Degree Contracts in the South West

Academic Degree
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 18 23 35
Rank change year-on-year +5 +12 -12
Contract jobs citing Degree 258 269 224
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 8.08% 7.41% 6.01%
As % of the Qualifications category 14.37% 14.04% 14.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 123 175 149
10th Percentile £160 £394 £261
25th Percentile £450 £450 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £475
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% +15.79% +5.56%
75th Percentile £686 £658 £588
90th Percentile £710 £725 £698
England median daily rate £511 £543 £520
% change year-on-year -5.87% +4.42% +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 64 35 23
10th Percentile £36.25 £43.33 £44.54
25th Percentile £40.00 £53.75 £48.87
Median hourly rate £57.39 £65.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.72% +18.18% +22.22%
75th Percentile £72.50 £83.31 £69.05
90th Percentile £76.75 £83.40 £74.22
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 West

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 West with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,796 1,916 1,531
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 56.25% 52.80% 41.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,143 1,414 1,073
10th Percentile £356 £400 £325
25th Percentile £465 £478 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £579 £522
Median % change year-on-year -5.01% +11.03% +9.79%
75th Percentile £660 £675 £624
90th Percentile £725 £729 £675
England median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 196 155 93
10th Percentile £22.31 £39.55 £29.62
25th Percentile £40.00 £57.25 £51.25
Median hourly rate £63.50 £65.00 £61.65
Median % change year-on-year -2.31% +5.43% +37.00%
75th Percentile £72.50 £80.00 £68.30
90th Percentile £80.00 £86.49 £75.00
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 West

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

Job vacancy trend for Degree in the South West

Degree
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for Degree in the South West

Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

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

Daily rate histogram for Degree in the South West

Degree
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for Degree in the South West

Degree
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South West

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

Hourly rate histogram for Degree in the South West

Degree
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 West 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
Bristol +20 111 £530 +0.95% 240
Wiltshire -17 60 £550 -4.35% 76
Somerset +18 22 £532 +14.41% 128
Gloucestershire -7 21 £588 +7.80% 83
Devon -4 16 £166 -69.82% 96
Dorset +7 15 £763 +37.08% 62
Cornwall +5 13 £150 - 16
Degree
England

