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 30 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 66 24 16
Rank change year-on-year -42 -8 +8
Contract jobs citing Degree 78 154 201
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 3.36% 8.49% 9.71%
As % of the Qualifications category 13.04% 34.15% 39.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 100 128
10th Percentile £238 £312 £317
25th Percentile £431 £462 £461
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £573 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.55% -0.43% +4.55%
75th Percentile £656 £676 £700
90th Percentile £744 £825 £797
Central London median daily rate £536 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -2.50% -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 2
10th Percentile £33.43 £25.91 -
25th Percentile £37.02 £26.16 -
Median hourly rate £46.03 £27.33 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year +68.46% +1.20% +56.52%
75th Percentile £57.02 £28.50 -
90th Percentile £61.81 £28.74 -
Central London median hourly rate £53.00 £34.48 £27.00
% change year-on-year +53.71% +27.70% +56.52%

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 598 451 513
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 25.73% 24.88% 24.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 431 301 321
10th Percentile £413 £325 £363
25th Percentile £463 £456 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £550 £565
Median % change year-on-year -0.91% -2.65% +1.35%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £658
90th Percentile £734 £760 £775
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £561
% change year-on-year - -2.00% +2.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 7 4
10th Percentile £19.40 £22.28 £20.31
25th Percentile £19.50 £26.00 £20.43
Median hourly rate £30.00 £28.15 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year +6.57% +17.29% +33.33%
75th Percentile £33.10 £64.66 £27.00
90th Percentile £52.24 £79.34 -
Central London median hourly rate £32.07 £34.48 £24.00
% change year-on-year -7.00% +43.67% +33.33%

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 30 August 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 30 August 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 6 (7.69%) Confluence
2 5 (6.41%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (6.41%) SharePoint
3 2 (2.56%) CMS
3 2 (2.56%) IIS
4 1 (1.28%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (1.28%) Appian
4 1 (1.28%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 9 (11.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (6.41%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (3.85%) MS Visio
4 2 (2.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (1.28%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (1.28%) Chatbot
5 1 (1.28%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (1.28%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 2 (2.56%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.28%) Actimize
2 1 (1.28%) CA PPM
2 1 (1.28%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 19 (24.36%) Azure
2 9 (11.54%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (11.54%) Power Platform
3 8 (10.26%) AWS
4 6 (7.69%) GCP
5 5 (6.41%) Azure DevOps
5 5 (6.41%) GitHub
6 4 (5.13%) Entra ID
6 4 (5.13%) OpenShift
7 3 (3.85%) IaaS
7 3 (3.85%) PaaS
7 3 (3.85%) PowerApps
7 3 (3.85%) SaaS
8 2 (2.56%) Azure AKS
8 2 (2.56%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 2 (2.56%) Azure Data Factory
8 2 (2.56%) Azure Logic Apps
8 2 (2.56%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (2.56%) Power Automate
8 2 (2.56%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 9 (11.54%) Firewall
