Degree Contract Job Trends in Chelmsford

Academic Degree
Essex > Chelmsford

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Chelmsford with a requirement for Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 10 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 6 - 5
Rank change year-on-year - - +3
Contract jobs citing Degree 1 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in Chelmsford 11.11% - 16.67%
As % of the Qualifications category 14.29% - 40.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £363 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 - £550
75th Percentile £388 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Essex median daily rate £456 £163 £528
% change year-on-year +180.25% -69.14% +2.93%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Chelmsford

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 Chelmsford.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 7 1 5
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Chelmsford 77.78% 11.11% 41.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 5
10th Percentile £195 - £104
25th Percentile - £625 £107
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £650 £190
Median % change year-on-year -65.38% +242.11% +72.73%
75th Percentile - £675 £550
90th Percentile £323 - -
Essex median daily rate £225 £400 £413
% change year-on-year -43.75% -3.03% -17.17%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Chelmsford

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

Degree job vacancy trend in Chelmsford

Degree
Daily Rate Trend in Chelmsford

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Chelmsford citing Degree

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Hourly Rate Trend in Chelmsford

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Chelmsford citing Degree

Degree
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Chelmsford 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Power Automate
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Applications Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Applications Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) HTML
1 1 (100.00%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Clean Code
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) SFIA
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) HMG Security Policy Framework
1 1 (100.00%) ISO 22301
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 20000
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft