Inclusion and Diversity Job Trends in the East Midlands

Inclusion and Diversity
England > East Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Inclusion and Diversity in permanent job vacancies in the East Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Inclusion and Diversity over the 6 months leading up to 8 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 75 38 54
Rank change year-on-year -37 +16 0
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 112 163 151
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 1.77% 7.08% 3.82%
As % of the General category 4.04% 10.36% 7.80%
Number of salaries quoted 57 38 25
10th Percentile £27,850 £12,800 £31,250
25th Percentile £29,625 £24,128 £31,863
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £32,500 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +23.08% -13.33% -34.07%
75th Percentile £50,001 £44,000 £46,188
90th Percentile £85,000 £51,250 £54,520
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -14.29%

All General Skills
East Midlands

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 general skills in the East Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 2,775 1,574 1,936
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 43.84% 68.38% 49.00%
Number of salaries quoted 1,650 816 858
10th Percentile £27,625 £26,208 £26,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £28,750 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £40,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -11.11% -10.00%
75th Percentile £62,000 £55,000 £56,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £70,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £56,200
% change year-on-year - -2.14% -6.33%

Inclusion and Diversity
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Inclusion and Diversity relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Inclusion and Diversity job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Inclusion and Diversity
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Inclusion and Diversity.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Inclusion and Diversity

Inclusion and Diversity
Salary Histogram in the East Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 8 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Inclusion and Diversity in the East Midlands

Inclusion and Diversity
Job Locations in the East Midlands

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 East Midlands region over the 6 months to 8 September 2026. 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
Nottinghamshire -1 42 £35,000 +29.63% 52
Leicestershire -26 33 £41,625 - 16
Lincolnshire -8 18 £86,600 - 10
Derbyshire -28 11 £45,000 +7.14% 10
Northamptonshire -41 8 £35,500 +9.23% 19
Inclusion and Diversity
England

