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

6 months to
18 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 216 142 160
Rank change year-on-year -74 +18 +35
Contract jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 585 603 661
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.16% 2.03% 1.51%
As % of the General category 2.14% 3.19% 2.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 279 247 455
10th Percentile £306 £182 £408
25th Percentile £393 £383 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £600
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -16.67% -
75th Percentile £588 £638 £700
90th Percentile £675 £685 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £450 £500
% change year-on-year - -10.00% +2.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 14 21
10th Percentile £18.40 - £11.36
25th Percentile £19.00 - £12.27
Median hourly rate £22.64 £22.14 £21.64
Median % change year-on-year +2.24% +2.31% -45.56%
75th Percentile £44.50 - £47.50
90th Percentile £106.30 £50.00 £57.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £94.75 £22.14 £17.60
% change year-on-year +327.96% +25.80% -59.94%

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 27,294 18,909 25,012
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 54.15% 63.53% 57.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,471 11,934 15,663
10th Percentile £313 £281 £275
25th Percentile £413 £401 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £503 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.29% -4.29% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £769
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £471 £488
% change year-on-year +6.27% -3.48% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,831 906 2,015
10th Percentile £13.99 £13.48 £12.78
25th Percentile £18.20 £16.73 £15.50
Median hourly rate £32.00 £27.70 £30.50
Median % change year-on-year +15.52% -9.18% -0.07%
75th Percentile £60.80 £53.95 £52.50
90th Percentile £80.09 £75.00 £67.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £31.46 £24.34 £29.50
% change year-on-year +29.25% -17.49% +11.36%

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 18 June 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 18 June 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 18 June 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 -80 508 £489 -6.90% 596
London -48 271 £525 -8.70% 269
UK excluding London -112 247 £450 - 491
Work from Home -42 242 £528 -2.99% 334
South East -46 68 £425 -16.26% 166
Midlands -56 64 £540 +20.67% 61
North of England -92 56 £425 +6.25% 99
West Midlands -43 51 £540 +20.67% 32
North East - 29 £425 - 9
East of England -29 20 £338 +3.85% 43
Scotland -21 19 £250 -45.95% 30
South West -42 18 £475 -15.59% 54
Yorkshire -96 14 £400 - 31
East Midlands -33 13 - - 29
North West -49 13 £365 -14.21% 59
Northern Ireland 0 1 - - 28
Wales -15 1 £700 +62.57% 24

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 20 (3.42%) SharePoint
2 14 (2.39%) Apache Spark
3 11 (1.88%) Confluence
3 11 (1.88%) Microsoft Exchange
4 10 (1.71%) Apache Airflow
5 8 (1.37%) CMS
6 5 (0.85%) WordPress
7 4 (0.68%) Apache
7 4 (0.68%) Kentico
8 2 (0.34%) Jupyter
8 2 (0.34%) Skype for Business
9 1 (0.17%) Drupal
9 1 (0.17%) nginx
9 1 (0.17%) SAS
9 1 (0.17%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 22 (3.76%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (1.88%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.51%) AutoCAD
4 2 (0.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.34%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.34%) Sketch
4 2 (0.34%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.34%) Trello
5 1 (0.17%) Adobe XD
5 1 (0.17%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.17%) InVision
5 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 9 (1.54%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (1.37%) NetSuite
3 5 (0.85%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.68%) Oracle ERP
5 3 (0.51%) Sage X3
6 2 (0.34%) SAP Business One
6 2 (0.34%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 1 (0.17%) Advent Geneva
7 1 (0.17%) Hyperion Planning
