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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 13 15 15
Rank change year-on-year +2 0 -5
Contract jobs citing Degree 11 17 22
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 5.00% 7.56% 8.06%
As % of the Qualifications category 39.29% 34.69% 41.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 12 11
10th Percentile - £265 £170
25th Percentile £413 £395 £248
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £475 £350
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% +35.71% -18.84%
75th Percentile £438 £547 £538
90th Percentile - £778 £600
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £450
% change year-on-year - +11.11% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 3 4
10th Percentile £34.15 £22.10 -
25th Percentile £50.63 £22.25 -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £25.00 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +160.00% +19.05% -
75th Percentile - £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 28 49 53
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 12.73% 21.78% 19.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 27 37
10th Percentile £357 £235 £180
25th Percentile £413 £380 £337
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £556 £500 £600
90th Percentile £610 £600 £634
South East median daily rate £550 £521 £500
% change year-on-year +5.67% +4.10% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 5 6
10th Percentile £16.25 £22.20 -
25th Percentile £31.25 £22.50 -
Median hourly rate £50.00 £28.16 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +77.56% +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 £59.45 £45.00
% change year-on-year -3.54% +32.12% +5.88%

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 20 May 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 20 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
Oxford +7 9 £425 -10.53% 68
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 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (9.09%) SAS
Applications
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (9.09%) AWS
1 1 (9.09%) GCP
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (9.09%) SaaS
1 1 (9.09%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 5 (45.45%) Wireless
2 1 (9.09%) DHCP
2 1 (9.09%) DNS
2 1 (9.09%) Firewall
2 1 (9.09%) InfiniBand
2 1 (9.09%) LAN
2 1 (9.09%) Network Security
2 1 (9.09%) VPN
2 1 (9.09%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.09%) Looker
1 1 (9.09%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 6 (54.55%) JIRA
2 5 (45.45%) Git
3 4 (36.36%) Subversion
4 1 (9.09%) LabVIEW
General
1 5 (45.45%) Aerospace
2 4 (36.36%) Telecoms
3 3 (27.27%) Public Sector
3 3 (27.27%) Social Skills
4 2 (18.18%) Marketing
5 1 (9.09%) Advertising
5 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (9.09%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (9.09%) Retail
Job Titles
1 4 (36.36%) Embedded Engineer
1 4 (36.36%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 4 (36.36%) Software Engineer
2 1 (9.09%) Analyst
2 1 (9.09%) Data Analyst
2 1 (9.09%) Desktop Support
2 1 (9.09%) Desktop Support Technician
2 1 (9.09%) Desktop Technician
2 1 (9.09%) Developer
2 1 (9.09%) Marketing Analyst
2 1 (9.09%) Marketing Data Analyst
2 1 (9.09%) Network Engineer
2 1 (9.09%) Senior
2 1 (9.09%) Senior Network Engineer
2 1 (9.09%) Software Developer
2 1 (9.09%) Support Technician
Miscellaneous
1 4 (36.36%) Algorithms
1 4 (36.36%) Device Driver
2 2 (18.18%) Life Science
3 1 (9.09%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (9.09%) Grid Computing
3 1 (9.09%) Onboarding
3 1 (9.09%) Social Media
3 1 (9.09%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.09%) Linux
1 1 (9.09%) Mac OS
1 1 (9.09%) Unix
1 1 (9.09%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (63.64%) Computer Science
2 5 (45.45%) Software Engineering
3 4 (36.36%) Defect Tracking
3 4 (36.36%) Signal Processing
3 4 (36.36%) Software Optimisation
3 4 (36.36%) Validation
4 2 (18.18%) Change Management
4 2 (18.18%) Data Protection
4 2 (18.18%) Logistics
4 2 (18.18%) Performance Metrics
4 2 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (9.09%) Agile
5 1 (9.09%) Artificial Intelligence
5 1 (9.09%) Asset Management
5 1 (9.09%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (9.09%) Configuration Management
5 1 (9.09%) Data Analysis
5 1 (9.09%) Project Management
5 1 (9.09%) Statistical Analysis
5 1 (9.09%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 6 (54.55%) Python
2 4 (36.36%) Assembly Language
2 4 (36.36%) C
2 4 (36.36%) C++
2 4 (36.36%) MATLAB
2 4 (36.36%) Shell Script
3 1 (9.09%) Perl
3 1 (9.09%) R
3 1 (9.09%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (45.45%) Master's Degree
2 4 (36.36%) PhD
3 3 (27.27%) Security Cleared
4 2 (18.18%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (9.09%) CCNA
5 1 (9.09%) CCNP
5 1 (9.09%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (9.09%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (36.36%) JTAG
System Software
1 4 (36.36%) Embedded Firmware
1 4 (36.36%) Firmware
2 1 (9.09%) Active Directory
2 1 (9.09%) Docker
2 1 (9.09%) NFS
2 1 (9.09%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 1 (9.09%) Ansible
1 1 (9.09%) CFEngine
1 1 (9.09%) FortiGate
1 1 (9.09%) Jamf Pro
1 1 (9.09%) Kubernetes
1 1 (9.09%) Puppet
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft
2 1 (9.09%) Adobe
2 1 (9.09%) Cisco
2 1 (9.09%) Fortinet
2 1 (9.09%) Palo Alto
2 1 (9.09%) Workday