Inclusion and Diversity Contracts

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 have cited Inclusion and Diversity over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 151 205 450
Rank change year-on-year +54 +245 +191
Contract jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 651 730 457
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.53% 1.28% 0.52%
As % of the General category 2.64% 2.19% 0.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 471 472 338
10th Percentile £400 £450 £413
25th Percentile £503 £550 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £694 £690 £638
90th Percentile £775 £763 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £521 £493
% change year-on-year -4.03% +5.79% +4.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 5 1
10th Percentile £11.36 - -
25th Percentile £12.27 £13.31 £47.50
Median hourly rate £21.64 £39.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -44.51% -22.00% +144.89%
75th Percentile £47.50 £40.75 £52.50
90th Percentile £57.50 £60.70 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £17.60 £13.88 £50.00
% change year-on-year +26.85% -72.25% +144.89%

All General Skills
UK

Inclusion and Diversity is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 24,687 33,324 49,490
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 57.98% 58.52% 56.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,577 23,107 34,304
10th Percentile £275 £313 £320
25th Percentile £413 £443 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £775 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £496 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -0.80% +5.26% +8.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,927 1,007 1,407
10th Percentile £12.75 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.41 £17.74 £15.00
Median hourly rate £30.00 £32.50 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +44.44% -
75th Percentile £52.50 £61.25 £47.50
90th Percentile £66.45 £72.50 £60.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £29.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -3.45% +52.63% -2.56%

Inclusion and Diversity
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Inclusion and Diversity as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Inclusion and Diversity in the UK

Inclusion and Diversity
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Inclusion and Diversity in the UK

Inclusion and Diversity
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Inclusion and Diversity in the UK

Inclusion and Diversity
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Inclusion and Diversity in the UK

Inclusion and Diversity
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Inclusion and Diversity in the UK

Inclusion and Diversity
Top 17 Contract 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 18 May 2024. 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 +30 563 £610 +1.67% 1,435
London +4 398 £615 +2.50% 594
Work from Home +56 247 £600 - 679
UK excluding London +168 208 £500 -4.03% 1,015
Midlands +75 60 £550 -4.35% 160
West Midlands +70 57 £575 - 115
South East +47 52 £400 -38.46% 278
Scotland +48 34 £388 -17.11% 117
North of England +55 31 £480 -0.72% 214
South West +16 15 £650 -11.92% 139
North West +31 14 £538 +7.50% 119
Yorkshire +23 10 £480 -21.12% 54
North East +17 7 - - 44
East of England +9 7 £675 +33.66% 81
Wales - 7 £501 - 25
Northern Ireland +4 3 - - 25
East Midlands - 3 £550 - 45

