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 11 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 167 175 158
Rank change year-on-year +8 -17 +115
Contract jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 596 523 743
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.71% 1.45% 1.58%
As % of the General category 2.71% 2.46% 2.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 229 302 505
10th Percentile £173 £413 £404
25th Percentile £353 £505 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -20.83% - +3.45%
75th Percentile £625 £663 £675
90th Percentile £650 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £525 £480
% change year-on-year -19.05% +9.38% -20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 1 5
10th Percentile £17.48 - £40.10
25th Percentile £18.64 - £40.25
Median hourly rate £22.14 £21.00 £63.29
Median % change year-on-year +5.43% -66.82% +17.20%
75th Percentile £22.41 - £65.25
90th Percentile £67.50 - £66.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.14 - £63.40
% change year-on-year - - +17.40%

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 common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 21,968 21,227 27,950
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 62.93% 58.92% 59.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,744 12,504 18,664
10th Percentile £273 £285 £285
25th Percentile £400 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £640 £655
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £479 £500
% change year-on-year -0.84% -4.20% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,400 802 1,116
10th Percentile £13.80 £15.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £16.50 £17.00 £16.75
Median hourly rate £24.34 £29.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.07% -3.33% +20.00%
75th Percentile £44.75 £53.75 £57.33
90th Percentile £67.84 £70.00 £70.66
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.00 £27.13 £27.17
% change year-on-year -18.89% -0.15% +23.48%

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 11 November 2025.

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 11 November 2025.

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 11 November 2025. 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 +3 540 £506 -15.63% 1,395
London +26 344 £550 -9.84% 644
Work from Home +4 231 £513 -13.87% 690
UK excluding London -32 220 £425 -19.05% 936
Midlands -32 72 £425 -26.09% 127
West Midlands -52 44 £419 -27.17% 82
North of England -26 41 £310 -35.42% 167
South East +9 39 £419 -23.86% 375
Scotland +3 29 £288 -39.47% 83
East Midlands +9 28 £430 -14.00% 45
North West -12 22 £515 +14.49% 83
South West +2 19 £600 +23.08% 111
Yorkshire -33 18 £200 -60.00% 58
East of England -9 17 £438 -16.67% 47
Wales -3 3 £331 -5.08% 19
Northern Ireland -11 2 £450 -14.29% 20
North East -18 1 £400 -11.11% 26

