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

6 months to
15 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 212 144 156
Rank change year-on-year -68 +12 +23
Contract jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 715 649 597
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.33% 1.97% 1.54%
As % of the General category 2.42% 3.10% 2.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 369 260 411
10th Percentile £306 £173 £425
25th Percentile £375 £375 £505
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £600
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -20.83% -
75th Percentile £581 £625 £681
90th Percentile £675 £660 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £438 £500
% change year-on-year -2.86% -12.50% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 20 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 £22.23 £48.13
90th Percentile £75.40 £60.00 £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 29,561 20,915 22,309
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 55.10% 63.46% 57.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,532 13,009 14,027
10th Percentile £313 £276 £289
25th Percentile £414 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £626 £650
90th Percentile £738 £748 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £497
% change year-on-year +5.26% -4.45% -0.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,237 1,144 1,369
10th Percentile £13.97 £13.25 £14.06
25th Percentile £17.23 £16.29 £17.08
Median hourly rate £31.50 £25.15 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +25.25% -34.02% +37.42%
75th Percentile £57.50 £50.75 £58.49
90th Percentile £80.00 £71.50 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £32.50 £22.14 £38.12
% change year-on-year +46.79% -41.92% +48.91%

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 15 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 15 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 15 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 -67 628 £475 -5.00% 4,177
UK excluding London -56 335 £425 -2.86% 2,447
London -58 315 £510 -7.27% 2,474
Work from Home -37 268 £525 -1.87% 2,084
Midlands -18 102 £509 +16.23% 334
South East -40 85 £450 -11.33% 400
West Midlands -15 78 £525 +23.53% 247
North of England -68 75 £425 +7.59% 594
North East -3 44 £425 +6.25% 97
South West -44 27 £475 -15.56% 308
East Midlands -15 24 £165 -63.33% 87
Scotland -26 22 £250 -45.95% 414
North West -54 17 £518 +29.38% 345
East of England -22 16 £425 +174.19% 185
Yorkshire -85 14 £400 +100.00% 154
Wales -10 7 £394 +18.90% 62
Northern Ireland +2 1 - - 171

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 (4.06%) SharePoint
2 16 (2.24%) Confluence
3 12 (1.68%) Apache Airflow
3 12 (1.68%) CMS
4 11 (1.54%) Microsoft Exchange
5 9 (1.26%) Apache Spark
5 9 (1.26%) WordPress
6 6 (0.84%) Apache
7 4 (0.56%) Kentico
8 3 (0.42%) Jupyter
9 2 (0.28%) 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 19 (2.66%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (2.38%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.84%) Microsoft Project
3 6 (0.84%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (0.42%) AutoCAD
4 3 (0.42%) Trello
5 2 (0.28%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.28%) Sketch
6 1 (0.14%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.14%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.14%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.14%) InVision
6 1 (0.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 16 (2.24%) NetSuite
2 11 (1.54%) Dynamics CRM
3 9 (1.26%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (0.70%) Sage X3
4 5 (0.70%) Salesforce CRM
4 5 (0.70%) Workday HCM
5 4 (0.56%) Dynamics NAV
5 4 (0.56%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.28%) 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
1 209 (29.23%) Azure
2 122 (17.06%) AWS
3 73 (10.21%) Azure DevOps
4 65 (9.09%) Power Platform
