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

6 months to
2 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 32 19
Rank change year-on-year +10 -13 -5
Contract jobs citing Degree 152 75 151
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 7.76% 6.19% 8.60%
As % of the Qualifications category 16.58% 17.44% 19.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 44 77
10th Percentile £306 £351 £232
25th Percentile £375 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £463 £605
Median % change year-on-year +8.11% -23.55% +27.37%
75th Percentile £588 £602 £608
90th Percentile £635 £634 £638
South East median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 68 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% -29.36%
75th Percentile £88.00 £53.50 £43.75
90th Percentile - £73.63 £47.51
South East median hourly rate £80.00 £62.00 £57.35
% change year-on-year +29.03% +8.11% -2.64%

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 917 430 782
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 46.81% 35.51% 44.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 535 265 411
10th Percentile £325 £325 £330
25th Percentile £425 £425 £474
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £523 £600
Median % change year-on-year +5.16% -12.83% +14.07%
75th Percentile £650 £603 £650
90th Percentile £750 £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 171 19 70
10th Percentile £31.25 £30.99 £41.48
25th Percentile £72.60 £42.91 £55.80
Median hourly rate £84.00 £70.00 £61.65
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% +13.54% -5.00%
75th Percentile £88.00 £87.38 £85.65
90th Percentile £104.00 £88.87 £97.75
South East median hourly rate £65.00 £28.00 £57.35
% change year-on-year +132.14% -51.18% -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 August 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 August 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 August 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 +16 104 £575 +16.40% 69
Wokingham -5 21 £400 -15.79% 8
Bracknell -1 14 £325 -27.78% 9
Slough +8 4 - - 11
Maidenhead -5 1 £775 - 14
Windsor - 1 - - 9
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 16 (10.53%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.97%) Confluence
3 2 (1.32%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.66%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.66%) Oracle Service Bus
4 1 (0.66%) Oracle Workflow
4 1 (0.66%) WebLogic
Applications
1 19 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (10.53%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (5.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (4.61%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (2.63%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.32%) NEC Housing
2 1 (0.66%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.66%) Primavera
2 1 (0.66%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (0.66%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 28 (18.42%) Azure
2 18 (11.84%) AWS
3 14 (9.21%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (7.24%) OneDrive
5 7 (4.61%) Entra ID
6 5 (3.29%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (2.63%) GCP
7 4 (2.63%) Power Platform
8 3 (1.97%) Lucidchart
8 3 (1.97%) SaaS
9 1 (0.66%) Azure Data Factory
9 1 (0.66%) Microsoft Copilot
9 1 (0.66%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (0.66%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.66%) Serverless
9 1 (0.66%) Smartsheet
9 1 (0.66%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 12 (7.89%) DHCP
1 12 (7.89%) DNS
1 12 (7.89%) TCP/IP
2 6 (3.95%) Firewall
3 3 (1.97%) Radio Access Network
4 2 (1.32%) LAN
4 2 (1.32%) Modbus
4 2 (1.32%) NAS
4 2 (1.32%) Network Security
4 2 (1.32%) SAN
5 1 (0.66%) 2G
5 1 (0.66%) 3G
5 1 (0.66%) 4G
5 1 (0.66%) 5G
5 1 (0.66%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (0.66%) VPN
5 1 (0.66%) VXLAN
5 1 (0.66%) WAN
5 1 (0.66%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.66%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.63%) Metadata
1 4 (2.63%) Power BI
2 3 (1.97%) Oracle Database
3 2 (1.32%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (1.32%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.66%) Data Mining
4 1 (0.66%) Oracle Database 10g
4 1 (0.66%) Oracle Database 11g
4 1 (0.66%) Oracle Database 12c
4 1 (0.66%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.66%) SQLite
4 1 (0.66%) Tableau
4 1 (0.66%) Text Mining
Development Applications
1 29 (19.08%) Rational DOORS
2 6 (3.95%) JIRA
3 2 (1.32%) Balsamiq
4 1 (0.66%) Burp Suite
4 1 (0.66%) Metasploit
General
1 59 (38.82%) Social Skills
2 55 (36.18%) Aerospace
3 39 (25.66%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (9.21%) Finance
5 9 (5.92%) Manufacturing
6 8 (5.26%) Games
7 7 (4.61%) Law
7 7 (4.61%) Public Sector
