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 15 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 39 23
Rank change year-on-year +17 -16 -7
Contract jobs citing Degree 142 60 129
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 7.83% 5.18% 7.64%
As % of the Qualifications category 16.99% 15.08% 17.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 72 35 69
10th Percentile £308 £337 £230
25th Percentile £461 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £558 £450 £600
Median % change year-on-year +23.89% -25.00% +29.73%
75th Percentile £595 £594 £608
90th Percentile £671 £620 £638
South East median daily rate £525 £463 £480
% change year-on-year +13.51% -3.55% -2.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 3 7
10th Percentile - - £25.97
25th Percentile £31.25 - £35.71
Median hourly rate £77.00 £32.05 £41.50
Median % change year-on-year +140.25% -22.77% -39.56%
75th Percentile £84.50 £32.18 £42.19
90th Percentile £87.16 £32.26 £50.75
South East median hourly rate £52.50 £64.00 £57.35
% change year-on-year -17.97% +11.60% -4.42%

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 836 398 742
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 46.11% 34.34% 43.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 526 248 394
10th Percentile £375 £288 £325
25th Percentile £493 £406 £451
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £500 £583
Median % change year-on-year +14.90% -14.24% +11.31%
75th Percentile £675 £600 £652
90th Percentile £775 £688 £738
South East median daily rate £550 £515 £550
% change year-on-year +6.80% -6.36% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 126 16 68
10th Percentile £22.75 £25.95 £42.47
25th Percentile £50.72 £31.57 £56.65
Median hourly rate £83.00 £43.96 £63.15
Median % change year-on-year +88.83% -30.40% -1.18%
75th Percentile £100.00 £87.31 £85.75
90th Percentile £105.25 £88.87 £98.25
South East median hourly rate £61.16 £25.15 £57.70
% change year-on-year +143.18% -56.41% -3.84%

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 15 September 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 15 September 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 15 September 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 +17 93 £575 +27.78% 200
Wokingham +1 17 £428 -7.57% 28
Bracknell 0 13 £313 -30.56% 34
Slough +7 6 £500 +11.11% 40
Maidenhead -6 1 £775 - 25
Windsor - 1 - - 10
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 20 (14.08%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.41%) Apache Airflow
2 2 (1.41%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.70%) Confluence
3 1 (0.70%) Oracle Service Bus
3 1 (0.70%) WebLogic
Applications
1 17 (11.97%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (11.27%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (5.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (3.52%) MS Visio
5 4 (2.82%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (2.11%) NEC Housing
2 1 (0.70%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 30 (21.13%) Azure
2 19 (13.38%) AWS
3 15 (10.56%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (7.75%) OneDrive
5 7 (4.93%) Entra ID
5 7 (4.93%) GCP
6 6 (4.23%) SaaS
7 5 (3.52%) Power Platform
8 3 (2.11%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (2.11%) OpenShift
9 2 (1.41%) Azure Data Factory
9 2 (1.41%) Serverless
9 2 (1.41%) Snowflake
10 1 (0.70%) Amazon EventBridge
10 1 (0.70%) Amazon SQS
10 1 (0.70%) AWS Lambda
10 1 (0.70%) Lucidchart
10 1 (0.70%) Microsoft Copilot
10 1 (0.70%) Microsoft Purview
10 1 (0.70%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 14 (9.86%) TCP/IP
2 13 (9.15%) DHCP
2 13 (9.15%) DNS
3 5 (3.52%) Firewall
4 3 (2.11%) LAN
4 3 (2.11%) VPN
5 2 (1.41%) Modbus
5 2 (1.41%) Network Security
5 2 (1.41%) Radio Access Network
5 2 (1.41%) Software-Defined Networking
6 1 (0.70%) 3GPP
6 1 (0.70%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.70%) LTE
6 1 (0.70%) TETRA
6 1 (0.70%) VoLTE
6 1 (0.70%) VXLAN
6 1 (0.70%) WAN
6 1 (0.70%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.70%) Wireshark
6 1 (0.70%) XCAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (11.97%) Metadata
2 5 (3.52%) Power BI
3 3 (2.11%) GIS
3 3 (2.11%) Tableau
4 2 (1.41%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (1.41%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.70%) DynamoDB
5 1 (0.70%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.70%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.70%) Oracle Database 10g
5 1 (0.70%) Oracle Database 11g
5 1 (0.70%) Oracle Database 12c
5 1 (0.70%) SQLite
5 1 (0.70%) Text Mining
Development Applications
1 2 (1.41%) Git
1 2 (1.41%) JIRA
2 1 (0.70%) Rational DOORS
General
1 66 (46.48%) Social Skills
2 44 (30.99%) Analytical Skills
3 42 (29.58%) Aerospace
4 13 (9.15%) Manufacturing
5 11 (7.75%) Finance
6 8 (5.63%) Games
6 8 (5.63%) Law
7 6 (4.23%) Influencing Skills
7 6 (4.23%) Public Sector
8 4 (2.82%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (2.11%) Legal
9 3 (2.11%) Local Government
9 3 (2.11%) Police
9 3 (2.11%) Telecoms
10 2 (1.41%) Agriculture
10 2 (1.41%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (1.41%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.70%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.70%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 22 (15.49%) Delivery Manager
2 18 (12.68%) Product Delivery Manager
2 18 (12.68%) Product Manager
3 10 (7.04%) IT Support
3 10 (7.04%) Lead
4 9 (6.34%) Architect
5 8 (5.63%) Change Manager
5 8 (5.63%) Security Advisor
6 7 (4.93%) Analyst
7 6 (4.23%) Data Engineer
7 6 (4.23%) Engineering Manager
7 6 (4.23%) Information Management Specialist
7 6 (4.23%) Information Specialist
7 6 (4.23%) Knowledge Specialist
7 6 (4.23%) Product Owner
7 6 (4.23%) Systems Engineer
8 5 (3.52%) Security Architect
8 5 (3.52%) Senior
9 4 (2.82%) Principal Engineer
9 4 (2.82%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.82%) SailPoint
2 3 (2.11%) LDAP
2 3 (2.11%) OAuth
2 3 (2.11%) OpenID
2 3 (2.11%) SAML
2 3 (2.11%) XML
3 2 (1.41%) ARM Templates
3 2 (1.41%) Terraform
4 1 (0.70%) ADO
4 1 (0.70%) Microsoft Graph
4 1 (0.70%) Node.js
4 1 (0.70%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 21 (14.79%) Management Information System
2 10 (7.04%) Data Centre
2 10 (7.04%) Virtual Team
3 8 (5.63%) Animation
3 8 (5.63%) Graphic Design
3 8 (5.63%) Interactive Media
3 8 (5.63%) Self-Motivation
4 7 (4.93%) CCTV
4 7 (4.93%) Product Ownership
5 5 (3.52%) Cloud Native
5 5 (3.52%) Hybrid Cloud
5 5 (3.52%) SCADA
6 4 (2.82%) Operational Technology
6 4 (2.82%) Security Posture
7 3 (2.11%) Cyber Threat
7 3 (2.11%) Life Science
7 3 (2.11%) LIMS
8 2 (1.41%) Data Structures
8 2 (1.41%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (1.41%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 16 (11.27%) Windows
2 10 (7.04%) Apple iOS
2 10 (7.04%) Mac OS
3 5 (3.52%) Linux
4 3 (2.11%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.70%) Solaris
5 1 (0.70%) Unix
5 1 (0.70%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.70%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (43.66%) Continuous Improvement
2 55 (38.73%) Computer Science
3 48 (33.80%) ITIL
4 37 (26.06%) Agile
5 34 (23.94%) Roadmaps
5 34 (23.94%) Service Management
6 33 (23.24%) Stakeholder Management
7 32 (22.54%) Problem-Solving
8 28 (19.72%) Digital Engineering
8 28 (19.72%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 26 (18.31%) ITSM
10 25 (17.61%) PRINCE2
11 24 (16.90%) Change Management
12 19 (13.38%) AI
13 18 (12.68%) Project Management
14 17 (11.97%) Data Governance
14 17 (11.97%) Scaled Agile Framework
14 17 (11.97%) Validation
15 16 (11.27%) DevOps
15 16 (11.27%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 13 (9.15%) Python
2 11 (7.75%) SQL
3 4 (2.82%) PowerShell
4 3 (2.11%) Bash
5 2 (1.41%) Bicep
6 1 (0.70%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 79 (55.63%) Security Cleared
2 52 (36.62%) SC Cleared
3 26 (18.31%) Computer Science Degree
4 14 (9.86%) PMI Certification
4 14 (9.86%) PMP
5 9 (6.34%) Master's Degree
6 8 (5.63%) Azure Certification
6 8 (5.63%) CISSP
7 7 (4.93%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 6 (4.23%) AWS Certification
9 5 (3.52%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (2.11%) CSPO
10 3 (2.11%) DV Cleared
11 2 (1.41%) APMP
11 2 (1.41%) CISA
11 2 (1.41%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (1.41%) CISM
11 2 (1.41%) MAPM
11 2 (1.41%) TOGAF Certification
11 2 (1.41%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.93%) Data Quality
2 6 (4.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (3.52%) NIST
4 4 (2.82%) GDPR
4 4 (2.82%) GRC
5 3 (2.11%) NCSC
5 3 (2.11%) NIST 800
5 3 (2.11%) PMO
6 2 (1.41%) QA
7 1 (0.70%) DO-254
7 1 (0.70%) IEC 61508
7 1 (0.70%) ISO 26262
7 1 (0.70%) ITGC
7 1 (0.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.70%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (2.82%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.41%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.70%) Firmware
4 1 (0.70%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.70%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 13 (9.15%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (7.04%) Jamf Pro
3 4 (2.82%) Kubernetes
4 3 (2.11%) MOM
5 2 (1.41%) Ansible
5 2 (1.41%) Istio
6 1 (0.70%) CASB
6 1 (0.70%) Data Guard
6 1 (0.70%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 37 (26.06%) Microsoft
2 19 (13.38%) ServiceNow
3 7 (4.93%) Google
4 3 (2.11%) EMC
4 3 (2.11%) ForgeRock
4 3 (2.11%) NEC
4 3 (2.11%) Okta
4 3 (2.11%) Ping Identity
4 3 (2.11%) VMware
5 2 (1.41%) Databricks
5 2 (1.41%) Oracle
5 2 (1.41%) Red Hat
5 2 (1.41%) Salesforce
5 2 (1.41%) SAP
6 1 (0.70%) Apple
6 1 (0.70%) CheckPoint
6 1 (0.70%) Cisco
6 1 (0.70%) IBM
6 1 (0.70%) JDA
6 1 (0.70%) Juniper