Degree Contracts in the West Midlands

Academic Degree
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for Degree qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 16 26 51
Rank change year-on-year +10 +25 -23
Contract jobs citing Degree 158 168 150
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 8.20% 7.13% 4.23%
As % of the Qualifications category 25.12% 26.37% 21.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 87 88 103
10th Percentile £256 £246 £313
25th Percentile £347 £397 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +7.89% - +15.15%
75th Percentile £623 £543 £628
90th Percentile £693 £675 £700
England median daily rate £511 £545 £520
% change year-on-year -6.22% +4.81% +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 9 5
10th Percentile £22.33 £10.97 £11.70
25th Percentile £25.50 £12.00 £13.50
Median hourly rate £39.92 £18.50 £17.28
Median % change year-on-year +115.78% +7.06% +11.48%
75th Percentile £57.50 £35.08 £20.51
90th Percentile £58.75 £57.50 -
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
West Midlands

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 West Midlands with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 629 637 706
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 32.66% 27.04% 19.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 399 391 492
10th Percentile £273 £313 £286
25th Percentile £358 £413 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £536 £475
Median % change year-on-year -16.04% +12.84% +11.76%
75th Percentile £575 £609 £563
90th Percentile £675 £700 £650
England median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +6.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 28 13
10th Percentile £14.00 £11.70 £11.60
25th Percentile £22.08 £13.31 £13.50
Median hourly rate £28.50 £19.00 £18.75
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% +1.33% +14.89%
75th Percentile £43.44 £27.54 £20.00
90th Percentile £58.75 £60.05 £20.51
England median hourly rate £40.00 £52.50 £39.29
% change year-on-year -23.81% +33.62% +3.39%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Degree in the West Midlands

Degree
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Degree in the West Midlands

Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Degree in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Degree in the West Midlands

Degree
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Degree in the West Midlands

Degree
Hourly Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Degree in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Degree in the West Midlands

Degree
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Degree within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 5 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
Birmingham +18 63 £450 +12.50% 183
Warwickshire -2 33 £481 -8.33% 86
Worcestershire +12 10 £525 +26.51% 55
Coventry +7 8 £463 +76.19% 66
Solihull -7 8 £775 +47.62% 14
Staffordshire +7 7 £800 +68.42% 76
Shropshire +11 2 £117 -78.33% 18
Wolverhampton +5 1 - - 32
Herefordshire -8 1 £400 -39.62% 9
Degree
England