8 6 (3.95%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (2.63%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (2.63%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (2.63%) Telecoms
10 3 (1.97%) Legal
10 3 (1.97%) Marketing
11 2 (1.32%) Agriculture
11 2 (1.32%) Local Government
11 2 (1.32%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (1.32%) Police
12 1 (0.66%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.66%) Military
Job Titles
1 35 (23.03%) Product Manager
2 31 (20.39%) Delivery Manager
2 31 (20.39%) Product Delivery Manager
3 22 (14.47%) Systems Delivery Manager
3 22 (14.47%) Systems Manager
4 13 (8.55%) Analyst
5 12 (7.89%) Architect
5 12 (7.89%) Lead
6 10 (6.58%) IT Support
7 9 (5.92%) Change Manager
8 7 (4.61%) Product Owner
8 7 (4.61%) Security Advisor
9 6 (3.95%) Project Manager
9 6 (3.95%) Security Architect
10 5 (3.29%) Business Analyst
10 5 (3.29%) Engineering Manager
11 4 (2.63%) Principal Engineer
11 4 (2.63%) Security Engineer
11 4 (2.63%) Security Manager
12 3 (1.97%) Security Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.63%) ADO
2 3 (1.97%) LDAP
2 3 (1.97%) OAuth
2 3 (1.97%) OpenID
2 3 (1.97%) SailPoint
2 3 (1.97%) SAML
3 2 (1.32%) Oracle GoldenGate
4 1 (0.66%) Microsoft Graph
4 1 (0.66%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 35 (23.03%) Product Ownership
2 22 (14.47%) Data Structures
3 15 (9.87%) Management Information System
4 12 (7.89%) Data Centre
5 8 (5.26%) Animation
5 8 (5.26%) Graphic Design
5 8 (5.26%) Interactive Media
5 8 (5.26%) Self-Motivation
5 8 (5.26%) Virtual Team
6 7 (4.61%) CCTV
7 5 (3.29%) Security Posture
8 4 (2.63%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (2.63%) Operational Technology
8 4 (2.63%) PMI
9 3 (1.97%) AI Agents
9 3 (1.97%) Analytical Mindset
9 3 (1.97%) Cyber Threat
9 3 (1.97%) Life Science
9 3 (1.97%) Taxonomies
10 2 (1.32%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 14 (9.21%) Windows
2 10 (6.58%) Apple iOS
2 10 (6.58%) Mac OS
3 3 (1.97%) Linux
4 2 (1.32%) OpenVMS
4 2 (1.32%) Unix
5 1 (0.66%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.66%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (50.66%) Computer Science
2 65 (42.76%) Continuous Improvement
3 50 (32.89%) Agile
4 39 (25.66%) PRINCE2
4 39 (25.66%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 39 (25.66%) Systems Engineering
5 36 (23.68%) ITIL
6 32 (21.05%) Programme Management
7 31 (20.39%) Scaled Agile Framework
8 30 (19.74%) Problem-Solving
8 30 (19.74%) Stakeholder Management
9 27 (17.76%) Change Control
9 27 (17.76%) Configuration Management
10 26 (17.11%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
11 25 (16.45%) ITSM
11 25 (16.45%) Requirements Management
12 23 (15.13%) SysML
12 23 (15.13%) UML
13 22 (14.47%) Cybersecurity
14 21 (13.82%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 6 (3.95%) Python
1 6 (3.95%) SQL
2 2 (1.32%) Korn
2 2 (1.32%) PowerShell
2 2 (1.32%) Shell Script
3 1 (0.66%) Bash
3 1 (0.66%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 95 (62.50%) Security Cleared
2 40 (26.32%) SC Cleared
3 19 (12.50%) PMI Certification
4 18 (11.84%) PMP
5 16 (10.53%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (5.26%) CISSP
7 6 (3.95%) Master's Degree
8 4 (2.63%) AWS Certification
8 4 (2.63%) Azure Certification
9 3 (1.97%) CSPO
9 3 (1.97%) DV Cleared
9 3 (1.97%) MAPM
10 2 (1.32%) APMP
10 2 (1.32%) CISA
10 2 (1.32%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (1.32%) CISM
10 2 (1.32%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (1.32%) PhD
11 1 (0.66%) MBA
11 1 (0.66%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (7.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (6.58%) NIST
3 7 (4.61%) NIST 800
4 5 (3.29%) Data Quality
4 5 (3.29%) GDPR
4 5 (3.29%) PMO
5 4 (2.63%) DO-254
5 4 (2.63%) GRC
5 4 (2.63%) IEC 61508
5 4 (2.63%) ISO 26262
6 3 (1.97%) QA
7 2 (1.32%) NCSC
8 1 (0.66%) ITGC
8 1 (0.66%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.66%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 5 (3.29%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.97%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (0.66%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.66%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 11 (7.24%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (6.58%) Jamf Pro
3 3 (1.97%) Oracle RMAN
4 2 (1.32%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 1 (0.66%) CASB
5 1 (0.66%) Data Guard
5 1 (0.66%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.66%) Nmap
Vendors
1 29 (19.08%) Microsoft
2 26 (17.11%) IBM
3 23 (15.13%) ServiceNow
4 4 (2.63%) Google
4 4 (2.63%) Oracle
5 3 (1.97%) ForgeRock
5 3 (1.97%) Okta
5 3 (1.97%) Ping Identity
6 2 (1.32%) NEC
6 2 (1.32%) Salesforce
6 2 (1.32%) SAP
7 1 (0.66%) BT
7 1 (0.66%) Commvault
7 1 (0.66%) JDA
7 1 (0.66%) Juniper
7 1 (0.66%) NetApp
7 1 (0.66%) Nokia
7 1 (0.66%) Red Hat
7 1 (0.66%) Veritas
7 1 (0.66%) VMware