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 18 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 172 173 164
Rank change year-on-year +1 -9 +94
Contract jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 600 523 740
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.70% 1.45% 1.58%
As % of the General category 2.69% 2.46% 2.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 235 297 505
10th Percentile £173 £413 £413
25th Percentile £353 £505 £516
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -20.83% - +3.45%
75th Percentile £620 £656 £675
90th Percentile £650 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £413 £525 £484
% change year-on-year -21.43% +8.53% -19.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 1 5
10th Percentile - - £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% +20.55%
75th Percentile - - £65.25
90th Percentile £70.50 - £66.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.14 - £63.29
% change year-on-year - - +17.20%

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 22,292 21,276 27,859
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 62.98% 59.01% 59.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,958 12,530 18,588
10th Percentile £273 £289 £285
25th Percentile £400 £410 £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 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £483 £500
% change year-on-year -1.66% -3.40% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,447 796 1,122
10th Percentile £13.80 £15.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £16.62 £17.25 £17.00
Median hourly rate £24.09 £29.50 £31.58
Median % change year-on-year -18.34% -6.59% +26.32%
75th Percentile £44.94 £55.00 £58.44
90th Percentile £68.20 £70.13 £70.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.00 £27.44 £27.97
% change year-on-year -19.83% -1.89% +27.14%

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 18 November 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 18 November 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 18 November 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 +3 540 £475 -20.83% 1,369
London +28 341 £525 -13.58% 630
Work from Home +4 233 £475 -20.17% 699
UK excluding London -16 221 £413 -21.43% 923
Midlands -38 74 £413 -28.26% 114
West Midlands -52 42 £413 -28.26% 71
South East +5 41 £419 -23.86% 372
North of England -34 41 £310 -31.11% 161
East Midlands +7 32 £384 -23.25% 42
Scotland +10 27 £288 -39.47% 86
North West -14 22 £515 +14.49% 89
South West +3 19 £600 +23.08% 113
Yorkshire -31 18 £200 -63.64% 49
East of England -10 16 £438 -16.67% 51
Wales +3 3 £331 -5.08% 20
Northern Ireland -15 2 £450 -14.29% 16
North East -16 1 £400 -11.11% 23

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 17 (2.83%) SharePoint
2 16 (2.67%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (1.50%) Confluence
4 7 (1.17%) CMS
5 6 (1.00%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (0.67%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 4 (0.67%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.67%) HCL Notes
6 4 (0.67%) WordPress
7 3 (0.50%) Alfresco
7 3 (0.50%) Moodle
8 2 (0.33%) Apache
8 2 (0.33%) Camunda
8 2 (0.33%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.17%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.17%) IIS
9 1 (0.17%) SharePoint Server
9 1 (0.17%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 25 (4.17%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (3.33%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.00%) Adobe Captivate
3 6 (1.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 6 (1.00%) Microsoft Project
3 6 (1.00%) Spreadsheet
4 4 (0.67%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.50%) Trello
6 2 (0.33%) 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 8 (1.33%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.00%) Aladdin
2 6 (1.00%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.33%) CODA-Financials
4 1 (0.17%) iTrent
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
1 130 (21.67%) Azure
2 59 (9.83%) AWS
3 48 (8.00%) Microsoft 365
