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 18 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 63 22 68
Rank change year-on-year -41 +46 -48
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 151 247 301
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 2.36% 8.69% 3.93%
As % of the General category 5.65% 12.75% 7.15%
Number of salaries quoted 84 26 102
10th Percentile - £29,750 £28,100
25th Percentile £27,707 £41,563 £37,199
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,000 £50,999 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -39.21% -2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £54,375 £77,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £82,500 £74,776
England median annual salary £52,500 £59,430 £54,700
% change year-on-year -11.66% +8.65% -21.86%

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 2,673 1,937 4,210
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 41.69% 68.13% 54.98%
Number of salaries quoted 1,647 1,025 3,194
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,600 £26,575
25th Percentile £31,250 £39,878 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £47,557
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +15.65% -4.89%
75th Percentile £62,500 £69,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -12.90%

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 18 March 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 18 March 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 - 35 £27,707 - 4
Bristol -2 29 £40,000 -50.00% 21
Devon -3 21 £32,000 - 4
Somerset -30 21 £31,250 -26.47% 6
Gloucestershire -43 21 £48,373 -36.77% 24
Wiltshire -5 15 £60,000 +33.33% 12
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 (1.99%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.32%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.66%) Drupal
3 1 (0.66%) WordPress
Applications
1 8 (5.30%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (4.64%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (2.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.66%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.66%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.66%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 32 (21.19%) Cloud Computing
2 14 (9.27%) Azure
3 6 (3.97%) Entra ID
3 6 (3.97%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (3.31%) AWS
5 2 (1.32%) Azure Sentinel
5 2 (1.32%) Power Platform
6 1 (0.66%) Asana
6 1 (0.66%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (0.66%) Figma
6 1 (0.66%) Google Analytics
6 1 (0.66%) OneDrive
6 1 (0.66%) Power Automate
6 1 (0.66%) Pulumi
6 1 (0.66%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 32 (21.19%) Internet
2 9 (5.96%) VPN
3 7 (4.64%) Firewall
4 6 (3.97%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (2.65%) LAN
5 4 (2.65%) Network Security
5 4 (2.65%) WAN
6 3 (1.99%) BGP
6 3 (1.99%) Broadband
7 2 (1.32%) 4G
7 2 (1.32%) Cisco IOS
7 2 (1.32%) DHCP
7 2 (1.32%) DNS
7 2 (1.32%) Ethernet VPN
7 2 (1.32%) IOS XR
7 2 (1.32%) MPLS
7 2 (1.32%) VLAN
8 1 (0.66%) Modbus
8 1 (0.66%) RS-485
8 1 (0.66%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.65%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.32%) Power BI
2 2 (1.32%) Tableau
3 1 (0.66%) NoSQL
3 1 (0.66%) Power Query
3 1 (0.66%) Qlik Sense
3 1 (0.66%) RDBMS
3 1 (0.66%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (1.32%) Git
2 1 (0.66%) Jaeger
General
1 74 (49.01%) Social Skills
2 40 (26.49%) Retail
3 35 (23.18%) Banking
4 13 (8.61%) Finance
5 12 (7.95%) Marketing
6 6 (3.97%) Legal
7 5 (3.31%) Analytical Skills
7 5 (3.31%) Billing
7 5 (3.31%) Influencing Skills
7 5 (3.31%) Military
8 4 (2.65%) Law
9 3 (1.99%) Local Government
9 3 (1.99%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (1.99%) Telecoms
10 2 (1.32%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.32%) Electronics
10 2 (1.32%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.66%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.66%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.66%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 48 (31.79%) Senior
2 32 (21.19%) Account Manager
3 31 (20.53%) Sales Manager
4 30 (19.87%) Sales Account Manager
4 30 (19.87%) Senior Account Manager
4 30 (19.87%) Senior Manager
4 30 (19.87%) Senior Sales Manager
5 27 (17.88%) Lecturer
6 8 (5.30%) Data Scientist
7 6 (3.97%) Support Engineer
8 5 (3.31%) Analyst
8 5 (3.31%) Project Manager
9 4 (2.65%) Administrator
9 4 (2.65%) Business Developer
9 4 (2.65%) Cybersecurity Manager
9 4 (2.65%) Developer
9 4 (2.65%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 4 (2.65%) Security Manager
9 4 (2.65%) Senior Developer
9 4 (2.65%) Software Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.65%) .NET
1 4 (2.65%) .NET Framework
2 2 (1.32%) Jinja
2 2 (1.32%) NETCONF
2 2 (1.32%) YANG
3 1 (0.66%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (0.66%) Framer.js
3 1 (0.66%) NumPy
3 1 (0.66%) OpenTelemetry
3 1 (0.66%) Pandas
3 1 (0.66%) PyTorch
3 1 (0.66%) scikit-learn
3 1 (0.66%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 32 (21.19%) IoT
2 26 (17.22%) Onboarding
3 14 (9.27%) Driving Licence
4 7 (4.64%) Blog
5 4 (2.65%) Mobile App
5 4 (2.65%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (1.99%) iPad
6 3 (1.99%) iPhone
6 3 (1.99%) Podcast
6 3 (1.99%) Security Posture
7 2 (1.32%) AI Agents
7 2 (1.32%) Cyberattack
7 2 (1.32%) PMI
7 2 (1.32%) Social Media
8 1 (0.66%) Algorithms
8 1 (0.66%) Animation
8 1 (0.66%) CCTV
8 1 (0.66%) Derivative
8 1 (0.66%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.31%) Apple iOS
2 3 (1.99%) Windows
3 2 (1.32%) Android
3 2 (1.32%) Linux
4 1 (0.66%) Debian
4 1 (0.66%) OpenWrt
4 1 (0.66%) Unix
4 1 (0.66%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (37.09%) AI
2 42 (27.81%) Cybersecurity
3 38 (25.17%) B2B
3 38 (25.17%) Customer Service
4 37 (24.50%) Machine Learning
5 34 (22.52%) User Experience
5 34 (22.52%) Web Development
6 19 (12.58%) Problem-Solving
7 14 (9.27%) Continuous Improvement
8 12 (7.95%) Data Science
9 10 (6.62%) CRM
9 10 (6.62%) ITIL
9 10 (6.62%) Visualisation
10 9 (5.96%) Customer Experience
10 9 (5.96%) Project Delivery
11 8 (5.30%) Incident Response
11 8 (5.30%) Mathematics
12 7 (4.64%) Mentoring
12 7 (4.64%) Stakeholder Management
13 6 (3.97%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 12 (7.95%) Python
2 3 (1.99%) SQL
3 2 (1.32%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.66%) Bash
4 1 (0.66%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (0.66%) Go
4 1 (0.66%) Java
4 1 (0.66%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.66%) R
4 1 (0.66%) VB
Qualifications
1 54 (35.76%) Degree
2 36 (23.84%) PhD
3 33 (21.85%) Postgraduate
4 32 (21.19%) Master's Degree
5 17 (11.26%) Security Cleared
6 8 (5.30%) BPSS Clearance
6 8 (5.30%) DV Cleared
6 8 (5.30%) SC Cleared
7 4 (2.65%) CompTIA Security+
8 3 (1.99%) CEH
8 3 (1.99%) CompTIA CySA+
8 3 (1.99%) PMI Certification
9 2 (1.32%) CISM
9 2 (1.32%) CISSP
9 2 (1.32%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (1.32%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (1.32%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.66%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.66%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
10 1 (0.66%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (6.62%) Cyber Essentials
2 9 (5.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (5.96%) NIST
3 5 (3.31%) NEBOSH
3 5 (3.31%) QA
4 4 (2.65%) GDPR
4 4 (2.65%) SLA
4 4 (2.65%) SOC 2
5 3 (1.99%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 3 (1.99%) PCI DSS
6 2 (1.32%) COBIT
6 2 (1.32%) GRC
7 1 (0.66%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 1 (0.66%) DO-254
7 1 (0.66%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.66%) P3O
7 1 (0.66%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (1.32%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.66%) Docker
2 1 (0.66%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.66%) iptables
2 1 (0.66%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (3.97%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (1.99%) Jamf Pro
2 3 (1.99%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (1.32%) Ansible
3 2 (1.32%) CASB
4 1 (0.66%) Argo
4 1 (0.66%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.66%) Kustomize
4 1 (0.66%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.66%) Terraform
Vendors
1 19 (12.58%) Microsoft
2 8 (5.30%) Cisco
3 4 (2.65%) HP
4 3 (1.99%) Apple
4 3 (1.99%) Okta
5 2 (1.32%) Citrix
5 2 (1.32%) Dell
5 2 (1.32%) Fortinet
5 2 (1.32%) Google
5 2 (1.32%) Meraki
5 2 (1.32%) Salesforce
5 2 (1.32%) Tenable
6 1 (0.66%) DocuSign
6 1 (0.66%) MikroTik
6 1 (0.66%) VMware