Degree Contracts with Work from Home Options

Academic Degree
UK > Work from Home

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) with a requirement for Degree qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 18 35 48
Rank change year-on-year +17 +13 -7
Contract jobs citing Degree 1,323 1,450 2,274
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 8.78% 5.78% 5.18%
As % of the Qualifications category 32.27% 22.78% 26.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 646 889 1,496
10th Percentile £270 £313 £313
25th Percentile £407 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £520 £520
Median % change year-on-year +0.96% - +6.39%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £613
90th Percentile £781 £838 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £515
% change year-on-year -4.76% +1.94% +5.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 130 86 57
10th Percentile £15.85 £20.63 £18.45
25th Percentile £24.06 £42.50 £23.70
Median hourly rate £39.96 £50.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.08% +11.11% +15.38%
75th Percentile £72.50 £68.75 £49.75
90th Percentile £75.38 £80.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £45.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -11.11% +28.57% -6.67%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,100 6,366 8,706
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 27.20% 25.37% 19.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,587 4,286 6,114
10th Percentile £331 £381 £369
25th Percentile £440 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £535
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +8.08%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £725 £745 £700
UK median daily rate £535 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 262 275 222
10th Percentile £15.85 £19.25 £19.37
25th Percentile £25.13 £42.50 £35.63
Median hourly rate £43.00 £64.68 £48.79
Median % change year-on-year -33.51% +32.56% +21.98%
75th Percentile £65.00 £72.50 £65.44
90th Percentile £83.20 £83.40 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £42.00
% change year-on-year -25.93% +28.57% +11.55%

Degree
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Degree as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Degree trend for jobs with a WFH option

Degree
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Degree.

Degree daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Degree
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Degree over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Degree daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Degree
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Degree.

Degree hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Degree
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Degree over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Degree hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 44 (3.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 43 (3.25%) SharePoint
3 41 (3.10%) Confluence
4 10 (0.76%) CMS
5 8 (0.60%) SAS
6 7 (0.53%) Apache Spark
7 6 (0.45%) Apache
7 6 (0.45%) IIS
8 5 (0.38%) WebSphere
9 4 (0.30%) WebLogic
10 3 (0.23%) Exchange Server 2007
10 3 (0.23%) Exchange Server 2010
10 3 (0.23%) Oracle Self-Service HR