4 35 (5.83%) Power Platform
5 33 (5.50%) Azure DevOps
6 25 (4.17%) Entra ID
7 23 (3.83%) GCP
8 19 (3.17%) GitHub
9 18 (3.00%) GitHub Actions
10 16 (2.67%) SaaS
11 14 (2.33%) Microsoft Purview
12 11 (1.83%) Google Workspace
13 10 (1.67%) Serverless
14 9 (1.50%) Dynamics 365
15 8 (1.33%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 8 (1.33%) dbt
15 8 (1.33%) Figma
15 8 (1.33%) Snowflake
16 7 (1.17%) Amazon EKS
16 7 (1.17%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 13 (2.17%) Firewall
1 13 (2.17%) Network Security
2 11 (1.83%) DNS
3 10 (1.67%) VPN
4 8 (1.33%) DHCP
4 8 (1.33%) LAN
4 8 (1.33%) WAN
5 6 (1.00%) Wi-Fi
6 4 (0.67%) SAN
6 4 (0.67%) TCP/IP
6 4 (0.67%) VLAN
7 3 (0.50%) Cisco Nexus
7 3 (0.50%) DMARC
7 3 (0.50%) SMTP
7 3 (0.50%) SSL
7 3 (0.50%) Wireless
8 2 (0.33%) MPLS
8 2 (0.33%) NAS
8 2 (0.33%) SMS
8 2 (0.33%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (3.67%) Data Warehouse
2 21 (3.50%) Power BI
3 16 (2.67%) SQL Server
4 14 (2.33%) Azure SQL Database
4 14 (2.33%) PostgreSQL
5 12 (2.00%) NoSQL
6 10 (1.67%) Metadata
6 10 (1.67%) MongoDB
7 7 (1.17%) Data Lake
7 7 (1.17%) Relational Database
7 7 (1.17%) Spark SQL
8 6 (1.00%) Apache Cassandra
9 5 (0.83%) Tableau
10 4 (0.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 3 (0.50%) Amazon Aurora
11 3 (0.50%) Apache Iceberg
11 3 (0.50%) BigQuery
11 3 (0.50%) Snowflake Schema
11 3 (0.50%) SSDT
11 3 (0.50%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 22 (3.67%) Git
2 16 (2.67%) JIRA
3 9 (1.50%) Jenkins
4 7 (1.17%) SonarQube
5 6 (1.00%) Cucumber
5 6 (1.00%) JUnit
6 4 (0.67%) Cypress.io
7 3 (0.50%) ERwin
7 3 (0.50%) GitLab
7 3 (0.50%) Maven
7 3 (0.50%) Mockito
7 3 (0.50%) Sonatype Nexus
7 3 (0.50%) Team Foundation Server
7 3 (0.50%) Vite
7 3 (0.50%) webpack
8 2 (0.33%) Artifactory
8 2 (0.33%) JMeter
8 2 (0.33%) Selenium
8 2 (0.33%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.17%) Toad
General
1 199 (33.17%) Social Skills
2 157 (26.17%) Finance
3 49 (8.17%) Analytical Skills
4 40 (6.67%) Public Sector
5 23 (3.83%) Organisational Skills
6 22 (3.67%) Banking
7 21 (3.50%) Marketing
8 17 (2.83%) Retail
9 14 (2.33%) Documentation Skills
9 14 (2.33%) Legal
10 12 (2.00%) Manufacturing
11 11 (1.83%) Law
12 10 (1.67%) Fire and Rescue
12 10 (1.67%) Local Government
13 9 (1.50%) Police
14 7 (1.17%) Pharmaceutical
15 5 (0.83%) Electronics
15 5 (0.83%) Publishing
15 5 (0.83%) Telecoms
16 4 (0.67%) Military
Job Titles
1 93 (15.50%) Analyst
2 52 (8.67%) Developer
3 48 (8.00%) Project Manager
4 46 (7.67%) Architect
5 44 (7.33%) Lead
6 40 (6.67%) Senior
7 32 (5.33%) Business Analyst
8 29 (4.83%) Support Engineer
9 21 (3.50%) Data Engineer
10 20 (3.33%) IT Engineer
11 19 (3.17%) Consultant
12 18 (3.00%) Solutions Architect
12 18 (3.00%) Support Analyst
13 17 (2.83%) IT Support
14 16 (2.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 16 (2.67%) IT Manager
15 15 (2.50%) IT Analyst
16 13 (2.17%) Cloud Engineer
16 13 (2.17%) Designer
16 13 (2.17%) PMO Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (4.33%) React
2 23 (3.83%) EDI
3 22 (3.67%) .NET
4 19 (3.17%) Spring
5 16 (2.67%) Spring Boot
6 15 (2.50%) SOAP
7 13 (2.17%) REST
8 12 (2.00%) CSS
8 12 (2.00%) HTML
9 9 (1.50%) AngularJS
9 9 (1.50%) Kafka
9 9 (1.50%) PySpark
10 8 (1.33%) .NET Framework
10 8 (1.33%) RESTful
11 7 (1.17%) Middleware
12 6 (1.00%) .NET Core
12 6 (1.00%) Entity Framework
12 6 (1.00%) YAML
13 5 (0.83%) Dapper ORM
13 5 (0.83%) LINQ
Miscellaneous
1 39 (6.50%) Onboarding
2 20 (3.33%) Management Information System
3 19 (3.17%) Data Centre
4 18 (3.00%) Product Ownership
5 15 (2.50%) Cloud Native
6 10 (1.67%) Legacy Systems
6 10 (1.67%) Public Cloud
7 9 (1.50%) Driving Licence
7 9 (1.50%) Greenfield Project
8 8 (1.33%) Hybrid Cloud
9 7 (1.17%) Algorithms
9 7 (1.17%) Learning Management System
9 7 (1.17%) Low-Code
9 7 (1.17%) Mobile App
10 6 (1.00%) e-Learning
11 5 (0.83%) Analytical Mindset
11 5 (0.83%) Enterprise Software
11 5 (0.83%) Fixed Income
11 5 (0.83%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 4 (0.67%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 59 (9.83%) Windows
