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 29 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 29 27 15
Rank change year-on-year -2 -12 0
Contract jobs citing Degree 102 96 169
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 6.85% 6.65% 9.93%
As % of the Qualifications category 16.37% 18.43% 22.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 52 111
10th Percentile £204 £178 £148
25th Percentile £333 £273 £190
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £294
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +69.92% -39.52%
75th Percentile £500 £608 £563
90th Percentile £589 £645 £638
South East median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 7 13
10th Percentile - £32.32 £45.21
25th Percentile - £41.13 £60.82
Median hourly rate £20.79 £42.50 £68.63
Median % change year-on-year -51.08% -38.07% -
75th Percentile £80.50 £52.76 £70.50
90th Percentile £93.93 £62.08 £72.33
South East median hourly rate £29.61 £52.29 £60.00
% change year-on-year -43.38% -12.85% +33.33%

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 623 521 767
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 41.84% 36.08% 45.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 432 284 457
10th Percentile £255 £245 £205
25th Percentile £358 £376 £335
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £550 £501
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +9.78% -8.91%
75th Percentile £538 £656 £615
90th Percentile £625 £700 £675
South East median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% +0.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 29 54
10th Percentile £19.38 £41.20 £46.17
25th Percentile £20.79 £55.87 £54.67
Median hourly rate £68.50 £61.50 £63.00
Median % change year-on-year +11.39% -2.39% +88.06%
75th Percentile £95.00 £64.73 £68.63
90th Percentile £100.60 £74.97 £75.97
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £56.75 £60.00
% change year-on-year -55.68% -5.43% +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 29 December 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Degree in Berkshire over the 6 months to 29 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Degree in Berkshire

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 29 December 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 -7 35 £450 -10.00% 99
Wokingham -7 31 £450 -13.25% 4
Slough 0 11 £500 +58.73% 267
Windsor +1 7 £208 -58.50% 5
Bracknell -5 7 £330 - 8
Maidenhead +2 4 - - 6
Thatcham - 1 - -
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 8 (7.84%) Confluence
2 5 (4.90%) SharePoint
3 4 (3.92%) Apache
3 4 (3.92%) Apache Spark
3 4 (3.92%) GeoServer
3 4 (3.92%) Smallworld
4 2 (1.96%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (1.96%) nginx
5 1 (0.98%) Gunicorn
5 1 (0.98%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.98%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 21 (20.59%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (9.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (9.80%) Microsoft Project
3 8 (7.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (1.96%) SAP GRC
2 1 (0.98%) Oracle EBS R12
2 1 (0.98%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (0.98%) Primavera
2 1 (0.98%) SAP HR
2 1 (0.98%) SAP PM
2 1 (0.98%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.98%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 25 (24.51%) Azure
2 18 (17.65%) AWS
3 10 (9.80%) GCP
4 7 (6.86%) Power Platform
5 6 (5.88%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (2.94%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (1.96%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (1.96%) dbt
