Inclusion and Diversity Contract Job Trends

Inclusion and Diversity
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Inclusion and Diversity in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Inclusion and Diversity over the 6 months leading up to 20 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 214 151 157
Rank change year-on-year -63 +6 +20
Contract jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 705 642 589
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.32% 1.96% 1.52%
As % of the General category 2.39% 3.08% 2.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 369 258 406
10th Percentile £306 £173 £425
25th Percentile £375 £351 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £470 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.26% -21.67% -
75th Percentile £581 £615 £688
90th Percentile £675 £661 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £425 £500
% change year-on-year - -15.00% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 18 5
10th Percentile £14.85 £17.48 £29.60
25th Percentile £17.36 - £42.50
Median hourly rate £20.00 £22.14 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.67% -50.80% -16.86%
75th Percentile £30.28 £22.41 £48.75
90th Percentile £65.10 £65.00 £54.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £31.90 £22.14 -
% change year-on-year +44.06% - -

All General Skills
UK

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 general skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 29,452 20,852 22,255
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 55.04% 63.51% 57.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,473 12,975 13,936
10th Percentile £313 £275 £290
25th Percentile £415 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £650
90th Percentile £738 £746 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,245 1,142 1,320
10th Percentile £13.90 £13.26 £14.06
25th Percentile £17.20 £16.30 £16.85
Median hourly rate £31.50 £25.15 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +25.25% -32.93% +36.36%
75th Percentile £56.25 £50.75 £58.75
90th Percentile £78.75 £71.14 £70.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £32.00 £22.14 £38.12
% change year-on-year +44.53% -41.92% +52.48%

Inclusion and Diversity
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Inclusion and Diversity relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Inclusion and Diversity job vacancy trend in the UK

Inclusion and Diversity
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Inclusion and Diversity.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Inclusion and Diversity

Inclusion and Diversity
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity over the 6 months to 20 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Inclusion and Diversity in the UK

Inclusion and Diversity
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Inclusion and Diversity.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Inclusion and Diversity

Inclusion and Diversity
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity over the 6 months to 20 August 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Inclusion and Diversity in the UK

Inclusion and Diversity
Top 17 Contract Job Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 20 August 2026. 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
England -77 619 £475 -4.04% 1,565
UK excluding London -62 323 £425 - 1,160
London -63 318 £510 -7.27% 751
Work from Home -44 264 £525 -0.94% 728
Midlands -24 103 £509 +18.26% 179
South East -30 81 £450 -11.33% 297
West Midlands -21 79 £525 +25.00% 122
North of England -55 74 £425 +21.43% 251
North East +3 45 £425 +6.25% 36
South West -33 27 £475 -15.56% 158
East Midlands -17 24 £165 -63.33% 56
Scotland -24 22 £250 -45.95% 144
Yorkshire -77 15 £400 +100.00% 78
North West -40 14 £518 +29.38% 137
East of England -31 8 £425 +174.19% 84
Wales -12 7 £394 +18.90% 19
Northern Ireland +4 1 - - 51

