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

6 months to
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 27 10
Rank change year-on-year +2 -17 +8
Contract jobs citing Degree 128 79 211
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 6.97% 6.90% 10.97%
As % of the Qualifications category 15.61% 18.72% 24.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 46 99
10th Percentile £204 £216 £184
25th Percentile £306 £400 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £525 £600 £608
90th Percentile £600 £641 -
South East median daily rate £500 £492 £500
% change year-on-year +1.63% -1.60% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 4 13
10th Percentile £80.10 - £19.30
25th Percentile £80.75 £32.05 £30.41
Median hourly rate £84.00 £42.78 £41.50
Median % change year-on-year +96.38% +3.07% -35.53%
75th Percentile £88.00 £61.89 £61.50
90th Percentile - £76.99 £66.60
South East median hourly rate £84.00 £58.38 £57.35
% change year-on-year +43.90% +1.79% +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 820 422 847
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 44.66% 36.86% 44.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 505 237 415
10th Percentile £300 £313 £213
25th Percentile £373 £438 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -12.73% - -
75th Percentile £606 £650 £631
90th Percentile £725 £700 £688
South East median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 137 21 81
10th Percentile £31.00 £32.05 £41.25
25th Percentile £73.40 £59.00 £52.90
Median hourly rate £83.00 £70.00 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +18.57% +13.64% -5.23%
75th Percentile £88.00 £80.00 £75.24
90th Percentile £100.34 £88.87 £87.46
South East median hourly rate £55.00 £56.75 £57.35
% change year-on-year -3.08% -1.05% -2.12%

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 May 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 May 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 May 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 +6 74 £575 +21.82% 49
Wokingham -11 24 £400 -11.11% 4
Windsor +11 11 £208 -57.54% 13
Bracknell -1 10 £313 -26.47% 5
Slough +4 2 £500 +21.21% 11
Maidenhead +4 2 £775 - 4
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 9 (7.03%) SharePoint
2 5 (3.91%) Confluence
3 1 (0.78%) Apache
3 1 (0.78%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 20 (15.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (14.06%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (9.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (7.03%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (2.34%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (3.13%) Primavera
2 1 (0.78%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.78%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (0.78%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 21 (16.41%) Azure
2 18 (14.06%) AWS
3 7 (5.47%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (3.13%) OneDrive
5 3 (2.34%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (2.34%) Lucidchart
5 3 (2.34%) Power Platform
6 1 (0.78%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (0.78%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.78%) IaaS
6 1 (0.78%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (0.78%) PaaS
6 1 (0.78%) Power Automate
6 1 (0.78%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (9.38%) Firewall
2 11 (8.59%) Wireless
3 5 (3.91%) DHCP
3 5 (3.91%) DNS
4 4 (3.13%) TCP/IP
5 3 (2.34%) Radio Access Network
6 2 (1.56%) LAN
6 2 (1.56%) NAS
6 2 (1.56%) SAN
6 2 (1.56%) WAN
7 1 (0.78%) 2G
7 1 (0.78%) 3G
7 1 (0.78%) 4G
7 1 (0.78%) BGP
7 1 (0.78%) BIG-IP
7 1 (0.78%) EIGRP
7 1 (0.78%) Network Security
7 1 (0.78%) OSPF
7 1 (0.78%) Unified Communications
7 1 (0.78%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (7.03%) Relational Database
2 8 (6.25%) MySQL
3 3 (2.34%) Oracle Database
3 3 (2.34%) Power BI
3 3 (2.34%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.78%) Data Mining
4 1 (0.78%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.78%) Metadata
4 1 (0.78%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.78%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.78%) RDBMS
4 1 (0.78%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 28 (21.88%) Rational DOORS
2 10 (7.81%) Burp Suite
2 10 (7.81%) Metasploit
3 7 (5.47%) JIRA
4 2 (1.56%) Balsamiq
5 1 (0.78%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.78%) GitLab
5 1 (0.78%) Postman
5 1 (0.78%) Selenium
5 1 (0.78%) SoapUI
5 1 (0.78%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (0.78%) WebDriver
General
1 47 (36.72%) Social Skills
2 46 (35.94%) Aerospace
3 20 (15.63%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (10.94%) Finance
5 6 (4.69%) Manufacturing
6 5 (3.91%) Law
6 5 (3.91%) Telecoms
