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

6 months to
12 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 227 142 160
Rank change year-on-year -85 +18 +49
Contract jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 567 594 660
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.13% 2.02% 1.51%
As % of the General category 2.10% 3.18% 2.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 266 245 457
10th Percentile £313 £183 £405
25th Percentile £389 £385 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £600
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -16.67% -
75th Percentile £588 £638 £700
90th Percentile £675 £685 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £450 £501
% change year-on-year - -10.22% -1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 12 21
10th Percentile £18.40 - £11.36
25th Percentile £19.00 - £12.27
Median hourly rate £22.64 £22.14 £21.64
Median % change year-on-year +2.24% +2.31% -44.51%
75th Percentile £44.50 £24.73 £47.50
90th Percentile £106.30 £55.00 £57.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £94.75 £22.14 £17.60
% change year-on-year +327.96% +25.80% +26.85%

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 26,971 18,680 24,970
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 53.96% 63.47% 57.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,300 11,794 15,684
10th Percentile £313 £281 £275
25th Percentile £413 £402 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £506 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.28% -3.62% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £768
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £490
% change year-on-year +5.26% -3.06% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,795 864 2,007
10th Percentile £13.97 £13.46 £12.78
25th Percentile £18.00 £16.67 £15.50
Median hourly rate £32.00 £28.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -6.67% -6.02%
75th Percentile £61.18 £55.00 £52.50
90th Percentile £80.03 £75.00 £67.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £31.16 £24.42 £28.46
% change year-on-year +27.58% -14.20% +3.49%

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 12 June 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 12 June 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Inclusion and Diversity in the UK

Inclusion and Diversity
Top 16 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 12 June 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 -87 492 £490 -6.67% 650
London -55 264 £528 -8.26% 241
Work from Home -38 240 £525 -3.45% 342
UK excluding London -104 236 £450 - 566
South East -61 68 £425 -16.26% 192
Midlands -72 59 £540 +20.67% 85
North of England -92 56 £425 +6.25% 109
West Midlands -58 47 £540 +20.67% 44
North East -7 28 £425 -22.73% 9
East of England -24 20 £338 +3.85% 46
Scotland -20 18 £230 -50.27% 39
Yorkshire -85 15 £375 -6.25% 43
South West -45 14 £475 -15.59% 72
North West -45 13 £365 -14.21% 59
East Midlands -33 12 - - 41
Northern Ireland +1 1 - - 18

