Inclusion and Diversity Job Trends in the West Midlands

Inclusion and Diversity
England > West Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Inclusion and Diversity in permanent job vacancies in the West Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Inclusion and Diversity over the 6 months leading up to 9 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 59 30 65
Rank change year-on-year -29 +35 -5
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 194 215 204
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 2.17% 6.59% 3.61%
As % of the General category 4.91% 10.27% 6.26%
Number of salaries quoted 79 109 90
10th Percentile £26,983 £30,500 £30,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £36,713
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,250 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.73% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £62,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,312 £80,000 £70,460
England median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -19.23% -7.14%

All General Skills
West 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 West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 3,954 2,094 3,261
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 44.33% 64.19% 57.69%
Number of salaries quoted 2,647 1,243 1,390
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £29,975
25th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £47,500 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.11% -8.65% +4.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £54,000 £59,000
% change year-on-year +1.85% -8.47% -1.67%

Inclusion and Diversity
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Inclusion and Diversity job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Inclusion and Diversity
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

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

Inclusion and Diversity
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 9 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Inclusion and Diversity in the West Midlands

Inclusion and Diversity
Job Locations in the West 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 West Midlands region over the 6 months to 9 October 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
Birmingham -1 141 £59,250 +24.74% 126
Staffordshire -9 15 £30,750 +20.59% 12
Warwickshire -40 15 £42,500 -26.09% 24
Coventry -9 14 £62,500 +13.64% 16
Worcestershire -22 3 £29,375 -34.72% 5
Wolverhampton -5 2 £62,000 +85.07% 12
Shropshire -31 1 £35,000 -12.50% 1
Inclusion and Diversity
England

