Degree Contracts in Durham

Academic Degree
North East > Durham

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Durham with a requirement for Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 7 5 10
Rank change year-on-year -2 +5 +7
Contract jobs citing Degree 3 7 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Durham 7.14% 9.72% 7.81%
As % of the Qualifications category 17.65% 77.78% 31.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £231
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - £238
Median % change year-on-year - - +34.07%
75th Percentile - - £244
90th Percentile - - -
North East median daily rate £463 £500 £278
% change year-on-year -7.50% +80.18% +18.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 0
Median hourly rate - £20.77 -
North East median hourly rate £11.64 £20.77 £49.00
% change year-on-year -43.96% -57.61% -6.67%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Durham

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 Durham.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 17 9 16
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Durham 40.48% 12.50% 25.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 1 12
10th Percentile £153 - £145
25th Percentile £177 £513 £203
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £381 £525 £238
Median % change year-on-year -27.38% +121.05% +18.75%
75th Percentile £578 £538 £308
90th Percentile £701 - £680
North East median daily rate £500 £523 £565
% change year-on-year -4.31% -7.52% +7.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 0
10th Percentile - £13.58 -
25th Percentile £18.13 £18.20 -
Median hourly rate £18.75 £20.77 -
Median % change year-on-year -9.73% - -
75th Percentile £19.38 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North East median hourly rate £18.81 £20.77 £49.00
% change year-on-year -9.44% -57.61% -1.01%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Durham

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

Job vacancy trend for Degree in Durham

Degree
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Durham

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

Daily rate trend for Degree in Durham

Degree
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Durham

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

Hourly rate trend for Degree in Durham

Degree
Contract Job Locations in Durham

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Degree within the Durham region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Darlington +1 1 - -
Degree
North East

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Durham 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:

Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (33.33%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle EBS R12
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle SCM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 2 (66.67%) Manufacturing
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Law
2 1 (33.33%) Legal
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Business Change Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Business Change Project Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle Manufacturing Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle Supply Chain Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) Project Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Supply Chain Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Decision-Making
1 2 (66.67%) ERP
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Business Development
2 1 (33.33%) Change Management
2 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Culture
2 1 (33.33%) CRM
2 1 (33.33%) Due Diligence
2 1 (33.33%) Order Management
2 1 (33.33%) PRINCE2
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Resource Allocation
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Technology Transformation
2 1 (33.33%) Validation
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) APMG
1 1 (33.33%) PMI Certification
1 1 (33.33%) PMP
1 1 (33.33%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) GDPR
1 1 (33.33%) GMP
1 1 (33.33%) ISO 9001
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle