Inclusion and Diversity Contracts in Scotland

Inclusion and Diversity
UK > Scotland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Inclusion and Diversity in contract job vacancies in Scotland. 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 95 95 132
Rank change year-on-year 0 +37 +25
Contract jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 21 34 31
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 1.29% 1.53% 1.08%
As % of the General category 1.79% 2.36% 1.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 23 24
10th Percentile £367 £132 £251
25th Percentile £455 £256 £391
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £388 £455
Median % change year-on-year +19.35% -14.84% +8.33%
75th Percentile £606 £453 £637
90th Percentile £985 £483 £650
UK median daily rate £538 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -10.42% - +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £21.64 -
UK median hourly rate £22.14 £21.99 £39.00
% change year-on-year +0.68% -43.62% -22.00%

All General Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,171 1,442 1,887
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 72.06% 65.04% 65.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 713 864 1,390
10th Percentile £240 £182 £236
25th Percentile £375 £363 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.21% - +3.83%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £570
90th Percentile £612 £675 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 73 28
10th Percentile £16.02 £12.30 £12.75
25th Percentile £18.52 £16.00 £16.00
Median hourly rate £22.44 £19.17 £19.88
Median % change year-on-year +17.04% -3.57% -23.54%
75th Percentile £28.22 £60.00 £58.75
90th Percentile £55.74 £69.00 £66.84
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £30.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -8.33% -14.29% +59.31%

Inclusion and Diversity
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Inclusion and Diversity in Scotland

Inclusion and Diversity
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for Inclusion and Diversity in Scotland

Inclusion and Diversity
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

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

Daily rate histogram for Inclusion and Diversity in Scotland

Inclusion and Diversity
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland 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
Edinburgh +7 7 £463 +2.78% 70
Glasgow -15 5 £625 +56.25% 61
Perth and Kinross - 4 £450 - 1
Aberdeen -2 1 £175 -50.00% 15
Dumfries and Galloway - 1 £463 -
Inclusion and Diversity
UK

Inclusion and Diversity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 2 (9.52%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 6 (28.57%) AWS
2 3 (14.29%) Azure
2 3 (14.29%) BlazeMeter
3 2 (9.52%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (4.76%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.76%) 4G
1 1 (4.76%) Network Security
1 1 (4.76%) SD-WAN
1 1 (4.76%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (19.05%) MongoDB
2 3 (14.29%) Apache Cassandra
2 3 (14.29%) NoSQL
3 2 (9.52%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (9.52%) Oracle Database
3 2 (9.52%) RDBMS
3 2 (9.52%) Relational Database
3 2 (9.52%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (14.29%) JUnit
2 2 (9.52%) JIRA
3 1 (4.76%) Artifactory
General
1 10 (47.62%) Social Skills
2 8 (38.10%) Finance
3 4 (19.05%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (19.05%) Law
4 1 (4.76%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (19.05%) Developer
1 4 (19.05%) Project Manager
2 3 (14.29%) Java Developer
2 3 (14.29%) Server Engineer
3 2 (9.52%) DBA
3 2 (9.52%) Full-Stack Developer
3 2 (9.52%) Full-Stack Java Developer
3 2 (9.52%) Linux Engineer
3 2 (9.52%) Senior
3 2 (9.52%) Senior Manager
3 2 (9.52%) SQL DBA
4 1 (4.76%) 1st Line Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) Collaboration Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) Core Java Developer
4 1 (4.76%) Head of Data Management
4 1 (4.76%) JIRA Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) Linux Server Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) Service Designer
4 1 (4.76%) WAN Project Manager
4 1 (4.76%) Windows Deployment Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (14.29%) CSS
1 3 (14.29%) React
1 3 (14.29%) Spring
2 2 (9.52%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 4 (19.05%) Product Ownership
2 3 (14.29%) Algorithms
2 3 (14.29%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (4.76%) Data Centre
3 1 (4.76%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 6 (28.57%) Windows
2 5 (23.81%) Linux
2 5 (23.81%) Windows Server
3 4 (19.05%) Amazon Linux
4 1 (4.76%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (28.57%) ITIL
1 6 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (23.81%) Project Delivery
3 4 (19.05%) Agile
3 4 (19.05%) Mentoring
3 4 (19.05%) Problem Management
3 4 (19.05%) Service-Level Objective
3 4 (19.05%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (19.05%) Technical Debt
3 4 (19.05%) Visualisation
4 3 (14.29%) Artificial Intelligence
4 3 (14.29%) Community of Practice
4 3 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (14.29%) Machine Learning
4 3 (14.29%) Microservices
4 3 (14.29%) Operational Stability
4 3 (14.29%) Performance Testing
4 3 (14.29%) Project Management
4 3 (14.29%) Software Engineering
4 3 (14.29%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (14.29%) Java
1 3 (14.29%) JavaScript
1 3 (14.29%) TypeScript
2 2 (9.52%) PL/SQL
2 2 (9.52%) SQL
3 1 (4.76%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (9.52%) Security Cleared
2 1 (4.76%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (4.76%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (4.76%) Degree
2 1 (4.76%) Master's Degree
2 1 (4.76%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (14.29%) QA
2 1 (4.76%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 1 (4.76%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (14.29%) Grafana
2 2 (9.52%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (19.05%) Red Hat
1 4 (19.05%) VMware
2 3 (14.29%) Dynatrace
2 3 (14.29%) Splunk
3 2 (9.52%) Microsoft
3 2 (9.52%) Oracle
4 1 (4.76%) Atlassian
4 1 (4.76%) BT
4 1 (4.76%) ServiceNow
4 1 (4.76%) Workday