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 17 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 32 17
Rank change year-on-year +8 -15 -4
Contract jobs citing Degree 142 76 180
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 7.26% 6.21% 9.33%
As % of the Qualifications category 15.76% 17.55% 20.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 47 84
10th Percentile £263 £352 £205
25th Percentile £357 £406 £362
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £478 £595
Median % change year-on-year -0.52% -19.75% +13.88%
75th Percentile £588 £604 £608
90th Percentile £638 £638 £618
South East median daily rate £500 £478 £500
% change year-on-year +4.71% -4.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 64 5 9
10th Percentile £31.25 - £27.85
25th Percentile £80.50 £32.05 £41.00
Median hourly rate £84.00 £32.31 £41.50
Median % change year-on-year +159.98% -22.14% -35.53%
75th Percentile £88.00 £53.50 £43.75
90th Percentile - £73.63 £47.51
South East median hourly rate £81.50 £64.00 £57.35
% change year-on-year +27.34% +11.60% +14.70%

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 901 433 882
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 46.09% 35.40% 45.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 532 262 429
10th Percentile £313 £325 £313
25th Percentile £414 £443 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £537 £525 £583
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% -9.87% +5.91%
75th Percentile £638 £607 £650
90th Percentile £750 £700 £735
South East median daily rate £544 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +3.57% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 164 20 91
10th Percentile £31.25 £26.54 £41.50
25th Percentile £74.98 £32.25 £55.94
Median hourly rate £83.58 £70.00 £61.71
Median % change year-on-year +19.39% +13.44% -5.25%
75th Percentile £88.00 £87.31 £85.65
90th Percentile £104.35 £88.87 £90.00
South East median hourly rate £65.00 £41.00 £57.35
% change year-on-year +58.54% -28.51% -5.70%

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 17 July 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 17 July 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 17 July 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 +15 97 £570 +14.00% 36
Wokingham -7 21 £400 -15.79% 5
Bracknell -1 13 £325 -27.78% 8
Windsor 0 2 £208 -57.54% 8
Maidenhead -4 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 17 (11.97%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.11%) Confluence
3 2 (1.41%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.70%) Oracle Service Bus
4 1 (0.70%) Oracle Workflow
4 1 (0.70%) WebLogic
Applications
1 17 (11.97%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (10.56%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (5.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (4.93%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (2.82%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.70%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.70%) Primavera
1 1 (0.70%) Salesforce CRM
1 1 (0.70%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 27 (19.01%) Azure
2 17 (11.97%) AWS
3 14 (9.86%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (7.75%) OneDrive
5 7 (4.93%) Entra ID
6 5 (3.52%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (2.82%) Power Platform
8 3 (2.11%) GCP
8 3 (2.11%) Lucidchart
9 2 (1.41%) Microsoft Copilot
10 1 (0.70%) Microsoft Purview
10 1 (0.70%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.70%) SaaS
10 1 (0.70%) Serverless
10 1 (0.70%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 12 (8.45%) DHCP
1 12 (8.45%) DNS
1 12 (8.45%) TCP/IP
2 6 (4.23%) Firewall
3 3 (2.11%) Radio Access Network
4 2 (1.41%) LAN
4 2 (1.41%) Modbus
4 2 (1.41%) NAS
4 2 (1.41%) Network Security
4 2 (1.41%) SAN
5 1 (0.70%) 2G
5 1 (0.70%) 3G
5 1 (0.70%) 4G
5 1 (0.70%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (0.70%) Unified Communications
5 1 (0.70%) VPN
5 1 (0.70%) VXLAN
5 1 (0.70%) WAN
5 1 (0.70%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.70%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.82%) Power BI
2 3 (2.11%) Oracle Database
3 2 (1.41%) Metadata
3 2 (1.41%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.70%) Data Mining
4 1 (0.70%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.70%) MySQL
4 1 (0.70%) Oracle Database 10g
4 1 (0.70%) Oracle Database 11g
4 1 (0.70%) Oracle Database 12c
4 1 (0.70%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.70%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.70%) SQLite
4 1 (0.70%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 28 (19.72%) Rational DOORS
2 6 (4.23%) JIRA
3 2 (1.41%) Balsamiq
4 1 (0.70%) Burp Suite
4 1 (0.70%) Metasploit
General
1 57 (40.14%) Social Skills
2 50 (35.21%) Aerospace
3 36 (25.35%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (9.86%) Finance
5 7 (4.93%) Law
6 6 (4.23%) Games
6 6 (4.23%) Influencing Skills
