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

6 months to
29 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 218 152 154
Rank change year-on-year -66 +2 +27
Contract jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 664 626 629
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.26% 1.91% 1.58%
As % of the General category 2.30% 3.03% 2.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 336 242 430
10th Percentile £306 £181 £418
25th Percentile £375 £363 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £600
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% -20.83% -
75th Percentile £588 £620 £688
90th Percentile £675 £660 £776
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £450 £503
% change year-on-year - -10.45% +4.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 19 10
10th Percentile £16.43 £17.48 £10.88
25th Percentile £18.25 - £18.45
Median hourly rate £21.32 £22.14 £28.28
Median % change year-on-year -3.71% -21.70% -47.76%
75th Percentile £39.47 - £47.50
90th Percentile £96.00 £37.50 £49.63
UK excluding London median hourly rate £94.75 £22.14 £14.66
% change year-on-year +327.96% +51.00% -79.31%

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 28,838 20,685 22,826
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 54.88% 63.03% 57.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,185 12,965 14,402
10th Percentile £313 £280 £288
25th Percentile £413 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £630 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £472 £494
% change year-on-year +5.88% -4.40% -1.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,068 1,090 1,492
10th Percentile £14.00 £13.34 £13.86
25th Percentile £18.00 £16.16 £16.50
Median hourly rate £32.90 £25.15 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +30.83% -32.93% +22.79%
75th Percentile £61.18 £51.21 £57.50
90th Percentile £81.05 £70.02 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £33.50 £22.14 £38.12
% change year-on-year +51.31% -41.92% +41.19%

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 29 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 29 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 29 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 -63 581 £475 -5.71% 1,166
UK excluding London -70 302 £450 - 712
London -57 299 £525 -4.55% 647
Work from Home -53 249 £525 +1.20% 486
Midlands -32 93 £525 +20.00% 93
South East -46 78 £438 -13.79% 207
West Midlands -28 72 £525 +26.51% 58
North of England -84 62 £425 +7.59% 169
North East - 34 £425 - 39
East Midlands -14 21 £165 -63.33% 35
East of England -15 21 £473 +45.38% 46
Scotland -29 21 £250 -45.95% 67
South West -43 21 £475 -20.83% 103
North West -55 15 £518 +29.38% 89
Yorkshire -83 13 £304 +51.88% 41
Wales -14 5 £425 +28.33% 18
Northern Ireland -2 1 - - 26

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 28 (4.22%) SharePoint
2 15 (2.26%) Confluence
3 12 (1.81%) Apache Airflow
4 11 (1.66%) CMS
4 11 (1.66%) Microsoft Exchange
5 10 (1.51%) Apache Spark
6 8 (1.20%) WordPress
7 6 (0.90%) Apache
8 4 (0.60%) Kentico
9 3 (0.45%) Jupyter
