Inclusion and Diversity Contracts in the West Midlands

Inclusion and Diversity
England > West Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Inclusion and Diversity in contract job vacancies in the West Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Inclusion and Diversity over the 6 months leading up to 23 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 60 57 113
Rank change year-on-year -3 +56 +46
Contract jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 42 57 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 2.85% 2.78% 0.59%
As % of the General category 4.56% 5.22% 1.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 44 9
10th Percentile - £409 £373
25th Percentile £400 £488 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £445 £600 £480
Median % change year-on-year -25.83% +25.00% +1.05%
75th Percentile £638 £775 £500
90th Percentile - £1,025 £539
England median daily rate £525 £613 £600
% change year-on-year -14.29% +2.08% +3.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £11.36 £13.31
Median hourly rate - £11.73 £13.88
Median % change year-on-year - -15.50% -
75th Percentile - £12.09 £14.44
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £22.14 £18.20 £39.75
% change year-on-year +21.67% -54.22% -23.56%

All General Skills
West Midlands

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 common skills in the West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 921 1,093 1,235
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 62.44% 53.24% 55.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 573 738 863
10th Percentile £193 £250 £263
25th Percentile £350 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% -2.44% +3.54%
75th Percentile £550 £625 £638
90th Percentile £651 £750 £725
England median daily rate £520 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -2.80% -2.73% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 75 126 45
10th Percentile £14.00 £11.24 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.64 £13.60 £13.70
Median hourly rate £24.34 £19.00 £22.41
Median % change year-on-year +28.11% -15.22% +31.82%
75th Percentile £34.45 £33.93 £28.75
90th Percentile £50.00 £56.25 £54.00
England median hourly rate £28.18 £31.97 £27.98
% change year-on-year -11.85% +14.26% +21.65%

Inclusion and Diversity
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Inclusion and Diversity as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Inclusion and Diversity in the West Midlands

Inclusion and Diversity
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity in the West Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Inclusion and Diversity in the West Midlands

Inclusion and Diversity
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 23 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Inclusion and Diversity in the West Midlands

Inclusion and Diversity
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity in the West Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Inclusion and Diversity in the West Midlands

Inclusion and Diversity
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

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 West Midlands region over the 6 months to 23 June 2025. 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
Warwickshire -7 18 £409 -41.61% 99
Birmingham +4 11 £433 -7.98% 361
Solihull - 8 £453 - 2
Inclusion and Diversity
England

Inclusion and Diversity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 4 (9.52%) IBM Notes
2 1 (2.38%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (4.76%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (2.38%) MS Visio
3 1 (2.38%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 15 (35.71%) Azure
2 7 (16.67%) AWS
2 7 (16.67%) Entra ID
3 6 (14.29%) GCP
3 6 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (9.52%) Power Platform
5 1 (2.38%) Azure Stack
5 1 (2.38%) Nutanix
5 1 (2.38%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 7 (16.67%) Firewall
2 3 (7.14%) DHCP
2 3 (7.14%) DNS
2 3 (7.14%) VLAN
2 3 (7.14%) VPN
2 3 (7.14%) Wireless
3 2 (4.76%) BGP
3 2 (4.76%) EIGRP
3 2 (4.76%) HTTP
3 2 (4.76%) IPsec
3 2 (4.76%) Network Security
3 2 (4.76%) OSPF
3 2 (4.76%) Software-Defined Networking
3 2 (4.76%) SSL
3 2 (4.76%) TACACS
4 1 (2.38%) DMZ
4 1 (2.38%) NAS
4 1 (2.38%) SAN
4 1 (2.38%) TCP/IP
4 1 (2.38%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (9.52%) Power BI
2 3 (7.14%) BusinessObjects
2 3 (7.14%) Oracle Database
3 2 (4.76%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (4.76%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (2.38%) JIRA
2 1 (2.38%) ScriptRunner
General
1 24 (57.14%) Finance
2 14 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 11 (26.19%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (16.67%) Public Sector
5 3 (7.14%) Automotive
6 2 (4.76%) Manufacturing
7 1 (2.38%) Military
Job Titles
1 10 (23.81%) Analyst
2 5 (11.90%) Automation Developer
2 5 (11.90%) Developer
2 5 (11.90%) Robotic Process Automation Developer
3 4 (9.52%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
3 4 (9.52%) Desktop Engineer
3 4 (9.52%) First Line Help Desk Analyst
3 4 (9.52%) Help Desk Analyst
3 4 (9.52%) IT Manager
3 4 (9.52%) IT Project Manager
3 4 (9.52%) Product Owner
3 4 (9.52%) Project Manager
3 4 (9.52%) Service Analyst
3 4 (9.52%) Service Desk Analyst
4 3 (7.14%) Coordinator
4 3 (7.14%) Infrastructure Manager
4 3 (7.14%) Infrastructure Project Manager
4 3 (7.14%) PMO Analyst
4 3 (7.14%) Project Analyst
4 3 (7.14%) Project Coordinator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (7.14%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 9 (21.43%) Data Centre
2 4 (9.52%) Driving Licence
2 4 (9.52%) Product Ownership
3 3 (7.14%) Industry 4.0
3 3 (7.14%) IoT
3 3 (7.14%) Management Information System
3 3 (7.14%) Security Posture
3 3 (7.14%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (4.76%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (4.76%) Onboarding
5 1 (2.38%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 8 (19.05%) Windows
2 2 (4.76%) Linux
2 2 (4.76%) Windows 10
3 1 (2.38%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (33.33%) Migration
2 9 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (19.05%) Agile
3 8 (19.05%) Change Management
4 7 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
5 6 (14.29%) Coaching
5 6 (14.29%) ITIL
6 5 (11.90%) Cloud Security
6 5 (11.90%) Robotic Process Automation
7 4 (9.52%) Backlog Prioritisation
7 4 (9.52%) Business Intelligence
7 4 (9.52%) Customer Service
7 4 (9.52%) Proactive Monitoring
7 4 (9.52%) Product Backlog
7 4 (9.52%) Product Requirements
7 4 (9.52%) Product Strategy
7 4 (9.52%) Product Vision
7 4 (9.52%) Resource Allocation
7 4 (9.52%) Service Asset and Configuration Management
7 4 (9.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 5 (11.90%) SQL
2 4 (9.52%) PowerShell
3 1 (2.38%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 4 (9.52%) Degree
1 4 (9.52%) Security Cleared
2 3 (7.14%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (7.14%) SC Cleared
3 2 (4.76%) CCNA
3 2 (4.76%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (4.76%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (2.38%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (2.38%) CISSP
4 1 (2.38%) MCP
4 1 (2.38%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (14.29%) PMO
2 1 (2.38%) P3O
2 1 (2.38%) QA
System Software
1 12 (28.57%) Active Directory
2 2 (4.76%) Docker
2 2 (4.76%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (2.38%) Firmware
3 1 (2.38%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 5 (11.90%) SCCM
2 4 (9.52%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (7.14%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (4.76%) Kubernetes
4 2 (4.76%) Nagios
Vendors
1 15 (35.71%) Microsoft
2 7 (16.67%) Cisco
3 6 (14.29%) Salesforce
3 6 (14.29%) ServiceNow
4 5 (11.90%) Blue Prism
5 4 (9.52%) Google
5 4 (9.52%) Lotus
6 3 (7.14%) CyberArk
6 3 (7.14%) Oracle
6 3 (7.14%) SAP
7 2 (4.76%) Arista
7 2 (4.76%) Juniper
7 2 (4.76%) SolarWinds
7 2 (4.76%) VMware
8 1 (2.38%) Atlassian
8 1 (2.38%) Veeam