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

6 months to
29 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 38 22
Rank change year-on-year +17 -16 -8
Contract jobs citing Degree 156 66 134
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 8.44% 5.50% 7.87%
As % of the Qualifications category 18.10% 15.60% 17.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 37 66
10th Percentile £306 £342 £308
25th Percentile £428 £400 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £463 £603
Median % change year-on-year +18.92% -23.24% +26.84%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £608
90th Percentile £688 £625 £638
South East median daily rate £525 £475 £480
% change year-on-year +10.53% -0.94% -4.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 4 7
10th Percentile £31.25 - £25.97
25th Percentile £65.75 £32.05 £35.71
Median hourly rate £84.00 £32.18 £41.50
Median % change year-on-year +161.03% -22.46% -34.86%
75th Percentile £88.00 £37.61 -
90th Percentile - £47.14 £49.92
South East median hourly rate £62.00 £56.75 £57.35
% change year-on-year +9.25% -1.05% -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 862 423 746
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 46.65% 35.28% 43.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 526 256 403
10th Percentile £368 £313 £330
25th Percentile £459 £425 £457
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £570 £519 £600
Median % change year-on-year +9.88% -13.54% +14.29%
75th Percentile £672 £606 £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 145 19 67
10th Percentile £30.73 £26.43 £41.50
25th Percentile £61.74 £32.05 £56.67
Median hourly rate £83.50 £53.50 £63.15
Median % change year-on-year +56.07% -15.28% -2.70%
75th Percentile £88.00 £78.63 £85.86
90th Percentile £104.30 £88.87 £98.50
South East median hourly rate £63.00 £25.15 £57.35
% change year-on-year +150.50% -56.15% -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 29 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 29 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 29 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 +24 107 £575 +21.05% 105
Wokingham -1 18 £400 -13.51% 19
Bracknell -2 13 £313 -30.56% 20
Slough +6 6 £500 +11.11% 16
Maidenhead -5 1 £775 - 16
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 18 (11.54%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.28%) Apache Airflow
2 2 (1.28%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.64%) Confluence
3 1 (0.64%) Oracle Service Bus
3 1 (0.64%) Oracle Workflow
3 1 (0.64%) WebLogic
Applications
1 19 (12.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (10.26%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (5.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (5.13%) Microsoft Project
4 5 (3.21%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (1.92%) NEC Housing
2 1 (0.64%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.64%) Primavera
2 1 (0.64%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (0.64%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 30 (19.23%) Azure
2 19 (12.18%) AWS
3 15 (9.62%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (7.05%) OneDrive
5 8 (5.13%) Entra ID
6 6 (3.85%) GCP
7 5 (3.21%) Power Platform
7 5 (3.21%) SaaS
8 3 (1.92%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (1.28%) Azure Data Factory
9 2 (1.28%) OpenShift
9 2 (1.28%) Snowflake
10 1 (0.64%) Lucidchart
10 1 (0.64%) Microsoft Copilot
10 1 (0.64%) Microsoft Purview
10 1 (0.64%) Serverless
10 1 (0.64%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 14 (8.97%) DHCP
1 14 (8.97%) DNS
1 14 (8.97%) TCP/IP
2 7 (4.49%) Firewall
3 4 (2.56%) LAN
4 3 (1.92%) VPN
5 2 (1.28%) Modbus
5 2 (1.28%) NAS
5 2 (1.28%) Network Security
5 2 (1.28%) Radio Access Network
5 2 (1.28%) SAN
5 2 (1.28%) Software-Defined Networking
5 2 (1.28%) WAN
6 1 (0.64%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.64%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.64%) VXLAN
6 1 (0.64%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (6.41%) Metadata
2 5 (3.21%) Power BI
3 2 (1.28%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (1.28%) Oracle Database
3 2 (1.28%) Relational Database
3 2 (1.28%) Tableau
4 1 (0.64%) GIS
4 1 (0.64%) Oracle Database 10g
4 1 (0.64%) Oracle Database 11g
4 1 (0.64%) Oracle Database 12c
4 1 (0.64%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.64%) SQLite
4 1 (0.64%) Text Mining
Development Applications
1 19 (12.18%) Rational DOORS
2 4 (2.56%) JIRA
3 2 (1.28%) Git
General
1 65 (41.67%) Social Skills
2 57 (36.54%) Aerospace
3 45 (28.85%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (8.97%) Finance
5 11 (7.05%) Manufacturing
6 8 (5.13%) Games
6 8 (5.13%) Law
6 8 (5.13%) Public Sector
7 6 (3.85%) Influencing Skills
8 5 (3.21%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (1.92%) Legal
9 3 (1.92%) Local Government
9 3 (1.92%) Police
9 3 (1.92%) Telecoms
10 2 (1.28%) Agriculture
