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 9 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 68 22 18
Rank change year-on-year -46 -4 +5
Contract jobs citing Degree 77 146 191
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 3.58% 8.45% 8.98%
As % of the Qualifications category 13.95% 33.80% 36.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 97 120
10th Percentile £225 £314 £296
25th Percentile £419 £456 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £555 £575
Median % change year-on-year -3.15% -3.48% +4.55%
75th Percentile £688 £675 £706
90th Percentile £747 £769 £814
Central London median daily rate £538 £550 £571
% change year-on-year -2.27% -3.72% +3.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 2
10th Percentile - £25.91 -
25th Percentile £55.00 £26.16 -
Median hourly rate £60.00 £27.33 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year +119.58% +1.20% -
75th Percentile £65.00 £28.50 -
90th Percentile - £28.74 -
Central London median hourly rate £53.75 £34.48 £27.00
% change year-on-year +55.89% +27.70% -

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 552 432 523
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 25.69% 25.01% 24.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 392 297 310
10th Percentile £401 £346 £362
25th Percentile £463 £458 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% -2.22% +0.90%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £661
90th Percentile £735 £738 £768
Central London median daily rate £540 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -1.82% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 5 6
10th Percentile £23.30 £20.55 £23.75
25th Percentile £29.00 £25.75 £27.00
Median hourly rate £60.00 £27.50 £29.75
Median % change year-on-year +118.18% -7.56% -36.02%
75th Percentile £65.00 £28.91 £92.44
90th Percentile £119.20 £50.91 £112.00
Central London median hourly rate £54.50 £28.15 £29.75
% change year-on-year +93.61% -5.38% -36.02%

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 9 October 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
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 7 (9.09%) Confluence
2 6 (7.79%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (6.49%) SharePoint
4 2 (2.60%) CMS
4 2 (2.60%) IIS
5 1 (1.30%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (1.30%) MQSeries
5 1 (1.30%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 12 (15.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (6.49%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (5.19%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (5.19%) MS Visio
4 3 (3.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (1.30%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (1.30%) Chatbot
5 1 (1.30%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 2 (2.60%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.30%) CA PPM
2 1 (1.30%) Monis
2 1 (1.30%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 18 (23.38%) Azure
2 10 (12.99%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (11.69%) AWS
3 9 (11.69%) Power Platform
4 8 (10.39%) GCP
5 5 (6.49%) Azure DevOps
5 5 (6.49%) OpenShift
6 4 (5.19%) Entra ID
6 4 (5.19%) GitHub
7 3 (3.90%) IaaS
7 3 (3.90%) OneDrive
7 3 (3.90%) PaaS
7 3 (3.90%) PowerApps
7 3 (3.90%) SaaS
8 2 (2.60%) Azure Logic Apps
8 2 (2.60%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (2.60%) Microsoft Purview
8 2 (2.60%) Power Automate
9 1 (1.30%) Microsoft Copilot
9 1 (1.30%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 9 (11.69%) Firewall
2 6 (7.79%) DNS
2 6 (7.79%) VPN
3 5 (6.49%) DHCP
4 3 (3.90%) SMTP
5 2 (2.60%) Internet
5 2 (2.60%) Intranet
5 2 (2.60%) LAN
5 2 (2.60%) TCP/IP
5 2 (2.60%) WAN
6 1 (1.30%) BGP
6 1 (1.30%) Cisco IOS
6 1 (1.30%) DKIM
6 1 (1.30%) DMARC
6 1 (1.30%) MPLS
6 1 (1.30%) Network Security
6 1 (1.30%) OSPF
6 1 (1.30%) Software-Defined Networking
6 1 (1.30%) Unified Communications
6 1 (1.30%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (9.09%) Power BI
2 6 (7.79%) Tableau
3 4 (5.19%) Big Data
3 4 (5.19%) Oracle Database
3 4 (5.19%) SQL Server
4 3 (3.90%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (3.90%) Elasticsearch
4 3 (3.90%) NoSQL
4 3 (3.90%) Relational Database
5 2 (2.60%) Metadata
5 2 (2.60%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (2.60%) RDBMS
5 2 (2.60%) SQLPlus
6 1 (1.30%) Data Lake
6 1 (1.30%) Data Mining
6 1 (1.30%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (1.30%) Kdb+
6 1 (1.30%) Metadata Repository
6 1 (1.30%) MySQL
6 1 (1.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 8 (10.39%) JIRA
2 5 (6.49%) Git
3 3 (3.90%) Jenkins
3 3 (3.90%) Zephyr
4 2 (2.60%) Artifactory
4 2 (2.60%) Bitbucket
4 2 (2.60%) GitLab
4 2 (2.60%) Selenium
4 2 (2.60%) TeamCity
5 1 (1.30%) Appium
5 1 (1.30%) Cypress.io
5 1 (1.30%) eggPlant
5 1 (1.30%) Gradle
5 1 (1.30%) Jasmine
5 1 (1.30%) JUnit
5 1 (1.30%) Karma Test Runner
5 1 (1.30%) QUnit
5 1 (1.30%) SoapUI
5 1 (1.30%) SonarQube
5 1 (1.30%) Visual Studio
General
1 35 (45.45%) Social Skills
2 34 (44.16%) Finance
3 17 (22.08%) Banking
4 15 (19.48%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (10.39%) Marketing
6 6 (7.79%) Organisational Skills
7 5 (6.49%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (5.19%) Public Sector
9 3 (3.90%) Manufacturing
9 3 (3.90%) Pharmaceutical
9 3 (3.90%) Retail
10 2 (2.60%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (2.60%) Front Office
10 2 (2.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (2.60%) Military
10 2 (2.60%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (2.60%) Retail Banking
11 1 (1.30%) Corporate Banking
11 1 (1.30%) International Banking
11 1 (1.30%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 10 (12.99%) Analyst
1 10 (12.99%) Developer
2 9 (11.69%) Senior
3 8 (10.39%) Architect
4 6 (7.79%) Lead
5 4 (5.19%) C# Developer
5 4 (5.19%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 4 (5.19%) Project Manager
6 3 (3.90%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 3 (3.90%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
6 3 (3.90%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Support
6 3 (3.90%) 3rd Line Support
6 3 (3.90%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
6 3 (3.90%) Automation Engineer
6 3 (3.90%) Business Analyst
6 3 (3.90%) Infrastructure Support
6 3 (3.90%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
6 3 (3.90%) IT Analyst
6 3 (3.90%) Solutions Architect
6 3 (3.90%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (11.69%) .NET
2 6 (7.79%) XML
3 5 (6.49%) REST
3 5 (6.49%) Web Services
4 4 (5.19%) HTML
4 4 (5.19%) SOAP
5 3 (3.90%) .NET Core
5 3 (3.90%) .NET Framework
5 3 (3.90%) CSS
5 3 (3.90%) RESTful
5 3 (3.90%) Spring
5 3 (3.90%) Spring Boot
5 3 (3.90%) Terraform
6 2 (2.60%) Ajax
6 2 (2.60%) ASP.NET Web Forms
6 2 (2.60%) FastAPI
6 2 (2.60%) Kafka
6 2 (2.60%) Playwright
6 2 (2.60%) React
6 2 (2.60%) XSL
Miscellaneous
1 6 (7.79%) Onboarding
2 5 (6.49%) Data Centre
2 5 (6.49%) Product Ownership
3 4 (5.19%) Life Science
3 4 (5.19%) Management Information System
4 3 (3.90%) Algorithms
4 3 (3.90%) Cloud Native
4 3 (3.90%) Clustering
4 3 (3.90%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (3.90%) Equities
4 3 (3.90%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 3 (3.90%) PKI
4 3 (3.90%) PMI
