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 12 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 210 148 157
Rank change year-on-year -62 +9 +27
Contract jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 697 642 603
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.31% 1.95% 1.55%
As % of the General category 2.37% 3.07% 2.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 359 259 417
10th Percentile £306 £180 £425
25th Percentile £365 £381 £505
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £600
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% -20.83% -
75th Percentile £584 £625 £688
90th Percentile £675 £665 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £438 £500
% change year-on-year +2.86% -12.50% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 19 7
10th Percentile £14.85 £17.48 £19.64
25th Percentile £16.73 - £27.61
Median hourly rate £19.65 £22.14 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.27% -50.80% -16.86%
75th Percentile £29.41 - £48.13
90th Percentile £75.40 £37.50 £52.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £44.50 £22.14 £25.91
% change year-on-year +100.99% -14.53% -63.45%

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 29,379 20,909 22,363
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 55.05% 63.43% 57.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,437 13,057 14,049
10th Percentile £313 £279 £290
25th Percentile £413 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £630 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £494
% change year-on-year +5.26% -3.89% -1.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,229 1,133 1,375
10th Percentile £13.98 £13.25 £14.06
25th Percentile £17.25 £16.30 £17.04
Median hourly rate £32.00 £25.15 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +27.24% -34.02% +31.45%
75th Percentile £57.50 £50.00 £58.49
90th Percentile £80.00 £70.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £32.50 £22.14 £38.12
% change year-on-year +46.79% -41.92% +51.72%

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 12 August 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 12 August 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 12 August 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 -68 613 £475 -6.40% 4,340
UK excluding London -60 325 £450 +2.86% 2,571
London -66 308 £525 -6.67% 2,528
Work from Home -48 262 £525 -1.87% 2,246
Midlands -23 100 £525 +20.00% 359
South East -40 83 £450 -11.33% 435
West Midlands -16 76 £525 +23.53% 268
North of England -78 71 £425 +7.59% 648
North East -4 40 £425 +6.25% 102
East Midlands -7 24 £165 -63.33% 91
South West -39 22 £475 -15.56% 303
East of England -17 21 £425 +174.19% 186
Scotland -19 21 £250 -45.95% 429
North West -50 17 £518 +29.38% 391
Yorkshire -80 14 £400 +100.00% 156
Wales -9 6 £375 +13.23% 55
Northern Ireland +5 1 - - 180

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 29 (4.16%) SharePoint
2 16 (2.30%) Confluence
3 12 (1.72%) Apache Airflow
3 12 (1.72%) CMS
4 10 (1.43%) Microsoft Exchange
5 9 (1.29%) Apache Spark
5 9 (1.29%) WordPress
6 6 (0.86%) Apache
7 4 (0.57%) Kentico
8 3 (0.43%) Jupyter
