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

6 months to
1 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 12 12
Rank change year-on-year -3 0 +7
Contract jobs citing Degree 145 112 166
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 6.46% 10.28% 8.63%
As % of the Qualifications category 25.13% 30.68% 28.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 35 57
10th Percentile £153 £180 £203
25th Percentile £190 £285 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% -10.00%
75th Percentile £543 £580 £550
90th Percentile £644 £675 £651
England median daily rate £500 £503 £500
% change year-on-year -0.60% +0.60% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 24 50
10th Percentile £15.45 £23.82 £15.58
25th Percentile £21.25 £29.00 £31.78
Median hourly rate £30.88 £53.75 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -42.55% -2.27% -8.33%
75th Percentile £66.88 £85.19 £70.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £88.00 £85.00
England median hourly rate £47.00 £46.30 £41.50
% change year-on-year +1.51% +11.57% -15.29%

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 577 365 579
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 25.72% 33.52% 30.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 291 157 214
10th Percentile £168 £178 £220
25th Percentile £378 £225 £336
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.00% - -
75th Percentile £650 £575 £575
90th Percentile £738 £600 £675
England median daily rate £525 £525 £538
% change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 153 103 214
10th Percentile £17.24 £15.53 £14.48
25th Percentile £21.25 £18.87 £21.37
Median hourly rate £48.84 £38.00 £41.38
Median % change year-on-year +28.53% -8.17% +97.06%
75th Percentile £73.46 £73.75 £64.25
90th Percentile £79.00 £85.60 £72.28
England median hourly rate £52.75 £28.60 £42.50
% change year-on-year +84.44% -32.71% -22.73%

