Degree Contracts in the Thames Valley

Academic Degree
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for Degree qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 13 22 15
Rank change year-on-year +9 -7 -5
Contract jobs citing Degree 250 236 328
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 9.29% 8.03% 9.44%
As % of the Qualifications category 22.60% 22.89% 33.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 118 129 182
10th Percentile £184 £272 £250
25th Percentile £205 £400 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £425
Median % change year-on-year - +11.76% -10.05%
75th Percentile £608 £575 £532
90th Percentile - £700 £623
South East median daily rate £500 £480 £450
% change year-on-year +4.17% +6.67% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 7 9
10th Percentile £15.97 £18.40 £13.56
25th Percentile £22.50 £22.25 £18.76
Median hourly rate £41.50 £55.00 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -24.55% +161.90% -49.09%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.31 -
90th Percentile £65.40 £74.55 £58.48
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
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,106 1,031 977
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 41.10% 35.09% 28.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 582 704 665
10th Percentile £213 £317 £256
25th Percentile £413 £410 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +5.26% -
75th Percentile £622 £600 £580
90th Percentile £688 £689 £650
South East median daily rate £550 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% +5.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 109 45 29
10th Percentile £18.40 £20.10 £16.50
25th Percentile £41.50 £27.00 £18.76
Median hourly rate £58.30 £64.68 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.86% +207.98% -0.24%
75th Percentile £70.50 £74.79 £27.00
90th Percentile £87.09 £80.25 £70.08
South East median hourly rate £57.35 £57.76 £44.73
% change year-on-year -0.71% +29.14% +11.81%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Degree as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Degree in the Thames Valley

Degree
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Degree in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Degree in the Thames Valley

Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Degree in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Degree in the Thames Valley

Degree
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Degree in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Degree in the Thames Valley

Degree
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Degree in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Degree in the Thames Valley

Degree
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Degree within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 26 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
Berkshire +8 210 £500 +5.26% 215
Buckinghamshire +10 27 £465 -0.99% 125
Oxfordshire +4 13 £525 +10.53% 168
Degree
South East