9 2 (0.29%) Skype for Business
10 1 (0.14%) Drupal
10 1 (0.14%) JBoss
10 1 (0.14%) SAS
10 1 (0.14%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 23 (3.30%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (2.73%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.86%) Spreadsheet
4 5 (0.72%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.43%) AutoCAD
5 3 (0.43%) Trello
6 2 (0.29%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.29%) Sketch
7 1 (0.14%) Acrobat
7 1 (0.14%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.14%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.14%) InVision
7 1 (0.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 16 (2.30%) NetSuite
2 11 (1.58%) Dynamics CRM
3 9 (1.29%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (0.72%) Sage X3
4 5 (0.72%) Salesforce CRM
4 5 (0.72%) Workday HCM
5 4 (0.57%) Dynamics NAV
5 4 (0.57%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.29%) SAP Business One
7 1 (0.14%) Advent Geneva
7 1 (0.14%) Dynamics AX
7 1 (0.14%) Hyperion Planning
7 1 (0.14%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.14%) Oracle Financials
7 1 (0.14%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.14%) SAP FI
7 1 (0.14%) SAP FS
7 1 (0.14%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 200 (28.69%) Azure
2 113 (16.21%) AWS
3 72 (10.33%) Azure DevOps
4 64 (9.18%) Power Platform
5 57 (8.18%) Microsoft 365
6 47 (6.74%) GCP
7 33 (4.73%) GitHub
8 31 (4.45%) Dynamics 365
9 27 (3.87%) Entra ID
9 27 (3.87%) Serverless
10 26 (3.73%) GitHub Actions
11 25 (3.59%) Power Automate
12 21 (3.01%) Snowflake
13 20 (2.87%) Azure Data Factory
14 17 (2.44%) dbt
15 16 (2.30%) AWS Lambda
16 15 (2.15%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 15 (2.15%) Amazon EKS
17 14 (2.01%) SaaS
18 13 (1.87%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 20 (2.87%) TCP/IP
2 15 (2.15%) Ethernet
3 12 (1.72%) DNS
3 12 (1.72%) Network Security
4 11 (1.58%) Firewall
4 11 (1.58%) Wi-Fi
5 10 (1.43%) VLAN
6 9 (1.29%) VPN
6 9 (1.29%) Wireless
7 8 (1.15%) DHCP
8 7 (1.00%) HTTP
9 6 (0.86%) Structured Cabling
9 6 (0.86%) WAN
10 5 (0.72%) SD-WAN
11 4 (0.57%) BGP
11 4 (0.57%) OSPF
12 3 (0.43%) Ethernet VPN
12 3 (0.43%) MPLS
12 3 (0.43%) SSL
12 3 (0.43%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (6.74%) Power BI
2 31 (4.45%) Data Warehouse
3 25 (3.59%) PostgreSQL
4 21 (3.01%) SQL Server
5 12 (1.72%) Metadata
6 10 (1.43%) Big Data
7 8 (1.15%) Data Lake
7 8 (1.15%) Looker
7 8 (1.15%) MongoDB
7 8 (1.15%) NoSQL
7 8 (1.15%) Snowflake Schema
8 7 (1.00%) Amazon RDS
8 7 (1.00%) Azure SQL Database
8 7 (1.00%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
8 7 (1.00%) Power Query
8 7 (1.00%) Redis
8 7 (1.00%) Relational Database
8 7 (1.00%) Tableau
9 6 (0.86%) Hadoop
10 5 (0.72%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 40 (5.74%) JIRA
2 31 (4.45%) Git
3 28 (4.02%) Jenkins
4 23 (3.30%) GitLab
5 11 (1.58%) Selenium
6 10 (1.43%) Cypress.io
6 10 (1.43%) fastlane
6 10 (1.43%) Postman
7 9 (1.29%) WebDriver
8 8 (1.15%) Cucumber
9 6 (0.86%) JMeter
9 6 (0.86%) Vite
10 5 (0.72%) Android Studio
10 5 (0.72%) Crashlytics
10 5 (0.72%) Gatling
10 5 (0.72%) Gradle
