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 13 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 59 38 25
Rank change year-on-year -21 -13 +35
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 270 168 393
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 2.55% 4.72% 5.93%
As % of the General category 6.00% 7.63% 12.43%
Number of salaries quoted 123 81 27
10th Percentile £28,000 - £24,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £27,707 £26,109
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £30,500 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +31.15% -18.67% -23.88%
75th Percentile £61,575 £43,750 £56,465
90th Percentile £77,500 £58,035 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -19.23% -7.14%

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 4,499 2,201 3,162
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 42.51% 61.84% 47.70%
Number of salaries quoted 2,916 1,311 1,613
10th Percentile £28,425 £26,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,053 £29,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £42,750 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +16.96% -18.57% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £58,625 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £75,000 £81,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £53,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +2.80% -10.83% -

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 13 October 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 13 October 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
Bristol +23 92 £34,000 -11.69% 21
Gloucestershire -41 55 £37,500 -0.66% 23
Somerset -2 48 £57,500 +59.50% 18
Wiltshire -2 27 £57,500 +9.52% 11
Dorset -31 25 £35,750 +29.03% 19
Devon -13 18 £37,724 +7.78% 6
Cornwall +13 4 £54,498 +39.74%
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 16 (5.93%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (2.59%) Confluence
3 4 (1.48%) Apache Spark
4 3 (1.11%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.74%) CMS
Applications
1 32 (11.85%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (7.04%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (2.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.48%) Adobe After Effects
4 4 (1.48%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 4 (1.48%) Adobe Illustrator
4 4 (1.48%) InDesign
4 4 (1.48%) Photoshop
5 3 (1.11%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.74%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.37%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (1.11%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.74%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.37%) Primavera
3 1 (0.37%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 50 (18.52%) Azure
2 27 (10.00%) Azure DevOps
3 20 (7.41%) GitHub
4 17 (6.30%) AWS
5 14 (5.19%) Azure Key Vault
5 14 (5.19%) Azure Monitor
5 14 (5.19%) IaaS
5 14 (5.19%) Microsoft 365
5 14 (5.19%) PaaS
5 14 (5.19%) Serverless
6 12 (4.44%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 12 (4.44%) Azure Functions
7 9 (3.33%) Entra ID
8 8 (2.96%) Power Platform
9 7 (2.59%) GCP
10 6 (2.22%) Dynamics 365
11 5 (1.85%) Figma
12 4 (1.48%) GitHub Actions
12 4 (1.48%) Microsoft Copilot
13 3 (1.11%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 15 (5.56%) VPN
