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 28 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 26 15
Rank change year-on-year -1 -11 +2
Contract jobs citing Degree 139 85 208
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 7.58% 7.42% 10.12%
As % of the Qualifications category 16.37% 21.63% 22.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 48 104
10th Percentile £204 £241 £148
25th Percentile £236 £400 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £486 £425
Median % change year-on-year -17.65% +14.29% -10.05%
75th Percentile £500 £602 £591
90th Percentile £600 £650 £608
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 5 19
10th Percentile £80.00 - £20.19
25th Percentile £80.75 £41.25 £41.25
Median hourly rate £84.00 £53.50 £45.21
Median % change year-on-year +57.01% +18.34% -29.77%
75th Percentile £88.00 £61.76 £67.82
90th Percentile - £76.93 £70.86
South East median hourly rate £84.00 £56.75 £57.35
% change year-on-year +48.02% -1.05% +27.44%

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 849 393 935
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 46.32% 34.29% 45.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 545 211 458
10th Percentile £268 £306 £205
25th Percentile £360 £428 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +4.76% -5.83%
75th Percentile £575 £663 £623
90th Percentile £652 £700 £688
South East median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 118 24 81
10th Percentile £22.19 £41.25 £41.25
25th Percentile £71.85 £58.22 £52.90
Median hourly rate £83.00 £62.47 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +32.86% +1.41% -4.75%
75th Percentile £88.00 £71.38 £72.33
90th Percentile £95.75 £84.94 £87.00
South East median hourly rate £50.00 £55.87 £57.35
% change year-on-year -10.51% -2.58% +10.29%

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 28 March 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 28 March 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 28 March 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 +5 77 £488 -1.32% 41
Wokingham -15 28 £400 -11.11% 7
Windsor +8 11 £208 -58.50% 1
Slough +4 9 £500 -16.67% 15
Bracknell -5 8 £338 -9.40% 7
Maidenhead +5 2 £775 - 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 5 (3.60%) SharePoint
2 4 (2.88%) Confluence
3 3 (2.16%) Apache
4 2 (1.44%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.72%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.72%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.72%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 23 (16.55%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (12.23%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (9.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (7.19%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.72%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (2.88%) Primavera
2 1 (0.72%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.72%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (0.72%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 23 (16.55%) Azure
2 17 (12.23%) AWS
3 6 (4.32%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (2.88%) GCP
4 4 (2.88%) Power Platform
5 3 (2.16%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (1.44%) Entra ID
6 2 (1.44%) Lucidchart
7 1 (0.72%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (0.72%) IaaS
7 1 (0.72%) Microsoft Copilot
7 1 (0.72%) OCI
7 1 (0.72%) PaaS
7 1 (0.72%) Power Automate
7 1 (0.72%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (9.35%) Firewall
2 12 (8.63%) Wireless
3 7 (5.04%) Unified Communications
4 6 (4.32%) Network Security
5 3 (2.16%) DNS
6 2 (1.44%) Internet
6 2 (1.44%) LAN
6 2 (1.44%) NAS
6 2 (1.44%) Radio Access Network
6 2 (1.44%) SAN
6 2 (1.44%) WAN
6 2 (1.44%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.72%) 4G
7 1 (0.72%) 5G
7 1 (0.72%) Cisco ISE
7 1 (0.72%) Cisco Nexus
7 1 (0.72%) Intranet
7 1 (0.72%) SD-WAN
7 1 (0.72%) Skype
7 1 (0.72%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (8.63%) Relational Database
2 9 (6.47%) MySQL
3 3 (2.16%) Oracle Database
3 3 (2.16%) SQL Server
4 2 (1.44%) Big Data
4 2 (1.44%) Hadoop
4 2 (1.44%) Metadata
4 2 (1.44%) Power BI
5 1 (0.72%) Data Mining
5 1 (0.72%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.72%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.72%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.72%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.72%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 28 (20.14%) Rational DOORS
2 12 (8.63%) Burp Suite
3 10 (7.19%) Metasploit
4 8 (5.76%) JIRA
5 2 (1.44%) Balsamiq
5 2 (1.44%) Git
5 2 (1.44%) Selenium
6 1 (0.72%) Appium
6 1 (0.72%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.72%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.72%) GitLab
6 1 (0.72%) Postman
6 1 (0.72%) SoapUI
6 1 (0.72%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.72%) WebDriver
General
1 56 (40.29%) Social Skills
2 45 (32.37%) Aerospace
