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 31 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 223 153 158
Rank change year-on-year -70 +5 +26
Contract jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 669 632 626
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.26% 1.93% 1.58%
As % of the General category 2.29% 3.05% 2.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 339 246 427
10th Percentile £306 £181 £422
25th Percentile £370 £359 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £600
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% -20.83% -
75th Percentile £584 £620 £688
90th Percentile £675 £660 £777
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £448 £503
% change year-on-year +0.56% -10.95% +4.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 19 10
10th Percentile £16.43 £17.48 £10.88
25th Percentile £18.25 - £18.45
Median hourly rate £21.32 £22.14 £28.28
Median % change year-on-year -3.71% -21.70% -47.76%
75th Percentile £39.47 - £47.50
90th Percentile £96.00 £37.50 £49.63
UK excluding London median hourly rate £94.75 £22.14 £14.66
% change year-on-year +327.96% +51.00% -79.31%

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 29,176 20,705 22,755
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 54.95% 63.13% 57.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,355 12,970 14,349
10th Percentile £313 £280 £288
25th Percentile £413 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £630 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £495
% change year-on-year +5.26% -4.04% -1.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,128 1,095 1,482
10th Percentile £14.00 £13.36 £13.86
25th Percentile £18.00 £16.25 £16.50
Median hourly rate £32.81 £25.15 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +30.44% -32.93% +22.87%
75th Percentile £60.06 £51.65 £57.50
90th Percentile £80.10 £70.81 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £33.25 £22.50 £38.06
% change year-on-year +47.78% -40.88% +46.38%

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 31 July 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 31 July 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 31 July 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 -76 587 £475 -5.00% 1,414
UK excluding London -68 305 £450 +0.56% 854
London -63 302 £525 -4.55% 818
Work from Home -43 250 £525 - 622
Midlands -24 95 £525 +20.00% 105
South East -45 78 £438 -13.79% 234
West Midlands -28 74 £525 +26.51% 58
North of England -84 63 £425 +14.09% 173
North East - 34 £425 - 33
East Midlands -14 21 £165 -63.33% 47
East of England -17 21 £473 +96.88% 63
Scotland -21 21 £250 -45.95% 85
South West -46 21 £475 -20.83% 131
North West -60 15 £518 +29.38% 95
Yorkshire -90 14 £304 +51.88% 45
Wales -15 5 £425 +28.33% 17
Northern Ireland -2 1 - - 67

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 28 (4.19%) SharePoint
2 15 (2.24%) Confluence
3 12 (1.79%) Apache Airflow
4 11 (1.64%) CMS
4 11 (1.64%) Microsoft Exchange
5 10 (1.49%) Apache Spark
6 8 (1.20%) WordPress
7 6 (0.90%) Apache
8 4 (0.60%) Kentico
9 3 (0.45%) Jupyter
10 2 (0.30%) Skype for Business