10 5 (0.72%) JUnit
10 5 (0.72%) Mockito
10 5 (0.72%) Visual Studio
10 5 (0.72%) Xcode
General
1 265 (38.02%) Social Skills
2 181 (25.97%) Public Sector
3 180 (25.82%) Finance
4 100 (14.35%) Analytical Skills
5 26 (3.73%) Organisational Skills
6 23 (3.30%) Presentation Skills
7 21 (3.01%) Banking
8 19 (2.73%) Influencing Skills
8 19 (2.73%) Manufacturing
9 17 (2.44%) Law
10 15 (2.15%) Documentation Skills
10 15 (2.15%) Legal
11 13 (1.87%) Marketing
12 10 (1.43%) Retail
13 9 (1.29%) Telecoms
14 8 (1.15%) Local Government
14 8 (1.15%) Pharmaceutical
15 6 (0.86%) Publishing
16 5 (0.72%) Billing
16 5 (0.72%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 98 (14.06%) Analyst
2 95 (13.63%) Developer
3 76 (10.90%) Senior
4 74 (10.62%) Lead
5 51 (7.32%) Architect
6 47 (6.74%) Consultant
7 32 (4.59%) Data Engineer
8 29 (4.16%) Data Analyst
9 27 (3.87%) Business Analyst
10 25 (3.59%) DevOps Engineer
11 23 (3.30%) Senior Developer
12 21 (3.01%) IT Engineer
13 19 (2.73%) Support Engineer
14 17 (2.44%) Coordinator
14 17 (2.44%) IT Support
14 17 (2.44%) Project Manager
15 15 (2.15%) Solutions Architect
15 15 (2.15%) Systems Engineer
15 15 (2.15%) Technical Engineer
16 14 (2.01%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (5.02%) RESTful
2 26 (3.73%) .NET
2 26 (3.73%) React
3 23 (3.30%) GraphQL
4 21 (3.01%) HTML
5 20 (2.87%) CSS
6 18 (2.58%) Kafka
6 18 (2.58%) Node.js
6 18 (2.58%) PySpark
7 17 (2.44%) REST
8 16 (2.30%) JSON
9 14 (2.01%) Django
10 12 (1.72%) Spring
10 12 (1.72%) Spring Boot
11 11 (1.58%) Gherkin
12 9 (1.29%) OAuth
12 9 (1.29%) OpenID
13 8 (1.15%) HTML5
13 8 (1.15%) OAuth2
14 7 (1.00%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 59 (8.46%) Onboarding
2 38 (5.45%) Cloud Native
2 38 (5.45%) Product Ownership
3 23 (3.30%) Legacy Systems
4 21 (3.01%) Distributed Systems
5 18 (2.58%) Data Centre
6 15 (2.15%) Data Structures
6 15 (2.15%) Industry 4.0
6 15 (2.15%) Robotics
7 12 (1.72%) Management Information System
8 10 (1.43%) Mobile App
9 9 (1.29%) Enterprise Software
9 9 (1.29%) Security Posture
10 7 (1.00%) EPoS
10 7 (1.00%) Virtual Team
11 6 (0.86%) Linux Command Line
11 6 (0.86%) Replication
11 6 (0.86%) Self-Motivation
12 5 (0.72%) Algorithms
12 5 (0.72%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 64 (9.18%) Windows
2 17 (2.44%) Linux
2 17 (2.44%) Windows Server
3 15 (2.15%) Windows 10
4 13 (1.87%) Apple iOS
5 12 (1.72%) Android
6 7 (1.00%) Unix
7 5 (0.72%) Windows 7
8 4 (0.57%) Mac OS
9 3 (0.43%) AIX
9 3 (0.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 3 (0.43%) Windows Server 2008
10 2 (0.29%) VMS
11 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 216 (30.99%) Agile
2 185 (26.54%) Problem-Solving
3 148 (21.23%) DevOps
4 137 (19.66%) CI/CD
5 132 (18.94%) Stakeholder Management
6 116 (16.64%) Continuous Improvement
7 113 (16.21%) Decision-Making
8 104 (14.92%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
9 101 (14.49%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 99 (14.20%) Analytics
11 87 (12.48%) AI
11 87 (12.48%) Migration
12 67 (9.61%) Infrastructure as Code
12 67 (9.61%) Test Automation
13 64 (9.18%) Mentoring
14 63 (9.04%) Validation
