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

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 213 146 157
Rank change year-on-year -67 +11 +30
Contract jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 640 610 660
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.22% 1.88% 1.55%
As % of the General category 2.22% 2.98% 2.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 318 240 444
10th Percentile £306 £181 £413
25th Percentile £375 £357 £505
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £600
Median % change year-on-year - -20.83% -
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% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 17 18
10th Percentile £18.40 - £9.92
25th Percentile £19.00 - £12.99
Median hourly rate £22.64 £22.14 £21.99
Median % change year-on-year +2.24% +0.68% -59.37%
75th Percentile £44.50 - £44.18
90th Percentile £106.30 £42.50 £51.38
UK excluding London median hourly rate £94.75 £22.14 £17.60
% change year-on-year +327.96% +25.80% -75.17%

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 28,822 20,440 24,415
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 54.77% 62.91% 57.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,240 12,804 15,277
10th Percentile £313 £281 £280
25th Percentile £413 £401 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £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 2,010 1,052 1,864
10th Percentile £14.02 £13.38 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £16.00
Median hourly rate £33.06 £26.29 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +25.75% -19.11% +6.42%
75th Percentile £62.00 £51.93 £55.00
90th Percentile £81.24 £71.14 £69.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £33.25 £22.63 £31.97
% change year-on-year +46.93% -29.21% +22.96%

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 16 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 16 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 16 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 -75 553 £489 -3.69% 736
London -52 295 £525 -4.55% 395
UK excluding London -83 277 £450 - 442
Work from Home -43 248 £525 -0.94% 323
Midlands -36 88 £525 +20.69% 59
West Midlands -27 69 £525 +26.51% 31
South East -45 69 £450 -11.33% 155
North of England -98 56 £425 +6.25% 101
North East - 28 £425 - 19
Scotland -23 21 £250 -45.95% 27
East Midlands -16 19 £165 -63.33% 28
East of England -20 19 £425 +30.77% 26
South West -35 19 £475 -20.83% 53
Yorkshire -86 15 £375 +0.67% 18
North West -60 13 £365 -8.85% 64
Wales -8 4 £475 +10.32% 16
Northern Ireland -1 1 - - 14

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 27 (4.22%) SharePoint
2 15 (2.34%) Apache Spark
3 12 (1.88%) Microsoft Exchange
4 11 (1.72%) Apache Airflow
4 11 (1.72%) Confluence
5 10 (1.56%) CMS
6 7 (1.09%) WordPress
7 5 (0.78%) Apache
8 4 (0.63%) Kentico
9 3 (0.47%) Jupyter
10 2 (0.31%) Skype for Business
11 1 (0.16%) Drupal
11 1 (0.16%) nginx
11 1 (0.16%) SAS
11 1 (0.16%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 23 (3.59%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (2.03%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.78%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (0.47%) AutoCAD
4 3 (0.47%) Trello
5 2 (0.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.31%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.31%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.31%) Sketch
6 1 (0.16%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.16%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.16%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.16%) InVision
Business Applications
1 13 (2.03%) NetSuite
2 10 (1.56%) SAP S/4HANA
3 9 (1.41%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (0.78%) Sage X3
5 4 (0.63%) Oracle ERP
5 4 (0.63%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.31%) SAP Business One
7 1 (0.16%) Advent Geneva
7 1 (0.16%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.16%) Hyperion Planning
7 1 (0.16%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.16%) Oracle Financials
7 1 (0.16%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.16%) SAP FI
