Inclusion and Diversity Contracts

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 8 December 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Dec 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 177 163 261
Rank change year-on-year -14 +98 +389
Contract jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 521 716 856
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.49% 1.60% 1.11%
As % of the General category 2.46% 2.68% 1.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 299 499 599
10th Percentile £405 £400 £420
25th Percentile £475 £513 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £600 £580
Median % change year-on-year - +3.45% +22.11%
75th Percentile £668 £675 £650
90th Percentile £775 £750 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £480 £600
% change year-on-year +9.38% -20.00% +29.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 1
Median hourly rate £21.00 £63.29 £51.00
Median % change year-on-year -66.82% +24.10% +115.78%
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £63.29 -

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 common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 21,185 26,723 45,446
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 60.41% 59.54% 59.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,605 17,712 31,074
10th Percentile £290 £281 £315
25th Percentile £413 £420 £446
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £663
90th Percentile £756 £750 £763
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.50% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 763 1,106 1,212
10th Percentile £15.22 £14.25 £13.41
25th Percentile £18.00 £16.84 £16.29
Median hourly rate £27.50 £31.86 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.67% +27.42% +28.07%
75th Percentile £53.75 £58.75 £58.75
90th Percentile £70.25 £71.28 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £26.34 £30.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year -12.22% +36.36% +27.54%

Inclusion and Diversity
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Inclusion and Diversity in the UK

Inclusion and Diversity
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Inclusion and Diversity in the UK

Inclusion and Diversity
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity over the 6 months to 8 December 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Inclusion and Diversity in the UK

Inclusion and Diversity
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Inclusion and Diversity in the UK

Inclusion and Diversity
Top 17 Contract 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 8 December 2024. 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 -9 461 £600 - 1,106
London -60 287 £613 +2.08% 635
Work from Home +74 234 £598 +3.91% 1,781
UK excluding London +72 198 £525 +9.38% 565
Midlands +39 75 £575 +19.79% 94
West Midlands +30 65 £575 +15.69% 67
North of England +48 36 £450 -25.00% 128
South East +29 32 £545 +9.00% 151
South West +38 20 £488 -2.01% 67
North West +21 18 £450 - 76
Scotland -14 18 £500 +16.28% 74
Yorkshire +25 10 £625 +4.17% 39
East of England +24 9 £525 +223.08% 49
East Midlands +11 9 £700 +64.71% 27
North East -3 8 £450 - 13
Northern Ireland +2 7 £525 - 9
Wales -1 3 £349 -31.76% 9

