Inclusion and Diversity Jobs

Inclusion and Diversity
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Inclusion and Diversity in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Inclusion and Diversity over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 29 25 46
Rank change year-on-year -4 +21 +22
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 3,427 7,584 6,374
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 6.57% 7.71% 6.13%
As % of the General category 9.74% 12.89% 8.94%
Number of salaries quoted 772 2,357 2,344
10th Percentile £31,018 £27,460 £35,017
25th Percentile £40,030 £35,673 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £51,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.84% -21.54% +14.52%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £58,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% -22.41% +9.20%

All General Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 35,192 58,854 71,332
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 67.47% 59.84% 68.59%
Number of salaries quoted 18,374 39,596 38,382
10th Percentile £27,750 £27,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £76,250 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £92,500 £101,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,055 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.38% -9.52% +5.00%

Inclusion and Diversity
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Inclusion and Diversity as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Inclusion and Diversity in the UK

Inclusion and Diversity
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity.

Salary trend for Inclusion and Diversity in the UK

Inclusion and Diversity
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Salary histogram for Inclusion and Diversity in the UK

Inclusion and Diversity
Top 17 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 30 April 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
England +11 3,146 £55,000 +6.38% 2,624
UK excluding London -10 2,172 £50,000 +11.11% 1,371
Work from Home +23 1,226 £55,000 - 1,411
London +4 1,088 £62,500 -3.85% 1,460
North of England +61 826 £46,000 +22.67% 380
North West +46 736 £46,000 +22.67% 229
South East +8 505 £50,000 +20.02% 299
Midlands -5 326 £50,000 +17.65% 215
East of England +55 236 £55,000 +48.29% 110
West Midlands -22 177 £55,000 +15.91% 133
East Midlands +17 149 £32,500 -5.19% 82
South West -30 140 £50,000 -8.50% 167
Scotland -53 110 £55,000 +8.91% 162
Yorkshire +36 80 £43,750 +0.66% 111
Wales +5 28 £50,124 +16.95% 35
Northern Ireland +8 14 - - 24
North East +23 10 £69,384 +97.72% 45

