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 18 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 57 49 24
Rank change year-on-year -8 -25 +45
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 245 145 485
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 2.68% 4.17% 6.07%
As % of the General category 6.15% 6.72% 12.78%
Number of salaries quoted 119 49 78
10th Percentile £28,870 £26,250 £29,360
25th Percentile £39,222 £28,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £38,000 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year +51.32% -20.83% -4.00%
75th Percentile £72,500 £57,500 £62,200
90th Percentile £76,250 £77,500 £74,183
England median annual salary £56,000 £55,000 £58,700
% change year-on-year +1.82% -6.30% -16.14%

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 3,981 2,158 3,796
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 43.61% 62.06% 47.50%
Number of salaries quoted 2,411 1,311 2,364
10th Percentile £28,250 £26,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,188 £30,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £61,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -8.33%

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 18 August 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 18 August 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 +25 96 £40,000 +35.59% 86
Gloucestershire -33 58 £58,497 +53.94% 97
Somerset -11 41 £57,500 +51.32% 16
Wiltshire -1 20 £57,500 +2.88% 15
Dorset -28 19 £34,500 +10.59% 49
Devon -21 8 £39,448 +3.81% 22
Cornwall - 2 £54,498 - 4
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 15 (6.12%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (2.86%) Confluence
3 4 (1.63%) Apache Spark
4 3 (1.22%) SharePoint
Applications
1 23 (9.39%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (4.49%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (2.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.63%) Adobe After Effects
4 4 (1.63%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 4 (1.63%) Adobe Illustrator
4 4 (1.63%) InDesign
4 4 (1.63%) Photoshop
5 2 (0.82%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.41%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.41%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.41%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 2 (0.82%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.41%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 46 (18.78%) Azure
2 26 (10.61%) Azure DevOps
3 20 (8.16%) GitHub
4 18 (7.35%) AWS
5 14 (5.71%) Azure Key Vault
5 14 (5.71%) Azure Monitor
5 14 (5.71%) IaaS
5 14 (5.71%) PaaS
5 14 (5.71%) Serverless
6 12 (4.90%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 12 (4.90%) Azure Functions
7 7 (2.86%) GCP
8 6 (2.45%) Entra ID
9 5 (2.04%) Microsoft 365
9 5 (2.04%) Power Platform
10 4 (1.63%) Figma
10 4 (1.63%) GitHub Actions
10 4 (1.63%) Microsoft Copilot
11 3 (1.22%) Azure Logic Apps
12 2 (0.82%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 15 (6.12%) Firewall
1 15 (6.12%) VPN
2 10 (4.08%) Network Security
3 7 (2.86%) Internet
4 6 (2.45%) LAN
4 6 (2.45%) WAN
5 5 (2.04%) VLAN
5 5 (2.04%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (1.22%) Ethernet
7 1 (0.41%) BGP
7 1 (0.41%) DNS
7 1 (0.41%) RS-422
7 1 (0.41%) SAN
7 1 (0.41%) SD-WAN
7 1 (0.41%) SSL
7 1 (0.41%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (6.12%) Azure SQL Database
2 9 (3.67%) Geospatial Data
3 6 (2.45%) Metadata
4 4 (1.63%) Big Data
4 4 (1.63%) Hadoop
5 3 (1.22%) Power BI
6 2 (0.82%) GIS
6 2 (0.82%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.41%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.41%) MariaDB
7 1 (0.41%) Pinecone
7 1 (0.41%) SQL Server
7 1 (0.41%) SQLite
7 1 (0.41%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 21 (8.57%) Git
2 11 (4.49%) JIRA
3 7 (2.86%) MSI
4 6 (2.45%) Jenkins
5 5 (2.04%) Rational DOORS
6 4 (1.63%) GitLab
7 2 (0.82%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.82%) JMeter
7 2 (0.82%) REST Assured
7 2 (0.82%) Selenium
General
1 101 (41.22%) Social Skills
2 58 (23.67%) Finance
3 32 (13.06%) Law
4 27 (11.02%) Legal
5 24 (9.80%) Aerospace
6 19 (7.76%) Analytical Skills
7 17 (6.94%) Marketing
8 15 (6.12%) Public Sector
9 12 (4.90%) Organisational Skills
10 11 (4.49%) Aviation
11 9 (3.67%) Local Government
12 8 (3.27%) Avionics
12 8 (3.27%) Banking
12 8 (3.27%) Digital Health
13 7 (2.86%) Military
14 5 (2.04%) Influencing Skills
14 5 (2.04%) Retail
15 4 (1.63%) Financial Institution
15 4 (1.63%) Multimedia
16 3 (1.22%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 53 (21.63%) Architect
2 35 (14.29%) Senior
