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

6 months to
10 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 244 145 163
Rank change year-on-year -99 +18 +54
Contract jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 491 542 641
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.07% 1.86% 1.46%
As % of the General category 1.92% 2.95% 2.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 214 271 468
10th Percentile £174 £215 £379
25th Percentile £350 £413 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year -22.73% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £595 £656 £688
90th Percentile £675 £738 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £401 £465 £506
% change year-on-year -13.76% -8.10% -8.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 7 21
10th Percentile £15.21 - £11.36
25th Percentile £16.84 - £12.27
Median hourly rate £18.00 £22.14 £21.64
Median % change year-on-year -18.70% +2.31% -18.15%
75th Percentile £24.38 - £47.50
90th Percentile £98.25 £36.28 £58.70
UK excluding London median hourly rate £16.84 £22.14 £19.62
% change year-on-year -23.94% +12.84% +41.41%

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 25,557 18,394 25,602
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 55.72% 62.96% 58.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,901 11,786 16,235
10th Percentile £304 £300 £270
25th Percentile £406 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £623 £645 £650
90th Percentile £738 £763 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £500
% change year-on-year - -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,587 745 1,892
10th Percentile £13.72 £14.70 £12.78
25th Percentile £17.25 £18.50 £15.39
Median hourly rate £26.50 £28.75 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.83% +6.48% -22.86%
75th Percentile £59.00 £57.50 £50.06
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.00 £27.00 £25.50
% change year-on-year -7.41% +5.88% -17.05%

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 10 April 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 10 April 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Inclusion and Diversity in the UK

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 10 April 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 -89 445 £450 -21.74% 780
Work from Home -32 233 £525 -9.33% 357
London -63 231 £540 -10.00% 340
UK excluding London -114 207 £401 -13.76% 663
Midlands -50 64 £533 +15.76% 78
South East -48 56 £375 -26.11% 265
North of England -99 41 £375 -16.67% 143
West Midlands -56 40 £540 +8.00% 46
East of England -23 26 £520 +71.90% 48
East Midlands -24 24 £155 -64.57% 32
North West -38 22 £325 -27.78% 65
South West -51 16 £537 +2.29% 70
Yorkshire -73 10 £275 -31.25% 58
North East -14 9 £425 -15.00% 21
Scotland -5 5 £250 -45.95% 46

