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 2 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 46 44 47
Rank change year-on-year -2 +3 -27
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 158 255 249
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 4.04% 4.17% 5.43%
As % of the General category 6.87% 8.88% 9.53%
Number of salaries quoted 78 22 55
10th Percentile - £24,000 £32,092
25th Percentile £27,707 £25,000 £35,733
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,250 £37,500 £49,263
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% -23.88% +4.81%
75th Percentile £40,938 £48,500 £75,125
90th Percentile £57,500 £64,750 £85,977
England median annual salary £50,961 £65,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -21.60% -7.14% +16.67%

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 2,299 2,873 2,612
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 58.83% 46.96% 56.97%
Number of salaries quoted 1,396 1,487 1,942
10th Percentile £26,500 £30,000 £29,440
25th Percentile £30,000 £39,875 £38,353
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.10% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £58,875 £68,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £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 2 November 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 2 November 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 +48 79 £27,707 -45.67% 18
Gloucestershire -25 26 £37,750 +0.67% 25
Bristol +28 19 £34,000 +36.00% 43
Somerset -15 16 £37,026 -25.95% 13
Devon +19 10 £35,000 - 15
Wiltshire +9 7 £52,500 -8.70% 5
Cornwall - 1 £39,000 - 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 1 (0.63%) Drupal
1 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (0.63%) SharePoint
1 1 (0.63%) WordPress
Applications
1 4 (2.53%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.90%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.27%) Adobe After Effects
3 2 (1.27%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 2 (1.27%) Adobe Premiere
3 2 (1.27%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.63%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.63%) Revit
Business Applications
1 5 (3.16%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 31 (19.62%) AWS
2 13 (8.23%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (5.70%) Azure
4 4 (2.53%) Amazon Bedrock
4 4 (2.53%) Amazon ECS
4 4 (2.53%) Amazon EKS
4 4 (2.53%) Amazon S3
4 4 (2.53%) Amazon SageMaker
4 4 (2.53%) AWS Lambda
4 4 (2.53%) GCP
4 4 (2.53%) Google Analytics
4 4 (2.53%) Serverless
5 3 (1.90%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (1.90%) Power Platform
6 2 (1.27%) BlazeMeter
7 1 (0.63%) Figma
7 1 (0.63%) Nutanix
7 1 (0.63%) OneDrive
7 1 (0.63%) Power Automate
7 1 (0.63%) Pulumi
Communications & Networking
1 13 (8.23%) VPN
2 10 (6.33%) Wi-Fi
3 6 (3.80%) Firewall
4 5 (3.16%) ADSL
4 5 (3.16%) Cisco Firepower
4 5 (3.16%) Cisco Nexus
4 5 (3.16%) LoRaWAN
4 5 (3.16%) Modbus
4 5 (3.16%) MPLS
4 5 (3.16%) WAN
5 2 (1.27%) Internet
5 2 (1.27%) Wireless
6 1 (0.63%) Broadband
6 1 (0.63%) Cisco IOS
6 1 (0.63%) DHCP
6 1 (0.63%) DNS
6 1 (0.63%) Intranet
6 1 (0.63%) NAS
6 1 (0.63%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.80%) MySQL
1 6 (3.80%) Relational Database
2 5 (3.16%) Amazon Aurora
2 5 (3.16%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (2.53%) CockroachDB
3 4 (2.53%) SQL Server
4 3 (1.90%) Big Data
4 3 (1.90%) Oracle Database
4 3 (1.90%) Power BI
5 2 (1.27%) Apache Cassandra
5 2 (1.27%) InterSystems Cache
5 2 (1.27%) NoSQL
5 2 (1.27%) Qlik Sense
5 2 (1.27%) Tableau
6 1 (0.63%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.63%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.63%) Power Query
6 1 (0.63%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.63%) Redis
6 1 (0.63%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 9 (5.70%) Jenkins
2 8 (5.06%) Selenium
3 6 (3.80%) JUnit
4 5 (3.16%) Sonatype Nexus
5 4 (2.53%) Cypress.io
5 4 (2.53%) Git
5 4 (2.53%) Locust
6 3 (1.90%) Maven
6 3 (1.90%) Mockito
7 2 (1.27%) Postman
7 2 (1.27%) REST Assured
8 1 (0.63%) Jaeger
General
1 56 (35.44%) Finance
2 45 (28.48%) Law
3 38 (24.05%) Marketing
3 38 (24.05%) Retail
4 27 (17.09%) Social Skills
5 21 (13.29%) Banking
6 15 (9.49%) Analytical Skills
7 5 (3.16%) Publishing
8 4 (2.53%) Back Office
9 3 (1.90%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (1.90%) Financial Institution
9 3 (1.90%) Games
9 3 (1.90%) Investment Banking
9 3 (1.90%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.27%) Billing
10 2 (1.27%) Multimedia
11 1 (0.63%) Legal
11 1 (0.63%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.63%) Military
11 1 (0.63%) Wholesale Banking
Job Titles
1 38 (24.05%) Senior
2 33 (20.89%) Software Engineer
