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 10 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 5 8
Rank change year-on-year -9 +3 +10
Contract jobs citing Degree 130 146 200
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 8.29% 11.94% 11.13%
As % of the Qualifications category 26.86% 41.13% 32.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 42 95
10th Percentile £335 £121 £275
25th Percentile £409 £271 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £425 £500
Median % change year-on-year +18.82% -15.00% -
75th Percentile £614 £519 £600
90th Percentile £700 £661 £711
England median daily rate £518 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -1.42% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 32 39
10th Percentile £8.25 £26.27 £14.25
25th Percentile £13.50 £29.75 £21.25
Median hourly rate £42.00 £70.00 £33.44
Median % change year-on-year -40.00% +109.33% -38.81%
75th Percentile £43.75 £95.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £69.43 - -
England median hourly rate £36.23 £43.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -15.74% -14.00% +11.11%

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 484 355 621
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 30.87% 29.03% 34.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 171 137 303
10th Percentile £193 £184 £265
25th Percentile £363 £306 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £481 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.10% -8.48% +5.00%
75th Percentile £588 £575 £675
90th Percentile £688 £650 £743
England median daily rate £525 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 185 85 151
10th Percentile £15.50 £21.46 £13.41
25th Percentile £18.87 £30.78 £14.25
Median hourly rate £22.63 £62.50 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -63.79% +108.33% +42.86%
75th Percentile £51.53 £68.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £68.25 £91.00 £72.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £50.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year -49.70% -4.76% +16.67%

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 10 December 2025.

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 10 December 2025.

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 10 December 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
Hertfordshire -3 53 £550 -12.00% 126
Cambridgeshire -11 27 £450 - 134
Bedfordshire -8 21 £425 +246.94% 18
Norfolk -5 19 - - 22
Essex 0 8 £456 +180.25% 91
Suffolk -9 2 £550 +22.22% 15
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 (6.15%) SharePoint
2 4 (3.08%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (2.31%) Apache Spark
4 2 (1.54%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (1.54%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.77%) CMS
5 1 (0.77%) Confluence
5 1 (0.77%) SAS
Applications
1 10 (7.69%) FrameMaker
1 10 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (6.92%) Simulink
3 8 (6.15%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (3.08%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (2.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (2.31%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (1.54%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.77%) Stateflow
7 1 (0.77%) Weka
Business Applications
1 3 (2.31%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.77%) Maximo
2 1 (0.77%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.77%) Oracle General Ledger
2 1 (0.77%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (0.77%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (0.77%) Oracle Retail
2 1 (0.77%) Primavera
2 1 (0.77%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (0.77%) SAP ERP
