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 15 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 221 142 162
Rank change year-on-year -79 +20 +35
Contract jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 573 601 659
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.14% 2.03% 1.51%
As % of the General category 2.12% 3.20% 2.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 268 245 453
10th Percentile £313 £182 £408
25th Percentile £400 £381 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £600
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -16.67% -
75th Percentile £588 £638 £700
90th Percentile £675 £685 £796
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £450 £500
% change year-on-year - -10.00% +2.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 13 21
10th Percentile £18.40 - £11.36
25th Percentile £19.00 - £12.27
Median hourly rate £22.64 £22.14 £21.64
Median % change year-on-year +2.24% +2.31% -44.51%
75th Percentile £44.50 - £47.50
90th Percentile £106.30 £52.50 £57.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £94.75 £22.14 £17.60
% change year-on-year +327.96% +25.80% +26.85%

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 27,076 18,798 24,950
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 53.97% 63.47% 57.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,372 11,852 15,631
10th Percentile £313 £281 £275
25th Percentile £413 £402 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £504 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.79% -4.05% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £768
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £488
% change year-on-year +5.26% -2.56% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,801 885 2,008
10th Percentile £13.99 £13.48 £12.78
25th Percentile £18.00 £16.95 £15.50
Median hourly rate £32.00 £28.15 £30.91
Median % change year-on-year +13.68% -8.94% +1.22%
75th Percentile £60.61 £53.95 £52.57
90th Percentile £80.06 £75.00 £67.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £31.18 £24.50 £29.50
% change year-on-year +27.24% -16.95% +9.26%

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 15 June 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 15 June 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Inclusion and Diversity in the UK

Inclusion and Diversity
Top 16 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 15 June 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 -92 498 £490 -6.67% 1,136
London -62 267 £525 -8.70% 549
Work from Home -37 242 £525 -3.45% 578
UK excluding London -124 239 £450 - 757
South East -51 67 £425 -16.26% 208
Midlands -63 60 £540 +20.67% 120
North of England -94 57 £425 +6.25% 161
West Midlands -57 48 £540 +20.67% 62
North East - 29 £425 - 16
East of England -32 20 £338 +3.85% 61
Scotland -29 18 £230 -50.27% 58
South West -47 16 £475 -15.59% 110
Yorkshire -83 15 £375 -6.25% 55
North West -55 13 £365 -14.21% 92
East Midlands -33 12 - - 58
Northern Ireland 0 1 - - 32

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 19 (3.32%) SharePoint
2 14 (2.44%) Apache Spark
3 11 (1.92%) Confluence
3 11 (1.92%) Microsoft Exchange
4 10 (1.75%) Apache Airflow
5 9 (1.57%) CMS
6 5 (0.87%) WordPress
7 4 (0.70%) Apache
7 4 (0.70%) Kentico
8 2 (0.35%) Jupyter
8 2 (0.35%) Skype for Business
9 1 (0.17%) Drupal
9 1 (0.17%) nginx
9 1 (0.17%) SAS
9 1 (0.17%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 22 (3.84%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (1.92%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.52%) AutoCAD
4 2 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.35%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.35%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.35%) Trello
5 1 (0.17%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.17%) InVision
5 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.17%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 9 (1.57%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (1.40%) NetSuite
3 4 (0.70%) Oracle ERP
4 3 (0.52%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.52%) Sage X3
5 2 (0.35%) SAP Business One
5 2 (0.35%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.17%) Advent Geneva
