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

6 months to
20 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 54 42 23
Rank change year-on-year -12 -19 +38
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 276 158 435
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 2.70% 4.52% 5.81%
As % of the General category 6.25% 7.29% 12.39%
Number of salaries quoted 135 65 53
10th Percentile £28,610 £27,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £33,938 £27,707 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £34,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +47.06% -20.00% -14.37%
75th Percentile £65,000 £53,750 £62,200
90th Percentile £77,000 £63,648 £76,552
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,918
% change year-on-year - -9.71% -12.97%

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 4,419 2,167 3,512
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 43.23% 61.95% 46.87%
Number of salaries quoted 2,772 1,273 1,875
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £30,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £43,000 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.28% -17.31% -0.95%
75th Percentile £67,167 £58,750 £65,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £75,720 £80,750
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 20 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 20 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 +26 99 £35,125 +20.09% 45
Gloucestershire -30 66 £57,591 +53.58% 36
Somerset -4 44 £57,500 +55.30% 45
Wiltshire -6 24 £57,500 +4.55% 19
Dorset -34 22 £32,500 +17.30% 57
Devon -15 16 £39,448 +3.81% 10
Cornwall +11 4 £54,498 +39.74% 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 (5.80%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (2.54%) Confluence
3 4 (1.45%) Apache Spark
4 3 (1.09%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.72%) CMS
Applications
1 30 (10.87%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (5.43%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (2.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.45%) Adobe After Effects
4 4 (1.45%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 4 (1.45%) Adobe Illustrator
4 4 (1.45%) InDesign
4 4 (1.45%) Photoshop
5 2 (0.72%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.36%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.36%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.36%) Simulink
6 1 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (1.09%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.36%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 47 (17.03%) Azure
2 26 (9.42%) Azure DevOps
3 20 (7.25%) GitHub
4 16 (5.80%) AWS
5 14 (5.07%) Azure Key Vault
5 14 (5.07%) Azure Monitor
5 14 (5.07%) IaaS
5 14 (5.07%) PaaS
5 14 (5.07%) Serverless
6 12 (4.35%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 12 (4.35%) Azure Functions
7 9 (3.26%) Microsoft 365
8 8 (2.90%) Power Platform
9 7 (2.54%) GCP
10 6 (2.17%) Dynamics 365
10 6 (2.17%) Entra ID
11 4 (1.45%) Figma
11 4 (1.45%) GitHub Actions
11 4 (1.45%) Microsoft Copilot
12 3 (1.09%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 13 (4.71%) VPN
2 12 (4.35%) Firewall
3 7 (2.54%) Internet
3 7 (2.54%) Network Security
4 4 (1.45%) 5G
4 4 (1.45%) LAN
4 4 (1.45%) VLAN
4 4 (1.45%) WAN
4 4 (1.45%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (1.09%) Ethernet
6 1 (0.36%) DNS
6 1 (0.36%) RS-422
6 1 (0.36%) SAN
6 1 (0.36%) SSL
6 1 (0.36%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (5.43%) Azure SQL Database
2 9 (3.26%) Geospatial Data
3 6 (2.17%) Metadata
4 4 (1.45%) Big Data
4 4 (1.45%) Hadoop
4 4 (1.45%) Power BI
5 2 (0.72%) GIS
5 2 (0.72%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.36%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.36%) Looker
6 1 (0.36%) MariaDB
6 1 (0.36%) Pinecone
6 1 (0.36%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.36%) SQLite
6 1 (0.36%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 21 (7.61%) Git
2 11 (3.99%) JIRA
3 8 (2.90%) MSI
4 6 (2.17%) Jenkins
5 5 (1.81%) Rational DOORS
6 4 (1.45%) GitLab
7 2 (0.72%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.72%) JMeter
7 2 (0.72%) REST Assured
7 2 (0.72%) Selenium
8 1 (0.36%) AdminStudio
8 1 (0.36%) InstallShield
General
1 112 (40.58%) Social Skills
2 62 (22.46%) Finance
3 34 (12.32%) Law
4 26 (9.42%) Aerospace
4 26 (9.42%) Marketing
5 25 (9.06%) Legal
6 24 (8.70%) Analytical Skills
7 21 (7.61%) Organisational Skills
8 15 (5.43%) Public Sector
9 10 (3.62%) Aviation
10 9 (3.26%) Manufacturing
10 9 (3.26%) Retail
11 8 (2.90%) Banking
12 7 (2.54%) Avionics
12 7 (2.54%) Digital Health
12 7 (2.54%) Local Government
13 5 (1.81%) Multimedia
14 4 (1.45%) Financial Institution
14 4 (1.45%) Military
