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 cited Inclusion and Diversity over the 6 months leading up to 2 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 152 169 215
Rank change year-on-year +17 +46 +384
Contract jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 530 646 797
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.82% 1.46% 1.26%
As % of the General category 2.90% 2.51% 2.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 270 470 518
10th Percentile £215 £380 £425
25th Percentile £425 £513 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £656 £688 £663
90th Percentile £741 £775 £766
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £511 £515
% change year-on-year -4.55% -0.83% +8.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 22 4
10th Percentile - £11.37 -
25th Percentile - £12.56 £13.31
Median hourly rate £22.14 £21.99 £26.44
Median % change year-on-year +0.68% -16.82% +0.64%
75th Percentile - £47.50 £42.38
90th Percentile £36.28 £58.70 £47.55
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.14 £21.64 £13.88
% change year-on-year +2.31% +55.96% -

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 18,280 25,730 37,030
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 62.87% 58.20% 58.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,719 16,376 25,600
10th Percentile £300 £269 £313
25th Percentile £406 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £640 £650 £675
90th Percentile £763 £750 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 716 1,854 1,143
10th Percentile £15.00 £12.78 £14.23
25th Percentile £19.00 £15.38 £18.13
Median hourly rate £29.04 £26.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +11.67% -25.71% +62.79%
75th Percentile £58.62 £50.00 £62.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £65.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £25.00 £30.88
% change year-on-year +10.00% -19.03% +71.54%

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 2 April 2025.

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 2 April 2025.

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 2 April 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 +25 477 £600 -2.04% 4,059
London -31 259 £615 - 2,647
UK excluding London +90 240 £488 -4.55% 1,790
Work from Home +32 231 £600 - 2,296
North of England +70 62 £450 -16.28% 420
South East +56 53 £508 +0.30% 483
Midlands +21 52 £480 -20.00% 281
South West +56 38 £525 -19.23% 189
West Midlands -2 36 £525 -12.50% 181
North West +24 29 £450 -16.28% 253
Yorkshire +36 25 £431 +32.69% 116
Scotland +1 18 £463 +19.35% 190
East Midlands +29 15 £438 -16.67% 95
East of England +28 11 £155 -77.04% 162
North East +1 8 £450 - 55
Northern Ireland -3 5 £625 - 30
Wales 0 1 £530 +4.43% 69