Inclusion and Diversity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 10 (1.54%) SharePoint
2 7 (1.08%) SAS
3 5 (0.77%) CMS
4 4 (0.61%) Apache Spark
4 4 (0.61%) Drupal
5 3 (0.46%) Confluence
5 3 (0.46%) nginx
6 2 (0.31%) Mendix
7 1 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.15%) Ethereum
7 1 (0.15%) GeoServer
7 1 (0.15%) Hyperledger
7 1 (0.15%) IBM Domino
7 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.15%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.15%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 22 (3.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (3.23%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (1.23%) Microsoft Project
4 6 (0.92%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.31%) InVision
5 2 (0.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.31%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.31%) Sketch
6 1 (0.15%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.15%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.15%) CANalyzer
6 1 (0.15%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.15%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 8 (1.23%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.77%) ION MarketView
3 3 (0.46%) Exstream
3 3 (0.46%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.31%) Markit EDM
4 2 (0.31%) thinkFolio
5 1 (0.15%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.15%) HealthRoster
5 1 (0.15%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.15%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.15%) SAP CX
5 1 (0.15%) SAP Hybris
5 1 (0.15%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.15%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 1 (0.15%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 78 (11.98%) AWS
2 59 (9.06%) Azure
3 33 (5.07%) Power Platform
4 20 (3.07%) Microsoft 365
5 12 (1.84%) GCP
6 10 (1.54%) Boomi
6 10 (1.54%) Serverless
7 9 (1.38%) Cloud Computing
7 9 (1.38%) Snowflake
8 8 (1.23%) GitHub
9 6 (0.92%) AWS Lambda
9 6 (0.92%) Entra ID
9 6 (0.92%) Power Automate
10 5 (0.77%) Azure DevOps
11 4 (0.61%) Amazon ECS
11 4 (0.61%) BrowserStack
11 4 (0.61%) IaaS
11 4 (0.61%) PaaS
12 3 (0.46%) AWS CloudFormation
12 3 (0.46%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.54%) Firewall
2 8 (1.23%) WAN
3 7 (1.08%) Kerberos
4 6 (0.92%) LAN
5 5 (0.77%) Network Security
5 5 (0.77%) SSL
5 5 (0.77%) VPN
6 4 (0.61%) Ethernet
6 4 (0.61%) Radio Access Network
7 3 (0.46%) 2G
7 3 (0.46%) 3G
7 3 (0.46%) 4G
7 3 (0.46%) ATM
7 3 (0.46%) BIG-IP
7 3 (0.46%) Cisco ASA
7 3 (0.46%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
7 3 (0.46%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
7 3 (0.46%) SDH
7 3 (0.46%) WLAN
8 2 (0.31%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (5.07%) Power BI
2 20 (3.07%) Data Warehouse
3 11 (1.69%) NoSQL
4 9 (1.38%) MySQL
4 9 (1.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 8 (1.23%) MongoDB
5 8 (1.23%) PostgreSQL
6 7 (1.08%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 6 (0.92%) Crystal Reports
7 6 (0.92%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 5 (0.77%) Data Vault
8 5 (0.77%) KDB
8 5 (0.77%) SQL Server
9 4 (0.61%) Data Lake
9 4 (0.61%) GIS
9 4 (0.61%) Star Schema
10 3 (0.46%) Apache Cassandra
10 3 (0.46%) CockroachDB
10 3 (0.46%) SAP HANA
10 3 (0.46%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 17 (2.61%) JIRA
2 10 (1.54%) Jenkins
3 9 (1.38%) GitLab
4 8 (1.23%) Selenium
5 7 (1.08%) SpecFlow
6 6 (0.92%) Cypress.io
7 4 (0.61%) CircleCI
7 4 (0.61%) GCC
7 4 (0.61%) Git
8 3 (0.46%) Cucumber
8 3 (0.46%) Gradle
8 3 (0.46%) JMeter
8 3 (0.46%) Maven
9 2 (0.31%) Axure RP
9 2 (0.31%) Eclipse
9 2 (0.31%) Sonatype Nexus
9 2 (0.31%) TeamCity
9 2 (0.31%) webpack
10 1 (0.15%) CANoe
10 1 (0.15%) Terragrunt
General
1 181 (27.80%) Finance
2 177 (27.19%) Social Skills
3 38 (5.84%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (4.45%) Telecoms
5 28 (4.30%) Public Sector
6 25 (3.84%) Law
7 22 (3.38%) Banking
8 19 (2.92%) Marketing
9 13 (2.00%) Influencing Skills
10 12 (1.84%) Legal
11 8 (1.23%) Front Office
11 8 (1.23%) Presentation Skills
12 7 (1.08%) Manufacturing
13 5 (0.77%) Aviation
13 5 (0.77%) Electronics
13 5 (0.77%) Investment Banking
13 5 (0.77%) Publishing
14 4 (0.61%) Advertising
14 4 (0.61%) Retail
15 3 (0.46%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 156 (23.96%) Analyst
2 90 (13.82%) Business Analyst
3 74 (11.37%) Developer
4 68 (10.45%) Project Manager
5 67 (10.29%) Senior
6 57 (8.76%) Architect
7 40 (6.14%) Lead
8 37 (5.68%) Solutions Architect
9 33 (5.07%) Insurance Business Analyst
10 27 (4.15%) Consultant
11 26 (3.99%) Senior Analyst
12 21 (3.23%) Change Manager
12 21 (3.23%) Software Engineer
13 20 (3.07%) Data Analyst
14 18 (2.76%) Senior Business Analyst
15 17 (2.61%) Full Stack Engineer
