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

6 months to
10 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 11 17
Rank change year-on-year -7 +6 +3
Contract jobs citing Degree 144 126 115
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 6.58% 9.91% 7.22%
As % of the Qualifications category 26.42% 30.14% 25.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 37 30
10th Percentile £153 £185 £169
25th Percentile £173 £363 £346
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £463
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -2.70% -7.50%
75th Percentile £515 £580 £550
90th Percentile £619 £645 £578
England median daily rate £500 £500 £513
% change year-on-year - -2.44% -4.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 34 31
10th Percentile £15.00 £21.32 £26.00
25th Percentile £20.88 £29.56 £28.79
Median hourly rate £42.07 £42.75 £59.50
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% -28.15% +3.82%
75th Percentile £73.75 £79.06 £85.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £88.00 -
England median hourly rate £51.00 £42.50 £57.35
% change year-on-year +20.00% -25.89% +14.70%

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 545 418 452
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 24.89% 32.86% 28.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 268 159 164
10th Percentile £183 £195 £213
25th Percentile £409 £345 £322
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £506 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.62% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £675 £575 £575
90th Percentile £738 £638 £618
England median daily rate £525 £525 £538
% change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 135 142 168
10th Percentile £16.66 £16.30 £15.75
25th Percentile £22.68 £18.87 £21.37
Median hourly rate £60.00 £32.62 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +83.95% -24.15% +104.76%
75th Percentile £74.50 £66.88 £65.00
90th Percentile £81.73 £84.90 £75.28
England median hourly rate £54.00 £25.15 £47.50
% change year-on-year +114.71% -47.05% -13.64%

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 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 10 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 10 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 56 £265 -48.79% 85
Cambridgeshire +4 37 £296 +48.13% 202
Bedfordshire +4 33 £533 -8.19% 29
Suffolk -8 8 £450 -18.18% 14
Norfolk -10 6 £725 - 21
Essex -26 4 £289 -26.26% 59
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 7 (4.86%) Confluence
2 6 (4.17%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (2.08%) CMS
3 3 (2.08%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.69%) Apache
4 1 (0.69%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.69%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 20 (13.89%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (6.94%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (4.86%) Simulink
4 4 (2.78%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (2.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (2.08%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (1.39%) MS Visio
6 2 (1.39%) Windchill
7 1 (0.69%) Weka
Business Applications
1 8 (5.56%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.39%) Dynamics GP
3 1 (0.69%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 24 (16.67%) Azure
2 14 (9.72%) Azure DevOps
3 8 (5.56%) AWS
3 8 (5.56%) Power Platform
4 6 (4.17%) Cohesity
4 6 (4.17%) Miro
4 6 (4.17%) Power Automate
5 5 (3.47%) GCP
6 4 (2.78%) Azure Logic Apps
6 4 (2.78%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (2.08%) Azure AKS
7 3 (2.08%) Azure Service Bus
7 3 (2.08%) Microsoft 365
7 3 (2.08%) Serverless
8 2 (1.39%) Azure Functions
8 2 (1.39%) Entra ID
8 2 (1.39%) Microsoft Copilot
