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 12 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 13 14
Rank change year-on-year -13 +1 -2
Contract jobs citing Degree 135 116 119
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 5.81% 8.95% 7.80%
As % of the Qualifications category 22.73% 27.62% 27.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 61 34 35
10th Percentile £153 £195 £121
25th Percentile £168 £384 £273
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £488 £425
Median % change year-on-year -38.46% +14.71% -15.00%
75th Percentile £515 £614 £550
90th Percentile £580 £726 £575
England median daily rate £510 £500 £513
% change year-on-year +1.90% -2.44% -3.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 30 24
10th Percentile £15.00 £21.95 £23.70
25th Percentile £24.26 £32.56 £33.75
Median hourly rate £63.00 £42.50 £59.50
Median % change year-on-year +48.24% -28.57% +8.18%
75th Percentile £80.88 £57.63 £85.00
90th Percentile £88.24 £88.08 £98.50
England median hourly rate £38.72 £40.46 £57.35
% change year-on-year -4.30% -29.45% +20.10%

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 594 420 428
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 25.57% 32.41% 28.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 287 164 152
10th Percentile £187 £198 £200
25th Percentile £400 £363 £311
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £507 £529 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.16% +5.80% -6.10%
75th Percentile £675 £576 £575
90th Percentile £738 £671 £588
England median daily rate £525 £525 £538
% change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 163 141 135
10th Percentile £19.34 £16.30 £16.30
25th Percentile £41.63 £18.87 £24.48
Median hourly rate £65.00 £30.00 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +116.67% -30.23% +104.76%
75th Percentile £75.00 £59.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £85.00 £68.45
England median hourly rate £52.50 £25.15 £55.00
% change year-on-year +108.75% -54.27% -

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 12 September 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 12 September 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 12 September 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 +4 58 £265 -51.82% 109
Cambridgeshire +3 40 £296 -27.30% 253
Bedfordshire +1 19 £533 +6.50% 42
Suffolk -5 8 £450 -18.18% 19
Norfolk -13 5 £495 - 37
Essex -25 5 £289 -36.77% 90
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 (5.93%) Confluence
2 6 (4.44%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (2.22%) CMS
3 3 (2.22%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.74%) Apache
4 1 (0.74%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.74%) IIS
4 1 (0.74%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.74%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 9 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (5.93%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (5.19%) Simulink
4 6 (4.44%) Windchill
5 4 (2.96%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (2.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 3 (2.22%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (1.48%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.74%) Weka
Business Applications
1 3 (2.22%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.48%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 26 (19.26%) Azure
2 16 (11.85%) Azure DevOps
3 8 (5.93%) AWS
4 7 (5.19%) Power Platform
5 6 (4.44%) GCP
5 6 (4.44%) Miro
5 6 (4.44%) Power Automate
6 5 (3.70%) Cohesity
7 4 (2.96%) Azure Logic Apps
7 4 (2.96%) Microsoft 365
