Degree Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Academic Degree
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East of England with a requirement for Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 28 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 11 15
Rank change year-on-year -13 +4 +2
Contract jobs citing Degree 133 121 113
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 6.01% 9.53% 7.29%
As % of the Qualifications category 24.49% 28.95% 26.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 64 33 30
10th Percentile £153 £195 £169
25th Percentile £168 £379 £346
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% +11.11% -5.26%
75th Percentile £515 £580 £550
90th Percentile £620 £675 £578
England median daily rate £500 £500 £511
% change year-on-year - -2.17% -4.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 36 25
10th Percentile £15.00 £21.53 £23.92
25th Percentile £23.47 £30.69 £26.88
Median hourly rate £60.81 £42.50 £59.50
Median % change year-on-year +43.08% -28.57% +34.55%
75th Percentile £75.00 £65.75 £85.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £88.00 £94.00
England median hourly rate £40.86 £42.00 £57.35
% change year-on-year -2.73% -26.77% +18.79%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
East of England

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 of England.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 543 418 434
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 24.55% 32.91% 28.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 277 157 159
10th Percentile £183 £197 £204
25th Percentile £400 £350 £319
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £531 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.84% +6.20% -2.44%
75th Percentile £675 £575 £575
90th Percentile £738 £650 £600
England median daily rate £525 £525 £538
% change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 130 144 145
10th Percentile £16.25 £16.30 £16.30
25th Percentile £31.38 £18.87 £21.46
Median hourly rate £63.00 £31.57 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +99.59% -26.59% +104.76%
75th Percentile £75.00 £64.06 £65.00
90th Percentile £84.63 £85.53 £69.50
England median hourly rate £52.50 £25.15 £48.56
% change year-on-year +108.75% -48.21% -11.71%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Degree relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Degree job vacancy trend in the East of England

Degree
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

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

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

Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Degree in the East of England over the 6 months to 28 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Degree in the East of England

Degree
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

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

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

Degree
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Degree in the East of England over the 6 months to 28 August 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Degree in the East of England

Degree
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

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 of England region over the 6 months to 28 August 2026. 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
Hertfordshire +5 57 £265 -50.00% 111
Cambridgeshire +5 38 £296 -27.30% 352
Bedfordshire -8 20 £533 -8.19% 53
Suffolk -7 8 £450 -18.18% 17
Norfolk -12 5 £495 - 33
Essex -24 5 £289 -29.20% 111
Degree
England

