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 25 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 76 39 31
Rank change year-on-year -37 -8 +23
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 156 150 521
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 2.02% 5.68% 5.64%
As % of the General category 4.82% 8.15% 10.64%
Number of salaries quoted 87 39 126
10th Percentile £29,200 £27,100 £27,669
25th Percentile £38,248 £29,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,591 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.70% +5.00% +1.50%
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £76,250 £78,300 £72,761
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £51,108
% change year-on-year - +7.62% -26.99%

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 3,237 1,841 4,895
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 42.00% 69.76% 52.99%
Number of salaries quoted 1,870 1,040 3,448
10th Percentile £27,250 £27,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £33,500 £32,500 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,250 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.45% +5.79% -5.45%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,525 £61,031
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 25 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 25 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 -18 58 £58,497 +6.36% 17
Bristol -4 42 £46,022 -22.00% 34
Somerset -28 19 £35,000 +11.11% 5
Wiltshire -3 17 £60,000 +7.35% 5
Dorset -26 7 £30,000 -14.29% 5
Devon -30 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 (2.56%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (2.56%) SharePoint
Applications
1 11 (7.05%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (3.21%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (2.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.28%) Adobe After Effects
4 2 (1.28%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 2 (1.28%) Adobe Illustrator
4 2 (1.28%) InDesign
4 2 (1.28%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.64%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.64%) Simulink
5 1 (0.64%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 16 (10.26%) Azure
2 8 (5.13%) Cloud Computing
3 7 (4.49%) Entra ID
4 6 (3.85%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (3.21%) AWS
6 2 (1.28%) Azure Sentinel
6 2 (1.28%) Figma
6 2 (1.28%) IaaS
6 2 (1.28%) Microsoft Copilot
6 2 (1.28%) Microsoft Purview
6 2 (1.28%) PaaS
6 2 (1.28%) Power Automate
6 2 (1.28%) Stripe
7 1 (0.64%) Asana
7 1 (0.64%) Power Platform
7 1 (0.64%) Pulumi
7 1 (0.64%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (8.33%) Internet
2 12 (7.69%) Firewall
3 8 (5.13%) Network Security
4 7 (4.49%) VPN
5 6 (3.85%) Wi-Fi
6 5 (3.21%) LAN
6 5 (3.21%) WAN
7 3 (1.92%) BGP
7 3 (1.92%) Broadband
8 2 (1.28%) 4G
8 2 (1.28%) Cisco IOS
8 2 (1.28%) DHCP
8 2 (1.28%) DNS
8 2 (1.28%) Ethernet VPN
8 2 (1.28%) IOS XR
8 2 (1.28%) MPLS
9 1 (0.64%) RS-422
9 1 (0.64%) SD-WAN
9 1 (0.64%) TCP/IP
9 1 (0.64%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.28%) GIS
2 1 (0.64%) NoSQL
2 1 (0.64%) Power BI
2 1 (0.64%) RDBMS
2 1 (0.64%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (1.28%) Git
1 2 (1.28%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (0.64%) Jaeger
General
1 55 (35.26%) Social Skills
2 23 (14.74%) Legal
3 20 (12.82%) Finance
4 11 (7.05%) Aerospace
5 9 (5.77%) Marketing
6 8 (5.13%) Aviation
6 8 (5.13%) Banking
6 8 (5.13%) Digital Health
6 8 (5.13%) Influencing Skills
6 8 (5.13%) Local Government
7 7 (4.49%) Retail
8 6 (3.85%) Law
8 6 (3.85%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (3.21%) Avionics
10 4 (2.56%) Analytical Skills
10 4 (2.56%) Billing
10 4 (2.56%) Military
11 2 (1.28%) Aeronautics
11 2 (1.28%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (1.28%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 31 (19.87%) Architect
2 22 (14.10%) Solutions Architect
3 21 (13.46%) Senior
4 9 (5.77%) Enterprise Architect
4 9 (5.77%) Lecturer
5 8 (5.13%) Data Scientist
6 7 (4.49%) Administrator
7 6 (3.85%) Analyst
7 6 (3.85%) Support Engineer
7 6 (3.85%) Systems Engineer
7 6 (3.85%) Systems Manager
