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 31 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 60 38 27
Rank change year-on-year -22 -11 +41
Permanent jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 221 184 504
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 2.54% 5.37% 5.98%
As % of the General category 5.79% 8.49% 12.32%
Number of salaries quoted 114 49 93
10th Percentile £29,000 £26,250 £30,279
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £42,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +35.29% -15.00% -2.91%
75th Percentile £71,563 £58,035 £62,500
90th Percentile £76,101 £82,500 £75,170
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £56,532
% change year-on-year - -2.71% -19.24%

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 3,819 2,168 4,091
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 43.91% 63.23% 48.53%
Number of salaries quoted 2,245 1,314 2,648
10th Percentile £28,250 £26,250 £27,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £64,500 £63,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £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 31 July 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 31 July 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 +21 83 £40,000 -0.62% 28
Gloucestershire -37 59 £58,497 +37.64% 18
Somerset -18 38 £57,500 +51.32% 11
Wiltshire -9 19 £57,500 +4.55% 6
Dorset -31 15 £34,500 -1.43% 12
Devon -22 4 £38,000 - 11
Cornwall - 2 £54,498 - 2
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 17 (7.69%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (2.71%) Confluence
3 5 (2.26%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.90%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 20 (9.05%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (4.07%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (2.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.81%) Adobe After Effects
4 4 (1.81%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 4 (1.81%) Adobe Illustrator
4 4 (1.81%) InDesign
4 4 (1.81%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.45%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.45%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.45%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.45%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 1 (0.45%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 45 (20.36%) Azure
2 25 (11.31%) Azure DevOps
3 18 (8.14%) GitHub
4 14 (6.33%) Azure Key Vault
4 14 (6.33%) Azure Monitor
4 14 (6.33%) IaaS
4 14 (6.33%) PaaS
5 13 (5.88%) Serverless
6 12 (5.43%) AWS
6 12 (5.43%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 12 (5.43%) Azure Functions
7 8 (3.62%) Entra ID
8 7 (3.17%) Microsoft 365
9 5 (2.26%) GCP
9 5 (2.26%) Power Platform
10 4 (1.81%) Figma
11 3 (1.36%) Azure Logic Apps
11 3 (1.36%) GitHub Actions
11 3 (1.36%) Microsoft Copilot
12 2 (0.90%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 17 (7.69%) VPN
2 14 (6.33%) Firewall
3 9 (4.07%) Network Security
4 8 (3.62%) LAN
4 8 (3.62%) WAN
5 7 (3.17%) Internet
5 7 (3.17%) Wi-Fi
6 4 (1.81%) VLAN
7 3 (1.36%) DNS
8 2 (0.90%) DHCP
9 1 (0.45%) BGP
9 1 (0.45%) Ethernet
9 1 (0.45%) RS-422
9 1 (0.45%) SD-WAN
9 1 (0.45%) SSL
9 1 (0.45%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (6.79%) Azure SQL Database
2 8 (3.62%) Geospatial Data
3 3 (1.36%) Metadata
3 3 (1.36%) Power BI
4 2 (0.90%) Big Data
4 2 (0.90%) GIS
4 2 (0.90%) Hadoop
5 1 (0.45%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.45%) MariaDB
5 1 (0.45%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.45%) Pinecone
5 1 (0.45%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.45%) SQLite
5 1 (0.45%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 19 (8.60%) Git
2 8 (3.62%) JIRA
3 6 (2.71%) MSI
4 4 (1.81%) Jenkins
5 3 (1.36%) GitLab
5 3 (1.36%) Rational DOORS
6 2 (0.90%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.90%) JMeter
6 2 (0.90%) REST Assured
6 2 (0.90%) Selenium
General
1 90 (40.72%) Social Skills
2 44 (19.91%) Finance
3 27 (12.22%) Law
3 27 (12.22%) Legal
4 16 (7.24%) Aerospace
5 15 (6.79%) Marketing
6 11 (4.98%) Analytical Skills
6 11 (4.98%) Organisational Skills
6 11 (4.98%) Public Sector
7 9 (4.07%) Aviation
7 9 (4.07%) Local Government
8 8 (3.62%) Digital Health
9 7 (3.17%) Influencing Skills
10 6 (2.71%) Avionics
10 6 (2.71%) Banking
10 6 (2.71%) Military
10 6 (2.71%) Retail
11 4 (1.81%) Multimedia
12 3 (1.36%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.90%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 46 (20.81%) Architect
2 36 (16.29%) Senior
3 25 (11.31%) Solutions Architect
4 22 (9.95%) Analyst
