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 4 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Feb 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 218 160 172
Rank change year-on-year -58 +12 +72
Contract jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 492 527 636
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.26% 1.70% 1.42%
As % of the General category 2.13% 2.75% 2.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 208 277 452
10th Percentile £173 £318 £375
25th Percentile £352 £463 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -22.92% - +3.45%
75th Percentile £625 £673 £675
90th Percentile £675 £800 £740
UK excluding London median daily rate £375 £525 £507
% change year-on-year -28.57% +3.60% +1.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 18
10th Percentile £14.61 - £9.98
25th Percentile £15.34 - £12.56
Median hourly rate £16.67 - £21.99
75th Percentile £62.94 - £54.03
90th Percentile £145.18 - £63.29
UK excluding London median hourly rate £16.67 - £34.21
% change year-on-year - - +146.56%

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 23,080 19,195 26,293
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 59.09% 62.05% 58.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,475 11,485 17,039
10th Percentile £289 £281 £265
25th Percentile £400 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £730 £763 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £480 £500
% change year-on-year -1.04% -4.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,409 620 1,617
10th Percentile £13.71 £15.62 £13.00
25th Percentile £16.35 £20.12 £15.00
Median hourly rate £22.81 £29.00 £25.71
Median % change year-on-year -21.34% +12.80% +2.84%
75th Percentile £48.75 £53.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £74.76 £67.74
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.50 £27.00 £24.65
% change year-on-year -20.37% +9.53% +7.17%

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 4 February 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 4 February 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Inclusion and Diversity in the UK

Inclusion and Diversity
Top 16 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 4 February 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 -57 443 £475 -20.83% 787
London -29 261 £575 -6.12% 346
Work from Home -14 231 £431 -28.13% 417
UK excluding London -71 182 £375 -28.57% 679
Midlands -62 59 £188 -67.39% 79
North of England -63 39 £388 -13.89% 134
South East -25 38 £381 +12.96% 287
West Midlands -62 36 £195 -66.09% 53
North West -26 26 £470 +4.47% 72
East Midlands -15 23 £168 -64.76% 26
South West -31 18 £540 +10.77% 67
East of England -22 16 £353 - 38
Scotland +7 14 £175 -63.16% 67
Yorkshire -50 10 £375 -26.83% 39
North East -19 3 £400 -11.11% 23
Northern Ireland -6 1 £625 +8.70% 8

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 14 (2.85%) SharePoint
2 11 (2.24%) Confluence
2 11 (2.24%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (2.03%) Apache Spark
4 8 (1.63%) Apache Airflow
5 5 (1.02%) CMS
6 4 (0.81%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 4 (0.81%) HCL Notes
6 4 (0.81%) WordPress
7 2 (0.41%) Apache
7 2 (0.41%) Camunda
7 2 (0.41%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.20%) Appian
8 1 (0.20%) IIS
8 1 (0.20%) nginx
8 1 (0.20%) Oracle Application Server
Applications
1 18 (3.66%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (2.85%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.81%) Adobe Captivate
4 4 (0.81%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 4 (0.81%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.81%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.61%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.61%) Trello
6 2 (0.41%) Adobe After Effects
6 2 (0.41%) Adobe XD
6 2 (0.41%) InVision
6 2 (0.41%) Sketch
7 1 (0.20%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.20%) ProjectWise
Business Applications
1 7 (1.42%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.61%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.41%) CODA-Financials
3 2 (0.41%) FLEXCUBE
3 2 (0.41%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.20%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.20%) Bloomberg AIM
