Inclusion and Diversity Contracts

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 have cited Inclusion and Diversity over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 163 207 514
Rank change year-on-year +44 +307 +104
Contract jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 654 774 372
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.51% 1.29% 0.42%
As % of the General category 2.59% 2.21% 0.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 480 505 265
10th Percentile £400 £444 £409
25th Percentile £511 £531 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% +17.65%
75th Percentile £688 £675 £638
90th Percentile £775 £770 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £508 £513 £475
% change year-on-year -0.98% +7.89% +1.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 5 1
10th Percentile £11.36 - -
25th Percentile £12.27 £13.31 £47.50
Median hourly rate £21.64 £39.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -44.51% -22.00% +64.28%
75th Percentile £47.50 £51.00 £52.50
90th Percentile £58.70 £64.80 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £19.62 £13.88 £50.00
% change year-on-year +41.41% -72.25% +64.28%

All General Skills
UK

Inclusion and Diversity is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 25,217 34,983 49,764
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 58.24% 58.49% 56.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,921 24,245 34,457
10th Percentile £270 £313 £319
25th Percentile £413 £440 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £533
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.29% +7.58%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £763 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £496 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -0.90% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,927 1,077 1,444
10th Percentile £12.78 £13.46 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.48 £18.13 £14.75
Median hourly rate £29.00 £35.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -17.14% +62.79% -4.44%
75th Percentile £51.75 £61.25 £46.13
90th Percentile £65.00 £72.50 £58.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.51 £30.54 £18.50
% change year-on-year -9.93% +65.08% -7.50%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity.

Daily rate trend for Inclusion and Diversity in the UK

Inclusion and Diversity
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Inclusion and Diversity in the UK

Inclusion and Diversity
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity.

Hourly rate trend for Inclusion and Diversity in the UK

Inclusion and Diversity
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Inclusion and Diversity in the UK

Inclusion and Diversity
Top 17 Contract 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 27 April 2024. 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 +35 566 £610 +1.67% 1,204
London +4 401 £613 +2.08% 489
Work from Home +48 243 £600 - 608
UK excluding London +181 212 £508 -0.98% 826
Midlands +72 58 £588 +2.17% 140
South East +43 56 £545 -16.15% 200
West Midlands +77 55 £600 +4.35% 96
Scotland +36 34 £388 -14.84% 90
North of England +50 26 £494 +2.12% 194
South West +33 15 £650 +0.93% 86
North West +26 14 £538 +7.50% 108
Wales - 11 £505 - 29
East of England +25 10 £675 +33.66% 98
North East +24 7 - - 33
Yorkshire +23 5 £325 -46.59% 57
Northern Ireland +9 3 - - 21
East Midlands - 3 £550 - 44