2 1 (0.77%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 29 (22.31%) Azure
2 20 (15.38%) AWS
3 11 (8.46%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (6.15%) GCP
5 6 (4.62%) Azure Sentinel
5 6 (4.62%) Entra ID
5 6 (4.62%) Serverless
6 4 (3.08%) Amazon S3
6 4 (3.08%) AWS Lambda
6 4 (3.08%) Microsoft Purview
6 4 (3.08%) Power Platform
7 3 (2.31%) Azure Logic Apps
7 3 (2.31%) OneDrive
7 3 (2.31%) Power Automate
7 3 (2.31%) SaaS
7 3 (2.31%) Snowflake
8 2 (1.54%) Azure AKS
8 2 (1.54%) Azure Functions
8 2 (1.54%) dbt
8 2 (1.54%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 9 (6.92%) TCP/IP
2 8 (6.15%) LAN
3 6 (4.62%) Firewall
4 5 (3.85%) Ethernet
5 4 (3.08%) DNS
5 4 (3.08%) RS-232
5 4 (3.08%) VPN
6 3 (2.31%) Cisco IOS
6 3 (2.31%) DHCP
6 3 (2.31%) PuTTY
6 3 (2.31%) SpaceWire
6 3 (2.31%) WAN
7 2 (1.54%) Intrusion Detection
7 2 (1.54%) Network Security
7 2 (1.54%) VLAN
8 1 (0.77%) InfiniBand
8 1 (0.77%) iSCSI
8 1 (0.77%) SAN
8 1 (0.77%) Wireless
8 1 (0.77%) X.400
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (6.92%) SQL Server
2 7 (5.38%) Oracle Database
3 5 (3.85%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (3.08%) Big Data
4 4 (3.08%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (2.31%) Power BI
6 2 (1.54%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (1.54%) Amazon Redshift
6 2 (1.54%) Data Lake
6 2 (1.54%) Hadoop
6 2 (1.54%) RDBMS
6 2 (1.54%) Relational Database
6 2 (1.54%) Tableau
7 1 (0.77%) DataStage
7 1 (0.77%) GIS
7 1 (0.77%) MS Access
7 1 (0.77%) MySQL
7 1 (0.77%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.77%) Snowflake Schema
7 1 (0.77%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 5 (3.85%) JIRA
2 3 (2.31%) Git
3 2 (1.54%) GitLab
3 2 (1.54%) Selenium
3 2 (1.54%) webpack
4 1 (0.77%) CANoe
4 1 (0.77%) TeamCity
General
1 67 (51.54%) Social Skills
2 23 (17.69%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (10.00%) Finance
4 12 (9.23%) Aerospace
5 10 (7.69%) Organisational Skills
5 10 (7.69%) Publishing
6 9 (6.92%) Electronics
6 9 (6.92%) Manufacturing
7 8 (6.15%) Military
8 7 (5.38%) Automotive
8 7 (5.38%) Documentation Skills
8 7 (5.38%) Law
9 6 (4.62%) Pharmaceutical
9 6 (4.62%) Public Sector
10 5 (3.85%) Games
11 3 (2.31%) Aviation
11 3 (2.31%) Banking
11 3 (2.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (2.31%) Multimedia
11 3 (2.31%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 29 (22.31%) Analyst
2 19 (14.62%) Support Analyst
3 17 (13.08%) Security Engineer
4 15 (11.54%) Technical Analyst
4 15 (11.54%) Technical Support
4 15 (11.54%) Technical Support Analyst
5 10 (7.69%) Architect
5 10 (7.69%) Author
5 10 (7.69%) Technical Author
6 8 (6.15%) Developer
6 8 (6.15%) Lead
7 7 (5.38%) Senior
8 6 (4.62%) Asset Management Analyst
8 6 (4.62%) IT Support
9 5 (3.85%) Consultant
9 5 (3.85%) Design Engineer
9 5 (3.85%) Firmware Engineer
9 5 (3.85%) IT Analyst
9 5 (3.85%) IT Support Analyst
10 4 (3.08%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (8.46%) XML
2 10 (7.69%) SGML
3 5 (3.85%) Oracle Fusion
4 4 (3.08%) PyTorch
4 4 (3.08%) React
4 4 (3.08%) REST
5 3 (2.31%) JSON
5 3 (2.31%) SOAP
5 3 (2.31%) TensorFlow
6 2 (1.54%) Celery
6 2 (1.54%) D3.js
6 2 (1.54%) Django
6 2 (1.54%) Matplotlib
6 2 (1.54%) Node.js
6 2 (1.54%) RESTful
6 2 (1.54%) Sass
6 2 (1.54%) scikit-learn
6 2 (1.54%) Seaborn
6 2 (1.54%) Vue
6 2 (1.54%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 12 (9.23%) NHS
2 11 (8.46%) Algorithms
3 10 (7.69%) FPGA
3 10 (7.69%) Verilog
4 9 (6.92%) Management Information System
5 6 (4.62%) CMDB
6 5 (3.85%) PCIe
6 5 (3.85%) VHDL
7 4 (3.08%) Onboarding
8 3 (2.31%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (2.31%) Augmented Reality
8 3 (2.31%) CAN bus
8 3 (2.31%) Cyber Threat
