Degree Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Academic Degree
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire with a requirement for Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 30 31 15
Rank change year-on-year +1 -16 -3
Contract jobs citing Degree 81 101 188
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 6.21% 6.31% 10.50%
As % of the Qualifications category 16.56% 15.71% 24.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 64 123
10th Percentile £332 £203 £148
25th Percentile £406 £329 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £543 £450
Median % change year-on-year -17.05% +20.56% -10.00%
75th Percentile £531 £608 £588
90th Percentile £610 £643 £688
South East median daily rate £475 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -10.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 8 9
10th Percentile - £27.08 £42.25
25th Percentile - £38.35 £45.21
Median hourly rate £20.79 £42.50 £68.63
Median % change year-on-year -51.08% -38.07% +23.10%
75th Percentile - £48.25 £70.50
90th Percentile £27.70 £62.00 £72.33
South East median hourly rate £29.61 £42.88 £55.00
% change year-on-year -30.95% -22.04% +22.22%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Berkshire

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 Berkshire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 489 643 767
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 37.50% 40.19% 42.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 333 348 444
10th Percentile £255 £294 £210
25th Percentile £400 £422 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £571 £525
Median % change year-on-year -12.43% +8.76% -1.04%
75th Percentile £573 £646 £623
90th Percentile £635 £714 £675
South East median daily rate £500 £525 £528
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.47% +0.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 54 52
10th Percentile £19.00 £41.74 £31.44
25th Percentile £20.79 £56.04 £49.90
Median hourly rate £32.31 £61.60 £63.15
Median % change year-on-year -47.55% -2.45% +174.54%
75th Percentile £65.00 £75.27 £72.65
90th Percentile £88.87 £100.00 £76.06
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £58.49 £60.00
% change year-on-year -57.00% -2.52% +33.33%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Degree job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Degree
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Degree

Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Degree in Berkshire over the 6 months to 1 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Degree in Berkshire

Degree
Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Degree

Degree
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Degree within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 1 November 2025. 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
Reading -9 33 £450 -17.05% 77
Wokingham +2 18 £450 -25.00% 6
Slough +2 9 £500 +47.06% 260
Bracknell -4 8 £563 -13.46% 13
Maidenhead +1 4 - - 20
Thatcham - 1 - - 2
Degree
South East