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 10 (1.53%) SharePoint
2 7 (1.07%) SAS
3 5 (0.76%) CMS
4 4 (0.61%) Apache Spark
4 4 (0.61%) Drupal
5 3 (0.46%) Confluence
6 2 (0.31%) IBM Domino
6 2 (0.31%) Mendix
6 2 (0.31%) nginx
7 1 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.15%) Ethereum
7 1 (0.15%) GeoServer
7 1 (0.15%) Hyperledger
7 1 (0.15%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.15%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 26 (3.98%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (3.06%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (1.22%) Microsoft Project
4 5 (0.76%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (0.61%) InVision
5 4 (0.61%) Sketch
6 2 (0.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.15%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.15%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.15%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.15%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 8 (1.22%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.61%) ION MarketView
3 2 (0.31%) Exstream
3 2 (0.31%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.15%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.15%) HealthRoster
4 1 (0.15%) Markit EDM
4 1 (0.15%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.15%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.15%) SAP CX
4 1 (0.15%) SAP Hybris
4 1 (0.15%) SAP PLM
4 1 (0.15%) SAP SD
4 1 (0.15%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.15%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 74 (11.31%) AWS
2 65 (9.94%) Azure
3 34 (5.20%) Power Platform
4 18 (2.75%) Microsoft 365
5 12 (1.83%) GitHub
6 11 (1.68%) GCP
7 10 (1.53%) Boomi
8 9 (1.38%) Serverless
9 8 (1.22%) Cloud Computing
9 8 (1.22%) Snowflake
10 6 (0.92%) AWS Lambda
10 6 (0.92%) Azure DevOps
10 6 (0.92%) Power Automate
11 5 (0.76%) Entra ID
12 4 (0.61%) Azure Monitor
12 4 (0.61%) BrowserStack
12 4 (0.61%) Figma
12 4 (0.61%) GitHub Actions
13 3 (0.46%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 3 (0.46%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.38%) Firewall
2 7 (1.07%) Kerberos
2 7 (1.07%) Network Security
3 5 (0.76%) LAN
3 5 (0.76%) SSL
3 5 (0.76%) WAN
4 4 (0.61%) VPN
5 3 (0.46%) 2G
5 3 (0.46%) 3G
5 3 (0.46%) 4G
5 3 (0.46%) ATM
5 3 (0.46%) BIG-IP
5 3 (0.46%) Ethernet
5 3 (0.46%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
5 3 (0.46%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
5 3 (0.46%) Radio Access Network
5 3 (0.46%) SDH
6 2 (0.31%) Cisco ASA
6 2 (0.31%) Intrusion Detection
6 2 (0.31%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (5.20%) Power BI
2 24 (3.67%) Data Warehouse
3 13 (1.99%) NoSQL
3 13 (1.99%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 11 (1.68%) MySQL
5 10 (1.53%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 9 (1.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 8 (1.22%) MongoDB
7 8 (1.22%) PostgreSQL
7 8 (1.22%) SQL Server
8 6 (0.92%) Crystal Reports
9 4 (0.61%) Data Lake
9 4 (0.61%) Data Vault
9 4 (0.61%) GIS
9 4 (0.61%) KDB
9 4 (0.61%) Star Schema
10 3 (0.46%) Apache Cassandra
10 3 (0.46%) CockroachDB
10 3 (0.46%) Tableau
11 2 (0.31%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 20 (3.06%) JIRA
2 11 (1.68%) GitLab
3 8 (1.22%) Jenkins
3 8 (1.22%) Selenium
4 7 (1.07%) GCC
4 7 (1.07%) SpecFlow
5 6 (0.92%) Cypress.io
6 5 (0.76%) Eclipse
6 5 (0.76%) Gradle
6 5 (0.76%) Maven
7 4 (0.61%) Axure RP
7 4 (0.61%) CircleCI
7 4 (0.61%) Sonatype Nexus
7 4 (0.61%) TeamCity
8 3 (0.46%) Cucumber
8 3 (0.46%) JMeter
9 2 (0.31%) Git
9 2 (0.31%) webpack
10 1 (0.15%) Visual Studio Team System
10 1 (0.15%) VisualWorks
General
1 177 (27.06%) Finance
2 171 (26.15%) Social Skills
3 34 (5.20%) Analytical Skills
4 33 (5.05%) Public Sector
5 29 (4.43%) Telecoms
6 26 (3.98%) Law
7 22 (3.36%) Banking
8 19 (2.91%) Marketing
9 12 (1.83%) Influencing Skills
10 11 (1.68%) Legal
11 7 (1.07%) Front Office
12 5 (0.76%) Aviation
12 5 (0.76%) Investment Banking
12 5 (0.76%) Manufacturing
12 5 (0.76%) Presentation Skills
12 5 (0.76%) Publishing
13 4 (0.61%) Electronics
13 4 (0.61%) Retail
14 3 (0.46%) Advertising
14 3 (0.46%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 151 (23.09%) Analyst
2 90 (13.76%) Business Analyst
3 76 (11.62%) Developer
4 74 (11.31%) Project Manager
5 66 (10.09%) Senior
6 57 (8.72%) Architect
7 34 (5.20%) Lead
8 33 (5.05%) Insurance Business Analyst
8 33 (5.05%) Solutions Architect
9 27 (4.13%) Consultant
10 26 (3.98%) Senior Analyst
11 24 (3.67%) Software Engineer
12 21 (3.21%) Data Analyst
13 20 (3.06%) Senior Business Analyst
14 19 (2.91%) Change Manager
15 17 (2.60%) Full Stack Engineer
