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 24 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 23 21 25
Rank change year-on-year -2 +4 +2
Contract jobs citing Degree 144 177 204
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 8.08% 8.28% 7.54%
As % of the Qualifications category 29.21% 32.42% 37.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 106 108 124
10th Percentile £309 £287 £275
25th Percentile £422 £463 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £556 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.12% +1.14% -6.78%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £738
90th Percentile £794 £777 £881
Central London median daily rate £550 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% -6.18%
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% +43.56%
75th Percentile £28.94 - £73.75
90th Percentile £29.28 - -
Central London median hourly rate £27.25 £27.00 £72.50
% change year-on-year +0.93% -62.76% +43.56%

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 493 546 548
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 27.65% 25.54% 20.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 371 315 337
10th Percentile £343 £352 £342
25th Percentile £425 £463 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £663 £650 £688
90th Percentile £738 £750 £794
Central London median daily rate £525 £536 £550
% change year-on-year -2.10% -2.50% -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% +5.72%
75th Percentile £29.50 £112.00 £74.69
90th Percentile £51.14 - £76.38
Central London median hourly rate £27.50 £32.50 £42.49
% change year-on-year -15.38% -23.50% -1.75%

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 24 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Degree in the City of London

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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 (7.64%) SharePoint
2 8 (5.56%) Confluence
3 5 (3.47%) Apache Spark
4 3 (2.08%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (2.08%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.69%) Ethereum
5 1 (0.69%) Hyperledger
5 1 (0.69%) Luigi
Applications
1 17 (11.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (9.72%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (7.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (6.94%) Microsoft Project
5 9 (6.25%) MS Visio
6 2 (1.39%) Trello
7 1 (0.69%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.69%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (2.78%) Salesforce CRM
2 3 (2.08%) Workday HCM
3 2 (1.39%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (1.39%) HFM
4 1 (0.69%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.69%) SAP MDG
4 1 (0.69%) SAP PLM
4 1 (0.69%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.69%) SAP VC
Cloud Services
1 39 (27.08%) Azure
2 18 (12.50%) AWS
3 14 (9.72%) Power Platform
4 13 (9.03%) Microsoft 365
5 12 (8.33%) GCP
6 7 (4.86%) Entra ID
7 5 (3.47%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (2.08%) Figma
8 3 (2.08%) Google Gemini
8 3 (2.08%) PaaS
8 3 (2.08%) Power Automate
8 3 (2.08%) PowerApps
9 2 (1.39%) Amazon SageMaker
9 2 (1.39%) Azure Logic Apps
9 2 (1.39%) Azure Machine Learning
9 2 (1.39%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (1.39%) Microsoft Purview
9 2 (1.39%) Miro
9 2 (1.39%) SaaS
9 2 (1.39%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 9 (6.25%) Firewall
2 5 (3.47%) LAN
2 5 (3.47%) WAN
3 4 (2.78%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (2.08%) Intrusion Detection
4 3 (2.08%) Network Security
4 3 (2.08%) Structured Cabling
5 2 (1.39%) DHCP
5 2 (1.39%) DNS
