Inclusion and Diversity Jobs in the North West

Inclusion and Diversity
England > North West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Inclusion and Diversity in permanent job vacancies in the North West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Inclusion and Diversity over the 6 months leading up to 26 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 17 61 69
Rank change year-on-year +44 +8 -11
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 733 335 388
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 9.65% 3.46% 4.84%
As % of the General category 14.09% 6.46% 7.01%
Number of salaries quoted 42 157 57
10th Percentile £34,448 £24,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £25,500 £31,934
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,500 £37,500 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year +21.33% -37.00% +10.03%
75th Percentile £52,813 £55,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £71,335 £67,090 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £51,700 £70,000
% change year-on-year +6.38% -26.14% +18.64%

All General Skills
North West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 5,204 5,188 5,536
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 68.52% 53.52% 69.09%
Number of salaries quoted 2,509 3,862 2,519
10th Percentile £26,500 £26,250 £28,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £33,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.38% -9.52% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £62,833 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £81,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £60,315
% change year-on-year +9.52% -12.96% +0.53%

Inclusion and Diversity
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Inclusion and Diversity as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Inclusion and Diversity in the North West

Inclusion and Diversity
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity in the North West.

Salary trend for Inclusion and Diversity in the North West

Inclusion and Diversity
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity in the North West over the 6 months to 26 April 2025.

Salary histogram for Inclusion and Diversity in the North West

Inclusion and Diversity
Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 26 April 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
Lancashire +62 413 - - 94
Manchester +27 192 £46,000 +25.17% 218
Cheshire +45 93 £35,000 -30.00% 38
Merseyside +44 34 - - 25
Cumbria -82 4 £38,000 -15.56% 6
Inclusion and Diversity
England

