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

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 159 204 451
Rank change year-on-year +45 +247 +182
Contract jobs citing Inclusion and Diversity 655 719 462
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.54% 1.27% 0.53%
As % of the General category 2.66% 2.17% 0.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 469 468 341
10th Percentile £400 £453 £425
25th Percentile £500 £550 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £600 £565
Median % change year-on-year - +6.19% +13.00%
75th Percentile £688 £700 £650
90th Percentile £775 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £515 £526
% change year-on-year -2.87% -2.14% +12.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 5 2
10th Percentile £11.36 - £48.15
25th Percentile £12.27 £13.31 £49.13
Median hourly rate £21.64 £39.00 £52.00
Median % change year-on-year -44.51% -25.00% +154.68%
75th Percentile £47.50 £40.75 £53.63
90th Percentile £57.50 £60.70 £53.85
UK excluding London median hourly rate £17.60 £13.88 £52.00
% change year-on-year +26.85% -73.32% +154.68%

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 24,653 33,116 49,530
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 57.97% 58.55% 56.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,556 22,952 34,348
10th Percentile £275 £313 £322
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 £769 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £493 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.40% +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,949 1,004 1,411
10th Percentile £12.75 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.50 £17.72 £15.00
Median hourly rate £30.00 £32.50 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +44.44% +1.26%
75th Percentile £52.50 £61.25 £47.40
90th Percentile £66.25 £72.50 £59.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £27.60 £19.25
% change year-on-year +1.45% +43.40% -1.29%

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 23 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 23 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 23 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 +25 565 £610 +1.67% 1,376
London +1 394 £615 +2.50% 498
Work from Home +70 250 £600 - 682
UK excluding London +166 214 £500 -2.87% 1,000
Midlands +84 61 £550 -4.35% 167
West Midlands +64 57 £575 - 120
South East +34 55 £400 -38.46% 250
Scotland +51 34 £388 -15.76% 124
North of England +52 33 £480 -0.72% 210
South West +21 15 £650 +0.93% 136
North West +33 14 £538 +7.50% 124
Yorkshire +26 10 £480 -21.12% 52
North East +18 9 - - 37
East of England +17 7 £675 +33.66% 81
Wales - 7 £501 - 26
East Midlands - 4 £538 - 47
Northern Ireland +1 3 - - 27

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 11 (1.68%) 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%) 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 (3.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (3.21%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (1.37%) Microsoft Project
4 6 (0.92%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.46%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.15%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.15%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.15%) CANalyzer
7 1 (0.15%) InVision
7 1 (0.15%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.15%) Sketch
7 1 (0.15%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 8 (1.22%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.76%) 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 81 (12.37%) AWS