Inclusion and Diversity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 56 (1.63%) SharePoint
2 48 (1.40%) Microsoft Exchange
3 41 (1.20%) CMS
4 36 (1.05%) Apache Spark
5 23 (0.67%) Jupyter
6 18 (0.53%) Skype for Business
7 14 (0.41%) WinCC
8 11 (0.32%) WordPress
9 9 (0.26%) nginx
9 9 (0.26%) SAS
10 8 (0.23%) Camunda
10 8 (0.23%) Drupal
11 7 (0.20%) Confluence
11 7 (0.20%) Umbraco
12 5 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
13 4 (0.12%) OpenEdge
14 3 (0.088%) Apache
14 3 (0.088%) Oracle SOA Suite
15 2 (0.058%) IIS
16 1 (0.029%) IBM Notes
Applications
1 477 (13.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 227 (6.62%) Microsoft Office
3 104 (3.03%) Microsoft Excel
4 17 (0.50%) Microsoft Project
5 14 (0.41%) EPLAN
6 12 (0.35%) Adobe Premiere
7 11 (0.32%) MS Visio
8 10 (0.29%) InDesign
8 10 (0.29%) Photoshop
9 9 (0.26%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 9 (0.26%) Adobe Illustrator
10 8 (0.23%) Trello
11 7 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
12 5 (0.15%) AutoCAD
12 5 (0.15%) Stata
13 4 (0.12%) Adobe XD
14 3 (0.088%) Revit
15 2 (0.058%) Acrobat
15 2 (0.058%) Adobe After Effects
15 2 (0.058%) Adobe Captivate
Business Applications
1 32 (0.93%) Oracle EBS
2 20 (0.58%) Dynamics CRM
3 14 (0.41%) Oracle Applications
4 7 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
5 5 (0.15%) iTrent
5 5 (0.15%) NetSuite
5 5 (0.15%) SAP GTS
6 4 (0.12%) Adobe Campaign
6 4 (0.12%) Fidessa
6 4 (0.12%) Oracle ERP
6 4 (0.12%) PeopleSoft HCM
6 4 (0.12%) SAP HCM
7 3 (0.088%) SystmOne
8 2 (0.058%) Dynamics AX
8 2 (0.058%) Dynamics NAV
8 2 (0.058%) Oracle General Ledger
8 2 (0.058%) Oracle Payables
8 2 (0.058%) Oracle Receivables
8 2 (0.058%) SAP Business One
8 2 (0.058%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 324 (9.45%) Azure
2 250 (7.30%) AWS
3 161 (4.70%) Power Platform
4 104 (3.03%) Microsoft 365
5 83 (2.42%) GCP
6 63 (1.84%) AWS CloudFormation
7 57 (1.66%) Amazon EKS
8 48 (1.40%) SaaS
9 43 (1.25%) Power Automate
10 38 (1.11%) Azure DevOps
11 35 (1.02%) Dynamics 365
12 34 (0.99%) IBM Cloud
13 33 (0.96%) Entra ID
14 32 (0.93%) Google Analytics
14 32 (0.93%) PowerApps
15 29 (0.85%) Cloud Computing
16 21 (0.61%) Adobe Analytics
17 20 (0.58%) GitHub
18 18 (0.53%) Serverless
19 17 (0.50%) Amazon ElastiCache
Communications & Networking
1 500 (14.59%) VPN
2 450 (13.13%) DNS
3 100 (2.92%) TCP/IP
4 58 (1.69%) WAN
5 55 (1.60%) Firewall
6 51 (1.49%) LAN
7 44 (1.28%) Wireless
8 42 (1.23%) HTTP
9 40 (1.17%) Internet
10 34 (0.99%) Network Security
11 33 (0.96%) DHCP
12 26 (0.76%) Unified Communications
13 25 (0.73%) Wi-Fi
14 19 (0.55%) Skype
14 19 (0.55%) VLAN
15 17 (0.50%) Ethernet
15 17 (0.50%) VoIP
16 15 (0.44%) Modbus
16 15 (0.44%) SMTP
17 14 (0.41%) Profibus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 140 (4.09%) Power BI
2 63 (1.84%) Elasticsearch
3 61 (1.78%) SQL Server
4 51 (1.49%) Big Data
5 41 (1.20%) Data Warehouse
6 38 (1.11%) PostgreSQL
7 35 (1.02%) Data Lake
7 35 (1.02%) Tableau
8 32 (0.93%) Metadata
9 31 (0.90%) NoSQL
10 22 (0.64%) Redis
11 21 (0.61%) Amazon RDS
12 18 (0.53%) MongoDB
12 18 (0.53%) MySQL
13 16 (0.47%) Oracle Database
14 12 (0.35%) Hadoop
14 12 (0.35%) Relational Database
15 11 (0.32%) Amazon Redshift
16 10 (0.29%) Apache Hive
17 9 (0.26%) GIS
Development Applications
1 72 (2.10%) Git
1 72 (2.10%) Robot Framework
2 64 (1.87%) Cucumber
