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 2 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 176 174 157
Rank change year-on-year -2 -17 +98
Contract jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 576 529 728
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.60% 1.48% 1.60%
As % of the General category 2.57% 2.47% 2.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 232 298 503
10th Percentile £165 £409 £413
25th Percentile £333 £488 £514
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% - +3.45%
75th Percentile £616 £670 £675
90th Percentile £656 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £413 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -21.43% +5.00% -16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 1 5
10th Percentile £16.84 - £48.70
25th Percentile £17.48 - £61.75
Median hourly rate £22.14 £21.00 £63.29
Median % change year-on-year +5.43% -66.82% +24.10%
75th Percentile - - £65.25
90th Percentile £22.50 - £66.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.14 - £63.29

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 common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 22,410 21,400 27,085
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 62.29% 59.97% 59.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,057 12,677 17,972
10th Percentile £275 £293 £283
25th Percentile £400 £413 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £761 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £489 £500
% change year-on-year -2.76% -2.30% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,430 787 1,122
10th Percentile £13.80 £15.20 £14.25
25th Percentile £16.73 £18.00 £17.00
Median hourly rate £24.00 £27.50 £31.88
Median % change year-on-year -12.73% -13.74% +27.52%
75th Percentile £45.46 £53.75 £58.75
90th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £70.66
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.08 £26.50 £30.00
% change year-on-year -16.70% -11.67% +36.36%

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 2 December 2025.

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 2 December 2025.

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 2 December 2025. 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 +5 520 £475 -20.83% 949
London +29 331 £513 -16.33% 410
Work from Home 0 228 £450 -25.00% 607
UK excluding London -37 208 £413 -21.43% 933
Midlands -35 69 £405 -29.57% 122
North of England -45 41 £325 -27.78% 150
West Midlands -53 39 £413 -28.26% 70
South East +4 37 £401 -27.09% 429
East Midlands +5 30 £180 -74.29% 46
Scotland +9 25 £231 -53.75% 81
North West -19 23 £470 +4.47% 105
South West 0 20 £600 +23.08% 75
Yorkshire -27 17 £200 -68.00% 28
East of England -7 15 £353 -32.86% 50
Wales -2 2 £331 -5.08% 29
Northern Ireland -10 2 £450 -14.29% 6
North East -14 1 £400 -11.11% 17

