Degree Contracts in the East Midlands

Academic Degree
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands with a requirement for Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 16 8 19
Rank change year-on-year -8 +11 +15
Contract jobs citing Degree 43 89 91
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East Midlands 8.11% 11.51% 8.72%
As % of the Qualifications category 30.07% 34.77% 28.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 46 61
10th Percentile £176 £167 £223
25th Percentile £231 £191 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £338 £248 £463
Median % change year-on-year +36.57% -46.49% +10.12%
75th Percentile £427 £336 £500
90th Percentile £499 £569 £690
England median daily rate £523 £513 £542
% change year-on-year +1.95% -5.36% +4.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 6 22
10th Percentile £16.67 £23.62 -
25th Percentile £19.05 £25.50 £16.25
Median hourly rate £23.00 £28.25 £16.83
Median % change year-on-year -18.58% +67.86% -26.41%
75th Percentile £28.38 £40.19 £19.29
90th Percentile £31.60 £51.25 £22.13
England median hourly rate £54.50 £40.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year +36.25% -11.11% +24.72%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
East Midlands

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 the East Midlands.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 143 256 322
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 26.98% 33.12% 30.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 85 149 224
10th Percentile £200 £167 £227
25th Percentile £225 £250 £364
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £363 £500
Median % change year-on-year +23.31% -27.50% +19.05%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £625
90th Percentile £640 £662 £700
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 36 49
10th Percentile £18.42 £12.75 £10.90
25th Percentile £19.23 £14.72 £16.25
Median hourly rate £24.34 £20.00 £16.83
Median % change year-on-year +21.70% +18.84% -21.72%
75th Percentile £25.15 £35.56 £26.48
90th Percentile £31.17 £51.91 £65.00
England median hourly rate £46.30 £40.00 £52.40
% change year-on-year +15.75% -23.66% +39.73%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Job postings citing Degree as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Degree in the East Midlands

Degree
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Degree in the East Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Degree in the East Midlands

Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Degree in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Degree in the East Midlands

Degree
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Degree in the East Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Degree in the East Midlands

Degree
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Degree in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Degree in the East Midlands

Degree
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Degree within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 30 April 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
Leicestershire +8 14 £250 -2.21% 93
Northamptonshire +2 9 £358 -12.68% 38
Derbyshire -6 9 £500 +104.08% 186
Nottinghamshire -10 9 £213 -70.38% 128
Lincolnshire 0 2 - - 24
Degree
England

