Degree Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Academic Degree
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 3 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 23 21 27
Rank change year-on-year -2 +6 +1
Contract jobs citing Degree 141 177 206
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 8.35% 8.45% 7.38%
As % of the Qualifications category 31.54% 33.46% 35.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 96 113 125
10th Percentile £309 £266 £322
25th Percentile £451 £463 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £553 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.91% +4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £768
90th Percentile £794 £825 £930
Central London median daily rate £550 £538 £550
% change year-on-year +2.33% -2.27% -5.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile £25.83 - -
25th Percentile £25.94 - £71.25
Median hourly rate £27.25 £27.00 £72.50
Median % change year-on-year +0.93% -62.76% +54.68%
75th Percentile £28.94 - £73.75
90th Percentile £29.28 - -
Central London median hourly rate £28.00 £27.00 £72.50
% change year-on-year +3.70% -62.76% +54.68%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
City of 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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 447 529 573
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 26.47% 25.25% 20.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 318 314 345
10th Percentile £325 £351 £355
25th Percentile £438 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £561 £568
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% -1.10% -2.99%
75th Percentile £663 £657 £694
90th Percentile £738 £771 £817
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 5 4
10th Percentile £20.55 £23.10 £18.28
25th Percentile £25.75 £27.00 £18.70
Median hourly rate £27.50 £32.50 £45.72
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% -28.91% +6.02%
75th Percentile £29.50 £112.00 £74.69
90th Percentile £51.14 - £76.38
Central London median hourly rate £27.50 £32.50 £39.47
% change year-on-year -15.38% -17.65% -8.48%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Degree job vacancy trend in the City of London

Degree
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Degree.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Degree

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Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Degree in the City of London over the 6 months to 3 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Degree in the City of London

Degree
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Degree.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Degree

Degree
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London 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:

Application Platforms
1 11 (7.80%) SharePoint
2 8 (5.67%) Confluence
3 6 (4.26%) Apache Spark
4 3 (2.13%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (2.13%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.71%) Drupal
5 1 (0.71%) Ethereum
5 1 (0.71%) Hyperledger
5 1 (0.71%) Luigi
Applications
1 18 (12.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (9.93%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (8.51%) Microsoft Project
4 11 (7.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (6.38%) MS Visio
6 2 (1.42%) Trello
7 1 (0.71%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.71%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (2.84%) Salesforce CRM
2 3 (2.13%) Workday HCM
3 2 (1.42%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (1.42%) HFM
3 2 (1.42%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 2 (1.42%) SAP MDG
3 2 (1.42%) SAP PLM
3 2 (1.42%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (1.42%) SAP VC
4 1 (0.71%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.71%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.71%) Oracle Cash Management
4 1 (0.71%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 36 (25.53%) Azure
2 18 (12.77%) AWS
3 13 (9.22%) Microsoft 365
4 12 (8.51%) Power Platform
5 9 (6.38%) GCP
6 6 (4.26%) Entra ID
7 5 (3.55%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (2.84%) PaaS
9 3 (2.13%) Figma
9 3 (2.13%) SaaS
10 2 (1.42%) Amazon SageMaker
10 2 (1.42%) Azure Data Factory
10 2 (1.42%) Azure Logic Apps
10 2 (1.42%) Azure Machine Learning
10 2 (1.42%) Microsoft Purview
10 2 (1.42%) Power Automate
10 2 (1.42%) PowerApps
10 2 (1.42%) Snowflake
11 1 (0.71%) GitHub
11 1 (0.71%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 8 (5.67%) Firewall
2 5 (3.55%) LAN
2 5 (3.55%) WAN
3 4 (2.84%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (2.13%) DNS
4 3 (2.13%) Intrusion Detection
4 3 (2.13%) Network Security
4 3 (2.13%) Structured Cabling
5 2 (1.42%) DHCP
5 2 (1.42%) Internet
5 2 (1.42%) Modbus
5 2 (1.42%) TCP/IP
5 2 (1.42%) VPN
6 1 (0.71%) BGP
6 1 (0.71%) HTTPS
6 1 (0.71%) Intranet
6 1 (0.71%) MPLS
6 1 (0.71%) OSPF
6 1 (0.71%) SAN
6 1 (0.71%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (7.80%) Power BI
2 7 (4.96%) Star Schema
3 5 (3.55%) Hadoop
4 4 (2.84%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (2.84%) KDB
5 3 (2.13%) Apache Hive
5 3 (2.13%) Kdb+
5 3 (2.13%) NoSQL
5 3 (2.13%) Tableau
6 2 (1.42%) Big Data
6 2 (1.42%) Data Lake
6 2 (1.42%) Spark SQL
6 2 (1.42%) SQL Server
7 1 (0.71%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.71%) Pentaho
7 1 (0.71%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.71%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.71%) Snowflake Schema
7 1 (0.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 18 (12.77%) JIRA
2 3 (2.13%) Git
2 3 (2.13%) MLflow
3 2 (1.42%) GitLab
3 2 (1.42%) Selenium
3 2 (1.42%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (0.71%) Artifactory
4 1 (0.71%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.71%) Cucumber
4 1 (0.71%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.71%) Fiddler
4 1 (0.71%) Gradle
4 1 (0.71%) Hardhat
4 1 (0.71%) Postman
4 1 (0.71%) QUnit
General
1 84 (59.57%) Finance
2 63 (44.68%) Social Skills
3 36 (25.53%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (14.89%) Banking
5 15 (10.64%) Presentation Skills
6 14 (9.93%) Front Office
7 12 (8.51%) Influencing Skills
8 10 (7.09%) Organisational Skills
9 8 (5.67%) Telecoms
10 7 (4.96%) Financial Institution
10 7 (4.96%) Legal
11 6 (4.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 6 (4.26%) Marketing
12 5 (3.55%) Back Office
12 5 (3.55%) Investment Banking
12 5 (3.55%) Pharmaceutical
13 4 (2.84%) Law
13 4 (2.84%) Manufacturing
13 4 (2.84%) Public Sector
14 3 (2.13%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 32 (22.70%) Analyst
2 22 (15.60%) Business Analyst
3 17 (12.06%) Senior
4 15 (10.64%) Developer
5 12 (8.51%) Data Engineer
6 11 (7.80%) Project Manager
7 9 (6.38%) Architect
8 7 (4.96%) Lead
9 6 (4.26%) Financial Analyst
9 6 (4.26%) IT Manager
10 5 (3.55%) IT Project Manager
10 5 (3.55%) Security Engineer
11 4 (2.84%) Consultant
11 4 (2.84%) Data Scientist
11 4 (2.84%) Finance Business Analyst
11 4 (2.84%) Solutions Architect
11 4 (2.84%) Systems Analyst
11 4 (2.84%) Technical Analyst
12 3 (2.13%) Designer
12 3 (2.13%) KDB Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (5.67%) .NET
2 7 (4.96%) CSS
2 7 (4.96%) HTML
3 4 (2.84%) Pandas
3 4 (2.84%) XML
4 3 (2.13%) Lightning Web Components
4 3 (2.13%) NumPy
4 3 (2.13%) PySpark
4 3 (2.13%) RESTful
4 3 (2.13%) TensorFlow