Inclusion and Diversity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 9 (1.23%) Skype for Business
2 6 (0.82%) Camunda
2 6 (0.82%) nginx
3 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.14%) Moodle
Applications
1 10 (1.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (1.23%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (0.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.55%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.14%) Adobe After Effects
5 1 (0.14%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.14%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.14%) Adobe Premiere
5 1 (0.14%) Blender
5 1 (0.14%) CINEMA 4D
5 1 (0.14%) InDesign
5 1 (0.14%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 2 (0.27%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (0.27%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 63 (8.59%) Power Platform
2 16 (2.18%) Azure
3 12 (1.64%) IBM Cloud
4 10 (1.36%) AWS
5 6 (0.82%) OpenShift
6 4 (0.55%) Dynamics 365
6 4 (0.55%) Figma
6 4 (0.55%) GCP
6 4 (0.55%) Google Workspace
6 4 (0.55%) Miro
6 4 (0.55%) Slack
7 3 (0.41%) Amazon ECR
7 3 (0.41%) Amazon ECS
7 3 (0.41%) Amazon ElastiCache
7 3 (0.41%) Amazon OpenSearch
7 3 (0.41%) AWS CloudFormation
7 3 (0.41%) AWS CodeBuild
7 3 (0.41%) Cloud Computing
7 3 (0.41%) dbt
7 3 (0.41%) Pulumi
Communications & Networking
1 383 (52.25%) VPN
2 379 (51.71%) DNS
3 9 (1.23%) Skype
3 9 (1.23%) Unified Communications
3 9 (1.23%) Wireless
4 7 (0.95%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.27%) Internet
5 2 (0.27%) MPLS
5 2 (0.27%) VoIP
6 1 (0.14%) Modbus
6 1 (0.14%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (8.46%) Power BI
2 6 (0.82%) MongoDB
2 6 (0.82%) Oracle Database
3 3 (0.41%) Amazon RDS
3 3 (0.41%) Elasticsearch
3 3 (0.41%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (0.41%) Redis
4 1 (0.14%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (0.14%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.14%) GIS
4 1 (0.14%) Metadata
4 1 (0.14%) Qlik Sense
4 1 (0.14%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 6 (0.82%) Git
1 6 (0.82%) Maven
2 4 (0.55%) Balsamiq
2 4 (0.55%) Cucumber
2 4 (0.55%) JIRA
2 4 (0.55%) Robot Framework
General
1 404 (55.12%) Analytical Skills
2 393 (53.62%) Finance
3 177 (24.15%) Legal
4 174 (23.74%) Law
5 96 (13.10%) Social Skills
6 59 (8.05%) Organisational Skills
7 23 (3.14%) Public Sector
8 18 (2.46%) Retail
9 17 (2.32%) Manufacturing
10 6 (0.82%) Telecoms
11 5 (0.68%) Pharmaceutical
12 4 (0.55%) Financial Institution
13 2 (0.27%) Dutch Language
13 2 (0.27%) Games
13 2 (0.27%) Wearables
14 1 (0.14%) Advertising
14 1 (0.14%) Documentation Skills
14 1 (0.14%) Electronics
14 1 (0.14%) Marketing
14 1 (0.14%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 379 (51.71%) Developer
1 379 (51.71%) Software Developer
2 72 (9.82%) Analyst
3 58 (7.91%) Digital Analyst
4 30 (4.09%) Senior
5 28 (3.82%) Graduate
5 28 (3.82%) Graduate Analyst
6 11 (1.50%) Architect
7 9 (1.23%) Applications Support
7 9 (1.23%) Applications Support Analyst
7 9 (1.23%) Collaboration Specialist
7 9 (1.23%) Solutions Architect
7 9 (1.23%) Support Analyst
8 8 (1.09%) Azure Architect
8 8 (1.09%) Senior Architect
8 8 (1.09%) Senior Solutions Architect
9 7 (0.95%) Cisco Specialist
9 7 (0.95%) Principal Engineer
9 7 (0.95%) Test Engineer
10 6 (0.82%) Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (0.95%) Node.js
2 6 (0.82%) KeystoneJS
2 6 (0.82%) React
2 6 (0.82%) Swagger
3 3 (0.41%) Django
4 2 (0.27%) EDI
5 1 (0.14%) .NET
5 1 (0.14%) HTML
5 1 (0.14%) Middleware
5 1 (0.14%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 552 (75.31%) Cyberattack
2 13 (1.77%) e-Learning
2 13 (1.77%) Hybrid Cloud
3 12 (1.64%) Blockchain
4 10 (1.36%) Driving Licence
4 10 (1.36%) Video Conferencing
5 9 (1.23%) Digital Signage
5 9 (1.23%) Manufacturing Execution System
6 5 (0.68%) Linux Command Line
6 5 (0.68%) Management Information System
6 5 (0.68%) Product Ownership
7 4 (0.55%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (0.41%) Onboarding
9 2 (0.27%) CCTV
10 1 (0.14%) Animation
10 1 (0.14%) Data Structures
10 1 (0.14%) Enterprise Software
10 1 (0.14%) FMCG
10 1 (0.14%) Graphic Design
10 1 (0.14%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 394 (53.75%) Linux
2 379 (51.71%) Android
3 5 (0.68%) Windows
4 3 (0.41%) Unix
5 1 (0.14%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.14%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 557 (75.99%) Line Management
2 460 (62.76%) Agile
3 385 (52.52%) Design Patterns
3 385 (52.52%) OO
4 384 (52.39%) Mathematics
5 379 (51.71%) Android Development
5 379 (51.71%) OOP
6 184 (25.10%) Cybersecurity
7 172 (23.47%) Creative Thinking
8 73 (9.96%) Artificial Intelligence
9 69 (9.41%) Time Management
10 66 (9.00%) Project Delivery
11 62 (8.46%) Analytics
12 61 (8.32%) Business Intelligence
13 59 (8.05%) Digital Strategy
14 58 (7.91%) Data Analytics
14 58 (7.91%) Technology Transformation
15 28 (3.82%) Mentoring
16 27 (3.68%) Problem-Solving
17 18 (2.46%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 392 (53.48%) Java
2 387 (52.80%) Python
3 380 (51.84%) Go
4 379 (51.71%) C++
5 11 (1.50%) JavaScript
6 10 (1.36%) SQL
7 9 (1.23%) C-shell
7 9 (1.23%) Korn
7 9 (1.23%) Shell Script
8 7 (0.95%) PL/SQL
9 6 (0.82%) Lua
10 4 (0.55%) Bash
10 4 (0.55%) PowerShell
11 2 (0.27%) PHP
12 1 (0.14%) Rust
Qualifications
1 403 (54.98%) Security Cleared
2 380 (51.84%) DV Cleared
3 99 (13.51%) Degree
4 14 (1.91%) Chartered Engineer
5 9 (1.23%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (1.23%) PhD
6 8 (1.09%) HNC
6 8 (1.09%) SC Cleared
7 7 (0.95%) Master's Degree
8 5 (0.68%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.14%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.14%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 1 (0.14%) AWS Certified Developer
9 1 (0.14%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.14%) HND
9 1 (0.14%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 172 (23.47%) NCSC
2 6 (0.82%) QA
3 3 (0.41%) Data Quality
3 3 (0.41%) IEC 61508
4 2 (0.27%) SLA
5 1 (0.14%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.14%) GMP
5 1 (0.14%) IFRS
System Software
1 388 (52.93%) Docker
2 8 (1.09%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.14%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.14%) Virtual Servers
3 1 (0.14%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.14%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 379 (51.71%) Ansible
2 3 (0.41%) AWS Copilot
2 3 (0.41%) EMC NetWorker
2 3 (0.41%) Functional Safety
2 3 (0.41%) Terraform
3 2 (0.27%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 58 (7.91%) Alteryx
2 32 (4.37%) Microsoft
3 19 (2.59%) Cisco
4 15 (2.05%) Oracle
5 12 (1.64%) Adobe
5 12 (1.64%) IBM
5 12 (1.64%) Red Hat
6 11 (1.50%) Apple
7 9 (1.23%) Mitel
7 9 (1.23%) Polycom
7 9 (1.23%) ShoreTel
8 8 (1.09%) SAP
9 7 (0.95%) Google
10 2 (0.27%) Proofpoint
10 2 (0.27%) Salesforce
11 1 (0.14%) BT
11 1 (0.14%) CyberArk
11 1 (0.14%) Meraki
11 1 (0.14%) Progress
11 1 (0.14%) VMware