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

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 215 147 161
Rank change year-on-year -68 +14 +28
Contract jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 644 615 659
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.22% 1.90% 1.53%
As % of the General category 2.22% 3.01% 2.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 318 246 449
10th Percentile £306 £182 £413
25th Percentile £375 £367 £505
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £486 £600
Median % change year-on-year -2.31% -18.96% -
75th Percentile £588 £625 £688
90th Percentile £675 £660 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £450 £500
% change year-on-year - -10.00% +2.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 16 19
10th Percentile £18.40 - £10.40
25th Percentile £19.00 - £14.53
Median hourly rate £22.64 £22.14 £22.34
Median % change year-on-year +2.24% -0.90% -58.73%
75th Percentile £44.50 - £47.50
90th Percentile £106.30 £45.00 £57.74
UK excluding London median hourly rate £94.75 £22.14 £19.62
% change year-on-year +327.96% +12.84% -72.32%

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 29,012 20,465 24,598
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 54.85% 63.06% 57.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,395 12,853 15,377
10th Percentile £313 £281 £277
25th Percentile £413 £402 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £626 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £472 £490
% change year-on-year +5.88% -3.62% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,002 1,036 1,895
10th Percentile £14.00 £13.36 £12.88
25th Percentile £18.38 £16.30 £15.95
Median hourly rate £32.50 £27.17 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +19.63% -16.41% +6.42%
75th Percentile £61.18 £53.56 £55.00
90th Percentile £81.05 £71.88 £68.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £32.50 £23.00 £31.89
% change year-on-year +41.30% -27.87% +22.63%

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 11 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 11 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 11 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 -71 555 £481 -5.17% 732
London -60 296 £525 -4.55% 380
UK excluding London -91 278 £450 - 465
Work from Home -33 258 £525 -1.87% 349
Midlands -40 83 £525 +17.98% 70
South East -44 75 £425 -16.26% 168
West Midlands -38 67 £525 +22.09% 35
North of England -91 56 £425 +6.25% 100
North East - 28 £425 - 13
Scotland -17 21 £250 -45.95% 24
South West -39 20 £475 -20.83% 48
East of England -24 18 £338 +3.85% 32
East Midlands -29 16 £189 -58.06% 33
Yorkshire -83 15 £375 +0.67% 23
North West -62 13 £365 -8.85% 64
Wales -14 4 £475 +10.32% 18
Northern Ireland +3 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 26 (4.04%) SharePoint
2 15 (2.33%) Apache Spark
3 13 (2.02%) Microsoft Exchange
4 12 (1.86%) Confluence
5 11 (1.71%) Apache Airflow
6 10 (1.55%) CMS
7 7 (1.09%) WordPress
8 5 (0.78%) Apache
9 4 (0.62%) Kentico
10 3 (0.47%) Jupyter
11 2 (0.31%) Skype for Business
12 1 (0.16%) Drupal
12 1 (0.16%) nginx
12 1 (0.16%) SAS
12 1 (0.16%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 23 (3.57%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (2.17%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.47%) AutoCAD
3 3 (0.47%) Trello
4 2 (0.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.31%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.31%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.31%) Sketch
4 2 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.16%) Adobe XD
5 1 (0.16%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.16%) InVision
Business Applications
1 12 (1.86%) NetSuite
2 10 (1.55%) SAP S/4HANA
3 8 (1.24%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (0.78%) Sage X3
5 4 (0.62%) Oracle ERP
5 4 (0.62%) 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 (27.17%) Azure
