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

6 months to
4 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 39 22
Rank change year-on-year +18 -17 -8
Contract jobs citing Degree 144 60 132
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 8.05% 5.16% 7.85%
As % of the Qualifications category 17.29% 14.74% 17.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 65 35 65
10th Percentile £306 £337 £306
25th Percentile £420 £400 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £450 £605
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -25.62% +29.27%
75th Percentile £600 £594 £608
90th Percentile £690 £620 £638
South East median daily rate £521 £463 £485
% change year-on-year +12.70% -4.63% -2.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 3 8
10th Percentile £31.25 - £27.08
25th Percentile £36.73 - £38.35
Median hourly rate £83.00 £32.05 £41.50
Median % change year-on-year +158.97% -22.77% -34.86%
75th Percentile £87.79 £32.18 £41.85
90th Percentile £88.00 £32.26 £48.78
South East median hourly rate £60.00 £64.00 £57.35
% change year-on-year -6.25% +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 833 407 741
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 46.56% 35.03% 44.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 520 251 399
10th Percentile £375 £300 £330
25th Percentile £463 £413 £457
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £570 £508 £600
Median % change year-on-year +12.32% -15.42% +14.56%
75th Percentile £675 £600 £663
90th Percentile £775 £700 £738
South East median daily rate £550 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 130 18 67
10th Percentile £26.46 £26.27 £41.50
25th Percentile £59.03 £32.05 £56.65
Median hourly rate £83.00 £54.49 £63.15
Median % change year-on-year +52.34% -13.72% -1.08%
75th Percentile £88.00 £82.94 £85.86
90th Percentile £104.50 £88.87 £98.50
South East median hourly rate £61.16 £25.15 £57.35
% change year-on-year +143.18% -56.15% -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 4 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 4 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 4 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 +22 96 £575 +27.78% 140
Wokingham -2 17 £400 -13.51% 23
Bracknell -2 13 £313 -30.56% 34
Slough +7 6 £500 +11.11% 19
Maidenhead -5 1 £775 - 22
Windsor - 1 - - 13
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 19 (13.19%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.39%) Apache Airflow
2 2 (1.39%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.69%) Confluence
3 1 (0.69%) Oracle Service Bus
3 1 (0.69%) WebLogic
Applications
1 18 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (10.42%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (5.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (4.86%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (3.47%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (2.08%) NEC Housing
2 1 (0.69%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.69%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 29 (20.14%) Azure
2 18 (12.50%) AWS
3 15 (10.42%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (7.64%) OneDrive
5 8 (5.56%) Entra ID
6 6 (4.17%) GCP
7 5 (3.47%) SaaS
8 4 (2.78%) Power Platform
9 3 (2.08%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (1.39%) Azure Data Factory
10 2 (1.39%) OpenShift
10 2 (1.39%) Snowflake
11 1 (0.69%) Lucidchart
11 1 (0.69%) Microsoft Copilot
11 1 (0.69%) Microsoft Purview
11 1 (0.69%) Serverless
11 1 (0.69%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 14 (9.72%) DHCP
1 14 (9.72%) DNS
1 14 (9.72%) TCP/IP
2 7 (4.86%) Firewall
3 4 (2.78%) LAN
4 3 (2.08%) VPN
5 2 (1.39%) Modbus
5 2 (1.39%) NAS
5 2 (1.39%) Network Security
5 2 (1.39%) Radio Access Network
5 2 (1.39%) SAN
5 2 (1.39%) Software-Defined Networking
5 2 (1.39%) WAN
6 1 (0.69%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.69%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.69%) VXLAN
6 1 (0.69%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (9.03%) Metadata
2 4 (2.78%) Power BI
3 2 (1.39%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (1.39%) Relational Database
3 2 (1.39%) Tableau
4 1 (0.69%) GIS
4 1 (0.69%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.69%) Oracle Database 10g
4 1 (0.69%) Oracle Database 11g
4 1 (0.69%) Oracle Database 12c
4 1 (0.69%) SQLite
4 1 (0.69%) Text Mining
Development Applications
1 11 (7.64%) Rational DOORS
2 4 (2.78%) JIRA
3 2 (1.39%) Git
General
1 62 (43.06%) Social Skills
2 47 (32.64%) Aerospace
3 45 (31.25%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (9.03%) Finance
5 10 (6.94%) Manufacturing
6 8 (5.56%) Games
6 8 (5.56%) Law
6 8 (5.56%) Public Sector
7 6 (4.17%) Influencing Skills
8 5 (3.47%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (2.08%) Legal
9 3 (2.08%) Local Government
9 3 (2.08%) Police
9 3 (2.08%) Telecoms
10 2 (1.39%) Agriculture
10 2 (1.39%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (1.39%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.69%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.69%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 27 (18.75%) Delivery Manager
2 24 (16.67%) Product Delivery Manager
2 24 (16.67%) Product Manager
3 13 (9.03%) Lead
4 10 (6.94%) Architect
4 10 (6.94%) IT Support
5 8 (5.56%) Change Manager
5 8 (5.56%) Security Advisor
5 8 (5.56%) Systems Delivery Manager
5 8 (5.56%) Systems Manager
6 7 (4.86%) Analyst
7 6 (4.17%) Product Owner
8 5 (3.47%) Data Engineer
8 5 (3.47%) Information Management Specialist
8 5 (3.47%) Information Specialist
8 5 (3.47%) Knowledge Specialist
8 5 (3.47%) Project Manager
8 5 (3.47%) Security Architect
8 5 (3.47%) Senior
9 4 (2.78%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.78%) SailPoint
2 3 (2.08%) LDAP
2 3 (2.08%) OAuth
2 3 (2.08%) OpenID
2 3 (2.08%) SAML
3 2 (1.39%) ADO
3 2 (1.39%) ARM Templates
3 2 (1.39%) Terraform
4 1 (0.69%) Microsoft Graph
4 1 (0.69%) Software Packaging
4 1 (0.69%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 20 (13.89%) Management Information System
2 17 (11.81%) Product Ownership
3 11 (7.64%) Data Centre
3 11 (7.64%) Data Structures
4 8 (5.56%) Animation
4 8 (5.56%) Graphic Design
4 8 (5.56%) Interactive Media
4 8 (5.56%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (5.56%) Virtual Team
5 7 (4.86%) CCTV
6 5 (3.47%) Hybrid Cloud
7 4 (2.78%) Operational Technology
7 4 (2.78%) Security Posture
8 3 (2.08%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (2.08%) Cloud Native
8 3 (2.08%) Cyber Threat
8 3 (2.08%) Life Science
8 3 (2.08%) LIMS
8 3 (2.08%) SCADA
9 2 (1.39%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 16 (11.11%) Windows
2 10 (6.94%) Apple iOS
2 10 (6.94%) Mac OS
3 5 (3.47%) Linux
4 2 (1.39%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.69%) Solaris
5 1 (0.69%) Unix
5 1 (0.69%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.69%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (45.83%) Continuous Improvement
2 60 (41.67%) Computer Science
3 45 (31.25%) ITIL
4 43 (29.86%) Agile
5 34 (23.61%) PRINCE2
5 34 (23.61%) Stakeholder Management
6 33 (22.92%) Problem-Solving
6 33 (22.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 29 (20.14%) Roadmaps
7 29 (20.14%) Service Management
8 26 (18.06%) ITSM
9 24 (16.67%) Digital Engineering
10 22 (15.28%) Scaled Agile Framework
11 21 (14.58%) Change Management
12 20 (13.89%) Project Management
12 20 (13.89%) Systems Engineering
13 18 (12.50%) AI
13 18 (12.50%) Validation
14 17 (11.81%) Cybersecurity
15 16 (11.11%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 11 (7.64%) Python
2 8 (5.56%) SQL
3 4 (2.78%) PowerShell
4 3 (2.08%) Bash
5 2 (1.39%) Bicep
6 1 (0.69%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 86 (59.72%) Security Cleared
2 47 (32.64%) SC Cleared
3 23 (15.97%) Computer Science Degree
4 17 (11.81%) PMI Certification
4 17 (11.81%) PMP
5 8 (5.56%) CISSP
6 7 (4.86%) Azure Certification
6 7 (4.86%) Master's Degree
7 5 (3.47%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (2.78%) AWS Certification
8 4 (2.78%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 3 (2.08%) CSPO
9 3 (2.08%) DV Cleared
10 2 (1.39%) APMP
10 2 (1.39%) CISA
10 2 (1.39%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (1.39%) CISM
10 2 (1.39%) MAPM
10 2 (1.39%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 1 (0.69%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (5.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (4.86%) Data Quality
2 7 (4.86%) NIST
3 4 (2.78%) GDPR
3 4 (2.78%) GRC
3 4 (2.78%) NIST 800
3 4 (2.78%) PMO
4 3 (2.08%) NCSC
5 2 (1.39%) QA
6 1 (0.69%) DO-254
6 1 (0.69%) IEC 61508
6 1 (0.69%) ISO 26262
6 1 (0.69%) ITGC
6 1 (0.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.69%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (4.17%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.08%) Hyper-V
2 3 (2.08%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.69%) Firmware
3 1 (0.69%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (0.69%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 13 (9.03%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (6.94%) Jamf Pro
3 3 (2.08%) Kubernetes
4 2 (1.39%) Ansible
4 2 (1.39%) Istio
4 2 (1.39%) MOM
5 1 (0.69%) CASB
5 1 (0.69%) Data Guard
5 1 (0.69%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 35 (24.31%) Microsoft
2 22 (15.28%) ServiceNow
3 11 (7.64%) IBM
4 7 (4.86%) Google
5 3 (2.08%) EMC
5 3 (2.08%) ForgeRock
5 3 (2.08%) NEC
5 3 (2.08%) Okta
5 3 (2.08%) Ping Identity
5 3 (2.08%) VMware
6 2 (1.39%) Databricks
6 2 (1.39%) Oracle
6 2 (1.39%) Red Hat
6 2 (1.39%) SAP
7 1 (0.69%) Apple
7 1 (0.69%) Commvault
7 1 (0.69%) JDA
7 1 (0.69%) Juniper
7 1 (0.69%) NetApp
7 1 (0.69%) Veritas