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

6 months to
26 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 43 41 59
Rank change year-on-year -2 +18 -40
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 185 260 211
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 4.09% 4.56% 4.83%
As % of the General category 7.61% 9.24% 8.70%
Number of salaries quoted 95 21 60
10th Percentile £27,683 £24,000 £32,092
25th Percentile £27,707 £30,279 £35,733
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,500 £42,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -32.94% -15.00% -
75th Percentile £38,000 £57,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £56,250 £78,750 £84,248
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 2,430 2,815 2,426
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 53.70% 49.39% 55.49%
Number of salaries quoted 1,535 1,431 1,809
10th Percentile £26,500 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £30,750 £39,000 £39,748
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £53,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.89% +1.90% +5.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £68,750 £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 26 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 26 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 +51 83 £27,707 -45.67% 3
Gloucestershire -26 26 £37,500 - 23
Bristol +21 22 £29,000 -5.52% 28
Devon +26 21 £35,000 - 6
Somerset -17 21 £38,000 -24.00% 10
Wiltshire +5 7 £52,500 -8.70% 7
Cornwall - 5 £39,000 - 1
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 (0.54%) Drupal
1 1 (0.54%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (0.54%) SharePoint
1 1 (0.54%) WordPress
Applications
1 5 (2.70%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.62%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.08%) Adobe After Effects
3 2 (1.08%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 2 (1.08%) Adobe Premiere
3 2 (1.08%) AutoCAD
3 2 (1.08%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.54%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.54%) Revit
Business Applications
1 2 (1.08%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 24 (12.97%) Cloud Computing
2 20 (10.81%) AWS
3 12 (6.49%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (3.78%) Azure
5 5 (2.70%) Google Analytics
6 3 (1.62%) Amazon Bedrock
6 3 (1.62%) Amazon ECS
6 3 (1.62%) Amazon EKS
6 3 (1.62%) Amazon S3
6 3 (1.62%) Amazon SageMaker
6 3 (1.62%) AWS Lambda
6 3 (1.62%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (1.62%) GCP
6 3 (1.62%) Power Platform
6 3 (1.62%) Serverless
7 1 (0.54%) Boomi
7 1 (0.54%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.54%) Figma
7 1 (0.54%) OneDrive
7 1 (0.54%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 25 (13.51%) Internet
2 11 (5.95%) VPN
3 7 (3.78%) Wi-Fi
4 4 (2.16%) Firewall
5 3 (1.62%) Modbus
6 2 (1.08%) ADSL
6 2 (1.08%) Cisco Firepower
6 2 (1.08%) Cisco Nexus
6 2 (1.08%) LoRaWAN
6 2 (1.08%) MPLS
6 2 (1.08%) WAN
6 2 (1.08%) Wireless
7 1 (0.54%) DHCP
7 1 (0.54%) DNS
7 1 (0.54%) Intranet
7 1 (0.54%) RS-485
7 1 (0.54%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.16%) MySQL
1 4 (2.16%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.62%) Amazon Aurora
2 3 (1.62%) CockroachDB
2 3 (1.62%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (1.62%) Power BI
2 3 (1.62%) Relational Database
2 3 (1.62%) Tableau
3 2 (1.08%) Oracle Database
3 2 (1.08%) Qlik Sense
4 1 (0.54%) Apache Cassandra
4 1 (0.54%) Big Data
4 1 (0.54%) InterSystems Cache
4 1 (0.54%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.54%) Power Query
4 1 (0.54%) Redis
Development Applications
1 7 (3.78%) Jenkins
2 6 (3.24%) Selenium
3 4 (2.16%) JUnit
4 3 (1.62%) Cypress.io
4 3 (1.62%) Git
4 3 (1.62%) Locust
5 2 (1.08%) Maven
5 2 (1.08%) Mockito
5 2 (1.08%) Postman
5 2 (1.08%) REST Assured
5 2 (1.08%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 69 (37.30%) Social Skills
2 55 (29.73%) Retail
3 46 (24.86%) Finance
4 40 (21.62%) Banking
5 33 (17.84%) Law
5 33 (17.84%) Marketing
6 12 (6.49%) Analytical Skills
7 6 (3.24%) Publishing
8 4 (2.16%) Back Office
8 4 (2.16%) Financial Institution
9 3 (1.62%) Investment Banking
9 3 (1.62%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.08%) Billing
10 2 (1.08%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.08%) Games
10 2 (1.08%) Multimedia
11 1 (0.54%) Electronics
11 1 (0.54%) Legal
