Inclusion and Diversity Job Trends in the South West

Inclusion and Diversity
England > South West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Inclusion and Diversity in permanent job vacancies in the South West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Inclusion and Diversity over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 77 39 33
Rank change year-on-year -38 -6 +22
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 155 166 519
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 2.02% 6.17% 5.50%
As % of the General category 4.72% 8.79% 10.51%
Number of salaries quoted 90 42 124
10th Percentile £29,800 £26,575 £27,536
25th Percentile £39,444 £29,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,591 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.70% +5.00% -2.91%
75th Percentile £68,438 £65,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £76,250 £77,250 £72,761
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £51,250
% change year-on-year - +7.32% -26.79%

All General Skills
South West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 3,282 1,888 4,939
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 42.79% 70.19% 52.36%
Number of salaries quoted 1,919 1,066 3,471
10th Percentile £27,450 £26,938 £26,250
25th Percentile £33,500 £32,500 £33,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £51,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.76% +7.37% -5.45%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,525 £60,375
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%

Inclusion and Diversity
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Inclusion and Diversity job vacancy trend in the South West

Inclusion and Diversity
Salary Trend in the South West

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

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

Inclusion and Diversity
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity in the South West over the 6 months to 30 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Inclusion and Diversity in the South West

Inclusion and Diversity
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 Inclusion and Diversity within the South West region over the 6 months to 30 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
Gloucestershire -21 59 £58,497 +6.36% 24
Bristol -2 43 £47,500 +15.85% 36
Wiltshire -4 18 £60,000 +7.35% 8
Somerset -29 15 £35,000 +11.11% 2
Dorset -33 7 £30,000 -14.29% 6
Devon -24 6 £38,000 - 8
Cornwall - 6 £38,995 - 1
Inclusion and Diversity
England

