Inclusion and Diversity Contracts in the North West

Inclusion and Diversity
England > North West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Inclusion and Diversity in contract job vacancies in the North West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Inclusion and Diversity over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 90 123 153
Rank change year-on-year +33 +30 +19
Contract jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 30 14 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 1.52% 0.51% 0.13%
As % of the General category 2.65% 0.95% 0.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 8 4
10th Percentile £182 £251 -
25th Percentile £416 £405 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £538 £500
Median % change year-on-year -16.28% +7.50% -1.96%
75th Percentile £475 £600 £575
90th Percentile £509 £656 -
England median daily rate £550 £610 £600
% change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +6.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £34.21 -
England median hourly rate £22.14 £18.80 £39.00
% change year-on-year +17.80% -51.81% -22.00%

All General Skills
North West

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 in the North West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,131 1,478 1,658
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 57.47% 53.65% 51.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 686 905 1,142
10th Percentile £265 £300 £305
25th Percentile £380 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £580 £588 £594
90th Percentile £675 £688 £675
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 108 191 82
10th Percentile £13.00 £12.50 £14.88
25th Percentile £17.44 £14.50 £19.28
Median hourly rate £28.75 £17.72 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +62.25% -31.85% +30.00%
75th Percentile £49.06 £36.72 £38.39
90th Percentile £75.38 £51.91 £52.90
England median hourly rate £27.50 £30.16 £33.82
% change year-on-year -8.82% -10.82% +57.30%

Inclusion and Diversity
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Inclusion and Diversity as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Inclusion and Diversity in the North West

Inclusion and Diversity
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity in the North West.

Daily rate trend for Inclusion and Diversity in the North West

Inclusion and Diversity
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity in the North West over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Inclusion and Diversity in the North West

Inclusion and Diversity
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 North West region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Manchester +27 15 £450 +9.76% 257
Cheshire - 7 £450 - 73
Cumbria - 6 £465 - 3
Merseyside +1 2 - - 40
Inclusion and Diversity
England

Inclusion and Diversity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 4 (13.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (6.67%) SharePoint
2 2 (6.67%) Skype for Business
3 1 (3.33%) Confluence
3 1 (3.33%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 4 (13.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 4 (13.33%) MS Visio
2 3 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (3.33%) Revit
Business Applications
1 1 (3.33%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 3 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (6.67%) Power Platform
3 1 (3.33%) AWS
3 1 (3.33%) Azure
3 1 (3.33%) Entra ID
3 1 (3.33%) Power Automate
3 1 (3.33%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 5 (16.67%) WAN
2 4 (13.33%) LAN
3 3 (10.00%) Firewall
4 2 (6.67%) BGP
4 2 (6.67%) DHCP
4 2 (6.67%) DNS
4 2 (6.67%) EIGRP
4 2 (6.67%) OSPF
4 2 (6.67%) Skype
4 2 (6.67%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (3.33%) Cisco ASA
5 1 (3.33%) HSRP
5 1 (3.33%) IPsec
5 1 (3.33%) IPv4
5 1 (3.33%) MPLS
5 1 (3.33%) PSTN
5 1 (3.33%) SD-WAN
5 1 (3.33%) SMTP
5 1 (3.33%) VLAN
5 1 (3.33%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.33%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (3.33%) JIRA
1 1 (3.33%) ScriptRunner
General
1 15 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (10.00%) Banking
2 3 (10.00%) Finance
3 2 (6.67%) Presentation Skills
3 2 (6.67%) Public Sector
3 2 (6.67%) Retail
4 1 (3.33%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (10.00%) Analyst
1 3 (10.00%) Network Analyst
1 3 (10.00%) Project Manager
1 3 (10.00%) Risk Analyst
1 3 (10.00%) Service Analyst
2 2 (6.67%) Change and Release Manager
2 2 (6.67%) Change Manager
2 2 (6.67%) Lead
2 2 (6.67%) Network Engineer
2 2 (6.67%) Network Manager
2 2 (6.67%) Network Project Manager
2 2 (6.67%) Release Manager
3 1 (3.33%) Collaboration Engineer
3 1 (3.33%) Developer
3 1 (3.33%) IT Engineer
3 1 (3.33%) Microsoft 365 Developer
3 1 (3.33%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 1 (3.33%) Senior
3 1 (3.33%) Software Developer
3 1 (3.33%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.33%) CSS
1 1 (3.33%) HTML
1 1 (3.33%) React
1 1 (3.33%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (3.33%) Blackberry
2 1 (3.33%) Handset
2 1 (3.33%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.67%) Windows
2 1 (3.33%) Android
2 1 (3.33%) VMS
2 1 (3.33%) Windows 10
2 1 (3.33%) Windows 7
2 1 (3.33%) Windows Server
2 1 (3.33%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (26.67%) Agile
2 7 (23.33%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
3 6 (20.00%) Mentoring
4 5 (16.67%) ITIL
4 5 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (13.33%) Migration
5 4 (13.33%) Risk Management
5 4 (13.33%) Roadmaps
6 3 (10.00%) Analytics
6 3 (10.00%) Customer Experience
6 3 (10.00%) Data Analytics
6 3 (10.00%) DevOps
6 3 (10.00%) End-to-End Testing
6 3 (10.00%) Internal Audit
7 2 (6.67%) ITSM
7 2 (6.67%) Performance Tuning
7 2 (6.67%) Release Management
7 2 (6.67%) Test Management
8 1 (3.33%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.67%) PowerShell
2 1 (3.33%) Groovy
2 1 (3.33%) JavaScript
2 1 (3.33%) TypeScript
2 1 (3.33%) VB
2 1 (3.33%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 8 (26.67%) SC Cleared
1 8 (26.67%) Security Cleared
2 2 (6.67%) DBS Check
3 1 (3.33%) CCNP
3 1 (3.33%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (3.33%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 1 (3.33%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (20.00%) Accessibility
2 1 (3.33%) QA
2 1 (3.33%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (3.33%) Active Directory
1 1 (3.33%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 2 (6.67%) SCCM
2 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (3.33%) WSUS
Vendors
1 7 (23.33%) Microsoft
2 4 (13.33%) Cisco
3 2 (6.67%) ServiceNow
4 1 (3.33%) Atlassian
4 1 (3.33%) Autodesk
4 1 (3.33%) BMC
4 1 (3.33%) CheckPoint
4 1 (3.33%) Clearswift
4 1 (3.33%) Huawei
4 1 (3.33%) Oracle
4 1 (3.33%) Palo Alto
4 1 (3.33%) Remedy
4 1 (3.33%) Ribbon
4 1 (3.33%) SolarWinds
4 1 (3.33%) VMware