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 16 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 170 174 163
Rank change year-on-year +4 -11 +103
Contract jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 601 529 745
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.70% 1.45% 1.58%
As % of the General category 2.70% 2.45% 2.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 238 304 507
10th Percentile £173 £413 £406
25th Percentile £353 £500 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -20.83% - +3.45%
75th Percentile £625 £666 £675
90th Percentile £650 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £419 £525 £484
% change year-on-year -20.24% +8.53% -19.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 1 6
10th Percentile - - £40.13
25th Percentile £17.48 - £45.63
Median hourly rate £22.14 £21.00 £63.29
Median % change year-on-year +5.43% -66.82% +17.20%
75th Percentile - - £64.76
90th Percentile £70.50 - £66.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.14 - £63.29
% change year-on-year - - +17.20%

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 22,236 21,579 28,057
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 62.97% 59.00% 59.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,919 12,731 18,741
10th Percentile £270 £290 £285
25th Percentile £400 £410 £421
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £649 £651
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £480 £500
% change year-on-year -1.04% -4.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,443 811 1,137
10th Percentile £13.80 £15.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £16.62 £17.10 £16.92
Median hourly rate £24.09 £29.50 £30.83
Median % change year-on-year -18.34% -4.30% +23.30%
75th Percentile £44.87 £55.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £68.57 £70.00 £70.24
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.00 £27.13 £27.50
% change year-on-year -18.89% -1.36% +25.00%

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 16 November 2025.

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 16 November 2025.

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 16 November 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
England +6 541 £488 -18.75% 1,359
London +26 341 £525 -14.29% 613
Work from Home +14 235 £481 -19.46% 687
UK excluding London -19 223 £419 -20.24% 927
Midlands -37 75 £413 -28.26% 115
West Midlands -50 43 £413 -28.26% 71
South East +6 41 £419 -23.86% 364
North of England -33 41 £310 -31.11% 166
East Midlands +15 32 £384 -23.25% 43
Scotland +4 28 £288 -39.47% 89
North West -16 22 £515 +14.49% 86
South West +12 19 £600 +23.08% 113
Yorkshire -33 18 £200 -63.64% 53
East of England -8 16 £438 -16.67% 54
Wales +6 3 £331 -5.08% 21
Northern Ireland -13 2 £450 -14.29% 17
North East -20 1 £400 -11.11% 27

