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

6 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 32 19
Rank change year-on-year +10 -13 -5
Contract jobs citing Degree 158 68 142
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 8.36% 5.76% 8.39%
As % of the Qualifications category 18.06% 16.19% 18.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 59 38 70
10th Percentile £306 £345 £235
25th Percentile £400 £403 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £475 £605
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -21.49% +27.37%
75th Percentile £600 £606 £608
90th Percentile £715 £633 £638
South East median daily rate £510 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +7.37% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 62 4 9
10th Percentile £31.25 - £28.19
25th Percentile £78.25 £32.05 £41.00
Median hourly rate £84.00 £32.18 £41.50
Median % change year-on-year +161.03% -22.46% -29.36%
75th Percentile £88.00 £37.61 £43.75
90th Percentile - £47.14 £47.51
South East median hourly rate £75.00 £62.00 £57.35
% change year-on-year +20.97% +8.11% -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 875 420 754
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 46.30% 35.59% 44.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 524 255 403
10th Percentile £357 £344 £325
25th Percentile £450 £443 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £551 £525 £600
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -12.50% +14.29%
75th Percentile £656 £609 £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 156 17 68
10th Percentile £31.25 £29.93 £41.43
25th Percentile £67.28 £32.31 £55.89
Median hourly rate £84.00 £70.00 £61.65
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% +13.54% -4.67%
75th Percentile £88.00 £87.50 £79.15
90th Percentile £104.00 £88.87 £98.25
South East median hourly rate £66.50 £25.30 £57.35
% change year-on-year +162.85% -55.88% -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 20 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 20 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 20 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 +24 109 £575 +15.00% 57
Wokingham -2 19 £400 -27.27% 12
Bracknell -2 13 £313 -30.56% 10
Slough +5 5 - - 12
Maidenhead -5 1 £775 - 11
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 17 (10.76%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.27%) Apache Airflow
2 2 (1.27%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.63%) Confluence
3 1 (0.63%) Oracle Service Bus
3 1 (0.63%) Oracle Workflow
3 1 (0.63%) WebLogic
Applications
1 19 (12.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (8.86%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (5.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (5.06%) Microsoft Project
4 5 (3.16%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (1.90%) NEC Housing
2 1 (0.63%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.63%) Primavera
2 1 (0.63%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (0.63%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 29 (18.35%) Azure
2 19 (12.03%) AWS
3 15 (9.49%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (6.96%) OneDrive
5 8 (5.06%) Entra ID
6 6 (3.80%) GCP
7 5 (3.16%) SaaS
8 3 (1.90%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (1.90%) Power Platform
9 2 (1.27%) Azure Data Factory
9 2 (1.27%) Snowflake
10 1 (0.63%) Lucidchart
10 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Copilot
10 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Purview
10 1 (0.63%) OpenShift
10 1 (0.63%) Serverless
10 1 (0.63%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 13 (8.23%) DHCP
1 13 (8.23%) DNS
1 13 (8.23%) TCP/IP
2 6 (3.80%) Firewall
3 4 (2.53%) LAN
4 2 (1.27%) Modbus
4 2 (1.27%) NAS
4 2 (1.27%) Network Security
4 2 (1.27%) Radio Access Network
4 2 (1.27%) SAN
4 2 (1.27%) VPN
4 2 (1.27%) WAN
5 1 (0.63%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (0.63%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.63%) Software-Defined Networking
5 1 (0.63%) VXLAN
5 1 (0.63%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.80%) Metadata
2 3 (1.90%) Oracle Database
2 3 (1.90%) Power BI
3 2 (1.27%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (1.27%) Relational Database
3 2 (1.27%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.63%) GIS
4 1 (0.63%) Oracle Database 10g
4 1 (0.63%) Oracle Database 11g
4 1 (0.63%) Oracle Database 12c
4 1 (0.63%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.63%) SQLite
4 1 (0.63%) Text Mining
Development Applications
1 28 (17.72%) Rational DOORS
2 4 (2.53%) JIRA
3 2 (1.27%) Git
General
1 62 (39.24%) Social Skills
2 59 (37.34%) Aerospace
3 45 (28.48%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (8.86%) Finance
5 9 (5.70%) Manufacturing
6 8 (5.06%) Games
6 8 (5.06%) Law
6 8 (5.06%) Public Sector
7 6 (3.80%) Influencing Skills
8 5 (3.16%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (1.90%) Legal
9 3 (1.90%) Local Government
