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 25 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 60 26 68
Rank change year-on-year -34 +42 -48
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 161 258 251
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 2.67% 7.66% 3.79%
As % of the General category 6.13% 11.91% 6.90%
Number of salaries quoted 97 27 82
10th Percentile - £29,750 £26,500
25th Percentile £27,707 £40,250 £35,288
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,500 £51,997 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -45.19% -5.46% +15.79%
75th Percentile £48,750 £77,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £61,900 £82,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -16.67% +4.35% -17.20%

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 2,626 2,166 3,636
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 43.61% 64.29% 54.88%
Number of salaries quoted 1,626 1,007 2,777
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,000 £27,000
25th Percentile £30,780 £40,800 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £49,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +11.11% -1.00%
75th Percentile £63,248 £68,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

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 25 February 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 25 February 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
Dorset +28 49 £27,707 -45.67% 5
Bristol +1 25 £41,250 -48.44% 25
Devon +1 23 £32,000 - 3
Somerset -30 20 £32,500 -15.03% 4
Gloucestershire -41 19 £41,437 -45.83% 13
Wiltshire -3 16 £52,500 -4.55% 10
Cornwall - 9 - -
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 (1.86%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.24%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.62%) Drupal
3 1 (0.62%) WordPress
Applications
1 8 (4.97%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (3.11%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.62%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.62%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.62%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 32 (19.88%) Cloud Computing
2 12 (7.45%) Azure
3 9 (5.59%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (3.11%) Entra ID
5 3 (1.86%) AWS
5 3 (1.86%) Power Platform
6 2 (1.24%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (0.62%) Asana
7 1 (0.62%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.62%) Figma
7 1 (0.62%) Google Analytics
7 1 (0.62%) OneDrive
7 1 (0.62%) Power Automate
7 1 (0.62%) Pulumi
7 1 (0.62%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 32 (19.88%) Internet
2 8 (4.97%) VPN
3 5 (3.11%) Firewall
3 5 (3.11%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (1.86%) BGP
4 3 (1.86%) Broadband
4 3 (1.86%) LAN
4 3 (1.86%) WAN
5 2 (1.24%) 4G
5 2 (1.24%) Cisco IOS
5 2 (1.24%) DHCP
5 2 (1.24%) DNS
5 2 (1.24%) Ethernet VPN
5 2 (1.24%) IOS XR
5 2 (1.24%) MPLS
5 2 (1.24%) Network Security
5 2 (1.24%) VLAN
6 1 (0.62%) Modbus
6 1 (0.62%) RS-485
6 1 (0.62%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.48%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.86%) Power BI
2 3 (1.86%) Tableau
3 2 (1.24%) Qlik Sense
4 1 (0.62%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.62%) Power Query
4 1 (0.62%) RDBMS
4 1 (0.62%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (1.24%) Git
2 1 (0.62%) Jaeger
General
1 74 (45.96%) Social Skills
2 55 (34.16%) Retail
3 35 (21.74%) Banking
4 12 (7.45%) Finance
5 11 (6.83%) Marketing
6 6 (3.73%) Analytical Skills
7 5 (3.11%) Billing
7 5 (3.11%) Legal
8 4 (2.48%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (2.48%) Law
9 3 (1.86%) Local Government
9 3 (1.86%) Military
9 3 (1.86%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (1.86%) Telecoms
10 2 (1.24%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.24%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.62%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.62%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.62%) Public Sector
11 1 (0.62%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 59 (36.65%) Senior
2 46 (28.57%) Account Manager
3 45 (27.95%) Sales Manager
4 44 (27.33%) Sales Account Manager