2 108 (16.77%) AWS
3 56 (8.70%) Azure DevOps
4 50 (7.76%) Power Platform
5 46 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
6 42 (6.52%) GCP
7 34 (5.28%) GitHub
8 26 (4.04%) GitHub Actions
9 23 (3.57%) Entra ID
10 20 (3.11%) dbt
10 20 (3.11%) Dynamics 365
11 19 (2.95%) Azure Data Factory
11 19 (2.95%) Serverless
11 19 (2.95%) Snowflake
12 16 (2.48%) Power Automate
13 13 (2.02%) Amazon EKS
14 12 (1.86%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 11 (1.71%) AWS Lambda
15 11 (1.71%) SaaS
16 10 (1.55%) Firebase
Communications & Networking
1 21 (3.26%) TCP/IP
2 15 (2.33%) Ethernet
3 11 (1.71%) Network Security
4 10 (1.55%) DNS
4 10 (1.55%) Firewall
5 9 (1.40%) WAN
6 8 (1.24%) VLAN
6 8 (1.24%) Wi-Fi
7 7 (1.09%) DHCP
7 7 (1.09%) VPN
8 6 (0.93%) HTTP
8 6 (0.93%) SD-WAN
8 6 (0.93%) Structured Cabling
9 4 (0.62%) MPLS
10 3 (0.47%) BGP
10 3 (0.47%) Ethernet VPN
10 3 (0.47%) LAN
10 3 (0.47%) OSPF
10 3 (0.47%) VXLAN
10 3 (0.47%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (6.68%) Power BI
2 29 (4.50%) Data Warehouse
3 26 (4.04%) SQL Server
4 23 (3.57%) PostgreSQL
5 13 (2.02%) Big Data
6 12 (1.86%) Hadoop
6 12 (1.86%) Metadata
7 9 (1.40%) Snowflake Schema
8 8 (1.24%) Azure SQL Database
8 8 (1.24%) Db2
8 8 (1.24%) NoSQL
9 7 (1.09%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
9 7 (1.09%) Redis
9 7 (1.09%) Tableau
10 6 (0.93%) Amazon RDS
10 6 (0.93%) Data Lake
10 6 (0.93%) Geospatial Data
10 6 (0.93%) Looker
10 6 (0.93%) MongoDB
11 5 (0.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 33 (5.12%) JIRA
2 28 (4.35%) Jenkins
3 23 (3.57%) Git
4 21 (3.26%) GitLab
5 10 (1.55%) fastlane
6 7 (1.09%) Selenium
7 6 (0.93%) Cypress.io
7 6 (0.93%) JMeter
7 6 (0.93%) Postman
7 6 (0.93%) Vite
8 5 (0.78%) Android Studio
8 5 (0.78%) Crashlytics
8 5 (0.78%) Cucumber
8 5 (0.78%) Gatling
8 5 (0.78%) Gradle
8 5 (0.78%) LoadRunner
8 5 (0.78%) Mockito
8 5 (0.78%) SonarQube
8 5 (0.78%) WebDriver
8 5 (0.78%) Xcode
General
1 228 (35.40%) Social Skills
2 168 (26.09%) Finance
3 154 (23.91%) Public Sector
4 87 (13.51%) Analytical Skills
5 26 (4.04%) Organisational Skills
6 24 (3.73%) Banking
7 20 (3.11%) Presentation Skills
8 18 (2.80%) Law
9 16 (2.48%) Manufacturing
10 15 (2.33%) Legal
11 13 (2.02%) Documentation Skills
11 13 (2.02%) Influencing Skills
12 12 (1.86%) Marketing
13 11 (1.71%) Pharmaceutical
14 9 (1.40%) Retail
15 8 (1.24%) Local Government
15 8 (1.24%) Telecoms
16 5 (0.78%) Billing
16 5 (0.78%) General Ledger
17 4 (0.62%) Police
Job Titles
1 86 (13.35%) Analyst
2 81 (12.58%) Developer
3 70 (10.87%) Senior
4 67 (10.40%) Lead
5 40 (6.21%) Data Engineer
6 39 (6.06%) Consultant
7 38 (5.90%) Architect
8 26 (4.04%) Data Analyst
9 25 (3.88%) Business Analyst
10 24 (3.73%) DevOps Engineer
11 21 (3.26%) Senior Developer
11 21 (3.26%) Support Engineer
12 20 (3.11%) IT Support
13 17 (2.64%) IT Engineer
13 17 (2.64%) Project Manager
14 15 (2.33%) Coordinator
14 15 (2.33%) Systems Engineer
14 15 (2.33%) Technical Engineer
15 14 (2.17%) Azure Engineer
16 13 (2.02%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (4.66%) RESTful
2 23 (3.57%) GraphQL
2 23 (3.57%) React
3 21 (3.26%) .NET
4 16 (2.48%) HTML
4 16 (2.48%) PySpark
4 16 (2.48%) REST
5 15 (2.33%) CSS
6 14 (2.17%) Kafka
6 14 (2.17%) Node.js
7 12 (1.86%) Spring
7 12 (1.86%) Spring Boot
8 11 (1.71%) JSON
9 9 (1.40%) Django
10 8 (1.24%) Middleware
11 7 (1.09%) ARM Templates
11 7 (1.09%) Gherkin
11 7 (1.09%) Next.js
11 7 (1.09%) RabbitMQ
12 6 (0.93%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 54 (8.39%) Onboarding
2 39 (6.06%) Cloud Native
3 31 (4.81%) Product Ownership
4 21 (3.26%) Distributed Systems
4 21 (3.26%) Legacy Systems
5 17 (2.64%) Data Centre
6 15 (2.33%) Industry 4.0
6 15 (2.33%) Robotics
7 14 (2.17%) Data Structures
8 10 (1.55%) Mobile App
9 9 (1.40%) Linux Command Line
9 9 (1.40%) Management Information System
9 9 (1.40%) Security Posture
10 8 (1.24%) Algorithms
