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

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 36 65
Rank change year-on-year -16 +29 -44
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 154 241 201
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 3.07% 5.79% 4.21%
As % of the General category 6.59% 10.08% 7.95%
Number of salaries quoted 90 18 48
10th Percentile - £23,520 £27,550
25th Percentile £27,707 £29,750 £41,627
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,500 £42,250 £55,750
Median % change year-on-year -32.54% -24.22% +18.62%
75th Percentile £38,000 £51,498 £71,438
90th Percentile £56,250 £63,250 £77,717
England median annual salary £50,000 £62,500 £67,910
% change year-on-year -20.00% -7.97% +4.48%

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 2,338 2,391 2,528
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 46.60% 57.48% 52.89%
Number of salaries quoted 1,526 1,120 1,840
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £29,375
25th Percentile £30,500 £37,693 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £50,702
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +3.55% +1.40%
75th Percentile £62,500 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £84,056
England median annual salary £53,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.67% - -4.00%

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 12 January 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 12 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
Dorset +35 53 £27,707 -45.67% 9
Devon +18 25 £35,000 - 10
Somerset -21 23 £37,026 +17.54% 11
Bristol +6 19 £39,250 +1.95% 21
Gloucestershire -36 16 £34,250 +52.90% 18
Cornwall - 10 £39,000 - 9
Wiltshire -4 8 £52,500 -4.55% 12
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 1 (0.65%) Drupal
1 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (0.65%) SharePoint
1 1 (0.65%) WordPress
Applications
1 6 (3.90%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.95%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.30%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.65%) Revit
4 1 (0.65%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 32 (20.78%) Cloud Computing
2 10 (6.49%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (4.55%) Azure
4 5 (3.25%) Google Analytics
5 3 (1.95%) AWS
5 3 (1.95%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (1.95%) Entra ID
5 3 (1.95%) Power Platform
6 1 (0.65%) Asana
6 1 (0.65%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (0.65%) Figma
6 1 (0.65%) OneDrive
6 1 (0.65%) Power Automate
6 1 (0.65%) Pulumi
6 1 (0.65%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 32 (20.78%) Internet
2 10 (6.49%) VPN
3 3 (1.95%) Broadband
3 3 (1.95%) Firewall
3 3 (1.95%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (1.30%) 4G
4 2 (1.30%) BGP
4 2 (1.30%) Cisco IOS
4 2 (1.30%) Ethernet VPN
4 2 (1.30%) IOS XR
4 2 (1.30%) MPLS
4 2 (1.30%) Wireless
5 1 (0.65%) DHCP
5 1 (0.65%) DNS
5 1 (0.65%) Modbus
5 1 (0.65%) RS-485
5 1 (0.65%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.60%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.95%) Power BI
2 3 (1.95%) Tableau
3 2 (1.30%) Qlik Sense
4 1 (0.65%) MySQL
4 1 (0.65%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.65%) Power Query
4 1 (0.65%) RDBMS
4 1 (0.65%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (1.95%) Git
2 2 (1.30%) Cypress.io
2 2 (1.30%) Jenkins
2 2 (1.30%) Postman
2 2 (1.30%) REST Assured
2 2 (1.30%) Selenium
3 1 (0.65%) Jaeger
General
1 69 (44.81%) Social Skills
2 55 (35.71%) Retail
3 35 (22.73%) Banking
4 17 (11.04%) Finance
5 12 (7.79%) Marketing
6 6 (3.90%) Analytical Skills
7 5 (3.25%) Billing
7 5 (3.25%) Publishing
8 4 (2.60%) Law
9 3 (1.95%) Telecoms
10 2 (1.30%) Financial Institution
10 2 (1.30%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.65%) Electronics
11 1 (0.65%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.65%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.65%) Legal
11 1 (0.65%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.65%) Military
11 1 (0.65%) Police
11 1 (0.65%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 53 (34.42%) Senior
2 46 (29.87%) Account Manager
2 46 (29.87%) Sales Manager
3 45 (29.22%) Sales Account Manager
3 45 (29.22%) Senior Account Manager
3 45 (29.22%) Senior Manager
3 45 (29.22%) Senior Sales Manager
