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

6 months to
1 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 13 10
Rank change year-on-year -5 -3 +10
Contract jobs citing Degree 141 101 173
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 6.31% 10.41% 8.95%
As % of the Qualifications category 23.34% 30.24% 29.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 62 34 68
10th Percentile £168 £195 £282
25th Percentile £203 £376 £361
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +2.56% -2.50%
75th Percentile £523 £651 £581
90th Percentile £649 £675 £675
England median daily rate £500 £508 £500
% change year-on-year -1.50% +1.53% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 26 58
10th Percentile £20.75 £28.18 £14.00
25th Percentile £21.25 £32.56 £26.10
Median hourly rate £31.18 £72.50 £51.50
Median % change year-on-year -57.00% +40.78% -10.43%
75th Percentile £71.25 £85.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £88.00 £85.00
England median hourly rate £55.00 £51.25 £40.00
% change year-on-year +7.32% +28.13% -15.79%

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 604 334 577
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 27.01% 34.43% 29.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 302 151 221
10th Percentile £190 £195 £213
25th Percentile £391 £319 £345
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.00% - -
75th Percentile £650 £575 £600
90th Percentile £738 £625 £701
England median daily rate £525 £525 £538
% change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 165 91 220
10th Percentile £16.41 £14.99 £14.16
25th Percentile £20.35 £22.96 £16.30
Median hourly rate £41.50 £52.50 £36.27
Median % change year-on-year -20.95% +44.74% +72.73%
75th Percentile £68.75 £75.63 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £85.00 £73.43
England median hourly rate £47.54 £32.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year +46.28% -18.75% -27.25%

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 1 June 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 1 June 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 1 June 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 58 £450 -30.77% 51
Bedfordshire +1 32 £600 +3.45% 17
Cambridgeshire +9 27 £280 +40.00% 105
Norfolk -5 14 £246 +113.91% 4
Essex -16 7 £500 - 25
Suffolk -14 3 £505 +1.61% 8
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 6 (4.26%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (2.84%) Confluence
3 2 (1.42%) Apache
3 2 (1.42%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.71%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.71%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.71%) SharePoint
Applications
1 22 (15.60%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (8.51%) Simulink
3 8 (5.67%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (5.67%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (2.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (2.13%) MS Visio
5 3 (2.13%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (1.42%) Trello
7 1 (0.71%) FrameMaker
7 1 (0.71%) Weka
Business Applications
1 5 (3.55%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.42%) Dynamics GP
3 1 (0.71%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.71%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.71%) Oracle General Ledger
3 1 (0.71%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.71%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 22 (15.60%) Azure
2 9 (6.38%) AWS
2 9 (6.38%) Power Platform
3 7 (4.96%) Azure AKS
3 7 (4.96%) Azure DevOps
3 7 (4.96%) Azure Service Bus
4 6 (4.26%) Cohesity
5 5 (3.55%) Dynamics 365