2 6 (7.69%) DNS
3 5 (6.41%) DHCP
3 5 (6.41%) VPN
4 3 (3.85%) SMTP
5 2 (2.56%) Internet
5 2 (2.56%) Intranet
5 2 (2.56%) LAN
5 2 (2.56%) TCP/IP
5 2 (2.56%) WAN
6 1 (1.28%) BGP
6 1 (1.28%) DKIM
6 1 (1.28%) DMARC
6 1 (1.28%) MPLS
6 1 (1.28%) Network Security
6 1 (1.28%) OSPF
6 1 (1.28%) SD-WAN
6 1 (1.28%) Software-Defined Networking
6 1 (1.28%) Unified Communications
6 1 (1.28%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (8.97%) Power BI
2 6 (7.69%) Tableau
3 5 (6.41%) SQL Server
4 4 (5.13%) Oracle Database
5 3 (3.85%) Amazon RDS
5 3 (3.85%) Big Data
5 3 (3.85%) Elasticsearch
5 3 (3.85%) NoSQL
5 3 (3.85%) Relational Database
6 2 (2.56%) Data Mining
6 2 (2.56%) Metadata
6 2 (2.56%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (2.56%) RDBMS
6 2 (2.56%) SQLPlus
7 1 (1.28%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 1 (1.28%) Metadata Repository
7 1 (1.28%) Power Query
7 1 (1.28%) Semantic Layer
7 1 (1.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (1.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 9 (11.54%) JIRA
2 6 (7.69%) Git
3 4 (5.13%) Jenkins
4 3 (3.85%) Zephyr
5 2 (2.56%) Artifactory
5 2 (2.56%) Bitbucket
5 2 (2.56%) Selenium
5 2 (2.56%) TeamCity
6 1 (1.28%) Appium
6 1 (1.28%) Cypress.io
6 1 (1.28%) eggPlant
6 1 (1.28%) GitLab
6 1 (1.28%) HP UFT
6 1 (1.28%) Jasmine
6 1 (1.28%) JMeter
6 1 (1.28%) JUnit
6 1 (1.28%) Karma Test Runner
6 1 (1.28%) SoapUI
6 1 (1.28%) SonarQube
6 1 (1.28%) Visual Studio
General
1 36 (46.15%) Social Skills
2 34 (43.59%) Finance
3 22 (28.21%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (20.51%) Banking
5 8 (10.26%) Marketing
6 4 (5.13%) Influencing Skills
6 4 (5.13%) Public Sector
7 3 (3.85%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (3.85%) Front Office
7 3 (3.85%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (2.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (2.56%) Investment Banking
8 2 (2.56%) Legal
8 2 (2.56%) Military
8 2 (2.56%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (2.56%) Retail
9 1 (1.28%) Corporate Banking
9 1 (1.28%) International Banking
9 1 (1.28%) Manufacturing
9 1 (1.28%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 12 (15.38%) Analyst
2 10 (12.82%) Developer
3 7 (8.97%) Architect
4 6 (7.69%) Lead
4 6 (7.69%) Senior
5 5 (6.41%) IT Analyst
6 4 (5.13%) C# Developer
6 4 (5.13%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 4 (5.13%) SOX Analyst
7 3 (3.85%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 3 (3.85%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
7 3 (3.85%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Support
7 3 (3.85%) 3rd Line Support
7 3 (3.85%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
7 3 (3.85%) Automation Engineer
7 3 (3.85%) Infrastructure Support
7 3 (3.85%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
7 3 (3.85%) Junior
7 3 (3.85%) Project Manager
7 3 (3.85%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (11.54%) .NET
2 6 (7.69%) XML
3 5 (6.41%) Web Services
4 4 (5.13%) HTML
5 3 (3.85%) .NET Framework
5 3 (3.85%) CSS
5 3 (3.85%) REST
5 3 (3.85%) RESTful
5 3 (3.85%) SOAP
5 3 (3.85%) Spring
5 3 (3.85%) Terraform
6 2 (2.56%) ADO.NET
6 2 (2.56%) Ajax
6 2 (2.56%) ASP.NET
6 2 (2.56%) ASP.NET Web Forms
6 2 (2.56%) Middleware
6 2 (2.56%) React
6 2 (2.56%) Spring Boot
6 2 (2.56%) XSL
6 2 (2.56%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 5 (6.41%) Cloud Native
1 5 (6.41%) Data Centre
1 5 (6.41%) Onboarding
2 4 (5.13%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 3 (3.85%) Algorithms
3 3 (3.85%) Clustering
3 3 (3.85%) Equities
3 3 (3.85%) PKI
4 2 (2.56%) CMDB
4 2 (2.56%) Data Structures
4 2 (2.56%) Distributed Systems
4 2 (2.56%) Life Science
4 2 (2.56%) Management Information System