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 (3.02%) SharePoint
2 14 (2.35%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (1.51%) Confluence
4 8 (1.34%) CMS
5 6 (1.01%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (0.67%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 4 (0.67%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.67%) HCL Notes
6 4 (0.67%) WordPress
7 3 (0.50%) Alfresco
7 3 (0.50%) Moodle
8 2 (0.34%) Apache
8 2 (0.34%) Camunda
8 2 (0.34%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.17%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.17%) IIS
9 1 (0.17%) SharePoint Server
9 1 (0.17%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 27 (4.53%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (3.36%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.01%) Adobe Captivate
3 6 (1.01%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 6 (1.01%) Microsoft Project
3 6 (1.01%) Spreadsheet
4 4 (0.67%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.34%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.34%) Trello
7 1 (0.17%) ProjectWise
Business Applications
1 8 (1.34%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (1.17%) Aladdin
3 6 (1.01%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.34%) CODA-Financials
5 1 (0.17%) iTrent
5 1 (0.17%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.17%) ResourceLink
5 1 (0.17%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.17%) SAP GRC
5 1 (0.17%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 125 (20.97%) Azure
2 57 (9.56%) AWS
3 48 (8.05%) Microsoft 365
4 34 (5.70%) Power Platform
5 29 (4.87%) Azure DevOps
6 25 (4.19%) Entra ID
6 25 (4.19%) GCP
7 17 (2.85%) SaaS
8 13 (2.18%) Microsoft Purview
9 12 (2.01%) GitHub
9 12 (2.01%) Google Workspace
10 11 (1.85%) GitHub Actions
11 9 (1.51%) Serverless
12 8 (1.34%) Dynamics 365
13 7 (1.17%) dbt
13 7 (1.17%) Figma
13 7 (1.17%) Snowflake
14 6 (1.01%) Azure Service Bus
14 6 (1.01%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 6 (1.01%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 15 (2.52%) Firewall
2 14 (2.35%) Network Security
3 13 (2.18%) DNS
4 12 (2.01%) VPN
5 10 (1.68%) DHCP
6 8 (1.34%) LAN
6 8 (1.34%) WAN
7 6 (1.01%) Wi-Fi
8 5 (0.84%) TCP/IP
8 5 (0.84%) VLAN
9 4 (0.67%) SSL
9 4 (0.67%) Wireless
10 3 (0.50%) Cisco Nexus
10 3 (0.50%) DMARC
10 3 (0.50%) SAN
10 3 (0.50%) SMTP
11 2 (0.34%) HTTP
11 2 (0.34%) IPsec
11 2 (0.34%) OSPF
11 2 (0.34%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (3.36%) Data Warehouse
1 20 (3.36%) Power BI
2 17 (2.85%) SQL Server
3 14 (2.35%) PostgreSQL
4 12 (2.01%) Azure SQL Database
4 12 (2.01%) NoSQL
5 10 (1.68%) MongoDB
6 9 (1.51%) Metadata
7 7 (1.17%) Data Lake
7 7 (1.17%) Relational Database
7 7 (1.17%) Spark SQL
8 6 (1.01%) Apache Cassandra
9 5 (0.84%) Tableau
10 4 (0.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 3 (0.50%) Amazon Aurora
11 3 (0.50%) Apache Iceberg
11 3 (0.50%) BigQuery
12 2 (0.34%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
12 2 (0.34%) Big Data
12 2 (0.34%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 20 (3.36%) Git
2 14 (2.35%) JIRA
3 9 (1.51%) Jenkins
4 6 (1.01%) Cucumber
4 6 (1.01%) JUnit
4 6 (1.01%) SonarQube
5 4 (0.67%) Cypress.io
6 3 (0.50%) ERwin
6 3 (0.50%) Maven
6 3 (0.50%) Mockito
6 3 (0.50%) Sonatype Nexus
6 3 (0.50%) Vite
6 3 (0.50%) webpack
7 2 (0.34%) GitLab
7 2 (0.34%) JMeter
7 2 (0.34%) Selenium
7 2 (0.34%) Team Foundation Server
7 2 (0.34%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.17%) Toad
8 1 (0.17%) XCUITest
General
1 194 (32.55%) Social Skills
2 157 (26.34%) Finance
3 46 (7.72%) Analytical Skills
4 42 (7.05%) Public Sector
5 24 (4.03%) Organisational Skills
6 23 (3.86%) Banking
7 20 (3.36%) Marketing
8 18 (3.02%) Retail
9 15 (2.52%) Documentation Skills
10 13 (2.18%) Legal
11 12 (2.01%) Manufacturing
12 11 (1.85%) Law
13 9 (1.51%) Fire and Rescue
13 9 (1.51%) Local Government
13 9 (1.51%) Police
14 7 (1.17%) Pharmaceutical
15 6 (1.01%) Electronics
16 5 (0.84%) Front Office
16 5 (0.84%) Military
16 5 (0.84%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 95 (15.94%) Analyst
2 52 (8.72%) Developer
3 48 (8.05%) Project Manager
4 47 (7.89%) Architect
5 44 (7.38%) Lead
6 41 (6.88%) Senior
7 33 (5.54%) Business Analyst
8 30 (5.03%) Support Engineer
9 20 (3.36%) IT Engineer
10 19 (3.19%) Consultant
10 19 (3.19%) IT Manager
11 18 (3.02%) IT Support
12 17 (2.85%) Data Engineer
12 17 (2.85%) Solutions Architect
12 17 (2.85%) Support Analyst
13 14 (2.35%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 13 (2.18%) Administrator
14 13 (2.18%) Designer
14 13 (2.18%) IT Analyst
14 13 (2.18%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (4.53%) React
2 22 (3.69%) EDI
3 21 (3.52%) .NET
4 20 (3.36%) Spring
5 17 (2.85%) Spring Boot
6 15 (2.52%) SOAP
7 13 (2.18%) REST
8 11 (1.85%) CSS
8 11 (1.85%) HTML
9 9 (1.51%) AngularJS
9 9 (1.51%) Kafka
10 8 (1.34%) .NET Framework
10 8 (1.34%) PySpark
