Inclusion and Diversity Contracts in the South East

Inclusion and Diversity
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Inclusion and Diversity in contract job vacancies in the South East. 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 106 149 183
Rank change year-on-year +43 +34 +62
Contract jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 53 56 39
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 1.76% 1.01% 0.67%
As % of the General category 2.87% 1.99% 1.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 4 18
10th Percentile £185 £417 £492
25th Percentile £479 £443 £524
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £545 £650
Median % change year-on-year -6.88% -16.15% +4.46%
75th Percentile £625 £647 £718
90th Percentile £658 £664 £749
England median daily rate £550 £610 £600
% change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +6.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 7 1
Median hourly rate - £17.60 £74.00
Median % change year-on-year - -76.22% -
England median hourly rate £22.14 £18.80 £39.00
% change year-on-year +17.80% -51.81% -22.00%

All General Skills
South East

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 South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,848 2,816 3,389
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 61.40% 50.67% 58.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,159 1,546 2,305
10th Percentile £228 £205 £242
25th Percentile £389 £355 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% -2.50% -
75th Percentile £600 £600 £625
90th Percentile £663 £688 £721
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 134 327 167
10th Percentile £13.50 £12.93 £18.40
25th Percentile £15.00 £18.75 £25.00
Median hourly rate £23.34 £45.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -48.13% -5.26% +137.50%
75th Percentile £59.69 £61.30 £64.56
90th Percentile £75.00 £70.07 £72.98
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 South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Inclusion and Diversity in the South East

Inclusion and Diversity
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for Inclusion and Diversity in the South East

Inclusion and Diversity
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

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

Daily rate histogram for Inclusion and Diversity in the South East

Inclusion and Diversity
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Inclusion and Diversity in the South East

Inclusion and Diversity
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East 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
Thames Valley +24 29 £508 -6.88% 246
Berkshire +4 21 £190 -65.14% 114
Hampshire +30 9 £600 +14.29% 151
Surrey +22 6 - - 97
Buckinghamshire - 5 £508 - 90
East Sussex - 4 £638 - 36
Kent +9 3 £355 - 71
Oxfordshire - 3 - - 61
Sussex - 1 - - 18
West Sussex - 1 - - 34
Inclusion and Diversity
England

Inclusion and Diversity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 (7.55%) Confluence
1 4 (7.55%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (9.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (3.77%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.89%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 5 (9.43%) Azure
1 5 (9.43%) Google Workspace
1 5 (9.43%) Power Platform
2 3 (5.66%) AWS
2 3 (5.66%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (3.77%) GCP
3 2 (3.77%) PowerApps
4 1 (1.89%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (1.89%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (1.89%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 8 (15.09%) Firewall
2 6 (11.32%) Radio Access Network
2 6 (11.32%) VLAN
3 5 (9.43%) Wi-Fi
4 4 (7.55%) Network Security
5 3 (5.66%) 2G
5 3 (5.66%) 3G
5 3 (5.66%) 4G
5 3 (5.66%) 5G
5 3 (5.66%) Ethernet
5 3 (5.66%) MPLS
6 2 (3.77%) TCP/IP
6 2 (3.77%) WAN
7 1 (1.89%) BGP
7 1 (1.89%) FTP
7 1 (1.89%) Internet
7 1 (1.89%) LAN
7 1 (1.89%) OSPF
7 1 (1.89%) PSTN
7 1 (1.89%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.66%) Power BI
2 2 (3.77%) Azure SQL Database
2 2 (3.77%) Power Query
3 1 (1.89%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (7.55%) JIRA
2 2 (3.77%) Bitbucket
2 2 (3.77%) Eclipse
2 2 (3.77%) GitLab
2 2 (3.77%) GoogleTest
2 2 (3.77%) Jenkins
2 2 (3.77%) Robot Framework
General
1 14 (26.42%) Social Skills
2 10 (18.87%) Telecoms
3 6 (11.32%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (9.43%) Legal
5 4 (7.55%) Finance
6 1 (1.89%) Marketing
6 1 (1.89%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (1.89%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (1.89%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 10 (18.87%) Analyst
2 6 (11.32%) IT Support
2 6 (11.32%) Lead
2 6 (11.32%) Senior
3 4 (7.55%) Business Analyst
4 3 (5.66%) Project Manager
5 2 (3.77%) Build Engineer
5 2 (3.77%) Commercial Analyst
5 2 (3.77%) Delivery Manager
5 2 (3.77%) Designer
5 2 (3.77%) Developer
5 2 (3.77%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 2 (3.77%) Financial Analyst
5 2 (3.77%) IT Engineer
5 2 (3.77%) IT Manager
5 2 (3.77%) Network Engineer
5 2 (3.77%) Security Specialist
5 2 (3.77%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
5 2 (3.77%) Senior Security Specialist
5 2 (3.77%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (9.43%) EDI
2 1 (1.89%) .NET
2 1 (1.89%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 5 (9.43%) Photography
2 3 (5.66%) Management Information System
3 2 (3.77%) Driving Licence
3 2 (3.77%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.89%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.89%) AS400
4 1 (1.89%) Data Structures
4 1 (1.89%) Handset
4 1 (1.89%) iSeries
4 1 (1.89%) Mainframe
4 1 (1.89%) Social Media
4 1 (1.89%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 8 (15.09%) Windows
2 2 (3.77%) Linux
3 1 (1.89%) Windows 10
3 1 (1.89%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (13.21%) Workflow
2 6 (11.32%) Continuous Improvement
3 5 (9.43%) Content Management
3 5 (9.43%) Customer Service
3 5 (9.43%) Migration
3 5 (9.43%) Network Segmentation
3 5 (9.43%) Post-Production
3 5 (9.43%) Proactive Monitoring
3 5 (9.43%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (7.55%) Analytics
4 4 (7.55%) Network Design
4 4 (7.55%) Portfolio Management
4 4 (7.55%) Risk Management
4 4 (7.55%) Roadmaps
5 3 (5.66%) Agile
5 3 (5.66%) Contract Management
5 3 (5.66%) Network Architecture
5 3 (5.66%) Network Management
5 3 (5.66%) Security Architecture
5 3 (5.66%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 4 (7.55%) SQL
2 2 (3.77%) C++
2 2 (3.77%) Python
3 1 (1.89%) C#
3 1 (1.89%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (1.89%) JavaScript
3 1 (1.89%) VBA
Qualifications
1 9 (16.98%) Degree
2 7 (13.21%) Security Cleared
3 5 (9.43%) Postgraduate
3 5 (9.43%) SC Cleared
4 2 (3.77%) ACCA
4 2 (3.77%) CIMA
4 2 (3.77%) CISM
4 2 (3.77%) DV Cleared
5 1 (1.89%) APMP
5 1 (1.89%) AWS Certification
5 1 (1.89%) Azure Certification
5 1 (1.89%) CCIE
5 1 (1.89%) CCNP
5 1 (1.89%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (1.89%) CISSP
5 1 (1.89%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (3.77%) QA
2 1 (1.89%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.89%) P3O
2 1 (1.89%) PMO
System Software
1 3 (5.66%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.89%) Docker
2 1 (1.89%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.89%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 2 (3.77%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.89%) Ansible
2 1 (1.89%) Cisco Prime
2 1 (1.89%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.89%) SCCM
Vendors
1 10 (18.87%) Microsoft
2 8 (15.09%) Google
3 3 (5.66%) BT
3 3 (5.66%) IFS
4 2 (3.77%) Atlassian
4 2 (3.77%) Cisco
4 2 (3.77%) Intel
5 1 (1.89%) BMC
5 1 (1.89%) Darktrace
5 1 (1.89%) Dell
5 1 (1.89%) Infor
5 1 (1.89%) Juniper
5 1 (1.89%) NEC
5 1 (1.89%) Okta
5 1 (1.89%) Remedy
5 1 (1.89%) Samsung
5 1 (1.89%) SolarWinds
5 1 (1.89%) VMware