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

6 months to
11 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 35 28
Rank change year-on-year +14 -7 -13
Contract jobs citing Degree 163 71 119
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 8.99% 5.82% 7.26%
As % of the Qualifications category 19.00% 16.17% 17.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 78 38 71
10th Percentile £361 £358 £209
25th Percentile £500 £402 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £450 £585
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -23.08% +30.00%
75th Percentile £588 £519 £608
90th Percentile £649 £613 £638
South East median daily rate £525 £450 £453
% change year-on-year +16.67% -0.55% -9.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 2 7
10th Percentile £29.63 £21.94 £25.97
25th Percentile £31.25 £23.67 £35.71
Median hourly rate £67.50 £26.55 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +154.24% -37.53% -39.71%
75th Percentile £82.37 £29.43 £43.75
90th Percentile £87.16 £31.16 £51.27
South East median hourly rate £52.50 £29.61 £51.44
% change year-on-year +77.30% -42.44% -6.47%

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 858 439 677
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 47.30% 35.98% 41.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 511 289 365
10th Percentile £363 £255 £289
25th Percentile £498 £393 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £570 £500 £575
Median % change year-on-year +14.00% -13.04% +9.52%
75th Percentile £656 £588 £645
90th Percentile £775 £638 £722
South East median daily rate £550 £500 £538
% change year-on-year +10.00% -6.98% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 141 18 59
10th Percentile £31.25 £20.25 £41.25
25th Percentile £63.50 £27.59 £56.20
Median hourly rate £85.00 £43.96 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +93.38% -28.64% -3.14%
75th Percentile £100.00 £83.44 £75.32
90th Percentile £104.50 £88.87 £100.00
South East median hourly rate £62.50 £25.15 £60.83
% change year-on-year +148.51% -58.66% +1.38%