3 26 (0.76%) Jenkins
3 26 (0.76%) JIRA
4 23 (0.67%) GitLab
5 22 (0.64%) JUnit
6 18 (0.53%) Maven
7 11 (0.32%) Visual Studio
8 10 (0.29%) Mocha
9 9 (0.26%) NUnit
10 8 (0.23%) Selenium
11 7 (0.20%) Grunt
12 6 (0.18%) Balsamiq
12 6 (0.18%) Eclipse
12 6 (0.18%) Jasmine
12 6 (0.18%) TestNG
12 6 (0.18%) webpack
13 5 (0.15%) CircleCI
13 5 (0.15%) TeamCity
General
1 1,217 (35.51%) Finance
2 1,153 (33.64%) Social Skills
3 1,116 (32.56%) Analytical Skills
4 513 (14.97%) Banking
5 455 (13.28%) Financial Institution
6 426 (12.43%) German Language
7 425 (12.40%) French Language
8 418 (12.20%) Law
9 383 (11.18%) Legal
10 277 (8.08%) Manufacturing
11 176 (5.14%) Public Sector
12 160 (4.67%) Marketing
13 136 (3.97%) Retail
14 127 (3.71%) Organisational Skills
15 122 (3.56%) Telecoms
16 62 (1.81%) Advertising
17 57 (1.66%) Pharmaceutical
18 47 (1.37%) Retail Banking
19 42 (1.23%) Presentation Skills
20 40 (1.17%) Games
Job Titles
1 629 (18.35%) Analyst
2 597 (17.42%) Developer
3 509 (14.85%) Senior
4 449 (13.10%) Software Developer
5 422 (12.31%) Credit Analyst
5 422 (12.31%) Research Analyst
6 228 (6.65%) Test Engineer
7 166 (4.84%) Project Manager
8 165 (4.81%) Lead
9 161 (4.70%) Electrical Engineer
10 152 (4.44%) Safety Engineer
11 122 (3.56%) Architect
12 79 (2.31%) Senior Manager
12 79 (2.31%) Software Engineer
13 73 (2.13%) Test Automation Engineer
14 67 (1.96%) Data Scientist
15 65 (1.90%) Digital Analyst
16 62 (1.81%) Support Engineer
17 59 (1.72%) Solutions Architect
18 54 (1.58%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 130 (3.79%) .NET
2 106 (3.09%) React
3 83 (2.42%) Node.js
4 76 (2.22%) EDI
5 59 (1.72%) CSS
6 55 (1.60%) Pandas
7 54 (1.58%) HTML
8 50 (1.46%) AngularJS
9 39 (1.14%) Kafka
10 36 (1.05%) Middleware
11 30 (0.88%) Django
12 29 (0.85%) RESTful
12 29 (0.85%) Vue
13 28 (0.82%) .NET Core
14 25 (0.73%) Spring
15 24 (0.70%) Oracle Fusion
16 22 (0.64%) .NET Framework
17 20 (0.58%) REST
18 18 (0.53%) Jest
19 15 (0.44%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 795 (23.20%) Cyberattack
2 430 (12.55%) Credit Risk
3 422 (12.31%) Fixed Income
4 92 (2.68%) Management Information System
5 75 (2.19%) Algorithms
6 68 (1.98%) Linux Command Line
6 68 (1.98%) Self-Motivation
7 67 (1.96%) Hybrid Cloud
8 62 (1.81%) e-Learning
9 52 (1.52%) Driving Licence
10 47 (1.37%) Distributed Systems
10 47 (1.37%) Product Ownership
11 45 (1.31%) Social Media
12 37 (1.08%) Onboarding
13 34 (0.99%) Virtual Team
14 30 (0.88%) Blockchain
14 30 (0.88%) NHS
15 29 (0.85%) SCADA
16 26 (0.76%) Mobile App
16 26 (0.76%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 616 (17.97%) Linux
2 459 (13.39%) Android
3 238 (6.94%) Windows
4 84 (2.45%) Windows Server
5 25 (0.73%) Unix
5 25 (0.73%) Windows 10
6 22 (0.64%) Apple iOS
7 11 (0.32%) Mac OS
8 9 (0.26%) Rocky
8 9 (0.26%) Windows Server 2016
9 5 (0.15%) VMS
10 4 (0.12%) Windows Server 2012
11 3 (0.088%) Windows Server 2019
12 2 (0.058%) Oracle Linux
12 2 (0.058%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 2 (0.058%) Windows Server 2008
13 1 (0.029%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 901 (26.29%) Agile
2 823 (24.02%) Line Management
3 587 (17.13%) Decision-Making
4 537 (15.67%) Mathematics
5 531 (15.49%) Risk Management
6 516 (15.06%) Asset Management
7 501 (14.62%) OO
8 496 (14.47%) Design Patterns
9 491 (14.33%) Problem-Solving
10 488 (14.24%) Business Strategy
