Degree Contracts in Staffordshire

Academic Degree
West Midlands > Staffordshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Staffordshire with a requirement for Degree qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 30 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 11 19 21
Rank change year-on-year +8 +2 -9
Contract jobs citing Degree 7 7 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Staffordshire 6.67% 4.83% 2.75%
As % of the Qualifications category 17.95% 18.42% 20.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 2
10th Percentile - £456 -
25th Percentile £750 £460 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £800 £475 £160
Median % change year-on-year +68.42% +196.88% -53.62%
75th Percentile £850 £498 -
90th Percentile - £517 -
West Midlands median daily rate £519 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +9.21% - +15.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile £37.25 - -
25th Percentile £38.75 - £13.50
Median hourly rate £42.50 - £14.00
75th Percentile £55.63 - £14.50
90th Percentile £62.75 - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £39.92 £18.50 £17.28
% change year-on-year +115.78% +7.06% +11.48%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Staffordshire

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 Staffordshire with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 39 38 25
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Staffordshire 37.14% 26.21% 13.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 31 21
10th Percentile £260 £250 £166
25th Percentile £299 £340 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £369 £455 £375
Median % change year-on-year -18.94% +21.33% -10.78%
75th Percentile £448 £575 £500
90th Percentile £515 £625 £538
West Midlands median daily rate £450 £528 £469
% change year-on-year -14.69% +12.53% +15.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 1
10th Percentile £37.25 - -
25th Percentile £38.75 - £13.50
Median hourly rate £42.50 £10.45 £14.00
Median % change year-on-year +306.70% -25.36% -45.10%
75th Percentile £55.63 - £14.50
90th Percentile £62.75 - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £28.50 £19.00 £18.75
% change year-on-year +50.00% +1.33% +14.89%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Staffordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Degree in Staffordshire

Degree
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Staffordshire

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

Daily rate trend for Degree in Staffordshire

Degree
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Staffordshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Degree in Staffordshire

Degree
Hourly Rate Histogram in Staffordshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Degree in Staffordshire over the 6 months to 30 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Degree in Staffordshire

Degree
Contract Job Locations in Staffordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Degree within the Staffordshire region over the 6 months to 30 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
Stafford +6 5 £800 - 12
Degree
West Midlands

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Staffordshire 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 (14.29%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (14.29%) Simulink
1 1 (14.29%) Stateflow
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Git
1 1 (14.29%) JIRA
1 1 (14.29%) Rational DOORS
General
1 5 (71.43%) Social Skills
2 3 (42.86%) Electronics
3 1 (14.29%) Aerospace
3 1 (14.29%) Automotive
3 1 (14.29%) Finance
3 1 (14.29%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Lead
2 1 (14.29%) Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Development Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Lead Systems Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Project Leader
2 1 (14.29%) Senior
2 1 (14.29%) Systems Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Operational Technology
1 2 (28.57%) Renewable Energy
1 2 (28.57%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Computer Science
2 2 (28.57%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (28.57%) Integration Testing
2 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (28.57%) Systems Engineering
2 2 (28.57%) Validation
3 1 (14.29%) Agile
3 1 (14.29%) Coaching
3 1 (14.29%) Critical Thinking
3 1 (14.29%) Customer Requirements
3 1 (14.29%) Data Analysis
3 1 (14.29%) Defect Management
3 1 (14.29%) FMEA
3 1 (14.29%) Logistics
3 1 (14.29%) Mentoring
3 1 (14.29%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
3 1 (14.29%) Product Strategy
3 1 (14.29%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (14.29%) Verification and Validation
3 1 (14.29%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) NIST
2 1 (14.29%) HAZOP
2 1 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 15288
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) SAP
2 1 (14.29%) IBM
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) Oracle