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

6 months to
2 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 31 15
Rank change year-on-year +5 -16 -1
Contract jobs citing Degree 129 73 187
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 6.81% 6.30% 9.50%
As % of the Qualifications category 15.12% 17.68% 20.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 47 84
10th Percentile £206 £352 £205
25th Percentile £320 £406 £344
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £494 £595
Median % change year-on-year -19.03% -16.97% +13.33%
75th Percentile £547 £604 £608
90th Percentile £623 £638 £618
South East median daily rate £500 £481 £500
% change year-on-year +3.90% -3.75% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 62 5 9
10th Percentile £31.25 - £18.72
25th Percentile £80.50 £32.05 £20.49
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 -
90th Percentile - £73.63 £43.75
South East median hourly rate £82.75 £56.75 £57.35
% change year-on-year +45.81% -1.05% +19.48%

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 853 413 897
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 45.01% 35.63% 45.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 509 244 422
10th Percentile £306 £316 £281
25th Percentile £403 £437 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £575
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £611 £638
90th Percentile £733 £700 £717
South East median daily rate £537 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +2.29% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 156 23 96
10th Percentile £31.25 £27.81 £41.50
25th Percentile £71.80 £42.91 £54.50
Median hourly rate £83.25 £70.00 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +18.93% +13.64% -5.72%
75th Percentile £88.00 £87.38 £85.65
90th Percentile £104.50 £88.87 £88.77
South East median hourly rate £60.58 £47.81 £57.35
% change year-on-year +26.72% -16.64% -4.42%