6 1 (0.17%) Hyperion Planning
6 1 (0.17%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.17%) Oracle Financials
6 1 (0.17%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.17%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.17%) SAP FS
6 1 (0.17%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 150 (26.18%) Azure
2 108 (18.85%) AWS
3 42 (7.33%) Azure DevOps
4 40 (6.98%) Microsoft 365
4 40 (6.98%) Power Platform
5 38 (6.63%) GCP
6 36 (6.28%) GitHub
7 29 (5.06%) GitHub Actions
8 23 (4.01%) Entra ID
9 18 (3.14%) dbt
10 17 (2.97%) Snowflake
11 16 (2.79%) Azure Data Factory
12 14 (2.44%) Amazon EKS
12 14 (2.44%) Serverless
13 11 (1.92%) SaaS
14 10 (1.75%) Firebase
15 9 (1.57%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 9 (1.57%) AWS Lambda
16 7 (1.22%) AWS CloudFormation
16 7 (1.22%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 20 (3.49%) TCP/IP
2 15 (2.62%) Ethernet
3 12 (2.09%) Network Security
4 10 (1.75%) Firewall
5 9 (1.57%) WAN
6 8 (1.40%) DNS
6 8 (1.40%) VLAN
6 8 (1.40%) Wi-Fi
7 7 (1.22%) VPN
8 6 (1.05%) DHCP
8 6 (1.05%) HTTP
8 6 (1.05%) SD-WAN
8 6 (1.05%) VSAN
9 4 (0.70%) MPLS
10 3 (0.52%) BGP
10 3 (0.52%) Ethernet VPN
10 3 (0.52%) LAN
10 3 (0.52%) OSPF
10 3 (0.52%) Structured Cabling
10 3 (0.52%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (6.46%) Power BI
2 26 (4.54%) Data Warehouse
3 23 (4.01%) SQL Server
4 20 (3.49%) PostgreSQL
5 13 (2.27%) Big Data
6 12 (2.09%) Hadoop
7 9 (1.57%) Snowflake Schema
8 8 (1.40%) Db2
8 8 (1.40%) Metadata
8 8 (1.40%) NoSQL
9 7 (1.22%) Azure SQL Database
9 7 (1.22%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
9 7 (1.22%) Tableau
10 6 (1.05%) Amazon RDS
10 6 (1.05%) Data Lake
10 6 (1.05%) Looker
11 5 (0.87%) Redis
11 5 (0.87%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 4 (0.70%) MongoDB
12 4 (0.70%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 33 (5.76%) JIRA
2 29 (5.06%) Jenkins
3 24 (4.19%) Git
4 17 (2.97%) GitLab
5 10 (1.75%) fastlane
6 6 (1.05%) JMeter
6 6 (1.05%) SonarQube
6 6 (1.05%) Vite
7 5 (0.87%) Android Studio
7 5 (0.87%) Crashlytics
7 5 (0.87%) Gatling
7 5 (0.87%) Gradle
7 5 (0.87%) JUnit
7 5 (0.87%) LoadRunner
7 5 (0.87%) Xcode
8 4 (0.70%) CircleCI
8 4 (0.70%) Mockito
9 3 (0.52%) Cucumber
9 3 (0.52%) Selenium
9 3 (0.52%) Visual Studio
General
1 191 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 160 (27.92%) Finance
3 127 (22.16%) Public Sector
4 78 (13.61%) Analytical Skills
5 28 (4.89%) Banking
6 18 (3.14%) Law
7 17 (2.97%) Presentation Skills
8 14 (2.44%) Legal
8 14 (2.44%) Organisational Skills
9 12 (2.09%) Influencing Skills
9 12 (2.09%) Manufacturing
10 10 (1.75%) Documentation Skills
10 10 (1.75%) Pharmaceutical
11 8 (1.40%) Marketing
12 7 (1.22%) Local Government
12 7 (1.22%) Retail
13 6 (1.05%) Telecoms
14 5 (0.87%) General Ledger
15 4 (0.70%) Aerospace
15 4 (0.70%) Police
Job Titles
1 73 (12.74%) Analyst
2 67 (11.69%) Developer
3 60 (10.47%) Senior
4 48 (8.38%) Lead
5 41 (7.16%) Architect
6 35 (6.11%) Consultant
6 35 (6.11%) Data Engineer
7 25 (4.36%) Data Analyst
7 25 (4.36%) DevOps Engineer
8 22 (3.84%) Support Engineer
9 19 (3.32%) Business Analyst
9 19 (3.32%) IT Support
9 19 (3.32%) Senior Developer
10 16 (2.79%) IT Engineer
10 16 (2.79%) Project Manager
10 16 (2.79%) Systems Engineer
11 15 (2.62%) Technical Engineer
12 13 (2.27%) Azure Engineer
12 13 (2.27%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 12 (2.09%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (4.36%) RESTful
2 20 (3.49%) React
3 19 (3.32%) .NET
4 18 (3.14%) GraphQL
5 13 (2.27%) REST
6 12 (2.09%) Kafka
6 12 (2.09%) Spring
6 12 (2.09%) Spring Boot
7 11 (1.92%) HTML
8 10 (1.75%) CSS
8 10 (1.75%) PySpark
9 8 (1.40%) Django
10 7 (1.22%) ARM Templates
10 7 (1.22%) Middleware
10 7 (1.22%) Next.js
10 7 (1.22%) Node.js
10 7 (1.22%) RabbitMQ
10 7 (1.22%) YAML
11 5 (0.87%) FastAPI
11 5 (0.87%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 47 (8.20%) Onboarding
2 33 (5.76%) Cloud Native
3 23 (4.01%) Product Ownership
4 18 (3.14%) Distributed Systems
4 18 (3.14%) Legacy Systems
5 16 (2.79%) Data Centre
6 15 (2.62%) Industry 4.0
6 15 (2.62%) Robotics
7 13 (2.27%) Data Structures
8 10 (1.75%) Mobile App
9 9 (1.57%) Linux Command Line
10 8 (1.40%) Algorithms
10 8 (1.40%) Security Posture
