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

6 months to
21 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 65 24 15
Rank change year-on-year -41 -9 +10
Contract jobs citing Degree 72 153 201
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 3.08% 8.35% 9.72%
As % of the Qualifications category 12.12% 34.08% 40.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 100 127
10th Percentile £225 £314 £358
25th Percentile £428 £463 £491
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £573 £575
Median % change year-on-year -8.30% -0.43% +4.55%
75th Percentile £644 £694 £688
90th Percentile £721 £825 £799
Central London median daily rate £530 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -3.64% -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 594 449 501
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 25.43% 24.50% 24.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 433 301 318
10th Percentile £413 £321 £400
25th Percentile £463 £456 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £565
Median % change year-on-year - -2.65% +2.73%
75th Percentile £644 £675 £662
90th Percentile £733 £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% +36.17%
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% +53.19%

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

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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 21 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 21 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 (8.33%) Confluence
2 5 (6.94%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (5.56%) SharePoint
4 2 (2.78%) IIS
5 1 (1.39%) Appian
5 1 (1.39%) CMS
5 1 (1.39%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 7 (9.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (5.56%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (5.56%) MS Visio
3 2 (2.78%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (2.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.39%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (1.39%) Chatbot
4 1 (1.39%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 1 (1.39%) Actimize
1 1 (1.39%) CA PPM
1 1 (1.39%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (1.39%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 17 (23.61%) Azure
2 8 (11.11%) AWS
3 7 (9.72%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (9.72%) Power Platform
4 6 (8.33%) GCP
5 5 (6.94%) GitHub
6 4 (5.56%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (5.56%) OpenShift
7 3 (4.17%) Entra ID
7 3 (4.17%) IaaS
7 3 (4.17%) PaaS
8 2 (2.78%) Azure AKS
8 2 (2.78%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 2 (2.78%) Azure Data Factory
8 2 (2.78%) Cloudflare
8 2 (2.78%) OneDrive
8 2 (2.78%) Power Automate
8 2 (2.78%) PowerApps
8 2 (2.78%) SaaS
8 2 (2.78%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 10 (13.89%) Firewall
2 6 (8.33%) DNS
2 6 (8.33%) VPN
3 5 (6.94%) DHCP
4 3 (4.17%) SMTP
5 2 (2.78%) Internet
5 2 (2.78%) Intranet
5 2 (2.78%) LAN
5 2 (2.78%) TCP/IP
5 2 (2.78%) WAN
6 1 (1.39%) BGP
6 1 (1.39%) DKIM
6 1 (1.39%) DMARC
6 1 (1.39%) IPsec
6 1 (1.39%) MPLS
6 1 (1.39%) OSPF
6 1 (1.39%) Software-Defined Networking
6 1 (1.39%) SSL
6 1 (1.39%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (1.39%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (8.33%) Power BI
2 5 (6.94%) Tableau
3 3 (4.17%) Amazon RDS
3 3 (4.17%) Big Data
3 3 (4.17%) Elasticsearch
3 3 (4.17%) NoSQL
3 3 (4.17%) Oracle Database
3 3 (4.17%) Relational Database
3 3 (4.17%) SQL Server
4 2 (2.78%) Data Mining
4 2 (2.78%) Metadata
4 2 (2.78%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (2.78%) RDBMS
4 2 (2.78%) SQLPlus
5 1 (1.39%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
5 1 (1.39%) Data Mart
5 1 (1.39%) Metadata Repository
5 1 (1.39%) Power Query
5 1 (1.39%) Semantic Layer
5 1 (1.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 9 (12.50%) JIRA
2 6 (8.33%) Git
3 4 (5.56%) Jenkins
4 3 (4.17%) Zephyr
5 2 (2.78%) Artifactory
5 2 (2.78%) Bitbucket
5 2 (2.78%) Selenium
5 2 (2.78%) TeamCity
6 1 (1.39%) Appium
6 1 (1.39%) Cypress.io
6 1 (1.39%) eggPlant
6 1 (1.39%) GitLab
6 1 (1.39%) HP UFT
6 1 (1.39%) Jasmine
6 1 (1.39%) JMeter
6 1 (1.39%) JUnit
6 1 (1.39%) Karma Test Runner
6 1 (1.39%) SoapUI
6 1 (1.39%) SonarQube
6 1 (1.39%) Visual Studio
General
1 32 (44.44%) Social Skills
2 31 (43.06%) Finance
3 21 (29.17%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (22.22%) Banking
5 6 (8.33%) Marketing
6 4 (5.56%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (4.17%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (2.78%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (2.78%) Front Office
8 2 (2.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (2.78%) Legal
8 2 (2.78%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (2.78%) Public Sector
8 2 (2.78%) Retail
9 1 (1.39%) Aerospace
9 1 (1.39%) Automotive
9 1 (1.39%) Corporate Banking
9 1 (1.39%) Law
9 1 (1.39%) Manufacturing
9 1 (1.39%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (13.89%) Analyst
1 10 (13.89%) Developer
2 6 (8.33%) Architect
2 6 (8.33%) Senior
3 5 (6.94%) IT Analyst
3 5 (6.94%) Lead
4 4 (5.56%) C# Developer
4 4 (5.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 4 (5.56%) SOX Analyst
5 3 (4.17%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 3 (4.17%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
5 3 (4.17%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Support
5 3 (4.17%) 3rd Line Support
5 3 (4.17%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
5 3 (4.17%) Automation Engineer
5 3 (4.17%) Infrastructure Support
5 3 (4.17%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
5 3 (4.17%) Junior
5 3 (4.17%) Support Engineer
6 2 (2.78%) IT Risk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (11.11%) .NET
2 5 (6.94%) Web Services
2 5 (6.94%) XML
3 3 (4.17%) REST
3 3 (4.17%) RESTful
3 3 (4.17%) SOAP
3 3 (4.17%) Spring
3 3 (4.17%) Terraform
4 2 (2.78%) .NET Core
4 2 (2.78%) .NET Framework
4 2 (2.78%) ADO.NET
4 2 (2.78%) Ajax
4 2 (2.78%) ASP.NET
4 2 (2.78%) ASP.NET Web Forms
4 2 (2.78%) HTML
4 2 (2.78%) Middleware
4 2 (2.78%) React
4 2 (2.78%) Spring Boot
4 2 (2.78%) XSL
4 2 (2.78%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 5 (6.94%) Cloud Native
1 5 (6.94%) Data Centre
1 5 (6.94%) Onboarding
2 4 (5.56%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 3 (4.17%) Algorithms
3 3 (4.17%) Clustering
3 3 (4.17%) Equities
3 3 (4.17%) PKI
3 3 (4.17%) Product Ownership
4 2 (2.78%) CMDB
4 2 (2.78%) Distributed Systems
4 2 (2.78%) Life Science
4 2 (2.78%) Management Information System
4 2 (2.78%) PMI
5 1 (1.39%) AS400
5 1 (1.39%) Fixed Income
5 1 (1.39%) Graphic Design
5 1 (1.39%) Replication
5 1 (1.39%) Tandem
5 1 (1.39%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 13 (18.06%) Linux
2 8 (11.11%) Unix
3 7 (9.72%) Windows
4 4 (5.56%) Windows Server
5 1 (1.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (1.39%) VMS
5 1 (1.39%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (1.39%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (1.39%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (1.39%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (41.67%) Computer Science
2 18 (25.00%) Agile
2 18 (25.00%) AI
3 17 (23.61%) Problem-Solving
4 14 (19.44%) DevOps
5 13 (18.06%) Stakeholder Management
6 11 (15.28%) Scrum
7 10 (13.89%) Machine Learning
7 10 (13.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 9 (12.50%) Project Management
9 8 (11.11%) Analytics
9 8 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
9 8 (11.11%) Change Management
9 8 (11.11%) CI/CD
9 8 (11.11%) Risk Management
10 7 (9.72%) ITIL
10 7 (9.72%) Performance Tuning
10 7 (9.72%) PRINCE2
10 7 (9.72%) SDLC
10 7 (9.72%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 20 (27.78%) Python
2 18 (25.00%) SQL
3 8 (11.11%) C#
4 7 (9.72%) Java
5 5 (6.94%) JavaScript
5 5 (6.94%) PL/SQL
5 5 (6.94%) PowerShell
6 3 (4.17%) C++
7 2 (2.78%) C
7 2 (2.78%) ProC
7 2 (2.78%) TypeScript
8 1 (1.39%) COBOL
8 1 (1.39%) CQL
8 1 (1.39%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (1.39%) RPG
8 1 (1.39%) VB
8 1 (1.39%) VB.NET
8 1 (1.39%) VBA
8 1 (1.39%) X++
Qualifications
1 14 (19.44%) Computer Science Degree
2 6 (8.33%) Security Cleared
3 5 (6.94%) CISA
3 5 (6.94%) Cisco Certification
3 5 (6.94%) CISSP
3 5 (6.94%) Master's Degree
3 5 (6.94%) PMI Certification
4 4 (5.56%) CRISC
4 4 (5.56%) PMP
5 3 (4.17%) CCNP
5 3 (4.17%) DV Cleared
5 3 (4.17%) PhD
6 2 (2.78%) CCNA
6 2 (2.78%) ISTQB
6 2 (2.78%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (2.78%) SC Cleared
7 1 (1.39%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 1 (1.39%) CBAP
7 1 (1.39%) IIBA
7 1 (1.39%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (15.28%) QA
2 6 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (6.94%) Data Quality
3 5 (6.94%) NIST
4 4 (5.56%) COBIT
4 4 (5.56%) ITGC
4 4 (5.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 3 (4.17%) PMO
6 2 (2.78%) P3O
6 2 (2.78%) SLA
7 1 (1.39%) EU AI Act
7 1 (1.39%) GDPR
7 1 (1.39%) ISO/IEC 19770
7 1 (1.39%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 1 (1.39%) MiFID
7 1 (1.39%) UCITS
System Software
1 9 (12.50%) Docker
2 7 (9.72%) Active Directory
3 5 (6.94%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (5.56%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (4.17%) BitLocker
5 3 (4.17%) Hyper-V
5 3 (4.17%) Microsoft App-V
5 3 (4.17%) Terminal Services
6 2 (2.78%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (1.39%) Firmware
7 1 (1.39%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 9 (12.50%) Kubernetes
2 5 (6.94%) Ansible
3 4 (5.56%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (4.17%) Nagios
4 3 (4.17%) Puppet
4 3 (4.17%) vCenter Server
4 3 (4.17%) vMotion
5 2 (2.78%) Control-M
6 1 (1.39%) HP Fortify
6 1 (1.39%) PingFederate
6 1 (1.39%) SCCM
Vendors
1 22 (30.56%) Microsoft
2 9 (12.50%) Oracle
3 7 (9.72%) Google
4 6 (8.33%) VMware
5 5 (6.94%) HP
5 5 (6.94%) IBM
5 5 (6.94%) ServiceNow
5 5 (6.94%) Sitecore
6 4 (5.56%) Citrix
7 3 (4.17%) Cisco
7 3 (4.17%) Palo Alto
7 3 (4.17%) SAP
7 3 (4.17%) Symantec
8 2 (2.78%) Adobe
8 2 (2.78%) CheckPoint
8 2 (2.78%) Forcepoint
8 2 (2.78%) Fortinet
8 2 (2.78%) Juniper
8 2 (2.78%) Salesforce
8 2 (2.78%) Splunk