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

6 months to
17 Mar 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 234 158 161
Rank change year-on-year -76 +3 +65
Contract jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 490 530 659
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.13% 1.80% 1.48%
As % of the General category 1.99% 2.88% 2.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 208 275 487
10th Percentile £173 £255 £375
25th Percentile £336 £425 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -20.83% - -
75th Percentile £619 £668 £675
90th Percentile £675 £761 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £388 £508 £508
% change year-on-year -23.65% - -13.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 7 20
10th Percentile £14.61 - £10.88
25th Percentile £15.34 - £12.06
Median hourly rate £16.67 £22.14 £20.22
Median % change year-on-year -24.71% +9.51% -23.53%
75th Percentile £17.44 - £35.66
90th Percentile £17.78 £36.28 £59.16
UK excluding London median hourly rate £16.50 £22.14 £27.93
% change year-on-year -25.47% -20.72% +101.26%

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 24,606 18,417 25,991
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 56.99% 62.72% 58.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,367 11,703 16,637
10th Percentile £300 £296 £263
25th Percentile £405 £408 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £623 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £763 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £490
% change year-on-year - -3.06% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,508 665 1,809
10th Percentile £13.67 £15.23 £12.84
25th Percentile £17.00 £20.12 £15.38
Median hourly rate £24.55 £30.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.17% +15.38% -25.71%
75th Percentile £56.97 £60.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £76.25 £75.85 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £23.00 £27.70 £25.00
% change year-on-year -16.97% +10.80% -16.67%

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 March 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
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 17 March 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 -79 443 £488 -18.75% 810
Work from Home -21 229 £537 -10.50% 448
London -57 224 £563 -8.54% 366
UK excluding London -85 216 £388 -23.65% 701
Midlands -42 70 £438 -16.67% 77
South East -46 50 £363 -30.29% 278
West Midlands -61 44 £540 +2.86% 42
North of England -88 39 £375 -16.67% 144
East of England -10 30 £550 +307.41% 42
East Midlands -18 26 £168 -61.71% 35
North West -34 25 £425 -5.56% 64
South West -38 19 £540 +2.86% 78
Scotland +7 11 £250 -45.95% 74
Yorkshire -69 10 £275 -39.73% 58
North East -15 4 £425 -5.56% 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 (3.47%) SharePoint
2 13 (2.65%) Apache Spark
2 13 (2.65%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (2.45%) Confluence
4 8 (1.63%) Apache Airflow
5 6 (1.22%) CMS
6 4 (0.82%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 4 (0.82%) WordPress
7 2 (0.41%) Apache
7 2 (0.41%) HCL Notes
7 2 (0.41%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.20%) Appian
8 1 (0.20%) Camunda
8 1 (0.20%) IIS
8 1 (0.20%) nginx
8 1 (0.20%) Oracle Application Server
8 1 (0.20%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 26 (5.31%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (3.06%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.82%) Adobe Captivate
3 4 (0.82%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 4 (0.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (0.82%) Trello
4 3 (0.61%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.41%) Adobe After Effects
5 2 (0.41%) Adobe XD
5 2 (0.41%) InVision
5 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.41%) Sketch
6 1 (0.20%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (0.82%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (0.82%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.41%) CODA-Financials
2 2 (0.41%) FLEXCUBE
2 2 (0.41%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.41%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.20%) Advent Geneva
3 1 (0.20%) Bloomberg AIM
3 1 (0.20%) Bloomberg TOMS