11 2 (0.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 2 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
11 2 (0.15%) Cloud Foundry
11 2 (0.15%) Exchange Server 2013
11 2 (0.15%) SharePoint 2010
11 2 (0.15%) Sitecore CMS
11 2 (0.15%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 254 (19.20%) Chatbot
2 111 (8.39%) Microsoft Excel
3 107 (8.09%) Microsoft Office
4 69 (5.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 33 (2.49%) Microsoft Project
6 31 (2.34%) MS Visio
7 21 (1.59%) Simulink
8 15 (1.13%) Spreadsheet
9 8 (0.60%) Trello
10 7 (0.53%) Adobe Illustrator
11 6 (0.45%) Acrobat
12 5 (0.38%) Photoshop
12 5 (0.38%) Sketch
13 4 (0.30%) Adobe Creative Suite
13 4 (0.30%) Stateflow
14 3 (0.23%) AutoCAD
14 3 (0.23%) Revit
15 2 (0.15%) Adobe Captivate
15 2 (0.15%) InDesign
15 2 (0.15%) Maya
Business Applications
1 15 (1.13%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (1.06%) Dynamics AX
3 10 (0.76%) Dynamics GP
4 7 (0.53%) Dynamics CRM
5 5 (0.38%) Oracle Applications
6 4 (0.30%) Loan IQ
6 4 (0.30%) SAP ERP
7 3 (0.23%) Endur
7 3 (0.23%) OpenText VIM for SAP
7 3 (0.23%) Oracle EBS
7 3 (0.23%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 3 (0.23%) Oracle Receivables
7 3 (0.23%) Primavera
8 2 (0.15%) Oracle 11i
8 2 (0.15%) Oracle Assets
8 2 (0.15%) Oracle Financials
8 2 (0.15%) Oracle Payables
8 2 (0.15%) Orchestrade
8 2 (0.15%) SAP Hybris
8 2 (0.15%) SAP Retail
Cloud Services
1 220 (16.63%) Azure
2 122 (9.22%) AWS
3 68 (5.14%) Power Platform
4 59 (4.46%) Microsoft 365
5 50 (3.78%) Azure DevOps
6 48 (3.63%) GCP
7 37 (2.80%) SaaS
8 34 (2.57%) Dynamics 365
9 33 (2.49%) PowerApps
10 27 (2.04%) Entra ID
11 26 (1.97%) PaaS
11 26 (1.97%) Power Automate
12 20 (1.51%) Azure Monitor
12 20 (1.51%) GitHub
13 19 (1.44%) Cloud Computing
14 18 (1.36%) IaaS
15 16 (1.21%) Azure Storage
16 14 (1.06%) Google Workspace
17 10 (0.76%) SuccessFactors
18 9 (0.68%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 50 (3.78%) Firewall
2 41 (3.10%) DNS
3 37 (2.80%) SSL
4 33 (2.49%) DHCP
5 15 (1.13%) TCP/IP
6 14 (1.06%) Internet
6 14 (1.06%) Network Security
6 14 (1.06%) VPN
7 11 (0.83%) VoIP
8 9 (0.68%) CTI
8 9 (0.68%) WAN
9 8 (0.60%) Wireless
10 6 (0.45%) VLAN
11 5 (0.38%) LAN
11 5 (0.38%) PPP
11 5 (0.38%) SAN
11 5 (0.38%) SDH
11 5 (0.38%) Wi-Fi
12 4 (0.30%) Intrusion Detection
12 4 (0.30%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (5.14%) SQL Server
2 55 (4.16%) Power BI
3 25 (1.89%) Relational Database
4 22 (1.66%) Data Lake
5 19 (1.44%) PostgreSQL
6 18 (1.36%) Data Warehouse
7 17 (1.28%) Metadata
8 15 (1.13%) MySQL
9 13 (0.98%) NoSQL
10 11 (0.83%) Tableau
11 10 (0.76%) Big Data
11 10 (0.76%) Couchbase
12 9 (0.68%) MongoDB
13 8 (0.60%) Crystal Reports
13 8 (0.60%) Oracle Database
14 6 (0.45%) Oracle Reports
14 6 (0.45%) PowerPivot
15 5 (0.38%) Azure SQL Database
15 5 (0.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 5 (0.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 85 (6.42%) JIRA
2 54 (4.08%) Git
3 27 (2.04%) Jenkins
4 18 (1.36%) GitLab
5 14 (1.06%) Visual Studio
6 10 (0.76%) Rational DOORS
6 10 (0.76%) TeamCity
7 8 (0.60%) Bitbucket
8 7 (0.53%) Subversion
9 6 (0.45%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 6 (0.45%) MLflow
9 6 (0.45%) webpack
10 5 (0.38%) MSI
10 5 (0.38%) Selenium
10 5 (0.38%) Sonatype Nexus
10 5 (0.38%) SpecFlow
10 5 (0.38%) WiX
11 4 (0.30%) Artifactory
11 4 (0.30%) Oracle APEX