5 2 (2.60%) CMDB
5 2 (2.60%) Data Structures
5 2 (2.60%) Distributed Systems
5 2 (2.60%) Replication
5 2 (2.60%) Security Posture
6 1 (1.30%) AI Agents
6 1 (1.30%) Genomics
Operating Systems
1 14 (18.18%) Linux
2 10 (12.99%) Unix
3 9 (11.69%) Windows
4 5 (6.49%) Windows Server
5 1 (1.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (1.30%) VMS
5 1 (1.30%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (1.30%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (1.30%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (1.30%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (33.77%) Computer Science
2 25 (32.47%) Agile
3 18 (23.38%) Stakeholder Management
4 14 (18.18%) AI
4 14 (18.18%) DevOps
4 14 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
4 14 (18.18%) Scrum
5 12 (15.58%) Project Management
6 11 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
6 11 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 10 (12.99%) Analytics
8 9 (11.69%) CI/CD
8 9 (11.69%) Machine Learning
9 8 (10.39%) Decision-Making
9 8 (10.39%) PRINCE2
9 8 (10.39%) Risk Management
10 7 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
10 7 (9.09%) Migration
10 7 (9.09%) SDLC
10 7 (9.09%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 20 (25.97%) Python
2 17 (22.08%) SQL
3 9 (11.69%) C#
4 6 (7.79%) Java
4 6 (7.79%) JavaScript
4 6 (7.79%) PowerShell
5 5 (6.49%) PL/SQL
6 3 (3.90%) C++
6 3 (3.90%) TypeScript
7 2 (2.60%) C
7 2 (2.60%) ProC
7 2 (2.60%) R
8 1 (1.30%) COBOL
8 1 (1.30%) CQL
8 1 (1.30%) RPG
8 1 (1.30%) VB
8 1 (1.30%) VB.NET
8 1 (1.30%) VBA
8 1 (1.30%) X++
Qualifications
1 12 (15.58%) PMI Certification
2 11 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
3 10 (12.99%) PMP
3 10 (12.99%) Security Cleared
4 6 (7.79%) Master's Degree
5 3 (3.90%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (3.90%) DV Cleared
5 3 (3.90%) TOGAF Certification
6 2 (2.60%) Azure Certification
6 2 (2.60%) CAPM
6 2 (2.60%) CCNA
6 2 (2.60%) CCNP
6 2 (2.60%) ISTQB
6 2 (2.60%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (2.60%) SC Cleared
7 1 (1.30%) CBAP
7 1 (1.30%) IIBA
7 1 (1.30%) Numerate Degree
7 1 (1.30%) SAFe Agilist
7 1 (1.30%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (16.88%) QA
2 9 (11.69%) Data Quality
3 4 (5.19%) PMO
4 2 (2.60%) GDPR
4 2 (2.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (2.60%) P3O
5 1 (1.30%) COBIT
5 1 (1.30%) ISO/IEC 19770
5 1 (1.30%) ITGC
5 1 (1.30%) NIST
5 1 (1.30%) PSD2
5 1 (1.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (1.30%) SEPA
5 1 (1.30%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (12.99%) Docker
2 7 (9.09%) Active Directory
3 5 (6.49%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (5.19%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (3.90%) BitLocker
5 3 (3.90%) Hyper-V
5 3 (3.90%) Microsoft App-V
5 3 (3.90%) Terminal Services
6 2 (2.60%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (1.30%) Firmware
7 1 (1.30%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 8 (10.39%) Kubernetes
2 5 (6.49%) Ansible
2 5 (6.49%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (3.90%) Nagios
3 3 (3.90%) Puppet
3 3 (3.90%) vCenter Server
3 3 (3.90%) vMotion
4 1 (1.30%) Control-M
4 1 (1.30%) HP Fortify
4 1 (1.30%) PingFederate
4 1 (1.30%) SCCM
Vendors
1 27 (35.06%) Microsoft
2 13 (16.88%) Oracle
3 9 (11.69%) Google
4 6 (7.79%) SAP
4 6 (7.79%) VMware
5 5 (6.49%) IBM
5 5 (6.49%) ServiceNow
5 5 (6.49%) Sitecore
6 4 (5.19%) Citrix
6 4 (5.19%) HP
6 4 (5.19%) Salesforce
7 3 (3.90%) Adobe
7 3 (3.90%) Symantec
8 2 (2.60%) Apple
8 2 (2.60%) Cisco
8 2 (2.60%) JD Edwards
8 2 (2.60%) Palo Alto
9 1 (1.30%) FactSet
9 1 (1.30%) MuleSoft
9 1 (1.30%) PagerDuty