Inclusion and Diversity
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 29 (4.11%) SharePoint
2 16 (2.27%) Confluence
3 12 (1.70%) Apache Airflow
4 11 (1.56%) CMS
4 11 (1.56%) Microsoft Exchange
5 9 (1.28%) WordPress
6 8 (1.13%) Apache Spark
7 6 (0.85%) Apache
8 4 (0.57%) Kentico
9 3 (0.43%) Jupyter
10 2 (0.28%) Skype for Business
11 1 (0.14%) Drupal
11 1 (0.14%) JBoss
11 1 (0.14%) SAS
11 1 (0.14%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 18 (2.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (1.28%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (0.85%) Microsoft Project
3 6 (0.85%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (0.43%) AutoCAD
4 3 (0.43%) Trello
5 2 (0.28%) Acrobat
5 2 (0.28%) Sketch
6 1 (0.14%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.14%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.14%) InVision
6 1 (0.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.14%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 16 (2.27%) NetSuite
2 11 (1.56%) Dynamics CRM
3 9 (1.28%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (0.71%) Sage X3
4 5 (0.71%) Salesforce CRM
4 5 (0.71%) Workday HCM
5 4 (0.57%) Dynamics NAV
5 4 (0.57%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.28%) SAP Business One
7 1 (0.14%) Advent Geneva
7 1 (0.14%) Dynamics AX
7 1 (0.14%) Hyperion Planning
7 1 (0.14%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.14%) Oracle Financials
7 1 (0.14%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.14%) SAP FI
7 1 (0.14%) SAP FS
7 1 (0.14%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 214 (30.35%) Azure
2 124 (17.59%) AWS
3 75 (10.64%) Azure DevOps
4 68 (9.65%) Power Platform
5 62 (8.79%) Microsoft 365
6 49 (6.95%) GCP
7 40 (5.67%) GitHub
8 33 (4.68%) Dynamics 365
9 32 (4.54%) GitHub Actions
10 30 (4.26%) Serverless
11 27 (3.83%) Entra ID
12 24 (3.40%) Power Automate
13 23 (3.26%) Azure Data Factory
14 22 (3.12%) Snowflake
15 19 (2.70%) Amazon EKS
15 19 (2.70%) AWS Lambda
16 17 (2.41%) dbt
17 16 (2.27%) Amazon CloudWatch
18 15 (2.13%) Azure Synapse Analytics
19 14 (1.99%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (1.84%) DNS
1 13 (1.84%) Firewall
1 13 (1.84%) Network Security
2 12 (1.70%) VPN
3 10 (1.42%) VLAN
3 10 (1.42%) Wi-Fi
3 10 (1.42%) Wireless
4 9 (1.28%) DHCP
5 7 (0.99%) HTTP
6 6 (0.85%) Structured Cabling
6 6 (0.85%) TCP/IP
6 6 (0.85%) WAN
7 5 (0.71%) SD-WAN
8 4 (0.57%) BGP
8 4 (0.57%) OSPF
9 3 (0.43%) Ethernet VPN
9 3 (0.43%) MPLS
9 3 (0.43%) SSL
9 3 (0.43%) VXLAN
10 2 (0.28%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (6.81%) Power BI
2 34 (4.82%) Data Warehouse
3 30 (4.26%) PostgreSQL
4 20 (2.84%) SQL Server
5 14 (1.99%) Metadata
6 13 (1.84%) MongoDB
7 10 (1.42%) Data Lake
8 9 (1.28%) Big Data
8 9 (1.28%) NoSQL
8 9 (1.28%) Relational Database
9 8 (1.13%) Azure SQL Database
9 8 (1.13%) Looker
9 8 (1.13%) Power Query
9 8 (1.13%) Snowflake Schema
9 8 (1.13%) Tableau
10 7 (0.99%) Amazon RDS
10 7 (0.99%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
10 7 (0.99%) Redis
11 5 (0.71%) Amazon Redshift
11 5 (0.71%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 39 (5.53%) JIRA
2 35 (4.96%) Git
3 28 (3.97%) Jenkins
4 24 (3.40%) GitLab
5 11 (1.56%) Cypress.io
5 11 (1.56%) Selenium
6 10 (1.42%) fastlane
