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

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 210 139 159
Rank change year-on-year -71 +20 +17
Contract jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 710 654 590
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.33% 1.98% 1.52%
As % of the General category 2.41% 3.11% 2.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 371 262 407
10th Percentile £306 £173 £425
25th Percentile £375 £357 £508
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £470 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.26% -21.67% -
75th Percentile £578 £623 £688
90th Percentile £675 £660 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £434 £500
% change year-on-year -2.02% -13.25% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 20 7
10th Percentile £14.85 £17.48 £19.64
25th Percentile £17.36 - £27.61
Median hourly rate £19.65 £22.14 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.27% -50.80% -16.86%
75th Percentile £28.81 £22.23 £48.13
90th Percentile £54.80 £60.00 £52.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £31.90 £22.14 £25.91
% change year-on-year +44.06% -14.53% -63.45%

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 29,460 20,999 22,224
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 55.06% 63.44% 57.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,463 13,057 13,972
10th Percentile £313 £275 £290
25th Percentile £413 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £626 £650
90th Percentile £738 £749 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,249 1,151 1,349
10th Percentile £13.98 £13.25 £14.06
25th Percentile £17.25 £16.25 £17.00
Median hourly rate £31.56 £25.15 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +25.47% -34.02% +38.62%
75th Percentile £57.50 £50.75 £58.49
90th Percentile £80.00 £71.50 £70.04
UK excluding London median hourly rate £32.50 £22.14 £38.12
% change year-on-year +46.79% -41.92% +52.48%

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 17 August 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 17 August 2026.

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 17 August 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 -68 623 £475 -4.04% 864
UK excluding London -63 326 £425 -2.02% 760
London -60 319 £510 -7.27% 323
Work from Home -38 269 £525 -1.87% 398
Midlands -18 103 £509 +16.23% 106
South East -38 82 £450 -11.33% 222
West Midlands -19 78 £525 +23.53% 57
North of England -73 74 £425 +7.59% 176
North East -1 44 £425 +6.25% 35
South West -37 27 £475 -15.56% 133
East Midlands -15 25 £165 -63.33% 49
Scotland -20 22 £250 -45.95% 43
North West -44 16 £518 +29.38% 83
Yorkshire -74 14 £400 +100.00% 58
East of England -30 10 £425 +174.19% 49
Wales -11 7 £394 +18.90% 21
Northern Ireland +3 1 - - 30

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 30 (4.23%) SharePoint
2 16 (2.25%) Confluence
3 12 (1.69%) Apache Airflow
3 12 (1.69%) CMS
4 10 (1.41%) Microsoft Exchange
5 9 (1.27%) Apache Spark
5 9 (1.27%) WordPress
6 6 (0.85%) Apache
7 4 (0.56%) Kentico
8 3 (0.42%) Jupyter
9 2 (0.28%) Skype for Business
10 1 (0.14%) Drupal