Inclusion and Diversity
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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 (2.58%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (2.58%) SharePoint
Applications
1 11 (7.10%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (3.23%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (2.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.29%) Adobe After Effects
4 2 (1.29%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 2 (1.29%) Adobe Illustrator
4 2 (1.29%) InDesign
4 2 (1.29%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.65%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.65%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.65%) Simulink
5 1 (0.65%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 17 (10.97%) Azure
2 8 (5.16%) Cloud Computing
3 7 (4.52%) Entra ID
4 6 (3.87%) AWS
4 6 (3.87%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (1.29%) Azure Sentinel
5 2 (1.29%) Figma
5 2 (1.29%) IaaS
5 2 (1.29%) Microsoft Copilot
5 2 (1.29%) Microsoft Purview
5 2 (1.29%) PaaS
5 2 (1.29%) Power Automate
5 2 (1.29%) Stripe
6 1 (0.65%) Asana
6 1 (0.65%) GCP
6 1 (0.65%) Power Platform
6 1 (0.65%) Pulumi
6 1 (0.65%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (8.39%) Firewall
1 13 (8.39%) Internet
2 9 (5.81%) Network Security
3 7 (4.52%) VPN
4 6 (3.87%) Wi-Fi
5 5 (3.23%) LAN
5 5 (3.23%) WAN
6 3 (1.94%) BGP
6 3 (1.94%) Broadband
7 2 (1.29%) 4G
7 2 (1.29%) Cisco IOS
7 2 (1.29%) DHCP
7 2 (1.29%) DNS
7 2 (1.29%) Ethernet VPN
7 2 (1.29%) IOS XR
7 2 (1.29%) MPLS
8 1 (0.65%) RS-422
8 1 (0.65%) SD-WAN
8 1 (0.65%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.65%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.29%) GIS
2 1 (0.65%) NoSQL
2 1 (0.65%) Pinecone
2 1 (0.65%) Power BI
2 1 (0.65%) RDBMS
2 1 (0.65%) Relational Database
2 1 (0.65%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 2 (1.29%) Git
1 2 (1.29%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (0.65%) Jaeger
General
1 55 (35.48%) Social Skills
2 23 (14.84%) Legal
3 20 (12.90%) Finance
4 11 (7.10%) Aerospace
5 9 (5.81%) Marketing
6 8 (5.16%) Aviation
6 8 (5.16%) Banking
6 8 (5.16%) Digital Health
6 8 (5.16%) Influencing Skills
6 8 (5.16%) Local Government
7 7 (4.52%) Retail
8 6 (3.87%) Law
8 6 (3.87%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (3.23%) Avionics
10 4 (2.58%) Analytical Skills
10 4 (2.58%) Billing
10 4 (2.58%) Military
11 2 (1.29%) Manufacturing
11 2 (1.29%) Multimedia
11 2 (1.29%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 31 (20.00%) Architect
2 22 (14.19%) Solutions Architect
3 21 (13.55%) Senior
4 9 (5.81%) Enterprise Architect
4 9 (5.81%) Lecturer
5 8 (5.16%) Data Scientist
6 7 (4.52%) Administrator
7 6 (3.87%) Analyst
7 6 (3.87%) Cybersecurity Specialist
7 6 (3.87%) Security Specialist
7 6 (3.87%) Support Engineer
7 6 (3.87%) Systems Engineer
7 6 (3.87%) Systems Manager
8 5 (3.23%) Development Manager
8 5 (3.23%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 4 (2.58%) Cybersecurity Manager
9 4 (2.58%) Programmer
9 4 (2.58%) Security Manager
9 4 (2.58%) Senior Data Scientist
9 4 (2.58%) Senior Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.29%) CSS
1 2 (1.29%) HTML
1 2 (1.29%) Jinja
1 2 (1.29%) NETCONF
1 2 (1.29%) YANG
2 1 (0.65%) EDI
2 1 (0.65%) Elastic Stack
2 1 (0.65%) OpenTelemetry
2 1 (0.65%) pgvector
2 1 (0.65%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 30 (19.35%) Cyberattack
2 18 (11.61%) Driving Licence
3 9 (5.81%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (5.16%) IoT
5 4 (2.58%) Digital Media
5 4 (2.58%) Social Media
6 3 (1.94%) Onboarding
6 3 (1.94%) Product Ownership
7 2 (1.29%) Graphic Design
7 2 (1.29%) iPad
7 2 (1.29%) iPhone
7 2 (1.29%) Mobile App
7 2 (1.29%) PMI
7 2 (1.29%) Security Posture
8 1 (0.65%) FMCG
8 1 (0.65%) SCADA
8 1 (0.65%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.58%) Windows
2 2 (1.29%) Apple iOS
2 2 (1.29%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.65%) Linux
3 1 (0.65%) Unix
3 1 (0.65%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (20.65%) Problem-Solving
2 30 (19.35%) TOGAF
3 29 (18.71%) AI
3 29 (18.71%) ITIL
4 23 (14.84%) Time Management
5 20 (12.90%) Cybersecurity
5 20 (12.90%) Line Management
6 18 (11.61%) Stakeholder Management
7 13 (8.39%) Continuous Improvement
7 13 (8.39%) CRM
8 12 (7.74%) Machine Learning
9 11 (7.10%) Creative Problem-Solving
9 11 (7.10%) Critical Thinking
9 11 (7.10%) DevOps
9 11 (7.10%) Mentoring
9 11 (7.10%) Project Delivery
9 11 (7.10%) User Experience
9 11 (7.10%) Web Development
10 10 (6.45%) Data Science
10 10 (6.45%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 14 (9.03%) Python
2 4 (2.58%) PowerShell
3 2 (1.29%) MATLAB
4 1 (0.65%) Bash
4 1 (0.65%) Go
4 1 (0.65%) Java
4 1 (0.65%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.65%) Ladder Logic
4 1 (0.65%) SQL
Qualifications
1 43 (27.74%) Degree
2 17 (10.97%) Security Cleared
3 12 (7.74%) PhD
3 12 (7.74%) Postgraduate
4 10 (6.45%) Master's Degree
5 8 (5.16%) DV Cleared
5 8 (5.16%) SC Cleared
6 5 (3.23%) DBS Check
7 4 (2.58%) Chartered Engineer
7 4 (2.58%) CompTIA Security+
8 3 (1.94%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (1.29%) Azure Certification
9 2 (1.29%) CISM
9 2 (1.29%) CISSP
9 2 (1.29%) CompTIA CySA+
9 2 (1.29%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (1.29%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (1.29%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (1.29%) Network+ Certification
9 2 (1.29%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (20.00%) NIST
2 14 (9.03%) Cyber Essentials
3 13 (8.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (3.87%) GDPR
4 6 (3.87%) GRC
4 6 (3.87%) SLA
5 4 (2.58%) QA
6 3 (1.94%) ARP4761
6 3 (1.94%) DO-160
6 3 (1.94%) SOC 2
7 2 (1.29%) ARP4754
7 2 (1.29%) COBIT
7 2 (1.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (1.29%) DO-254
7 2 (1.29%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.65%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.65%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.65%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 3 (1.94%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.29%) Hyper-V
2 2 (1.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.65%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (3.87%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (1.29%) CASB
2 2 (1.29%) Jamf Pro
2 2 (1.29%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.65%) Ansible
3 1 (0.65%) Argo
3 1 (0.65%) Functional Safety
3 1 (0.65%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.65%) Kustomize
3 1 (0.65%) Prometheus
3 1 (0.65%) Terraform
Vendors
1 24 (15.48%) Microsoft
2 9 (5.81%) Cisco
3 4 (2.58%) HP
3 4 (2.58%) Meraki
4 3 (1.94%) Anaplan
4 3 (1.94%) Fortinet
5 2 (1.29%) Adobe
5 2 (1.29%) Apple
5 2 (1.29%) Citrix
5 2 (1.29%) Dell
5 2 (1.29%) Okta
5 2 (1.29%) Tenable
5 2 (1.29%) VMware
6 1 (0.65%) DocuSign
6 1 (0.65%) Google
6 1 (0.65%) OpenAI
6 1 (0.65%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.65%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.65%) Siemens