Inclusion and Diversity Contract Job Trends

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 cited Inclusion and Diversity over the 6 months leading up to 7 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 216 151 157
Rank change year-on-year -65 +6 +22
Contract jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 697 641 603
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.30% 1.95% 1.55%
As % of the General category 2.37% 3.08% 2.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 354 257 417
10th Percentile £306 £178 £425
25th Percentile £365 £363 £505
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £453 £465 £600
Median % change year-on-year -2.69% -22.50% -
75th Percentile £580 £625 £688
90th Percentile £675 £661 £777
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £434 £500
% change year-on-year +3.75% -13.25% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 19 8
10th Percentile £14.85 £17.48 £15.73
25th Percentile £16.43 - £20.15
Median hourly rate £20.00 £22.14 £39.61
Median % change year-on-year -9.67% -44.10% -26.83%
75th Percentile £34.44 - £47.81
90th Percentile £85.70 £37.50 £51.38
UK excluding London median hourly rate £94.75 £22.14 £17.60
% change year-on-year +327.96% +25.80% -75.17%

All General Skills
UK

Inclusion and Diversity falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring general skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 29,399 20,810 22,373
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 55.04% 63.33% 57.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,462 13,011 14,078
10th Percentile £313 £279 £288
25th Percentile £413 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £630 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £493
% change year-on-year +5.26% -3.65% -1.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,192 1,115 1,395
10th Percentile £13.99 £13.25 £14.00
25th Percentile £17.42 £16.30 £17.00
Median hourly rate £32.00 £25.15 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +27.24% -34.02% +27.07%
75th Percentile £59.50 £50.75 £57.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £70.10 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £32.50 £22.32 £38.12
% change year-on-year +45.61% -41.45% +46.90%

Inclusion and Diversity
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Inclusion and Diversity relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Inclusion and Diversity job vacancy trend in the UK

Inclusion and Diversity
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Inclusion and Diversity.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Inclusion and Diversity

Inclusion and Diversity
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity over the 6 months to 7 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Inclusion and Diversity in the UK

Inclusion and Diversity
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Inclusion and Diversity.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Inclusion and Diversity

Inclusion and Diversity
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity over the 6 months to 7 August 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Inclusion and Diversity in the UK

Inclusion and Diversity
Top 17 Contract Job 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 7 August 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -67 613 £475 -5.00% 1,853
UK excluding London -59 323 £450 +3.75% 1,036
London -59 311 £525 -4.55% 1,088
Work from Home -39 263 £525 - 778
Midlands -28 99 £525 +17.98% 121
South East -41 85 £450 -11.33% 288
West Midlands -30 76 £525 +22.09% 66
North of England -82 68 £425 +14.09% 237
North East -5 39 £425 +6.25% 39
East Midlands -14 23 £165 -63.33% 55
South West -34 22 £475 -15.56% 158
East of England -20 21 £425 +174.19% 76
Scotland -22 21 £250 -45.95% 109
North West -46 15 £518 +29.38% 126
Yorkshire -80 14 £400 +100.00% 72
Wales -7 6 £375 +13.23% 23
Northern Ireland +3 1 - - 46

