Degree Contracts in the North East

Academic Degree
England > North East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North East with a requirement for Degree qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 3 43 38
Rank change year-on-year +40 -5 -6
Contract jobs citing Degree 47 15 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North East 13.91% 3.54% 3.33%
As % of the Qualifications category 43.12% 7.28% 12.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 12 10
10th Percentile £188 - £142
25th Percentile £353 £231 £160
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £278 £235
Median % change year-on-year +80.18% +18.09% -57.27%
75th Percentile £591 £312 £327
90th Percentile £615 £515 £522
England median daily rate £512 £540 £520
% change year-on-year -5.12% +3.85% +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 1 2
10th Percentile £10.80 - £49.85
25th Percentile £12.15 £48.50 £50.75
Median hourly rate £20.77 £49.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -57.61% -6.67% +17.98%
75th Percentile - £49.50 £54.25
90th Percentile £21.66 - £55.15
England median hourly rate £40.00 £45.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -11.11% +28.57% -5.41%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North East

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 the North East with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 109 206 136
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East 32.25% 48.58% 26.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 166 92
10th Percentile £315 £280 £155
25th Percentile £414 £500 £393
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £565 £538
Median % change year-on-year -7.96% +5.12% +19.44%
75th Percentile £613 £645 £650
90th Percentile £650 £750 £738
England median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 1 3
10th Percentile £12.15 - £21.85
25th Percentile £13.99 £48.50 £32.13
Median hourly rate £20.77 £49.00 £49.50
Median % change year-on-year -57.61% -1.01% +204.62%
75th Percentile £47.14 £49.50 £52.75
90th Percentile £55.00 - £54.55
England median hourly rate £40.00 £52.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year -23.81% +40.00% -3.85%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

Job postings citing Degree as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North East.

Job vacancy trend for Degree in the North East

Degree
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Degree in the North East.

Daily rate trend for Degree in the North East

Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in the North East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Degree in the North East over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Degree in the North East

Degree
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Degree in the North East.

Hourly rate trend for Degree in the North East

Degree
Contract Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Degree within the North East region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Tyne and Wear +41 39 £450 +44.58% 88
Durham +5 7 - - 34
Degree
England

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North East 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 3 (6.38%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 26 (55.32%) Chatbot
2 7 (14.89%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (8.51%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (2.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (2.13%) SAP Payroll
1 1 (2.13%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 3 (6.38%) Power Platform
2 2 (4.26%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (2.13%) Azure
3 1 (2.13%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (2.13%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (2.13%) Entra ID
3 1 (2.13%) GCP
3 1 (2.13%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.26%) Firewall
1 2 (4.26%) LTE
2 1 (2.13%) 5G
2 1 (2.13%) AMQP
2 1 (2.13%) DHCP
2 1 (2.13%) DMZ
2 1 (2.13%) DNS
2 1 (2.13%) Modbus
2 1 (2.13%) MQTT
2 1 (2.13%) Network Security
2 1 (2.13%) SMTP
2 1 (2.13%) VPN
2 1 (2.13%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.38%) Power BI
2 1 (2.13%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (2.13%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.13%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (2.13%) JIRA
General
1 11 (23.40%) Social Skills
2 5 (10.64%) Finance
3 2 (4.26%) Banking
3 2 (4.26%) Manufacturing
3 2 (4.26%) Telecoms
4 1 (2.13%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.13%) Billing
4 1 (2.13%) General Ledger
4 1 (2.13%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 26 (55.32%) Developer
1 26 (55.32%) Software Developer
2 7 (14.89%) Analyst
3 3 (6.38%) Business Analyst
4 2 (4.26%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
4 2 (4.26%) 2nd Line Desktop Support Engineer
4 2 (4.26%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 2 (4.26%) 2nd Line Support
4 2 (4.26%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 2 (4.26%) Architect
4 2 (4.26%) Desktop Engineer
4 2 (4.26%) Desktop Support
4 2 (4.26%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 2 (4.26%) Mobile Engineer
4 2 (4.26%) Project Manager
4 2 (4.26%) Senior
4 2 (4.26%) Solutions Architect
4 2 (4.26%) Support Engineer
5 1 (2.13%) Automation Specialist
5 1 (2.13%) Telecoms Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (29.79%) HTML
2 3 (6.38%) .NET
3 1 (2.13%) Apache NiFi
3 1 (2.13%) JSON
3 1 (2.13%) LDAP
3 1 (2.13%) Web Services
3 1 (2.13%) XML
3 1 (2.13%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.26%) CCTV
1 2 (4.26%) Operational Technology
1 2 (4.26%) PKI
1 2 (4.26%) SCADA
2 1 (2.13%) Clustering
2 1 (2.13%) Data Centre
2 1 (2.13%) IoT
2 1 (2.13%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.13%) Onboarding
2 1 (2.13%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 5 (10.64%) Windows
2 3 (6.38%) Windows Server
3 1 (2.13%) Linux
3 1 (2.13%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (2.13%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (57.45%) Code Quality
2 26 (55.32%) Artificial Intelligence
2 26 (55.32%) Conversational UI
3 14 (29.79%) Software Engineering
4 7 (14.89%) Computer Science
5 4 (8.51%) Business Intelligence
5 4 (8.51%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (8.51%) Data Analysis
5 4 (8.51%) Migration
6 3 (6.38%) Customer Service
6 3 (6.38%) ITIL
6 3 (6.38%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (6.38%) Project Delivery
6 3 (6.38%) Risk Assessment
6 3 (6.38%) Service Management
7 2 (4.26%) Agile
7 2 (4.26%) Cybersecurity
7 2 (4.26%) Data Migration
7 2 (4.26%) Patch Management
7 2 (4.26%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 18 (38.30%) Python
2 17 (36.17%) C#
3 15 (31.91%) JavaScript
3 15 (31.91%) SQL
4 3 (6.38%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (12.77%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (6.38%) HNC
2 3 (6.38%) Master's Degree
3 2 (4.26%) Security Cleared
4 1 (2.13%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (2.13%) CCNA
4 1 (2.13%) CCNP
4 1 (2.13%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (2.13%) CISSP
4 1 (2.13%) DV Cleared
4 1 (2.13%) MCSE
4 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (2.13%) PMI Certification
4 1 (2.13%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.26%) GDPR
2 1 (2.13%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (2.13%) QA
System Software
1 3 (6.38%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.13%) BitLocker
2 1 (2.13%) Docker
2 1 (2.13%) Hyper-V
2 1 (2.13%) Microsoft App-V
2 1 (2.13%) Terminal Services
2 1 (2.13%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 1 (2.13%) Grafana
1 1 (2.13%) vCenter Server
1 1 (2.13%) vMotion
Vendors
1 26 (55.32%) PayPal
2 8 (17.02%) Microsoft
3 2 (4.26%) SAP
4 1 (2.13%) Ariba
4 1 (2.13%) Citrix
4 1 (2.13%) Fiserv
4 1 (2.13%) Google
4 1 (2.13%) HP
4 1 (2.13%) Infoblox
4 1 (2.13%) Sage
4 1 (2.13%) ServiceNow
4 1 (2.13%) Symantec
4 1 (2.13%) VMware