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 26 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 29 25 43
Rank change year-on-year -4 +18 +30
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 3,439 7,503 6,703
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 6.66% 7.64% 6.37%
As % of the General category 9.90% 12.77% 9.27%
Number of salaries quoted 770 2,351 2,407
10th Percentile £31,243 £27,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £40,563 £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 £57,500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -21.74% +8.26%

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 34,738 58,777 72,286
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 67.32% 59.87% 68.74%
Number of salaries quoted 18,372 39,592 38,758
10th Percentile £28,013 £27,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.62% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £76,840 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £92,500 £102,500
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 26 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 26 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 +14 3,155 £55,000 +6.38% 4,610
UK excluding London -8 2,167 £50,000 +11.11% 1,989
Work from Home +23 1,261 £55,000 - 2,269
London +7 1,106 £62,500 -3.85% 2,995
North of England +60 817 £46,000 +22.67% 498
North West +44 733 £45,500 +21.33% 305
South East +11 510 £49,567 +16.63% 477
Midlands -2 319 £50,000 +17.65% 311
East of England +54 241 £55,875 +50.65% 168
West Midlands -20 176 £55,000 +15.91% 201
East Midlands +19 143 £32,500 -5.19% 104
South West -30 137 £50,000 -8.50% 240
Scotland -53 114 £55,000 +8.91% 238
Yorkshire +29 74 £42,500 -2.21% 135
Wales +5 28 £50,124 +16.95% 50
Northern Ireland +9 14 - - 43
North East +22 9 £69,384 +97.72% 63

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 55 (1.60%) SharePoint
2 48 (1.40%) Microsoft Exchange
3 41 (1.19%) CMS
4 36 (1.05%) Apache Spark
5 23 (0.67%) Jupyter
6 18 (0.52%) 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 (0.087%) Apache
14 3 (0.087%) Oracle SOA Suite
15 2 (0.058%) IIS
16 1 (0.029%) IBM Notes
Applications
1 481 (13.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 227 (6.60%) Microsoft Office
3 103 (3.00%) Microsoft Excel
4 17 (0.49%) Microsoft Project
5 14 (0.41%) EPLAN
6 13 (0.38%) Adobe Premiere
7 11 (0.32%) MS Visio
8 10 (0.29%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 10 (0.29%) InDesign
8 10 (0.29%) Photoshop
9 9 (0.26%) Adobe Illustrator
10 8 (0.23%) Trello
11 6 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
12 5 (0.15%) AutoCAD
12 5 (0.15%) Stata
13 4 (0.12%) Adobe XD
14 3 (0.087%) Revit
15 2 (0.058%) Acrobat
15 2 (0.058%) Adobe Captivate
15 2 (0.058%) Final Cut Pro
Business Applications
1 33 (0.96%) Oracle EBS
2 20 (0.58%) Dynamics CRM
3 14 (0.41%) Oracle Applications
4 7 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
5 6 (0.17%) SAP GTS
6 5 (0.15%) iTrent
6 5 (0.15%) NetSuite
6 5 (0.15%) Oracle ERP
6 5 (0.15%) PeopleSoft HCM
7 4 (0.12%) Adobe Campaign
7 4 (0.12%) Fidessa
7 4 (0.12%) SAP HCM
8 3 (0.087%) SystmOne
9 2 (0.058%) Dynamics AX
9 2 (0.058%) Dynamics NAV
9 2 (0.058%) Oracle General Ledger
9 2 (0.058%) Oracle Payables
9 2 (0.058%) Oracle Receivables
9 2 (0.058%) SAP Business One
9 2 (0.058%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 318 (9.25%) Azure
2 288 (8.37%) AWS
3 159 (4.62%) Power Platform
4 103 (3.00%) Microsoft 365
5 83 (2.41%) GCP
6 63 (1.83%) AWS CloudFormation
7 57 (1.66%) Amazon EKS
8 56 (1.63%) GitHub
9 54 (1.57%) Serverless
10 52 (1.51%) Amazon S3
11 50 (1.45%) SaaS
12 42 (1.22%) Amazon Kinesis
12 42 (1.22%) Power Automate
13 40 (1.16%) AWS Lambda
14 36 (1.05%) Amazon SQS
15 35 (1.02%) Dynamics 365