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 (3.87%) SharePoint
2 14 (2.85%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (2.44%) Apache Spark
4 10 (2.04%) Confluence
5 7 (1.43%) CMS
6 6 (1.22%) Apache Airflow
7 4 (0.81%) WordPress
8 3 (0.61%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 2 (0.41%) Apache
9 2 (0.41%) HCL Notes
9 2 (0.41%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.20%) Appian
10 1 (0.20%) Camunda
10 1 (0.20%) Drupal
10 1 (0.20%) nginx
10 1 (0.20%) Oracle Application Server
10 1 (0.20%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 25 (5.09%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (2.85%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.81%) Spreadsheet
3 4 (0.81%) Trello
4 3 (0.61%) InVision
4 3 (0.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.61%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.61%) Sketch
5 2 (0.41%) Adobe After Effects
5 2 (0.41%) Adobe XD
5 2 (0.41%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.20%) Adobe Captivate
6 1 (0.20%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 7 (1.43%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.81%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.41%) CODA-Financials
3 2 (0.41%) FLEXCUBE
3 2 (0.41%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.41%) SAP Business One
3 2 (0.41%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.20%) Advent Geneva
4 1 (0.20%) Bloomberg AIM
4 1 (0.20%) Bloomberg TOMS
4 1 (0.20%) Fidessa
4 1 (0.20%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.20%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.20%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.20%) SAP FS
4 1 (0.20%) thinkFolio
4 1 (0.20%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 117 (23.83%) Azure
2 80 (16.29%) AWS
3 36 (7.33%) Power Platform
4 34 (6.92%) Microsoft 365
5 23 (4.68%) GitHub
6 20 (4.07%) Azure DevOps
6 20 (4.07%) dbt
6 20 (4.07%) GCP
7 19 (3.87%) GitHub Actions
8 16 (3.26%) Entra ID
9 15 (3.05%) Azure Data Factory
9 15 (3.05%) SaaS
10 14 (2.85%) Snowflake
11 10 (2.04%) Amazon EKS
11 10 (2.04%) Google Workspace
12 9 (1.83%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 7 (1.43%) Figma
13 7 (1.43%) Serverless
14 6 (1.22%) Power Automate
15 5 (1.02%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 18 (3.67%) TCP/IP
2 15 (3.05%) Ethernet
3 12 (2.44%) Firewall
4 9 (1.83%) Network Security
5 7 (1.43%) VLAN
5 7 (1.43%) Wi-Fi
6 6 (1.22%) DHCP
6 6 (1.22%) DNS
6 6 (1.22%) WAN
7 5 (1.02%) HTTP
7 5 (1.02%) VSAN
8 4 (0.81%) LAN
8 4 (0.81%) VPN
9 3 (0.61%) AMQP
10 2 (0.41%) Intranet
10 2 (0.41%) MPLS
11 1 (0.20%) Fibre Channel
11 1 (0.20%) iSCSI
11 1 (0.20%) Reverse Proxy
11 1 (0.20%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (6.31%) Power BI
2 30 (6.11%) Data Warehouse
3 22 (4.48%) SQL Server
4 14 (2.85%) PostgreSQL
5 10 (2.04%) Big Data
5 10 (2.04%) Hadoop
5 10 (2.04%) Snowflake Schema
6 8 (1.63%) DB2
6 8 (1.63%) Metadata
6 8 (1.63%) Tableau
7 7 (1.43%) Azure SQL Database
7 7 (1.43%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
8 6 (1.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 4 (0.81%) Looker
9 4 (0.81%) Metadata Repository
9 4 (0.81%) NoSQL
9 4 (0.81%) Power Query
9 4 (0.81%) SAP Data Services
10 3 (0.61%) Data Lake
10 3 (0.61%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 23 (4.68%) Git
2 18 (3.67%) JIRA
3 9 (1.83%) Jenkins
4 6 (1.22%) GitLab
4 6 (1.22%) JMeter
4 6 (1.22%) SonarQube
5 5 (1.02%) Gatling
5 5 (1.02%) LoadRunner
6 4 (0.81%) Artifactory
7 3 (0.61%) Maven
7 3 (0.61%) Snyk
8 2 (0.41%) Axure RP
8 2 (0.41%) fastlane
8 2 (0.41%) Selenium
8 2 (0.41%) Team Foundation Server
9 1 (0.20%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.20%) ERwin
9 1 (0.20%) Gradle
9 1 (0.20%) TestNG
9 1 (0.20%) Xcode
General
1 162 (32.99%) Social Skills
2 110 (22.40%) Finance
3 79 (16.09%) Public Sector
4 58 (11.81%) Analytical Skills
5 19 (3.87%) Banking
6 17 (3.46%) Presentation Skills
7 13 (2.65%) Local Government
8 12 (2.44%) Organisational Skills
9 10 (2.04%) Fire and Rescue
10 9 (1.83%) Legal
10 9 (1.83%) Marketing
10 9 (1.83%) Pharmaceutical
11 8 (1.63%) Influencing Skills
11 8 (1.63%) Retail
12 7 (1.43%) Manufacturing
13 5 (1.02%) Military
14 4 (0.81%) Aerospace
14 4 (0.81%) General Ledger
15 3 (0.61%) Investment Banking
15 3 (0.61%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 79 (16.09%) Analyst
2 40 (8.15%) Data Engineer
3 35 (7.13%) Lead
3 35 (7.13%) Senior
4 34 (6.92%) Architect
5 30 (6.11%) Support Engineer
6 29 (5.91%) Developer
7 24 (4.89%) Consultant
7 24 (4.89%) Data Analyst
8 21 (4.28%) IT Engineer
9 18 (3.67%) IT Support
10 17 (3.46%) Cloud Engineer
10 17 (3.46%) Systems Engineer
11 16 (3.26%) Business Analyst
11 16 (3.26%) DevOps Engineer
12 15 (3.05%) IT Analyst
12 15 (3.05%) Project Manager
12 15 (3.05%) Service Analyst
12 15 (3.05%) Technical Engineer
13 12 (2.44%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (3.26%) EDI
2 12 (2.44%) Middleware
2 12 (2.44%) YAML