2 59 (9.01%) Azure
3 32 (4.89%) Power Platform
4 21 (3.21%) Microsoft 365
5 12 (1.83%) GCP
6 11 (1.68%) Serverless
7 10 (1.53%) Boomi
7 10 (1.53%) Cloud Computing
7 10 (1.53%) Snowflake
8 9 (1.37%) GitHub
9 7 (1.07%) AWS Lambda
10 6 (0.92%) Entra ID
10 6 (0.92%) Power Automate
11 5 (0.76%) Azure DevOps
11 5 (0.76%) BrowserStack
11 5 (0.76%) IaaS
11 5 (0.76%) PaaS
12 4 (0.61%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 4 (0.61%) Amazon ECS
13 3 (0.46%) AWS Elastic Beanstalk
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.53%) Firewall
2 8 (1.22%) WAN
3 7 (1.07%) Kerberos
4 6 (0.92%) LAN
5 5 (0.76%) Network Security
5 5 (0.76%) Radio Access Network
5 5 (0.76%) SSL
5 5 (0.76%) VPN
6 4 (0.61%) Ethernet
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 32 (4.89%) Power BI
2 19 (2.90%) Data Warehouse
3 11 (1.68%) NoSQL
4 10 (1.53%) MySQL
5 9 (1.37%) MongoDB
5 9 (1.37%) PostgreSQL
6 8 (1.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 7 (1.07%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 6 (0.92%) Crystal Reports
9 5 (0.76%) Data Vault
9 5 (0.76%) KDB
9 5 (0.76%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 4 (0.61%) Data Lake
10 4 (0.61%) GIS
10 4 (0.61%) Star Schema
11 3 (0.46%) Apache Cassandra
11 3 (0.46%) CockroachDB
11 3 (0.46%) SAP HANA
11 3 (0.46%) SQL Server
11 3 (0.46%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 17 (2.60%) JIRA
2 10 (1.53%) GitLab
2 10 (1.53%) Jenkins
3 8 (1.22%) Selenium
4 7 (1.07%) Cypress.io
4 7 (1.07%) SpecFlow
5 4 (0.61%) CircleCI
5 4 (0.61%) GCC
5 4 (0.61%) Git
6 3 (0.46%) Cucumber
6 3 (0.46%) Gradle
6 3 (0.46%) JMeter
6 3 (0.46%) Maven
7 2 (0.31%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (0.31%) TeamCity
7 2 (0.31%) webpack
8 1 (0.15%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 1 (0.15%) TestComplete
8 1 (0.15%) Visual Studio Team System
8 1 (0.15%) VisualWorks
General
1 181 (27.63%) Social Skills
2 178 (27.18%) Finance
3 40 (6.11%) Analytical Skills
4 30 (4.58%) Public Sector
4 30 (4.58%) Telecoms
5 24 (3.66%) Law
6 22 (3.36%) Banking
7 19 (2.90%) Marketing
8 13 (1.98%) Influencing Skills
9 12 (1.83%) Legal
10 8 (1.22%) Front Office
10 8 (1.22%) Presentation Skills
11 7 (1.07%) Manufacturing
12 5 (0.76%) Advertising
12 5 (0.76%) Aviation
12 5 (0.76%) Electronics
12 5 (0.76%) Investment Banking
12 5 (0.76%) Publishing
12 5 (0.76%) Retail
13 3 (0.46%) Police
Job Titles
1 158 (24.12%) Analyst
2 92 (14.05%) Business Analyst
3 73 (11.15%) Developer
4 68 (10.38%) Senior
5 67 (10.23%) Project Manager
6 56 (8.55%) Architect
7 43 (6.56%) Lead
8 36 (5.50%) Solutions Architect
9 35 (5.34%) Insurance Business Analyst
10 27 (4.12%) Consultant
11 26 (3.97%) Senior Analyst
12 22 (3.36%) Software Engineer
13 21 (3.21%) Change Manager
14 20 (3.05%) Data Analyst
15 18 (2.75%) Full Stack Engineer
15 18 (2.75%) Senior Business Analyst
16 13 (1.98%) Java Developer
16 13 (1.98%) Senior Manager
17 12 (1.83%) IT Manager
17 12 (1.83%) Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (3.05%) AngularJS
2 17 (2.60%) Spring
3 16 (2.44%) React
3 16 (2.44%) REST
4 15 (2.29%) Spring Boot
5 13 (1.98%) HTML
6 12 (1.83%) CSS
6 12 (1.83%) JPA
7 9 (1.37%) Node.js
8 8 (1.22%) .NET
8 8 (1.22%) JSON
9 7 (1.07%) EDI
9 7 (1.07%) KnockoutJS
9 7 (1.07%) RESTful
10 5 (0.76%) Kafka
10 5 (0.76%) Next.js
11 4 (0.61%) .NET Core
11 4 (0.61%) Catalyst
11 4 (0.61%) http4s
11 4 (0.61%) JWT
Miscellaneous
1 25 (3.82%) Reinsurance
2 24 (3.66%) Management Information System
3 21 (3.21%) Product Ownership
4 14 (2.14%) Public Cloud
5 13 (1.98%) Distributed Systems
