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 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 89 92 138
Rank change year-on-year +3 +46 +37
Contract jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 27 34 26
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 1.65% 1.61% 0.97%
As % of the General category 2.22% 2.49% 1.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 23 19
10th Percentile £358 £118 £205
25th Percentile £447 £256 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £388 £460
Median % change year-on-year +19.35% -15.76% -10.24%
75th Percentile £516 £453 £650
90th Percentile £540 £483 £652
UK median daily rate £508 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -15.42% - +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £21.64 -
UK median hourly rate £22.14 £21.64 £39.00
% change year-on-year +2.31% -44.51% -25.00%

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 1,216 1,363 1,792
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 74.15% 64.66% 66.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 696 830 1,291
10th Percentile £240 £179 £230
25th Percentile £368 £340 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.78% -5.26% +0.72%
75th Percentile £538 £575 £559
90th Percentile £600 £650 £650
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 76 28
10th Percentile £15.98 £12.15 £12.62
25th Percentile £16.21 £14.42 £14.17
Median hourly rate £20.38 £18.20 £19.88
Median % change year-on-year +11.99% -8.45% -38.15%
75th Percentile £25.48 £49.75 £58.75
90th Percentile £60.50 £67.50 £67.22
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £30.00 £32.40
% change year-on-year -8.33% -7.41% +44.00%

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 29 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 29 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 +16 10 £463 -0.86% 77
Glasgow -24 9 £500 +25.00% 69
Perth and Kinross - 4 £450 -
Aberdeen -1 1 £175 -50.00% 54
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 (7.41%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (3.70%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 8 (29.63%) AWS
2 5 (18.52%) Azure
2 5 (18.52%) BlazeMeter
3 2 (7.41%) GCP
3 2 (7.41%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (3.70%) npm
4 1 (3.70%) OpenShift
4 1 (3.70%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.70%) 4G
1 1 (3.70%) Cisco Nexus
1 1 (3.70%) Network Security
1 1 (3.70%) SD-WAN
1 1 (3.70%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (22.22%) MongoDB
2 5 (18.52%) Apache Cassandra
2 5 (18.52%) NoSQL
3 2 (7.41%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (7.41%) Oracle Database
3 2 (7.41%) RDBMS
3 2 (7.41%) Relational Database
3 2 (7.41%) SQL Server
4 1 (3.70%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (3.70%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (18.52%) JUnit
2 2 (7.41%) JIRA
3 1 (3.70%) Artifactory
3 1 (3.70%) Cypress.io
3 1 (3.70%) Git
3 1 (3.70%) SonarQube
3 1 (3.70%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (3.70%) webpack
General
1 14 (51.85%) Social Skills
2 10 (37.04%) Finance
3 6 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (14.81%) Banking
4 4 (14.81%) Law
5 1 (3.70%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (3.70%) Legal
5 1 (3.70%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (25.93%) Developer
2 6 (22.22%) Java Developer
3 4 (14.81%) Project Manager
4 3 (11.11%) Full-Stack Developer
4 3 (11.11%) Full-Stack Java Developer
4 3 (11.11%) Server Engineer
5 2 (7.41%) Core Java Developer
5 2 (7.41%) DBA
5 2 (7.41%) Delivery Manager
5 2 (7.41%) Linux Engineer
5 2 (7.41%) Senior
5 2 (7.41%) Senior Manager
5 2 (7.41%) SQL DBA
6 1 (3.70%) 1st Line Support
6 1 (3.70%) Data Architect
6 1 (3.70%) IT Manager
6 1 (3.70%) Lead Developer
6 1 (3.70%) Senior Project Manager
6 1 (3.70%) Service Manager
6 1 (3.70%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (25.93%) React
2 6 (22.22%) CSS
2 6 (22.22%) Spring
3 4 (14.81%) AngularJS
4 2 (7.41%) Spring Boot
5 1 (3.70%) HTML
5 1 (3.70%) Jest
5 1 (3.70%) Node.js
5 1 (3.70%) OpenTelemetry
5 1 (3.70%) RESTful
5 1 (3.70%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 5 (18.52%) Algorithms
2 4 (14.81%) Analytical Mindset
2 4 (14.81%) Product Ownership
3 2 (7.41%) Public Cloud
4 1 (3.70%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (3.70%) EPoS
4 1 (3.70%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 6 (22.22%) Windows
2 5 (18.52%) Linux
2 5 (18.52%) Windows Server
3 4 (14.81%) Amazon Linux
4 1 (3.70%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (33.33%) Agile
2 7 (25.93%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (25.93%) SDLC
2 7 (25.93%) Software Engineering
3 6 (22.22%) CI/CD
3 6 (22.22%) ITIL
3 6 (22.22%) Microservices
3 6 (22.22%) Operational Stability
3 6 (22.22%) Visualisation
4 5 (18.52%) Artificial Intelligence
4 5 (18.52%) Community of Practice
4 5 (18.52%) Continuous Delivery
4 5 (18.52%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (18.52%) Front End Development
4 5 (18.52%) Machine Learning
4 5 (18.52%) Mentoring
4 5 (18.52%) Micro Frontends
4 5 (18.52%) Performance Testing
4 5 (18.52%) Project Delivery
4 5 (18.52%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 7 (25.93%) Java
1 7 (25.93%) JavaScript
2 6 (22.22%) TypeScript
3 3 (11.11%) SQL
4 2 (7.41%) PL/SQL
4 2 (7.41%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (7.41%) Degree
2 1 (3.70%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (3.70%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (3.70%) Master's Degree
2 1 (3.70%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (11.11%) QA
2 1 (3.70%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 1 (3.70%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (22.22%) Grafana
2 3 (11.11%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 5 (18.52%) Dynatrace
1 5 (18.52%) Microsoft
1 5 (18.52%) Splunk
2 4 (14.81%) Red Hat
2 4 (14.81%) VMware
3 3 (11.11%) Cisco
3 3 (11.11%) Salesforce
4 2 (7.41%) Oracle
5 1 (3.70%) BT
5 1 (3.70%) ServiceNow
5 1 (3.70%) Workday