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

6 months to
25 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 180 175 159
Rank change year-on-year -5 -16 +99
Contract jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 582 536 736
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.63% 1.48% 1.60%
As % of the General category 2.59% 2.48% 2.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 229 304 506
10th Percentile £165 £408 £413
25th Percentile £333 £484 £516
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -20.83% - +3.45%
75th Percentile £625 £658 £675
90th Percentile £651 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £413 £525 £480
% change year-on-year -21.43% +9.38% -20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 1 5
10th Percentile £16.97 - £48.70
25th Percentile £17.48 - £61.75
Median hourly rate £22.14 £21.00 £63.29
Median % change year-on-year +5.43% -66.82% +24.10%
75th Percentile - - £65.25
90th Percentile £70.50 - £66.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.14 - £63.29

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 22,466 21,602 27,431
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 62.75% 59.48% 59.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,050 12,736 18,252
10th Percentile £273 £291 £281
25th Percentile £400 £413 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £756 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -2.56% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,459 818 1,111
10th Percentile £13.83 £15.02 £14.25
25th Percentile £16.89 £18.00 £17.00
Median hourly rate £24.09 £28.75 £32.32
Median % change year-on-year -16.21% -11.05% +29.28%
75th Percentile £45.46 £53.75 £59.02
90th Percentile £70.00 £70.25 £71.90
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.14 £27.06 £30.00
% change year-on-year -18.19% -9.79% +35.87%

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 25 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 25 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 25 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 -9 524 £475 -20.83% 1,079
London +15 332 £513 -15.64% 443
Work from Home -4 231 £475 -20.83% 654
UK excluding London -24 213 £413 -21.43% 944
Midlands -40 70 £409 -28.91% 115
North of England -43 40 £275 -38.89% 149
West Midlands -49 40 £413 -28.26% 66
South East +2 39 £419 -23.77% 416
East Midlands +8 30 £259 -63.04% 45
Scotland +4 26 £288 -39.47% 96
North West -14 22 £470 +4.47% 88
South West -2 19 £600 +23.08% 83
East of England -7 17 £325 -38.10% 49
Yorkshire -27 17 £200 -63.64% 37
Wales +1 3 £331 -5.08% 26
Northern Ireland -10 2 £450 -14.29% 17
North East -14 1 £400 -11.11% 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 16 (2.75%) Microsoft Exchange
2 15 (2.58%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.55%) Confluence
4 6 (1.03%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (1.03%) CMS
5 4 (0.69%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 4 (0.69%) Apache Spark
5 4 (0.69%) HCL Notes
5 4 (0.69%) WordPress
6 3 (0.52%) Alfresco
6 3 (0.52%) Moodle
7 2 (0.34%) Apache
7 2 (0.34%) Camunda
7 2 (0.34%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.17%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.17%) IIS
8 1 (0.17%) SharePoint Server
8 1 (0.17%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 25 (4.30%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (3.09%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.03%) Adobe Captivate
3 6 (1.03%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 6 (1.03%) Microsoft Project
3 6 (1.03%) Spreadsheet
4 4 (0.69%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.52%) Trello
6 2 (0.34%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.17%) Adobe After Effects
7 1 (0.17%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.17%) InVision
7 1 (0.17%) ProjectWise
7 1 (0.17%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 9 (1.55%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.03%) Aladdin
2 6 (1.03%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.34%) CODA-Financials
4 1 (0.17%) iTrent