8 5 (3.21%) Cybersecurity Specialist
8 5 (3.21%) Development Manager
8 5 (3.21%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 5 (3.21%) Project Manager
8 5 (3.21%) Security Specialist
9 4 (2.56%) Cybersecurity Manager
9 4 (2.56%) IT Engineer
9 4 (2.56%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
9 4 (2.56%) Senior Data Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.28%) CSS
1 2 (1.28%) HTML
1 2 (1.28%) Jinja
1 2 (1.28%) NETCONF
1 2 (1.28%) YANG
2 1 (0.64%) EDI
2 1 (0.64%) Elastic Stack
2 1 (0.64%) OpenTelemetry
2 1 (0.64%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 30 (19.23%) Cyberattack
2 22 (14.10%) Driving Licence
3 9 (5.77%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (5.13%) IoT
5 4 (2.56%) Digital Media
5 4 (2.56%) Social Media
6 3 (1.92%) Onboarding
6 3 (1.92%) Product Ownership
7 2 (1.28%) Graphic Design
7 2 (1.28%) iPad
7 2 (1.28%) iPhone
7 2 (1.28%) Mobile App
7 2 (1.28%) PMI
7 2 (1.28%) Security Posture
8 1 (0.64%) FMCG
8 1 (0.64%) SCADA
8 1 (0.64%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.56%) Windows
2 2 (1.28%) Apple iOS
2 2 (1.28%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.64%) Linux
3 1 (0.64%) Unix
3 1 (0.64%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (20.51%) Problem-Solving
2 30 (19.23%) TOGAF
3 29 (18.59%) ITIL
4 28 (17.95%) AI
5 23 (14.74%) Time Management
6 20 (12.82%) Line Management
7 19 (12.18%) Cybersecurity
8 18 (11.54%) Stakeholder Management
9 17 (10.90%) Continuous Improvement
10 13 (8.33%) CRM
11 12 (7.69%) Machine Learning
12 11 (7.05%) Creative Problem-Solving
12 11 (7.05%) Critical Thinking
12 11 (7.05%) DevOps
12 11 (7.05%) Mentoring
13 10 (6.41%) Data Science
13 10 (6.41%) Mathematics
13 10 (6.41%) Project Delivery
13 10 (6.41%) User Experience
13 10 (6.41%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 13 (8.33%) Python
2 4 (2.56%) PowerShell
3 2 (1.28%) MATLAB
4 1 (0.64%) Bash
4 1 (0.64%) Go
4 1 (0.64%) Java
4 1 (0.64%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.64%) Ladder Logic
4 1 (0.64%) SQL
Qualifications
1 43 (27.56%) Degree
2 17 (10.90%) Security Cleared
3 12 (7.69%) PhD
3 12 (7.69%) Postgraduate
4 10 (6.41%) Master's Degree
5 8 (5.13%) DV Cleared
5 8 (5.13%) SC Cleared
6 7 (4.49%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (3.21%) DBS Check
8 4 (2.56%) Chartered Engineer
8 4 (2.56%) CompTIA Security+
9 2 (1.28%) Azure Certification
9 2 (1.28%) CISM
9 2 (1.28%) CISSP
9 2 (1.28%) CompTIA CySA+
9 2 (1.28%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (1.28%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (1.28%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (1.28%) Network+ Certification
9 2 (1.28%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (19.23%) NIST
2 13 (8.33%) Cyber Essentials
3 12 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (3.85%) GDPR
4 6 (3.85%) SLA
5 5 (3.21%) GRC
5 5 (3.21%) NEBOSH
6 4 (2.56%) QA
7 3 (1.92%) ARP4761
7 3 (1.92%) DO-160
7 3 (1.92%) SOC 2
8 2 (1.28%) ARP4754
8 2 (1.28%) COBIT
8 2 (1.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (1.28%) DO-254
8 2 (1.28%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.64%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.64%) HIPAA
System Software
1 3 (1.92%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.28%) Hyper-V
2 2 (1.28%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.64%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (3.85%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (1.28%) CASB
2 2 (1.28%) Jamf Pro
2 2 (1.28%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.64%) Ansible
3 1 (0.64%) Argo
3 1 (0.64%) Functional Safety
3 1 (0.64%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.64%) Kustomize
3 1 (0.64%) Prometheus
3 1 (0.64%) Terraform
Vendors
1 24 (15.38%) Microsoft
2 9 (5.77%) Cisco
3 4 (2.56%) HP
3 4 (2.56%) Meraki
4 3 (1.92%) Anaplan
4 3 (1.92%) Fortinet
5 2 (1.28%) Adobe
5 2 (1.28%) Apple
5 2 (1.28%) Citrix
5 2 (1.28%) Dell
5 2 (1.28%) Okta
5 2 (1.28%) Tenable
5 2 (1.28%) VMware
6 1 (0.64%) DocuSign
6 1 (0.64%) Google
6 1 (0.64%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.64%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.64%) Siemens