3 1 (0.20%) Fidessa
3 1 (0.20%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.20%) ResourceLink
3 1 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.20%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 113 (23.06%) Azure
2 81 (16.53%) AWS
3 35 (7.14%) Power Platform
4 30 (6.12%) Microsoft 365
5 23 (4.69%) GitHub
6 20 (4.08%) GitHub Actions
7 18 (3.67%) Azure DevOps
7 18 (3.67%) GCP
8 17 (3.47%) SaaS
9 16 (3.27%) dbt
10 14 (2.86%) Azure Data Factory
11 13 (2.65%) Entra ID
12 10 (2.04%) Serverless
12 10 (2.04%) Snowflake
13 9 (1.84%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 9 (1.84%) Google Workspace
14 8 (1.63%) Amazon EKS
14 8 (1.63%) Figma
15 7 (1.43%) Power Automate
16 6 (1.22%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 18 (3.67%) TCP/IP
2 15 (3.06%) Ethernet
3 12 (2.45%) Firewall
4 11 (2.24%) Network Security
5 8 (1.63%) VPN
5 8 (1.63%) WAN
6 7 (1.43%) Wi-Fi
7 6 (1.22%) LAN
8 5 (1.02%) DHCP
8 5 (1.02%) DNS
8 5 (1.02%) HTTP
8 5 (1.02%) VLAN
8 5 (1.02%) VSAN
9 3 (0.61%) AMQP
9 3 (0.61%) Intranet
10 2 (0.41%) MPLS
10 2 (0.41%) SD-WAN
11 1 (0.20%) Cisco ISE
11 1 (0.20%) Fibre Channel
11 1 (0.20%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (5.92%) Power BI
2 24 (4.90%) Data Warehouse
3 22 (4.49%) SQL Server
4 13 (2.65%) PostgreSQL
5 11 (2.24%) Big Data
6 10 (2.04%) Hadoop
7 8 (1.63%) Snowflake Schema
8 7 (1.43%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
8 7 (1.43%) Metadata
9 6 (1.22%) Azure SQL Database
9 6 (1.22%) DB2
9 6 (1.22%) Relational Database
9 6 (1.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 6 (1.22%) Tableau
10 5 (1.02%) NoSQL
11 4 (0.82%) Amazon Aurora
11 4 (0.82%) Looker
11 4 (0.82%) Metadata Repository
12 3 (0.61%) Apache Iceberg
12 3 (0.61%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 23 (4.69%) Git
2 20 (4.08%) JIRA
3 6 (1.22%) GitLab
3 6 (1.22%) Jenkins
3 6 (1.22%) JMeter
4 5 (1.02%) Cucumber
4 5 (1.02%) Gatling
4 5 (1.02%) LoadRunner
5 3 (0.61%) Maven
5 3 (0.61%) SonarQube
5 3 (0.61%) Team Foundation Server
6 2 (0.41%) Artifactory
6 2 (0.41%) Axure RP
6 2 (0.41%) JUnit
6 2 (0.41%) Mockito
6 2 (0.41%) Selenium
7 1 (0.20%) Chocolatey
7 1 (0.20%) MLflow
7 1 (0.20%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (0.20%) TestNG
General
1 168 (34.29%) Social Skills
2 115 (23.47%) Finance
3 63 (12.86%) Public Sector
4 56 (11.43%) Analytical Skills
5 21 (4.29%) Banking
6 19 (3.88%) Presentation Skills
7 13 (2.65%) Local Government
8 12 (2.45%) Marketing
8 12 (2.45%) Organisational Skills
9 11 (2.24%) Retail
10 10 (2.04%) Fire and Rescue
11 8 (1.63%) Influencing Skills
11 8 (1.63%) Legal
11 8 (1.63%) Pharmaceutical
12 5 (1.02%) Manufacturing
13 4 (0.82%) Aerospace
13 4 (0.82%) Documentation Skills
13 4 (0.82%) Military
13 4 (0.82%) Publishing
13 4 (0.82%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 71 (14.49%) Analyst
2 39 (7.96%) Data Engineer
3 38 (7.76%) Architect
3 38 (7.76%) Lead
4 31 (6.33%) Senior
5 29 (5.92%) Developer
6 27 (5.51%) Support Engineer
7 19 (3.88%) Consultant
7 19 (3.88%) IT Engineer
7 19 (3.88%) IT Support
7 19 (3.88%) Project Manager
8 18 (3.67%) Data Analyst
9 17 (3.47%) Systems Engineer
10 16 (3.27%) Cloud Engineer
11 15 (3.06%) IT Analyst
11 15 (3.06%) Technical Engineer
12 14 (2.86%) Business Analyst
13 13 (2.65%) DevOps Engineer
13 13 (2.65%) Service Analyst
13 13 (2.65%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (3.47%) EDI
2 13 (2.65%) YAML
3 10 (2.04%) Middleware
3 10 (2.04%) PySpark
4 9 (1.84%) AngularJS
4 9 (1.84%) React
5 8 (1.63%) HTML
6 7 (1.43%) .NET
6 7 (1.43%) Spring
6 7 (1.43%) Spring Boot
7 6 (1.22%) REST
8 4 (0.82%) CSS
8 4 (0.82%) Hibernate
8 4 (0.82%) JPA
9 3 (0.61%) Akka
9 3 (0.61%) Oracle Fusion
9 3 (0.61%) scikit-learn
9 3 (0.61%) TensorFlow
9 3 (0.61%) Web Services
9 3 (0.61%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 21 (4.29%) Cloud Native
1 21 (4.29%) Onboarding
2 19 (3.88%) Management Information System
3 18 (3.67%) Data Centre
4 15 (3.06%) Industry 4.0
4 15 (3.06%) Robotics
5 7 (1.43%) Distributed Systems
5 7 (1.43%) Legacy Systems
5 7 (1.43%) Virtual Team
6 6 (1.22%) Linux Command Line
6 6 (1.22%) Replication
7 5 (1.02%) Algorithms
7 5 (1.02%) Analytical Mindset
7 5 (1.02%) Enterprise Software
7 5 (1.02%) Operational Technology
7 5 (1.02%) Product Ownership
