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 6 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 238 142 161
Rank change year-on-year -96 +19 +47
Contract jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 530 588 654
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.07% 2.03% 1.52%
As % of the General category 1.99% 3.20% 2.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 247 245 457
10th Percentile £306 £185 £403
25th Percentile £382 £385 £505
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £600
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -16.67% -
75th Percentile £594 £638 £700
90th Percentile £675 £685 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £450 £500
% change year-on-year -5.56% -10.00% -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 12 21
10th Percentile £18.58 - £11.36
25th Percentile £19.44 - £12.27
Median hourly rate £22.64 £22.14 £21.64
Median % change year-on-year +2.24% +2.31% -44.51%
75th Percentile £85.94 £24.73 £47.50
90th Percentile £122.88 £55.00 £57.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £145.00 £22.14 £17.60
% change year-on-year +554.92% +25.80% +26.85%

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 26,645 18,395 24,713
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 53.95% 63.35% 57.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,132 11,601 15,502
10th Percentile £313 £281 £275
25th Percentile £413 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.49% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £769
UK excluding London median daily rate £494 £475 £490
% change year-on-year +3.95% -3.06% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,765 839 1,985
10th Percentile £13.81 £13.44 £12.78
25th Percentile £17.75 £16.95 £15.50
Median hourly rate £31.16 £28.00 £30.12
Median % change year-on-year +11.27% -7.04% -7.04%
75th Percentile £60.75 £55.00 £52.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £73.75 £67.38
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.50 £24.50 £28.46
% change year-on-year +24.49% -13.91% +1.72%

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 6 June 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 6 June 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Inclusion and Diversity in the UK

Inclusion and Diversity
Top 15 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 6 June 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 -93 460 £500 -4.76% 1,096
London -66 244 £550 -4.35% 522
Work from Home -45 222 £528 -4.09% 555
UK excluding London -127 222 £425 -5.56% 758
South East -52 67 £425 -16.26% 216
North of England -97 55 £425 +6.25% 163
Midlands -67 54 £553 +22.78% 116
West Midlands -61 42 £553 +22.78% 57
North East 0 27 £425 -22.73% 17
East of England -28 20 £338 +3.85% 45
Scotland -21 17 £210 -54.59% 61
Yorkshire -94 15 £375 -6.25% 60
North West -58 13 £365 -14.21% 88
East Midlands -34 12 - - 59
South West -52 9 £350 -37.81% 100

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 17 (3.21%) SharePoint
2 14 (2.64%) Apache Spark
3 10 (1.89%) Apache Airflow
3 10 (1.89%) Confluence
3 10 (1.89%) Microsoft Exchange
4 9 (1.70%) CMS
5 5 (0.94%) WordPress
6 4 (0.75%) Apache
6 4 (0.75%) Kentico
7 2 (0.38%) Jupyter
7 2 (0.38%) Skype for Business
8 1 (0.19%) Appian
8 1 (0.19%) Drupal
8 1 (0.19%) nginx
8 1 (0.19%) Oracle Application Server
8 1 (0.19%) SAS
8 1 (0.19%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 20 (3.77%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (1.89%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.38%) AutoCAD
3 2 (0.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.38%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (0.38%) Trello
4 1 (0.19%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.19%) InVision
4 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.19%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 8 (1.51%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.94%) NetSuite
2 5 (0.94%) Oracle ERP
3 3 (0.57%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.38%) FLEXCUBE
4 2 (0.38%) SAP Business One
4 2 (0.38%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 1 (0.19%) Advent Geneva
5 1 (0.19%) Bloomberg TOMS
