 1 (0.050%) MicroStation
11 1 (0.050%) ProjectWise
11 1 (0.050%) SmartSuite
Business Applications
1 15 (0.75%) NetSuite
2 7 (0.35%) Oracle Payables
3 5 (0.25%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.100%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.100%) Integrated Workplace Management System
5 2 (0.100%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.050%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.050%) Infor M3
6 1 (0.050%) Oracle BPM
6 1 (0.050%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.050%) Primavera
6 1 (0.050%) Sage X3
6 1 (0.050%) TRIRIGA
Cloud Services
1 295 (14.69%) Cloud Computing
2 237 (11.80%) AWS
3 189 (9.41%) Azure
4 86 (4.28%) GCP
5 69 (3.44%) Microsoft 365
6 50 (2.49%) Power Platform
7 28 (1.39%) SaaS
8 22 (1.10%) Entra ID
9 19 (0.95%) AWS Lambda
9 19 (0.95%) Serverless
10 18 (0.90%) Amazon S3
11 15 (0.75%) Amazon EKS
12 12 (0.60%) Amazon ECS
13 9 (0.45%) Dynamics 365
13 9 (0.45%) GitHub
13 9 (0.45%) npm
14 8 (0.40%) Azure DevOps
15 7 (0.35%) AWS CloudFormation
15 7 (0.35%) PaaS
15 7 (0.35%) Yarn
Communications & Networking
1 311 (15.49%) Internet
2 276 (13.75%) VPN
3 260 (12.95%) Cisco IOS
4 27 (1.34%) LAN
5 24 (1.20%) WAN
6 21 (1.05%) Firewall
7 16 (0.80%) Broadband
7 16 (0.80%) Network Security
8 12 (0.60%) Wi-Fi
9 9 (0.45%) DNS
10 7 (0.35%) DHCP
11 6 (0.30%) TCP/IP
12 4 (0.20%) Modbus
12 4 (0.20%) MPLS
13 3 (0.15%) ADSL
13 3 (0.15%) Cisco Firepower
13 3 (0.15%) Cisco Nexus
13 3 (0.15%) HTTP
13 3 (0.15%) LoRaWAN
13 3 (0.15%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (2.39%) SQL Server
2 44 (2.19%) Power BI
3 29 (1.44%) NoSQL
4 28 (1.39%) Big Data
5 25 (1.25%) Relational Database
6 17 (0.85%) Amazon Athena
6 17 (0.85%) PostgreSQL
7 16 (0.80%) Apache Cassandra
7 16 (0.80%) Tableau
8 12 (0.60%) Elasticsearch
8 12 (0.60%) KDB
8 12 (0.60%) Kdb+
8 12 (0.60%) Power Query
9 11 (0.55%) MySQL
9 11 (0.55%) Oracle Database
10 10 (0.50%) Amazon Redshift
11 9 (0.45%) Apache Hive
11 9 (0.45%) Apache Iceberg
11 9 (0.45%) RDBMS
12 8 (0.40%) GIS
Development Applications
1 65 (3.24%) JIRA
2 54 (2.69%) Maven
3 52 (2.59%) GitLab
4 51 (2.54%) SonarQube
5 48 (2.39%) Selenium
6 44 (2.19%) Jenkins
7 39 (1.94%) Sonatype Nexus
8 36 (1.79%) Bitbucket
8 36 (1.79%) Cucumber
9 26 (1.29%) Git
10 20 (1.00%) JUnit
11 14 (0.70%) Cypress.io
12 10 (0.50%) webpack
13 7 (0.35%) Vite
14 6 (0.30%) Gradle
15 4 (0.20%) Locust
15 4 (0.20%) Subversion
15 4 (0.20%) WebDriver
16 3 (0.15%) Mockito
16 3 (0.15%) Rational DOORS
General
1 722 (35.96%) Social Skills
2 504 (25.10%) Finance
3 456 (22.71%) Banking
4 409 (20.37%) Analytical Skills
5 298 (14.84%) Law
6 210 (10.46%) Marketing
7 178 (8.86%) Retail
8 138 (6.87%) Public Sector
9 68 (3.39%) Organisational Skills
10 66 (3.29%) Legal
11 56 (2.79%) Investment Banking
12 50 (2.49%) Manufacturing
13 47 (2.34%) Electronics
14 37 (1.84%) Telecoms
15 36 (1.79%) Corporate Banking
16 28 (1.39%) Influencing Skills
17 25 (1.25%) Pharmaceutical