Inclusion and Diversity
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 29 (4.16%) SharePoint
2 16 (2.30%) Confluence
3 12 (1.72%) Apache Airflow
3 12 (1.72%) CMS
4 11 (1.58%) Microsoft Exchange
5 9 (1.29%) Apache Spark
5 9 (1.29%) WordPress
6 6 (0.86%) Apache
7 4 (0.57%) Kentico
8 3 (0.43%) Jupyter
9 2 (0.29%) Skype for Business
10 1 (0.14%) Drupal
10 1 (0.14%) JBoss
10 1 (0.14%) SAS
10 1 (0.14%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 23 (3.30%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (2.73%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.86%) Spreadsheet
4 5 (0.72%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.43%) AutoCAD
5 3 (0.43%) Trello
6 2 (0.29%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.29%) Sketch
7 1 (0.14%) Acrobat
7 1 (0.14%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.14%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.14%) InVision
7 1 (0.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 16 (2.30%) NetSuite
2 11 (1.58%) Dynamics CRM
3 9 (1.29%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (0.72%) Sage X3
4 5 (0.72%) Salesforce CRM
4 5 (0.72%) Workday HCM
5 4 (0.57%) Dynamics NAV
5 4 (0.57%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.29%) SAP Business One
7 1 (0.14%) Advent Geneva
7 1 (0.14%) Dynamics AX
7 1 (0.14%) Hyperion Planning
7 1 (0.14%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.14%) Oracle Financials
7 1 (0.14%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.14%) SAP FI
7 1 (0.14%) SAP FS
7 1 (0.14%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 197 (28.26%) Azure
2 115 (16.50%) AWS
3 70 (10.04%) Azure DevOps
4 61 (8.75%) Power Platform
5 58 (8.32%) Microsoft 365
6 47 (6.74%) GCP
7 33 (4.73%) GitHub
8 30 (4.30%) Dynamics 365
9 27 (3.87%) Entra ID
9 27 (3.87%) Serverless
10 26 (3.73%) GitHub Actions
11 24 (3.44%) Power Automate
12 21 (3.01%) Snowflake
13 20 (2.87%) Azure Data Factory
14 17 (2.44%) dbt
15 16 (2.30%) AWS Lambda
16 15 (2.15%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 15 (2.15%) Amazon EKS
17 14 (2.01%) SaaS
18 13 (1.87%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 20 (2.87%) TCP/IP
2 15 (2.15%) Ethernet
3 12 (1.72%) DNS
3 12 (1.72%) Network Security
4 11 (1.58%) Firewall
4 11 (1.58%) Wi-Fi
5 10 (1.43%) VLAN
6 9 (1.29%) VPN
7 8 (1.15%) DHCP
7 8 (1.15%) Wireless
8 7 (1.00%) HTTP
9 6 (0.86%) Structured Cabling
9 6 (0.86%) WAN
10 5 (0.72%) SD-WAN
11 4 (0.57%) BGP
11 4 (0.57%) OSPF
12 3 (0.43%) Ethernet VPN
12 3 (0.43%) MPLS
12 3 (0.43%) SSL
12 3 (0.43%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (6.74%) Power BI
2 31 (4.45%) Data Warehouse
3 25 (3.59%) PostgreSQL
4 21 (3.01%) SQL Server
5 12 (1.72%) Metadata
6 10 (1.43%) Big Data
7 8 (1.15%) Data Lake
7 8 (1.15%) Looker
7 8 (1.15%) MongoDB
7 8 (1.15%) NoSQL
7 8 (1.15%) Snowflake Schema
8 7 (1.00%) Amazon RDS
8 7 (1.00%) Azure SQL Database
8 7 (1.00%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
8 7 (1.00%) Power Query
8 7 (1.00%) Redis
8 7 (1.00%) Relational Database
8 7 (1.00%) Tableau
9 6 (0.86%) Hadoop
10 5 (0.72%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 40 (5.74%) JIRA
2 30 (4.30%) Git
3 29 (4.16%) Jenkins
4 24 (3.44%) GitLab
5 11 (1.58%) Selenium
6 10 (1.43%) Cypress.io
6 10 (1.43%) fastlane