16 34 (0.99%) IBM Cloud
17 33 (0.96%) Entra ID
18 32 (0.93%) Azure DevOps
18 32 (0.93%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 500 (14.54%) VPN
2 447 (13.00%) DNS
3 100 (2.91%) TCP/IP
4 55 (1.60%) WAN
5 53 (1.54%) Firewall
6 49 (1.42%) LAN
7 44 (1.28%) Wireless
8 42 (1.22%) HTTP
9 41 (1.19%) Internet
10 33 (0.96%) Network Security
11 31 (0.90%) 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 (0.49%) Ethernet
15 17 (0.49%) VoIP
16 15 (0.44%) Modbus
17 14 (0.41%) Profibus
17 14 (0.41%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 138 (4.01%) Power BI
2 74 (2.15%) PostgreSQL
3 63 (1.83%) Elasticsearch
4 61 (1.77%) SQL Server
5 58 (1.69%) Redis
6 51 (1.48%) Big Data
7 41 (1.19%) Data Warehouse
8 39 (1.13%) DynamoDB
9 35 (1.02%) Data Lake
10 33 (0.96%) Tableau
11 32 (0.93%) Metadata
12 31 (0.90%) NoSQL
13 20 (0.58%) Amazon RDS
14 18 (0.52%) MongoDB
14 18 (0.52%) MySQL
15 16 (0.47%) Oracle Database
16 12 (0.35%) Hadoop
16 12 (0.35%) Relational Database
17 11 (0.32%) Amazon Redshift
18 10 (0.29%) Apache Hive
Development Applications
1 74 (2.15%) Git
2 72 (2.09%) Robot Framework
3 64 (1.86%) Cucumber
4 62 (1.80%) Jenkins
5 27 (0.79%) JIRA
6 22 (0.64%) GitLab
6 22 (0.64%) JUnit
7 18 (0.52%) Maven
8 11 (0.32%) Visual Studio
9 10 (0.29%) Mocha
10 9 (0.26%) NUnit
11 8 (0.23%) Selenium
12 7 (0.20%) Grunt
13 6 (0.17%) Balsamiq
13 6 (0.17%) Eclipse
13 6 (0.17%) Jasmine
13 6 (0.17%) TestNG
13 6 (0.17%) webpack
14 5 (0.15%) CircleCI
14 5 (0.15%) TeamCity
General
1 1,226 (35.65%) Finance
2 1,149 (33.41%) Social Skills
3 1,117 (32.48%) Analytical Skills
4 516 (15.00%) Banking
5 458 (13.32%) Financial Institution
6 429 (12.47%) German Language
7 428 (12.45%) French Language
8 416 (12.10%) Law
9 385 (11.20%) Legal
10 277 (8.05%) Manufacturing
11 194 (5.64%) Marketing
12 167 (4.86%) Public Sector
13 128 (3.72%) Organisational Skills
14 125 (3.63%) Retail
15 122 (3.55%) Telecoms
16 98 (2.85%) Advertising
17 59 (1.72%) Pharmaceutical
18 48 (1.40%) Retail Banking
19 42 (1.22%) Games
19 42 (1.22%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 629 (18.29%) Analyst
2 596 (17.33%) Developer
3 511 (14.86%) Senior
4 450 (13.09%) Software Developer
5 425 (12.36%) Credit Analyst
5 425 (12.36%) Research Analyst
6 228 (6.63%) Test Engineer
7 166 (4.83%) Project Manager
8 161 (4.68%) Electrical Engineer
8 161 (4.68%) Lead
9 152 (4.42%) Safety Engineer
10 122 (3.55%) Architect
11 117 (3.40%) Software Engineer
12 80 (2.33%) Senior Manager
13 73 (2.12%) Test Automation Engineer
14 65 (1.89%) Data Scientist
14 65 (1.89%) Digital Analyst
15 59 (1.72%) Support Engineer
16 58 (1.69%) Solutions Architect
17 54 (1.57%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 144 (4.19%) React
2 131 (3.81%) .NET
3 120 (3.49%) Node.js
4 86 (2.50%) AngularJS
5 76 (2.21%) EDI
6 61 (1.77%) CSS
7 57 (1.66%) HTML
8 56 (1.63%) REST
9 55 (1.60%) Pandas
10 43 (1.25%) Tailwind CSS
11 39 (1.13%) Kafka
12 36 (1.05%) Middleware
13 30 (0.87%) Django
14 29 (0.84%) RESTful
14 29 (0.84%) Vue
15 28 (0.81%) .NET Core
16 25 (0.73%) Oracle Fusion
16 25 (0.73%) Spring
17 22 (0.64%) .NET Framework
18 18 (0.52%) Jest
Miscellaneous
1 796 (23.15%) Cyberattack
2 433 (12.59%) Credit Risk
3 425 (12.36%) Fixed Income
4 93 (2.70%) Management Information System
5 75 (2.18%) Algorithms
6 69 (2.01%) Linux Command Line
7 68 (1.98%) Self-Motivation
8 52 (1.51%) Digital Media
9 50 (1.45%) Driving Licence
9 50 (1.45%) Hybrid Cloud
10 48 (1.40%) Distributed Systems
11 47 (1.37%) e-Learning
11 47 (1.37%) Social Media
12 44 (1.28%) Product Ownership
13 38 (1.10%) Blog
14 37 (1.08%) Onboarding
15 33 (0.96%) Virtual Team
16 31 (0.90%) NHS
17 30 (0.87%) Blockchain
18 29 (0.84%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 618 (17.97%) Linux