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 16 (2.78%) SharePoint
2 15 (2.60%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (1.56%) Confluence
4 7 (1.22%) Apache Airflow
5 6 (1.04%) Apache Spark
6 5 (0.87%) CMS
7 4 (0.69%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 4 (0.69%) HCL Notes
7 4 (0.69%) WordPress
8 2 (0.35%) Alfresco
8 2 (0.35%) Apache
8 2 (0.35%) Camunda
8 2 (0.35%) Jupyter
8 2 (0.35%) Moodle
9 1 (0.17%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.17%) IIS
9 1 (0.17%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 23 (3.99%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (2.78%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.04%) Adobe Captivate
3 6 (1.04%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 6 (1.04%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.69%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.52%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.52%) Trello
6 2 (0.35%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.17%) Adobe After Effects
7 1 (0.17%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.17%) InVision
7 1 (0.17%) ProjectWise
7 1 (0.17%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 10 (1.74%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.04%) Aladdin
2 6 (1.04%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.35%) CODA-Financials
4 1 (0.17%) iTrent
4 1 (0.17%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.17%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.17%) ResourceLink
4 1 (0.17%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.17%) SAP GRC
4 1 (0.17%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 129 (22.40%) Azure
2 65 (11.28%) AWS
3 42 (7.29%) Microsoft 365
4 34 (5.90%) Power Platform
5 33 (5.73%) Azure DevOps
6 23 (3.99%) Entra ID
6 23 (3.99%) GCP
7 20 (3.47%) GitHub
8 18 (3.13%) GitHub Actions
9 15 (2.60%) SaaS
10 14 (2.43%) Microsoft Purview
11 11 (1.91%) Google Workspace
12 10 (1.74%) Serverless
13 9 (1.56%) dbt
13 9 (1.56%) Dynamics 365
13 9 (1.56%) Snowflake
14 8 (1.39%) Figma
15 7 (1.22%) Amazon EKS
15 7 (1.22%) Power Automate
16 6 (1.04%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 11 (1.91%) Network Security
2 9 (1.56%) DNS
2 9 (1.56%) Firewall
2 9 (1.56%) VPN
3 8 (1.39%) LAN
3 8 (1.39%) WAN
4 6 (1.04%) DHCP
5 5 (0.87%) Wi-Fi
6 4 (0.69%) SAN
6 4 (0.69%) VLAN
7 3 (0.52%) SSL
7 3 (0.52%) TCP/IP
8 2 (0.35%) AMQP
8 2 (0.35%) DMARC
8 2 (0.35%) Intranet
8 2 (0.35%) MPLS
8 2 (0.35%) NAS
8 2 (0.35%) SMS
8 2 (0.35%) SMTP
8 2 (0.35%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (3.30%) Data Warehouse
1 19 (3.30%) Power BI
2 14 (2.43%) PostgreSQL
3 13 (2.26%) SQL Server
4 12 (2.08%) NoSQL
5 11 (1.91%) Azure SQL Database
6 10 (1.74%) Metadata
6 10 (1.74%) MongoDB
7 7 (1.22%) Spark SQL
8 6 (1.04%) Apache Cassandra
8 6 (1.04%) Relational Database
8 6 (1.04%) Tableau
9 4 (0.69%) Big Data
9 4 (0.69%) BigQuery
9 4 (0.69%) Data Lake
9 4 (0.69%) Snowflake Schema
10 3 (0.52%) Amazon Aurora
10 3 (0.52%) Apache Iceberg
10 3 (0.52%) Hadoop
10 3 (0.52%) SSDT
Development Applications
1 20 (3.47%) Git
2 16 (2.78%) JIRA
3 9 (1.56%) Jenkins
4 6 (1.04%) Cucumber
4 6 (1.04%) JUnit
5 5 (0.87%) SonarQube
6 4 (0.69%) Maven
7 3 (0.52%) GitLab
7 3 (0.52%) Mockito
7 3 (0.52%) Team Foundation Server
7 3 (0.52%) Vite
8 2 (0.35%) Artifactory
8 2 (0.35%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.35%) JMeter
8 2 (0.35%) Selenium
8 2 (0.35%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.17%) Axure RP
9 1 (0.17%) SpecFlow
9 1 (0.17%) Toad
9 1 (0.17%) webpack
General
1 194 (33.68%) Social Skills
2 145 (25.17%) Finance
3 45 (7.81%) Analytical Skills
4 43 (7.47%) Public Sector
5 22 (3.82%) Marketing
6 21 (3.65%) Organisational Skills
7 20 (3.47%) Banking
8 17 (2.95%) Retail
9 13 (2.26%) Documentation Skills
9 13 (2.26%) Legal
10 11 (1.91%) Law
11 10 (1.74%) Fire and Rescue
11 10 (1.74%) Local Government
11 10 (1.74%) Manufacturing
12 7 (1.22%) Pharmaceutical
12 7 (1.22%) Police
13 5 (0.87%) Influencing Skills
13 5 (0.87%) Military
13 5 (0.87%) Publishing
14 4 (0.69%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 92 (15.97%) Analyst
2 48 (8.33%) Developer
3 44 (7.64%) Lead
4 43 (7.47%) Architect
4 43 (7.47%) Project Manager
5 40 (6.94%) Senior
6 29 (5.03%) Business Analyst
7 28 (4.86%) Support Engineer
8 22 (3.82%) Data Engineer
9 21 (3.65%) Consultant
10 18 (3.13%) IT Engineer
10 18 (3.13%) Solutions Architect
11 17 (2.95%) IT Support
11 17 (2.95%) Support Analyst
12 16 (2.78%) Service Analyst
13 15 (2.60%) IT Analyst
14 14 (2.43%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 13 (2.26%) Cloud Engineer
15 13 (2.26%) Junior
15 13 (2.26%) PMO Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (3.99%) React
2 21 (3.65%) .NET
2 21 (3.65%) EDI
3 19 (3.30%) Spring
4 14 (2.43%) SOAP
4 14 (2.43%) Spring Boot
5 12 (2.08%) REST
6 10 (1.74%) CSS
6 10 (1.74%) HTML
7 9 (1.56%) AngularJS
7 9 (1.56%) Kafka
7 9 (1.56%) PySpark
8 7 (1.22%) .NET Framework
8 7 (1.22%) Middleware