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 (6.98%) Confluence
2 12 (4.65%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (4.26%) SharePoint
4 6 (2.33%) SharePoint Server
5 2 (0.78%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 2 (0.78%) Apache
6 1 (0.39%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.39%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.39%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 24 (9.30%) Chatbot
2 20 (7.75%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (3.88%) Microsoft Excel
4 6 (2.33%) Spreadsheet
5 5 (1.94%) Adobe Illustrator
5 5 (1.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (1.94%) Microsoft Project
6 4 (1.55%) Acrobat
7 2 (0.78%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.39%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.39%) InVision
8 1 (0.39%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 6 (2.33%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 3 (1.16%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.16%) ENOVIA
2 3 (1.16%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 3 (1.16%) SAP PLM
2 3 (1.16%) Teamcenter
3 2 (0.78%) Magento
3 2 (0.78%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.39%) Primavera
4 1 (0.39%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.39%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.39%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.39%) SAP Hybris
4 1 (0.39%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.39%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 27 (10.47%) Azure
2 13 (5.04%) AWS
3 9 (3.49%) PaaS
3 9 (3.49%) SaaS
4 8 (3.10%) Azure DevOps
5 5 (1.94%) Azure Stack
5 5 (1.94%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (1.55%) Power Platform
7 3 (1.16%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (0.78%) IaaS
8 2 (0.78%) PowerApps
8 2 (0.78%) WhatsApp
9 1 (0.39%) Entra ID
9 1 (0.39%) GCP
9 1 (0.39%) Google Tag Manager
9 1 (0.39%) Nutanix
9 1 (0.39%) OneDrive
9 1 (0.39%) OpenShift
9 1 (0.39%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.39%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 19 (7.36%) WAN
2 15 (5.81%) LAN
3 13 (5.04%) DNS
4 11 (4.26%) DHCP
5 10 (3.88%) SAN
6 9 (3.49%) Wi-Fi
7 8 (3.10%) Firewall
7 8 (3.10%) MPLS
8 7 (2.71%) PBX
8 7 (2.71%) VoIP
8 7 (2.71%) VSAN
9 5 (1.94%) BGP
10 4 (1.55%) Junos
10 4 (1.55%) SDH
10 4 (1.55%) TCP/IP
11 3 (1.16%) Skype
12 2 (0.78%) HTTP
12 2 (0.78%) Internet
12 2 (0.78%) RTP
12 2 (0.78%) Tactical Data Link
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (5.81%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.55%) MySQL
3 3 (1.16%) Power BI
4 2 (0.78%) Data Mining
4 2 (0.78%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (0.78%) Electronic Patient Records
4 2 (0.78%) Metadata
4 2 (0.78%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (0.78%) SQLite
5 1 (0.39%) Big Data
5 1 (0.39%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.39%) Flink
5 1 (0.39%) GIS
5 1 (0.39%) Hadoop
5 1 (0.39%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.39%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.39%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 23 (8.91%) JIRA
2 19 (7.36%) Rational DOORS
3 4 (1.55%) Git
4 2 (0.78%) Bitbucket
4 2 (0.78%) Checkstyle
4 2 (0.78%) GitLab
4 2 (0.78%) SonarQube
5 1 (0.39%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.39%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 1 (0.39%) GoCD
5 1 (0.39%) Maven
5 1 (0.39%) Oracle APEX
5 1 (0.39%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.39%) Subversion
General
1 91 (35.27%) Social Skills
2 46 (17.83%) Analytical Skills
3 45 (17.44%) Telecoms
4 36 (13.95%) Public Sector
5 20 (7.75%) Aerospace
6 16 (6.20%) Finance
7 12 (4.65%) Manufacturing
7 12 (4.65%) Organisational Skills
8 9 (3.49%) Military
9 7 (2.71%) Digital Economy
10 6 (2.33%) Electronics
10 6 (2.33%) Pharmaceutical
11 5 (1.94%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (1.55%) Aeronautics
12 4 (1.55%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (1.55%) Marketing
12 4 (1.55%) Multimedia
12 4 (1.55%) Publishing
13 3 (1.16%) Documentation Skills
14 2 (0.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 63 (24.42%) Architect
2 32 (12.40%) Developer
3 31 (12.02%) Analyst
4 29 (11.24%) Lead
5 28 (10.85%) Systems Architect
6 27 (10.47%) Software Developer
7 24 (9.30%) Network Architect
8 21 (8.14%) Lead Architect
9 19 (7.36%) Solutions Architect
10 16 (6.20%) SOC Analyst
11 14 (5.43%) Senior
12 10 (3.88%) IT Analyst
12 10 (3.88%) Project Manager
12 10 (3.88%) Systems Engineer
13 9 (3.49%) Technical Architect
14 8 (3.10%) Infrastructure Analyst
14 8 (3.10%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 8 (3.10%) IT Infrastructure Analyst
