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

6 months to
27 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 218 148 163
Rank change year-on-year -70 +15 +14
Contract jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 713 623 576
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.33% 1.90% 1.48%
As % of the General category 2.41% 2.99% 2.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 373 257 387
10th Percentile £306 £173 £425
25th Percentile £375 £353 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £463 £600
Median % change year-on-year -2.70% -22.92% -
75th Percentile £581 £600 £675
90th Percentile £675 £658 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £420 £500
% change year-on-year +1.19% -16.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 16 5
10th Percentile £14.85 £17.48 £29.60
25th Percentile £17.36 - £42.50
Median hourly rate £20.00 £22.14 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.67% -50.80% -29.13%
75th Percentile £30.28 £25.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £44.50 £70.00 £54.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £19.29 £22.14 -
% change year-on-year -12.87% - -

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 29,532 20,815 22,280
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 55.00% 63.55% 57.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,433 12,939 13,813
10th Percentile £313 £275 £285
25th Percentile £415 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £650
90th Percentile £738 £745 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £494
% change year-on-year +5.26% -3.85% -1.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,275 1,181 1,258
10th Percentile £13.81 £13.46 £14.06
25th Percentile £17.06 £16.17 £16.82
Median hourly rate £31.46 £25.15 £35.36
Median % change year-on-year +25.09% -28.87% +26.38%
75th Percentile £55.00 £50.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £78.33 £69.65 £70.29
UK excluding London median hourly rate £31.96 £22.14 £35.00
% change year-on-year +44.37% -36.74% +34.62%

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 27 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 27 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 27 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 -62 624 £475 - 4,293
UK excluding London -39 324 £425 +1.19% 2,719
London -56 324 £518 -3.72% 2,537
Work from Home -42 267 £525 +5.00% 2,228
Midlands -23 103 £443 +2.91% 357
South East -24 80 £450 -11.33% 449
West Midlands -18 79 £492 +17.14% 247
North of England -57 75 £425 +14.09% 594
North East +2 47 £425 +6.25% 96
South West -39 25 £475 -15.56% 482
East Midlands -13 24 £165 -63.33% 110
Scotland -22 24 £288 -37.84% 434
North West -48 14 £518 +29.38% 339
Yorkshire -78 14 £400 +100.00% 159
East of England -31 9 £425 +174.19% 203
Wales -11 7 £394 +18.90% 50
Northern Ireland -1 1 - - 190

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 32 (4.49%) SharePoint
2 16 (2.24%) Confluence
3 12 (1.68%) Apache Airflow
4 11 (1.54%) CMS
4 11 (1.54%) Microsoft Exchange
5 9 (1.26%) WordPress
6 8 (1.12%) Apache Spark
7 6 (0.84%) Apache
8 4 (0.56%) Kentico
9 3 (0.42%) Jupyter
10 2 (0.28%) Skype for Business
11 1 (0.14%) Drupal
11 1 (0.14%) JBoss
11 1 (0.14%) SAS
Applications
1 17 (2.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (1.26%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (0.98%) Microsoft Project
4 6 (0.84%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.42%) AutoCAD
5 3 (0.42%) Trello
6 2 (0.28%) Acrobat
6 2 (0.28%) Sketch
7 1 (0.14%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.14%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.14%) InVision
7 1 (0.14%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 17 (2.38%) NetSuite
2 13 (1.82%) Dynamics CRM
3 9 (1.26%) 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%) 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
1 214 (30.01%) Azure
2 121 (16.97%) AWS
3 79 (11.08%) Azure DevOps
4 73 (10.24%) Power Platform