5 2 (1.39%) Internet
5 2 (1.39%) Modbus
5 2 (1.39%) TCP/IP
5 2 (1.39%) VPN
6 1 (0.69%) BGP
6 1 (0.69%) HTTPS
6 1 (0.69%) Intranet
6 1 (0.69%) MPLS
6 1 (0.69%) OSPF
6 1 (0.69%) SAN
6 1 (0.69%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (6.94%) Power BI
2 5 (3.47%) Hadoop
2 5 (3.47%) Star Schema
3 4 (2.78%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (2.78%) KDB
4 3 (2.08%) Apache Hive
4 3 (2.08%) Kdb+
4 3 (2.08%) Tableau
5 2 (1.39%) Big Data
5 2 (1.39%) Data Lake
5 2 (1.39%) NoSQL
5 2 (1.39%) Spark SQL
6 1 (0.69%) Metadata
6 1 (0.69%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.69%) Pentaho
6 1 (0.69%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.69%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.69%) Snowflake Schema
6 1 (0.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.69%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 17 (11.81%) JIRA
2 4 (2.78%) Git
3 3 (2.08%) Selenium
4 2 (1.39%) Bitbucket
4 2 (1.39%) Cucumber
4 2 (1.39%) GitLab
4 2 (1.39%) MLflow
4 2 (1.39%) Postman
4 2 (1.39%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (0.69%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.69%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.69%) Gradle
5 1 (0.69%) Hardhat
5 1 (0.69%) QUnit
General
1 83 (57.64%) Finance
2 63 (43.75%) Social Skills
3 35 (24.31%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (14.58%) Banking
5 14 (9.72%) Presentation Skills
6 13 (9.03%) Front Office
7 10 (6.94%) Influencing Skills
8 8 (5.56%) Financial Institution
8 8 (5.56%) Organisational Skills
8 8 (5.56%) Telecoms
9 7 (4.86%) Back Office
9 7 (4.86%) Legal
9 7 (4.86%) Marketing
10 6 (4.17%) Public Sector
11 5 (3.47%) Investment Banking
12 4 (2.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 4 (2.78%) Law
12 4 (2.78%) Manufacturing
12 4 (2.78%) Pharmaceutical
13 3 (2.08%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 30 (20.83%) Analyst
2 21 (14.58%) Business Analyst
3 17 (11.81%) Senior
4 14 (9.72%) Developer
5 11 (7.64%) Data Engineer
6 10 (6.94%) Project Manager
7 9 (6.25%) Architect
8 8 (5.56%) Lead
9 7 (4.86%) Data Scientist
10 6 (4.17%) IT Manager
10 6 (4.17%) Support Engineer
11 5 (3.47%) Consultant
11 5 (3.47%) Financial Analyst
11 5 (3.47%) IT Project Manager
11 5 (3.47%) Security Engineer
12 4 (2.78%) Senior Analyst
12 4 (2.78%) Senior Business Analyst
12 4 (2.78%) Solutions Architect
12 4 (2.78%) Technical Analyst
13 3 (2.08%) 2nd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (6.25%) .NET
2 5 (3.47%) CSS
2 5 (3.47%) HTML
3 4 (2.78%) XML
4 3 (2.08%) Lightning Web Components
4 3 (2.08%) NumPy
4 3 (2.08%) PySpark
4 3 (2.08%) RESTful
4 3 (2.08%) TensorFlow
4 3 (2.08%) Web Services
5 2 (1.39%) Kafka
5 2 (1.39%) LangChain
5 2 (1.39%) LangGraph
5 2 (1.39%) Pandas
5 2 (1.39%) PyTorch
5 2 (1.39%) React
5 2 (1.39%) scikit-learn
5 2 (1.39%) Spring
6 1 (0.69%) Swing
6 1 (0.69%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 17 (11.81%) Product Ownership
2 10 (6.94%) Management Information System
3 9 (6.25%) Onboarding
4 8 (5.56%) Algorithms
5 7 (4.86%) Data Centre
6 6 (4.17%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 5 (3.47%) Derivative
7 5 (3.47%) Distributed Computing
7 5 (3.47%) Fixed Income
7 5 (3.47%) Security Posture
8 4 (2.78%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (2.78%) Data Structures
9 3 (2.08%) Hedge funds
9 3 (2.08%) Life Science
9 3 (2.08%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (1.39%) Distributed Systems
10 2 (1.39%) Insider Threat
10 2 (1.39%) Low-Code
10 2 (1.39%) Renewable Energy
10 2 (1.39%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 11 (7.64%) Windows
2 7 (4.86%) Linux
