Inclusion and Diversity Contracts in the Thames Valley

Inclusion and Diversity
South East > Thames Valley

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Inclusion and Diversity in contract job vacancies in the Thames Valley. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Inclusion and Diversity over the 6 months leading up to 19 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 70 93 122
Rank change year-on-year +23 +29 +39
Contract jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 32 45 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 2.13% 1.73% 0.85%
As % of the General category 3.36% 3.12% 1.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 0 9
10th Percentile £185 - £496
25th Percentile £332 - £578
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 - £650
Median % change year-on-year - - +62.50%
75th Percentile £536 - -
90th Percentile - - £678
South East median daily rate £508 £400 £650
% change year-on-year +26.88% -38.46% +4.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 1
Median hourly rate - £55.80 £74.00
Median % change year-on-year - -24.59% -
South East median hourly rate - £15.07 £74.00
% change year-on-year - -79.64% -

All General Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 951 1,444 1,728
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 63.44% 55.47% 61.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 591 773 1,140
10th Percentile £250 £205 £280
25th Percentile £400 £331 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% +6.38%
75th Percentile £612 £600 £610
90th Percentile £700 £663 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £497 £500
% change year-on-year +0.70% -0.70% +1.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 138 41
10th Percentile - £17.57 £18.50
25th Percentile £14.20 £22.52 £22.00
Median hourly rate £26.38 £47.50 £29.00
Median % change year-on-year -44.46% +63.79% +66.48%
75th Percentile £59.62 £62.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.12 £75.77 £75.75
South East median hourly rate £22.00 £45.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year -51.11% -5.26% +137.50%

Inclusion and Diversity
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Inclusion and Diversity in the Thames Valley

Inclusion and Diversity
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Daily rate trend for Inclusion and Diversity in the Thames Valley

Inclusion and Diversity
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 19 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Inclusion and Diversity in the Thames Valley

Inclusion and Diversity
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Hourly rate trend for Inclusion and Diversity in the Thames Valley

Inclusion and Diversity
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 19 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
Berkshire +9 24 £190 - 112
Buckinghamshire - 5 £508 - 51
Oxfordshire - 3 - - 60
Inclusion and Diversity
South East

Inclusion and Diversity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 5 (15.63%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (21.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (6.25%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (3.13%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 5 (15.63%) Google Workspace
2 2 (6.25%) Power Platform
3 1 (3.13%) AWS
3 1 (3.13%) Azure
3 1 (3.13%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (3.13%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (3.13%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 6 (18.75%) Firewall
1 6 (18.75%) Radio Access Network
2 5 (15.63%) VLAN
2 5 (15.63%) Wi-Fi
3 3 (9.38%) 2G
3 3 (9.38%) 3G
3 3 (9.38%) 4G
3 3 (9.38%) 5G
3 3 (9.38%) Ethernet
3 3 (9.38%) MPLS
3 3 (9.38%) Network Security
4 1 (3.13%) FTP
4 1 (3.13%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (3.13%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.25%) Power BI
1 2 (6.25%) Power Query
General
1 13 (40.63%) Telecoms
2 11 (34.38%) Social Skills
3 7 (21.88%) Finance
4 5 (15.63%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (15.63%) Legal
5 1 (3.13%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (3.13%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (3.13%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (3.13%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (18.75%) IT Support
1 6 (18.75%) Lead
2 5 (15.63%) Analyst
2 5 (15.63%) Senior
3 2 (6.25%) Build Engineer
3 2 (6.25%) Commercial Analyst
3 2 (6.25%) Delivery Manager
3 2 (6.25%) Designer
3 2 (6.25%) Developer
3 2 (6.25%) Financial Analyst
3 2 (6.25%) IP Designer
3 2 (6.25%) Site Manager
4 1 (3.13%) 1st/2nd Line Support
4 1 (3.13%) IP Design Engineer
4 1 (3.13%) Mobile Designer
4 1 (3.13%) Principal IP Design Engineer
4 1 (3.13%) Principal Network Engineer
4 1 (3.13%) Site Acquisition Manager
4 1 (3.13%) Telecoms Designer
4 1 (3.13%) Telecoms Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.13%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.25%) Management Information System
1 2 (6.25%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (3.13%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (3.13%) AS400
2 1 (3.13%) Data Structures
2 1 (3.13%) iSeries
2 1 (3.13%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 5 (15.63%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (28.13%) Continuous Improvement
2 7 (21.88%) Workflow
3 5 (15.63%) Content Management
3 5 (15.63%) Customer Service
3 5 (15.63%) Network Segmentation
3 5 (15.63%) Post-Production
3 5 (15.63%) Proactive Monitoring
3 5 (15.63%) Project Management
4 4 (12.50%) Change Control
4 4 (12.50%) Customer Experience
4 4 (12.50%) Customer-Centricity
4 4 (12.50%) Portfolio Management
4 4 (12.50%) PRINCE2
4 4 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (12.50%) Project Delivery
4 4 (12.50%) Roadmaps
5 3 (9.38%) Network Architecture
5 3 (9.38%) Network Design
6 2 (6.25%) Risk Management
6 2 (6.25%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.13%) Data Analysis Expressions
1 1 (3.13%) SQL
1 1 (3.13%) VBA
Qualifications
1 4 (12.50%) APMP
2 3 (9.38%) Degree
3 2 (6.25%) ACCA
3 2 (6.25%) CIMA
3 2 (6.25%) SC Cleared
3 2 (6.25%) Security Cleared
4 1 (3.13%) CISM
4 1 (3.13%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (12.50%) P3O
2 2 (6.25%) QA
3 1 (3.13%) Data Quality
3 1 (3.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (3.13%) PMO
Vendors
1 6 (18.75%) IFS
2 5 (15.63%) Google
3 4 (12.50%) BT
4 3 (9.38%) Microsoft
5 2 (6.25%) Remedy
6 1 (3.13%) BMC
6 1 (3.13%) Cisco
6 1 (3.13%) Darktrace
6 1 (3.13%) Infor
6 1 (3.13%) NEC