Degree Contracts in the South East

Academic Degree
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for Degree qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 14 27 17
Rank change year-on-year +13 -10 -3
Contract jobs citing Degree 501 425 724
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 9.03% 7.38% 9.29%
As % of the Qualifications category 20.23% 19.73% 28.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 254 240 421
10th Percentile £205 £228 £209
25th Percentile £355 £350 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% -
75th Percentile £608 £629 £550
90th Percentile £646 £788 £650
England median daily rate £511 £543 £520
% change year-on-year -5.87% +4.42% +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 86 53 39
10th Percentile £17.80 £20.78 £19.37
25th Percentile £26.92 £40.00 £21.00
Median hourly rate £57.35 £45.00 £41.50
Median % change year-on-year +27.44% +8.43% -2.35%
75th Percentile £61.30 £60.63 £48.75
90th Percentile £66.00 £69.75 £58.75
England median hourly rate £40.00 £45.00 £36.16
% change year-on-year -11.11% +24.45% -3.57%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South 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 South East with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,477 2,154 2,497
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 44.65% 37.38% 32.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,433 1,420 1,587
10th Percentile £315 £305 £308
25th Percentile £440 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% +7.53%
75th Percentile £650 £623 £625
90th Percentile £738 £706 £688
England median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 211 143 87
10th Percentile £17.50 £21.20 £19.22
25th Percentile £27.12 £42.50 £21.00
Median hourly rate £57.35 £58.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.97% +30.00% +12.50%
75th Percentile £67.01 £68.75 £56.77
90th Percentile £85.65 £75.00 £68.68
England median hourly rate £40.00 £52.50 £38.90
% change year-on-year -23.81% +34.98% +1.34%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Degree in the South East

Degree
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for Degree in the South East

Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Degree in the South East over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Degree in the South East

Degree
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

Hourly rate trend for Degree in the South East

Degree
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Degree in the South East over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Degree in the South East

Degree
Contract Job Locations in the South 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 South East region over the 6 months to 3 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
Thames Valley +9 250 £475 -1.04% 483
Berkshire +9 211 £500 +1.36% 209
Hampshire +17 118 £625 +47.06% 202
Surrey +6 79 £500 - 164
West Sussex +31 35 £500 +17.65% 60
Buckinghamshire +13 26 £465 -3.13% 119
Oxfordshire 0 13 £525 +10.53% 157
Kent +4 7 £319 -22.73% 83
Middlesex - 7 £275 - 3
Home Counties - 2 £475 -
Sussex - 1 £350 - 5
Degree
England