3 9 (1.83%) PySpark
3 9 (1.83%) React
4 7 (1.43%) HTML
5 6 (1.22%) .NET
5 6 (1.22%) REST
6 5 (1.02%) AngularJS
6 5 (1.02%) RESTful
7 3 (0.61%) Akka
7 3 (0.61%) CSS
7 3 (0.61%) JSON
7 3 (0.61%) PyTorch
7 3 (0.61%) SAP Basis
7 3 (0.61%) scikit-learn
7 3 (0.61%) Spring
7 3 (0.61%) Spring Boot
7 3 (0.61%) TensorFlow
7 3 (0.61%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 24 (4.89%) Onboarding
2 21 (4.28%) Cloud Native
3 19 (3.87%) Management Information System
4 15 (3.05%) Industry 4.0
4 15 (3.05%) Robotics
5 14 (2.85%) Data Centre
6 10 (2.04%) Legacy Systems
7 8 (1.63%) Product Ownership
7 8 (1.63%) Replication
8 6 (1.22%) Data Structures
8 6 (1.22%) Distributed Systems
8 6 (1.22%) Linux Command Line
8 6 (1.22%) Virtual Team
9 5 (1.02%) Algorithms
9 5 (1.02%) Analytical Mindset
9 5 (1.02%) Enterprise Software
9 5 (1.02%) Operational Technology
10 4 (0.81%) Greenfield Project
10 4 (0.81%) Security Posture
11 3 (0.61%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 38 (7.74%) Windows
2 18 (3.67%) Windows 10
3 11 (2.24%) Linux
4 10 (2.04%) Windows Server
5 6 (1.22%) AIX
5 6 (1.22%) Unix
6 3 (0.61%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.20%) Android
7 1 (0.20%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.20%) Oracle Linux
7 1 (0.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.20%) VMS
7 1 (0.20%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 123 (25.05%) Problem-Solving
2 74 (15.07%) CI/CD
3 72 (14.66%) Agile
4 70 (14.26%) Decision-Making
5 66 (13.44%) DevOps
6 62 (12.63%) Analytics
7 51 (10.39%) Stakeholder Management
8 48 (9.78%) Migration
9 42 (8.55%) Continuous Improvement
10 41 (8.35%) Data Modelling
10 41 (8.35%) Infrastructure as Code
11 36 (7.33%) Business Intelligence
11 36 (7.33%) Data Pipeline
12 35 (7.13%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
13 34 (6.92%) AI
14 33 (6.72%) Customer Service
15 30 (6.11%) Roadmaps
16 28 (5.70%) Data Engineering
16 28 (5.70%) Data Governance
17 27 (5.50%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 79 (16.09%) SQL
2 65 (13.24%) Python
3 19 (3.87%) PowerShell
4 15 (3.05%) Java
5 13 (2.65%) JavaScript
6 10 (2.04%) Bash
6 10 (2.04%) R
7 7 (1.43%) C#
7 7 (1.43%) TypeScript
8 6 (1.22%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 6 (1.22%) VBA
9 5 (1.02%) Scala
10 3 (0.61%) Go
11 2 (0.41%) Apex Code
11 2 (0.41%) AWK
11 2 (0.41%) COBOL
11 2 (0.41%) Groovy
11 2 (0.41%) PL/SQL
11 2 (0.41%) Ruby
11 2 (0.41%) Rust
Qualifications
1 75 (15.27%) Security Cleared
2 64 (13.03%) SC Cleared
3 45 (9.16%) Degree
4 20 (4.07%) DBS Check
5 14 (2.85%) AWS Certification
6 9 (1.83%) Azure Certification
7 8 (1.63%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (1.22%) DV Cleared
9 4 (0.81%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 4 (0.81%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 4 (0.81%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (0.81%) CISSP
9 4 (0.81%) CTC Cleared
10 3 (0.61%) CompTIA CySA+
10 3 (0.61%) Network+ Certification
10 3 (0.61%) Oracle Certification
10 3 (0.61%) SANS
11 2 (0.41%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.41%) OCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (7.13%) Data Quality
2 28 (5.70%) Accessibility
3 16 (3.26%) QA
4 12 (2.44%) GDPR
5 8 (1.63%) Actionable Recommendations
6 5 (1.02%) Cyber Essentials
6 5 (1.02%) SLA
6 5 (1.02%) WCAG
7 4 (0.81%) GRC
7 4 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.81%) PMO
8 2 (0.41%) ISO 22301
8 2 (0.41%) NIST
8 2 (0.41%) PSD2
8 2 (0.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.20%) Def Stans
9 1 (0.20%) NCSC
9 1 (0.20%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.20%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 38 (7.74%) Active Directory
2 15 (3.05%) Docker
3 12 (2.44%) Hyper-V
4 9 (1.83%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (1.22%) KVM
5 6 (1.22%) VMware Infrastructure
6 5 (1.02%) VMware NSX
6 5 (1.02%) vSphere
7 2 (0.41%) Firmware
7 2 (0.41%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.20%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 41 (8.35%) Terraform
2 20 (4.07%) Kubernetes
3 16 (3.26%) Grafana
4 13 (2.65%) Microsoft Intune
5 10 (2.04%) Ansible
6 8 (1.63%) Prometheus
7 6 (1.22%) IBM BigFix
7 6 (1.22%) Kibana
7 6 (1.22%) SCCM
7 6 (1.22%) vCenter Server
8 5 (1.02%) Jamf Pro
9 3 (0.61%) Argo
9 3 (0.61%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.41%) Rancher
11 1 (0.20%) Data Guard
11 1 (0.20%) EMC VPLEX
11 1 (0.20%) PaperCut
11 1 (0.20%) RSA Archer
11 1 (0.20%) vRealize
11 1 (0.20%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 82 (16.70%) Microsoft
2 29 (5.91%) Databricks
3 22 (4.48%) ServiceNow
4 20 (4.07%) SAP
5 19 (3.87%) Oracle
6 18 (3.67%) Google
7 15 (3.05%) Siemens
8 14 (2.85%) VMware
9 13 (2.65%) Dynatrace
10 12 (2.44%) Salesforce
11 9 (1.83%) Cisco
12 7 (1.43%) Adobe
12 7 (1.43%) Atlassian
12 7 (1.43%) IBM
13 5 (1.02%) Meraki
14 4 (0.81%) Dell
14 4 (0.81%) MuleSoft
14 4 (0.81%) Talend
15 3 (0.61%) Citrix
15 3 (0.61%) Commvault