15 3 (1.09%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 50 (18.12%) Architect
2 35 (12.68%) Senior
3 30 (10.87%) Analyst
4 22 (7.97%) Solutions Architect
5 13 (4.71%) Sales Executive
6 12 (4.35%) Developer
6 12 (4.35%) Infrastructure Analyst
6 12 (4.35%) Programmer
7 10 (3.62%) Lead
8 9 (3.26%) Enterprise Architect
8 9 (3.26%) Principal Engineer
8 9 (3.26%) Software Engineer
9 8 (2.90%) Security Specialist
10 7 (2.54%) Development Manager
10 7 (2.54%) IT Support
11 6 (2.17%) Senior Analyst
11 6 (2.17%) Senior Infrastructure Analyst
12 5 (1.81%) Business Manager
12 5 (1.81%) Systems Analyst
12 5 (1.81%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (10.14%) Terraform
2 14 (5.07%) .NET
3 13 (4.71%) HTML
3 13 (4.71%) RESTful
4 12 (4.35%) CSS
5 9 (3.26%) GeoJSON
6 7 (2.54%) .NET Core
6 7 (2.54%) .NET Framework
6 7 (2.54%) ATL
6 7 (2.54%) COM
6 7 (2.54%) CSS3
6 7 (2.54%) HTML5
6 7 (2.54%) MFC
6 7 (2.54%) React
6 7 (2.54%) REST
6 7 (2.54%) WPF
7 6 (2.17%) EDI
8 5 (1.81%) AngularJS
8 5 (1.81%) Middleware
9 4 (1.45%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 41 (14.86%) Driving Licence
2 28 (10.14%) Onboarding
3 26 (9.42%) Cyberattack
4 19 (6.88%) Self-Motivation
5 17 (6.16%) Cloud Native
6 14 (5.07%) Data Centre
6 14 (5.07%) Security Posture
7 13 (4.71%) Social Media
8 12 (4.35%) Podcast
8 12 (4.35%) Public Cloud
9 9 (3.26%) Management Information System
10 8 (2.90%) Legacy Systems
10 8 (2.90%) Replication
11 6 (2.17%) Digital Media
11 6 (2.17%) Product Ownership
11 6 (2.17%) Smartphone
12 5 (1.81%) Algorithms
13 4 (1.45%) Enterprise Software
13 4 (1.45%) Graphic Design
14 3 (1.09%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 38 (13.77%) Windows
2 12 (4.35%) VMS
3 6 (2.17%) Windows Server
4 5 (1.81%) Linux
5 4 (1.45%) Windows 10
6 3 (1.09%) Unix
7 1 (0.36%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.36%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (24.64%) Problem-Solving
2 59 (21.38%) AI
3 49 (17.75%) Agile
4 43 (15.58%) DevOps
5 40 (14.49%) CI/CD
6 39 (14.13%) Continuous Improvement
6 39 (14.13%) Stakeholder Management
7 30 (10.87%) TOGAF
8 29 (10.51%) Mentoring
9 26 (9.42%) Infrastructure as Code
9 26 (9.42%) Time Management
10 25 (9.06%) Decision-Making
10 25 (9.06%) Line Management
11 23 (8.33%) CRM
11 23 (8.33%) DevSecOps
12 22 (7.97%) Analytics
13 21 (7.61%) ITIL
13 21 (7.61%) Risk Management
14 20 (7.25%) Computer Science
14 20 (7.25%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 24 (8.70%) Python
1 24 (8.70%) SQL
2 21 (7.61%) Bicep
3 15 (5.43%) PowerShell
4 13 (4.71%) C#
4 13 (4.71%) JavaScript
5 12 (4.35%) Bash
5 12 (4.35%) Kusto Query Language
6 9 (3.26%) Java
6 9 (3.26%) TypeScript
7 6 (2.17%) C++
8 3 (1.09%) Ada
8 3 (1.09%) Ada 95
8 3 (1.09%) C
8 3 (1.09%) Rust
9 2 (0.72%) Go
9 2 (0.72%) MATLAB
9 2 (0.72%) Scala
10 1 (0.36%) Ladder Logic
Qualifications
1 49 (17.75%) Degree
2 32 (11.59%) Security Cleared
3 31 (11.23%) SC Cleared
4 18 (6.52%) Azure Certification
4 18 (6.52%) DBS Check
5 12 (4.35%) Microsoft Certification
6 11 (3.99%) DV Cleared
7 9 (3.26%) BPSS Clearance
7 9 (3.26%) HND
8 8 (2.90%) Chartered Engineer
9 7 (2.54%) HNC
10 6 (2.17%) Computer Science Degree
11 4 (1.45%) AWS Certification
12 3 (1.09%) CEH
12 3 (1.09%) CISSP
12 3 (1.09%) Master's Degree
12 3 (1.09%) Postgraduate
13 2 (0.72%) CIMA
13 2 (0.72%) ISTQB
13 2 (0.72%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (10.51%) Accessibility
2 22 (7.97%) NIST
3 13 (4.71%) WCAG
4 9 (3.26%) Cyber Essentials
4 9 (3.26%) NCSC
5 8 (2.90%) GRC
5 8 (2.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (2.90%) QA
6 7 (2.54%) SLA
7 6 (2.17%) GDPR
8 3 (1.09%) ARP4761
8 3 (1.09%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (1.09%) Data Quality
8 3 (1.09%) DO-160
8 3 (1.09%) MIL-STD-1553
9 2 (0.72%) ARP4754
9 2 (0.72%) DO-254
9 2 (0.72%) GxP
10 1 (0.36%) IEC 61508
10 1 (0.36%) PMO
System Software
1 24 (8.70%) Active Directory
2 16 (5.80%) Docker
3 14 (5.07%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (4.35%) Virtual Desktop
4 12 (4.35%) vSphere
5 3 (1.09%) BitLocker
6 2 (0.72%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.36%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 18 (6.52%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.45%) SCCM
3 3 (1.09%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.72%) Ansible
5 1 (0.36%) Functional Safety
5 1 (0.36%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 68 (24.64%) Microsoft
2 14 (5.07%) VMware
3 12 (4.35%) ScienceLogic
4 8 (2.90%) Facebook
5 7 (2.54%) Salesforce
6 6 (2.17%) Adobe
6 6 (2.17%) Instagram
7 4 (1.45%) Cisco
7 4 (1.45%) OneLogin
7 4 (1.45%) SAP
8 3 (1.09%) Anaplan
8 3 (1.09%) Google
9 2 (0.72%) Apple
9 2 (0.72%) Dell
9 2 (0.72%) Fortinet
9 2 (0.72%) HubSpot
9 2 (0.72%) Meraki
9 2 (0.72%) Oracle
10 1 (0.36%) ServiceNow
10 1 (0.36%) Siemens