5 63 (8.81%) Microsoft 365
6 49 (6.85%) GCP
7 40 (5.59%) GitHub
8 32 (4.48%) Dynamics 365
8 32 (4.48%) GitHub Actions
9 28 (3.92%) Serverless
10 27 (3.78%) Entra ID
11 26 (3.64%) Power Automate
12 21 (2.94%) Azure Data Factory
12 21 (2.94%) Snowflake
13 19 (2.66%) Amazon EKS
14 17 (2.38%) AWS Lambda
14 17 (2.38%) dbt
15 15 (2.10%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 14 (1.96%) SaaS
17 13 (1.82%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 16 (2.24%) TCP/IP
2 13 (1.82%) DNS
2 13 (1.82%) Firewall
2 13 (1.82%) Network Security
3 11 (1.54%) Wi-Fi
4 10 (1.40%) Ethernet
4 10 (1.40%) VLAN
4 10 (1.40%) VPN
4 10 (1.40%) Wireless
5 9 (1.26%) DHCP
6 7 (0.98%) HTTP
7 6 (0.84%) Structured Cabling
7 6 (0.84%) WAN
8 5 (0.70%) SD-WAN
9 4 (0.56%) BGP
9 4 (0.56%) OSPF
10 3 (0.42%) Ethernet VPN
10 3 (0.42%) MPLS
10 3 (0.42%) SSL
10 3 (0.42%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (6.57%) Power BI
2 32 (4.48%) Data Warehouse
3 29 (4.06%) PostgreSQL
4 23 (3.22%) SQL Server
5 13 (1.82%) Metadata
6 12 (1.68%) MongoDB
7 10 (1.40%) Big Data
8 9 (1.26%) Relational Database
9 8 (1.12%) Azure SQL Database
9 8 (1.12%) Data Lake
9 8 (1.12%) Looker
9 8 (1.12%) NoSQL
9 8 (1.12%) Snowflake Schema
10 7 (0.98%) Amazon RDS
10 7 (0.98%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
10 7 (0.98%) Power Query
10 7 (0.98%) Redis
10 7 (0.98%) Tableau
11 6 (0.84%) Hadoop
12 5 (0.70%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 39 (5.45%) JIRA
2 33 (4.62%) Git
3 28 (3.92%) Jenkins
4 23 (3.22%) GitLab
5 11 (1.54%) Cypress.io
5 11 (1.54%) Selenium
6 10 (1.40%) fastlane
6 10 (1.40%) Postman
7 9 (1.26%) WebDriver
8 8 (1.12%) Cucumber
9 6 (0.84%) JMeter
9 6 (0.84%) Vite
10 5 (0.70%) Crashlytics
10 5 (0.70%) Gatling
10 5 (0.70%) Gradle
10 5 (0.70%) JUnit
10 5 (0.70%) LoadRunner
10 5 (0.70%) Mockito
10 5 (0.70%) Visual Studio
10 5 (0.70%) Xcode
General
1 271 (37.90%) Social Skills
2 190 (26.57%) Public Sector
3 187 (26.15%) Finance
4 102 (14.27%) Analytical Skills
5 27 (3.78%) Organisational Skills
6 22 (3.08%) Banking
7 20 (2.80%) Manufacturing
8 18 (2.52%) Influencing Skills
8 18 (2.52%) Presentation Skills
9 17 (2.38%) Law
10 16 (2.24%) Documentation Skills
11 15 (2.10%) Legal
12 14 (1.96%) Marketing
13 10 (1.40%) Retail
14 9 (1.26%) Pharmaceutical
14 9 (1.26%) Telecoms
15 8 (1.12%) Local Government
16 7 (0.98%) Aerospace
16 7 (0.98%) Publishing
17 5 (0.70%) Billing
Job Titles
1 102 (14.27%) Developer
2 99 (13.85%) Analyst
3 80 (11.19%) Senior
4 74 (10.35%) Lead
5 55 (7.69%) Architect
6 47 (6.57%) Consultant
7 32 (4.48%) Data Engineer
8 27 (3.78%) Business Analyst
8 27 (3.78%) Data Analyst
9 25 (3.50%) DevOps Engineer
9 25 (3.50%) Senior Developer
10 22 (3.08%) IT Engineer
10 22 (3.08%) Support Engineer
11 18 (2.52%) Coordinator
11 18 (2.52%) IT Support
11 18 (2.52%) Project Manager
12 16 (2.24%) Software Developer
13 15 (2.10%) Solutions Architect
14 14 (1.96%) Administrator
14 14 (1.96%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (5.45%) RESTful
2 29 (4.06%) React
3 26 (3.64%) .NET
4 23 (3.22%) GraphQL
4 23 (3.22%) HTML
5 22 (3.08%) CSS
6 19 (2.66%) Node.js
6 19 (2.66%) PySpark
7 18 (2.52%) Kafka
7 18 (2.52%) REST
8 17 (2.38%) Django
8 17 (2.38%) JSON
9 14 (1.96%) Spring
9 14 (1.96%) Spring Boot
10 13 (1.82%) OAuth
11 12 (1.68%) OpenID
12 11 (1.54%) Gherkin
12 11 (1.54%) OAuth2
13 8 (1.12%) HTML5
13 8 (1.12%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 61 (8.53%) Onboarding
2 40 (5.59%) Cloud Native
2 40 (5.59%) Product Ownership
3 24 (3.36%) Legacy Systems
4 21 (2.94%) Distributed Systems
5 18 (2.52%) Data Centre
6 13 (1.82%) Data Structures
7 12 (1.68%) Management Information System
8 10 (1.40%) Enterprise Software
8 10 (1.40%) Industry 4.0
8 10 (1.40%) Mobile App
8 10 (1.40%) Robotics
9 9 (1.26%) Security Posture
10 7 (0.98%) EPoS
10 7 (0.98%) Replication
10 7 (0.98%) Virtual Team
11 6 (0.84%) Algorithms
11 6 (0.84%) Linux Command Line
11 6 (0.84%) Self-Motivation