7 1 (0.16%) SAP FS
7 1 (0.16%) SAP GRC
7 1 (0.16%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 175 (27.34%) Azure
2 106 (16.56%) AWS
3 57 (8.91%) Azure DevOps
4 49 (7.66%) Microsoft 365
5 46 (7.19%) Power Platform
6 40 (6.25%) GCP
7 34 (5.31%) GitHub
8 26 (4.06%) GitHub Actions
9 25 (3.91%) Entra ID
10 21 (3.28%) Dynamics 365
11 20 (3.13%) Snowflake
12 19 (2.97%) Azure Data Factory
12 19 (2.97%) Serverless
13 17 (2.66%) dbt
13 17 (2.66%) Power Automate
14 13 (2.03%) Amazon EKS
15 12 (1.88%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 11 (1.72%) AWS Lambda
17 10 (1.56%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 10 (1.56%) Firebase
Communications & Networking
1 20 (3.13%) TCP/IP
2 15 (2.34%) Ethernet
3 11 (1.72%) DNS
3 11 (1.72%) Network Security
4 10 (1.56%) Firewall
5 9 (1.41%) Wi-Fi
6 8 (1.25%) DHCP
6 8 (1.25%) VLAN
6 8 (1.25%) VPN
6 8 (1.25%) WAN
7 6 (0.94%) HTTP
7 6 (0.94%) SD-WAN
7 6 (0.94%) Structured Cabling
8 4 (0.63%) MPLS
9 3 (0.47%) BGP
9 3 (0.47%) Ethernet VPN
9 3 (0.47%) LAN
9 3 (0.47%) OSPF
9 3 (0.47%) VXLAN
9 3 (0.47%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (6.09%) Power BI
2 29 (4.53%) Data Warehouse
3 25 (3.91%) SQL Server
4 23 (3.59%) PostgreSQL
5 13 (2.03%) Big Data
6 12 (1.88%) Hadoop
7 10 (1.56%) Metadata
8 9 (1.41%) Snowflake Schema
9 8 (1.25%) Azure SQL Database
9 8 (1.25%) Db2
9 8 (1.25%) NoSQL
10 7 (1.09%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
10 7 (1.09%) Redis
11 6 (0.94%) Amazon RDS
11 6 (0.94%) Data Lake
11 6 (0.94%) MongoDB
11 6 (0.94%) Power Query
11 6 (0.94%) Tableau
12 5 (0.78%) Amazon Redshift
12 5 (0.78%) Looker
Development Applications
1 32 (5.00%) JIRA
2 28 (4.38%) Jenkins
3 22 (3.44%) Git
4 21 (3.28%) GitLab
5 10 (1.56%) fastlane
6 8 (1.25%) Selenium
7 7 (1.09%) Cypress.io
7 7 (1.09%) Postman
8 6 (0.94%) JMeter
8 6 (0.94%) Vite
8 6 (0.94%) WebDriver
9 5 (0.78%) Android Studio
9 5 (0.78%) Crashlytics
9 5 (0.78%) Cucumber
9 5 (0.78%) Gradle
9 5 (0.78%) JUnit
9 5 (0.78%) LoadRunner
9 5 (0.78%) Mockito
9 5 (0.78%) SonarQube
9 5 (0.78%) Xcode
General
1 226 (35.31%) Social Skills
2 166 (25.94%) Finance
3 152 (23.75%) Public Sector
4 80 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
5 26 (4.06%) Organisational Skills
6 24 (3.75%) Banking
7 19 (2.97%) Presentation Skills
8 17 (2.66%) Law
9 16 (2.50%) Manufacturing
10 15 (2.34%) Legal
11 14 (2.19%) Documentation Skills
12 12 (1.88%) Influencing Skills
13 11 (1.72%) Marketing
14 10 (1.56%) Pharmaceutical
15 9 (1.41%) Retail
16 8 (1.25%) Local Government
16 8 (1.25%) Telecoms
17 5 (0.78%) Billing
17 5 (0.78%) General Ledger
18 4 (0.63%) Police
Job Titles
1 86 (13.44%) Analyst
2 81 (12.66%) Developer
3 68 (10.63%) Lead
4 67 (10.47%) Senior
5 40 (6.25%) Consultant
6 39 (6.09%) Architect
7 35 (5.47%) Data Engineer
8 25 (3.91%) Business Analyst
9 24 (3.75%) Data Analyst
9 24 (3.75%) DevOps Engineer
10 22 (3.44%) IT Support
10 22 (3.44%) Support Engineer
11 21 (3.28%) Senior Developer
12 20 (3.13%) IT Engineer
13 17 (2.66%) Project Manager
14 15 (2.34%) Coordinator
14 15 (2.34%) Systems Engineer
14 15 (2.34%) Technical Engineer
15 14 (2.19%) Azure Engineer
15 14 (2.19%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (4.69%) RESTful
2 23 (3.59%) GraphQL
2 23 (3.59%) React
3 21 (3.28%) .NET
4 16 (2.50%) HTML
4 16 (2.50%) PySpark
4 16 (2.50%) REST
5 15 (2.34%) CSS
6 14 (2.19%) Kafka
6 14 (2.19%) Node.js
7 12 (1.88%) JSON
7 12 (1.88%) Spring
7 12 (1.88%) Spring Boot
8 9 (1.41%) Django
9 8 (1.25%) Gherkin
9 8 (1.25%) Middleware
10 7 (1.09%) ARM Templates
10 7 (1.09%) Next.js
10 7 (1.09%) RabbitMQ
11 6 (0.94%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 53 (8.28%) Onboarding
2 37 (5.78%) Cloud Native
3 32 (5.00%) Product Ownership
4 21 (3.28%) Distributed Systems
4 21 (3.28%) Legacy Systems
5 17 (2.66%) Data Centre
6 15 (2.34%) Data Structures
6 15 (2.34%) Industry 4.0
6 15 (2.34%) Robotics
7 10 (1.56%) Mobile App
8 9 (1.41%) Linux Command Line
8 9 (1.41%) Security Posture
9 8 (1.25%) Algorithms
9 8 (1.25%) Management Information System
10 7 (1.09%) Enterprise Software
11 6 (0.94%) EPoS