6 10 (1.43%) Postman
7 9 (1.29%) WebDriver
8 8 (1.15%) Cucumber
9 6 (0.86%) JMeter
9 6 (0.86%) Vite
10 5 (0.72%) Crashlytics
10 5 (0.72%) Gradle
10 5 (0.72%) JUnit
10 5 (0.72%) LoadRunner
10 5 (0.72%) Mockito
10 5 (0.72%) SonarQube
10 5 (0.72%) Visual Studio
10 5 (0.72%) Xcode
General
1 263 (37.73%) Social Skills
2 180 (25.82%) Finance
3 178 (25.54%) Public Sector
4 101 (14.49%) Analytical Skills
5 26 (3.73%) Organisational Skills
6 23 (3.30%) Presentation Skills
7 22 (3.16%) Banking
8 20 (2.87%) Influencing Skills
9 19 (2.73%) Manufacturing
10 17 (2.44%) Law
11 16 (2.30%) Legal
12 15 (2.15%) Documentation Skills
13 13 (1.87%) Marketing
14 10 (1.43%) Retail
15 9 (1.29%) Pharmaceutical
15 9 (1.29%) Telecoms
16 8 (1.15%) Local Government
17 6 (0.86%) Publishing
18 5 (0.72%) Billing
18 5 (0.72%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 99 (14.20%) Analyst
2 92 (13.20%) Developer
3 78 (11.19%) Lead
4 76 (10.90%) Senior
5 49 (7.03%) Architect
6 46 (6.60%) Consultant
7 32 (4.59%) Data Engineer
8 29 (4.16%) Data Analyst
9 28 (4.02%) Business Analyst
10 26 (3.73%) DevOps Engineer
11 23 (3.30%) IT Engineer
11 23 (3.30%) Senior Developer
12 21 (3.01%) Support Engineer
13 19 (2.73%) IT Support
14 17 (2.44%) Coordinator
14 17 (2.44%) Project Manager
15 15 (2.15%) Solutions Architect
15 15 (2.15%) Systems Engineer
15 15 (2.15%) Technical Engineer
16 14 (2.01%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (5.02%) RESTful
2 28 (4.02%) React
3 25 (3.59%) .NET
4 23 (3.30%) GraphQL
5 21 (3.01%) HTML
6 20 (2.87%) CSS
7 18 (2.58%) Kafka
7 18 (2.58%) Node.js
7 18 (2.58%) PySpark
8 17 (2.44%) REST
9 15 (2.15%) JSON
10 14 (2.01%) Django
11 12 (1.72%) Spring
11 12 (1.72%) Spring Boot
12 11 (1.58%) Gherkin
13 9 (1.29%) OAuth
13 9 (1.29%) OpenID
14 8 (1.15%) HTML5
14 8 (1.15%) OAuth2
15 7 (1.00%) CSS3
Miscellaneous
1 59 (8.46%) Onboarding
2 40 (5.74%) Cloud Native
3 37 (5.31%) Product Ownership
4 23 (3.30%) Legacy Systems
5 21 (3.01%) Distributed Systems
6 17 (2.44%) Data Centre
7 15 (2.15%) Data Structures
7 15 (2.15%) Industry 4.0
7 15 (2.15%) Robotics
8 12 (1.72%) Management Information System
9 10 (1.43%) Mobile App
10 9 (1.29%) Enterprise Software
10 9 (1.29%) Security Posture
11 7 (1.00%) EPoS
11 7 (1.00%) Virtual Team
12 6 (0.86%) Linux Command Line
12 6 (0.86%) Replication
13 5 (0.72%) Algorithms
13 5 (0.72%) Reinsurance
13 5 (0.72%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 65 (9.33%) Windows
2 17 (2.44%) Linux
2 17 (2.44%) Windows 10
2 17 (2.44%) Windows Server
3 12 (1.72%) Android
3 12 (1.72%) Apple iOS
4 7 (1.00%) Unix
5 5 (0.72%) Windows 7
6 4 (0.57%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.43%) AIX
7 3 (0.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (0.43%) Windows Server 2008
8 2 (0.29%) VMS
9 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 217 (31.13%) Agile
2 184 (26.40%) Problem-Solving
3 146 (20.95%) DevOps
4 138 (19.80%) CI/CD
5 131 (18.79%) Stakeholder Management
6 114 (16.36%) Decision-Making
7 113 (16.21%) Continuous Improvement
8 104 (14.92%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
9 99 (14.20%) Analytics
10 98 (14.06%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 89 (12.77%) AI
12 87 (12.48%) Migration
13 69 (9.90%) Infrastructure as Code