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South 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 38 (7.58%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (3.39%) Confluence
3 9 (1.80%) SharePoint
4 7 (1.40%) SAS
5 3 (0.60%) Apache
5 3 (0.60%) CMS
6 2 (0.40%) IBM Domino
6 2 (0.40%) nginx
6 2 (0.40%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.20%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.20%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.20%) JBoss
7 1 (0.20%) Moodle
7 1 (0.20%) MTS
7 1 (0.20%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 79 (15.77%) Microsoft Office
2 35 (6.99%) Microsoft Excel
3 17 (3.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 13 (2.59%) MS Visio
5 6 (1.20%) Microsoft Project
6 5 (1.00%) Simulink
7 2 (0.40%) Adobe Illustrator
7 2 (0.40%) Photoshop
7 2 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.20%) 3ds Max
8 1 (0.20%) Acrobat
8 1 (0.20%) Blender
Business Applications
1 5 (1.00%) Oracle EBS
1 5 (1.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.80%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 2 (0.40%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.40%) Sage X3
3 2 (0.40%) SAP ERP
3 2 (0.40%) SAP PM
4 1 (0.20%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.20%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 1 (0.20%) SAP Hybris
4 1 (0.20%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 118 (23.55%) Azure
2 61 (12.18%) AWS
3 41 (8.18%) Microsoft 365
4 27 (5.39%) Entra ID
5 17 (3.39%) Snowflake
6 16 (3.19%) Azure Monitor
6 16 (3.19%) Azure Storage
7 15 (2.99%) OCI
8 12 (2.40%) Power Platform
9 11 (2.20%) Azure DevOps
10 7 (1.40%) IaaS
11 6 (1.20%) GCP
11 6 (1.20%) GitHub
12 5 (1.00%) GitHub Actions
12 5 (1.00%) PaaS
12 5 (1.00%) Smartsheet
13 4 (0.80%) SaaS
13 4 (0.80%) SuccessFactors
14 3 (0.60%) Cloud Computing
14 3 (0.60%) Veeva
Communications & Networking
1 53 (10.58%) Firewall
2 52 (10.38%) DNS
3 48 (9.58%) SSL
4 47 (9.38%) DHCP
5 38 (7.58%) Ethernet
6 33 (6.59%) LAN
7 31 (6.19%) SAN
8 21 (4.19%) TCP/IP
9 18 (3.59%) WAN
10 13 (2.59%) Wireless
11 12 (2.40%) VPN
12 9 (1.80%) Remote Desktop
13 8 (1.60%) Cisco Nexus
14 7 (1.40%) 4G
14 7 (1.40%) NAS
14 7 (1.40%) Network Security
15 6 (1.20%) Fibre Channel
15 6 (1.20%) LTE
15 6 (1.20%) Radio Access Network
15 6 (1.20%) VoLTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (4.39%) Tableau
2 12 (2.40%) Power BI
3 10 (2.00%) SQL Server
4 8 (1.60%) PostgreSQL
5 7 (1.40%) Crystal Reports
6 4 (0.80%) Big Data
6 4 (0.80%) BusinessObjects
6 4 (0.80%) Data Lake
6 4 (0.80%) MS Access
6 4 (0.80%) Oracle Database
6 4 (0.80%) Relational Database
7 3 (0.60%) Apache Cassandra
7 3 (0.60%) Couchbase
7 3 (0.60%) EDMS
7 3 (0.60%) Metadata
7 3 (0.60%) MySQL
7 3 (0.60%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.40%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (0.40%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.40%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 36 (7.19%) JIRA
2 22 (4.39%) Git
3 16 (3.19%) Jenkins
4 10 (2.00%) Rational DOORS
5 7 (1.40%) Bitbucket
5 7 (1.40%) Subversion
6 4 (0.80%) Artifactory
6 4 (0.80%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 3 (0.60%) GitLab
7 3 (0.60%) JUnit
