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 28 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 20 24
Rank change year-on-year -4 +4 +5
Contract jobs citing Degree 146 184 204
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 8.15% 8.45% 7.61%
As % of the Qualifications category 29.14% 32.62% 37.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 109 112 123
10th Percentile £311 £301 £273
25th Percentile £421 £461 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -7.56%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £738
90th Percentile £816 £775 £882
Central London median daily rate £550 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% -6.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile £25.83 - -
25th Percentile £25.94 - £71.25
Median hourly rate £27.25 £27.00 £72.50
Median % change year-on-year +0.93% -62.76% +38.10%
75th Percentile £28.94 - £73.75
90th Percentile £29.28 - -
Central London median hourly rate £27.25 £27.00 £72.50
% change year-on-year +0.93% -62.76% +38.10%

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 501 564 546
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 27.97% 25.91% 20.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 378 327 336
10th Percentile £343 £343 £341
25th Percentile £425 £460 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.18%
75th Percentile £663 £647 £688
90th Percentile £738 £750 £795
Central London median daily rate £525 £536 £550
% change year-on-year -2.10% -2.50% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 5 4
10th Percentile £20.55 £23.10 £18.28
25th Percentile £25.75 £27.00 £18.70
Median hourly rate £27.50 £32.50 £45.72
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% -28.91% -9.48%
75th Percentile £29.50 £112.00 £74.69
90th Percentile £51.14 - £76.38
Central London median hourly rate £27.50 £32.50 £42.49
% change year-on-year -15.38% -23.50% -15.87%

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 28 November 2025.

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 11 (7.53%) SharePoint
2 8 (5.48%) Confluence
3 5 (3.42%) Apache Spark
4 3 (2.05%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (2.05%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.68%) Ethereum
5 1 (0.68%) Hyperledger
5 1 (0.68%) Luigi
Applications
1 17 (11.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (9.59%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (7.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (6.85%) Microsoft Project
5 9 (6.16%) MS Visio
6 2 (1.37%) Trello
7 1 (0.68%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.68%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (2.74%) Salesforce CRM
2 3 (2.05%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (2.05%) Workday HCM
3 2 (1.37%) HFM
4 1 (0.68%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.68%) SAP MDG
4 1 (0.68%) SAP PLM
4 1 (0.68%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.68%) SAP VC
Cloud Services
1 39 (26.71%) Azure
2 18 (12.33%) AWS
3 15 (10.27%) Power Platform
4 12 (8.22%) GCP
4 12 (8.22%) Microsoft 365
5 7 (4.79%) Entra ID
6 6 (4.11%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (2.74%) Power Automate
8 3 (2.05%) Dynamics 365
8 3 (2.05%) Figma
8 3 (2.05%) Google Gemini
8 3 (2.05%) PaaS
8 3 (2.05%) PowerApps
9 2 (1.37%) Amazon SageMaker
9 2 (1.37%) Azure Data Factory
9 2 (1.37%) Azure Logic Apps
9 2 (1.37%) Azure Machine Learning
9 2 (1.37%) Microsoft Purview
9 2 (1.37%) Miro
9 2 (1.37%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (5.48%) Firewall
2 5 (3.42%) LAN
2 5 (3.42%) WAN
3 3 (2.05%) Intrusion Detection
3 3 (2.05%) Network Security
