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 17 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 16 27 48
Rank change year-on-year +11 +21 +7
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 2,798 3,333 1,805
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 8.15% 6.03% 5.17%
As % of the General category 12.34% 11.31% 8.04%
Number of salaries quoted 482 624 794
10th Percentile £25,600 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,540 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,309 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.58% -8.53% +8.58%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £78,375 £84,056
UK median annual salary £55,000 £58,310 £65,000
% change year-on-year -5.68% -10.29% +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 22,670 29,465 22,457
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 66.00% 53.29% 64.33%
Number of salaries quoted 11,041 14,008 15,241
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,379 £27,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £50,985
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -1.93% +0.96%
75th Percentile £62,000 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £81,250
UK median annual salary £54,000 £55,655 £60,000
% change year-on-year -2.97% -7.24% -

Inclusion and Diversity
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Inclusion and Diversity as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Inclusion and Diversity 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 17 September 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 17 September 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 +38 1,336 £44,500 -19.09% 243
North West +26 1,255 £41,831 -20.32% 133
South East +3 461 £55,000 +10.00% 382
Midlands +31 376 £47,500 -5.00% 130
Scotland -12 314 £40,000 -20.25% 125
West Midlands +40 216 £55,000 -2.28% 73
East Midlands +12 160 £32,500 -7.74% 56
South West -17 159 £34,000 -22.29% 104
East of England -6 127 £57,000 +45.73% 72
Yorkshire -19 56 £85,000 +78.95% 75
North East +7 25 £24,570 -58.21% 36
Wales 0 21 £57,429 -10.42% 37
Northern Ireland -1 14 £77,217 +31.32% 17
Isle of Man - 1 £32,000 -
Inclusion and Diversity
UK

Inclusion and Diversity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 159 (5.68%) Confluence
2 29 (1.04%) Apache Spark
2 29 (1.04%) SharePoint
3 18 (0.64%) Skype for Business
4 17 (0.61%) Apache
4 17 (0.61%) Microsoft Exchange
5 9 (0.32%) CMS
6 8 (0.29%) Camunda
6 8 (0.29%) Oracle Workflow
7 4 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
7 4 (0.14%) Cloud Foundry
7 4 (0.14%) Tomcat
8 2 (0.071%) HCL Notes
8 2 (0.071%) IIS
8 2 (0.071%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.036%) Exchange Server 2013
9 1 (0.036%) Mendix
9 1 (0.036%) Moodle
9 1 (0.036%) WebLogic
Applications
1 76 (2.72%) Microsoft Office
2 50 (1.79%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (0.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (0.32%) AutoCAD
5 8 (0.29%) Revit
6 7 (0.25%) Adobe After Effects
6 7 (0.25%) Adobe Premiere
7 6 (0.21%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 6 (0.21%) Civil 3D
7 6 (0.21%) Microsoft Project
7 6 (0.21%) Photoshop
8 5 (0.18%) MS Visio
8 5 (0.18%) Navisworks
9 3 (0.11%) Simulink
9 3 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
10 1 (0.036%) Adobe Illustrator
10 1 (0.036%) Blender
10 1 (0.036%) InDesign
10 1 (0.036%) MicroStation
10 1 (0.036%) ProjectWise
Business Applications
1 8 (0.29%) 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 2 (0.071%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.036%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.036%) Oracle BPM
6 1 (0.036%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.036%) Primavera
6 1 (0.036%) TRIRIGA
Cloud Services
1 612 (21.87%) AWS
2 584 (20.87%) Azure
3 362 (12.94%) GCP
4 82 (2.93%) Microsoft 365
5 56 (2.00%) Power Platform
6 47 (1.68%) Amazon EKS
7 39 (1.39%) AWS CloudFormation
8 29 (1.04%) Azure DevOps
9 23 (0.82%) SaaS
10 20 (0.71%) Entra ID
11 18 (0.64%) Amazon S3
12 16 (0.57%) Serverless
