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 30 November 2023 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
30 Nov 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 155 251 656
Rank change year-on-year +96 +405 -114
Contract jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 729 883 214
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.60% 1.13% 0.24%
As % of the General category 2.68% 1.91% 0.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 502 619 136
10th Percentile £413 £420 £325
25th Percentile £518 £498 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £580 £475
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% +22.11% +18.75%
75th Percentile £675 £650 £541
90th Percentile £750 £700 £667
UK excluding London median daily rate £484 £600 £463
% change year-on-year -19.38% +29.73% -9.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 2
10th Percentile £48.70 - £21.01
25th Percentile £61.75 - £21.78
Median hourly rate £63.29 £51.00 £23.64
Median % change year-on-year +24.10% +115.78% -
75th Percentile £65.25 - £25.55
90th Percentile £66.75 - £26.36
UK excluding London median hourly rate £63.29 - £21.00

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 27,208 46,338 47,614
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 59.59% 59.19% 53.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,053 31,721 32,666
10th Percentile £281 £319 £310
25th Percentile £420 £450 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £650 £663 £625
90th Percentile £750 £763 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £450
% change year-on-year - +11.11% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,123 1,234 1,428
10th Percentile £14.25 £13.41 £12.25
25th Percentile £17.00 £16.25 £13.25
Median hourly rate £31.76 £25.00 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year +27.04% +28.21% -13.33%
75th Percentile £58.75 £57.50 £43.00
90th Percentile £70.66 £70.00 £58.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.00 £22.04 £17.34
% change year-on-year +36.12% +27.14% -15.44%

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 30 November 2023.

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 30 November 2023.

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 30 November 2023. 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 +71 626 £600 +3.45% 1,508
London +65 515 £605 +4.31% 702
Work from Home +11 216 £592 +2.07% 692
UK excluding London +146 167 £484 -19.38% 962
Scotland +53 50 £436 -3.06% 156
Midlands +69 38 £480 +6.67% 109
South East +65 38 £500 -25.37% 262
West Midlands +70 33 £480 +6.67% 66
North of England +65 20 £605 +61.20% 198
North West +45 10 £650 +73.33% 126
East of England +31 10 £163 -75.93% 143
Yorkshire +43 9 £600 - 38
South West +30 9 £573 +10.63% 106
East Midlands +32 5 £425 -32.00% 42
Wales +13 4 £511 - 20
Northern Ireland +8 4 - - 6
North East - 1 - - 37

