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

6 months to
7 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 28 16
Rank change year-on-year -1 -12 +2
Contract jobs citing Degree 98 87 190
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 6.15% 6.70% 9.74%
As % of the Qualifications category 14.50% 18.91% 21.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 49 106
10th Percentile £204 £178 £148
25th Percentile £236 £250 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £350
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% +28.57% -26.32%
75th Percentile £500 £545 £588
90th Percentile £590 £639 £608
South East median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 5 16
10th Percentile - - £25.45
25th Percentile - £41.25 £45.21
Median hourly rate £20.79 £42.88 £66.00
Median % change year-on-year -51.52% -35.03% -18.89%
75th Percentile £80.50 £61.76 £70.50
90th Percentile £93.93 £76.93 £72.33
South East median hourly rate £29.61 £42.88 £55.00
% change year-on-year -30.95% -22.04% +22.22%

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 676 460 883
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 42.44% 35.41% 45.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 484 229 465
10th Percentile £255 £245 £205
25th Percentile £340 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £453 £525 £513
Median % change year-on-year -13.71% +2.44% -8.89%
75th Percentile £538 £650 £616
90th Percentile £625 £685 £683
South East median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 31 74
10th Percentile £20.12 £41.25 £42.00
25th Percentile £26.39 £55.87 £52.90
Median hourly rate £73.50 £61.76 £61.62
Median % change year-on-year +19.01% +0.22% -4.72%
75th Percentile £95.00 £70.93 £71.44
90th Percentile £103.00 £86.08 £85.65
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £58.69 £60.00
% change year-on-year -57.15% -2.19% +33.33%