5 5 (3.55%) GCP
5 5 (3.55%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (3.55%) Power Automate
6 4 (2.84%) Azure Logic Apps
6 4 (2.84%) Serverless
7 3 (2.13%) Azure Functions
7 3 (2.13%) Miro
8 2 (1.42%) Asana
8 2 (1.42%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 2 (1.42%) Entra ID
8 2 (1.42%) Microsoft Copilot
8 2 (1.42%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 20 (14.18%) TCP/IP
2 16 (11.35%) Ethernet
3 11 (7.80%) DNS
4 9 (6.38%) LAN
5 7 (4.96%) WAN
6 6 (4.26%) Skype
7 4 (2.84%) Firewall
8 2 (1.42%) Network Security
8 2 (1.42%) RS-232
8 2 (1.42%) Software-Defined Radio
8 2 (1.42%) VPN
8 2 (1.42%) X.400
9 1 (0.71%) InfiniBand
9 1 (0.71%) Modbus
9 1 (0.71%) Profibus
9 1 (0.71%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (4.26%) Power BI
2 4 (2.84%) Metadata
3 3 (2.13%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (2.13%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (2.13%) SQL Server
4 2 (1.42%) Big Data
4 2 (1.42%) MySQL
4 2 (1.42%) Power Query
4 2 (1.42%) PowerPivot
4 2 (1.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.71%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.71%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.71%) Hadoop
5 1 (0.71%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.71%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.71%) Snowflake Schema
5 1 (0.71%) Star Schema
5 1 (0.71%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (3.55%) JIRA
2 3 (2.13%) Rational DOORS
3 2 (1.42%) Git
3 2 (1.42%) GitLab
3 2 (1.42%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.71%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.71%) LabVIEW
General
1 60 (42.55%) Social Skills
2 16 (11.35%) Finance
3 15 (10.64%) Presentation Skills
4 13 (9.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 13 (9.22%) Public Sector
5 12 (8.51%) Analytical Skills
6 11 (7.80%) Telecoms
7 9 (6.38%) Electronics
7 9 (6.38%) Manufacturing
8 8 (5.67%) Aerospace
8 8 (5.67%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (2.84%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (2.84%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (2.84%) Law
10 3 (2.13%) Local Government
11 2 (1.42%) Automotive
11 2 (1.42%) Games
11 2 (1.42%) Marketing
11 2 (1.42%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (1.42%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 22 (15.60%) Analyst
2 20 (14.18%) Systems Engineer
3 15 (10.64%) Project Manager
3 15 (10.64%) Technical Support
4 13 (9.22%) Technical Engineer
5 9 (6.38%) Architect
5 9 (6.38%) FPGA Engineer
5 9 (6.38%) Lead
5 9 (6.38%) Technical Analyst
6 7 (4.96%) Support Specialist
6 7 (4.96%) Technical Specialist
6 7 (4.96%) Technical Support Analyst
6 7 (4.96%) Technical Support Specialist
7 6 (4.26%) Design Engineer
7 6 (4.26%) FPGA Design Engineer
7 6 (4.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 5 (3.55%) 3rd Line Support
8 5 (3.55%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
8 5 (3.55%) 3rd Line Technical Support
8 5 (3.55%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (5.67%) ONVIF
2 5 (3.55%) Spring
2 5 (3.55%) Spring Boot
3 2 (1.42%) .NET
3 2 (1.42%) Kafka
3 2 (1.42%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (0.71%) Express.js
4 1 (0.71%) Flash
4 1 (0.71%) MERN Stack
4 1 (0.71%) Node.js
4 1 (0.71%) PyTorch
4 1 (0.71%) RabbitMQ
4 1 (0.71%) React
4 1 (0.71%) REST
4 1 (0.71%) RESTful
4 1 (0.71%) SGML
4 1 (0.71%) SOAP
4 1 (0.71%) TensorFlow
4 1 (0.71%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 19 (13.48%) Robotics
2 12 (8.51%) FPGA
2 12 (8.51%) Industry 4.0
3 9 (6.38%) Verilog
3 9 (6.38%) VHDL
4 8 (5.67%) Algorithms