6 6 (4.23%) Manufacturing
7 5 (3.52%) Public Sector
7 5 (3.52%) Telecoms
8 4 (2.82%) Marketing
8 4 (2.82%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (2.82%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (2.11%) Legal
10 2 (1.41%) Agriculture
10 2 (1.41%) Police
11 1 (0.70%) Advertising
11 1 (0.70%) Avionics
11 1 (0.70%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.70%) Military
Job Titles
1 32 (22.54%) Product Manager
2 28 (19.72%) Delivery Manager
2 28 (19.72%) Product Delivery Manager
3 22 (15.49%) Systems Delivery Manager
3 22 (15.49%) Systems Manager
4 13 (9.15%) Analyst
5 12 (8.45%) Architect
6 10 (7.04%) IT Support
6 10 (7.04%) Lead
7 7 (4.93%) Change Manager
7 7 (4.93%) Security Advisor
8 6 (4.23%) Product Owner
8 6 (4.23%) Project Manager
8 6 (4.23%) Security Architect
9 5 (3.52%) Business Analyst
9 5 (3.52%) Engineering Manager
10 4 (2.82%) Security Engineer
10 4 (2.82%) Security Manager
10 4 (2.82%) Senior
11 3 (2.11%) Security Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.82%) ADO
2 3 (2.11%) LDAP
2 3 (2.11%) OAuth
2 3 (2.11%) OpenID
2 3 (2.11%) SailPoint
2 3 (2.11%) SAML
3 2 (1.41%) Oracle GoldenGate
4 1 (0.70%) Microsoft Graph
4 1 (0.70%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 34 (23.94%) Product Ownership
2 22 (15.49%) Data Structures
3 12 (8.45%) Data Centre
4 11 (7.75%) Management Information System
5 8 (5.63%) Virtual Team
6 7 (4.93%) CCTV
7 6 (4.23%) Animation
7 6 (4.23%) Graphic Design
7 6 (4.23%) Interactive Media
7 6 (4.23%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (3.52%) Data Protection Act
8 5 (3.52%) Security Posture
9 4 (2.82%) Operational Technology
9 4 (2.82%) PMI
10 3 (2.11%) AI Agents
10 3 (2.11%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (2.11%) Cyber Threat
10 3 (2.11%) Taxonomies
11 2 (1.41%) Enterprise Software
11 2 (1.41%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 16 (11.27%) Windows
2 10 (7.04%) Apple iOS
2 10 (7.04%) Mac OS
3 4 (2.82%) Linux
4 3 (2.11%) Unix
5 2 (1.41%) OpenVMS
6 1 (0.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.70%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (50.70%) Computer Science
2 61 (42.96%) Continuous Improvement
3 46 (32.39%) Agile
4 39 (27.46%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 38 (26.76%) Systems Engineering
6 36 (25.35%) PRINCE2
7 31 (21.83%) ITIL
7 31 (21.83%) Programme Management
8 30 (21.13%) Problem-Solving
9 29 (20.42%) Scaled Agile Framework
10 27 (19.01%) Change Control
11 26 (18.31%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
12 25 (17.61%) Configuration Management
13 24 (16.90%) Requirements Management
13 24 (16.90%) Stakeholder Management
14 23 (16.20%) SysML
14 23 (16.20%) UML
15 21 (14.79%) Cybersecurity
15 21 (14.79%) DoDAF
15 21 (14.79%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 6 (4.23%) Python
1 6 (4.23%) SQL
2 2 (1.41%) Korn
2 2 (1.41%) PowerShell
2 2 (1.41%) Shell Script
3 1 (0.70%) Bash
3 1 (0.70%) Java
3 1 (0.70%) JavaScript
3 1 (0.70%) Perl
3 1 (0.70%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 90 (63.38%) Security Cleared
2 38 (26.76%) SC Cleared
3 17 (11.97%) PMI Certification
4 16 (11.27%) PMP
5 15 (10.56%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (5.63%) CISSP
7 6 (4.23%) Master's Degree
8 3 (2.11%) AWS Certification
8 3 (2.11%) Azure Certification
8 3 (2.11%) CSPO
8 3 (2.11%) DV Cleared
8 3 (2.11%) MAPM
9 2 (1.41%) APMP
9 2 (1.41%) CISA
9 2 (1.41%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (1.41%) CISM
9 2 (1.41%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.70%) APMG
10 1 (0.70%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.70%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (8.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (7.04%) NIST
3 7 (4.93%) NIST 800
4 5 (3.52%) GDPR
4 5 (3.52%) PMO
5 4 (2.82%) Data Quality
5 4 (2.82%) GRC
6 3 (2.11%) DO-254
6 3 (2.11%) IEC 61508
6 3 (2.11%) ISO 26262
6 3 (2.11%) QA
7 2 (1.41%) NCSC
8 1 (0.70%) ITGC
8 1 (0.70%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 5 (3.52%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.11%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (0.70%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.70%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 11 (7.75%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (7.04%) Jamf Pro
3 3 (2.11%) Oracle RMAN
4 2 (1.41%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 1 (0.70%) CASB
5 1 (0.70%) Data Guard
5 1 (0.70%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.70%) Nmap
Vendors
1 26 (18.31%) Microsoft
2 25 (17.61%) IBM
3 21 (14.79%) ServiceNow
4 5 (3.52%) Oracle
5 3 (2.11%) ForgeRock
5 3 (2.11%) Google
5 3 (2.11%) Okta
5 3 (2.11%) Ping Identity
6 2 (1.41%) Cisco
6 2 (1.41%) Salesforce
6 2 (1.41%) SAP
7 1 (0.70%) Apple
7 1 (0.70%) Commvault
7 1 (0.70%) EMC
7 1 (0.70%) JDA
7 1 (0.70%) Juniper
7 1 (0.70%) NetApp
7 1 (0.70%) Nokia
7 1 (0.70%) Red Hat
7 1 (0.70%) Veritas