Degree Contracts in Kent

Academic Degree
South East > Kent

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Kent with a requirement for Degree qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 1 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 May 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 22 28 17
Rank change year-on-year +6 -11 +1
Contract jobs citing Degree 8 7 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Kent 4.00% 3.20% 8.45%
As % of the Qualifications category 25.00% 28.00% 44.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 5 23
10th Percentile £168 £320 £231
25th Percentile £263 £406 £260
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £363 £413 £413
Median % change year-on-year -12.12% - -
75th Percentile £394 £638 £556
90th Percentile £499 £651 £655
South East median daily rate £500 £480 £450
% change year-on-year +4.17% +6.67% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
Median hourly rate £12.34 £48.88 -
Median % change year-on-year -74.75% - -
South East median hourly rate £57.35 £45.00 £41.50
% change year-on-year +27.44% +8.43% -2.35%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Kent

Degree is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Kent with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 32 25 54
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Kent 16.00% 11.42% 19.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 17 48
10th Percentile £266 £245 £231
25th Percentile £329 £300 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £348 £413 £425
Median % change year-on-year -15.76% -2.94% -
75th Percentile £525 £538 £528
90th Percentile £675 £630 £624
South East median daily rate £550 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% +7.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 2
10th Percentile £23.22 £41.39 £43.95
25th Percentile £39.54 £43.48 £44.83
Median hourly rate £66.74 £52.92 £47.61
Median % change year-on-year +26.11% +11.15% +26.97%
75th Percentile - £60.01 £50.33
90th Percentile - £64.05 £51.18
South East median hourly rate £57.35 £57.32 £44.86
% change year-on-year +0.05% +27.77% +12.16%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

Job postings citing Degree as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Kent.

Job vacancy trend for Degree in Kent

Degree
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Kent

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Degree in Kent.

Daily rate trend for Degree in Kent

Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in Kent

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Degree in Kent over the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Degree in Kent

Degree
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Kent

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Degree in Kent.

Hourly rate trend for Degree in Kent

Degree
Contract Job Locations in Kent

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Degree within the Kent region over the 6 months to 1 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
West Malling - 2 £463 - 2
Rochester +2 1 - - 12
Sevenoaks 0 1 £275 -57.03% 5
Sittingbourne - 1 - - 2
Folkestone - 1 £105 -
Degree
South East

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kent 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 1 (12.50%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (12.50%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) BGP
1 1 (12.50%) Cisco ASA
1 1 (12.50%) Cisco IOS
1 1 (12.50%) Firewall
1 1 (12.50%) Internet
1 1 (12.50%) IPsec
1 1 (12.50%) LAN
1 1 (12.50%) MPLS
1 1 (12.50%) OSPF
1 1 (12.50%) Skype
1 1 (12.50%) Telepresence
1 1 (12.50%) Unified Communications
1 1 (12.50%) WAN
1 1 (12.50%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Rational DOORS
General
1 5 (62.50%) Social Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Electronics
2 1 (12.50%) Finance
2 1 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (12.50%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (25.00%) Support Officer
2 1 (12.50%) Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Cisco Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Cisco Network Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Hardware Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) IT Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) IT Support Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Network Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Principal Hardware Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Project Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Project Officer
2 1 (12.50%) Project Support Officer
2 1 (12.50%) Senior
2 1 (12.50%) Senior Cisco Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Senior Cisco Network Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Senior Network Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Service Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Service Desk Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Support Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Technical Support
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Analogue Electronics
1 1 (12.50%) Biopharmaceutical
1 1 (12.50%) Data Centre
1 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
1 1 (12.50%) Onboarding
1 1 (12.50%) Renewable Energy
1 1 (12.50%) Smartphone
1 1 (12.50%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Windows
1 1 (12.50%) Windows 10
1 1 (12.50%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Customer Service
2 2 (25.00%) Agile
2 2 (25.00%) ITIL
2 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (12.50%) Biotechnology
3 1 (12.50%) Coaching
3 1 (12.50%) Computer Science
3 1 (12.50%) Configuration Management
3 1 (12.50%) Contract Management
3 1 (12.50%) Decision Quality
3 1 (12.50%) Kalman Filter
3 1 (12.50%) Line Management
3 1 (12.50%) Load Balancing
3 1 (12.50%) Mathematics
3 1 (12.50%) Project Delivery
3 1 (12.50%) Project Management
3 1 (12.50%) Requirements Management
3 1 (12.50%) Risk Management
3 1 (12.50%) Software Testing
3 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (12.50%) HND
1 1 (12.50%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
1 1 (12.50%) PMI Certification
1 1 (12.50%) PMP
1 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
1 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) VMware NSX
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Cisco
2 1 (12.50%) Apple
2 1 (12.50%) Forcepoint
2 1 (12.50%) Mentor Graphics
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) Polycom
2 1 (12.50%) VMware
1,354 Degree jobs in the South East