16 13 (2.00%) Java Developer
16 13 (2.00%) Senior Manager
17 12 (1.84%) C# Developer
18 11 (1.69%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (3.07%) AngularJS
2 17 (2.61%) Spring
3 16 (2.46%) REST
4 15 (2.30%) React
4 15 (2.30%) Spring Boot
5 13 (2.00%) HTML
6 12 (1.84%) CSS
6 12 (1.84%) JPA
7 10 (1.54%) .NET
8 9 (1.38%) JSON
8 9 (1.38%) Node.js
9 7 (1.08%) KnockoutJS
10 6 (0.92%) RESTful
11 5 (0.77%) .NET Core
11 5 (0.77%) Kafka
12 4 (0.61%) Catalyst
12 4 (0.61%) http4s
12 4 (0.61%) JWT
12 4 (0.61%) Lambda Expressions
12 4 (0.61%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 26 (3.99%) Reinsurance
2 20 (3.07%) Management Information System
2 20 (3.07%) Product Ownership
3 14 (2.15%) Public Cloud
4 13 (2.00%) Distributed Systems
5 12 (1.84%) Onboarding
6 10 (1.54%) NHS
7 9 (1.38%) Analytical Mindset
8 8 (1.23%) Enterprise Software
8 8 (1.23%) Legacy Systems
8 8 (1.23%) Self-Motivation
8 8 (1.23%) Smartphone
9 6 (0.92%) CSOC
9 6 (0.92%) Virtual Team
10 5 (0.77%) Data Centre
10 5 (0.77%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 5 (0.77%) PKI
11 4 (0.61%) DTCC
11 4 (0.61%) Market Risk
11 4 (0.61%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 20 (3.07%) Windows
2 12 (1.84%) Unix
3 11 (1.69%) Linux
4 5 (0.77%) Windows 10
5 4 (0.61%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.15%) Android
6 1 (0.15%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 163 (25.04%) Agile
2 69 (10.60%) Stakeholder Management
3 64 (9.83%) Migration
4 60 (9.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 58 (8.91%) Problem-Solving
5 58 (8.91%) Project Management
6 45 (6.91%) CI/CD
7 41 (6.30%) Software Engineering
8 39 (5.99%) Analytics
9 37 (5.68%) Business Intelligence
10 35 (5.38%) Mentoring
10 35 (5.38%) Roadmaps
10 35 (5.38%) SDLC
11 32 (4.92%) DevOps
12 31 (4.76%) Test Automation
13 30 (4.61%) Cybersecurity
13 30 (4.61%) Data Modelling
13 30 (4.61%) Microservices
14 29 (4.45%) Change Management
14 29 (4.45%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 70 (10.75%) SQL
2 49 (7.53%) Java
3 33 (5.07%) Python
4 24 (3.69%) C#
5 23 (3.53%) TypeScript
6 19 (2.92%) JavaScript
7 9 (1.38%) PowerShell
8 6 (0.92%) PHP
8 6 (0.92%) Scala
9 5 (0.77%) Perl
10 4 (0.61%) C
10 4 (0.61%) C++
10 4 (0.61%) Ruby
11 3 (0.46%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.31%) Bash
12 2 (0.31%) Go
12 2 (0.31%) VBA
13 1 (0.15%) Bicep
13 1 (0.15%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 1 (0.15%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 48 (7.37%) Degree
2 30 (4.61%) Security Cleared
3 22 (3.38%) SC Cleared
4 11 (1.69%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (1.38%) DV Cleared
6 5 (0.77%) CISSP
6 5 (0.77%) PhD
7 4 (0.61%) Azure Certification
7 4 (0.61%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (0.61%) CISM
7 4 (0.61%) DBS Check
8 3 (0.46%) APMP
8 3 (0.46%) CCNA
8 3 (0.46%) CCNP
8 3 (0.46%) CISA
8 3 (0.46%) HNC
8 3 (0.46%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (0.46%) NVQ Level 4
8 3 (0.46%) Postgraduate
8 3 (0.46%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (3.38%) QA
2 17 (2.61%) Accessibility
2 17 (2.61%) GDPR
3 12 (1.84%) Data Quality
3 12 (1.84%) PMO
4 8 (1.23%) SLA
5 7 (1.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (1.08%) NIST
5 7 (1.08%) PCI DSS
6 5 (0.77%) NCSC
7 4 (0.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 3 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.31%) Disclosure Scotland
9 2 (0.31%) GRC
9 2 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 2 (0.31%) P3O
10 1 (0.15%) COBIT
10 1 (0.15%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.15%) IFRS
10 1 (0.15%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 8 (1.23%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.08%) Docker
3 4 (0.61%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.31%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.15%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.15%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 15 (2.30%) Terraform
2 10 (1.54%) Grafana
3 9 (1.38%) Kubernetes
4 7 (1.08%) SCCM
5 6 (0.92%) Ansible
6 4 (0.61%) Prometheus
6 4 (0.61%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.31%) Puppet
8 1 (0.15%) Argo
8 1 (0.15%) Functional Safety
8 1 (0.15%) Kibana
8 1 (0.15%) logstash
8 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.15%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 57 (8.76%) Microsoft
2 11 (1.69%) BT
2 11 (1.69%) Okta
3 10 (1.54%) Google
3 10 (1.54%) VMware
4 9 (1.38%) Cisco
4 9 (1.38%) SAP
4 9 (1.38%) ServiceNow
5 8 (1.23%) IFS
6 6 (0.92%) Atlassian
6 6 (0.92%) F5
6 6 (0.92%) Guidewire
6 6 (0.92%) Salesforce
7 5 (0.77%) CA
7 5 (0.77%) ION Trading
7 5 (0.77%) Oracle
7 5 (0.77%) Palo Alto
7 5 (0.77%) Veeam
8 4 (0.61%) Hotjar
8 4 (0.61%) Screaming Frog