7 5 (1.02%) Reinsurance
8 4 (0.82%) Data Structures
8 4 (0.82%) Mobile App
8 4 (0.82%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 36 (7.35%) Windows
2 15 (3.06%) Windows 10
3 11 (2.24%) Windows Server
4 10 (2.04%) Linux
5 6 (1.22%) AIX
5 6 (1.22%) Unix
6 3 (0.61%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.20%) Oracle Linux
7 1 (0.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.20%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 129 (26.33%) Problem-Solving
2 69 (14.08%) Agile
3 65 (13.27%) CI/CD
4 64 (13.06%) Decision-Making
5 61 (12.45%) Analytics
6 59 (12.04%) DevOps
7 47 (9.59%) Stakeholder Management
8 44 (8.98%) Migration
9 43 (8.78%) Continuous Improvement
10 39 (7.96%) Data Modelling
11 37 (7.55%) Customer Service
12 36 (7.35%) Infrastructure as Code
13 35 (7.14%) Data Pipeline
14 30 (6.12%) Business Intelligence
15 29 (5.92%) AI
15 29 (5.92%) Mentoring
16 28 (5.71%) Data Engineering
16 28 (5.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 27 (5.51%) Data Governance
17 27 (5.51%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 73 (14.90%) SQL
2 65 (13.27%) Python
3 19 (3.88%) PowerShell
4 18 (3.67%) Java
5 16 (3.27%) JavaScript
6 10 (2.04%) Bash
6 10 (2.04%) R
7 9 (1.84%) C#
8 7 (1.43%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 6 (1.22%) TypeScript
10 5 (1.02%) VBA
11 3 (0.61%) Go
11 3 (0.61%) Scala
12 2 (0.41%) Apex Code
12 2 (0.41%) AWK
12 2 (0.41%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.41%) Ruby
12 2 (0.41%) Rust
13 1 (0.20%) C
13 1 (0.20%) C++
Qualifications
1 74 (15.10%) Security Cleared
2 62 (12.65%) SC Cleared
3 47 (9.59%) Degree
4 16 (3.27%) DBS Check
5 15 (3.06%) AWS Certification
6 9 (1.84%) Azure Certification
6 9 (1.84%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (1.22%) DV Cleared
8 4 (0.82%) ACCA
8 4 (0.82%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 4 (0.82%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 4 (0.82%) CIMA
8 4 (0.82%) CISSP
8 4 (0.82%) CTC Cleared
9 3 (0.61%) CompTIA CySA+
9 3 (0.61%) Network+ Certification
9 3 (0.61%) Oracle Certification
9 3 (0.61%) SANS
10 2 (0.41%) CCNA
10 2 (0.41%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (5.31%) Data Quality
2 22 (4.49%) Accessibility
3 18 (3.67%) QA
4 9 (1.84%) Actionable Recommendations
4 9 (1.84%) GDPR
5 7 (1.43%) PMO
6 6 (1.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (1.02%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (0.61%) GRC
8 3 (0.61%) SLA
9 2 (0.41%) ISO 22301
9 2 (0.41%) NIST
9 2 (0.41%) PSD2
9 2 (0.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.41%) WCAG
10 1 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.20%) Def Stans
10 1 (0.20%) NCSC
10 1 (0.20%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.20%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 30 (6.12%) Active Directory
2 17 (3.47%) Docker
3 10 (2.04%) Hyper-V
4 7 (1.43%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (1.22%) KVM
6 5 (1.02%) VMware NSX
6 5 (1.02%) vSphere
7 4 (0.82%) VMware Infrastructure
8 2 (0.41%) Firmware
8 2 (0.41%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.20%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.20%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 37 (7.55%) Terraform
2 21 (4.29%) Kubernetes
3 14 (2.86%) Grafana
4 12 (2.45%) Microsoft Intune
5 9 (1.84%) Ansible
6 8 (1.63%) Prometheus
7 7 (1.43%) SCCM
8 6 (1.22%) IBM BigFix
8 6 (1.22%) Kibana
8 6 (1.22%) vCenter Server
9 4 (0.82%) Jamf Pro
10 3 (0.61%) Argo
11 2 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
12 1 (0.20%) Data Guard
12 1 (0.20%) EMC VPLEX
12 1 (0.20%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
12 1 (0.20%) PaperCut
12 1 (0.20%) Rancher
12 1 (0.20%) vRealize
12 1 (0.20%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 77 (15.71%) Microsoft
2 30 (6.12%) Databricks
3 21 (4.29%) Oracle
4 18 (3.67%) ServiceNow
5 15 (3.06%) Google
5 15 (3.06%) Siemens
6 14 (2.86%) Salesforce
7 12 (2.45%) VMware
8 11 (2.24%) Cisco
8 11 (2.24%) SAP
9 10 (2.04%) Adobe
9 10 (2.04%) Dynatrace
10 7 (1.43%) Atlassian
11 6 (1.22%) IBM
12 4 (0.82%) Citrix
12 4 (0.82%) Dell
12 4 (0.82%) MuleSoft
12 4 (0.82%) Netskope
12 4 (0.82%) Talend
13 3 (0.61%) AppDynamics
956 Inclusion and Diversity jobs Nationwide