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

6 months to
7 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 249 147 156
Rank change year-on-year -102 +9 +58
Contract jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 478 563 660
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.00% 1.92% 1.52%
As % of the General category 1.85% 3.04% 2.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 225 260 484
10th Percentile £195 £195 £400
25th Percentile £356 £400 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £525 £600
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £594 £650 £691
90th Percentile £675 £738 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £413 £461 £508
% change year-on-year -10.57% -9.11% -2.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 7 22
10th Percentile £15.21 - £11.37
25th Percentile £16.84 - £12.56
Median hourly rate £18.00 £22.14 £21.99
Median % change year-on-year -18.70% +0.68% -43.62%
75th Percentile £24.38 - £47.50
90th Percentile £98.25 £36.28 £58.58
UK excluding London median hourly rate £16.84 £22.14 £19.62
% change year-on-year -23.94% +12.84% +41.41%

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 25,811 18,544 25,243
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 54.11% 63.31% 58.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,809 11,835 15,931
10th Percentile £306 £296 £275
25th Percentile £406 £408 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £639 £650
90th Percentile £738 £763 £768
UK excluding London median daily rate £477 £475 £495
% change year-on-year +0.42% -4.04% -1.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,652 790 1,945
10th Percentile £13.74 £14.00 £12.78
25th Percentile £17.50 £17.53 £15.50
Median hourly rate £29.00 £27.50 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.45% -8.33% -7.96%
75th Percentile £60.59 £56.00 £52.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £25.00 £28.25
% change year-on-year +10.00% -11.50% -2.59%

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 May 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 May 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Inclusion and Diversity in the UK

Inclusion and Diversity
Top 15 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 May 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 -103 420 £456 -14.72% 934
London -64 225 £550 -8.33% 370
Work from Home -42 206 £525 -4.55% 506
UK excluding London -141 195 £413 -10.57% 721
South East -40 58 £400 -21.18% 225
Midlands -73 55 £533 +18.33% 98
North of England -96 39 £419 +1.52% 178
West Midlands -64 33 £540 +17.39% 46
East of England -28 23 £520 +71.90% 51
East Midlands -28 22 £155 -65.56% 51
North East -5 15 £425 -10.53% 35
North West -55 14 £325 -27.78% 85
South West -57 11 £438 -16.67% 85
Scotland -13 10 £230 -50.27% 54
Yorkshire -86 10 £375 -6.25% 59

