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

6 months to
3 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 50 24 22
Rank change year-on-year -26 -2 0
Contract jobs citing Degree 94 147 170
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 4.08% 8.37% 7.76%
As % of the Qualifications category 15.56% 34.19% 38.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 69 98 103
10th Percentile £360 £359 £295
25th Percentile £413 £463 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £575 £565
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +1.77% -5.87%
75th Percentile £664 £720 £669
90th Percentile £788 £823 £785
Central London median daily rate £500 £550 £561
% change year-on-year -9.09% -2.00% -6.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 1
10th Percentile £19.99 - -
25th Percentile £24.13 £27.39 -
Median hourly rate £32.07 £28.15 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.91% +4.26% -48.08%
75th Percentile £42.63 £28.91 -
90th Percentile £48.35 - -
Central London median hourly rate £28.77 £28.15 £34.75
% change year-on-year +2.19% -18.99% -33.17%

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 604 430 446
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 26.23% 24.49% 20.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 442 285 292
10th Percentile £400 £404 £376
25th Percentile £458 £459 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% -7.83%
75th Percentile £643 £675 £650
90th Percentile £738 £763 £775
Central London median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 4 3
10th Percentile £18.50 £23.62 -
25th Percentile £22.56 £26.04 £20.22
Median hourly rate £32.07 £45.33 £20.82
Median % change year-on-year -29.26% +117.75% -59.58%
75th Percentile £58.58 £72.81 £24.20
90th Percentile £69.70 £89.13 £25.88
Central London median hourly rate £28.92 £29.07 £25.99
% change year-on-year -0.52% +11.87% -49.54%