18 21 (1.05%) Presentation Skills
19 20 (1.00%) Games
20 17 (0.85%) French Language
Job Titles
1 317 (15.79%) Software Engineer
2 281 (13.99%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 262 (13.05%) Lecturer
4 241 (12.00%) Senior
5 165 (8.22%) Lead
6 115 (5.73%) Java Engineer
7 112 (5.58%) Java Software Engineer
8 82 (4.08%) Analyst
9 80 (3.98%) Senior Software Engineer
10 71 (3.54%) Senior Manager
11 63 (3.14%) Microsoft Specialist
12 62 (3.09%) Architect
13 60 (2.99%) Lead Software Engineer
14 55 (2.74%) Project Engineer
15 51 (2.54%) Sales Manager
16 48 (2.39%) Python Engineer
17 47 (2.34%) Full-Stack Engineer
17 47 (2.34%) Python Software Engineer
18 46 (2.29%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
19 44 (2.19%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 262 (13.05%) Elastic Stack
2 147 (7.32%) Spring
3 119 (5.93%) React
4 109 (5.43%) Kafka
5 99 (4.93%) Spring Boot
6 91 (4.53%) REST
7 82 (4.08%) Node.js
8 73 (3.64%) .NET
9 67 (3.34%) HTML
10 63 (3.14%) RESTful
11 62 (3.09%) CSS
12 45 (2.24%) JPA
13 43 (2.14%) Jest
14 39 (1.94%) HTML5
15 38 (1.89%) Sass
16 36 (1.79%) CSS3
16 36 (1.79%) Redux
17 35 (1.74%) AngularJS
18 25 (1.25%) EDI
19 21 (1.05%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 322 (16.04%) Cyberattack
2 294 (14.64%) IoT
3 93 (4.63%) Self-Motivation
4 90 (4.48%) Algorithms
5 72 (3.59%) Cloud Native
6 70 (3.49%) Onboarding
7 62 (3.09%) Product Ownership
8 61 (3.04%) Linux Command Line
9 49 (2.44%) Driving Licence
10 48 (2.39%) Enterprise Software
11 36 (1.79%) Management Information System
12 33 (1.64%) Blog
13 32 (1.59%) Data Centre
14 29 (1.44%) Public Cloud
15 28 (1.39%) Social Media
16 27 (1.34%) Hybrid Cloud
17 24 (1.20%) e-Learning
18 18 (0.90%) Microsoft Licensing
19 15 (0.75%) Podcast
19 15 (0.75%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 337 (16.78%) Linux
2 307 (15.29%) Windows
3 268 (13.35%) Android
4 12 (0.60%) Apple iOS
5 11 (0.55%) Windows 10
6 8 (0.40%) Unix
7 6 (0.30%) Windows Server
8 4 (0.20%) Mac OS
8 4 (0.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 4 (0.20%) Ubuntu
9 3 (0.15%) Embedded Linux
10 1 (0.050%) Debian
10 1 (0.050%) OpenWrt
10 1 (0.050%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.050%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 683 (34.01%) AI
2 489 (24.35%) Machine Learning
3 478 (23.80%) Problem-Solving
4 455 (22.66%) Agile
5 411 (20.47%) User Experience
6 388 (19.32%) Cybersecurity
7 377 (18.77%) DevOps
8 341 (16.98%) Software Engineering
9 340 (16.93%) Risk Management
10 302 (15.04%) Web Development
11 289 (14.39%) Mathematics
12 285 (14.19%) Line Management
13 283 (14.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 265 (13.20%) Task Automation
15 264 (13.15%) Storage Management
16 262 (13.05%) Platform Engineering
17 237 (11.80%) CI/CD
18 234 (11.65%) Continuous Improvement
18 234 (11.65%) SDLC
19 225 (11.21%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 434 (21.61%) Python
2 278 (13.84%) Java
