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

6 months to
7 Feb 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 213 160 166
Rank change year-on-year -53 +6 +71
Contract jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 484 519 647
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.24% 1.67% 1.43%
As % of the General category 2.10% 2.69% 2.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 200 268 463
10th Percentile £172 £299 £375
25th Percentile £347 £452 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -22.92% - +3.45%
75th Percentile £625 £673 £675
90th Percentile £675 £800 £744
UK excluding London median daily rate £375 £525 £511
% change year-on-year -28.57% +2.79% +2.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 18
10th Percentile £14.61 - £9.98
25th Percentile £15.34 - £12.56
Median hourly rate £16.67 - £21.99
75th Percentile £62.94 - £54.03
90th Percentile £145.18 - £63.29
UK excluding London median hourly rate £16.67 - £34.21
% change year-on-year - - +146.56%

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 23,001 19,278 26,513
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 58.93% 62.00% 58.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,435 11,524 17,165
10th Percentile £290 £281 £265
25th Percentile £401 £408 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £528
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -0.47% -4.09%
75th Percentile £625 £649 £650
90th Percentile £730 £763 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £480 £500
% change year-on-year -1.04% -4.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,414 616 1,636
10th Percentile £13.69 £15.62 £13.00
25th Percentile £16.35 £20.12 £15.00
Median hourly rate £22.80 £29.00 £25.44
Median % change year-on-year -21.38% +13.99% -1.24%
75th Percentile £48.74 £57.50 £55.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £67.69
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.59 £27.06 £24.50
% change year-on-year -20.24% +10.46% +2.08%

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 7 February 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 7 February 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Inclusion and Diversity in the UK

Inclusion and Diversity
Top 16 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 7 February 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 -60 434 £475 -20.83% 792
London -15 253 £571 -6.73% 351
Work from Home -4 224 £425 -29.17% 415
UK excluding London -94 181 £375 -28.57% 672
Midlands -53 59 £188 -67.39% 78
North of England -66 38 £375 -16.67% 136
South East -26 37 £375 +11.11% 292
West Midlands -62 36 £195 -66.09% 52
North West -28 26 £470 +4.47% 72
East Midlands -15 23 £168 -64.76% 26
South West -31 19 £540 +2.86% 61
East of England -19 16 £535 - 40
Scotland +4 14 £175 -63.16% 60
Yorkshire -52 10 £375 -26.83% 39
North East -21 2 - - 25
Northern Ireland -5 1 £625 +8.70% 9