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 19 (3.35%) SharePoint
2 14 (2.47%) Apache Spark
3 12 (2.12%) Confluence
4 11 (1.94%) Microsoft Exchange
5 10 (1.76%) Apache Airflow
6 9 (1.59%) CMS
7 5 (0.88%) WordPress
8 4 (0.71%) Apache
8 4 (0.71%) Kentico
9 2 (0.35%) Jupyter
9 2 (0.35%) Skype for Business
10 1 (0.18%) Appian
10 1 (0.18%) Drupal
10 1 (0.18%) nginx
10 1 (0.18%) SAS
10 1 (0.18%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 21 (3.70%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (1.76%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.53%) AutoCAD
4 2 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.35%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.35%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.35%) Trello
5 1 (0.18%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.18%) InVision
5 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.18%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 10 (1.76%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (1.41%) NetSuite
3 4 (0.71%) Oracle ERP
4 3 (0.53%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.53%) Sage X3
5 2 (0.35%) SAP Business One
5 2 (0.35%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.18%) Advent Geneva
6 1 (0.18%) Bloomberg TOMS
6 1 (0.18%) FLEXCUBE
6 1 (0.18%) Hyperion Planning
6 1 (0.18%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.18%) Oracle Financials
6 1 (0.18%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.18%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.18%) SAP FS
6 1 (0.18%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 145 (25.57%) Azure
2 106 (18.69%) AWS
3 40 (7.05%) Azure DevOps
4 39 (6.88%) Microsoft 365
5 38 (6.70%) Power Platform
6 36 (6.35%) GCP
7 35 (6.17%) GitHub
8 28 (4.94%) GitHub Actions
9 22 (3.88%) Entra ID
10 17 (3.00%) dbt
11 16 (2.82%) Snowflake
12 15 (2.65%) Azure Data Factory
13 14 (2.47%) Amazon EKS
13 14 (2.47%) Serverless
14 11 (1.94%) SaaS
15 10 (1.76%) AWS Lambda
16 9 (1.59%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 9 (1.59%) Firebase
17 7 (1.23%) AWS CloudFormation
17 7 (1.23%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 20 (3.53%) TCP/IP
2 15 (2.65%) Ethernet
3 11 (1.94%) Network Security
4 9 (1.59%) Firewall
4 9 (1.59%) WAN
5 8 (1.41%) DNS
5 8 (1.41%) VLAN
5 8 (1.41%) Wi-Fi
6 7 (1.23%) VPN
7 6 (1.06%) DHCP
7 6 (1.06%) HTTP
7 6 (1.06%) SD-WAN
7 6 (1.06%) VSAN
8 4 (0.71%) MPLS
9 3 (0.53%) BGP
9 3 (0.53%) Ethernet VPN
9 3 (0.53%) LAN
9 3 (0.53%) OSPF
9 3 (0.53%) Structured Cabling
9 3 (0.53%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (6.17%) Power BI
2 25 (4.41%) Data Warehouse
3 23 (4.06%) SQL Server
4 20 (3.53%) PostgreSQL
5 13 (2.29%) Big Data
6 12 (2.12%) Hadoop
7 8 (1.41%) Db2
7 8 (1.41%) NoSQL
7 8 (1.41%) Snowflake Schema
8 7 (1.23%) Azure SQL Database
8 7 (1.23%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
8 7 (1.23%) Metadata
8 7 (1.23%) Tableau
9 6 (1.06%) Amazon RDS
9 6 (1.06%) Looker
10 5 (0.88%) Data Lake
10 5 (0.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 4 (0.71%) MongoDB
11 4 (0.71%) Redis
11 4 (0.71%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 33 (5.82%) JIRA
2 27 (4.76%) Jenkins
3 24 (4.23%) Git
4 16 (2.82%) GitLab
5 9 (1.59%) fastlane
6 6 (1.06%) JMeter
6 6 (1.06%) SonarQube
6 6 (1.06%) Vite
7 5 (0.88%) Android Studio
7 5 (0.88%) Crashlytics
7 5 (0.88%) Gatling
7 5 (0.88%) Gradle
7 5 (0.88%) JUnit
7 5 (0.88%) LoadRunner
8 4 (0.71%) CircleCI
8 4 (0.71%) Mockito
8 4 (0.71%) Xcode
9 3 (0.53%) Cucumber
9 3 (0.53%) Selenium
9 3 (0.53%) Visual Studio
General
1 189 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 156 (27.51%) Finance
3 125 (22.05%) Public Sector
4 75 (13.23%) Analytical Skills
5 28 (4.94%) Banking
6 17 (3.00%) Law
6 17 (3.00%) Presentation Skills
7 14 (2.47%) Legal
7 14 (2.47%) Organisational Skills
8 12 (2.12%) Influencing Skills
9 11 (1.94%) Manufacturing
10 10 (1.76%) Documentation Skills
10 10 (1.76%) Pharmaceutical
11 8 (1.41%) Marketing
12 7 (1.23%) Retail
13 6 (1.06%) Local Government
13 6 (1.06%) Telecoms
14 5 (0.88%) General Ledger
15 4 (0.71%) Aerospace
15 4 (0.71%) Police
Job Titles
1 73 (12.87%) Analyst
2 65 (11.46%) Developer
3 60 (10.58%) Senior
4 47 (8.29%) Lead
5 39 (6.88%) Architect
6 35 (6.17%) Consultant
6 35 (6.17%) Data Engineer
7 25 (4.41%) DevOps Engineer
8 24 (4.23%) Data Analyst
9 22 (3.88%) Support Engineer
10 20 (3.53%) Business Analyst
11 19 (3.35%) Senior Developer
12 18 (3.17%) IT Support
13 16 (2.82%) IT Engineer
13 16 (2.82%) Project Manager
13 16 (2.82%) Systems Engineer
14 15 (2.65%) Technical Engineer
15 13 (2.29%) Azure Engineer
15 13 (2.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 12 (2.12%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (3.88%) RESTful
2 21 (3.70%) React
3 19 (3.35%) .NET
4 16 (2.82%) GraphQL
5 14 (2.47%) REST
6 12 (2.12%) Spring
6 12 (2.12%) Spring Boot
7 11 (1.94%) HTML
7 11 (1.94%) Kafka
