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 8 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 23 23 22
Rank change year-on-year 0 -1 +7
Contract jobs citing Degree 145 175 190
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 8.07% 8.19% 7.21%
As % of the Qualifications category 28.77% 31.93% 36.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 111 108 112
10th Percentile £315 £291 £271
25th Percentile £421 £463 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £556 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.12% +1.14% -8.33%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £769
90th Percentile £813 £796 £884
Central London median daily rate £550 £530 £550
% change year-on-year +3.77% -3.64% -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% +40.78%
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% +40.78%

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 504 548 524
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 28.05% 25.66% 19.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 387 323 321
10th Percentile £347 £335 £334
25th Percentile £425 £463 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £663 £642 £688
90th Percentile £738 £751 £800
Central London median daily rate £525 £539 £550
% change year-on-year -2.55% -2.05% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 5 3
10th Percentile £20.55 £24.00 £29.39
25th Percentile £25.75 £27.00 £45.09
Median hourly rate £27.50 £32.50 £72.50
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% -55.17% +55.08%
75th Percentile £29.50 £112.00 £75.63
90th Percentile £51.14 - £76.75
Central London median hourly rate £27.50 £32.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year -15.38% -45.83% +28.34%

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 8 December 2025.

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
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 (7.59%) SharePoint
2 8 (5.52%) Confluence
3 3 (2.07%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (2.07%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (1.38%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.69%) Ethereum
5 1 (0.69%) Hyperledger
5 1 (0.69%) Luigi
Applications
1 18 (12.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (8.28%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (8.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 10 (6.90%) MS Visio
4 9 (6.21%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.69%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.69%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.69%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (2.76%) Salesforce CRM
2 3 (2.07%) Workday HCM
3 2 (1.38%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.69%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.69%) HFM
4 1 (0.69%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.69%) SAP MDG
4 1 (0.69%) SAP PLM
4 1 (0.69%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.69%) SAP VC
Cloud Services
1 35 (24.14%) Azure
2 16 (11.03%) AWS
3 14 (9.66%) Power Platform
4 12 (8.28%) GCP
5 11 (7.59%) Microsoft 365
6 7 (4.83%) Azure DevOps
6 7 (4.83%) Entra ID
7 4 (2.76%) Power Automate
8 3 (2.07%) Dynamics 365
8 3 (2.07%) Figma
8 3 (2.07%) Google Gemini
8 3 (2.07%) PaaS
8 3 (2.07%) PowerApps
9 2 (1.38%) Amazon SageMaker
9 2 (1.38%) Azure Logic Apps
9 2 (1.38%) Azure Machine Learning
9 2 (1.38%) Collibra
9 2 (1.38%) Miro
9 2 (1.38%) SaaS
9 2 (1.38%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 8 (5.52%) Firewall
2 4 (2.76%) LAN
2 4 (2.76%) WAN
3 3 (2.07%) Intrusion Detection
3 3 (2.07%) Network Security
3 3 (2.07%) Structured Cabling
3 3 (2.07%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (1.38%) DHCP
4 2 (1.38%) DNS
4 2 (1.38%) Modbus
4 2 (1.38%) VPN
5 1 (0.69%) BGP
5 1 (0.69%) HTTPS
5 1 (0.69%) Internet
5 1 (0.69%) MPLS
5 1 (0.69%) OSPF
5 1 (0.69%) SSL
5 1 (0.69%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.69%) VLAN
5 1 (0.69%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (6.90%) Power BI
2 4 (2.76%) KDB
2 4 (2.76%) Star Schema
3 3 (2.07%) Kdb+
3 3 (2.07%) Tableau
4 2 (1.38%) Big Data
4 2 (1.38%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (1.38%) Hadoop
4 2 (1.38%) Metadata
4 2 (1.38%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.69%) Apache Hive
5 1 (0.69%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.69%) Pinecone
5 1 (0.69%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.69%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.69%) Snowflake Schema
5 1 (0.69%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 16 (11.03%) JIRA
2 5 (3.45%) Git
3 3 (2.07%) Selenium
4 2 (1.38%) Bitbucket
4 2 (1.38%) Cucumber
4 2 (1.38%) GitLab
4 2 (1.38%) MLflow
4 2 (1.38%) Postman
4 2 (1.38%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (0.69%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.69%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.69%) Gradle
5 1 (0.69%) Hardhat
5 1 (0.69%) QUnit
General
1 83 (57.24%) Finance
2 61 (42.07%) Social Skills
3 34 (23.45%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (13.79%) Banking
5 14 (9.66%) Front Office
5 14 (9.66%) Presentation Skills
6 10 (6.90%) Influencing Skills
7 8 (5.52%) Back Office
7 8 (5.52%) Financial Institution
7 8 (5.52%) Organisational Skills
7 8 (5.52%) Telecoms
8 7 (4.83%) Legal
9 6 (4.14%) Marketing
9 6 (4.14%) Public Sector
10 5 (3.45%) Investment Banking
10 5 (3.45%) Pharmaceutical
