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

6 months to
22 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 217 149 157
Rank change year-on-year -68 +8 +29
Contract jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 649 618 644
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.23% 1.89% 1.56%
As % of the General category 2.25% 3.01% 2.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 318 238 436
10th Percentile £306 £181 £415
25th Percentile £375 £363 £511
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £470 £600
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% -21.67% -
75th Percentile £588 £625 £700
90th Percentile £675 £660 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £450 £500
% change year-on-year - -10.00% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 18 14
10th Percentile £18.40 £20.74 £8.00
25th Percentile £19.00 - £12.99
Median hourly rate £22.64 £22.14 £28.28
Median % change year-on-year +2.24% -21.70% -47.76%
75th Percentile £44.50 - £44.18
90th Percentile £106.30 £40.00 £48.38
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 28,900 20,520 23,655
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 54.80% 62.89% 57.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,224 12,854 14,870
10th Percentile £313 £279 £281
25th Percentile £413 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £524 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.80% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £630 £635 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £470 £490
% change year-on-year +6.38% -4.08% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,022 1,061 1,661
10th Percentile £14.10 £13.25 £13.31
25th Percentile £18.32 £16.25 £16.06
Median hourly rate £32.81 £25.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +28.65% -27.14% +14.60%
75th Percentile £61.50 £51.50 £56.00
90th Percentile £81.05 £70.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £33.00 £22.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year +46.67% -35.71% +34.62%

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 22 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 22 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 22 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 -74 564 £475 -5.71% 946
London -64 295 £525 -4.55% 538
UK excluding London -84 288 £450 - 513
Work from Home -33 251 £525 - 401
Midlands -26 94 £525 +22.09% 71
West Midlands -24 73 £525 +26.51% 39
South East -48 71 £450 -11.33% 174
North of England -87 58 £425 +6.25% 120
North East - 32 £425 - 21
East Midlands -15 21 £165 -63.33% 32
Scotland -28 21 £250 -45.95% 38
East of England -18 20 £473 +45.38% 34
South West -42 19 £475 -15.56% 56
North West -54 13 £365 -8.85% 70
Yorkshire -85 13 £304 -13.21% 29
Wales -16 4 £475 +10.32% 18
Northern Ireland +2 1 - - 8

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 (4.31%) SharePoint
2 15 (2.31%) Confluence
3 12 (1.85%) Apache Airflow
3 12 (1.85%) Apache Spark
4 11 (1.69%) CMS
4 11 (1.69%) Microsoft Exchange
5 8 (1.23%) WordPress
6 6 (0.92%) Apache
7 4 (0.62%) Kentico
8 3 (0.46%) Jupyter
9 2 (0.31%) Skype for Business
10 1 (0.15%) Drupal
10 1 (0.15%) JBoss
10 1 (0.15%) nginx
10 1 (0.15%) SAS
10 1 (0.15%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 23 (3.54%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (2.16%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.92%) Spreadsheet
4 4 (0.62%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.46%) AutoCAD
5 3 (0.46%) Trello
6 2 (0.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.31%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.31%) Sketch
7 1 (0.15%) Acrobat
7 1 (0.15%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.15%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.15%) InVision
Business Applications
1 14 (2.16%) NetSuite
2 10 (1.54%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (1.54%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (0.77%) Sage X3
3 5 (0.77%) Salesforce CRM
4 4 (0.62%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.31%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.15%) Advent Geneva
6 1 (0.15%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.15%) Hyperion Planning
