Degree Contract Job Trends in Aberdeen

Academic Degree
Scotland > Aberdeen

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Aberdeen with a requirement for Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 12 9 4
Rank change year-on-year -3 -5 +9
Contract jobs citing Degree 2 4 5
As % of all contract jobs in Aberdeen 5.41% 12.90% 17.24%
As % of the Qualifications category 25.00% 80.00% 71.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 - -
Scotland median daily rate £456 £439 £467
% change year-on-year +3.99% -6.05% +16.75%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Aberdeen

Degree falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Aberdeen.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 8 5 7
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Aberdeen 21.62% 16.13% 24.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 1 0
10th Percentile £381 - -
25th Percentile £413 £563 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £575 -
Median % change year-on-year -26.09% - -
75th Percentile £462 £588 -
90th Percentile £470 - -
Scotland median daily rate £450 £450 £500
% change year-on-year - -10.00% +11.11%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Aberdeen

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Degree relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Aberdeen.

Degree job vacancy trend in Aberdeen

Degree
Daily Rate Trend in Aberdeen

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Aberdeen citing Degree.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Aberdeen citing Degree

Degree
Hourly Rate Trend in Aberdeen

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Aberdeen citing Degree.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Aberdeen citing Degree

Degree
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Aberdeen by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
1 1 (50.00%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Project Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Network Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Network Security Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Principal Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Principal Network Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Principal Security Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Project Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (50.00%) Life Science
2 1 (50.00%) Operational Technology
2 1 (50.00%) Renewable Energy
2 1 (50.00%) SCADA
2 1 (50.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) Architecture Governance
1 1 (50.00%) Budget Management
1 1 (50.00%) Business Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Compliance Management
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) Data Flow Diagram
1 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (50.00%) Information Security
1 1 (50.00%) Information Security Management
1 1 (50.00%) Migration
1 1 (50.00%) Network Architecture
1 1 (50.00%) Network Design
1 1 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Assessment
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (50.00%) Security Management
1 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 1 (50.00%) Workflow
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (50.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (50.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) GRC
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Rockwell