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 32 (6.04%) SharePoint
2 16 (3.02%) Confluence
3 11 (2.08%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (1.32%) CMS
5 3 (0.57%) Drupal
5 3 (0.57%) IIS
5 3 (0.57%) SharePoint 2010
6 2 (0.38%) IBM Notes
6 2 (0.38%) Oracle Workflow
6 2 (0.38%) Skype for Business
7 1 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.19%) Exchange Server 2010
7 1 (0.19%) nginx
7 1 (0.19%) SAS
7 1 (0.19%) Sitecore CMS
7 1 (0.19%) Traefik
7 1 (0.19%) WebLogic
Applications
1 37 (6.98%) Microsoft Office
2 34 (6.42%) Microsoft Excel
3 19 (3.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (1.51%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.75%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.57%) InfoPath
7 2 (0.38%) Oracle Smart View
8 1 (0.19%) FileZilla
8 1 (0.19%) Revit
8 1 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.19%) UXPin
Business Applications
1 17 (3.21%) NEC Housing
2 6 (1.13%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.75%) Aladdin
4 2 (0.38%) CiviCRM
4 2 (0.38%) FLEXCUBE
4 2 (0.38%) Misys Midas
4 2 (0.38%) Oracle General Ledger
4 2 (0.38%) Raiser’s Edge
4 2 (0.38%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.38%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.19%) Eloqua
5 1 (0.19%) Infor SunSystems
5 1 (0.19%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.19%) Primavera
5 1 (0.19%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 79 (14.91%) Azure
2 50 (9.43%) Microsoft 365
3 38 (7.17%) Power Platform
4 36 (6.79%) AWS
5 33 (6.23%) Entra ID
6 12 (2.26%) Azure DevOps
7 11 (2.08%) GCP
8 10 (1.89%) Power Automate
9 9 (1.70%) Google Workspace
9 9 (1.70%) Snowflake
10 8 (1.51%) SaaS
11 7 (1.32%) dbt
11 7 (1.32%) PowerApps
12 6 (1.13%) Dynamics 365
12 6 (1.13%) OneDrive
13 5 (0.94%) Cloud Computing
13 5 (0.94%) Microsoft Purview
13 5 (0.94%) OCI
14 4 (0.75%) Amazon ECS
14 4 (0.75%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 20 (3.77%) Firewall
2 15 (2.83%) Wi-Fi
3 13 (2.45%) Intranet
4 12 (2.26%) Network Security
5 11 (2.08%) VLAN
5 11 (2.08%) WAN
6 10 (1.89%) DNS
7 9 (1.70%) DHCP
8 8 (1.51%) LAN
9 7 (1.32%) BGP
9 7 (1.32%) TCP/IP
10 6 (1.13%) OSPF
10 6 (1.13%) Radio Access Network
10 6 (1.13%) VPN
11 4 (0.75%) 4G
11 4 (0.75%) MPLS
11 4 (0.75%) SD-WAN
11 4 (0.75%) Wireless
12 3 (0.57%) 2G
12 3 (0.57%) 3G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (5.28%) Power BI
2 12 (2.26%) Data Warehouse
2 12 (2.26%) MongoDB
3 6 (1.13%) Oracle Database
3 6 (1.13%) SQL Server
4 5 (0.94%) Azure SQL Database
4 5 (0.94%) Tableau
5 4 (0.75%) Apache Cassandra
5 4 (0.75%) MySQL
5 4 (0.75%) NoSQL
5 4 (0.75%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (0.75%) Relational Database
6 3 (0.57%) Amazon Redshift
6 3 (0.57%) Flink
6 3 (0.57%) Metadata
6 3 (0.57%) Oracle ODI
6 3 (0.57%) Power Query
7 2 (0.38%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.38%) DynamoDB
7 2 (0.38%) Redis
Development Applications
1 22 (4.15%) JIRA
2 11 (2.08%) Git
3 6 (1.13%) Jenkins
4 5 (0.94%) GitLab
5 4 (0.75%) JUnit
6 3 (0.57%) Jasmine
6 3 (0.57%) Oracle Forms
6 3 (0.57%) Selenium
7 2 (0.38%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.38%) Chocolatey
7 2 (0.38%) CircleCI
7 2 (0.38%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.38%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.38%) Eclipse
7 2 (0.38%) GoogleTest
7 2 (0.38%) Robot Framework
7 2 (0.38%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.19%) Pa11y
8 1 (0.19%) Postman
8 1 (0.19%) REST Assured
General
1 184 (34.72%) Social Skills
2 127 (23.96%) Finance
3 90 (16.98%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (3.21%) Law
4 17 (3.21%) Public Sector
5 13 (2.45%) Legal
5 13 (2.45%) Organisational Skills
5 13 (2.45%) Telecoms
6 12 (2.26%) Local Government
6 12 (2.26%) Retail
7 11 (2.08%) Public Speaking
8 10 (1.89%) Banking
9 9 (1.70%) Marketing
10 8 (1.51%) Police
11 7 (1.32%) Automotive
11 7 (1.32%) Influencing Skills
12 5 (0.94%) Pharmaceutical
13 4 (0.75%) Presentation Skills
14 2 (0.38%) Advertising
14 2 (0.38%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 87 (16.42%) Analyst
2 46 (8.68%) Developer
3 41 (7.74%) Senior
4 39 (7.36%) Consultant
5 35 (6.60%) Architect
6 34 (6.42%) Lead
7 31 (5.85%) Business Analyst
8 24 (4.53%) Project Manager
9 21 (3.96%) IT Support
10 18 (3.40%) Support Engineer
11 17 (3.21%) Development Consultant
12 16 (3.02%) IT Engineer
13 13 (2.45%) Communications Officer
13 13 (2.45%) Designer
13 13 (2.45%) Enterprise Architect
13 13 (2.45%) Service Analyst
14 12 (2.26%) Solutions Architect
15 11 (2.08%) Data Analyst
15 11 (2.08%) Delivery Manager
15 11 (2.08%) Enterprise Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (2.08%) EDI
2 10 (1.89%) .NET
3 9 (1.70%) CSS
3 9 (1.70%) Kafka
4 8 (1.51%) Akka
4 8 (1.51%) RESTful
5 7 (1.32%) HTML
5 7 (1.32%) React
6 6 (1.13%) AngularJS
6 6 (1.13%) Oracle Fusion
6 6 (1.13%) Play Framework
7 5 (0.94%) jQuery
8 4 (0.75%) .NET Core
8 4 (0.75%) LDAP
8 4 (0.75%) Spring
9 3 (0.57%) .NET Framework
9 3 (0.57%) Entity Framework
