Degree Contracts in Oxfordshire

Academic Degree
South East > Oxfordshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Oxfordshire 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 14 13 17
Rank change year-on-year -1 +4 -7
Contract jobs citing Degree 13 19 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 5.78% 7.60% 7.06%
As % of the Qualifications category 43.33% 33.93% 40.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 12 10
10th Percentile £433 £265 £168
25th Percentile £463 £395 £209
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 £350
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% +35.71% -26.32%
75th Percentile £538 £547 £550
90th Percentile - £778 £615
South East median daily rate £500 £480 £450
% change year-on-year +4.17% +6.67% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 3 4
10th Percentile £29.30 £22.10 -
25th Percentile £43.44 £22.25 -
Median hourly rate £60.00 £25.00 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +140.00% +19.05% -
75th Percentile £65.00 £41.25 -
90th Percentile - £49.50 -
South East median hourly rate £57.35 £45.00 £40.50
% change year-on-year +27.44% +11.11% -4.71%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Oxfordshire

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 Oxfordshire with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 30 56 47
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 13.33% 22.40% 17.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 30 33
10th Percentile £156 £246 £189
25th Percentile £413 £400 £330
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -5.26% +15.15%
75th Percentile £538 £531 £600
90th Percentile £591 £596 £666
South East median daily rate £550 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% +6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 5 6
10th Percentile £16.25 £22.20 -
25th Percentile £30.31 £22.50 -
Median hourly rate £48.75 £28.16 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +73.12% +34.10% +21.26%
75th Percentile £65.00 £49.50 £41.81
90th Percentile - £52.80 £48.75
South East median hourly rate £57.35 £57.32 £44.50
% change year-on-year +0.05% +28.81% +11.25%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Degree in Oxfordshire

Degree
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Daily rate trend for Degree in Oxfordshire

Degree
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Degree in Oxfordshire

Degree
Hourly Rate Histogram in Oxfordshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Degree in Oxfordshire over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Degree in Oxfordshire

Degree
Contract Job Locations in Oxfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Degree within the Oxfordshire 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
Oxford +8 8 £425 -10.53% 53
Banbury - 2 £525 - 11
Degree
South East

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Oxfordshire 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 (23.08%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (15.38%) nginx
Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 3 (23.08%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (15.38%) Azure
3 1 (7.69%) AWS
3 1 (7.69%) GCP
3 1 (7.69%) SaaS
3 1 (7.69%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 7 (53.85%) Wireless
2 3 (23.08%) Firewall
2 3 (23.08%) WAN
3 2 (15.38%) Cisco IOS
3 2 (15.38%) SAN
4 1 (7.69%) DHCP
4 1 (7.69%) DNS
4 1 (7.69%) InfiniBand
4 1 (7.69%) LAN
4 1 (7.69%) Network Security
4 1 (7.69%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (15.38%) MySQL
1 2 (15.38%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (46.15%) JIRA
2 5 (38.46%) Git
3 4 (30.77%) Subversion
4 1 (7.69%) LabVIEW
General
1 5 (38.46%) Aerospace
1 5 (38.46%) Social Skills
2 4 (30.77%) Telecoms
3 3 (23.08%) Public Sector
4 2 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (15.38%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (7.69%) Marketing
5 1 (7.69%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (7.69%) Retail
Job Titles
1 4 (30.77%) Embedded Engineer
1 4 (30.77%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 4 (30.77%) Software Engineer
2 2 (15.38%) Infrastructure Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Configuration Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Desktop Support
3 1 (7.69%) Desktop Support Technician
3 1 (7.69%) Desktop Technician
3 1 (7.69%) Developer
3 1 (7.69%) Network Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Senior
3 1 (7.69%) Senior Network Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Software Developer
3 1 (7.69%) Support Technician
3 1 (7.69%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (15.38%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 4 (30.77%) Algorithms
1 4 (30.77%) Device Driver
2 2 (15.38%) CCTV
2 2 (15.38%) Life Science
2 2 (15.38%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (7.69%) Grid Computing
3 1 (7.69%) Onboarding
3 1 (7.69%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 3 (23.08%) Linux
1 3 (23.08%) Mac OS
1 3 (23.08%) Windows
2 2 (15.38%) Android
2 2 (15.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 2 (15.38%) Ubuntu
2 2 (15.38%) Windows Server 2008
2 2 (15.38%) Windows Server 2012
2 2 (15.38%) Windows Server 2019
3 1 (7.69%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (46.15%) Computer Science
2 5 (38.46%) Software Engineering
3 4 (30.77%) Defect Tracking
3 4 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (30.77%) Signal Processing
3 4 (30.77%) Software Optimisation
3 4 (30.77%) Validation
4 3 (23.08%) Project Management
5 2 (15.38%) Change Management
5 2 (15.38%) Coaching
5 2 (15.38%) Collaborative Culture
5 2 (15.38%) IT Strategy
5 2 (15.38%) ITIL
5 2 (15.38%) Logistics
5 2 (15.38%) Mentoring
5 2 (15.38%) People Management
5 2 (15.38%) Strategic Planning
6 1 (7.69%) Code Quality
6 1 (7.69%) Creative Problem-Solving
6 1 (7.69%) Data Acquisition
Programming Languages
1 5 (38.46%) Python
2 4 (30.77%) Assembly Language
2 4 (30.77%) C
2 4 (30.77%) C++
2 4 (30.77%) MATLAB
2 4 (30.77%) Shell Script
3 2 (15.38%) SQL
4 1 (7.69%) Perl
Qualifications
1 5 (38.46%) Master's Degree
2 4 (30.77%) PhD
3 3 (23.08%) Security Cleared
4 2 (15.38%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (7.69%) CCNA
5 1 (7.69%) CCNP
5 1 (7.69%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (7.69%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (30.77%) JTAG
System Software
1 4 (30.77%) Embedded Firmware
1 4 (30.77%) Firmware
2 3 (23.08%) Active Directory
3 1 (7.69%) Docker
3 1 (7.69%) NFS
3 1 (7.69%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (15.38%) PaperCut
1 2 (15.38%) SCCM
2 1 (7.69%) Ansible
2 1 (7.69%) CFEngine
2 1 (7.69%) FortiGate
2 1 (7.69%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (7.69%) Kubernetes
2 1 (7.69%) Puppet
Vendors
1 3 (23.08%) Cisco
1 3 (23.08%) Microsoft
2 2 (15.38%) Aruba
2 2 (15.38%) HP
2 2 (15.38%) Nimble Storage
2 2 (15.38%) Red Hat
2 2 (15.38%) Sage
2 2 (15.38%) Veeam
2 2 (15.38%) VMware
2 2 (15.38%) WatchGuard
3 1 (7.69%) Fortinet
3 1 (7.69%) Palo Alto
3 1 (7.69%) Workday