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 7 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 16 14
Rank change year-on-year -5 -2 -5
Contract jobs citing Degree 8 7 11
As % of all contract jobs in Derby 3.92% 6.54% 8.87%
As % of the Qualifications category 9.52% 11.67% 22.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 3
10th Percentile £538 £172 £208
25th Percentile £539 £219 £261
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £301 £400
Median % change year-on-year +90.87% -24.69% -39.12%
75th Percentile £622 £387 £444
90th Percentile £639 £436 £448
Derbyshire median daily rate £575 £301 £413
% change year-on-year +90.87% -26.97% -37.21%

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 84 60 50
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Derby 41.18% 56.07% 40.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 30 17
10th Percentile £214 £170 £286
25th Percentile £453 £203 £310
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £463 £425
Median % change year-on-year +24.32% +8.82% -27.35%
75th Percentile £611 £569 £600
90th Percentile £654 £725 £628
Derbyshire median daily rate £575 £488 £438
% change year-on-year +17.95% +11.43% -13.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 12 11
10th Percentile £16.01 £17.80 -
25th Percentile £21.33 £23.90 £17.00
Median hourly rate £25.75 £25.15 £21.59
Median % change year-on-year +2.39% +16.49% +21.84%
75th Percentile - - £24.18
90th Percentile £26.67 - -
Derbyshire median hourly rate £25.75 £25.15 £21.59
% change year-on-year +2.39% +16.49% +21.84%

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
Daily Rate Histogram in Derby

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Degree in Derby over the 6 months to 7 October 2026.

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 & 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 6 (75.00%) Azure
2 2 (25.00%) Azure Data Factory
2 2 (25.00%) IaaS
2 2 (25.00%) PaaS
2 2 (25.00%) SaaS
3 1 (12.50%) AWS
3 1 (12.50%) Azure AKS
3 1 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (12.50%) Azure Monitor
3 1 (12.50%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 1 (12.50%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (12.50%) Entra ID
3 1 (12.50%) Power Platform
3 1 (12.50%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) Firewall
2 1 (12.50%) Reverse Proxy
2 1 (12.50%) SSL
2 1 (12.50%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (25.00%) Data Lake
2 1 (12.50%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (12.50%) NoSQL
2 1 (12.50%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Git
General
1 5 (62.50%) Social Skills
2 3 (37.50%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (25.00%) Manufacturing
4 1 (12.50%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Auditor
2 2 (25.00%) Architect
2 2 (25.00%) Azure Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Cloud Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Security Auditor
2 2 (25.00%) Senior
3 1 (12.50%) Audit Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Dynamics 365 Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Internal Audit Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Internal Auditor
3 1 (12.50%) IT Audit Manager
3 1 (12.50%) IT Auditor
3 1 (12.50%) IT Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Security Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Cloud Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Security Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Technology Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) ARM Templates
1 1 (12.50%) ASP.NET Web API
1 1 (12.50%) HTML5 Canvas
1 1 (12.50%) REST
1 1 (12.50%) Terraform
1 1 (12.50%) WCF
1 1 (12.50%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Security Posture
1 2 (25.00%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (12.50%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (12.50%) Onboarding
2 1 (12.50%) PKI
2 1 (12.50%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 3 (37.50%) Linux
2 2 (25.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 2 (25.00%) Ubuntu
3 1 (12.50%) VMS
3 1 (12.50%) Windows
3 1 (12.50%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Cybersecurity
1 5 (62.50%) Risk Management
2 3 (37.50%) Architecture Governance
2 3 (37.50%) Computer Science
2 3 (37.50%) Migration
2 3 (37.50%) Risk Assessment
3 2 (25.00%) Agile
3 2 (25.00%) Cloud Security
3 2 (25.00%) Data Privacy
3 2 (25.00%) Decision-Making
3 2 (25.00%) DevOps
3 2 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 2 (25.00%) Enterprise Architecture
3 2 (25.00%) Information Security
3 2 (25.00%) Infrastructure as Code
3 2 (25.00%) Internal Audit
3 2 (25.00%) IT Audit
3 2 (25.00%) Mathematics
3 2 (25.00%) Remediation Plan
3 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 3 (37.50%) PowerShell
2 2 (25.00%) SQL
3 1 (12.50%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 5 (62.50%) CISSP
2 3 (37.50%) CISM
2 3 (37.50%) SC Cleared
2 3 (37.50%) Security Cleared
3 2 (25.00%) CISA
3 2 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (25.00%) CRISC
3 2 (25.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
3 2 (25.00%) Master's Degree
4 1 (12.50%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (37.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (37.50%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
1 1 (12.50%) Docker
1 1 (12.50%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (25.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft
2 2 (25.00%) Databricks
3 1 (12.50%) VMware