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 11 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 11 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 11 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 +21 111 £575 +27.78% 159
Bracknell +7 16 £248 -51.71% 29
Wokingham -7 16 £480 +6.67% 25
Slough -2 7 £500 +5.26% 77
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 19 (11.66%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.23%) Apache Airflow
2 2 (1.23%) Confluence
2 2 (1.23%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.61%) Oracle Service Bus
3 1 (0.61%) WebLogic
Applications
1 19 (11.66%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (11.04%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (6.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (4.29%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (2.45%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (1.84%) NEC Housing
2 1 (0.61%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 37 (22.70%) Azure
2 21 (12.88%) AWS
3 15 (9.20%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (6.75%) OneDrive
5 8 (4.91%) Azure DevOps
6 7 (4.29%) Entra ID
6 7 (4.29%) GCP
7 6 (3.68%) SaaS
8 4 (2.45%) Power Platform
9 3 (1.84%) OpenShift
10 2 (1.23%) Azure Data Factory
10 2 (1.23%) Serverless
10 2 (1.23%) Snowflake
11 1 (0.61%) Amazon EventBridge
11 1 (0.61%) Amazon SQS
11 1 (0.61%) AWS Lambda
11 1 (0.61%) Lucidchart
11 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Copilot
11 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Purview
11 1 (0.61%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 14 (8.59%) TCP/IP
2 13 (7.98%) DHCP
2 13 (7.98%) DNS
3 5 (3.07%) Firewall
4 3 (1.84%) LAN
4 3 (1.84%) VPN
5 2 (1.23%) 3GPP
5 2 (1.23%) IPv4
5 2 (1.23%) IPv6
5 2 (1.23%) LTE
5 2 (1.23%) Modbus
5 2 (1.23%) Network Security
5 2 (1.23%) Radio Access Network
5 2 (1.23%) Software-Defined Networking
5 2 (1.23%) TETRA
5 2 (1.23%) VoIP
5 2 (1.23%) VoLTE
5 2 (1.23%) Wireshark
5 2 (1.23%) XCAP
6 1 (0.61%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (11.66%) Metadata
2 4 (2.45%) Power BI
3 3 (1.84%) GIS
3 3 (1.84%) Tableau
4 2 (1.23%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (1.23%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.61%) DynamoDB
5 1 (0.61%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.61%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.61%) Oracle Database 10g
5 1 (0.61%) Oracle Database 11g
5 1 (0.61%) Oracle Database 12c
5 1 (0.61%) SQLite
5 1 (0.61%) Text Mining
Development Applications
1 6 (3.68%) JIRA
2 2 (1.23%) Git
2 2 (1.23%) Rational DOORS
General
1 73 (44.79%) Social Skills
2 55 (33.74%) Aerospace
3 39 (23.93%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (11.04%) Manufacturing
5 9 (5.52%) Games
5 9 (5.52%) Influencing Skills
6 8 (4.91%) Finance
7 7 (4.29%) Organisational Skills
8 6 (3.68%) Law
8 6 (3.68%) Pharmaceutical
9 5 (3.07%) Public Sector
10 4 (2.45%) Automotive
10 4 (2.45%) Telecoms
11 3 (1.84%) Local Government
11 3 (1.84%) Police
11 3 (1.84%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (1.23%) Agriculture
12 2 (1.23%) Electronics
12 2 (1.23%) Legal
13 1 (0.61%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 28 (17.18%) Delivery Manager
2 19 (11.66%) Product Delivery Manager
2 19 (11.66%) Product Manager
3 10 (6.13%) IT Support
3 10 (6.13%) Lead
4 9 (5.52%) Senior
5 8 (4.91%) Architect
6 7 (4.29%) Change Manager
6 7 (4.29%) Engineering Manager
6 7 (4.29%) Project Manager
7 6 (3.68%) Analyst
7 6 (3.68%) Data Engineer
7 6 (3.68%) Information Management Specialist
7 6 (3.68%) Information Specialist
7 6 (3.68%) Knowledge Specialist
7 6 (3.68%) Product Owner
7 6 (3.68%) Security Advisor
7 6 (3.68%) Systems Engineer
8 5 (3.07%) Digital Delivery Manager
9 4 (2.45%) Digital Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.45%) SailPoint
2 3 (1.84%) LDAP
2 3 (1.84%) OAuth
2 3 (1.84%) OpenID
2 3 (1.84%) SAML
2 3 (1.84%) XML
3 2 (1.23%) ARM Templates
3 2 (1.23%) Terraform
4 1 (0.61%) ADO
4 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Graph
4 1 (0.61%) Middleware
4 1 (0.61%) Node.js
4 1 (0.61%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 25 (15.34%) Management Information System
2 13 (7.98%) Product Ownership
3 10 (6.13%) Data Centre
4 9 (5.52%) Animation
4 9 (5.52%) Interactive Media
4 9 (5.52%) Self-Motivation
4 9 (5.52%) Virtual Team
5 8 (4.91%) Graphic Design
5 8 (4.91%) SCADA
6 5 (3.07%) CCTV
6 5 (3.07%) Cloud Native
6 5 (3.07%) Hybrid Cloud
6 5 (3.07%) Operational Technology
7 4 (2.45%) PMI
8 3 (1.84%) Cyber Threat
8 3 (1.84%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (1.84%) Life Science
8 3 (1.84%) LIMS
8 3 (1.84%) Security Posture
9 2 (1.23%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 18 (11.04%) Windows
2 10 (6.13%) Apple iOS
2 10 (6.13%) macOS
3 7 (4.29%) Linux
4 3 (1.84%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.61%) Solaris
5 1 (0.61%) Unix
5 1 (0.61%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.61%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (42.94%) Continuous Improvement
2 64 (39.26%) Computer Science
3 53 (32.52%) ITIL
4 50 (30.67%) Stakeholder Management
5 48 (29.45%) Agile
5 48 (29.45%) Roadmaps
6 39 (23.93%) Service Management
7 38 (23.31%) Problem-Solving
8 37 (22.70%) Digital Engineering
9 33 (20.25%) Change Management
10 31 (19.02%) PRINCE2
10 31 (19.02%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 26 (15.95%) ITSM
12 25 (15.34%) Project Management
12 25 (15.34%) Scaled Agile Framework
13 24 (14.72%) AI
13 24 (14.72%) Software Engineering
14 23 (14.11%) DevOps
15 20 (12.27%) Decision-Making
16 19 (11.66%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 16 (9.82%) Python
2 11 (6.75%) SQL
3 4 (2.45%) PowerShell
4 3 (1.84%) Bash
5 2 (1.23%) Bicep
6 1 (0.61%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 95 (58.28%) Security Cleared
2 73 (44.79%) SC Cleared
3 29 (17.79%) Computer Science Degree
4 15 (9.20%) Azure Certification
4 15 (9.20%) PMI Certification
5 13 (7.98%) PMP
6 11 (6.75%) DV Cleared
7 10 (6.13%) CISSP
8 8 (4.91%) AWS Certification
8 8 (4.91%) Master's Degree
9 7 (4.29%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 5 (3.07%) Microsoft Certification
11 4 (2.45%) DBS Check
11 4 (2.45%) PhD
11 4 (2.45%) TOGAF Certification
12 3 (1.84%) CSPO
13 2 (1.23%) APMP
13 2 (1.23%) CISA
13 2 (1.23%) Cisco Certification
13 2 (1.23%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.91%) Data Quality
2 6 (3.68%) GDPR
3 4 (2.45%) QA
4 3 (1.84%) NCSC
4 3 (1.84%) PMO
5 2 (1.23%) GRC
5 2 (1.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.23%) NIST
6 1 (0.61%) DO-254
6 1 (0.61%) GMP
6 1 (0.61%) IEC 61508
6 1 (0.61%) ISO 26262
6 1 (0.61%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.61%) ITGC
6 1 (0.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.61%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (2.45%) Active Directory
1 4 (2.45%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (1.23%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.61%) Firmware
3 1 (0.61%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (0.61%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 13 (7.98%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (6.13%) Jamf Pro
3 4 (2.45%) Kubernetes
4 3 (1.84%) MOM
5 2 (1.23%) Ansible
5 2 (1.23%) Istio
6 1 (0.61%) CASB
6 1 (0.61%) Data Guard
6 1 (0.61%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 47 (28.83%) Microsoft
2 18 (11.04%) ServiceNow
3 7 (4.29%) Google
4 4 (2.45%) VMware
5 3 (1.84%) Cisco
5 3 (1.84%) EMC
5 3 (1.84%) ForgeRock
5 3 (1.84%) NEC
5 3 (1.84%) Okta
5 3 (1.84%) Ping Identity
6 2 (1.23%) Databricks
6 2 (1.23%) Oracle
6 2 (1.23%) Red Hat
6 2 (1.23%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.61%) Apple
7 1 (0.61%) CheckPoint
7 1 (0.61%) Fortinet
7 1 (0.61%) IBM
7 1 (0.61%) Juniper
7 1 (0.61%) SAP