Inclusion and Diversity Job Trends in the North of England

Inclusion and Diversity
England > North of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Inclusion and Diversity in permanent job vacancies in the North of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Inclusion and Diversity over the 6 months leading up to 16 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 43 55
Rank change year-on-year +30 +12 -3
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 902 523 383
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 9.32% 4.23% 4.99%
As % of the General category 15.44% 7.22% 7.62%
Number of salaries quoted 102 58 127
10th Percentile £20,000 £34,250 £32,092
25th Percentile £24,570 £46,713 £40,565
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,355 £58,800 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -43.27% +2.26% +6.48%
75th Percentile £57,166 £74,144 £75,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £79,225 £84,056
England median annual salary £50,000 £65,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -23.08% -7.14% +12.75%

All General Skills
North of England

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 in the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 5,842 7,242 5,025
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 60.35% 58.54% 65.42%
Number of salaries quoted 3,067 2,962 3,707
10th Percentile £26,000 £30,000 £27,560
25th Percentile £30,000 £37,500 £37,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £83,750
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - -

Inclusion and Diversity
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Inclusion and Diversity job vacancy trend in the North of England

Inclusion and Diversity
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Inclusion and Diversity.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Inclusion and Diversity

Inclusion and Diversity
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity in the North of England over the 6 months to 16 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Inclusion and Diversity in the North of England

Inclusion and Diversity
Job Locations in the North of England

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 North of England region over the 6 months to 16 November 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
North West +22 768 £35,000 -40.48% 86
Yorkshire +22 115 £33,000 -34.00% 51
North East -7 19 £26,668 -58.97% 27
Inclusion and Diversity
England