8 2 (1.39%) PowerApps
9 1 (0.69%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 1 (0.69%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 18 (12.50%) TCP/IP
2 14 (9.72%) Ethernet
3 10 (6.94%) DNS
4 7 (4.86%) Skype
5 6 (4.17%) VPN
6 4 (2.78%) Firewall
6 4 (2.78%) LAN
6 4 (2.78%) RS-232
6 4 (2.78%) Wireless
7 3 (2.08%) 5G
7 3 (2.08%) HTTP
7 3 (2.08%) RS-485
7 3 (2.08%) SSH
8 2 (1.39%) 4G
8 2 (1.39%) Network Security
8 2 (1.39%) Software-Defined Radio
8 2 (1.39%) WAN
9 1 (0.69%) IP Telephony
9 1 (0.69%) SSL
9 1 (0.69%) TETRA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.47%) Metadata
1 5 (3.47%) Power BI
2 4 (2.78%) MongoDB
2 4 (2.78%) MySQL
3 3 (2.08%) NoSQL
3 3 (2.08%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (2.08%) Power Query
3 3 (2.08%) Redis
4 2 (1.39%) Data Mining
4 2 (1.39%) PowerPivot
4 2 (1.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.69%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.69%) Big Data
5 1 (0.69%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.69%) DTS
5 1 (0.69%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.69%) Snowflake Schema
5 1 (0.69%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.69%) Star Schema
5 1 (0.69%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 9 (6.25%) Git
2 8 (5.56%) JIRA
3 5 (3.47%) GitLab
3 5 (3.47%) Visual Studio
4 4 (2.78%) Rational DOORS
5 3 (2.08%) Jenkins
5 3 (2.08%) Team Foundation Server
6 2 (1.39%) Selenium
7 1 (0.69%) LabVIEW
7 1 (0.69%) MSTest
7 1 (0.69%) Ranorex
7 1 (0.69%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 65 (45.14%) Social Skills
2 19 (13.19%) Telecoms
3 18 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (11.11%) Finance
5 15 (10.42%) Presentation Skills
6 14 (9.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 11 (7.64%) Electronics
7 11 (7.64%) Manufacturing
7 11 (7.64%) Organisational Skills
8 10 (6.94%) Aerospace
8 10 (6.94%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (2.78%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (2.78%) Military
9 4 (2.78%) Pharmaceutical
10 3 (2.08%) Law
10 3 (2.08%) Public Sector
11 2 (1.39%) Automotive
11 2 (1.39%) Marketing
12 1 (0.69%) Fire and Rescue
12 1 (0.69%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 20 (13.89%) Systems Engineer
2 16 (11.11%) Technical Support
3 15 (10.42%) Analyst
4 13 (9.03%) Technical Engineer
5 12 (8.33%) Lead
5 12 (8.33%) Support Specialist
5 12 (8.33%) Technical Specialist
5 12 (8.33%) Technical Support Specialist
6 11 (7.64%) Project Manager
7 9 (6.25%) Developer
8 8 (5.56%) Architect
9 7 (4.86%) FPGA Engineer
9 7 (4.86%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 7 (4.86%) Senior
10 6 (4.17%) Design Engineer
11 5 (3.47%) FPGA Design Engineer
12 4 (2.78%) Junior
12 4 (2.78%) Software Developer
12 4 (2.78%) Technical Analyst
13 3 (2.08%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (9.03%) ONVIF
2 5 (3.47%) .NET
2 5 (3.47%) RESTful
3 4 (2.78%) FastAPI
3 4 (2.78%) REST
4 3 (2.08%) CSS
4 3 (2.08%) Flask
4 3 (2.08%) HTML
4 3 (2.08%) Jinja
4 3 (2.08%) Pandas
5 2 (1.39%) .NET Framework
5 2 (1.39%) Entity Framework
5 2 (1.39%) Kafka
5 2 (1.39%) Managed Extensibility Framework
5 2 (1.39%) Middleware
5 2 (1.39%) RabbitMQ
5 2 (1.39%) Silverlight
5 2 (1.39%) WCF
5 2 (1.39%) Web Services
5 2 (1.39%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 17 (11.81%) Robotics
2 13 (9.03%) Video\Live Streaming
3 12 (8.33%) Industry 4.0
4 9 (6.25%) FPGA
5 8 (5.56%) Management Information System
6 7 (4.86%) Algorithms
6 7 (4.86%) Onboarding
7 6 (4.17%) Product Ownership
7 6 (4.17%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (4.17%) Smartcard
7 6 (4.17%) Verilog
7 6 (4.17%) VHDL
7 6 (4.17%) YubiKey
8 4 (2.78%) Operational Technology
9 3 (2.08%) Acoustics
9 3 (2.08%) Analogue Electronics
9 3 (2.08%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (2.08%) Driving Licence
9 3 (2.08%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (2.08%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 14 (9.72%) Windows
2 10 (6.94%) Linux
3 9 (6.25%) Windows Server
4 3 (2.08%) Android
5 1 (0.69%) AIX
5 1 (0.69%) Data ONTAP
5 1 (0.69%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.69%) Windows 7
5 1 (0.69%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (0.69%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.69%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (39.58%) Problem-Solving
2 33 (22.92%) Computer Science
3 31 (21.53%) Agile
4 24 (16.67%) DevOps
5 21 (14.58%) Continuous Improvement
6 19 (13.19%) Decision-Making
7 18 (12.50%) Customer Service
8 17 (11.81%) Stakeholder Management
9 16 (11.11%) Project Management
10 15 (10.42%) CRM
10 15 (10.42%) Software Engineering
10 15 (10.42%) Validation
11 14 (9.72%) Cybersecurity
12 13 (9.03%) Scrum
12 13 (9.03%) Time Management
13 12 (8.33%) CI/CD
13 12 (8.33%) Creative Thinking
13 12 (8.33%) Fault Analysis
13 12 (8.33%) Mechatronics
13 12 (8.33%) Risk Assessment
Programming Languages
1 27 (18.75%) Python
2 16 (11.11%) SQL
3 8 (5.56%) Bash
3 8 (5.56%) C
4 7 (4.86%) SystemVerilog
5 6 (4.17%) C#
6 4 (2.78%) C++
6 4 (2.78%) PowerShell
7 3 (2.08%) Java
7 3 (2.08%) JavaScript
7 3 (2.08%) MATLAB
7 3 (2.08%) Shell Script
8 2 (1.39%) X++
8 2 (1.39%) XAML
9 1 (0.69%) Perl
9 1 (0.69%) R
9 1 (0.69%) Ruby
9 1 (0.69%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 21 (14.58%) Microsoft Certification
1 21 (14.58%) Security Cleared
2 19 (13.19%) Computer Science Degree
3 17 (11.81%) A+ Certification
4 16 (11.11%) Cisco Certification
5 15 (10.42%) CCNA
5 15 (10.42%) SC Cleared
6 13 (9.03%) MCSA
7 11 (7.64%) Master's Degree
8 7 (4.86%) DV Cleared
8 7 (4.86%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 5 (3.47%) HNC
9 5 (3.47%) HND
9 5 (3.47%) PhD
10 4 (2.78%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 3 (2.08%) ACCA
11 3 (2.08%) CISM
11 3 (2.08%) CISSP
11 3 (2.08%) PMI Certification
11 3 (2.08%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (5.56%) QA
2 4 (2.78%) PMO
2 4 (2.78%) SLA
3 2 (1.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.39%) NIST
4 1 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.69%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.69%) DO-254
4 1 (0.69%) GDPR
4 1 (0.69%) GxP
4 1 (0.69%) IEC 61508
4 1 (0.69%) ISA99
4 1 (0.69%) NCSC
4 1 (0.69%) NEBOSH
4 1 (0.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (0.69%) SOC 2
System Software
1 8 (5.56%) Active Directory
1 8 (5.56%) Firmware
2 6 (4.17%) Hyper-V
3 4 (2.78%) Docker
4 3 (2.08%) Embedded Firmware
5 2 (1.39%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.69%) GPFS
6 1 (0.69%) Lustre
6 1 (0.69%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 1 (0.69%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (4.17%) Nessus
1 6 (4.17%) SCCM
1 6 (4.17%) WSUS
2 5 (3.47%) Ansible
3 4 (2.78%) Puppet
3 4 (2.78%) Terraform
4 2 (1.39%) Grafana
4 2 (1.39%) Kubernetes
4 2 (1.39%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.69%) Consul
5 1 (0.69%) Functional Safety
5 1 (0.69%) HP ALM
5 1 (0.69%) HP Quality Center
5 1 (0.69%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.69%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.69%) Salt
5 1 (0.69%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 22 (15.28%) Microsoft
2 14 (9.72%) Siemens
3 11 (7.64%) SAP
4 8 (5.56%) Xilinx
5 7 (4.86%) Intel
5 7 (4.86%) Microsemi
5 7 (4.86%) ServiceNow
6 6 (4.17%) Tenable
7 5 (3.47%) EMC
8 4 (2.78%) Ariba
9 3 (2.08%) VMware
10 2 (1.39%) Altera
10 2 (1.39%) Cadence
10 2 (1.39%) Cisco
10 2 (1.39%) Oracle
10 2 (1.39%) Palo Alto
10 2 (1.39%) Salesforce
11 1 (0.69%) Dell
11 1 (0.69%) HP
11 1 (0.69%) MuleSoft