Degree Contracts in the North of England

Academic Degree
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for Degree qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 15 37 37
Rank change year-on-year +22 0 -1
Contract jobs citing Degree 417 285 379
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 8.89% 4.99% 5.31%
As % of the Qualifications category 34.01% 19.76% 26.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 150 171 209
10th Percentile £158 £250 £165
25th Percentile £313 £400 £315
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £425
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% +11.76% -8.11%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £538
90th Percentile £670 £638 £606
England median daily rate £512 £547 £521
% change year-on-year -6.40% +5.04% +4.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 54 18 49
10th Percentile £11.77 £17.30 £12.40
25th Percentile £13.50 £21.71 £16.25
Median hourly rate £26.00 £40.59 £31.00
Median % change year-on-year -35.94% +30.94% -22.50%
75th Percentile £42.88 £54.68 £49.75
90th Percentile £63.38 £68.30 £65.00
England median hourly rate £40.00 £45.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -11.11% +28.57% -6.67%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North of England

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 of England with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,226 1,442 1,454
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 26.12% 25.26% 20.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 673 1,019 989
10th Percentile £306 £322 £200
25th Percentile £415 £431 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £504 £525 £488
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £615 £625 £588
90th Percentile £724 £700 £673
England median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 170 68 81
10th Percentile £10.95 £20.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £13.35 £25.75 £16.25
Median hourly rate £16.06 £40.29 £31.00
Median % change year-on-year -60.14% +29.96% +16.98%
75th Percentile £38.43 £52.34 £50.78
90th Percentile £63.75 £67.90 £60.00
England median hourly rate £40.00 £52.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year -23.81% +40.00% -1.06%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Degree in the North of England

Degree
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Daily rate trend for Degree in the North of England

Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Degree in the North of England over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Degree in the North of England

Degree
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Hourly rate trend for Degree in the North of England

Degree
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Degree in the North of England over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Degree in the North of England

Degree
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

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 of England region over the 6 months to 8 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
North West +11 239 £500 +11.11% 683
Yorkshire +30 127 £450 -14.29% 363
North East +36 50 £500 +80.18% 154
Degree
England