Inclusion and Diversity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 27 (5.18%) Confluence
2 15 (2.88%) SharePoint
3 10 (1.92%) CMS
4 7 (1.34%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.58%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 3 (0.58%) Drupal
5 3 (0.58%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.19%) Mule
6 1 (0.19%) nginx
6 1 (0.19%) SAS
6 1 (0.19%) Traefik
6 1 (0.19%) WebLogic
6 1 (0.19%) WordPress
Applications
1 31 (5.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 28 (5.37%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (1.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (1.34%) MS Visio
4 5 (0.96%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.77%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.19%) UXPin
Business Applications
1 17 (3.26%) NEC Housing
2 7 (1.34%) Aladdin
3 6 (1.15%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (0.58%) Exstream
5 2 (0.38%) CiviCRM
5 2 (0.38%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.38%) FLEXCUBE
5 2 (0.38%) Misys Midas
5 2 (0.38%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.38%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.38%) Oracle General Ledger
5 2 (0.38%) PeopleSoft HCM
5 2 (0.38%) Raiser’s Edge
5 2 (0.38%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.19%) Actimize
6 1 (0.19%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.19%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.19%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 61 (11.71%) Azure
2 39 (7.49%) AWS
3 26 (4.99%) Entra ID
4 18 (3.45%) Microsoft 365
4 18 (3.45%) Power Platform
5 11 (2.11%) Azure DevOps
6 10 (1.92%) SaaS
7 9 (1.73%) Power Automate
8 7 (1.34%) Snowflake
9 5 (0.96%) Cloud Computing
9 5 (0.96%) GCP
9 5 (0.96%) OCI
9 5 (0.96%) Serverless
10 4 (0.77%) Amazon ECS
10 4 (0.77%) Azure Functions
10 4 (0.77%) Azure Logic Apps
10 4 (0.77%) Google Workspace
10 4 (0.77%) Microsoft Copilot
10 4 (0.77%) PowerApps
11 3 (0.58%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 14 (2.69%) Network Security
2 11 (2.11%) Firewall
2 11 (2.11%) TCP/IP
3 10 (1.92%) VPN
4 7 (1.34%) LAN
4 7 (1.34%) Radio Access Network
5 6 (1.15%) 2G
5 6 (1.15%) 3G
5 6 (1.15%) 4G
5 6 (1.15%) DNS
5 6 (1.15%) Ethernet
5 6 (1.15%) Kerberos
5 6 (1.15%) MPLS
5 6 (1.15%) WAN
6 5 (0.96%) ATM
6 5 (0.96%) DHCP
6 5 (0.96%) VLAN
6 5 (0.96%) Wi-Fi
7 4 (0.77%) BGP
7 4 (0.77%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (3.07%) Metadata
2 12 (2.30%) Power BI
3 7 (1.34%) MySQL
4 6 (1.15%) MongoDB
5 5 (0.96%) Relational Database
6 4 (0.77%) Parquet
6 4 (0.77%) PostgreSQL
7 3 (0.58%) BusinessObjects
7 3 (0.58%) Data Lake
7 3 (0.58%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (0.58%) Flink
7 3 (0.58%) Oracle Database
7 3 (0.58%) Qlik Sense
7 3 (0.58%) Tableau
8 2 (0.38%) Apache Cassandra
8 2 (0.38%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (0.38%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
8 2 (0.38%) Redis
8 2 (0.38%) SAP Data Services
8 2 (0.38%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 33 (6.33%) JIRA
2 10 (1.92%) Jenkins
3 8 (1.54%) Git
4 5 (0.96%) JUnit
4 5 (0.96%) Selenium
5 3 (0.58%) TestNG
6 2 (0.38%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.38%) Cucumber
6 2 (0.38%) Jasmine
7 1 (0.19%) Balsamiq
7 1 (0.19%) GitLab
7 1 (0.19%) MLflow
General
1 180 (34.55%) Finance
2 147 (28.21%) Social Skills
3 61 (11.71%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (7.10%) Law
5 21 (4.03%) Public Sector
6 18 (3.45%) Influencing Skills
7 17 (3.26%) Banking
8 14 (2.69%) Telecoms
9 13 (2.50%) Legal
10 12 (2.30%) Organisational Skills
11 8 (1.54%) Marketing
12 7 (1.34%) Presentation Skills
13 5 (0.96%) Local Government
14 4 (0.77%) Financial Institution
15 3 (0.58%) Advertising
15 3 (0.58%) Back Office
16 2 (0.38%) Automotive
16 2 (0.38%) Billing
17 1 (0.19%) Aviation
17 1 (0.19%) Military
Job Titles
1 105 (20.15%) Analyst
2 73 (14.01%) Senior
3 62 (11.90%) Business Analyst
4 48 (9.21%) Lead
5 46 (8.83%) Architect
6 44 (8.45%) Developer
7 41 (7.87%) Project Manager
8 39 (7.49%) Consultant
9 25 (4.80%) Senior Analyst
10 23 (4.41%) Senior Business Analyst
11 21 (4.03%) Solutions Architect
12 20 (3.84%) Insurance Business Analyst
13 17 (3.26%) Designer
13 17 (3.26%) Development Consultant
14 15 (2.88%) IT Manager
15 11 (2.11%) Risk Manager
16 10 (1.92%) Data Architect
16 10 (1.92%) Delivery Manager
16 10 (1.92%) Risk Analyst
16 10 (1.92%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (3.45%) .NET
2 9 (1.73%) AngularJS
3 8 (1.54%) Kafka
3 8 (1.54%) OpenTelemetry
4 7 (1.34%) .NET Core
4 7 (1.34%) Oracle Fusion
4 7 (1.34%) React
5 6 (1.15%) .NET Framework
5 6 (1.15%) ASP.NET Web API
5 6 (1.15%) Entity Framework
5 6 (1.15%) GraphQL
5 6 (1.15%) LINQ
5 6 (1.15%) REST
6 5 (0.96%) ADO
6 5 (0.96%) CSS
6 5 (0.96%) HTML