6 12 (1.83%) Onboarding
7 10 (1.53%) NHS
8 9 (1.37%) Analytical Mindset
8 9 (1.37%) Legacy Systems
9 8 (1.22%) Self-Motivation
9 8 (1.22%) Smartphone
10 6 (0.92%) CSOC
10 6 (0.92%) Enterprise Software
11 5 (0.76%) Data Centre
11 5 (0.76%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 5 (0.76%) PKI
11 5 (0.76%) Virtual Team
12 4 (0.61%) DTCC
12 4 (0.61%) Market Risk
12 4 (0.61%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 19 (2.90%) Windows
2 13 (1.98%) Unix
3 12 (1.83%) 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
1 163 (24.89%) Agile
2 72 (10.99%) Stakeholder Management
3 62 (9.47%) Migration
4 61 (9.31%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 58 (8.85%) Problem-Solving
6 57 (8.70%) Project Management
7 47 (7.18%) CI/CD
8 42 (6.41%) Software Engineering
9 40 (6.11%) Analytics
10 37 (5.65%) Roadmaps
10 37 (5.65%) SDLC
11 36 (5.50%) Business Intelligence
12 33 (5.04%) Mentoring
13 32 (4.89%) Cybersecurity
13 32 (4.89%) DevOps
14 31 (4.73%) Test Automation
15 30 (4.58%) Change Management
15 30 (4.58%) Full Stack Development
15 30 (4.58%) Microservices
16 28 (4.27%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 70 (10.69%) SQL
2 50 (7.63%) Java
3 33 (5.04%) Python
4 24 (3.66%) TypeScript
5 22 (3.36%) C#
6 19 (2.90%) JavaScript
7 9 (1.37%) PowerShell
8 6 (0.92%) PHP
8 6 (0.92%) Scala
9 5 (0.76%) 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%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 1 (0.15%) Groovy
13 1 (0.15%) Smalltalk
Qualifications
1 49 (7.48%) Degree
2 29 (4.43%) Security Cleared
3 21 (3.21%) SC Cleared
4 11 (1.68%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (1.37%) DV Cleared
6 6 (0.92%) CISSP
7 5 (0.76%) CISM
7 5 (0.76%) PhD
8 4 (0.61%) Azure Certification
8 4 (0.61%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (0.61%) DBS Check
9 3 (0.46%) APMP
9 3 (0.46%) CCNA
9 3 (0.46%) CCNP
9 3 (0.46%) CISA
9 3 (0.46%) HNC
9 3 (0.46%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (0.46%) NVQ Level 4
9 3 (0.46%) Postgraduate
9 3 (0.46%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (3.51%) QA
2 18 (2.75%) Accessibility
3 17 (2.60%) GDPR
4 12 (1.83%) PMO
5 11 (1.68%) Data Quality
6 9 (1.37%) NIST
7 8 (1.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 8 (1.22%) SLA
8 7 (1.07%) PCI DSS
9 5 (0.76%) NCSC
10 4 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials
10 4 (0.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 2 (0.31%) Disclosure Scotland
11 2 (0.31%) GRC
11 2 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 2 (0.31%) P3O
12 1 (0.15%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 1 (0.15%) IFRS
12 1 (0.15%) IFRS 17
12 1 (0.15%) SOC 2
System Software
1 8 (1.22%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.07%) 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 16 (2.44%) Terraform
2 12 (1.83%) Grafana
3 9 (1.37%) Kubernetes
4 7 (1.07%) Ansible
5 6 (0.92%) SCCM
6 5 (0.76%) Prometheus
7 4 (0.61%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.31%) Puppet
9 1 (0.15%) Argo
9 1 (0.15%) Functional Safety
9 1 (0.15%) Kibana
9 1 (0.15%) logstash
9 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.15%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 58 (8.85%) Microsoft
2 12 (1.83%) BT
3 11 (1.68%) Okta
4 10 (1.53%) Google
4 10 (1.53%) IFS
4 10 (1.53%) VMware
5 9 (1.37%) Cisco
5 9 (1.37%) SAP
5 9 (1.37%) ServiceNow
6 6 (0.92%) Atlassian
6 6 (0.92%) F5
6 6 (0.92%) Guidewire
7 5 (0.76%) CA
7 5 (0.76%) ION Trading
7 5 (0.76%) Oracle
7 5 (0.76%) Palo Alto
7 5 (0.76%) Salesforce
7 5 (0.76%) Veeam
8 4 (0.61%) PagerDuty
8 4 (0.61%) Roku