7 1 (0.17%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.17%) Oracle Financials
7 1 (0.17%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.17%) SAP FI
7 1 (0.17%) SAP FS
7 1 (0.17%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 156 (26.67%) Azure
2 109 (18.63%) AWS
3 48 (8.21%) Azure DevOps
4 40 (6.84%) Microsoft 365
4 40 (6.84%) Power Platform
5 38 (6.50%) GCP
6 37 (6.32%) GitHub
7 29 (4.96%) GitHub Actions
8 24 (4.10%) Entra ID
9 18 (3.08%) dbt
10 17 (2.91%) Snowflake
11 16 (2.74%) Serverless
12 15 (2.56%) Azure Data Factory
13 14 (2.39%) Amazon EKS
14 10 (1.71%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 10 (1.71%) AWS Lambda
14 10 (1.71%) Dynamics 365
14 10 (1.71%) Firebase
14 10 (1.71%) Power Automate
14 10 (1.71%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 20 (3.42%) TCP/IP
2 15 (2.56%) Ethernet
3 13 (2.22%) Network Security
4 11 (1.88%) Firewall
5 9 (1.54%) VLAN
5 9 (1.54%) WAN
6 8 (1.37%) DNS
6 8 (1.37%) Wi-Fi
7 7 (1.20%) VPN
8 6 (1.03%) DHCP
8 6 (1.03%) HTTP
8 6 (1.03%) SD-WAN
8 6 (1.03%) VSAN
9 4 (0.68%) MPLS
10 3 (0.51%) BGP
10 3 (0.51%) Ethernet VPN
10 3 (0.51%) LAN
10 3 (0.51%) OSPF
10 3 (0.51%) Structured Cabling
10 3 (0.51%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (6.15%) Power BI
2 26 (4.44%) Data Warehouse
3 24 (4.10%) SQL Server
4 20 (3.42%) PostgreSQL
5 13 (2.22%) Big Data
6 12 (2.05%) Hadoop
7 9 (1.54%) Metadata
7 9 (1.54%) NoSQL
7 9 (1.54%) Snowflake Schema
8 8 (1.37%) Azure SQL Database
8 8 (1.37%) Db2
9 7 (1.20%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
9 7 (1.20%) Tableau
10 6 (1.03%) Amazon RDS
10 6 (1.03%) Data Lake
10 6 (1.03%) Geospatial Data
10 6 (1.03%) Looker
11 5 (0.85%) MongoDB
11 5 (0.85%) Redis
12 4 (0.68%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 33 (5.64%) JIRA
2 29 (4.96%) Jenkins
3 22 (3.76%) Git
4 18 (3.08%) GitLab
5 10 (1.71%) fastlane
6 6 (1.03%) JMeter
6 6 (1.03%) SonarQube
6 6 (1.03%) Vite
7 5 (0.85%) Android Studio
7 5 (0.85%) Crashlytics
7 5 (0.85%) Gatling
7 5 (0.85%) Gradle
7 5 (0.85%) JUnit
7 5 (0.85%) LoadRunner
7 5 (0.85%) Selenium
7 5 (0.85%) Xcode
8 4 (0.68%) CircleCI
8 4 (0.68%) Cucumber
8 4 (0.68%) Mockito
8 4 (0.68%) Visual Studio
General
1 197 (33.68%) Social Skills
2 164 (28.03%) Finance
3 132 (22.56%) Public Sector
4 80 (13.68%) Analytical Skills
5 28 (4.79%) Banking
6 18 (3.08%) Law
7 17 (2.91%) Presentation Skills
8 15 (2.56%) Legal
9 14 (2.39%) Organisational Skills
10 12 (2.05%) Influencing Skills
10 12 (2.05%) Manufacturing
11 10 (1.71%) Documentation Skills
11 10 (1.71%) Pharmaceutical
12 8 (1.37%) Local Government
12 8 (1.37%) Marketing
13 7 (1.20%) Retail
14 6 (1.03%) Telecoms
15 5 (0.85%) General Ledger
16 4 (0.68%) Aerospace
16 4 (0.68%) Police
Job Titles
1 74 (12.65%) Analyst
2 72 (12.31%) Developer
3 60 (10.26%) Senior
4 52 (8.89%) Lead
5 42 (7.18%) Architect
6 35 (5.98%) Consultant
7 33 (5.64%) Data Engineer
8 24 (4.10%) Data Analyst
8 24 (4.10%) DevOps Engineer
9 20 (3.42%) Support Engineer
10 19 (3.25%) Business Analyst
10 19 (3.25%) IT Support
10 19 (3.25%) Senior Developer
11 16 (2.74%) IT Engineer
11 16 (2.74%) Project Manager
11 16 (2.74%) Systems Engineer
12 15 (2.56%) Technical Engineer
13 14 (2.39%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 13 (2.22%) Azure Engineer
15 11 (1.88%) Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (4.62%) RESTful
2 21 (3.59%) .NET
3 20 (3.42%) React
4 18 (3.08%) GraphQL
5 14 (2.39%) REST
6 13 (2.22%) Kafka
7 12 (2.05%) HTML
7 12 (2.05%) Spring
7 12 (2.05%) Spring Boot
8 11 (1.88%) CSS
9 10 (1.71%) PySpark
10 8 (1.37%) Django
10 8 (1.37%) Node.js
11 7 (1.20%) ARM Templates
11 7 (1.20%) JSON
11 7 (1.20%) Middleware
11 7 (1.20%) Next.js
11 7 (1.20%) RabbitMQ
12 6 (1.03%) YAML
13 5 (0.85%) iOS SDK
Miscellaneous
1 50 (8.55%) Onboarding
2 37 (6.32%) Cloud Native
3 25 (4.27%) Product Ownership
4 19 (3.25%) Distributed Systems
5 18 (3.08%) Legacy Systems
6 17 (2.91%) Data Centre
7 15 (2.56%) Industry 4.0
7 15 (2.56%) Robotics
8 13 (2.22%) Data Structures
9 10 (1.71%) Mobile App
10 9 (1.54%) Linux Command Line
11 8 (1.37%) Algorithms
11 8 (1.37%) Security Posture
12 7 (1.20%) Enterprise Software
12 7 (1.20%) Management Information System
13 6 (1.03%) EPoS