7 4 (0.77%) EDI
7 4 (0.77%) HTML5 Boilerplate
7 4 (0.77%) RESTful
7 4 (0.77%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 30 (5.76%) Onboarding
2 18 (3.45%) Product Ownership
3 11 (2.11%) Data Centre
4 9 (1.73%) Driving Licence
4 9 (1.73%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 8 (1.54%) Fixed Income
5 8 (1.54%) Management Information System
6 7 (1.34%) Analytical Mindset
7 6 (1.15%) Legacy Systems
8 5 (0.96%) Blockchain
8 5 (0.96%) Data Protection Act
8 5 (0.96%) NHS
8 5 (0.96%) Private Cloud
8 5 (0.96%) Public Cloud
8 5 (0.96%) Reinsurance
8 5 (0.96%) Social Media
9 4 (0.77%) Algorithms
9 4 (0.77%) Blog
9 4 (0.77%) Mainframe
9 4 (0.77%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 36 (6.91%) Windows
2 10 (1.92%) Linux
3 8 (1.54%) Mac OS
4 6 (1.15%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.77%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.58%) Android
6 3 (0.58%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.58%) Unix
6 3 (0.58%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.19%) CentOS
7 1 (0.19%) Debian
7 1 (0.19%) Fedora
7 1 (0.19%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.19%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 128 (24.57%) Agile
2 93 (17.85%) Stakeholder Management
3 88 (16.89%) Problem-Solving
4 51 (9.79%) Project Management
5 45 (8.64%) Mentoring
6 39 (7.49%) Decision-Making
7 38 (7.29%) Migration
8 36 (6.91%) DevOps
9 32 (6.14%) Project Delivery
9 32 (6.14%) Risk Management
10 31 (5.95%) CI/CD
11 30 (5.76%) Data Protection
12 29 (5.57%) Analytics
12 29 (5.57%) Service Delivery
13 25 (4.80%) Artificial Intelligence
13 25 (4.80%) Roadmaps
14 24 (4.61%) Scrum
15 23 (4.41%) Data Modelling
16 22 (4.22%) Change Management
16 22 (4.22%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 46 (8.83%) SQL
2 28 (5.37%) Python
3 21 (4.03%) JavaScript
4 19 (3.65%) Java
5 16 (3.07%) C#
6 15 (2.88%) PowerShell
7 13 (2.50%) TypeScript
8 8 (1.54%) Search Processing Language
9 6 (1.15%) R
10 4 (0.77%) Bash
10 4 (0.77%) Scala
11 3 (0.58%) Bicep
11 3 (0.58%) Go
12 2 (0.38%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.38%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.19%) C++
13 1 (0.19%) Groovy
13 1 (0.19%) Ruby
13 1 (0.19%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 56 (10.75%) Security Cleared
2 48 (9.21%) Degree
3 39 (7.49%) SC Cleared
4 11 (2.11%) DV Cleared
5 9 (1.73%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (1.54%) AWS Certification
6 8 (1.54%) PMI Certification
7 7 (1.34%) BPSS Clearance
7 7 (1.34%) PMP
8 6 (1.15%) CISSP
9 5 (0.96%) CISM
9 5 (0.96%) Master's Degree
10 4 (0.77%) Azure Certification
10 4 (0.77%) CCNP
10 4 (0.77%) CISA
10 4 (0.77%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (0.58%) CIPD
11 3 (0.58%) CRISC
11 3 (0.58%) ISTQB
11 3 (0.58%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (5.57%) PMO
2 27 (5.18%) QA
3 23 (4.41%) Data Quality
4 16 (3.07%) SLA
5 14 (2.69%) GDPR
6 10 (1.92%) NIST
7 9 (1.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 6 (1.15%) NCSC
9 3 (0.58%) Accessibility
10 2 (0.38%) COBIT
10 2 (0.38%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.19%) Government Security Classifications
11 1 (0.19%) HL7
11 1 (0.19%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 1 (0.19%) WCAG
System Software
1 29 (5.57%) Active Directory
2 16 (3.07%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (2.11%) Docker
4 4 (0.77%) VMware NSX
5 3 (0.58%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.38%) Terminal Server
6 2 (0.38%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.38%) XenApp
6 2 (0.38%) XenDesktop
7 1 (0.19%) Firmware
7 1 (0.19%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.19%) VMware Workstation
7 1 (0.19%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 14 (2.69%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (2.50%) Kubernetes
3 12 (2.30%) Terraform
4 6 (1.15%) Grafana
5 5 (0.96%) SCCM
5 5 (0.96%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (0.77%) Ansible
6 4 (0.77%) Jamf Pro
6 4 (0.77%) Kibana
6 4 (0.77%) Packer
6 4 (0.77%) ZABBIX
7 3 (0.58%) Cisco Prime
7 3 (0.58%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.19%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.19%) Failover Clustering
8 1 (0.19%) Fluentd
8 1 (0.19%) Istio
8 1 (0.19%) linkerd
8 1 (0.19%) Rancher
8 1 (0.19%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 66 (12.67%) Microsoft
2 18 (3.45%) Splunk
3 17 (3.26%) NEC
3 17 (3.26%) Oracle
3 17 (3.26%) ServiceNow
3 17 (3.26%) VMware
4 12 (2.30%) Salesforce
5 10 (1.92%) Cisco
6 9 (1.73%) Murex
7 8 (1.54%) SAP
8 7 (1.34%) Adobe
8 7 (1.34%) Okta
9 6 (1.15%) Google
10 5 (0.96%) Atlassian
10 5 (0.96%) QAD
11 4 (0.77%) Apple
11 4 (0.77%) Palo Alto
11 4 (0.77%) SolarWinds
12 3 (0.58%) Juniper
12 3 (0.58%) Workday