Degree Contract Job Trends in Canary Wharf

Academic Degree
Tower Hamlets > Canary Wharf

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Canary Wharf with a requirement for Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 5 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 7 18
Rank change year-on-year -6 +11 0
Contract jobs citing Degree 4 11 16
As % of all contract jobs in Canary Wharf 7.41% 18.33% 9.58%
As % of the Qualifications category 36.36% 45.83% 51.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 11 12
10th Percentile - £398 £546
25th Percentile - £493 £611
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £1,000 £540 £630
Median % change year-on-year +85.19% -14.29% -3.82%
75th Percentile - £585 £663
90th Percentile - £595 £759
Tower Hamlets median daily rate £1,000 £540 £630
% change year-on-year +85.19% -14.29% -3.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £55.00 - -
Tower Hamlets median hourly rate £55.00 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Canary Wharf

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 Canary Wharf.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 11 24 31
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Canary Wharf 20.37% 40.00% 18.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 22 24
10th Percentile £397 £250 £495
25th Percentile £560 £292 £530
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £528 £630
Median % change year-on-year +27.96% -16.27% +10.77%
75th Percentile £750 £593 £663
90th Percentile £880 £645 £744
Tower Hamlets median daily rate £675 £528 £630
% change year-on-year +27.96% -16.27% +10.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £55.75 - -
25th Percentile £56.88 - -
Median hourly rate £58.75 - -
75th Percentile £60.63 - -
90th Percentile £61.75 - -
Tower Hamlets median hourly rate £58.75 - -

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Canary Wharf

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Degree relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Canary Wharf.

Degree job vacancy trend in Canary Wharf

Degree
Daily Rate Trend in Canary Wharf

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Canary Wharf citing Degree.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Canary Wharf citing Degree

Degree
Hourly Rate Trend in Canary Wharf

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Canary Wharf citing Degree.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Canary Wharf citing Degree

Degree
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Canary Wharf 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Endur
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 3 (75.00%) Finance
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Automotive
2 2 (50.00%) Back Office
2 2 (50.00%) Telecoms
3 1 (25.00%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Back Office Business Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Business Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Developer
1 2 (50.00%) Endur Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Endur Business Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) OpenLink Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) OpenLink Business Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Principal Business Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Python Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Backend Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Quantitative Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Legacy Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Renewable Energy
2 1 (25.00%) Derivative
2 1 (25.00%) Distributed Computing
2 1 (25.00%) Equity Derivative
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Agile
1 2 (50.00%) AI
1 2 (50.00%) Change Control
1 2 (50.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (50.00%) DevOps
1 2 (50.00%) Digital Engineering
1 2 (50.00%) Digital Innovation
1 2 (50.00%) Logistics
1 2 (50.00%) Project Delivery
1 2 (50.00%) Project Governance
1 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (25.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (25.00%) Continuous Deployment
2 1 (25.00%) Data Pipeline
2 1 (25.00%) Mathematics
2 1 (25.00%) PnL Attribution
2 1 (25.00%) Product Roadmap
2 1 (25.00%) Quantitative Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (25.00%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) Python
1 2 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (25.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) Master's Degree
2 2 (50.00%) MBA
3 1 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (25.00%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) QA
2 1 (25.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Hitachi
1 2 (50.00%) ION Trading
1 2 (50.00%) OpenLink
1 2 (50.00%) SAP