10 1 (0.14%) JBoss
10 1 (0.14%) SAS
10 1 (0.14%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 18 (2.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (1.55%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (0.85%) Microsoft Project
3 6 (0.85%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (0.42%) AutoCAD
4 3 (0.42%) Trello
5 2 (0.28%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.28%) Sketch
6 1 (0.14%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.14%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.14%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.14%) InVision
6 1 (0.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 16 (2.25%) NetSuite
2 11 (1.55%) Dynamics CRM
3 9 (1.27%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (0.70%) Sage X3
4 5 (0.70%) Salesforce CRM
4 5 (0.70%) Workday HCM
5 4 (0.56%) Dynamics NAV
5 4 (0.56%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.28%) SAP Business One
7 1 (0.14%) Advent Geneva
7 1 (0.14%) Dynamics AX
7 1 (0.14%) Hyperion Planning
7 1 (0.14%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.14%) Oracle Financials
7 1 (0.14%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.14%) SAP FI
7 1 (0.14%) SAP FS
7 1 (0.14%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 211 (29.72%) Azure
2 124 (17.46%) AWS
3 74 (10.42%) Azure DevOps
4 68 (9.58%) Power Platform
5 62 (8.73%) Microsoft 365
6 49 (6.90%) GCP
7 40 (5.63%) GitHub
8 32 (4.51%) Dynamics 365
8 32 (4.51%) GitHub Actions
9 29 (4.08%) Serverless
10 27 (3.80%) Entra ID
11 26 (3.66%) Power Automate
12 22 (3.10%) Snowflake
13 21 (2.96%) Azure Data Factory
14 19 (2.68%) Amazon EKS
15 18 (2.54%) AWS Lambda
16 17 (2.39%) dbt
17 15 (2.11%) Amazon CloudWatch
18 14 (1.97%) SaaS
19 13 (1.83%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 13 (1.83%) DNS
1 13 (1.83%) Firewall
1 13 (1.83%) Network Security
2 11 (1.55%) Wi-Fi
3 10 (1.41%) VLAN
3 10 (1.41%) VPN
3 10 (1.41%) Wireless
4 9 (1.27%) DHCP
5 8 (1.13%) TCP/IP
6 7 (0.99%) HTTP
7 6 (0.85%) Structured Cabling
7 6 (0.85%) WAN
8 5 (0.70%) SD-WAN
9 4 (0.56%) BGP
9 4 (0.56%) OSPF
10 3 (0.42%) Ethernet VPN
10 3 (0.42%) MPLS
10 3 (0.42%) SSL
10 3 (0.42%) VXLAN
11 2 (0.28%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (6.90%) Power BI
2 33 (4.65%) Data Warehouse
3 29 (4.08%) PostgreSQL
4 22 (3.10%) SQL Server
5 13 (1.83%) Metadata
6 12 (1.69%) MongoDB
7 10 (1.41%) Big Data
8 9 (1.27%) Relational Database
9 8 (1.13%) Azure SQL Database
9 8 (1.13%) Data Lake
9 8 (1.13%) Looker
9 8 (1.13%) NoSQL
9 8 (1.13%) Power Query
9 8 (1.13%) Snowflake Schema
9 8 (1.13%) Tableau
10 7 (0.99%) Amazon RDS
10 7 (0.99%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
10 7 (0.99%) Redis
11 6 (0.85%) Hadoop
12 5 (0.70%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 39 (5.49%) JIRA
2 34 (4.79%) Git
3 28 (3.94%) Jenkins
4 23 (3.24%) GitLab
5 11 (1.55%) Cypress.io
5 11 (1.55%) Selenium
6 10 (1.41%) fastlane
6 10 (1.41%) Postman
7 9 (1.27%) WebDriver
8 8 (1.13%) Cucumber
9 6 (0.85%) JMeter
9 6 (0.85%) Vite
10 5 (0.70%) Android Studio
10 5 (0.70%) Crashlytics
10 5 (0.70%) Gradle
10 5 (0.70%) JUnit
10 5 (0.70%) LoadRunner