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 (3.35%) SharePoint
2 15 (3.14%) Apache Spark
3 13 (2.72%) Microsoft Exchange
4 9 (1.88%) Confluence
5 7 (1.46%) CMS
6 6 (1.26%) Apache Airflow
7 4 (0.84%) WordPress
8 3 (0.63%) Kentico
9 2 (0.42%) Apache
9 2 (0.42%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.21%) Appian
10 1 (0.21%) Drupal
10 1 (0.21%) nginx
10 1 (0.21%) Oracle Application Server
10 1 (0.21%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 20 (4.18%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (2.30%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.84%) Trello
4 3 (0.63%) InVision
4 3 (0.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.63%) Sketch
5 2 (0.42%) Adobe After Effects
5 2 (0.42%) Adobe XD
5 2 (0.42%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.42%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (1.26%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.84%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.63%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.42%) FLEXCUBE
4 2 (0.42%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.42%) SAP Business One
4 2 (0.42%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 1 (0.21%) Advent Geneva
5 1 (0.21%) Bloomberg AIM
5 1 (0.21%) Bloomberg TOMS
5 1 (0.21%) Fidessa
5 1 (0.21%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.21%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.21%) SAP FS
5 1 (0.21%) thinkFolio
5 1 (0.21%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 107 (22.38%) Azure
2 87 (18.20%) AWS
3 33 (6.90%) Microsoft 365
4 32 (6.69%) Power Platform
5 25 (5.23%) GitHub
6 24 (5.02%) Azure DevOps
7 21 (4.39%) GitHub Actions
8 17 (3.56%) Azure Data Factory
8 17 (3.56%) Entra ID
8 17 (3.56%) GCP
9 15 (3.14%) dbt
10 10 (2.09%) Amazon EKS
10 10 (2.09%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 10 (2.09%) Serverless
10 10 (2.09%) Snowflake
11 9 (1.88%) Google Workspace
12 8 (1.67%) SaaS
13 7 (1.46%) AWS Lambda
14 6 (1.26%) Figma
15 5 (1.05%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 18 (3.77%) TCP/IP
2 15 (3.14%) Ethernet
3 11 (2.30%) Firewall
4 9 (1.88%) Network Security
5 8 (1.67%) VLAN
6 6 (1.26%) DNS
6 6 (1.26%) HTTP
6 6 (1.26%) VSAN
6 6 (1.26%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (1.05%) DHCP
8 4 (0.84%) WAN
9 3 (0.63%) AMQP
9 3 (0.63%) VPN
10 2 (0.42%) Intranet
10 2 (0.42%) LAN
10 2 (0.42%) MPLS
11 1 (0.21%) ADSL
11 1 (0.21%) SMTP
11 1 (0.21%) VoIP
11 1 (0.21%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (5.86%) Power BI
2 25 (5.23%) Data Warehouse
3 20 (4.18%) SQL Server
4 14 (2.93%) Big Data
5 13 (2.72%) Hadoop
5 13 (2.72%) PostgreSQL
6 9 (1.88%) Snowflake Schema
7 8 (1.67%) DB2
8 7 (1.46%) Azure SQL Database
8 7 (1.46%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
8 7 (1.46%) Metadata
9 6 (1.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 6 (1.26%) Tableau
10 4 (0.84%) Amazon RDS
10 4 (0.84%) Looker
10 4 (0.84%) Metadata Repository
10 4 (0.84%) NoSQL
10 4 (0.84%) SAP Data Services
11 3 (0.63%) Elasticsearch
11 3 (0.63%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 19 (3.97%) Git
1 19 (3.97%) JIRA
2 11 (2.30%) GitLab
2 11 (2.30%) Jenkins
3 7 (1.46%) JMeter
3 7 (1.46%) SonarQube
4 5 (1.05%) Gatling
4 5 (1.05%) LoadRunner
5 4 (0.84%) Artifactory
5 4 (0.84%) Vite
6 3 (0.63%) Maven
6 3 (0.63%) Snyk
7 2 (0.42%) Axure RP
7 2 (0.42%) CircleCI
7 2 (0.42%) fastlane
7 2 (0.42%) JUnit
7 2 (0.42%) Selenium
8 1 (0.21%) Chocolatey
8 1 (0.21%) Crashlytics
8 1 (0.21%) ER Studio
General
1 152 (31.80%) Social Skills
2 105 (21.97%) Finance
3 93 (19.46%) Public Sector
4 54 (11.30%) Analytical Skills
5 19 (3.97%) Banking
6 17 (3.56%) Presentation Skills
7 12 (2.51%) Local Government
8 10 (2.09%) Influencing Skills
8 10 (2.09%) Legal
8 10 (2.09%) Organisational Skills
9 7 (1.46%) Fire and Rescue
10 6 (1.26%) Manufacturing
11 5 (1.05%) Documentation Skills
11 5 (1.05%) Marketing
11 5 (1.05%) Pharmaceutical
12 4 (0.84%) Aerospace
12 4 (0.84%) General Ledger
12 4 (0.84%) Retail
13 3 (0.63%) Investment Banking
13 3 (0.63%) Military
Job Titles
1 69 (14.44%) Analyst
2 37 (7.74%) Developer
2 37 (7.74%) Lead
2 37 (7.74%) Senior
3 35 (7.32%) Architect
4 33 (6.90%) Data Engineer
5 24 (5.02%) Consultant
5 24 (5.02%) Support Engineer
6 23 (4.81%) Data Analyst
7 21 (4.39%) DevOps Engineer
8 18 (3.77%) Cloud Engineer
8 18 (3.77%) IT Engineer
9 16 (3.35%) IT Support
9 16 (3.35%) Systems Engineer
10 15 (3.14%) Business Analyst
10 15 (3.14%) Technical Engineer
11 14 (2.93%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 13 (2.72%) Service Analyst
13 12 (2.51%) Azure Engineer
13 12 (2.51%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (3.14%) React
2 10 (2.09%) .NET
2 10 (2.09%) EDI
2 10 (2.09%) YAML
3 9 (1.88%) PySpark
4 8 (1.67%) GraphQL
5 6 (1.26%) HTML
5 6 (1.26%) Middleware