11 1 (0.15%) Drupal
11 1 (0.15%) JBoss
11 1 (0.15%) SAS
11 1 (0.15%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 23 (3.44%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (2.54%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.90%) Spreadsheet
4 5 (0.75%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.45%) AutoCAD
5 3 (0.45%) Trello
6 2 (0.30%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.30%) Sketch
7 1 (0.15%) Acrobat
7 1 (0.15%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.15%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.15%) InVision
7 1 (0.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 15 (2.24%) NetSuite
2 11 (1.64%) Dynamics CRM
3 9 (1.35%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (0.75%) Sage X3
4 5 (0.75%) Salesforce CRM
5 4 (0.60%) Oracle ERP
6 3 (0.45%) Dynamics NAV
6 3 (0.45%) Workday HCM
7 2 (0.30%) SAP Business One
8 1 (0.15%) Advent Geneva
8 1 (0.15%) Hyperion Planning
8 1 (0.15%) Oracle EBS
8 1 (0.15%) Oracle Financials
8 1 (0.15%) SAP ERP
8 1 (0.15%) SAP FI
8 1 (0.15%) SAP FS
8 1 (0.15%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 186 (27.80%) Azure
2 108 (16.14%) AWS
3 65 (9.72%) Azure DevOps
4 56 (8.37%) Microsoft 365
5 53 (7.92%) Power Platform
6 44 (6.58%) GCP
7 30 (4.48%) GitHub
8 27 (4.04%) Dynamics 365
8 27 (4.04%) Entra ID
9 24 (3.59%) GitHub Actions
10 23 (3.44%) Serverless
11 21 (3.14%) Power Automate
11 21 (3.14%) Snowflake
12 19 (2.84%) Azure Data Factory
13 17 (2.54%) dbt
14 14 (2.09%) Amazon EKS
15 13 (1.94%) AWS Lambda
15 13 (1.94%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 13 (1.94%) SaaS
16 12 (1.79%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 19 (2.84%) TCP/IP
2 15 (2.24%) Ethernet
3 12 (1.79%) Network Security
4 11 (1.64%) DNS
4 11 (1.64%) Firewall
4 11 (1.64%) Wi-Fi
5 10 (1.49%) VLAN
6 9 (1.35%) VPN
7 8 (1.20%) DHCP
7 8 (1.20%) Wireless
8 7 (1.05%) WAN
9 6 (0.90%) HTTP
9 6 (0.90%) Structured Cabling
10 5 (0.75%) SD-WAN
11 4 (0.60%) BGP
11 4 (0.60%) OSPF
12 3 (0.45%) Ethernet VPN
12 3 (0.45%) LAN
12 3 (0.45%) MPLS
12 3 (0.45%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (6.28%) Power BI
2 29 (4.33%) Data Warehouse
3 22 (3.29%) PostgreSQL
4 21 (3.14%) SQL Server
5 11 (1.64%) Big Data
5 11 (1.64%) Metadata
6 8 (1.20%) NoSQL
6 8 (1.20%) Snowflake Schema
7 7 (1.05%) Azure SQL Database
7 7 (1.05%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
7 7 (1.05%) Hadoop
7 7 (1.05%) MongoDB
7 7 (1.05%) Power Query
7 7 (1.05%) Redis
8 6 (0.90%) Amazon RDS
8 6 (0.90%) Data Lake
8 6 (0.90%) Looker
8 6 (0.90%) Tableau
9 5 (0.75%) Amazon Redshift
9 5 (0.75%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 38 (5.68%) JIRA
2 28 (4.19%) Jenkins
3 24 (3.59%) Git
4 21 (3.14%) GitLab
5 10 (1.49%) fastlane
5 10 (1.49%) Selenium
6 9 (1.35%) Cypress.io
6 9 (1.35%) Postman
7 8 (1.20%) WebDriver
8 7 (1.05%) Cucumber
9 6 (0.90%) JMeter
9 6 (0.90%) Vite
10 5 (0.75%) Android Studio
10 5 (0.75%) Crashlytics
10 5 (0.75%) Gradle
10 5 (0.75%) JUnit
10 5 (0.75%) LoadRunner
10 5 (0.75%) Mockito
10 5 (0.75%) SonarQube
10 5 (0.75%) Xcode
General
1 249 (37.22%) Social Skills
