Inclusion and Diversity Job Trends in the South East

Inclusion and Diversity
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Inclusion and Diversity in permanent job vacancies in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Inclusion and Diversity over the 6 months leading up to 15 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 84 46 56
Rank change year-on-year -38 +10 +28
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 339 434 499
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 1.98% 4.92% 3.62%
As % of the General category 4.43% 7.35% 6.81%
Number of salaries quoted 154 120 99
10th Percentile £31,000 £27,040 £25,500
25th Percentile £41,063 £29,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £45,500 £49,737
Median % change year-on-year +23.08% -8.52% -22.11%
75th Percentile £73,750 £58,750 £61,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £89,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £56,000 £55,000 £58,700
% change year-on-year +1.82% -6.30% -16.14%

All General Skills
South East

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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 7,660 5,906 7,331
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 44.77% 66.90% 53.21%
Number of salaries quoted 5,012 2,685 4,197
10th Percentile £29,000 £26,250 £26,900
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £46,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -8.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £87,130 £80,000 £78,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -8.33%

Inclusion and Diversity
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Inclusion and Diversity job vacancy trend in the South East

Inclusion and Diversity
Salary Trend in the South East

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

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

Inclusion and Diversity
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity in the South East over the 6 months to 15 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Inclusion and Diversity in the South East

Inclusion and Diversity
Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 15 August 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
Thames Valley -9 157 £60,000 +50.27% 117
Buckinghamshire -7 80 £56,250 +93.97% 45
Hampshire -60 75 £32,000 -44.35% 47
Surrey -7 66 £55,000 +37.50% 35
Oxfordshire -14 51 £68,500 +57.47% 29
Berkshire +22 26 £45,000 -47.06% 43
Kent -28 18 £46,000 +17.95% 13
Middlesex +27 13 - - 2
West Sussex -18 5 £32,500 -63.48% 8
East Sussex -38 5 £45,000 -21.74% 8
Inclusion and Diversity
England