10 2 (0.30%) Skype for Business
11 1 (0.15%) Drupal
11 1 (0.15%) JBoss
11 1 (0.15%) nginx
11 1 (0.15%) SAS
11 1 (0.15%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 23 (3.46%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (2.26%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.90%) Spreadsheet
4 5 (0.75%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.45%) AutoCAD
5 3 (0.45%) Trello
6 2 (0.30%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.30%) Sketch
7 1 (0.15%) Acrobat
7 1 (0.15%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.15%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.15%) InVision
7 1 (0.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 15 (2.26%) NetSuite
2 11 (1.66%) Dynamics CRM
3 9 (1.36%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (0.75%) Sage X3
4 5 (0.75%) Salesforce CRM
5 4 (0.60%) Oracle ERP
6 3 (0.45%) Dynamics NAV
6 3 (0.45%) Workday HCM
7 2 (0.30%) SAP Business One
8 1 (0.15%) Advent Geneva
8 1 (0.15%) Hyperion Planning
8 1 (0.15%) Oracle EBS
8 1 (0.15%) Oracle Financials
8 1 (0.15%) SAP ERP
8 1 (0.15%) SAP FI
8 1 (0.15%) SAP FS
8 1 (0.15%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 185 (27.86%) Azure
2 108 (16.27%) AWS
3 65 (9.79%) Azure DevOps
4 56 (8.43%) Microsoft 365
5 53 (7.98%) Power Platform
6 44 (6.63%) GCP
7 30 (4.52%) GitHub
8 27 (4.07%) Dynamics 365
8 27 (4.07%) Entra ID
9 24 (3.61%) GitHub Actions
10 23 (3.46%) Serverless
11 21 (3.16%) Power Automate
11 21 (3.16%) Snowflake
12 19 (2.86%) Azure Data Factory
13 17 (2.56%) dbt
14 14 (2.11%) Amazon EKS
15 13 (1.96%) AWS Lambda
15 13 (1.96%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 13 (1.96%) SaaS
16 12 (1.81%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 19 (2.86%) TCP/IP
2 15 (2.26%) Ethernet
3 12 (1.81%) Network Security
4 11 (1.66%) DNS
4 11 (1.66%) Firewall
4 11 (1.66%) Wi-Fi
5 10 (1.51%) VLAN
6 9 (1.36%) VPN
7 8 (1.20%) DHCP
8 7 (1.05%) WAN
8 7 (1.05%) Wireless
9 6 (0.90%) HTTP
9 6 (0.90%) Structured Cabling
10 5 (0.75%) SD-WAN
11 4 (0.60%) BGP
11 4 (0.60%) OSPF
12 3 (0.45%) Ethernet VPN
12 3 (0.45%) LAN
12 3 (0.45%) MPLS
12 3 (0.45%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (6.33%) Power BI
2 29 (4.37%) Data Warehouse
3 23 (3.46%) PostgreSQL
4 22 (3.31%) SQL Server
5 11 (1.66%) Big Data
5 11 (1.66%) Metadata
6 8 (1.20%) NoSQL
6 8 (1.20%) Snowflake Schema
7 7 (1.05%) Azure SQL Database
7 7 (1.05%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
7 7 (1.05%) Hadoop
7 7 (1.05%) MongoDB
7 7 (1.05%) Power Query
7 7 (1.05%) Redis
8 6 (0.90%) Amazon RDS
8 6 (0.90%) Data Lake
8 6 (0.90%) Db2
8 6 (0.90%) Looker
8 6 (0.90%) Tableau
9 5 (0.75%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 38 (5.72%) JIRA
2 28 (4.22%) Jenkins
3 24 (3.61%) Git
4 22 (3.31%) GitLab
5 10 (1.51%) fastlane
5 10 (1.51%) Selenium
6 9 (1.36%) Cypress.io
6 9 (1.36%) Postman
7 8 (1.20%) WebDriver
8 7 (1.05%) Cucumber
9 6 (0.90%) JMeter
9 6 (0.90%) Vite
10 5 (0.75%) Crashlytics
10 5 (0.75%) Gatling
10 5 (0.75%) Gradle
10 5 (0.75%) JUnit
10 5 (0.75%) LoadRunner
10 5 (0.75%) Mockito
10 5 (0.75%) SonarQube
10 5 (0.75%) Xcode
General