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 3 (6.98%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (4.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (4.65%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (2.33%) Fusion 360
3 1 (2.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (2.33%) MS Visio
3 1 (2.33%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 2 (4.65%) Payment Gateway
1 2 (4.65%) SAP HR
1 2 (4.65%) SAP Payroll
2 1 (2.33%) BASE24
2 1 (2.33%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (2.33%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 5 (11.63%) Cloud Computing
1 5 (11.63%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (6.98%) Azure
2 3 (6.98%) SaaS
3 2 (4.65%) Amazon EMR
3 2 (4.65%) Amazon Kinesis
3 2 (4.65%) Amazon S3
3 2 (4.65%) AWS
3 2 (4.65%) AWS Lambda
3 2 (4.65%) Serverless
3 2 (4.65%) SuccessFactors
4 1 (2.33%) Cloud Functions
4 1 (2.33%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (2.33%) Entra ID
4 1 (2.33%) GCP
4 1 (2.33%) Google Compute Engine
4 1 (2.33%) Google Kubernetes Engine
4 1 (2.33%) Power Platform
4 1 (2.33%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
4 1 (2.33%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.98%) Firewall
1 3 (6.98%) Network Security
2 1 (2.33%) ATM
2 1 (2.33%) DHCP
2 1 (2.33%) DNS
2 1 (2.33%) LAN
2 1 (2.33%) WAN
2 1 (2.33%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.65%) Amazon Redshift
1 2 (4.65%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (4.65%) NoSQL
2 1 (2.33%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (2.33%) NonStop SQL
2 1 (2.33%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (6.98%) Eclipse
2 2 (4.65%) Jenkins
2 2 (4.65%) NetBeans
General
1 25 (58.14%) Social Skills
2 7 (16.28%) Organisational Skills
3 4 (9.30%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (9.30%) Manufacturing
3 4 (9.30%) Public Sector
4 3 (6.98%) Finance
4 3 (6.98%) Legal
4 3 (6.98%) Local Government
4 3 (6.98%) Marketing
5 2 (4.65%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (2.33%) Aerospace
6 1 (2.33%) Automotive
6 1 (2.33%) Electronics
6 1 (2.33%) Social Housing
6 1 (2.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (9.30%) Consultant
2 3 (6.98%) Analyst
2 3 (6.98%) Architect
2 3 (6.98%) Digital Product Owner
2 3 (6.98%) HR Consultant
2 3 (6.98%) Information Assurance Manager
2 3 (6.98%) Information Manager
2 3 (6.98%) IT Support
2 3 (6.98%) Product Owner
2 3 (6.98%) Project Manager
3 2 (4.65%) Cloud Engineer
3 2 (4.65%) Developer
3 2 (4.65%) IT Analyst
3 2 (4.65%) Payroll Consultant
3 2 (4.65%) SAP Consultant
3 2 (4.65%) SAP HR Consultant
3 2 (4.65%) SAP HR/Payroll Consultant
3 2 (4.65%) SAP Payroll Consultant
3 2 (4.65%) Site Manager
3 2 (4.65%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.65%) Kafka
1 2 (4.65%) POSIX
1 2 (4.65%) Visualforce
2 1 (2.33%) CSS
2 1 (2.33%) HTML
2 1 (2.33%) Lightning Web Components
2 1 (2.33%) Middleware
2 1 (2.33%) REST
2 1 (2.33%) SOAP
2 1 (2.33%) XML
2 1 (2.33%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 6 (13.95%) Product Ownership
2 5 (11.63%) Management Information System
3 4 (9.30%) Smartphone
4 3 (6.98%) Industry 4.0
5 2 (4.65%) Algorithms
5 2 (4.65%) Cloud Native
6 1 (2.33%) APACS
6 1 (2.33%) Derivative
6 1 (2.33%) IoT
6 1 (2.33%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (2.33%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 7 (16.28%) Linux
2 6 (13.95%) Windows
3 4 (9.30%) Android
4 1 (2.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (44.19%) Computer Science
2 17 (39.53%) Agile
3 13 (30.23%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (13.95%) Analytics
4 6 (13.95%) Customer Service
4 6 (13.95%) Decision-Making
4 6 (13.95%) Project Delivery
5 5 (11.63%) Process Improvement
5 5 (11.63%) Project Management
5 5 (11.63%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (9.30%) Backlog Prioritisation
6 4 (9.30%) Business Intelligence
6 4 (9.30%) Business Strategy
6 4 (9.30%) Continuous Integration
6 4 (9.30%) Data Governance
6 4 (9.30%) Mentoring
6 4 (9.30%) Operations Management
6 4 (9.30%) Technical Leadership
6 4 (9.30%) User Stories
6 4 (9.30%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 4 (9.30%) SQL
2 3 (6.98%) C++
3 2 (4.65%) Apex Code
3 2 (4.65%) C
3 2 (4.65%) Java
3 2 (4.65%) JavaScript
3 2 (4.65%) Python
3 2 (4.65%) Scala
4 1 (2.33%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 15 (34.88%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (6.98%) CISA
2 3 (6.98%) CISM
2 3 (6.98%) CISSP
2 3 (6.98%) GIAC
2 3 (6.98%) HNC
2 3 (6.98%) HND
3 2 (4.65%) AWS Certification
3 2 (4.65%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 2 (4.65%) DBS Check
3 2 (4.65%) Master's Degree
3 2 (4.65%) Security Cleared
4 1 (2.33%) MBA
4 1 (2.33%) PMI Certification
4 1 (2.33%) PMP
4 1 (2.33%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (9.30%) Data Quality
2 3 (6.98%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (6.98%) GDPR
2 3 (6.98%) NIST
2 3 (6.98%) NIST 800
3 2 (4.65%) MISRA
3 2 (4.65%) MISRA C
3 2 (4.65%) NEBOSH
3 2 (4.65%) QA
3 2 (4.65%) Software Quality Assurance
4 1 (2.33%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 1 (2.33%) IEC 61508
4 1 (2.33%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (9.30%) BitLocker
2 2 (4.65%) Active Directory
2 2 (4.65%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (6.98%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (2.33%) SCCM
2 1 (2.33%) SCOM
2 1 (2.33%) Terraform
Vendors
1 9 (20.93%) Microsoft
2 4 (9.30%) Apple
3 3 (6.98%) Salesforce
3 3 (6.98%) SAP
4 2 (4.65%) HP
4 2 (4.65%) QNX
5 1 (2.33%) Autodesk
5 1 (2.33%) Dell
5 1 (2.33%) Google
5 1 (2.33%) Ivanti
5 1 (2.33%) Marketo
5 1 (2.33%) Siemens
5 1 (2.33%) VMware