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

6 months to
3 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 58 23 17
Rank change year-on-year -35 -6 +6
Contract jobs citing Degree 80 159 196
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 3.34% 8.42% 9.56%
As % of the Qualifications category 13.20% 34.19% 40.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 105 125
10th Percentile £269 £353 £355
25th Percentile £413 £475 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -13.00% - +2.22%
75th Percentile £638 £690 £713
90th Percentile £716 £792 £796
Central London median daily rate £501 £573 £575
% change year-on-year -12.58% -0.43% +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% -48.57%
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% -48.57%

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 606 465 486
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 25.28% 24.62% 23.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 438 316 311
10th Percentile £411 £344 £400
25th Percentile £463 £462 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £547 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -0.55% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £642 £675 £675
90th Percentile £734 £763 £775
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £563
% change year-on-year - -2.22% +2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 7 4
10th Percentile £19.42 £22.28 £20.31
25th Percentile £21.88 £26.00 £20.43
Median hourly rate £31.03 £28.15 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.24% +17.29% -31.91%
75th Percentile £57.02 £64.66 £27.00
90th Percentile £70.88 £79.34 -
Central London median hourly rate £42.53 £31.78 £27.00
% change year-on-year +33.86% +17.69% -23.40%

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 August 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 3 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 5 (6.25%) Confluence
1 5 (6.25%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (5.00%) SharePoint
3 2 (2.50%) IIS
4 1 (1.25%) Appian
4 1 (1.25%) CMS
Applications
1 8 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (6.25%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (5.00%) MS Visio
4 3 (3.75%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (2.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (1.25%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (1.25%) Chatbot
6 1 (1.25%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 1 (1.25%) Actimize
1 1 (1.25%) CA PPM
1 1 (1.25%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (1.25%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 20 (25.00%) Azure
2 10 (12.50%) AWS
3 9 (11.25%) Power Platform
4 8 (10.00%) GCP
4 8 (10.00%) GitHub
5 7 (8.75%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (6.25%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (5.00%) OpenShift
8 3 (3.75%) Azure AKS
8 3 (3.75%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 3 (3.75%) GitHub Copilot
8 3 (3.75%) IaaS
8 3 (3.75%) PaaS
8 3 (3.75%) Snowflake
9 2 (2.50%) Azure Data Factory
9 2 (2.50%) Cloudflare
9 2 (2.50%) Entra ID
9 2 (2.50%) OneDrive
9 2 (2.50%) Power Automate
9 2 (2.50%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 10 (12.50%) Firewall
2 6 (7.50%) DNS
2 6 (7.50%) VPN
3 5 (6.25%) DHCP
4 3 (3.75%) SMTP
5 2 (2.50%) Internet
5 2 (2.50%) Intranet
5 2 (2.50%) LAN
5 2 (2.50%) TCP/IP
5 2 (2.50%) WAN
6 1 (1.25%) BGP
6 1 (1.25%) DKIM
6 1 (1.25%) DMARC
6 1 (1.25%) IPsec
6 1 (1.25%) MPLS
6 1 (1.25%) OSPF
6 1 (1.25%) Software-Defined Networking
6 1 (1.25%) SSL
6 1 (1.25%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (1.25%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (8.75%) Power BI
2 6 (7.50%) NoSQL
3 5 (6.25%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (5.00%) MongoDB
4 4 (5.00%) SQL Server
4 4 (5.00%) Tableau
5 3 (3.75%) Amazon RDS
5 3 (3.75%) Big Data
5 3 (3.75%) Db2
5 3 (3.75%) Elasticsearch
5 3 (3.75%) Relational Database
6 2 (2.50%) Metadata
6 2 (2.50%) Oracle Database
6 2 (2.50%) RDBMS
6 2 (2.50%) SQLPlus
7 1 (1.25%) Amazon Redshift
7 1 (1.25%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 1 (1.25%) Metadata Repository
7 1 (1.25%) Power Query
7 1 (1.25%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 9 (11.25%) JIRA
2 6 (7.50%) Git
3 4 (5.00%) Jenkins
4 3 (3.75%) Zephyr
5 2 (2.50%) Artifactory
5 2 (2.50%) Bitbucket
5 2 (2.50%) TeamCity
6 1 (1.25%) Cypress.io
6 1 (1.25%) GitLab
6 1 (1.25%) Jasmine
6 1 (1.25%) JUnit
6 1 (1.25%) Karma Test Runner
6 1 (1.25%) MLflow
6 1 (1.25%) Selenium
6 1 (1.25%) Visual Studio
General
1 33 (41.25%) Finance
2 32 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 21 (26.25%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (21.25%) Banking
5 7 (8.75%) Marketing
6 4 (5.00%) Influencing Skills
6 4 (5.00%) Public Sector
7 3 (3.75%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (3.75%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (3.75%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (2.50%) Advertising
8 2 (2.50%) Front Office
8 2 (2.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (2.50%) Legal
9 1 (1.25%) Aerospace
9 1 (1.25%) Automotive
9 1 (1.25%) Law
9 1 (1.25%) Manufacturing
9 1 (1.25%) Retail
9 1 (1.25%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 12 (15.00%) Analyst
2 9 (11.25%) Developer
3 8 (10.00%) Senior
4 7 (8.75%) Architect
5 5 (6.25%) IT Analyst
6 4 (5.00%) 3rd Line Support
6 4 (5.00%) C# Developer
6 4 (5.00%) Data Scientist
6 4 (5.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 4 (5.00%) Junior
6 4 (5.00%) Lead
6 4 (5.00%) SOX Analyst
7 3 (3.75%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
7 3 (3.75%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Support
7 3 (3.75%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
7 3 (3.75%) Business Analyst
7 3 (3.75%) Consultant
7 3 (3.75%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
7 3 (3.75%) Project Manager
7 3 (3.75%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (8.75%) .NET
2 5 (6.25%) PyTorch
3 4 (5.00%) AngularJS
3 4 (5.00%) Hugging Face
3 4 (5.00%) React
3 4 (5.00%) Spring
3 4 (5.00%) TensorFlow
3 4 (5.00%) Web Services
3 4 (5.00%) XML
4 3 (3.75%) Backbone.js
4 3 (3.75%) Bootstrap
4 3 (3.75%) Ember.js
4 3 (3.75%) jQuery
4 3 (3.75%) Keras
4 3 (3.75%) REST
5 2 (2.50%) .NET Core
5 2 (2.50%) Ajax
5 2 (2.50%) ASP.NET Web Forms
5 2 (2.50%) RESTful
5 2 (2.50%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 5 (6.25%) Cloud Native
1 5 (6.25%) Data Centre
1 5 (6.25%) Onboarding
2 4 (5.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 3 (3.75%) Clustering
3 3 (3.75%) Distributed Systems
3 3 (3.75%) Equities
3 3 (3.75%) PKI
3 3 (3.75%) Product Ownership
4 2 (2.50%) Algorithms
4 2 (2.50%) Management Information System
4 2 (2.50%) PMI
4 2 (2.50%) Security Posture
4 2 (2.50%) Synthetic Data
4 2 (2.50%) Virtual Team
5 1 (1.25%) Cybercrime
5 1 (1.25%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.25%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.25%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.25%) OTC Derivatives
Operating Systems
1 14 (17.50%) Linux
2 11 (13.75%) Windows
3 7 (8.75%) Unix
4 4 (5.00%) Windows Server
5 3 (3.75%) Android
5 3 (3.75%) Apple iOS
6 2 (2.50%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (2.50%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (1.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (1.25%) VMS
7 1 (1.25%) Windows 10
7 1 (1.25%) Windows Server 2003
7 1 (1.25%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (35.00%) Computer Science
2 24 (30.00%) AI
3 17 (21.25%) Agile
3 17 (21.25%) Problem-Solving
4 16 (20.00%) Analytics
4 16 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 14 (17.50%) DevOps
6 13 (16.25%) Machine Learning
7 11 (13.75%) Business Intelligence
8 9 (11.25%) LLM
8 9 (11.25%) Risk Management
8 9 (11.25%) Scrum
8 9 (11.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 8 (10.00%) Change Management
9 8 (10.00%) Cybersecurity
9 8 (10.00%) PRINCE2
9 8 (10.00%) Project Management
9 8 (10.00%) SDLC
10 7 (8.75%) Decision-Making
10 7 (8.75%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 23 (28.75%) SQL
2 22 (27.50%) Python
3 7 (8.75%) C#
4 6 (7.50%) Java
5 5 (6.25%) PowerShell
6 4 (5.00%) JavaScript
6 4 (5.00%) PL/SQL
7 3 (3.75%) C++
8 2 (2.50%) C
8 2 (2.50%) ProC
8 2 (2.50%) TypeScript
9 1 (1.25%) COBOL
9 1 (1.25%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (1.25%) Korn
9 1 (1.25%) RPG
9 1 (1.25%) VB
9 1 (1.25%) VBA
9 1 (1.25%) X++
Qualifications
1 13 (16.25%) Computer Science Degree
2 8 (10.00%) PhD
3 7 (8.75%) CISSP
3 7 (8.75%) Master's Degree
3 7 (8.75%) Security Cleared
4 6 (7.50%) Cisco Certification
5 5 (6.25%) CISA
5 5 (6.25%) CRISC
6 4 (5.00%) PMI Certification
7 3 (3.75%) CCNP
7 3 (3.75%) CISM
7 3 (3.75%) DV Cleared
7 3 (3.75%) PMP
7 3 (3.75%) SC Cleared
8 2 (2.50%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 2 (2.50%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (2.50%) CCNA
8 2 (2.50%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (1.25%) CCA
9 1 (1.25%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (13.75%) QA
2 7 (8.75%) NIST
3 6 (7.50%) Data Quality
3 6 (7.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (5.00%) COBIT
4 4 (5.00%) ITGC
4 4 (5.00%) PMO
4 4 (5.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 2 (2.50%) GDPR
5 2 (2.50%) ISO/IEC 42001
5 2 (2.50%) P3O
5 2 (2.50%) PCI DSS
5 2 (2.50%) SLA
6 1 (1.25%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (1.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (1.25%) EU AI Act
6 1 (1.25%) MiFID
6 1 (1.25%) NIST 800
6 1 (1.25%) UCITS
System Software
1 8 (10.00%) Docker
2 6 (7.50%) Active Directory
3 4 (5.00%) Hyper-V
3 4 (5.00%) VMware ESXi
3 4 (5.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (3.75%) BitLocker
4 3 (3.75%) Microsoft App-V
4 3 (3.75%) Terminal Services
5 2 (2.50%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (1.25%) Firmware
6 1 (1.25%) vSphere
6 1 (1.25%) XenApp
6 1 (1.25%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 12 (15.00%) Kubernetes
2 5 (6.25%) Ansible
3 3 (3.75%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (3.75%) Nagios
3 3 (3.75%) Puppet
3 3 (3.75%) vCenter Server
3 3 (3.75%) vMotion
4 2 (2.50%) SCCM
4 2 (2.50%) Terraform
5 1 (1.25%) Control-M
5 1 (1.25%) PingFederate
5 1 (1.25%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 25 (31.25%) Microsoft
2 7 (8.75%) Oracle
3 6 (7.50%) Google
4 5 (6.25%) Citrix
4 5 (6.25%) Sitecore
4 5 (6.25%) VMware
5 4 (5.00%) HP
5 4 (5.00%) IBM
5 4 (5.00%) ServiceNow
6 3 (3.75%) Cisco
6 3 (3.75%) Palo Alto
6 3 (3.75%) Symantec
7 2 (2.50%) CheckPoint
7 2 (2.50%) Databricks
7 2 (2.50%) Forcepoint
7 2 (2.50%) Fortinet
7 2 (2.50%) Juniper
7 2 (2.50%) Salesforce
7 2 (2.50%) SAP
7 2 (2.50%) Splunk