Degree Contracts in Central London

Academic Degree
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London 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 22 24 23
Rank change year-on-year +2 -1 +9
Contract jobs citing Degree 166 185 277
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 8.31% 7.56% 7.19%
As % of the Qualifications category 33.81% 36.85% 36.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 113 108 139
10th Percentile £312 £263 £325
25th Percentile £450 £406 £478
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £561 £625
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% -10.20% +13.64%
75th Percentile £690 £653 £770
90th Percentile £808 £779 £958
London median daily rate £550 £525 £575
% change year-on-year +4.76% -8.70% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 4
10th Percentile - £28.43 £26.70
25th Percentile £27.39 £30.56 £41.84
Median hourly rate £28.15 £34.75 £52.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.99% -33.17% +14.29%
75th Percentile £28.91 £39.56 £61.25
90th Percentile - £42.08 £74.75
London median hourly rate £35.92 £33.50 £32.00
% change year-on-year +7.23% +4.69% -8.57%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Central London

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 Central London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 491 502 769
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 24.59% 20.52% 19.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 325 315 451
10th Percentile £368 £366 £325
25th Percentile £456 £444 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £575
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £663 £644 £700
90th Percentile £763 £775 £820
London median daily rate £525 £540 £575
% change year-on-year -2.78% -6.09% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 7 5
10th Percentile £24.16 £20.22 £18.06
25th Percentile £27.39 £22.60 £20.22
Median hourly rate £29.07 £27.00 £51.50
Median % change year-on-year +7.67% -47.57% +13.19%
75th Percentile £63.75 £54.38 £53.75
90th Percentile £85.50 £65.00 £71.75
London median hourly rate £29.07 £26.00 £45.25
% change year-on-year +11.81% -42.54% +1.69%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Degree in Central London

Degree
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Daily rate trend for Degree in Central London

Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

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

Daily rate histogram for Degree in Central London

Degree
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

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

Hourly rate trend for Degree in Central London

Degree
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Degree within the Central London region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
City of London 0 145 £575 +1.77% 200
West End of London +3 7 £450 - 33
Camden +4 5 £450 - 8
Southwark - 3 £344 - 4
City of Westminster - 1 £650 - 9
Degree
London

