Inclusion and Diversity Contracts

Inclusion and Diversity
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Inclusion and Diversity in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Inclusion and Diversity over the 6 months to 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 161 210 444
Rank change year-on-year +49 +234 +197
Contract jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 663 716 481
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.55% 1.27% 0.55%
As % of the General category 2.68% 2.17% 0.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 473 469 358
10th Percentile £400 £453 £425
25th Percentile £505 £550 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% +15.00%
75th Percentile £700 £700 £650
90th Percentile £780 £765 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £509 £526
% change year-on-year -1.72% -3.28% +11.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 5 2
10th Percentile £11.36 - £48.15
25th Percentile £12.27 £13.31 £49.13
Median hourly rate £21.64 £39.00 £52.00
Median % change year-on-year -44.51% -25.00% +154.68%
75th Percentile £47.50 £40.75 £53.63
90th Percentile £57.50 £60.70 £53.85
UK excluding London median hourly rate £17.60 £13.88 £52.00
% change year-on-year +26.85% -73.32% +154.68%

All General Skills
UK

Inclusion and Diversity is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 24,705 32,951 49,994
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 57.69% 58.56% 56.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,577 22,850 34,658
10th Percentile £275 £313 £323
25th Percentile £413 £440 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £769 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,967 996 1,421
10th Percentile £12.77 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.50 £17.60 £15.00
Median hourly rate £30.00 £32.40 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +44.00% +2.27%
75th Percentile £52.50 £61.25 £47.25
90th Percentile £66.84 £72.50 £59.38
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.13 £27.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year +2.27% +41.03% +0.52%

Inclusion and Diversity
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Inclusion and Diversity as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Inclusion and Diversity in the UK

Inclusion and Diversity
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity.

Daily rate trend for Inclusion and Diversity in the UK

Inclusion and Diversity
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Inclusion and Diversity in the UK

Inclusion and Diversity
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity.

Hourly rate trend for Inclusion and Diversity in the UK

Inclusion and Diversity
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Inclusion and Diversity in the UK

Inclusion and Diversity
Top 17 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity within the UK over the 6 months to 28 May 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +28 572 £610 +1.67% 1,394
London -5 396 £615 +2.50% 469
Work from Home +62 255 £600 - 671
UK excluding London +149 219 £500 -1.72% 1,034
Midlands +76 63 £550 -4.35% 169
West Midlands +57 59 £575 - 129
South East +35 57 £400 -37.25% 280
North of England +53 34 £480 -0.72% 218
Scotland +46 34 £388 -15.76% 119
South West +12 15 £650 +18.18% 130
North West +33 14 £538 +7.50% 125
Yorkshire +24 11 £480 -21.12% 60
North East +18 9 - - 38
East of England +13 7 £675 +33.66% 94
Wales - 7 £501 - 28
Northern Ireland +8 4 - - 23
East Midlands - 4 £538 - 40