11 6 (0.94%) Replication
11 6 (0.94%) Self-Motivation
12 5 (0.78%) Reinsurance
12 5 (0.78%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 64 (10.00%) Windows
2 19 (2.97%) Linux
2 19 (2.97%) Windows Server
3 18 (2.81%) Windows 10
4 11 (1.72%) Android
4 11 (1.72%) Apple iOS
5 9 (1.41%) Unix
6 6 (0.94%) AIX
7 4 (0.63%) Windows 7
8 2 (0.31%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.31%) VMS
8 2 (0.31%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 179 (27.97%) Agile
2 155 (24.22%) Problem-Solving
3 124 (19.38%) CI/CD
4 120 (18.75%) DevOps
5 109 (17.03%) Decision-Making
6 107 (16.72%) Stakeholder Management
7 93 (14.53%) Analytics
8 86 (13.44%) Continuous Improvement
9 85 (13.28%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
10 78 (12.19%) Migration
11 76 (11.88%) AI
12 70 (10.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 66 (10.31%) Infrastructure as Code
14 60 (9.38%) Test Automation
15 58 (9.06%) Mentoring
16 54 (8.44%) Validation
17 52 (8.13%) Data Modelling
18 47 (7.34%) Business Intelligence
18 47 (7.34%) User Experience
19 44 (6.88%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 111 (17.34%) Python
2 91 (14.22%) SQL
3 43 (6.72%) JavaScript
4 41 (6.41%) Java
5 28 (4.38%) C#
6 26 (4.06%) TypeScript
7 21 (3.28%) PowerShell
8 15 (2.34%) Bash
9 13 (2.03%) Kotlin
10 11 (1.72%) R
11 10 (1.56%) Swift
12 9 (1.41%) Go
13 8 (1.25%) Bicep
13 8 (1.25%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 7 (1.09%) Ruby
15 5 (0.78%) VBA
16 4 (0.63%) Apex Code
16 4 (0.63%) Groovy
16 4 (0.63%) Scala
16 4 (0.63%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 103 (16.09%) Security Cleared
2 95 (14.84%) SC Cleared
3 57 (8.91%) Degree
4 26 (4.06%) DBS Check
5 19 (2.97%) Azure Certification
5 19 (2.97%) BPSS Clearance
6 16 (2.50%) Microsoft Certification
7 14 (2.19%) Computer Science Degree
8 7 (1.09%) AWS Certification
8 7 (1.09%) Master's Degree
9 6 (0.94%) ISTQB
9 6 (0.94%) ITIL Certification
10 5 (0.78%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 4 (0.63%) PMP
12 3 (0.47%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 3 (0.47%) CIPD
12 3 (0.47%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 2 (0.31%) ACCA
13 2 (0.31%) CRISC
13 2 (0.31%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (10.78%) Accessibility
2 36 (5.63%) Data Quality
3 27 (4.22%) QA
3 27 (4.22%) WCAG
4 23 (3.59%) GDPR
5 14 (2.19%) SLA
6 11 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 10 (1.56%) Actionable Recommendations
7 10 (1.56%) PMO
8 9 (1.41%) NCSC
9 6 (0.94%) Cyber Essentials
10 5 (0.78%) COBIT
10 5 (0.78%) GRC
11 3 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 3 (0.47%) NIST
12 2 (0.31%) Def Stans
13 1 (0.16%) Disclosure Scotland
13 1 (0.16%) ISO 22301
13 1 (0.16%) ISO 31000
13 1 (0.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 51 (7.97%) Docker
2 45 (7.03%) Active Directory
3 14 (2.19%) Hyper-V
4 11 (1.72%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (0.94%) KVM
5 6 (0.94%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (0.63%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.31%) Apache ZooKeeper
7 2 (0.31%) BitLocker
7 2 (0.31%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.31%) vSphere
8 1 (0.16%) Firmware
8 1 (0.16%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 72 (11.25%) Terraform
2 52 (8.13%) Kubernetes
3 23 (3.59%) Grafana
4 20 (3.13%) Prometheus
5 15 (2.34%) Ansible
6 13 (2.03%) Microsoft Intune
7 12 (1.88%) SCCM
8 7 (1.09%) Kibana
9 6 (0.94%) IBM BigFix
9 6 (0.94%) vCenter Server
10 4 (0.63%) Consul
10 4 (0.63%) Single Sign-On
11 3 (0.47%) 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 (0.16%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 126 (19.69%) Microsoft
2 26 (4.06%) Salesforce
3 25 (3.91%) Google
4 24 (3.75%) SAP
5 23 (3.59%) Databricks
6 22 (3.44%) Dynatrace
6 22 (3.44%) ServiceNow
7 15 (2.34%) Siemens
8 13 (2.03%) Oracle
9 12 (1.88%) CyberArk
10 10 (1.56%) Sage
11 9 (1.41%) PagerDuty
12 8 (1.25%) VMware
13 7 (1.09%) IBM
13 7 (1.09%) Qualys
14 6 (0.94%) Apple
15 5 (0.78%) Aspera
15 5 (0.78%) CA Agile Central
15 5 (0.78%) Cisco
15 5 (0.78%) Signiant