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

6 months to
5 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 32 28
Rank change year-on-year +11 -4 -12
Contract jobs citing Degree 151 70 122
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 8.41% 5.76% 7.40%
As % of the Qualifications category 18.21% 16.36% 17.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 38 72
10th Percentile £366 £358 £211
25th Percentile £503 £402 £391
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 £450 £600
Median % change year-on-year +25.56% -25.00% +33.33%
75th Percentile £592 £519 £608
90th Percentile £664 £613 £638
South East median daily rate £525 £450 £463
% change year-on-year +16.67% -2.70% -7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 3 7
10th Percentile £30.04 - £25.97
25th Percentile £32.24 - £35.71
Median hourly rate £67.75 £32.05 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +111.39% -24.59% -38.11%
75th Percentile £82.47 £32.18 £43.75
90th Percentile £87.16 £32.26 £51.27
South East median hourly rate £52.50 £32.05 £57.35
% change year-on-year +63.81% -44.12% +1.96%

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 829 428 691
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 46.16% 35.20% 41.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 509 283 375
10th Percentile £375 £255 £300
25th Percentile £493 £396 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £570 £500 £580
Median % change year-on-year +14.00% -13.79% +10.48%
75th Percentile £656 £588 £650
90th Percentile £775 £643 £719
South East median daily rate £550 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +2.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 136 17 60
10th Percentile £26.91 £22.69 £41.25
25th Percentile £56.41 £30.11 £56.36
Median hourly rate £84.25 £40.44 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +108.36% -34.36% -3.61%
75th Percentile £100.00 £87.50 £78.07
90th Percentile £104.50 £88.87 £100.00
South East median hourly rate £61.16 £25.15 £60.23
% change year-on-year +143.18% -58.24% +0.38%