1 246 (37.05%) Social Skills
2 171 (25.75%) Finance
3 161 (24.25%) Public Sector
4 91 (13.70%) Analytical Skills
5 26 (3.92%) Organisational Skills
6 23 (3.46%) Banking
7 20 (3.01%) Presentation Skills
8 17 (2.56%) Law
9 16 (2.41%) Influencing Skills
9 16 (2.41%) Legal
9 16 (2.41%) Manufacturing
10 15 (2.26%) Documentation Skills
11 12 (1.81%) Marketing
12 10 (1.51%) Pharmaceutical
13 9 (1.36%) Retail
14 8 (1.20%) Local Government
14 8 (1.20%) Telecoms
15 5 (0.75%) Billing
15 5 (0.75%) General Ledger
16 4 (0.60%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 89 (13.40%) Analyst
2 85 (12.80%) Developer
3 74 (11.14%) Lead
4 70 (10.54%) Senior
5 46 (6.93%) Architect
6 42 (6.33%) Consultant
7 33 (4.97%) Data Engineer
8 26 (3.92%) Data Analyst
9 25 (3.77%) Business Analyst
10 24 (3.61%) DevOps Engineer
11 23 (3.46%) IT Engineer
12 21 (3.16%) Senior Developer
12 21 (3.16%) Support Engineer
13 19 (2.86%) IT Support
14 17 (2.56%) Coordinator
14 17 (2.56%) Project Manager
15 15 (2.26%) Systems Engineer
15 15 (2.26%) Technical Engineer
16 14 (2.11%) Administrator
16 14 (2.11%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (4.67%) RESTful
2 25 (3.77%) React
3 23 (3.46%) .NET
3 23 (3.46%) GraphQL
4 18 (2.71%) HTML
5 17 (2.56%) CSS
5 17 (2.56%) PySpark
6 16 (2.41%) Kafka
6 16 (2.41%) Node.js
6 16 (2.41%) REST
7 14 (2.11%) JSON
8 12 (1.81%) Spring
8 12 (1.81%) Spring Boot
9 11 (1.66%) Django
10 10 (1.51%) Gherkin
11 7 (1.05%) ARM Templates
11 7 (1.05%) HTML5
11 7 (1.05%) Next.js
11 7 (1.05%) RabbitMQ
12 6 (0.90%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 57 (8.58%) Onboarding
2 38 (5.72%) Cloud Native
3 35 (5.27%) Product Ownership
4 22 (3.31%) Legacy Systems
5 21 (3.16%) Distributed Systems
6 17 (2.56%) Data Centre
7 15 (2.26%) Data Structures
7 15 (2.26%) Industry 4.0
7 15 (2.26%) Robotics
8 10 (1.51%) Mobile App
9 9 (1.36%) Management Information System
9 9 (1.36%) Security Posture
10 8 (1.20%) Enterprise Software
11 7 (1.05%) EPoS
11 7 (1.05%) Linux Command Line
11 7 (1.05%) Virtual Team
12 6 (0.90%) Algorithms
12 6 (0.90%) Replication
13 5 (0.75%) Reinsurance
13 5 (0.75%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 65 (9.79%) Windows
2 18 (2.71%) Linux
2 18 (2.71%) Windows Server
3 16 (2.41%) Windows 10
4 12 (1.81%) Android
4 12 (1.81%) Apple iOS
5 7 (1.05%) Unix
6 5 (0.75%) Windows 7
7 4 (0.60%) AIX
7 4 (0.60%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.45%) Windows Server 2008
9 2 (0.30%) VMS
10 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 200 (30.12%) Agile
2 172 (25.90%) Problem-Solving
3 133 (20.03%) DevOps
4 127 (19.13%) CI/CD
5 121 (18.22%) Stakeholder Management
6 111 (16.72%) Decision-Making
7 103 (15.51%) Continuous Improvement
8 95 (14.31%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
9 92 (13.86%) Analytics
10 86 (12.95%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 80 (12.05%) AI
11 80 (12.05%) Migration
12 67 (10.09%) Infrastructure as Code
13 62 (9.34%) Test Automation
14 59 (8.89%) Mentoring
14 59 (8.89%) Validation
15 53 (7.98%) Data Modelling
16 52 (7.83%) Roadmaps
17 51 (7.68%) Business Intelligence