8 3 (2.22%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (1.48%) Azure AKS
9 2 (1.48%) Azure Service Bus
9 2 (1.48%) Entra ID
9 2 (1.48%) GitHub
9 2 (1.48%) Microsoft Copilot
9 2 (1.48%) PowerApps
9 2 (1.48%) Serverless
10 1 (0.74%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 1 (0.74%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 9 (6.67%) DNS
2 7 (5.19%) VPN
3 6 (4.44%) Skype
4 4 (2.96%) HTTP
4 4 (2.96%) TCP/IP
4 4 (2.96%) Wireless
5 3 (2.22%) 5G
5 3 (2.22%) Firewall
5 3 (2.22%) RS-232
5 3 (2.22%) RS-485
5 3 (2.22%) SSH
6 2 (1.48%) 4G
6 2 (1.48%) Ethernet
6 2 (1.48%) Network Security
7 1 (0.74%) DHCP
7 1 (0.74%) DMZ
7 1 (0.74%) IP Telephony
7 1 (0.74%) LAN
7 1 (0.74%) TETRA
7 1 (0.74%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.70%) Metadata
2 4 (2.96%) MongoDB
2 4 (2.96%) MySQL
2 4 (2.96%) Power BI
3 3 (2.22%) NoSQL
3 3 (2.22%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (2.22%) Power Query
3 3 (2.22%) Redis
4 2 (1.48%) Data Mining
4 2 (1.48%) PowerPivot
4 2 (1.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.74%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.74%) Big Data
5 1 (0.74%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.74%) DTS
5 1 (0.74%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.74%) Snowflake Schema
5 1 (0.74%) Star Schema
5 1 (0.74%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 10 (7.41%) Git
1 10 (7.41%) JIRA
2 5 (3.70%) GitLab
2 5 (3.70%) Rational DOORS
2 5 (3.70%) Visual Studio
3 4 (2.96%) Jenkins
4 3 (2.22%) Team Foundation Server
5 2 (1.48%) Artifactory
5 2 (1.48%) MSTest
5 2 (1.48%) Ranorex
5 2 (1.48%) Selenium
6 1 (0.74%) eggPlant
6 1 (0.74%) LabVIEW
6 1 (0.74%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 56 (41.48%) Social Skills
2 19 (14.07%) Analytical Skills
2 19 (14.07%) Telecoms
3 14 (10.37%) Aerospace
3 14 (10.37%) Electronics
4 13 (9.63%) Influencing Skills
4 13 (9.63%) Manufacturing
5 12 (8.89%) Finance
6 11 (8.15%) Organisational Skills
7 9 (6.67%) Military
8 4 (2.96%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (2.22%) Automotive
9 3 (2.22%) Law
9 3 (2.22%) Marketing
9 3 (2.22%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (1.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.48%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.74%) Agriculture
11 1 (0.74%) Aviation
11 1 (0.74%) Fire and Rescue
Job Titles
1 15 (11.11%) Technical Support
2 13 (9.63%) Lead
3 12 (8.89%) Support Specialist
3 12 (8.89%) Technical Specialist
3 12 (8.89%) Technical Support Specialist
4 10 (7.41%) Project Manager
5 9 (6.67%) Developer
5 9 (6.67%) Senior
6 8 (5.93%) Analyst
7 7 (5.19%) Architect
7 7 (5.19%) Design Engineer
7 7 (5.19%) FPGA Engineer
7 7 (5.19%) Systems Engineer
8 6 (4.44%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 5 (3.70%) FPGA Design Engineer
10 4 (2.96%) Electrical Engineer
10 4 (2.96%) Security Engineer
10 4 (2.96%) Software Developer
10 4 (2.96%) Support Engineer
10 4 (2.96%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (9.63%) ONVIF
2 6 (4.44%) .NET
2 6 (4.44%) REST
3 5 (3.70%) RESTful
4 4 (2.96%) FastAPI
4 4 (2.96%) Terraform
5 3 (2.22%) CSS
5 3 (2.22%) Flask
5 3 (2.22%) HTML
5 3 (2.22%) Jinja
5 3 (2.22%) Pandas
6 2 (1.48%) .NET Framework
6 2 (1.48%) JSP
6 2 (1.48%) Kafka
6 2 (1.48%) Middleware
6 2 (1.48%) Silverlight
6 2 (1.48%) WCF
6 2 (1.48%) Web Services
6 2 (1.48%) WPF
6 2 (1.48%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 13 (9.63%) Video\Live Streaming
2 12 (8.89%) Management Information System
3 11 (8.15%) FPGA
4 8 (5.93%) Self-Motivation
5 7 (5.19%) Algorithms
6 6 (4.44%) Analogue Electronics
6 6 (4.44%) Onboarding
6 6 (4.44%) Product Ownership
6 6 (4.44%) Verilog
6 6 (4.44%) VHDL
