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

6 months to
25 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 22 27
Rank change year-on-year -8 +5 +5
Contract jobs citing Degree 117 140 152
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 5.91% 7.67% 6.47%
As % of the Qualifications category 21.20% 29.79% 34.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 89 92 93
10th Percentile £363 £359 £250
25th Percentile £419 £458 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £560
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% -1.79% -10.76%
75th Percentile £675 £690 £700
90th Percentile £851 £809 £800
Central London median daily rate £540 £530 £550
% change year-on-year +1.89% -3.64% -8.41%
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 - £72.50
% change year-on-year - - +53.44%

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 552 470 444
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 27.86% 25.75% 18.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 408 281 299
10th Percentile £392 £363 £360
25th Percentile £436 £458 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £638 £660 £679
90th Percentile £738 £763 £780
Central London median daily rate £525 £527 £540
% change year-on-year -0.38% -2.41% -6.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 4 3
10th Percentile £20.65 £24.78 £19.19
25th Percentile £25.77 £28.94 £19.58
Median hourly rate £28.00 £72.25 £20.82
Median % change year-on-year -61.25% +247.11% -50.44%
75th Percentile £52.16 £112.00 £47.58
90th Percentile £59.86 - £63.28
Central London median hourly rate £25.62 £32.50 £24.97
% change year-on-year -21.17% +30.16% -40.55%

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

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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 25 February 2026.

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
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 25 February 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 (4.27%) SharePoint
2 4 (3.42%) Confluence
3 2 (1.71%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.85%) Ethereum
4 1 (0.85%) Hyperledger
4 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 13 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (9.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 10 (8.55%) MS Visio
4 7 (5.98%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (3.42%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.85%) Aladdin
1 1 (0.85%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.85%) HFM
1 1 (0.85%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
1 1 (0.85%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 30 (25.64%) Azure
2 16 (13.68%) GCP
3 15 (12.82%) AWS
4 13 (11.11%) Power Platform
5 8 (6.84%) Azure DevOps
6 6 (5.13%) GitHub
7 5 (4.27%) Microsoft 365
8 4 (3.42%) GitHub Copilot
9 3 (2.56%) Google Gemini
9 3 (2.56%) Snowflake
10 2 (1.71%) ChatGPT
10 2 (1.71%) Collibra
10 2 (1.71%) Dynamics 365
10 2 (1.71%) Entra ID
10 2 (1.71%) Figma
10 2 (1.71%) Microsoft Purview
10 2 (1.71%) Power Automate
10 2 (1.71%) SaaS
11 1 (0.85%) Dagster
11 1 (0.85%) Prefect
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.42%) Firewall
2 3 (2.56%) LAN
2 3 (2.56%) Structured Cabling
2 3 (2.56%) WAN
3 2 (1.71%) Network Security
4 1 (0.85%) DHCP
4 1 (0.85%) DNS
4 1 (0.85%) HTTPS
4 1 (0.85%) Internet
4 1 (0.85%) NetScaler
4 1 (0.85%) SSL
4 1 (0.85%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.85%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.85%) VLAN
4 1 (0.85%) VPN
4 1 (0.85%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (7.69%) Power BI
2 5 (4.27%) NoSQL
2 5 (4.27%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (3.42%) Tableau
4 3 (2.56%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (2.56%) DB2
4 3 (2.56%) Metadata
4 3 (2.56%) MongoDB
4 3 (2.56%) SQL Server
4 3 (2.56%) Star Schema
5 2 (1.71%) KDB
5 2 (1.71%) Kdb+
5 2 (1.71%) MySQL
6 1 (0.85%) Big Data
6 1 (0.85%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.85%) OLAP
6 1 (0.85%) Oracle OLAP
6 1 (0.85%) PowerCenter
6 1 (0.85%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.85%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 14 (11.97%) JIRA
2 6 (5.13%) Git
3 3 (2.56%) Selenium
4 2 (1.71%) Bitbucket
4 2 (1.71%) Cucumber
4 2 (1.71%) ERwin
4 2 (1.71%) Postman
4 2 (1.71%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (0.85%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.85%) GitLab
5 1 (0.85%) Hardhat
5 1 (0.85%) MLflow
5 1 (0.85%) SonarQube
General
1 53 (45.30%) Social Skills
2 51 (43.59%) Finance
3 23 (19.66%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (16.24%) Banking
5 14 (11.97%) Presentation Skills
6 10 (8.55%) Influencing Skills
7 9 (7.69%) Front Office
7 9 (7.69%) Public Sector
8 7 (5.98%) Investment Banking
9 6 (5.13%) Back Office
9 6 (5.13%) Legal
9 6 (5.13%) Marketing
9 6 (5.13%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (3.42%) Financial Institution
10 4 (3.42%) Pharmaceutical
10 4 (3.42%) Telecoms
11 3 (2.56%) Law
11 3 (2.56%) Retail
12 2 (1.71%) Advertising
12 2 (1.71%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 22 (18.80%) Analyst
2 17 (14.53%) Senior
3 16 (13.68%) Business Analyst
4 9 (7.69%) Developer
4 9 (7.69%) Lead
4 9 (7.69%) Project Manager
5 8 (6.84%) Consultant
6 6 (5.13%) Data Scientist
6 6 (5.13%) Senior Business Analyst
7 5 (4.27%) Architect
7 5 (4.27%) Senior Analyst
7 5 (4.27%) Senior Manager
7 5 (4.27%) Support Engineer
8 4 (3.42%) IT Manager
8 4 (3.42%) IT Project Manager
8 4 (3.42%) Senior Project Manager
8 4 (3.42%) Technical Analyst
9 3 (2.56%) Technical Support
9 3 (2.56%) Technical Support Engineer
9 3 (2.56%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (6.84%) PyTorch
1 8 (6.84%) TensorFlow
2 6 (5.13%) React
3 5 (4.27%) .NET
4 4 (3.42%) Hugging Face
4 4 (3.42%) jQuery
5 3 (2.56%) AngularJS
5 3 (2.56%) Backbone.js
5 3 (2.56%) Bootstrap
5 3 (2.56%) Ember.js
5 3 (2.56%) Keras
5 3 (2.56%) LangChain
6 2 (1.71%) CSS
6 2 (1.71%) HTML
6 2 (1.71%) LangGraph
6 2 (1.71%) Node.js
7 1 (0.85%) Faiss
7 1 (0.85%) Google JAX
7 1 (0.85%) JAX
7 1 (0.85%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 10 (8.55%) Product Ownership
2 6 (5.13%) Data Centre
2 6 (5.13%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 5 (4.27%) Management Information System
3 5 (4.27%) Onboarding
4 4 (3.42%) Algorithms
4 4 (3.42%) Data Structures
4 4 (3.42%) Fixed Income
5 3 (2.56%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (2.56%) PMI
5 3 (2.56%) Security Posture
5 3 (2.56%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.71%) AI Agents
6 2 (1.71%) BYOD
6 2 (1.71%) Cloud Native
6 2 (1.71%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (1.71%) Low-Code
6 2 (1.71%) Synthetic Data
6 2 (1.71%) Virtual Team
6 2 (1.71%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 13 (11.11%) Windows
2 5 (4.27%) Linux
3 4 (3.42%) Windows Server
4 3 (2.56%) Android
4 3 (2.56%) Apple iOS
4 3 (2.56%) Unix
5 2 (1.71%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.85%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.85%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.85%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (37.61%) Computer Science
2 40 (34.19%) Agile
3 36 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
4 24 (20.51%) AI
4 24 (20.51%) Analytics
5 20 (17.09%) Scrum
6 19 (16.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 18 (15.38%) User Acceptance Testing
8 17 (14.53%) Data Science
8 17 (14.53%) Stakeholder Management
9 16 (13.68%) DevOps
9 16 (13.68%) Risk Management
10 15 (12.82%) Change Management
11 14 (11.97%) SDLC
12 13 (11.11%) Machine Learning
12 13 (11.11%) Workshop Facilitation
13 12 (10.26%) Business Intelligence
13 12 (10.26%) Collaborative Working
13 12 (10.26%) Cybersecurity
13 12 (10.26%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 28 (23.93%) Python
2 24 (20.51%) SQL
3 12 (10.26%) Java
4 6 (5.13%) C#
5 5 (4.27%) C++
5 5 (4.27%) JavaScript
6 4 (3.42%) PowerShell
7 3 (2.56%) TypeScript
8 2 (1.71%) Korn
8 2 (1.71%) VB.NET
9 1 (0.85%) R
9 1 (0.85%) Solidity
9 1 (0.85%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 29 (24.79%) Computer Science Degree
2 18 (15.38%) Master's Degree
3 10 (8.55%) Security Cleared
4 9 (7.69%) SC Cleared
5 7 (5.98%) CISSP
6 6 (5.13%) CBAP
6 6 (5.13%) CISM
6 6 (5.13%) PhD
6 6 (5.13%) PMI Certification
7 4 (3.42%) CRISC
7 4 (3.42%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (2.56%) DV Cleared
8 3 (2.56%) GIAC
8 3 (2.56%) IIBA
8 3 (2.56%) ISACA
8 3 (2.56%) ISEB
8 3 (2.56%) MBA
8 3 (2.56%) PMP
9 2 (1.71%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (1.71%) CASP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (7.69%) Data Quality
2 7 (5.98%) GDPR
2 7 (5.98%) PMO
2 7 (5.98%) QA
3 3 (2.56%) Accessibility
3 3 (2.56%) GRC
3 3 (2.56%) NIST
3 3 (2.56%) PCI DSS
4 2 (1.71%) SLA
5 1 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.85%) DICOM
5 1 (0.85%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.85%) HL7
5 1 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.85%) MiFID
5 1 (0.85%) NIST 800
5 1 (0.85%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.85%) Solvency II
5 1 (0.85%) WCAG
System Software
1 4 (3.42%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.71%) Docker
3 1 (0.85%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.85%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.85%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.85%) XenApp
3 1 (0.85%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 4 (3.42%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.71%) Ansible
2 2 (1.71%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (1.71%) SCCM
2 2 (1.71%) Terraform
3 1 (0.85%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (0.85%) Packer
3 1 (0.85%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 24 (20.51%) Microsoft
2 6 (5.13%) Google
2 6 (5.13%) SAP
3 5 (4.27%) Oracle
4 4 (3.42%) Cisco
4 4 (3.42%) ServiceNow
5 3 (2.56%) Arista
5 3 (2.56%) Databricks
6 2 (1.71%) Atlassian
6 2 (1.71%) Informatica
6 2 (1.71%) Planview
6 2 (1.71%) UiPath
6 2 (1.71%) VMware
6 2 (1.71%) Workday
6 2 (1.71%) YouTube
7 1 (0.85%) CheckPoint
7 1 (0.85%) Citrix
7 1 (0.85%) Fortinet
7 1 (0.85%) Murex
7 1 (0.85%) Salesforce