5 1 (0.19%) Hyperion Planning
5 1 (0.19%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.19%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (0.19%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.19%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.19%) SAP FS
5 1 (0.19%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 131 (24.72%) Azure
2 98 (18.49%) AWS
3 37 (6.98%) Microsoft 365
4 36 (6.79%) Azure DevOps
5 35 (6.60%) Power Platform
6 28 (5.28%) GitHub
7 27 (5.09%) GCP
8 22 (4.15%) GitHub Actions
9 21 (3.96%) Entra ID
10 17 (3.21%) dbt
11 14 (2.64%) Amazon EKS
11 14 (2.64%) Azure Data Factory
11 14 (2.64%) Serverless
12 13 (2.45%) Snowflake
13 10 (1.89%) AWS Lambda
14 9 (1.70%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 9 (1.70%) SaaS
15 8 (1.51%) Firebase
16 7 (1.32%) AWS CloudFormation
17 6 (1.13%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 19 (3.58%) TCP/IP
2 15 (2.83%) Ethernet
3 12 (2.26%) Network Security
4 10 (1.89%) Firewall
5 8 (1.51%) VLAN
6 7 (1.32%) DNS
6 7 (1.32%) Wi-Fi
7 6 (1.13%) HTTP
7 6 (1.13%) VSAN
7 6 (1.13%) WAN
8 5 (0.94%) DHCP
8 5 (0.94%) VPN
9 3 (0.57%) MPLS
9 3 (0.57%) SD-WAN
10 2 (0.38%) BGP
10 2 (0.38%) Ethernet VPN
10 2 (0.38%) OSPF
10 2 (0.38%) Skype
10 2 (0.38%) Structured Cabling
10 2 (0.38%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (6.04%) Power BI
2 24 (4.53%) Data Warehouse
3 22 (4.15%) SQL Server
4 19 (3.58%) PostgreSQL
5 13 (2.45%) Big Data
6 12 (2.26%) Hadoop
7 9 (1.70%) Snowflake Schema
8 8 (1.51%) Db2
9 7 (1.32%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
9 7 (1.32%) NoSQL
9 7 (1.32%) Tableau
10 6 (1.13%) Amazon RDS
10 6 (1.13%) Azure SQL Database
10 6 (1.13%) Looker
10 6 (1.13%) Metadata
11 5 (0.94%) Data Lake
11 5 (0.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 4 (0.75%) Metadata Repository
12 4 (0.75%) SAP Data Services
13 3 (0.57%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 29 (5.47%) JIRA
2 24 (4.53%) Jenkins
3 22 (4.15%) Git
4 15 (2.83%) GitLab
5 8 (1.51%) fastlane
6 6 (1.13%) JMeter
6 6 (1.13%) SonarQube
6 6 (1.13%) Vite
7 5 (0.94%) Gatling
7 5 (0.94%) LoadRunner
8 4 (0.75%) Android Studio
8 4 (0.75%) CircleCI
8 4 (0.75%) Crashlytics
8 4 (0.75%) Gradle
8 4 (0.75%) JUnit
8 4 (0.75%) Xcode
9 3 (0.57%) Artifactory
9 3 (0.57%) Cucumber
9 3 (0.57%) Mockito
9 3 (0.57%) Selenium
General
1 175 (33.02%) Social Skills
2 146 (27.55%) Finance
3 118 (22.26%) Public Sector
4 70 (13.21%) Analytical Skills
5 30 (5.66%) Banking
6 17 (3.21%) Presentation Skills
7 15 (2.83%) Law
8 12 (2.26%) Influencing Skills
9 11 (2.08%) Legal
9 11 (2.08%) Manufacturing
9 11 (2.08%) Organisational Skills
10 10 (1.89%) Pharmaceutical
11 7 (1.32%) Documentation Skills
11 7 (1.32%) Marketing
12 6 (1.13%) Retail
13 5 (0.94%) General Ledger
13 5 (0.94%) Local Government
14 4 (0.75%) Aerospace
15 3 (0.57%) Front Office
15 3 (0.57%) Police
Job Titles
1 68 (12.83%) Analyst
2 60 (11.32%) Developer
3 58 (10.94%) Senior
4 46 (8.68%) Lead
5 38 (7.17%) Architect
6 31 (5.85%) Consultant
6 31 (5.85%) Data Engineer
7 25 (4.72%) Data Analyst
7 25 (4.72%) DevOps Engineer
8 20 (3.77%) Support Engineer
9 18 (3.40%) Senior Developer
10 17 (3.21%) Business Analyst
10 17 (3.21%) IT Support
11 16 (3.02%) Systems Engineer
12 15 (2.83%) IT Engineer
12 15 (2.83%) Project Manager
12 15 (2.83%) Technical Engineer
13 13 (2.45%) Azure Engineer
13 13 (2.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 12 (2.26%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (3.96%) React
2 16 (3.02%) .NET
2 16 (3.02%) GraphQL
2 16 (3.02%) RESTful
3 12 (2.26%) REST
4 11 (2.08%) Spring
4 11 (2.08%) Spring Boot
5 9 (1.70%) HTML
5 9 (1.70%) Kafka
6 8 (1.51%) CSS
6 8 (1.51%) Django
6 8 (1.51%) PySpark
7 7 (1.32%) Middleware
7 7 (1.32%) Next.js
7 7 (1.32%) YAML
8 6 (1.13%) AngularJS
8 6 (1.13%) ARM Templates
8 6 (1.13%) Node.js
9 5 (0.94%) Elastic Stack
9 5 (0.94%) FastAPI
Miscellaneous
1 31 (5.85%) Onboarding
2 28 (5.28%) Cloud Native
3 20 (3.77%) Product Ownership
4 15 (2.83%) Industry 4.0
4 15 (2.83%) Robotics
5 13 (2.45%) Data Centre
6 12 (2.26%) Distributed Systems
6 12 (2.26%) Legacy Systems
7 10 (1.89%) Data Structures
8 8 (1.51%) Linux Command Line
8 8 (1.51%) Mobile App
8 8 (1.51%) Security Posture
9 7 (1.32%) Replication