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 2 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 2 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 2 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 +12 83 £575 +15.00% 51
Wokingham -3 23 £400 -20.00% 4
Bracknell -1 10 £325 -27.78% 5
Windsor +4 4 £208 -57.54% 5
Maidenhead -4 2 £775 - 15
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 13 (10.08%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.33%) Confluence
3 1 (0.78%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 15 (11.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (8.53%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (5.43%) Microsoft Project
4 6 (4.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (2.33%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.55%) Primavera
2 1 (0.78%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.78%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.78%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (0.78%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 27 (20.93%) Azure
2 19 (14.73%) AWS
3 12 (9.30%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (7.75%) OneDrive
5 5 (3.88%) Azure DevOps
5 5 (3.88%) Entra ID
6 4 (3.10%) Power Platform
7 3 (2.33%) GCP
7 3 (2.33%) Lucidchart
8 1 (0.78%) Microsoft Copilot
8 1 (0.78%) Power Automate
8 1 (0.78%) SaaS
8 1 (0.78%) Serverless
8 1 (0.78%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 12 (9.30%) DHCP
1 12 (9.30%) DNS
1 12 (9.30%) TCP/IP
2 8 (6.20%) Firewall
3 4 (3.10%) Wireless
4 3 (2.33%) LAN
4 3 (2.33%) Radio Access Network
5 2 (1.55%) Modbus
5 2 (1.55%) NAS
5 2 (1.55%) Network Security
5 2 (1.55%) SAN
5 2 (1.55%) WAN
6 1 (0.78%) 3G
6 1 (0.78%) 4G
6 1 (0.78%) BGP
6 1 (0.78%) BIG-IP
6 1 (0.78%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.78%) OSPF
6 1 (0.78%) Unified Communications
6 1 (0.78%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.10%) Power BI
2 3 (2.33%) MySQL
2 3 (2.33%) Relational Database
3 2 (1.55%) Oracle Database
3 2 (1.55%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.78%) Data Mining
4 1 (0.78%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.78%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.78%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.78%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 28 (21.71%) Rational DOORS
2 6 (4.65%) JIRA
3 3 (2.33%) Burp Suite
3 3 (2.33%) Metasploit
4 2 (1.55%) Balsamiq
General
1 53 (41.09%) Social Skills
2 50 (38.76%) Aerospace
3 30 (23.26%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (11.63%) Finance
5 7 (5.43%) Law
6 6 (4.65%) Influencing Skills
6 6 (4.65%) Manufacturing
7 5 (3.88%) Public Sector
7 5 (3.88%) Telecoms
8 4 (3.10%) Marketing
8 4 (3.10%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.55%) Agriculture
9 2 (1.55%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.55%) 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 (24.81%) Product Manager
2 28 (21.71%) Delivery Manager
2 28 (21.71%) Product Delivery Manager
3 22 (17.05%) Systems Delivery Manager
3 22 (17.05%) Systems Manager
4 12 (9.30%) Analyst
4 12 (9.30%) Architect
5 10 (7.75%) IT Support
6 9 (6.98%) Lead
7 7 (5.43%) Project Manager
7 7 (5.43%) Security Advisor
8 6 (4.65%) Product Owner
8 6 (4.65%) Security Architect
9 5 (3.88%) Business Analyst
9 5 (3.88%) Engineering Manager
10 4 (3.10%) Security Engineer
10 4 (3.10%) Security Manager
11 3 (2.33%) IT Support Engineer
11 3 (2.33%) Penetration Tester
11 3 (2.33%) Requirements Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.10%) ADO
2 3 (2.33%) LDAP
2 3 (2.33%) OAuth
2 3 (2.33%) OpenID
2 3 (2.33%) SailPoint
2 3 (2.33%) SAML
3 2 (1.55%) Oracle GoldenGate
4 1 (0.78%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 34 (26.36%) Product Ownership
2 22 (17.05%) Data Structures
3 13 (10.08%) Data Centre
4 9 (6.98%) Management Information System
5 8 (6.20%) Virtual Team
6 7 (5.43%) CCTV
6 7 (5.43%) Security Posture
7 5 (3.88%) Data Protection Act
7 5 (3.88%) PMI
8 4 (3.10%) Operational Technology
9 3 (2.33%) AI Agents
9 3 (2.33%) Analytical Mindset
9 3 (2.33%) Cyber Threat
9 3 (2.33%) Taxonomies
10 2 (1.55%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (1.55%) Greenfield Project
10 2 (1.55%) Life Science
10 2 (1.55%) SCADA
11 1 (0.78%) Digital Media
11 1 (0.78%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 20 (15.50%) Windows
2 10 (7.75%) Apple iOS
2 10 (7.75%) Mac OS
3 5 (3.88%) Linux
4 4 (3.10%) Unix
5 2 (1.55%) OpenVMS
6 1 (0.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (51.16%) Computer Science
2 50 (38.76%) Continuous Improvement
3 46 (35.66%) Agile
4 38 (29.46%) Systems Engineering
5 37 (28.68%) PRINCE2
6 36 (27.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 31 (24.03%) Programme Management
8 29 (22.48%) Scaled Agile Framework
9 28 (21.71%) Change Control
10 26 (20.16%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
11 25 (19.38%) Configuration Management
11 25 (19.38%) ITIL
12 24 (18.60%) Requirements Management
13 23 (17.83%) Cybersecurity
13 23 (17.83%) Problem-Solving
13 23 (17.83%) SysML
13 23 (17.83%) UML
14 22 (17.05%) Stakeholder Management
15 21 (16.28%) DoDAF
16 20 (15.50%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 8 (6.20%) Python
2 7 (5.43%) SQL
3 3 (2.33%) Java
3 3 (2.33%) JavaScript
3 3 (2.33%) Perl
4 2 (1.55%) Korn
4 2 (1.55%) Shell Script
5 1 (0.78%) Bash
5 1 (0.78%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 83 (64.34%) Security Cleared
2 33 (25.58%) SC Cleared
3 15 (11.63%) Computer Science Degree
4 14 (10.85%) PMI Certification
5 12 (9.30%) PMP
6 8 (6.20%) CISSP
7 6 (4.65%) Master's Degree
8 3 (2.33%) AWS Certification
8 3 (2.33%) Azure Certification
8 3 (2.33%) CHECK Team Member
8 3 (2.33%) CREST Certified
8 3 (2.33%) CSPO
8 3 (2.33%) Cyber Scheme
8 3 (2.33%) MAPM
8 3 (2.33%) Postgraduate
9 2 (1.55%) APMP
9 2 (1.55%) CISA
9 2 (1.55%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (1.55%) CISM
9 2 (1.55%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (10.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (7.75%) NIST
3 8 (6.20%) PMO
4 7 (5.43%) NIST 800
5 5 (3.88%) GDPR
5 5 (3.88%) QA
6 4 (3.10%) Data Quality
6 4 (3.10%) GRC
7 3 (2.33%) DO-254
7 3 (2.33%) IEC 61508
7 3 (2.33%) ISO 26262
7 3 (2.33%) PCI DSS
8 2 (1.55%) NCSC
9 1 (0.78%) ITGC
9 1 (0.78%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 3 (2.33%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.55%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (0.78%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.78%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (7.75%) Jamf Pro
1 10 (7.75%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (2.33%) Nmap
3 2 (1.55%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 2 (1.55%) Oracle RMAN
4 1 (0.78%) CASB
4 1 (0.78%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 25 (19.38%) IBM
2 19 (14.73%) Microsoft
3 17 (13.18%) ServiceNow
4 7 (5.43%) Oracle
5 3 (2.33%) Cisco
5 3 (2.33%) ForgeRock
5 3 (2.33%) Google
5 3 (2.33%) Okta
5 3 (2.33%) Ping Identity
6 2 (1.55%) Salesforce
6 2 (1.55%) SAP
7 1 (0.78%) Apple
7 1 (0.78%) CheckPoint
7 1 (0.78%) Commvault
7 1 (0.78%) JDA
7 1 (0.78%) Juniper
7 1 (0.78%) NetApp
7 1 (0.78%) Nokia
7 1 (0.78%) Red Hat
7 1 (0.78%) Veritas