Digital Innovation Job Trends in the South West

Digital Innovation
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Digital Innovation skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 159 226 224
Rank change year-on-year +67 -2 +60
Permanent jobs citing Digital Innovation 8 10 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.23% 0.14% 0.021%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.28% 0.18% 0.023%
Number of salaries quoted 3 7 1
10th Percentile £57,000 - -
25th Percentile £60,000 £33,750 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £37,500 £62,000
Median % change year-on-year +73.33% -39.52% +15.89%
75th Percentile - £60,600 -
90th Percentile - £62,200 -
England median annual salary £75,000 £58,850 £65,000
% change year-on-year +27.44% -9.46% +6.56%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

Digital Innovation falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,884 5,622 4,425
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 81.68% 76.20% 94.35%
Number of salaries quoted 1,808 3,265 3,345
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £31,750 £40,000 £40,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £82,548
England median annual salary £55,000 £58,500 £62,475
% change year-on-year -5.98% -6.36% +4.13%

Digital Innovation
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing Digital Innovation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Digital Innovation in the South West

Digital Innovation
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Digital Innovation.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Digital Innovation

Digital Innovation
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Digital Innovation within the South West region over the 6 months to 25 September 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
Bristol +43 4 £60,000 +1.95% 4
Dorset - 2 £65,000 -
Gloucestershire +31 1 - - 1
Somerset - 1 - - 2
Digital Innovation
England

Digital Innovation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South 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:

Development Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Git
General
1 3 (37.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 3 (37.50%) Public Sector
2 2 (25.00%) Law
2 2 (25.00%) Retail
2 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) IT Manager
2 2 (25.00%) Automation Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Senior
2 2 (25.00%) Senior Automation Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Technical Director
3 1 (12.50%) Digital Innovation Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Information Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Technology Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Renewable Energy
1 3 (37.50%) SCADA
2 2 (25.00%) Data Centre
2 2 (25.00%) Life Science
2 2 (25.00%) Linux Command Line
2 2 (25.00%) Omics
2 2 (25.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 2 (25.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Business Strategy
1 3 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (37.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 3 (37.50%) Strategic Planning
1 3 (37.50%) Systems Analysis
2 2 (25.00%) Bioinformatics
2 2 (25.00%) Biology
2 2 (25.00%) Business Development
2 2 (25.00%) Computational Biology
2 2 (25.00%) Data Analysis
2 2 (25.00%) Data Science
2 2 (25.00%) Experimental Design
2 2 (25.00%) Mentoring
2 2 (25.00%) Project Delivery
2 2 (25.00%) Project Management
2 2 (25.00%) Resource Allocation
2 2 (25.00%) Statistics
2 2 (25.00%) Systems Engineering
2 2 (25.00%) Time Management
2 2 (25.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) Python
1 2 (25.00%) R
Qualifications
1 5 (62.50%) Degree
2 3 (37.50%) Master's Degree
3 2 (25.00%) PhD
4 1 (12.50%) HNC
4 1 (12.50%) HND
System Software
1 2 (25.00%) Docker
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) Facebook
1 3 (37.50%) YouTube