3 6 (4.17%) Unix
4 3 (2.08%) Windows Server
5 2 (1.39%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.69%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.69%) Mac OS X
6 1 (0.69%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.69%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.69%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.69%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (40.97%) Computer Science
2 47 (32.64%) Agile
3 43 (29.86%) Problem-Solving
4 30 (20.83%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 25 (17.36%) Scrum
6 24 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
7 23 (15.97%) Analytics
8 22 (15.28%) Project Management
9 19 (13.19%) AI
9 19 (13.19%) Data Science
9 19 (13.19%) Stakeholder Management
10 18 (12.50%) Project Delivery
11 17 (11.81%) Risk Management
11 17 (11.81%) SDLC
12 16 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
12 16 (11.11%) ITIL
13 15 (10.42%) Change Management
13 15 (10.42%) Data Analysis
13 15 (10.42%) DevOps
14 14 (9.72%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 32 (22.22%) Python
2 22 (15.28%) SQL
3 13 (9.03%) Java
4 9 (6.25%) C#
5 8 (5.56%) JavaScript
6 5 (3.47%) C++
7 3 (2.08%) PowerShell
7 3 (2.08%) R
8 2 (1.39%) Go
8 2 (1.39%) VB.NET
9 1 (0.69%) ABAP
9 1 (0.69%) Apex Code
9 1 (0.69%) F#
9 1 (0.69%) Korn
9 1 (0.69%) Scala
9 1 (0.69%) Solidity
9 1 (0.69%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.69%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.69%) VBA
9 1 (0.69%) VC++
Qualifications
1 31 (21.53%) Computer Science Degree
2 16 (11.11%) Master's Degree
3 9 (6.25%) Security Cleared
4 8 (5.56%) CBAP
4 8 (5.56%) SC Cleared
5 7 (4.86%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (4.17%) PMI Certification
7 5 (3.47%) CCNA
7 5 (3.47%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (3.47%) PMP
8 4 (2.78%) PhD
9 3 (2.08%) Azure Certification
9 3 (2.08%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (2.08%) CCNP
9 3 (2.08%) CISSP
9 3 (2.08%) Postgraduate
10 2 (1.39%) ACCA
10 2 (1.39%) ISEB
10 2 (1.39%) MCSA
10 2 (1.39%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (5.56%) Data Quality
1 8 (5.56%) GDPR
2 6 (4.17%) COBIT
2 6 (4.17%) PMO
2 6 (4.17%) QA
3 5 (3.47%) NIST
4 3 (2.08%) Accessibility
4 3 (2.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.39%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 2 (1.39%) PCI DSS
5 2 (1.39%) SLA
6 1 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.69%) GAAP
6 1 (0.69%) GRC
6 1 (0.69%) IFRS
6 1 (0.69%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.69%) MiFID
6 1 (0.69%) PSD2
6 1 (0.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.69%) SEPA
System Software
1 8 (5.56%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.39%) Docker
2 2 (1.39%) Virtual Desktop
2 2 (1.39%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.69%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.69%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 4 (2.78%) Kubernetes
2 3 (2.08%) SCCM
2 3 (2.08%) Terraform
3 2 (1.39%) Ansible
3 2 (1.39%) Grafana
3 2 (1.39%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.69%) HP ALM
4 1 (0.69%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.69%) Rundeck
Vendors
1 40 (27.78%) Microsoft
2 9 (6.25%) ServiceNow
3 6 (4.17%) Cisco
3 6 (4.17%) Salesforce
3 6 (4.17%) SAP
4 5 (3.47%) Oracle
4 5 (3.47%) Workday
5 4 (2.78%) Databricks
5 4 (2.78%) Google
6 3 (2.08%) Arista
6 3 (2.08%) Citrix
6 3 (2.08%) Foundry
6 3 (2.08%) Hyperion
7 2 (1.39%) Palantir
7 2 (1.39%) Palo Alto
7 2 (1.39%) Polycom
7 2 (1.39%) Rockwell
7 2 (1.39%) Tagetik
7 2 (1.39%) Tenable
7 2 (1.39%) UiPath