Inclusive Design Job Trends

Inclusive Design
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Inclusive Design skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 589 721 699
Rank change year-on-year +132 -22 +307
Permanent jobs citing Inclusive Design 64 4 10
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.11% 0.007% 0.020%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.13% 0.008% 0.022%
Number of salaries quoted 35 3 9
10th Percentile £41,250 - £43,500
25th Percentile £47,500 - £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £31,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +61.29% -38.00% -23.08%
75th Percentile £63,125 £50,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £62,200 £64,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,250 £31,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +65.32% -38.00% -9.09%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Inclusive Design falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 48,883 50,789 45,720
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 82.99% 89.40% 93.70%
Number of salaries quoted 28,699 25,691 35,102
10th Percentile £28,250 £35,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -2.60%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,720 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -11.42% +4.76% -2.78%

Inclusive Design
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Inclusive Design relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Inclusive Design job vacancy trend in the UK

Inclusive Design
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Inclusive Design.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Inclusive Design

Inclusive Design
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Inclusive Design over the 6 months to 19 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Inclusive Design in the UK

Inclusive Design
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Inclusive Design within the UK over the 6 months to 19 December 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 +139 49 £50,000 +61.29% 95
London +94 34 £50,000 -28.57% 11
Work from Home +91 25 £50,000 +61.29% 53
UK excluding London +73 14 £51,250 +65.32% 91
North of England - 6 £52,500 - 27
North West - 5 £50,000 - 11
South East - 5 £48,750 - 18
Wales +3 1 - - 2
South West - 1 - - 9
North East - 1 £55,000 - 3
East of England - 1 - - 14

Inclusive Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 3 (4.69%) WordPress
2 2 (3.13%) CMS
2 2 (3.13%) Drupal
Applications
1 21 (32.81%) Adobe XD
2 14 (21.88%) Sketch
3 9 (14.06%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 5 (7.81%) InVision
5 2 (3.13%) Adobe After Effects
5 2 (3.13%) Adobe Captivate
5 2 (3.13%) Adobe Illustrator
5 2 (3.13%) Adobe Premiere
5 2 (3.13%) Elementor
5 2 (3.13%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 2 (3.13%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 32 (50.00%) Figma
2 14 (21.88%) Google Analytics
3 4 (6.25%) AWS
4 2 (3.13%) Adobe Creative Cloud
4 2 (3.13%) Amazon CloudWatch
4 2 (3.13%) Amazon S3
4 2 (3.13%) AWS Lambda
4 2 (3.13%) CloudFront
4 2 (3.13%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (3.13%) Google Tag Manager
4 2 (3.13%) Miro
4 2 (3.13%) Serverless
5 1 (1.56%) Adobe Analytics
5 1 (1.56%) Azure
5 1 (1.56%) Sprout Social
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.13%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.13%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (1.56%) GIS
Development Applications
1 15 (23.44%) Axure RP
2 11 (17.19%) Balsamiq
3 2 (3.13%) Git
General
1 27 (42.19%) Public Sector
1 27 (42.19%) Social Skills
2 19 (29.69%) Law
3 15 (23.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 11 (17.19%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (14.06%) Finance
6 6 (9.38%) Telecoms
7 5 (7.81%) Organisational Skills
7 5 (7.81%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (6.25%) Multimedia
9 3 (4.69%) Marketing
10 2 (3.13%) Advertising
10 2 (3.13%) Legal
10 2 (3.13%) Publishing
11 1 (1.56%) Digital Economy
11 1 (1.56%) Games
11 1 (1.56%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 41 (64.06%) Designer
2 24 (37.50%) UX Designer
3 9 (14.06%) Consultant
4 8 (12.50%) Service Designer
4 8 (12.50%) UI Designer
4 8 (12.50%) UI/UX Designer
5 7 (10.94%) Developer
5 7 (10.94%) Senior
6 4 (6.25%) Graduate
7 3 (4.69%) Digital Designer
7 3 (4.69%) Senior Designer
7 3 (4.69%) Senior Digital Designer
7 3 (4.69%) User Researcher
8 2 (3.13%) Digital Developer
8 2 (3.13%) Digital Product Manager
8 2 (3.13%) Full-Stack Developer
8 2 (3.13%) Lead
8 2 (3.13%) Lead Product Designer
8 2 (3.13%) Product Designer
8 2 (3.13%) User Experience Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (40.63%) HTML
2 24 (37.50%) CSS
3 4 (6.25%) Node.js
4 3 (4.69%) React
5 2 (3.13%) AngularJS
5 2 (3.13%) Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 22 (34.38%) Product Ownership
2 9 (14.06%) Mobile App
3 8 (12.50%) e-Learning
4 7 (10.94%) Onboarding
5 4 (6.25%) Learning Management System
6 3 (4.69%) Social Media
7 2 (3.13%) AI Agents
7 2 (3.13%) Cloud Native
7 2 (3.13%) Graphic Design
7 2 (3.13%) SCORM
7 2 (3.13%) VUI
Operating Systems
1 6 (9.38%) Android
1 6 (9.38%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (81.25%) User Experience
2 44 (68.75%) Agile
2 44 (68.75%) User Research
2 44 (68.75%) UX Design
3 36 (56.25%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 25 (39.06%) Wireframes
5 24 (37.50%) Usability Testing
6 23 (35.94%) Workshop Facilitation
7 20 (31.25%) Design Thinking
7 20 (31.25%) Prototyping
8 19 (29.69%) Analytics
9 17 (26.56%) Actionable Insight
10 14 (21.88%) Mentoring
11 13 (20.31%) Community of Practice
11 13 (20.31%) Problem-Solving
12 12 (18.75%) Service Design
13 11 (17.19%) Analytical Thinking
13 11 (17.19%) Information Architecture
13 11 (17.19%) Stakeholder Management
13 11 (17.19%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 21 (32.81%) JavaScript
2 4 (6.25%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 31 (48.44%) Security Cleared
2 25 (39.06%) Degree
2 25 (39.06%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (90.63%) Accessibility
2 29 (45.31%) WCAG
3 6 (9.38%) Section 508
4 4 (6.25%) QA
5 2 (3.13%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (1.56%) Docker
Vendors
1 32 (50.00%) Adobe
2 18 (28.13%) Google
3 13 (20.31%) Microsoft
4 1 (1.56%) Salesforce