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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 13 (7.83%) SharePoint
2 7 (4.22%) Apache Spark
2 7 (4.22%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (3.61%) Confluence
4 1 (0.60%) Anypoint
4 1 (0.60%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.60%) BizTalk Server
4 1 (0.60%) IIS
4 1 (0.60%) Luigi
4 1 (0.60%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 22 (13.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (10.84%) Microsoft Project
3 16 (9.64%) Microsoft Office
4 14 (8.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (2.41%) MS Visio
5 4 (2.41%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (3.61%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (2.41%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (1.81%) SAP MDG
3 3 (1.81%) SAP MDG-S
4 2 (1.20%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.60%) Bloomberg AIM
5 1 (0.60%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.60%) Orchestrade
Cloud Services
1 39 (23.49%) Azure
2 20 (12.05%) Power Platform
3 17 (10.24%) AWS
4 13 (7.83%) Microsoft 365
5 9 (5.42%) Entra ID
6 8 (4.82%) GCP
7 7 (4.22%) OneDrive
8 6 (3.61%) Power Automate
9 4 (2.41%) Dynamics 365
9 4 (2.41%) PowerApps
10 3 (1.81%) Asana
10 3 (1.81%) Azure DevOps
10 3 (1.81%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 3 (1.81%) Cloud Computing
10 3 (1.81%) OCI
11 2 (1.20%) GitHub
11 2 (1.20%) Google Workspace
11 2 (1.20%) SuccessFactors
12 1 (0.60%) AWS CloudFormation
12 1 (0.60%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 12 (7.23%) Firewall
2 11 (6.63%) Network Security
3 7 (4.22%) SSL
3 7 (4.22%) VPN
4 6 (3.61%) DNS
4 6 (3.61%) S/MIME
5 4 (2.41%) DHCP
5 4 (2.41%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (1.81%) HTTP
6 3 (1.81%) Wireless
7 2 (1.20%) Radio Access Network
8 1 (0.60%) 4G
8 1 (0.60%) Cisco Nexus
8 1 (0.60%) iSCSI
8 1 (0.60%) LTE
8 1 (0.60%) NAS
8 1 (0.60%) NetScaler
8 1 (0.60%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.60%) VLAN
8 1 (0.60%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (6.63%) SQL Server
2 10 (6.02%) Power BI
3 8 (4.82%) Tableau
4 7 (4.22%) Hadoop
5 5 (3.01%) Apache Hive
6 3 (1.81%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (1.81%) MySQL
6 3 (1.81%) Relational Database
6 3 (1.81%) SAP HANA
7 2 (1.20%) Big Data
7 2 (1.20%) DB2
7 2 (1.20%) KDB
7 2 (1.20%) Power Query
7 2 (1.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (1.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.60%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.60%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.60%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.60%) PowerPivot
8 1 (0.60%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 19 (11.45%) JIRA
2 6 (3.61%) Git
3 3 (1.81%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.20%) Bitbucket
4 2 (1.20%) Maven
4 2 (1.20%) Zephyr
5 1 (0.60%) GitLab
5 1 (0.60%) JMeter
5 1 (0.60%) LoadRunner
5 1 (0.60%) TeamCity
General
1 78 (46.99%) Finance
2 73 (43.98%) Social Skills
3 42 (25.30%) Analytical Skills
4 28 (16.87%) Banking
5 15 (9.04%) Public Sector
6 14 (8.43%) Financial Institution
7 11 (6.63%) Front Office
8 7 (4.22%) Investment Banking
8 7 (4.22%) Presentation Skills
9 5 (3.01%) Back Office
9 5 (3.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (3.01%) Legal
9 5 (3.01%) Marketing
10 3 (1.81%) Advertising
10 3 (1.81%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (1.81%) Military
10 3 (1.81%) Retail
10 3 (1.81%) Telecoms
11 2 (1.20%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (1.20%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 28 (16.87%) Analyst
2 20 (12.05%) Developer
3 19 (11.45%) Business Analyst
4 16 (9.64%) Senior
5 15 (9.04%) Project Manager
6 14 (8.43%) Lead
7 13 (7.83%) Architect
8 8 (4.82%) Solutions Architect
9 7 (4.22%) Support Engineer
10 5 (3.01%) Software Engineer
11 4 (2.41%) Azure Engineer
11 4 (2.41%) Business Manager
11 4 (2.41%) C# Developer
11 4 (2.41%) Consultant
11 4 (2.41%) Data Business Analyst
11 4 (2.41%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
11 4 (2.41%) Microsoft Engineer
11 4 (2.41%) Programme Manager
11 4 (2.41%) Security Architect
11 4 (2.41%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.61%) PySpark
1 6 (3.61%) REST
2 5 (3.01%) OAuth
2 5 (3.01%) TensorFlow
3 3 (1.81%) NumPy
3 3 (1.81%) OpenID
3 3 (1.81%) Pandas
3 3 (1.81%) SAML
3 3 (1.81%) SOAP
3 3 (1.81%) Spring
3 3 (1.81%) Web Services
3 3 (1.81%) XML