Degree
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (7.41%) Confluence
2 4 (4.94%) Apache Airflow
2 4 (4.94%) Apache Spark
2 4 (4.94%) GeoServer
2 4 (4.94%) Smallworld
3 3 (3.70%) Apache
4 2 (2.47%) Camunda
4 2 (2.47%) nginx
5 1 (1.23%) Gunicorn
5 1 (1.23%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (1.23%) SharePoint
5 1 (1.23%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 9 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (8.64%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (4.94%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (2.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (2.47%) SAP GRC
1 2 (2.47%) SAP S/4HANA
1 2 (2.47%) Teamcenter
2 1 (1.23%) BPCS
2 1 (1.23%) Oracle EBS R12
2 1 (1.23%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (1.23%) SAP HR
2 1 (1.23%) SAP PM
2 1 (1.23%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 17 (20.99%) Azure
2 13 (16.05%) GCP
3 12 (14.81%) AWS
4 10 (12.35%) Power Platform
5 5 (6.17%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (4.94%) Cloud Computing
6 4 (4.94%) dbt
7 3 (3.70%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (2.47%) GitHub
8 2 (2.47%) OCI
9 1 (1.23%) Amazon SQS
9 1 (1.23%) AWS CloudFormation
9 1 (1.23%) AWS Lambda
9 1 (1.23%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (1.23%) Entra ID
9 1 (1.23%) IaaS
9 1 (1.23%) iPaaS
9 1 (1.23%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 1 (1.23%) Slack
9 1 (1.23%) Veeva
Communications & Networking
1 6 (7.41%) Unified Communications
2 4 (4.94%) 5G
2 4 (4.94%) Network Security
3 3 (3.70%) MPLS
3 3 (3.70%) Radio Access Network
3 3 (3.70%) VoIP
3 3 (3.70%) Wireless
4 2 (2.47%) 4G
4 2 (2.47%) DNS
4 2 (2.47%) DOCSIS
4 2 (2.47%) GPON
4 2 (2.47%) LTE
4 2 (2.47%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (2.47%) xDSL
5 1 (1.23%) Converged Networks
5 1 (1.23%) Ethernet
5 1 (1.23%) Firewall
5 1 (1.23%) Internet
5 1 (1.23%) Intranet
5 1 (1.23%) SDH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (9.88%) Relational Database
2 7 (8.64%) Power BI
2 7 (8.64%) Tableau
3 5 (6.17%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (4.94%) Big Data
4 4 (4.94%) Geospatial Data
4 4 (4.94%) GIS
4 4 (4.94%) Hadoop
4 4 (4.94%) QGIS
5 3 (3.70%) Metadata
6 2 (2.47%) Data Lake
6 2 (2.47%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (1.23%) Amazon Athena
7 1 (1.23%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (1.23%) EDMS
7 1 (1.23%) Redis
7 1 (1.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 9 (11.11%) JIRA
2 5 (6.17%) Git
3 2 (2.47%) Burp Suite
3 2 (2.47%) Rational DOORS
3 2 (2.47%) Visual Studio
4 1 (1.23%) Appium
4 1 (1.23%) Cypress.io
4 1 (1.23%) GitLab
4 1 (1.23%) Selenium
General
1 51 (62.96%) Social Skills
2 18 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (11.11%) Finance
4 8 (9.88%) Telecoms
5 4 (4.94%) Manufacturing
6 3 (3.70%) Advertising
6 3 (3.70%) Law
6 3 (3.70%) Legal
6 3 (3.70%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (3.70%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (2.47%) Marketing
7 2 (2.47%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.23%) Aerospace
8 1 (1.23%) Agriculture
8 1 (1.23%) Digital Healthcare
8 1 (1.23%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.23%) General Ledger
8 1 (1.23%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.23%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (1.23%) Retail
Job Titles
1 16 (19.75%) Analyst
2 7 (8.64%) Architect
3 6 (7.41%) Data Scientist
3 6 (7.41%) Project Manager
3 6 (7.41%) Senior
4 5 (6.17%) Consultant
4 5 (6.17%) Developer
4 5 (6.17%) IT Analyst
5 4 (4.94%) Data Engineer
5 4 (4.94%) IT Support
5 4 (4.94%) IT Support Analyst
5 4 (4.94%) Support Analyst
6 3 (3.70%) Data Centre Manager
6 3 (3.70%) Data Centre Project Manager
6 3 (3.70%) Lead
6 3 (3.70%) Telecoms Engineer
6 3 (3.70%) Tester
7 2 (2.47%) 1st Line Support
7 2 (2.47%) Service Analyst