Inclusion and Diversity
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 10 (2.95%) SharePoint
2 7 (2.06%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.59%) Confluence
4 1 (0.29%) CMS
4 1 (0.29%) WordPress
Applications
1 18 (5.31%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (5.01%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.18%) Acrobat
4 4 (1.18%) Adobe After Effects
4 4 (1.18%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 4 (1.18%) Adobe Illustrator
4 4 (1.18%) InDesign
4 4 (1.18%) Mathcad
4 4 (1.18%) Photoshop
4 4 (1.18%) Simulink
5 3 (0.88%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.88%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.59%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.29%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.29%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 15 (4.42%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (2.36%) Primavera
3 4 (1.18%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (1.18%) Workday HCM
4 3 (0.88%) NetSuite
4 3 (0.88%) SAP SD
4 3 (0.88%) SAP WM
5 2 (0.59%) SAP ERP
5 2 (0.59%) SAP MM
5 2 (0.59%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 55 (16.22%) Azure
2 32 (9.44%) AWS
3 19 (5.60%) Microsoft 365
4 15 (4.42%) GCP
5 12 (3.54%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 11 (3.24%) Azure DevOps
7 10 (2.95%) Azure Key Vault
7 10 (2.95%) Entra ID
8 9 (2.65%) Azure Monitor
8 9 (2.65%) Azure Service Bus
9 8 (2.36%) Power Platform
10 7 (2.06%) SaaS
11 6 (1.77%) Asana
11 6 (1.77%) Figma
11 6 (1.77%) Google Analytics
11 6 (1.77%) Sprout Social
12 4 (1.18%) IaaS
13 3 (0.88%) Microsoft Copilot
14 2 (0.59%) Google Gemini
14 2 (0.59%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 13 (3.83%) Firewall
2 12 (3.54%) DNS
3 10 (2.95%) DHCP
4 8 (2.36%) TCP/IP
5 7 (2.06%) Wireless
6 6 (1.77%) Network Security
7 4 (1.18%) LAN
7 4 (1.18%) SAN
7 4 (1.18%) SSL
8 3 (0.88%) HTTP
8 3 (0.88%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.59%) Cisco ISE
9 2 (0.59%) OSPF
9 2 (0.59%) Structured Cabling
9 2 (0.59%) VLAN
9 2 (0.59%) VPN
9 2 (0.59%) Wireshark
10 1 (0.29%) Modbus
10 1 (0.29%) Profibus
10 1 (0.29%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (4.42%) SQL Server
2 12 (3.54%) Elasticsearch
3 10 (2.95%) Metadata
4 9 (2.65%) PostgreSQL
5 8 (2.36%) Power BI
6 6 (1.77%) MySQL
6 6 (1.77%) Relational Database
7 3 (0.88%) Data Lake
7 3 (0.88%) GIS
7 3 (0.88%) MongoDB
7 3 (0.88%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.59%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.29%) Looker
9 1 (0.29%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 27 (7.96%) Git
2 12 (3.54%) LabVIEW
3 5 (1.47%) Rational DOORS
4 3 (0.88%) Gatling
4 3 (0.88%) JIRA
4 3 (0.88%) JMeter
4 3 (0.88%) JUnit
4 3 (0.88%) LoadRunner
4 3 (0.88%) Mockito
5 2 (0.59%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.29%) Axure RP
6 1 (0.29%) Balsamiq
6 1 (0.29%) ScriptRunner
General
1 146 (43.07%) Social Skills
2 80 (23.60%) Analytical Skills
3 79 (23.30%) Finance
4 54 (15.93%) Public Sector
5 47 (13.86%) Law
6 28 (8.26%) Marketing
7 27 (7.96%) Organisational Skills
8 25 (7.37%) Legal
9 24 (7.08%) Manufacturing
10 17 (5.01%) Aerospace
10 17 (5.01%) Electronics
11 11 (3.24%) Presentation Skills
12 9 (2.65%) Influencing Skills
12 9 (2.65%) Local Government
12 9 (2.65%) Military
13 8 (2.36%) Retail
14 7 (2.06%) Banking
14 7 (2.06%) Documentation Skills
15 4 (1.18%) Financial Institution
15 4 (1.18%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 63 (18.58%) Senior
2 39 (11.50%) Lead
3 25 (7.37%) Consultant
4 22 (6.49%) Analyst
5 19 (5.60%) Systems Engineer
6 17 (5.01%) Developer
7 15 (4.42%) Architect
8 12 (3.54%) .NET Developer
8 12 (3.54%) Tester
9 11 (3.24%) Sales Executive
10 10 (2.95%) IT Support
11 9 (2.65%) Data Architect
11 9 (2.65%) Lead .NET Developer
11 9 (2.65%) Lead Developer
11 9 (2.65%) OAT Tester
11 9 (2.65%) Principal Engineer
11 9 (2.65%) Project Manager
12 8 (2.36%) IT Engineer
12 8 (2.36%) Senior Analyst
12 8 (2.36%) Senior Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (5.31%) .NET
2 17 (5.01%) .NET Core
3 11 (3.24%) ASP.NET
3 11 (3.24%) CSS
3 11 (3.24%) HTML
4 10 (2.95%) REST
5 9 (2.65%) Blazor
5 9 (2.65%) gRPC
6 8 (2.36%) EDI