4 1 (0.20%) Bloomberg TOMS
4 1 (0.20%) Fidessa
4 1 (0.20%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.20%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.20%) ResourceLink
4 1 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.20%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 111 (22.56%) Azure
2 71 (14.43%) AWS
3 36 (7.32%) Power Platform
4 26 (5.28%) GitHub
5 24 (4.88%) Microsoft 365
6 22 (4.47%) Azure DevOps
6 22 (4.47%) GitHub Actions
7 20 (4.07%) GCP
8 16 (3.25%) dbt
8 16 (3.25%) SaaS
9 11 (2.24%) Azure Data Factory
9 11 (2.24%) Serverless
10 10 (2.03%) Entra ID
10 10 (2.03%) Snowflake
11 8 (1.63%) Amazon EKS
11 8 (1.63%) Google Workspace
12 7 (1.42%) Figma
13 6 (1.22%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 6 (1.22%) Microsoft Purview
13 6 (1.22%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 13 (2.64%) Network Security
2 10 (2.03%) Firewall
3 9 (1.83%) VPN
4 7 (1.42%) WAN
5 5 (1.02%) DNS
5 5 (1.02%) LAN
5 5 (1.02%) VSAN
6 4 (0.81%) DHCP
6 4 (0.81%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (0.61%) AMQP
7 3 (0.61%) Intranet
7 3 (0.61%) TCP/IP
7 3 (0.61%) VLAN
8 2 (0.41%) MPLS
8 2 (0.41%) SD-WAN
8 2 (0.41%) SMS
9 1 (0.20%) ADSL
9 1 (0.20%) OSPF
9 1 (0.20%) SMTP
9 1 (0.20%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (5.49%) Power BI
2 19 (3.86%) Data Warehouse
2 19 (3.86%) SQL Server
3 14 (2.85%) PostgreSQL
4 10 (2.03%) Metadata
5 8 (1.63%) Big Data
6 7 (1.42%) Azure SQL Database
6 7 (1.42%) Hadoop
6 7 (1.42%) NoSQL
6 7 (1.42%) Relational Database
6 7 (1.42%) Snowflake Schema
7 6 (1.22%) Tableau
8 5 (1.02%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 4 (0.81%) Data Lake
9 4 (0.81%) Looker
9 4 (0.81%) Metadata Repository
9 4 (0.81%) MongoDB
10 3 (0.61%) Amazon Aurora
10 3 (0.61%) BigQuery
10 3 (0.61%) InfluxDB
Development Applications
1 24 (4.88%) Git
2 18 (3.66%) JIRA
3 9 (1.83%) Jenkins
4 7 (1.42%) Cucumber
5 5 (1.02%) GitLab
5 5 (1.02%) Maven
6 3 (0.61%) Selenium
6 3 (0.61%) SonarQube
6 3 (0.61%) Team Foundation Server
7 2 (0.41%) Artifactory
7 2 (0.41%) Axure RP
7 2 (0.41%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.41%) JMeter
7 2 (0.41%) JUnit
7 2 (0.41%) Mockito
8 1 (0.20%) Appium
8 1 (0.20%) Oracle Forms
8 1 (0.20%) SpecFlow
8 1 (0.20%) TestNG
8 1 (0.20%) Visual Studio
General
1 168 (34.15%) Social Skills
2 123 (25.00%) Finance
3 62 (12.60%) Analytical Skills
4 56 (11.38%) Public Sector
5 25 (5.08%) Banking
6 22 (4.47%) Marketing
7 18 (3.66%) Organisational Skills
8 12 (2.44%) Legal
9 11 (2.24%) Local Government
9 11 (2.24%) Retail
10 10 (2.03%) Fire and Rescue
11 7 (1.42%) Documentation Skills
11 7 (1.42%) Manufacturing
11 7 (1.42%) Pharmaceutical
12 5 (1.02%) Influencing Skills
12 5 (1.02%) Investment Banking
12 5 (1.02%) Military
12 5 (1.02%) Presentation Skills
12 5 (1.02%) Publishing
13 4 (0.81%) Law
Job Titles
1 82 (16.67%) Analyst
2 39 (7.93%) Lead
3 38 (7.72%) Architect
4 35 (7.11%) Data Engineer
5 34 (6.91%) Developer
5 34 (6.91%) Senior
6 27 (5.49%) Support Engineer
7 26 (5.28%) Project Manager
8 21 (4.27%) Business Analyst
9 19 (3.86%) Consultant
10 18 (3.66%) IT Analyst
11 17 (3.46%) IT Support
12 16 (3.25%) Cloud Engineer
13 14 (2.85%) Data Analyst
13 14 (2.85%) IT Engineer
13 14 (2.85%) Service Analyst
14 13 (2.64%) DevOps Engineer
14 13 (2.64%) Solutions Architect
15 12 (2.44%) PMO Lead
16 11 (2.24%) 2nd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (3.66%) EDI
2 11 (2.24%) Spring
2 11 (2.24%) Spring Boot
2 11 (2.24%) YAML
3 10 (2.03%) AngularJS
3 10 (2.03%) Middleware
3 10 (2.03%) React
3 10 (2.03%) REST
4 9 (1.83%) HTML
5 7 (1.42%) .NET
6 5 (1.02%) CSS
6 5 (1.02%) Kafka
6 5 (1.02%) PySpark
6 5 (1.02%) RESTful
7 4 (0.81%) Akka
7 4 (0.81%) Hibernate
7 4 (0.81%) JPA
7 4 (0.81%) XML
8 3 (0.61%) JSON
8 3 (0.61%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 24 (4.88%) Onboarding
2 21 (4.27%) Management Information System
3 19 (3.86%) Cloud Native
4 16 (3.25%) Data Centre
5 8 (1.63%) Product Ownership
6 7 (1.42%) Virtual Team
7 6 (1.22%) e-Learning
7 6 (1.22%) Legacy Systems
7 6 (1.22%) Public Cloud
8 5 (1.02%) Analytical Mindset
8 5 (1.02%) Greenfield Project
8 5 (1.02%) Reinsurance
8 5 (1.02%) Replication
9 4 (0.81%) Distributed Systems
9 4 (0.81%) Driving Licence
9 4 (0.81%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (0.81%) Hybrid Cloud
