Stable Diffusion Job Trends

Stable Diffusion
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Stable Diffusion in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Stable Diffusion over the 6 months leading up to 17 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 674 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Stable Diffusion 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.004% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.010% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £97,625 - -
25th Percentile £99,688 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £106,250 - -
75th Percentile £109,688 - -
90th Percentile £109,875 - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £102,500 - -

All Generic Skills
UK

Stable Diffusion falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 19,583 22,470 22,246
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 40.09% 32.19% 39.44%
Number of salaries quoted 10,151 11,155 16,688
10th Percentile £28,000 £32,750 £34,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -4.00% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £83,750
90th Percentile £102,500 £110,000 £106,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £54,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% -1.82% +2.14%

Stable Diffusion
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Stable Diffusion job vacancy trend in the UK

Stable Diffusion
Top 5 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Stable Diffusion within the UK over the 6 months to 17 October 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 - 2 £106,250 - 2
Work from Home - 1 £102,500 - 2
East of England - 1 £102,500 -
UK excluding London - 1 £102,500 - 1
London - 1 £110,000 - 2

Stable Diffusion
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) AWS
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) GCP
1 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Banking
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Legal
2 1 (50.00%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Lead
1 1 (50.00%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) PyTorch
2 1 (50.00%) TensorFlow
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) AI
2 1 (50.00%) Algorithmic Trading
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Business Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Coaching
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Vision
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Data Science
2 1 (50.00%) Deep Learning
2 1 (50.00%) Fraud Detection
2 1 (50.00%) Machine Learning
2 1 (50.00%) Personalization
2 1 (50.00%) Regulatory Compliance
2 1 (50.00%) Reinforcement Learning
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (50.00%) Use Case
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Master's Degree