7 2 (1.96%) GitHub
7 2 (1.96%) IaaS
7 2 (1.96%) OCI
8 1 (0.98%) Amazon ECS
8 1 (0.98%) Amazon EventBridge
8 1 (0.98%) Amazon S3
8 1 (0.98%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (0.98%) Collibra
8 1 (0.98%) Power Automate
8 1 (0.98%) Salesforce Service Cloud
8 1 (0.98%) Serverless
8 1 (0.98%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 9 (8.82%) Wireless
2 8 (7.84%) Firewall
3 7 (6.86%) Network Security
4 6 (5.88%) Unified Communications
5 2 (1.96%) DNS
5 2 (1.96%) Internet
5 2 (1.96%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.98%) 5G
6 1 (0.98%) Ethernet
6 1 (0.98%) Intranet
6 1 (0.98%) MPLS
6 1 (0.98%) Radio Access Network
6 1 (0.98%) SDH
6 1 (0.98%) Skype
6 1 (0.98%) Software-Defined Networking
6 1 (0.98%) VoIP
6 1 (0.98%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (11.76%) Relational Database
2 5 (4.90%) Metadata
2 5 (4.90%) MySQL
2 5 (4.90%) Power BI
2 5 (4.90%) Tableau
3 4 (3.92%) Big Data
3 4 (3.92%) Geospatial Data
3 4 (3.92%) GIS
3 4 (3.92%) Hadoop
3 4 (3.92%) QGIS
4 3 (2.94%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (1.96%) Data Lake
5 2 (1.96%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.98%) Amazon Athena
6 1 (0.98%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.98%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.98%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.98%) Redis
6 1 (0.98%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 12 (11.76%) JIRA
2 9 (8.82%) Burp Suite
3 7 (6.86%) Metasploit
4 5 (4.90%) Git
5 2 (1.96%) GitLab
5 2 (1.96%) Selenium
5 2 (1.96%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.98%) Appium
6 1 (0.98%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.98%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.98%) Postman
6 1 (0.98%) SoapUI
6 1 (0.98%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.98%) WebDriver
General
1 59 (57.84%) Social Skills
2 15 (14.71%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (7.84%) Finance
4 5 (4.90%) Manufacturing
5 4 (3.92%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (3.92%) Presentation Skills
5 4 (3.92%) Public Sector
6 3 (2.94%) Advertising
6 3 (2.94%) Law
6 3 (2.94%) Legal
6 3 (2.94%) Telecoms
7 2 (1.96%) Marketing
8 1 (0.98%) Aerospace
8 1 (0.98%) Digital Healthcare
8 1 (0.98%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.98%) General Ledger
8 1 (0.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (0.98%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (0.98%) Retail
Job Titles
1 17 (16.67%) Analyst
2 10 (9.80%) Tester
3 9 (8.82%) Penetration Tester
3 9 (8.82%) Project Manager
4 8 (7.84%) Senior
5 6 (5.88%) Architect
5 6 (5.88%) Data Scientist
5 6 (5.88%) Lead
6 5 (4.90%) Developer
6 5 (4.90%) IT Analyst
6 5 (4.90%) IT Support
6 5 (4.90%) IT Support Analyst
6 5 (4.90%) SC Cleared Project Manager
6 5 (4.90%) Support Analyst
6 5 (4.90%) Technical Support
7 4 (3.92%) Data Centre Manager
7 4 (3.92%) Data Centre Project Manager
8 3 (2.94%) Administrator
8 3 (2.94%) Consultant
8 3 (2.94%) Project Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.92%) Pandas
1 4 (3.92%) scikit-learn
2 3 (2.94%) NumPy
2 3 (2.94%) REST
3 2 (1.96%) HTML
3 2 (1.96%) SOAP
4 1 (0.98%) .NET
4 1 (0.98%) Bootstrap
4 1 (0.98%) Django
4 1 (0.98%) Express.js
4 1 (0.98%) jQuery
4 1 (0.98%) JSON
4 1 (0.98%) Matplotlib
4 1 (0.98%) Middleware
4 1 (0.98%) Node.js
4 1 (0.98%) OAuth
4 1 (0.98%) RESTful
4 1 (0.98%) SAP PI
4 1 (0.98%) Visualforce
4 1 (0.98%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (8.82%) Security Posture