7 2 (2.47%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.94%) Pandas
1 4 (4.94%) scikit-learn
2 3 (3.70%) NumPy
3 2 (2.47%) REST
4 1 (1.23%) Bootstrap
4 1 (1.23%) Django
4 1 (1.23%) Express.js
4 1 (1.23%) jQuery
4 1 (1.23%) Lightning Web Components
4 1 (1.23%) Matplotlib
4 1 (1.23%) Node.js
4 1 (1.23%) OAuth
4 1 (1.23%) OAuth2
4 1 (1.23%) Plotly
4 1 (1.23%) PyTorch
4 1 (1.23%) RESTful
4 1 (1.23%) SAP PI
4 1 (1.23%) TensorFlow
4 1 (1.23%) Visualforce
4 1 (1.23%) WebdriverIO
Miscellaneous
1 9 (11.11%) Management Information System
2 6 (7.41%) Algorithms
2 6 (7.41%) Cloud Native
2 6 (7.41%) Data Centre
2 6 (7.41%) Legacy Systems
3 5 (6.17%) Data Protection Act
3 5 (6.17%) Driving Licence
3 5 (6.17%) Handset
4 4 (4.94%) Virtual Team
5 3 (3.70%) Cyber Threat
5 3 (3.70%) Distributed Computing
5 3 (3.70%) Security Operations Centre
5 3 (3.70%) Security Posture
6 2 (2.47%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (2.47%) CSOC
6 2 (2.47%) Replication
6 2 (2.47%) Social Media
6 2 (2.47%) TM Forum
6 2 (2.47%) Video Conferencing
7 1 (1.23%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 10 (12.35%) Windows
2 7 (8.64%) Linux
3 2 (2.47%) Kali Linux
3 2 (2.47%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (41.98%) Problem-Solving
2 32 (39.51%) Computer Science
3 20 (24.69%) Agile
4 18 (22.22%) DevOps
4 18 (22.22%) Project Management
5 16 (19.75%) Stakeholder Management
6 15 (18.52%) Cybersecurity
6 15 (18.52%) Migration
7 14 (17.28%) Decision-Making
7 14 (17.28%) Visualisation
8 13 (16.05%) Actionable Insight
8 13 (16.05%) Machine Learning
9 12 (14.81%) Analytics
9 12 (14.81%) Continuous Improvement
9 12 (14.81%) PRINCE2
10 11 (13.58%) Data Science
10 11 (13.58%) ITIL
11 10 (12.35%) Change Management
11 10 (12.35%) Data Protection
12 9 (11.11%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 16 (19.75%) Python
2 12 (14.81%) SQL
3 4 (4.94%) Java
4 3 (3.70%) PowerShell
5 2 (2.47%) Ada
5 2 (2.47%) Assembly Language
5 2 (2.47%) C
5 2 (2.47%) C#
5 2 (2.47%) MATLAB
6 1 (1.23%) ABAP
6 1 (1.23%) Apex Code
6 1 (1.23%) Bash
6 1 (1.23%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 25 (30.86%) Computer Science Degree
2 21 (25.93%) Master's Degree
3 16 (19.75%) Security Cleared
4 15 (18.52%) SC Cleared
5 12 (14.81%) CISSP
6 8 (9.88%) PMP
7 7 (8.64%) CISM
8 6 (7.41%) PMI Certification
9 4 (4.94%) A+ Certification
9 4 (4.94%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (4.94%) GIAC
10 3 (3.70%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (3.70%) CCNP
10 3 (3.70%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (3.70%) SANS
10 3 (3.70%) TOGAF Certification
11 2 (2.47%) AWS Certification
11 2 (2.47%) CCNA
11 2 (2.47%) CFCE
11 2 (2.47%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (13.58%) Data Quality
2 9 (11.11%) NIST
3 8 (9.88%) PMO
3 8 (9.88%) QA
4 6 (7.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (3.70%) GDPR
5 3 (3.70%) GRC
6 2 (2.47%) HIPAA
6 2 (2.47%) OASIS TOSCA
7 1 (1.23%) ISO/IEC 17025
System Software
1 4 (4.94%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.47%) Docker
3 1 (1.23%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.23%) VMware NSX
3 1 (1.23%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (2.47%) Amdocs OSS
1 2 (2.47%) Ansible
1 2 (2.47%) Kubernetes
1 2 (2.47%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (2.47%) Nmap
1 2 (2.47%) SCCM
2 1 (1.23%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 1 (1.23%) Nessus
2 1 (1.23%) Terraform
2 1 (1.23%) vRealize
2 1 (1.23%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 17 (20.99%) Microsoft
2 6 (7.41%) Google
2 6 (7.41%) SAP
3 4 (4.94%) ESRI
3 4 (4.94%) Intergraph
4 3 (3.70%) IBM
4 3 (3.70%) Oracle
4 3 (3.70%) ServiceNow
4 3 (3.70%) Splunk
5 2 (2.47%) Amdocs
5 2 (2.47%) ArcSight
5 2 (2.47%) Databricks
5 2 (2.47%) Ericsson
5 2 (2.47%) Foundry
5 2 (2.47%) HP
5 2 (2.47%) Huawei
5 2 (2.47%) LogRhythm
5 2 (2.47%) NetCracker
5 2 (2.47%) Nokia
5 2 (2.47%) Palantir