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 17 (2.83%) SharePoint
2 15 (2.50%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (1.50%) Confluence
4 7 (1.16%) CMS
5 6 (1.00%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (0.67%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 4 (0.67%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.67%) HCL Notes
6 4 (0.67%) WordPress
7 3 (0.50%) Alfresco
7 3 (0.50%) Moodle
8 2 (0.33%) Apache
8 2 (0.33%) Camunda
8 2 (0.33%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.17%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.17%) IIS
9 1 (0.17%) SharePoint Server
9 1 (0.17%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 25 (4.16%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (3.33%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.00%) Adobe Captivate
3 6 (1.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 6 (1.00%) Microsoft Project
3 6 (1.00%) Spreadsheet
4 4 (0.67%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.50%) Trello
6 2 (0.33%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.17%) Adobe After Effects
7 1 (0.17%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.17%) InVision
7 1 (0.17%) ProjectWise
7 1 (0.17%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 8 (1.33%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.00%) Aladdin
2 6 (1.00%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.33%) CODA-Financials
4 1 (0.17%) iTrent
4 1 (0.17%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.17%) ResourceLink
4 1 (0.17%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.17%) SAP GRC
4 1 (0.17%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 126 (20.97%) Azure
2 59 (9.82%) AWS
3 47 (7.82%) Microsoft 365
4 34 (5.66%) Power Platform
5 30 (4.99%) Azure DevOps
6 24 (3.99%) Entra ID
7 23 (3.83%) GCP
8 19 (3.16%) GitHub
9 18 (3.00%) GitHub Actions
10 16 (2.66%) SaaS
11 13 (2.16%) Microsoft Purview
12 11 (1.83%) Google Workspace
13 10 (1.66%) Serverless
14 8 (1.33%) Dynamics 365
14 8 (1.33%) Figma
15 7 (1.16%) Amazon EKS
15 7 (1.16%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 7 (1.16%) dbt
15 7 (1.16%) Snowflake
16 6 (1.00%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 13 (2.16%) Firewall
1 13 (2.16%) Network Security
2 11 (1.83%) DNS
3 10 (1.66%) VPN
4 8 (1.33%) DHCP
5 7 (1.16%) LAN
5 7 (1.16%) WAN
6 6 (1.00%) Wi-Fi
7 4 (0.67%) TCP/IP
7 4 (0.67%) VLAN
8 3 (0.50%) Cisco Nexus
8 3 (0.50%) DMARC
8 3 (0.50%) SAN
8 3 (0.50%) SMTP
8 3 (0.50%) SSL
8 3 (0.50%) Wireless
9 2 (0.33%) NAS
9 2 (0.33%) SMS
10 1 (0.17%) AMQP
10 1 (0.17%) Fibre Channel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (3.49%) Data Warehouse
2 20 (3.33%) Power BI
3 16 (2.66%) SQL Server
4 14 (2.33%) Azure SQL Database
4 14 (2.33%) PostgreSQL
5 12 (2.00%) NoSQL
6 10 (1.66%) Metadata
6 10 (1.66%) MongoDB
7 7 (1.16%) Data Lake
7 7 (1.16%) Relational Database
7 7 (1.16%) Spark SQL
8 6 (1.00%) Apache Cassandra
9 5 (0.83%) Tableau
10 4 (0.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 3 (0.50%) Amazon Aurora
11 3 (0.50%) Apache Iceberg
11 3 (0.50%) BigQuery
12 2 (0.33%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
12 2 (0.33%) Big Data
12 2 (0.33%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 21 (3.49%) Git
2 16 (2.66%) JIRA
3 9 (1.50%) Jenkins
4 7 (1.16%) SonarQube
5 6 (1.00%) Cucumber
5 6 (1.00%) JUnit
6 4 (0.67%) Cypress.io
7 3 (0.50%) ERwin
7 3 (0.50%) GitLab
7 3 (0.50%) Maven
7 3 (0.50%) Mockito
7 3 (0.50%) Sonatype Nexus
7 3 (0.50%) Vite
7 3 (0.50%) webpack
8 2 (0.33%) Artifactory
8 2 (0.33%) JMeter
8 2 (0.33%) Selenium
8 2 (0.33%) Team Foundation Server
8 2 (0.33%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.17%) Axure RP
General
1 199 (33.11%) Social Skills
2 157 (26.12%) Finance
3 47 (7.82%) Analytical Skills
4 41 (6.82%) Public Sector
5 23 (3.83%) Organisational Skills
6 22 (3.66%) Banking
7 21 (3.49%) Marketing
8 16 (2.66%) Retail
9 14 (2.33%) Documentation Skills
9 14 (2.33%) Legal
10 12 (2.00%) Manufacturing
11 11 (1.83%) Law
12 10 (1.66%) Fire and Rescue
12 10 (1.66%) Local Government
13 9 (1.50%) Police
14 7 (1.16%) Pharmaceutical
15 5 (0.83%) Electronics
15 5 (0.83%) Military
15 5 (0.83%) Publishing
15 5 (0.83%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 94 (15.64%) Analyst
2 52 (8.65%) Developer
3 50 (8.32%) Project Manager
4 46 (7.65%) Lead
5 45 (7.49%) Architect
6 41 (6.82%) Senior
7 33 (5.49%) Business Analyst
8 29 (4.83%) Support Engineer
9 20 (3.33%) IT Engineer
10 19 (3.16%) Consultant
11 18 (3.00%) Data Engineer
11 18 (3.00%) Support Analyst
12 17 (2.83%) IT Manager
12 17 (2.83%) IT Support
12 17 (2.83%) Solutions Architect
13 15 (2.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 15 (2.50%) IT Analyst
14 13 (2.16%) Cloud Engineer
14 13 (2.16%) Designer
14 13 (2.16%) PMO Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (4.49%) React
2 22 (3.66%) .NET
2 22 (3.66%) EDI
3 20 (3.33%) Spring
4 17 (2.83%) Spring Boot
5 15 (2.50%) SOAP
6 13 (2.16%) REST
7 12 (2.00%) CSS
7 12 (2.00%) HTML
