86.5% of UK employers say nothing about diversity on their careers pages

Diversity, equity and inclusion programmes are being cut back in the US and argued over in the UK. On their own careers pages, most UK employers say nothing: 86.5% of 74,485 employers carry no diversity, equality or equal-opportunities statement at all.

Mentions of LGBT+ staff are rarer still. 0.5% of employers say they include LGBT+ people, through a staff network, Stonewall membership or by naming them among the people they welcome.

By sector

The silence is greatest in hospitality & food service (93.8% say nothing) and smallest in mining & quarrying (75.6%).

1. Hospitality & food service: 93.8% say nothing
2. Arts, entertainment & recreation: 90% say nothing
3. Agriculture, forestry & fishing: 90% say nothing
4. Other services: 89.9% say nothing
5. Wholesale & retail: 89.2% say nothing
6. Transport & storage: 88.4% say nothing
7. Manufacturing: 87.9% say nothing
8. Health & social care: 86.3% say nothing
9. Education: 85.8% say nothing
10. Construction: 85.8% say nothing

By region

1. East of England: 87.7% say nothing
2. East Midlands: 87.7% say nothing
3. Wales: 86.8% say nothing
4. West Midlands: 86.7% say nothing
5. North East: 86.7% say nothing
6. North West: 86.5% say nothing
7. Yorkshire and The Humber: 86.5% say nothing
8. South East: 86% say nothing
9. South West: 86% say nothing
10. Scotland: 85.7% say nothing
11. Northern Ireland: 84.6% say nothing
12. London: 81.9% say nothing

How we measured it

We read every careers page and job advert we hold for each employer. A diversity statement is an equal-opportunities, diversity, equality or inclusion commitment; an LGBT+ mention is a staff network, Stonewall membership or LGBT+ people named among those the employer welcomes (services for LGBT+ people do not count). This is what employers publish, not what they practise.