3 3 (2.05%) Structured Cabling
3 3 (2.05%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (1.37%) DHCP
4 2 (1.37%) DNS
4 2 (1.37%) Internet
4 2 (1.37%) Modbus
4 2 (1.37%) TCP/IP
4 2 (1.37%) VPN
5 1 (0.68%) BGP
5 1 (0.68%) HTTPS
5 1 (0.68%) Intranet
5 1 (0.68%) MPLS
5 1 (0.68%) OSPF
5 1 (0.68%) SSL
5 1 (0.68%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (7.53%) Power BI
2 5 (3.42%) Hadoop
2 5 (3.42%) Star Schema
3 4 (2.74%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (2.74%) KDB
4 3 (2.05%) Apache Hive
4 3 (2.05%) Kdb+
4 3 (2.05%) Tableau
5 2 (1.37%) Big Data
5 2 (1.37%) Data Lake
5 2 (1.37%) NoSQL
5 2 (1.37%) Spark SQL
6 1 (0.68%) Metadata
6 1 (0.68%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.68%) Pentaho
6 1 (0.68%) Pinecone
6 1 (0.68%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.68%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.68%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 17 (11.64%) JIRA
2 4 (2.74%) Git
3 3 (2.05%) Selenium
4 2 (1.37%) Bitbucket
4 2 (1.37%) Cucumber
4 2 (1.37%) GitLab
4 2 (1.37%) MLflow
4 2 (1.37%) Postman
4 2 (1.37%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (0.68%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.68%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.68%) Gradle
5 1 (0.68%) Hardhat
5 1 (0.68%) QUnit
General
1 86 (58.90%) Finance
2 64 (43.84%) Social Skills
3 36 (24.66%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (14.38%) Banking
5 15 (10.27%) Presentation Skills
6 13 (8.90%) Front Office
7 10 (6.85%) Influencing Skills
8 8 (5.48%) Back Office
8 8 (5.48%) Financial Institution
8 8 (5.48%) Organisational Skills
8 8 (5.48%) Telecoms
9 7 (4.79%) Legal
9 7 (4.79%) Marketing
9 7 (4.79%) Public Sector
10 5 (3.42%) Investment Banking
11 4 (2.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (2.74%) Law
11 4 (2.74%) Manufacturing
11 4 (2.74%) Pharmaceutical
12 3 (2.05%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 30 (20.55%) Analyst
2 21 (14.38%) Business Analyst
3 18 (12.33%) Senior
4 14 (9.59%) Developer
5 11 (7.53%) Data Engineer
6 10 (6.85%) Project Manager
7 9 (6.16%) Lead
8 8 (5.48%) Architect
9 7 (4.79%) Data Scientist
10 6 (4.11%) IT Manager
10 6 (4.11%) Support Engineer
11 5 (3.42%) Consultant
11 5 (3.42%) Financial Analyst
11 5 (3.42%) IT Project Manager
11 5 (3.42%) Security Engineer
12 4 (2.74%) Senior Analyst
12 4 (2.74%) Senior Business Analyst
12 4 (2.74%) Technical Analyst
13 3 (2.05%) Solutions Architect
13 3 (2.05%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (6.16%) .NET
2 5 (3.42%) CSS
2 5 (3.42%) HTML
3 4 (2.74%) XML
4 3 (2.05%) Lightning Web Components
4 3 (2.05%) NumPy
4 3 (2.05%) PySpark
4 3 (2.05%) RESTful
4 3 (2.05%) TensorFlow
4 3 (2.05%) Web Services
5 2 (1.37%) Kafka
5 2 (1.37%) LangChain
5 2 (1.37%) LangGraph
5 2 (1.37%) Pandas
5 2 (1.37%) PyTorch
5 2 (1.37%) React
5 2 (1.37%) scikit-learn
5 2 (1.37%) Spring
6 1 (0.68%) Django
6 1 (0.68%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 17 (11.64%) Product Ownership
2 10 (6.85%) Management Information System
3 9 (6.16%) Onboarding
4 8 (5.48%) Algorithms
5 7 (4.79%) Data Centre
6 6 (4.11%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 5 (3.42%) Data Structures
7 5 (3.42%) Derivative
7 5 (3.42%) Distributed Computing
7 5 (3.42%) Fixed Income
7 5 (3.42%) Security Posture
8 4 (2.74%) Analytical Mindset
9 3 (2.05%) Hedge funds
9 3 (2.05%) Life Science
9 3 (2.05%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (1.37%) Credit Risk
10 2 (1.37%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (1.37%) SCADA
10 2 (1.37%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 2 (1.37%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 11 (7.53%) Windows
2 7 (4.79%) Linux
3 6 (4.11%) Unix
4 3 (2.05%) Windows Server
5 2 (1.37%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.68%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.68%) Mac OS X
6 1 (0.68%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.68%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.68%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.68%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (41.10%) Computer Science
2 48 (32.88%) Agile
3 44 (30.14%) Problem-Solving
4 30 (20.55%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 26 (17.81%) Scrum
6 24 (16.44%) User Acceptance Testing
7 23 (15.75%) Analytics
8 22 (15.07%) Project Management
9 20 (13.70%) AI
9 20 (13.70%) Stakeholder Management
10 19 (13.01%) Data Science
11 18 (12.33%) Project Delivery
12 17 (11.64%) Business Intelligence
12 17 (11.64%) Risk Management
13 16 (10.96%) Change Management
13 16 (10.96%) DevOps
13 16 (10.96%) SDLC
14 15 (10.27%) Data Analysis
14 15 (10.27%) ITIL
14 15 (10.27%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 33 (22.60%) Python
2 22 (15.07%) SQL
3 13 (8.90%) Java
4 9 (6.16%) C#
5 8 (5.48%) JavaScript
6 5 (3.42%) C++
7 3 (2.05%) PowerShell
7 3 (2.05%) R
8 2 (1.37%) Go
8 2 (1.37%) VB.NET
9 1 (0.68%) ABAP
9 1 (0.68%) Apex Code
9 1 (0.68%) F#
9 1 (0.68%) Korn
9 1 (0.68%) Scala
9 1 (0.68%) Solidity
9 1 (0.68%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.68%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.68%) VBA
9 1 (0.68%) VC++
Qualifications
1 32 (21.92%) Computer Science Degree
2 17 (11.64%) Master's Degree
3 9 (6.16%) Security Cleared
4 8 (5.48%) CBAP
5 7 (4.79%) Microsoft Certification
5 7 (4.79%) SC Cleared
6 6 (4.11%) PMI Certification
7 5 (3.42%) PMP
8 4 (2.74%) CCNA
8 4 (2.74%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (2.74%) PhD
9 3 (2.05%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (2.05%) CCNP
9 3 (2.05%) CISSP
9 3 (2.05%) Postgraduate
10 2 (1.37%) ACCA
10 2 (1.37%) Azure Certification
10 2 (1.37%) CISA
10 2 (1.37%) IIBA
10 2 (1.37%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (5.48%) Data Quality
1 8 (5.48%) GDPR
2 6 (4.11%) COBIT
2 6 (4.11%) PMO
2 6 (4.11%) QA
3 5 (3.42%) NIST
4 3 (2.05%) Accessibility
4 3 (2.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (2.05%) SLA
5 2 (1.37%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 2 (1.37%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.68%) EMIR
6 1 (0.68%) GRC
6 1 (0.68%) IFRS
6 1 (0.68%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.68%) MiFID
6 1 (0.68%) PSD2
6 1 (0.68%) SEPA
6 1 (0.68%) WCAG
System Software
1 8 (5.48%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.37%) Docker
2 2 (1.37%) Virtual Desktop
2 2 (1.37%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.68%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.68%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 4 (2.74%) Kubernetes
2 3 (2.05%) SCCM
2 3 (2.05%) Terraform
3 2 (1.37%) Ansible
3 2 (1.37%) Grafana
3 2 (1.37%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.68%) HP ALM
4 1 (0.68%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.68%) Rundeck
Vendors
1 40 (27.40%) Microsoft
2 9 (6.16%) ServiceNow
3 6 (4.11%) Salesforce
3 6 (4.11%) SAP
4 5 (3.42%) Cisco
4 5 (3.42%) Oracle
4 5 (3.42%) Workday
5 4 (2.74%) Databricks
5 4 (2.74%) Google
6 3 (2.05%) Arista
6 3 (2.05%) Citrix
6 3 (2.05%) Foundry
6 3 (2.05%) Hyperion
7 2 (1.37%) Adobe
7 2 (1.37%) Palo Alto
7 2 (1.37%) Rockwell
7 2 (1.37%) Tagetik
7 2 (1.37%) Tenable
7 2 (1.37%) UiPath
7 2 (1.37%) VMware