10 5 (0.70%) Mockito
10 5 (0.70%) Visual Studio
10 5 (0.70%) Xcode
General
1 266 (37.46%) Social Skills
2 191 (26.90%) Public Sector
3 188 (26.48%) Finance
4 103 (14.51%) Analytical Skills
5 28 (3.94%) Organisational Skills
6 23 (3.24%) Banking
7 20 (2.82%) Manufacturing
8 18 (2.54%) Influencing Skills
9 17 (2.39%) Law
10 16 (2.25%) Documentation Skills
11 15 (2.11%) Legal
12 14 (1.97%) Marketing
13 10 (1.41%) Presentation Skills
13 10 (1.41%) Retail
14 9 (1.27%) Local Government
14 9 (1.27%) Pharmaceutical
14 9 (1.27%) Telecoms
15 7 (0.99%) Aerospace
15 7 (0.99%) Publishing
16 5 (0.70%) Billing
Job Titles
1 103 (14.51%) Developer
2 100 (14.08%) Analyst
3 80 (11.27%) Senior
4 74 (10.42%) Lead
5 55 (7.75%) Architect
6 47 (6.62%) Consultant
7 33 (4.65%) Data Engineer
8 27 (3.80%) Business Analyst
8 27 (3.80%) Data Analyst
9 25 (3.52%) DevOps Engineer
9 25 (3.52%) Senior Developer
10 21 (2.96%) IT Engineer
10 21 (2.96%) Support Engineer
11 18 (2.54%) Coordinator
11 18 (2.54%) Project Manager
12 17 (2.39%) IT Support
13 16 (2.25%) Software Developer
14 15 (2.11%) Solutions Architect
15 14 (1.97%) Administrator
15 14 (1.97%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (5.49%) RESTful
2 29 (4.08%) React
3 27 (3.80%) .NET
4 23 (3.24%) GraphQL
4 23 (3.24%) HTML
5 22 (3.10%) CSS
6 19 (2.68%) Node.js
6 19 (2.68%) PySpark
7 18 (2.54%) Kafka
7 18 (2.54%) REST
8 17 (2.39%) Django
8 17 (2.39%) JSON
9 14 (1.97%) Spring
9 14 (1.97%) Spring Boot
10 13 (1.83%) OAuth
11 12 (1.69%) OpenID
12 11 (1.55%) Gherkin
12 11 (1.55%) OAuth2
13 8 (1.13%) HTML5
13 8 (1.13%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 63 (8.87%) Onboarding
2 41 (5.77%) Cloud Native
3 40 (5.63%) Product Ownership
4 24 (3.38%) Legacy Systems
5 21 (2.96%) Distributed Systems
6 18 (2.54%) Data Centre
7 13 (1.83%) Data Structures
8 12 (1.69%) Management Information System
9 10 (1.41%) Enterprise Software
9 10 (1.41%) Mobile App
10 9 (1.27%) Security Posture
11 7 (0.99%) EPoS
11 7 (0.99%) Replication
11 7 (0.99%) Self-Motivation
11 7 (0.99%) Virtual Team
12 6 (0.85%) Algorithms
13 5 (0.70%) Linux Command Line
13 5 (0.70%) Reinsurance
14 4 (0.56%) Hybrid Cloud
14 4 (0.56%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 69 (9.72%) Windows
2 19 (2.68%) Linux
3 17 (2.39%) Windows Server
4 16 (2.25%) Windows 10
5 13 (1.83%) Apple iOS
6 12 (1.69%) Android
7 6 (0.85%) Unix
8 5 (0.70%) Windows 7
9 4 (0.56%) Mac OS
10 3 (0.42%) AIX
10 3 (0.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (0.42%) Windows Server 2008
11 2 (0.28%) VMS
12 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 225 (31.69%) Agile
2 177 (24.93%) Problem-Solving
3 153 (21.55%) DevOps
4 146 (20.56%) CI/CD
5 140 (19.72%) Stakeholder Management
6 123 (17.32%) Continuous Improvement
7 112 (15.77%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
8 108 (15.21%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 104 (14.65%) Analytics
10 100 (14.08%) Decision-Making
11 89 (12.54%) AI
12 86 (12.11%) Migration
13 71 (10.00%) Test Automation
14 69 (9.72%) Infrastructure as Code
15 68 (9.58%) Mentoring
16 66 (9.30%) Validation
17 61 (8.59%) Digital Transformation Programme
18 60 (8.45%) Technical Leadership
19 58 (8.17%) Business Intelligence
20 55 (7.75%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 115 (16.20%) Python
2 99 (13.94%) SQL
3 58 (8.17%) JavaScript
4 41 (5.77%) C#
5 40 (5.63%) Java
6 28 (3.94%) TypeScript
7 16 (2.25%) PowerShell
8 13 (1.83%) Kotlin
9 12 (1.69%) Bash
10 10 (1.41%) Go
10 10 (1.41%) Swift
11 9 (1.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 8 (1.13%) Bicep
12 8 (1.13%) Ruby
12 8 (1.13%) Scala
13 6 (0.85%) PL/SQL
14 5 (0.70%) Groovy
14 5 (0.70%) PHP
14 5 (0.70%) R
15 4 (0.56%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 136 (19.15%) Security Cleared
2 124 (17.46%) SC Cleared
3 52 (7.32%) Degree
4 26 (3.66%) DBS Check
5 24 (3.38%) Azure Certification
5 24 (3.38%) Microsoft Certification
6 22 (3.10%) BPSS Clearance
7 20 (2.82%) Computer Science Degree
8 10 (1.41%) Master's Degree
9 9 (1.27%) ISTQB
10 7 (0.99%) CISSP
11 6 (0.85%) ACCA
11 6 (0.85%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 6 (0.85%) CIMA
11 6 (0.85%) ITIL Certification
12 5 (0.70%) AWS Certification
12 5 (0.70%) CISM
12 5 (0.70%) PMP
13 4 (0.56%) DV Cleared
14 3 (0.42%) CIPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 95 (13.38%) Accessibility
2 43 (6.06%) QA
3 38 (5.35%) Data Quality
4 37 (5.21%) WCAG
5 31 (4.37%) GDPR
6 21 (2.96%) SLA
7 16 (2.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 12 (1.69%) NCSC
9 8 (1.13%) NIST
9 8 (1.13%) PMO
10 7 (0.99%) Actionable Recommendations
11 6 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials
12 5 (0.70%) COBIT
12 5 (0.70%) GRC
13 3 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 2 (0.28%) Def Stans
14 2 (0.28%) DICOM
14 2 (0.28%) HL7
15 1 (0.14%) GxP
15 1 (0.14%) JSP 440
System Software
1 57 (8.03%) Docker
2 48 (6.76%) Active Directory
3 10 (1.41%) Hyper-V
4 6 (0.85%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (0.85%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (0.70%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.42%) Firmware
7 2 (0.28%) Apache ZooKeeper
7 2 (0.28%) BitLocker
7 2 (0.28%) KVM
7 2 (0.28%) vSphere
8 1 (0.14%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.14%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 79 (11.13%) Terraform
2 62 (8.73%) Kubernetes
3 28 (3.94%) Grafana
4 22 (3.10%) Prometheus
5 18 (2.54%) Microsoft Intune
6 15 (2.11%) Ansible
7 12 (1.69%) SCCM
8 7 (0.99%) Kibana
9 5 (0.70%) Consul
9 5 (0.70%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (0.42%) Packer
10 3 (0.42%) Rancher
11 2 (0.28%) HP ALM
11 2 (0.28%) HP Quality Center
11 2 (0.28%) IBM BigFix
11 2 (0.28%) ITRS Geneos
11 2 (0.28%) Jamf Pro
11 2 (0.28%) vCenter Server
11 2 (0.28%) ZABBIX
11 2 (0.28%) Zipkin
Vendors
1 161 (22.68%) Microsoft
2 32 (4.51%) Google
3 30 (4.23%) Databricks
4 25 (3.52%) SAP
5 24 (3.38%) Dynatrace
5 24 (3.38%) Salesforce
5 24 (3.38%) ServiceNow
6 16 (2.25%) Oracle
7 12 (1.69%) CyberArk
7 12 (1.69%) Sage
8 10 (1.41%) Splunk
9 9 (1.27%) Apple
9 9 (1.27%) Cisco
9 9 (1.27%) PagerDuty
10 8 (1.13%) OpenAI
10 8 (1.13%) VMware
11 7 (0.99%) CA Agile Central
11 7 (0.99%) Qualys
11 7 (0.99%) Signiant
11 7 (0.99%) UiPath