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 18 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 29 11
Rank change year-on-year +2 -18 +9
Contract jobs citing Degree 137 81 211
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 7.43% 6.98% 10.35%
As % of the Qualifications category 16.37% 19.42% 22.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 44 100
10th Percentile £204 £215 £148
25th Percentile £253 £400 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% -5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £509 £600 £608
90th Percentile £600 £638 -
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 5 16
10th Percentile £80.50 - £19.74
25th Percentile £81.13 £32.05 £38.54
Median hourly rate £84.50 £53.50 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +57.94% +25.88% -33.98%
75th Percentile £88.00 £61.76 £63.10
90th Percentile - £76.93 £68.75
South East median hourly rate £84.00 £60.00 £57.35
% change year-on-year +40.00% +4.62% +27.44%

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 837 417 927
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 45.37% 35.95% 45.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 531 225 439
10th Percentile £270 £325 £206
25th Percentile £358 £438 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -16.36% - -
75th Percentile £588 £656 £623
90th Percentile £688 £700 £688
South East median daily rate £525 £537 £550
% change year-on-year -2.23% -2.36% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 128 22 82
10th Percentile £23.81 £32.05 £41.50
25th Percentile £73.00 £59.44 £52.90
Median hourly rate £83.00 £63.75 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +30.21% +3.48% -4.75%
75th Percentile £88.00 £76.77 £76.55
90th Percentile £95.75 £88.69 £87.46
South East median hourly rate £54.50 £56.75 £57.35
% change year-on-year -3.96% -1.05% +4.74%

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 18 April 2026.

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 18 April 2026.