11 482 (14.06%) OOP
12 447 (13.04%) Android Development
13 446 (13.01%) Mentoring
14 444 (12.96%) Risk Assessment
15 431 (12.58%) Portfolio Management
16 424 (12.37%) Financial Modelling
17 422 (12.31%) Credit Risk Analysis
18 375 (10.94%) Cybersecurity
19 306 (8.93%) Creative Thinking
20 271 (7.91%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 739 (21.56%) Python
2 576 (16.81%) Java
3 495 (14.44%) C++
4 447 (13.04%) Go
5 253 (7.38%) JavaScript
6 181 (5.28%) SQL
7 127 (3.71%) PowerShell
8 93 (2.71%) Bash
9 83 (2.42%) C#
10 54 (1.58%) Rust
11 52 (1.52%) TypeScript
12 38 (1.11%) C
13 28 (0.82%) Scala
14 18 (0.53%) R
15 14 (0.41%) Shell Script
15 14 (0.41%) T-SQL
16 13 (0.38%) PHP
17 11 (0.32%) C-shell
17 11 (0.32%) PL/SQL
17 11 (0.32%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 1,260 (36.77%) Degree
2 711 (20.75%) Security Cleared
3 569 (16.60%) DV Cleared
4 509 (14.85%) Master's Degree
5 422 (12.31%) CFA
6 107 (3.12%) SC Cleared
7 80 (2.33%) DBS Check
8 58 (1.69%) Computer Science Degree
9 51 (1.49%) HNC
10 37 (1.08%) HND
11 34 (0.99%) AWS Certification
12 33 (0.96%) Azure Certification
13 32 (0.93%) Chartered Engineer
14 24 (0.70%) Numerate Degree
15 20 (0.58%) PhD
16 19 (0.55%) MBA
17 17 (0.50%) Cisco Certification
18 16 (0.47%) CISSP
18 16 (0.47%) Microsoft Certification
19 15 (0.44%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 288 (8.40%) NCSC
2 221 (6.45%) QA
3 63 (1.84%) Accessibility
4 44 (1.28%) GDPR
5 35 (1.02%) SLA
6 25 (0.73%) Data Quality
7 21 (0.61%) NIST
7 21 (0.61%) PCI DSS
8 18 (0.53%) PMBOK
9 17 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials
9 17 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 14 (0.41%) GRC
11 12 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 12 (0.35%) PMO
12 11 (0.32%) GLP
13 9 (0.26%) GMP
13 9 (0.26%) IFRS
14 8 (0.23%) Basel III
14 8 (0.23%) IFRS 9
15 7 (0.20%) Basel II
System Software
1 556 (16.22%) Docker
2 108 (3.15%) Active Directory
3 58 (1.69%) VMware Infrastructure
4 25 (0.73%) vSphere
5 23 (0.67%) Hyper-V
6 22 (0.64%) VMware ESXi
7 20 (0.58%) Virtual Desktop
8 13 (0.38%) Firmware
9 10 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
10 7 (0.20%) Terminal Services
11 6 (0.18%) Embedded Firmware
11 6 (0.18%) XenDesktop
12 5 (0.15%) Apache Flume
12 5 (0.15%) BitLocker
12 5 (0.15%) Microsoft App-V
13 1 (0.029%) EMC RecoverPoint
13 1 (0.029%) HDFS
13 1 (0.029%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 489 (14.27%) Ansible
2 139 (4.06%) Kubernetes
3 121 (3.53%) Terraform
4 27 (0.79%) Microsoft Intune
5 23 (0.67%) Puppet
6 15 (0.44%) vCenter Server
7 14 (0.41%) Wonderware InTouch
8 11 (0.32%) AWS Copilot
9 10 (0.29%) vMotion
10 9 (0.26%) SCCM
11 8 (0.23%) Grafana
12 7 (0.20%) Prometheus
13 6 (0.18%) Cisco CUCM
13 6 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
14 5 (0.15%) AirWatch
14 5 (0.15%) Nagios
14 5 (0.15%) Oozie
14 5 (0.15%) PowerCLI
14 5 (0.15%) vRealize
15 4 (0.12%) Argo
Vendors
1 543 (15.84%) Microsoft
2 427 (12.46%) Bloomberg
3 137 (4.00%) Google
4 114 (3.33%) Cisco
5 78 (2.28%) VMware
6 77 (2.25%) Oracle
7 74 (2.16%) Adobe
8 66 (1.93%) IBM
9 65 (1.90%) Salesforce
10 62 (1.81%) Red Hat
11 60 (1.75%) Alteryx
12 51 (1.49%) Apple
13 44 (1.28%) SAP
14 40 (1.17%) ServiceNow
15 36 (1.05%) Dell
15 36 (1.05%) YouTube
16 28 (0.82%) Facebook
17 26 (0.76%) Citrix
18 23 (0.67%) NEC
19 21 (0.61%) Mitel