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 12 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 206 150 169
Rank change year-on-year -56 +19 -1
Contract jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 749 630 565
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.37% 1.91% 1.46%
As % of the General category 2.47% 3.00% 2.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 390 244 355
10th Percentile £313 £175 £421
25th Percentile £368 £356 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £463 £600
Median % change year-on-year -2.70% -22.92% -
75th Percentile £575 £608 £681
90th Percentile £675 £660 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £413 £500
% change year-on-year +3.03% -17.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 13 5
10th Percentile £13.31 £17.48 £29.60
25th Percentile £14.85 - £42.50
Median hourly rate £19.65 £22.14 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.27% -50.80% -29.13%
75th Percentile £33.84 £22.50 £48.75
90th Percentile £48.22 £72.50 £54.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £19.29 £22.14 -
% change year-on-year -12.87% - -

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 30,354 21,013 22,304
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 55.64% 63.65% 57.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,834 13,015 13,481
10th Percentile £313 £275 £288
25th Percentile £419 £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 £738 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,461 1,201 1,144
10th Percentile £13.50 £13.50 £14.59
25th Percentile £16.38 £16.17 £17.25
Median hourly rate £30.00 £25.15 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +19.28% -32.93% +36.36%
75th Percentile £53.87 £50.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £68.50 £70.39
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.00 £21.39 £37.50
% change year-on-year +40.25% -42.96% +44.23%

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 12 September 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 12 September 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 12 September 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 -77 638 £460 -3.16% 3,066
UK excluding London -34 337 £425 +3.03% 1,927
London -70 330 £510 -7.27% 1,766
Work from Home -32 276 £484 -0.77% 1,803
Midlands -19 106 £425 - 249
North of England -52 80 £425 +14.09% 354
South East -22 78 £450 -11.33% 430
West Midlands -19 76 £425 +2.41% 157
North East +4 53 £425 +6.25% 66
East Midlands -9 30 £164 -63.61% 92
Scotland -30 27 £325 -28.77% 330
South West -36 26 £475 -20.83% 297
North West -50 14 £518 +29.38% 206
Yorkshire -72 13 £425 +112.50% 84
East of England -28 10 £425 +174.19% 154
Wales -13 7 £394 +18.90% 46
Northern Ireland +3 3 - - 103

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 35 (4.67%) SharePoint
2 18 (2.40%) Confluence
3 12 (1.60%) Apache Airflow
4 11 (1.47%) CMS
4 11 (1.47%) Microsoft Exchange
5 9 (1.20%) WordPress
6 7 (0.93%) Apache Spark
7 6 (0.80%) Apache
8 4 (0.53%) Kentico
9 3 (0.40%) Jupyter
10 2 (0.27%) Skype for Business