3 26 (10.61%) Solutions Architect
4 24 (9.80%) Analyst
5 12 (4.90%) Developer
5 12 (4.90%) Infrastructure Analyst
5 12 (4.90%) Programmer
6 9 (3.67%) Enterprise Architect
6 9 (3.67%) Principal Engineer
6 9 (3.67%) Security Specialist
6 9 (3.67%) Software Engineer
7 8 (3.27%) Lead
8 7 (2.86%) Development Manager
8 7 (2.86%) Sales Executive
9 6 (2.45%) Administrator
9 6 (2.45%) Cybersecurity Specialist
9 6 (2.45%) Senior Analyst
9 6 (2.45%) Senior Infrastructure Analyst
9 6 (2.45%) Systems Engineer
10 5 (2.04%) EDI Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (5.71%) .NET
2 13 (5.31%) RESTful
3 11 (4.49%) CSS
3 11 (4.49%) HTML
4 9 (3.67%) GeoJSON
5 7 (2.86%) .NET Core
5 7 (2.86%) .NET Framework
5 7 (2.86%) ATL
5 7 (2.86%) COM
5 7 (2.86%) CSS3
5 7 (2.86%) HTML5
5 7 (2.86%) MFC
5 7 (2.86%) React
5 7 (2.86%) REST
5 7 (2.86%) WPF
6 6 (2.45%) EDI
7 5 (2.04%) AngularJS
7 5 (2.04%) Middleware
8 4 (1.63%) Node.js
8 4 (1.63%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 30 (12.24%) Cyberattack
2 26 (10.61%) Driving Licence
3 20 (8.16%) Onboarding
4 17 (6.94%) Cloud Native
4 17 (6.94%) Self-Motivation
5 14 (5.71%) Data Centre
5 14 (5.71%) Security Posture
6 12 (4.90%) Podcast
6 12 (4.90%) Public Cloud
7 8 (3.27%) Legacy Systems
7 8 (3.27%) Replication
7 8 (3.27%) Social Media
8 6 (2.45%) Product Ownership
9 5 (2.04%) Algorithms
9 5 (2.04%) Digital Media
10 4 (1.63%) Enterprise Software
10 4 (1.63%) Graphic Design
11 3 (1.22%) Embedded Systems
11 3 (1.22%) Management Information System
11 3 (1.22%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 33 (13.47%) Windows
2 12 (4.90%) VMS
3 6 (2.45%) Windows Server
4 5 (2.04%) Linux
5 4 (1.63%) Windows 10
6 3 (1.22%) Unix
7 1 (0.41%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (26.12%) AI
2 50 (20.41%) Problem-Solving
3 49 (20.00%) Agile
4 45 (18.37%) DevOps
5 40 (16.33%) CI/CD
6 34 (13.88%) TOGAF
7 28 (11.43%) Stakeholder Management
8 26 (10.61%) Infrastructure as Code
8 26 (10.61%) Time Management
9 25 (10.20%) Continuous Improvement
10 24 (9.80%) Line Management
11 23 (9.39%) Decision-Making
11 23 (9.39%) DevSecOps
11 23 (9.39%) Mentoring
12 22 (8.98%) ITIL
12 22 (8.98%) Software Engineering
13 20 (8.16%) Computer Science
13 20 (8.16%) Observability
13 20 (8.16%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
14 19 (7.76%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 28 (11.43%) Python
2 23 (9.39%) SQL
3 21 (8.57%) Bicep
4 14 (5.71%) PowerShell
5 13 (5.31%) C#
6 12 (4.90%) Bash
6 12 (4.90%) JavaScript
6 12 (4.90%) Kusto Query Language
7 9 (3.67%) Java
7 9 (3.67%) TypeScript
8 6 (2.45%) C++
9 3 (1.22%) Ada
9 3 (1.22%) Ada 95
9 3 (1.22%) C
9 3 (1.22%) Rust
10 2 (0.82%) Go
10 2 (0.82%) MATLAB
10 2 (0.82%) Scala
11 1 (0.41%) Ladder Logic
Qualifications
1 47 (19.18%) Degree
2 35 (14.29%) Security Cleared
3 30 (12.24%) SC Cleared
4 19 (7.76%) Azure Certification
5 15 (6.12%) DV Cleared
6 12 (4.90%) Microsoft Certification
7 11 (4.49%) DBS Check
8 9 (3.67%) BPSS Clearance
9 6 (2.45%) Chartered Engineer
10 5 (2.04%) Computer Science Degree
11 4 (1.63%) AWS Certification
12 3 (1.22%) CEH
12 3 (1.22%) CISSP
12 3 (1.22%) Postgraduate
13 2 (0.82%) ACCA
13 2 (0.82%) CIMA
13 2 (0.82%) HND
13 2 (0.82%) ISTQB
13 2 (0.82%) Network+ Certification
13 2 (0.82%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (11.02%) NIST
2 24 (9.80%) Accessibility
3 13 (5.31%) WCAG
4 10 (4.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 9 (3.67%) Cyber Essentials
5 9 (3.67%) GRC
5 9 (3.67%) NCSC
6 7 (2.86%) SLA
7 6 (2.45%) QA
8 5 (2.04%) GDPR
9 3 (1.22%) ARP4761
9 3 (1.22%) DO-160
9 3 (1.22%) MIL-STD-1553
10 2 (0.82%) ARP4754
10 2 (0.82%) DO-254
11 1 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.41%) Data Quality
11 1 (0.41%) PMO
System Software
1 20 (8.16%) Active Directory
2 16 (6.53%) Docker
3 15 (6.12%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (4.90%) Virtual Desktop
4 12 (4.90%) vSphere
5 3 (1.22%) BitLocker
5 3 (1.22%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 28 (11.43%) Terraform
2 18 (7.35%) Kubernetes
3 3 (1.22%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (1.22%) SCCM
4 2 (0.82%) Ansible
5 1 (0.41%) Functional Safety
5 1 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 59 (24.08%) Microsoft
2 15 (6.12%) VMware
3 12 (4.90%) ScienceLogic
4 6 (2.45%) Adobe
5 5 (2.04%) Cisco
6 4 (1.63%) OneLogin
7 3 (1.22%) Anaplan
7 3 (1.22%) Facebook
7 3 (1.22%) Fortinet
7 3 (1.22%) HP
8 2 (0.82%) Apple
8 2 (0.82%) Dell
8 2 (0.82%) Google
8 2 (0.82%) HubSpot
8 2 (0.82%) Instagram
8 2 (0.82%) Meraki
8 2 (0.82%) Oracle
9 1 (0.41%) IFS
9 1 (0.41%) OpenAI
9 1 (0.41%) ServiceNow