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 3 (1.90%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.63%) Apache
2 1 (0.63%) Confluence
Applications
1 24 (15.19%) Chatbot
2 13 (8.23%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (6.96%) Microsoft Excel
4 9 (5.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (4.43%) MS Visio
5 7 (4.43%) Simulink
6 6 (3.80%) Stateflow
7 5 (3.16%) TargetLink
8 4 (2.53%) Microsoft Project
9 3 (1.90%) Photoshop
10 2 (1.27%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 2 (1.27%) Maya
10 2 (1.27%) NUKE
11 1 (0.63%) Adobe Illustrator
11 1 (0.63%) InDesign
11 1 (0.63%) Sketch
11 1 (0.63%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (2.53%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.63%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.63%) Odoo
2 1 (0.63%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (0.63%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 24 (15.19%) Azure
2 9 (5.70%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (4.43%) Azure Sentinel
3 7 (4.43%) Power Platform
4 5 (3.16%) SaaS
5 4 (2.53%) IaaS
5 4 (2.53%) PaaS
6 3 (1.90%) Azure Functions
6 3 (1.90%) Azure Monitor
6 3 (1.90%) Google Workspace
6 3 (1.90%) Serverless
7 2 (1.27%) Amazon EC2
7 2 (1.27%) Amazon S3
7 2 (1.27%) AWS
7 2 (1.27%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 2 (1.27%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (1.27%) Azure Service Bus
7 2 (1.27%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 2 (1.27%) OneDrive
7 2 (1.27%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 13 (8.23%) Firewall
2 8 (5.06%) LAN
2 8 (5.06%) WAN
3 7 (4.43%) VPN
4 5 (3.16%) Network Security
4 5 (3.16%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (2.53%) DHCP
5 4 (2.53%) DNS
5 4 (2.53%) VoIP
5 4 (2.53%) Wireless
6 3 (1.90%) Cisco Nexus
6 3 (1.90%) Ethereal
6 3 (1.90%) Ethernet
6 3 (1.90%) TCP/IP
6 3 (1.90%) VLAN
6 3 (1.90%) Wireshark
7 2 (1.27%) Broadband
7 2 (1.27%) SAN
7 2 (1.27%) Skype
8 1 (0.63%) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.80%) Data Mining
2 5 (3.16%) Power BI
3 3 (1.90%) Data Lake
3 3 (1.90%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (1.90%) SAP BW
4 2 (1.27%) Elasticsearch
4 2 (1.27%) MongoDB
4 2 (1.27%) NoSQL
4 2 (1.27%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (1.27%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.63%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (0.63%) Flink
5 1 (0.63%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.63%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 10 (6.33%) Git
2 6 (3.80%) JIRA
3 5 (3.16%) Bitbucket
3 5 (3.16%) Jenkins
3 5 (3.16%) Subversion
4 3 (1.90%) GitLab
5 2 (1.27%) Travis CI
6 1 (0.63%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.63%) NUnit
6 1 (0.63%) Rational DOORS
6 1 (0.63%) Visual Studio
General
1 71 (44.94%) Social Skills
2 46 (29.11%) Analytical Skills
3 15 (9.49%) Finance
4 11 (6.96%) Automotive
5 8 (5.06%) German Language
6 6 (3.80%) Legal
6 6 (3.80%) Manufacturing
6 6 (3.80%) Presentation Skills
7 5 (3.16%) Marketing
8 4 (2.53%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (2.53%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (2.53%) Law
8 4 (2.53%) Public Sector
8 4 (2.53%) Retail
9 3 (1.90%) Electronics
9 3 (1.90%) Telecoms
10 2 (1.27%) Games
10 2 (1.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.63%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.63%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 34 (21.52%) Developer
2 24 (15.19%) Software Developer
3 15 (9.49%) Architect
4 14 (8.86%) Analyst
5 10 (6.33%) Systems Engineer
6 9 (5.70%) Lead
7 7 (4.43%) Support Engineer
8 6 (3.80%) Data Architect
8 6 (3.80%) Java Developer
8 6 (3.80%) Network Engineer
8 6 (3.80%) Project Manager
8 6 (3.80%) Senior
9 5 (3.16%) Business Analyst
9 5 (3.16%) Control Systems Engineer
9 5 (3.16%) DevOps Engineer
9 5 (3.16%) Principal Engineer
9 5 (3.16%) Principal Systems Engineer
10 4 (2.53%) Data Engineer
10 4 (2.53%) SOC Engineer
10 4 (2.53%) Splunk Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (8.23%) HTML
2 6 (3.80%) Spring
3 5 (3.16%) Middleware
4 3 (1.90%) AngularJS
4 3 (1.90%) Kafka
4 3 (1.90%) React
4 3 (1.90%) SAP Business Workflow
5 2 (1.27%) Elastic Stack
5 2 (1.27%) Unreal Engine
5 2 (1.27%) V-Ray
6 1 (0.63%) .NET
6 1 (0.63%) Apache NiFi
6 1 (0.63%) CSS
6 1 (0.63%) Dask
6 1 (0.63%) Guice
6 1 (0.63%) Keras
6 1 (0.63%) Pandas
6 1 (0.63%) PySpark
6 1 (0.63%) PyTorch
6 1 (0.63%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 20 (12.66%) Management Information System
2 14 (8.86%) Self-Motivation
3 12 (7.59%) Data Centre
4 11 (6.96%) Algorithms
5 9 (5.70%) Security Operations Centre
6 8 (5.06%) Security Posture
7 6 (3.80%) Legacy Systems
7 6 (3.80%) SCADA
7 6 (3.80%) Virtual Team
8 5 (3.16%) Industry 4.0
8 5 (3.16%) IoT
9 4 (2.53%) Cyber Defence
9 4 (2.53%) Operational Technology
10 3 (1.90%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (1.90%) Clustering
10 3 (1.90%) Driving Licence
10 3 (1.90%) Onboarding
11 2 (1.27%) CCTV
11 2 (1.27%) Cyber Threat
11 2 (1.27%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 12 (7.59%) Windows
2 7 (4.43%) Unix
3 5 (3.16%) Mac OS
3 5 (3.16%) Windows 10
4 4 (2.53%) Windows Server
4 4 (2.53%) Windows Server 2012
5 3 (1.90%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (1.27%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (44.94%) Computer Science
2 50 (31.65%) Problem-Solving
3 30 (18.99%) Agile
4 28 (17.72%) Artificial Intelligence
5 27 (17.09%) Software Engineering
6 26 (16.46%) Code Quality
7 24 (15.19%) Conversational UI
8 18 (11.39%) Decision-Making
9 17 (10.76%) Continuous Improvement
9 17 (10.76%) Cybersecurity
9 17 (10.76%) DevOps
10 16 (10.13%) Project Management
11 14 (8.86%) Analytics
12 13 (8.23%) Migration
13 12 (7.59%) Analytical Thinking
14 11 (6.96%) Incident Response
14 11 (6.96%) Security Operations
14 11 (6.96%) SIEM
15 10 (6.33%) Stakeholder Management
15 10 (6.33%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 23 (14.56%) SQL
2 21 (13.29%) Python
3 15 (9.49%) JavaScript
4 14 (8.86%) C#
5 9 (5.70%) MATLAB
6 8 (5.06%) Java
7 7 (4.43%) PowerShell
8 5 (3.16%) C
8 5 (3.16%) Kusto Query Language
9 2 (1.27%) C++
9 2 (1.27%) Perl
10 1 (0.63%) PHP
10 1 (0.63%) Scala
Qualifications
1 48 (30.38%) Computer Science Degree
2 23 (14.56%) Security Cleared
3 17 (10.76%) SC Cleared
4 16 (10.13%) Master's Degree
5 13 (8.23%) CISSP
6 9 (5.70%) CompTIA Security+
7 8 (5.06%) Azure Certification
7 8 (5.06%) Microsoft Certification
8 7 (4.43%) Cisco Certification
9 6 (3.80%) CCNA
9 6 (3.80%) DV Cleared
10 5 (3.16%) PMI Certification
10 5 (3.16%) PMP
11 4 (2.53%) BPSS Clearance
12 3 (1.90%) APMP
12 3 (1.90%) CEH
12 3 (1.90%) PhD
12 3 (1.90%) TOGAF Certification
13 2 (1.27%) CCNP
13 2 (1.27%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.43%) QA
2 5 (3.16%) AUTOSAR
2 5 (3.16%) ISO 26262
2 5 (3.16%) MISRA
2 5 (3.16%) MISRA C
3 3 (1.90%) GRC
3 3 (1.90%) ITGC
4 2 (1.27%) NIST
4 2 (1.27%) SLA
5 1 (0.63%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.63%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.63%) GDPR
5 1 (0.63%) HAZOP
5 1 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 15288
5 1 (0.63%) P3O
System Software
1 9 (5.70%) Active Directory
2 6 (3.80%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (3.16%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (1.90%) Docker
4 3 (1.90%) Hyper-V
5 2 (1.27%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (1.27%) vSphere
6 1 (0.63%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (3.16%) SCCM
2 4 (2.53%) Kubernetes
2 4 (2.53%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (1.90%) Autotask
3 3 (1.90%) Failover Clustering
3 3 (1.90%) Jamf Pro
3 3 (1.90%) OpenView
3 3 (1.90%) SysTrack
4 2 (1.27%) Kibana
4 2 (1.27%) logstash
4 2 (1.27%) Terraform
5 1 (0.63%) Ansible
Vendors
1 31 (19.62%) Microsoft
2 24 (15.19%) PayPal
3 17 (10.76%) SAP
4 6 (3.80%) Oracle
4 6 (3.80%) VMware
5 5 (3.16%) Apple
5 5 (3.16%) BMC
5 5 (3.16%) Cisco
6 4 (2.53%) Salesforce
6 4 (2.53%) Splunk
7 3 (1.90%) Citrix
7 3 (1.90%) Datto
7 3 (1.90%) Google
7 3 (1.90%) New Relic
7 3 (1.90%) OpenAI
8 2 (1.27%) Adobe
8 2 (1.27%) Confluent
8 2 (1.27%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.63%) IBM
9 1 (0.63%) Informatica
590 Degree jobs in the West Midlands