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle Financials
6 1 (0.15%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.15%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.15%) SAP FS
6 1 (0.15%) SAP GRC
6 1 (0.15%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 178 (27.43%) Azure
2 109 (16.80%) AWS
3 60 (9.24%) Azure DevOps
4 52 (8.01%) Microsoft 365
5 48 (7.40%) Power Platform
6 41 (6.32%) GCP
7 33 (5.08%) GitHub
8 26 (4.01%) GitHub Actions
9 25 (3.85%) Entra ID
10 23 (3.54%) Dynamics 365
11 22 (3.39%) Serverless
12 21 (3.24%) Snowflake
13 19 (2.93%) Azure Data Factory
13 19 (2.93%) Power Automate
14 17 (2.62%) dbt
15 14 (2.16%) Amazon EKS
16 13 (2.00%) AWS Lambda
17 12 (1.85%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 12 (1.85%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 12 (1.85%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 19 (2.93%) TCP/IP
2 15 (2.31%) Ethernet
3 12 (1.85%) Network Security
4 10 (1.54%) DNS
4 10 (1.54%) Firewall
5 9 (1.39%) VPN
5 9 (1.39%) Wi-Fi
6 8 (1.23%) VLAN
7 7 (1.08%) DHCP
7 7 (1.08%) WAN
8 6 (0.92%) HTTP
8 6 (0.92%) Structured Cabling
9 5 (0.77%) SD-WAN
10 4 (0.62%) Wireless
11 3 (0.46%) BGP
11 3 (0.46%) Ethernet VPN
11 3 (0.46%) LAN
11 3 (0.46%) MPLS
11 3 (0.46%) OSPF
11 3 (0.46%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (6.16%) Power BI
2 29 (4.47%) Data Warehouse
3 25 (3.85%) SQL Server
4 22 (3.39%) PostgreSQL
5 13 (2.00%) Big Data
6 11 (1.69%) Metadata
7 9 (1.39%) Hadoop
7 9 (1.39%) Snowflake Schema
8 8 (1.23%) Azure SQL Database
8 8 (1.23%) Db2
8 8 (1.23%) NoSQL
9 7 (1.08%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
9 7 (1.08%) MongoDB
9 7 (1.08%) Power Query
9 7 (1.08%) Redis
10 6 (0.92%) Amazon RDS
10 6 (0.92%) Data Lake
10 6 (0.92%) Tableau
11 5 (0.77%) Amazon Redshift
11 5 (0.77%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 37 (5.70%) JIRA
2 28 (4.31%) Jenkins
3 22 (3.39%) Git
3 22 (3.39%) GitLab
4 10 (1.54%) fastlane
5 9 (1.39%) Selenium
6 8 (1.23%) Cypress.io
6 8 (1.23%) Postman
7 7 (1.08%) WebDriver
8 6 (0.92%) Cucumber
8 6 (0.92%) JMeter
8 6 (0.92%) Vite
9 5 (0.77%) Android Studio
9 5 (0.77%) Crashlytics
9 5 (0.77%) Gatling
9 5 (0.77%) Gradle
9 5 (0.77%) JUnit
9 5 (0.77%) Mockito
9 5 (0.77%) SonarQube
9 5 (0.77%) Xcode
General
1 233 (35.90%) Social Skills
2 168 (25.89%) Finance
3 155 (23.88%) Public Sector
4 86 (13.25%) Analytical Skills
5 26 (4.01%) Organisational Skills
6 23 (3.54%) Banking
7 19 (2.93%) Presentation Skills
8 17 (2.62%) Law
9 16 (2.47%) Legal
9 16 (2.47%) Manufacturing
10 14 (2.16%) Documentation Skills
11 13 (2.00%) Influencing Skills
12 12 (1.85%) Marketing
13 10 (1.54%) Pharmaceutical
13 10 (1.54%) Retail
14 8 (1.23%) Local Government
14 8 (1.23%) Telecoms
15 5 (0.77%) Billing
15 5 (0.77%) General Ledger
16 4 (0.62%) Police
Job Titles
1 88 (13.56%) Analyst
2 84 (12.94%) Developer
3 69 (10.63%) Lead
4 66 (10.17%) Senior
5 40 (6.16%) Consultant
6 39 (6.01%) Architect
7 35 (5.39%) Data Engineer
8 25 (3.85%) Business Analyst
8 25 (3.85%) Data Analyst
8 25 (3.85%) DevOps Engineer
9 22 (3.39%) Senior Developer
10 20 (3.08%) Support Engineer
11 19 (2.93%) IT Engineer
11 19 (2.93%) IT Support
12 18 (2.77%) Coordinator
13 16 (2.47%) Project Manager
14 15 (2.31%) Systems Engineer
14 15 (2.31%) Technical Engineer
15 14 (2.16%) Azure Engineer
15 14 (2.16%) Project Coordinator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (4.62%) RESTful
2 24 (3.70%) React
3 23 (3.54%) GraphQL
4 22 (3.39%) .NET
5 17 (2.62%) HTML
6 16 (2.47%) CSS
6 16 (2.47%) Kafka
6 16 (2.47%) Node.js
6 16 (2.47%) PySpark
6 16 (2.47%) REST
7 13 (2.00%) JSON
8 12 (1.85%) Spring
8 12 (1.85%) Spring Boot
9 9 (1.39%) Django
9 9 (1.39%) Gherkin
10 7 (1.08%) ARM Templates
10 7 (1.08%) HTML5
10 7 (1.08%) Middleware
10 7 (1.08%) Next.js
10 7 (1.08%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 55 (8.47%) Onboarding
2 38 (5.86%) Cloud Native
3 35 (5.39%) Product Ownership
4 21 (3.24%) Distributed Systems
4 21 (3.24%) Legacy Systems
5 17 (2.62%) Data Centre
6 15 (2.31%) Data Structures
6 15 (2.31%) Industry 4.0
6 15 (2.31%) Robotics
7 10 (1.54%) Mobile App
8 9 (1.39%) Linux Command Line
8 9 (1.39%) Management Information System
8 9 (1.39%) Security Posture
9 8 (1.23%) Enterprise Software
10 7 (1.08%) Algorithms
10 7 (1.08%) Virtual Team
11 6 (0.92%) EPoS
11 6 (0.92%) Replication
11 6 (0.92%) Self-Motivation
12 5 (0.77%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 63 (9.71%) Windows
2 19 (2.93%) Linux
3 18 (2.77%) Windows Server
4 16 (2.47%) Windows 10
5 12 (1.85%) Android
5 12 (1.85%) Apple iOS
6 9 (1.39%) Unix
7 6 (0.92%) AIX
8 4 (0.62%) Mac OS
8 4 (0.62%) Windows 7
9 3 (0.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (0.31%) VMS
10 2 (0.31%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 189 (29.12%) Agile
2 161 (24.81%) Problem-Solving
3 128 (19.72%) CI/CD
3 128 (19.72%) DevOps
4 112 (17.26%) Decision-Making
5 110 (16.95%) Stakeholder Management
6 94 (14.48%) Continuous Improvement
7 93 (14.33%) Analytics
8 89 (13.71%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
9 77 (11.86%) AI
10 76 (11.71%) Migration
11 75 (11.56%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 68 (10.48%) Infrastructure as Code
13 60 (9.24%) Test Automation
14 56 (8.63%) Mentoring
14 56 (8.63%) Validation
15 52 (8.01%) Data Modelling
16 49 (7.55%) Roadmaps
17 48 (7.40%) Business Intelligence
17 48 (7.40%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 108 (16.64%) Python
2 88 (13.56%) SQL
3 46 (7.09%) JavaScript
4 41 (6.32%) Java
5 29 (4.47%) C#
6 26 (4.01%) TypeScript
7 19 (2.93%) PowerShell
8 15 (2.31%) Bash
9 13 (2.00%) Kotlin
10 10 (1.54%) Swift
11 9 (1.39%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 9 (1.39%) Go
12 8 (1.23%) Bicep
12 8 (1.23%) R
13 7 (1.08%) Ruby
14 5 (0.77%) Apex Code
14 5 (0.77%) VBA
15 4 (0.62%) Groovy
15 4 (0.62%) Scala
15 4 (0.62%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 103 (15.87%) Security Cleared
2 95 (14.64%) SC Cleared
3 59 (9.09%) Degree
4 26 (4.01%) DBS Check
5 21 (3.24%) BPSS Clearance
6 19 (2.93%) Azure Certification
7 17 (2.62%) Microsoft Certification
8 16 (2.47%) Computer Science Degree
9 7 (1.08%) AWS Certification
9 7 (1.08%) ISTQB
9 7 (1.08%) Master's Degree
10 6 (0.92%) ITIL Certification
11 5 (0.77%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 5 (0.77%) PMP
12 3 (0.46%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 3 (0.46%) CIPD
12 3 (0.46%) CISM
12 3 (0.46%) CISSP
12 3 (0.46%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 3 (0.46%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 74 (11.40%) Accessibility
2 37 (5.70%) Data Quality
3 30 (4.62%) QA
3 30 (4.62%) WCAG
4 25 (3.85%) GDPR
5 16 (2.47%) SLA
6 12 (1.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 10 (1.54%) PMO
8 9 (1.39%) Actionable Recommendations
8 9 (1.39%) NCSC
9 6 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials
10 5 (0.77%) COBIT
10 5 (0.77%) GRC
11 3 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 3 (0.46%) NIST
12 2 (0.31%) Def Stans
13 1 (0.15%) Disclosure Scotland
13 1 (0.15%) ISO 22301
13 1 (0.15%) ISO 31000
13 1 (0.15%) SOC 2
System Software
1 51 (7.86%) Docker
2 43 (6.63%) Active Directory
3 14 (2.16%) Hyper-V
4 11 (1.69%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (0.92%) KVM
5 6 (0.92%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (0.62%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.31%) Apache ZooKeeper
7 2 (0.31%) BitLocker
7 2 (0.31%) Firmware
7 2 (0.31%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.31%) vSphere
8 1 (0.15%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 74 (11.40%) Terraform
2 53 (8.17%) Kubernetes
3 24 (3.70%) Grafana
4 21 (3.24%) Prometheus
5 15 (2.31%) Ansible
6 13 (2.00%) Microsoft Intune
7 10 (1.54%) SCCM
8 7 (1.08%) Kibana
9 6 (0.92%) IBM BigFix
9 6 (0.92%) vCenter Server
10 4 (0.62%) Consul
10 4 (0.62%) Single Sign-On
11 3 (0.46%) Rancher
12 2 (0.31%) HP ALM
12 2 (0.31%) HP Quality Center
12 2 (0.31%) ITRS Geneos
12 2 (0.31%) Jamf Pro
12 2 (0.31%) Packer
12 2 (0.31%) Zipkin
13 1 (0.15%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 132 (20.34%) Microsoft
2 30 (4.62%) Google
3 28 (4.31%) Salesforce
4 24 (3.70%) Databricks
4 24 (3.70%) SAP
4 24 (3.70%) ServiceNow
5 23 (3.54%) Dynatrace
6 15 (2.31%) Siemens
7 12 (1.85%) Sage
8 11 (1.69%) CyberArk
8 11 (1.69%) Oracle
9 9 (1.39%) PagerDuty
10 8 (1.23%) VMware
11 7 (1.08%) Apple
11 7 (1.08%) IBM
11 7 (1.08%) Qualys
12 6 (0.92%) Aspera
12 6 (0.92%) CA Agile Central
12 6 (0.92%) Signiant
13 5 (0.77%) Splunk