6 10 (1.42%) Postman
7 9 (1.28%) WebDriver
8 8 (1.13%) Cucumber
9 6 (0.85%) JMeter
9 6 (0.85%) Vite
10 5 (0.71%) Android Studio
10 5 (0.71%) Crashlytics
10 5 (0.71%) Gatling
10 5 (0.71%) Gradle
10 5 (0.71%) JUnit
10 5 (0.71%) Mockito
10 5 (0.71%) Visual Studio
10 5 (0.71%) Xcode
General
1 264 (37.45%) Social Skills
2 190 (26.95%) Public Sector
3 188 (26.67%) Finance
4 104 (14.75%) Analytical Skills
5 27 (3.83%) Organisational Skills
6 23 (3.26%) Banking
7 22 (3.12%) Manufacturing
8 17 (2.41%) Documentation Skills
8 17 (2.41%) Influencing Skills
8 17 (2.41%) Law
9 15 (2.13%) Legal
10 14 (1.99%) Marketing
11 12 (1.70%) Retail
12 10 (1.42%) Telecoms
13 9 (1.28%) Local Government
13 9 (1.28%) Pharmaceutical
14 8 (1.13%) Presentation Skills
15 7 (0.99%) Aerospace
15 7 (0.99%) Publishing
16 5 (0.71%) Billing
Job Titles
1 104 (14.75%) Developer
2 99 (14.04%) Analyst
3 79 (11.21%) Senior
4 73 (10.35%) Lead
5 57 (8.09%) Architect
6 46 (6.52%) Consultant
7 33 (4.68%) Data Engineer
8 27 (3.83%) Data Analyst
9 26 (3.69%) Business Analyst
9 26 (3.69%) DevOps Engineer
10 25 (3.55%) Senior Developer
11 22 (3.12%) Support Engineer
12 21 (2.98%) IT Engineer
13 18 (2.55%) Coordinator
13 18 (2.55%) Project Manager
14 17 (2.41%) IT Support
14 17 (2.41%) Software Developer
15 15 (2.13%) Azure Engineer
15 15 (2.13%) Solutions Architect
16 14 (1.99%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 80 (11.35%) Terraform
2 40 (5.67%) RESTful
3 29 (4.11%) React
4 28 (3.97%) .NET
5 23 (3.26%) GraphQL
5 23 (3.26%) HTML
6 22 (3.12%) CSS
7 20 (2.84%) Node.js
7 20 (2.84%) PySpark
8 19 (2.70%) Kafka
9 18 (2.55%) REST
10 17 (2.41%) Django
10 17 (2.41%) JSON
11 15 (2.13%) Spring
11 15 (2.13%) Spring Boot
12 13 (1.84%) OAuth
13 12 (1.70%) OpenID
14 11 (1.56%) Gherkin
14 11 (1.56%) OAuth2
15 9 (1.28%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 64 (9.08%) Onboarding
2 41 (5.82%) Cloud Native
3 39 (5.53%) Product Ownership
4 23 (3.26%) Legacy Systems
5 21 (2.98%) Distributed Systems
6 18 (2.55%) Data Centre
7 13 (1.84%) Data Structures
8 12 (1.70%) Management Information System
9 10 (1.42%) Enterprise Software
9 10 (1.42%) Mobile App
10 9 (1.28%) Security Posture
11 7 (0.99%) EPoS
11 7 (0.99%) Replication
11 7 (0.99%) Self-Motivation
11 7 (0.99%) Virtual Team
12 5 (0.71%) Algorithms
12 5 (0.71%) Reinsurance
13 4 (0.57%) CMDB
13 4 (0.57%) Driving Licence
13 4 (0.57%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 69 (9.79%) Windows
2 17 (2.41%) Linux
2 17 (2.41%) Windows 10
3 16 (2.27%) Windows Server
4 13 (1.84%) Apple iOS
5 12 (1.70%) Android
6 4 (0.57%) Mac OS
6 4 (0.57%) Unix
6 4 (0.57%) Windows 7
7 3 (0.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.28%) VMS
8 2 (0.28%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.14%) AIX
9 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 225 (31.91%) Agile
2 174 (24.68%) Problem-Solving
3 155 (21.99%) DevOps
4 147 (20.85%) CI/CD
5 139 (19.72%) Stakeholder Management
6 125 (17.73%) Continuous Improvement
7 110 (15.60%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 110 (15.60%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
8 105 (14.89%) Analytics
9 96 (13.62%) Decision-Making
10 91 (12.91%) AI
11 85 (12.06%) Migration
12 72 (10.21%) Test Automation
13 70 (9.93%) Infrastructure as Code