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 18 (4.32%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.20%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (0.96%) ArcGIS
3 4 (0.96%) SharePoint 2010
3 4 (0.96%) SharePoint Server
4 3 (0.72%) Apache
4 3 (0.72%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (0.72%) Confluence
5 1 (0.24%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.24%) SAS
5 1 (0.24%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 121 (29.02%) Chatbot
2 69 (16.55%) Microsoft Office
3 38 (9.11%) Microsoft Excel
4 20 (4.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 13 (3.12%) Microsoft Project
6 9 (2.16%) MS Visio
7 4 (0.96%) Photoshop
7 4 (0.96%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.72%) Adobe After Effects
8 3 (0.72%) Blender
8 3 (0.72%) Maya
8 3 (0.72%) MicroStation
9 2 (0.48%) Simulink
10 1 (0.24%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.24%) Adobe Illustrator
Business Applications
1 14 (3.36%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (1.44%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (1.20%) Primavera
4 4 (0.96%) SAP MDG
4 4 (0.96%) SAP PM
5 2 (0.48%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.24%) Hyperion Planning
6 1 (0.24%) Misys Midas
6 1 (0.24%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.24%) SAP EWM
6 1 (0.24%) SAP IBP
6 1 (0.24%) SAP MDM
6 1 (0.24%) SAP Payroll
6 1 (0.24%) SAP Retail
6 1 (0.24%) SAP WM
6 1 (0.24%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 40 (9.59%) Azure
2 24 (5.76%) Microsoft 365
3 16 (3.84%) Azure DevOps
4 15 (3.60%) AWS
4 15 (3.60%) Power Platform
5 9 (2.16%) Dynamics 365
6 8 (1.92%) GCP
6 8 (1.92%) SaaS
7 7 (1.68%) IaaS
8 6 (1.44%) PaaS
8 6 (1.44%) Snowflake
9 5 (1.20%) Cloud Computing
10 4 (0.96%) Google Workspace
11 3 (0.72%) Amazon EC2
11 3 (0.72%) Amazon S3
11 3 (0.72%) Entra ID
11 3 (0.72%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 2 (0.48%) Azure Service Bus
12 2 (0.48%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 2 (0.48%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.40%) Wi-Fi
2 8 (1.92%) Firewall
2 8 (1.92%) VPN
3 7 (1.68%) LAN
3 7 (1.68%) VLAN
3 7 (1.68%) WAN
4 6 (1.44%) DHCP
4 6 (1.44%) DNS
5 5 (1.20%) PPP
6 4 (0.96%) BGP
6 4 (0.96%) MPLS
6 4 (0.96%) OSPF
6 4 (0.96%) Remote Desktop
6 4 (0.96%) TCP/IP
6 4 (0.96%) Value-Added Service
6 4 (0.96%) Wireshark
7 3 (0.72%) 5G
7 3 (0.72%) VoIP
8 2 (0.48%) LTE
9 1 (0.24%) AMQP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (2.88%) Power BI
2 11 (2.64%) Metadata
3 8 (1.92%) SQL Server
4 7 (1.68%) Data Lake
5 5 (1.20%) GIS
5 5 (1.20%) PowerPivot
5 5 (1.20%) RDBMS
5 5 (1.20%) Relational Database
6 4 (0.96%) Amazon RDS
6 4 (0.96%) Big Data
6 4 (0.96%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (0.96%) Microsoft Power View
6 4 (0.96%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 4 (0.96%) Tableau
7 3 (0.72%) Geospatial Data
7 3 (0.72%) MySQL
7 3 (0.72%) QGIS
7 3 (0.72%) Spatial Data
8 2 (0.48%) Informix
8 2 (0.48%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 9 (2.16%) JIRA
2 5 (1.20%) Git
3 2 (0.48%) Rational DOORS
4 1 (0.24%) Dreamweaver
4 1 (0.24%) Selenium
4 1 (0.24%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 121 (29.02%) Social Skills
2 53 (12.71%) Finance
3 46 (11.03%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (7.43%) Public Sector
5 17 (4.08%) Manufacturing
5 17 (4.08%) Pharmaceutical
6 16 (3.84%) Banking
7 11 (2.64%) Legal
8 9 (2.16%) Influencing Skills
8 9 (2.16%) Organisational Skills
9 7 (1.68%) Mandarin Language
9 7 (1.68%) Publishing
9 7 (1.68%) Telecoms
10 6 (1.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (1.44%) Retail
11 5 (1.20%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (0.96%) Games
12 4 (0.96%) German Language
12 4 (0.96%) Law
12 4 (0.96%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 134 (32.13%) Developer
2 121 (29.02%) Software Developer
3 59 (14.15%) Analyst
4 39 (9.35%) Architect
5 35 (8.39%) Business Analyst
6 28 (6.71%) Senior
7 26 (6.24%) Project Manager
8 22 (5.28%) Solutions Architect
9 10 (2.40%) Service Analyst
9 10 (2.40%) Service Desk Analyst
9 10 (2.40%) Support Engineer
10 9 (2.16%) Coordinator
11 8 (1.92%) Author
11 8 (1.92%) Domain Architect
11 8 (1.92%) SAP Manager
11 8 (1.92%) Technical Author
12 7 (1.68%) 2nd Line Engineer
12 7 (1.68%) Data Analyst
12 7 (1.68%) Data Manager
12 7 (1.68%) SAP Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 69 (16.55%) HTML
2 8 (1.92%) CSS
3 6 (1.44%) .NET
4 4 (0.96%) LDAP
5 3 (0.72%) .NET Framework
5 3 (0.72%) AngularJS
5 3 (0.72%) Spring
5 3 (0.72%) Unreal Engine
5 3 (0.72%) XML
5 3 (0.72%) XSLT
6 2 (0.48%) Middleware
7 1 (0.24%) Apache NiFi
7 1 (0.24%) AWS CDK