3 272 (13.55%) PowerShell
4 262 (13.05%) Bash
5 155 (7.72%) JavaScript
6 149 (7.42%) SQL
7 69 (3.44%) Go
8 66 (3.29%) C++
9 62 (3.09%) Rust
9 62 (3.09%) TypeScript
10 20 (1.00%) C#
11 17 (0.85%) Apex Code
12 15 (0.75%) SOQL
12 15 (0.75%) SOSL
13 12 (0.60%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 8 (0.40%) PL/SQL
15 6 (0.30%) R
16 5 (0.25%) C
16 5 (0.25%) PHP
17 4 (0.20%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 642 (31.97%) Degree
2 293 (14.59%) Master's Degree
3 289 (14.39%) PhD
3 289 (14.39%) Postgraduate
4 114 (5.68%) Security Cleared
5 71 (3.54%) AWS Certification
6 65 (3.24%) DV Cleared
7 63 (3.14%) AWS Certified Developer
8 62 (3.09%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 48 (2.39%) HND
10 41 (2.04%) SC Cleared
11 27 (1.34%) DBS Check
12 19 (0.95%) Microsoft Certification
13 17 (0.85%) Computer Science Degree
13 17 (0.85%) HNC
13 17 (0.85%) PMP
14 15 (0.75%) MCSE
15 12 (0.60%) Chartered Engineer
16 10 (0.50%) Azure Certification
17 8 (0.40%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 80 (3.98%) QA
2 57 (2.84%) Accessibility
3 29 (1.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 29 (1.44%) SLA
4 28 (1.39%) NIST
5 18 (0.90%) PMO
6 16 (0.80%) Data Quality
6 16 (0.80%) GDPR
7 15 (0.75%) NCSC
8 14 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials
9 9 (0.45%) COBIT
10 5 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 4 (0.20%) EU AI Act
11 4 (0.20%) ISO 19650
11 4 (0.20%) PCI DSS
12 2 (0.100%) GRC
12 2 (0.100%) P3O
12 2 (0.100%) SOC 2
13 1 (0.050%) IASME
13 1 (0.050%) IFRS
System Software
1 326 (16.24%) Docker
2 262 (13.05%) Hyper-V
3 260 (12.95%) VMware NSX
3 260 (12.95%) vSphere
4 39 (1.94%) Active Directory
5 15 (0.75%) VMware Infrastructure
6 5 (0.25%) HDFS
7 3 (0.15%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.100%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 2 (0.100%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.050%) iptables
9 1 (0.050%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 306 (15.24%) Terraform
2 276 (13.75%) Ansible
3 108 (5.38%) Kubernetes
4 17 (0.85%) Grafana
5 16 (0.80%) Microsoft Intune
6 7 (0.35%) Prometheus
7 6 (0.30%) Argo
8 4 (0.20%) ITRS Geneos
8 4 (0.20%) Netcool
8 4 (0.20%) Netcool/OMNIbus
8 4 (0.20%) SCCM
8 4 (0.20%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 4 (0.20%) Tivoli
9 3 (0.15%) CASB
10 2 (0.100%) AirWatch
10 2 (0.100%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.050%) Jamf Pro
11 1 (0.050%) Nessus
11 1 (0.050%) Progress Chef
11 1 (0.050%) Puppet
Vendors
1 337 (16.78%) Cisco
2 300 (14.94%) Splunk
3 274 (13.65%) Juniper
4 263 (13.10%) Microsoft
5 260 (12.95%) 3PAR
6 67 (3.34%) Oracle
7 38 (1.89%) EMC
7 38 (1.89%) Salesforce
8 36 (1.79%) Solace
9 30 (1.49%) Apple
10 29 (1.44%) Adobe
10 29 (1.44%) Palo Alto
11 28 (1.39%) NEC
12 26 (1.29%) ServiceNow
13 25 (1.25%) Google
14 24 (1.20%) Databricks
14 24 (1.20%) IBM
15 22 (1.10%) Red Hat
16 19 (0.95%) Dell
17 18 (0.90%) Autodesk