16 15 (2.29%) C# Developer
17 14 (2.14%) Product Owner
18 12 (1.83%) Java Developer
18 12 (1.83%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (3.06%) AngularJS
2 18 (2.75%) REST
3 17 (2.60%) Spring
4 15 (2.29%) React
4 15 (2.29%) Spring Boot
5 13 (1.99%) .NET
6 12 (1.83%) HTML
6 12 (1.83%) JPA
7 11 (1.68%) CSS
7 11 (1.68%) JSON
8 9 (1.38%) Node.js
9 7 (1.07%) .NET Core
9 7 (1.07%) Kafka
9 7 (1.07%) KnockoutJS
9 7 (1.07%) LLVM
10 6 (0.92%) RESTful
11 4 (0.61%) Catalyst
11 4 (0.61%) EDI
11 4 (0.61%) Lambda Expressions
11 4 (0.61%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 27 (4.13%) Reinsurance
2 26 (3.98%) Product Ownership
3 21 (3.21%) Management Information System
4 14 (2.14%) Enterprise Software
5 13 (1.99%) Public Cloud
6 11 (1.68%) NHS
7 10 (1.53%) Distributed Systems
7 10 (1.53%) Onboarding
8 9 (1.38%) Analytical Mindset
9 8 (1.22%) Legacy Systems
9 8 (1.22%) Smartphone
10 7 (1.07%) Data Centre
10 7 (1.07%) Self-Motivation
11 6 (0.92%) CSOC
11 6 (0.92%) Virtual Team
12 5 (0.76%) PKI
13 4 (0.61%) Distributed Architecture
13 4 (0.61%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 4 (0.61%) Security Operations Centre
13 4 (0.61%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 19 (2.91%) Windows
2 10 (1.53%) Unix
3 9 (1.38%) Linux
4 5 (0.76%) Windows 10
5 3 (0.46%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.15%) Android
6 1 (0.15%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 167 (25.54%) Agile
2 63 (9.63%) Migration
3 62 (9.48%) Project Management
4 59 (9.02%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 58 (8.87%) Stakeholder Management
6 57 (8.72%) Problem-Solving
7 45 (6.88%) CI/CD
8 42 (6.42%) Software Engineering
9 40 (6.12%) Business Intelligence
10 39 (5.96%) SDLC
11 38 (5.81%) Scrum
12 37 (5.66%) Analytics
12 37 (5.66%) Mentoring
13 34 (5.20%) DevOps
14 33 (5.05%) Data Modelling
15 32 (4.89%) Roadmaps
15 32 (4.89%) Test Automation
16 31 (4.74%) Change Management
16 31 (4.74%) Cybersecurity
16 31 (4.74%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 73 (11.16%) SQL
2 48 (7.34%) Java
3 33 (5.05%) Python
4 27 (4.13%) C#
5 23 (3.52%) TypeScript
6 19 (2.91%) JavaScript
7 9 (1.38%) PowerShell
8 7 (1.07%) C
8 7 (1.07%) C++
8 7 (1.07%) PHP
8 7 (1.07%) Scala
9 5 (0.76%) Perl
10 3 (0.46%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.31%) Bash
11 2 (0.31%) Ruby
12 1 (0.15%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.15%) Groovy
12 1 (0.15%) Smalltalk
12 1 (0.15%) Solidity
12 1 (0.15%) VBA
Qualifications
1 54 (8.26%) Degree
2 35 (5.35%) Security Cleared
3 27 (4.13%) SC Cleared
4 13 (1.99%) DV Cleared
5 11 (1.68%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (1.22%) PhD
7 5 (0.76%) CISSP
8 4 (0.61%) Azure Certification
8 4 (0.61%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (0.61%) CISM
8 4 (0.61%) DBS Check
9 3 (0.46%) APMP
9 3 (0.46%) CISA
9 3 (0.46%) HNC
9 3 (0.46%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (0.46%) NVQ Level 4
9 3 (0.46%) Postgraduate
9 3 (0.46%) SANS
10 2 (0.31%) CCIE
10 2 (0.31%) CCIE Security
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (3.06%) QA
2 17 (2.60%) GDPR
3 14 (2.14%) Accessibility
3 14 (2.14%) Data Quality
4 11 (1.68%) PMO
5 8 (1.22%) SLA
6 7 (1.07%) NIST
6 7 (1.07%) PCI DSS
7 6 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (0.76%) NCSC
9 3 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.31%) Disclosure Scotland
10 2 (0.31%) GRC
10 2 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 2 (0.31%) P3O
10 2 (0.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.15%) COBIT
11 1 (0.15%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.15%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.15%) SOC 2
System Software
1 9 (1.38%) Docker
2 7 (1.07%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.61%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.31%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 16 (2.45%) Terraform
2 12 (1.83%) Kubernetes
3 10 (1.53%) Grafana
4 7 (1.07%) SCCM
5 5 (0.76%) Ansible
6 4 (0.61%) Prometheus
6 4 (0.61%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (0.46%) Argo
8 2 (0.31%) Puppet
9 1 (0.15%) Kibana
9 1 (0.15%) logstash
9 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.15%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 57 (8.72%) Microsoft
2 11 (1.68%) Atlassian
2 11 (1.68%) Okta
2 11 (1.68%) SAP
2 11 (1.68%) ServiceNow
3 10 (1.53%) BT
4 9 (1.38%) Google
5 7 (1.07%) Salesforce
5 7 (1.07%) VMware
6 6 (0.92%) Cisco
6 6 (0.92%) Guidewire
6 6 (0.92%) IFS
7 5 (0.76%) CA
7 5 (0.76%) Oracle
8 4 (0.61%) Databricks
8 4 (0.61%) Hotjar
8 4 (0.61%) ION Trading
8 4 (0.61%) Juniper
8 4 (0.61%) Palo Alto
8 4 (0.61%) Roku