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

6 months to
17 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 36 23
Rank change year-on-year +13 -13 -7
Contract jobs citing Degree 150 61 127
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 8.17% 5.20% 7.48%
As % of the Qualifications category 17.67% 15.25% 17.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 36 69
10th Percentile £310 £339 £230
25th Percentile £463 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £450 £600
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -25.00% +33.33%
75th Percentile £594 £591 £608
90th Percentile £668 £619 £638
South East median daily rate £525 £456 £475
% change year-on-year +15.07% -3.95% -4.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 3 7
10th Percentile £31.25 - £25.97
25th Percentile £35.22 - £35.71
Median hourly rate £75.00 £32.05 £41.50
Median % change year-on-year +134.01% -22.77% -41.13%
75th Percentile £83.00 £32.18 £42.19
90th Percentile £87.16 £32.26 £50.75
South East median hourly rate £58.75 £62.00 £57.35
% change year-on-year -5.24% +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 849 400 739
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 46.27% 34.10% 43.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 527 250 392
10th Percentile £375 £270 £325
25th Percentile £496 £406 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £500 £583
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -14.24% +11.05%
75th Percentile £675 £600 £653
90th Percentile £775 £676 £738
South East median daily rate £550 £515 £550
% change year-on-year +6.80% -6.36% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 134 16 68
10th Percentile £25.49 £25.95 £42.47
25th Percentile £59.03 £31.57 £56.65
Median hourly rate £82.75 £43.96 £63.15
Median % change year-on-year +88.26% -30.40% -2.12%
75th Percentile £100.00 £87.31 £85.75
90th Percentile £104.85 £88.87 £98.25
South East median hourly rate £61.33 £25.15 £58.17
% change year-on-year +143.86% -56.77% -3.05%

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 17 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 17 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 17 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 +24 100 £575 +27.78% 196
Wokingham +2 17 £428 -7.57% 31
Bracknell 0 14 £313 -30.56% 37
Slough +7 6 £500 +11.11% 73
Maidenhead -6 1 £775 - 25
Windsor - 1 - - 10
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 20 (13.33%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.33%) Apache Airflow
2 2 (1.33%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.67%) Confluence
3 1 (0.67%) Oracle Service Bus
3 1 (0.67%) WebLogic
Applications
1 17 (11.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (10.67%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (5.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (3.33%) MS Visio
5 4 (2.67%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (2.00%) NEC Housing
2 1 (0.67%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 33 (22.00%) Azure
2 19 (12.67%) AWS
3 15 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (7.33%) OneDrive
5 7 (4.67%) Entra ID
5 7 (4.67%) GCP
6 6 (4.00%) Azure DevOps
6 6 (4.00%) SaaS
7 5 (3.33%) Power Platform
8 3 (2.00%) OpenShift
9 2 (1.33%) Azure Data Factory
9 2 (1.33%) Serverless
9 2 (1.33%) Snowflake
10 1 (0.67%) Amazon EventBridge
10 1 (0.67%) Amazon SQS
10 1 (0.67%) AWS Lambda
10 1 (0.67%) Lucidchart
10 1 (0.67%) Microsoft Copilot
10 1 (0.67%) Microsoft Purview
10 1 (0.67%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 14 (9.33%) TCP/IP
2 13 (8.67%) DHCP
2 13 (8.67%) DNS
3 5 (3.33%) Firewall
4 3 (2.00%) LAN
4 3 (2.00%) VPN
5 2 (1.33%) Modbus
5 2 (1.33%) Network Security
5 2 (1.33%) Radio Access Network
5 2 (1.33%) Software-Defined Networking
6 1 (0.67%) 3GPP
6 1 (0.67%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.67%) LTE
6 1 (0.67%) TETRA
6 1 (0.67%) VoLTE
6 1 (0.67%) VXLAN
6 1 (0.67%) WAN
6 1 (0.67%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.67%) Wireshark
6 1 (0.67%) XCAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (11.33%) Metadata
2 5 (3.33%) Power BI
3 3 (2.00%) GIS
3 3 (2.00%) Tableau
4 2 (1.33%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (1.33%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.67%) DynamoDB
5 1 (0.67%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.67%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.67%) Oracle Database 10g
5 1 (0.67%) Oracle Database 11g
5 1 (0.67%) Oracle Database 12c
5 1 (0.67%) SQLite
5 1 (0.67%) Text Mining
Development Applications
1 2 (1.33%) Git
1 2 (1.33%) JIRA
2 1 (0.67%) Rational DOORS
General
1 71 (47.33%) Social Skills
2 49 (32.67%) Aerospace
3 44 (29.33%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (9.33%) Manufacturing
5 11 (7.33%) Finance
6 8 (5.33%) Games
6 8 (5.33%) Law
7 6 (4.00%) Influencing Skills