11 1 (0.13%) Drupal
11 1 (0.13%) JBoss
11 1 (0.13%) nginx
11 1 (0.13%) SAS
Applications
1 23 (3.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (1.60%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (1.07%) Microsoft Project
4 6 (0.80%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.40%) AutoCAD
5 3 (0.40%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.40%) Trello
6 2 (0.27%) Acrobat
6 2 (0.27%) Sketch
7 1 (0.13%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.13%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.13%) InVision
Business Applications
1 18 (2.40%) Dynamics CRM
2 16 (2.14%) NetSuite
3 8 (1.07%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (0.67%) Sage X3
4 5 (0.67%) Salesforce CRM
4 5 (0.67%) Workday HCM
5 4 (0.53%) Dynamics NAV
5 4 (0.53%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.27%) SAP Business One
7 1 (0.13%) Dynamics AX
7 1 (0.13%) Hyperion Planning
7 1 (0.13%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.13%) Oracle Financials
7 1 (0.13%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.13%) SAP FI
7 1 (0.13%) SAP FS
7 1 (0.13%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 219 (29.24%) Azure
2 127 (16.96%) AWS
3 86 (11.48%) Azure DevOps
4 80 (10.68%) Power Platform
5 64 (8.54%) Microsoft 365
6 50 (6.68%) GCP
7 49 (6.54%) GitHub
8 42 (5.61%) Dynamics 365
9 40 (5.34%) Serverless
10 37 (4.94%) GitHub Actions
11 34 (4.54%) Power Automate
12 28 (3.74%) Amazon EKS
13 27 (3.60%) Entra ID
14 26 (3.47%) Snowflake
15 23 (3.07%) AWS Lambda
16 21 (2.80%) Azure Data Factory
17 18 (2.40%) Amazon CloudWatch
18 17 (2.27%) dbt
19 16 (2.14%) PowerApps
19 16 (2.14%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 14 (1.87%) Firewall
1 14 (1.87%) Network Security
1 14 (1.87%) VPN
2 13 (1.74%) DNS
3 12 (1.60%) VLAN
4 10 (1.34%) Wireless
5 9 (1.20%) DHCP
6 8 (1.07%) Wi-Fi
7 6 (0.80%) Structured Cabling
7 6 (0.80%) TCP/IP
7 6 (0.80%) WAN
8 5 (0.67%) 3GPP
8 5 (0.67%) 5G
8 5 (0.67%) BGP
8 5 (0.67%) NGN
8 5 (0.67%) OSPF
8 5 (0.67%) Radio Access Network
8 5 (0.67%) SD-WAN
8 5 (0.67%) tcpdump
8 5 (0.67%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (7.08%) Power BI
2 37 (4.94%) PostgreSQL
3 27 (3.60%) SQL Server
4 26 (3.47%) Data Warehouse
5 20 (2.67%) Metadata
5 20 (2.67%) MongoDB
6 13 (1.74%) Power Query
7 10 (1.34%) Amazon RDS
7 10 (1.34%) Data Lake
7 10 (1.34%) NoSQL
8 9 (1.20%) Azure SQL Database
8 9 (1.20%) Looker
8 9 (1.20%) Redis
8 9 (1.20%) Relational Database
9 8 (1.07%) Big Data
9 8 (1.07%) Tableau
10 7 (0.93%) Snowflake Schema
11 5 (0.67%) Amazon Redshift
11 5 (0.67%) BigQuery
11 5 (0.67%) DocumentDB
Development Applications
1 46 (6.14%) JIRA
2 45 (6.01%) Git
3 31 (4.14%) Jenkins
4 30 (4.01%) GitLab
5 12 (1.60%) Cypress.io
5 12 (1.60%) Selenium
6 11 (1.47%) Cucumber
6 11 (1.47%) Postman
7 10 (1.34%) fastlane
7 10 (1.34%) WebDriver
8 7 (0.93%) Gradle
8 7 (0.93%) JUnit
8 7 (0.93%) Mockito
9 6 (0.80%) Vite
10 5 (0.67%) Android Studio
10 5 (0.67%) Crashlytics
10 5 (0.67%) Visual Studio
10 5 (0.67%) Xcode
11 4 (0.53%) CircleCI
11 4 (0.53%) SonarQube
General