2 13 (2.17%) Linux
2 13 (2.17%) Windows Server
3 7 (1.17%) Windows 10
4 3 (0.50%) Apple iOS
4 3 (0.50%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.33%) Android
5 2 (0.33%) Oracle Linux
6 1 (0.17%) CentOS
6 1 (0.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.17%) Rocky
6 1 (0.17%) Unix
6 1 (0.17%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 130 (21.67%) Problem-Solving
2 99 (16.50%) Agile
3 70 (11.67%) DevOps
4 69 (11.50%) CI/CD
5 68 (11.33%) Stakeholder Management
6 53 (8.83%) Migration
7 52 (8.67%) Continuous Improvement
8 47 (7.83%) Project Management
9 43 (7.17%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 38 (6.33%) Analytics
11 36 (6.00%) Decision-Making
12 35 (5.83%) Infrastructure as Code
12 35 (5.83%) Test Automation
13 34 (5.67%) Coaching
14 32 (5.33%) Software Engineering
15 31 (5.17%) Mentoring
16 30 (5.00%) AI
16 30 (5.00%) User Experience
17 29 (4.83%) Change Management
17 29 (4.83%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 61 (10.17%) SQL
2 60 (10.00%) Python
3 45 (7.50%) Java
4 33 (5.50%) JavaScript
5 22 (3.67%) C#
6 19 (3.17%) PowerShell
7 14 (2.33%) TypeScript
8 5 (0.83%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 4 (0.67%) Bash
9 4 (0.67%) C++
9 4 (0.67%) Go
9 4 (0.67%) T-SQL
10 3 (0.50%) Apex Code
10 3 (0.50%) Rust
11 2 (0.33%) AWK
11 2 (0.33%) Bicep
11 2 (0.33%) Perl
11 2 (0.33%) Scala
11 2 (0.33%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.33%) VBA
Qualifications
1 54 (9.00%) Security Cleared
2 45 (7.50%) SC Cleared
3 41 (6.83%) Degree
4 17 (2.83%) DBS Check
5 11 (1.83%) AWS Certification
5 11 (1.83%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (1.33%) DV Cleared
7 7 (1.17%) Azure Certification
7 7 (1.17%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (1.00%) CISSP
9 5 (0.83%) Cisco Certification
10 4 (0.67%) CCNA
10 4 (0.67%) PMI Certification
10 4 (0.67%) PMP
11 3 (0.50%) ACCA
11 3 (0.50%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 3 (0.50%) CIMA
11 3 (0.50%) CIPD
11 3 (0.50%) Network+ Certification
11 3 (0.50%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (4.17%) Accessibility
1 25 (4.17%) PMO
2 19 (3.17%) QA
3 16 (2.67%) GDPR
4 13 (2.17%) Data Quality
5 12 (2.00%) SLA
6 10 (1.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (0.83%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 5 (0.83%) WCAG
8 4 (0.67%) NIST
9 3 (0.50%) Actionable Recommendations
9 3 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (0.50%) GRC
9 3 (0.50%) HIPAA
9 3 (0.50%) P3O
9 3 (0.50%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.33%) GMP
10 2 (0.33%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.17%) GxP
11 1 (0.17%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 56 (9.33%) Active Directory
2 25 (4.17%) Docker
3 14 (2.33%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.83%) Virtual Desktop
4 5 (0.83%) Virtual Servers
5 4 (0.67%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.33%) Firmware
6 2 (0.33%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 1 (0.17%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.17%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 33 (5.50%) Terraform
2 26 (4.33%) Kubernetes
3 18 (3.00%) Microsoft Intune
4 12 (2.00%) Grafana
4 12 (2.00%) SCCM
5 8 (1.33%) Prometheus
6 4 (0.67%) Jamf Pro
7 3 (0.50%) Argo
7 3 (0.50%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.33%) McAfee ePO
9 1 (0.17%) Ansible
9 1 (0.17%) Cisco CUCM
9 1 (0.17%) Data Guard
9 1 (0.17%) Demisto
9 1 (0.17%) Fluentd
9 1 (0.17%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.17%) Kibana
9 1 (0.17%) Nessus
9 1 (0.17%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 1 (0.17%) VxRail
Vendors
1 111 (18.50%) Microsoft
2 24 (4.00%) Cisco
3 21 (3.50%) Salesforce
4 19 (3.17%) Google
5 18 (3.00%) VMware
6 17 (2.83%) ServiceNow
7 15 (2.50%) Oracle
8 14 (2.33%) Adobe
9 10 (1.67%) Apple
9 10 (1.67%) Databricks
10 8 (1.33%) SAP
10 8 (1.33%) UiPath
11 7 (1.17%) Citrix
11 7 (1.17%) Dynatrace
12 5 (0.83%) Splunk
13 4 (0.67%) CyberArk
13 4 (0.67%) Dell
13 4 (0.67%) Lotus
13 4 (0.67%) Murex
13 4 (0.67%) Veeam