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

6 months to
18 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 23 28
Rank change year-on-year -5 +5 +4
Contract jobs citing Degree 123 141 155
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 6.33% 7.76% 6.55%
As % of the Qualifications category 22.61% 29.50% 34.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 93 93 92
10th Percentile £342 £301 £250
25th Percentile £413 £458 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £549 £563
Median % change year-on-year -4.28% -2.49% -10.00%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £701
90th Percentile £846 £798 £800
Central London median daily rate £528 £525 £560
% change year-on-year +0.48% -6.25% -6.71%
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 544 478 455
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 28.00% 26.31% 19.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 402 278 304
10th Percentile £384 £357 £354
25th Percentile £427 £456 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £536 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.10% -2.50% -8.33%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £679
90th Percentile £738 £750 £775
Central London median daily rate £525 £525 £540
% change year-on-year - -2.78% -8.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 4 4
10th Percentile £20.65 £24.78 £19.32
25th Percentile £25.77 £28.94 £19.90
Median hourly rate £28.00 £72.25 £46.66
Median % change year-on-year -61.25% +54.85% +11.09%
75th Percentile £52.16 £112.00 £74.69
90th Percentile £59.86 - £76.38
Central London median hourly rate £25.62 £72.25 £42.49
% change year-on-year -64.54% +70.06% +1.15%

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 18 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 18 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 6 (4.88%) SharePoint
2 4 (3.25%) Confluence
3 2 (1.63%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.81%) Ethereum
4 1 (0.81%) Hyperledger
4 1 (0.81%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 15 (12.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (8.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 10 (8.13%) MS Visio
4 7 (5.69%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (4.07%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (0.81%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 1 (0.81%) Aladdin
1 1 (0.81%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.81%) HFM
1 1 (0.81%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
1 1 (0.81%) Salesforce CRM
1 1 (0.81%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 34 (27.64%) Azure
2 17 (13.82%) AWS
3 16 (13.01%) GCP
4 15 (12.20%) Power Platform
5 8 (6.50%) Azure DevOps
5 8 (6.50%) Microsoft 365
6 6 (4.88%) GitHub
7 4 (3.25%) GitHub Copilot
8 3 (2.44%) Entra ID
8 3 (2.44%) Figma
8 3 (2.44%) Google Gemini
8 3 (2.44%) Power Automate
8 3 (2.44%) Snowflake
9 2 (1.63%) ChatGPT
9 2 (1.63%) Collibra
9 2 (1.63%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (1.63%) Microsoft Purview
9 2 (1.63%) SaaS
10 1 (0.81%) Akamai
10 1 (0.81%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (4.07%) Firewall
2 3 (2.44%) LAN
2 3 (2.44%) Structured Cabling
2 3 (2.44%) WAN
3 2 (1.63%) Network Security
4 1 (0.81%) DHCP
4 1 (0.81%) DNS
4 1 (0.81%) HTTPS
4 1 (0.81%) Internet
4 1 (0.81%) NetScaler
4 1 (0.81%) Softphone
4 1 (0.81%) SSL
4 1 (0.81%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.81%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.81%) VLAN
4 1 (0.81%) VPN
4 1 (0.81%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.81%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (8.94%) Power BI
2 5 (4.07%) NoSQL
2 5 (4.07%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (3.25%) Tableau
4 3 (2.44%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (2.44%) DB2
4 3 (2.44%) Metadata
4 3 (2.44%) MongoDB
4 3 (2.44%) SQL Server
4 3 (2.44%) Star Schema
5 2 (1.63%) KDB
5 2 (1.63%) Kdb+
5 2 (1.63%) MySQL
6 1 (0.81%) Big Data
6 1 (0.81%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.81%) OLAP
6 1 (0.81%) Oracle OLAP
6 1 (0.81%) PowerCenter
6 1 (0.81%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.81%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 14 (11.38%) JIRA
2 6 (4.88%) Git
3 3 (2.44%) Selenium
4 2 (1.63%) Bitbucket
4 2 (1.63%) Cucumber
4 2 (1.63%) ERwin
4 2 (1.63%) Postman
4 2 (1.63%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (0.81%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.81%) GitLab
5 1 (0.81%) Hardhat
5 1 (0.81%) MLflow
5 1 (0.81%) SonarQube
General
1 55 (44.72%) Social Skills
2 54 (43.90%) Finance
3 24 (19.51%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (15.45%) Banking
5 13 (10.57%) Presentation Skills
6 10 (8.13%) Front Office
6 10 (8.13%) Influencing Skills
7 9 (7.32%) Public Sector
8 7 (5.69%) Investment Banking
8 7 (5.69%) Legal
9 6 (4.88%) Back Office
9 6 (4.88%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (4.07%) Marketing
10 5 (4.07%) Telecoms
11 4 (3.25%) Financial Institution
11 4 (3.25%) Pharmaceutical
12 3 (2.44%) Law
12 3 (2.44%) Retail
13 2 (1.63%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (1.63%) French Language