4 27 (17.53%) Lecturer
5 9 (5.84%) IT Support
6 7 (4.55%) IT Technician
7 6 (3.90%) Analyst
7 6 (3.90%) IT Support Technician
7 6 (3.90%) Support Technician
8 5 (3.25%) Account Executive
8 5 (3.25%) Developer
8 5 (3.25%) IT Trainer
8 5 (3.25%) Project Manager
8 5 (3.25%) Trainer
9 4 (2.60%) Business Developer
9 4 (2.60%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.60%) .NET
1 4 (2.60%) .NET Framework
2 2 (1.30%) Jinja
2 2 (1.30%) NETCONF
2 2 (1.30%) Playwright
2 2 (1.30%) REST
2 2 (1.30%) YANG
3 1 (0.65%) CSS
3 1 (0.65%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (0.65%) Framer.js
3 1 (0.65%) Kafka
3 1 (0.65%) NumPy
3 1 (0.65%) OpenTelemetry
3 1 (0.65%) Pandas
3 1 (0.65%) PyTorch
3 1 (0.65%) RabbitMQ
3 1 (0.65%) RESTful
3 1 (0.65%) scikit-learn
3 1 (0.65%) Spring Boot
3 1 (0.65%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 42 (27.27%) Onboarding
2 32 (20.78%) IoT
3 11 (7.14%) Driving Licence
4 7 (4.55%) Blog
4 7 (4.55%) Podcast
5 5 (3.25%) e-Learning
6 4 (2.60%) Mobile App
6 4 (2.60%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (1.95%) iPad
7 3 (1.95%) iPhone
7 3 (1.95%) Security Posture
7 3 (1.95%) Social Media
8 2 (1.30%) AI Agents
8 2 (1.30%) Video Conferencing
9 1 (0.65%) Algorithms
9 1 (0.65%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.65%) Animation
9 1 (0.65%) CCTV
9 1 (0.65%) Derivative
9 1 (0.65%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 8 (5.19%) Apple iOS
2 5 (3.25%) Android
3 3 (1.95%) Windows
4 2 (1.30%) Linux
5 1 (0.65%) Debian
5 1 (0.65%) OpenWrt
5 1 (0.65%) Unix
5 1 (0.65%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (34.42%) B2B
2 52 (33.77%) Customer Service
3 42 (27.27%) Cybersecurity
4 40 (25.97%) AI
5 35 (22.73%) User Experience
6 33 (21.43%) Machine Learning
6 33 (21.43%) Web Development
7 14 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
8 11 (7.14%) Mentoring
9 9 (5.84%) Continuous Improvement
10 7 (4.55%) Agile
10 7 (4.55%) Analytics
10 7 (4.55%) Coaching
10 7 (4.55%) Customer Experience
10 7 (4.55%) Visualisation
11 6 (3.90%) Data Visualisation
11 6 (3.90%) Incident Response
12 5 (3.25%) Change Control
12 5 (3.25%) Content Strategy
12 5 (3.25%) Data Privacy
Programming Languages
1 6 (3.90%) Python
2 4 (2.60%) Java
2 4 (2.60%) JavaScript
3 3 (1.95%) SQL
4 2 (1.30%) C#
5 1 (0.65%) Bash
5 1 (0.65%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (0.65%) Go
5 1 (0.65%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.65%) R
5 1 (0.65%) VB
Qualifications
1 44 (28.57%) Degree
2 32 (20.78%) Master's Degree
2 32 (20.78%) PhD
2 32 (20.78%) Postgraduate
3 6 (3.90%) BPSS Clearance
4 5 (3.25%) DBS Check
5 3 (1.95%) Security Cleared
6 2 (1.30%) CEH
6 2 (1.30%) CompTIA CySA+
6 2 (1.30%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (1.30%) PMI Certification
6 2 (1.30%) SC Cleared
7 1 (0.65%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.65%) CISM
7 1 (0.65%) CISSP
7 1 (0.65%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.65%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
7 1 (0.65%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.65%) NVQ Level 3
7 1 (0.65%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.25%) NEBOSH
2 4 (2.60%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (1.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (1.95%) NIST
3 3 (1.95%) PCI DSS
3 3 (1.95%) SOC 2
4 2 (1.30%) GDPR
5 1 (0.65%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 1 (0.65%) COBIT
5 1 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.65%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.65%) ISO 19650
5 1 (0.65%) P3O
5 1 (0.65%) PMO
5 1 (0.65%) QA
System Software
1 4 (2.60%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.30%) Docker
3 1 (0.65%) iptables
Systems Management
1 4 (2.60%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (1.95%) Jamf Pro
2 3 (1.95%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (1.30%) Ansible
3 2 (1.30%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.65%) Argo
4 1 (0.65%) CASB
4 1 (0.65%) Kustomize
4 1 (0.65%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.65%) Terraform
Vendors
1 11 (7.14%) Microsoft
2 6 (3.90%) Google
3 3 (1.95%) Apple
3 3 (1.95%) Cisco
3 3 (1.95%) Okta
4 1 (0.65%) Citrix
4 1 (0.65%) DocuSign
4 1 (0.65%) Fortinet
4 1 (0.65%) MikroTik
4 1 (0.65%) Salesforce
4 1 (0.65%) Tenable