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 30 (12.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (2.80%) SAS
2 7 (2.80%) SharePoint
3 5 (2.00%) Confluence
4 2 (0.80%) Apache
4 2 (0.80%) CMS
4 2 (0.80%) nginx
5 1 (0.40%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.40%) Moodle
Applications
1 68 (27.20%) Microsoft Office
2 33 (13.20%) Microsoft Excel
3 16 (6.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 13 (5.20%) MS Visio
5 4 (1.60%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.80%) Adobe Illustrator
6 2 (0.80%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.40%) 3ds Max
7 1 (0.40%) Blender
7 1 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (1.60%) Oracle EBS
1 4 (1.60%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 2 (0.80%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.80%) Sage X3
3 1 (0.40%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 58 (23.20%) Azure
2 30 (12.00%) Microsoft 365
3 17 (6.80%) Snowflake
4 16 (6.40%) Entra ID
5 15 (6.00%) Azure Monitor
5 15 (6.00%) Azure Storage
6 13 (5.20%) AWS
6 13 (5.20%) OCI
7 10 (4.00%) Azure DevOps
8 6 (2.40%) Power Platform
9 5 (2.00%) Smartsheet
10 4 (1.60%) PaaS
10 4 (1.60%) Power Automate
10 4 (1.60%) SuccessFactors
11 3 (1.20%) Azure Stack
11 3 (1.20%) IaaS
11 3 (1.20%) Veeva
12 2 (0.80%) Azure Data Factory
12 2 (0.80%) OpenShift
12 2 (0.80%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 42 (16.80%) DNS
2 38 (15.20%) Firewall
3 37 (14.80%) DHCP
4 27 (10.80%) LAN
5 16 (6.40%) SAN
6 11 (4.40%) WAN
7 9 (3.60%) SSL
8 8 (3.20%) Remote Desktop
9 7 (2.80%) Wireless
10 6 (2.40%) 4G
10 6 (2.40%) TCP/IP
11 5 (2.00%) 3G
11 5 (2.00%) 5G
11 5 (2.00%) Radio Access Network
11 5 (2.00%) VoLTE
11 5 (2.00%) VPN
12 4 (1.60%) GGSN
12 4 (1.60%) RANAP
12 4 (1.60%) SGSN
12 4 (1.60%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (6.80%) Tableau
2 7 (2.80%) Crystal Reports
3 6 (2.40%) Power BI
3 6 (2.40%) SQL Server
4 4 (1.60%) Big Data
4 4 (1.60%) Data Lake
5 3 (1.20%) EDMS
5 3 (1.20%) Metadata
5 3 (1.20%) MySQL
6 2 (0.80%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (0.80%) Power Query
6 2 (0.80%) PowerPivot
7 1 (0.40%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.40%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.40%) DTS
7 1 (0.40%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.40%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.40%) Oracle Database 11g
7 1 (0.40%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.40%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 18 (7.20%) JIRA
2 7 (2.80%) Git
3 4 (1.60%) Subversion
4 3 (1.20%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.40%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.40%) CMake
5 1 (0.40%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.40%) LabVIEW
5 1 (0.40%) Maven
5 1 (0.40%) SonarQube
5 1 (0.40%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.40%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 142 (56.80%) Social Skills
2 51 (20.40%) Telecoms
3 45 (18.00%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (14.80%) Finance
5 29 (11.60%) Legal
6 25 (10.00%) Organisational Skills
6 25 (10.00%) Presentation Skills
7 17 (6.80%) Marketing
8 16 (6.40%) Public Sector
9 11 (4.40%) Mandarin Language
10 8 (3.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 7 (2.80%) Manufacturing
12 6 (2.40%) Law
13 5 (2.00%) Aerospace
14 4 (1.60%) Multimedia
15 3 (1.20%) Automotive
15 3 (1.20%) Documentation Skills
16 2 (0.80%) Electronics
16 2 (0.80%) General Ledger
16 2 (0.80%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 36 (14.40%) Analyst
2 23 (9.20%) Lead
3 20 (8.00%) Support Specialist
4 19 (7.60%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 18 (7.20%) Hardware Engineer
6 16 (6.40%) Project Manager
7 15 (6.00%) Active Directory Support
7 15 (6.00%) Architect
8 14 (5.60%) Active Directory Specialist
8 14 (5.60%) Azure Specialist
9 11 (4.40%) Developer
10 10 (4.00%) Business Analyst
11 9 (3.60%) Senior
11 9 (3.60%) Storage Engineer
11 9 (3.60%) Technical Support
12 8 (3.20%) Communications Manager
12 8 (3.20%) Development Manager
12 8 (3.20%) Internal Communications Manager
13 7 (2.80%) IFS Developer
13 7 (2.80%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (6.40%) ARM Templates
2 9 (3.60%) Web Services
3 3 (1.20%) HTML
3 3 (1.20%) XML
4 2 (0.80%) CSS
4 2 (0.80%) EDI
4 2 (0.80%) Flash