9 3 (1.90%) Police
9 3 (1.90%) Telecoms
10 2 (1.27%) Agriculture
10 2 (1.27%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.63%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.63%) Marketing
11 1 (0.63%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 37 (23.42%) Product Manager
2 36 (22.78%) Delivery Manager
3 34 (21.52%) Product Delivery Manager
4 21 (13.29%) Systems Delivery Manager
4 21 (13.29%) Systems Manager
5 14 (8.86%) Lead
6 11 (6.96%) Architect
7 10 (6.33%) IT Support
8 9 (5.70%) Analyst
9 8 (5.06%) Change Manager
9 8 (5.06%) Security Advisor
10 6 (3.80%) Product Owner
10 6 (3.80%) Security Architect
11 5 (3.16%) Engineering Manager
11 5 (3.16%) Principal Engineer
11 5 (3.16%) Project Manager
12 4 (2.53%) Data Engineer
12 4 (2.53%) Security Engineer
12 4 (2.53%) Senior
13 3 (1.90%) Information Management Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.53%) SailPoint
2 3 (1.90%) LDAP
2 3 (1.90%) OAuth
2 3 (1.90%) OpenID
2 3 (1.90%) SAML
3 2 (1.27%) ADO
3 2 (1.27%) Oracle GoldenGate
4 1 (0.63%) ARM Templates
4 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Graph
4 1 (0.63%) Software Packaging
4 1 (0.63%) Terraform
4 1 (0.63%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 32 (20.25%) Product Ownership
2 24 (15.19%) Data Structures
3 17 (10.76%) Management Information System
4 12 (7.59%) Data Centre
5 8 (5.06%) Animation
5 8 (5.06%) Graphic Design
5 8 (5.06%) Interactive Media
5 8 (5.06%) Self-Motivation
6 7 (4.43%) CCTV
6 7 (4.43%) Virtual Team
7 4 (2.53%) Hybrid Cloud
7 4 (2.53%) Operational Technology
7 4 (2.53%) Security Posture
8 3 (1.90%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (1.90%) Cyber Threat
8 3 (1.90%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (1.90%) Life Science
8 3 (1.90%) LIMS
8 3 (1.90%) SCADA
8 3 (1.90%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 15 (9.49%) Windows
2 10 (6.33%) Apple iOS
2 10 (6.33%) Mac OS
3 5 (3.16%) Linux
4 2 (1.27%) OpenVMS
4 2 (1.27%) Unix
5 1 (0.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.63%) Solaris
5 1 (0.63%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.63%) Windows 7
5 1 (0.63%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (48.10%) Computer Science
2 74 (46.84%) Continuous Improvement
3 53 (33.54%) Agile
4 45 (28.48%) PRINCE2
5 41 (25.95%) ITIL
6 40 (25.32%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 39 (24.68%) Systems Engineering
8 33 (20.89%) Scaled Agile Framework
9 32 (20.25%) Problem-Solving
9 32 (20.25%) Stakeholder Management
10 31 (19.62%) Programme Management
11 27 (17.09%) Change Control
11 27 (17.09%) Configuration Management
11 27 (17.09%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
12 26 (16.46%) ITSM
13 25 (15.82%) Requirements Management
14 23 (14.56%) Digital Engineering
15 22 (13.92%) Roadmaps
15 22 (13.92%) SysML
15 22 (13.92%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 10 (6.33%) Python
2 8 (5.06%) SQL
3 3 (1.90%) PowerShell
4 2 (1.27%) Bash
4 2 (1.27%) Korn
4 2 (1.27%) Shell Script
5 1 (0.63%) Bicep
5 1 (0.63%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 99 (62.66%) Security Cleared
2 41 (25.95%) SC Cleared
3 19 (12.03%) Computer Science Degree
4 17 (10.76%) PMI Certification
5 16 (10.13%) PMP
6 8 (5.06%) CISSP
7 7 (4.43%) Master's Degree
8 6 (3.80%) Azure Certification
9 4 (2.53%) AWS Certification
9 4 (2.53%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (1.90%) CSPO
10 3 (1.90%) DV Cleared
11 2 (1.27%) APMP
11 2 (1.27%) CISA
11 2 (1.27%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (1.27%) CISM
11 2 (1.27%) MAPM
12 1 (0.63%) ITIL Certification
12 1 (0.63%) MBA
12 1 (0.63%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (6.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (6.33%) NIST
3 8 (5.06%) Data Quality
4 7 (4.43%) NIST 800
5 4 (2.53%) GDPR
5 4 (2.53%) GRC
5 4 (2.53%) PMO
6 3 (1.90%) DO-254
6 3 (1.90%) IEC 61508
6 3 (1.90%) ISO 26262
6 3 (1.90%) NCSC
7 2 (1.27%) QA
8 1 (0.63%) ITGC
8 1 (0.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.63%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (3.80%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.90%) Oracle RAC
3 2 (1.27%) Hyper-V
3 2 (1.27%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.63%) Firmware
4 1 (0.63%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 13 (8.23%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (6.33%) Jamf Pro
3 3 (1.90%) Oracle RMAN
4 2 (1.27%) Kubernetes
4 2 (1.27%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 1 (0.63%) Ansible
5 1 (0.63%) CASB
5 1 (0.63%) Data Guard
5 1 (0.63%) Istio
5 1 (0.63%) MOM
Vendors
1 33 (20.89%) Microsoft
2 26 (16.46%) IBM
3 22 (13.92%) ServiceNow
4 7 (4.43%) Google
5 4 (2.53%) Oracle
6 3 (1.90%) ForgeRock
6 3 (1.90%) NEC
6 3 (1.90%) Okta
6 3 (1.90%) Ping Identity
7 2 (1.27%) Databricks
7 2 (1.27%) EMC
7 2 (1.27%) Red Hat
7 2 (1.27%) Salesforce
7 2 (1.27%) SAP
7 2 (1.27%) VMware
8 1 (0.63%) Apple
8 1 (0.63%) CheckPoint
8 1 (0.63%) Commvault
8 1 (0.63%) JDA
8 1 (0.63%) Juniper