7 6 (4.00%) Public Sector
8 5 (3.33%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (2.67%) Automotive
10 3 (2.00%) Legal
10 3 (2.00%) Local Government
10 3 (2.00%) Pharmaceutical
10 3 (2.00%) Police
10 3 (2.00%) Telecoms
11 2 (1.33%) Agriculture
11 2 (1.33%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.67%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.67%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 23 (15.33%) Delivery Manager
2 18 (12.00%) Product Delivery Manager
2 18 (12.00%) Product Manager
3 11 (7.33%) Lead
4 10 (6.67%) IT Support
5 9 (6.00%) Architect
6 8 (5.33%) Change Manager
6 8 (5.33%) Security Advisor
7 7 (4.67%) Analyst
7 7 (4.67%) Senior
8 6 (4.00%) Data Engineer
8 6 (4.00%) Engineering Manager
8 6 (4.00%) Information Management Specialist
8 6 (4.00%) Information Specialist
8 6 (4.00%) Knowledge Specialist
8 6 (4.00%) Product Owner
8 6 (4.00%) Systems Engineer
9 5 (3.33%) Project Manager
9 5 (3.33%) Security Architect
10 4 (2.67%) Principal Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.67%) SailPoint
2 3 (2.00%) LDAP
2 3 (2.00%) OAuth
2 3 (2.00%) OpenID
2 3 (2.00%) SAML
2 3 (2.00%) XML
3 2 (1.33%) ARM Templates
3 2 (1.33%) Terraform
4 1 (0.67%) ADO
4 1 (0.67%) Microsoft Graph
4 1 (0.67%) Node.js
4 1 (0.67%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 23 (15.33%) Management Information System
2 10 (6.67%) Data Centre
2 10 (6.67%) Virtual Team
3 8 (5.33%) Animation
3 8 (5.33%) Graphic Design
3 8 (5.33%) Interactive Media
3 8 (5.33%) Self-Motivation
4 7 (4.67%) CCTV
4 7 (4.67%) Product Ownership
5 5 (3.33%) Cloud Native
5 5 (3.33%) Hybrid Cloud
5 5 (3.33%) SCADA
6 4 (2.67%) Operational Technology
6 4 (2.67%) PMI
6 4 (2.67%) Security Posture
7 3 (2.00%) Cyber Threat
7 3 (2.00%) Life Science
7 3 (2.00%) LIMS
8 2 (1.33%) Distributed Architecture
8 2 (1.33%) Distributed Computing
Operating Systems
1 16 (10.67%) Windows
2 10 (6.67%) Apple iOS
2 10 (6.67%) Mac OS
3 5 (3.33%) Linux
4 3 (2.00%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.67%) Solaris
5 1 (0.67%) Unix
5 1 (0.67%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.67%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (42.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 60 (40.00%) Computer Science
3 49 (32.67%) ITIL
4 41 (27.33%) Roadmaps
5 40 (26.67%) Agile
6 39 (26.00%) Stakeholder Management
7 35 (23.33%) Service Management
8 33 (22.00%) Digital Engineering
9 32 (21.33%) Problem-Solving
10 29 (19.33%) Change Management
10 29 (19.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 28 (18.67%) PRINCE2
12 26 (17.33%) ITSM
13 21 (14.00%) Decision-Making
14 20 (13.33%) AI
14 20 (13.33%) DevOps
14 20 (13.33%) Software Engineering
15 19 (12.67%) Project Management
16 18 (12.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
16 18 (12.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 14 (9.33%) Python
2 11 (7.33%) SQL
3 4 (2.67%) PowerShell
4 3 (2.00%) Bash
5 2 (1.33%) Bicep
6 1 (0.67%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 86 (57.33%) Security Cleared
2 58 (38.67%) SC Cleared
3 26 (17.33%) Computer Science Degree
4 16 (10.67%) PMI Certification
5 14 (9.33%) PMP
6 11 (7.33%) Azure Certification
7 9 (6.00%) Master's Degree
8 8 (5.33%) CISSP
9 7 (4.67%) DV Cleared
9 7 (4.67%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 6 (4.00%) AWS Certification
11 5 (3.33%) Microsoft Certification
12 3 (2.00%) CSPO
13 2 (1.33%) APMP
13 2 (1.33%) CISA
13 2 (1.33%) CISM
13 2 (1.33%) DBS Check
13 2 (1.33%) MAPM
13 2 (1.33%) TOGAF Certification
13 2 (1.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.67%) Data Quality
2 6 (4.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (3.33%) NIST
4 4 (2.67%) GDPR
4 4 (2.67%) GRC
5 3 (2.00%) NCSC
5 3 (2.00%) NIST 800
5 3 (2.00%) PMO
6 2 (1.33%) QA
7 1 (0.67%) DO-254
7 1 (0.67%) IEC 61508
7 1 (0.67%) ISO 26262
7 1 (0.67%) ITGC
7 1 (0.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.67%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (2.67%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.33%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.67%) Firmware
4 1 (0.67%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.67%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 13 (8.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (6.67%) Jamf Pro
3 4 (2.67%) Kubernetes
4 3 (2.00%) MOM
5 2 (1.33%) Ansible
5 2 (1.33%) Istio
6 1 (0.67%) CASB
6 1 (0.67%) Data Guard
6 1 (0.67%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 40 (26.67%) Microsoft
2 19 (12.67%) ServiceNow
3 7 (4.67%) Google
4 3 (2.00%) EMC
4 3 (2.00%) ForgeRock
4 3 (2.00%) NEC
4 3 (2.00%) Okta
4 3 (2.00%) Ping Identity
4 3 (2.00%) VMware
5 2 (1.33%) Databricks
5 2 (1.33%) Oracle
5 2 (1.33%) Red Hat
5 2 (1.33%) Salesforce
5 2 (1.33%) SAP
6 1 (0.67%) Apple
6 1 (0.67%) CheckPoint
6 1 (0.67%) Cisco
6 1 (0.67%) IBM
6 1 (0.67%) JDA
6 1 (0.67%) Juniper