2 460 (13.38%) Android
3 237 (6.89%) Windows
4 83 (2.41%) Windows Server
5 26 (0.76%) Unix
5 26 (0.76%) Windows 10
6 23 (0.67%) 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 (0.087%) 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
1 930 (27.04%) Agile
2 823 (23.93%) Line Management
3 586 (17.04%) Decision-Making
4 535 (15.56%) Mathematics
4 535 (15.56%) Risk Management
5 519 (15.09%) Asset Management
6 501 (14.57%) OO
7 496 (14.42%) Design Patterns
7 496 (14.42%) Problem-Solving
8 486 (14.13%) Business Strategy
9 482 (14.02%) OOP
10 449 (13.06%) Risk Assessment
11 447 (13.00%) Android Development
12 434 (12.62%) Mentoring
12 434 (12.62%) Portfolio Management
13 427 (12.42%) Financial Modelling
14 425 (12.36%) Credit Risk Analysis
15 373 (10.85%) Cybersecurity
16 306 (8.90%) Creative Thinking
17 256 (7.44%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 737 (21.43%) Python
2 579 (16.84%) Java
3 495 (14.39%) C++
4 448 (13.03%) Go
5 255 (7.41%) JavaScript
6 177 (5.15%) SQL
7 125 (3.63%) PowerShell
8 93 (2.70%) Bash
9 90 (2.62%) TypeScript
10 83 (2.41%) C#
11 55 (1.60%) Rust
12 38 (1.10%) C
13 28 (0.81%) Scala
14 17 (0.49%) R
15 14 (0.41%) PHP
15 14 (0.41%) Shell Script
15 14 (0.41%) T-SQL
16 12 (0.35%) Ruby
17 11 (0.32%) C-shell
17 11 (0.32%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 1,264 (36.75%) Degree
2 712 (20.70%) Security Cleared
3 569 (16.55%) DV Cleared
4 510 (14.83%) Master's Degree
5 425 (12.36%) CFA
6 109 (3.17%) SC Cleared
7 83 (2.41%) DBS Check
8 59 (1.72%) Computer Science Degree
9 51 (1.48%) HNC
10 37 (1.08%) HND
11 35 (1.02%) 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 (0.49%) Cisco Certification
18 16 (0.47%) CISSP
19 15 (0.44%) CompTIA Security+
19 15 (0.44%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 288 (8.37%) NCSC
2 220 (6.40%) QA
3 64 (1.86%) Accessibility
4 44 (1.28%) GDPR
5 34 (0.99%) SLA
6 24 (0.70%) Data Quality
7 22 (0.64%) NIST
8 21 (0.61%) PCI DSS
9 18 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 18 (0.52%) PMBOK
10 17 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials
11 14 (0.41%) GRC
12 12 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 12 (0.35%) PMO
13 11 (0.32%) GLP
14 9 (0.26%) GMP
14 9 (0.26%) IFRS
15 8 (0.23%) Basel III
15 8 (0.23%) IFRS 9
16 7 (0.20%) Basel II
System Software
1 590 (17.16%) Docker
2 106 (3.08%) Active Directory
3 58 (1.69%) VMware Infrastructure
4 23 (0.67%) vSphere
5 22 (0.64%) Hyper-V
6 20 (0.58%) Virtual Desktop
6 20 (0.58%) VMware ESXi
7 13 (0.38%) Firmware
8 11 (0.32%) Virtual Machines
9 7 (0.20%) XenDesktop
10 6 (0.17%) Embedded Firmware
10 6 (0.17%) Terminal Services
11 5 (0.15%) Apache Flume
12 4 (0.12%) BitLocker
12 4 (0.12%) Microsoft App-V
13 2 (0.058%) Virtual Servers
14 1 (0.029%) EMC RecoverPoint
14 1 (0.029%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 486 (14.13%) Ansible
2 172 (5.00%) Kubernetes
3 120 (3.49%) Terraform
4 28 (0.81%) Microsoft Intune
5 21 (0.61%) Puppet
6 14 (0.41%) Wonderware InTouch
7 13 (0.38%) vCenter Server
8 11 (0.32%) AWS Copilot
9 10 (0.29%) SCCM
10 8 (0.23%) Grafana
10 8 (0.23%) vMotion
11 7 (0.20%) Prometheus
11 7 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
12 6 (0.17%) Cisco CUCM
13 5 (0.15%) AirWatch
13 5 (0.15%) Oozie
14 4 (0.12%) Argo
14 4 (0.12%) Oracle RMAN
14 4 (0.12%) PowerCLI
14 4 (0.12%) vRealize
Vendors
1 543 (15.79%) Microsoft
2 431 (12.53%) Bloomberg
3 135 (3.93%) Google
4 108 (3.14%) Cisco
5 79 (2.30%) VMware
6 74 (2.15%) Adobe
7 69 (2.01%) Oracle
8 63 (1.83%) Salesforce
9 60 (1.74%) Alteryx
10 51 (1.48%) Apple
10 51 (1.48%) IBM
11 47 (1.37%) Red Hat
12 45 (1.31%) SAP
13 40 (1.16%) ServiceNow
14 36 (1.05%) YouTube
15 35 (1.02%) Dell
16 29 (0.84%) Facebook
17 27 (0.79%) Citrix
18 23 (0.67%) NEC
19 21 (0.61%) Mitel