2 173 (25.86%) Finance
3 163 (24.36%) Public Sector
4 91 (13.60%) Analytical Skills
5 26 (3.89%) Organisational Skills
6 23 (3.44%) Banking
7 22 (3.29%) Presentation Skills
8 18 (2.69%) Influencing Skills
9 17 (2.54%) Law
9 17 (2.54%) Manufacturing
10 16 (2.39%) Legal
11 15 (2.24%) Documentation Skills
12 12 (1.79%) Marketing
13 10 (1.49%) Pharmaceutical
14 9 (1.35%) Retail
15 8 (1.20%) Local Government
15 8 (1.20%) Telecoms
16 5 (0.75%) Billing
16 5 (0.75%) General Ledger
17 4 (0.60%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 90 (13.45%) Analyst
2 85 (12.71%) Developer
3 74 (11.06%) Lead
4 72 (10.76%) Senior
5 46 (6.88%) Architect
6 42 (6.28%) Consultant
7 33 (4.93%) Data Engineer
8 26 (3.89%) Data Analyst
9 25 (3.74%) Business Analyst
10 24 (3.59%) DevOps Engineer
11 23 (3.44%) IT Engineer
12 21 (3.14%) Senior Developer
12 21 (3.14%) Support Engineer
13 19 (2.84%) IT Support
14 18 (2.69%) Project Manager
15 17 (2.54%) Coordinator
16 15 (2.24%) Systems Engineer
16 15 (2.24%) Technical Engineer
17 14 (2.09%) Administrator
17 14 (2.09%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (4.63%) RESTful
2 25 (3.74%) React
3 23 (3.44%) .NET
3 23 (3.44%) GraphQL
4 18 (2.69%) HTML
5 17 (2.54%) CSS
5 17 (2.54%) PySpark
6 16 (2.39%) Kafka
6 16 (2.39%) Node.js
6 16 (2.39%) REST
7 14 (2.09%) JSON
8 12 (1.79%) Spring
8 12 (1.79%) Spring Boot
9 11 (1.64%) Django
10 10 (1.49%) Gherkin
11 7 (1.05%) ARM Templates
11 7 (1.05%) HTML5
11 7 (1.05%) Next.js
11 7 (1.05%) RabbitMQ
12 6 (0.90%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 57 (8.52%) Onboarding
2 38 (5.68%) Cloud Native
3 35 (5.23%) Product Ownership
4 22 (3.29%) Legacy Systems
5 21 (3.14%) Distributed Systems
6 17 (2.54%) Data Centre
7 15 (2.24%) Data Structures
7 15 (2.24%) Industry 4.0
7 15 (2.24%) Robotics
8 10 (1.49%) Mobile App
9 9 (1.35%) Management Information System
9 9 (1.35%) Security Posture
10 8 (1.20%) Enterprise Software
11 7 (1.05%) EPoS
11 7 (1.05%) Virtual Team
12 6 (0.90%) Algorithms
12 6 (0.90%) Linux Command Line
12 6 (0.90%) Replication
13 5 (0.75%) Reinsurance
13 5 (0.75%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 65 (9.72%) Windows
2 17 (2.54%) Windows 10
2 17 (2.54%) Windows Server
3 16 (2.39%) Linux
4 12 (1.79%) Android
4 12 (1.79%) Apple iOS
5 6 (0.90%) Unix
6 5 (0.75%) Windows 7
7 4 (0.60%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.45%) AIX
8 3 (0.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.45%) Windows Server 2008
9 2 (0.30%) VMS
10 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 202 (30.19%) Agile
2 173 (25.86%) Problem-Solving
3 132 (19.73%) DevOps
4 126 (18.83%) CI/CD
5 121 (18.09%) Stakeholder Management
6 111 (16.59%) Decision-Making
7 103 (15.40%) Continuous Improvement
8 95 (14.20%) Analytics
8 95 (14.20%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
9 88 (13.15%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 82 (12.26%) AI
11 80 (11.96%) Migration
12 66 (9.87%) Infrastructure as Code
13 62 (9.27%) Test Automation
14 59 (8.82%) Mentoring
14 59 (8.82%) Validation
15 53 (7.92%) Data Modelling
16 52 (7.77%) Roadmaps
17 51 (7.62%) Business Intelligence
