Degree Contracts 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 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 17 34 35
Rank change year-on-year +17 +1 -20
Contract jobs citing Degree 49 45 64
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham 6.40% 5.06% 4.90%
As % of the Qualifications category 26.49% 21.33% 28.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 22 44
10th Percentile £190 £144 £313
25th Percentile £361 £325 £391
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £400 £440
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £550 £529 £559
90th Percentile £600 £584 £634
West Midlands median daily rate £475 £475 £500
% change year-on-year - -5.00% +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 8 0
10th Percentile £22.33 £10.96 -
25th Percentile £25.50 £11.75 -
Median hourly rate £26.00 £16.10 -
Median % change year-on-year +61.49% - -
75th Percentile £28.75 £29.12 -
90th Percentile £56.25 £53.80 -
West Midlands median hourly rate £39.92 £18.50 £14.00
% change year-on-year +115.78% +32.14% -6.67%

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 185 211 228
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 24.15% 23.73% 17.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 103 103 158
10th Percentile £263 £263 £237
25th Percentile £325 £381 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £520 £450
Median % change year-on-year -18.27% +15.56% -
75th Percentile £550 £644 £563
90th Percentile £673 £700 £635
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £540 £475
% change year-on-year -7.41% +13.68% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 18 3
10th Percentile £14.00 £11.70 -
25th Percentile £21.25 £12.70 -
Median hourly rate £26.00 £16.75 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +55.22% -16.25% +43.99%
75th Percentile £28.75 £20.00 £21.13
90th Percentile £50.75 £29.51 £21.80
West Midlands median hourly rate £28.50 £20.00 £14.50
% change year-on-year +42.50% +37.93% -9.38%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Job postings citing Degree as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

Job vacancy trend for Degree in Birmingham

Degree
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Degree in Birmingham.

Daily rate trend for Degree in Birmingham

Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in Birmingham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Degree in Birmingham over the 6 months to 17 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Degree in Birmingham

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Degree in Birmingham.

Hourly rate trend for Degree in Birmingham

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Hourly Rate Histogram in Birmingham

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Degree in Birmingham over the 6 months to 17 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Degree in Birmingham