10 2 (1.28%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (1.28%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.64%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.64%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 34 (21.79%) Delivery Manager
2 32 (20.51%) Product Manager
3 31 (19.87%) Product Delivery Manager
4 15 (9.62%) Systems Delivery Manager
4 15 (9.62%) Systems Manager
5 14 (8.97%) Lead
6 11 (7.05%) Architect
7 10 (6.41%) IT Support
8 8 (5.13%) Analyst
8 8 (5.13%) Change Manager
8 8 (5.13%) Security Advisor
9 6 (3.85%) Product Owner
9 6 (3.85%) Security Architect
10 5 (3.21%) Engineering Manager
10 5 (3.21%) Project Manager
11 4 (2.56%) Information Specialist
11 4 (2.56%) Knowledge Specialist
11 4 (2.56%) Principal Engineer
11 4 (2.56%) Senior
11 4 (2.56%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.56%) SailPoint
2 3 (1.92%) LDAP
2 3 (1.92%) OAuth
2 3 (1.92%) OpenID
2 3 (1.92%) SAML
3 2 (1.28%) ADO
3 2 (1.28%) ARM Templates
3 2 (1.28%) Terraform
4 1 (0.64%) Microsoft Graph
4 1 (0.64%) Oracle GoldenGate
4 1 (0.64%) Software Packaging
4 1 (0.64%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 25 (16.03%) Product Ownership
2 19 (12.18%) Management Information System
3 18 (11.54%) Data Structures
4 12 (7.69%) Data Centre
5 9 (5.77%) Virtual Team
6 8 (5.13%) Animation
6 8 (5.13%) Graphic Design
6 8 (5.13%) Interactive Media
6 8 (5.13%) Self-Motivation
7 7 (4.49%) CCTV
8 5 (3.21%) Hybrid Cloud
9 4 (2.56%) Operational Technology
9 4 (2.56%) Security Posture
10 3 (1.92%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (1.92%) Cloud Native
10 3 (1.92%) Cyber Threat
10 3 (1.92%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (1.92%) Life Science
10 3 (1.92%) LIMS
10 3 (1.92%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 16 (10.26%) Windows
2 10 (6.41%) Apple iOS
2 10 (6.41%) Mac OS
3 5 (3.21%) Linux
4 2 (1.28%) Unix
4 2 (1.28%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.64%) OpenVMS
5 1 (0.64%) Solaris
5 1 (0.64%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.64%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (46.79%) Continuous Improvement
2 69 (44.23%) Computer Science
3 52 (33.33%) Agile
4 46 (29.49%) ITIL
5 43 (27.56%) PRINCE2
6 39 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 36 (23.08%) Stakeholder Management
8 34 (21.79%) Problem-Solving
9 31 (19.87%) Systems Engineering
10 30 (19.23%) Scaled Agile Framework
11 28 (17.95%) Roadmaps
11 28 (17.95%) Service Management
12 26 (16.67%) ITSM
13 25 (16.03%) Digital Engineering
14 24 (15.38%) Programme Management
15 22 (14.10%) Configuration Management
16 21 (13.46%) Change Management
16 21 (13.46%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
17 20 (12.82%) Cybersecurity
17 20 (12.82%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (7.05%) Python
2 8 (5.13%) SQL
3 4 (2.56%) PowerShell
4 3 (1.92%) Bash
5 2 (1.28%) Bicep
6 1 (0.64%) Korn
6 1 (0.64%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.64%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 96 (61.54%) Security Cleared
2 46 (29.49%) SC Cleared
3 21 (13.46%) Computer Science Degree
4 18 (11.54%) PMI Certification
5 17 (10.90%) PMP
6 8 (5.13%) CISSP
7 7 (4.49%) Azure Certification
7 7 (4.49%) Master's Degree
8 5 (3.21%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (2.56%) AWS Certification
10 3 (1.92%) CSPO
10 3 (1.92%) DV Cleared
10 3 (1.92%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 2 (1.28%) APMP
11 2 (1.28%) CISA
11 2 (1.28%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (1.28%) CISM
11 2 (1.28%) MAPM
11 2 (1.28%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 1 (0.64%) APMG
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (6.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (5.77%) NIST
3 7 (4.49%) Data Quality
4 6 (3.85%) NIST 800
5 4 (2.56%) GDPR
5 4 (2.56%) GRC
5 4 (2.56%) PMO
6 3 (1.92%) NCSC
7 2 (1.28%) QA
8 1 (0.64%) DO-254
8 1 (0.64%) IEC 61508
8 1 (0.64%) ISO 26262
8 1 (0.64%) ITGC
8 1 (0.64%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.64%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (3.85%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.92%) Hyper-V
2 3 (1.92%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.28%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.64%) Firmware
4 1 (0.64%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 13 (8.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (6.41%) Jamf Pro
3 3 (1.92%) Kubernetes
4 2 (1.28%) Ansible
4 2 (1.28%) Istio
4 2 (1.28%) MOM
4 2 (1.28%) Oracle RMAN
5 1 (0.64%) CASB
5 1 (0.64%) Data Guard
5 1 (0.64%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 35 (22.44%) Microsoft
2 22 (14.10%) ServiceNow
3 19 (12.18%) IBM
4 7 (4.49%) Google
5 3 (1.92%) EMC
5 3 (1.92%) ForgeRock
5 3 (1.92%) NEC
5 3 (1.92%) Okta
5 3 (1.92%) Oracle
5 3 (1.92%) Ping Identity
5 3 (1.92%) VMware
6 2 (1.28%) Databricks
6 2 (1.28%) Red Hat
6 2 (1.28%) Salesforce
6 2 (1.28%) SAP
7 1 (0.64%) Apple
7 1 (0.64%) CheckPoint
7 1 (0.64%) Commvault
7 1 (0.64%) JDA
7 1 (0.64%) Juniper