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 1 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 49 37 62
Rank change year-on-year -12 +25 -44
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 167 261 199
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 3.58% 4.76% 4.58%
As % of the General category 6.99% 9.46% 8.28%
Number of salaries quoted 90 22 59
10th Percentile £27,707 £24,000 £32,092
25th Percentile £27,707 £29,882 £35,733
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,500 £42,250 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -32.54% -15.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £38,000 £56,124 £72,625
90th Percentile £56,250 £77,375 £84,056
England median annual salary £50,000 £65,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -23.08% -7.14% +12.00%

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 common skills in the South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 2,390 2,760 2,404
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 51.29% 50.29% 55.35%
Number of salaries quoted 1,516 1,396 1,797
10th Percentile £26,500 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £30,750 £38,750 £39,745
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £54,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +2.86% +5.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £69,125 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -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 1 December 2025.

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 1 December 2025. 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 +47 70 £27,707 -45.67% 2
Somerset -18 23 £38,000 -22.05% 8
Gloucestershire -32 22 £37,500 - 20
Devon +21 21 £35,000 - 7
Bristol +20 19 £29,500 -3.89% 21
Wiltshire +4 7 £52,500 -8.70% 6
Cornwall - 5 £39,000 - 11
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 (0.60%) Drupal
1 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (0.60%) SharePoint
1 1 (0.60%) WordPress
Applications
1 5 (2.99%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.80%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.20%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.60%) Adobe After Effects
4 1 (0.60%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.60%) Adobe Premiere
4 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.60%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.60%) Revit
Cloud Services
1 24 (14.37%) Cloud Computing
2 12 (7.19%) AWS
3 11 (6.59%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (3.59%) Azure
5 5 (2.99%) Google Analytics
6 3 (1.80%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (1.80%) Power Platform
7 2 (1.20%) Amazon Bedrock
7 2 (1.20%) Amazon ECS
7 2 (1.20%) Amazon EKS
7 2 (1.20%) Amazon S3
7 2 (1.20%) Amazon SageMaker
7 2 (1.20%) AWS Lambda
7 2 (1.20%) GCP
7 2 (1.20%) Serverless
8 1 (0.60%) Boomi
8 1 (0.60%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.60%) Figma
8 1 (0.60%) OneDrive
8 1 (0.60%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 24 (14.37%) Internet
2 9 (5.39%) VPN
3 4 (2.40%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (1.20%) Firewall
4 2 (1.20%) Wireless
5 1 (0.60%) DHCP
5 1 (0.60%) DNS
5 1 (0.60%) Intranet
5 1 (0.60%) Modbus
5 1 (0.60%) RS-485
5 1 (0.60%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.40%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.80%) Power BI
2 3 (1.80%) Tableau
3 2 (1.20%) CockroachDB
3 2 (1.20%) MySQL
3 2 (1.20%) Qlik Sense
4 1 (0.60%) Amazon Aurora
4 1 (0.60%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.60%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.60%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.60%) Power Query
4 1 (0.60%) Redis
4 1 (0.60%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 5 (2.99%) Jenkins
2 4 (2.40%) Selenium
3 2 (1.20%) Cypress.io
3 2 (1.20%) Git
3 2 (1.20%) JUnit
3 2 (1.20%) Locust
3 2 (1.20%) Postman
3 2 (1.20%) REST Assured
4 1 (0.60%) Maven
4 1 (0.60%) Mockito
General
1 64 (38.32%) Social Skills
2 55 (32.93%) Retail
3 33 (19.76%) Banking
3 33 (19.76%) Finance
4 25 (14.97%) Marketing
5 20 (11.98%) Law
6 9 (5.39%) Analytical Skills
7 6 (3.59%) Publishing
8 3 (1.80%) Back Office
8 3 (1.80%) Financial Institution
9 2 (1.20%) Billing
9 2 (1.20%) Investment Banking
9 2 (1.20%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.60%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.60%) Electronics