13 69 (9.90%) Test Automation
14 65 (9.33%) Mentoring
15 62 (8.90%) Validation
16 56 (8.03%) Business Intelligence
17 54 (7.75%) Data Modelling
17 54 (7.75%) Digital Transformation Programme
17 54 (7.75%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 112 (16.07%) Python
2 90 (12.91%) SQL
3 54 (7.75%) JavaScript
4 41 (5.88%) Java
5 37 (5.31%) C#
6 26 (3.73%) TypeScript
7 16 (2.30%) PowerShell
8 13 (1.87%) Bash
8 13 (1.87%) Kotlin
9 10 (1.43%) Go
9 10 (1.43%) Swift
10 9 (1.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 8 (1.15%) Bicep
12 7 (1.00%) Ruby
13 6 (0.86%) PL/SQL
14 5 (0.72%) Apex Code
14 5 (0.72%) Groovy
14 5 (0.72%) PHP
14 5 (0.72%) R
14 5 (0.72%) VBA
Qualifications
1 123 (17.65%) Security Cleared
2 115 (16.50%) SC Cleared
3 62 (8.90%) Degree
4 26 (3.73%) DBS Check
5 22 (3.16%) Azure Certification
6 21 (3.01%) BPSS Clearance
6 21 (3.01%) Microsoft Certification
7 19 (2.73%) Computer Science Degree
8 9 (1.29%) ISTQB
9 8 (1.15%) Master's Degree
10 6 (0.86%) ACCA
10 6 (0.86%) CIMA
10 6 (0.86%) ITIL Certification
11 5 (0.72%) AWS Certification
11 5 (0.72%) PMP
12 4 (0.57%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 4 (0.57%) CISSP
13 3 (0.43%) CIPD
13 3 (0.43%) CISM
13 3 (0.43%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 85 (12.20%) Accessibility
2 39 (5.60%) QA
3 37 (5.31%) Data Quality
4 36 (5.16%) WCAG
5 29 (4.16%) GDPR
6 20 (2.87%) SLA
7 15 (2.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 9 (1.29%) NCSC
8 9 (1.29%) PMO
9 7 (1.00%) Actionable Recommendations
10 6 (0.86%) Cyber Essentials
11 5 (0.72%) COBIT
11 5 (0.72%) GRC
12 3 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 3 (0.43%) NIST
13 2 (0.29%) Def Stans
13 2 (0.29%) DICOM
13 2 (0.29%) HL7
14 1 (0.14%) GxP
14 1 (0.14%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 55 (7.89%) Docker
2 46 (6.60%) Active Directory
3 11 (1.58%) Hyper-V
4 7 (1.00%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (0.72%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (0.57%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (0.43%) Firmware
7 3 (0.43%) KVM
8 2 (0.29%) Apache ZooKeeper
8 2 (0.29%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.14%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.14%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.14%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 76 (10.90%) Terraform
2 57 (8.18%) Kubernetes
3 24 (3.44%) Grafana
4 22 (3.16%) Prometheus
5 16 (2.30%) Ansible
5 16 (2.30%) Microsoft Intune
6 11 (1.58%) SCCM
7 7 (1.00%) Kibana
8 5 (0.72%) Consul
8 5 (0.72%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.43%) IBM BigFix
9 3 (0.43%) Packer
9 3 (0.43%) Rancher
9 3 (0.43%) vCenter Server
10 2 (0.29%) HP ALM
10 2 (0.29%) HP Quality Center
10 2 (0.29%) ITRS Geneos
10 2 (0.29%) Jamf Pro
10 2 (0.29%) ZABBIX
10 2 (0.29%) Zipkin
Vendors
1 151 (21.66%) Microsoft
2 32 (4.59%) Google
3 28 (4.02%) Databricks
3 28 (4.02%) Salesforce
4 25 (3.59%) SAP
5 24 (3.44%) Dynatrace
6 23 (3.30%) ServiceNow
7 15 (2.15%) Siemens
8 12 (1.72%) Oracle
8 12 (1.72%) Sage
9 11 (1.58%) CyberArk
10 9 (1.29%) PagerDuty
11 8 (1.15%) Apple
12 7 (1.00%) Aspera
12 7 (1.00%) CA Agile Central
12 7 (1.00%) Cisco
12 7 (1.00%) Qualys
12 7 (1.00%) Signiant
12 7 (1.00%) VMware
12 7 (1.00%) Workday