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 16 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 68 43 37
Rank change year-on-year -25 -6 -14
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 163 137 464
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 2.24% 5.20% 5.35%
As % of the General category 5.37% 7.69% 9.88%
Number of salaries quoted 90 33 129
10th Percentile £27,702 £29,750 £29,400
25th Percentile £27,750 £40,500 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,373 £50,000 £54,700
Median % change year-on-year -3.25% -8.59% +10.51%
75th Percentile £62,500 £77,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £75,754 £81,450 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -25.00%

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 general skills in the South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 3,034 1,781 4,698
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 41.70% 67.56% 54.20%
Number of salaries quoted 1,737 1,068 3,372
10th Percentile £27,000 £27,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,000 £36,688 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +10.53% -5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,568 £61,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% -13.22%

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 16 April 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 16 April 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
Gloucestershire -25 45 £57,591 -24.72% 30
Bristol -3 36 £36,250 -38.56% 31
Dorset +3 24 £27,707 - 8
Somerset -27 19 £32,500 -23.53% 14
Devon -14 18 - - 10
Wiltshire -6 12 £65,000 +16.29% 5
Cornwall - 9 - - 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 3 (1.84%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.23%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 8 (4.91%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (4.29%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (2.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.23%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.61%) Simulink
5 1 (0.61%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 32 (19.63%) Cloud Computing
2 15 (9.20%) Azure
3 6 (3.68%) Entra ID
4 5 (3.07%) AWS
5 4 (2.45%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (1.23%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (0.61%) Asana
7 1 (0.61%) Google Analytics
7 1 (0.61%) OneDrive
7 1 (0.61%) Power Platform
7 1 (0.61%) Pulumi
7 1 (0.61%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 32 (19.63%) Internet
2 10 (6.13%) VPN
3 8 (4.91%) Firewall
4 7 (4.29%) Wi-Fi
5 5 (3.07%) LAN
5 5 (3.07%) Network Security
5 5 (3.07%) WAN
6 3 (1.84%) BGP
6 3 (1.84%) Broadband
7 2 (1.23%) 4G
7 2 (1.23%) Cisco IOS
7 2 (1.23%) DHCP
7 2 (1.23%) DNS
7 2 (1.23%) Ethernet VPN
7 2 (1.23%) IOS XR
7 2 (1.23%) MPLS
7 2 (1.23%) VLAN
8 1 (0.61%) RS-422
8 1 (0.61%) RS-485
8 1 (0.61%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.61%) NoSQL
1 1 (0.61%) Power BI
1 1 (0.61%) RDBMS
1 1 (0.61%) Relational Database
1 1 (0.61%) SQL Server
1 1 (0.61%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (1.23%) Git
1 2 (1.23%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (0.61%) Jaeger
General
1 84 (51.53%) Social Skills
2 35 (21.47%) Banking
3 25 (15.34%) Retail
4 17 (10.43%) Legal
5 15 (9.20%) Finance
6 12 (7.36%) Marketing
7 10 (6.13%) Aerospace
8 8 (4.91%) Aviation
8 8 (4.91%) Digital Health
9 6 (3.68%) Analytical Skills
10 5 (3.07%) Avionics
10 5 (3.07%) Billing
10 5 (3.07%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (2.45%) Law
11 4 (2.45%) Local Government
11 4 (2.45%) Military
12 3 (1.84%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (1.84%) Telecoms
13 2 (1.23%) Aeronautics
13 2 (1.23%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 33 (20.25%) Senior
2 27 (16.56%) Lecturer
3 22 (13.50%) Architect
3 22 (13.50%) Solutions Architect
4 18 (11.04%) Account Manager
5 17 (10.43%) Senior Manager
6 16 (9.82%) Sales Account Manager
6 16 (9.82%) Sales Manager
6 16 (9.82%) Senior Account Manager
6 16 (9.82%) Senior Sales Manager
7 8 (4.91%) Data Scientist
8 6 (3.68%) Administrator
8 6 (3.68%) Support Engineer
8 6 (3.68%) Systems Engineer
