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 24 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 67 32 32
Rank change year-on-year -35 0 +37
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 188 187 527
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 2.37% 6.48% 5.10%
As % of the General category 5.45% 9.63% 10.11%
Number of salaries quoted 105 48 121
10th Percentile £29,010 £26,125 £27,338
25th Percentile £41,250 £33,688 £35,288
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £48,750 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.95% -2.50% -2.91%
75th Percentile £72,500 £64,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,825 £72,761
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 3,448 1,941 5,212
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 43.43% 67.30% 50.43%
Number of salaries quoted 2,046 1,151 3,561
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £34,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,114 £61,250
90th Percentile £80,250 £80,750 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,435 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.24% +9.40% -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 24 June 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 24 June 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 -20 62 £58,497 +8.83% 16
Bristol +9 60 £44,772 +9.20% 21
Somerset -22 33 £57,500 +82.54% 6
Wiltshire -9 19 £57,500 +4.55% 6
Dorset -37 7 £30,000 -14.29% 1
Devon -32 4 £38,000 - 4
Cornwall - 2 £38,995 - 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 16 (8.51%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (2.13%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.60%) Confluence
Applications
1 18 (9.57%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (3.19%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (2.13%) Adobe After Effects
3 4 (2.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 4 (2.13%) Adobe Illustrator
3 4 (2.13%) InDesign
3 4 (2.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (2.13%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.53%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.53%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.53%) Simulink
4 1 (0.53%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 41 (21.81%) Azure
2 21 (11.17%) Azure DevOps
3 16 (8.51%) GitHub
4 14 (7.45%) Azure Key Vault
4 14 (7.45%) Azure Monitor
4 14 (7.45%) IaaS
4 14 (7.45%) PaaS
5 12 (6.38%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 12 (6.38%) Azure Functions
5 12 (6.38%) Serverless
6 8 (4.26%) AWS
6 8 (4.26%) Entra ID
7 6 (3.19%) Microsoft 365
8 4 (2.13%) Figma
9 3 (1.60%) Azure Logic Apps
9 3 (1.60%) GCP
9 3 (1.60%) Power Platform
10 2 (1.06%) GitHub Actions
10 2 (1.06%) Power Automate
10 2 (1.06%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 18 (9.57%) VPN
2 15 (7.98%) Firewall
3 10 (5.32%) Network Security
4 7 (3.72%) Internet
5 5 (2.66%) LAN
5 5 (2.66%) WAN
5 5 (2.66%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (1.60%) BGP
7 2 (1.06%) 4G
7 2 (1.06%) Broadband
7 2 (1.06%) Cisco IOS
7 2 (1.06%) DHCP
7 2 (1.06%) DNS
7 2 (1.06%) Ethernet VPN
7 2 (1.06%) IOS XR
7 2 (1.06%) MPLS
8 1 (0.53%) RS-422
8 1 (0.53%) SD-WAN
8 1 (0.53%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.53%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (7.98%) Azure SQL Database
2 5 (2.66%) Geospatial Data
3 2 (1.06%) GIS
3 2 (1.06%) Power BI
4 1 (0.53%) Pinecone
4 1 (0.53%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 17 (9.04%) Git
2 3 (1.60%) JIRA
2 3 (1.60%) MSI
3 2 (1.06%) Cypress.io
3 2 (1.06%) GitLab
3 2 (1.06%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.06%) JMeter
3 2 (1.06%) Rational DOORS
3 2 (1.06%) REST Assured
3 2 (1.06%) Selenium
General
1 76 (40.43%) Social Skills
2 25 (13.30%) Legal
3 22 (11.70%) Finance
4 20 (10.64%) Law
5 11 (5.85%) Aerospace
5 11 (5.85%) Marketing
6 10 (5.32%) Organisational Skills
7 8 (4.26%) Aviation
7 8 (4.26%) Digital Health
7 8 (4.26%) Influencing Skills
7 8 (4.26%) Local Government
8 7 (3.72%) Retail
9 6 (3.19%) Public Sector
10 5 (2.66%) Analytical Skills
10 5 (2.66%) Avionics
11 4 (2.13%) Military
11 4 (2.13%) Multimedia
12 2 (1.06%) Billing
12 2 (1.06%) Manufacturing
12 2 (1.06%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 33 (17.55%) Architect
2 31 (16.49%) Senior
3 24 (12.77%) Solutions Architect
4 19 (10.11%) Analyst
5 12 (6.38%) Infrastructure Analyst
5 12 (6.38%) Programmer
6 9 (4.79%) Enterprise Architect
7 8 (4.26%) Data Scientist
8 7 (3.72%) Administrator
8 7 (3.72%) Cybersecurity Specialist
8 7 (3.72%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 7 (3.72%) Security Specialist
9 6 (3.19%) Developer
9 6 (3.19%) Senior Analyst
9 6 (3.19%) Senior Infrastructure Analyst
9 6 (3.19%) Support Engineer
9 6 (3.19%) Systems Engineer
10 5 (2.66%) Development Manager
10 5 (2.66%) Systems Manager
10 5 (2.66%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.72%) CSS
1 7 (3.72%) HTML
1 7 (3.72%) RESTful
2 5 (2.66%) .NET
2 5 (2.66%) GeoJSON
3 3 (1.60%) .NET Core
3 3 (1.60%) .NET Framework
3 3 (1.60%) ATL
3 3 (1.60%) COM
3 3 (1.60%) CSS3
3 3 (1.60%) HTML5
3 3 (1.60%) MFC
3 3 (1.60%) REST
3 3 (1.60%) WPF
4 2 (1.06%) AngularJS
4 2 (1.06%) Node.js
4 2 (1.06%) Spring
4 2 (1.06%) Spring Boot
4 2 (1.06%) Swagger
4 2 (1.06%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 30 (15.96%) Cyberattack
2 22 (11.70%) Driving Licence
3 15 (7.98%) Security Posture
4 14 (7.45%) Self-Motivation
5 12 (6.38%) Podcast
5 12 (6.38%) Public Cloud
6 10 (5.32%) Onboarding
7 7 (3.72%) Cloud Native
8 6 (3.19%) Social Media
9 5 (2.66%) Product Ownership
10 4 (2.13%) Data Centre
10 4 (2.13%) Digital Media
10 4 (2.13%) Graphic Design
11 1 (0.53%) Algorithms
11 1 (0.53%) FMCG
11 1 (0.53%) iPad
11 1 (0.53%) iPhone
11 1 (0.53%) Mobile App
11 1 (0.53%) PMI
11 1 (0.53%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 21 (11.17%) Windows
2 12 (6.38%) VMS
3 4 (2.13%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.06%) Linux
5 1 (0.53%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.53%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (21.28%) Problem-Solving
2 38 (20.21%) AI
3 33 (17.55%) DevOps
4 30 (15.96%) TOGAF
5 28 (14.89%) ITIL
6 27 (14.36%) Agile
7 23 (12.23%) Time Management
8 21 (11.17%) CI/CD
8 21 (11.17%) Line Management
9 19 (10.11%) Infrastructure as Code
10 18 (9.57%) Stakeholder Management
11 17 (9.04%) Analytics
11 17 (9.04%) DevSecOps
11 17 (9.04%) Mentoring
12 16 (8.51%) Incident Management
13 15 (7.98%) Cloud Security
13 15 (7.98%) Continuous Improvement
13 15 (7.98%) Root Cause Analysis
14 14 (7.45%) Generative AI
14 14 (7.45%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 19 (10.11%) Python
2 17 (9.04%) Bicep
2 17 (9.04%) SQL
3 15 (7.98%) PowerShell
4 12 (6.38%) Bash
4 12 (6.38%) Kusto Query Language
5 3 (1.60%) C#
5 3 (1.60%) JavaScript
5 3 (1.60%) TypeScript
6 2 (1.06%) Java
6 2 (1.06%) MATLAB
7 1 (0.53%) Ladder Logic
Qualifications
1 37 (19.68%) Degree
2 27 (14.36%) Security Cleared
3 17 (9.04%) SC Cleared
4 16 (8.51%) Azure Certification
5 14 (7.45%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (4.26%) DV Cleared
7 6 (3.19%) Chartered Engineer
8 5 (2.66%) DBS Check
9 4 (2.13%) PhD
9 4 (2.13%) Postgraduate
10 3 (1.60%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (1.60%) CompTIA Security+
11 2 (1.06%) ISTQB
11 2 (1.06%) Master's Degree
11 2 (1.06%) Network+ Certification
12 1 (0.53%) CEH
12 1 (0.53%) CISM
12 1 (0.53%) HNC
12 1 (0.53%) ITIL Certification
12 1 (0.53%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (15.96%) NIST
2 15 (7.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 13 (6.91%) Cyber Essentials
4 8 (4.26%) SLA
5 7 (3.72%) Accessibility
5 7 (3.72%) GRC
5 7 (3.72%) WCAG
6 6 (3.19%) QA
7 5 (2.66%) GDPR
7 5 (2.66%) NCSC
8 3 (1.60%) ARP4761
8 3 (1.60%) DO-160
9 2 (1.06%) ARP4754
9 2 (1.06%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (1.06%) DO-254
9 2 (1.06%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.53%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 1 (0.53%) COBIT
10 1 (0.53%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.53%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 15 (7.98%) Active Directory
2 14 (7.45%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (6.38%) Virtual Desktop
3 12 (6.38%) vSphere
4 7 (3.72%) Docker
5 2 (1.06%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 19 (10.11%) Terraform
2 7 (3.72%) Kubernetes
3 5 (2.66%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.53%) CASB
4 1 (0.53%) Functional Safety
4 1 (0.53%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (0.53%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 47 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 14 (7.45%) VMware
3 12 (6.38%) ScienceLogic
4 9 (4.79%) Cisco
5 4 (2.13%) Adobe
5 4 (2.13%) HP
5 4 (2.13%) Meraki
6 3 (1.60%) Anaplan
6 3 (1.60%) Fortinet
7 2 (1.06%) Dell
7 2 (1.06%) OneLogin
8 1 (0.53%) Apple
8 1 (0.53%) Citrix
8 1 (0.53%) DocuSign
8 1 (0.53%) Okta
8 1 (0.53%) OpenAI
8 1 (0.53%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.53%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.53%) Siemens
8 1 (0.53%) Tenable