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 19 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 151 171 168
Rank change year-on-year +20 -3 +105
Contract jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 622 550 761
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.89% 1.43% 1.54%
As % of the General category 2.97% 2.46% 2.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 240 333 513
10th Percentile £180 £425 £413
25th Percentile £355 £500 £518
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -22.92% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £615 £675 £688
90th Percentile £651 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £413 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -17.50% - -14.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 5 5
10th Percentile £17.48 £29.60 £40.10
25th Percentile - £42.50 £40.25
Median hourly rate £22.14 £45.00 £63.50
Median % change year-on-year -50.80% -29.13% +22.12%
75th Percentile £22.50 £48.75 £67.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £54.00 £71.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.14 - £65.63
% change year-on-year - - +26.20%

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 20,972 22,348 29,321
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 63.65% 58.00% 59.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,001 13,375 19,847
10th Percentile £275 £281 £305
25th Percentile £400 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £650 £671
90th Percentile £738 £775 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,207 1,105 1,076
10th Percentile £13.50 £14.71 £13.96
25th Percentile £16.17 £17.08 £16.35
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.36 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.87% +28.58% +12.43%
75th Percentile £49.13 £60.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £67.50 £70.39 £70.66
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.30 £35.36 £27.08
% change year-on-year -39.76% +30.56% +28.96%

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
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 19 September 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 19 September 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 19 September 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 +24 552 £475 -20.83% 1,428
London +24 356 £538 -13.31% 687
UK excluding London +22 234 £413 -17.50% 1,072
Work from Home +16 222 £489 -15.00% 831
Midlands -22 65 £415 -24.55% 137
North of England -9 56 £350 -27.08% 252
West Midlands -28 43 £415 -27.83% 80
Yorkshire +9 40 £200 -58.33% 81
South East +14 37 £469 -14.77% 352
Scotland +2 33 £463 +6.32% 142
East Midlands +8 22 £446 -16.98% 56
East of England +13 19 £325 -38.10% 65
South West +22 16 £600 +23.08% 98
North West -6 15 £400 -20.00% 134
Wales +4 4 £331 -33.93% 34
Northern Ireland -4 4 £410 - 14
North East -11 1 £400 - 39

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 19 (3.05%) SharePoint
2 14 (2.25%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (1.77%) CMS
4 10 (1.61%) Confluence
5 8 (1.29%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.64%) HCL Notes
7 3 (0.48%) Alfresco
7 3 (0.48%) Drupal
7 3 (0.48%) IIS
7 3 (0.48%) Moodle
7 3 (0.48%) SharePoint 2010
8 2 (0.32%) Apache
8 2 (0.32%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 2 (0.32%) Sitecore CMS
9 1 (0.16%) Camunda
9 1 (0.16%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.16%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 45 (7.23%) Microsoft Office
2 27 (4.34%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.80%) Microsoft Project
3 5 (0.80%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.64%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.48%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.48%) InfoPath
6 2 (0.32%) Adobe Captivate
6 2 (0.32%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 2 (0.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.32%) Trello
7 1 (0.16%) ProjectWise
Business Applications
1 8 (1.29%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (1.13%) Aladdin
