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 12 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 158 207 486
Rank change year-on-year +49 +279 +133
Contract jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 654 749 426
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.52% 1.29% 0.49%
As % of the General category 2.62% 2.20% 0.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 473 484 315
10th Percentile £400 £450 £413
25th Percentile £513 £550 £496
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £688 £675 £636
90th Percentile £775 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £503 £521 £475
% change year-on-year -3.55% +9.68% +0.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 5 1
10th Percentile £11.37 - -
25th Percentile £12.56 £13.31 £47.50
Median hourly rate £21.99 £39.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -43.62% -22.00% +144.89%
75th Percentile £47.50 £51.00 £52.50
90th Percentile £58.58 £64.80 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £19.62 £13.88 £50.00
% change year-on-year +41.41% -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 24,961 34,036 49,363
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 58.04% 58.51% 56.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,746 23,593 34,231
10th Percentile £275 £313 £320
25th Percentile £413 £440 £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 £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +10.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,935 1,037 1,415
10th Percentile £12.76 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.50 £17.75 £15.00
Median hourly rate £30.16 £33.82 £22.38
Median % change year-on-year -10.82% +51.12% -0.53%
75th Percentile £52.89 £61.25 £47.40
90th Percentile £65.55 £72.50 £59.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.50 £29.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -1.72% +52.63% -5.00%

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 12 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 12 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 12 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 +28 566 £610 +1.67% 1,376
London +1 400 £615 +2.50% 536
Work from Home +53 245 £600 - 658
UK excluding London +170 210 £503 -3.55% 957
Midlands +81 59 £600 +4.35% 162
West Midlands +65 56 £600 +4.35% 119
South East +35 55 £433 -33.46% 228
Scotland +49 34 £388 -15.76% 117
North of England +44 29 £480 -0.72% 201
South West +23 15 £650 -11.92% 130
North West +32 14 £538 +7.50% 110
Yorkshire +27 8 £475 -21.94% 54
East of England +14 8 £675 +33.66% 93
Wales - 8 £503 - 25
North East +19 7 - - 39
Northern Ireland +5 3 - - 20
East Midlands - 3 £550 - 43

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 (1.53%) SharePoint
2 7 (1.07%) SAS
3 5 (0.76%) 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%) IBM Domino
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%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.15%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.15%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 22 (3.36%) Microsoft Office
2 21 (3.21%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (1.22%) Microsoft Project
4 5 (0.76%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.46%) InVision
5 3 (0.46%) Sketch
6 2 (0.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.15%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.15%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.15%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.15%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.15%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 8 (1.22%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.61%) ION MarketView
3 3 (0.46%) Exstream
4 2 (0.31%) Markit EDM
4 2 (0.31%) SAP S/4HANA
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 PLM