1 294 (39.25%) Social Skills
2 222 (29.64%) Public Sector
3 197 (26.30%) Finance
4 119 (15.89%) Analytical Skills
5 31 (4.14%) Organisational Skills
6 26 (3.47%) Banking
6 26 (3.47%) Manufacturing
7 23 (3.07%) Local Government
8 21 (2.80%) Documentation Skills
9 20 (2.67%) Influencing Skills
10 17 (2.27%) Law
11 16 (2.14%) Retail
12 14 (1.87%) Legal
12 14 (1.87%) Marketing
12 14 (1.87%) Telecoms
13 8 (1.07%) Pharmaceutical
14 7 (0.93%) Aerospace
14 7 (0.93%) Presentation Skills
14 7 (0.93%) Publishing
15 6 (0.80%) Military
Job Titles
1 123 (16.42%) Developer
2 114 (15.22%) Analyst
3 92 (12.28%) Senior
4 72 (9.61%) Lead
5 58 (7.74%) Architect
6 46 (6.14%) Consultant
7 32 (4.27%) Senior Developer
8 29 (3.87%) Data Analyst
8 29 (3.87%) Data Engineer
8 29 (3.87%) DevOps Engineer
9 28 (3.74%) Business Analyst
10 21 (2.80%) Software Developer
10 21 (2.80%) Support Engineer
11 20 (2.67%) Dynamics 365 Developer
11 20 (2.67%) IT Engineer
12 19 (2.54%) Project Manager
13 18 (2.40%) Coordinator
14 17 (2.27%) IT Support
14 17 (2.27%) Senior Analyst
15 16 (2.14%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 86 (11.48%) Terraform
2 48 (6.41%) RESTful
3 31 (4.14%) React
4 30 (4.01%) .NET
5 27 (3.60%) HTML
5 27 (3.60%) Node.js
6 26 (3.47%) CSS
7 25 (3.34%) GraphQL
7 25 (3.34%) JSON
8 24 (3.20%) Kafka
9 23 (3.07%) REST
10 17 (2.27%) Django
10 17 (2.27%) Spring
10 17 (2.27%) Spring Boot
11 14 (1.87%) PySpark
12 13 (1.74%) OAuth
12 13 (1.74%) XML
13 12 (1.60%) Gherkin
13 12 (1.60%) OpenID
13 12 (1.60%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 69 (9.21%) Onboarding
2 47 (6.28%) Product Ownership
3 40 (5.34%) Cloud Native
4 24 (3.20%) Management Information System
5 22 (2.94%) Legacy Systems
6 17 (2.27%) Data Structures
6 17 (2.27%) Distributed Systems
7 14 (1.87%) Data Centre
8 11 (1.47%) Enterprise Software
8 11 (1.47%) Mobile App
9 10 (1.34%) Virtual Team
10 9 (1.20%) Taxonomies
11 8 (1.07%) AI Agents
11 8 (1.07%) Blog
11 8 (1.07%) Replication
11 8 (1.07%) Self-Motivation
12 7 (0.93%) Security Posture
13 6 (0.80%) Driving Licence
13 6 (0.80%) EPoS
14 5 (0.67%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 75 (10.01%) Windows
2 21 (2.80%) Linux
3 18 (2.40%) Windows Server
4 17 (2.27%) Windows 10
5 14 (1.87%) Apple iOS
6 13 (1.74%) Android
7 5 (0.67%) Unix
8 4 (0.53%) Mac OS
8 4 (0.53%) Windows 7
9 3 (0.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (0.27%) VMS
10 2 (0.27%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (0.13%) AIX
11 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 260 (34.71%) Agile
2 180 (24.03%) Problem-Solving
3 168 (22.43%) DevOps
4 160 (21.36%) CI/CD
5 151 (20.16%) Stakeholder Management
6 134 (17.89%) Continuous Improvement
7 126 (16.82%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
8 118 (15.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 115 (15.35%) AI
10 105 (14.02%) Decision-Making
11 100 (13.35%) Analytics
12 84 (11.21%) Migration
13 80 (10.68%) Test Automation
14 77 (10.28%) Mentoring
15 72 (9.61%) Infrastructure as Code
16 69 (9.21%) Validation
17 67 (8.95%) Data Modelling
