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 14 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 61 31
Rank change year-on-year +58 -30 +50
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 1,279 199 230
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 24.20% 4.80% 6.10%
As % of the General category 40.54% 7.51% 10.03%
Number of salaries quoted 114 72 142
10th Percentile £25,500 £31,575 £25,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,313 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,750 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% - +30.64%
75th Percentile £76,250 £65,927 £66,875
90th Percentile £82,500 £74,144 £78,750
England median annual salary £50,000 £62,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year -20.00% -7.41% +3.85%

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 3,155 2,649 2,292
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 59.69% 63.95% 60.76%
Number of salaries quoted 1,430 1,159 1,899
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £32,291
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £52,500 £49,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.62% +6.06% -5.71%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,943 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £79,680 £75,818
England median annual salary £54,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.17% - -4.00%

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 14 January 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 14 January 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
Staffordshire +52 309 £25,500 -52.16% 5
Warwickshire +36 285 £66,250 +26.19% 6
Worcestershire - 182 £55,000 - 1
Birmingham +30 153 £54,968 -7.51% 22
Shropshire +20 61 £40,000 +6.67% 2
Solihull +8 26 £55,000 +41.03% 1
Wolverhampton - 19 - - 4
Sutton Coldfield - 16 - -
Brierley Hill - 12 - -
Kingswinford - 12 £45,250 -
Coventry +12 11 £32,000 +48.84% 1
Tipton - 11 - -
Stourbridge - 11 - -
Walsall -1 10 - -
West Bromwich - 10 - -
Halesowen - 10 - -
Smethwick - 10 - -
Herefordshire -2 9 £62,500 - 3
Bilston - 9 - -
Dudley - 9 - -
Wednesbury - 9 - - 1
Willenhall - 8 - -
Rowley Regis - 8 - -
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 4 (0.31%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.16%) ArcGIS
2 2 (0.16%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.078%) HCL Notes
Applications
1 10 (0.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (0.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (0.39%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.078%) SmartSuite
4 1 (0.078%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.16%) Dynamics NAV
1 2 (0.16%) Integrated Workplace Management System
2 1 (0.078%) Infor M3
2 1 (0.078%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.078%) TRIRIGA
Cloud Services
1 915 (71.54%) Cloud Computing
2 42 (3.28%) Azure
3 20 (1.56%) AWS
4 17 (1.33%) Power Platform
5 12 (0.94%) Microsoft 365
6 7 (0.55%) Azure Data Factory
7 6 (0.47%) Entra ID
8 5 (0.39%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (0.39%) SaaS
9 3 (0.23%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (0.078%) Adobe Creative Cloud
10 1 (0.078%) OneDrive
10 1 (0.078%) PaaS
10 1 (0.078%) PowerApps
10 1 (0.078%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 916 (71.62%) Internet
2 5 (0.39%) DNS
2 5 (0.39%) VPN
3 4 (0.31%) Firewall
3 4 (0.31%) LAN
3 4 (0.31%) WAN
4 3 (0.23%) DHCP
4 3 (0.23%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (0.16%) HTTP
5 2 (0.16%) SSH
5 2 (0.16%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.078%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (1.25%) Power BI
2 12 (0.94%) Data Warehouse
3 11 (0.86%) Data Lake
4 6 (0.47%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
5 3 (0.23%) Metadata
6 2 (0.16%) Geospatial Data
6 2 (0.16%) GIS
6 2 (0.16%) SQL Server
7 1 (0.078%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.078%) Semantic Layer
7 1 (0.078%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 6 (0.47%) Git
2 2 (0.16%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 971 (75.92%) Social Skills
2 915 (71.54%) Banking
3 219 (17.12%) Finance
4 32 (2.50%) Public Sector
5 20 (1.56%) Analytical Skills
