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 30 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 59 38 32
Rank change year-on-year -21 -6 +29
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 271 163 356
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 2.60% 4.62% 5.06%
As % of the General category 6.03% 7.49% 10.74%
Number of salaries quoted 132 70 38
10th Percentile £28,415 £27,250 £24,226
25th Percentile £32,375 £27,707 £30,279
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £34,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +32.35% -9.33% -23.88%
75th Percentile £61,901 £53,438 £60,918
90th Percentile £77,375 £63,521 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £54,313 £62,500
% change year-on-year +1.27% -13.10% -10.71%

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 4,491 2,175 3,315
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 43.03% 61.70% 47.07%
Number of salaries quoted 2,852 1,258 1,728
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £29,813 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £42,875 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.62% -17.55% -0.95%
75th Percentile £66,000 £58,750 £66,563
90th Percentile £82,500 £75,000 £81,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%

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 30 September 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 30 September 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 +18 96 £35,125 +19.07% 43
Gloucestershire -42 62 £57,591 +53.58% 31
Somerset -5 45 £57,500 +59.50% 44
Wiltshire -9 25 £57,500 +4.55% 18
Dorset -33 22 £35,750 +29.03% 44
Devon -17 16 £39,448 +3.81% 12
Cornwall +10 4 £54,498 +39.74% 7
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 (5.90%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (2.58%) Confluence
3 4 (1.48%) Apache Spark
4 3 (1.11%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.74%) CMS
Applications
1 30 (11.07%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (6.27%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (2.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.48%) Adobe After Effects
4 4 (1.48%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 4 (1.48%) Adobe Illustrator
4 4 (1.48%) InDesign
4 4 (1.48%) Photoshop
5 2 (0.74%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.74%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.37%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.37%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.37%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 3 (1.11%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.37%) Primavera
2 1 (0.37%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 45 (16.61%) Azure
2 26 (9.59%) Azure DevOps
3 20 (7.38%) GitHub
4 16 (5.90%) AWS
5 14 (5.17%) Azure Key Vault
5 14 (5.17%) Azure Monitor
5 14 (5.17%) IaaS
5 14 (5.17%) PaaS
5 14 (5.17%) Serverless
6 12 (4.43%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 12 (4.43%) Azure Functions
7 9 (3.32%) Microsoft 365
8 8 (2.95%) Power Platform
9 7 (2.58%) GCP
10 6 (2.21%) Dynamics 365
10 6 (2.21%) Entra ID
11 4 (1.48%) Figma
11 4 (1.48%) GitHub Actions
11 4 (1.48%) Microsoft Copilot
12 3 (1.11%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 12 (4.43%) VPN
2 11 (4.06%) Firewall
3 7 (2.58%) Internet
4 6 (2.21%) Network Security
5 4 (1.48%) 5G
5 4 (1.48%) VLAN
6 3 (1.11%) Ethernet
6 3 (1.11%) LAN
6 3 (1.11%) WAN
6 3 (1.11%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.37%) DNS
7 1 (0.37%) RS-422
7 1 (0.37%) SAN
7 1 (0.37%) SSL
7 1 (0.37%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (5.54%) Azure SQL Database
2 9 (3.32%) Geospatial Data
3 6 (2.21%) Metadata
4 4 (1.48%) Big Data
4 4 (1.48%) Hadoop
4 4 (1.48%) Power BI
5 2 (0.74%) GIS
5 2 (0.74%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.37%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.37%) Looker
6 1 (0.37%) MariaDB
6 1 (0.37%) Pinecone
6 1 (0.37%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.37%) SQLite
6 1 (0.37%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 21 (7.75%) Git
2 11 (4.06%) JIRA
3 8 (2.95%) MSI
4 6 (2.21%) Jenkins
5 4 (1.48%) GitLab
5 4 (1.48%) Rational DOORS
6 2 (0.74%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.74%) JMeter
6 2 (0.74%) REST Assured
6 2 (0.74%) Selenium
7 1 (0.37%) AdminStudio
7 1 (0.37%) InstallShield
General
1 113 (41.70%) Social Skills
2 63 (23.25%) Finance
3 35 (12.92%) Law
4 26 (9.59%) Marketing
5 25 (9.23%) Analytical Skills
6 21 (7.75%) Aerospace
7 20 (7.38%) Organisational Skills
8 19 (7.01%) Legal
9 15 (5.54%) Public Sector
10 9 (3.32%) Retail
11 8 (2.95%) Banking
11 8 (2.95%) Manufacturing
12 7 (2.58%) Local Government
13 6 (2.21%) Aviation
14 5 (1.85%) Avionics
14 5 (1.85%) Multimedia
15 4 (1.48%) Financial Institution
15 4 (1.48%) Military
16 3 (1.11%) Pharmaceutical