2 8 (7.84%) Management Information System
3 7 (6.86%) Data Centre
3 7 (6.86%) Data Protection Act
3 7 (6.86%) Legacy Systems
4 6 (5.88%) Algorithms
4 6 (5.88%) Security Operations Centre
5 5 (4.90%) Driving Licence
5 5 (4.90%) Handset
5 5 (4.90%) PMI
6 4 (3.92%) Virtual Team
7 3 (2.94%) Cloud Native
7 3 (2.94%) Cyber Threat
7 3 (2.94%) Distributed Computing
8 2 (1.96%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (1.96%) CSOC
8 2 (1.96%) Onboarding
8 2 (1.96%) Replication
8 2 (1.96%) Social Media
8 2 (1.96%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 26 (25.49%) Windows
2 12 (11.76%) Linux
3 5 (4.90%) Unix
4 2 (1.96%) Kali Linux
4 2 (1.96%) Mac OS
4 2 (1.96%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (36.27%) Computer Science
2 32 (31.37%) Problem-Solving
3 26 (25.49%) Cybersecurity
4 21 (20.59%) Agile
4 21 (20.59%) Project Management
5 16 (15.69%) DevOps
6 15 (14.71%) Decision-Making
7 14 (13.73%) Continuous Improvement
7 14 (13.73%) Information Security
7 14 (13.73%) Stakeholder Management
8 13 (12.75%) Data Protection
8 13 (12.75%) PRINCE2
8 13 (12.75%) Visualisation
9 12 (11.76%) Penetration Testing
10 11 (10.78%) Actionable Insight
10 11 (10.78%) Analytics
10 11 (10.78%) Data Science
10 11 (10.78%) ITIL
10 11 (10.78%) Machine Learning
11 10 (9.80%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 20 (19.61%) Python
2 16 (15.69%) SQL
3 10 (9.80%) Java
4 6 (5.88%) JavaScript
5 5 (4.90%) Perl
6 4 (3.92%) PowerShell
7 3 (2.94%) C#
8 2 (1.96%) Ada
8 2 (1.96%) Assembly Language
8 2 (1.96%) C
8 2 (1.96%) MATLAB
9 1 (0.98%) ABAP
9 1 (0.98%) Apex Code
9 1 (0.98%) Bash
Qualifications
1 31 (30.39%) Computer Science Degree
2 27 (26.47%) Security Cleared
3 26 (25.49%) SC Cleared
4 17 (16.67%) Master's Degree
5 15 (14.71%) CISSP
6 11 (10.78%) CREST Certified
7 10 (9.80%) PMI Certification
7 10 (9.80%) PMP
8 7 (6.86%) CHECK Team Member
8 7 (6.86%) Cyber Scheme
8 7 (6.86%) Postgraduate
9 6 (5.88%) CISM
9 6 (5.88%) GIAC
10 5 (4.90%) A+ Certification
11 4 (3.92%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (3.92%) Microsoft Certification
12 3 (2.94%) BPSS Clearance
12 3 (2.94%) CCNP
12 3 (2.94%) MAPM
12 3 (2.94%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (19.61%) PMO
2 15 (14.71%) QA
3 13 (12.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (9.80%) GDPR
5 9 (8.82%) NIST
6 8 (7.84%) Data Quality
7 7 (6.86%) PCI DSS
8 3 (2.94%) GRC
9 2 (1.96%) Accessibility
9 2 (1.96%) HIPAA
9 2 (1.96%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.98%) ISO/IEC 17025
System Software
1 4 (3.92%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.96%) Docker
3 1 (0.98%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.98%) VMware NSX
3 1 (0.98%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 9 (8.82%) Nmap
2 2 (1.96%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (1.96%) SCCM
2 2 (1.96%) Terraform
3 1 (0.98%) Ansible
3 1 (0.98%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 1 (0.98%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.98%) Nessus
3 1 (0.98%) vRealize
3 1 (0.98%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 21 (20.59%) Microsoft
2 8 (7.84%) Oracle
3 6 (5.88%) Google
4 4 (3.92%) ESRI
4 4 (3.92%) Intergraph
4 4 (3.92%) SAP
4 4 (3.92%) ServiceNow
5 3 (2.94%) Splunk
6 2 (1.96%) ArcSight
6 2 (1.96%) Databricks
6 2 (1.96%) Foundry
6 2 (1.96%) HP
6 2 (1.96%) LogRhythm
6 2 (1.96%) Palantir
7 1 (0.98%) Cisco
7 1 (0.98%) CrowdStrike
7 1 (0.98%) IBM
7 1 (0.98%) Red Hat
7 1 (0.98%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.98%) Tenable