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 19 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 15 15 12
Rank change year-on-year 0 -3 0
Contract jobs citing Degree 8 10 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Derby 7.62% 7.63% 11.93%
As % of the Qualifications category 14.55% 18.52% 32.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 9
10th Percentile £203 £208 £460
25th Percentile £298 £261 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £400 £650
Median % change year-on-year +15.63% -38.46% +116.67%
75th Percentile £653 £444 £664
90th Percentile £764 £448 £666
Derbyshire median daily rate £463 £413 £650
% change year-on-year +12.12% -36.54% +68.83%

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 55 54 40
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Derby 52.38% 41.22% 36.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 23 24
10th Percentile £171 - £193
25th Percentile £206 £310 £427
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £538 £516
Median % change year-on-year -13.95% +4.12% +29.06%
75th Percentile £563 £600 £650
90th Percentile £725 £624 £664
Derbyshire median daily rate £500 £495 £508
% change year-on-year +1.01% -2.46% +26.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 12 5
10th Percentile £24.25 - -
25th Percentile £25.04 £17.00 -
Median hourly rate £25.15 £20.80 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +20.94% +17.35% -9.89%
75th Percentile - £24.18 £20.00
90th Percentile - - -
Derbyshire median hourly rate £25.15 £20.80 £17.72
% change year-on-year +20.94% +17.35% -9.89%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Derby

Job postings citing Degree as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Derby.

Job vacancy trend for Degree 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
Daily Rate Histogram in Derby

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Degree in Derby over the 6 months to 19 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Degree in Derby

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 and Capabilities in Derby by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (12.50%) Alfresco
1 1 (12.50%) CMS
1 1 (12.50%) Documentum
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (12.50%) FrameMaker
2 1 (12.50%) Fusion 360
2 1 (12.50%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 3 (37.50%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 5 (62.50%) Azure
2 1 (12.50%) AWS
2 1 (12.50%) Entra ID
2 1 (12.50%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (12.50%) Metadata
1 1 (12.50%) Power BI
1 1 (12.50%) Relational Database
1 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
General
1 5 (62.50%) Social Skills
2 4 (50.00%) Aerospace
3 2 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (12.50%) Manufacturing
4 1 (12.50%) Military
4 1 (12.50%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (12.50%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 2 (25.00%) Analyst
1 2 (25.00%) Architect
1 2 (25.00%) Design Engineer
1 2 (25.00%) Digital Design Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Cloud Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Enterprise Architect
2 1 (12.50%) IT Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) IT Support
2 1 (12.50%) IT Support Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) IT Support Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Junior Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Junior IT Support
2 1 (12.50%) Junior IT Support Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Junior Support Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Junior Support Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Senior Business Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (12.50%) Support Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (25.00%) REST
2 1 (12.50%) ARM Templates
2 1 (12.50%) SailPoint
2 1 (12.50%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Derivative
1 1 (12.50%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Linux
1 1 (12.50%) Windows
1 1 (12.50%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Analytics
1 4 (50.00%) PLM
2 3 (37.50%) DevOps
2 3 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (25.00%) API Integration
3 2 (25.00%) Artificial Intelligence
3 2 (25.00%) Data Science
3 2 (25.00%) Enterprise Architecture
3 2 (25.00%) LLM
3 2 (25.00%) Machine Learning
3 2 (25.00%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
3 2 (25.00%) Statistics
3 2 (25.00%) Systems Engineering
3 2 (25.00%) User Experience
4 1 (12.50%) Computer Science
4 1 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (12.50%) Mathematics
4 1 (12.50%) Process Improvement
4 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (37.50%) Python
2 2 (25.00%) C
2 2 (25.00%) C#
2 2 (25.00%) C++
3 1 (12.50%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (12.50%) Java
3 1 (12.50%) PowerShell
3 1 (12.50%) Shell Script
3 1 (12.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) Azure Certification
1 1 (12.50%) Master's Degree
1 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
1 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) Data Quality
1 1 (12.50%) GDPR
1 1 (12.50%) ISO 19650
1 1 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft
1 3 (37.50%) Siemens
2 1 (12.50%) Autodesk
2 1 (12.50%) Cognos
2 1 (12.50%) IBM
2 1 (12.50%) OpenText
2 1 (12.50%) Oracle