5 65 (9.12%) Microsoft 365
6 48 (6.73%) GCP
7 40 (5.61%) GitHub
8 37 (5.19%) Dynamics 365
9 32 (4.49%) GitHub Actions
9 32 (4.49%) Serverless
10 27 (3.79%) Entra ID
10 27 (3.79%) Power Automate
11 24 (3.37%) Azure Data Factory
12 22 (3.09%) Snowflake
13 20 (2.81%) Amazon EKS
14 19 (2.66%) AWS Lambda
15 17 (2.38%) dbt
16 16 (2.24%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 15 (2.10%) SaaS
18 14 (1.96%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 13 (1.82%) DNS
1 13 (1.82%) Firewall
1 13 (1.82%) Network Security
2 12 (1.68%) VPN
3 11 (1.54%) Wi-Fi
4 10 (1.40%) VLAN
4 10 (1.40%) Wireless
5 9 (1.26%) DHCP
6 6 (0.84%) Structured Cabling
6 6 (0.84%) TCP/IP
6 6 (0.84%) WAN
7 5 (0.70%) HTTP
7 5 (0.70%) SD-WAN
8 4 (0.56%) BGP
8 4 (0.56%) OSPF
9 3 (0.42%) Ethernet VPN
9 3 (0.42%) MPLS
9 3 (0.42%) SSL
9 3 (0.42%) VXLAN
10 2 (0.28%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (7.01%) Power BI
2 34 (4.77%) Data Warehouse
3 31 (4.35%) PostgreSQL
4 22 (3.09%) SQL Server
5 17 (2.38%) Metadata
6 14 (1.96%) MongoDB
7 11 (1.54%) Data Lake
8 9 (1.26%) Big Data
8 9 (1.26%) NoSQL
8 9 (1.26%) Relational Database
9 8 (1.12%) Looker
9 8 (1.12%) Power Query
10 7 (0.98%) Amazon RDS
10 7 (0.98%) Azure SQL Database
10 7 (0.98%) Redis
10 7 (0.98%) Snowflake Schema
10 7 (0.98%) Tableau
11 6 (0.84%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
12 5 (0.70%) Amazon Redshift
12 5 (0.70%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 41 (5.75%) JIRA
2 37 (5.19%) Git
3 28 (3.93%) Jenkins
4 24 (3.37%) GitLab
5 11 (1.54%) Cypress.io
5 11 (1.54%) Selenium
6 10 (1.40%) fastlane
6 10 (1.40%) Postman
7 9 (1.26%) WebDriver
8 8 (1.12%) Cucumber
9 6 (0.84%) 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%) Mockito
10 5 (0.70%) Visual Studio
10 5 (0.70%) Xcode
11 4 (0.56%) JMeter
11 4 (0.56%) SonarQube
General
1 268 (37.59%) Social Skills
2 193 (27.07%) Public Sector
3 190 (26.65%) Finance
4 107 (15.01%) Analytical Skills
5 27 (3.79%) Organisational Skills
6 25 (3.51%) Banking
7 23 (3.23%) Manufacturing
8 19 (2.66%) Documentation Skills
9 17 (2.38%) Influencing Skills
9 17 (2.38%) Law
10 14 (1.96%) Legal
10 14 (1.96%) Marketing
11 13 (1.82%) Retail
12 11 (1.54%) Telecoms
13 10 (1.40%) Local Government
14 9 (1.26%) Pharmaceutical
15 7 (0.98%) Aerospace
15 7 (0.98%) Presentation Skills
15 7 (0.98%) Publishing
16 5 (0.70%) Military
Job Titles
1 108 (15.15%) Developer
2 102 (14.31%) Analyst
3 79 (11.08%) Senior
4 73 (10.24%) Lead
5 57 (7.99%) Architect
6 46 (6.45%) Consultant
7 33 (4.63%) Data Engineer
8 28 (3.93%) Senior Developer
9 27 (3.79%) Business Analyst
10 26 (3.65%) Data Analyst
10 26 (3.65%) DevOps Engineer
11 24 (3.37%) IT Engineer
11 24 (3.37%) Support Engineer
12 20 (2.81%) Project Manager
13 19 (2.66%) IT Support
14 18 (2.52%) Software Developer
15 17 (2.38%) Coordinator
16 16 (2.24%) Dynamics 365 Developer
17 15 (2.10%) Azure Engineer
17 15 (2.10%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 80 (11.22%) Terraform
2 41 (5.75%) RESTful
3 29 (4.07%) React
4 28 (3.93%) .NET
5 23 (3.23%) GraphQL
5 23 (3.23%) HTML
6 22 (3.09%) CSS
7 20 (2.81%) JSON
7 20 (2.81%) Node.js
7 20 (2.81%) PySpark
8 19 (2.66%) Kafka
9 18 (2.52%) REST
10 17 (2.38%) Django
11 15 (2.10%) Spring
11 15 (2.10%) Spring Boot
12 13 (1.82%) OAuth
13 12 (1.68%) OpenID
14 11 (1.54%) Gherkin
14 11 (1.54%) OAuth2
15 9 (1.26%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 68 (9.54%) Onboarding
2 42 (5.89%) Product Ownership
3 41 (5.75%) Cloud Native
4 23 (3.23%) Legacy Systems
5 19 (2.66%) Distributed Systems
6 16 (2.24%) Management Information System
7 15 (2.10%) Data Centre
7 15 (2.10%) Data Structures
8 11 (1.54%) Mobile App
9 10 (1.40%) Enterprise Software
10 8 (1.12%) Security Posture
10 8 (1.12%) Self-Motivation
10 8 (1.12%) Virtual Team
11 7 (0.98%) EPoS
11 7 (0.98%) Replication
12 5 (0.70%) Algorithms
12 5 (0.70%) Blog
12 5 (0.70%) Reinsurance
12 5 (0.70%) Taxonomies
13 4 (0.56%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 74 (10.38%) Windows
2 19 (2.66%) Linux
2 19 (2.66%) Windows 10
3 16 (2.24%) Windows Server
4 14 (1.96%) Apple iOS
5 13 (1.82%) Android
6 4 (0.56%) Mac OS
6 4 (0.56%) Unix
6 4 (0.56%) Windows 7
7 3 (0.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.28%) VMS
8 2 (0.28%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.14%) AIX
9 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 228 (31.98%) Agile
2 175 (24.54%) Problem-Solving
3 157 (22.02%) DevOps
4 147 (20.62%) CI/CD
5 142 (19.92%) Stakeholder Management
6 127 (17.81%) Continuous Improvement
7 113 (15.85%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 110 (15.43%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
9 105 (14.73%) Analytics
10 96 (13.46%) Decision-Making
11 95 (13.32%) AI
12 85 (11.92%) Migration
13 73 (10.24%) Test Automation
14 71 (9.96%) Mentoring
15 69 (9.68%) Infrastructure as Code
16 67 (9.40%) Validation
17 62 (8.70%) Digital Transformation Programme
17 62 (8.70%) Technical Leadership
18 60 (8.42%) Business Intelligence
19 58 (8.13%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 112 (15.71%) Python
2 98 (13.74%) SQL
3 62 (8.70%) JavaScript
4 45 (6.31%) C#
5 41 (5.75%) Java
6 28 (3.93%) TypeScript
7 13 (1.82%) Kotlin
7 13 (1.82%) PowerShell
8 10 (1.40%) Bash
8 10 (1.40%) Go
8 10 (1.40%) Swift
9 9 (1.26%) Scala
10 8 (1.12%) Bicep
10 8 (1.12%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 8 (1.12%) Ruby
11 6 (0.84%) PL/SQL
12 5 (0.70%) Groovy
12 5 (0.70%) PHP
13 4 (0.56%) R
13 4 (0.56%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 141 (19.78%) Security Cleared
2 130 (18.23%) SC Cleared
3 51 (7.15%) Degree
4 28 (3.93%) DBS Check
5 27 (3.79%) Microsoft Certification
6 26 (3.65%) Azure Certification
7 24 (3.37%) BPSS Clearance
8 20 (2.81%) Computer Science Degree
9 12 (1.68%) Master's Degree
10 9 (1.26%) ISTQB
11 7 (0.98%) CISSP
12 6 (0.84%) ACCA
12 6 (0.84%) CIMA
12 6 (0.84%) ITIL Certification
13 5 (0.70%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 5 (0.70%) CISM
13 5 (0.70%) PMP
14 4 (0.56%) AWS Certification
14 4 (0.56%) DV Cleared
15 3 (0.42%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 97 (13.60%) Accessibility
2 44 (6.17%) QA
3 40 (5.61%) Data Quality
3 40 (5.61%) WCAG
4 35 (4.91%) GDPR
5 22 (3.09%) SLA
6 17 (2.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 11 (1.54%) NCSC
8 10 (1.40%) PMO
9 8 (1.12%) NIST
10 6 (0.84%) Actionable Recommendations
10 6 (0.84%) Cyber Essentials
10 6 (0.84%) GRC
11 5 (0.70%) COBIT
12 3 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 2 (0.28%) Def Stans
13 2 (0.28%) DICOM
13 2 (0.28%) GxP
13 2 (0.28%) HL7
14 1 (0.14%) GMP
System Software
1 57 (7.99%) Docker
2 47 (6.59%) Active Directory
3 8 (1.12%) Hyper-V
4 7 (0.98%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (0.70%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (0.56%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.42%) Firmware
8 2 (0.28%) Apache ZooKeeper
8 2 (0.28%) BitLocker
8 2 (0.28%) vSphere
9 1 (0.14%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.14%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 63 (8.84%) Kubernetes
2 28 (3.93%) Grafana
3 22 (3.09%) Prometheus
4 20 (2.81%) Microsoft Intune
5 15 (2.10%) Ansible
6 13 (1.82%) SCCM
7 6 (0.84%) Kibana
8 5 (0.70%) Consul
8 5 (0.70%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.42%) Packer
9 3 (0.42%) Rancher
10 2 (0.28%) HP ALM
10 2 (0.28%) HP Quality Center
10 2 (0.28%) ITRS Geneos
10 2 (0.28%) Jamf Pro
10 2 (0.28%) ZABBIX
10 2 (0.28%) Zipkin
11 1 (0.14%) Kustomize
11 1 (0.14%) PaperCut
11 1 (0.14%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 166 (23.28%) Microsoft
2 34 (4.77%) Google
3 32 (4.49%) Databricks
4 25 (3.51%) Dynatrace
5 24 (3.37%) Salesforce
5 24 (3.37%) ServiceNow
6 23 (3.23%) SAP
7 16 (2.24%) Oracle
8 12 (1.68%) CyberArk
8 12 (1.68%) Sage
9 11 (1.54%) Splunk
10 9 (1.26%) Apple
10 9 (1.26%) Cisco
10 9 (1.26%) PagerDuty
10 9 (1.26%) VMware
11 8 (1.12%) OpenAI
11 8 (1.12%) UiPath
12 7 (0.98%) Aspera
12 7 (0.98%) CA Agile Central
12 7 (0.98%) Signiant