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 21 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 66 30 32
Rank change year-on-year -36 +2 +30
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 181 189 533
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 2.30% 6.61% 5.09%
As % of the General category 5.30% 9.81% 10.13%
Number of salaries quoted 104 47 124
10th Percentile £28,845 £26,000 £27,338
25th Percentile £41,135 £32,375 £35,288
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,546 £45,000 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year +27.88% -6.25% -6.80%
75th Percentile £72,500 £64,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £79,350 £72,761
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -25.00%

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 3,415 1,926 5,260
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 43.38% 67.39% 50.20%
Number of salaries quoted 2,025 1,141 3,601
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £34,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -5.45%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,114 £61,250
90th Percentile £80,950 £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 21 June 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 21 June 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 61 £58,497 +8.83% 16
Bristol +2 57 £45,000 +9.76% 20
Somerset -26 29 £57,500 +82.54% 5
Wiltshire -3 19 £57,500 +2.88% 3
Dorset -38 7 £30,000 -14.29% 2
Devon -32 4 £38,000 - 3
Cornwall - 3 £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 12 (6.63%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (2.21%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.66%) Confluence
Applications
1 16 (8.84%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (3.31%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (2.21%) Adobe After Effects
3 4 (2.21%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 4 (2.21%) Adobe Illustrator
3 4 (2.21%) InDesign
3 4 (2.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (2.21%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.55%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.55%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.55%) Simulink
4 1 (0.55%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 36 (19.89%) Azure
2 16 (8.84%) Azure DevOps
3 11 (6.08%) GitHub
4 10 (5.52%) Azure Key Vault
4 10 (5.52%) Azure Monitor
4 10 (5.52%) IaaS
4 10 (5.52%) PaaS
5 9 (4.97%) Entra ID
6 8 (4.42%) AWS
6 8 (4.42%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 8 (4.42%) Azure Functions
6 8 (4.42%) Serverless
7 6 (3.31%) Microsoft 365
8 4 (2.21%) Figma
9 3 (1.66%) Azure Logic Apps
9 3 (1.66%) Power Platform
10 2 (1.10%) Microsoft Copilot
10 2 (1.10%) Microsoft Purview
10 2 (1.10%) Power Automate
10 2 (1.10%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 15 (8.29%) Firewall
1 15 (8.29%) VPN
2 10 (5.52%) Network Security
3 7 (3.87%) Internet
4 6 (3.31%) Wi-Fi
5 5 (2.76%) LAN
5 5 (2.76%) WAN
6 3 (1.66%) BGP
6 3 (1.66%) Broadband
7 2 (1.10%) 4G
7 2 (1.10%) Cisco IOS
7 2 (1.10%) DHCP
7 2 (1.10%) DNS
7 2 (1.10%) Ethernet VPN
7 2 (1.10%) IOS XR
7 2 (1.10%) MPLS
8 1 (0.55%) RS-422
8 1 (0.55%) SD-WAN
8 1 (0.55%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.55%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (6.08%) Azure SQL Database
2 5 (2.76%) Geospatial Data
3 2 (1.10%) GIS
3 2 (1.10%) Power BI
4 1 (0.55%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.55%) Pinecone
4 1 (0.55%) RDBMS
4 1 (0.55%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.55%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 13 (7.18%) Git
2 3 (1.66%) JIRA
2 3 (1.66%) MSI
3 2 (1.10%) Cypress.io
3 2 (1.10%) JMeter
3 2 (1.10%) Rational DOORS
3 2 (1.10%) REST Assured
3 2 (1.10%) Selenium
4 1 (0.55%) GitLab
4 1 (0.55%) Jaeger
4 1 (0.55%) Jenkins
General
1 68 (37.57%) Social Skills
2 25 (13.81%) Legal
3 22 (12.15%) Finance
4 16 (8.84%) Law
5 11 (6.08%) Aerospace
5 11 (6.08%) Marketing
6 10 (5.52%) Organisational Skills
7 8 (4.42%) Aviation
7 8 (4.42%) Digital Health
7 8 (4.42%) Influencing Skills
7 8 (4.42%) Local Government
8 7 (3.87%) Retail
9 5 (2.76%) Analytical Skills
9 5 (2.76%) Avionics
10 4 (2.21%) Military
10 4 (2.21%) Multimedia
10 4 (2.21%) Public Sector
11 3 (1.66%) Billing
12 2 (1.10%) Manufacturing
12 2 (1.10%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 33 (18.23%) Architect
2 29 (16.02%) Senior
3 24 (13.26%) Solutions Architect
4 15 (8.29%) Analyst
5 10 (5.52%) Programmer
6 9 (4.97%) Enterprise Architect
7 8 (4.42%) Data Scientist
7 8 (4.42%) Infrastructure Analyst
8 7 (3.87%) Administrator
8 7 (3.87%) Cybersecurity Specialist