11 4 (0.30%) TestRail
General
1 490 (37.04%) Social Skills
2 291 (22.00%) Finance
3 250 (18.90%) Analytical Skills
4 124 (9.37%) Public Sector
5 76 (5.74%) Banking
6 69 (5.22%) Telecoms
7 56 (4.23%) Legal
8 47 (3.55%) Marketing
8 47 (3.55%) Retail
9 45 (3.40%) Front Office
10 39 (2.95%) Manufacturing
11 37 (2.80%) Presentation Skills
12 33 (2.49%) Organisational Skills
13 23 (1.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 23 (1.74%) Influencing Skills
14 20 (1.51%) Investment Banking
15 17 (1.28%) General Ledger
16 16 (1.21%) Financial Institution
17 15 (1.13%) Law
17 15 (1.13%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 340 (25.70%) Developer
2 249 (18.82%) Software Developer
3 155 (11.72%) Analyst
4 142 (10.73%) Architect
5 96 (7.26%) Senior
6 95 (7.18%) Business Analyst
7 85 (6.42%) Project Manager
8 83 (6.27%) Consultant
9 70 (5.29%) Lead
10 43 (3.25%) Solutions Architect
11 35 (2.65%) Software Engineer
12 26 (1.97%) DevOps Engineer
13 25 (1.89%) Java Developer
14 24 (1.81%) Microsoft Consultant
15 23 (1.74%) Network Architect
16 22 (1.66%) Lead Architect
16 22 (1.66%) Senior Developer
16 22 (1.66%) Systems Architect
17 21 (1.59%) Support Engineer
18 19 (1.44%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 155 (11.72%) HTML
2 53 (4.01%) Web Services
3 49 (3.70%) .NET
4 29 (2.19%) CSS
4 29 (2.19%) XML
5 28 (2.12%) REST
6 25 (1.89%) React
7 21 (1.59%) AngularJS
7 21 (1.59%) ASP.NET
7 21 (1.59%) JSON
8 19 (1.44%) ARM Templates
9 18 (1.36%) .NET Framework
9 18 (1.36%) RESTful
10 17 (1.28%) Node.js
11 14 (1.06%) Entity Framework
12 12 (0.91%) Kafka
12 12 (0.91%) Middleware
13 9 (0.68%) Swagger
14 8 (0.60%) .NET Core
14 8 (0.60%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 73 (5.52%) Self-Motivation
2 67 (5.06%) Management Information System
3 64 (4.84%) PKI
4 34 (2.57%) Algorithms
5 28 (2.12%) Data Structures
5 28 (2.12%) Derivative
6 24 (1.81%) Product Ownership
7 21 (1.59%) Virtual Team
8 20 (1.51%) Fixed Income
9 18 (1.36%) Data Protection Act
10 17 (1.28%) FPGA
10 17 (1.28%) Verilog
10 17 (1.28%) VHDL
11 15 (1.13%) Learning Management System
12 14 (1.06%) IVR
13 13 (0.98%) Greenfield Project
13 13 (0.98%) Onboarding
14 12 (0.91%) Data Centre
15 10 (0.76%) Analytical Mindset
15 10 (0.76%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 105 (7.94%) Windows
2 70 (5.29%) Linux
3 35 (2.65%) Windows Server
4 34 (2.57%) Unix
5 19 (1.44%) Windows Server 2016
6 18 (1.36%) Windows Server 2019
7 10 (0.76%) Android
8 9 (0.68%) Windows 10
9 5 (0.38%) Embedded Linux
10 4 (0.30%) Apple iOS
10 4 (0.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 4 (0.30%) Windows 7
11 3 (0.23%) Ubuntu
11 3 (0.23%) Windows Server 2012
12 2 (0.15%) Solaris
12 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2003
12 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2008
13 1 (0.076%) Mac OS X
13 1 (0.076%) VMS
13 1 (0.076%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 350 (26.46%) Computer Science
2 300 (22.68%) Agile
3 296 (22.37%) Problem-Solving
4 282 (21.32%) Artificial Intelligence
5 256 (19.35%) Code Quality
6 254 (19.20%) Conversational UI
7 203 (15.34%) Software Engineering
8 197 (14.89%) Project Management
9 126 (9.52%) DevOps
10 97 (7.33%) Decision-Making
11 94 (7.11%) Analytics
12 89 (6.73%) Continuous Improvement
13 85 (6.42%) Stakeholder Management