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 14 (2.89%) SharePoint
2 11 (2.27%) Apache Spark
2 11 (2.27%) Confluence
2 11 (2.27%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (1.65%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (1.03%) CMS
5 4 (0.83%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 4 (0.83%) HCL Notes
5 4 (0.83%) WordPress
6 2 (0.41%) Apache
6 2 (0.41%) Camunda
6 2 (0.41%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.21%) Appian
7 1 (0.21%) IIS
7 1 (0.21%) nginx
7 1 (0.21%) Oracle Application Server
Applications
1 17 (3.51%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (2.89%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.83%) Adobe Captivate
4 4 (0.83%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 4 (0.83%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.83%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.62%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.62%) Trello
6 2 (0.41%) Adobe After Effects
6 2 (0.41%) Adobe XD
6 2 (0.41%) InVision
6 2 (0.41%) Sketch
7 1 (0.21%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.21%) ProjectWise
Business Applications
1 8 (1.65%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.62%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.41%) CODA-Financials
3 2 (0.41%) FLEXCUBE
3 2 (0.41%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
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%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.21%) ResourceLink
4 1 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.21%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 111 (22.93%) Azure
2 72 (14.88%) AWS
3 36 (7.44%) Power Platform
4 26 (5.37%) GitHub
5 24 (4.96%) Microsoft 365
6 22 (4.55%) GitHub Actions
7 21 (4.34%) Azure DevOps
8 20 (4.13%) GCP
9 16 (3.31%) dbt
9 16 (3.31%) SaaS
10 11 (2.27%) Azure Data Factory
10 11 (2.27%) Serverless
11 10 (2.07%) Snowflake
12 9 (1.86%) Entra ID
13 8 (1.65%) Amazon EKS
13 8 (1.65%) Google Workspace
14 7 (1.45%) Figma
15 6 (1.24%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 6 (1.24%) Microsoft Purview
15 6 (1.24%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 13 (2.69%) Network Security
2 10 (2.07%) Firewall
3 9 (1.86%) VPN
4 8 (1.65%) WAN
5 6 (1.24%) LAN
6 5 (1.03%) DNS
6 5 (1.03%) VSAN
7 4 (0.83%) DHCP
7 4 (0.83%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (0.62%) AMQP
8 3 (0.62%) Intranet
8 3 (0.62%) TCP/IP
8 3 (0.62%) VLAN
9 2 (0.41%) MPLS
9 2 (0.41%) SD-WAN
10 1 (0.21%) BGP
10 1 (0.21%) EIGRP
10 1 (0.21%) IPsec
10 1 (0.21%) OSPF
10 1 (0.21%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (5.58%) Power BI
2 19 (3.93%) SQL Server
3 17 (3.51%) Data Warehouse
4 15 (3.10%) PostgreSQL
5 9 (1.86%) Big Data
5 9 (1.86%) Metadata
6 8 (1.65%) Hadoop
7 7 (1.45%) Azure SQL Database
7 7 (1.45%) NoSQL
7 7 (1.45%) Snowflake Schema
8 6 (1.24%) Relational Database
8 6 (1.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 6 (1.24%) Tableau
9 4 (0.83%) Data Lake
9 4 (0.83%) Looker
9 4 (0.83%) Metadata Repository
9 4 (0.83%) MongoDB
10 3 (0.62%) Amazon Aurora
10 3 (0.62%) DB2
10 3 (0.62%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 24 (4.96%) Git
2 17 (3.51%) JIRA
3 9 (1.86%) Jenkins
4 7 (1.45%) Cucumber
5 5 (1.03%) GitLab
5 5 (1.03%) Maven
6 3 (0.62%) Selenium
6 3 (0.62%) SonarQube
6 3 (0.62%) Team Foundation Server
7 2 (0.41%) Artifactory
7 2 (0.41%) Axure RP
7 2 (0.41%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.41%) JMeter
7 2 (0.41%) JUnit
7 2 (0.41%) Mockito
8 1 (0.21%) Appium
8 1 (0.21%) Oracle Forms
8 1 (0.21%) SpecFlow
8 1 (0.21%) TestNG
8 1 (0.21%) webpack
General
1 166 (34.30%) Social Skills
2 120 (24.79%) Finance
3 61 (12.60%) Analytical Skills
4 57 (11.78%) Public Sector
5 23 (4.75%) Banking
6 21 (4.34%) Marketing
7 17 (3.51%) Organisational Skills
8 12 (2.48%) Legal
9 11 (2.27%) Local Government
9 11 (2.27%) Retail
10 10 (2.07%) Fire and Rescue
11 8 (1.65%) Pharmaceutical
12 7 (1.45%) Documentation Skills
12 7 (1.45%) Manufacturing
13 5 (1.03%) Influencing Skills
13 5 (1.03%) Military
13 5 (1.03%) Publishing
14 4 (0.83%) Investment Banking
14 4 (0.83%) Law
14 4 (0.83%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 79 (16.32%) Analyst
2 39 (8.06%) Architect
2 39 (8.06%) Lead
3 35 (7.23%) Data Engineer
4 33 (6.82%) Senior
5 32 (6.61%) Developer
6 26 (5.37%) Support Engineer
7 25 (5.17%) Project Manager
8 18 (3.72%) Business Analyst
8 18 (3.72%) Consultant
8 18 (3.72%) IT Analyst
9 17 (3.51%) IT Support
10 16 (3.31%) Cloud Engineer
11 15 (3.10%) IT Engineer
12 14 (2.89%) Data Analyst
12 14 (2.89%) Service Analyst
13 13 (2.69%) DevOps Engineer
13 13 (2.69%) Solutions Architect
14 12 (2.48%) PMO Lead
15 11 (2.27%) 1st Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (3.72%) EDI
2 11 (2.27%) Spring
2 11 (2.27%) Spring Boot
2 11 (2.27%) YAML
3 10 (2.07%) AngularJS
3 10 (2.07%) Middleware
3 10 (2.07%) React
3 10 (2.07%) REST
4 9 (1.86%) HTML
5 7 (1.45%) .NET
6 5 (1.03%) CSS
6 5 (1.03%) PySpark