Inclusion and Diversity
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West 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 8 (4.12%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.58%) CMS
3 3 (1.55%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.52%) Moodle
Applications
1 6 (3.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.55%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.52%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (0.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 10 (5.15%) Cloudability
2 8 (4.12%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (1.55%) Misys Midas
4 2 (1.03%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.52%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.52%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 32 (16.49%) Azure
2 25 (12.89%) Power Platform
3 23 (11.86%) SaaS
4 22 (11.34%) AWS
5 18 (9.28%) GCP
6 14 (7.22%) Serverless
7 12 (6.19%) Azure DevOps
8 9 (4.64%) Microsoft Purview
9 8 (4.12%) Azure Functions
9 8 (4.12%) Dynamics 365
9 8 (4.12%) Power Automate
10 6 (3.09%) Microsoft 365
11 4 (2.06%) dbt
11 4 (2.06%) Google Ads
11 4 (2.06%) IaaS
11 4 (2.06%) Microsoft Advertising
12 3 (1.55%) Google Sheets
12 3 (1.55%) iPaaS
12 3 (1.55%) Microsoft Copilot
13 2 (1.03%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 9 (4.64%) TCP/IP
2 3 (1.55%) 5G
2 3 (1.55%) Network Security
3 2 (1.03%) Internet
4 1 (0.52%) Cisco ISE
4 1 (0.52%) Firewall
4 1 (0.52%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.52%) VLAN
4 1 (0.52%) VPN
4 1 (0.52%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (8.76%) Power BI
2 9 (4.64%) SQL Server
2 9 (4.64%) Tableau
3 3 (1.55%) Power Query
4 2 (1.03%) Data Lake
4 2 (1.03%) Delta Lake
4 2 (1.03%) Spark SQL
5 1 (0.52%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (0.52%) Big Data
5 1 (0.52%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 10 (5.15%) Git
2 6 (3.09%) Snyk
3 5 (2.58%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.03%) Ant
4 2 (1.03%) Apache Ivy
4 2 (1.03%) IBM UrbanCode
4 2 (1.03%) Maven
5 1 (0.52%) Appium
5 1 (0.52%) JIRA
5 1 (0.52%) TestRail
General
1 84 (43.30%) Social Skills
2 40 (20.62%) Finance
3 38 (19.59%) Marketing
4 28 (14.43%) Analytical Skills
5 25 (12.89%) Public Sector
6 15 (7.73%) Telecoms
7 14 (7.22%) Retail
8 12 (6.19%) Organisational Skills
9 11 (5.67%) Legal
10 10 (5.15%) Influencing Skills
11 9 (4.64%) Electronics
11 9 (4.64%) Presentation Skills
12 5 (2.58%) French Language
12 5 (2.58%) German Language
13 4 (2.06%) Advertising
13 4 (2.06%) Local Government
14 3 (1.55%) Agriculture
14 3 (1.55%) Manufacturing
14 3 (1.55%) Social Housing
15 2 (1.03%) Law
Job Titles
1 39 (20.10%) Senior
2 25 (12.89%) Lead
3 21 (10.82%) Architect
4 17 (8.76%) Sales Executive
5 16 (8.25%) Analyst
6 12 (6.19%) Consultant
7 11 (5.67%) Senior Analyst
8 9 (4.64%) Data Manager
8 9 (4.64%) Developer
8 9 (4.64%) Lead Test Engineer
8 9 (4.64%) Senior Architect
8 9 (4.64%) Test Engineer
9 8 (4.12%) Account Executive
9 8 (4.12%) Cloud Architect
9 8 (4.12%) Dynamics 365 Developer
10 7 (3.61%) Data Governance Analyst
10 7 (3.61%) Data Governance Manager
10 7 (3.61%) Governance Manager
11 6 (3.09%) Sales Account Executive
11 6 (3.09%) Senior Cloud Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (8.25%) XML
2 8 (4.12%) JSON
2 8 (4.12%) XSLT
3 7 (3.61%) Terraform
4 4 (2.06%) EDI
4 4 (2.06%) REST
5 3 (1.55%) CSS
5 3 (1.55%) JWT
5 3 (1.55%) Middleware
5 3 (1.55%) OAuth
6 2 (1.03%) Kafka
6 2 (1.03%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 22 (11.34%) Onboarding
2 16 (8.25%) Self-Motivation
3 15 (7.73%) Management Information System
4 14 (7.22%) Driving Licence
5 13 (6.70%) Marketing Technology
6 11 (5.67%) Cloud Native
7 10 (5.15%) Data Centre
8 9 (4.64%) Product Ownership
8 9 (4.64%) Taxonomies
9 8 (4.12%) CCTV
9 8 (4.12%) Client/Server
9 8 (4.12%) SCADA
10 7 (3.61%) Cyber Threat
11 6 (3.09%) Public Cloud
11 6 (3.09%) Virtual Team
12 5 (2.58%) Analytical Mindset
13 4 (2.06%) Distributed Systems
13 4 (2.06%) IoT
14 3 (1.55%) Legacy Systems
14 3 (1.55%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 7 (3.61%) Linux
1 7 (3.61%) VMS
2 6 (3.09%) Windows
3 3 (1.55%) Apple iOS
3 3 (1.55%) Unix
4 2 (1.03%) Mac OS
4 2 (1.03%) Solaris
4 2 (1.03%) Windows 10
4 2 (1.03%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.52%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (45.88%) AI
2 33 (17.01%) Cybersecurity
3 32 (16.49%) Agile
3 32 (16.49%) Roadmaps
4 30 (15.46%) CI/CD
4 30 (15.46%) Stakeholder Management
5 27 (13.92%) Decision-Making
5 27 (13.92%) DevOps
6 25 (12.89%) SEO
7 24 (12.37%) CRM
8 23 (11.86%) Analytics
8 23 (11.86%) Continuous Improvement
8 23 (11.86%) Mentoring
8 23 (11.86%) Problem-Solving
9 21 (10.82%) Coaching
10 19 (9.79%) Business Intelligence
10 19 (9.79%) Validation
11 18 (9.28%) Content Marketing
11 18 (9.28%) Platform Engineering
12 17 (8.76%) Digital Marketing
Programming Languages
1 13 (6.70%) JavaScript
2 11 (5.67%) Python
3 8 (4.12%) C#
4 5 (2.58%) SQL
5 4 (2.06%) Go
5 4 (2.06%) PowerShell
6 3 (1.55%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 2 (1.03%) Bicep
8 1 (0.52%) Java
8 1 (0.52%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 39 (20.10%) Degree
2 36 (18.56%) Security Cleared
3 29 (14.95%) SC Cleared
4 12 (6.19%) AWS Certification
5 11 (5.67%) Master's Degree
6 10 (5.15%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 9 (4.64%) Microsoft Certification
8 8 (4.12%) BPSS Clearance
8 8 (4.12%) DBS Check
9 6 (3.09%) Azure Certification
10 5 (2.58%) CISSP
11 3 (1.55%) AAT
11 3 (1.55%) CCAB
11 3 (1.55%) TOGAF Certification
12 2 (1.03%) CCNA
12 2 (1.03%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (1.03%) CompTIA Security+
12 2 (1.03%) Computer Science Degree
12 2 (1.03%) DV Cleared
12 2 (1.03%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (8.25%) GDPR
2 15 (7.73%) Accessibility
3 13 (6.70%) Data Quality
4 8 (4.12%) WCAG
5 7 (3.61%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 6 (3.09%) GRC
7 5 (2.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (1.03%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (1.03%) NCSC
8 2 (1.03%) PCI DSS
8 2 (1.03%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (3.09%) Docker
1 6 (3.09%) Virtual Machines
2 4 (2.06%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.03%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.52%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (2.58%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.03%) Ansible
2 2 (1.03%) Progress Chef
2 2 (1.03%) Puppet
2 2 (1.03%) SCCM
2 2 (1.03%) WSUS
3 1 (0.52%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 51 (26.29%) Microsoft
2 17 (8.76%) TikTok
3 15 (7.73%) Adobe
4 13 (6.70%) Samsung
5 12 (6.19%) Apple
5 12 (6.19%) ServiceNow
6 11 (5.67%) Salesforce
7 9 (4.64%) Google
8 8 (4.12%) Palo Alto
9 7 (3.61%) Cisco
10 6 (3.09%) CrowdStrike
10 6 (3.09%) Tenable
10 6 (3.09%) Workday
11 5 (2.58%) Facebook
12 4 (2.06%) Databricks
12 4 (2.06%) Instagram
13 3 (1.55%) Dell
14 2 (1.03%) BMC
14 2 (1.03%) NEC
14 2 (1.03%) OpenAI