4 2 (0.80%) OLE
4 2 (0.80%) YAML
5 1 (0.40%) AngularJS
5 1 (0.40%) CNTK
5 1 (0.40%) jQuery
5 1 (0.40%) JSON
5 1 (0.40%) Node.js
5 1 (0.40%) OpenVINO
5 1 (0.40%) Oracle Fusion
5 1 (0.40%) PyTorch
5 1 (0.40%) React
5 1 (0.40%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 31 (12.40%) PKI
2 25 (10.00%) Self-Motivation
3 18 (7.20%) Data Centre
3 18 (7.20%) Driving Licence
4 11 (4.40%) Life Science
4 11 (4.40%) Management Information System
5 10 (4.00%) Credit Risk
6 8 (3.20%) Renewable Energy
7 7 (2.80%) Data Protection Act
8 5 (2.00%) Algorithms
9 4 (1.60%) Device Driver
10 3 (1.20%) CCTV
10 3 (1.20%) PMI
10 3 (1.20%) Product Ownership
11 2 (0.80%) Cloud Native
11 2 (0.80%) Onboarding
11 2 (0.80%) Social Media
11 2 (0.80%) Solar Power
12 1 (0.40%) Digital Media
12 1 (0.40%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 74 (29.60%) Windows
2 45 (18.00%) Linux
3 37 (14.80%) Windows 10
3 37 (14.80%) Windows Server
4 31 (12.40%) Windows Server 2016
4 31 (12.40%) Windows Server 2019
5 18 (7.20%) Windows 7
6 16 (6.40%) Windows Server 2012
7 13 (5.20%) Windows XP
8 3 (1.20%) Android
8 3 (1.20%) Mac OS
8 3 (1.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (1.20%) Unix
9 2 (0.80%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.80%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 94 (37.60%) Problem-Solving
2 61 (24.40%) ITIL
2 61 (24.40%) Project Management
3 51 (20.40%) Agile
4 49 (19.60%) Analytics
5 35 (14.00%) Customer Service
6 32 (12.80%) Computer Science
7 28 (11.20%) DevOps
8 27 (10.80%) Decision-Making
9 24 (9.60%) Continuous Improvement
9 24 (9.60%) Service Delivery
10 21 (8.40%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 20 (8.00%) Release Management
11 20 (8.00%) Software Testing
12 19 (7.60%) CI/CD
13 18 (7.20%) Customer Requirements
13 18 (7.20%) Data Protection
13 18 (7.20%) Infrastructure as Code
13 18 (7.20%) Software Deployment
14 17 (6.80%) Actionable Insight
Programming Languages
1 35 (14.00%) PowerShell
2 19 (7.60%) C#
3 18 (7.20%) SQL
4 15 (6.00%) Bicep
4 15 (6.00%) Python
4 15 (6.00%) VB
4 15 (6.00%) VBScript
5 5 (2.00%) C++
5 5 (2.00%) Shell Script
6 4 (1.60%) Assembly Language
6 4 (1.60%) C
6 4 (1.60%) MATLAB
7 3 (1.20%) F#
7 3 (1.20%) Java
7 3 (1.20%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.80%) R
9 1 (0.40%) Perl
Qualifications
1 91 (36.40%) Security Cleared
2 68 (27.20%) DV Cleared
3 40 (16.00%) SC Cleared
4 20 (8.00%) Cisco Certification
5 18 (7.20%) Computer Science Degree
6 17 (6.80%) CCNP
7 16 (6.40%) Master's Degree
8 15 (6.00%) CCNA
8 15 (6.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 8 (3.20%) PMI Certification
10 5 (2.00%) CIPD
10 5 (2.00%) PMP
11 4 (1.60%) CISSP
11 4 (1.60%) PhD
12 3 (1.20%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 3 (1.20%) A+ Certification
12 3 (1.20%) CISA
12 3 (1.20%) CISM
12 3 (1.20%) CISMP
12 3 (1.20%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (5.60%) QA
2 9 (3.60%) SLA
3 5 (2.00%) Accessibility
4 4 (1.60%) GDPR
4 4 (1.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (1.60%) JTAG
4 4 (1.60%) PMO
5 3 (1.20%) COBIT
5 3 (1.20%) GRC
5 3 (1.20%) NIST
6 2 (0.80%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.40%) HL7
System Software
1 59 (23.60%) Active Directory
2 22 (8.80%) Firmware
3 15 (6.00%) Virtual Desktop
3 15 (6.00%) Virtual Machines
4 14 (5.60%) Hyper-V
4 14 (5.60%) VMware Infrastructure
5 13 (5.20%) VMware ESXi
6 6 (2.40%) Docker
7 4 (1.60%) Embedded Firmware
8 1 (0.40%) NFS
8 1 (0.40%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 57 (22.80%) SCCM
2 31 (12.40%) SCOM
3 28 (11.20%) WSUS
4 19 (7.60%) Kubernetes
5 17 (6.80%) Microsoft Intune
6 16 (6.40%) EMC NetWorker
7 15 (6.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 14 (5.60%) NetBackup
9 13 (5.20%) vCenter Server
10 7 (2.80%) Ansible
11 4 (1.60%) Terraform
12 2 (0.80%) Netcool
12 2 (0.80%) PaperCut
12 2 (0.80%) Rundeck
13 1 (0.40%) CFEngine
13 1 (0.40%) FortiGate
13 1 (0.40%) Jamf Pro
13 1 (0.40%) Puppet
Vendors
1 99 (39.60%) Microsoft
2 40 (16.00%) HP
3 20 (8.00%) Cisco
3 20 (8.00%) Oracle
4 19 (7.60%) VMware
5 16 (6.40%) Alteryx
5 16 (6.40%) EMC
5 16 (6.40%) Juniper
6 15 (6.00%) Palo Alto
6 15 (6.00%) Veeam
7 14 (5.60%) 3PAR
7 14 (5.60%) ServiceNow
8 13 (5.20%) Dell
8 13 (5.20%) Extreme Networks
8 13 (5.20%) Symantec
9 7 (2.80%) IFS
10 5 (2.00%) Red Hat
10 5 (2.00%) Reuters
10 5 (2.00%) Workday
11 4 (1.60%) NetScout