2 12 (4.44%) Firewall
3 7 (2.59%) Internet
4 6 (2.22%) Network Security
5 4 (1.48%) 5G
5 4 (1.48%) VLAN
6 3 (1.11%) DNS
6 3 (1.11%) Ethernet
6 3 (1.11%) LAN
6 3 (1.11%) WAN
6 3 (1.11%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (1.11%) Wireless
7 2 (0.74%) DHCP
8 1 (0.37%) Intrusion Detection
8 1 (0.37%) SAN
8 1 (0.37%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (5.56%) Azure SQL Database
2 9 (3.33%) Geospatial Data
3 6 (2.22%) Metadata
4 4 (1.48%) Big Data
4 4 (1.48%) Hadoop
4 4 (1.48%) Power BI
5 2 (0.74%) GIS
5 2 (0.74%) NoSQL
5 2 (0.74%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.37%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.37%) Looker
6 1 (0.37%) MariaDB
6 1 (0.37%) Pinecone
6 1 (0.37%) SQLite
6 1 (0.37%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 21 (7.78%) Git
2 11 (4.07%) JIRA
3 8 (2.96%) MSI
4 6 (2.22%) Jenkins
5 4 (1.48%) GitLab
5 4 (1.48%) Rational DOORS
6 2 (0.74%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.74%) JMeter
6 2 (0.74%) REST Assured
6 2 (0.74%) Selenium
7 1 (0.37%) AdminStudio
7 1 (0.37%) InstallShield
7 1 (0.37%) Storybook
General
1 115 (42.59%) Social Skills
2 64 (23.70%) Finance
3 38 (14.07%) Law
4 33 (12.22%) Analytical Skills
5 27 (10.00%) Marketing
6 23 (8.52%) Organisational Skills
7 17 (6.30%) Aerospace
7 17 (6.30%) Public Sector
8 15 (5.56%) Legal
9 8 (2.96%) Banking
9 8 (2.96%) Retail
10 7 (2.59%) Manufacturing
11 6 (2.22%) Local Government
12 5 (1.85%) Multimedia
13 4 (1.48%) Financial Institution
13 4 (1.48%) Influencing Skills
13 4 (1.48%) Military
13 4 (1.48%) Presentation Skills
14 3 (1.11%) Aviation
14 3 (1.11%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 37 (13.70%) Architect
2 36 (13.33%) Senior
3 29 (10.74%) Analyst
4 13 (4.81%) Developer
4 13 (4.81%) Sales Executive
5 12 (4.44%) Infrastructure Analyst
5 12 (4.44%) Programmer
6 10 (3.70%) Enterprise Architect
6 10 (3.70%) Lead
7 9 (3.33%) Software Engineer
8 8 (2.96%) Principal Engineer
8 8 (2.96%) Project Engineer
8 8 (2.96%) Security Specialist
9 7 (2.59%) Development Manager
9 7 (2.59%) IT Support
9 7 (2.59%) Solutions Architect
10 6 (2.22%) Senior Analyst
10 6 (2.22%) Senior Infrastructure Analyst
11 5 (1.85%) Business Manager
11 5 (1.85%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (10.37%) Terraform
2 15 (5.56%) HTML
3 14 (5.19%) .NET
3 14 (5.19%) CSS
4 13 (4.81%) RESTful
5 9 (3.33%) GeoJSON
6 8 (2.96%) React
7 7 (2.59%) .NET Core
7 7 (2.59%) .NET Framework
7 7 (2.59%) ATL
7 7 (2.59%) COM
7 7 (2.59%) CSS3
7 7 (2.59%) HTML5
7 7 (2.59%) MFC
7 7 (2.59%) REST
7 7 (2.59%) WPF
8 6 (2.22%) AngularJS
8 6 (2.22%) EDI
9 5 (1.85%) Middleware
10 4 (1.48%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 45 (16.67%) Driving Licence
2 29 (10.74%) Onboarding
3 20 (7.41%) Self-Motivation
4 17 (6.30%) Cloud Native
5 14 (5.19%) Data Centre
5 14 (5.19%) Management Information System
5 14 (5.19%) Security Posture
6 13 (4.81%) Social Media
7 12 (4.44%) Podcast
7 12 (4.44%) Public Cloud
8 11 (4.07%) Cyberattack
9 8 (2.96%) Legacy Systems
9 8 (2.96%) Replication
10 6 (2.22%) Algorithms
10 6 (2.22%) Product Ownership
10 6 (2.22%) Smartphone
11 5 (1.85%) Digital Media
12 4 (1.48%) Enterprise Software
12 4 (1.48%) Graphic Design
12 4 (1.48%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 43 (15.93%) Windows
2 12 (4.44%) VMS
