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

6 months to
29 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 18 27 23
Rank change year-on-year +9 -4 -2
Contract jobs citing Degree 64 45 48
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East Midlands 8.37% 5.96% 5.73%
As % of the Qualifications category 33.16% 24.19% 25.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 28 32
10th Percentile £250 £315 £305
25th Percentile £276 £356 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £434 £400 £500
Median % change year-on-year +8.38% -20.00% +4.71%
75th Percentile £488 £500 £603
90th Percentile £638 £727 £725
England median daily rate £500 £508 £535
% change year-on-year -1.48% -5.14% -0.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £16.94 - -
25th Percentile £19.71 - -
Median hourly rate £21.28 - -
75th Percentile £22.60 - -
90th Percentile £24.94 - -
England median hourly rate £41.50 £57.35 £47.75
% change year-on-year -27.64% +20.10% +6.11%

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 193 186 190
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 25.23% 24.64% 22.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 100 105 141
10th Percentile £188 £277 £350
25th Percentile £308 £350 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £450 £510
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -11.76% +10.87%
75th Percentile £550 £600 £650
90th Percentile £725 £659 £724
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 23 4
10th Percentile - £12.75 -
25th Percentile £17.87 £14.30 £17.72
Median hourly rate £21.28 £24.18 £18.86
Median % change year-on-year -12.01% +28.21% -12.28%
75th Percentile £25.15 £51.91 £20.13
90th Percentile - - £20.36
England median hourly rate £25.15 £50.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -49.70% -9.09% +22.22%

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
Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Degree.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Degree

Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Degree in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 29 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Degree in the East Midlands

Degree
Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Degree.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Degree