4 44 (27.33%) Senior Account Manager
4 44 (27.33%) Senior Manager
4 44 (27.33%) Senior Sales Manager
5 27 (16.77%) Lecturer
6 6 (3.73%) Account Executive
6 6 (3.73%) Analyst
6 6 (3.73%) Data Scientist
6 6 (3.73%) Support Engineer
7 5 (3.11%) IT Support
7 5 (3.11%) Project Manager
8 4 (2.48%) Business Developer
8 4 (2.48%) Cybersecurity Manager
8 4 (2.48%) Developer
8 4 (2.48%) IT Engineer
8 4 (2.48%) Security Manager
8 4 (2.48%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.48%) .NET
1 4 (2.48%) .NET Framework
2 2 (1.24%) Jinja
2 2 (1.24%) NETCONF
2 2 (1.24%) YANG
3 1 (0.62%) EDI
3 1 (0.62%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (0.62%) Framer.js
3 1 (0.62%) NumPy
3 1 (0.62%) OpenTelemetry
3 1 (0.62%) Pandas
3 1 (0.62%) PyTorch
3 1 (0.62%) scikit-learn
3 1 (0.62%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 41 (25.47%) Onboarding
2 32 (19.88%) IoT
3 16 (9.94%) Driving Licence
4 7 (4.35%) Blog
5 4 (2.48%) Mobile App
5 4 (2.48%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (1.86%) iPad
6 3 (1.86%) iPhone
6 3 (1.86%) Podcast
6 3 (1.86%) Security Posture
7 2 (1.24%) AI Agents
7 2 (1.24%) e-Learning
7 2 (1.24%) PMI
7 2 (1.24%) Social Media
7 2 (1.24%) Video Conferencing
8 1 (0.62%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.62%) Animation
8 1 (0.62%) CCTV
8 1 (0.62%) Derivative
8 1 (0.62%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 7 (4.35%) Apple iOS
2 4 (2.48%) Android
3 2 (1.24%) Linux
3 2 (1.24%) Windows
4 1 (0.62%) Debian
4 1 (0.62%) OpenWrt
4 1 (0.62%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (32.30%) B2B
2 51 (31.68%) Customer Service
3 50 (31.06%) AI
4 41 (25.47%) Cybersecurity
5 36 (22.36%) Machine Learning
6 34 (21.12%) User Experience
6 34 (21.12%) Web Development
7 19 (11.80%) Problem-Solving
8 14 (8.70%) Continuous Improvement
9 10 (6.21%) Data Science
10 9 (5.59%) Project Delivery
10 9 (5.59%) Visualisation
11 8 (4.97%) CRM
11 8 (4.97%) Incident Response
11 8 (4.97%) ITIL
12 7 (4.35%) Customer Experience
12 7 (4.35%) Service Delivery
13 6 (3.73%) Agile
13 6 (3.73%) Mathematics
13 6 (3.73%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (6.21%) Python
2 3 (1.86%) SQL
3 2 (1.24%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.62%) Bash
4 1 (0.62%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (0.62%) Go
4 1 (0.62%) Java
4 1 (0.62%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.62%) R
4 1 (0.62%) VB
Qualifications
1 51 (31.68%) Degree
2 35 (21.74%) PhD
3 33 (20.50%) Postgraduate
4 32 (19.88%) Master's Degree
5 15 (9.32%) Security Cleared
6 8 (4.97%) BPSS Clearance
6 8 (4.97%) SC Cleared
7 6 (3.73%) DV Cleared
8 3 (1.86%) CEH
8 3 (1.86%) CompTIA CySA+
8 3 (1.86%) CompTIA Security+
8 3 (1.86%) PMI Certification
9 2 (1.24%) CISM
9 2 (1.24%) CISSP
9 2 (1.24%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (1.24%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (1.24%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.62%) Chartered Engineer
10 1 (0.62%) NVQ Level 3
10 1 (0.62%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.97%) Cyber Essentials
2 7 (4.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (3.73%) NIST
4 5 (3.11%) NEBOSH
4 5 (3.11%) QA
5 4 (2.48%) SLA
5 4 (2.48%) SOC 2
6 3 (1.86%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 3 (1.86%) GDPR
6 3 (1.86%) PCI DSS
7 2 (1.24%) COBIT
8 1 (0.62%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.62%) GRC
8 1 (0.62%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.62%) P3O
8 1 (0.62%) PMO
System Software
1 3 (1.86%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.62%) Docker
2 1 (0.62%) iptables
Systems Management
1 6 (3.73%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (1.86%) Jamf Pro
2 3 (1.86%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (1.24%) Ansible
3 2 (1.24%) CASB
4 1 (0.62%) Argo
4 1 (0.62%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.62%) Kustomize
4 1 (0.62%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.62%) Terraform
Vendors
1 15 (9.32%) Microsoft
2 6 (3.73%) Cisco
3 3 (1.86%) Apple
3 3 (1.86%) Okta
4 2 (1.24%) Citrix
4 2 (1.24%) Fortinet
4 2 (1.24%) Google
4 2 (1.24%) HP
4 2 (1.24%) Meraki
4 2 (1.24%) Salesforce
4 2 (1.24%) Tenable
5 1 (0.62%) DocuSign
5 1 (0.62%) MikroTik