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

6 months to
19 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 13 6
Rank change year-on-year +2 -7 +9
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Degree 11 10 35
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Dorset 9.91% 6.76% 13.01%
As % of the Qualifications category 28.95% 24.39% 29.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 6 10
10th Percentile £516 £330 £348
25th Percentile £522 £452 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £763 £625
Median % change year-on-year -27.87% +22.00% +47.06%
75th Percentile £575 £769 £788
90th Percentile - - £820
South West median daily rate £373 £520 £550
% change year-on-year -28.37% -5.45% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 13
10th Percentile - - £50.49
25th Percentile £62.50 - -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £56.49 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year +15.06% - +20.96%
75th Percentile £67.50 - £68.56
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate £65.00 £70.00 £56.91
% change year-on-year -7.14% +23.00% +10.95%

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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 38 41 120
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Dorset 34.23% 27.70% 44.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 27 49
10th Percentile £146 £488 £373
25th Percentile £456 £525 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £531 £600 £538
Median % change year-on-year -11.46% +11.63% +19.44%
75th Percentile £550 £675 £615
90th Percentile £575 £769 £738
South West median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 7 25
10th Percentile - - £48.48
25th Percentile £62.50 £13.69 £51.83
Median hourly rate £65.00 £14.46 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year +349.52% -74.40% +11.27%
75th Percentile £67.50 £31.53 £68.56
90th Percentile - £51.29 £72.05
South West median hourly rate £25.15 £70.00 £64.15
% change year-on-year -64.07% +9.13% +6.91%

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
Daily Rate Trend in Dorset

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Dorset citing Degree

Degree
Hourly Rate Trend in Dorset

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Dorset citing Degree

Degree
DemandTrendContract 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 19 August 2025. 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Blandford Forum - 6 £550 - 3
Weymouth - 3 - - 2
Bournemouth +3 1 £525 +50.00% 10
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 4 (36.36%) Confluence
2 3 (27.27%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (54.55%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (27.27%) Windchill
Cloud Services
1 1 (9.09%) AWS
1 1 (9.09%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 3 (27.27%) Skype
Development Applications
1 4 (36.36%) JIRA
2 1 (9.09%) Bitbucket
General
1 7 (63.64%) Social Skills
2 6 (54.55%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (36.36%) Public Sector
4 1 (9.09%) Finance
4 1 (9.09%) Police
Job Titles
1 3 (27.27%) Configuration Manager
1 3 (27.27%) Senior
1 3 (27.27%) Senior Wintel Engineer
1 3 (27.27%) Virtualisation Engineer
1 3 (27.27%) Wintel Engineer
2 1 (9.09%) ICT Trainer
2 1 (9.09%) Trainer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (27.27%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) Clustering
1 3 (27.27%) PKI
2 1 (9.09%) Digital Media
2 1 (9.09%) e-Learning
Operating Systems
1 3 (27.27%) Windows
1 3 (27.27%) Windows 10
1 3 (27.27%) Windows Server
1 3 (27.27%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) Critical Thinking
1 6 (54.55%) NsoIT
1 6 (54.55%) Service Management
1 6 (54.55%) System Testing
2 4 (36.36%) Computer Science
2 4 (36.36%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 3 (27.27%) Agile
3 3 (27.27%) Change Control
3 3 (27.27%) Configuration Management
3 3 (27.27%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (27.27%) High Availability
3 3 (27.27%) ITIL
3 3 (27.27%) Network Virtualisation
3 3 (27.27%) Power Management
3 3 (27.27%) Validation
3 3 (27.27%) Waterfall
4 1 (9.09%) Containerisation
4 1 (9.09%) Continuous Delivery
4 1 (9.09%) Infrastructure as Code
4 1 (9.09%) Operational Stability
Programming Languages
1 3 (27.27%) PowerShell
1 3 (27.27%) SQL
2 1 (9.09%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (54.55%) SC Cleared
1 6 (54.55%) Security Cleared
2 3 (27.27%) CCNA
2 3 (27.27%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (27.27%) Master's Degree
2 3 (27.27%) MCSE
2 3 (27.27%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (27.27%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 1 (9.09%) AWS Certification
3 1 (9.09%) AWS Certified Developer
3 1 (9.09%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 1 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (27.27%) Def Stans
System Software
1 3 (27.27%) Active Directory
1 3 (27.27%) VMware ESXi
1 3 (27.27%) VMware Infrastructure
1 3 (27.27%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 3 (27.27%) vCenter Server
1 3 (27.27%) WSUS
2 1 (9.09%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) Atlassian
1 3 (27.27%) Cisco
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft
1 3 (27.27%) PTC
1 3 (27.27%) VMware