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

6 months to
22 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 250 142 160
Rank change year-on-year -108 +18 +51
Contract jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 481 570 653
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.00% 1.98% 1.54%
As % of the General category 1.86% 3.13% 2.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 224 244 471
10th Percentile £266 £188 £400
25th Percentile £363 £400 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £516 £600
Median % change year-on-year -12.83% -13.96% -
75th Percentile £600 £638 £688
90th Percentile £675 £719 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £461 £500
% change year-on-year -7.86% -7.75% -2.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 9 21
10th Percentile £15.28 - £11.36
25th Percentile £17.03 - £12.27
Median hourly rate £20.32 £22.14 £21.64
Median % change year-on-year -8.23% +2.31% -44.51%
75th Percentile £55.16 - £47.50
90th Percentile £110.56 £37.50 £57.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £79.56 £22.14 £17.60
% change year-on-year +259.35% +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 25,854 18,230 24,647
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 53.50% 63.27% 58.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,737 11,584 15,568
10th Percentile £312 £284 £275
25th Percentile £413 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.97% -1.90% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £763 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £475 £493
% change year-on-year +3.16% -3.65% -1.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,672 770 1,925
10th Percentile £13.95 £13.90 £12.75
25th Percentile £17.50 £16.95 £15.50
Median hourly rate £30.08 £27.57 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.10% -7.69%
75th Percentile £60.00 £55.82 £52.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £66.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £29.00 £24.50 £28.13
% change year-on-year +18.37% -12.89% -1.59%

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 22 May 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 22 May 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 22 May 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 -97 422 £475 -11.21% 908
London -59 232 £550 -4.35% 388
Work from Home -42 205 £540 -1.82% 506
UK excluding London -146 192 £425 -7.86% 707
South East -61 53 £406 -19.95% 206
North of England -98 50 £425 +3.03% 175
Midlands -79 48 £553 +22.78% 91
West Midlands -60 36 £565 +22.83% 45
North East -8 22 £425 -22.73% 24
East of England -29 19 £338 +11.57% 52
North West -59 14 £325 -23.53% 96
Yorkshire -83 14 £400 - 57
Scotland -16 12 £210 -54.59% 63
East Midlands -31 12 £143 -67.43% 46
South West -55 10 £350 -33.33% 83

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 18 (3.74%) SharePoint
2 16 (3.33%) Apache Spark
3 9 (1.87%) CMS
3 9 (1.87%) Confluence
4 8 (1.66%) Microsoft Exchange
5 7 (1.46%) Apache Airflow
6 5 (1.04%) WordPress
7 4 (0.83%) Kentico
8 2 (0.42%) Apache
8 2 (0.42%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.21%) Appian
9 1 (0.21%) Drupal
9 1 (0.21%) nginx
9 1 (0.21%) Oracle Application Server
9 1 (0.21%) SAS
9 1 (0.21%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 21 (4.37%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (2.29%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.62%) Trello
4 2 (0.42%) InVision
4 2 (0.42%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.42%) Sketch
5 1 (0.21%) Adobe After Effects
5 1 (0.21%) Adobe XD
5 1 (0.21%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (1.46%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.83%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.83%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (0.42%) FLEXCUBE
3 2 (0.42%) SAP Business One
3 2 (0.42%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.21%) Advent Geneva
4 1 (0.21%) Bloomberg AIM
4 1 (0.21%) Bloomberg TOMS
4 1 (0.21%) Fidessa