8 9 (1.50%) AngularJS
8 9 (1.50%) Kafka
9 8 (1.33%) .NET Framework
9 8 (1.33%) PySpark
9 8 (1.33%) RESTful
10 7 (1.16%) Middleware
11 6 (1.00%) .NET Core
11 6 (1.00%) Entity Framework
12 5 (0.83%) Dapper ORM
12 5 (0.83%) LINQ
12 5 (0.83%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 39 (6.49%) Onboarding
2 20 (3.33%) Management Information System
3 19 (3.16%) Data Centre
4 18 (3.00%) Product Ownership
5 15 (2.50%) Cloud Native
6 11 (1.83%) Public Cloud
7 9 (1.50%) Driving Licence
7 9 (1.50%) Greenfield Project
7 9 (1.50%) Hybrid Cloud
7 9 (1.50%) Legacy Systems
8 7 (1.16%) Algorithms
8 7 (1.16%) Learning Management System
8 7 (1.16%) Low-Code
8 7 (1.16%) Mobile App
9 6 (1.00%) e-Learning
9 6 (1.00%) Enterprise Software
10 5 (0.83%) Analytical Mindset
10 5 (0.83%) Fixed Income
10 5 (0.83%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 4 (0.67%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 60 (9.98%) Windows
2 14 (2.33%) Windows Server
3 13 (2.16%) Linux
4 7 (1.16%) Windows 10
5 3 (0.50%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.50%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.33%) Android
6 2 (0.33%) Oracle Linux
7 1 (0.17%) CentOS
7 1 (0.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.17%) Rocky
7 1 (0.17%) Unix
7 1 (0.17%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 129 (21.46%) Problem-Solving
2 100 (16.64%) Agile
3 70 (11.65%) Stakeholder Management
4 68 (11.31%) CI/CD
4 68 (11.31%) DevOps
5 53 (8.82%) Continuous Improvement
5 53 (8.82%) Migration
6 48 (7.99%) Project Management
7 42 (6.99%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 38 (6.32%) Analytics
9 37 (6.16%) Decision-Making
10 35 (5.82%) Coaching
10 35 (5.82%) Infrastructure as Code
11 34 (5.66%) Test Automation
12 33 (5.49%) Software Engineering
13 32 (5.32%) Mentoring
14 31 (5.16%) AI
15 30 (4.99%) Change Management
15 30 (4.99%) User Experience
16 29 (4.83%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 60 (9.98%) SQL
2 59 (9.82%) Python
3 46 (7.65%) Java
4 34 (5.66%) JavaScript
5 22 (3.66%) C#
6 19 (3.16%) PowerShell
7 14 (2.33%) TypeScript
8 5 (0.83%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 4 (0.67%) Bash
9 4 (0.67%) C++
9 4 (0.67%) Go
9 4 (0.67%) T-SQL
10 3 (0.50%) Apex Code
10 3 (0.50%) Rust
11 2 (0.33%) AWK
11 2 (0.33%) Bicep
11 2 (0.33%) Perl
11 2 (0.33%) Scala
11 2 (0.33%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.33%) VBA
Qualifications
1 55 (9.15%) Security Cleared
2 45 (7.49%) SC Cleared
3 41 (6.82%) Degree
4 16 (2.66%) DBS Check
5 11 (1.83%) AWS Certification
5 11 (1.83%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (1.33%) DV Cleared
7 7 (1.16%) Azure Certification
7 7 (1.16%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (1.00%) CISSP
9 5 (0.83%) Cisco Certification
10 4 (0.67%) CCNA
10 4 (0.67%) PMI Certification
10 4 (0.67%) PMP
11 3 (0.50%) ACCA
11 3 (0.50%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 3 (0.50%) CIMA
11 3 (0.50%) CompTIA CySA+
11 3 (0.50%) Master's Degree
11 3 (0.50%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (4.16%) Accessibility
1 25 (4.16%) PMO
2 19 (3.16%) QA
3 16 (2.66%) GDPR
4 12 (2.00%) Data Quality
4 12 (2.00%) SLA
5 10 (1.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (0.83%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 5 (0.83%) WCAG
7 4 (0.67%) NIST
8 3 (0.50%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (0.50%) GRC
8 3 (0.50%) HIPAA
8 3 (0.50%) P3O
8 3 (0.50%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.33%) GMP
9 2 (0.33%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.17%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 55 (9.15%) Active Directory
2 25 (4.16%) Docker
3 14 (2.33%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.83%) Virtual Desktop
4 5 (0.83%) Virtual Servers
5 4 (0.67%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.33%) Firmware
6 2 (0.33%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 1 (0.17%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.17%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 33 (5.49%) Terraform
2 26 (4.33%) Kubernetes
3 17 (2.83%) Microsoft Intune
4 13 (2.16%) Grafana
5 12 (2.00%) SCCM
6 8 (1.33%) Prometheus
7 4 (0.67%) Jamf Pro
8 3 (0.50%) Argo
8 3 (0.50%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.33%) McAfee ePO
10 1 (0.17%) Ansible
10 1 (0.17%) Cisco CUCM
10 1 (0.17%) Data Guard
10 1 (0.17%) Demisto
10 1 (0.17%) Fluentd
10 1 (0.17%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.17%) Kibana
10 1 (0.17%) Nessus
10 1 (0.17%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 1 (0.17%) VxRail
Vendors
1 110 (18.30%) Microsoft
2 24 (3.99%) Cisco
3 21 (3.49%) Salesforce
4 19 (3.16%) Google
5 18 (3.00%) VMware
6 17 (2.83%) ServiceNow
7 15 (2.50%) Oracle
8 14 (2.33%) Adobe
9 10 (1.66%) Apple
10 9 (1.50%) Databricks
11 8 (1.33%) SAP
11 8 (1.33%) UiPath
12 7 (1.16%) Citrix
12 7 (1.16%) Dynatrace
13 5 (0.83%) Splunk
14 4 (0.67%) CyberArk
14 4 (0.67%) Dell
14 4 (0.67%) Lotus
14 4 (0.67%) Murex
14 4 (0.67%) Veeam