13 15 (0.54%) AWS Lambda
14 12 (0.43%) Amazon ECS
15 11 (0.39%) Power Automate
16 10 (0.36%) Dynamics 365
17 9 (0.32%) GitHub
17 9 (0.32%) npm
18 8 (0.29%) Amazon EC2
18 8 (0.29%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 732 (26.16%) VPN
2 413 (14.76%) DNS
3 260 (9.29%) Cisco IOS
4 69 (2.47%) TCP/IP
5 42 (1.50%) WAN
6 36 (1.29%) Firewall
7 35 (1.25%) LAN
8 24 (0.86%) Internet
9 23 (0.82%) Network Security
9 23 (0.82%) Wireless
10 21 (0.75%) DHCP
11 18 (0.64%) Skype
11 18 (0.64%) Unified Communications
12 13 (0.46%) Wi-Fi
13 12 (0.43%) SAN
14 10 (0.36%) MPLS
15 8 (0.29%) Remote Desktop
15 8 (0.29%) SMTP
16 7 (0.25%) NAS
17 6 (0.21%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 262 (9.36%) SQL Server
2 48 (1.72%) Elasticsearch
3 47 (1.68%) Power BI
4 36 (1.29%) NoSQL
5 29 (1.04%) Big Data
6 25 (0.89%) Relational Database
7 21 (0.75%) PostgreSQL
8 19 (0.68%) Apache Cassandra
9 17 (0.61%) Amazon Athena
10 13 (0.46%) Data Warehouse
10 13 (0.46%) MongoDB
11 12 (0.43%) KDB
11 12 (0.43%) Kdb+
11 12 (0.43%) MySQL
12 11 (0.39%) Amazon RDS
12 11 (0.39%) Amazon Redshift
12 11 (0.39%) Oracle Database
12 11 (0.39%) Power Query
13 10 (0.36%) Apache Hive
13 10 (0.36%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 308 (11.01%) Cucumber
2 284 (10.15%) JIRA
3 264 (9.44%) Maven
4 257 (9.19%) Selenium
5 252 (9.01%) GitLab
6 251 (8.97%) Sonatype Nexus
7 248 (8.86%) SonarQube
8 246 (8.79%) Bitbucket
9 62 (2.22%) Robot Framework
10 34 (1.22%) Jenkins
11 26 (0.93%) JUnit
12 25 (0.89%) Git
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
16 6 (0.21%) Visual Studio
17 4 (0.14%) Locust
17 4 (0.14%) Subversion
General
1 1,048 (37.46%) Finance
2 826 (29.52%) Analytical Skills
3 531 (18.98%) Law
4 494 (17.66%) Social Skills
5 376 (13.44%) Banking
6 301 (10.76%) Legal
7 214 (7.65%) Retail
8 194 (6.93%) Marketing
9 176 (6.29%) Public Sector
10 109 (3.90%) Investment Banking
11 95 (3.40%) Telecoms
12 90 (3.22%) Corporate Banking
13 60 (2.14%) Manufacturing
14 55 (1.97%) Organisational Skills
15 47 (1.68%) Electronics
16 27 (0.96%) Pharmaceutical
17 20 (0.71%) Influencing Skills
18 17 (0.61%) French Language
18 17 (0.61%) Presentation Skills
19 15 (0.54%) Swedish Language
Job Titles
1 639 (22.84%) Software Engineer
2 489 (17.48%) Developer
3 444 (15.87%) Software Developer
4 341 (12.19%) Senior
5 293 (10.47%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 191 (6.83%) Senior Software Engineer
7 175 (6.25%) Lead
8 112 (4.00%) Java Engineer
8 112 (4.00%) Java Software Engineer
9 78 (2.79%) Analyst
10 72 (2.57%) Test Engineer
11 70 (2.50%) Support Engineer
12 69 (2.47%) Test Automation Engineer
13 60 (2.14%) Lead Software Engineer
14 52 (1.86%) Senior Manager
15 48 (1.72%) Python Engineer
16 47 (1.68%) Full-Stack Engineer
16 47 (1.68%) Microsoft Specialist
16 47 (1.68%) Python Software Engineer
17 46 (1.64%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 360 (12.87%) Spring
2 328 (11.72%) React
3 323 (11.54%) Kafka
4 312 (11.15%) Spring Boot
5 274 (9.79%) HTML
6 272 (9.72%) CSS
7 262 (9.36%) Elastic Stack
8 255 (9.11%) JPA
9 246 (8.79%) Redux
10 214 (7.65%) .NET
10 214 (7.65%) Node.js
11 171 (6.11%) Hibernate
12 136 (4.86%) REST
13 121 (4.32%) RESTful
14 97 (3.47%) Jest
15 93 (3.32%) HTML5
16 92 (3.29%) Sass
17 90 (3.22%) CSS3
18 46 (1.64%) Pandas
19 44 (1.57%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 1,102 (39.39%) Cyberattack
2 263 (9.40%) Product Ownership
3 254 (9.08%) Enterprise Software
4 234 (8.36%) Linux Command Line
5 198 (7.08%) Self-Motivation
6 96 (3.43%) Algorithms
7 80 (2.86%) Hybrid Cloud
8 72 (2.57%) Cloud Native
9 69 (2.47%) e-Learning
10 44 (1.57%) Onboarding
11 42 (1.50%) Data Centre
12 31 (1.11%) Social Media
13 29 (1.04%) Public Cloud
14 27 (0.96%) Management Information System
15 26 (0.93%) Driving Licence
16 22 (0.79%) Renewable Energy
17 20 (0.71%) Video Conferencing
18 18 (0.64%) Digital Signage
18 18 (0.64%) Microsoft Licensing
19 17 (0.61%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 958 (34.24%) Linux
2 695 (24.84%) Android
3 408 (14.58%) Windows