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 20 (2.74%) SharePoint
2 7 (0.96%) Confluence
3 6 (0.82%) Apache Pulsar
4 4 (0.55%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (0.55%) Jupyter
5 2 (0.27%) IBM Domino
5 2 (0.27%) SharePoint 2013
6 1 (0.14%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.14%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.14%) CMS
6 1 (0.14%) IBM Notes
6 1 (0.14%) LiveCycle
6 1 (0.14%) nginx
6 1 (0.14%) SAS
Applications
1 20 (2.74%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (1.92%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (0.69%) Spreadsheet
4 4 (0.55%) InVision
4 4 (0.55%) Sketch
5 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.14%) CATIA
6 1 (0.14%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (0.69%) Distributed Ledger
1 5 (0.69%) NetSuite
1 5 (0.69%) Oracle Payables
2 3 (0.41%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.27%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (0.27%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.27%) Oracle General Ledger
3 2 (0.27%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (0.27%) SAP PLM
3 2 (0.27%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.14%) ENOVIA
4 1 (0.14%) iTrent
4 1 (0.14%) SAP Business ByDesign
4 1 (0.14%) SAP GRC
4 1 (0.14%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 90 (12.35%) Azure
2 53 (7.27%) AWS
3 45 (6.17%) Power Platform
4 22 (3.02%) Microsoft 365
5 16 (2.19%) Cloud Computing
5 16 (2.19%) Snowflake
6 14 (1.92%) SaaS
6 14 (1.92%) Serverless
7 10 (1.37%) GitHub
7 10 (1.37%) PaaS
8 9 (1.23%) Amazon S3
8 9 (1.23%) AWS Lambda
9 8 (1.10%) Azure DevOps
9 8 (1.10%) Entra ID
9 8 (1.10%) GCP
9 8 (1.10%) Oracle Service Cloud
10 6 (0.82%) AWS CloudFormation
10 6 (0.82%) Azure API Management
10 6 (0.82%) Azure Logic Apps
11 5 (0.69%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 17 (2.33%) Network Security
2 10 (1.37%) Firewall
3 7 (0.96%) VLAN
4 6 (0.82%) DNS
5 5 (0.69%) SD-WAN
5 5 (0.69%) WAN
6 2 (0.27%) VPN
7 1 (0.14%) FTP
7 1 (0.14%) HTTP
7 1 (0.14%) SAN
7 1 (0.14%) SMTP
7 1 (0.14%) SSL
7 1 (0.14%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (5.76%) Power BI
2 29 (3.98%) Data Warehouse
3 24 (3.29%) SQL Server
4 17 (2.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 15 (2.06%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 13 (1.78%) PostgreSQL
7 10 (1.37%) Oracle Database
8 9 (1.23%) MongoDB
9 8 (1.10%) Big Data
9 8 (1.10%) NoSQL
10 7 (0.96%) MySQL
10 7 (0.96%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 6 (0.82%) Relational Database
12 5 (0.69%) Amazon Aurora
13 4 (0.55%) Data Lake
13 4 (0.55%) RDBMS
14 3 (0.41%) Amazon RDS
14 3 (0.41%) DB2
14 3 (0.41%) IBM InfoSphere
14 3 (0.41%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 25 (3.43%) JIRA
2 21 (2.88%) Cypress.io
2 21 (2.88%) Jenkins
3 14 (1.92%) Eclipse
4 9 (1.23%) Git
5 8 (1.10%) GCC
6 7 (0.96%) Selenium
7 6 (0.82%) Oracle Forms
7 6 (0.82%) Sonatype Nexus
8 5 (0.69%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 5 (0.69%) PowerDesigner
9 4 (0.55%) Axure RP
9 4 (0.55%) Chocolatey
9 4 (0.55%) Cucumber
9 4 (0.55%) Jasmine
10 3 (0.41%) GitLab
10 3 (0.41%) Gradle
10 3 (0.41%) Maven
11 2 (0.27%) TeamCity
12 1 (0.14%) ERwin
General
1 217 (29.77%) Finance
2 185 (25.38%) Social Skills
3 36 (4.94%) Law
4 34 (4.66%) Public Sector
5 30 (4.12%) Banking
6 17 (2.33%) Analytical Skills
7 12 (1.65%) Police
8 9 (1.23%) Influencing Skills
9 7 (0.96%) Marketing
9 7 (0.96%) Presentation Skills
10 5 (0.69%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (0.55%) Front Office
11 4 (0.55%) Investment Banking
11 4 (0.55%) Telecoms
12 3 (0.41%) Advertising
12 3 (0.41%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (0.41%) Legal
13 2 (0.27%) General Ledger
13 2 (0.27%) Retail
14 1 (0.14%) Billing
Job Titles
1 186 (25.51%) Analyst
2 117 (16.05%) Business Analyst
3 83 (11.39%) Project Manager
4 81 (11.11%) Senior
5 71 (9.74%) Developer
6 50 (6.86%) Architect
7 49 (6.72%) Data Analyst
8 44 (6.04%) Lead
9 42 (5.76%) Data Business Analyst
10 40 (5.49%) Senior Analyst
11 36 (4.94%) Insurance Business Analyst
12 28 (3.84%) Programme Manager
13 26 (3.57%) Senior Business Analyst
14 25 (3.43%) Product Owner
14 25 (3.43%) Solutions Architect
15 23 (3.16%) Consultant
16 20 (2.74%) SQL Analyst
16 20 (2.74%) SQL Data Analyst
16 20 (2.74%) Test Analyst
17 15 (2.06%) Power BI Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (3.43%) .NET
2 21 (2.88%) REST
3 19 (2.61%) AngularJS
4 18 (2.47%) CSS
4 18 (2.47%) HTML
5 15 (2.06%) React
6 10 (1.37%) Node.js
7 9 (1.23%) EDI
7 9 (1.23%) Kafka
7 9 (1.23%) Spring
8 8 (1.10%) JSON
8 8 (1.10%) LLVM
8 8 (1.10%) Spring Boot
