Degree Contracts in Buckinghamshire

Academic Degree
South East > Buckinghamshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Buckinghamshire with a requirement for Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 22 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 23 48
Rank change year-on-year -4 +25 -15
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Degree 12 23 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 3.75% 6.10% 3.09%
As % of the Qualifications category 12.77% 15.54% 7.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 19 18
10th Percentile £182 £410 £389
25th Percentile £185 £413 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £450 £528
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% -14.69% +17.22%
75th Percentile £538 £492 £584
90th Percentile £568 £540 £616
South East median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 1
10th Percentile £15.70 - -
25th Percentile £16.38 £22.50 £16.25
Median hourly rate £19.00 £25.00 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -24.00% +42.86% +6.06%
75th Percentile £44.00 £27.50 £18.75
90th Percentile £58.10 - -
South East median hourly rate £60.00 £57.35 £60.00
% change year-on-year +4.62% -4.42% +33.33%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire.

DemandTrendContract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 94 148 335
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 29.38% 39.26% 41.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 61 121 279
10th Percentile £306 £326 £320
25th Percentile £405 £413 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £482 £510
Median % change year-on-year +2.18% -5.49% +7.37%
75th Percentile £560 £538 £600
90th Percentile £625 £590 £655
South East median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +0.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 5 4
10th Percentile £15.20 - £13.29
25th Percentile £17.87 £22.50 £13.47
Median hourly rate £25.15 £25.00 £13.57
Median % change year-on-year +0.60% +84.23% -45.72%
75th Percentile - £30.00 £14.87
90th Percentile £36.59 £34.80 £17.20
South East median hourly rate £28.00 £57.35 £60.00
% change year-on-year -51.18% -4.42% +33.33%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Degree in Buckinghamshire

Degree
Daily Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing Degree

Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in Buckinghamshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Degree in Buckinghamshire over the 6 months to 22 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Degree in Buckinghamshire

Degree
Hourly Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing Degree

Degree
Hourly Rate Histogram in Buckinghamshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Degree in Buckinghamshire over the 6 months to 22 August 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Degree in Buckinghamshire

Degree
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Degree within the Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 22 August 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Milton Keynes -3 6 £350 -22.44% 45
Buckingham 0 2 - - 1
Marlow - 2 - - 3
Bletchley - 1 - - 8
Degree
South East

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Buckinghamshire 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 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (8.33%) Camunda
2 1 (8.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (8.33%) AutoCAD
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (8.33%) MS Visio
1 1 (8.33%) Revit
1 1 (8.33%) Windchill
Cloud Services
1 3 (25.00%) Entra ID
2 2 (16.67%) AWS
2 2 (16.67%) Azure
2 2 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (8.33%) Amazon CloudWatch
3 1 (8.33%) Amazon ECS
3 1 (8.33%) AWS Fargate
3 1 (8.33%) GitHub
3 1 (8.33%) Google Analytics
3 1 (8.33%) PaaS
3 1 (8.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.33%) Firewall
1 1 (8.33%) NAS
1 1 (8.33%) SAN
1 1 (8.33%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.33%) Amazon RDS
1 1 (8.33%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (8.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Jenkins
1 1 (8.33%) JIRA
1 1 (8.33%) SoapUI
1 1 (8.33%) Terragrunt
General
1 6 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (16.67%) Aerospace
3 2 (16.67%) Electronics
4 1 (8.33%) Automotive
4 1 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (8.33%) Marketing
4 1 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (8.33%) Public Sector
4 1 (8.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (25.00%) Analyst
2 2 (16.67%) Service Analyst
2 2 (16.67%) Service Desk Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) 1st Line Support
3 1 (8.33%) 1st Line Support Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) Architect
3 1 (8.33%) Configuration Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Consultant
3 1 (8.33%) Coordinator
3 1 (8.33%) Java Architect
3 1 (8.33%) Java Technical Architect
3 1 (8.33%) SC Cleared Test Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) Senior Test Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) Service Desk Support Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) Solutions Consultant
3 1 (8.33%) Technical Architect
3 1 (8.33%) Test Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) Trainer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (16.67%) CSS
1 2 (16.67%) HTML
2 1 (8.33%) AngularJS
2 1 (8.33%) Kafka
2 1 (8.33%) Keycloak
2 1 (8.33%) OpenJDK
2 1 (8.33%) SOAP
2 1 (8.33%) Spring Boot
2 1 (8.33%) XML
2 1 (8.33%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (8.33%) Data Centre
2 1 (8.33%) Onboarding
2 1 (8.33%) Private Cloud
2 1 (8.33%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 3 (25.00%) Windows
2 2 (16.67%) Windows 10
3 1 (8.33%) Linux
3 1 (8.33%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (25.00%) Computer Science
2 3 (25.00%) Configuration Management
2 3 (25.00%) ITIL
2 3 (25.00%) Service Management
3 2 (16.67%) Critical Thinking
3 2 (16.67%) Customer Service
3 2 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (16.67%) Functional Testing
3 2 (16.67%) Systems Engineering
3 2 (16.67%) TOGAF
3 2 (16.67%) Virtual Environments
4 1 (8.33%) Actionable Insight
4 1 (8.33%) Analytical Thinking
4 1 (8.33%) CI/CD
4 1 (8.33%) Cloud Security
4 1 (8.33%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (8.33%) Customer-Centricity
4 1 (8.33%) Project Delivery
4 1 (8.33%) Traceability Matrix
Programming Languages
1 2 (16.67%) JavaScript
1 2 (16.67%) Python
2 1 (8.33%) Java
2 1 (8.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 2 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (16.67%) DBS Check
3 2 (16.67%) DV Cleared
3 2 (16.67%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 1 (8.33%) AWS Certification
4 1 (8.33%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 1 (8.33%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (8.33%) ISEB
4 1 (8.33%) ISEB Practitioner
4 1 (8.33%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 1 (8.33%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (16.67%) ARP4754
1 2 (16.67%) SLA
2 1 (8.33%) Def Stans
2 1 (8.33%) NCSC
System Software
1 3 (25.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (8.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (8.33%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (41.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (16.67%) ServiceNow
3 1 (8.33%) Autodesk
3 1 (8.33%) Cisco
3 1 (8.33%) Compaq
3 1 (8.33%) Dell
3 1 (8.33%) F5
3 1 (8.33%) Google
3 1 (8.33%) HP
3 1 (8.33%) Isilon
3 1 (8.33%) NetApp
3 1 (8.33%) PTC
3 1 (8.33%) Terracotta
3 1 (8.33%) Veeam
3 1 (8.33%) VMware
3 1 (8.33%) webMethods