11 1 (0.54%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.54%) Military
Job Titles
1 53 (28.65%) Senior
2 46 (24.86%) Sales Manager
3 45 (24.32%) Account Manager
3 45 (24.32%) Sales Account Manager
3 45 (24.32%) Senior Account Manager
3 45 (24.32%) Senior Manager
3 45 (24.32%) Senior Sales Manager
4 23 (12.43%) Software Engineer
5 20 (10.81%) Lecturer
6 11 (5.95%) Lead
6 11 (5.95%) Python Engineer
6 11 (5.95%) Python Software Engineer
7 10 (5.41%) IT Support
8 8 (4.32%) IT Technician
8 8 (4.32%) Java Engineer
8 8 (4.32%) Java Software Engineer
9 7 (3.78%) Analyst
9 7 (3.78%) IT Support Technician
9 7 (3.78%) Support Technician
10 5 (2.70%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (5.95%) Spring
2 9 (4.86%) Kafka
2 9 (4.86%) React
3 8 (4.32%) REST
4 7 (3.78%) Spring Boot
5 5 (2.70%) CSS
5 5 (2.70%) HTML
5 5 (2.70%) Playwright
6 4 (2.16%) .NET
6 4 (2.16%) .NET Framework
6 4 (2.16%) AngularJS
7 3 (1.62%) Node.js
7 3 (1.62%) pytest
7 3 (1.62%) RESTful
8 2 (1.08%) Hibernate
8 2 (1.08%) Java EE
8 2 (1.08%) JMS
9 1 (0.54%) ActiveMQ
9 1 (0.54%) DOM
9 1 (0.54%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 42 (22.70%) Onboarding
2 24 (12.97%) IoT
3 12 (6.49%) Podcast
4 10 (5.41%) Public Cloud
5 9 (4.86%) Algorithms
6 7 (3.78%) Blog
7 6 (3.24%) Driving Licence
8 5 (2.70%) Cloud Native
8 5 (2.70%) e-Learning
9 4 (2.16%) Data Structures
10 3 (1.62%) Operational Technology
10 3 (1.62%) Product Ownership
10 3 (1.62%) Reference Data
10 3 (1.62%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (1.62%) Social Media
11 2 (1.08%) AI Agents
11 2 (1.08%) Digital Media
11 2 (1.08%) Mobile App
11 2 (1.08%) Motion Graphics
11 2 (1.08%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 6 (3.24%) Apple iOS
2 5 (2.70%) Android
3 3 (1.62%) Windows
4 2 (1.08%) Linux
5 1 (0.54%) Debian
5 1 (0.54%) OpenWrt
5 1 (0.54%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (28.65%) B2B
1 53 (28.65%) Customer Service
2 52 (28.11%) AI
3 43 (23.24%) Machine Learning
4 35 (18.92%) Cybersecurity
5 30 (16.22%) Agile
5 30 (16.22%) User Experience
6 25 (13.51%) Software Engineering
6 25 (13.51%) Web Development
7 23 (12.43%) Problem-Solving
8 20 (10.81%) CI/CD
8 20 (10.81%) SDLC
9 18 (9.73%) Operational Stability
9 18 (9.73%) Visualisation
10 16 (8.65%) Continuous Improvement
11 15 (8.11%) Decision-Making
12 14 (7.57%) Community of Practice
12 14 (7.57%) Mentoring
13 11 (5.95%) Analytics
14 10 (5.41%) SEO
Programming Languages
1 19 (10.27%) Java
2 14 (7.57%) Python
3 11 (5.95%) JavaScript
4 8 (4.32%) SQL
5 2 (1.08%) C#
6 1 (0.54%) C++
6 1 (0.54%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (0.54%) Go
6 1 (0.54%) R
6 1 (0.54%) Rust
6 1 (0.54%) TypeScript
6 1 (0.54%) VB
Qualifications
1 35 (18.92%) Degree
2 25 (13.51%) Master's Degree
3 24 (12.97%) PhD
3 24 (12.97%) Postgraduate
4 5 (2.70%) DBS Check
5 4 (2.16%) AWS Certification
6 2 (1.08%) CCDA
6 2 (1.08%) CCDP
6 2 (1.08%) CCNA
6 2 (1.08%) CCNP
6 2 (1.08%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (1.08%) SC Cleared
6 2 (1.08%) Security Cleared
7 1 (0.54%) AWS Certified Developer
7 1 (0.54%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.54%) CEH
7 1 (0.54%) CompTIA CySA+
7 1 (0.54%) NVQ Level 3
7 1 (0.54%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.54%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.70%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (1.62%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 3 (1.62%) NIST
3 2 (1.08%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.54%) ISO 19650
4 1 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.54%) P3O
4 1 (0.54%) PMO
4 1 (0.54%) QA
4 1 (0.54%) SOC 2
System Software
1 8 (4.32%) Docker
2 4 (2.16%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.54%) iptables
Systems Management
1 12 (6.49%) Kubernetes
2 4 (2.16%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (1.62%) Ansible
4 2 (1.08%) CASB
4 2 (1.08%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 2 (1.08%) Terraform
5 1 (0.54%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (0.54%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 11 (5.95%) Microsoft
2 6 (3.24%) Google
2 6 (3.24%) Oracle
3 5 (2.70%) Cisco
3 5 (2.70%) Fortinet
4 4 (2.16%) Databricks
4 4 (2.16%) Juniper
4 4 (2.16%) Meraki
4 4 (2.16%) Palo Alto
5 3 (1.62%) ServiceNow
6 2 (1.08%) Adobe
6 2 (1.08%) Aerohive Networks
6 2 (1.08%) Ekahau
6 2 (1.08%) Extreme Networks
6 2 (1.08%) Ruckus Wireless
6 2 (1.08%) SolarWinds
6 2 (1.08%) Sybase
7 1 (0.54%) MikroTik
7 1 (0.54%) Okta
7 1 (0.54%) SnapLogic