9 3 (0.57%) LINQ
9 3 (0.57%) OpenTelemetry
10 2 (0.38%) OpenAPI
Miscellaneous
1 20 (3.77%) Onboarding
2 18 (3.40%) Management Information System
3 17 (3.21%) Product Ownership
4 13 (2.45%) Data Centre
5 12 (2.26%) Self-Motivation
6 8 (1.51%) Driving Licence
7 7 (1.32%) Algorithms
7 7 (1.32%) IoT
7 7 (1.32%) Security Posture
8 6 (1.13%) Analytical Mindset
8 6 (1.13%) Fixed Income
8 6 (1.13%) Industry 4.0
8 6 (1.13%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 5 (0.94%) Distributed Systems
9 5 (0.94%) Legacy Systems
9 5 (0.94%) Photography
10 4 (0.75%) Data Protection Act
10 4 (0.75%) Public Cloud
10 4 (0.75%) Social Media
11 3 (0.57%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 59 (11.13%) Windows
2 18 (3.40%) Linux
3 14 (2.64%) Windows Server
4 10 (1.89%) Windows 10
5 9 (1.70%) Mac OS
6 6 (1.13%) Android
6 6 (1.13%) Unix
6 6 (1.13%) Windows 7
7 5 (0.94%) Apple iOS
8 4 (0.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.38%) Amazon Linux
9 2 (0.38%) Windows Server 2008
9 2 (0.38%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.19%) CentOS
10 1 (0.19%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.19%) VMS
10 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 115 (21.70%) Agile
1 115 (21.70%) Problem-Solving
2 60 (11.32%) Stakeholder Management
3 47 (8.87%) Decision-Making
4 43 (8.11%) ITIL
5 40 (7.55%) Migration
6 38 (7.17%) Mentoring
7 37 (6.98%) Continuous Improvement
8 35 (6.60%) CI/CD
8 35 (6.60%) Service Management
9 33 (6.23%) DevOps
10 29 (5.47%) Analytics
10 29 (5.47%) Artificial Intelligence
10 29 (5.47%) Business Intelligence
10 29 (5.47%) Project Management
10 29 (5.47%) Roadmaps
11 28 (5.28%) Visualisation
12 27 (5.09%) User Experience
13 26 (4.91%) Collaborative Working
13 26 (4.91%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 47 (8.87%) SQL
2 34 (6.42%) Python
3 18 (3.40%) JavaScript
3 18 (3.40%) PowerShell
4 13 (2.45%) Java
5 10 (1.89%) Scala
6 9 (1.70%) C#
7 5 (0.94%) TypeScript
8 4 (0.75%) Go
9 3 (0.57%) Bash
9 3 (0.57%) PL/SQL
9 3 (0.57%) Search Processing Language
10 2 (0.38%) C++
10 2 (0.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 2 (0.38%) Kotlin
11 1 (0.19%) ABAP
11 1 (0.19%) R
11 1 (0.19%) VB
11 1 (0.19%) VBA
11 1 (0.19%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 76 (14.34%) Security Cleared
2 66 (12.45%) SC Cleared
3 53 (10.00%) Degree
4 14 (2.64%) ITIL Certification
5 11 (2.08%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (1.32%) DV Cleared
7 6 (1.13%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (0.94%) CISSP
8 5 (0.94%) Postgraduate
9 4 (0.75%) AWS Certification
9 4 (0.75%) CCNP
9 4 (0.75%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (0.75%) PMI Certification
10 3 (0.57%) A+ Certification
10 3 (0.57%) ACCA
10 3 (0.57%) CCIE
10 3 (0.57%) CIMA
10 3 (0.57%) CISA
10 3 (0.57%) CRISC
10 3 (0.57%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (4.15%) QA
2 20 (3.77%) SLA
3 14 (2.64%) PMO
4 13 (2.45%) Data Quality
5 11 (2.08%) Accessibility
6 9 (1.70%) GDPR
7 8 (1.51%) NIST
8 7 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 3 (0.57%) COBIT
9 3 (0.57%) WCAG
10 2 (0.38%) NCSC
10 2 (0.38%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.19%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.19%) COSO
11 1 (0.19%) Government Security Classifications
11 1 (0.19%) GxP
11 1 (0.19%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 1 (0.19%) IFRS
11 1 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 1 (0.19%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 49 (9.25%) Active Directory
2 17 (3.21%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (2.08%) Docker
4 4 (0.75%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.38%) Firmware
5 2 (0.38%) Terminal Server
5 2 (0.38%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.38%) XenApp
5 2 (0.38%) XenDesktop
6 1 (0.19%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.19%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.19%) VMware Workstation
6 1 (0.19%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 15 (2.83%) Kubernetes
1 15 (2.83%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (2.64%) SCCM
3 13 (2.45%) Terraform
4 8 (1.51%) Ansible
4 8 (1.51%) Kibana
5 7 (1.32%) Jamf Pro
6 6 (1.13%) Grafana
7 5 (0.94%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.57%) Cisco Prime
8 3 (0.57%) ZABBIX
9 2 (0.38%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.19%) Consul
10 1 (0.19%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.19%) HAProxy
10 1 (0.19%) McAfee ePO
10 1 (0.19%) Oracle Identity Management
10 1 (0.19%) Packer
10 1 (0.19%) QRadar
10 1 (0.19%) Rancher
Vendors
1 76 (14.34%) Microsoft
2 21 (3.96%) Oracle
2 21 (3.96%) VMware
3 20 (3.77%) ServiceNow
4 18 (3.40%) Google
4 18 (3.40%) NEC
5 15 (2.83%) SAP
6 14 (2.64%) Cisco
7 10 (1.89%) Splunk
8 7 (1.32%) Apple
8 7 (1.32%) Atlassian
9 6 (1.13%) CyberArk
9 6 (1.13%) Databricks
9 6 (1.13%) Murex
10 5 (0.94%) Salesforce
10 5 (0.94%) SolarWinds
11 4 (0.75%) BT
11 4 (0.75%) Red Hat
11 4 (0.75%) Sage
12 3 (0.57%) Intel