7 5 (3.70%) Smartcard
7 5 (3.70%) YubiKey
8 4 (2.96%) Acoustics
8 4 (2.96%) Operational Technology
8 4 (2.96%) Robotics
9 3 (2.22%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (2.22%) Driving Licence
9 3 (2.22%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (2.22%) Low-Code
10 2 (1.48%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 13 (9.63%) Windows
2 11 (8.15%) Linux
3 6 (4.44%) Windows Server
4 3 (2.22%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (35.56%) Problem-Solving
2 36 (26.67%) Computer Science
3 35 (25.93%) Agile
4 26 (19.26%) DevOps
5 22 (16.30%) Continuous Improvement
6 21 (15.56%) Stakeholder Management
7 18 (13.33%) Scrum
8 17 (12.59%) Cybersecurity
9 15 (11.11%) CI/CD
9 15 (11.11%) CRM
9 15 (11.11%) Validation
10 14 (10.37%) Project Management
11 13 (9.63%) ITIL
11 13 (9.63%) Software Engineering
11 13 (9.63%) Time Management
12 11 (8.15%) AI
12 11 (8.15%) Analytics
12 11 (8.15%) Integration Testing
12 11 (8.15%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 10 (7.41%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 30 (22.22%) Python
2 15 (11.11%) SQL
3 9 (6.67%) Bash
3 9 (6.67%) C
4 7 (5.19%) C#
4 7 (5.19%) PowerShell
4 7 (5.19%) SystemVerilog
5 5 (3.70%) C++
6 4 (2.96%) Java
6 4 (2.96%) MATLAB
6 4 (2.96%) Shell Script
7 3 (2.22%) JavaScript
8 2 (1.48%) Perl
8 2 (1.48%) R
8 2 (1.48%) X++
8 2 (1.48%) XAML
9 1 (0.74%) Ruby
9 1 (0.74%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 30 (22.22%) Security Cleared
2 23 (17.04%) SC Cleared
3 21 (15.56%) Microsoft Certification
4 17 (12.59%) A+ Certification
5 16 (11.85%) Cisco Certification
5 16 (11.85%) Computer Science Degree
6 15 (11.11%) CCNA
7 13 (9.63%) Master's Degree
7 13 (9.63%) MCSA
8 9 (6.67%) DV Cleared
9 6 (4.44%) HNC
9 6 (4.44%) HND
9 6 (4.44%) PhD
10 5 (3.70%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 4 (2.96%) BPSS Clearance
11 4 (2.96%) ISACA
11 4 (2.96%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 3 (2.22%) CISSP
12 3 (2.22%) PMI Certification
12 3 (2.22%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (7.41%) QA
2 5 (3.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (3.70%) NIST
3 4 (2.96%) NCSC
3 4 (2.96%) PMO
3 4 (2.96%) SLA
4 3 (2.22%) IEC 61508
4 3 (2.22%) NIST 800
5 2 (1.48%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.74%) DO-254
6 1 (0.74%) GDPR
6 1 (0.74%) GxP
6 1 (0.74%) ISA99
6 1 (0.74%) NEBOSH
6 1 (0.74%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.74%) SOC 2
System Software
1 11 (8.15%) Firmware
2 6 (4.44%) Active Directory
2 6 (4.44%) Hyper-V
3 5 (3.70%) Docker
4 3 (2.22%) Embedded Firmware
5 2 (1.48%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.74%) GPFS
6 1 (0.74%) Lustre
6 1 (0.74%) NFS
6 1 (0.74%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 1 (0.74%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (3.70%) Ansible
1 5 (3.70%) Nessus
1 5 (3.70%) SCCM
1 5 (3.70%) WSUS
2 4 (2.96%) Puppet
3 3 (2.22%) Functional Safety
3 3 (2.22%) HP ALM
4 2 (1.48%) Grafana
4 2 (1.48%) HP Quality Center
4 2 (1.48%) Kubernetes
4 2 (1.48%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (1.48%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.74%) Consul
5 1 (0.74%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.74%) Salt
Vendors
1 20 (14.81%) Microsoft
2 8 (5.93%) EMC
2 8 (5.93%) Xilinx
3 7 (5.19%) Intel
3 7 (5.19%) Microsemi
3 7 (5.19%) ServiceNow
4 6 (4.44%) SAP
5 5 (3.70%) Tenable
6 3 (2.22%) HP
6 3 (2.22%) Siemens
6 3 (2.22%) VMware
7 2 (1.48%) Altera
7 2 (1.48%) Ariba
7 2 (1.48%) Cisco
7 2 (1.48%) Google
7 2 (1.48%) IBM
7 2 (1.48%) Palo Alto
7 2 (1.48%) PTC
7 2 (1.48%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.74%) Actel