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 21 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 38 19 18
Rank change year-on-year -19 -1 +9
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Degree 34 71 80
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 4.86% 7.59% 7.38%
As % of the Qualifications category 11.60% 18.02% 18.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 19 37
10th Percentile - £320 £370
25th Percentile £235 £438 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £370 £463 £525
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% -11.90% +16.67%
75th Percentile £480 £575 £600
90th Percentile £575 £633 £700
South West median daily rate £375 £520 £550
% change year-on-year -27.88% -5.45% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 35 17
10th Percentile £18.05 £60.75 £33.00
25th Percentile £22.63 £67.50 £45.00
Median hourly rate £30.25 £70.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -56.79% - +16.67%
75th Percentile £56.61 £73.13 £83.40
90th Percentile £72.42 £75.00 -
South West median hourly rate £65.00 £70.00 £56.91
% change year-on-year -7.14% +23.00% +10.95%

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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 293 394 434
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 41.92% 42.09% 40.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 158 188 276
10th Percentile £213 £336 £336
25th Percentile £355 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £525 £591
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% -11.21% +12.62%
75th Percentile £584 £638 £676
90th Percentile £716 £750 £769
South West median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 54 104 57
10th Percentile £18.15 £52.38 £33.00
25th Percentile £22.63 £64.69 £55.00
Median hourly rate £35.00 £70.00 £67.50
Median % change year-on-year -50.00% +3.70% +12.50%
75th Percentile £68.56 £75.00 £83.40
90th Percentile £79.61 £80.00 £90.00
South West median hourly rate £25.15 £70.00 £64.15
% change year-on-year -64.07% +9.13% +6.91%

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
Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Degree

Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Degree in Bristol over the 6 months to 21 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Degree in Bristol

Degree
Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Degree

Degree
Hourly Rate Histogram in Bristol

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Degree in Bristol over the 6 months to 21 August 2025.

Hourly rate histogram 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 7 (20.59%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (8.82%) Apache
Applications
1 9 (26.47%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (8.82%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (2.94%) Chatbot
3 1 (2.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (2.94%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (2.94%) SAP EWM
1 1 (2.94%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 8 (23.53%) Azure
2 7 (20.59%) AWS
2 7 (20.59%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (17.65%) GCP
4 1 (2.94%) Amazon ECS
4 1 (2.94%) Amazon S3
4 1 (2.94%) GitHub
4 1 (2.94%) Power Platform
4 1 (2.94%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 7 (20.59%) VPN
2 4 (11.76%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.94%) Amazon Athena
1 1 (2.94%) Amazon RDS
1 1 (2.94%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (2.94%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (11.76%) GitLab
2 3 (8.82%) Artifactory
3 2 (5.88%) JIRA
General
1 18 (52.94%) Social Skills
2 10 (29.41%) Telecoms
3 8 (23.53%) Finance
3 8 (23.53%) Public Sector
4 7 (20.59%) Marketing
5 6 (17.65%) Electronics
5 6 (17.65%) Manufacturing
6 2 (5.88%) Aerospace
7 1 (2.94%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (2.94%) General Ledger
7 1 (2.94%) Local Government
7 1 (2.94%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (2.94%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (35.29%) Support Engineer
2 8 (23.53%) Developer
3 7 (20.59%) Desktop Engineer
3 7 (20.59%) Desktop Support
3 7 (20.59%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 6 (17.65%) Applications Developer
4 6 (17.65%) Applications Support
5 5 (14.71%) Applications Engineer
5 5 (14.71%) Applications Support Engineer
5 5 (14.71%) Azure Developer
5 5 (14.71%) Azure Engineer
5 5 (14.71%) C# Application Developer
5 5 (14.71%) C# Developer
5 5 (14.71%) Site Reliability Engineer
6 4 (11.76%) Coordinator
6 4 (11.76%) DevOps Engineer
6 4 (11.76%) Project Coordinator
7 3 (8.82%) Consultant
8 2 (5.88%) Lead
9 1 (2.94%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (17.65%) .NET
1 6 (17.65%) CSS
1 6 (17.65%) HTML
2 3 (8.82%) Apache NiFi
2 3 (8.82%) REST
3 1 (2.94%) Django
3 1 (2.94%) Node.js
3 1 (2.94%) React
Miscellaneous
1 8 (23.53%) Management Information System
2 4 (11.76%) Fibre Optics
3 1 (2.94%) Cloud Native
3 1 (2.94%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (2.94%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 3 (8.82%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (41.18%) Computer Science
2 13 (38.24%) Service Delivery
3 11 (32.35%) Software Engineering
4 10 (29.41%) CI/CD
4 10 (29.41%) User Experience
5 9 (26.47%) ITIL
6 8 (23.53%) Collaborative Working
6 8 (23.53%) Customer Service
6 8 (23.53%) ITSM
7 7 (20.59%) Case Management
7 7 (20.59%) Service Management
7 7 (20.59%) Web Development
8 6 (17.65%) Business Intelligence
8 6 (17.65%) Continuous Delivery
8 6 (17.65%) Continuous Integration
8 6 (17.65%) DevOps
8 6 (17.65%) Digital Marketing
8 6 (17.65%) Programme Management
8 6 (17.65%) Software Delivery
8 6 (17.65%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 7 (20.59%) JavaScript
2 6 (17.65%) C#
3 4 (11.76%) Python
4 3 (8.82%) PowerShell
5 1 (2.94%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 12 (35.29%) Computer Science Degree
2 7 (20.59%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 6 (17.65%) Azure Certification
3 6 (17.65%) Security Cleared
4 4 (11.76%) DV Cleared
5 2 (5.88%) Master's Degree
6 1 (2.94%) ACCA
6 1 (2.94%) AWS Certification
6 1 (2.94%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 1 (2.94%) CIMA
6 1 (2.94%) PMI Certification
6 1 (2.94%) PMP
6 1 (2.94%) Postgraduate
6 1 (2.94%) SAP Certification
6 1 (2.94%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (20.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (11.76%) QA
3 1 (2.94%) GAAP
3 1 (2.94%) IFRS
3 1 (2.94%) PMBOK
3 1 (2.94%) PMO
System Software
1 7 (20.59%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (20.59%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (8.82%) Ansible
2 3 (8.82%) Terraform
3 2 (5.88%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 10 (29.41%) Microsoft
2 8 (23.53%) SAP
3 7 (20.59%) Citrix
3 7 (20.59%) ServiceNow
4 6 (17.65%) Google
5 3 (8.82%) Red Hat
6 1 (2.94%) IBM
6 1 (2.94%) Liquidlogic
6 1 (2.94%) Oracle
6 1 (2.94%) PayPal