7 3 (0.60%) TestRail
8 2 (0.40%) CircleCI
8 2 (0.40%) Gradle
8 2 (0.40%) JMeter
8 2 (0.40%) LabVIEW
8 2 (0.40%) Selenium
8 2 (0.40%) Sonatype Nexus
9 1 (0.20%) TestNG
9 1 (0.20%) Travis CI
9 1 (0.20%) Valgrind
General
1 208 (41.52%) Social Skills
2 87 (17.37%) Analytical Skills
3 72 (14.37%) Finance
4 57 (11.38%) Telecoms
5 48 (9.58%) Electronics
6 45 (8.98%) Legal
7 43 (8.58%) Presentation Skills
8 33 (6.59%) Marketing
9 32 (6.39%) Organisational Skills
10 19 (3.79%) Public Sector
11 14 (2.79%) Aerospace
11 14 (2.79%) Manufacturing
12 13 (2.59%) Influencing Skills
12 13 (2.59%) Retail
13 12 (2.40%) Documentation Skills
13 12 (2.40%) Mandarin Language
14 9 (1.80%) Automotive
15 8 (1.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 6 (1.20%) Law
17 5 (1.00%) Military
Job Titles
1 60 (11.98%) Architect
2 55 (10.98%) Analyst
3 38 (7.58%) Senior
4 34 (6.79%) Project Manager
5 33 (6.59%) Designer
5 33 (6.59%) Digital Designer
5 33 (6.59%) FPGA Designer
5 33 (6.59%) VHDL Designer
6 31 (6.19%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 30 (5.99%) Lead
8 20 (3.99%) Support Specialist
9 19 (3.79%) Network Engineer
9 19 (3.79%) Software Engineer
10 18 (3.59%) Hardware Engineer
11 16 (3.19%) Active Directory Support
12 14 (2.79%) Active Directory Specialist
12 14 (2.79%) Azure Specialist
12 14 (2.79%) Business Analyst
12 14 (2.79%) Storage Engineer
12 14 (2.79%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (8.78%) Web Services
2 17 (3.39%) ARM Templates
3 9 (1.80%) XML
4 7 (1.40%) .NET
4 7 (1.40%) HTML
4 7 (1.40%) REST
4 7 (1.40%) RESTful
5 6 (1.20%) Kafka
6 5 (1.00%) DirectX
6 5 (1.00%) OpenGL
6 5 (1.00%) OpenGL ES
6 5 (1.00%) Vulkan
7 4 (0.80%) CSS
7 4 (0.80%) Flash
7 4 (0.80%) JSON
7 4 (0.80%) PyTorch
7 4 (0.80%) RabbitMQ
7 4 (0.80%) SOAP
7 4 (0.80%) TensorFlow
8 3 (0.60%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 67 (13.37%) PKI
2 43 (8.58%) Management Information System
3 38 (7.58%) Self-Motivation
4 34 (6.79%) VHDL
5 33 (6.59%) CPLD
5 33 (6.59%) FPGA
6 29 (5.79%) Data Centre
7 17 (3.39%) Driving Licence
8 12 (2.40%) Life Science
9 11 (2.20%) Algorithms
10 10 (2.00%) Credit Risk
10 10 (2.00%) Product Ownership
10 10 (2.00%) Renewable Energy
11 8 (1.60%) CMDB
12 7 (1.40%) Data Protection Act
12 7 (1.40%) PMI
13 4 (0.80%) Device Driver
13 4 (0.80%) e-Health
13 4 (0.80%) IoT
14 3 (0.60%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 119 (23.75%) Windows
2 86 (17.17%) Linux
3 48 (9.58%) Windows Server
4 42 (8.38%) Windows 10
5 35 (6.99%) Windows Server 2016
5 35 (6.99%) Windows Server 2019
6 32 (6.39%) Unix
7 19 (3.79%) Windows 7
7 19 (3.79%) Windows Server 2012
8 14 (2.79%) Windows XP
9 13 (2.59%) Android
10 8 (1.60%) Embedded Linux
11 6 (1.20%) Ubuntu
12 5 (1.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 3 (0.60%) Mac OS
13 3 (0.60%) Solaris
14 2 (0.40%) Apple iOS
14 2 (0.40%) Windows Server 2008
15 1 (0.20%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 156 (31.14%) Problem-Solving
2 110 (21.96%) Computer Science
3 91 (18.16%) Agile
3 91 (18.16%) ITIL
4 89 (17.76%) Project Management
5 56 (11.18%) Analytics
6 55 (10.98%) Customer Service
7 50 (9.98%) Continuous Improvement
8 41 (8.18%) Cryptography
9 40 (7.98%) Key Management
10 39 (7.78%) DevOps
11 37 (7.39%) Decision-Making
11 37 (7.39%) Roadmaps
12 36 (7.19%) Service Delivery
13 35 (6.99%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 35 (6.99%) Software Testing
14 33 (6.59%) Schematic Capture
15 32 (6.39%) Stakeholder Management
16 31 (6.19%) Customer Requirements
17 30 (5.99%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 47 (9.38%) PowerShell
2 36 (7.19%) Python
3 35 (6.99%) SQL
4 29 (5.79%) C#
5 19 (3.79%) C++
6 16 (3.19%) Bicep
6 16 (3.19%) VB
6 16 (3.19%) VBScript
7 10 (2.00%) Java
7 10 (2.00%) MATLAB
8 9 (1.80%) Shell Script
9 8 (1.60%) Bash
9 8 (1.60%) JavaScript
10 6 (1.20%) C
10 6 (1.20%) Go
10 6 (1.20%) Perl
11 4 (0.80%) Assembly Language
11 4 (0.80%) F#
11 4 (0.80%) VB.NET
12 3 (0.60%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 153 (30.54%) Security Cleared
2 91 (18.16%) SC Cleared
3 89 (17.76%) DV Cleared
4 68 (13.57%) Computer Science Degree
5 49 (9.78%) Master's Degree
6 35 (6.99%) Cisco Certification
7 24 (4.79%) CCNP
8 23 (4.59%) CCNA
9 17 (3.39%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 15 (2.99%) PMI Certification
11 12 (2.40%) Microsoft Certification
11 12 (2.40%) PMP
12 11 (2.20%) ITIL Certification
13 9 (1.80%) Azure Certification
14 8 (1.60%) BPSS Clearance
14 8 (1.60%) PhD
15 7 (1.40%) ISTQB
16 6 (1.20%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
17 5 (1.00%) CIPD
17 5 (1.00%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (4.99%) QA
2 22 (4.39%) SLA
3 12 (2.40%) PCI DSS
4 9 (1.80%) PMO
5 7 (1.40%) Data Quality
5 7 (1.40%) GDPR
6 6 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (1.00%) Accessibility
8 4 (0.80%) JTAG
8 4 (0.80%) PMBOK
9 3 (0.60%) COBIT
9 3 (0.60%) GRC
9 3 (0.60%) ISO 9001
9 3 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 3 (0.60%) NIST
10 2 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.40%) Def Stans
10 2 (0.40%) HL7
System Software
1 113 (22.55%) Active Directory
2 36 (7.19%) VMware Infrastructure
3 28 (5.59%) Firmware
4 23 (4.59%) Virtual Machines
5 20 (3.99%) Hyper-V
6 18 (3.59%) vSphere
7 16 (3.19%) Virtual Desktop
8 15 (2.99%) VMware ESXi
9 13 (2.59%) Docker
10 6 (1.20%) VMware NSX
11 5 (1.00%) Embedded Firmware
12 4 (0.80%) VirtualBox
13 2 (0.40%) KVM
14 1 (0.20%) NFS
14 1 (0.20%) Slurm Workload Manager
14 1 (0.20%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 60 (11.98%) SCCM
2 34 (6.79%) WSUS
3 33 (6.59%) SCOM
4 26 (5.19%) Kubernetes
5 19 (3.79%) Microsoft Intune
6 18 (3.59%) NetBackup
7 17 (3.39%) EMC NetWorker
8 16 (3.19%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 15 (2.99%) vCenter Server
10 10 (2.00%) Ansible
11 6 (1.20%) Terraform
12 2 (0.40%) Netcool
12 2 (0.40%) Oracle ZFS
12 2 (0.40%) PaperCut
12 2 (0.40%) Red Hat Satellite
12 2 (0.40%) Rundeck
12 2 (0.40%) SolarWinds Orion
12 2 (0.40%) vRealize
12 2 (0.40%) vRealize Orchestrator
12 2 (0.40%) yum
Vendors
1 124 (24.75%) Microsoft
2 53 (10.58%) EMC
3 46 (9.18%) VMware
4 40 (7.98%) HP
5 35 (6.99%) Oracle
6 34 (6.79%) Cisco
7 22 (4.39%) Juniper
7 22 (4.39%) SAP
8 21 (4.19%) ServiceNow
9 20 (3.99%) Alteryx
9 20 (3.99%) Palo Alto
10 17 (3.39%) Veeam
11 15 (2.99%) 3PAR
12 14 (2.79%) Dell
12 14 (2.79%) Extreme Networks
12 14 (2.79%) Symantec
13 10 (2.00%) Red Hat
14 8 (1.60%) F5
15 7 (1.40%) IFS
16 5 (1.00%) Workday