14 69 (9.79%) Mentoring
15 66 (9.36%) Validation
16 62 (8.79%) Digital Transformation Programme
17 60 (8.51%) Technical Leadership
18 58 (8.23%) Business Intelligence
19 55 (7.80%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 114 (16.17%) Python
2 98 (13.90%) SQL
3 59 (8.37%) JavaScript
4 42 (5.96%) C#
5 41 (5.82%) Java
6 28 (3.97%) TypeScript
7 14 (1.99%) PowerShell
8 13 (1.84%) Kotlin
9 10 (1.42%) Bash
9 10 (1.42%) Go
9 10 (1.42%) Swift
10 8 (1.13%) Bicep
10 8 (1.13%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 8 (1.13%) Ruby
10 8 (1.13%) Scala
11 6 (0.85%) PL/SQL
12 5 (0.71%) Groovy
12 5 (0.71%) PHP
13 4 (0.57%) R
13 4 (0.57%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 138 (19.57%) Security Cleared
2 126 (17.87%) SC Cleared
3 50 (7.09%) Degree
4 26 (3.69%) DBS Check
5 25 (3.55%) Azure Certification
6 24 (3.40%) Microsoft Certification
7 23 (3.26%) BPSS Clearance
8 20 (2.84%) Computer Science Degree
9 11 (1.56%) Master's Degree
10 9 (1.28%) ISTQB
11 7 (0.99%) CISSP
12 6 (0.85%) ACCA
12 6 (0.85%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 6 (0.85%) CIMA
12 6 (0.85%) ITIL Certification
13 5 (0.71%) AWS Certification
13 5 (0.71%) CISM
13 5 (0.71%) PMP
14 4 (0.57%) DV Cleared
15 3 (0.43%) CIPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 93 (13.19%) Accessibility
2 43 (6.10%) QA
3 39 (5.53%) Data Quality
4 37 (5.25%) WCAG
5 31 (4.40%) GDPR
6 21 (2.98%) SLA
7 17 (2.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 12 (1.70%) NCSC
9 9 (1.28%) PMO
10 8 (1.13%) NIST
11 6 (0.85%) Actionable Recommendations
11 6 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials
11 6 (0.85%) GRC
12 5 (0.71%) COBIT
13 3 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 2 (0.28%) Def Stans
14 2 (0.28%) DICOM
14 2 (0.28%) HL7
15 1 (0.14%) GxP
15 1 (0.14%) JSP 440
System Software
1 57 (8.09%) Docker
2 47 (6.67%) Active Directory
3 9 (1.28%) Hyper-V
4 7 (0.99%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (0.71%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (0.57%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.43%) Firmware
8 2 (0.28%) Apache ZooKeeper
8 2 (0.28%) BitLocker
8 2 (0.28%) vSphere
9 1 (0.14%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.14%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 62 (8.79%) Kubernetes
2 28 (3.97%) Grafana
3 22 (3.12%) Prometheus
4 20 (2.84%) Microsoft Intune
5 15 (2.13%) Ansible
6 12 (1.70%) SCCM
7 7 (0.99%) Kibana
8 5 (0.71%) Consul
8 5 (0.71%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.43%) Packer
9 3 (0.43%) Rancher
10 2 (0.28%) HP ALM
10 2 (0.28%) HP Quality Center
10 2 (0.28%) ITRS Geneos
10 2 (0.28%) Jamf Pro
10 2 (0.28%) ZABBIX
10 2 (0.28%) Zipkin
11 1 (0.14%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 1 (0.14%) Kustomize
11 1 (0.14%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 161 (22.84%) Microsoft
2 33 (4.68%) Google
3 32 (4.54%) Databricks
4 24 (3.40%) Dynatrace
4 24 (3.40%) Salesforce
4 24 (3.40%) SAP
4 24 (3.40%) ServiceNow
5 16 (2.27%) Oracle
6 12 (1.70%) CyberArk
6 12 (1.70%) Sage
7 10 (1.42%) Splunk
8 9 (1.28%) Apple
8 9 (1.28%) Cisco
8 9 (1.28%) PagerDuty
8 9 (1.28%) VMware
9 8 (1.13%) OpenAI
9 8 (1.13%) UiPath
10 7 (0.99%) Aspera
10 7 (0.99%) CA Agile Central
10 7 (0.99%) Signiant