14 8 (3.10%) SOC Engineer
14 8 (3.10%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (6.59%) HTML
2 5 (1.94%) CSS
2 5 (1.94%) Flash
3 4 (1.55%) .NET
3 4 (1.55%) .NET Framework
3 4 (1.55%) Middleware
3 4 (1.55%) REST
4 3 (1.16%) .NET Core
4 3 (1.16%) JSON
4 3 (1.16%) XML
5 2 (0.78%) Apache NiFi
5 2 (0.78%) ModSecurity
5 2 (0.78%) PySpark
5 2 (0.78%) React
6 1 (0.39%) Elastic Stack
6 1 (0.39%) HTML5
6 1 (0.39%) Keycloak
6 1 (0.39%) RESTful
6 1 (0.39%) Spring MVC
6 1 (0.39%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 25 (9.69%) Self-Motivation
2 23 (8.91%) CSOC
3 22 (8.53%) Security Operations Centre
4 13 (5.04%) Clustering
5 12 (4.65%) Data Centre
5 12 (4.65%) Management Information System
6 8 (3.10%) Client/Server
7 7 (2.71%) Blackberry
7 7 (2.71%) Video Conferencing
8 6 (2.33%) PKI
8 6 (2.33%) Private Cloud
9 5 (1.94%) Animation
9 5 (1.94%) Product Ownership
9 5 (1.94%) Public Cloud
10 4 (1.55%) Embedded Systems
10 4 (1.55%) Life Science
11 2 (0.78%) Analytical Mindset
11 2 (0.78%) Onboarding
11 2 (0.78%) Security Posture
12 1 (0.39%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 40 (15.50%) Windows
2 14 (5.43%) Linux
3 10 (3.88%) Unix
4 7 (2.71%) Windows Server
5 4 (1.55%) SafeRTOS
6 3 (1.16%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.39%) Android
7 1 (0.39%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.39%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.39%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.39%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (20.93%) Computer Science
2 49 (18.99%) Problem-Solving
3 47 (18.22%) Agile
4 41 (15.89%) Continuous Improvement
5 40 (15.50%) ITIL
5 40 (15.50%) Project Management
6 37 (14.34%) Network Management
7 32 (12.40%) Analytics
7 32 (12.40%) Cybersecurity
8 31 (12.02%) Decision-Making
9 27 (10.47%) Artificial Intelligence
9 27 (10.47%) Code Quality
10 26 (10.08%) SIEM
10 26 (10.08%) Time Management
11 25 (9.69%) Strategic Thinking
12 24 (9.30%) Conversational UI
12 24 (9.30%) Security Operations
12 24 (9.30%) Software Engineering
12 24 (9.30%) TOGAF
12 24 (9.30%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 27 (10.47%) SQL
2 21 (8.14%) Python
3 17 (6.59%) JavaScript
3 17 (6.59%) PowerShell
4 15 (5.81%) C#
5 6 (2.33%) Java
6 5 (1.94%) C
7 3 (1.16%) R
8 2 (0.78%) PHP
8 2 (0.78%) Scala
9 1 (0.39%) Bash
9 1 (0.39%) C++
9 1 (0.39%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 131 (50.78%) Security Cleared
2 84 (32.56%) SC Cleared
3 65 (25.19%) DV Cleared
4 29 (11.24%) Computer Science Degree
5 24 (9.30%) Master's Degree
5 24 (9.30%) SANS
6 19 (7.36%) HND
7 18 (6.98%) TOGAF Certification
8 14 (5.43%) Cisco Certification
9 11 (4.26%) BPSS Clearance
10 9 (3.49%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 8 (3.10%) CCNP
12 6 (2.33%) CCNA
12 6 (2.33%) CISSP
12 6 (2.33%) HNC
13 5 (1.94%) CISM
14 4 (1.55%) Chartered Engineer
14 4 (1.55%) JNCIA
15 3 (1.16%) CESG Certified Professional
15 3 (1.16%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (5.04%) QA
1 13 (5.04%) SLA
2 6 (2.33%) Data Quality
2 6 (2.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (1.94%) Government Security Classifications
3 5 (1.94%) NIST
4 3 (1.16%) GMP
4 3 (1.16%) JSP 440
4 3 (1.16%) PMO
4 3 (1.16%) RMADS
5 2 (0.78%) GDPR
5 2 (0.78%) NCSC
6 1 (0.39%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.39%) ISA99
6 1 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 27005
6 1 (0.39%) NIST 800
System Software
1 30 (11.63%) Active Directory
2 23 (8.91%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (4.26%) Virtual Servers
4 8 (3.10%) VMware NSX
4 8 (3.10%) VMware Workstation
5 6 (2.33%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (1.16%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 2 (0.78%) KVM
7 2 (0.78%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.39%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 1 (0.39%) Docker
8 1 (0.39%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.39%) NFS
Systems Management
1 23 (8.91%) SCCM
2 9 (3.49%) SCOM
3 8 (3.10%) Microsoft Clustering
3 8 (3.10%) Nagios
3 8 (3.10%) NetBackup
4 6 (2.33%) vCenter Server
5 3 (1.16%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 3 (1.16%) Ansible
5 3 (1.16%) OPNET
5 3 (1.16%) Terraform
6 2 (0.78%) Kubernetes
6 2 (0.78%) PowerCLI
7 1 (0.39%) WSUS
Vendors
1 50 (19.38%) Microsoft
2 25 (9.69%) VMware
3 24 (9.30%) PayPal
4 18 (6.98%) Cisco
5 17 (6.59%) SAP
6 16 (6.20%) Atlassian
7 13 (5.04%) IBM
8 12 (4.65%) Adobe
9 11 (4.26%) Juniper
9 11 (4.26%) Nokia
10 9 (3.49%) Google
11 8 (3.10%) Hitachi
11 8 (3.10%) NetApp
12 7 (2.71%) Avaya
12 7 (2.71%) Ericsson
12 7 (2.71%) Ribbon
13 6 (2.33%) Sparx
14 4 (1.55%) Ciena
14 4 (1.55%) Palo Alto
15 3 (1.16%) Databricks