18 49 (7.32%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 107 (15.99%) Python
2 85 (12.71%) SQL
3 48 (7.17%) JavaScript
4 41 (6.13%) Java
5 32 (4.78%) C#
6 25 (3.74%) TypeScript
7 15 (2.24%) PowerShell
8 13 (1.94%) Kotlin
9 12 (1.79%) Bash
10 10 (1.49%) Swift
11 9 (1.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 9 (1.35%) Go
12 8 (1.20%) Bicep
13 7 (1.05%) Ruby
14 6 (0.90%) R
15 5 (0.75%) Apex Code
15 5 (0.75%) PL/SQL
15 5 (0.75%) VBA
16 4 (0.60%) Groovy
16 4 (0.60%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 112 (16.74%) Security Cleared
2 104 (15.55%) SC Cleared
3 61 (9.12%) Degree
4 27 (4.04%) DBS Check
5 21 (3.14%) Azure Certification
5 21 (3.14%) BPSS Clearance
6 19 (2.84%) Microsoft Certification
7 17 (2.54%) Computer Science Degree
8 8 (1.20%) ISTQB
9 7 (1.05%) Master's Degree
10 6 (0.90%) ITIL Certification
11 5 (0.75%) AWS Certification
11 5 (0.75%) PMP
12 4 (0.60%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 3 (0.45%) ACCA
13 3 (0.45%) APMG
13 3 (0.45%) CIMA
13 3 (0.45%) CISM
13 3 (0.45%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 3 (0.45%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 78 (11.66%) Accessibility
2 36 (5.38%) Data Quality
3 33 (4.93%) QA
4 32 (4.78%) WCAG
5 27 (4.04%) GDPR
6 19 (2.84%) SLA
7 13 (1.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 9 (1.35%) NCSC
8 9 (1.35%) PMO
9 8 (1.20%) Actionable Recommendations
10 6 (0.90%) Cyber Essentials
11 5 (0.75%) COBIT
11 5 (0.75%) GRC
12 3 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 3 (0.45%) NIST
13 2 (0.30%) Def Stans
14 1 (0.15%) Disclosure Scotland
14 1 (0.15%) GMP
14 1 (0.15%) GxP
14 1 (0.15%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 50 (7.47%) Docker
2 46 (6.88%) Active Directory
3 11 (1.64%) Hyper-V
4 7 (1.05%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (0.90%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (0.60%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (0.45%) KVM
8 2 (0.30%) Apache ZooKeeper
8 2 (0.30%) BitLocker
8 2 (0.30%) Firmware
9 1 (0.15%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.15%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.15%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 72 (10.76%) Terraform
2 53 (7.92%) Kubernetes
3 22 (3.29%) Grafana
4 20 (2.99%) Prometheus
5 15 (2.24%) Ansible
6 14 (2.09%) Microsoft Intune
7 11 (1.64%) SCCM
8 7 (1.05%) Kibana
9 4 (0.60%) Consul
9 4 (0.60%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (0.45%) IBM BigFix
10 3 (0.45%) Rancher
10 3 (0.45%) vCenter Server
11 2 (0.30%) HP ALM
11 2 (0.30%) HP Quality Center
11 2 (0.30%) ITRS Geneos
11 2 (0.30%) Jamf Pro
11 2 (0.30%) Packer
11 2 (0.30%) Zipkin
12 1 (0.15%) Kustomize
Vendors
1 143 (21.38%) Microsoft
2 31 (4.63%) Google
3 28 (4.19%) Salesforce
4 26 (3.89%) Databricks
5 24 (3.59%) SAP
6 23 (3.44%) ServiceNow
7 21 (3.14%) Dynatrace
8 15 (2.24%) Siemens
9 12 (1.79%) Oracle
9 12 (1.79%) Sage
10 11 (1.64%) CyberArk
11 9 (1.35%) PagerDuty
12 7 (1.05%) Apple
12 7 (1.05%) Aspera
12 7 (1.05%) CA Agile Central
12 7 (1.05%) Cisco
12 7 (1.05%) Qualys
12 7 (1.05%) Signiant
12 7 (1.05%) VMware
13 5 (0.75%) Workday