14 78 (5.90%) ITIL
14 78 (5.90%) Project Delivery
14 78 (5.90%) Risk Management
15 74 (5.59%) Roadmaps
15 74 (5.59%) Scrum
16 72 (5.44%) Business Intelligence
16 72 (5.44%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 265 (20.03%) SQL
2 248 (18.75%) Python
3 203 (15.34%) C#
4 185 (13.98%) JavaScript
5 88 (6.65%) Java
6 56 (4.23%) PowerShell
7 50 (3.78%) C++
8 26 (1.97%) C
9 19 (1.44%) Bicep
10 18 (1.36%) Perl
11 17 (1.28%) Bash
11 17 (1.28%) SystemVerilog
11 17 (1.28%) VB
12 16 (1.21%) R
12 16 (1.21%) VBScript
13 15 (1.13%) PL/SQL
14 14 (1.06%) Go
14 14 (1.06%) Shell Script
15 13 (0.98%) TypeScript
16 11 (0.83%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 232 (17.54%) Computer Science Degree
2 201 (15.19%) Security Cleared
3 165 (12.47%) SC Cleared
4 141 (10.66%) Master's Degree
5 54 (4.08%) DV Cleared
6 46 (3.48%) PMP
7 43 (3.25%) PMI Certification
8 39 (2.95%) PhD
9 33 (2.49%) CISSP
10 30 (2.27%) Microsoft Certification
11 24 (1.81%) APMP
12 23 (1.74%) Numerate Degree
13 21 (1.59%) CISM
14 20 (1.51%) Azure Certification
15 19 (1.44%) Cisco Certification
16 17 (1.28%) BPSS Clearance
16 17 (1.28%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 14 (1.06%) ITIL Certification
18 12 (0.91%) MBA
19 10 (0.76%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (4.01%) QA
2 37 (2.80%) Data Quality
3 28 (2.12%) GDPR
3 28 (2.12%) PMO
4 20 (1.51%) PCI DSS
5 17 (1.28%) NIST
6 16 (1.21%) SLA
7 13 (0.98%) Accessibility
8 12 (0.91%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 9 (0.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 8 (0.60%) Disclosure Scotland
10 8 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 6 (0.45%) GRC
11 6 (0.45%) HIPAA
11 6 (0.45%) MiFID
12 5 (0.38%) NIST 800
13 4 (0.30%) Dodd-Frank
13 4 (0.30%) JTAG
13 4 (0.30%) P3O
13 4 (0.30%) SOC 2
System Software
1 106 (8.01%) Active Directory
2 26 (1.97%) Docker
3 23 (1.74%) Virtual Machines
4 20 (1.51%) VMware Infrastructure
5 17 (1.28%) Virtual Desktop
6 10 (0.76%) vSphere
7 6 (0.45%) Hyper-V
8 5 (0.38%) VMware NSX
9 4 (0.30%) Embedded Firmware
9 4 (0.30%) Firmware
10 3 (0.23%) KVM
10 3 (0.23%) VirtualBox
10 3 (0.23%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.076%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 1 (0.076%) Postfix
11 1 (0.076%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.076%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 50 (3.78%) Kubernetes
2 29 (2.19%) SCCM
3 26 (1.97%) Terraform
4 21 (1.59%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 20 (1.51%) WSUS
6 18 (1.36%) Ansible
6 18 (1.36%) Microsoft Intune
7 16 (1.21%) SCOM
8 9 (0.68%) Grafana
9 5 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
10 4 (0.30%) Nessus
10 4 (0.30%) Prometheus
10 4 (0.30%) vCenter Server
11 3 (0.23%) Docker Swarm
11 3 (0.23%) Progress Chef
11 3 (0.23%) Puppet
12 2 (0.15%) Argo
12 2 (0.15%) Opsgenie
12 2 (0.15%) Packer
12 2 (0.15%) VxRail
Vendors
1 241 (18.22%) PayPal
2 229 (17.31%) Microsoft
3 77 (5.82%) Oracle
4 55 (4.16%) SAP
5 42 (3.17%) Google
6 28 (2.12%) Cisco
7 25 (1.89%) Adobe
7 25 (1.89%) Salesforce
8 24 (1.81%) VMware
9 17 (1.28%) Databricks
9 17 (1.28%) Intel
9 17 (1.28%) Microsemi
9 17 (1.28%) Xilinx
10 15 (1.13%) ServiceNow
11 14 (1.06%) Genesys
12 13 (0.98%) Splunk
13 12 (0.91%) Atlassian
14 11 (0.83%) IBM
15 10 (0.76%) Avaya
16 9 (0.68%) Dynatrace