3 7 (2.59%) Windows Server
4 5 (1.85%) Linux
5 4 (1.48%) Windows 10
6 3 (1.11%) Android
6 3 (1.11%) Unix
7 1 (0.37%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.37%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (24.07%) Problem-Solving
2 63 (23.33%) AI
3 52 (19.26%) Agile
4 44 (16.30%) Continuous Improvement
5 40 (14.81%) CI/CD
6 37 (13.70%) DevOps
7 34 (12.59%) Stakeholder Management
8 32 (11.85%) Mentoring
9 27 (10.00%) Collaborative Working
10 26 (9.63%) Customer Service
10 26 (9.63%) Infrastructure as Code
11 25 (9.26%) Decision-Making
12 24 (8.89%) Analytics
12 24 (8.89%) Computer Science
13 23 (8.52%) CRM
13 23 (8.52%) DevSecOps
14 22 (8.15%) Risk Management
14 22 (8.15%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
15 20 (7.41%) Observability
16 19 (7.04%) Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 25 (9.26%) SQL
2 24 (8.89%) Python
3 21 (7.78%) Bicep
4 17 (6.30%) PowerShell
5 14 (5.19%) JavaScript
6 13 (4.81%) C#
7 12 (4.44%) Bash
7 12 (4.44%) Kusto Query Language
8 10 (3.70%) TypeScript
9 9 (3.33%) Java
10 6 (2.22%) C++
11 3 (1.11%) Ada
11 3 (1.11%) Ada 95
11 3 (1.11%) C
11 3 (1.11%) Rust
12 2 (0.74%) ActionScript
12 2 (0.74%) ActionScript 2.0
12 2 (0.74%) Go
12 2 (0.74%) Scala
13 1 (0.37%) PHP
Qualifications
1 42 (15.56%) Degree
2 33 (12.22%) Security Cleared
3 32 (11.85%) SC Cleared
4 20 (7.41%) DBS Check
5 17 (6.30%) Azure Certification
6 12 (4.44%) Microsoft Certification
7 11 (4.07%) DV Cleared
8 10 (3.70%) BPSS Clearance
9 9 (3.33%) HND
10 8 (2.96%) Chartered Engineer
11 6 (2.22%) Computer Science Degree
11 6 (2.22%) HNC
12 5 (1.85%) AWS Certification
13 4 (1.48%) CISSP
14 3 (1.11%) ACCA
14 3 (1.11%) CEH
14 3 (1.11%) CIMA
14 3 (1.11%) Postgraduate
14 3 (1.11%) TOGAF Certification
15 2 (0.74%) AAT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (13.33%) Accessibility
2 15 (5.56%) WCAG
3 11 (4.07%) QA
4 10 (3.70%) NCSC
4 10 (3.70%) SLA
5 9 (3.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 9 (3.33%) NIST
6 8 (2.96%) Cyber Essentials
6 8 (2.96%) GRC
7 6 (2.22%) GDPR
8 3 (1.11%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (1.11%) Data Quality
8 3 (1.11%) MIL-STD-1553
9 2 (0.74%) GxP
9 2 (0.74%) JSP 440
10 1 (0.37%) DO-254
10 1 (0.37%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.37%) IEC 61508
10 1 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 15288
10 1 (0.37%) PMO
System Software
1 27 (10.00%) Active Directory
2 17 (6.30%) Docker
3 13 (4.81%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (4.44%) Virtual Desktop
4 12 (4.44%) vSphere
5 3 (1.11%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.37%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.37%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 18 (6.67%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.48%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (1.48%) SCCM
3 2 (0.74%) Ansible
4 1 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 75 (27.78%) Microsoft
2 13 (4.81%) VMware
3 12 (4.44%) ScienceLogic
4 8 (2.96%) Facebook
5 7 (2.59%) Salesforce
6 6 (2.22%) Adobe
6 6 (2.22%) Instagram
7 5 (1.85%) Cisco
7 5 (1.85%) SAP
8 4 (1.48%) OneLogin
9 3 (1.11%) Anaplan
9 3 (1.11%) Google
9 3 (1.11%) Meraki
10 2 (0.74%) Apple
10 2 (0.74%) Dell
10 2 (0.74%) Fortinet
10 2 (0.74%) HubSpot
10 2 (0.74%) Oracle
10 2 (0.74%) Sparx
11 1 (0.37%) OpenAI