Inclusion and Diversity
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 (0.33%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 1 (0.11%) WebLogic
Applications
1 20 (2.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (1.22%) AutoCAD
2 11 (1.22%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (0.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.22%) Revit
5 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (0.55%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.11%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.11%) Oracle BPM
2 1 (0.11%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.11%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 625 (69.29%) Cloud Computing
2 18 (2.00%) Microsoft 365
3 15 (1.66%) SaaS
4 13 (1.44%) Power Platform
5 7 (0.78%) Azure
6 6 (0.67%) AWS
7 3 (0.33%) Entra ID
8 2 (0.22%) PaaS
9 1 (0.11%) Azure Monitor
9 1 (0.11%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (0.11%) dbt
9 1 (0.11%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.11%) Google Sheets
9 1 (0.11%) Google Workspace
9 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (0.11%) OCI
9 1 (0.11%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 628 (69.62%) Internet
2 6 (0.67%) LAN
3 4 (0.44%) Network Security
3 4 (0.44%) WAN
4 1 (0.11%) DMZ
4 1 (0.11%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (1.33%) Power BI
2 6 (0.67%) Tableau
3 4 (0.44%) GIS
4 2 (0.22%) Geospatial Data
5 1 (0.11%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.11%) Looker
5 1 (0.11%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.11%) Oracle Database 11g
5 1 (0.11%) Oracle Database 12c
General
1 726 (80.49%) Social Skills
2 627 (69.51%) Banking
3 73 (8.09%) Finance
4 48 (5.32%) Analytical Skills
5 47 (5.21%) Retail
6 24 (2.66%) Organisational Skills
7 20 (2.22%) Marketing
8 15 (1.66%) Public Sector
9 12 (1.33%) Telecoms
10 10 (1.11%) Pharmaceutical
11 9 (1.00%) Law
12 8 (0.89%) Legal
13 7 (0.78%) Influencing Skills
13 7 (0.78%) Manufacturing
14 4 (0.44%) Automotive
14 4 (0.44%) Billing
15 2 (0.22%) Advertising
15 2 (0.22%) Financial Institution
15 2 (0.22%) Local Government
15 2 (0.22%) Police
Job Titles
1 496 (54.99%) Lecturer
2 38 (4.21%) Senior
3 28 (3.10%) Analyst
3 28 (3.10%) Microsoft Specialist
4 18 (2.00%) Account Executive
5 15 (1.66%) Architect
6 14 (1.55%) Cisco Specialist
7 12 (1.33%) Business Analyst
8 11 (1.22%) Project Officer
8 11 (1.22%) Project Support Officer
8 11 (1.22%) Senior Project Officer
8 11 (1.22%) Senior Project Support Officer
8 11 (1.22%) Support Officer
9 10 (1.11%) Senior Analyst
10 9 (1.00%) Lead
11 8 (0.89%) Financial Analyst
11 8 (0.89%) Sales Executive
12 7 (0.78%) Corporate Sales Executive
12 7 (0.78%) IT Manager
12 7 (0.78%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.44%) Node.js
1 4 (0.44%) Spring
2 3 (0.33%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (0.22%) Django
3 2 (0.22%) React
4 1 (0.11%) AngularJS
4 1 (0.11%) CSS
4 1 (0.11%) EDI
4 1 (0.11%) HTML
4 1 (0.11%) Kafka
4 1 (0.11%) Middleware
4 1 (0.11%) Oracle ADF
4 1 (0.11%) Spring Boot
4 1 (0.11%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 625 (69.29%) IoT
2 26 (2.88%) Blog
3 16 (1.77%) Driving Licence
4 14 (1.55%) Management Information System
5 11 (1.22%) Data Centre
5 11 (1.22%) Self-Motivation
6 9 (1.00%) Onboarding
7 6 (0.67%) Microsoft Licensing
8 5 (0.55%) Hybrid Cloud
9 4 (0.44%) CMDB
10 3 (0.33%) Operational Technology
10 3 (0.33%) SCADA
11 2 (0.22%) Cloud Native
11 2 (0.22%) EPoS
11 2 (0.22%) NHS
11 2 (0.22%) Renewable Energy
11 2 (0.22%) Social Media
11 2 (0.22%) Web Conferencing
12 1 (0.11%) FMCG
12 1 (0.11%) Podcast
Operating Systems
1 9 (1.00%) Windows
2 4 (0.44%) Windows 10
3 2 (0.22%) Linux
3 2 (0.22%) Unix
4 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 738 (81.82%) AI
2 657 (72.84%) Cybersecurity
3 629 (69.73%) User Experience
4 626 (69.40%) Web Development
5 625 (69.29%) Machine Learning
6 37 (4.10%) Coaching
6 37 (4.10%) CRM
6 37 (4.10%) Customer Service
7 36 (3.99%) Customer Engagement
8 35 (3.88%) Continuous Improvement
9 33 (3.66%) Decision-Making
9 33 (3.66%) Time Management
10 31 (3.44%) Mentoring
11 29 (3.22%) B2B
12 28 (3.10%) Agile
13 22 (2.44%) Problem-Solving
14 21 (2.33%) Customer Experience
14 21 (2.33%) Project Management
15 20 (2.22%) Software Licensing
16 19 (2.11%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 7 (0.78%) Python
2 6 (0.67%) SQL
3 4 (0.44%) Java
4 1 (0.11%) Kusto Query Language
4 1 (0.11%) VBA
Qualifications
1 707 (78.38%) Degree
2 625 (69.29%) Master's Degree
2 625 (69.29%) PhD
2 625 (69.29%) Postgraduate
3 15 (1.66%) PMP
4 12 (1.33%) Chartered Engineer
5 9 (1.00%) DBS Check
6 8 (0.89%) HNC
7 7 (0.78%) SC Cleared
7 7 (0.78%) Security Cleared
8 6 (0.67%) City & Guilds
9 4 (0.44%) NVQ Level 4
10 3 (0.33%) CIPD
10 3 (0.33%) HND
10 3 (0.33%) PMI Certification
11 2 (0.22%) ACCA
11 2 (0.22%) CIMA
11 2 (0.22%) CISSP
12 1 (0.11%) CISM
12 1 (0.11%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (1.00%) Accessibility
1 9 (1.00%) PMO
1 9 (1.00%) SLA
2 6 (0.67%) GDPR
2 6 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (0.55%) QA
4 4 (0.44%) NCSC
4 4 (0.44%) NIST
5 3 (0.33%) Data Quality
5 3 (0.33%) EU AI Act
6 2 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.22%) ISO 19650
7 1 (0.11%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.11%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 1 (0.11%) IASME
System Software
1 6 (0.67%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.11%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (0.44%) Terraform
2 3 (0.33%) Ansible
2 3 (0.33%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.11%) Grafana
3 1 (0.11%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.11%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 93 (10.31%) Microsoft
2 41 (4.55%) Cisco
3 13 (1.44%) Salesforce
4 12 (1.33%) Apple
4 12 (1.33%) Palo Alto
5 11 (1.22%) Adobe
6 9 (1.00%) Dell
7 6 (0.67%) SAP
8 5 (0.55%) ServiceNow
9 4 (0.44%) Aruba
9 4 (0.44%) EXASOL
10 3 (0.33%) Fortinet
10 3 (0.33%) Google
10 3 (0.33%) Mellanox
10 3 (0.33%) NVIDIA
10 3 (0.33%) Openreach
10 3 (0.33%) Oracle
11 1 (0.11%) HP
11 1 (0.11%) UiPath
11 1 (0.11%) VMware