15 56 (8.03%) Business Intelligence
15 56 (8.03%) Digital Transformation Programme
16 55 (7.89%) Technical Leadership
17 54 (7.75%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 110 (15.78%) Python
2 92 (13.20%) SQL
3 54 (7.75%) JavaScript
4 39 (5.60%) C#
4 39 (5.60%) Java
5 26 (3.73%) TypeScript
6 15 (2.15%) PowerShell
7 13 (1.87%) Bash
7 13 (1.87%) Kotlin
8 10 (1.43%) Go
8 10 (1.43%) Swift
9 9 (1.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 8 (1.15%) Bicep
11 7 (1.00%) Ruby
12 6 (0.86%) PL/SQL
13 5 (0.72%) Groovy
13 5 (0.72%) PHP
13 5 (0.72%) R
13 5 (0.72%) VBA
14 4 (0.57%) Scala
Qualifications
1 127 (18.22%) Security Cleared
2 119 (17.07%) SC Cleared
3 61 (8.75%) Degree
4 26 (3.73%) DBS Check
5 22 (3.16%) Azure Certification
5 22 (3.16%) Microsoft Certification
6 21 (3.01%) BPSS Clearance
7 18 (2.58%) Computer Science Degree
8 9 (1.29%) ISTQB
9 8 (1.15%) Master's Degree
10 6 (0.86%) ACCA
10 6 (0.86%) CIMA
10 6 (0.86%) ITIL Certification
11 5 (0.72%) AWS Certification
11 5 (0.72%) CISSP
11 5 (0.72%) PMP
12 4 (0.57%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 3 (0.43%) APMG
13 3 (0.43%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 3 (0.43%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 86 (12.34%) Accessibility
2 40 (5.74%) QA
3 37 (5.31%) Data Quality
4 36 (5.16%) WCAG
5 30 (4.30%) GDPR
6 20 (2.87%) SLA
7 15 (2.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 9 (1.29%) NCSC
9 8 (1.15%) PMO
10 7 (1.00%) Actionable Recommendations
11 6 (0.86%) Cyber Essentials
12 5 (0.72%) COBIT
12 5 (0.72%) GRC
13 3 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 3 (0.43%) NIST
14 2 (0.29%) Def Stans
14 2 (0.29%) DICOM
14 2 (0.29%) HL7
15 1 (0.14%) Disclosure Scotland
15 1 (0.14%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 54 (7.75%) Docker
2 44 (6.31%) Active Directory
3 11 (1.58%) Hyper-V
4 7 (1.00%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (0.86%) VMware Infrastructure
6 5 (0.72%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (0.43%) Firmware
7 3 (0.43%) KVM
8 2 (0.29%) Apache ZooKeeper
8 2 (0.29%) BitLocker
8 2 (0.29%) vSphere
9 1 (0.14%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.14%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 74 (10.62%) Terraform
2 56 (8.03%) Kubernetes
3 24 (3.44%) Grafana
4 22 (3.16%) Prometheus
5 16 (2.30%) Microsoft Intune
6 15 (2.15%) Ansible
7 11 (1.58%) SCCM
8 7 (1.00%) Kibana
9 5 (0.72%) Consul
9 5 (0.72%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (0.43%) IBM BigFix
10 3 (0.43%) Packer
10 3 (0.43%) Rancher
10 3 (0.43%) vCenter Server
11 2 (0.29%) HP ALM
11 2 (0.29%) HP Quality Center
11 2 (0.29%) ITRS Geneos
11 2 (0.29%) Jamf Pro
11 2 (0.29%) ZABBIX
11 2 (0.29%) Zipkin
Vendors
1 151 (21.66%) Microsoft
2 32 (4.59%) Google
3 28 (4.02%) Databricks
4 27 (3.87%) Salesforce
5 25 (3.59%) SAP
6 24 (3.44%) Dynatrace
7 22 (3.16%) ServiceNow
8 15 (2.15%) Siemens
9 13 (1.87%) Oracle
10 12 (1.72%) Sage
11 11 (1.58%) CyberArk
12 9 (1.29%) Apple
12 9 (1.29%) PagerDuty
13 8 (1.15%) Cisco
13 8 (1.15%) VMware
14 7 (1.00%) Aspera
14 7 (1.00%) CA Agile Central
14 7 (1.00%) Qualys
14 7 (1.00%) Signiant
14 7 (1.00%) Workday