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.04%) Apache
1 1 (2.04%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 12 (24.49%) Chatbot
2 8 (16.33%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (10.20%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (10.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (10.20%) MS Visio
4 2 (4.08%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (4.08%) NetSuite
2 1 (2.04%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 10 (20.41%) Azure
2 3 (6.12%) AWS
2 3 (6.12%) Azure Functions
2 3 (6.12%) Azure Monitor
2 3 (6.12%) Google Workspace
2 3 (6.12%) IaaS
2 3 (6.12%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (6.12%) PaaS
2 3 (6.12%) Power Platform
2 3 (6.12%) SaaS
2 3 (6.12%) Serverless
3 2 (4.08%) Amazon EC2
3 2 (4.08%) Amazon S3
3 2 (4.08%) Azure Cosmos DB
3 2 (4.08%) Azure Service Bus
3 2 (4.08%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 1 (2.04%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (2.04%) dbt
4 1 (2.04%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (2.04%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 8 (16.33%) LAN
1 8 (16.33%) WAN
2 5 (10.20%) Firewall
2 5 (10.20%) VPN
3 3 (6.12%) Cisco Nexus
3 3 (6.12%) DHCP
3 3 (6.12%) DNS
3 3 (6.12%) Ethereal
3 3 (6.12%) Ethernet
3 3 (6.12%) VLAN
3 3 (6.12%) VoIP
3 3 (6.12%) Wi-Fi
3 3 (6.12%) Wireless
3 3 (6.12%) Wireshark
4 2 (4.08%) Broadband
4 2 (4.08%) Skype
4 2 (4.08%) TCP/IP
5 1 (2.04%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.12%) Power BI
2 2 (4.08%) Relational Database
3 1 (2.04%) Amazon Redshift
3 1 (2.04%) Flink
3 1 (2.04%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (6.12%) Git
1 3 (6.12%) Jenkins
2 2 (4.08%) JIRA
General
1 23 (46.94%) Social Skills
2 9 (18.37%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (12.24%) Finance
4 5 (10.20%) German Language
4 5 (10.20%) Presentation Skills
5 3 (6.12%) Documentation Skills
5 3 (6.12%) Legal
5 3 (6.12%) Telecoms
6 1 (2.04%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 19 (38.78%) Developer
2 12 (24.49%) Software Developer
3 6 (12.24%) Java Developer
3 6 (12.24%) Support Engineer
4 5 (10.20%) Architect
5 3 (6.12%) 1st/2nd Line Support
5 3 (6.12%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
5 3 (6.12%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 3 (6.12%) 2nd Line Support
5 3 (6.12%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 3 (6.12%) Enterprise Architect
5 3 (6.12%) Network Engineer
5 3 (6.12%) Network Support
5 3 (6.12%) Network Support Engineer
5 3 (6.12%) Technical Manager
6 2 (4.08%) Azure Architect
6 2 (4.08%) Data Engineer
6 2 (4.08%) NetSuite Consultant
6 2 (4.08%) Senior
6 2 (4.08%) Senior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (26.53%) HTML
2 6 (12.24%) Spring
3 3 (6.12%) AngularJS
3 3 (6.12%) React
4 1 (2.04%) CSS
4 1 (2.04%) Guice
4 1 (2.04%) Kafka
4 1 (2.04%) RabbitMQ
4 1 (2.04%) REST
4 1 (2.04%) SOAP
4 1 (2.04%) Vue
4 1 (2.04%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 9 (18.37%) Self-Motivation
2 7 (14.29%) Management Information System
3 3 (6.12%) Analytical Mindset
3 3 (6.12%) Clustering
3 3 (6.12%) Data Centre
3 3 (6.12%) Driving Licence
3 3 (6.12%) Virtual Team
4 2 (4.08%) Algorithms
4 2 (4.08%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (4.08%) Data Structures
4 2 (4.08%) Distributed Systems
4 2 (4.08%) Industry 4.0
4 2 (4.08%) IoT
5 1 (2.04%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 6 (12.24%) Windows
2 3 (6.12%) Mac OS
2 3 (6.12%) Windows 10
2 3 (6.12%) Windows Server
2 3 (6.12%) Windows Server 2012
2 3 (6.12%) Windows Server 2019
3 2 (4.08%) Linux
3 2 (4.08%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (44.90%) Computer Science
2 16 (32.65%) Software Engineering
3 15 (30.61%) Artificial Intelligence
4 13 (26.53%) Agile
5 12 (24.49%) Code Quality
5 12 (24.49%) Conversational UI
6 10 (20.41%) Problem-Solving
7 7 (14.29%) DevOps
8 6 (12.24%) Translating Business Requirements
9 5 (10.20%) CI/CD
9 5 (10.20%) Continuous Improvement
9 5 (10.20%) Data Science
9 5 (10.20%) Migration
9 5 (10.20%) Project Delivery
9 5 (10.20%) Scrum
10 4 (8.16%) Asset Management
10 4 (8.16%) CAFM
10 4 (8.16%) Change Management
10 4 (8.16%) TDD
10 4 (8.16%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 16 (32.65%) SQL
2 15 (30.61%) Python
3 13 (26.53%) C#
3 13 (26.53%) JavaScript
4 6 (12.24%) Java
4 6 (12.24%) PowerShell
5 2 (4.08%) Perl
Qualifications
1 17 (34.69%) Computer Science Degree
2 8 (16.33%) Master's Degree
3 4 (8.16%) CCNA
3 4 (8.16%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (8.16%) PMI Certification
3 4 (8.16%) PMP
4 3 (6.12%) APMP
4 3 (6.12%) TOGAF Certification
5 2 (4.08%) Azure Certification
6 1 (2.04%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.12%) QA
2 1 (2.04%) Data Quality
2 1 (2.04%) GDPR
System Software
1 4 (8.16%) Virtual Desktop
2 3 (6.12%) Active Directory
2 3 (6.12%) Hyper-V
2 3 (6.12%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (4.08%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (2.04%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (6.12%) Autotask
1 3 (6.12%) Failover Clustering
1 3 (6.12%) Jamf Pro
1 3 (6.12%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (6.12%) OpenView
1 3 (6.12%) SCCM
1 3 (6.12%) SysTrack
2 1 (2.04%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.04%) Terraform
Vendors
1 12 (24.49%) PayPal
2 11 (22.45%) Microsoft
3 4 (8.16%) Oracle
3 4 (8.16%) SAP
4 3 (6.12%) Apple
4 3 (6.12%) Cisco
4 3 (6.12%) Citrix
4 3 (6.12%) Datto
4 3 (6.12%) Google
4 3 (6.12%) New Relic
4 3 (6.12%) OpenAI
4 3 (6.12%) Salesforce
4 3 (6.12%) VMware
5 1 (2.04%) Informatica