9 4 (0.81%) Learning Management System
9 4 (0.81%) Mobile App
10 3 (0.61%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 41 (8.33%) Windows
2 13 (2.64%) Windows Server
3 11 (2.24%) Linux
3 11 (2.24%) Windows 10
4 4 (0.81%) Mac OS
4 4 (0.81%) Unix
5 3 (0.61%) AIX
6 1 (0.20%) Android
6 1 (0.20%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.20%) Oracle Linux
6 1 (0.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 127 (25.81%) Problem-Solving
2 73 (14.84%) Agile
3 67 (13.62%) CI/CD
3 67 (13.62%) DevOps
4 61 (12.40%) Stakeholder Management
5 51 (10.37%) Analytics
6 46 (9.35%) Continuous Improvement
7 40 (8.13%) Decision-Making
8 39 (7.93%) Migration
9 37 (7.52%) Infrastructure as Code
10 36 (7.32%) Data Modelling
11 33 (6.71%) Project Management
12 32 (6.50%) Mentoring
12 32 (6.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 32 (6.50%) Test Automation
13 29 (5.89%) Business Intelligence
14 28 (5.69%) Data Governance
14 28 (5.69%) Data Pipeline
15 26 (5.28%) Coaching
16 25 (5.08%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 69 (14.02%) SQL
2 62 (12.60%) Python
3 27 (5.49%) Java
4 22 (4.47%) JavaScript
5 15 (3.05%) PowerShell
6 11 (2.24%) C#
7 9 (1.83%) TypeScript
8 8 (1.63%) Bash
8 8 (1.63%) R
9 6 (1.22%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 5 (1.02%) Go
11 4 (0.81%) Rust
11 4 (0.81%) Scala
12 3 (0.61%) C++
13 2 (0.41%) AWK
13 2 (0.41%) C
13 2 (0.41%) Perl
13 2 (0.41%) PL/SQL
13 2 (0.41%) Ruby
14 1 (0.20%) VBA
Qualifications
1 67 (13.62%) Security Cleared
2 57 (11.59%) SC Cleared
3 29 (5.89%) Degree
4 14 (2.85%) AWS Certification
4 14 (2.85%) DBS Check
5 8 (1.63%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (1.63%) DV Cleared
6 7 (1.42%) Azure Certification
7 4 (0.81%) ACCA
7 4 (0.81%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 4 (0.81%) CIMA
7 4 (0.81%) CISSP
7 4 (0.81%) CTC Cleared
7 4 (0.81%) Oracle Certification
8 3 (0.61%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (0.61%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (0.61%) Network+ Certification
8 3 (0.61%) OCP
8 3 (0.61%) PMI Certification
8 3 (0.61%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (4.67%) Data Quality
1 23 (4.67%) QA
2 22 (4.47%) Accessibility
3 13 (2.64%) PMO
4 12 (2.44%) GDPR
5 8 (1.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (1.42%) Actionable Recommendations
7 5 (1.02%) GRC
7 5 (1.02%) NIST
7 5 (1.02%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 4 (0.81%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (0.61%) PCI DSS
9 3 (0.61%) SLA
9 3 (0.61%) WCAG
10 2 (0.41%) ISO 22301
10 2 (0.41%) PSD2
10 2 (0.41%) Software Quality Assurance
11 1 (0.20%) Def Stans
11 1 (0.20%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.20%) SOC 2
System Software
1 25 (5.08%) Active Directory
2 22 (4.47%) Docker
3 5 (1.02%) Virtual Desktop
3 5 (1.02%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (1.02%) VMware NSX
3 5 (1.02%) vSphere
4 4 (0.81%) Hyper-V
4 4 (0.81%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.61%) KVM
5 3 (0.61%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (0.41%) Firmware
7 1 (0.20%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 37 (7.52%) Terraform
2 25 (5.08%) Kubernetes
3 12 (2.44%) Grafana
4 11 (2.24%) Microsoft Intune
5 9 (1.83%) Prometheus
6 7 (1.42%) Ansible
6 7 (1.42%) SCCM
7 4 (0.81%) Jamf Pro
7 4 (0.81%) Kibana
8 3 (0.61%) Argo
8 3 (0.61%) IBM BigFix
8 3 (0.61%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.20%) Data Guard
9 1 (0.20%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.20%) Nessus
9 1 (0.20%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 1 (0.20%) RSA Archer
9 1 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.20%) vRealize
9 1 (0.20%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 69 (14.02%) Microsoft
2 20 (4.07%) Oracle
2 20 (4.07%) ServiceNow
3 19 (3.86%) Databricks
4 15 (3.05%) Google
5 14 (2.85%) VMware
6 12 (2.44%) Cisco
7 11 (2.24%) Salesforce
8 10 (2.03%) Adobe
9 6 (1.22%) Dynatrace
9 6 (1.22%) SAP
10 5 (1.02%) Citrix
11 4 (0.81%) Apple
11 4 (0.81%) Atlassian
11 4 (0.81%) Lotus
11 4 (0.81%) Netskope
12 3 (0.61%) CODA
12 3 (0.61%) Commvault
12 3 (0.61%) CyberArk
12 3 (0.61%) Meraki
914 Inclusion and Diversity jobs Nationwide