4 1 (0.17%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.17%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.17%) ResourceLink
4 1 (0.17%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.17%) SAP GRC
4 1 (0.17%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 131 (22.51%) Azure
2 64 (11.00%) AWS
3 44 (7.56%) Microsoft 365
4 37 (6.36%) Power Platform
5 33 (5.67%) Azure DevOps
6 25 (4.30%) Entra ID
7 23 (3.95%) GCP
8 20 (3.44%) GitHub
9 18 (3.09%) GitHub Actions
10 16 (2.75%) SaaS
11 14 (2.41%) Microsoft Purview
12 11 (1.89%) Google Workspace
13 10 (1.72%) Dynamics 365
13 10 (1.72%) Serverless
14 8 (1.37%) Azure Data Factory
14 8 (1.37%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 8 (1.37%) dbt
14 8 (1.37%) Figma
14 8 (1.37%) Snowflake
15 7 (1.20%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (2.23%) Network Security
2 10 (1.72%) Firewall
3 9 (1.55%) DNS
3 9 (1.55%) VPN
4 8 (1.37%) LAN
4 8 (1.37%) WAN
5 6 (1.03%) DHCP
6 4 (0.69%) SAN
6 4 (0.69%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (0.52%) DMARC
7 3 (0.52%) SMTP
7 3 (0.52%) SSL
7 3 (0.52%) TCP/IP
7 3 (0.52%) VLAN
8 2 (0.34%) AMQP
8 2 (0.34%) Intranet
8 2 (0.34%) NAS
8 2 (0.34%) SMS
8 2 (0.34%) Wireless
8 2 (0.34%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (3.95%) Power BI
2 21 (3.61%) Data Warehouse
3 16 (2.75%) SQL Server
4 14 (2.41%) Azure SQL Database
4 14 (2.41%) PostgreSQL
5 12 (2.06%) NoSQL
6 10 (1.72%) Metadata
6 10 (1.72%) MongoDB
7 7 (1.20%) Data Lake
7 7 (1.20%) Spark SQL
8 6 (1.03%) Apache Cassandra
8 6 (1.03%) Relational Database
8 6 (1.03%) Tableau
9 4 (0.69%) BigQuery
9 4 (0.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 3 (0.52%) Amazon Aurora
10 3 (0.52%) Apache Iceberg
10 3 (0.52%) Snowflake Schema
10 3 (0.52%) SSDT
10 3 (0.52%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 21 (3.61%) Git
2 16 (2.75%) JIRA
3 9 (1.55%) Jenkins
4 6 (1.03%) Cucumber
4 6 (1.03%) JUnit
5 5 (0.86%) SonarQube
6 4 (0.69%) Maven
7 3 (0.52%) ERwin
7 3 (0.52%) GitLab
7 3 (0.52%) Mockito
7 3 (0.52%) Team Foundation Server
7 3 (0.52%) Vite
8 2 (0.34%) Artifactory
8 2 (0.34%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.34%) JMeter
8 2 (0.34%) Selenium
8 2 (0.34%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.17%) Axure RP
9 1 (0.17%) SpecFlow
9 1 (0.17%) Toad
General
1 193 (33.16%) Social Skills
2 154 (26.46%) Finance
3 45 (7.73%) Analytical Skills
4 42 (7.22%) Public Sector
5 23 (3.95%) Organisational Skills
6 21 (3.61%) Marketing
7 20 (3.44%) Banking
8 17 (2.92%) Retail
9 14 (2.41%) Documentation Skills
9 14 (2.41%) Legal
10 12 (2.06%) Law
11 10 (1.72%) Fire and Rescue
11 10 (1.72%) Local Government
11 10 (1.72%) Manufacturing
12 8 (1.37%) Police
13 7 (1.20%) Pharmaceutical
14 5 (0.86%) Military
14 5 (0.86%) Publishing
15 4 (0.69%) Influencing Skills
15 4 (0.69%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 89 (15.29%) Analyst
2 50 (8.59%) Developer
3 47 (8.08%) Architect
4 44 (7.56%) Project Manager
5 43 (7.39%) Lead
6 41 (7.04%) Senior
7 27 (4.64%) Business Analyst
7 27 (4.64%) Support Engineer
8 21 (3.61%) Data Engineer
9 20 (3.44%) Consultant
10 18 (3.09%) Solutions Architect
10 18 (3.09%) Support Analyst
11 17 (2.92%) IT Engineer
12 16 (2.75%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 16 (2.75%) IT Support
13 14 (2.41%) IT Analyst
13 14 (2.41%) Service Analyst
14 13 (2.23%) Administrator
14 13 (2.23%) Cloud Engineer
14 13 (2.23%) PMO Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (4.12%) React
2 23 (3.95%) EDI
3 21 (3.61%) .NET
4 19 (3.26%) Spring
5 15 (2.58%) SOAP
6 14 (2.41%) Spring Boot
7 13 (2.23%) REST
8 10 (1.72%) CSS
8 10 (1.72%) HTML
9 9 (1.55%) AngularJS
9 9 (1.55%) Kafka
9 9 (1.55%) PySpark
10 7 (1.20%) .NET Framework
10 7 (1.20%) Middleware
11 6 (1.03%) .NET Core
11 6 (1.03%) Entity Framework
11 6 (1.03%) RESTful
11 6 (1.03%) YAML
12 5 (0.86%) Dapper ORM
12 5 (0.86%) LINQ
Miscellaneous
1 41 (7.04%) Onboarding
2 20 (3.44%) Data Centre
3 19 (3.26%) Management Information System
4 16 (2.75%) Cloud Native
5 15 (2.58%) Product Ownership
6 11 (1.89%) Legacy Systems
7 9 (1.55%) Greenfield Project
8 8 (1.37%) Hybrid Cloud
8 8 (1.37%) Public Cloud
9 7 (1.20%) Algorithms
9 7 (1.20%) e-Learning
9 7 (1.20%) Learning Management System
9 7 (1.20%) Low-Code
9 7 (1.20%) Mobile App
10 6 (1.03%) Driving Licence
11 5 (0.86%) Enterprise Software
11 5 (0.86%) Fixed Income
11 5 (0.86%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 5 (0.86%) Virtual Team
12 4 (0.69%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 54 (9.28%) Windows
2 13 (2.23%) Windows Server
3 11 (1.89%) Linux
4 7 (1.20%) Windows 10
5 3 (0.52%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.52%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.34%) Android
6 2 (0.34%) Oracle Linux
7 1 (0.17%) CentOS
7 1 (0.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.17%) Rocky
7 1 (0.17%) Unix
7 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 128 (21.99%) Problem-Solving
2 98 (16.84%) Agile
3 69 (11.86%) CI/CD
3 69 (11.86%) DevOps
3 69 (11.86%) Stakeholder Management
4 52 (8.93%) Migration
5 46 (7.90%) Continuous Improvement
6 44 (7.56%) Project Management
7 42 (7.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 39 (6.70%) Analytics
9 36 (6.19%) Decision-Making
9 36 (6.19%) Infrastructure as Code
10 34 (5.84%) Test Automation
11 32 (5.50%) Coaching
12 31 (5.33%) Data Modelling
13 30 (5.15%) Customer Service
14 29 (4.98%) AI
14 29 (4.98%) Mentoring
14 29 (4.98%) Software Engineering
14 29 (4.98%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 60 (10.31%) Python
1 60 (10.31%) SQL
2 43 (7.39%) Java
3 32 (5.50%) JavaScript
4 22 (3.78%) C#
5 19 (3.26%) PowerShell
6 12 (2.06%) TypeScript
7 4 (0.69%) Bash
7 4 (0.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 4 (0.69%) Go
7 4 (0.69%) T-SQL
8 3 (0.52%) Apex Code
8 3 (0.52%) C++
8 3 (0.52%) Rust
9 2 (0.34%) AWK
9 2 (0.34%) Bicep
9 2 (0.34%) Perl
9 2 (0.34%) Scala
9 2 (0.34%) Shell Script
9 2 (0.34%) VBA
Qualifications
1 51 (8.76%) Security Cleared
2 43 (7.39%) SC Cleared
3 38 (6.53%) Degree
4 14 (2.41%) DBS Check
5 12 (2.06%) AWS Certification
6 10 (1.72%) Computer Science Degree
7 8 (1.37%) Azure Certification
8 6 (1.03%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (0.86%) CISSP
9 5 (0.86%) DV Cleared
10 4 (0.69%) PMI Certification
10 4 (0.69%) PMP
11 3 (0.52%) ACCA
11 3 (0.52%) CIMA
11 3 (0.52%) CIPD
11 3 (0.52%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (0.52%) CompTIA CySA+
11 3 (0.52%) Network+ Certification
11 3 (0.52%) Oracle Certification
11 3 (0.52%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (4.47%) Accessibility
2 25 (4.30%) PMO
3 19 (3.26%) QA
4 16 (2.75%) GDPR
5 15 (2.58%) Data Quality
6 11 (1.89%) SLA
7 10 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (0.86%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 5 (0.86%) WCAG
9 4 (0.69%) NIST
10 3 (0.52%) Actionable Recommendations
10 3 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials
10 3 (0.52%) GRC
10 3 (0.52%) HIPAA
10 3 (0.52%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.34%) GMP
11 2 (0.34%) SOC 2
12 1 (0.17%) ISO 9001
12 1 (0.17%) NIST 800
12 1 (0.17%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 49 (8.42%) Active Directory
2 26 (4.47%) Docker
3 14 (2.41%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.86%) Virtual Desktop
4 5 (0.86%) Virtual Servers
5 4 (0.69%) 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 35 (6.01%) Terraform
2 27 (4.64%) Kubernetes
3 17 (2.92%) Microsoft Intune
4 13 (2.23%) Grafana
5 12 (2.06%) SCCM
6 8 (1.37%) Prometheus
7 4 (0.69%) Jamf Pro
8 3 (0.52%) Argo
8 3 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.34%) Ansible
9 2 (0.34%) McAfee ePO
10 1 (0.17%) Cisco CUCM
10 1 (0.17%) Data Guard
10 1 (0.17%) Demisto
10 1 (0.17%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.17%) Kibana
10 1 (0.17%) Nessus
10 1 (0.17%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 1 (0.17%) RSA Archer
10 1 (0.17%) VxRail
Vendors
1 109 (18.73%) Microsoft
2 21 (3.61%) Cisco
2 21 (3.61%) Google
3 20 (3.44%) Salesforce
4 18 (3.09%) Oracle
4 18 (3.09%) ServiceNow
4 18 (3.09%) VMware
5 14 (2.41%) Adobe
6 11 (1.89%) Databricks
7 9 (1.55%) Apple
8 8 (1.37%) SAP
9 7 (1.20%) Dynatrace
10 6 (1.03%) Citrix
11 5 (0.86%) Splunk
12 4 (0.69%) CyberArk
12 4 (0.69%) Dell
12 4 (0.69%) Lotus
12 4 (0.69%) Murex
12 4 (0.69%) Netskope
12 4 (0.69%) Veeam