Inclusion and Diversity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 11 (1.66%) SharePoint
2 7 (1.06%) SAS
3 5 (0.75%) CMS
4 4 (0.60%) Apache Spark
4 4 (0.60%) Drupal
5 3 (0.45%) Confluence
5 3 (0.45%) nginx
6 2 (0.30%) Mendix
7 1 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.15%) Ethereum
7 1 (0.15%) GeoServer
7 1 (0.15%) Hyperledger
7 1 (0.15%) IBM Domino
7 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.15%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.15%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 24 (3.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (3.17%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (1.36%) Microsoft Project
4 6 (0.90%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.45%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.15%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.15%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.15%) CANalyzer
6 1 (0.15%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.15%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 8 (1.21%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.90%) ION MarketView
3 5 (0.75%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (0.45%) Exstream
5 2 (0.30%) Markit EDM
5 2 (0.30%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.30%) thinkFolio
5 2 (0.30%) Workday HCM
6 1 (0.15%) Aladdin
6 1 (0.15%) HealthRoster
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.15%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.15%) PeopleSoft HCM
6 1 (0.15%) SAP CX
6 1 (0.15%) SAP Hybris
6 1 (0.15%) SAP SD
6 1 (0.15%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 83 (12.52%) AWS
2 59 (8.90%) Azure
3 32 (4.83%) Power Platform
4 21 (3.17%) Microsoft 365
5 13 (1.96%) GCP
6 10 (1.51%) Boomi
6 10 (1.51%) Cloud Computing
6 10 (1.51%) Serverless
6 10 (1.51%) Snowflake
7 9 (1.36%) GitHub
8 7 (1.06%) AWS Lambda
9 6 (0.90%) Entra ID
9 6 (0.90%) Power Automate
10 5 (0.75%) Azure DevOps
10 5 (0.75%) BrowserStack
10 5 (0.75%) IaaS
10 5 (0.75%) PaaS
11 4 (0.60%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 4 (0.60%) Amazon ECS
12 3 (0.45%) AWS Elastic Beanstalk
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.51%) Firewall
2 8 (1.21%) WAN
3 7 (1.06%) Kerberos
4 6 (0.90%) LAN
5 5 (0.75%) Radio Access Network
5 5 (0.75%) SSL
5 5 (0.75%) VPN
6 4 (0.60%) Ethernet
6 4 (0.60%) Network Security
7 3 (0.45%) 2G
7 3 (0.45%) 3G
7 3 (0.45%) 4G
7 3 (0.45%) ATM
7 3 (0.45%) BIG-IP
7 3 (0.45%) Cisco ASA
7 3 (0.45%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
7 3 (0.45%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
7 3 (0.45%) SDH
7 3 (0.45%) WLAN
8 2 (0.30%) WinSCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (4.83%) Power BI
2 19 (2.87%) Data Warehouse
3 11 (1.66%) NoSQL
4 10 (1.51%) MySQL
5 9 (1.36%) MongoDB
5 9 (1.36%) PostgreSQL
6 8 (1.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 7 (1.06%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 6 (0.90%) Crystal Reports
8 6 (0.90%) KDB
9 5 (0.75%) Data Vault
9 5 (0.75%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 4 (0.60%) Data Lake
10 4 (0.60%) GIS
10 4 (0.60%) SAP HANA
10 4 (0.60%) Star Schema
11 3 (0.45%) Apache Cassandra
11 3 (0.45%) CockroachDB
11 3 (0.45%) SQL Server
11 3 (0.45%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 18 (2.71%) JIRA
2 10 (1.51%) GitLab
2 10 (1.51%) Jenkins
3 8 (1.21%) Cypress.io
3 8 (1.21%) Selenium
4 7 (1.06%) SpecFlow
5 4 (0.60%) CircleCI
5 4 (0.60%) GCC
5 4 (0.60%) Git
6 3 (0.45%) Cucumber
6 3 (0.45%) Gradle
6 3 (0.45%) JMeter
6 3 (0.45%) Maven
7 2 (0.30%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (0.30%) TeamCity
7 2 (0.30%) webpack
8 1 (0.15%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 1 (0.15%) TestComplete
8 1 (0.15%) Visual Studio Team System
8 1 (0.15%) VisualWorks
General
1 181 (27.30%) Finance
2 180 (27.15%) Social Skills
3 40 (6.03%) Analytical Skills
4 32 (4.83%) Telecoms
5 29 (4.37%) Public Sector
6 26 (3.92%) Law
7 24 (3.62%) Banking
8 19 (2.87%) Marketing
9 14 (2.11%) Legal
10 13 (1.96%) Influencing Skills
11 9 (1.36%) Presentation Skills
12 8 (1.21%) Front Office
13 7 (1.06%) Manufacturing
14 5 (0.75%) Advertising
14 5 (0.75%) Aviation
14 5 (0.75%) Electronics
14 5 (0.75%) Investment Banking
14 5 (0.75%) Publishing
14 5 (0.75%) Retail
15 3 (0.45%) Police
Job Titles
1 159 (23.98%) Analyst
2 93 (14.03%) Business Analyst
3 74 (11.16%) Developer
4 69 (10.41%) Senior
5 67 (10.11%) Project Manager
6 55 (8.30%) Architect
7 46 (6.94%) Lead
8 36 (5.43%) Insurance Business Analyst
9 35 (5.28%) Solutions Architect
10 29 (4.37%) Consultant
11 25 (3.77%) Senior Analyst
12 22 (3.32%) Change Manager
12 22 (3.32%) Software Engineer
13 20 (3.02%) Data Analyst
14 18 (2.71%) Full Stack Engineer
15 17 (2.56%) Senior Business Analyst
16 14 (2.11%) Java Developer
17 13 (1.96%) Senior Manager
18 12 (1.81%) IT Manager
18 12 (1.81%) Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (3.02%) AngularJS
2 17 (2.56%) Spring
3 16 (2.41%) React
3 16 (2.41%) REST
4 15 (2.26%) Spring Boot
5 13 (1.96%) HTML
6 12 (1.81%) CSS
6 12 (1.81%) JPA
7 9 (1.36%) Node.js
8 8 (1.21%) .NET
8 8 (1.21%) EDI
8 8 (1.21%) JSON
9 7 (1.06%) KnockoutJS
9 7 (1.06%) RESTful
10 5 (0.75%) JWT
10 5 (0.75%) Kafka
10 5 (0.75%) Next.js
11 4 (0.60%) Catalyst
11 4 (0.60%) http4s
11 4 (0.60%) LLVM
Miscellaneous
1 25 (3.77%) Management Information System
2 24 (3.62%) Reinsurance
3 21 (3.17%) Product Ownership
4 14 (2.11%) Distributed Systems
4 14 (2.11%) Public Cloud
5 12 (1.81%) Onboarding
6 10 (1.51%) NHS
7 9 (1.36%) Analytical Mindset
7 9 (1.36%) Legacy Systems
7 9 (1.36%) Self-Motivation
8 8 (1.21%) Smartphone
9 6 (0.90%) CSOC
9 6 (0.90%) Enterprise Software
9 6 (0.90%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 5 (0.75%) Data Centre
10 5 (0.75%) PKI
10 5 (0.75%) Virtual Team
11 4 (0.60%) DTCC
11 4 (0.60%) FMCG
11 4 (0.60%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 19 (2.87%) Windows
2 13 (1.96%) Unix
3 12 (1.81%) Linux
4 5 (0.75%) Windows 10
5 4 (0.60%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.15%) Android
6 1 (0.15%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 162 (24.43%) Agile
2 72 (10.86%) Stakeholder Management
3 61 (9.20%) Migration
4 60 (9.05%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 59 (8.90%) Problem-Solving
6 58 (8.75%) Project Management
7 46 (6.94%) CI/CD
8 44 (6.64%) Software Engineering
9 42 (6.33%) Analytics
10 38 (5.73%) Roadmaps
11 37 (5.58%) Business Intelligence
11 37 (5.58%) SDLC
12 34 (5.13%) Mentoring
13 33 (4.98%) Change Management
13 33 (4.98%) Test Automation
14 32 (4.83%) Cybersecurity
14 32 (4.83%) DevOps
15 30 (4.52%) Full Stack Development
15 30 (4.52%) Microservices
16 28 (4.22%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 71 (10.71%) SQL
2 52 (7.84%) Java
3 33 (4.98%) Python
4 24 (3.62%) TypeScript
5 22 (3.32%) C#
6 19 (2.87%) JavaScript
7 9 (1.36%) PowerShell
8 6 (0.90%) PHP
8 6 (0.90%) Scala
9 5 (0.75%) Perl
10 4 (0.60%) C
10 4 (0.60%) C++
10 4 (0.60%) Ruby
11 3 (0.45%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.30%) Bash
12 2 (0.30%) Go
12 2 (0.30%) VBA
13 1 (0.15%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 1 (0.15%) Solidity
13 1 (0.15%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 50 (7.54%) Degree
2 29 (4.37%) Security Cleared
3 20 (3.02%) SC Cleared
4 11 (1.66%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (1.36%) DV Cleared
6 6 (0.90%) CISSP
6 6 (0.90%) PhD
7 5 (0.75%) CISM
8 4 (0.60%) Azure Certification
8 4 (0.60%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (0.60%) DBS Check
9 3 (0.45%) APMP
9 3 (0.45%) CCNA
9 3 (0.45%) CCNP
9 3 (0.45%) CISA
9 3 (0.45%) HNC
9 3 (0.45%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (0.45%) NVQ Level 4
9 3 (0.45%) Postgraduate
10 2 (0.30%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (3.47%) QA
2 18 (2.71%) Accessibility
3 17 (2.56%) GDPR
4 12 (1.81%) PMO
5 11 (1.66%) Data Quality
6 9 (1.36%) NIST
7 8 (1.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 8 (1.21%) SLA
8 7 (1.06%) PCI DSS
9 5 (0.75%) NCSC
10 4 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials
10 4 (0.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (0.45%) P3O
12 2 (0.30%) Disclosure Scotland
12 2 (0.30%) GRC
12 2 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 1 (0.15%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 1 (0.15%) IFRS
13 1 (0.15%) IFRS 17
13 1 (0.15%) SOC 2
System Software
1 8 (1.21%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.06%) Docker
3 4 (0.60%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.30%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.15%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.15%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 16 (2.41%) Terraform
2 12 (1.81%) Grafana
3 10 (1.51%) Kubernetes
4 7 (1.06%) Ansible
5 6 (0.90%) SCCM
6 5 (0.75%) Prometheus
7 4 (0.60%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.30%) Puppet
9 1 (0.15%) Argo
9 1 (0.15%) Functional Safety
9 1 (0.15%) Kibana
9 1 (0.15%) logstash
9 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.15%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 59 (8.90%) Microsoft
2 12 (1.81%) BT
2 12 (1.81%) SAP
3 11 (1.66%) IFS
3 11 (1.66%) Okta
4 10 (1.51%) Google
4 10 (1.51%) VMware
5 9 (1.36%) Cisco
5 9 (1.36%) ServiceNow
6 7 (1.06%) Oracle
7 6 (0.90%) Atlassian
7 6 (0.90%) F5
7 6 (0.90%) Guidewire
7 6 (0.90%) ION Trading
8 5 (0.75%) CA
8 5 (0.75%) Palo Alto
8 5 (0.75%) Salesforce
8 5 (0.75%) Veeam
9 4 (0.60%) Fortinet
9 4 (0.60%) Juniper