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

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 44 20 27
Rank change year-on-year -24 +7 +4
Contract jobs citing Degree 35 37 43
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 3.77% 6.48% 5.65%
As % of the Qualifications category 17.24% 20.11% 23.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 24 25
10th Percentile £228 £148 £256
25th Percentile £405 £187 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £413 £500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -17.50% +25.00%
75th Percentile £575 £505 £600
90th Percentile £850 £581 £707
West Midlands median daily rate £481 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +6.89% -10.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 9
10th Percentile £23.49 £31.66 £22.33
25th Percentile £24.06 £33.72 £25.50
Median hourly rate £25.00 £37.15 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year -32.70% +30.33% +24.92%
75th Percentile £28.05 £40.57 £50.00
90th Percentile £29.88 £42.63 £56.25
West Midlands median hourly rate £31.10 £37.46 £39.92
% change year-on-year -16.98% -6.16% +74.97%

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 203 184 185
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 21.88% 32.22% 24.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 104 128 105
10th Percentile £221 £150 £263
25th Percentile £398 £263 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £425
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +11.76% -17.68%
75th Percentile £553 £600 £550
90th Percentile £654 £696 £690
West Midlands median daily rate £469 £475 £502
% change year-on-year -1.26% -5.28% -7.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 12 13
10th Percentile £16.21 - £14.00
25th Percentile £20.28 - £21.25
Median hourly rate £43.96 £18.87 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +132.96% -27.42% +55.22%
75th Percentile £75.00 £33.72 £28.75
90th Percentile - £51.65 £55.00
West Midlands median hourly rate £52.50 £30.00 £29.44
% change year-on-year +75.00% +1.92% +50.16%

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 17 July 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 2 (5.71%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.86%) Confluence
2 1 (2.86%) OpenStack
2 1 (2.86%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (22.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (17.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (8.57%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (2.86%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 2 (5.71%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 4 (11.43%) AWS
2 3 (8.57%) Azure
2 3 (8.57%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (5.71%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (2.86%) Azure AKS
4 1 (2.86%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.71%) Relational Database
2 1 (2.86%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 3 (8.57%) JIRA
2 2 (5.71%) JMeter
General
1 10 (28.57%) Finance
2 9 (25.71%) Social Skills
3 8 (22.86%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (14.29%) Public Sector
5 2 (5.71%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (2.86%) Automotive
6 1 (2.86%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.86%) Law
6 1 (2.86%) Legal
6 1 (2.86%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.86%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (25.71%) Designer
2 8 (22.86%) Trainee
2 8 (22.86%) Web Designer
2 8 (22.86%) Website Designer
3 5 (14.29%) Project Manager
4 4 (11.43%) Senior
5 3 (8.57%) Analyst
5 3 (8.57%) Architect
5 3 (8.57%) Business Analyst
5 3 (8.57%) Digital Product Manager
5 3 (8.57%) Product Manager
5 3 (8.57%) Senior Manager
5 3 (8.57%) Senior Project Manager
5 3 (8.57%) Solutions Architect
6 2 (5.71%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
6 2 (5.71%) 2nd Line Engineer
6 2 (5.71%) 2nd Line Support
6 2 (5.71%) Desktop Support
6 2 (5.71%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 2 (5.71%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (8.57%) ADO
2 1 (2.86%) ARM Templates
2 1 (2.86%) Elastic Stack
2 1 (2.86%) Loki
2 1 (2.86%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 4 (11.43%) Management Information System
2 3 (8.57%) Onboarding
3 2 (5.71%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (5.71%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.86%) Cloud Native
4 1 (2.86%) e-Learning
4 1 (2.86%) Learning Management System
4 1 (2.86%) Manufacturing Execution System
4 1 (2.86%) Operational Technology
4 1 (2.86%) PMI
4 1 (2.86%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.71%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (34.29%) Agile
2 8 (22.86%) Continuous Improvement
3 7 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 6 (17.14%) Change Management
4 6 (17.14%) DevOps
4 6 (17.14%) Project Management
5 5 (14.29%) PRINCE2
5 5 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (11.43%) Backlog Refinement
6 4 (11.43%) Roadmaps
6 4 (11.43%) Waterfall
6 4 (11.43%) Workshop Facilitation
7 3 (8.57%) ArchiMate
7 3 (8.57%) Backlog Prioritisation
7 3 (8.57%) Mentoring
7 3 (8.57%) Product Backlog
7 3 (8.57%) Product Management
7 3 (8.57%) Product Roadmap
7 3 (8.57%) Product Vision
7 3 (8.57%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.71%) Java
1 2 (5.71%) PL/SQL
1 2 (5.71%) SQL
1 2 (5.71%) VB
2 1 (2.86%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 5 (14.29%) Master's Degree
2 4 (11.43%) PMI Certification
3 3 (8.57%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (8.57%) PMP
3 3 (8.57%) TOGAF Certification
4 2 (5.71%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (5.71%) ISTQB
4 2 (5.71%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 2 (5.71%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 1 (2.86%) Postgraduate
5 1 (2.86%) SC Cleared
5 1 (2.86%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.71%) PMO
1 2 (5.71%) SLA
2 1 (2.86%) P3O
2 1 (2.86%) QA
System Software
1 2 (5.71%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.86%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (5.71%) HP ALM
1 2 (5.71%) HP Quality Center
1 2 (5.71%) Kubernetes
1 2 (5.71%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (5.71%) SCCM
1 2 (5.71%) Terraform
2 1 (2.86%) Ansible
2 1 (2.86%) Argo
2 1 (2.86%) Grafana
2 1 (2.86%) Kibana
2 1 (2.86%) logstash
2 1 (2.86%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 8 (22.86%) Microsoft
2 6 (17.14%) SAP
3 2 (5.71%) HP
3 2 (5.71%) Oracle
4 1 (2.86%) Atlassian
4 1 (2.86%) New Relic