7 1 (0.24%) HTML5 Canvas
7 1 (0.24%) JSON
7 1 (0.24%) Lightning Web Components
7 1 (0.24%) React
7 1 (0.24%) Shiny
7 1 (0.24%) Spring Boot
7 1 (0.24%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 28 (6.71%) Management Information System
2 11 (2.64%) Virtual Team
3 9 (2.16%) Self-Motivation
4 7 (1.68%) Data Centre
5 5 (1.20%) Analytical Mindset
5 5 (1.20%) Onboarding
5 5 (1.20%) Product Ownership
5 5 (1.20%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 4 (0.96%) Clustering
6 4 (0.96%) Data Protection Act
6 4 (0.96%) Driving Licence
6 4 (0.96%) NHS
6 4 (0.96%) Reference Data
6 4 (0.96%) SCADA
7 3 (0.72%) Augmented Reality
7 3 (0.72%) CMDB
7 3 (0.72%) Life Science
7 3 (0.72%) Robotics
7 3 (0.72%) Video Conferencing
7 3 (0.72%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 32 (7.67%) Windows
2 20 (4.80%) Windows 10
3 13 (3.12%) Windows Server
4 9 (2.16%) Linux
5 7 (1.68%) Unix
5 7 (1.68%) Windows Server 2012
6 5 (1.20%) Mac OS
6 5 (1.20%) Windows 7
6 5 (1.20%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.48%) HPUX
7 2 (0.48%) Solaris
7 2 (0.48%) zOS
8 1 (0.24%) Android
8 1 (0.24%) Embedded Linux
8 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2003
8 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 123 (29.50%) Code Quality
2 121 (29.02%) Artificial Intelligence
2 121 (29.02%) Conversational UI
3 82 (19.66%) Computer Science
4 80 (19.18%) Problem-Solving
5 73 (17.51%) Software Engineering
6 66 (15.83%) Agile
7 40 (9.59%) Project Management
8 39 (9.35%) Stakeholder Management
9 35 (8.39%) ITIL
10 34 (8.15%) DevOps
10 34 (8.15%) Project Delivery
11 31 (7.43%) Decision-Making
11 31 (7.43%) Migration
12 30 (7.19%) Data Management
13 25 (6.00%) Change Management
13 25 (6.00%) Customer Service
14 22 (5.28%) Business Intelligence
14 22 (5.28%) SDLC
15 21 (5.04%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 82 (19.66%) SQL
2 81 (19.42%) Python
3 74 (17.75%) JavaScript
4 67 (16.07%) C#
5 15 (3.60%) PowerShell
6 10 (2.40%) Java
7 4 (0.96%) Bash
7 4 (0.96%) C++
7 4 (0.96%) MATLAB
7 4 (0.96%) VBA
8 3 (0.72%) C
8 3 (0.72%) R
8 3 (0.72%) VB.NET
9 2 (0.48%) ABAP
10 1 (0.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.24%) Groovy
10 1 (0.24%) Julia
10 1 (0.24%) Rust
10 1 (0.24%) SystemVerilog
10 1 (0.24%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 45 (10.79%) Computer Science Degree
2 35 (8.39%) Security Cleared
3 19 (4.56%) Master's Degree
3 19 (4.56%) SC Cleared
4 13 (3.12%) Cisco Certification
4 13 (3.12%) PMI Certification
5 11 (2.64%) PMP
6 10 (2.40%) ITIL Certification
6 10 (2.40%) Microsoft Certification
7 9 (2.16%) CCNA
7 9 (2.16%) CISSP
8 8 (1.92%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 6 (1.44%) CISA
9 6 (1.44%) CISM
9 6 (1.44%) MBA
9 6 (1.44%) MCSE
10 5 (1.20%) A+ Certification
10 5 (1.20%) CCNP
10 5 (1.20%) IIBA
11 4 (0.96%) CBAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (4.56%) GDPR
2 15 (3.60%) QA
3 12 (2.88%) Data Quality
4 7 (1.68%) PMO
5 5 (1.20%) Good Clinical Practice
5 5 (1.20%) GxP
5 5 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.96%) NIST
6 4 (0.96%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.72%) Accessibility
7 3 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 2 (0.48%) P3O
9 1 (0.24%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.24%) COREP
9 1 (0.24%) Disclosure Scotland
9 1 (0.24%) FINREP
9 1 (0.24%) GRC
9 1 (0.24%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.24%) MISRA
9 1 (0.24%) MISRA C
System Software
1 22 (5.28%) Active Directory
2 16 (3.84%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (2.64%) Virtual Machines
4 9 (2.16%) Hyper-V
5 5 (1.20%) VMware ESXi
5 5 (1.20%) VMware Workstation
6 4 (0.96%) KVM
7 2 (0.48%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.24%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.24%) Docker
8 1 (0.24%) Microsoft App-V
8 1 (0.24%) Terminal Services
8 1 (0.24%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 10 (2.40%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (1.20%) SCCM
2 5 (1.20%) vCenter Server
3 3 (0.72%) Autotask
3 3 (0.72%) Failover Clustering
3 3 (0.72%) Jamf Pro
3 3 (0.72%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.72%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (0.72%) Terraform
4 1 (0.24%) Grafana
4 1 (0.24%) vMotion
Vendors
1 121 (29.02%) PayPal
2 76 (18.23%) Microsoft
3 31 (7.43%) SAP
4 25 (6.00%) ServiceNow
5 18 (4.32%) VMware
6 8 (1.92%) Google
7 5 (1.20%) Adobe
7 5 (1.20%) Oracle
7 5 (1.20%) Salesforce
7 5 (1.20%) SolarWinds
8 4 (0.96%) Databricks
8 4 (0.96%) ESRI
8 4 (0.96%) LogicMonitor
9 3 (0.72%) Apple
9 3 (0.72%) Ariba
9 3 (0.72%) Cisco
9 3 (0.72%) Datto
9 3 (0.72%) Informatica
9 3 (0.72%) Kofax
9 3 (0.72%) Sophos