Degree Contracts in Dorset

Academic Degree
South West > Dorset

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Dorset with a requirement for Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 24 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 12 24 16
Rank change year-on-year +12 -8 -10
Contract jobs citing Degree 17 13 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Dorset 9.44% 5.70% 8.74%
As % of the Qualifications category 29.82% 14.29% 42.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 2 7
10th Percentile £330 £421 £370
25th Percentile £452 £453 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £763 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year +48.78% +2.50% +27.39%
75th Percentile £769 £578 £586
90th Percentile - £614 £588
South West median daily rate £525 £575 £500
% change year-on-year -8.70% +15.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 7 10
10th Percentile £56.49 £53.99 £40.47
25th Percentile £56.70 £58.53 £47.15
Median hourly rate £57.33 £64.15 £52.16
Median % change year-on-year -10.62% +22.98% -10.35%
75th Percentile - £70.77 £69.12
90th Percentile £57.41 £72.98 £72.40
South West median hourly rate £57.39 £66.17 £55.42
% change year-on-year -13.28% +19.40% +11.96%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Dorset

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 Dorset.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 57 91 42
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Dorset 31.67% 39.91% 20.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 40 16
10th Percentile £395 £355 £218
25th Percentile £525 £459 £348
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £610 £538 £463
Median % change year-on-year +13.49% +16.22% +28.47%
75th Percentile £650 £610 £558
90th Percentile £774 £612 £588
South West median daily rate £550 £587 £525
% change year-on-year -6.34% +11.86% +5.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 22 21
10th Percentile - £51.41 £43.67
25th Percentile £13.69 £57.33 £48.48
Median hourly rate £47.83 £61.35 £57.95
Median % change year-on-year -22.04% +5.87% -0.40%
75th Percentile £57.33 £67.23 £69.83
90th Percentile £60.13 £72.54 £81.23
South West median hourly rate £63.50 £67.34 £60.92
% change year-on-year -5.70% +10.54% +28.25%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

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

Job vacancy trend for Degree in Dorset

Degree
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Dorset

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Degree in Dorset.

Daily rate trend for Degree in Dorset

Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in Dorset

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Degree in Dorset over the 6 months to 24 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Degree in Dorset

Degree
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Dorset

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Degree in Dorset.

Hourly rate trend for Degree in Dorset

Degree
Contract Job Locations in Dorset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Degree within the Dorset region over the 6 months to 24 June 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Bournemouth -1 2 £350 -12.50% 9
Poole - 1 - - 13
Degree
South West

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Dorset 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 (5.88%) Apache
1 1 (5.88%) Apache Airflow
Business Applications
1 6 (35.29%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 4 (23.53%) Azure
2 1 (5.88%) AWS
2 1 (5.88%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (5.88%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 5 (29.41%) WAN
2 4 (23.53%) LAN
3 2 (11.76%) TCP/IP
4 1 (5.88%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.88%) Big Data
1 1 (5.88%) Flink
1 1 (5.88%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 6 (35.29%) Rational DOORS
General
1 8 (47.06%) Social Skills
2 6 (35.29%) Military
3 4 (23.53%) Finance
3 4 (23.53%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (5.88%) Local Government
4 1 (5.88%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (35.29%) Systems Engineer
2 5 (29.41%) Architect
3 4 (23.53%) Technical Architect
4 3 (17.65%) Software Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) Data Architect
5 1 (5.88%) Data Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) Product Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) Project Manager
5 1 (5.88%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (23.53%) Middleware
2 3 (17.65%) DPDK
Miscellaneous
1 4 (23.53%) Product Ownership
1 4 (23.53%) Public Cloud
2 3 (17.65%) PCIe
Operating Systems
1 7 (41.18%) Linux
2 4 (23.53%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (64.71%) TOGAF
2 8 (47.06%) Agile
3 6 (35.29%) ArchiMate
3 6 (35.29%) Mentoring
3 6 (35.29%) MODAF
3 6 (35.29%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
3 6 (35.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 6 (35.29%) SysML
4 5 (29.41%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (23.53%) Architectural Patterns
5 4 (23.53%) Business Strategy
5 4 (23.53%) Computer Science
5 4 (23.53%) Cybersecurity
5 4 (23.53%) Information Engineering
5 4 (23.53%) IT Strategy
5 4 (23.53%) Programme Delivery
5 4 (23.53%) Software Engineering
5 4 (23.53%) Technology Strategy
5 4 (23.53%) Translating Business Requirements
5 4 (23.53%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 3 (17.65%) C
1 3 (17.65%) C++
2 1 (5.88%) Python
Qualifications
1 10 (58.82%) SC Cleared
1 10 (58.82%) Security Cleared
2 7 (41.18%) TOGAF Certification
3 4 (23.53%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (23.53%) DV Cleared
3 4 (23.53%) HND
4 1 (5.88%) CESG Certified Professional
4 1 (5.88%) CISM
4 1 (5.88%) CISSP
4 1 (5.88%) CLAS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (23.53%) QA
2 1 (5.88%) Data Quality
2 1 (5.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (5.88%) JSP 440
2 1 (5.88%) NCSC
2 1 (5.88%) NIST
2 1 (5.88%) RMADS
Vendors
1 6 (35.29%) Sparx
2 2 (11.76%) Databricks