17 67 (8.95%) Digital Transformation Programme
18 66 (8.81%) Technical Leadership
19 64 (8.54%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 111 (14.82%) Python
2 107 (14.29%) SQL
3 74 (9.88%) JavaScript
4 50 (6.68%) C#
5 43 (5.74%) Java
6 31 (4.14%) TypeScript
7 15 (2.00%) Kotlin
7 15 (2.00%) PowerShell
8 14 (1.87%) Scala
9 12 (1.60%) Bash
9 12 (1.60%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 10 (1.34%) Go
10 10 (1.34%) Swift
11 8 (1.07%) Bicep
11 8 (1.07%) Ruby
12 6 (0.80%) Groovy
12 6 (0.80%) PL/SQL
13 5 (0.67%) PHP
14 4 (0.53%) C++
14 4 (0.53%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 161 (21.50%) Security Cleared
2 151 (20.16%) SC Cleared
3 62 (8.28%) Degree
4 34 (4.54%) Microsoft Certification
5 28 (3.74%) Azure Certification
5 28 (3.74%) DBS Check
6 27 (3.60%) BPSS Clearance
7 25 (3.34%) Computer Science Degree
8 15 (2.00%) Master's Degree
9 10 (1.34%) ISTQB
10 7 (0.93%) CISSP
11 6 (0.80%) ACCA
11 6 (0.80%) CIMA
11 6 (0.80%) ITIL Certification
12 5 (0.67%) AWS Certification
12 5 (0.67%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 5 (0.67%) CISM
12 5 (0.67%) PhD
12 5 (0.67%) PMP
13 4 (0.53%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 110 (14.69%) Accessibility
2 51 (6.81%) QA
2 51 (6.81%) WCAG
3 45 (6.01%) GDPR
4 44 (5.87%) Data Quality
5 22 (2.94%) SLA
6 17 (2.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 14 (1.87%) NCSC
8 10 (1.34%) PMO
9 9 (1.20%) NIST
10 6 (0.80%) Actionable Recommendations
10 6 (0.80%) GRC
11 5 (0.67%) COBIT
11 5 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials
12 3 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 3 (0.40%) Disclosure Scotland
13 2 (0.27%) Def Stans
13 2 (0.27%) DICOM
13 2 (0.27%) GxP
13 2 (0.27%) HL7
System Software
1 62 (8.28%) Docker
2 45 (6.01%) Active Directory
3 8 (1.07%) Hyper-V
3 8 (1.07%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.80%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (0.53%) Firmware
5 4 (0.53%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.27%) Apache ZooKeeper
6 2 (0.27%) BitLocker
6 2 (0.27%) vSphere
7 1 (0.13%) KVM
7 1 (0.13%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.13%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 70 (9.35%) Kubernetes
2 34 (4.54%) Grafana
3 27 (3.60%) Prometheus
4 19 (2.54%) Microsoft Intune
5 17 (2.27%) Ansible
6 14 (1.87%) SCCM
7 7 (0.93%) Single Sign-On
8 5 (0.67%) Consul
9 4 (0.53%) Kibana
9 4 (0.53%) Rancher
10 3 (0.40%) Packer
11 2 (0.27%) HP ALM
11 2 (0.27%) HP Quality Center
11 2 (0.27%) ITRS Geneos
11 2 (0.27%) Jamf Pro
11 2 (0.27%) ZABBIX
11 2 (0.27%) Zipkin
12 1 (0.13%) Kustomize
12 1 (0.13%) SCOM
12 1 (0.13%) WMI
Vendors
1 174 (23.23%) Microsoft
2 35 (4.67%) Google
3 26 (3.47%) ServiceNow
4 25 (3.34%) Dynatrace
5 24 (3.20%) Databricks
6 22 (2.94%) Salesforce
7 21 (2.80%) SAP
8 18 (2.40%) Oracle
9 14 (1.87%) Splunk
10 12 (1.60%) CyberArk
10 12 (1.60%) Sage
11 11 (1.47%) Cisco
12 10 (1.34%) OpenAI
12 10 (1.34%) VMware
13 9 (1.20%) Apple
13 9 (1.20%) PagerDuty
14 8 (1.07%) Qualys
14 8 (1.07%) UiPath
15 7 (0.93%) CA Agile Central
15 7 (0.93%) Signiant