12 5 (0.70%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 70 (9.79%) Windows
2 19 (2.66%) Linux
3 18 (2.52%) Windows Server
4 17 (2.38%) Windows 10
5 13 (1.82%) Apple iOS
6 12 (1.68%) Android
7 7 (0.98%) Unix
8 5 (0.70%) Windows 7
9 4 (0.56%) AIX
9 4 (0.56%) Mac OS
10 3 (0.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (0.42%) Windows Server 2008
11 2 (0.28%) VMS
12 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 223 (31.19%) Agile
2 184 (25.73%) Problem-Solving
3 152 (21.26%) DevOps
4 146 (20.42%) CI/CD
5 140 (19.58%) Stakeholder Management
6 122 (17.06%) Continuous Improvement
7 112 (15.66%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
8 108 (15.10%) Decision-Making
9 105 (14.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 103 (14.41%) Analytics
11 89 (12.45%) AI
12 86 (12.03%) Migration
13 71 (9.93%) Test Automation
14 69 (9.65%) Infrastructure as Code
15 68 (9.51%) Mentoring
16 65 (9.09%) Validation
17 60 (8.39%) Digital Transformation Programme
17 60 (8.39%) Technical Leadership
18 56 (7.83%) Business Intelligence
19 55 (7.69%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 113 (15.80%) Python
2 96 (13.43%) SQL
3 58 (8.11%) JavaScript
4 40 (5.59%) C#
4 40 (5.59%) Java
5 28 (3.92%) TypeScript
6 17 (2.38%) PowerShell
7 13 (1.82%) Bash
7 13 (1.82%) Kotlin
8 10 (1.40%) Go
8 10 (1.40%) Swift
9 9 (1.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 8 (1.12%) Bicep
10 8 (1.12%) Ruby
10 8 (1.12%) Scala
11 6 (0.84%) PL/SQL
12 5 (0.70%) Groovy
12 5 (0.70%) PHP
12 5 (0.70%) R
13 4 (0.56%) C++
Qualifications
1 135 (18.88%) Security Cleared
2 123 (17.20%) SC Cleared
3 60 (8.39%) Degree
4 26 (3.64%) DBS Check
5 24 (3.36%) Microsoft Certification
6 23 (3.22%) Azure Certification
7 22 (3.08%) BPSS Clearance
8 20 (2.80%) Computer Science Degree
9 10 (1.40%) Master's Degree
10 9 (1.26%) ISTQB
11 7 (0.98%) CISSP
12 6 (0.84%) ACCA
12 6 (0.84%) CIMA
12 6 (0.84%) ITIL Certification
13 5 (0.70%) AWS Certification
13 5 (0.70%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 5 (0.70%) CISM
13 5 (0.70%) PMP
14 4 (0.56%) DV Cleared
15 3 (0.42%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 95 (13.29%) Accessibility
2 43 (6.01%) QA
3 37 (5.17%) Data Quality
3 37 (5.17%) WCAG
4 30 (4.20%) GDPR
5 21 (2.94%) SLA
6 16 (2.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 12 (1.68%) NCSC
8 8 (1.12%) PMO
9 7 (0.98%) Actionable Recommendations
9 7 (0.98%) NIST
10 6 (0.84%) Cyber Essentials
11 5 (0.70%) COBIT
11 5 (0.70%) GRC
12 3 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 2 (0.28%) Def Stans
13 2 (0.28%) DICOM
13 2 (0.28%) HL7
14 1 (0.14%) ISO 22301
14 1 (0.14%) JSP 440
System Software
1 57 (7.97%) Docker
2 49 (6.85%) Active Directory
3 11 (1.54%) Hyper-V
4 7 (0.98%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (0.84%) VMware Infrastructure
6 5 (0.70%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (0.42%) Firmware
7 3 (0.42%) KVM
8 2 (0.28%) Apache ZooKeeper
8 2 (0.28%) BitLocker
8 2 (0.28%) vSphere
9 1 (0.14%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.14%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 79 (11.05%) Terraform
2 62 (8.67%) Kubernetes
3 28 (3.92%) Grafana
4 22 (3.08%) Prometheus
5 18 (2.52%) Microsoft Intune
6 15 (2.10%) Ansible
7 12 (1.68%) SCCM
8 7 (0.98%) Kibana
9 5 (0.70%) Consul
9 5 (0.70%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (0.42%) IBM BigFix
10 3 (0.42%) Packer
10 3 (0.42%) Rancher
10 3 (0.42%) vCenter Server
11 2 (0.28%) HP ALM
11 2 (0.28%) HP Quality Center
11 2 (0.28%) ITRS Geneos
11 2 (0.28%) Jamf Pro
11 2 (0.28%) ZABBIX
11 2 (0.28%) Zipkin
Vendors
1 162 (22.66%) Microsoft
2 32 (4.48%) Google
3 30 (4.20%) Databricks
4 25 (3.50%) SAP
5 24 (3.36%) Dynatrace
5 24 (3.36%) Salesforce
5 24 (3.36%) ServiceNow
6 15 (2.10%) Oracle
7 12 (1.68%) CyberArk
7 12 (1.68%) Sage
8 10 (1.40%) Siemens
8 10 (1.40%) Splunk
9 9 (1.26%) Apple
9 9 (1.26%) Cisco
9 9 (1.26%) PagerDuty
10 8 (1.12%) OpenAI
10 8 (1.12%) VMware
11 7 (0.98%) Aspera
11 7 (0.98%) Signiant
11 7 (0.98%) Workday