Degree
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 8 (6.02%) Confluence
2 5 (3.76%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (2.26%) CMS
3 3 (2.26%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.75%) Apache
4 1 (0.75%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.75%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 10 (7.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (6.02%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (5.26%) Simulink
4 6 (4.51%) Windchill
5 4 (3.01%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (2.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 3 (2.26%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (1.50%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.75%) Weka
Business Applications
1 5 (3.76%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.50%) Dynamics GP
3 1 (0.75%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 23 (17.29%) Azure
2 15 (11.28%) Azure DevOps
3 8 (6.02%) Power Platform
4 7 (5.26%) AWS
5 6 (4.51%) Miro
5 6 (4.51%) Power Automate
6 5 (3.76%) Cohesity
6 5 (3.76%) GCP
7 4 (3.01%) Azure Logic Apps
7 4 (3.01%) Dynamics 365
8 3 (2.26%) Microsoft 365
9 2 (1.50%) Azure AKS
9 2 (1.50%) Azure Service Bus
9 2 (1.50%) GitHub
9 2 (1.50%) Microsoft Copilot
9 2 (1.50%) PowerApps
9 2 (1.50%) Serverless
10 1 (0.75%) Azure Sentinel
10 1 (0.75%) GitHub Actions
10 1 (0.75%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 8 (6.02%) DNS
2 6 (4.51%) Skype
2 6 (4.51%) VPN
3 4 (3.01%) TCP/IP
3 4 (3.01%) Wireless
4 3 (2.26%) 5G
4 3 (2.26%) Firewall
4 3 (2.26%) HTTP
4 3 (2.26%) RS-232
4 3 (2.26%) RS-485
4 3 (2.26%) SSH
5 2 (1.50%) 4G
5 2 (1.50%) Ethernet
5 2 (1.50%) Network Security
5 2 (1.50%) Software-Defined Radio
6 1 (0.75%) DMZ
6 1 (0.75%) IP Telephony
6 1 (0.75%) LAN
6 1 (0.75%) Modbus
6 1 (0.75%) TETRA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.76%) Metadata
1 5 (3.76%) Power BI
2 4 (3.01%) MongoDB
2 4 (3.01%) MySQL
3 3 (2.26%) NoSQL
3 3 (2.26%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (2.26%) Power Query
3 3 (2.26%) Redis
4 2 (1.50%) Data Mining
4 2 (1.50%) PowerPivot
4 2 (1.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.75%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.75%) Big Data
5 1 (0.75%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.75%) DTS
5 1 (0.75%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.75%) Snowflake Schema
5 1 (0.75%) Star Schema
5 1 (0.75%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 10 (7.52%) Git
1 10 (7.52%) JIRA
2 5 (3.76%) GitLab
2 5 (3.76%) Rational DOORS
2 5 (3.76%) Visual Studio
3 4 (3.01%) Jenkins
4 3 (2.26%) Team Foundation Server
5 2 (1.50%) Selenium
6 1 (0.75%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.75%) eggPlant
6 1 (0.75%) LabVIEW
6 1 (0.75%) MSTest
6 1 (0.75%) Ranorex
6 1 (0.75%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 56 (42.11%) Social Skills
2 19 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
2 19 (14.29%) Telecoms
3 14 (10.53%) Finance
3 14 (10.53%) Manufacturing
4 13 (9.77%) Aerospace
4 13 (9.77%) Electronics
5 12 (9.02%) Influencing Skills
6 11 (8.27%) Organisational Skills
7 8 (6.02%) Military
8 4 (3.01%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (2.26%) Automotive
9 3 (2.26%) Law
9 3 (2.26%) Marketing
9 3 (2.26%) Pharmaceutical
9 3 (2.26%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (1.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.75%) Agriculture
11 1 (0.75%) Fire and Rescue
11 1 (0.75%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 15 (11.28%) Technical Support
2 12 (9.02%) Lead
2 12 (9.02%) Project Manager
2 12 (9.02%) Support Specialist
2 12 (9.02%) Technical Specialist
2 12 (9.02%) Technical Support Specialist
3 9 (6.77%) Analyst
3 9 (6.77%) Developer
4 7 (5.26%) FPGA Engineer
4 7 (5.26%) Senior
4 7 (5.26%) Systems Engineer
5 6 (4.51%) Architect
5 6 (4.51%) Design Engineer
5 6 (4.51%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 5 (3.76%) FPGA Design Engineer
7 4 (3.01%) Junior
7 4 (3.01%) Software Developer
8 3 (2.26%) Business Analyst
8 3 (2.26%) Electrical Engineer
8 3 (2.26%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (9.77%) ONVIF
2 6 (4.51%) REST
3 5 (3.76%) .NET
3 5 (3.76%) RESTful
4 4 (3.01%) FastAPI
5 3 (2.26%) CSS
5 3 (2.26%) Flask
5 3 (2.26%) HTML
5 3 (2.26%) Jinja
5 3 (2.26%) Pandas
5 3 (2.26%) Terraform
6 2 (1.50%) Elastic Stack
6 2 (1.50%) Entity Framework
6 2 (1.50%) JSP
6 2 (1.50%) Kafka
6 2 (1.50%) Managed Extensibility Framework
6 2 (1.50%) pytest
6 2 (1.50%) RabbitMQ
6 2 (1.50%) Web Services
6 2 (1.50%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 13 (9.77%) Video\Live Streaming
2 11 (8.27%) FPGA
2 11 (8.27%) Management Information System
3 8 (6.02%) Algorithms
3 8 (6.02%) Self-Motivation
4 7 (5.26%) Onboarding
5 6 (4.51%) Product Ownership
5 6 (4.51%) Verilog
5 6 (4.51%) VHDL
6 5 (3.76%) Analogue Electronics
6 5 (3.76%) Robotics
6 5 (3.76%) Smartcard
6 5 (3.76%) YubiKey
7 4 (3.01%) Acoustics
7 4 (3.01%) Operational Technology
8 3 (2.26%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (2.26%) Driving Licence
8 3 (2.26%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (2.26%) Low-Code
9 2 (1.50%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 11 (8.27%) Windows
2 10 (7.52%) Linux
3 6 (4.51%) Windows Server
4 3 (2.26%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (36.09%) Problem-Solving
2 36 (27.07%) Agile
2 36 (27.07%) Computer Science
3 25 (18.80%) DevOps
4 21 (15.79%) Stakeholder Management
5 20 (15.04%) Continuous Improvement
6 18 (13.53%) Scrum
7 16 (12.03%) Project Management
7 16 (12.03%) Validation
8 15 (11.28%) CI/CD
8 15 (11.28%) CRM
8 15 (11.28%) Cybersecurity
9 14 (10.53%) Software Engineering
10 13 (9.77%) Time Management
11 11 (8.27%) Analytics
11 11 (8.27%) Change Management
11 11 (8.27%) ITIL
12 10 (7.52%) ERP
12 10 (7.52%) Migration
12 10 (7.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 29 (21.80%) Python
2 15 (11.28%) SQL
3 9 (6.77%) C
4 8 (6.02%) Bash
5 7 (5.26%) SystemVerilog
6 6 (4.51%) C#
7 5 (3.76%) C++
8 4 (3.01%) Java
8 4 (3.01%) MATLAB
8 4 (3.01%) PowerShell
8 4 (3.01%) Shell Script
9 3 (2.26%) JavaScript
10 2 (1.50%) X++
10 2 (1.50%) XAML
11 1 (0.75%) Perl
11 1 (0.75%) R
11 1 (0.75%) Ruby
11 1 (0.75%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 26 (19.55%) Security Cleared
2 20 (15.04%) Microsoft Certification
2 20 (15.04%) SC Cleared
3 17 (12.78%) A+ Certification
3 17 (12.78%) Computer Science Degree
4 16 (12.03%) Cisco Certification
5 15 (11.28%) CCNA
6 13 (9.77%) MCSA
7 12 (9.02%) Master's Degree
8 6 (4.51%) DV Cleared
8 6 (4.51%) HNC
8 6 (4.51%) HND
9 5 (3.76%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 5 (3.76%) PhD
10 4 (3.01%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (3.01%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 3 (2.26%) CISSP
11 3 (2.26%) ISACA
11 3 (2.26%) PMI Certification
11 3 (2.26%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (6.77%) QA
2 4 (3.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (3.01%) NIST
2 4 (3.01%) PMO
2 4 (3.01%) SLA
3 3 (2.26%) IEC 61508
3 3 (2.26%) NCSC
4 2 (1.50%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.50%) NIST 800
5 1 (0.75%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.75%) DO-254
5 1 (0.75%) GDPR
5 1 (0.75%) GxP
5 1 (0.75%) ISA99
5 1 (0.75%) NEBOSH
5 1 (0.75%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.75%) SOC 2
System Software
1 10 (7.52%) Firmware
2 5 (3.76%) Active Directory
2 5 (3.76%) Docker
2 5 (3.76%) Hyper-V
3 3 (2.26%) Embedded Firmware
4 1 (0.75%) GPFS
4 1 (0.75%) Lustre
4 1 (0.75%) Slurm Workload Manager
4 1 (0.75%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (3.76%) Nessus
1 5 (3.76%) SCCM
1 5 (3.76%) WSUS
2 4 (3.01%) Ansible
2 4 (3.01%) Puppet
3 3 (2.26%) Functional Safety
4 2 (1.50%) Grafana
4 2 (1.50%) HP ALM
4 2 (1.50%) Kubernetes
4 2 (1.50%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.75%) Consul
5 1 (0.75%) HP Quality Center
5 1 (0.75%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.75%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.75%) Salt
Vendors
1 20 (15.04%) Microsoft
2 8 (6.02%) SAP
2 8 (6.02%) Xilinx
3 7 (5.26%) EMC
3 7 (5.26%) Intel
3 7 (5.26%) Microsemi
3 7 (5.26%) ServiceNow
4 5 (3.76%) Tenable
5 3 (2.26%) Ariba
6 2 (1.50%) Altera
6 2 (1.50%) Cadence
6 2 (1.50%) Cisco
6 2 (1.50%) HP
6 2 (1.50%) Palo Alto
6 2 (1.50%) PTC
6 2 (1.50%) Salesforce
6 2 (1.50%) Siemens
6 2 (1.50%) VMware
7 1 (0.75%) Actel
7 1 (0.75%) Veeam