Job Titles
1 23 (18.70%) Analyst
2 18 (14.63%) Senior
3 16 (13.01%) Business Analyst
4 10 (8.13%) Developer
4 10 (8.13%) Lead
5 9 (7.32%) Project Manager
6 8 (6.50%) Consultant
7 6 (4.88%) Data Scientist
7 6 (4.88%) Senior Business Analyst
7 6 (4.88%) Support Engineer
8 5 (4.07%) Architect
8 5 (4.07%) Senior Analyst
8 5 (4.07%) Senior Manager
9 4 (3.25%) IT Manager
9 4 (3.25%) IT Project Manager
9 4 (3.25%) Senior Project Manager
9 4 (3.25%) Technical Analyst
10 3 (2.44%) 2nd Line Support
10 3 (2.44%) Technical Support Engineer
10 3 (2.44%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (6.50%) PyTorch
1 8 (6.50%) TensorFlow
2 6 (4.88%) .NET
2 6 (4.88%) React
3 4 (3.25%) Hugging Face
3 4 (3.25%) jQuery
4 3 (2.44%) AngularJS
4 3 (2.44%) Backbone.js
4 3 (2.44%) Bootstrap
4 3 (2.44%) Ember.js
4 3 (2.44%) Keras
4 3 (2.44%) LangChain
5 2 (1.63%) CSS
5 2 (1.63%) HTML
5 2 (1.63%) LangGraph
5 2 (1.63%) Node.js
5 2 (1.63%) XML
6 1 (0.81%) STL
6 1 (0.81%) Swing
6 1 (0.81%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 10 (8.13%) Product Ownership
2 6 (4.88%) Data Centre
2 6 (4.88%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 6 (4.88%) Management Information System
2 6 (4.88%) Onboarding
3 5 (4.07%) Algorithms
4 4 (3.25%) Data Structures
4 4 (3.25%) Fixed Income
4 4 (3.25%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (2.44%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (2.44%) PMI
5 3 (2.44%) Security Posture
6 2 (1.63%) AI Agents
6 2 (1.63%) BYOD
6 2 (1.63%) Cloud Native
6 2 (1.63%) Derivative
6 2 (1.63%) Equities
6 2 (1.63%) Hedge funds
6 2 (1.63%) Social Media
6 2 (1.63%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 15 (12.20%) Windows
2 5 (4.07%) Linux
2 5 (4.07%) Windows Server
3 3 (2.44%) Android
3 3 (2.44%) Apple iOS
3 3 (2.44%) Unix
4 2 (1.63%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.81%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.81%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.81%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (38.21%) Computer Science
2 41 (33.33%) Agile
3 39 (31.71%) Problem-Solving
4 25 (20.33%) AI
4 25 (20.33%) Analytics
5 20 (16.26%) Scrum
6 19 (15.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 18 (14.63%) Data Science
7 18 (14.63%) User Acceptance Testing
8 17 (13.82%) Stakeholder Management
9 16 (13.01%) Change Management
9 16 (13.01%) DevOps
9 16 (13.01%) Risk Management
10 14 (11.38%) Business Intelligence
10 14 (11.38%) SDLC
11 13 (10.57%) Decision-Making
11 13 (10.57%) Machine Learning
11 13 (10.57%) Workshop Facilitation
12 12 (9.76%) Collaborative Working
12 12 (9.76%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 28 (22.76%) Python
2 25 (20.33%) SQL
3 12 (9.76%) Java
4 8 (6.50%) C#
5 6 (4.88%) C++
6 5 (4.07%) JavaScript
7 4 (3.25%) PowerShell
8 3 (2.44%) TypeScript
9 2 (1.63%) Korn
9 2 (1.63%) VB.NET
10 1 (0.81%) F#
10 1 (0.81%) R
10 1 (0.81%) Solidity
10 1 (0.81%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.81%) VBA
10 1 (0.81%) VC++
Qualifications
1 32 (26.02%) Computer Science Degree
2 20 (16.26%) Master's Degree
3 10 (8.13%) Security Cleared
4 9 (7.32%) SC Cleared
5 7 (5.69%) CISSP
6 6 (4.88%) CBAP
6 6 (4.88%) CISM
6 6 (4.88%) PhD
6 6 (4.88%) PMI Certification
7 5 (4.07%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (3.25%) CRISC
9 3 (2.44%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (2.44%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (2.44%) DV Cleared
9 3 (2.44%) GIAC
9 3 (2.44%) IIBA
9 3 (2.44%) ISACA
9 3 (2.44%) ISEB
9 3 (2.44%) MBA
9 3 (2.44%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (7.32%) Data Quality
2 7 (5.69%) GDPR
2 7 (5.69%) PMO
2 7 (5.69%) QA
3 3 (2.44%) Accessibility
3 3 (2.44%) GRC
3 3 (2.44%) NIST
3 3 (2.44%) PCI DSS
4 2 (1.63%) SLA
5 1 (0.81%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.81%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.81%) DICOM
5 1 (0.81%) EMIR
5 1 (0.81%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.81%) HL7
5 1 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.81%) MiFID
5 1 (0.81%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.81%) Solvency II
5 1 (0.81%) WCAG
System Software
1 7 (5.69%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.63%) Docker
2 2 (1.63%) XenApp
3 1 (0.81%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.81%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.81%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.81%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 4 (3.25%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.63%) Ansible
2 2 (1.63%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (1.63%) SCCM
2 2 (1.63%) Terraform
3 1 (0.81%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (0.81%) Packer
3 1 (0.81%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 30 (24.39%) Microsoft
2 6 (4.88%) Google
2 6 (4.88%) Oracle
2 6 (4.88%) SAP
3 4 (3.25%) Cisco
3 4 (3.25%) ServiceNow
4 3 (2.44%) Arista
4 3 (2.44%) Databricks
5 2 (1.63%) Atlassian
5 2 (1.63%) Citrix
5 2 (1.63%) Informatica
5 2 (1.63%) Planview
5 2 (1.63%) Salesforce
5 2 (1.63%) UiPath
5 2 (1.63%) VMware
5 2 (1.63%) Workday
6 1 (0.81%) Adobe
6 1 (0.81%) Ariba
6 1 (0.81%) CheckPoint
6 1 (0.81%) Hyperion