4 2 (2.56%) PMI
4 2 (2.56%) Product Ownership
4 2 (2.56%) Replication
4 2 (2.56%) Security Posture
5 1 (1.28%) Distributed Computing
5 1 (1.28%) Genomics
5 1 (1.28%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 13 (16.67%) Linux
2 9 (11.54%) Unix
3 8 (10.26%) Windows
4 5 (6.41%) Windows Server
5 1 (1.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (1.28%) VMS
5 1 (1.28%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (1.28%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (1.28%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (1.28%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (39.74%) Computer Science
2 21 (26.92%) Agile
3 19 (24.36%) AI
3 19 (24.36%) Problem-Solving
4 15 (19.23%) DevOps
5 14 (17.95%) Stakeholder Management
6 12 (15.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 11 (14.10%) Scrum
8 10 (12.82%) Machine Learning
8 10 (12.82%) Project Management
9 9 (11.54%) Analytics
9 9 (11.54%) Business Intelligence
9 9 (11.54%) PRINCE2
10 8 (10.26%) CI/CD
10 8 (10.26%) Decision-Making
10 8 (10.26%) Risk Management
11 7 (8.97%) Change Management
11 7 (8.97%) Cybersecurity
11 7 (8.97%) Performance Tuning
11 7 (8.97%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 22 (28.21%) Python
2 19 (24.36%) SQL
3 9 (11.54%) C#
4 7 (8.97%) Java
4 7 (8.97%) JavaScript
5 6 (7.69%) PowerShell
6 5 (6.41%) PL/SQL
7 3 (3.85%) C++
7 3 (3.85%) TypeScript
8 2 (2.56%) C
8 2 (2.56%) ProC
9 1 (1.28%) COBOL
9 1 (1.28%) CQL
9 1 (1.28%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (1.28%) R
9 1 (1.28%) RPG
9 1 (1.28%) VB
9 1 (1.28%) VB.NET
9 1 (1.28%) VBA
9 1 (1.28%) X++
Qualifications
1 15 (19.23%) Computer Science Degree
2 9 (11.54%) Security Cleared
3 7 (8.97%) PMI Certification
4 6 (7.69%) PMP
5 5 (6.41%) CISA
5 5 (6.41%) CISSP
5 5 (6.41%) Master's Degree
6 4 (5.13%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (5.13%) CRISC
7 3 (3.85%) DV Cleared
7 3 (3.85%) PhD
8 2 (2.56%) CCNA
8 2 (2.56%) CCNP
8 2 (2.56%) ISTQB
8 2 (2.56%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (2.56%) SC Cleared
8 2 (2.56%) TOGAF Certification
9 1 (1.28%) Azure Certification
9 1 (1.28%) CCSK
9 1 (1.28%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (15.38%) QA
2 6 (7.69%) Data Quality
2 6 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (6.41%) NIST
4 4 (5.13%) COBIT
4 4 (5.13%) ITGC
4 4 (5.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 3 (3.85%) PMO
6 2 (2.56%) GDPR
6 2 (2.56%) P3O
7 1 (1.28%) EU AI Act
7 1 (1.28%) ISO/IEC 19770
7 1 (1.28%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 1 (1.28%) MiFID
7 1 (1.28%) SLA
7 1 (1.28%) UCITS
System Software
1 9 (11.54%) Docker
2 7 (8.97%) Active Directory
3 5 (6.41%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (5.13%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (3.85%) BitLocker
5 3 (3.85%) Hyper-V
5 3 (3.85%) Microsoft App-V
5 3 (3.85%) Terminal Services
6 2 (2.56%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (1.28%) Firmware
7 1 (1.28%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 9 (11.54%) Kubernetes
2 5 (6.41%) Ansible
3 4 (5.13%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (3.85%) Nagios
4 3 (3.85%) Puppet
4 3 (3.85%) vCenter Server
4 3 (3.85%) vMotion
5 2 (2.56%) Control-M
6 1 (1.28%) HP Fortify
6 1 (1.28%) PingFederate
6 1 (1.28%) SCCM
Vendors
1 23 (29.49%) Microsoft
2 10 (12.82%) Oracle
3 7 (8.97%) Google
4 6 (7.69%) VMware
5 5 (6.41%) IBM
5 5 (6.41%) Sitecore
6 4 (5.13%) Citrix
6 4 (5.13%) HP
6 4 (5.13%) ServiceNow
7 3 (3.85%) Adobe
7 3 (3.85%) SAP
7 3 (3.85%) Symantec
8 2 (2.56%) Palo Alto
8 2 (2.56%) Salesforce
9 1 (1.28%) Atlassian
9 1 (1.28%) Avaloq
9 1 (1.28%) F5
9 1 (1.28%) Meraki
9 1 (1.28%) PagerDuty
9 1 (1.28%) Pega