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 15 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 58 51 26
Rank change year-on-year -7 -25 +41
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 247 143 487
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 2.75% 4.12% 6.07%
As % of the General category 6.25% 6.61% 12.73%
Number of salaries quoted 121 46 80
10th Percentile £29,000 £25,875 £29,973
25th Percentile £39,448 £29,375 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £38,750 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year +48.39% -19.27% -4.00%
75th Percentile £72,500 £57,500 £62,200
90th Percentile £76,250 £79,375 £73,235
England median annual salary £56,000 £55,000 £58,700
% change year-on-year +1.82% -6.30% -16.14%

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 requiring general skills in the South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 3,950 2,165 3,826
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 43.93% 62.32% 47.72%
Number of salaries quoted 2,373 1,313 2,391
10th Percentile £28,380 £26,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £30,750 £36,115
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £61,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -8.33%

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 15 August 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 15 August 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
Bristol +26 96 £40,000 +16.79% 58
Gloucestershire -29 60 £58,497 +53.94% 36
Somerset -11 41 £57,500 +51.32% 16
Wiltshire 0 21 £57,500 +2.88% 15
Dorset -30 19 £34,500 +10.59% 52
Devon -17 7 £39,448 +3.81% 19
Cornwall - 2 £54,498 - 5
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 (6.48%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (2.83%) Confluence
3 4 (1.62%) Apache Spark
3 4 (1.62%) SharePoint
Applications
1 23 (9.31%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (4.45%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (2.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.62%) Adobe After Effects
4 4 (1.62%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 4 (1.62%) Adobe Illustrator
4 4 (1.62%) InDesign
4 4 (1.62%) Photoshop
5 2 (0.81%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.40%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.40%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.40%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 2 (0.81%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.40%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 47 (19.03%) Azure
2 26 (10.53%) Azure DevOps
3 20 (8.10%) GitHub
4 18 (7.29%) AWS
5 14 (5.67%) Azure Key Vault
5 14 (5.67%) Azure Monitor
5 14 (5.67%) IaaS
5 14 (5.67%) PaaS
5 14 (5.67%) Serverless
6 12 (4.86%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 12 (4.86%) Azure Functions
7 7 (2.83%) Entra ID
7 7 (2.83%) GCP
8 6 (2.43%) Microsoft 365
9 5 (2.02%) Power Platform
10 4 (1.62%) Figma
10 4 (1.62%) GitHub Actions
10 4 (1.62%) Microsoft Copilot
11 3 (1.21%) Azure Logic Apps
12 2 (0.81%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 16 (6.48%) VPN
2 15 (6.07%) Firewall
3 10 (4.05%) Network Security
4 7 (2.83%) Internet
4 7 (2.83%) LAN
4 7 (2.83%) WAN
5 6 (2.43%) Wi-Fi
6 5 (2.02%) VLAN
7 3 (1.21%) Ethernet
8 2 (0.81%) DNS
9 1 (0.40%) BGP
9 1 (0.40%) DHCP
9 1 (0.40%) RS-422
9 1 (0.40%) SAN
9 1 (0.40%) SD-WAN
9 1 (0.40%) SSL
9 1 (0.40%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (6.07%) Azure SQL Database
2 9 (3.64%) Geospatial Data
3 6 (2.43%) Metadata
4 4 (1.62%) Big Data
4 4 (1.62%) Hadoop
5 3 (1.21%) Power BI
6 2 (0.81%) GIS
6 2 (0.81%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.40%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.40%) MariaDB
7 1 (0.40%) Pinecone
7 1 (0.40%) SQL Server
7 1 (0.40%) SQLite
7 1 (0.40%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 21 (8.50%) Git
2 11 (4.45%) JIRA
3 7 (2.83%) MSI
4 6 (2.43%) Jenkins
5 5 (2.02%) Rational DOORS
6 4 (1.62%) GitLab
7 2 (0.81%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.81%) JMeter
7 2 (0.81%) REST Assured
7 2 (0.81%) Selenium
General
1 102 (41.30%) Social Skills
2 58 (23.48%) Finance
3 32 (12.96%) Law
4 28 (11.34%) Legal
5 24 (9.72%) Aerospace
6 19 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
7 17 (6.88%) Marketing
8 15 (6.07%) Public Sector
9 12 (4.86%) Organisational Skills
10 11 (4.45%) Aviation
11 10 (4.05%) Local Government
12 8 (3.24%) Avionics
12 8 (3.24%) Banking
12 8 (3.24%) Digital Health
13 7 (2.83%) Military
14 6 (2.43%) Influencing Skills
15 5 (2.02%) Retail
16 4 (1.62%) Financial Institution
16 4 (1.62%) Multimedia
17 3 (1.21%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 53 (21.46%) Architect