10 6 (1.13%) Management Information System
10 6 (1.13%) Operational Technology
11 5 (0.94%) Algorithms
11 5 (0.94%) Enterprise Software
11 5 (0.94%) EPoS
12 4 (0.75%) NHS
12 4 (0.75%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 48 (9.06%) Windows
2 18 (3.40%) Linux
2 18 (3.40%) Windows Server
3 17 (3.21%) Windows 10
4 9 (1.70%) Android
4 9 (1.70%) Apple iOS
4 9 (1.70%) Unix
5 6 (1.13%) AIX
6 3 (0.57%) Mac OS
6 3 (0.57%) Windows 7
7 2 (0.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.38%) VMS
8 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 130 (24.53%) Agile
2 129 (24.34%) Problem-Solving
3 106 (20.00%) CI/CD
4 93 (17.55%) DevOps
5 90 (16.98%) Decision-Making
6 76 (14.34%) Analytics
7 68 (12.83%) Stakeholder Management
8 64 (12.08%) Continuous Improvement
9 56 (10.57%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
10 54 (10.19%) Infrastructure as Code
10 54 (10.19%) Migration
11 49 (9.25%) AI
12 48 (9.06%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 47 (8.87%) Test Automation
14 44 (8.30%) Mentoring
15 41 (7.74%) Data Modelling
16 40 (7.55%) Validation
17 38 (7.17%) Business Intelligence
18 37 (6.98%) User Experience
19 36 (6.79%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 89 (16.79%) Python
2 81 (15.28%) SQL
3 32 (6.04%) Java
4 25 (4.72%) JavaScript
5 23 (4.34%) PowerShell
6 16 (3.02%) Bash
7 15 (2.83%) TypeScript
8 12 (2.26%) C#
9 11 (2.08%) R
10 9 (1.70%) Kotlin
10 9 (1.70%) Swift
11 7 (1.32%) Scala
12 5 (0.94%) PL/SQL
12 5 (0.94%) Ruby
12 5 (0.94%) VBA
13 4 (0.75%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 4 (0.75%) Groovy
14 3 (0.57%) Go
14 3 (0.57%) VB
15 2 (0.38%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 88 (16.60%) Security Cleared
2 81 (15.28%) SC Cleared
3 46 (8.68%) Degree
4 21 (3.96%) DBS Check
5 14 (2.64%) Azure Certification
6 11 (2.08%) AWS Certification
6 11 (2.08%) BPSS Clearance
6 11 (2.08%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (1.13%) Microsoft Certification
8 5 (0.94%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 5 (0.94%) PMP
9 4 (0.75%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 4 (0.75%) ITIL Certification
9 4 (0.75%) Master's Degree
10 3 (0.57%) CISM
10 3 (0.57%) CISSP
10 3 (0.57%) PMI Certification
11 2 (0.38%) ACCA
11 2 (0.38%) CIMA
11 2 (0.38%) CIPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (7.92%) Accessibility
2 32 (6.04%) Data Quality
3 22 (4.15%) QA
4 13 (2.45%) GDPR
4 13 (2.45%) WCAG
5 10 (1.89%) Actionable Recommendations
6 9 (1.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 9 (1.70%) SLA
7 6 (1.13%) Cyber Essentials
8 5 (0.94%) GRC
8 5 (0.94%) PMO
9 4 (0.75%) COBIT
9 4 (0.75%) NIST
10 3 (0.57%) Def Stans
11 2 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 2 (0.38%) NCSC
11 2 (0.38%) PSD2
12 1 (0.19%) ISO 22301
12 1 (0.19%) ISO 31000
12 1 (0.19%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 41 (7.74%) Docker
2 36 (6.79%) Active Directory
3 13 (2.45%) Hyper-V
4 11 (2.08%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (1.13%) KVM
5 6 (1.13%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (1.13%) VMware NSX
5 6 (1.13%) vSphere
6 4 (0.75%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.38%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.19%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 55 (10.38%) Terraform
2 45 (8.49%) Kubernetes
3 24 (4.53%) Grafana
4 20 (3.77%) Prometheus
5 19 (3.58%) Ansible
6 10 (1.89%) Kibana
7 9 (1.70%) SCCM
8 8 (1.51%) Microsoft Intune
9 6 (1.13%) IBM BigFix
9 6 (1.13%) vCenter Server
10 4 (0.75%) Consul
10 4 (0.75%) Single Sign-On
11 3 (0.57%) Rancher
12 2 (0.38%) HP ALM
12 2 (0.38%) HP Quality Center
12 2 (0.38%) ITRS Geneos
12 2 (0.38%) Jamf Pro
12 2 (0.38%) Packer
12 2 (0.38%) Zipkin
13 1 (0.19%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 81 (15.28%) Microsoft
2 26 (4.91%) Databricks
3 22 (4.15%) Google
4 21 (3.96%) SAP
5 19 (3.58%) Dynatrace
5 19 (3.58%) ServiceNow
6 16 (3.02%) Oracle
7 15 (2.83%) Siemens
8 14 (2.64%) Salesforce
8 14 (2.64%) VMware
9 8 (1.51%) CyberArk
10 7 (1.32%) IBM
11 6 (1.13%) Atlassian
12 4 (0.75%) Apple
12 4 (0.75%) Cisco
13 3 (0.57%) Acronis
13 3 (0.57%) AppDynamics
13 3 (0.57%) Dell
13 3 (0.57%) HP
13 3 (0.57%) Qualys