4 8 (5.67%) NHS
4 8 (5.67%) Video\Live Streaming
5 6 (4.26%) Cloud Native
5 6 (4.26%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (4.26%) Smartcard
5 6 (4.26%) YubiKey
6 3 (2.13%) Acoustics
6 3 (2.13%) Augmented Reality
6 3 (2.13%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (2.13%) Low-Code
6 3 (2.13%) Onboarding
6 3 (2.13%) Product Ownership
6 3 (2.13%) Virtual Reality
7 2 (1.42%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 18 (12.77%) Windows
2 13 (9.22%) Windows Server
3 7 (4.96%) Linux
4 3 (2.13%) Android
4 3 (2.13%) Windows 10
5 2 (1.42%) AIX
5 2 (1.42%) Robot Operating System
5 2 (1.42%) Windows 7
5 2 (1.42%) Windows Server 2003
5 2 (1.42%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.71%) Data ONTAP
6 1 (0.71%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.71%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 26 (18.44%) Computer Science
3 24 (17.02%) Agile
4 20 (14.18%) Decision-Making
5 17 (12.06%) DevOps
6 15 (10.64%) Project Management
7 14 (9.93%) AI
7 14 (9.93%) Continuous Improvement
7 14 (9.93%) Customer Service
8 13 (9.22%) Risk Assessment
8 13 (9.22%) Stakeholder Management
9 12 (8.51%) Creative Thinking
9 12 (8.51%) Fault Analysis
9 12 (8.51%) ITIL
9 12 (8.51%) Mechatronics
9 12 (8.51%) Software Engineering
10 11 (7.80%) CI/CD
10 11 (7.80%) UVM
11 10 (7.09%) Mentoring
11 10 (7.09%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 23 (16.31%) Python
2 11 (7.80%) SQL
2 11 (7.80%) SystemVerilog
3 9 (6.38%) C
4 7 (4.96%) Java
5 5 (3.55%) MATLAB
6 4 (2.84%) Bash
6 4 (2.84%) C#
7 3 (2.13%) C++
7 3 (2.13%) JavaScript
8 2 (1.42%) PowerShell
8 2 (1.42%) Tcl
8 2 (1.42%) X++
9 1 (0.71%) Perl
9 1 (0.71%) R
9 1 (0.71%) Ruby
9 1 (0.71%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 20 (14.18%) Computer Science Degree
1 20 (14.18%) Security Cleared
2 14 (9.93%) SC Cleared
3 12 (8.51%) Microsoft Certification
4 10 (7.09%) Cisco Certification
5 9 (6.38%) CCNA
6 8 (5.67%) A+ Certification
6 8 (5.67%) MCSA
7 7 (4.96%) DV Cleared
7 7 (4.96%) Master's Degree
8 6 (4.26%) PMI Certification
9 5 (3.55%) HNC
9 5 (3.55%) HND
9 5 (3.55%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 5 (3.55%) PMP
10 3 (2.13%) ACCA
10 3 (2.13%) CIMA
11 2 (1.42%) CISM
11 2 (1.42%) DBS Check
11 2 (1.42%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.55%) GDPR
2 3 (2.13%) PMO
2 3 (2.13%) QA
3 2 (1.42%) Data Quality
3 2 (1.42%) DO-254
3 2 (1.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.42%) NIST
3 2 (1.42%) SLA
4 1 (0.71%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.71%) IEC 61508
4 1 (0.71%) ISA99
4 1 (0.71%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (0.71%) SOC 2
System Software
1 13 (9.22%) Active Directory
2 6 (4.26%) Firmware
2 6 (4.26%) Hyper-V
3 3 (2.13%) Docker
4 1 (0.71%) GPFS
4 1 (0.71%) Lustre
4 1 (0.71%) Slurm Workload Manager
4 1 (0.71%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.71%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (4.26%) Nessus
1 6 (4.26%) SCCM
1 6 (4.26%) WSUS
2 5 (3.55%) Kubernetes
3 4 (2.84%) Ansible
3 4 (2.84%) Terraform
4 3 (2.13%) Puppet
5 1 (0.71%) Consul
5 1 (0.71%) Functional Safety
5 1 (0.71%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.71%) Salt
5 1 (0.71%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 27 (19.15%) Microsoft
2 14 (9.93%) Siemens
3 12 (8.51%) Xilinx
4 11 (7.80%) Intel
4 11 (7.80%) Microsemi
5 7 (4.96%) Oracle
5 7 (4.96%) ServiceNow
6 6 (4.26%) SAP
6 6 (4.26%) Tenable
7 4 (2.84%) EMC
7 4 (2.84%) Google
8 3 (2.13%) Salesforce
9 2 (1.42%) Actel
9 2 (1.42%) Altera
9 2 (1.42%) Ariba
9 2 (1.42%) Cadence
9 2 (1.42%) CheckPoint
9 2 (1.42%) Citrix
10 1 (0.71%) Pega
10 1 (0.71%) Talend