5 12 (5.43%) Infrastructure Analyst
5 12 (5.43%) Programmer
6 10 (4.52%) Developer
7 9 (4.07%) Enterprise Architect
8 8 (3.62%) Data Scientist
9 7 (3.17%) Administrator
9 7 (3.17%) Lead
9 7 (3.17%) Principal Engineer
9 7 (3.17%) Security Specialist
10 6 (2.71%) Cybersecurity Specialist
10 6 (2.71%) Development Manager
10 6 (2.71%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 6 (2.71%) Sales Executive
10 6 (2.71%) Senior Analyst
10 6 (2.71%) Senior Infrastructure Analyst
10 6 (2.71%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (4.98%) .NET
1 11 (4.98%) RESTful
2 10 (4.52%) CSS
2 10 (4.52%) HTML
3 8 (3.62%) GeoJSON
4 6 (2.71%) .NET Core
4 6 (2.71%) .NET Framework
4 6 (2.71%) ATL
4 6 (2.71%) COM
4 6 (2.71%) CSS3
4 6 (2.71%) HTML5
4 6 (2.71%) MFC
4 6 (2.71%) REST
4 6 (2.71%) WPF
5 5 (2.26%) EDI
5 5 (2.26%) React
6 4 (1.81%) AngularJS
7 3 (1.36%) Node.js
7 3 (1.36%) Spring Boot
7 3 (1.36%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 30 (13.57%) Cyberattack
2 25 (11.31%) Driving Licence
3 16 (7.24%) Onboarding
3 16 (7.24%) Self-Motivation
4 14 (6.33%) Security Posture
5 13 (5.88%) Cloud Native
6 12 (5.43%) Podcast
6 12 (5.43%) Public Cloud
7 10 (4.52%) Data Centre
8 6 (2.71%) Product Ownership
9 5 (2.26%) Legacy Systems
9 5 (2.26%) Replication
9 5 (2.26%) Social Media
10 4 (1.81%) Digital Media
10 4 (1.81%) Graphic Design
11 3 (1.36%) Algorithms
12 2 (0.90%) Enterprise Software
12 2 (0.90%) FMCG
13 1 (0.45%) Robotics
13 1 (0.45%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 29 (13.12%) Windows
2 12 (5.43%) VMS
3 5 (2.26%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.81%) Windows 10
5 3 (1.36%) Linux
6 1 (0.45%) Solaris
6 1 (0.45%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (24.43%) AI
2 42 (19.00%) Problem-Solving
3 41 (18.55%) DevOps
4 39 (17.65%) Agile
5 33 (14.93%) TOGAF
6 32 (14.48%) CI/CD
7 25 (11.31%) Time Management
8 24 (10.86%) Infrastructure as Code
8 24 (10.86%) ITIL
8 24 (10.86%) Stakeholder Management
9 23 (10.41%) Line Management
10 22 (9.95%) Continuous Improvement
11 21 (9.50%) DevSecOps
12 20 (9.05%) Analytics
12 20 (9.05%) Mentoring
13 19 (8.60%) Decision-Making
14 18 (8.14%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
15 17 (7.69%) Observability
15 17 (7.69%) Root Cause Analysis
16 16 (7.24%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 26 (11.76%) Python
2 20 (9.05%) Bicep
2 20 (9.05%) SQL
3 14 (6.33%) PowerShell
4 12 (5.43%) Bash
4 12 (5.43%) Kusto Query Language
5 9 (4.07%) C#
5 9 (4.07%) JavaScript
6 7 (3.17%) TypeScript
7 5 (2.26%) Java
8 3 (1.36%) C++
9 2 (0.90%) MATLAB
10 1 (0.45%) Ada
10 1 (0.45%) Ada 95
10 1 (0.45%) C
10 1 (0.45%) Go
10 1 (0.45%) Ladder Logic
10 1 (0.45%) Rust
10 1 (0.45%) Scala
Qualifications
1 42 (19.00%) Degree
2 34 (15.38%) Security Cleared
3 25 (11.31%) SC Cleared
4 18 (8.14%) Azure Certification
5 14 (6.33%) Microsoft Certification
6 13 (5.88%) DV Cleared
7 8 (3.62%) DBS Check
8 7 (3.17%) BPSS Clearance
9 6 (2.71%) Chartered Engineer
10 4 (1.81%) PhD
10 4 (1.81%) Postgraduate
11 2 (0.90%) AAT
11 2 (0.90%) ACCA
11 2 (0.90%) AWS Certification
11 2 (0.90%) CIMA
11 2 (0.90%) CompTIA Security+
11 2 (0.90%) Computer Science Degree
11 2 (0.90%) ISTQB
11 2 (0.90%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.90%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (12.22%) NIST
2 16 (7.24%) Accessibility
3 12 (5.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (4.98%) WCAG
5 10 (4.52%) Cyber Essentials
6 8 (3.62%) GRC
6 8 (3.62%) NCSC
6 8 (3.62%) SLA
7 5 (2.26%) QA
8 4 (1.81%) GDPR
9 3 (1.36%) ARP4761
9 3 (1.36%) DO-160
10 2 (0.90%) ARP4754
10 2 (0.90%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 2 (0.90%) DO-254
11 1 (0.45%) Data Quality
11 1 (0.45%) MIL-STD-1553
System Software
1 19 (8.60%) Active Directory
2 14 (6.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (5.88%) Docker
4 12 (5.43%) Virtual Desktop
4 12 (5.43%) vSphere
5 3 (1.36%) BitLocker
6 2 (0.90%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 25 (11.31%) Terraform
2 14 (6.33%) Kubernetes
3 5 (2.26%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (1.36%) SCCM
5 1 (0.45%) Ansible
5 1 (0.45%) Functional Safety
5 1 (0.45%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 55 (24.89%) Microsoft
2 14 (6.33%) VMware
3 12 (5.43%) ScienceLogic
4 7 (3.17%) Cisco
5 5 (2.26%) Adobe
6 4 (1.81%) HP
6 4 (1.81%) Meraki
7 3 (1.36%) Anaplan
7 3 (1.36%) Fortinet
7 3 (1.36%) OneLogin
8 2 (0.90%) Dell
8 2 (0.90%) Oracle
9 1 (0.45%) Apple
9 1 (0.45%) Google
9 1 (0.45%) HubSpot
9 1 (0.45%) IFS
9 1 (0.45%) OpenAI
9 1 (0.45%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.45%) Siemens