4 35 (1.25%) Windows Server
5 12 (0.43%) Apple iOS
5 12 (0.43%) Windows 10
6 9 (0.32%) Unix
7 5 (0.18%) Mac OS
8 4 (0.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 4 (0.14%) Ubuntu
9 3 (0.11%) Embedded Linux
10 1 (0.036%) Windows Server 2003
10 1 (0.036%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.036%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,211 (43.28%) Agile
2 955 (34.13%) Line Management
3 717 (25.63%) Mathematics
4 692 (24.73%) Software Engineering
5 655 (23.41%) DevOps
6 556 (19.87%) Problem-Solving
7 501 (17.91%) Mentoring
8 474 (16.94%) CI/CD
9 453 (16.19%) SDLC
10 448 (16.01%) Microservices
11 446 (15.94%) Design Patterns
12 443 (15.83%) OO
13 432 (15.44%) OOP
14 427 (15.26%) Android Development
15 408 (14.58%) Artificial Intelligence
16 382 (13.65%) Continuous Improvement
17 377 (13.47%) Test Automation
18 346 (12.37%) Risk Management
19 340 (12.15%) Containerisation
20 325 (11.62%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 1,050 (37.53%) Python
2 1,042 (37.24%) Java
3 614 (21.94%) C++
4 607 (21.69%) Go
5 586 (20.94%) JavaScript
6 373 (13.33%) SQL
7 355 (12.69%) PowerShell
8 329 (11.76%) Bash
9 209 (7.47%) Rust
10 122 (4.36%) TypeScript
11 21 (0.75%) C#
12 11 (0.39%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 11 (0.39%) PL/SQL
13 10 (0.36%) C
13 10 (0.36%) PHP
14 6 (0.21%) R
15 4 (0.14%) Scala
15 4 (0.14%) Shell Script
15 4 (0.14%) T-SQL
16 3 (0.11%) RPG
Qualifications
1 688 (24.59%) Security Cleared
2 633 (22.62%) DV Cleared
3 384 (13.72%) Degree
4 183 (6.54%) AWS Certification
5 174 (6.22%) AWS Certified Developer
6 173 (6.18%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 49 (1.75%) HND
8 44 (1.57%) SC Cleared
9 26 (0.93%) DBS Check
10 22 (0.79%) Microsoft Certification
11 21 (0.75%) Computer Science Degree
12 18 (0.64%) Master's Degree
13 17 (0.61%) Chartered Engineer
14 16 (0.57%) Cisco Certification
15 15 (0.54%) MCSE
16 14 (0.50%) CCNA
17 13 (0.46%) Azure Certification
18 10 (0.36%) CITP
19 9 (0.32%) HNC
20 8 (0.29%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 354 (12.65%) QA
2 250 (8.93%) NCSC
3 110 (3.93%) Accessibility
4 23 (0.82%) SLA
5 20 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 20 (0.71%) NIST
6 18 (0.64%) Data Quality
7 11 (0.39%) GDPR
8 9 (0.32%) PMO
9 6 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials
9 6 (0.21%) PMBOK
10 5 (0.18%) COBIT
11 3 (0.11%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 2 (0.071%) IEC 61508
12 2 (0.071%) ISO 19650
13 1 (0.036%) ISO 22301
13 1 (0.036%) ISO/IEC 20000
13 1 (0.036%) NEBOSH
13 1 (0.036%) P3O
13 1 (0.036%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 994 (35.53%) Docker
2 276 (9.86%) Hyper-V
3 275 (9.83%) vSphere
4 260 (9.29%) VMware NSX
5 65 (2.32%) Active Directory
6 38 (1.36%) VMware Infrastructure
7 19 (0.68%) VMware ESXi
8 8 (0.29%) Terminal Services
9 6 (0.21%) BitLocker
9 6 (0.21%) HDFS
9 6 (0.21%) Microsoft App-V
10 4 (0.14%) Virtual Machines
11 3 (0.11%) Virtual Servers
12 2 (0.071%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 1 (0.036%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 729 (26.05%) Ansible
2 378 (13.51%) Kubernetes
3 350 (12.51%) Terraform
4 21 (0.75%) Grafana
5 18 (0.64%) Microsoft Intune
6 13 (0.46%) Puppet
6 13 (0.46%) vCenter Server
7 12 (0.43%) vMotion
8 7 (0.25%) Nagios
8 7 (0.25%) Prometheus
9 6 (0.21%) CASB
9 6 (0.21%) PowerCLI
9 6 (0.21%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 6 (0.21%) vRealize
10 4 (0.14%) Cisco CUCM
10 4 (0.14%) ITRS Geneos
10 4 (0.14%) Netcool
10 4 (0.14%) Netcool/OMNIbus
10 4 (0.14%) SCCM
10 4 (0.14%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 399 (14.26%) Cisco
2 292 (10.44%) Splunk
3 279 (9.97%) Microsoft
4 278 (9.94%) Juniper
5 260 (9.29%) 3PAR
6 246 (8.79%) Solace
7 90 (3.22%) Oracle
8 68 (2.43%) IBM
9 66 (2.36%) Red Hat
10 41 (1.47%) EMC
10 41 (1.47%) VMware
11 39 (1.39%) Dell
12 38 (1.36%) Palo Alto
13 34 (1.22%) Google
14 31 (1.11%) Adobe
14 31 (1.11%) ServiceNow
15 30 (1.07%) Apple
16 24 (0.86%) Salesforce
17 23 (0.82%) Databricks
18 21 (0.75%) Fortinet