8 3 (2.31%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (2.31%) Linux Command Line
8 3 (2.31%) Virtual Reality
9 2 (1.54%) Cloud Native
9 2 (1.54%) Private Cloud
9 2 (1.54%) Public Cloud
9 2 (1.54%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 23 (17.69%) Windows
2 9 (6.92%) Linux
3 8 (6.15%) Windows Server
4 5 (3.85%) Windows Server 2003
4 5 (3.85%) Windows Server 2012
5 3 (2.31%) VMS
6 2 (1.54%) Windows 10
6 2 (1.54%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.77%) CentOS
7 1 (0.77%) Robot Operating System
7 1 (0.77%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
2 31 (23.85%) Computer Science
3 20 (15.38%) Agile
4 15 (11.54%) AI
4 15 (11.54%) Machine Learning
5 13 (10.00%) ITIL
6 12 (9.23%) Project Management
7 11 (8.46%) ITSM
7 11 (8.46%) Stakeholder Management
8 10 (7.69%) Desktop Publishing
8 10 (7.69%) GAP Analysis
8 10 (7.69%) PRINCE2
8 10 (7.69%) Project Delivery
9 9 (6.92%) DevOps
10 8 (6.15%) Analytics
10 8 (6.15%) Configuration Management
10 8 (6.15%) Continuous Improvement
10 8 (6.15%) Knowledge Transfer
10 8 (6.15%) Migration
10 8 (6.15%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 24 (18.46%) Python
2 11 (8.46%) SQL
3 8 (6.15%) PowerShell
3 8 (6.15%) SystemVerilog
4 7 (5.38%) JavaScript
4 7 (5.38%) MATLAB
5 5 (3.85%) Tcl
6 4 (3.08%) C
6 4 (3.08%) R
7 3 (2.31%) Java
8 2 (1.54%) C++
8 2 (1.54%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.77%) Bash
9 1 (0.77%) Bourne shell
9 1 (0.77%) Perl
9 1 (0.77%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.77%) Ruby
9 1 (0.77%) Scala
9 1 (0.77%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 31 (23.85%) Security Cleared
2 30 (23.08%) SC Cleared
3 26 (20.00%) HND
4 25 (19.23%) HNC
5 21 (16.15%) Computer Science Degree
6 16 (12.31%) Microsoft Certification
7 15 (11.54%) Master's Degree
8 11 (8.46%) MCP
9 10 (7.69%) MCSE
10 5 (3.85%) CISSP
10 5 (3.85%) ITIL Certification
10 5 (3.85%) PhD
11 3 (2.31%) CCNA
11 3 (2.31%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (2.31%) DBS Check
12 2 (1.54%) CISM
12 2 (1.54%) MBA
12 2 (1.54%) PMI Certification
12 2 (1.54%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 2 (1.54%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (10.00%) NIST
2 8 (6.15%) JSP 440
2 8 (6.15%) NCSC
3 7 (5.38%) NIST 800
4 5 (3.85%) DO-254
4 5 (3.85%) GDPR
4 5 (3.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (3.85%) QA
5 4 (3.08%) Data Quality
5 4 (3.08%) HIPAA
5 4 (3.08%) PMO
6 2 (1.54%) SLA
7 1 (0.77%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 1 (0.77%) GxP
7 1 (0.77%) HL7
7 1 (0.77%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 1 (0.77%) ISO 22301
7 1 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 1 (0.77%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.77%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 12 (9.23%) Firmware
2 10 (7.69%) Active Directory
3 4 (3.08%) Hyper-V
4 3 (2.31%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (1.54%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.77%) Docker
6 1 (0.77%) GPFS
6 1 (0.77%) Lustre
6 1 (0.77%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 2 (1.54%) Ansible
1 2 (1.54%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (1.54%) Terraform
2 1 (0.77%) Consul
2 1 (0.77%) Control-M
2 1 (0.77%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.77%) Puppet
2 1 (0.77%) Salt
Vendors
1 28 (21.54%) Microsoft
2 15 (11.54%) Oracle
3 11 (8.46%) ServiceNow
4 9 (6.92%) SAP
5 8 (6.15%) Intel
5 8 (6.15%) Microsemi
5 8 (6.15%) Xilinx
6 7 (5.38%) Salesforce
7 5 (3.85%) Actel
7 5 (3.85%) Altera
7 5 (3.85%) Citrix
8 4 (3.08%) Cisco
8 4 (3.08%) VMware
9 3 (2.31%) Google
9 3 (2.31%) Palo Alto
9 3 (2.31%) Splunk
10 2 (1.54%) Ariba
10 2 (1.54%) Databricks
10 2 (1.54%) MuleSoft
10 2 (1.54%) Pega