10 1 (0.60%) Police
10 1 (0.60%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.60%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.60%) Tech for Good
10 1 (0.60%) Wholesale Banking
Job Titles
1 53 (31.74%) Senior
2 46 (27.54%) Sales Manager
3 45 (26.95%) Account Manager
3 45 (26.95%) Sales Account Manager
3 45 (26.95%) Senior Account Manager
3 45 (26.95%) Senior Manager
3 45 (26.95%) Senior Sales Manager
4 20 (11.98%) Lecturer
5 13 (7.78%) Software Engineer
6 9 (5.39%) IT Support
7 8 (4.79%) Lead
8 7 (4.19%) Analyst
8 7 (4.19%) IT Technician
8 7 (4.19%) Python Engineer
8 7 (4.19%) Python Software Engineer
9 6 (3.59%) IT Support Technician
9 6 (3.59%) Support Technician
10 5 (2.99%) Developer
10 5 (2.99%) IT Trainer
10 5 (2.99%) Trainer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.59%) REST
1 6 (3.59%) Spring
2 5 (2.99%) Kafka
2 5 (2.99%) React
3 4 (2.40%) .NET
3 4 (2.40%) .NET Framework
3 4 (2.40%) Playwright
4 3 (1.80%) CSS
4 3 (1.80%) HTML
4 3 (1.80%) Spring Boot
5 2 (1.20%) AngularJS
5 2 (1.20%) Node.js
5 2 (1.20%) pytest
5 2 (1.20%) RESTful
6 1 (0.60%) DOM
6 1 (0.60%) EDI
6 1 (0.60%) Java EE
6 1 (0.60%) NumPy
6 1 (0.60%) Protocol Buffers
6 1 (0.60%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 42 (25.15%) Onboarding
2 24 (14.37%) IoT
3 10 (5.99%) Driving Licence
3 10 (5.99%) Podcast
4 7 (4.19%) Blog
5 6 (3.59%) Public Cloud
6 5 (2.99%) Algorithms
6 5 (2.99%) e-Learning
7 3 (1.80%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (1.20%) AI Agents
8 2 (1.20%) Cloud Native
8 2 (1.20%) Data Structures
8 2 (1.20%) Mobile App
8 2 (1.20%) Product Ownership
8 2 (1.20%) Reference Data
8 2 (1.20%) Social Media
8 2 (1.20%) Video Conferencing
9 1 (0.60%) Digital Media
9 1 (0.60%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.60%) Motion Graphics
Operating Systems
1 6 (3.59%) Apple iOS
2 5 (2.99%) Android
3 3 (1.80%) Windows
4 2 (1.20%) Linux
5 1 (0.60%) Debian
5 1 (0.60%) OpenWrt
5 1 (0.60%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (31.74%) B2B
1 53 (31.74%) Customer Service
2 43 (25.75%) AI
3 35 (20.96%) Machine Learning
4 34 (20.36%) Cybersecurity
5 28 (16.77%) User Experience
6 25 (14.97%) Web Development
7 19 (11.38%) Agile
7 19 (11.38%) Problem-Solving
8 14 (8.38%) Continuous Improvement
8 14 (8.38%) Software Engineering
9 13 (7.78%) Visualisation
10 12 (7.19%) CI/CD
10 12 (7.19%) SDLC
11 11 (6.59%) Decision-Making
11 11 (6.59%) Mentoring
12 10 (5.99%) Operational Stability
13 9 (5.39%) Analytics
14 8 (4.79%) Community of Practice
14 8 (4.79%) SEO
Programming Languages
1 11 (6.59%) Java
2 10 (5.99%) Python
3 7 (4.19%) JavaScript
4 5 (2.99%) SQL
5 2 (1.20%) C#
6 1 (0.60%) C++
6 1 (0.60%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (0.60%) Go
6 1 (0.60%) R
6 1 (0.60%) Rust
6 1 (0.60%) VB
Qualifications
1 35 (20.96%) Degree
2 25 (14.97%) Master's Degree
3 24 (14.37%) PhD
3 24 (14.37%) Postgraduate
4 5 (2.99%) BPSS Clearance
4 5 (2.99%) DBS Check
5 2 (1.20%) AWS Certification
5 2 (1.20%) SC Cleared
5 2 (1.20%) Security Cleared
6 1 (0.60%) CEH
6 1 (0.60%) CompTIA CySA+
6 1 (0.60%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (0.60%) NVQ Level 3
6 1 (0.60%) PMI Certification
6 1 (0.60%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.40%) Cyber Essentials
1 4 (2.40%) NEBOSH
2 3 (1.80%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 3 (1.80%) NIST
3 2 (1.20%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.60%) ISO 19650
4 1 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.60%) P3O
4 1 (0.60%) PMO
4 1 (0.60%) QA
4 1 (0.60%) SOC 2
System Software
1 4 (2.40%) Active Directory
1 4 (2.40%) Docker
2 1 (0.60%) iptables
Systems Management
1 6 (3.59%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.80%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.60%) Ansible
3 1 (0.60%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (0.60%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.60%) Terraform
Vendors
1 9 (5.39%) Microsoft
2 6 (3.59%) Google
3 3 (1.80%) Cisco
3 3 (1.80%) Fortinet
4 2 (1.20%) Databricks
4 2 (1.20%) Juniper
4 2 (1.20%) Oracle
4 2 (1.20%) Palo Alto
4 2 (1.20%) Ruckus Wireless
4 2 (1.20%) ServiceNow
5 1 (0.60%) Adobe
5 1 (0.60%) Apple
5 1 (0.60%) Meraki
5 1 (0.60%) MikroTik
5 1 (0.60%) Okta
5 1 (0.60%) Salesforce
5 1 (0.60%) SnapLogic
5 1 (0.60%) Sybase