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 7 February 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 7 February 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 7 February 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
Wokingham -9 31 £449 +2.51% 5
Reading -13 30 £467 +24.53% 53
Windsor +6 11 £208 -58.50% 2
Slough +2 11 £500 +58.73% 8
Bracknell -1 7 £249 - 7
Maidenhead +1 3 - - 4
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 7 (7.14%) Confluence
2 5 (5.10%) SharePoint
3 4 (4.08%) GeoServer
3 4 (4.08%) Smallworld
4 3 (3.06%) Apache
5 2 (2.04%) Apache Spark
5 2 (2.04%) Palantir Foundry
6 1 (1.02%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (1.02%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 24 (24.49%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (13.27%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (12.24%) Microsoft Project
4 11 (11.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (1.02%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (3.06%) Primavera
2 1 (1.02%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (1.02%) Oracle EBS R12
2 1 (1.02%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (1.02%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 23 (23.47%) Azure
2 14 (14.29%) AWS
3 7 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (4.08%) GCP
5 3 (3.06%) Power Platform
6 2 (2.04%) IaaS
6 2 (2.04%) Power Automate
7 1 (1.02%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (1.02%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (1.02%) Collibra
7 1 (1.02%) Entra ID
7 1 (1.02%) Microsoft Copilot
7 1 (1.02%) OCI
7 1 (1.02%) PaaS
7 1 (1.02%) SaaS
7 1 (1.02%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 12 (12.24%) Wireless
2 10 (10.20%) Firewall
3 7 (7.14%) Unified Communications
4 6 (6.12%) Network Security
5 2 (2.04%) DNS
5 2 (2.04%) Internet
5 2 (2.04%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (1.02%) BGP
6 1 (1.02%) BIG-IP
6 1 (1.02%) Cisco ISE
6 1 (1.02%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (1.02%) EIGRP
6 1 (1.02%) Intranet
6 1 (1.02%) LAN
6 1 (1.02%) OSPF
6 1 (1.02%) Radio Access Network
6 1 (1.02%) Software-Defined Networking
6 1 (1.02%) VoIP
6 1 (1.02%) WAN
6 1 (1.02%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (12.24%) Relational Database
2 9 (9.18%) MySQL
3 5 (5.10%) Metadata
4 4 (4.08%) Geospatial Data
4 4 (4.08%) GIS
4 4 (4.08%) QGIS
5 2 (2.04%) Big Data
5 2 (2.04%) Hadoop
6 1 (1.02%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (1.02%) Oracle Database
6 1 (1.02%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (1.02%) Power BI
6 1 (1.02%) RDBMS
6 1 (1.02%) SQL Server
6 1 (1.02%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 11 (11.22%) Burp Suite
2 9 (9.18%) JIRA
2 9 (9.18%) Metasploit
3 2 (2.04%) Git
3 2 (2.04%) Selenium
3 2 (2.04%) Visual Studio
4 1 (1.02%) Appium
4 1 (1.02%) Artifactory
4 1 (1.02%) Cypress.io
4 1 (1.02%) GitLab
4 1 (1.02%) Postman
4 1 (1.02%) SoapUI
4 1 (1.02%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (1.02%) WebDriver
General
1 53 (54.08%) Social Skills
2 12 (12.24%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (7.14%) Finance
4 5 (5.10%) Manufacturing
5 4 (4.08%) Advertising
5 4 (4.08%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (3.06%) Law
6 3 (3.06%) Marketing
6 3 (3.06%) Public Sector
7 2 (2.04%) Legal
7 2 (2.04%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (2.04%) Telecoms
8 1 (1.02%) Billing
8 1 (1.02%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.02%) General Ledger
8 1 (1.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.02%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.02%) Retail
Job Titles
1 15 (15.31%) Analyst
2 11 (11.22%) Penetration Tester
2 11 (11.22%) Tester
3 10 (10.20%) Project Manager
4 9 (9.18%) Technical Support
5 8 (8.16%) Senior
6 5 (5.10%) Architect
6 5 (5.10%) IT Analyst
6 5 (5.10%) IT Support
6 5 (5.10%) IT Support Analyst
6 5 (5.10%) SC Cleared Project Manager
6 5 (5.10%) Support Analyst
7 4 (4.08%) Data Centre Manager
7 4 (4.08%) Data Centre Project Manager
7 4 (4.08%) Data Scientist
7 4 (4.08%) Lead
8 3 (3.06%) Consultant
8 3 (3.06%) Developer
8 3 (3.06%) Project Planner
9 2 (2.04%) 1st Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.06%) Pandas
1 3 (3.06%) scikit-learn
2 2 (2.04%) NumPy
2 2 (2.04%) REST
3 1 (1.02%) .NET
3 1 (1.02%) Apache NiFi
3 1 (1.02%) Express.js
3 1 (1.02%) HTML
3 1 (1.02%) Matplotlib
3 1 (1.02%) Node.js
3 1 (1.02%) Plotly
3 1 (1.02%) PyTorch
3 1 (1.02%) SOAP
3 1 (1.02%) TensorFlow
3 1 (1.02%) WebdriverIO
Miscellaneous
1 10 (10.20%) Security Posture
2 8 (8.16%) Data Centre
2 8 (8.16%) Management Information System
3 7 (7.14%) PMI
4 6 (6.12%) Data Protection Act
5 5 (5.10%) Driving Licence
5 5 (5.10%) Handset
5 5 (5.10%) Legacy Systems
5 5 (5.10%) Security Operations Centre
6 4 (4.08%) Virtual Team
7 3 (3.06%) Algorithms
7 3 (3.06%) Video Conferencing
8 2 (2.04%) CSOC
8 2 (2.04%) Cyber Threat
8 2 (2.04%) Distributed Computing
8 2 (2.04%) Onboarding
8 2 (2.04%) Replication
8 2 (2.04%) Social Media
9 1 (1.02%) AI Agents
9 1 (1.02%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 32 (32.65%) Windows
2 14 (14.29%) Linux
3 9 (9.18%) Unix
4 2 (2.04%) Kali Linux
4 2 (2.04%) Mac OS
4 2 (2.04%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (33.67%) Computer Science
2 27 (27.55%) Cybersecurity
3 23 (23.47%) Problem-Solving
3 23 (23.47%) Project Management
4 17 (17.35%) Agile
4 17 (17.35%) Information Security
5 15 (15.31%) PRINCE2
5 15 (15.31%) Stakeholder Management
6 14 (14.29%) Penetration Testing
7 13 (13.27%) Customer Service
7 13 (13.27%) Data Protection
8 12 (12.24%) Continuous Improvement
8 12 (12.24%) Line Management
9 11 (11.22%) Process Improvement
10 10 (10.20%) Change Management
10 10 (10.20%) Cloud Security
10 10 (10.20%) Decision-Making
10 10 (10.20%) ITIL
10 10 (10.20%) Machine Learning
11 9 (9.18%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 15 (15.31%) Python
2 14 (14.29%) SQL
3 13 (13.27%) Java
4 10 (10.20%) JavaScript
5 9 (9.18%) Perl
6 3 (3.06%) C#
6 3 (3.06%) PowerShell
7 2 (2.04%) Ada
7 2 (2.04%) Assembly Language
7 2 (2.04%) C
7 2 (2.04%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 31 (31.63%) Security Cleared
2 30 (30.61%) SC Cleared
3 28 (28.57%) Computer Science Degree
4 14 (14.29%) CISSP
5 13 (13.27%) CREST Certified
6 12 (12.24%) PMI Certification
7 11 (11.22%) Master's Degree
8 9 (9.18%) CHECK Team Member
8 9 (9.18%) Cyber Scheme
8 9 (9.18%) PMP
8 9 (9.18%) Postgraduate
9 6 (6.12%) CISM
10 5 (5.10%) A+ Certification
10 5 (5.10%) GIAC
11 4 (4.08%) Microsoft Certification
12 3 (3.06%) BPSS Clearance
12 3 (3.06%) Cisco Certification
12 3 (3.06%) MAPM
12 3 (3.06%) SANS
13 2 (2.04%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (23.47%) PMO
2 14 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 13 (13.27%) QA
4 11 (11.22%) GDPR
5 9 (9.18%) PCI DSS
6 8 (8.16%) NIST
7 5 (5.10%) Data Quality
8 2 (2.04%) Accessibility
8 2 (2.04%) ISO 9001
9 1 (1.02%) HIPAA
System Software
1 4 (4.08%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.02%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.02%) VMware NSX
2 1 (1.02%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 11 (11.22%) Nmap
2 2 (2.04%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (2.04%) SCCM
3 1 (1.02%) Ansible
3 1 (1.02%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.02%) Nessus
3 1 (1.02%) Terraform
3 1 (1.02%) vRealize
3 1 (1.02%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 21 (21.43%) Microsoft
2 12 (12.24%) Oracle
3 4 (4.08%) ESRI
3 4 (4.08%) Intergraph
3 4 (4.08%) ServiceNow
4 3 (3.06%) Cisco
4 3 (3.06%) Google
5 2 (2.04%) Databricks
5 2 (2.04%) Foundry
5 2 (2.04%) HP
5 2 (2.04%) Palantir
5 2 (2.04%) Splunk
6 1 (1.02%) ArcSight
6 1 (1.02%) F5
6 1 (1.02%) LogRhythm
6 1 (1.02%) Meraki
6 1 (1.02%) Red Hat
6 1 (1.02%) SAP
6 1 (1.02%) Tenable
6 1 (1.02%) VMware