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 11 November 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

	6 months to 11 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	58	38	43
Rank change year-on-year	-20	+5	+7
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity	305	197	253
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West	2.66%	4.80%	4.23%
As % of the General category	6.27%	8.42%	8.97%
Number of salaries quoted	118	89	20
10^th Percentile	£28,805	-	£23,840
25^th Percentile	£32,000	£27,707	£28,959
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£40,968	£28,500	£37,500
Median % change year-on-year	+43.75%	-24.00%	-25.00%
75^th Percentile	£61,000	£38,750	£51,875
90^th Percentile	£73,250	£56,500	£66,375
England median annual salary	£55,000	£50,000	£65,000
% change year-on-year	+10.00%	-23.08%	-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 citing general skills in the South West.

	6 months to 11 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing general skills	4,865	2,340	2,819
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West	42.42%	56.99%	47.09%
Number of salaries quoted	3,046	1,453	1,447
10^th Percentile	£28,750	£26,500	£30,000
25^th Percentile	£36,018	£30,000	£39,875
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£50,000	£42,500	£52,500
Median % change year-on-year	+17.65%	-19.05%	-
75^th Percentile	£65,000	£59,652	£68,750
90^th Percentile	£81,250	£77,500	£81,250
England median annual salary	£55,000	£52,500	£60,000
% change year-on-year	+4.76%	-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 Salary Trend in the South West

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 11 November 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 11 November 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Salary Past 6 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
Bristol	+26	96	£34,000	+15.25%	33
Somerset	+6	60	£57,500	+51.32%	21
Gloucestershire	-41	53	£36,500	-2.67%	20
Wiltshire	+10	36	£55,875	+6.43%	11
Dorset	-28	31	£39,000	+40.76%	8
Devon	-24	23	£53,622	+53.21%	13
Cornwall	+4	6	£34,608	-11.26%
Inclusion and Diversity England

Inclusion and Diversity Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 11 November 2026, job vacancies citing Inclusion and Diversity also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the South West region citing Inclusion and Diversity.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Problem-Solving	28.9%	88
2	Microsoft	26.9%	82
3	AI	26.6%	81
4	Azure	18.4%	56
5	Agile	18.0%	55
6	Degree	17.7%	54
7	Accessibility	16.4%	50
8	Continuous Improvement	16.1%	49
8	Stakeholder Management	16.1%	49
10	Security Cleared	15.1%	46
10	Windows	15.1%	46
12	SC Cleared	14.4%	44
13	CI/CD	13.1%	40
14	Computer Science	12.1%	37
14	DevOps	12.1%	37
16	Collaborative Working	11.8%	36
17	Microsoft Office	11.5%	35
18	Customer Service	10.5%	32
19	Active Directory	9.8%	30
19	Analytics	9.8%	30
19	Mentoring	9.8%	30
22	Decision-Making	9.5%	29
22	Terraform	9.5%	29
24	Azure DevOps	9.2%	28
25	Infrastructure as Code	8.9%	27
26	Customer Experience	8.2%	25
26	Validation	8.2%	25
28	SQL	7.9%	24
29	CRM	7.5%	23
29	DevSecOps	7.5%	23

Inclusion and Diversity Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

General

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Social Skills	37.0%	113
2	Finance	25.6%	78
3	Analytical Skills	16.4%	50
4	Law	13.4%	41
5	Aerospace	9.8%	30
6	Marketing	9.5%	29
6	Organisational Skills	9.5%	29
8	Legal	7.2%	22
9	Public Sector	5.9%	18
10	Banking	4.9%	15
11	Manufacturing	3.6%	11
11	Retail	3.6%	11
13	Presentation Skills	3.3%	10
14	French Language	2.3%	7
14	German Language	2.3%	7
14	Italian Language	2.3%	7
14	Military	2.3%	7
14	Spanish Language	2.3%	7
19	Influencing Skills	2.0%	6
20	Local Government	1.6%	5