Inclusion and Diversity Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Inclusion and Diversity
South East > Thames Valley

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Inclusion and Diversity in permanent job vacancies in the Thames Valley. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Inclusion and Diversity over the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 45 23 23
Rank change year-on-year -22 0 +32
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 177 301 470
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 3.13% 8.87% 7.24%
As % of the General category 7.02% 11.54% 13.58%
Number of salaries quoted 75 73 64
10th Percentile £20,000 £28,200 £26,775
25th Percentile £33,125 £29,000 £30,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £40,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +37.50% -11.11% -27.52%
75th Percentile £75,000 £53,750 £53,750
90th Percentile £79,500 £82,500 £60,000
South East median annual salary £53,081 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +17.96% +5.88% -31.55%

All General Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 2,520 2,609 3,460
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 44.51% 76.89% 53.32%
Number of salaries quoted 1,572 760 2,196
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,838 £26,375
25th Percentile £36,250 £35,841 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,609 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.21% +16.91% -10.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £60,429
90th Percentile £83,750 £85,800 £73,750
South East median annual salary £50,000 £51,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -1.96% +7.37% -9.52%

Inclusion and Diversity
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Inclusion and Diversity job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Inclusion and Diversity
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Inclusion and Diversity.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Inclusion and Diversity

Inclusion and Diversity
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 16 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Inclusion and Diversity in the Thames Valley

Inclusion and Diversity
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 16 May 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
Buckinghamshire -7 128 £55,000 +89.66% 17
Berkshire -5 25 £33,200 -46.88% 22
Oxfordshire -23 24 £65,000 +62.50% 14
Inclusion and Diversity
South East

Inclusion and Diversity
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 8 (4.52%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.56%) CMS
2 1 (0.56%) Confluence
2 1 (0.56%) WordPress
Applications
1 13 (7.34%) Acrobat
2 8 (4.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (4.52%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.69%) Adobe XD
4 2 (1.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.56%) NetSuite
1 1 (0.56%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 21 (11.86%) AWS
2 20 (11.30%) Cloud Computing
3 16 (9.04%) Azure
4 11 (6.21%) Asana
4 11 (6.21%) Sprout Social
5 9 (5.08%) GCP
5 9 (5.08%) Microsoft 365
5 9 (5.08%) Power Platform
6 6 (3.39%) Google Analytics
7 5 (2.82%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
7 5 (2.82%) Salesforce Service Cloud
8 3 (1.69%) Figma
8 3 (1.69%) SaaS
9 2 (1.13%) Entra ID
9 2 (1.13%) Miro
10 1 (0.56%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (0.56%) Google Workspace
10 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Copilot
10 1 (0.56%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 20 (11.30%) Internet
2 4 (2.26%) Firewall
2 4 (2.26%) Network Security
3 3 (1.69%) DNS
3 3 (1.69%) TCP/IP
4 2 (1.13%) DHCP
4 2 (1.13%) VPN
5 1 (0.56%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (4.52%) Metadata
2 7 (3.95%) Power BI
3 1 (0.56%) GIS
3 1 (0.56%) Looker
3 1 (0.56%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (1.69%) Axure RP
1 3 (1.69%) Balsamiq
2 1 (0.56%) Cypress.io
2 1 (0.56%) Git
2 1 (0.56%) JIRA
2 1 (0.56%) Selenium
2 1 (0.56%) WebDriver
General
1 64 (36.16%) Social Skills
2 44 (24.86%) Analytical Skills
3 38 (21.47%) Law
4 37 (20.90%) Public Sector
5 35 (19.77%) Finance
6 23 (12.99%) Banking
6 23 (12.99%) Marketing
7 9 (5.08%) Legal
8 6 (3.39%) Financial Institution
8 6 (3.39%) Japanese Language
9 5 (2.82%) Presentation Skills
9 5 (2.82%) Retail
10 2 (1.13%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.56%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.56%) Military
11 1 (0.56%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 22 (12.43%) Senior
2 18 (10.17%) Analyst
3 16 (9.04%) Lecturer
4 13 (7.34%) Alliance Manager
4 13 (7.34%) Architect
5 11 (6.21%) Social Media Executive
6 8 (4.52%) Data Architect
7 7 (3.95%) Coordinator
7 7 (3.95%) Senior Analyst
8 6 (3.39%) IT Support
9 5 (2.82%) Developer
9 5 (2.82%) Marketing Executive
9 5 (2.82%) Salesforce Developer
10 4 (2.26%) Agile Delivery Manager
10 4 (2.26%) Delivery Manager
10 4 (2.26%) Performance Analyst
10 4 (2.26%) Project Engineer
11 3 (1.69%) Electrical Engineer
11 3 (1.69%) Lead
11 3 (1.69%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (4.52%) .NET
2 5 (2.82%) Lightning Web Components
2 5 (2.82%) Middleware
2 5 (2.82%) REST
2 5 (2.82%) SOAP
2 5 (2.82%) Visualforce
3 2 (1.13%) RESTful
4 1 (0.56%) .NET Core
4 1 (0.56%) ASP.NET
4 1 (0.56%) ASP.NET Core
4 1 (0.56%) CSS
4 1 (0.56%) Entity Framework
4 1 (0.56%) Hibernate
4 1 (0.56%) HTML
4 1 (0.56%) OAuth
4 1 (0.56%) OpenID
4 1 (0.56%) Playwright
4 1 (0.56%) Spring
4 1 (0.56%) Spring MVC
Miscellaneous
1 23 (12.99%) Onboarding
2 19 (10.73%) IoT
3 13 (7.34%) Blog
4 12 (6.78%) Social Media
5 11 (6.21%) Video Editing
6 6 (3.39%) Cloud Native
7 5 (2.82%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 5 (2.82%) Product Ownership
8 4 (2.26%) Driving Licence
8 4 (2.26%) Management Information System
8 4 (2.26%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (1.69%) Credit Risk
9 3 (1.69%) SCADA
10 2 (1.13%) Distributed Systems
10 2 (1.13%) e-Learning
10 2 (1.13%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (1.13%) Hybrid Cloud
10 2 (1.13%) Low-Code
11 1 (0.56%) Satnav
11 1 (0.56%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.26%) Windows
2 2 (1.13%) Linux
3 1 (0.56%) Android
3 1 (0.56%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.56%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.56%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (48.02%) AI
2 37 (20.90%) Cybersecurity
3 35 (19.77%) Technology Strategy
4 32 (18.08%) Community of Practice
5 30 (16.95%) Agile
6 29 (16.38%) Problem-Solving
7 26 (14.69%) User Experience
8 24 (13.56%) Sales Enablement
9 22 (12.43%) Customer Service
10 21 (11.86%) Analytics
10 21 (11.86%) Machine Learning
11 19 (10.73%) Continuous Improvement
11 19 (10.73%) Web Development
12 18 (10.17%) B2B
13 17 (9.60%) Decision-Making
14 16 (9.04%) Business Development
14 16 (9.04%) Customer-Centricity
15 15 (8.47%) GTM Strategy
15 15 (8.47%) Project Management
16 12 (6.78%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 8 (4.52%) Java
2 6 (3.39%) JavaScript
2 6 (3.39%) Python
2 6 (3.39%) SQL
3 5 (2.82%) Apex Code
4 4 (2.26%) C#
5 2 (1.13%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 77 (43.50%) Degree
2 26 (14.69%) Security Cleared
3 25 (14.12%) SC Cleared
4 19 (10.73%) Master's Degree
4 19 (10.73%) PhD
4 19 (10.73%) Postgraduate
5 9 (5.08%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (3.39%) DBS Check
6 6 (3.39%) MOS
7 5 (2.82%) Azure Certification
7 5 (2.82%) CISM
7 5 (2.82%) CISSP
8 4 (2.26%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (2.26%) HNC
9 3 (1.69%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 3 (1.69%) CCSP
9 3 (1.69%) HND
10 2 (1.13%) AWS Certification
10 2 (1.13%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 2 (1.13%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (5.65%) GDPR
2 6 (3.39%) Accessibility
3 4 (2.26%) SLA
4 3 (1.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.69%) QA
4 3 (1.69%) WCAG
5 1 (0.56%) GRC
5 1 (0.56%) NIST
5 1 (0.56%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (0.56%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.56%) Docker
1 1 (0.56%) Hyper-V
1 1 (0.56%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (1.13%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.56%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (0.56%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.56%) QRadar
2 1 (0.56%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 37 (20.90%) Adobe
2 23 (12.99%) Microsoft
3 11 (6.21%) Hootsuite
3 11 (6.21%) Instagram
3 11 (6.21%) Wrike
4 9 (5.08%) Google
5 7 (3.95%) Apple
6 5 (2.82%) MuleSoft
6 5 (2.82%) Salesforce
7 4 (2.26%) Cisco
7 4 (2.26%) Dell
7 4 (2.26%) Samsung
8 1 (0.56%) CrowdStrike
8 1 (0.56%) Databricks
8 1 (0.56%) IFS
8 1 (0.56%) Oracle
8 1 (0.56%) Splunk
8 1 (0.56%) VMware