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 11 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 23 27
Rank change year-on-year -14 +4 +3
Contract jobs citing Degree 109 141 157
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 5.35% 7.84% 6.66%
As % of the Qualifications category 19.40% 30.19% 35.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 85 95 97
10th Percentile £363 £327 £250
25th Percentile £420 £461 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year - -2.22% -10.00%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £694
90th Percentile £835 £825 £793
Central London median daily rate £550 £526 £550
% change year-on-year +4.66% -4.45% -8.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile £19.08 - -
25th Percentile £21.87 - £71.25
Median hourly rate £28.00 - £72.50
75th Percentile £40.83 - £73.75
90th Percentile £47.63 - -
Central London median hourly rate £25.47 - £57.50
% change year-on-year - - +9.52%

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 562 467 447
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 27.60% 25.96% 18.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 415 292 303
10th Percentile £375 £363 £363
25th Percentile £447 £457 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £548 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.20% -0.36% -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £677
90th Percentile £738 £763 £786
Central London median daily rate £525 £525 £540
% change year-on-year - -2.78% -6.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 4 3
10th Percentile £21.50 £24.78 £19.19
25th Percentile £25.95 £28.94 £19.58
Median hourly rate £39.72 £72.25 £20.82
Median % change year-on-year -45.02% +247.11% -59.58%
75th Percentile £61.79 £112.00 £47.58
90th Percentile £70.88 - £63.28
Central London median hourly rate £25.77 £32.50 £33.74
% change year-on-year -20.71% -3.66% -34.50%

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

Degree
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 11 March 2026.

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
Hourly Rate Histogram in the City of London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Degree in the City of London over the 6 months to 11 March 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Degree in the City of London