4 1 (0.21%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.21%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.21%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.21%) SAP FS
4 1 (0.21%) thinkFolio
4 1 (0.21%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 108 (22.45%) Azure
2 86 (17.88%) AWS
3 33 (6.86%) Power Platform
4 31 (6.44%) Microsoft 365
5 28 (5.82%) Azure DevOps
6 23 (4.78%) GitHub
7 19 (3.95%) GCP
8 18 (3.74%) Entra ID
9 17 (3.53%) GitHub Actions
10 16 (3.33%) dbt
11 15 (3.12%) Azure Data Factory
12 11 (2.29%) Serverless
12 11 (2.29%) Snowflake
13 8 (1.66%) Amazon EKS
13 8 (1.66%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 7 (1.46%) AWS Lambda
14 7 (1.46%) Figma
14 7 (1.46%) SaaS
15 6 (1.25%) Firebase
15 6 (1.25%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 18 (3.74%) TCP/IP
2 15 (3.12%) Ethernet
3 10 (2.08%) Firewall
3 10 (2.08%) Network Security
4 8 (1.66%) VLAN
5 7 (1.46%) DNS
5 7 (1.46%) Wi-Fi
6 6 (1.25%) HTTP
6 6 (1.25%) VSAN
7 5 (1.04%) DHCP
7 5 (1.04%) WAN
8 3 (0.62%) VPN
9 2 (0.42%) LAN
9 2 (0.42%) MPLS
9 2 (0.42%) SD-WAN
10 1 (0.21%) Ethernet VPN
10 1 (0.21%) Intranet
10 1 (0.21%) Reverse Proxy
10 1 (0.21%) SSL
10 1 (0.21%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (6.24%) Power BI
2 23 (4.78%) Data Warehouse
3 20 (4.16%) SQL Server
4 15 (3.12%) Big Data
4 15 (3.12%) PostgreSQL
5 14 (2.91%) Hadoop
6 9 (1.87%) Snowflake Schema
7 8 (1.66%) DB2
8 7 (1.46%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
8 7 (1.46%) Tableau
9 6 (1.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 5 (1.04%) Azure SQL Database
10 5 (1.04%) Looker
10 5 (1.04%) Metadata
11 4 (0.83%) Amazon RDS
11 4 (0.83%) Data Lake
11 4 (0.83%) Metadata Repository
11 4 (0.83%) NoSQL
11 4 (0.83%) SAP Data Services
12 3 (0.62%) Redis
Development Applications
1 20 (4.16%) JIRA
2 18 (3.74%) Git
3 17 (3.53%) Jenkins
4 10 (2.08%) GitLab
5 6 (1.25%) fastlane
5 6 (1.25%) JMeter
5 6 (1.25%) SonarQube
5 6 (1.25%) Vite
6 5 (1.04%) Gatling
6 5 (1.04%) LoadRunner
7 4 (0.83%) JUnit
8 3 (0.62%) Android Studio
8 3 (0.62%) Artifactory
8 3 (0.62%) CircleCI
8 3 (0.62%) Crashlytics
8 3 (0.62%) Cucumber
8 3 (0.62%) Gradle
8 3 (0.62%) Mockito
8 3 (0.62%) Snyk
8 3 (0.62%) Xcode
General
1 145 (30.15%) Social Skills
2 116 (24.12%) Finance
3 100 (20.79%) Public Sector
4 52 (10.81%) Analytical Skills
5 23 (4.78%) Banking
6 17 (3.53%) Presentation Skills
7 11 (2.29%) Influencing Skills
8 10 (2.08%) Legal
8 10 (2.08%) Organisational Skills
9 9 (1.87%) Manufacturing
10 7 (1.46%) Documentation Skills
10 7 (1.46%) Marketing
10 7 (1.46%) Pharmaceutical
11 6 (1.25%) Law
12 5 (1.04%) Local Government
12 5 (1.04%) Retail
13 4 (0.83%) Aerospace
13 4 (0.83%) General Ledger
14 3 (0.62%) Front Office
14 3 (0.62%) Military
Job Titles
1 66 (13.72%) Analyst
2 51 (10.60%) Developer
3 44 (9.15%) Senior
4 40 (8.32%) Lead
5 36 (7.48%) Architect
6 30 (6.24%) Data Engineer
7 25 (5.20%) Consultant
7 25 (5.20%) Data Analyst
8 20 (4.16%) DevOps Engineer
8 20 (4.16%) Support Engineer
9 16 (3.33%) Business Analyst
9 16 (3.33%) IT Engineer
9 16 (3.33%) Systems Engineer
10 15 (3.12%) Technical Engineer
11 13 (2.70%) Cloud Engineer
11 13 (2.70%) Data Scientist
11 13 (2.70%) IT Support
12 12 (2.49%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 12 (2.49%) Senior Developer
13 11 (2.29%) Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (3.95%) React
2 14 (2.91%) GraphQL
3 11 (2.29%) RESTful
4 10 (2.08%) .NET
5 8 (1.66%) HTML
5 8 (1.66%) PySpark
5 8 (1.66%) REST
5 8 (1.66%) Spring
5 8 (1.66%) Spring Boot
5 8 (1.66%) YAML
6 7 (1.46%) CSS
7 6 (1.25%) Kafka
7 6 (1.25%) Middleware
7 6 (1.25%) Next.js
8 5 (1.04%) AngularJS
9 4 (0.83%) ARM Templates
9 4 (0.83%) Django
9 4 (0.83%) FastAPI
9 4 (0.83%) JSON
9 4 (0.83%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 28 (5.82%) Onboarding
2 24 (4.99%) Cloud Native
3 15 (3.12%) Industry 4.0
3 15 (3.12%) Robotics
4 14 (2.91%) Product Ownership
5 12 (2.49%) Data Centre
6 11 (2.29%) Legacy Systems
7 10 (2.08%) Data Structures
7 10 (2.08%) Distributed Systems
8 9 (1.87%) Replication
9 8 (1.66%) Linux Command Line
10 6 (1.25%) Management Information System
10 6 (1.25%) Mobile App
10 6 (1.25%) Operational Technology