11 7 (1.09%) Enterprise Software
12 6 (0.93%) EPoS
12 6 (0.93%) Replication
12 6 (0.93%) Self-Motivation
13 5 (0.78%) Reinsurance
14 4 (0.62%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 62 (9.63%) Windows
2 19 (2.95%) Linux
2 19 (2.95%) Windows Server
3 18 (2.80%) Windows 10
4 11 (1.71%) Android
4 11 (1.71%) Apple iOS
5 9 (1.40%) Unix
6 6 (0.93%) AIX
7 3 (0.47%) Windows 7
8 2 (0.31%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.31%) VMS
9 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 176 (27.33%) Agile
2 159 (24.69%) Problem-Solving
3 125 (19.41%) CI/CD
4 121 (18.79%) DevOps
5 112 (17.39%) Decision-Making
6 105 (16.30%) Stakeholder Management
7 96 (14.91%) Analytics
8 89 (13.82%) Continuous Improvement
9 84 (13.04%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
10 78 (12.11%) AI
10 78 (12.11%) Migration
11 69 (10.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 66 (10.25%) Infrastructure as Code
13 59 (9.16%) Test Automation
14 58 (9.01%) Mentoring
15 54 (8.39%) Data Modelling
16 53 (8.23%) Validation
17 50 (7.76%) Business Intelligence
18 45 (6.99%) User Experience
19 44 (6.83%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 113 (17.55%) Python
2 96 (14.91%) SQL
3 43 (6.68%) JavaScript
4 41 (6.37%) Java
5 28 (4.35%) C#
6 26 (4.04%) TypeScript
7 21 (3.26%) PowerShell
8 15 (2.33%) Bash
9 13 (2.02%) Kotlin
10 11 (1.71%) R
11 10 (1.55%) Swift
12 9 (1.40%) Go
13 8 (1.24%) Bicep
14 7 (1.09%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 7 (1.09%) Ruby
15 5 (0.78%) VBA
16 4 (0.62%) Apex Code
16 4 (0.62%) C++
16 4 (0.62%) Groovy
16 4 (0.62%) Scala
Qualifications
1 106 (16.46%) Security Cleared
2 98 (15.22%) SC Cleared
3 57 (8.85%) Degree
4 24 (3.73%) DBS Check
5 19 (2.95%) Azure Certification
5 19 (2.95%) BPSS Clearance
6 16 (2.48%) Microsoft Certification
7 14 (2.17%) Computer Science Degree
8 8 (1.24%) Master's Degree
9 7 (1.09%) AWS Certification
10 5 (0.78%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 5 (0.78%) ISTQB
10 5 (0.78%) ITIL Certification
11 4 (0.62%) PMP
12 3 (0.47%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 3 (0.47%) CIPD
13 2 (0.31%) ACCA
13 2 (0.31%) CRISC
13 2 (0.31%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 2 (0.31%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (10.71%) Accessibility
2 37 (5.75%) Data Quality
3 29 (4.50%) QA
4 26 (4.04%) WCAG
5 22 (3.42%) GDPR
6 14 (2.17%) SLA
7 11 (1.71%) Actionable Recommendations
8 10 (1.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 10 (1.55%) PMO
9 8 (1.24%) NCSC
10 5 (0.78%) COBIT
10 5 (0.78%) Cyber Essentials
10 5 (0.78%) GRC
11 3 (0.47%) NIST
12 2 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
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 (7.92%) Docker
2 43 (6.68%) Active Directory
3 14 (2.17%) Hyper-V
4 11 (1.71%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (0.93%) KVM
5 6 (0.93%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (0.62%) 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 (11.18%) Terraform
2 52 (8.07%) Kubernetes
3 23 (3.57%) Grafana
4 20 (3.11%) Prometheus
5 15 (2.33%) Ansible
6 12 (1.86%) Microsoft Intune
6 12 (1.86%) SCCM
7 7 (1.09%) Kibana
8 6 (0.93%) IBM BigFix
8 6 (0.93%) vCenter Server
9 4 (0.62%) Consul
9 4 (0.62%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (0.47%) Rancher
11 2 (0.31%) HP ALM
11 2 (0.31%) HP Quality Center
11 2 (0.31%) ITRS Geneos
11 2 (0.31%) Jamf Pro
11 2 (0.31%) Packer
11 2 (0.31%) Zipkin
12 1 (0.16%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 123 (19.10%) Microsoft
2 27 (4.19%) Databricks
2 27 (4.19%) Google
3 25 (3.88%) Salesforce
4 23 (3.57%) SAP
5 22 (3.42%) Dynatrace
5 22 (3.42%) ServiceNow
6 15 (2.33%) Siemens
7 14 (2.17%) Oracle
8 12 (1.86%) CyberArk
9 9 (1.40%) PagerDuty
10 8 (1.24%) Sage
10 8 (1.24%) VMware
11 7 (1.09%) IBM
11 7 (1.09%) Qualys
12 6 (0.93%) Apple
13 5 (0.78%) Aspera
13 5 (0.78%) CA Agile Central
13 5 (0.78%) Cisco
13 5 (0.78%) Signiant