5 1 (0.15%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.15%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 80 (12.23%) AWS
2 63 (9.63%) Azure
3 34 (5.20%) Power Platform
4 20 (3.06%) Microsoft 365
5 12 (1.83%) GCP
6 10 (1.53%) Boomi
6 10 (1.53%) Serverless
7 9 (1.38%) Cloud Computing
7 9 (1.38%) GitHub
7 9 (1.38%) Snowflake
8 6 (0.92%) AWS Lambda
8 6 (0.92%) Entra ID
8 6 (0.92%) Power Automate
9 5 (0.76%) Azure DevOps
10 4 (0.61%) Amazon ECS
10 4 (0.61%) BrowserStack
10 4 (0.61%) IaaS
10 4 (0.61%) PaaS
11 3 (0.46%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 3 (0.46%) AWS Elastic Beanstalk
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.53%) Firewall
2 7 (1.07%) Kerberos
2 7 (1.07%) WAN
3 6 (0.92%) LAN
4 5 (0.76%) Network Security
4 5 (0.76%) SSL
4 5 (0.76%) VPN
5 4 (0.61%) Radio Access Network
6 3 (0.46%) 2G
6 3 (0.46%) 3G
6 3 (0.46%) 4G
6 3 (0.46%) ATM
6 3 (0.46%) BIG-IP
6 3 (0.46%) Cisco ASA
6 3 (0.46%) Ethernet
6 3 (0.46%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
6 3 (0.46%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
6 3 (0.46%) SDH
6 3 (0.46%) WLAN
7 2 (0.31%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (5.20%) Power BI
2 22 (3.36%) Data Warehouse
3 12 (1.83%) NoSQL
4 10 (1.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 9 (1.38%) MySQL
6 8 (1.22%) MongoDB
6 8 (1.22%) PostgreSQL
7 7 (1.07%) SQL Server
7 7 (1.07%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 7 (1.07%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 6 (0.92%) Crystal Reports
9 4 (0.61%) Data Lake
9 4 (0.61%) Data Vault
9 4 (0.61%) GIS
9 4 (0.61%) KDB
9 4 (0.61%) Star Schema
10 3 (0.46%) Apache Cassandra
10 3 (0.46%) CockroachDB
10 3 (0.46%) Tableau
11 2 (0.31%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 17 (2.60%) JIRA
2 10 (1.53%) GitLab
3 9 (1.38%) Jenkins
4 8 (1.22%) Selenium
5 7 (1.07%) SpecFlow
6 6 (0.92%) Cypress.io
7 5 (0.76%) GCC
8 4 (0.61%) CircleCI
8 4 (0.61%) Gradle
8 4 (0.61%) Maven
9 3 (0.46%) Axure RP
9 3 (0.46%) Cucumber
9 3 (0.46%) Eclipse
9 3 (0.46%) Git
9 3 (0.46%) JMeter
9 3 (0.46%) Sonatype Nexus
9 3 (0.46%) TeamCity
10 2 (0.31%) webpack
11 1 (0.15%) Bitbucket
11 1 (0.15%) Terragrunt
General
1 182 (27.83%) Finance
2 175 (26.76%) Social Skills
3 38 (5.81%) Analytical Skills
4 30 (4.59%) Public Sector
5 29 (4.43%) Telecoms
6 25 (3.82%) Law
7 22 (3.36%) Banking
8 19 (2.91%) Marketing
9 12 (1.83%) Influencing Skills
9 12 (1.83%) Legal
10 8 (1.22%) Front Office
11 6 (0.92%) Manufacturing
11 6 (0.92%) Presentation Skills
12 5 (0.76%) Aviation
12 5 (0.76%) Investment Banking
12 5 (0.76%) Publishing
13 4 (0.61%) Advertising
13 4 (0.61%) Electronics
13 4 (0.61%) Retail
14 3 (0.46%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 155 (23.70%) Analyst
2 92 (14.07%) Business Analyst
3 74 (11.31%) Developer
4 69 (10.55%) Project Manager
5 67 (10.24%) Senior
6 59 (9.02%) Architect
7 37 (5.66%) Lead
7 37 (5.66%) Solutions Architect
8 34 (5.20%) Insurance Business Analyst
9 29 (4.43%) Consultant
10 26 (3.98%) Senior Analyst
11 22 (3.36%) Software Engineer
12 20 (3.06%) Change Manager
12 20 (3.06%) Data Analyst
13 19 (2.91%) Senior Business Analyst
14 17 (2.60%) Full Stack Engineer
15 13 (1.99%) C# Developer
15 13 (1.99%) Senior Manager
16 12 (1.83%) Java Developer
17 11 (1.68%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (3.06%) AngularJS
2 17 (2.60%) REST
2 17 (2.60%) Spring
3 15 (2.29%) React
3 15 (2.29%) Spring Boot
4 13 (1.99%) HTML
5 12 (1.83%) CSS
5 12 (1.83%) JPA
6 11 (1.68%) .NET
7 10 (1.53%) JSON
8 9 (1.38%) Node.js
9 7 (1.07%) KnockoutJS
10 6 (0.92%) .NET Core
10 6 (0.92%) Kafka
10 6 (0.92%) RESTful
11 5 (0.76%) LLVM
12 4 (0.61%) Catalyst
12 4 (0.61%) EDI
12 4 (0.61%) Lambda Expressions
12 4 (0.61%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 25 (3.82%) Reinsurance