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 18 April 2026. 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 80 £500 +5.93% 38
Wokingham -17 26 £400 -11.11% 7
Windsor +9 11 £208 -57.54% 2
Bracknell 0 10 £313 -21.88% 10
Slough +9 6 £500 +21.21% 14
Maidenhead +5 2 £775 - 7
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 (4.38%) SharePoint
2 5 (3.65%) Confluence
3 1 (0.73%) Apache
3 1 (0.73%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.73%) Oracle Workflow
3 1 (0.73%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 22 (16.06%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (13.87%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (9.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (7.30%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (1.46%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (2.92%) Primavera
2 1 (0.73%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.73%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (0.73%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 20 (14.60%) Azure
2 15 (10.95%) AWS
3 4 (2.92%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (2.92%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (2.19%) Power Platform
5 2 (1.46%) Entra ID
5 2 (1.46%) GCP
5 2 (1.46%) Lucidchart
6 1 (0.73%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (0.73%) IaaS
6 1 (0.73%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (0.73%) OCI
6 1 (0.73%) PaaS
6 1 (0.73%) Power Automate
6 1 (0.73%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (9.49%) Firewall
2 12 (8.76%) Wireless
3 7 (5.11%) Unified Communications
4 5 (3.65%) Network Security
5 2 (1.46%) Internet
5 2 (1.46%) LAN
5 2 (1.46%) NAS
5 2 (1.46%) Radio Access Network
5 2 (1.46%) SAN
5 2 (1.46%) WAN
6 1 (0.73%) 4G
6 1 (0.73%) 5G
6 1 (0.73%) Cisco ISE
6 1 (0.73%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (0.73%) DHCP
6 1 (0.73%) DNS
6 1 (0.73%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.73%) Skype
6 1 (0.73%) WebEx
6 1 (0.73%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (7.30%) Relational Database
2 9 (6.57%) MySQL
3 3 (2.19%) Oracle Database
3 3 (2.19%) Power BI
3 3 (2.19%) SQL Server
4 2 (1.46%) Metadata
5 1 (0.73%) Data Mining
5 1 (0.73%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.73%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.73%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.73%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.73%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 28 (20.44%) Rational DOORS
2 12 (8.76%) Burp Suite
3 10 (7.30%) Metasploit
4 8 (5.84%) JIRA
5 2 (1.46%) Balsamiq
5 2 (1.46%) Selenium
6 1 (0.73%) Appium
6 1 (0.73%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.73%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.73%) GitLab
6 1 (0.73%) Postman
6 1 (0.73%) SoapUI
6 1 (0.73%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.73%) WebDriver
General
1 53 (38.69%) Social Skills
2 46 (33.58%) Aerospace
3 18 (13.14%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (9.49%) Finance
5 9 (6.57%) Manufacturing
6 5 (3.65%) Public Sector
7 4 (2.92%) Presentation Skills
7 4 (2.92%) Telecoms
8 3 (2.19%) Law
8 3 (2.19%) Marketing
8 3 (2.19%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.46%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.46%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.73%) Advertising
10 1 (0.73%) Avionics
10 1 (0.73%) Billing
10 1 (0.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.73%) Legal
10 1 (0.73%) Military
10 1 (0.73%) Retail
Job Titles
1 32 (23.36%) Product Manager
2 29 (21.17%) Delivery Manager
3 28 (20.44%) Product Delivery Manager
4 22 (16.06%) Systems Delivery Manager
4 22 (16.06%) Systems Manager
5 13 (9.49%) Analyst
6 12 (8.76%) Project Manager
7 11 (8.03%) Lead
7 11 (8.03%) Penetration Tester
7 11 (8.03%) Tester
8 10 (7.30%) Architect
9 9 (6.57%) Technical Support
10 7 (5.11%) Engineering Manager
10 7 (5.11%) SC Cleared Project Manager
11 6 (4.38%) Security Architect
12 4 (2.92%) IT Analyst
12 4 (2.92%) Security Manager
12 4 (2.92%) Senior
13 3 (2.19%) Principal Security Architect
13 3 (2.19%) Product Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.92%) ADO
2 2 (1.46%) Oracle GoldenGate
3 1 (0.73%) .NET
3 1 (0.73%) Apache NiFi
3 1 (0.73%) HTML
3 1 (0.73%) REST
3 1 (0.73%) SOAP
3 1 (0.73%) WebdriverIO
Miscellaneous
1 29 (21.17%) Product Ownership
2 22 (16.06%) Data Structures
3 11 (8.03%) Security Posture
4 10 (7.30%) PMI
4 10 (7.30%) Virtual Team
5 8 (5.84%) Data Protection Act
6 7 (5.11%) Management Information System
7 5 (3.65%) Data Centre
7 5 (3.65%) Driving Licence
7 5 (3.65%) Handset
8 3 (2.19%) AI Agents
8 3 (2.19%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (2.19%) Security Operations Centre
8 3 (2.19%) Taxonomies
9 2 (1.46%) CCTV
9 2 (1.46%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (1.46%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (1.46%) Onboarding
10 1 (0.73%) Operational Technology
10 1 (0.73%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 28 (20.44%) Windows
2 13 (9.49%) Linux
3 10 (7.30%) Unix
4 2 (1.46%) Kali Linux
4 2 (1.46%) Mac OS
4 2 (1.46%) OpenVMS
5 1 (0.73%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (51.09%) Computer Science
2 43 (31.39%) Agile
2 43 (31.39%) Continuous Improvement
3 41 (29.93%) PRINCE2
4 38 (27.74%) Systems Engineering
5 33 (24.09%) Cybersecurity
5 33 (24.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 32 (23.36%) Programme Management
7 29 (21.17%) Scaled Agile Framework
8 27 (19.71%) Change Control
9 26 (18.98%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
10 25 (18.25%) Configuration Management
11 24 (17.52%) Requirements Management
12 23 (16.79%) SysML
12 23 (16.79%) UML
13 21 (15.33%) DoDAF
13 21 (15.33%) Project Management
14 18 (13.14%) Stakeholder Management
15 17 (12.41%) ITIL
15 17 (12.41%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 12 (8.76%) SQL
2 11 (8.03%) Java
2 11 (8.03%) Python
3 10 (7.30%) JavaScript
4 9 (6.57%) Perl
5 2 (1.46%) Korn
5 2 (1.46%) Shell Script
6 1 (0.73%) C#
6 1 (0.73%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 83 (60.58%) Security Cleared
2 40 (29.20%) SC Cleared
3 20 (14.60%) Computer Science Degree
4 16 (11.68%) PMI Certification
5 12 (8.76%) CREST Certified
5 12 (8.76%) PMP
6 10 (7.30%) CHECK Team Member
6 10 (7.30%) Cyber Scheme
6 10 (7.30%) Postgraduate
7 7 (5.11%) CISSP
8 5 (3.65%) MAPM
8 5 (3.65%) Master's Degree
9 3 (2.19%) A+ Certification
9 3 (2.19%) APMP
9 3 (2.19%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (2.19%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (2.19%) CompTIA Security+
10 2 (1.46%) CCNP
10 2 (1.46%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (1.46%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (14.60%) PMO
2 19 (13.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 14 (10.22%) QA
4 11 (8.03%) GDPR
5 10 (7.30%) PCI DSS
6 9 (6.57%) NIST
7 7 (5.11%) NIST 800
8 4 (2.92%) Data Quality
9 3 (2.19%) DO-254
9 3 (2.19%) IEC 61508
9 3 (2.19%) ISO 26262
10 2 (1.46%) Accessibility
10 2 (1.46%) GRC
10 2 (1.46%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 4 (2.92%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.46%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (0.73%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.73%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 12 (8.76%) Nmap
2 2 (1.46%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
2 2 (1.46%) Oracle RMAN
3 1 (0.73%) Ansible
3 1 (0.73%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.73%) Nessus
3 1 (0.73%) Terraform
Vendors
1 25 (18.25%) IBM
2 18 (13.14%) Microsoft
3 13 (9.49%) Oracle
4 8 (5.84%) ServiceNow
5 3 (2.19%) Cisco
6 2 (1.46%) Red Hat
7 1 (0.73%) BT
7 1 (0.73%) Commvault
7 1 (0.73%) EMC
7 1 (0.73%) Google
7 1 (0.73%) Infor
7 1 (0.73%) JDA
7 1 (0.73%) NetApp
7 1 (0.73%) Nokia
7 1 (0.73%) Polycom
7 1 (0.73%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.73%) SAP
7 1 (0.73%) Veeam
7 1 (0.73%) Veritas
7 1 (0.73%) VMware