3 14 (10.07%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (7.19%) Finance
4 10 (7.19%) Manufacturing
5 5 (3.60%) Presentation Skills
5 5 (3.60%) Public Sector
6 4 (2.88%) Marketing
6 4 (2.88%) Telecoms
7 3 (2.16%) Advertising
7 3 (2.16%) Law
7 3 (2.16%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (1.44%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (1.44%) Legal
9 1 (0.72%) Avionics
9 1 (0.72%) Billing
9 1 (0.72%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.72%) Military
9 1 (0.72%) Retail
Job Titles
1 32 (23.02%) Product Manager
2 29 (20.86%) Delivery Manager
3 28 (20.14%) Product Delivery Manager
4 22 (15.83%) Systems Delivery Manager
4 22 (15.83%) Systems Manager
5 16 (11.51%) Analyst
6 11 (7.91%) Lead
6 11 (7.91%) Penetration Tester
6 11 (7.91%) Project Manager
6 11 (7.91%) Tester
7 9 (6.47%) Architect
7 9 (6.47%) Technical Support
8 7 (5.04%) Engineering Manager
9 6 (4.32%) SC Cleared Project Manager
10 5 (3.60%) IT Analyst
10 5 (3.60%) IT Support
10 5 (3.60%) IT Support Analyst
10 5 (3.60%) Security Architect
10 5 (3.60%) Support Analyst
11 4 (2.88%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.16%) ADO
2 2 (1.44%) NumPy
2 2 (1.44%) Oracle GoldenGate
2 2 (1.44%) Pandas
2 2 (1.44%) scikit-learn
3 1 (0.72%) .NET
3 1 (0.72%) Apache NiFi
3 1 (0.72%) HTML
3 1 (0.72%) REST
3 1 (0.72%) SOAP
3 1 (0.72%) WebdriverIO
Miscellaneous
1 29 (20.86%) Product Ownership
2 22 (15.83%) Data Structures
3 11 (7.91%) Security Posture
4 10 (7.19%) Management Information System
5 9 (6.47%) PMI
5 9 (6.47%) Virtual Team
6 8 (5.76%) Data Protection Act
7 5 (3.60%) Data Centre
7 5 (3.60%) Driving Licence
7 5 (3.60%) Handset
7 5 (3.60%) Security Operations Centre
8 3 (2.16%) AI Agents
8 3 (2.16%) Algorithms
8 3 (2.16%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (2.16%) Taxonomies
8 3 (2.16%) Video Conferencing
9 2 (1.44%) CSOC
9 2 (1.44%) Distributed Computing
9 2 (1.44%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (1.44%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 33 (23.74%) Windows
2 14 (10.07%) Linux
3 10 (7.19%) Unix
4 2 (1.44%) Kali Linux
4 2 (1.44%) Mac OS
4 2 (1.44%) OpenVMS
4 2 (1.44%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (49.64%) Computer Science
2 46 (33.09%) Agile
3 42 (30.22%) Continuous Improvement
4 41 (29.50%) PRINCE2
5 38 (27.34%) Systems Engineering
6 35 (25.18%) Cybersecurity
7 32 (23.02%) Programme Management
8 30 (21.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 29 (20.86%) Scaled Agile Framework
10 27 (19.42%) Change Control
11 26 (18.71%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
12 25 (17.99%) Configuration Management
13 24 (17.27%) Requirements Management
14 23 (16.55%) SysML
14 23 (16.55%) UML
15 22 (15.83%) Problem-Solving
15 22 (15.83%) Project Management
16 21 (15.11%) DoDAF
17 18 (12.95%) Information Security
18 17 (12.23%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (10.07%) Python
1 14 (10.07%) SQL
2 11 (7.91%) Java
3 10 (7.19%) JavaScript
4 9 (6.47%) Perl
5 2 (1.44%) Korn
5 2 (1.44%) PowerShell
5 2 (1.44%) Shell Script
6 1 (0.72%) C#
Qualifications
1 79 (56.83%) Security Cleared
2 37 (26.62%) SC Cleared
3 20 (14.39%) Computer Science Degree
4 14 (10.07%) CREST Certified
5 13 (9.35%) PMI Certification
6 10 (7.19%) CHECK Team Member
6 10 (7.19%) CISSP
6 10 (7.19%) Cyber Scheme
6 10 (7.19%) Postgraduate
7 9 (6.47%) PMP
8 7 (5.04%) Master's Degree
9 5 (3.60%) A+ Certification
9 5 (3.60%) GIAC
10 4 (2.88%) MAPM
10 4 (2.88%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (2.16%) BPSS Clearance
11 3 (2.16%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (2.16%) SANS
12 2 (1.44%) APMP
12 2 (1.44%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (13.67%) PMO
2 18 (12.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 14 (10.07%) QA
4 12 (8.63%) GDPR
5 11 (7.91%) NIST
6 10 (7.19%) PCI DSS
7 6 (4.32%) NIST 800
8 4 (2.88%) Data Quality
9 3 (2.16%) DO-254
9 3 (2.16%) IEC 61508
9 3 (2.16%) ISO 26262
10 2 (1.44%) Accessibility
10 2 (1.44%) ISO 9001
11 1 (0.72%) HIPAA
System Software
1 6 (4.32%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.44%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (0.72%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.72%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 12 (8.63%) Nmap
2 2 (1.44%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (1.44%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
2 2 (1.44%) Oracle RMAN
2 2 (1.44%) SCCM
3 1 (0.72%) Ansible
3 1 (0.72%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.72%) Nessus
3 1 (0.72%) Terraform
Vendors
1 25 (17.99%) IBM
2 22 (15.83%) Microsoft
3 13 (9.35%) Oracle
4 8 (5.76%) ServiceNow
5 3 (2.16%) Cisco
5 3 (2.16%) Google
6 2 (1.44%) Red Hat
6 2 (1.44%) Splunk
7 1 (0.72%) ArcSight
7 1 (0.72%) BT
7 1 (0.72%) Commvault
7 1 (0.72%) EMC
7 1 (0.72%) F5
7 1 (0.72%) HP
7 1 (0.72%) JDA
7 1 (0.72%) LogRhythm
7 1 (0.72%) Meraki
7 1 (0.72%) NetApp
7 1 (0.72%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.72%) Veeam