6 12 (0.94%) Automotive
6 12 (0.94%) Law
7 11 (0.86%) Aerospace
7 11 (0.86%) Pharmaceutical
8 10 (0.78%) Marketing
9 7 (0.55%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (0.31%) Electronics
10 4 (0.31%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (0.31%) Retail
11 3 (0.23%) Telecoms
12 2 (0.16%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.16%) Legal
12 2 (0.16%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.078%) Multimedia
13 1 (0.078%) Police
Job Titles
1 681 (53.24%) Lecturer
2 186 (14.54%) Facilities Engineer
2 186 (14.54%) Systems Engineer
3 31 (2.42%) Senior
4 20 (1.56%) Architect
5 18 (1.41%) Lead
6 14 (1.09%) Support Engineer
7 13 (1.02%) Analyst
7 13 (1.02%) Technical Engineer
7 13 (1.02%) Technical Support
7 13 (1.02%) Technical Support Engineer
8 10 (0.78%) Data Architect
8 10 (0.78%) Project Engineer
9 9 (0.70%) Alliance Manager
10 8 (0.63%) Delivery Manager
11 7 (0.55%) Lead Architect
11 7 (0.55%) Lead Data Architect
12 6 (0.47%) Consultant
12 6 (0.47%) IT Manager
13 5 (0.39%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (2.03%) EDI
2 4 (0.31%) CSS
2 4 (0.31%) HTML
2 4 (0.31%) Node.js
2 4 (0.31%) React
3 3 (0.23%) Web Services
4 2 (0.16%) REST
5 1 (0.078%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 918 (71.77%) IoT
2 21 (1.64%) Driving Licence
3 16 (1.25%) Management Information System
4 12 (0.94%) Onboarding
5 11 (0.86%) FMCG
5 11 (0.86%) Renewable Energy
6 10 (0.78%) Data Centre
7 8 (0.63%) Blog
7 8 (0.63%) Public Cloud
8 6 (0.47%) Security Posture
9 5 (0.39%) Cyber Threat
10 4 (0.31%) Social Media
11 3 (0.23%) Cloud Native
11 3 (0.23%) Self-Motivation
12 2 (0.16%) Cyber Security Posture
12 2 (0.16%) Data Structures
12 2 (0.16%) Enterprise Software
12 2 (0.16%) Legacy Systems
12 2 (0.16%) Product Ownership
13 1 (0.078%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 5 (0.39%) Windows
2 2 (0.16%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 955 (74.67%) AI
2 944 (73.81%) Cybersecurity
3 919 (71.85%) User Experience
4 917 (71.70%) Machine Learning
4 917 (71.70%) Web Development
5 191 (14.93%) Mentoring
6 186 (14.54%) Inventory Management
6 186 (14.54%) Preventative Maintenance
7 33 (2.58%) Agile
8 22 (1.72%) Decision-Making
9 19 (1.49%) Data Analysis
10 18 (1.41%) Business Intelligence
11 17 (1.33%) Problem-Solving
12 16 (1.25%) Data Architecture
12 16 (1.25%) Project Management
13 15 (1.17%) Data Management
14 14 (1.09%) Business Development
14 14 (1.09%) Logistics
14 14 (1.09%) Software Licensing
15 13 (1.02%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 12 (0.94%) SQL
2 4 (0.31%) JavaScript
3 3 (0.23%) Python
4 2 (0.16%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.078%) C#
5 1 (0.078%) PHP
Qualifications
1 1,101 (86.08%) Postgraduate
2 961 (75.14%) Degree
3 916 (71.62%) Master's Degree
4 915 (71.54%) PhD
5 187 (14.62%) City & Guilds
6 186 (14.54%) NVQ Level 3
7 13 (1.02%) Security Cleared
8 10 (0.78%) SC Cleared
9 9 (0.70%) CISSP
10 8 (0.63%) AWS Certification
11 7 (0.55%) CISM
11 7 (0.55%) CITP
12 6 (0.47%) BPSS Clearance
13 5 (0.39%) APMG
14 3 (0.23%) DV Cleared
14 3 (0.23%) Microsoft Certification
15 2 (0.16%) CEH
15 2 (0.16%) GSEC
15 2 (0.16%) ITIL Certification
15 2 (0.16%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 186 (14.54%) COSHH
2 16 (1.25%) QA
3 15 (1.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 13 (1.02%) Cyber Essentials
4 13 (1.02%) NIST
5 7 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 4 (0.31%) COBIT
6 4 (0.31%) SLA
7 3 (0.23%) Accessibility
7 3 (0.23%) PMO
8 1 (0.078%) GDPR
System Software
1 3 (0.23%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.16%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (0.31%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (0.16%) Nessus
2 2 (0.16%) SCCM
2 2 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 41 (3.21%) Microsoft
2 15 (1.17%) Adobe
3 14 (1.09%) Apple
4 8 (0.63%) Cisco
5 7 (0.55%) Databricks
5 7 (0.55%) Planon
5 7 (0.55%) Sparx
6 6 (0.47%) Palo Alto
6 6 (0.47%) Salesforce
7 3 (0.23%) Guidewire
7 3 (0.23%) ServiceNow
8 2 (0.16%) Dell
8 2 (0.16%) Juniper
8 2 (0.16%) McAfee
8 2 (0.16%) Meraki
8 2 (0.16%) Qualys
8 2 (0.16%) VMware
9 1 (0.078%) ESRI
9 1 (0.078%) IBM
9 1 (0.078%) Infor