Degree Contracts in Bristol

Academic Degree
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bristol with a requirement for Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 11 33
Rank change year-on-year -13 +22 +1
Contract jobs citing Degree 32 111 78
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 5.96% 10.50% 6.22%
As % of the Qualifications category 12.55% 22.65% 16.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 29 33
10th Percentile £235 £43 £303
25th Percentile £250 £450 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £370 £530 £525
Median % change year-on-year -30.19% +0.95% +0.96%
75th Percentile £494 £675 £645
90th Percentile £560 £690 £663
South West median daily rate £500 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -5.66% -3.64% +15.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 38 12
10th Percentile - £43.35 £55.63
25th Percentile - £53.75 £64.06
Median hourly rate £75.00 £70.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +7.69% -5.86%
75th Percentile £76.99 £72.50 £79.38
90th Percentile £80.57 £85.00 £85.00
South West median hourly rate £65.00 £57.39 £65.00
% change year-on-year +13.27% -11.72% +18.18%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Bristol

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 Bristol.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 255 490 476
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 47.49% 46.36% 37.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 134 240 306
10th Percentile £240 £311 £303
25th Percentile £366 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £456 £566 £576
Median % change year-on-year -19.47% -1.74% +10.82%
75th Percentile £587 £650 £675
90th Percentile £679 £725 £739
South West median daily rate £550 £550 £578
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +11.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 54 118 75
10th Percentile £18.51 £43.75 £30.21
25th Percentile £31.56 £54.74 £57.25
Median hourly rate £64.50 £70.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.86% +7.69% -
75th Percentile £68.00 £76.88 £85.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £85.00 £89.10
South West median hourly rate £60.00 £61.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -1.64% -6.15% +5.69%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Job vacancy trend for Degree in Bristol

Degree
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Daily rate trend for Degree in Bristol

Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Degree in Bristol over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Degree in Bristol

Degree
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Hourly rate trend for Degree in Bristol

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol 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 5 (15.63%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (3.13%) Apache
Applications
1 8 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (6.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (6.25%) MS Visio
4 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 9 (28.13%) Azure
2 8 (25.00%) AWS
2 8 (25.00%) GCP
3 5 (15.63%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (6.25%) IaaS
4 2 (6.25%) PaaS
4 2 (6.25%) SaaS
5 1 (3.13%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (3.13%) Power Platform
5 1 (3.13%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 5 (15.63%) VPN
2 4 (12.50%) Broadband
3 3 (9.38%) ISDN
3 3 (9.38%) PBX
3 3 (9.38%) SD-WAN
3 3 (9.38%) Unified Communications
3 3 (9.38%) VoIP
3 3 (9.38%) WAN
4 1 (3.13%) Internet
4 1 (3.13%) Network Security
4 1 (3.13%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.13%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (3.13%) Artifactory
1 1 (3.13%) Git
1 1 (3.13%) GitLab
1 1 (3.13%) JIRA
1 1 (3.13%) MLflow
General
1 15 (46.88%) Social Skills
2 14 (43.75%) Telecoms
3 10 (31.25%) Public Sector
4 8 (25.00%) Finance
4 8 (25.00%) Manufacturing
5 7 (21.88%) Electronics
5 7 (21.88%) Marketing
6 3 (9.38%) Billing
6 3 (9.38%) Military
7 1 (3.13%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (3.13%) Aviation
7 1 (3.13%) General Ledger
7 1 (3.13%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (37.50%) Support Engineer
2 8 (25.00%) Applications Support
3 7 (21.88%) Applications Developer
3 7 (21.88%) Applications Engineer
3 7 (21.88%) Applications Support Engineer
3 7 (21.88%) Developer
4 6 (18.75%) Azure Developer
4 6 (18.75%) Azure Engineer
4 6 (18.75%) C# Application Developer
4 6 (18.75%) C# Developer
4 6 (18.75%) Site Reliability Engineer
5 5 (15.63%) Desktop Engineer
5 5 (15.63%) Desktop Support
5 5 (15.63%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 4 (12.50%) Coordinator
6 4 (12.50%) Project Coordinator
7 3 (9.38%) Telecoms Engineer
8 2 (6.25%) Business Analyst
8 2 (6.25%) Consultant
8 2 (6.25%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (25.00%) .NET
1 8 (25.00%) CSS
1 8 (25.00%) HTML
2 1 (3.13%) Apache NiFi
2 1 (3.13%) PyTorch
2 1 (3.13%) REST
2 1 (3.13%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 11 (34.38%) Management Information System
2 4 (12.50%) Fibre Optics
3 3 (9.38%) IVR
3 3 (9.38%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (3.13%) Data Centre
4 1 (3.13%) Enterprise Cloud
4 1 (3.13%) Enterprise Storage
4 1 (3.13%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.25%) Windows
2 1 (3.13%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (40.63%) Service Delivery
2 12 (37.50%) Computer Science
3 10 (31.25%) CI/CD
3 10 (31.25%) Service Management
3 10 (31.25%) Software Engineering
3 10 (31.25%) User Experience
4 8 (25.00%) Continuous Delivery
4 8 (25.00%) Continuous Integration
4 8 (25.00%) Software Delivery
4 8 (25.00%) TDD
4 8 (25.00%) Test Automation
4 8 (25.00%) Web Development
5 7 (21.88%) Business Intelligence
5 7 (21.88%) Digital Marketing
5 7 (21.88%) ITIL
5 7 (21.88%) Programme Management
6 6 (18.75%) ITSM
6 6 (18.75%) Site Reliability Engineering
7 5 (15.63%) Case Management
7 5 (15.63%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 8 (25.00%) C#
1 8 (25.00%) JavaScript
2 2 (6.25%) PowerShell
2 2 (6.25%) Python
3 1 (3.13%) Bash
3 1 (3.13%) Java
3 1 (3.13%) Perl
3 1 (3.13%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 11 (34.38%) Computer Science Degree
2 8 (25.00%) Azure Certification
2 8 (25.00%) Security Cleared
3 5 (15.63%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 5 (15.63%) SC Cleared
4 3 (9.38%) CCNA
4 3 (9.38%) CCNP
4 3 (9.38%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (9.38%) DV Cleared
5 1 (3.13%) ACCA
5 1 (3.13%) APMG
5 1 (3.13%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (3.13%) CIMA
5 1 (3.13%) Master's Degree
5 1 (3.13%) MCITP
5 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (3.13%) PMI Certification
5 1 (3.13%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (15.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (9.38%) QA
3 1 (3.13%) GAAP
3 1 (3.13%) IFRS
3 1 (3.13%) PMBOK
3 1 (3.13%) PMO
System Software
1 5 (15.63%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.13%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (15.63%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (6.25%) Kubernetes
3 1 (3.13%) Ansible
3 1 (3.13%) Prometheus
3 1 (3.13%) Terraform
Vendors
1 9 (28.13%) Microsoft
2 8 (25.00%) Google
2 8 (25.00%) SAP
3 5 (15.63%) Citrix
3 5 (15.63%) ServiceNow
4 3 (9.38%) Cisco
5 1 (3.13%) Oracle
5 1 (3.13%) Red Hat