11 7 (1.22%) Enterprise Software
12 6 (1.05%) EPoS
12 6 (1.05%) Management Information System
12 6 (1.05%) Operational Technology
13 5 (0.87%) Replication
14 4 (0.70%) NHS
14 4 (0.70%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 56 (9.77%) Windows
2 19 (3.32%) Linux
2 19 (3.32%) Windows 10
3 18 (3.14%) Windows Server
4 11 (1.92%) Android
4 11 (1.92%) Apple iOS
5 9 (1.57%) Unix
6 6 (1.05%) AIX
7 3 (0.52%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.52%) Windows 7
8 2 (0.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.35%) VMS
9 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 141 (24.61%) Problem-Solving
2 138 (24.08%) Agile
3 117 (20.42%) CI/CD
4 103 (17.98%) DevOps
5 96 (16.75%) Decision-Making
6 83 (14.49%) Analytics
6 83 (14.49%) Stakeholder Management
7 72 (12.57%) Continuous Improvement
8 65 (11.34%) Infrastructure as Code
9 63 (10.99%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
10 61 (10.65%) Migration
11 59 (10.30%) AI
12 50 (8.73%) Test Automation
13 49 (8.55%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 46 (8.03%) Mentoring
15 44 (7.68%) Data Modelling
16 43 (7.50%) Business Intelligence
16 43 (7.50%) Validation
17 39 (6.81%) Data Pipeline
17 39 (6.81%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 101 (17.63%) Python
2 86 (15.01%) SQL
3 39 (6.81%) Java
4 28 (4.89%) JavaScript
5 23 (4.01%) PowerShell
6 18 (3.14%) TypeScript
7 17 (2.97%) C#
8 16 (2.79%) Bash
9 11 (1.92%) Kotlin
9 11 (1.92%) R
10 10 (1.75%) Swift
11 7 (1.22%) Scala
12 6 (1.05%) Bicep
12 6 (1.05%) Go
12 6 (1.05%) Ruby
13 5 (0.87%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 5 (0.87%) VBA
14 4 (0.70%) Groovy
14 4 (0.70%) PL/SQL
15 3 (0.52%) VB
Qualifications
1 97 (16.93%) Security Cleared
2 89 (15.53%) SC Cleared
3 47 (8.20%) Degree
4 19 (3.32%) DBS Check
5 15 (2.62%) Azure Certification
6 12 (2.09%) BPSS Clearance
7 11 (1.92%) AWS Certification
7 11 (1.92%) Computer Science Degree
8 7 (1.22%) Microsoft Certification
9 6 (1.05%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 5 (0.87%) ITIL Certification
10 5 (0.87%) Master's Degree
11 4 (0.70%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 4 (0.70%) PMP
12 2 (0.35%) ACCA
12 2 (0.35%) CIMA
12 2 (0.35%) CIPD
12 2 (0.35%) CISM
12 2 (0.35%) CRISC
12 2 (0.35%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (8.38%) Accessibility
2 34 (5.93%) Data Quality
3 22 (3.84%) QA
4 17 (2.97%) WCAG
5 14 (2.44%) GDPR
6 11 (1.92%) SLA
7 10 (1.75%) Actionable Recommendations
8 9 (1.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 6 (1.05%) Cyber Essentials
9 6 (1.05%) PMO
10 5 (0.87%) COBIT
10 5 (0.87%) GRC
10 5 (0.87%) NCSC
11 4 (0.70%) NIST
12 3 (0.52%) Def Stans
13 2 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 2 (0.35%) PSD2
14 1 (0.17%) ISO 31000
14 1 (0.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 1 (0.17%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 47 (8.20%) Docker
2 39 (6.81%) Active Directory
3 13 (2.27%) Hyper-V
4 11 (1.92%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (1.05%) KVM
5 6 (1.05%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (1.05%) VMware NSX
5 6 (1.05%) vSphere
6 4 (0.70%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.35%) Apache ZooKeeper
7 2 (0.35%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.17%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 68 (11.87%) Terraform
2 51 (8.90%) Kubernetes
3 24 (4.19%) Grafana
4 20 (3.49%) Prometheus
5 19 (3.32%) Ansible
6 12 (2.09%) SCCM
7 10 (1.75%) Kibana
8 9 (1.57%) Microsoft Intune
9 6 (1.05%) IBM BigFix
9 6 (1.05%) vCenter Server
10 4 (0.70%) Consul
10 4 (0.70%) Single Sign-On
11 3 (0.52%) Rancher
12 2 (0.35%) HP ALM
12 2 (0.35%) HP Quality Center
12 2 (0.35%) ITRS Geneos
12 2 (0.35%) Jamf Pro
12 2 (0.35%) Packer
12 2 (0.35%) Zipkin
13 1 (0.17%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 94 (16.40%) Microsoft
2 26 (4.54%) Databricks
2 26 (4.54%) Google
3 22 (3.84%) SAP
3 22 (3.84%) ServiceNow
4 21 (3.66%) Dynatrace
5 17 (2.97%) Salesforce
6 15 (2.62%) Oracle
6 15 (2.62%) Siemens
7 14 (2.44%) VMware
8 12 (2.09%) CyberArk
9 7 (1.22%) IBM
9 7 (1.22%) PagerDuty
10 6 (1.05%) Atlassian
10 6 (1.05%) Qualys
11 5 (0.87%) Apple
11 5 (0.87%) Cisco
11 5 (0.87%) Sage
12 3 (0.52%) Dell
12 3 (0.52%) HP