9 6 (0.82%) .NET Core
9 6 (0.82%) AWS CDK
9 6 (0.82%) NgRx
9 6 (0.82%) Oracle Fusion
9 6 (0.82%) RxJS
9 6 (0.82%) Velocity
9 6 (0.82%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 35 (4.80%) Product Ownership
2 34 (4.66%) Data Centre
3 25 (3.43%) Reinsurance
4 20 (2.74%) Management Information System
5 16 (2.19%) Enterprise Software
6 12 (1.65%) Onboarding
7 8 (1.10%) Blockchain
8 6 (0.82%) Enterprise Cloud
8 6 (0.82%) Legacy Systems
8 6 (0.82%) Public Cloud
8 6 (0.82%) Self-Motivation
9 5 (0.69%) Data Structures
9 5 (0.69%) Mainframe
9 5 (0.69%) PKI
10 4 (0.55%) Market Risk
10 4 (0.55%) NHS
10 4 (0.55%) Private Cloud
10 4 (0.55%) Security Posture
10 4 (0.55%) VSAM
11 3 (0.41%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 50 (6.86%) Windows
2 29 (3.98%) Linux
3 16 (2.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 16 (2.19%) Unix
4 11 (1.51%) Solaris
5 7 (0.96%) SUSE
5 7 (0.96%) VMS
5 7 (0.96%) Windows 10
6 6 (0.82%) AIX
7 5 (0.69%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
7 5 (0.69%) Ubuntu
7 5 (0.69%) Windows Server
8 3 (0.41%) Data ONTAP
9 2 (0.27%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 199 (27.30%) Agile
2 103 (14.13%) Mentoring
3 82 (11.25%) Project Management
4 80 (10.97%) Stakeholder Management
5 57 (7.82%) Scrum
6 52 (7.13%) Migration
7 47 (6.45%) Business Intelligence
7 47 (6.45%) Project Delivery
8 44 (6.04%) Problem-Solving
9 36 (4.94%) Cybersecurity
9 36 (4.94%) Roadmaps
10 35 (4.80%) Analytics
11 32 (4.39%) DevOps
12 30 (4.12%) User Experience
13 29 (3.98%) Decision-Making
14 28 (3.84%) CI/CD
14 28 (3.84%) ETL
14 28 (3.84%) Test Automation
15 27 (3.70%) Data Modelling
16 25 (3.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 85 (11.66%) SQL
2 36 (4.94%) Python
3 27 (3.70%) Java
4 23 (3.16%) JavaScript
5 20 (2.74%) C#
6 12 (1.65%) PowerShell
6 12 (1.65%) Shell Script
6 12 (1.65%) TypeScript
7 9 (1.23%) Bash
7 9 (1.23%) C++
8 8 (1.10%) C
9 6 (0.82%) T-SQL
10 5 (0.69%) Groovy
10 5 (0.69%) PL/SQL
11 4 (0.55%) COBOL
11 4 (0.55%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 4 (0.55%) JCL
12 3 (0.41%) Perl
12 3 (0.41%) ProC
12 3 (0.41%) Scala
Qualifications
1 71 (9.74%) Security Cleared
2 59 (8.09%) SC Cleared
3 33 (4.53%) Degree
4 17 (2.33%) DV Cleared
5 16 (2.19%) CCIE
5 16 (2.19%) CCIE Security
5 16 (2.19%) Cisco Certification
6 8 (1.10%) Master's Degree
6 8 (1.10%) PhD
7 7 (0.96%) Postgraduate
8 5 (0.69%) Azure Certification
8 5 (0.69%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (0.41%) DBS Check
9 3 (0.41%) ISEB
10 2 (0.27%) CISM
10 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.14%) ACCA
11 1 (0.14%) CISA
11 1 (0.14%) PMI Certification
11 1 (0.14%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (3.16%) Data Quality
2 16 (2.19%) PMO
3 13 (1.78%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 12 (1.65%) Accessibility
4 12 (1.65%) QA
5 7 (0.96%) SLA
6 5 (0.69%) ISO 9000
7 4 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (0.41%) GRC
8 3 (0.41%) IFRS
8 3 (0.41%) IFRS 17
8 3 (0.41%) NIST
8 3 (0.41%) NIST 800
9 2 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 2 (0.27%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.14%) COBIT
10 1 (0.14%) COSO
10 1 (0.14%) Solvency II
10 1 (0.14%) WCAG
System Software
1 21 (2.88%) Active Directory
2 12 (1.65%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (1.37%) Docker
4 3 (0.41%) Samba
4 3 (0.41%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.27%) vCloud
5 2 (0.27%) vSphere
6 1 (0.14%) Firmware
6 1 (0.14%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.14%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.14%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.14%) XenApp
6 1 (0.14%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 14 (1.92%) Terraform
2 10 (1.37%) Kubernetes
3 9 (1.23%) Grafana
4 8 (1.10%) Ansible
5 5 (0.69%) SCCM
6 4 (0.55%) NetBackup
6 4 (0.55%) Red Hat Satellite
7 3 (0.41%) HAProxy
7 3 (0.41%) Kibana
7 3 (0.41%) Nagios
7 3 (0.41%) Oracle ZFS
7 3 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.27%) Argo
8 2 (0.27%) vRealize
8 2 (0.27%) vRealize Orchestrator
9 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.14%) Nessus
9 1 (0.14%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 58 (7.96%) Microsoft
2 36 (4.94%) Oracle
3 19 (2.61%) ServiceNow
4 18 (2.47%) SAP
5 16 (2.19%) VMware
6 12 (1.65%) Citrix
6 12 (1.65%) Salesforce
7 11 (1.51%) Databricks
7 11 (1.51%) Guidewire
8 8 (1.10%) Atlassian
8 8 (1.10%) IBM
8 8 (1.10%) SolarWinds
8 8 (1.10%) Splunk
9 6 (0.82%) Cisco
9 6 (0.82%) Red Hat
10 5 (0.69%) Fujitsu
10 5 (0.69%) HP
10 5 (0.69%) PeopleSoft
11 4 (0.55%) Ab Initio
11 4 (0.55%) Veritas