16 3 (1.11%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 46 (16.97%) Architect
2 33 (12.18%) Senior
3 29 (10.70%) Analyst
4 18 (6.64%) Solutions Architect
5 13 (4.80%) Sales Executive
6 12 (4.43%) Developer
6 12 (4.43%) Infrastructure Analyst
6 12 (4.43%) Programmer
7 10 (3.69%) Lead
8 9 (3.32%) Enterprise Architect
8 9 (3.32%) Principal Engineer
8 9 (3.32%) Software Engineer
9 8 (2.95%) Security Specialist
10 7 (2.58%) Development Manager
11 6 (2.21%) IT Support
11 6 (2.21%) Senior Analyst
11 6 (2.21%) Senior Infrastructure Analyst
12 5 (1.85%) Consultant
12 5 (1.85%) Systems Analyst
12 5 (1.85%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (10.33%) Terraform
2 14 (5.17%) .NET
3 13 (4.80%) HTML
3 13 (4.80%) RESTful
4 12 (4.43%) CSS
5 9 (3.32%) GeoJSON
6 7 (2.58%) .NET Core
6 7 (2.58%) .NET Framework
6 7 (2.58%) ATL
6 7 (2.58%) COM
6 7 (2.58%) CSS3
6 7 (2.58%) HTML5
6 7 (2.58%) MFC
6 7 (2.58%) React
6 7 (2.58%) REST
6 7 (2.58%) WPF
7 6 (2.21%) EDI
8 5 (1.85%) AngularJS
8 5 (1.85%) Middleware
9 4 (1.48%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 41 (15.13%) Driving Licence
2 28 (10.33%) Onboarding
3 23 (8.49%) Cyberattack
4 18 (6.64%) Self-Motivation
5 17 (6.27%) Cloud Native
6 14 (5.17%) Data Centre
6 14 (5.17%) Security Posture
7 13 (4.80%) Social Media
8 12 (4.43%) Podcast
8 12 (4.43%) Public Cloud
9 11 (4.06%) Management Information System
10 8 (2.95%) Legacy Systems
10 8 (2.95%) Replication
11 6 (2.21%) Algorithms
11 6 (2.21%) Digital Media
11 6 (2.21%) Product Ownership
11 6 (2.21%) Smartphone
12 4 (1.48%) Enterprise Software
12 4 (1.48%) Graphic Design
12 4 (1.48%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 38 (14.02%) Windows
2 12 (4.43%) VMS
3 6 (2.21%) Windows Server
4 5 (1.85%) Linux
5 4 (1.48%) Windows 10
6 3 (1.11%) Unix
7 1 (0.37%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.37%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (23.99%) Problem-Solving
2 61 (22.51%) AI
3 49 (18.08%) Agile
4 42 (15.50%) DevOps
5 40 (14.76%) CI/CD
5 40 (14.76%) Continuous Improvement
6 38 (14.02%) Stakeholder Management
7 28 (10.33%) Mentoring
8 27 (9.96%) TOGAF
9 26 (9.59%) Infrastructure as Code
10 24 (8.86%) Analytics
10 24 (8.86%) CRM
10 24 (8.86%) Decision-Making
10 24 (8.86%) Line Management
11 23 (8.49%) DevSecOps
11 23 (8.49%) Time Management
12 21 (7.75%) Collaborative Working
13 20 (7.38%) Computer Science
13 20 (7.38%) Root Cause Analysis
13 20 (7.38%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 25 (9.23%) Python
2 24 (8.86%) SQL
3 21 (7.75%) Bicep
4 15 (5.54%) PowerShell
5 13 (4.80%) C#
5 13 (4.80%) JavaScript
6 12 (4.43%) Bash
6 12 (4.43%) Kusto Query Language
7 9 (3.32%) Java
7 9 (3.32%) TypeScript
8 6 (2.21%) C++
9 3 (1.11%) Ada
9 3 (1.11%) Ada 95
9 3 (1.11%) C
9 3 (1.11%) Rust
10 2 (0.74%) Go
10 2 (0.74%) MATLAB
10 2 (0.74%) Scala
11 1 (0.37%) Ladder Logic
Qualifications
1 46 (16.97%) Degree
2 33 (12.18%) Security Cleared
3 32 (11.81%) SC Cleared
4 18 (6.64%) DBS Check
5 17 (6.27%) Azure Certification
6 12 (4.43%) Microsoft Certification
7 11 (4.06%) DV Cleared
8 9 (3.32%) BPSS Clearance
8 9 (3.32%) HND
9 8 (2.95%) Chartered Engineer
10 7 (2.58%) HNC
11 6 (2.21%) Computer Science Degree
12 4 (1.48%) AWS Certification
13 3 (1.11%) ACCA
13 3 (1.11%) CEH
13 3 (1.11%) CIMA
13 3 (1.11%) CISSP
13 3 (1.11%) Postgraduate
14 2 (0.74%) AAT
14 2 (0.74%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (11.07%) Accessibility
2 19 (7.01%) NIST
3 13 (4.80%) WCAG
4 9 (3.32%) NCSC
4 9 (3.32%) QA
5 8 (2.95%) Cyber Essentials
5 8 (2.95%) GRC
6 7 (2.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (2.58%) SLA
7 5 (1.85%) GDPR
8 3 (1.11%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (1.11%) Data Quality
8 3 (1.11%) MIL-STD-1553
9 2 (0.74%) GxP
10 1 (0.37%) ARP4754
10 1 (0.37%) ARP4761
10 1 (0.37%) DO-160
10 1 (0.37%) DO-254
10 1 (0.37%) IEC 61508
10 1 (0.37%) PMO
System Software
1 24 (8.86%) Active Directory
2 17 (6.27%) Docker
3 13 (4.80%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (4.43%) Virtual Desktop
4 12 (4.43%) vSphere
5 3 (1.11%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.37%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.37%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 18 (6.64%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.48%) SCCM
3 3 (1.11%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.74%) Ansible
5 1 (0.37%) Functional Safety
5 1 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 67 (24.72%) Microsoft
2 13 (4.80%) VMware
3 12 (4.43%) ScienceLogic
4 8 (2.95%) Facebook
5 7 (2.58%) Salesforce
6 6 (2.21%) Adobe
6 6 (2.21%) Instagram
7 5 (1.85%) SAP
8 4 (1.48%) Cisco
8 4 (1.48%) OneLogin
9 3 (1.11%) Anaplan
9 3 (1.11%) Google
10 2 (0.74%) Apple
10 2 (0.74%) Dell
10 2 (0.74%) Fortinet
10 2 (0.74%) HubSpot
10 2 (0.74%) Meraki
10 2 (0.74%) Oracle
11 1 (0.37%) ServiceNow
11 1 (0.37%) Siemens