5 6 (1.26%) REST
6 5 (1.05%) AngularJS
6 5 (1.05%) CSS
6 5 (1.05%) Kafka
6 5 (1.05%) RESTful
6 5 (1.05%) Spring
6 5 (1.05%) Spring Boot
7 4 (0.84%) Next.js
8 3 (0.63%) Akka
8 3 (0.63%) ARM Templates
8 3 (0.63%) FastAPI
8 3 (0.63%) Keycloak
Miscellaneous
1 27 (5.65%) Onboarding
2 26 (5.44%) Cloud Native
3 15 (3.14%) Industry 4.0
3 15 (3.14%) Robotics
4 13 (2.72%) Data Centre
4 13 (2.72%) Legacy Systems
4 13 (2.72%) Management Information System
5 10 (2.09%) Product Ownership
5 10 (2.09%) Replication
6 8 (1.67%) Distributed Systems
7 7 (1.46%) Data Structures
7 7 (1.46%) Linux Command Line
8 6 (1.26%) Operational Technology
8 6 (1.26%) Virtual Team
9 5 (1.05%) Algorithms
9 5 (1.05%) Enterprise Software
10 4 (0.84%) Analytical Mindset
10 4 (0.84%) Reinsurance
10 4 (0.84%) Security Posture
11 3 (0.63%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 39 (8.16%) Windows
2 16 (3.35%) Windows 10
3 14 (2.93%) Windows Server
4 13 (2.72%) Linux
5 8 (1.67%) Unix
6 6 (1.26%) AIX
7 3 (0.63%) Android
7 3 (0.63%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.63%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.42%) VMS
9 1 (0.21%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 117 (24.48%) Problem-Solving
2 90 (18.83%) Agile
3 84 (17.57%) CI/CD
4 76 (15.90%) DevOps
5 74 (15.48%) Decision-Making
6 61 (12.76%) Analytics
7 51 (10.67%) Infrastructure as Code
8 49 (10.25%) Stakeholder Management
9 47 (9.83%) Migration
10 44 (9.21%) Continuous Improvement
11 39 (8.16%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
12 38 (7.95%) AI
13 36 (7.53%) Data Modelling
14 35 (7.32%) Test Automation
15 33 (6.90%) Business Intelligence
15 33 (6.90%) Data Pipeline
15 33 (6.90%) Roadmaps
16 32 (6.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 31 (6.49%) Customer Service
18 30 (6.28%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 74 (15.48%) SQL
2 73 (15.27%) Python
3 19 (3.97%) Java
4 18 (3.77%) PowerShell
5 14 (2.93%) JavaScript
6 13 (2.72%) Bash
7 12 (2.51%) R
8 10 (2.09%) TypeScript
9 6 (1.26%) C#
9 6 (1.26%) Scala
10 5 (1.05%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 5 (1.05%) VBA
11 4 (0.84%) Groovy
11 4 (0.84%) PL/SQL
12 3 (0.63%) Go
12 3 (0.63%) Kotlin
12 3 (0.63%) Ruby
12 3 (0.63%) Swift
13 2 (0.42%) Apex Code
13 2 (0.42%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 85 (17.78%) Security Cleared
2 76 (15.90%) SC Cleared
3 41 (8.58%) Degree
4 17 (3.56%) DBS Check
5 15 (3.14%) AWS Certification
6 13 (2.72%) Azure Certification
7 6 (1.26%) BPSS Clearance
7 6 (1.26%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (1.05%) DV Cleared
9 4 (0.84%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 4 (0.84%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 3 (0.63%) CTC Cleared
10 3 (0.63%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.42%) CIPD
11 2 (0.42%) CISM
11 2 (0.42%) CISSP
11 2 (0.42%) Oracle Certification
11 2 (0.42%) PMI Certification
11 2 (0.42%) PMP
12 1 (0.21%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (6.49%) Data Quality
2 30 (6.28%) Accessibility
3 16 (3.35%) QA
4 13 (2.72%) GDPR
5 10 (2.09%) Actionable Recommendations
6 6 (1.26%) WCAG
7 5 (1.05%) Cyber Essentials
7 5 (1.05%) GRC
7 5 (1.05%) SLA
8 4 (0.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 3 (0.63%) NIST
9 3 (0.63%) PMO
10 2 (0.42%) Def Stans
10 2 (0.42%) ISO 22301
10 2 (0.42%) NCSC
10 2 (0.42%) PSD2
11 1 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.21%) ISO 31000
11 1 (0.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.21%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 38 (7.95%) Active Directory
2 23 (4.81%) Docker
3 14 (2.93%) Hyper-V
4 11 (2.30%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (1.67%) VMware Infrastructure
6 6 (1.26%) KVM
6 6 (1.26%) VMware NSX
6 6 (1.26%) vSphere
7 4 (0.84%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.42%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 52 (10.88%) Terraform
2 30 (6.28%) Kubernetes
3 22 (4.60%) Grafana
4 14 (2.93%) Ansible
4 14 (2.93%) Prometheus
5 10 (2.09%) Microsoft Intune
6 8 (1.67%) Kibana
7 6 (1.26%) IBM BigFix
7 6 (1.26%) vCenter Server
8 4 (0.84%) SCCM
9 3 (0.63%) Argo
9 3 (0.63%) Rancher
9 3 (0.63%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.42%) Consul
10 2 (0.42%) Jamf Pro
10 2 (0.42%) Packer
11 1 (0.21%) EMC VPLEX
11 1 (0.21%) PaperCut
11 1 (0.21%) RSA Archer
11 1 (0.21%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 79 (16.53%) Microsoft
2 28 (5.86%) Databricks
3 19 (3.97%) SAP
3 19 (3.97%) ServiceNow
4 18 (3.77%) Oracle
5 17 (3.56%) Google
6 16 (3.35%) VMware
7 15 (3.14%) Dynatrace
7 15 (3.14%) Siemens
8 12 (2.51%) Salesforce
9 7 (1.46%) IBM
10 6 (1.26%) Atlassian
11 4 (0.84%) Cisco
12 3 (0.63%) Acronis
12 3 (0.63%) Adobe
12 3 (0.63%) AppDynamics
12 3 (0.63%) Dell
12 3 (0.63%) Meraki
12 3 (0.63%) MuleSoft
13 2 (0.42%) CyberArk