Degree Contract Job Trends in Birmingham

Academic Degree
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Birmingham with a requirement for Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 16 17
Rank change year-on-year -17 +1 +8
Contract jobs citing Degree 42 54 61
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 4.57% 8.93% 8.48%
As % of the Qualifications category 18.26% 27.41% 40.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 34 44
10th Percentile £210 £156 £149
25th Percentile £245 £331 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year -15.90% -2.50% +17.65%
75th Percentile £506 £569 £609
90th Percentile £850 £648 £753
West Midlands median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 3
10th Percentile £23.91 £31.66 £25.90
25th Percentile £25.11 £33.72 £34.00
Median hourly rate £27.11 £37.15 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -27.03% -25.71% +243.88%
75th Percentile £29.10 £40.57 £51.25
90th Percentile £30.30 £42.63 £52.00
West Midlands median hourly rate £33.99 £38.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -11.71% -23.00% +170.27%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Birmingham

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 Birmingham.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 230 197 152
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 25.00% 32.56% 21.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 113 130 85
10th Percentile £211 £150 £209
25th Percentile £388 £283 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.05% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £650
90th Percentile £700 £638 £759
West Midlands median daily rate £475 £500 £538
% change year-on-year -5.00% -7.06% -0.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 19 6
10th Percentile £14.99 £17.66 £20.88
25th Percentile £21.56 - £22.33
Median hourly rate £43.96 £18.87 £38.06
Median % change year-on-year +132.96% -50.42% -41.44%
75th Percentile £75.00 - £51.88
90th Percentile - £45.70 £54.88
West Midlands median hourly rate £43.96 £28.18 £38.75
% change year-on-year +56.00% -27.28% +42.20%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Degree relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

Degree job vacancy trend in Birmingham

Degree
Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Degree.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Degree

Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in Birmingham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Degree in Birmingham over the 6 months to 19 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Degree in Birmingham

Degree
Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Degree.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Degree

Degree
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham 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 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (7.14%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (11.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (9.52%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (4.76%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (2.38%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 2 (4.76%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (2.38%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 7 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (9.52%) AWS
2 4 (9.52%) Power Platform
3 3 (7.14%) Azure
3 3 (7.14%) Entra ID
3 3 (7.14%) OCI
3 3 (7.14%) OneDrive
4 2 (4.76%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (4.76%) Oracle Service Cloud
5 1 (2.38%) Azure AKS
5 1 (2.38%) Azure Monitor
5 1 (2.38%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.76%) Unified Communications
1 2 (4.76%) VLAN
1 2 (4.76%) VoIP
2 1 (2.38%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (9.52%) Power BI
2 3 (7.14%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (2.38%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (2.38%) Metadata
3 1 (2.38%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 2 (4.76%) JIRA
General
1 13 (30.95%) Finance
2 10 (23.81%) Social Skills
3 7 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (16.67%) Public Sector
4 2 (4.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (4.76%) Influencing Skills
4 2 (4.76%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (4.76%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (2.38%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (2.38%) Law
5 1 (2.38%) Legal
Job Titles
1 9 (21.43%) Designer
2 8 (19.05%) Trainee
2 8 (19.05%) Web Designer
2 8 (19.05%) Website Designer
3 7 (16.67%) Senior
4 5 (11.90%) Senior Manager
5 4 (9.52%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
5 4 (9.52%) 2nd Line Desktop Support Engineer
5 4 (9.52%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 4 (9.52%) 2nd Line Support
5 4 (9.52%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 4 (9.52%) Analyst
5 4 (9.52%) Desktop Engineer
5 4 (9.52%) Desktop Support
5 4 (9.52%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 4 (9.52%) Mobile Engineer
5 4 (9.52%) Project Manager
5 4 (9.52%) Support Engineer
6 3 (7.14%) Business Analyst
6 3 (7.14%) Senior Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (9.52%) REST
2 3 (7.14%) Microsoft Graph
2 3 (7.14%) Oracle Fusion
2 3 (7.14%) SOAP
3 1 (2.38%) ADO
3 1 (2.38%) ARM Templates
3 1 (2.38%) Loki
3 1 (2.38%) OpenTelemetry
3 1 (2.38%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 6 (14.29%) Management Information System
2 2 (4.76%) Acoustics
2 2 (4.76%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (4.76%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (4.76%) Video Conferencing
2 2 (4.76%) Virtual Team
3 1 (2.38%) Cloud Native
3 1 (2.38%) Cyber Defence
3 1 (2.38%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 6 (14.29%) Windows
2 2 (4.76%) Android
3 1 (2.38%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (33.33%) Agile
2 11 (26.19%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 9 (21.43%) Continuous Improvement
4 8 (19.05%) Analytics
5 7 (16.67%) Change Management
6 6 (14.29%) ERP
6 6 (14.29%) ITIL
6 6 (14.29%) Service Management
6 6 (14.29%) Waterfall
7 5 (11.90%) AI
7 5 (11.90%) Computer Science
7 5 (11.90%) Project Management
8 4 (9.52%) Analytical Thinking
8 4 (9.52%) Backlog Refinement
8 4 (9.52%) DevOps
8 4 (9.52%) Patch Management
8 4 (9.52%) Problem-Solving
8 4 (9.52%) Stakeholder Management
9 3 (7.14%) Backlog Prioritisation
9 3 (7.14%) Product Backlog
Programming Languages
1 3 (7.14%) PowerShell
2 2 (4.76%) SQL
3 1 (2.38%) Bicep
3 1 (2.38%) C#
3 1 (2.38%) Java
3 1 (2.38%) Kusto Query Language
3 1 (2.38%) Python
3 1 (2.38%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 4 (9.52%) Computer Science Degree
1 4 (9.52%) Master's Degree
2 3 (7.14%) BPSS Clearance
2 3 (7.14%) PMI Certification
2 3 (7.14%) PMP
3 2 (4.76%) APMG
3 2 (4.76%) DBS Check
3 2 (4.76%) ITIL Certification
3 2 (4.76%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (4.76%) Security Cleared
4 1 (2.38%) CISSP
4 1 (2.38%) GCIH
4 1 (2.38%) Postgraduate
4 1 (2.38%) SANS
4 1 (2.38%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.76%) PMO
1 2 (4.76%) SLA
2 1 (2.38%) GDPR
2 1 (2.38%) P3O
2 1 (2.38%) QA
System Software
1 4 (9.52%) Active Directory
2 2 (4.76%) Firmware
3 1 (2.38%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (4.76%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (4.76%) SCCM
2 1 (2.38%) Argo
2 1 (2.38%) Grafana
2 1 (2.38%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.38%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 14 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 4 (9.52%) Splunk
3 3 (7.14%) Cisco
3 3 (7.14%) Oracle
3 3 (7.14%) Ribbon
3 3 (7.14%) SAP
4 2 (4.76%) Nexthink
4 2 (4.76%) ServiceNow
5 1 (2.38%) New Relic
5 1 (2.38%) Remedy