10 6 (1.25%) Virtual Team
11 5 (1.04%) Algorithms
11 5 (1.04%) Reinsurance
11 5 (1.04%) Security Posture
12 4 (0.83%) Analytical Mindset
12 4 (0.83%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 39 (8.11%) Windows
2 15 (3.12%) Windows 10
2 15 (3.12%) Windows Server
3 14 (2.91%) Linux
4 8 (1.66%) Unix
5 7 (1.46%) Android
5 7 (1.46%) Apple iOS
6 6 (1.25%) AIX
7 3 (0.62%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.42%) VMS
9 1 (0.21%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 112 (23.28%) Problem-Solving
2 105 (21.83%) Agile
3 83 (17.26%) CI/CD
4 82 (17.05%) Decision-Making
5 74 (15.38%) DevOps
6 67 (13.93%) Analytics
7 49 (10.19%) Continuous Improvement
7 49 (10.19%) Migration
8 48 (9.98%) Stakeholder Management
9 46 (9.56%) Infrastructure as Code
10 43 (8.94%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
11 40 (8.32%) AI
12 37 (7.69%) Data Modelling
13 36 (7.48%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 36 (7.48%) Test Automation
14 35 (7.28%) Business Intelligence
15 34 (7.07%) Data Pipeline
15 34 (7.07%) Roadmaps
15 34 (7.07%) User Experience
15 34 (7.07%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 77 (16.01%) Python
2 76 (15.80%) SQL
3 22 (4.57%) Java
4 20 (4.16%) JavaScript
5 18 (3.74%) PowerShell
6 13 (2.70%) R
6 13 (2.70%) TypeScript
7 12 (2.49%) Bash
8 7 (1.46%) C#
8 7 (1.46%) Kotlin
8 7 (1.46%) Swift
9 6 (1.25%) Scala
10 5 (1.04%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 5 (1.04%) VBA
11 4 (0.83%) Groovy
11 4 (0.83%) PL/SQL
11 4 (0.83%) Ruby
12 3 (0.62%) Go
13 2 (0.42%) Apex Code
13 2 (0.42%) PromQL
Qualifications
1 81 (16.84%) Security Cleared
2 73 (15.18%) SC Cleared
3 40 (8.32%) Degree
4 17 (3.53%) DBS Check
5 15 (3.12%) Azure Certification
6 10 (2.08%) AWS Certification
7 8 (1.66%) BPSS Clearance
8 6 (1.25%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (1.04%) PMP
10 4 (0.83%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (0.62%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 3 (0.62%) CISM
11 3 (0.62%) CISSP
11 3 (0.62%) CTC Cleared
11 3 (0.62%) DV Cleared
11 3 (0.62%) PMI Certification
12 2 (0.42%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 2 (0.42%) CIPD
12 2 (0.42%) CRISC
13 1 (0.21%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (7.69%) Accessibility
2 32 (6.65%) Data Quality
3 15 (3.12%) QA
4 13 (2.70%) GDPR
5 12 (2.49%) WCAG
6 11 (2.29%) Actionable Recommendations
7 6 (1.25%) GRC
8 5 (1.04%) Cyber Essentials
8 5 (1.04%) SLA
9 4 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 4 (0.83%) NIST
9 4 (0.83%) PMO
10 2 (0.42%) Def Stans
10 2 (0.42%) ISO 22301
10 2 (0.42%) NCSC
10 2 (0.42%) PSD2
11 1 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.21%) ISO 31000
11 1 (0.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.21%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 32 (6.65%) Active Directory
2 27 (5.61%) Docker
3 13 (2.70%) Hyper-V
4 11 (2.29%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (1.25%) KVM
5 6 (1.25%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (1.25%) VMware NSX
5 6 (1.25%) vSphere
6 4 (0.83%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.42%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 46 (9.56%) Terraform
2 30 (6.24%) Kubernetes
3 21 (4.37%) Grafana
4 16 (3.33%) Ansible
5 14 (2.91%) Prometheus
6 9 (1.87%) Kibana
7 8 (1.66%) Microsoft Intune
8 6 (1.25%) IBM BigFix
8 6 (1.25%) vCenter Server
9 4 (0.83%) Consul
9 4 (0.83%) SCCM
10 3 (0.62%) Rancher
10 3 (0.62%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (0.42%) HP ALM
11 2 (0.42%) HP Quality Center
11 2 (0.42%) Jamf Pro
11 2 (0.42%) Packer
11 2 (0.42%) Zipkin
12 1 (0.21%) EMC VPLEX
12 1 (0.21%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 71 (14.76%) Microsoft
2 26 (5.41%) Databricks
3 20 (4.16%) SAP
4 17 (3.53%) Dynatrace
4 17 (3.53%) Google
5 16 (3.33%) ServiceNow
6 15 (3.12%) Siemens
7 14 (2.91%) Oracle
7 14 (2.91%) VMware
8 13 (2.70%) Salesforce
9 7 (1.46%) IBM
10 6 (1.25%) Atlassian
11 5 (1.04%) CyberArk
12 4 (0.83%) Apple
12 4 (0.83%) HP
13 3 (0.62%) Acronis
13 3 (0.62%) AppDynamics
13 3 (0.62%) Cisco
13 3 (0.62%) Dell
13 3 (0.62%) MuleSoft