7 4 (3.13%) Public Sector
8 3 (2.34%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (2.34%) Marketing
8 3 (2.34%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (2.34%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.56%) Police
10 1 (0.78%) Advertising
10 1 (0.78%) Avionics
10 1 (0.78%) Billing
10 1 (0.78%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.78%) Legal
10 1 (0.78%) Military
Job Titles
1 32 (25.00%) Product Manager
2 29 (22.66%) Delivery Manager
3 28 (21.88%) Product Delivery Manager
4 22 (17.19%) Systems Delivery Manager
4 22 (17.19%) Systems Manager
5 11 (8.59%) Analyst
5 11 (8.59%) Architect
6 10 (7.81%) Penetration Tester
6 10 (7.81%) Project Manager
6 10 (7.81%) Tester
7 9 (7.03%) Lead
8 8 (6.25%) Technical Support
9 7 (5.47%) Engineering Manager
10 5 (3.91%) SC Cleared Project Manager
10 5 (3.91%) Security Advisor
10 5 (3.91%) Security Architect
11 4 (3.13%) Business Analyst
11 4 (3.13%) IT Support
11 4 (3.13%) Security Manager
12 3 (2.34%) Project Planner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.13%) ADO
2 2 (1.56%) Oracle GoldenGate
3 1 (0.78%) .NET
3 1 (0.78%) Apache NiFi
3 1 (0.78%) HTML
3 1 (0.78%) REST
3 1 (0.78%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 29 (22.66%) Product Ownership
2 22 (17.19%) Data Structures
3 10 (7.81%) Security Posture
3 10 (7.81%) Virtual Team
4 9 (7.03%) Data Centre
4 9 (7.03%) PMI
5 8 (6.25%) Data Protection Act
6 5 (3.91%) CCTV
7 4 (3.13%) AI Agents
7 4 (3.13%) Management Information System
8 3 (2.34%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (2.34%) Taxonomies
9 2 (1.56%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (1.56%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (1.56%) Onboarding
9 2 (1.56%) Security Operations Centre
10 1 (0.78%) Algorithms
10 1 (0.78%) Enterprise Software
10 1 (0.78%) Mobile App
10 1 (0.78%) Synthetic Data
Operating Systems
1 26 (20.31%) Windows
2 10 (7.81%) Linux
3 9 (7.03%) Unix
4 4 (3.13%) Apple iOS
4 4 (3.13%) Mac OS
5 2 (1.56%) OpenVMS
6 1 (0.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (50.78%) Computer Science
2 44 (34.38%) Continuous Improvement
3 40 (31.25%) Agile
4 39 (30.47%) PRINCE2
5 38 (29.69%) Systems Engineering
6 32 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 31 (24.22%) Programme Management
8 29 (22.66%) Scaled Agile Framework
9 27 (21.09%) Change Control
9 27 (21.09%) Cybersecurity
10 26 (20.31%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
11 25 (19.53%) Configuration Management
12 24 (18.75%) Requirements Management
13 23 (17.97%) SysML
13 23 (17.97%) UML
14 21 (16.41%) DoDAF
15 18 (14.06%) Validation
16 17 (13.28%) Stakeholder Management
17 16 (12.50%) ITIL
18 15 (11.72%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (8.59%) SQL
2 10 (7.81%) Python
3 9 (7.03%) Java
4 8 (6.25%) JavaScript
4 8 (6.25%) Perl
5 2 (1.56%) Korn
5 2 (1.56%) Shell Script
6 1 (0.78%) C#
6 1 (0.78%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 81 (63.28%) Security Cleared
2 34 (26.56%) SC Cleared
3 16 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
4 15 (11.72%) PMI Certification
5 11 (8.59%) CREST Certified
5 11 (8.59%) PMP
6 10 (7.81%) CHECK Team Member
6 10 (7.81%) Cyber Scheme
6 10 (7.81%) Postgraduate
7 5 (3.91%) MAPM
8 3 (2.34%) APMP
8 3 (2.34%) CISSP
8 3 (2.34%) Master's Degree
9 2 (1.56%) CompTIA Security+
9 2 (1.56%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.78%) CISA
10 1 (0.78%) GIAC
10 1 (0.78%) IIBA
10 1 (0.78%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.78%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (15.63%) PMO
2 19 (14.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (9.38%) GDPR
3 12 (9.38%) QA
4 10 (7.81%) PCI DSS
5 8 (6.25%) NIST
6 7 (5.47%) NIST 800
7 4 (3.13%) Data Quality
8 3 (2.34%) DO-254
8 3 (2.34%) IEC 61508
8 3 (2.34%) ISO 26262
9 2 (1.56%) GRC
9 2 (1.56%) NCSC
10 1 (0.78%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.78%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 2 (1.56%) Active Directory
1 2 (1.56%) Oracle RAC
2 1 (0.78%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.78%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (7.81%) Nmap
2 4 (3.13%) Jamf Pro
2 4 (3.13%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (1.56%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 2 (1.56%) Oracle RMAN
4 1 (0.78%) Ansible
4 1 (0.78%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.78%) Terraform
Vendors
1 25 (19.53%) IBM
2 12 (9.38%) Oracle
3 11 (8.59%) Microsoft
3 11 (8.59%) ServiceNow
4 2 (1.56%) Cisco
4 2 (1.56%) Red Hat
5 1 (0.78%) BT
5 1 (0.78%) Commvault
5 1 (0.78%) EMC
5 1 (0.78%) F5
5 1 (0.78%) Infor
5 1 (0.78%) JDA
5 1 (0.78%) Meraki
5 1 (0.78%) NetApp
5 1 (0.78%) Nokia
5 1 (0.78%) Salesforce
5 1 (0.78%) SAP
5 1 (0.78%) Veeam
5 1 (0.78%) Veritas
5 1 (0.78%) VMware