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 5 October 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 5 October 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 5 October 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 +16 101 £575 +27.78% 185
Wokingham -5 16 £455 +1.11% 33
Bracknell +4 14 £325 -36.59% 29
Slough +2 7 £500 +5.26% 72
Windsor - 1 - - 11
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 (12.58%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.32%) Apache Airflow
2 2 (1.32%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.66%) Oracle Service Bus
3 1 (0.66%) WebLogic
Applications
1 16 (10.60%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (9.93%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (5.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (2.65%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (2.65%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (1.99%) NEC Housing
2 1 (0.66%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 32 (21.19%) Azure
2 19 (12.58%) AWS
3 15 (9.93%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (7.28%) OneDrive
5 7 (4.64%) Entra ID
5 7 (4.64%) GCP
6 6 (3.97%) SaaS
7 5 (3.31%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (2.65%) Power Platform
9 3 (1.99%) OpenShift
10 2 (1.32%) Azure Data Factory
10 2 (1.32%) Serverless
10 2 (1.32%) Snowflake
11 1 (0.66%) Amazon EventBridge
11 1 (0.66%) Amazon SQS
11 1 (0.66%) AWS Lambda
11 1 (0.66%) Lucidchart
11 1 (0.66%) Microsoft Copilot
11 1 (0.66%) Microsoft Purview
11 1 (0.66%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 14 (9.27%) TCP/IP
2 13 (8.61%) DHCP
2 13 (8.61%) DNS
3 5 (3.31%) Firewall
4 3 (1.99%) LAN
4 3 (1.99%) VPN
5 2 (1.32%) Modbus
5 2 (1.32%) Network Security
5 2 (1.32%) Radio Access Network
5 2 (1.32%) Software-Defined Networking
6 1 (0.66%) 3GPP
6 1 (0.66%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.66%) LTE
6 1 (0.66%) TETRA
6 1 (0.66%) VoLTE
6 1 (0.66%) VXLAN
6 1 (0.66%) WAN
6 1 (0.66%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.66%) Wireshark
6 1 (0.66%) XCAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (12.58%) Metadata
2 4 (2.65%) Power BI
3 3 (1.99%) GIS
3 3 (1.99%) Tableau
4 2 (1.32%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (1.32%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.66%) DynamoDB
5 1 (0.66%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.66%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.66%) Oracle Database 10g
5 1 (0.66%) Oracle Database 11g
5 1 (0.66%) Oracle Database 12c
5 1 (0.66%) SQLite
5 1 (0.66%) Text Mining
Development Applications
1 3 (1.99%) JIRA
2 2 (1.32%) Git
2 2 (1.32%) Rational DOORS
General
1 70 (46.36%) Social Skills
2 51 (33.77%) Aerospace
3 39 (25.83%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (11.26%) Manufacturing
5 8 (5.30%) Games
6 7 (4.64%) Influencing Skills
6 7 (4.64%) Law
7 6 (3.97%) Finance
7 6 (3.97%) Organisational Skills
7 6 (3.97%) Pharmaceutical
8 5 (3.31%) Public Sector
9 4 (2.65%) Automotive
10 3 (1.99%) Local Government
10 3 (1.99%) Police
10 3 (1.99%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (1.32%) Agriculture
11 2 (1.32%) Legal
11 2 (1.32%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.66%) Electronics
12 1 (0.66%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 27 (17.88%) Delivery Manager
2 19 (12.58%) Product Delivery Manager
2 19 (12.58%) Product Manager
3 10 (6.62%) IT Support
3 10 (6.62%) Lead
4 8 (5.30%) Change Manager
4 8 (5.30%) Senior
5 7 (4.64%) Engineering Manager
5 7 (4.64%) Security Advisor
6 6 (3.97%) Architect
6 6 (3.97%) Data Engineer
6 6 (3.97%) Information Management Specialist
6 6 (3.97%) Information Specialist
6 6 (3.97%) Knowledge Specialist
6 6 (3.97%) Product Owner
6 6 (3.97%) Systems Engineer
7 5 (3.31%) Analyst
7 5 (3.31%) Digital Delivery Manager
8 4 (2.65%) Project Engineer
8 4 (2.65%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.65%) SailPoint
2 3 (1.99%) LDAP
2 3 (1.99%) OAuth
2 3 (1.99%) OpenID
2 3 (1.99%) SAML
2 3 (1.99%) XML
3 2 (1.32%) ARM Templates
3 2 (1.32%) Terraform
4 1 (0.66%) Microsoft Graph
4 1 (0.66%) Middleware
4 1 (0.66%) Node.js
4 1 (0.66%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 23 (15.23%) Management Information System
2 10 (6.62%) Data Centre
3 8 (5.30%) Animation
3 8 (5.30%) Graphic Design
3 8 (5.30%) Interactive Media
3 8 (5.30%) Product Ownership
3 8 (5.30%) Self-Motivation
4 7 (4.64%) SCADA
4 7 (4.64%) Virtual Team
5 6 (3.97%) CCTV
6 5 (3.31%) Cloud Native
6 5 (3.31%) Hybrid Cloud
7 4 (2.65%) Operational Technology
7 4 (2.65%) PMI
8 3 (1.99%) Cyber Threat
8 3 (1.99%) Life Science
8 3 (1.99%) LIMS
8 3 (1.99%) Security Posture
9 2 (1.32%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (1.32%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 17 (11.26%) Windows
2 10 (6.62%) Apple iOS
2 10 (6.62%) Mac OS
3 6 (3.97%) Linux
4 3 (1.99%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.66%) Solaris
5 1 (0.66%) Unix
5 1 (0.66%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.66%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (43.71%) Continuous Improvement
2 59 (39.07%) Computer Science
3 53 (35.10%) ITIL
4 47 (31.13%) Roadmaps
5 45 (29.80%) Stakeholder Management
6 44 (29.14%) Agile
7 39 (25.83%) Service Management
8 34 (22.52%) Problem-Solving
9 33 (21.85%) Digital Engineering
10 32 (21.19%) Change Management
11 31 (20.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 30 (19.87%) PRINCE2
13 27 (17.88%) ITSM
14 22 (14.57%) AI
14 22 (14.57%) Scaled Agile Framework
14 22 (14.57%) Software Engineering
15 21 (13.91%) Decision-Making
16 20 (13.25%) DevOps
16 20 (13.25%) Project Management
17 17 (11.26%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 16 (10.60%) Python
2 11 (7.28%) SQL
3 4 (2.65%) PowerShell
4 3 (1.99%) Bash
5 2 (1.32%) Bicep
6 1 (0.66%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 89 (58.94%) Security Cleared
2 67 (44.37%) SC Cleared
3 25 (16.56%) Computer Science Degree
4 16 (10.60%) PMI Certification
5 14 (9.27%) PMP
6 11 (7.28%) Azure Certification
7 9 (5.96%) DV Cleared
8 8 (5.30%) CISSP
8 8 (5.30%) Master's Degree
9 7 (4.64%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 6 (3.97%) AWS Certification
11 5 (3.31%) Microsoft Certification
12 4 (2.65%) DBS Check
12 4 (2.65%) PhD
13 3 (1.99%) CSPO
14 2 (1.32%) APMP
14 2 (1.32%) CISA
14 2 (1.32%) Cisco Certification
14 2 (1.32%) MAPM
14 2 (1.32%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (5.30%) Data Quality
2 5 (3.31%) GDPR
3 3 (1.99%) NCSC
3 3 (1.99%) PMO
4 2 (1.32%) GRC
4 2 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.32%) NIST
4 2 (1.32%) QA
5 1 (0.66%) DO-254
5 1 (0.66%) GMP
5 1 (0.66%) IEC 61508
5 1 (0.66%) ISO 26262
5 1 (0.66%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.66%) ITGC
5 1 (0.66%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.66%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (2.65%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.99%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.32%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.66%) Firmware
4 1 (0.66%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.66%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 13 (8.61%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (6.62%) Jamf Pro
3 4 (2.65%) Kubernetes
4 3 (1.99%) MOM
5 2 (1.32%) Ansible
5 2 (1.32%) Istio
6 1 (0.66%) CASB
6 1 (0.66%) Data Guard
6 1 (0.66%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 41 (27.15%) Microsoft
2 19 (12.58%) ServiceNow
3 7 (4.64%) Google
4 3 (1.99%) EMC
4 3 (1.99%) ForgeRock
4 3 (1.99%) NEC
4 3 (1.99%) Okta
4 3 (1.99%) Ping Identity
4 3 (1.99%) VMware
5 2 (1.32%) Databricks
5 2 (1.32%) Oracle
5 2 (1.32%) Red Hat
5 2 (1.32%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.66%) Apple
6 1 (0.66%) Aruba
6 1 (0.66%) CheckPoint
6 1 (0.66%) Cisco
6 1 (0.66%) Fortinet
6 1 (0.66%) Planview
6 1 (0.66%) SAP