13 6 (1.03%) Operational Technology
14 5 (0.85%) Replication
15 4 (0.68%) NHS
15 4 (0.68%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 58 (9.91%) Windows
2 19 (3.25%) Linux
2 19 (3.25%) Windows 10
3 18 (3.08%) Windows Server
4 11 (1.88%) Android
4 11 (1.88%) Apple iOS
5 9 (1.54%) Unix
6 6 (1.03%) AIX
7 3 (0.51%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.51%) Windows 7
8 2 (0.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.34%) VMS
9 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 147 (25.13%) Agile
2 143 (24.44%) Problem-Solving
3 122 (20.85%) CI/CD
4 109 (18.63%) DevOps
5 98 (16.75%) Decision-Making
6 87 (14.87%) Stakeholder Management
7 83 (14.19%) Analytics
8 76 (12.99%) Continuous Improvement
9 70 (11.97%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
10 68 (11.62%) Infrastructure as Code
11 64 (10.94%) AI
12 60 (10.26%) Migration
13 52 (8.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 52 (8.89%) Test Automation
14 49 (8.38%) Mentoring
15 45 (7.69%) Data Modelling
16 43 (7.35%) Business Intelligence
16 43 (7.35%) Validation
17 40 (6.84%) User Experience
18 39 (6.67%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 103 (17.61%) Python
2 86 (14.70%) SQL
3 39 (6.67%) Java
4 33 (5.64%) JavaScript
5 23 (3.93%) PowerShell
6 22 (3.76%) C#
7 21 (3.59%) TypeScript
8 15 (2.56%) Bash
9 11 (1.88%) Kotlin
9 11 (1.88%) R
10 10 (1.71%) Swift
11 8 (1.37%) Bicep
12 7 (1.20%) Go
12 7 (1.20%) Scala
13 6 (1.03%) Ruby
14 5 (0.85%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 5 (0.85%) VBA
15 4 (0.68%) Groovy
15 4 (0.68%) PL/SQL
15 4 (0.68%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 99 (16.92%) Security Cleared
2 92 (15.73%) SC Cleared
3 47 (8.03%) Degree
4 20 (3.42%) DBS Check
5 15 (2.56%) Azure Certification
6 13 (2.22%) BPSS Clearance
7 11 (1.88%) AWS Certification
7 11 (1.88%) Computer Science Degree
8 9 (1.54%) Microsoft Certification
9 6 (1.03%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 5 (0.85%) ITIL Certification
10 5 (0.85%) Master's Degree
11 4 (0.68%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 4 (0.68%) PMP
12 3 (0.51%) ISTQB
13 2 (0.34%) ACCA
13 2 (0.34%) CIMA
13 2 (0.34%) CIPD
13 2 (0.34%) CISM
13 2 (0.34%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (9.23%) Accessibility
2 34 (5.81%) Data Quality
3 22 (3.76%) QA
4 20 (3.42%) WCAG
5 16 (2.74%) GDPR
6 12 (2.05%) SLA
7 10 (1.71%) Actionable Recommendations
8 9 (1.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 7 (1.20%) NCSC
9 7 (1.20%) PMO
10 6 (1.03%) Cyber Essentials
11 5 (0.85%) COBIT
12 4 (0.68%) GRC
12 4 (0.68%) NIST
13 3 (0.51%) Def Stans
14 2 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 2 (0.34%) PSD2
15 1 (0.17%) ISO 31000
15 1 (0.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 1 (0.17%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 50 (8.55%) Docker
2 40 (6.84%) Active Directory
3 13 (2.22%) Hyper-V
4 11 (1.88%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (1.03%) KVM
5 6 (1.03%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (1.03%) VMware NSX
5 6 (1.03%) vSphere
6 4 (0.68%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.34%) Apache ZooKeeper
7 2 (0.34%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.17%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 71 (12.14%) Terraform
2 53 (9.06%) Kubernetes
3 23 (3.93%) Grafana
4 20 (3.42%) Prometheus
5 17 (2.91%) Ansible
6 12 (2.05%) SCCM
7 10 (1.71%) Kibana
8 9 (1.54%) Microsoft Intune
9 6 (1.03%) IBM BigFix
9 6 (1.03%) vCenter Server
10 4 (0.68%) Consul
10 4 (0.68%) Single Sign-On
11 3 (0.51%) Rancher
12 2 (0.34%) HP ALM
12 2 (0.34%) HP Quality Center
12 2 (0.34%) ITRS Geneos
12 2 (0.34%) Jamf Pro
12 2 (0.34%) Packer
12 2 (0.34%) Zipkin
13 1 (0.17%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 100 (17.09%) Microsoft
2 25 (4.27%) Databricks
2 25 (4.27%) Google
3 22 (3.76%) Dynatrace
3 22 (3.76%) SAP
3 22 (3.76%) ServiceNow
4 17 (2.91%) Salesforce
5 15 (2.56%) Siemens
6 14 (2.39%) Oracle
6 14 (2.39%) VMware
7 12 (2.05%) CyberArk
8 7 (1.20%) IBM
8 7 (1.20%) PagerDuty
9 6 (1.03%) Atlassian
9 6 (1.03%) Qualys
10 5 (0.85%) Apple
10 5 (0.85%) Cisco
10 5 (0.85%) Sage
11 3 (0.51%) OpenAI
11 3 (0.51%) Xero