Inclusion and Diversity
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 4 (3.57%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (3.57%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.89%) CMS
2 1 (0.89%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 12 (10.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (9.82%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (5.36%) Revit
4 2 (1.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 9 (8.04%) SAP EHS
1 9 (8.04%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 20 (17.86%) Microsoft 365
2 15 (13.39%) Azure
3 10 (8.93%) Entra ID
3 10 (8.93%) Power Platform
4 7 (6.25%) SaaS
5 6 (5.36%) Azure DevOps
5 6 (5.36%) Azure Sentinel
6 4 (3.57%) AWS
7 3 (2.68%) Azure Key Vault
7 3 (2.68%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (2.68%) GitHub
7 3 (2.68%) IaaS
7 3 (2.68%) PaaS
7 3 (2.68%) PowerApps
8 2 (1.79%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 2 (1.79%) GCP
8 2 (1.79%) GitHub Copilot
8 2 (1.79%) SonarCloud
8 2 (1.79%) SuccessFactors
9 1 (0.89%) Google Tag Manager
Communications & Networking
1 5 (4.46%) Modbus
2 3 (2.68%) Firewall
3 2 (1.79%) DHCP
3 2 (1.79%) DNS
4 1 (0.89%) Cisco IOS
4 1 (0.89%) LAN
4 1 (0.89%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.89%) VLAN
4 1 (0.89%) WAN
4 1 (0.89%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (8.93%) Power BI
2 5 (4.46%) GIS
2 5 (4.46%) Relational Database
3 3 (2.68%) Data Lake
4 2 (1.79%) NoSQL
4 2 (1.79%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.89%) Power Query
5 1 (0.89%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (4.46%) Git
2 1 (0.89%) JIRA
General
1 45 (40.18%) Social Skills
2 29 (25.89%) Analytical Skills
3 28 (25.00%) Finance
4 17 (15.18%) Organisational Skills
5 13 (11.61%) Retail
6 10 (8.93%) Electronics
7 6 (5.36%) Aerospace
7 6 (5.36%) Marketing
8 5 (4.46%) Military
9 4 (3.57%) Automotive
9 4 (3.57%) Dutch Language
9 4 (3.57%) Games
9 4 (3.57%) Legal
9 4 (3.57%) Manufacturing
9 4 (3.57%) Portuguese Language
9 4 (3.57%) Spanish Language
10 3 (2.68%) Financial Institution
10 3 (2.68%) Japanese Language
10 3 (2.68%) Law
11 2 (1.79%) French Language
Job Titles
1 21 (18.75%) Analyst
2 18 (16.07%) Lead
3 15 (13.39%) IT Engineer
3 15 (13.39%) Senior
4 10 (8.93%) Service Desk Engineer
4 10 (8.93%) Systems Engineer
5 9 (8.04%) IT Analyst
5 9 (8.04%) Lead Systems Engineer
5 9 (8.04%) Lead Test Engineer
5 9 (8.04%) Systems Test Engineer
5 9 (8.04%) Test Engineer
6 8 (7.14%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 8 (7.14%) IT Security Analyst
6 8 (7.14%) Project Engineer
6 8 (7.14%) Security Analyst
7 6 (5.36%) Data Analyst
7 6 (5.36%) Mechanical Engineer
7 6 (5.36%) Sales Executive
8 5 (4.46%) Principal Engineer
8 5 (4.46%) Principal Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.57%) .NET
2 3 (2.68%) PyTorch
2 3 (2.68%) TensorFlow
2 3 (2.68%) Terraform
3 2 (1.79%) .NET Core
3 2 (1.79%) .NET Framework
3 2 (1.79%) ASP.NET
3 2 (1.79%) ASP.NET Core
3 2 (1.79%) Node.js
3 2 (1.79%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (9.82%) CSOC
2 9 (8.04%) Cyber Threat
2 9 (8.04%) Renewable Energy
2 9 (8.04%) Self-Motivation
3 6 (5.36%) Onboarding
3 6 (5.36%) Security Posture
4 5 (4.46%) Driving Licence
4 5 (4.46%) SCADA
5 4 (3.57%) Security Operations Centre
6 3 (2.68%) AI Agents
6 3 (2.68%) Cloud Native
7 2 (1.79%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (1.79%) Legacy Applications
7 2 (1.79%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.79%) Tandem
8 1 (0.89%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.89%) Data Structures
8 1 (0.89%) PKI
8 1 (0.89%) Self-Driving Car
Operating Systems
1 18 (16.07%) Windows
2 9 (8.04%) Windows 10
2 9 (8.04%) Windows Server
3 6 (5.36%) Linux
4 4 (3.57%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.89%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
2 23 (20.54%) Continuous Improvement
3 21 (18.75%) Cybersecurity
4 20 (17.86%) Mentoring
5 19 (16.96%) AI
6 18 (16.07%) Decision-Making
7 14 (12.50%) Decarbonisation
8 13 (11.61%) Customer Service
8 13 (11.61%) Service Delivery
8 13 (11.61%) SIEM
9 12 (10.71%) ITSM
9 12 (10.71%) Security Operations
10 11 (9.82%) Analytical Thinking
10 11 (9.82%) Analytics
10 11 (9.82%) Computer Science
11 10 (8.93%) Business Intelligence
11 10 (8.93%) Roadmaps
11 10 (8.93%) Vulnerability Remediation
12 9 (8.04%) Agile
12 9 (8.04%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 10 (8.93%) Python
2 9 (8.04%) PowerShell
3 7 (6.25%) C#
4 6 (5.36%) SQL
5 5 (4.46%) Kusto Query Language
6 4 (3.57%) Bash
7 2 (1.79%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.89%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 39 (34.82%) SC Cleared
1 39 (34.82%) Security Cleared
2 35 (31.25%) Degree
3 8 (7.14%) SANS
4 6 (5.36%) BPSS Clearance
4 6 (5.36%) Computer Science Degree
4 6 (5.36%) DV Cleared
5 5 (4.46%) Master's Degree
6 3 (2.68%) MOS
7 2 (1.79%) CCNA
7 2 (1.79%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (1.79%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (1.79%) Postgraduate
8 1 (0.89%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.89%) CCNP
8 1 (0.89%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (0.89%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.89%) GCED
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (7.14%) Accessibility
2 6 (5.36%) GDPR
2 6 (5.36%) SLA
3 4 (3.57%) QA
4 2 (1.79%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.89%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.89%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.89%) NCSC
System Software
1 18 (16.07%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.68%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (6.25%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (2.68%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.79%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (0.89%) Ansible
4 1 (0.89%) Argo
4 1 (0.89%) Nessus
4 1 (0.89%) SCCM
Vendors
1 26 (23.21%) Microsoft
2 11 (9.82%) SAP
3 4 (3.57%) HP
4 3 (2.68%) HubSpot
5 2 (1.79%) AlienVault
5 2 (1.79%) Apple
5 2 (1.79%) CrowdStrike
5 2 (1.79%) IFS
5 2 (1.79%) Veracode
6 1 (0.89%) Cisco
6 1 (0.89%) Google
6 1 (0.89%) Qualys
6 1 (0.89%) Sage