4 3 (2.13%) Web Services
5 2 (1.42%) Django
5 2 (1.42%) Flask
5 2 (1.42%) jQuery
5 2 (1.42%) Kafka
5 2 (1.42%) LangGraph
5 2 (1.42%) PyTorch
5 2 (1.42%) React
5 2 (1.42%) Spring
5 2 (1.42%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 18 (12.77%) Product Ownership
2 10 (7.09%) Management Information System
3 9 (6.38%) Algorithms
4 8 (5.67%) Onboarding
5 7 (4.96%) Data Centre
6 6 (4.26%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 5 (3.55%) Data Structures
7 5 (3.55%) Derivative
7 5 (3.55%) Distributed Computing
7 5 (3.55%) Fixed Income
7 5 (3.55%) Security Posture
8 4 (2.84%) Analytical Mindset
9 3 (2.13%) Life Science
9 3 (2.13%) Operational Technology
10 2 (1.42%) Credit Risk
10 2 (1.42%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (1.42%) Hedge funds
10 2 (1.42%) Mobile App
10 2 (1.42%) SCADA
10 2 (1.42%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 10 (7.09%) Windows
2 7 (4.96%) Linux
3 6 (4.26%) Unix
4 2 (1.42%) Windows 10
4 2 (1.42%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.71%) Android
5 1 (0.71%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.71%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.71%) Mac OS X
5 1 (0.71%) Windows 7
5 1 (0.71%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.71%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.71%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (42.55%) Computer Science
2 48 (34.04%) Agile
3 38 (26.95%) Problem-Solving
4 28 (19.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 27 (19.15%) Scrum
6 25 (17.73%) Project Management
7 24 (17.02%) User Acceptance Testing
8 23 (16.31%) Stakeholder Management
9 21 (14.89%) Project Delivery
10 20 (14.18%) Analytics
11 17 (12.06%) Change Management
11 17 (12.06%) Data Modelling
12 16 (11.35%) Business Intelligence
12 16 (11.35%) Data Analysis
12 16 (11.35%) DevOps
12 16 (11.35%) ITIL
13 15 (10.64%) Data Science
13 15 (10.64%) Mathematics
13 15 (10.64%) Risk Management
13 15 (10.64%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 27 (19.15%) Python
2 26 (18.44%) SQL
3 12 (8.51%) Java
4 10 (7.09%) JavaScript
5 7 (4.96%) C#
6 4 (2.84%) C++
7 3 (2.13%) PowerShell
8 2 (1.42%) ABAP
8 2 (1.42%) Apex Code
8 2 (1.42%) Go
8 2 (1.42%) R
9 1 (0.71%) F#
9 1 (0.71%) Korn
9 1 (0.71%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.71%) Scala
9 1 (0.71%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.71%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.71%) VB.NET
9 1 (0.71%) VBA
9 1 (0.71%) VC++
Qualifications
1 31 (21.99%) Computer Science Degree
2 14 (9.93%) Master's Degree
3 9 (6.38%) Security Cleared
4 8 (5.67%) CBAP
4 8 (5.67%) SC Cleared
5 7 (4.96%) PMI Certification
6 6 (4.26%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (4.26%) PMP
7 5 (3.55%) CCNA
7 5 (3.55%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (3.55%) PhD
8 3 (2.13%) Azure Certification
8 3 (2.13%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (2.13%) CCNP
8 3 (2.13%) CISSP
8 3 (2.13%) Postgraduate
9 2 (1.42%) ACCA
9 2 (1.42%) ISEB
9 2 (1.42%) MCSA
9 2 (1.42%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (5.67%) Data Quality
1 8 (5.67%) QA
2 7 (4.96%) GDPR
3 6 (4.26%) COBIT
3 6 (4.26%) PMO
4 5 (3.55%) NIST
5 3 (2.13%) Accessibility
5 3 (2.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (1.42%) GAAP
6 2 (1.42%) IFRS
6 2 (1.42%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 2 (1.42%) PCI DSS
6 2 (1.42%) SLA
6 2 (1.42%) WCAG
7 1 (0.71%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.71%) GRC
7 1 (0.71%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.71%) PSD2
7 1 (0.71%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.71%) SEPA
System Software
1 7 (4.96%) Active Directory
2 4 (2.84%) Docker
3 2 (1.42%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.71%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.71%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.71%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 4 (2.84%) Kubernetes
2 3 (2.13%) SCCM
2 3 (2.13%) Terraform
3 2 (1.42%) Ansible
3 2 (1.42%) Grafana
4 1 (0.71%) HP ALM
4 1 (0.71%) Kubeflow
4 1 (0.71%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.71%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.71%) Rundeck
Vendors
1 41 (29.08%) Microsoft
2 10 (7.09%) ServiceNow
3 7 (4.96%) Cisco
3 7 (4.96%) Oracle
3 7 (4.96%) Salesforce
4 5 (3.55%) Databricks
4 5 (3.55%) SAP
4 5 (3.55%) Workday
5 3 (2.13%) Arista
5 3 (2.13%) Citrix
5 3 (2.13%) Hyperion
6 2 (1.42%) Adobe
6 2 (1.42%) Atlassian
6 2 (1.42%) Foundry
6 2 (1.42%) Palantir
6 2 (1.42%) Palo Alto
6 2 (1.42%) Polycom
6 2 (1.42%) Rockwell
6 2 (1.42%) Tagetik
6 2 (1.42%) VMware