Degree Contracts in Worcestershire

Academic Degree
West Midlands > Worcestershire

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

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 7 19 16
Rank change year-on-year +12 -3 -
Contract jobs citing Degree 10 7 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Worcestershire 13.16% 5.83% 3.81%
As % of the Qualifications category 41.67% 14.58% 16.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 4 2
10th Percentile £303 £237 £356
25th Percentile £475 £314 £366
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £415 £388
Median % change year-on-year +26.51% +7.10% -
75th Percentile £569 £526 £416
90th Percentile £610 £623 £429
West Midlands median daily rate £513 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +7.89% - +15.15%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Worcestershire

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 Worcestershire with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 24 48 24
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Worcestershire 31.58% 40.00% 22.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 36 17
10th Percentile £463 £413 £243
25th Percentile £513 £491 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £595 £425
Median % change year-on-year -7.56% +40.00% -4.23%
75th Percentile £575 £650 £564
90th Percentile £610 £675 £598
West Midlands median daily rate £450 £536 £475
% change year-on-year -15.97% +12.74% +16.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £21.25 - £18.13
Median hourly rate £22.50 - £18.75
75th Percentile £23.75 - £19.38
90th Percentile - - -
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 Worcestershire

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

Job vacancy trend for Degree in Worcestershire

Degree
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Worcestershire

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

Daily rate trend for Degree in Worcestershire

Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in Worcestershire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Degree in Worcestershire over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Degree in Worcestershire

Degree
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Worcestershire

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

Hourly rate trend for Degree in Worcestershire

Degree
Contract Job Locations in Worcestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Degree within the Worcestershire region over the 6 months to 2 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
Malvern +10 6 £538 -20.37% 7
Worcester +6 1 £550 +32.53% 13
Droitwich - 1 £225 - 2
Degree
West Midlands

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Worcestershire 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 (10.00%) Apache
1 1 (10.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (10.00%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 1 (10.00%) WhatsApp
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Artifactory
1 1 (10.00%) GitLab
General
1 4 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) DevOps Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) Analyst
2 1 (10.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (10.00%) Data Scientist
2 1 (10.00%) ERP Support
2 1 (10.00%) FPGA Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) Project Officer
2 1 (10.00%) Project Support Officer
2 1 (10.00%) Research Scientist
2 1 (10.00%) Software Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) Support Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) Apache NiFi
1 1 (10.00%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) Algorithms
2 1 (10.00%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (10.00%) FPGA
2 1 (10.00%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 1 (10.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) Computer Science
2 5 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 5 (50.00%) DevOps
2 5 (50.00%) Software Engineering
3 4 (40.00%) User Experience
3 4 (40.00%) Workflow
4 3 (30.00%) Mathematics
5 2 (20.00%) Commercial Awareness
5 2 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 2 (20.00%) Mentoring
5 2 (20.00%) Physics
5 2 (20.00%) PRINCE2
5 2 (20.00%) Process Improvement
5 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 1 (10.00%) Business Case
6 1 (10.00%) Creative Thinking
6 1 (10.00%) Data Science
6 1 (10.00%) Due Diligence
6 1 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (10.00%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 3 (30.00%) MATLAB
1 3 (30.00%) Python
2 2 (20.00%) C++
3 1 (10.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 7 (70.00%) Security Cleared
2 6 (60.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (40.00%) DV Cleared
4 3 (30.00%) SC Cleared
5 2 (20.00%) PhD
6 1 (10.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (40.00%) QA
2 1 (10.00%) P3O
System Software
1 1 (10.00%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (10.00%) Ansible
1 1 (10.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (10.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (10.00%) Red Hat
1 1 (10.00%) SAP
1 1 (10.00%) Xilinx