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 3 May 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 3 May 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 3 (3.19%) Confluence
2 2 (2.13%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.06%) Appian
3 1 (1.06%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 8 (8.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (6.38%) MS Visio
3 4 (4.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (4.26%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (3.19%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.06%) Actimize
1 1 (1.06%) Aladdin
1 1 (1.06%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (1.06%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
1 1 (1.06%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 25 (26.60%) Azure
2 12 (12.77%) Power Platform
3 11 (11.70%) GCP
4 9 (9.57%) AWS
5 8 (8.51%) GitHub
6 7 (7.45%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (5.32%) Microsoft 365
8 4 (4.26%) GitHub Copilot
9 3 (3.19%) Azure AKS
9 3 (3.19%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 3 (3.19%) Dynamics 365
9 3 (3.19%) Google Gemini
9 3 (3.19%) Power Automate
9 3 (3.19%) Snowflake
10 2 (2.13%) Azure Data Factory
10 2 (2.13%) ChatGPT
10 2 (2.13%) Collibra
10 2 (2.13%) Figma
10 2 (2.13%) PowerApps
11 1 (1.06%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 4 (4.26%) Firewall
2 1 (1.06%) IPsec
2 1 (1.06%) iSCSI
2 1 (1.06%) NetScaler
2 1 (1.06%) Network Security
2 1 (1.06%) SSL
2 1 (1.06%) Unified Communications
2 1 (1.06%) VPN
2 1 (1.06%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (7.45%) Power BI
2 6 (6.38%) NoSQL
2 6 (6.38%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (4.26%) Metadata
3 4 (4.26%) SQL Server
4 3 (3.19%) DB2
4 3 (3.19%) MongoDB
4 3 (3.19%) Tableau
5 2 (2.13%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (2.13%) Metadata Repository
5 2 (2.13%) MySQL
5 2 (2.13%) Relational Database
6 1 (1.06%) Data Mining
6 1 (1.06%) OLAP
6 1 (1.06%) Oracle OLAP
6 1 (1.06%) Power Query
6 1 (1.06%) PowerCenter
6 1 (1.06%) QlikView
6 1 (1.06%) Snowflake Schema
6 1 (1.06%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 9 (9.57%) JIRA
2 7 (7.45%) Git
3 2 (2.13%) ERwin
3 2 (2.13%) Jenkins
4 1 (1.06%) Bitbucket
4 1 (1.06%) Cucumber
4 1 (1.06%) Cypress.io
4 1 (1.06%) MLflow
4 1 (1.06%) Postman
4 1 (1.06%) Selenium
4 1 (1.06%) SonarQube
4 1 (1.06%) Visual Studio
4 1 (1.06%) Zephyr
General
1 42 (44.68%) Social Skills
2 38 (40.43%) Finance
3 19 (20.21%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (17.02%) Banking
5 8 (8.51%) Presentation Skills
6 7 (7.45%) Public Sector
7 6 (6.38%) Marketing
8 5 (5.32%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (4.26%) Front Office
9 4 (4.26%) Investment Banking
10 3 (3.19%) Back Office
10 3 (3.19%) Financial Institution
10 3 (3.19%) Legal
10 3 (3.19%) Retail
11 2 (2.13%) Advertising
11 2 (2.13%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (2.13%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (1.06%) Law
12 1 (1.06%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (1.06%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 17 (18.09%) Analyst
2 10 (10.64%) Senior
3 8 (8.51%) Consultant
4 7 (7.45%) Lead
5 6 (6.38%) Architect
5 6 (6.38%) Business Analyst
5 6 (6.38%) Data Scientist
5 6 (6.38%) Developer
6 4 (4.26%) IT Analyst
6 4 (4.26%) Risk Analyst
6 4 (4.26%) Senior Manager
6 4 (4.26%) SOX Analyst
6 4 (4.26%) Support Engineer
7 3 (3.19%) Data Analyst
7 3 (3.19%) Security Specialist
7 3 (3.19%) Senior Business Analyst
7 3 (3.19%) Senior Project Manager
7 3 (3.19%) Technical Engineer
7 3 (3.19%) Technical Support
7 3 (3.19%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (8.51%) PyTorch
2 7 (7.45%) TensorFlow
3 5 (5.32%) React
4 4 (4.26%) Hugging Face
5 3 (3.19%) AngularJS
5 3 (3.19%) Backbone.js
5 3 (3.19%) Bootstrap
5 3 (3.19%) Ember.js
5 3 (3.19%) jQuery
5 3 (3.19%) Keras
5 3 (3.19%) Node.js
5 3 (3.19%) Spring
6 2 (2.13%) .NET
6 2 (2.13%) LangChain
7 1 (1.06%) FastAPI
7 1 (1.06%) Google JAX
7 1 (1.06%) JAX
7 1 (1.06%) LangGraph
7 1 (1.06%) Playwright
7 1 (1.06%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 4 (4.26%) Cloud Native
1 4 (4.26%) Management Information System
1 4 (4.26%) PMI
2 3 (3.19%) AI Agents
2 3 (3.19%) Data Structures
2 3 (3.19%) Onboarding
2 3 (3.19%) Product Ownership
3 2 (2.13%) Distributed Systems
3 2 (2.13%) Equities
3 2 (2.13%) Fixed Income
3 2 (2.13%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 2 (2.13%) Low-Code
3 2 (2.13%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (2.13%) Synthetic Data
3 2 (2.13%) Virtual Team
4 1 (1.06%) Blog
4 1 (1.06%) Client/Server
4 1 (1.06%) Life Science
4 1 (1.06%) PACS
4 1 (1.06%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 10 (10.64%) Windows
2 5 (5.32%) Linux
3 4 (4.26%) Windows Server
4 3 (3.19%) Android
4 3 (3.19%) Apple iOS
5 2 (2.13%) Unix
6 1 (1.06%) VMS
6 1 (1.06%) Windows 10
6 1 (1.06%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (1.06%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (37.23%) Computer Science
2 29 (30.85%) Problem-Solving
3 25 (26.60%) AI
4 23 (24.47%) Agile
5 18 (19.15%) Analytics
6 14 (14.89%) Cybersecurity
6 14 (14.89%) Risk Management
6 14 (14.89%) Stakeholder Management
7 12 (12.77%) Data Science
7 12 (12.77%) DevOps
8 11 (11.70%) Change Management
8 11 (11.70%) Decision-Making
8 11 (11.70%) Machine Learning
8 11 (11.70%) Validation
9 10 (10.64%) Software Engineering
9 10 (10.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 9 (9.57%) Business Intelligence
10 9 (9.57%) Data Modelling
11 8 (8.51%) Continuous Improvement
11 8 (8.51%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 23 (24.47%) Python
2 21 (22.34%) SQL
3 9 (9.57%) Java
4 5 (5.32%) C#
5 4 (4.26%) C++
6 3 (3.19%) JavaScript
6 3 (3.19%) TypeScript
7 2 (2.13%) PowerShell
8 1 (1.06%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (1.06%) Korn
8 1 (1.06%) R
8 1 (1.06%) VB
8 1 (1.06%) VB.NET
8 1 (1.06%) X++
Qualifications
1 21 (22.34%) Computer Science Degree
2 15 (15.96%) Master's Degree
3 10 (10.64%) CISSP
4 8 (8.51%) CRISC
4 8 (8.51%) Security Cleared
5 7 (7.45%) PhD
6 6 (6.38%) CISM
6 6 (6.38%) SC Cleared
7 5 (5.32%) CISA
7 5 (5.32%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (5.32%) PMI Certification
8 4 (4.26%) CBAP
9 3 (3.19%) DV Cleared
9 3 (3.19%) GIAC
9 3 (3.19%) ISACA
9 3 (3.19%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (2.13%) CCNA
10 2 (2.13%) GSEC
10 2 (2.13%) MBA
10 2 (2.13%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (9.57%) Data Quality
2 7 (7.45%) NIST
3 6 (6.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (5.32%) GDPR
4 5 (5.32%) QA
5 4 (4.26%) COBIT
5 4 (4.26%) ITGC
5 4 (4.26%) PMO
5 4 (4.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (2.13%) GRC
6 2 (2.13%) ISO/IEC 42001
6 2 (2.13%) PCI DSS
6 2 (2.13%) SLA
7 1 (1.06%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (1.06%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (1.06%) HIPAA
7 1 (1.06%) NIST 800
7 1 (1.06%) P3O
7 1 (1.06%) Solvency II
7 1 (1.06%) UCITS
System Software
1 3 (3.19%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.13%) Docker
3 1 (1.06%) Firmware
3 1 (1.06%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.06%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (1.06%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (1.06%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.06%) vSphere
3 1 (1.06%) XenApp
3 1 (1.06%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 5 (5.32%) Kubernetes
2 2 (2.13%) Ansible
2 2 (2.13%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (2.13%) Terraform
3 1 (1.06%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (1.06%) Control-M
3 1 (1.06%) Packer
3 1 (1.06%) SCCM
3 1 (1.06%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 20 (21.28%) Microsoft
2 6 (6.38%) Google
3 4 (4.26%) SAP
4 3 (3.19%) Databricks
4 3 (3.19%) Informatica
4 3 (3.19%) Oracle
5 2 (2.13%) Cisco
5 2 (2.13%) Murex
5 2 (2.13%) VMware
5 2 (2.13%) YouTube
6 1 (1.06%) Charles River
6 1 (1.06%) CheckPoint
6 1 (1.06%) Citrix
6 1 (1.06%) EMC
6 1 (1.06%) Forcepoint
6 1 (1.06%) HP
6 1 (1.06%) IBM
6 1 (1.06%) Juniper
6 1 (1.06%) UiPath
6 1 (1.06%) Zscaler