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 29 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Leicestershire +11 29 £250 -42.86% 30
Northamptonshire -11 17 £420 +7.28% 29
Derbyshire +7 10 £463 +8.82% 36
Nottinghamshire -9 4 £458 -6.15% 55
Lincolnshire +1 3 £505 -38.60% 36
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (3.13%) CMS
2 1 (1.56%) Alfresco
2 1 (1.56%) Confluence
2 1 (1.56%) Documentum
2 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.56%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 4 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (4.69%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (3.13%) InDesign
3 2 (3.13%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (3.13%) Photoshop
4 1 (1.56%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (1.56%) Adobe Premiere
4 1 (1.56%) FrameMaker
4 1 (1.56%) Fusion 360
4 1 (1.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.56%) MS Visio
4 1 (1.56%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 2 (3.13%) Sprinklr
1 2 (3.13%) Teamcenter
2 1 (1.56%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (1.56%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 7 (10.94%) Azure
1 7 (10.94%) SaaS
2 6 (9.38%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (7.81%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
3 5 (7.81%) Salesforce Service Cloud
4 2 (3.13%) AWS
4 2 (3.13%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.56%) Azure AKS
5 1 (1.56%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (1.56%) Azure Functions
5 1 (1.56%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (1.56%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (1.56%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.56%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.56%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.13%) Power BI
1 2 (3.13%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.56%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (1.56%) Big Data
2 1 (1.56%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.56%) Metadata
2 1 (1.56%) MongoDB
2 1 (1.56%) MySQL
2 1 (1.56%) Relational Database
2 1 (1.56%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (3.13%) JIRA
2 1 (1.56%) Dreamweaver
2 1 (1.56%) Git
General
1 31 (48.44%) Social Skills
2 14 (21.88%) Organisational Skills
3 10 (15.63%) Manufacturing
4 7 (10.94%) Marketing
5 6 (9.38%) Finance
6 5 (7.81%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (6.25%) Aerospace
8 2 (3.13%) Banking
8 2 (3.13%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (3.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (3.13%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (3.13%) Publishing
8 2 (3.13%) Retail
9 1 (1.56%) Agriculture
9 1 (1.56%) Military
9 1 (1.56%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 10 (15.63%) Analyst
2 8 (12.50%) Architect
3 7 (10.94%) IT Analyst
4 6 (9.38%) IT Support
4 6 (9.38%) IT Support Analyst
4 6 (9.38%) Support Analyst
5 5 (7.81%) Product Owner
6 4 (6.25%) Consultant
6 4 (6.25%) Digital Product Owner
6 4 (6.25%) Project Manager
6 4 (6.25%) Salesforce Architect
7 3 (4.69%) Developer
7 3 (4.69%) Support Engineer
8 2 (3.13%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 2 (3.13%) 2nd Line Support
8 2 (3.13%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 2 (3.13%) Business Analyst
8 2 (3.13%) Enterprise Architect
8 2 (3.13%) Implementation Consultant
8 2 (3.13%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (10.94%) Middleware
2 6 (9.38%) REST
2 6 (9.38%) SOAP
2 6 (9.38%) Visualforce
3 5 (7.81%) Lightning Web Components
4 3 (4.69%) CSS
4 3 (4.69%) HTML
5 2 (3.13%) SailPoint
6 1 (1.56%) .NET
6 1 (1.56%) .NET Framework
6 1 (1.56%) ASP.NET
6 1 (1.56%) Express.js
6 1 (1.56%) Flash
6 1 (1.56%) Hibernate
6 1 (1.56%) Node.js
6 1 (1.56%) React
6 1 (1.56%) RESTful
6 1 (1.56%) Spring Boot
6 1 (1.56%) Web Services
6 1 (1.56%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 12 (18.75%) Management Information System
2 9 (14.06%) Product Ownership
3 5 (7.81%) Driving Licence
4 4 (6.25%) Smartphone
5 3 (4.69%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (3.13%) Manufacturing Execution System
6 2 (3.13%) SCADA
7 1 (1.56%) Blog
7 1 (1.56%) Client/Server
7 1 (1.56%) Cloud Native
7 1 (1.56%) Derivative
7 1 (1.56%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (1.56%) e-Learning
7 1 (1.56%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (1.56%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (1.56%) NHS
7 1 (1.56%) Onboarding
7 1 (1.56%) Social Media
7 1 (1.56%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 9 (14.06%) Windows
2 4 (6.25%) Android
3 1 (1.56%) Linux
3 1 (1.56%) Mac OS
3 1 (1.56%) Windows 10
3 1 (1.56%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (57.81%) Computer Science
2 25 (39.06%) Agile
3 22 (34.38%) Problem-Solving
4 15 (23.44%) Project Management
5 14 (21.88%) Stakeholder Management
6 11 (17.19%) Analytics
7 10 (15.63%) ITIL
7 10 (15.63%) Roadmaps
8 9 (14.06%) Customer Service
8 9 (14.06%) Migration
9 8 (12.50%) Data Migration
9 8 (12.50%) User Experience
10 7 (10.94%) Continuous Improvement
10 7 (10.94%) Cybersecurity
10 7 (10.94%) Data Management
10 7 (10.94%) ERP
10 7 (10.94%) Process Improvement
10 7 (10.94%) Root Cause Analysis
10 7 (10.94%) Technical Leadership
10 7 (10.94%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 6 (9.38%) Apex Code
2 4 (6.25%) SQL
3 3 (4.69%) JavaScript
4 2 (3.13%) C#
4 2 (3.13%) Java
4 2 (3.13%) Python
5 1 (1.56%) C
5 1 (1.56%) C++
5 1 (1.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (1.56%) PowerShell
5 1 (1.56%) Shell Script
5 1 (1.56%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 28 (43.75%) Computer Science Degree
2 9 (14.06%) Master's Degree
3 5 (7.81%) A+ Certification
4 4 (6.25%) PMI Certification
4 4 (6.25%) PMP
5 2 (3.13%) Azure Certification
5 2 (3.13%) DBS Check
5 2 (3.13%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (3.13%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (3.13%) Security Cleared
6 1 (1.56%) CISA
6 1 (1.56%) CISM
6 1 (1.56%) CISSP
6 1 (1.56%) Citrix Certification
6 1 (1.56%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 1 (1.56%) MBA
6 1 (1.56%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (12.50%) GDPR
2 6 (9.38%) Data Quality
3 5 (7.81%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 3 (4.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (1.56%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (1.56%) COBIT
5 1 (1.56%) ISO 19650
5 1 (1.56%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 1 (1.56%) NIST
5 1 (1.56%) NIST 800
5 1 (1.56%) QA
System Software
1 4 (6.25%) BitLocker
2 3 (4.69%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.56%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (1.56%) RSA Archer
1 1 (1.56%) SCCM
Vendors
1 21 (32.81%) Microsoft
2 8 (12.50%) Salesforce
3 4 (6.25%) Apple
4 2 (3.13%) Adobe
4 2 (3.13%) Avaya
4 2 (3.13%) Genesys
4 2 (3.13%) Oracle
4 2 (3.13%) SAP
4 2 (3.13%) Siemens
5 1 (1.56%) Alteryx
5 1 (1.56%) Ariba
5 1 (1.56%) Autodesk
5 1 (1.56%) Citrix
5 1 (1.56%) Cognos
5 1 (1.56%) Facebook
5 1 (1.56%) IBM
5 1 (1.56%) Marketo
5 1 (1.56%) OpenText
5 1 (1.56%) Twitter
5 1 (1.56%) VMware