2 7 (1.13%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.32%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.16%) Infor LN
4 1 (0.16%) Infor SunSystems
4 1 (0.16%) iTrent
4 1 (0.16%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.16%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.16%) SAP GRC
4 1 (0.16%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 111 (17.85%) Azure
2 75 (12.06%) Microsoft 365
3 54 (8.68%) AWS
4 45 (7.23%) Entra ID
5 40 (6.43%) Power Platform
6 23 (3.70%) Azure DevOps
6 23 (3.70%) GCP
7 13 (2.09%) Microsoft Purview
8 11 (1.77%) Dynamics 365
8 11 (1.77%) Google Workspace
8 11 (1.77%) SaaS
9 9 (1.45%) BlazeMeter
9 9 (1.45%) GitHub
9 9 (1.45%) OneDrive
10 8 (1.29%) GitHub Actions
10 8 (1.29%) Serverless
11 7 (1.13%) PowerApps
12 6 (0.96%) Amazon S3
12 6 (0.96%) Azure Service Bus
12 6 (0.96%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 22 (3.54%) Firewall
2 15 (2.41%) DNS
3 12 (1.93%) DHCP
3 12 (1.93%) Network Security
3 12 (1.93%) VPN
4 8 (1.29%) VLAN
5 7 (1.13%) Wi-Fi
6 5 (0.80%) SSL
6 5 (0.80%) Wireless
7 4 (0.64%) BGP
7 4 (0.64%) EIGRP
7 4 (0.64%) IPsec
7 4 (0.64%) LAN
7 4 (0.64%) OSPF
7 4 (0.64%) SAN
7 4 (0.64%) TCP/IP
7 4 (0.64%) WAN
8 3 (0.48%) HTTP
8 3 (0.48%) NAS
8 3 (0.48%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (4.02%) Power BI
2 19 (3.05%) SQL Server
3 16 (2.57%) NoSQL
4 15 (2.41%) Data Warehouse
5 14 (2.25%) MongoDB
6 13 (2.09%) Azure SQL Database
7 9 (1.45%) Apache Cassandra
7 9 (1.45%) PostgreSQL
8 8 (1.29%) Metadata
9 7 (1.13%) Big Data
9 7 (1.13%) Data Lake
10 6 (0.96%) Hadoop
10 6 (0.96%) Spark SQL
10 6 (0.96%) Tableau
11 4 (0.64%) Relational Database
11 4 (0.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 3 (0.48%) BigQuery
12 3 (0.48%) DynamoDB
13 2 (0.32%) Apache Hive
13 2 (0.32%) HBase
Development Applications
1 20 (3.22%) JIRA
2 13 (2.09%) Git
3 9 (1.45%) JUnit
4 8 (1.29%) Cypress.io
4 8 (1.29%) Jenkins
5 6 (0.96%) Selenium
5 6 (0.96%) SonarQube
6 4 (0.64%) HP UFT
6 4 (0.64%) TestComplete
7 3 (0.48%) ERwin
7 3 (0.48%) Sonatype Nexus
7 3 (0.48%) Vite
7 3 (0.48%) webpack
8 2 (0.32%) JMeter
8 2 (0.32%) Maven
8 2 (0.32%) Mockito
8 2 (0.32%) Postman
8 2 (0.32%) REST Assured
8 2 (0.32%) ScriptRunner
8 2 (0.32%) Visual Studio
General
1 200 (32.15%) Social Skills
2 169 (27.17%) Finance
3 49 (7.88%) Public Sector
4 48 (7.72%) Analytical Skills
5 31 (4.98%) Retail
6 23 (3.70%) Law
6 23 (3.70%) Organisational Skills
7 21 (3.38%) Banking
8 16 (2.57%) Marketing
9 15 (2.41%) Documentation Skills
10 14 (2.25%) Legal
11 11 (1.77%) Manufacturing
12 9 (1.45%) Police
13 8 (1.29%) Influencing Skills
14 7 (1.13%) Telecoms
15 6 (0.96%) Electronics
15 6 (0.96%) Investment Banking
16 5 (0.80%) Front Office
16 5 (0.80%) Pharmaceutical
17 4 (0.64%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 99 (15.92%) Analyst
2 59 (9.49%) Developer
3 51 (8.20%) IT Support
4 47 (7.56%) Project Manager
5 42 (6.75%) Senior
6 41 (6.59%) Lead
7 39 (6.27%) Business Analyst
8 38 (6.11%) Architect
9 34 (5.47%) IT Manager
10 31 (4.98%) Support Engineer
11 28 (4.50%) IT Engineer
12 23 (3.70%) Consultant
13 21 (3.38%) 1st Line Support
14 18 (2.89%) Support Manager
15 17 (2.73%) IT Support Engineer
16 15 (2.41%) Administrator
16 15 (2.41%) Support Analyst
17 14 (2.25%) IT Analyst
17 14 (2.25%) Java Developer
18 13 (2.09%) Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (4.66%) React
2 22 (3.54%) .NET
3 19 (3.05%) Spring
4 14 (2.25%) CSS
4 14 (2.25%) SOAP
5 12 (1.93%) EDI
6 11 (1.77%) REST
6 11 (1.77%) RESTful
6 11 (1.77%) Spring Boot
7 9 (1.45%) Kafka
8 8 (1.29%) .NET Framework
8 8 (1.29%) AngularJS
8 8 (1.29%) JSON
9 7 (1.13%) .NET Core
10 6 (0.96%) Entity Framework
10 6 (0.96%) PySpark
11 5 (0.80%) Dapper ORM
11 5 (0.80%) HTML
11 5 (0.80%) LINQ
11 5 (0.80%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 39 (6.27%) Onboarding
2 28 (4.50%) Product Ownership
3 19 (3.05%) Smartphone
4 18 (2.89%) iPhone
5 16 (2.57%) Driving Licence
6 14 (2.25%) Algorithms
7 13 (2.09%) Data Centre
8 12 (1.93%) Management Information System
8 12 (1.93%) Public Cloud
9 11 (1.77%) Cloud Native
9 11 (1.77%) Greenfield Project
10 10 (1.61%) Hybrid Cloud
11 9 (1.45%) Legacy Systems
12 6 (0.96%) Linux Command Line
12 6 (0.96%) Low-Code