7 4 (0.83%) Hibernate
7 4 (0.83%) JPA
7 4 (0.83%) Kafka
7 4 (0.83%) RESTful
8 3 (0.62%) Akka
8 3 (0.62%) Oracle Fusion
8 3 (0.62%) scikit-learn
8 3 (0.62%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 23 (4.75%) Onboarding
2 21 (4.34%) Management Information System
3 18 (3.72%) Cloud Native
4 17 (3.51%) Data Centre
5 7 (1.45%) Product Ownership
5 7 (1.45%) Virtual Team
6 6 (1.24%) Legacy Systems
6 6 (1.24%) Public Cloud
7 5 (1.03%) Analytical Mindset
7 5 (1.03%) e-Learning
7 5 (1.03%) Greenfield Project
7 5 (1.03%) Reinsurance
7 5 (1.03%) Replication
8 4 (0.83%) Algorithms
8 4 (0.83%) Distributed Systems
8 4 (0.83%) Driving Licence
8 4 (0.83%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (0.83%) Hybrid Cloud
8 4 (0.83%) Learning Management System
8 4 (0.83%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 40 (8.26%) Windows
2 13 (2.69%) Windows Server
3 11 (2.27%) Linux
3 11 (2.27%) Windows 10
4 4 (0.83%) Mac OS
4 4 (0.83%) Unix
5 3 (0.62%) AIX
6 1 (0.21%) Android
6 1 (0.21%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.21%) Oracle Linux
6 1 (0.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 127 (26.24%) Problem-Solving
2 70 (14.46%) Agile
3 66 (13.64%) CI/CD
3 66 (13.64%) DevOps
4 61 (12.60%) Stakeholder Management
5 51 (10.54%) Analytics
6 46 (9.50%) Continuous Improvement
7 41 (8.47%) Decision-Making
8 40 (8.26%) Migration
9 37 (7.64%) Infrastructure as Code
10 34 (7.02%) Data Modelling
11 33 (6.82%) Project Management
12 32 (6.61%) Mentoring
13 31 (6.40%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 31 (6.40%) Test Automation
14 29 (5.99%) Data Governance
14 29 (5.99%) Data Pipeline
15 28 (5.79%) Business Intelligence
16 26 (5.37%) Coaching
17 25 (5.17%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 69 (14.26%) SQL
2 62 (12.81%) Python
3 27 (5.58%) Java
4 22 (4.55%) JavaScript
5 15 (3.10%) PowerShell
6 10 (2.07%) C#
7 9 (1.86%) R
7 9 (1.86%) TypeScript
8 8 (1.65%) Bash
9 6 (1.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 5 (1.03%) Go
11 4 (0.83%) Rust
12 3 (0.62%) C++
12 3 (0.62%) Scala
13 2 (0.41%) AWK
13 2 (0.41%) C
13 2 (0.41%) Perl
13 2 (0.41%) PL/SQL
13 2 (0.41%) Ruby
14 1 (0.21%) VBA
Qualifications
1 68 (14.05%) Security Cleared
2 58 (11.98%) SC Cleared
3 30 (6.20%) Degree
4 15 (3.10%) DBS Check
5 14 (2.89%) AWS Certification
6 8 (1.65%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (1.65%) DV Cleared
7 7 (1.45%) Azure Certification
8 4 (0.83%) ACCA
8 4 (0.83%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 4 (0.83%) CIMA
8 4 (0.83%) CISSP
8 4 (0.83%) CTC Cleared
8 4 (0.83%) Oracle Certification
9 3 (0.62%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (0.62%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (0.62%) Network+ Certification
9 3 (0.62%) OCP
9 3 (0.62%) PMI Certification
9 3 (0.62%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (4.75%) QA
2 22 (4.55%) Accessibility
2 22 (4.55%) Data Quality
3 13 (2.69%) PMO
4 12 (2.48%) GDPR
5 8 (1.65%) Actionable Recommendations
5 8 (1.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (1.03%) GRC
6 5 (1.03%) NIST
6 5 (1.03%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 4 (0.83%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (0.62%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.62%) SLA
8 3 (0.62%) WCAG
9 2 (0.41%) GMP
9 2 (0.41%) ISO 22301
9 2 (0.41%) PSD2
9 2 (0.41%) Software Quality Assurance
10 1 (0.21%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.21%) SOC 2
System Software
1 25 (5.17%) Active Directory
2 22 (4.55%) Docker
3 6 (1.24%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.03%) Virtual Desktop
4 5 (1.03%) VMware NSX
4 5 (1.03%) vSphere
5 4 (0.83%) Hyper-V
5 4 (0.83%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.62%) KVM
6 3 (0.62%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (0.41%) Firmware
8 1 (0.21%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 37 (7.64%) Terraform
2 25 (5.17%) Kubernetes
3 12 (2.48%) Grafana
4 10 (2.07%) Microsoft Intune
5 9 (1.86%) Prometheus
6 7 (1.45%) Ansible
6 7 (1.45%) SCCM
7 4 (0.83%) Jamf Pro
8 3 (0.62%) Argo
8 3 (0.62%) IBM BigFix
8 3 (0.62%) Kibana
8 3 (0.62%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.21%) Data Guard
9 1 (0.21%) EMC VPLEX
9 1 (0.21%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.21%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 1 (0.21%) RSA Archer
9 1 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.21%) vRealize
9 1 (0.21%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 67 (13.84%) Microsoft
2 20 (4.13%) Oracle
3 19 (3.93%) Databricks
3 19 (3.93%) ServiceNow
4 15 (3.10%) Google
4 15 (3.10%) VMware
5 12 (2.48%) Cisco
6 11 (2.27%) Salesforce
7 10 (2.07%) Adobe
8 7 (1.45%) SAP
9 6 (1.24%) Citrix
9 6 (1.24%) Dynatrace
10 4 (0.83%) Apple
10 4 (0.83%) Atlassian
10 4 (0.83%) Lotus
10 4 (0.83%) Netskope
10 4 (0.83%) Talend
11 3 (0.62%) CODA
11 3 (0.62%) CyberArk
11 3 (0.62%) Meraki
910 Inclusion and Diversity jobs Nationwide