6 8 (2.36%) Entity Framework
7 6 (1.77%) .NET Framework
7 6 (1.77%) AngularJS
7 6 (1.77%) React
7 6 (1.77%) RESTful
8 5 (1.47%) Hibernate
8 5 (1.47%) Spring
9 3 (0.88%) JPA
9 3 (0.88%) JSON
9 3 (0.88%) Web Services
9 3 (0.88%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 30 (8.85%) Driving Licence
2 22 (6.49%) Management Information System
3 21 (6.19%) Social Media
4 20 (5.90%) Onboarding
5 18 (5.31%) Self-Motivation
6 15 (4.42%) Life Science
6 15 (4.42%) Public Cloud
7 12 (3.54%) Credit Risk
8 8 (2.36%) Fibre Optics
8 8 (2.36%) Web Conferencing
9 7 (2.06%) Product Ownership
10 6 (1.77%) Data Centre
10 6 (1.77%) Video Editing
11 5 (1.47%) Cloud Native
11 5 (1.47%) Private Cloud
12 4 (1.18%) Analytical Mindset
12 4 (1.18%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 4 (1.18%) Graphic Design
13 3 (0.88%) CCTV
13 3 (0.88%) IVR
Operating Systems
1 17 (5.01%) Windows
2 7 (2.06%) Linux
3 5 (1.47%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.88%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.59%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.29%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (24.19%) AI
2 70 (20.65%) Agile
3 59 (17.40%) Problem-Solving
4 57 (16.81%) Decision-Making
5 47 (13.86%) Mentoring
6 43 (12.68%) Technology Strategy
7 41 (12.09%) Continuous Improvement
7 41 (12.09%) Customer Service
8 36 (10.62%) Validation
9 31 (9.14%) Data Protection
10 29 (8.55%) Community of Practice
11 28 (8.26%) Performance Improvement
11 28 (8.26%) Presales
12 27 (7.96%) Cybersecurity
12 27 (7.96%) DevOps
12 27 (7.96%) Project Delivery
13 26 (7.67%) Risk Management
13 26 (7.67%) Stakeholder Management
14 24 (7.08%) Roadmaps
15 23 (6.78%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 20 (5.90%) C#
2 19 (5.60%) Python
3 13 (3.83%) SQL
4 12 (3.54%) MATLAB
5 10 (2.95%) JavaScript
6 9 (2.65%) PowerShell
7 8 (2.36%) Java
8 7 (2.06%) ABAP
9 2 (0.59%) C
9 2 (0.59%) C++
10 1 (0.29%) Apex Code
10 1 (0.29%) Bash
10 1 (0.29%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 86 (25.37%) Degree
2 60 (17.70%) Security Cleared
3 55 (16.22%) SC Cleared
4 22 (6.49%) DV Cleared
5 21 (6.19%) DBS Check
6 19 (5.60%) BPSS Clearance
7 17 (5.01%) Master's Degree
8 16 (4.72%) HNC
9 13 (3.83%) PhD
10 12 (3.54%) Computer Science Degree
11 9 (2.65%) Cisco Certification
12 8 (2.36%) Azure Certification
13 6 (1.77%) CISM
13 6 (1.77%) CISSP
14 5 (1.47%) Microsoft Certification
15 4 (1.18%) ACCA
15 4 (1.18%) CCNP
15 4 (1.18%) CIMA
15 4 (1.18%) MOS
16 3 (0.88%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (14.16%) Accessibility
2 31 (9.14%) QA
3 28 (8.26%) SLA
4 16 (4.72%) GDPR
5 5 (1.47%) Cyber Essentials
5 5 (1.47%) NCSC
6 4 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.88%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.59%) AUTOSAR
8 2 (0.59%) MISRA
8 2 (0.59%) MISRA C
9 1 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.29%) Data Quality
9 1 (0.29%) ECSS
9 1 (0.29%) GRC
9 1 (0.29%) HAZOP
9 1 (0.29%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.29%) NIST
9 1 (0.29%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.29%) WCAG
System Software
1 17 (5.01%) Docker
2 14 (4.13%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.88%) VMware ESXi
3 3 (0.88%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.59%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.59%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.29%) IAG
Systems Management
1 10 (2.95%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (1.77%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.88%) Ansible
3 3 (0.88%) Grafana
3 3 (0.88%) Kibana
3 3 (0.88%) SCCM
4 2 (0.59%) Terraform
5 1 (0.29%) CASB
5 1 (0.29%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (0.29%) QRadar
5 1 (0.29%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.29%) vCenter Server
5 1 (0.29%) WSUS
Vendors
1 50 (14.75%) Microsoft
2 34 (10.03%) SAP
3 22 (6.49%) Adobe
4 13 (3.83%) Google
4 13 (3.83%) Instagram
5 10 (2.95%) Salesforce
6 9 (2.65%) Cisco
7 7 (2.06%) Facebook
8 6 (1.77%) Apple
8 6 (1.77%) Hootsuite
8 6 (1.77%) Wrike
9 5 (1.47%) Oracle
10 4 (1.18%) Adaptive Insights
10 4 (1.18%) Dell
10 4 (1.18%) Samsung
10 4 (1.18%) Veeam
10 4 (1.18%) Workday
11 3 (0.88%) AppDynamics
11 3 (0.88%) Dynatrace
11 3 (0.88%) F5