10 8 (1.34%) RESTful
11 7 (1.17%) Middleware
12 6 (1.01%) .NET Core
12 6 (1.01%) Entity Framework
13 5 (0.84%) Dapper ORM
13 5 (0.84%) LINQ
13 5 (0.84%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 43 (7.21%) Onboarding
2 20 (3.36%) Management Information System
3 19 (3.19%) Data Centre
3 19 (3.19%) Product Ownership
4 13 (2.18%) Cloud Native
5 11 (1.85%) Public Cloud
6 10 (1.68%) Hybrid Cloud
6 10 (1.68%) Legacy Systems
7 9 (1.51%) Driving Licence
7 9 (1.51%) Greenfield Project
8 8 (1.34%) Algorithms
9 7 (1.17%) Learning Management System
9 7 (1.17%) Low-Code
9 7 (1.17%) Mobile App
10 6 (1.01%) e-Learning
11 5 (0.84%) Analytical Mindset
11 5 (0.84%) Enterprise Software
11 5 (0.84%) Fixed Income
11 5 (0.84%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 4 (0.67%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 60 (10.07%) Windows
2 15 (2.52%) Linux
3 14 (2.35%) Windows Server
4 6 (1.01%) Windows 10
5 5 (0.84%) Mac OS
6 3 (0.50%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.34%) Android
7 2 (0.34%) Oracle Linux
8 1 (0.17%) CentOS
8 1 (0.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.17%) Rocky
8 1 (0.17%) Unix
8 1 (0.17%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 123 (20.64%) Problem-Solving
2 100 (16.78%) Agile
3 67 (11.24%) Stakeholder Management
4 64 (10.74%) DevOps
5 60 (10.07%) CI/CD
6 55 (9.23%) Migration
7 52 (8.72%) Continuous Improvement
8 45 (7.55%) Project Management
9 44 (7.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 38 (6.38%) Coaching
11 36 (6.04%) Analytics
12 35 (5.87%) Decision-Making
13 33 (5.54%) Software Engineering
13 33 (5.54%) Test Automation
14 32 (5.37%) Change Management
15 31 (5.20%) Mentoring
16 30 (5.03%) AI
17 29 (4.87%) Data Modelling
17 29 (4.87%) Infrastructure as Code
18 28 (4.70%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 58 (9.73%) SQL
2 57 (9.56%) Python
3 46 (7.72%) Java
4 34 (5.70%) JavaScript
5 22 (3.69%) C#
6 18 (3.02%) PowerShell
7 14 (2.35%) TypeScript
8 5 (0.84%) C++
8 5 (0.84%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 4 (0.67%) Go
9 4 (0.67%) T-SQL
10 3 (0.50%) Apex Code
10 3 (0.50%) Bash
10 3 (0.50%) Rust
11 2 (0.34%) AWK
11 2 (0.34%) Bicep
11 2 (0.34%) Perl
11 2 (0.34%) Scala
11 2 (0.34%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.34%) VBA
Qualifications
1 51 (8.56%) Security Cleared
2 43 (7.21%) Degree
3 41 (6.88%) SC Cleared
4 15 (2.52%) DBS Check
5 12 (2.01%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (1.34%) DV Cleared
7 7 (1.17%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (1.01%) Azure Certification
8 6 (1.01%) CISSP
9 5 (0.84%) AWS Certification
9 5 (0.84%) Cisco Certification
10 4 (0.67%) CCNA
10 4 (0.67%) CIPD
10 4 (0.67%) PMI Certification
10 4 (0.67%) PMP
11 3 (0.50%) ACCA
11 3 (0.50%) APMP
11 3 (0.50%) CIMA
11 3 (0.50%) CompTIA CySA+
11 3 (0.50%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (4.19%) PMO
2 24 (4.03%) Accessibility
3 19 (3.19%) QA
4 15 (2.52%) GDPR
5 12 (2.01%) Data Quality
6 11 (1.85%) SLA
7 10 (1.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (0.84%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 4 (0.67%) NIST
9 4 (0.67%) WCAG
10 3 (0.50%) Actionable Recommendations
10 3 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials
10 3 (0.50%) GRC
10 3 (0.50%) HIPAA
10 3 (0.50%) P3O
10 3 (0.50%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.34%) GMP
11 2 (0.34%) SOC 2
12 1 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 1 (0.17%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 56 (9.40%) Active Directory
2 25 (4.19%) Docker
3 14 (2.35%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.84%) Virtual Desktop
4 5 (0.84%) Virtual Servers
5 4 (0.67%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.34%) Firmware
6 2 (0.34%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 1 (0.17%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.17%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 26 (4.36%) Terraform
2 22 (3.69%) Kubernetes
3 17 (2.85%) Microsoft Intune
4 12 (2.01%) SCCM
5 11 (1.85%) Grafana
6 5 (0.84%) Jamf Pro
6 5 (0.84%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.50%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.34%) McAfee ePO
9 1 (0.17%) Ansible
9 1 (0.17%) Argo
9 1 (0.17%) Cisco CUCM
9 1 (0.17%) Data Guard
9 1 (0.17%) Fluentd
9 1 (0.17%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.17%) Kibana
9 1 (0.17%) Nagios
9 1 (0.17%) Nessus
9 1 (0.17%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 1 (0.17%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 110 (18.46%) Microsoft
2 28 (4.70%) Cisco
3 25 (4.19%) Salesforce
4 22 (3.69%) Google
5 18 (3.02%) VMware
6 17 (2.85%) ServiceNow
7 15 (2.52%) Oracle
8 13 (2.18%) Adobe
9 11 (1.85%) Apple
10 8 (1.34%) Databricks
10 8 (1.34%) SAP
10 8 (1.34%) UiPath
11 7 (1.17%) Citrix
12 6 (1.01%) Splunk
13 5 (0.84%) Dynatrace
14 4 (0.67%) CyberArk
14 4 (0.67%) Dell
14 4 (0.67%) Lotus
14 4 (0.67%) Murex
14 4 (0.67%) Veeam