3 31 (19.62%) Sales Manager
4 29 (18.35%) Account Manager
4 29 (18.35%) Sales Account Manager
4 29 (18.35%) Senior Account Manager
4 29 (18.35%) Senior Manager
4 29 (18.35%) Senior Sales Manager
5 15 (9.49%) Lead
5 15 (9.49%) Python Engineer
5 15 (9.49%) Python Software Engineer
6 12 (7.59%) Java Engineer
6 12 (7.59%) Java Software Engineer
7 10 (6.33%) IT Support
8 8 (5.06%) IT Technician
9 7 (4.43%) Analyst
9 7 (4.43%) IT Support Technician
9 7 (4.43%) Lead Software Engineer
9 7 (4.43%) Support Technician
9 7 (4.43%) Web Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (10.13%) Spring
2 13 (8.23%) Kafka
2 13 (8.23%) React
3 11 (6.96%) Spring Boot
4 10 (6.33%) REST
5 7 (4.43%) CSS
5 7 (4.43%) HTML
6 6 (3.80%) AngularJS
6 6 (3.80%) Playwright
7 4 (2.53%) .NET
7 4 (2.53%) .NET Framework
7 4 (2.53%) Node.js
7 4 (2.53%) pytest
7 4 (2.53%) RESTful
8 3 (1.90%) Hibernate
8 3 (1.90%) Java EE
8 3 (1.90%) JMS
9 2 (1.27%) Elastic Stack
9 2 (1.27%) HTML5
10 1 (0.63%) Framer.js
Miscellaneous
1 32 (20.25%) Onboarding
2 14 (8.86%) Public Cloud
3 13 (8.23%) Algorithms
3 13 (8.23%) Podcast
4 8 (5.06%) Cloud Native
5 6 (3.80%) Data Structures
6 5 (3.16%) Driving Licence
6 5 (3.16%) e-Learning
6 5 (3.16%) Operational Technology
7 4 (2.53%) Blog
7 4 (2.53%) Product Ownership
7 4 (2.53%) Reference Data
8 3 (1.90%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (1.90%) Social Media
9 2 (1.27%) Cyberattack
9 2 (1.27%) Digital Media
9 2 (1.27%) Mobile App
9 2 (1.27%) Motion Graphics
9 2 (1.27%) Video Conferencing
9 2 (1.27%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 6 (3.80%) Android
1 6 (3.80%) Apple iOS
2 3 (1.90%) Linux
2 3 (1.90%) Windows
3 1 (0.63%) Unix
3 1 (0.63%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (25.95%) Agile
2 36 (22.78%) Customer Service
2 36 (22.78%) Software Engineering
3 35 (22.15%) B2B
4 31 (19.62%) AI
5 28 (17.72%) CI/CD
5 28 (17.72%) SDLC
6 26 (16.46%) Machine Learning
6 26 (16.46%) Operational Stability
7 24 (15.19%) Problem-Solving
8 20 (12.66%) Community of Practice
8 20 (12.66%) Continuous Improvement
8 20 (12.66%) Visualisation
9 17 (10.76%) Decision-Making
9 17 (10.76%) Mentoring
10 11 (6.96%) Analytics
10 11 (6.96%) SEO
11 10 (6.33%) Presales
11 10 (6.33%) Roadmaps
12 9 (5.70%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 29 (18.35%) Java
2 21 (13.29%) Python
3 16 (10.13%) JavaScript
4 11 (6.96%) SQL
5 2 (1.27%) Bash
5 2 (1.27%) C#
5 2 (1.27%) Go
5 2 (1.27%) PowerShell
5 2 (1.27%) TypeScript
6 1 (0.63%) C++
6 1 (0.63%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (0.63%) Rust
6 1 (0.63%) VB
Qualifications
1 8 (5.06%) Degree
2 7 (4.43%) AWS Certification
3 5 (3.16%) CCDA
3 5 (3.16%) CCDP
3 5 (3.16%) CCNA
3 5 (3.16%) CCNP
3 5 (3.16%) Cisco Certification
3 5 (3.16%) DBS Check
4 2 (1.27%) AWS Certified Developer
4 2 (1.27%) SC Cleared
4 2 (1.27%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.63%) Azure Certification
5 1 (0.63%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (0.63%) CEH
5 1 (0.63%) CompTIA CySA+
5 1 (0.63%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (0.63%) Master's Degree
5 1 (0.63%) NVQ Level 3
5 1 (0.63%) PMP
5 1 (0.63%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.16%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (1.90%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 3 (1.90%) NIST
3 2 (1.27%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.63%) ISO 19650
4 1 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.63%) P3O
4 1 (0.63%) PMO
4 1 (0.63%) QA
4 1 (0.63%) SOC 2
System Software
1 15 (9.49%) Docker
2 4 (2.53%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.27%) vSphere
4 1 (0.63%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.63%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.63%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.63%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 20 (12.66%) Kubernetes
2 8 (5.06%) Ansible
3 6 (3.80%) Terraform
4 5 (3.16%) CASB
4 5 (3.16%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (3.16%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 1 (0.63%) Argo
5 1 (0.63%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (0.63%) Kustomize
5 1 (0.63%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.63%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.63%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 12 (7.59%) Microsoft
2 10 (6.33%) Oracle
3 8 (5.06%) Cisco
3 8 (5.06%) Juniper
4 7 (4.43%) Databricks
4 7 (4.43%) Fortinet
4 7 (4.43%) Google
4 7 (4.43%) Meraki
4 7 (4.43%) Palo Alto
5 5 (3.16%) Aerohive Networks
5 5 (3.16%) Ekahau
5 5 (3.16%) Extreme Networks
5 5 (3.16%) SolarWinds
6 4 (2.53%) ServiceNow
7 3 (1.90%) Sybase
8 2 (1.27%) Adobe
8 2 (1.27%) Ruckus Wireless
9 1 (0.63%) Apple
9 1 (0.63%) Okta
9 1 (0.63%) SnapLogic