4 2 (1.20%) .NET
4 2 (1.20%) ADO
4 2 (1.20%) CSS
4 2 (1.20%) Dask
4 2 (1.20%) LangChain
4 2 (1.20%) Middleware
4 2 (1.20%) Oracle Fusion
4 2 (1.20%) React
Miscellaneous
1 13 (7.83%) Management Information System
2 10 (6.02%) Algorithms
3 9 (5.42%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 7 (4.22%) Analytical Mindset
4 7 (4.22%) PKI
5 6 (3.61%) Data Centre
5 6 (3.61%) Reference Data
6 5 (3.01%) Credit Risk
6 5 (3.01%) Fixed Income
6 5 (3.01%) PMI
7 4 (2.41%) Distributed Computing
7 4 (2.41%) Onboarding
8 3 (1.81%) Digital Media
8 3 (1.81%) Market Risk
8 3 (1.81%) Product Ownership
8 3 (1.81%) Public Cloud
8 3 (1.81%) Virtual Team
9 2 (1.20%) Learning Management System
9 2 (1.20%) Smartphone
9 2 (1.20%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 15 (9.04%) Linux
1 15 (9.04%) Windows
2 5 (3.01%) Windows Server
3 4 (2.41%) Apple iOS
3 4 (2.41%) Unix
4 3 (1.81%) Android
5 2 (1.20%) Mac OS
5 2 (1.20%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.60%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (36.75%) Problem-Solving
2 55 (33.13%) Computer Science
3 47 (28.31%) Agile
4 35 (21.08%) Project Management
5 26 (15.66%) Stakeholder Management
6 22 (13.25%) DevOps
7 20 (12.05%) Analytics
8 18 (10.84%) Migration
9 16 (9.64%) Decision-Making
10 15 (9.04%) Business Intelligence
10 15 (9.04%) Software Engineering
11 14 (8.43%) Artificial Intelligence
11 14 (8.43%) CI/CD
11 14 (8.43%) ITIL
11 14 (8.43%) Risk Management
12 13 (7.83%) Change Management
12 13 (7.83%) Data Management
12 13 (7.83%) Mathematics
13 12 (7.23%) PRINCE2
13 12 (7.23%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 39 (23.49%) Python
2 24 (14.46%) SQL
3 19 (11.45%) Java
4 17 (10.24%) PowerShell
5 7 (4.22%) C++
6 6 (3.61%) C#
7 5 (3.01%) JavaScript
8 3 (1.81%) Bash
9 2 (1.20%) R
9 2 (1.20%) RPG
9 2 (1.20%) RPG IV
9 2 (1.20%) Scala
9 2 (1.20%) VBA
10 1 (0.60%) Bicep
10 1 (0.60%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.60%) Go
10 1 (0.60%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.60%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.60%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 40 (24.10%) Computer Science Degree
2 24 (14.46%) Master's Degree
3 20 (12.05%) PMI Certification
3 20 (12.05%) Security Cleared
4 17 (10.24%) SC Cleared
5 15 (9.04%) PMP
6 9 (5.42%) Azure Certification
7 7 (4.22%) PhD
8 6 (3.61%) AWS Certification
8 6 (3.61%) Cisco Certification
9 5 (3.01%) CBAP
9 5 (3.01%) CCNP
10 4 (2.41%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (2.41%) TOGAF Certification
11 3 (1.81%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 3 (1.81%) CFA
11 3 (1.81%) ITIL Certification
11 3 (1.81%) MBA
11 3 (1.81%) OCP
11 3 (1.81%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (5.42%) QA
2 8 (4.82%) PMO
3 7 (4.22%) Data Quality
4 5 (3.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (3.01%) MiFID
4 5 (3.01%) NIST
5 4 (2.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 3 (1.81%) EMIR
6 3 (1.81%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 2 (1.20%) Accessibility
7 2 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 17025
8 1 (0.60%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.60%) GRC
8 1 (0.60%) SLA
8 1 (0.60%) UCITS
System Software
1 18 (10.84%) Active Directory
2 4 (2.41%) Docker
3 3 (1.81%) Virtual Desktop
3 3 (1.81%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.20%) BitLocker
5 1 (0.60%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.60%) Lustre
5 1 (0.60%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (0.60%) XenApp
5 1 (0.60%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 10 (6.02%) Terraform
2 8 (4.82%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (3.61%) Ansible
3 6 (3.61%) Kubernetes
4 4 (2.41%) SCCM
5 2 (1.20%) EnCase
5 2 (1.20%) FortiGate
5 2 (1.20%) FTK
5 2 (1.20%) Grafana
5 2 (1.20%) Jamf Pro
5 2 (1.20%) Podman
5 2 (1.20%) Progress Chef
5 2 (1.20%) Puppet
6 1 (0.60%) Argo
6 1 (0.60%) CloudHub
6 1 (0.60%) Istio
6 1 (0.60%) Karpenter
6 1 (0.60%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.60%) SCOrch
6 1 (0.60%) WSUS
Vendors
1 45 (27.11%) Microsoft
2 12 (7.23%) SAP
3 10 (6.02%) Oracle
4 7 (4.22%) Google
5 6 (3.61%) Salesforce
6 5 (3.01%) Fortinet
6 5 (3.01%) ServiceNow
7 4 (2.41%) Cisco
8 3 (1.81%) BiZZdesign
8 3 (1.81%) CheckPoint
8 3 (1.81%) Citrix
8 3 (1.81%) Databricks
8 3 (1.81%) F5
8 3 (1.81%) IBM
8 3 (1.81%) VMware
9 2 (1.20%) BeyondTrust
9 2 (1.20%) Cellebrite
9 2 (1.20%) Mellanox
9 2 (1.20%) Meraki
9 2 (1.20%) Nuix