Degree Contract Job Trends in Derby

Academic Degree
Derbyshire > Derby

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Derby with a requirement for Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 8 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 11 14
Rank change year-on-year -6 +3 -1
Contract jobs citing Degree 6 7 8
As % of all contract jobs in Derby 3.70% 8.33% 6.02%
As % of the Qualifications category 9.52% 15.56% 15.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 4
10th Percentile £549 £203 £177
25th Percentile £566 £298 £192
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £613 £463 £300
Median % change year-on-year +32.43% +54.17% -57.23%
75th Percentile £641 £653 £441
90th Percentile £646 £764 £446
Derbyshire median daily rate £613 £463 £323
% change year-on-year +32.43% +43.41% -54.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £23.00 -
Derbyshire median hourly rate - £23.00 -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Derby

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 Derby.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 63 45 53
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Derby 38.89% 53.57% 39.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 29 30
10th Percentile £183 £170 £150
25th Percentile £214 £200 £214
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £463 £413
Median % change year-on-year +8.11% +12.12% -17.50%
75th Percentile £655 £600 £588
90th Percentile £700 £730 £601
Derbyshire median daily rate £500 £500 £400
% change year-on-year - +25.00% -15.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 10 8
10th Percentile £16.01 £24.13 £17.00
25th Percentile £17.87 £25.04 £19.25
Median hourly rate £22.80 £25.15 £22.09
Median % change year-on-year -9.34% +13.85% -46.12%
75th Percentile £25.75 - £24.18
90th Percentile £25.76 - -
Derbyshire median hourly rate £22.80 £25.15 £20.00
% change year-on-year -9.34% +25.75% -51.22%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Derby

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Degree relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Derby.

Degree job vacancy trend in Derby

Degree
Daily Rate Trend in Derby

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Derby citing Degree.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Derby citing Degree

Degree
Hourly Rate Trend in Derby

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Derby citing Degree.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Derby citing Degree

Degree
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Derby 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (66.67%) Azure
2 1 (16.67%) Azure AKS
2 1 (16.67%) Azure Data Factory
2 1 (16.67%) Azure Monitor
2 1 (16.67%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (16.67%) Entra ID
2 1 (16.67%) IaaS
2 1 (16.67%) PaaS
2 1 (16.67%) Power Platform
2 1 (16.67%) PowerApps
2 1 (16.67%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (16.67%) Data Lake
1 1 (16.67%) PostgreSQL
General
1 5 (83.33%) Social Skills
2 3 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Auditor
2 2 (33.33%) Security Auditor
3 1 (16.67%) Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Audit Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Azure Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Cloud Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Dynamics 365 Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Internal Audit Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Internal Auditor
3 1 (16.67%) IT Audit Manager
3 1 (16.67%) IT Auditor
3 1 (16.67%) IT Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Senior
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Cloud Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Technology Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) ARM Templates
1 1 (16.67%) ASP.NET Web API
1 1 (16.67%) HTML5 Canvas
1 1 (16.67%) WCF
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Security Posture
1 2 (33.33%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Linux
1 1 (16.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (16.67%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Risk Management
2 3 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 2 (33.33%) Data Privacy
3 2 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 2 (33.33%) Information Security
3 2 (33.33%) Internal Audit
3 2 (33.33%) IT Audit
3 2 (33.33%) Remediation Plan
3 2 (33.33%) Risk Assessment
3 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (16.67%) Analytical Thinking
4 1 (16.67%) Architecture Governance
4 1 (16.67%) Commercial Awareness
4 1 (16.67%) Deployment Automation
4 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure as Code
4 1 (16.67%) Log Analytics
4 1 (16.67%) Network Virtualisation
4 1 (16.67%) Platform Engineering
4 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) JavaScript
1 1 (16.67%) PowerShell
1 1 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) CISSP
2 2 (33.33%) CISA
2 2 (33.33%) CISM
2 2 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (33.33%) CRISC
2 2 (33.33%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
2 2 (33.33%) Master's Degree
3 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
3 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (33.33%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Docker
1 1 (16.67%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) Databricks