12 6 (0.96%) Mobile App
12 6 (0.96%) Self-Motivation
13 5 (0.80%) Analytical Mindset
13 5 (0.80%) Fixed Income
13 5 (0.80%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 74 (11.90%) Windows
2 26 (4.18%) Linux
3 23 (3.70%) Mac OS
4 20 (3.22%) Windows Server
5 8 (1.29%) Windows 10
6 7 (1.13%) Apple iOS
7 6 (0.96%) Android
8 3 (0.48%) Amazon Linux
8 3 (0.48%) Unix
9 2 (0.32%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.16%) CentOS
10 1 (0.16%) Oracle Linux
10 1 (0.16%) Rocky
10 1 (0.16%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 129 (20.74%) Problem-Solving
2 109 (17.52%) Agile
3 67 (10.77%) Stakeholder Management
4 61 (9.81%) Migration
5 57 (9.16%) CI/CD
6 53 (8.52%) DevOps
7 51 (8.20%) Continuous Improvement
8 50 (8.04%) ITIL
9 46 (7.40%) Customer Service
9 46 (7.40%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 45 (7.23%) Project Management
11 43 (6.91%) Decision-Making
11 43 (6.91%) Service Management
12 41 (6.59%) Change Management
13 37 (5.95%) ITSM
13 37 (5.95%) User Experience
14 34 (5.47%) Software Engineering
15 33 (5.31%) Coaching
16 32 (5.14%) Mentoring
17 31 (4.98%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 58 (9.32%) SQL
2 54 (8.68%) Python
3 49 (7.88%) Java
4 35 (5.63%) JavaScript
5 25 (4.02%) C#
6 20 (3.22%) PowerShell
7 16 (2.57%) TypeScript
8 5 (0.80%) C++
8 5 (0.80%) R
9 4 (0.64%) T-SQL
10 3 (0.48%) Apex Code
10 3 (0.48%) Dart
11 2 (0.32%) Bash
11 2 (0.32%) Bicep
11 2 (0.32%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 2 (0.32%) Go
11 2 (0.32%) Groovy
11 2 (0.32%) Rust
11 2 (0.32%) Scala
11 2 (0.32%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 54 (8.68%) Security Cleared
2 49 (7.88%) SC Cleared
3 47 (7.56%) Degree
4 11 (1.77%) Computer Science Degree
4 11 (1.77%) DBS Check
5 9 (1.45%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (1.13%) CISSP
7 6 (0.96%) APMP
7 6 (0.96%) Cisco Certification
7 6 (0.96%) DV Cleared
7 6 (0.96%) PMI Certification
7 6 (0.96%) PMP
8 5 (0.80%) Azure Certification
9 4 (0.64%) AWS Certification
10 3 (0.48%) CCNA
10 3 (0.48%) CIPD
10 3 (0.48%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.32%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 2 (0.32%) A+ Certification
11 2 (0.32%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (3.22%) PMO
2 19 (3.05%) Accessibility
3 16 (2.57%) Data Quality
3 16 (2.57%) QA
4 13 (2.09%) GDPR
5 12 (1.93%) SLA
6 8 (1.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 7 (1.13%) NIST
8 6 (0.96%) P3O
9 5 (0.80%) Actionable Recommendations
10 4 (0.64%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 4 (0.64%) WCAG
11 3 (0.48%) GRC
11 3 (0.48%) HIPAA
12 2 (0.32%) GMP
12 2 (0.32%) PCI DSS
12 2 (0.32%) SOC 2
13 1 (0.16%) COBIT
13 1 (0.16%) GxP
13 1 (0.16%) ISO 19650
System Software
1 77 (12.38%) Active Directory
2 18 (2.89%) Docker
3 13 (2.09%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.80%) Virtual Servers
5 4 (0.64%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.48%) Firmware
6 3 (0.48%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.32%) HDFS
7 2 (0.32%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.32%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 21 (3.38%) Terraform
2 19 (3.05%) Jamf Pro
3 18 (2.89%) Kubernetes
4 14 (2.25%) Grafana
5 13 (2.09%) Microsoft Intune
6 12 (1.93%) SCCM
7 3 (0.48%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.32%) McAfee ePO
8 2 (0.32%) Nagios
8 2 (0.32%) Nessus
8 2 (0.32%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.16%) Ansible
9 1 (0.16%) Argo
9 1 (0.16%) Cisco CUCM
9 1 (0.16%) Demisto
9 1 (0.16%) Fluentd
9 1 (0.16%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.16%) Kibana
9 1 (0.16%) QRadar
9 1 (0.16%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 139 (22.35%) Microsoft
2 35 (5.63%) ServiceNow
3 28 (4.50%) Apple
3 28 (4.50%) Salesforce
4 24 (3.86%) Cisco
4 24 (3.86%) Google
5 23 (3.70%) VMware
6 16 (2.57%) Oracle
7 12 (1.93%) Splunk
8 10 (1.61%) Dynatrace
9 9 (1.45%) SAP
10 8 (1.29%) Veeam
11 7 (1.13%) Databricks
11 7 (1.13%) UiPath
12 6 (0.96%) Bloomberg
13 5 (0.80%) Adobe
13 5 (0.80%) Citrix
13 5 (0.80%) IFS
13 5 (0.80%) Red Hat
14 4 (0.64%) Murex