18 49 (7.38%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 108 (16.27%) Python
2 86 (12.95%) SQL
3 48 (7.23%) JavaScript
4 41 (6.17%) Java
5 32 (4.82%) C#
6 25 (3.77%) TypeScript
7 16 (2.41%) PowerShell
8 13 (1.96%) Bash
8 13 (1.96%) Kotlin
9 10 (1.51%) Swift
10 9 (1.36%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 9 (1.36%) Go
11 8 (1.20%) Bicep
12 7 (1.05%) Ruby
13 6 (0.90%) R
14 5 (0.75%) Apex Code
14 5 (0.75%) PL/SQL
14 5 (0.75%) VBA
15 4 (0.60%) PHP
15 4 (0.60%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 113 (17.02%) Security Cleared
2 105 (15.81%) SC Cleared
3 59 (8.89%) Degree
4 27 (4.07%) DBS Check
5 21 (3.16%) Azure Certification
5 21 (3.16%) BPSS Clearance
6 19 (2.86%) Microsoft Certification
7 17 (2.56%) Computer Science Degree
8 8 (1.20%) ISTQB
9 7 (1.05%) Master's Degree
10 6 (0.90%) ITIL Certification
11 5 (0.75%) AWS Certification
11 5 (0.75%) PMP
12 4 (0.60%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 3 (0.45%) ACCA
13 3 (0.45%) CIMA
13 3 (0.45%) CIPD
13 3 (0.45%) CISM
13 3 (0.45%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 3 (0.45%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 78 (11.75%) Accessibility
2 36 (5.42%) Data Quality
3 32 (4.82%) QA
3 32 (4.82%) WCAG
4 27 (4.07%) GDPR
5 19 (2.86%) SLA
6 13 (1.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 9 (1.36%) NCSC
7 9 (1.36%) PMO
8 8 (1.20%) Actionable Recommendations
9 6 (0.90%) Cyber Essentials
10 5 (0.75%) COBIT
10 5 (0.75%) GRC
11 3 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 3 (0.45%) NIST
12 2 (0.30%) Def Stans
13 1 (0.15%) Disclosure Scotland
13 1 (0.15%) GMP
13 1 (0.15%) GxP
13 1 (0.15%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 51 (7.68%) Docker
2 46 (6.93%) Active Directory
3 12 (1.81%) Hyper-V
4 9 (1.36%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (0.90%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (0.60%) KVM
6 4 (0.60%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.30%) Apache ZooKeeper
7 2 (0.30%) BitLocker
7 2 (0.30%) Firmware
8 1 (0.15%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.15%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.15%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 73 (10.99%) Terraform
2 53 (7.98%) Kubernetes
3 22 (3.31%) Grafana
4 20 (3.01%) Prometheus
5 15 (2.26%) Ansible
6 14 (2.11%) Microsoft Intune
7 10 (1.51%) SCCM
8 7 (1.05%) Kibana
9 4 (0.60%) Consul
9 4 (0.60%) IBM BigFix
9 4 (0.60%) Single Sign-On
9 4 (0.60%) vCenter Server
10 3 (0.45%) Rancher
11 2 (0.30%) HP ALM
11 2 (0.30%) HP Quality Center
11 2 (0.30%) ITRS Geneos
11 2 (0.30%) Jamf Pro
11 2 (0.30%) Packer
11 2 (0.30%) Zipkin
12 1 (0.15%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 143 (21.54%) Microsoft
2 31 (4.67%) Google
3 28 (4.22%) Salesforce
4 25 (3.77%) Databricks
5 23 (3.46%) SAP
5 23 (3.46%) ServiceNow
6 21 (3.16%) Dynatrace
7 15 (2.26%) Siemens
8 12 (1.81%) Oracle
8 12 (1.81%) Sage
9 11 (1.66%) CyberArk
10 9 (1.36%) PagerDuty
11 7 (1.05%) Apple
11 7 (1.05%) Aspera
11 7 (1.05%) CA Agile Central
11 7 (1.05%) Qualys
11 7 (1.05%) Signiant
11 7 (1.05%) VMware
12 6 (0.90%) Cisco
13 5 (0.75%) IBM