2 37 (14.98%) Senior
3 26 (10.53%) Solutions Architect
4 24 (9.72%) Analyst
5 12 (4.86%) Developer
5 12 (4.86%) Infrastructure Analyst
5 12 (4.86%) Programmer
6 9 (3.64%) Enterprise Architect
6 9 (3.64%) Principal Engineer
6 9 (3.64%) Security Specialist
6 9 (3.64%) Software Engineer
7 8 (3.24%) Lead
8 7 (2.83%) Development Manager
8 7 (2.83%) Sales Executive
9 6 (2.43%) Administrator
9 6 (2.43%) Cybersecurity Specialist
9 6 (2.43%) Data Scientist
9 6 (2.43%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 6 (2.43%) Senior Analyst
9 6 (2.43%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (5.67%) .NET
2 13 (5.26%) RESTful
3 11 (4.45%) CSS
3 11 (4.45%) HTML
4 9 (3.64%) GeoJSON
5 7 (2.83%) .NET Core
5 7 (2.83%) .NET Framework
5 7 (2.83%) ATL
5 7 (2.83%) COM
5 7 (2.83%) CSS3
5 7 (2.83%) HTML5
5 7 (2.83%) MFC
5 7 (2.83%) React
5 7 (2.83%) REST
5 7 (2.83%) WPF
6 5 (2.02%) AngularJS
6 5 (2.02%) EDI
6 5 (2.02%) Middleware
7 4 (1.62%) Node.js
7 4 (1.62%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 30 (12.15%) Cyberattack
2 27 (10.93%) Driving Licence
3 20 (8.10%) Onboarding
4 17 (6.88%) Cloud Native
4 17 (6.88%) Self-Motivation
5 14 (5.67%) Data Centre
5 14 (5.67%) Security Posture
6 12 (4.86%) Podcast
6 12 (4.86%) Public Cloud
7 8 (3.24%) Legacy Systems
7 8 (3.24%) Replication
8 7 (2.83%) Social Media
9 6 (2.43%) Product Ownership
10 5 (2.02%) Algorithms
10 5 (2.02%) Digital Media
11 4 (1.62%) Enterprise Software
11 4 (1.62%) Graphic Design
12 3 (1.21%) Embedded Systems
12 3 (1.21%) Robotics
13 2 (0.81%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 33 (13.36%) Windows
2 12 (4.86%) VMS
3 6 (2.43%) Windows Server
4 5 (2.02%) Linux
5 4 (1.62%) Windows 10
6 3 (1.21%) Unix
7 1 (0.40%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (26.72%) AI
2 51 (20.65%) Problem-Solving
3 49 (19.84%) Agile
4 45 (18.22%) DevOps
5 40 (16.19%) CI/CD
6 34 (13.77%) TOGAF
7 28 (11.34%) Stakeholder Management
8 26 (10.53%) Infrastructure as Code
8 26 (10.53%) Time Management
9 25 (10.12%) Continuous Improvement
9 25 (10.12%) Line Management
10 23 (9.31%) Decision-Making
10 23 (9.31%) DevSecOps
10 23 (9.31%) ITIL
10 23 (9.31%) Mentoring
11 22 (8.91%) Software Engineering
12 20 (8.10%) Computer Science
12 20 (8.10%) Observability
12 20 (8.10%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
13 19 (7.69%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 30 (12.15%) Python
2 23 (9.31%) SQL
3 21 (8.50%) Bicep
4 14 (5.67%) PowerShell
5 13 (5.26%) C#
6 12 (4.86%) Bash
6 12 (4.86%) JavaScript
6 12 (4.86%) Kusto Query Language
7 9 (3.64%) Java
7 9 (3.64%) TypeScript
8 6 (2.43%) C++
9 3 (1.21%) Ada
9 3 (1.21%) Ada 95
9 3 (1.21%) C
9 3 (1.21%) Rust
10 2 (0.81%) Go
10 2 (0.81%) MATLAB
10 2 (0.81%) Scala
11 1 (0.40%) Ladder Logic
Qualifications
1 49 (19.84%) Degree
2 38 (15.38%) Security Cleared
3 31 (12.55%) SC Cleared
4 19 (7.69%) Azure Certification
5 17 (6.88%) DV Cleared
6 13 (5.26%) Microsoft Certification
7 10 (4.05%) BPSS Clearance
7 10 (4.05%) DBS Check
8 6 (2.43%) Chartered Engineer
9 5 (2.02%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (1.62%) AWS Certification
11 3 (1.21%) CEH
11 3 (1.21%) CISSP
11 3 (1.21%) PhD
11 3 (1.21%) Postgraduate
12 2 (0.81%) ACCA
12 2 (0.81%) CIMA
12 2 (0.81%) HND
12 2 (0.81%) ISTQB
12 2 (0.81%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (10.93%) NIST
2 24 (9.72%) Accessibility
3 13 (5.26%) WCAG
4 11 (4.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 10 (4.05%) Cyber Essentials
6 9 (3.64%) GRC
6 9 (3.64%) NCSC
7 7 (2.83%) SLA
8 6 (2.43%) QA
9 5 (2.02%) GDPR
10 3 (1.21%) ARP4761
10 3 (1.21%) DO-160
10 3 (1.21%) MIL-STD-1553
11 2 (0.81%) ARP4754
11 2 (0.81%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 2 (0.81%) DO-254
12 1 (0.40%) Data Quality
12 1 (0.40%) PMO
System Software
1 20 (8.10%) Active Directory
2 16 (6.48%) Docker
3 15 (6.07%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (4.86%) Virtual Desktop
4 12 (4.86%) vSphere
5 3 (1.21%) BitLocker
5 3 (1.21%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 28 (11.34%) Terraform
2 18 (7.29%) Kubernetes
3 4 (1.62%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (1.21%) SCCM
5 2 (0.81%) Ansible
6 1 (0.40%) Functional Safety
6 1 (0.40%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 60 (24.29%) Microsoft
2 15 (6.07%) VMware
3 12 (4.86%) ScienceLogic
4 6 (2.43%) Adobe
4 6 (2.43%) Cisco
5 4 (1.62%) OneLogin
6 3 (1.21%) Anaplan
6 3 (1.21%) Fortinet
6 3 (1.21%) HP
6 3 (1.21%) Meraki
7 2 (0.81%) Apple
7 2 (0.81%) Dell
7 2 (0.81%) Facebook
7 2 (0.81%) Google
7 2 (0.81%) HubSpot
7 2 (0.81%) Oracle
8 1 (0.40%) IFS
8 1 (0.40%) Instagram
8 1 (0.40%) OpenAI
8 1 (0.40%) ServiceNow