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 5 (4.59%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.75%) Confluence
3 1 (0.92%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.92%) Ethereum
3 1 (0.92%) Hyperledger
3 1 (0.92%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 10 (9.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (8.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 9 (8.26%) MS Visio
3 7 (6.42%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (2.75%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.92%) Aladdin
1 1 (0.92%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.92%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
1 1 (0.92%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 30 (27.52%) Azure
2 15 (13.76%) GCP
3 13 (11.93%) AWS
3 13 (11.93%) Power Platform
4 9 (8.26%) Azure DevOps
5 7 (6.42%) GitHub
6 5 (4.59%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (3.67%) GitHub Copilot
8 3 (2.75%) Google Gemini
9 2 (1.83%) Azure AKS
9 2 (1.83%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 2 (1.83%) ChatGPT
9 2 (1.83%) Cloudflare
9 2 (1.83%) Collibra
9 2 (1.83%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (1.83%) Entra ID
9 2 (1.83%) Figma
9 2 (1.83%) Microsoft Purview
9 2 (1.83%) Power Automate
9 2 (1.83%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 5 (4.59%) Firewall
2 3 (2.75%) LAN
2 3 (2.75%) Structured Cabling
2 3 (2.75%) WAN
3 2 (1.83%) Network Security
3 2 (1.83%) SSL
3 2 (1.83%) VPN
4 1 (0.92%) DHCP
4 1 (0.92%) DNS
4 1 (0.92%) HTTPS
4 1 (0.92%) Internet
4 1 (0.92%) IPsec
4 1 (0.92%) iSCSI
4 1 (0.92%) NetScaler
4 1 (0.92%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.92%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.92%) VLAN
4 1 (0.92%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.92%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (8.26%) Power BI
2 6 (5.50%) NoSQL
3 5 (4.59%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (3.67%) Tableau
5 3 (2.75%) DB2
5 3 (2.75%) Metadata
5 3 (2.75%) MongoDB
5 3 (2.75%) SQL Server
6 2 (1.83%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (1.83%) KDB
6 2 (1.83%) Kdb+
6 2 (1.83%) MySQL
7 1 (0.92%) Big Data
7 1 (0.92%) Data Mart
7 1 (0.92%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.92%) OLAP
7 1 (0.92%) Oracle OLAP
7 1 (0.92%) PowerCenter
7 1 (0.92%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.92%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 13 (11.93%) JIRA
2 8 (7.34%) Git
3 2 (1.83%) Bitbucket
3 2 (1.83%) Cucumber
3 2 (1.83%) ERwin
3 2 (1.83%) Postman
3 2 (1.83%) Selenium
3 2 (1.83%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (0.92%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.92%) GitLab
4 1 (0.92%) Hardhat
4 1 (0.92%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.92%) MLflow
4 1 (0.92%) SonarQube
General
1 48 (44.04%) Social Skills
2 46 (42.20%) Finance
3 20 (18.35%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (16.51%) Banking
5 11 (10.09%) Presentation Skills
6 9 (8.26%) Public Sector
7 8 (7.34%) Front Office
7 8 (7.34%) Influencing Skills
8 7 (6.42%) Investment Banking
9 6 (5.50%) Legal
10 5 (4.59%) Back Office
10 5 (4.59%) Marketing
11 4 (3.67%) Financial Institution
11 4 (3.67%) Telecoms
12 3 (2.75%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (2.75%) Law
12 3 (2.75%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (2.75%) Pharmaceutical
12 3 (2.75%) Retail
13 2 (1.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 18 (16.51%) Analyst
2 14 (12.84%) Senior
3 11 (10.09%) Business Analyst
4 10 (9.17%) Developer
5 9 (8.26%) Lead
6 8 (7.34%) Consultant
6 8 (7.34%) Project Manager
7 7 (6.42%) Architect
8 6 (5.50%) Data Scientist
9 5 (4.59%) Senior Analyst
9 5 (4.59%) Senior Business Analyst
9 5 (4.59%) Support Engineer
10 4 (3.67%) IT Manager
10 4 (3.67%) IT Project Manager
10 4 (3.67%) Senior Manager
10 4 (3.67%) Technical Analyst
11 3 (2.75%) Security Specialist
11 3 (2.75%) Technical Business Analyst
11 3 (2.75%) Technical Engineer
11 3 (2.75%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (7.34%) PyTorch
1 8 (7.34%) TensorFlow
2 6 (5.50%) React
3 5 (4.59%) .NET
4 4 (3.67%) Hugging Face
4 4 (3.67%) jQuery
5 3 (2.75%) AngularJS
5 3 (2.75%) Backbone.js
5 3 (2.75%) Bootstrap
5 3 (2.75%) Ember.js
5 3 (2.75%) Keras
5 3 (2.75%) LangChain
6 2 (1.83%) CSS
6 2 (1.83%) HTML
6 2 (1.83%) LangGraph
6 2 (1.83%) Node.js
6 2 (1.83%) Spring
7 1 (0.92%) Faiss
7 1 (0.92%) Google JAX
7 1 (0.92%) JAX
Miscellaneous
1 7 (6.42%) Product Ownership
2 6 (5.50%) Data Centre
2 6 (5.50%) Management Information System
3 5 (4.59%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 5 (4.59%) Onboarding
4 4 (3.67%) Data Structures
5 3 (2.75%) Algorithms
5 3 (2.75%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (2.75%) Cloud Native
5 3 (2.75%) Distributed Systems
5 3 (2.75%) Fixed Income
5 3 (2.75%) PMI
5 3 (2.75%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.83%) AI Agents
6 2 (1.83%) Equities
6 2 (1.83%) Low-Code
6 2 (1.83%) Security Posture
6 2 (1.83%) Synthetic Data
6 2 (1.83%) Virtual Team
6 2 (1.83%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 11 (10.09%) Windows
2 5 (4.59%) Linux
3 4 (3.67%) Unix
4 3 (2.75%) Android
4 3 (2.75%) Apple iOS
4 3 (2.75%) Windows Server
5 2 (1.83%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.92%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.92%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.92%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (38.53%) Computer Science
2 34 (31.19%) Agile
3 32 (29.36%) Problem-Solving
4 25 (22.94%) AI
5 19 (17.43%) Analytics
6 18 (16.51%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 17 (15.60%) DevOps
7 17 (15.60%) Risk Management
8 16 (14.68%) Data Science
8 16 (14.68%) Scrum
9 15 (13.76%) Change Management
10 14 (12.84%) Stakeholder Management
10 14 (12.84%) User Acceptance Testing
11 13 (11.93%) SDLC
12 12 (11.01%) Business Intelligence
12 12 (11.01%) Cybersecurity
12 12 (11.01%) Machine Learning
12 12 (11.01%) Validation
13 11 (10.09%) Continuous Improvement
13 11 (10.09%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 26 (23.85%) Python
2 24 (22.02%) SQL
3 12 (11.01%) Java
4 6 (5.50%) C#
5 5 (4.59%) C++
6 4 (3.67%) JavaScript
7 3 (2.75%) PowerShell
7 3 (2.75%) TypeScript
8 2 (1.83%) Korn
8 2 (1.83%) VB.NET
9 1 (0.92%) R
9 1 (0.92%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 27 (24.77%) Computer Science Degree
2 17 (15.60%) Master's Degree
3 9 (8.26%) Security Cleared
4 8 (7.34%) CISSP
4 8 (7.34%) SC Cleared
5 7 (6.42%) CISM
5 7 (6.42%) PhD
6 6 (5.50%) PMI Certification
7 5 (4.59%) CBAP
8 4 (3.67%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (3.67%) CRISC
8 4 (3.67%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (2.75%) DV Cleared
9 3 (2.75%) GIAC
9 3 (2.75%) ISACA
9 3 (2.75%) ISEB
9 3 (2.75%) PMP
10 2 (1.83%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 2 (1.83%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (1.83%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (7.34%) Data Quality
2 7 (6.42%) PMO
2 7 (6.42%) QA
3 6 (5.50%) GDPR
4 4 (3.67%) NIST
5 3 (2.75%) Accessibility
5 3 (2.75%) GRC
5 3 (2.75%) PCI DSS
5 3 (2.75%) SLA
6 2 (1.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (1.83%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 1 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.92%) EU AI Act
7 1 (0.92%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.92%) HL7
7 1 (0.92%) MiFID
7 1 (0.92%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.92%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.92%) WCAG
System Software
1 4 (3.67%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.83%) Docker
3 1 (0.92%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.92%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.92%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.92%) XenApp
3 1 (0.92%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 5 (4.59%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.83%) Ansible
2 2 (1.83%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (1.83%) SCCM
2 2 (1.83%) Terraform
3 1 (0.92%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (0.92%) Control-M
3 1 (0.92%) Packer
3 1 (0.92%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 25 (22.94%) Microsoft
2 6 (5.50%) Google
2 6 (5.50%) SAP
3 5 (4.59%) Cisco
3 5 (4.59%) ServiceNow
4 4 (3.67%) Oracle
5 3 (2.75%) Arista
5 3 (2.75%) Databricks
6 2 (1.83%) Atlassian
6 2 (1.83%) CheckPoint
6 2 (1.83%) Fortinet
6 2 (1.83%) Infoblox
6 2 (1.83%) Informatica
6 2 (1.83%) Murex
6 2 (1.83%) Palo Alto
6 2 (1.83%) Planview
6 2 (1.83%) UiPath
6 2 (1.83%) VMware
6 2 (1.83%) YouTube
7 1 (0.92%) Trend Micro