11 4 (2.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (2.76%) Manufacturing
12 3 (2.07%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (2.07%) Law
Job Titles
1 31 (21.38%) Analyst
2 20 (13.79%) Business Analyst
3 18 (12.41%) Senior
4 14 (9.66%) Developer
5 10 (6.90%) Project Manager
6 9 (6.21%) Architect
6 9 (6.21%) Lead
7 8 (5.52%) Consultant
7 8 (5.52%) Data Engineer
8 6 (4.14%) Data Scientist
8 6 (4.14%) IT Manager
8 6 (4.14%) IT Project Manager
8 6 (4.14%) Support Engineer
9 5 (3.45%) Financial Analyst
9 5 (3.45%) Security Engineer
10 4 (2.76%) Data Analyst
10 4 (2.76%) Senior Analyst
10 4 (2.76%) Senior Business Analyst
10 4 (2.76%) Solutions Architect
10 4 (2.76%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (6.21%) .NET
2 4 (2.76%) XML
3 3 (2.07%) CSS
3 3 (2.07%) HTML
3 3 (2.07%) Lightning Web Components
3 3 (2.07%) NumPy
3 3 (2.07%) RESTful
3 3 (2.07%) TensorFlow
3 3 (2.07%) Web Services
4 2 (1.38%) Kafka
4 2 (1.38%) LangChain
4 2 (1.38%) LangGraph
4 2 (1.38%) PyTorch
4 2 (1.38%) React
4 2 (1.38%) scikit-learn
4 2 (1.38%) Spring
5 1 (0.69%) Django
5 1 (0.69%) FIX Protocol
5 1 (0.69%) jQuery
5 1 (0.69%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 14 (9.66%) Product Ownership
2 10 (6.90%) Management Information System
3 8 (5.52%) Algorithms
3 8 (5.52%) Onboarding
4 7 (4.83%) Data Centre
5 6 (4.14%) Data Structures
5 6 (4.14%) Fixed Income
5 6 (4.14%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 5 (3.45%) Derivative
6 5 (3.45%) Security Posture
7 4 (2.76%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (2.07%) Distributed Computing
8 3 (2.07%) Hedge funds
8 3 (2.07%) Life Science
8 3 (2.07%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (1.38%) Credit Risk
9 2 (1.38%) Distributed Systems
9 2 (1.38%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (1.38%) SCADA
9 2 (1.38%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 12 (8.28%) Windows
2 7 (4.83%) Linux
3 6 (4.14%) Unix
4 4 (2.76%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.69%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.69%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.69%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.69%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.69%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (40.00%) Computer Science
2 45 (31.03%) Agile
3 43 (29.66%) Problem-Solving
4 30 (20.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 23 (15.86%) Analytics
5 23 (15.86%) Scrum
5 23 (15.86%) User Acceptance Testing
6 21 (14.48%) Project Management
7 20 (13.79%) AI
7 20 (13.79%) Risk Management
7 20 (13.79%) Stakeholder Management
8 18 (12.41%) DevOps
8 18 (12.41%) Project Delivery
9 16 (11.03%) Business Intelligence
9 16 (11.03%) Data Science
9 16 (11.03%) SDLC
10 15 (10.34%) Roadmaps
11 14 (9.66%) Business Analysis
11 14 (9.66%) Change Management
11 14 (9.66%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 29 (20.00%) Python
2 20 (13.79%) SQL
3 12 (8.28%) Java
4 9 (6.21%) C#
5 6 (4.14%) JavaScript
6 5 (3.45%) C++
7 4 (2.76%) PowerShell
8 2 (1.38%) Go
8 2 (1.38%) R
8 2 (1.38%) VB.NET
9 1 (0.69%) ABAP
9 1 (0.69%) Apex Code
9 1 (0.69%) F#
9 1 (0.69%) Korn
9 1 (0.69%) Scala
9 1 (0.69%) Solidity
9 1 (0.69%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.69%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.69%) VBA
9 1 (0.69%) VC++
Qualifications
1 33 (22.76%) Computer Science Degree
2 19 (13.10%) Master's Degree
3 9 (6.21%) Security Cleared
4 8 (5.52%) CBAP
5 7 (4.83%) SC Cleared
6 6 (4.14%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (3.45%) CCNA
7 5 (3.45%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (3.45%) PMI Certification
8 4 (2.76%) PMP
9 3 (2.07%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (2.07%) CCNP
9 3 (2.07%) CISSP
9 3 (2.07%) GIAC
9 3 (2.07%) ISACA
9 3 (2.07%) PhD
9 3 (2.07%) Postgraduate
10 2 (1.38%) CISA
10 2 (1.38%) DV Cleared
10 2 (1.38%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (6.21%) Data Quality
2 8 (5.52%) GDPR
3 6 (4.14%) COBIT
3 6 (4.14%) PMO
3 6 (4.14%) QA
4 5 (3.45%) NIST
5 3 (2.07%) Accessibility
5 3 (2.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (2.07%) SLA
6 2 (1.38%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 2 (1.38%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.69%) DICOM
7 1 (0.69%) EMIR
7 1 (0.69%) GRC
7 1 (0.69%) HL7
7 1 (0.69%) MiFID
7 1 (0.69%) PSD2
7 1 (0.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.69%) WCAG
System Software
1 8 (5.52%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.38%) Docker
2 2 (1.38%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.69%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.69%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.69%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 4 (2.76%) Terraform
2 3 (2.07%) Ansible
3 2 (1.38%) Grafana
3 2 (1.38%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.38%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (1.38%) SCCM
4 1 (0.69%) HP ALM
4 1 (0.69%) Packer
4 1 (0.69%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.69%) Rundeck
Vendors
1 40 (27.59%) Microsoft
2 9 (6.21%) ServiceNow
3 7 (4.83%) SAP
4 6 (4.14%) Salesforce
5 5 (3.45%) Cisco
5 5 (3.45%) Oracle
5 5 (3.45%) Workday
6 4 (2.76%) Databricks
6 4 (2.76%) Google
7 3 (2.07%) Arista
7 3 (2.07%) VMware
8 2 (1.38%) Adobe
8 2 (1.38%) Atlassian
8 2 (1.38%) Citrix
8 2 (1.38%) Hyperion
8 2 (1.38%) Palo Alto
8 2 (1.38%) Rockwell
8 2 (1.38%) Tenable
8 2 (1.38%) UiPath
9 1 (0.69%) HP