2 21 (3.21%) Product Ownership
3 20 (3.06%) Management Information System
4 14 (2.14%) Public Cloud
5 12 (1.83%) Distributed Systems
5 12 (1.83%) Enterprise Software
5 12 (1.83%) Onboarding
6 10 (1.53%) NHS
7 9 (1.38%) Analytical Mindset
8 8 (1.22%) Legacy Systems
8 8 (1.22%) Smartphone
9 7 (1.07%) Self-Motivation
10 6 (0.92%) CSOC
10 6 (0.92%) Virtual Team
11 5 (0.76%) Data Centre
11 5 (0.76%) PKI
12 4 (0.61%) DTCC
12 4 (0.61%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 4 (0.61%) Market Risk
12 4 (0.61%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 21 (3.21%) Windows
2 12 (1.83%) Unix
3 11 (1.68%) Linux
4 5 (0.76%) Windows 10
5 4 (0.61%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.15%) Android
6 1 (0.15%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 164 (25.08%) Agile
2 66 (10.09%) Stakeholder Management
3 64 (9.79%) Migration
4 60 (9.17%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 57 (8.72%) Problem-Solving
5 57 (8.72%) Project Management
6 45 (6.88%) CI/CD
7 42 (6.42%) Software Engineering
8 39 (5.96%) Analytics
9 38 (5.81%) Business Intelligence
10 36 (5.50%) Mentoring
11 35 (5.35%) SDLC
12 34 (5.20%) DevOps
12 34 (5.20%) Roadmaps
13 32 (4.89%) Scrum
13 32 (4.89%) Test Automation
14 31 (4.74%) Microservices
15 30 (4.59%) Cybersecurity
15 30 (4.59%) Data Modelling
16 29 (4.43%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 70 (10.70%) SQL
2 48 (7.34%) Java
3 33 (5.05%) Python
4 25 (3.82%) C#
5 23 (3.52%) TypeScript
6 19 (2.91%) JavaScript
7 9 (1.38%) PowerShell
8 7 (1.07%) Scala
9 6 (0.92%) PHP
10 5 (0.76%) C
10 5 (0.76%) C++
10 5 (0.76%) Perl
11 4 (0.61%) Ruby
12 3 (0.46%) Shell Script
13 2 (0.31%) Bash
13 2 (0.31%) Go
14 1 (0.15%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 1 (0.15%) Smalltalk
14 1 (0.15%) Solidity
14 1 (0.15%) VBA
Qualifications
1 50 (7.65%) Degree
2 32 (4.89%) Security Cleared
3 24 (3.67%) SC Cleared
4 11 (1.68%) Computer Science Degree
4 11 (1.68%) DV Cleared
5 6 (0.92%) PhD
6 5 (0.76%) CISSP
7 4 (0.61%) Azure Certification
7 4 (0.61%) CISM
7 4 (0.61%) DBS Check
8 3 (0.46%) APMP
8 3 (0.46%) CISA
8 3 (0.46%) Cisco Certification
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
9 2 (0.31%) CCNA
9 2 (0.31%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (3.21%) QA
2 17 (2.60%) Accessibility
2 17 (2.60%) GDPR
3 13 (1.99%) Data Quality
4 12 (1.83%) PMO
5 8 (1.22%) SLA
6 7 (1.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (1.07%) NIST
6 7 (1.07%) PCI DSS
7 5 (0.76%) NCSC
8 4 (0.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 3 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.31%) Disclosure Scotland
10 2 (0.31%) GRC
10 2 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 2 (0.31%) P3O
11 1 (0.15%) COBIT
11 1 (0.15%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.15%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.15%) SOC 2
System Software
1 8 (1.22%) Active Directory
1 8 (1.22%) Docker
2 4 (0.61%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.31%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.15%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.15%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 16 (2.45%) Terraform
2 11 (1.68%) Kubernetes
3 10 (1.53%) Grafana
4 7 (1.07%) 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%) Kibana
8 1 (0.15%) logstash
8 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.15%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 59 (9.02%) Microsoft
2 11 (1.68%) BT
2 11 (1.68%) Okta
2 11 (1.68%) SAP
3 10 (1.53%) ServiceNow
4 9 (1.38%) Google
4 9 (1.38%) VMware
5 8 (1.22%) Cisco
6 7 (1.07%) Atlassian
6 7 (1.07%) IFS
7 6 (0.92%) Guidewire
8 5 (0.76%) CA
8 5 (0.76%) F5
8 5 (0.76%) Oracle
8 5 (0.76%) Palo Alto
8 5 (0.76%) Salesforce
9 4 (0.61%) ION Trading
9 4 (0.61%) Juniper
9 4 (0.61%) Roku
9 4 (0.61%) Veeam