9 6 (1.04%) .NET Core
9 6 (1.04%) Entity Framework
9 6 (1.04%) YAML
10 5 (0.87%) Dapper ORM
10 5 (0.87%) LINQ
10 5 (0.87%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 36 (6.25%) Onboarding
2 20 (3.47%) Data Centre
3 18 (3.13%) Management Information System
4 17 (2.95%) Cloud Native
5 14 (2.43%) Product Ownership
6 11 (1.91%) Legacy Systems
7 9 (1.56%) Greenfield Project
8 8 (1.39%) Public Cloud
9 7 (1.22%) Algorithms
9 7 (1.22%) Hybrid Cloud
9 7 (1.22%) Low-Code
9 7 (1.22%) Mobile App
10 6 (1.04%) e-Learning
10 6 (1.04%) Learning Management System
10 6 (1.04%) Virtual Team
11 5 (0.87%) Driving Licence
11 5 (0.87%) Enterprise Software
11 5 (0.87%) Fixed Income
11 5 (0.87%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 4 (0.69%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 52 (9.03%) Windows
2 13 (2.26%) Windows Server
3 11 (1.91%) Linux
4 7 (1.22%) Windows 10
5 3 (0.52%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.52%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.35%) Android
6 2 (0.35%) Oracle Linux
7 1 (0.17%) CentOS
7 1 (0.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.17%) Rocky
7 1 (0.17%) Unix
7 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 129 (22.40%) Problem-Solving
2 98 (17.01%) Agile
3 71 (12.33%) DevOps
4 69 (11.98%) CI/CD
4 69 (11.98%) Stakeholder Management
5 51 (8.85%) Migration
6 45 (7.81%) Continuous Improvement
7 43 (7.47%) Project Management
8 41 (7.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 37 (6.42%) Analytics
9 37 (6.42%) Decision-Making
10 36 (6.25%) Infrastructure as Code
11 34 (5.90%) Test Automation
12 31 (5.38%) Coaching
12 31 (5.38%) Mentoring
13 30 (5.21%) Customer Service
14 29 (5.03%) AI
14 29 (5.03%) Data Governance
14 29 (5.03%) Data Modelling
14 29 (5.03%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 62 (10.76%) Python
2 59 (10.24%) SQL
3 43 (7.47%) Java
4 31 (5.38%) JavaScript
5 21 (3.65%) C#
6 19 (3.30%) PowerShell
7 11 (1.91%) TypeScript
8 5 (0.87%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 4 (0.69%) Bash
9 4 (0.69%) Go
10 3 (0.52%) C++
10 3 (0.52%) R
10 3 (0.52%) Rust
11 2 (0.35%) Apex Code
11 2 (0.35%) Bicep
11 2 (0.35%) C
11 2 (0.35%) Perl
11 2 (0.35%) Scala
11 2 (0.35%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.35%) VBA
Qualifications
1 53 (9.20%) Security Cleared
2 45 (7.81%) SC Cleared
3 37 (6.42%) Degree
4 12 (2.08%) AWS Certification
5 11 (1.91%) DBS Check
6 10 (1.74%) Computer Science Degree
7 7 (1.22%) DV Cleared
8 6 (1.04%) Azure Certification
9 5 (0.87%) CISSP
10 4 (0.69%) CTC Cleared
10 4 (0.69%) PMI Certification
10 4 (0.69%) PMP
11 3 (0.52%) ACCA
11 3 (0.52%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 3 (0.52%) CIMA
11 3 (0.52%) CIPD
11 3 (0.52%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (0.52%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (0.52%) Network+ Certification
11 3 (0.52%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (4.34%) Accessibility
2 24 (4.17%) PMO
3 19 (3.30%) QA
4 16 (2.78%) Data Quality
4 16 (2.78%) GDPR
5 10 (1.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 10 (1.74%) SLA
6 5 (0.87%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 4 (0.69%) Actionable Recommendations
7 4 (0.69%) GRC
7 4 (0.69%) NIST
7 4 (0.69%) WCAG
8 3 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (0.52%) HIPAA
8 3 (0.52%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.35%) GMP
9 2 (0.35%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.17%) GxP
10 1 (0.17%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.17%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 47 (8.16%) Active Directory
2 26 (4.51%) Docker
3 14 (2.43%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.87%) Virtual Desktop
4 5 (0.87%) Virtual Servers
5 4 (0.69%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.52%) Firmware
7 2 (0.35%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.17%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (0.17%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 35 (6.08%) Terraform
2 27 (4.69%) Kubernetes
3 17 (2.95%) Microsoft Intune
4 13 (2.26%) Grafana
5 12 (2.08%) SCCM
6 8 (1.39%) Prometheus
7 4 (0.69%) Jamf Pro
8 3 (0.52%) Argo
8 3 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.35%) Ansible
9 2 (0.35%) McAfee ePO
10 1 (0.17%) Cisco CUCM
10 1 (0.17%) Data Guard
10 1 (0.17%) Demisto
10 1 (0.17%) Fluentd
10 1 (0.17%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.17%) Kibana
10 1 (0.17%) Nessus
10 1 (0.17%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 1 (0.17%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 103 (17.88%) Microsoft
2 21 (3.65%) Cisco
2 21 (3.65%) Google
3 19 (3.30%) ServiceNow
4 18 (3.13%) Oracle
4 18 (3.13%) Salesforce
4 18 (3.13%) VMware
5 13 (2.26%) Adobe
5 13 (2.26%) Databricks
6 10 (1.74%) Apple
7 8 (1.39%) SAP
8 7 (1.22%) Dynatrace
9 6 (1.04%) Citrix
10 4 (0.69%) HP
10 4 (0.69%) Lotus
10 4 (0.69%) Murex
10 4 (0.69%) Netskope
10 4 (0.69%) Splunk
10 4 (0.69%) UiPath
10 4 (0.69%) Veeam