8 7 (3.87%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 7 (3.87%) Security Specialist
9 6 (3.31%) Lead
9 6 (3.31%) Support Engineer
9 6 (3.31%) Systems Engineer
10 5 (2.76%) Developer
10 5 (2.76%) Development Manager
10 5 (2.76%) Systems Manager
10 5 (2.76%) Test Engineer
11 4 (2.21%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.87%) CSS
1 7 (3.87%) HTML
2 6 (3.31%) RESTful
3 5 (2.76%) GeoJSON
4 4 (2.21%) .NET
5 3 (1.66%) .NET Core
5 3 (1.66%) .NET Framework
5 3 (1.66%) ATL
5 3 (1.66%) COM
5 3 (1.66%) CSS3
5 3 (1.66%) HTML5
5 3 (1.66%) MFC
5 3 (1.66%) REST
5 3 (1.66%) WPF
6 2 (1.10%) Jinja
6 2 (1.10%) NETCONF
6 2 (1.10%) OpenAPI
6 2 (1.10%) Playwright
6 2 (1.10%) Swagger
6 2 (1.10%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 30 (16.57%) Cyberattack
2 22 (12.15%) Driving Licence
3 12 (6.63%) Security Posture
3 12 (6.63%) Self-Motivation
4 10 (5.52%) Onboarding
5 8 (4.42%) Podcast
5 8 (4.42%) Public Cloud
6 6 (3.31%) Cloud Native
6 6 (3.31%) Social Media
7 5 (2.76%) Product Ownership
8 4 (2.21%) Data Centre
8 4 (2.21%) Digital Media
8 4 (2.21%) Graphic Design
9 2 (1.10%) iPad
9 2 (1.10%) iPhone
9 2 (1.10%) Mobile App
10 1 (0.55%) FMCG
10 1 (0.55%) Legacy Systems
10 1 (0.55%) SCADA
10 1 (0.55%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 17 (9.39%) Windows
2 8 (4.42%) VMS
3 4 (2.21%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.66%) Linux
5 2 (1.10%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.55%) Unix
6 1 (0.55%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (19.89%) Problem-Solving
2 34 (18.78%) AI
3 30 (16.57%) TOGAF
4 28 (15.47%) DevOps
4 28 (15.47%) ITIL
5 23 (12.71%) Time Management
6 22 (12.15%) Agile
7 21 (11.60%) Line Management
8 19 (10.50%) Stakeholder Management
9 16 (8.84%) Mentoring
10 15 (8.29%) CI/CD
10 15 (8.29%) Infrastructure as Code
11 14 (7.73%) Continuous Improvement
11 14 (7.73%) Incident Management
12 13 (7.18%) Analytics
12 13 (7.18%) Cybersecurity
12 13 (7.18%) DevSecOps
12 13 (7.18%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 12 (6.63%) CRM
14 11 (6.08%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 19 (10.50%) Python
2 13 (7.18%) Bicep
2 13 (7.18%) SQL
3 11 (6.08%) PowerShell
4 9 (4.97%) Bash
5 8 (4.42%) Kusto Query Language
6 4 (2.21%) JavaScript
7 3 (1.66%) C#
7 3 (1.66%) TypeScript
8 2 (1.10%) Java
8 2 (1.10%) MATLAB
9 1 (0.55%) Go
9 1 (0.55%) Ladder Logic
Qualifications
1 37 (20.44%) Degree
2 25 (13.81%) Security Cleared
3 16 (8.84%) SC Cleared
4 11 (6.08%) Azure Certification
5 10 (5.52%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (4.42%) DV Cleared
7 6 (3.31%) Chartered Engineer
8 5 (2.76%) DBS Check
9 4 (2.21%) PhD
9 4 (2.21%) Postgraduate
10 3 (1.66%) CompTIA Security+
11 2 (1.10%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (1.10%) ISTQB
11 2 (1.10%) Master's Degree
11 2 (1.10%) Network+ Certification
12 1 (0.55%) APMG
12 1 (0.55%) AWS Certification
12 1 (0.55%) CEH
12 1 (0.55%) Computer Science Degree
12 1 (0.55%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (16.57%) NIST
2 15 (8.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 13 (7.18%) Cyber Essentials
4 8 (4.42%) SLA
5 7 (3.87%) GRC
6 6 (3.31%) Accessibility
6 6 (3.31%) QA
6 6 (3.31%) WCAG
7 5 (2.76%) GDPR
7 5 (2.76%) NCSC
8 3 (1.66%) ARP4761
8 3 (1.66%) DO-160
9 2 (1.10%) ARP4754
9 2 (1.10%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (1.10%) DO-254
9 2 (1.10%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.55%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 1 (0.55%) COBIT
10 1 (0.55%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.55%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 11 (6.08%) Active Directory
2 10 (5.52%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (4.42%) Virtual Desktop
3 8 (4.42%) vSphere
4 6 (3.31%) Docker
5 2 (1.10%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 15 (8.29%) Terraform
2 6 (3.31%) Kubernetes
2 6 (3.31%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (1.10%) Jamf Pro
3 2 (1.10%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.55%) Ansible
4 1 (0.55%) Argo
4 1 (0.55%) CASB
4 1 (0.55%) Functional Safety
4 1 (0.55%) Kustomize
4 1 (0.55%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 41 (22.65%) Microsoft
2 10 (5.52%) VMware
3 9 (4.97%) Cisco
4 8 (4.42%) ScienceLogic
5 4 (2.21%) Adobe
5 4 (2.21%) HP
5 4 (2.21%) Meraki
6 3 (1.66%) Anaplan
6 3 (1.66%) Fortinet
7 2 (1.10%) Apple
7 2 (1.10%) Dell
7 2 (1.10%) Okta
8 1 (0.55%) Citrix
8 1 (0.55%) DocuSign
8 1 (0.55%) Google
8 1 (0.55%) OpenAI
8 1 (0.55%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.55%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.55%) Siemens
8 1 (0.55%) Tenable