9 5 (3.07%) Analyst
9 5 (3.07%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 5 (3.07%) Project Manager
10 4 (2.45%) Security Manager
10 4 (2.45%) Senior Systems Engineer
10 4 (2.45%) Systems Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.23%) Jinja
1 2 (1.23%) NETCONF
1 2 (1.23%) YANG
2 1 (0.61%) .NET
2 1 (0.61%) .NET Framework
2 1 (0.61%) Elastic Stack
2 1 (0.61%) NumPy
2 1 (0.61%) OpenTelemetry
2 1 (0.61%) Pandas
2 1 (0.61%) PyTorch
2 1 (0.61%) scikit-learn
2 1 (0.61%) STL
2 1 (0.61%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 32 (19.63%) IoT
2 21 (12.88%) Cyberattack
3 15 (9.20%) Driving Licence
4 10 (6.13%) Onboarding
5 5 (3.07%) Blog
6 4 (2.45%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (1.84%) iPad
7 3 (1.84%) iPhone
7 3 (1.84%) Mobile App
7 3 (1.84%) Security Posture
8 2 (1.23%) AI Agents
8 2 (1.23%) PMI
8 2 (1.23%) Social Media
9 1 (0.61%) Algorithms
9 1 (0.61%) CCTV
9 1 (0.61%) Derivative
9 1 (0.61%) Digital Media
9 1 (0.61%) Operational Technology
9 1 (0.61%) Podcast
9 1 (0.61%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.84%) Apple iOS
2 2 (1.23%) Linux
2 2 (1.23%) Windows
3 1 (0.61%) Debian
3 1 (0.61%) OpenWrt
3 1 (0.61%) Unix
3 1 (0.61%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (33.74%) AI
2 40 (24.54%) Cybersecurity
3 37 (22.70%) Machine Learning
4 34 (20.86%) Web Development
5 33 (20.25%) User Experience
6 32 (19.63%) Problem-Solving
7 29 (17.79%) ITIL
8 23 (14.11%) B2B
8 23 (14.11%) Customer Service
9 21 (12.88%) Time Management
9 21 (12.88%) TOGAF
10 17 (10.43%) Stakeholder Management
11 15 (9.20%) Continuous Improvement
11 15 (9.20%) Line Management
12 12 (7.36%) CRM
12 12 (7.36%) Data Science
13 11 (6.75%) Creative Problem-Solving
13 11 (6.75%) Critical Thinking
13 11 (6.75%) DevOps
14 10 (6.13%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 14 (8.59%) Python
2 3 (1.84%) SQL
3 2 (1.23%) MATLAB
3 2 (1.23%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.61%) Bash
4 1 (0.61%) Go
4 1 (0.61%) Java
4 1 (0.61%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.61%) Ladder Logic
4 1 (0.61%) R
4 1 (0.61%) VB
Qualifications
1 67 (41.10%) Degree
2 36 (22.09%) PhD
3 34 (20.86%) Master's Degree
4 33 (20.25%) Postgraduate
5 16 (9.82%) Security Cleared
6 8 (4.91%) DV Cleared
7 7 (4.29%) BPSS Clearance
7 7 (4.29%) SC Cleared
8 4 (2.45%) CompTIA Security+
9 2 (1.23%) Azure Certification
9 2 (1.23%) CEH
9 2 (1.23%) CISM
9 2 (1.23%) CISSP
9 2 (1.23%) CompTIA CySA+
9 2 (1.23%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (1.23%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (1.23%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (1.23%) Network+ Certification
9 2 (1.23%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.61%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (16.56%) NIST
2 10 (6.13%) Cyber Essentials
3 9 (5.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (3.07%) GDPR
4 5 (3.07%) NEBOSH
5 4 (2.45%) QA
5 4 (2.45%) SLA
6 3 (1.84%) ARP4761
6 3 (1.84%) DO-160
6 3 (1.84%) SOC 2
7 2 (1.23%) ARP4754
7 2 (1.23%) COBIT
7 2 (1.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (1.23%) DO-254
7 2 (1.23%) GRC
7 2 (1.23%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.61%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.61%) HIPAA
System Software
1 2 (1.23%) Hyper-V
1 2 (1.23%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.61%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.61%) Docker
2 1 (0.61%) iptables
Systems Management
1 5 (3.07%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (1.84%) Jamf Pro
2 3 (1.84%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (1.23%) Ansible
3 2 (1.23%) CASB
4 1 (0.61%) Argo
4 1 (0.61%) Functional Safety
4 1 (0.61%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.61%) Kustomize
4 1 (0.61%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.61%) Terraform
Vendors
1 19 (11.66%) Microsoft
2 8 (4.91%) Cisco
3 4 (2.45%) HP
4 3 (1.84%) Apple
4 3 (1.84%) Okta
5 2 (1.23%) Citrix
5 2 (1.23%) Dell
5 2 (1.23%) Fortinet
5 2 (1.23%) Google
5 2 (1.23%) Meraki
5 2 (1.23%) Tenable
5 2 (1.23%) VMware
6 1 (0.61%) DocuSign
6 1 (0.61%) MikroTik
6 1 (0.61%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.61%) Siemens