8 10 (1.76%) CSS
9 9 (1.59%) PySpark
10 8 (1.41%) Django
11 7 (1.23%) Middleware
11 7 (1.23%) Next.js
11 7 (1.23%) YAML
12 6 (1.06%) AngularJS
12 6 (1.06%) ARM Templates
12 6 (1.06%) Node.js
12 6 (1.06%) RabbitMQ
13 5 (0.88%) Android SDK
Miscellaneous
1 46 (8.11%) Onboarding
2 33 (5.82%) Cloud Native
3 22 (3.88%) Product Ownership
4 16 (2.82%) Data Centre
4 16 (2.82%) Legacy Systems
5 15 (2.65%) Distributed Systems
5 15 (2.65%) Industry 4.0
5 15 (2.65%) Robotics
6 11 (1.94%) Data Structures
7 9 (1.59%) Linux Command Line
7 9 (1.59%) Mobile App
8 8 (1.41%) Security Posture
9 6 (1.06%) Algorithms
9 6 (1.06%) Enterprise Software
9 6 (1.06%) EPoS
9 6 (1.06%) Management Information System
9 6 (1.06%) Operational Technology
10 5 (0.88%) Replication
11 4 (0.71%) NHS
11 4 (0.71%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 55 (9.70%) Windows
2 19 (3.35%) Linux
2 19 (3.35%) Windows 10
3 18 (3.17%) Windows Server
4 11 (1.94%) Android
5 10 (1.76%) Apple iOS
6 9 (1.59%) Unix
7 6 (1.06%) AIX
8 3 (0.53%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.53%) Windows 7
9 2 (0.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.35%) VMS
10 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 138 (24.34%) Agile
1 138 (24.34%) Problem-Solving
2 113 (19.93%) CI/CD
3 101 (17.81%) DevOps
4 94 (16.58%) Decision-Making
5 80 (14.11%) Analytics
5 80 (14.11%) Stakeholder Management
6 72 (12.70%) Continuous Improvement
7 64 (11.29%) Infrastructure as Code
8 62 (10.93%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
9 59 (10.41%) Migration
10 57 (10.05%) AI
11 50 (8.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 49 (8.64%) Test Automation
13 46 (8.11%) Mentoring
14 42 (7.41%) Data Modelling
14 42 (7.41%) Validation
15 40 (7.05%) Business Intelligence
16 39 (6.88%) Data Pipeline
17 38 (6.70%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 99 (17.46%) Python
2 84 (14.81%) SQL
3 37 (6.53%) Java
4 28 (4.94%) JavaScript
5 23 (4.06%) PowerShell
6 18 (3.17%) TypeScript
7 16 (2.82%) Bash
7 16 (2.82%) C#
8 11 (1.94%) R
9 10 (1.76%) Kotlin
10 9 (1.59%) Swift
11 7 (1.23%) Scala
12 5 (0.88%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 5 (0.88%) Ruby
12 5 (0.88%) VBA
13 4 (0.71%) Bicep
13 4 (0.71%) Go
13 4 (0.71%) Groovy
13 4 (0.71%) PL/SQL
14 3 (0.53%) VB
Qualifications
1 96 (16.93%) Security Cleared
2 88 (15.52%) SC Cleared
3 48 (8.47%) Degree
4 19 (3.35%) DBS Check
5 15 (2.65%) Azure Certification
6 12 (2.12%) BPSS Clearance
7 11 (1.94%) AWS Certification
7 11 (1.94%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (1.06%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (0.88%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 5 (0.88%) PMP
10 4 (0.71%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 4 (0.71%) ITIL Certification
10 4 (0.71%) Master's Degree
11 3 (0.53%) PMI Certification
12 2 (0.35%) ACCA
12 2 (0.35%) CIMA
12 2 (0.35%) CIPD
12 2 (0.35%) CISM
12 2 (0.35%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (8.29%) Accessibility
2 33 (5.82%) Data Quality
3 22 (3.88%) QA
4 16 (2.82%) WCAG
5 14 (2.47%) GDPR
6 10 (1.76%) Actionable Recommendations
6 10 (1.76%) SLA
7 8 (1.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 6 (1.06%) Cyber Essentials
8 6 (1.06%) PMO
9 5 (0.88%) GRC
9 5 (0.88%) NCSC
10 4 (0.71%) COBIT
10 4 (0.71%) NIST
11 3 (0.53%) Def Stans
12 2 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 2 (0.35%) PSD2
13 1 (0.18%) Disclosure Scotland
13 1 (0.18%) ISO 31000
13 1 (0.18%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 45 (7.94%) Docker
2 38 (6.70%) Active Directory
3 13 (2.29%) Hyper-V
4 11 (1.94%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (1.06%) KVM
5 6 (1.06%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (1.06%) VMware NSX
5 6 (1.06%) vSphere
6 4 (0.71%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.35%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.18%) Apache ZooKeeper
8 1 (0.18%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 68 (11.99%) Terraform
2 49 (8.64%) Kubernetes
3 24 (4.23%) Grafana
4 20 (3.53%) Ansible
4 20 (3.53%) Prometheus
5 11 (1.94%) SCCM
6 10 (1.76%) Kibana
7 9 (1.59%) Microsoft Intune
8 6 (1.06%) IBM BigFix
8 6 (1.06%) vCenter Server
9 4 (0.71%) Consul
9 4 (0.71%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (0.53%) Rancher
11 2 (0.35%) HP ALM
11 2 (0.35%) HP Quality Center
11 2 (0.35%) ITRS Geneos
11 2 (0.35%) Jamf Pro
11 2 (0.35%) Packer
11 2 (0.35%) Zipkin
12 1 (0.18%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 90 (15.87%) Microsoft
2 26 (4.59%) Google
3 25 (4.41%) Databricks
4 23 (4.06%) SAP
5 21 (3.70%) ServiceNow
6 20 (3.53%) Dynatrace
7 18 (3.17%) Salesforce
8 16 (2.82%) Oracle
9 15 (2.65%) Siemens
10 14 (2.47%) VMware
11 12 (2.12%) CyberArk
12 7 (1.23%) IBM
12 7 (1.23%) PagerDuty
13 6 (1.06%) Atlassian
14 5 (0.88%) Cisco
14 5 (0.88%) Qualys
14 5 (0.88%) Sage
15 4 (0.71%) Apple
16 3 (0.53%) Dell
16 3 (0.53%) HP