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 July 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 July 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 July 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 0 57 £275 -50.00% 59
Bedfordshire 0 35 £533 -1.39% 12
Cambridgeshire +7 32 £271 +35.63% 111
Norfolk -6 14 £262 +127.61% 13
Suffolk -11 4 £528 +1.64% 8
Essex -24 3 £289 - 39
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 (4.14%) Confluence
1 6 (4.14%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.38%) Apache
2 2 (1.38%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.69%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.69%) CMS
3 1 (0.69%) OpenStack
Applications
1 21 (14.48%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (5.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (5.52%) Simulink
3 5 (3.45%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (2.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (2.07%) MS Visio
5 3 (2.07%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.69%) FrameMaker
6 1 (0.69%) Trello
6 1 (0.69%) Weka
Business Applications
1 5 (3.45%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.38%) Dynamics GP
3 1 (0.69%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.69%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 24 (16.55%) Azure
2 11 (7.59%) Azure DevOps
3 9 (6.21%) AWS
3 9 (6.21%) Power Platform
4 7 (4.83%) Azure AKS
4 7 (4.83%) Azure Service Bus
5 6 (4.14%) Cohesity
6 5 (3.45%) Dynamics 365
6 5 (3.45%) GCP
6 5 (3.45%) Miro
6 5 (3.45%) Power Automate
7 4 (2.76%) Azure Logic Apps
7 4 (2.76%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (2.76%) Serverless
8 3 (2.07%) Azure Functions
9 2 (1.38%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 2 (1.38%) Microsoft Copilot
9 2 (1.38%) PowerApps
10 1 (0.69%) dbt
10 1 (0.69%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 20 (13.79%) TCP/IP
2 15 (10.34%) Ethernet
3 11 (7.59%) DNS
4 9 (6.21%) LAN
5 6 (4.14%) Skype
5 6 (4.14%) WAN
6 4 (2.76%) VPN
7 3 (2.07%) Firewall
7 3 (2.07%) Wireless
8 2 (1.38%) Network Security
8 2 (1.38%) RS-232
8 2 (1.38%) Software-Defined Radio
8 2 (1.38%) X.400
9 1 (0.69%) DMZ
9 1 (0.69%) InfiniBand
9 1 (0.69%) IP Telephony
9 1 (0.69%) Modbus
9 1 (0.69%) Profibus
9 1 (0.69%) SSL
9 1 (0.69%) TETRA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (4.14%) Power BI
2 4 (2.76%) Metadata
3 3 (2.07%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (2.07%) SQL Server
4 2 (1.38%) Big Data
4 2 (1.38%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (1.38%) MySQL
4 2 (1.38%) Power Query
4 2 (1.38%) PowerPivot
4 2 (1.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.69%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.69%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.69%) DTS
5 1 (0.69%) Hadoop
5 1 (0.69%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.69%) Snowflake Schema
5 1 (0.69%) Star Schema
5 1 (0.69%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 7 (4.83%) JIRA
2 4 (2.76%) Git
2 4 (2.76%) Visual Studio
3 3 (2.07%) Rational DOORS
4 2 (1.38%) GitLab
5 1 (0.69%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.69%) LabVIEW
5 1 (0.69%) MSTest
5 1 (0.69%) Ranorex
General
1 65 (44.83%) Social Skills
2 17 (11.72%) Analytical Skills
3 15 (10.34%) Presentation Skills
3 15 (10.34%) Telecoms
4 14 (9.66%) Finance
5 13 (8.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 10 (6.90%) Public Sector
7 9 (6.21%) Electronics
8 8 (5.52%) Aerospace
8 8 (5.52%) Manufacturing
9 7 (4.83%) Influencing Skills
9 7 (4.83%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (2.76%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (2.76%) Law
11 2 (1.38%) Automotive
11 2 (1.38%) Games
11 2 (1.38%) Marketing
11 2 (1.38%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (1.38%) Publishing
12 1 (0.69%) Retail
Job Titles
1 21 (14.48%) Analyst
2 20 (13.79%) Systems Engineer
2 20 (13.79%) Technical Support
3 13 (8.97%) Technical Engineer
4 12 (8.28%) Project Manager
4 12 (8.28%) Support Specialist
4 12 (8.28%) Technical Specialist
4 12 (8.28%) Technical Support Specialist
5 10 (6.90%) Architect
5 10 (6.90%) Lead
6 9 (6.21%) Technical Analyst
7 7 (4.83%) Technical Support Analyst
8 6 (4.14%) FPGA Engineer
8 6 (4.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 6 (4.14%) Senior
9 5 (3.45%) 3rd Line Support
9 5 (3.45%) 3rd Line Technical Support
9 5 (3.45%) Design Engineer
9 5 (3.45%) FPGA Design Engineer
9 5 (3.45%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (8.97%) ONVIF
2 5 (3.45%) .NET
2 5 (3.45%) Spring
2 5 (3.45%) Spring Boot
3 3 (2.07%) RESTful
4 2 (1.38%) .NET Core
4 2 (1.38%) .NET Framework
4 2 (1.38%) Entity Framework
4 2 (1.38%) Kafka
4 2 (1.38%) Managed Extensibility Framework
4 2 (1.38%) Silverlight
4 2 (1.38%) WCF
4 2 (1.38%) Web Services
4 2 (1.38%) WPF
5 1 (0.69%) Flash
5 1 (0.69%) Middleware
5 1 (0.69%) SGML
5 1 (0.69%) SOAP
5 1 (0.69%) TensorFlow
5 1 (0.69%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (11.72%) Robotics
2 13 (8.97%) Video\Live Streaming
3 12 (8.28%) Industry 4.0
4 9 (6.21%) FPGA
5 8 (5.52%) Algorithms
5 8 (5.52%) NHS
6 7 (4.83%) Verilog
7 6 (4.14%) Cloud Native
7 6 (4.14%) Management Information System
7 6 (4.14%) Onboarding
7 6 (4.14%) Product Ownership
7 6 (4.14%) Smartcard
7 6 (4.14%) VHDL
7 6 (4.14%) YubiKey
8 5 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (2.76%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (2.07%) Acoustics
10 3 (2.07%) Augmented Reality
10 3 (2.07%) Operational Technology
10 3 (2.07%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 19 (13.10%) Windows
2 13 (8.97%) Windows Server
3 7 (4.83%) Linux
4 3 (2.07%) Android
5 2 (1.38%) AIX
5 2 (1.38%) Windows 10
5 2 (1.38%) Windows 7
5 2 (1.38%) Windows Server 2003
5 2 (1.38%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.69%) Data ONTAP
6 1 (0.69%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (39.31%) Problem-Solving
2 31 (21.38%) Agile
3 30 (20.69%) Computer Science
4 21 (14.48%) DevOps
5 18 (12.41%) Decision-Making
6 16 (11.03%) AI
6 16 (11.03%) Customer Service
7 15 (10.34%) Continuous Improvement
7 15 (10.34%) CRM
8 13 (8.97%) Project Management
8 13 (8.97%) Risk Assessment
8 13 (8.97%) Time Management
9 12 (8.28%) Creative Thinking
9 12 (8.28%) Cybersecurity
9 12 (8.28%) Fault Analysis
9 12 (8.28%) Mechatronics
9 12 (8.28%) Scrum
9 12 (8.28%) Software Engineering
9 12 (8.28%) Stakeholder Management
10 11 (7.59%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 22 (15.17%) Python
2 10 (6.90%) SQL
3 8 (5.52%) SystemVerilog
4 7 (4.83%) Java
5 5 (3.45%) C
5 5 (3.45%) C#
6 4 (2.76%) Bash
6 4 (2.76%) MATLAB
7 3 (2.07%) JavaScript
7 3 (2.07%) PowerShell
8 2 (1.38%) Tcl
8 2 (1.38%) X++
8 2 (1.38%) XAML
9 1 (0.69%) C++
9 1 (0.69%) Perl
9 1 (0.69%) R
9 1 (0.69%) Ruby
9 1 (0.69%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 21 (14.48%) Computer Science Degree
2 20 (13.79%) Microsoft Certification
3 19 (13.10%) Security Cleared
4 16 (11.03%) A+ Certification
5 14 (9.66%) Cisco Certification
6 13 (8.97%) CCNA
6 13 (8.97%) MCSA
6 13 (8.97%) SC Cleared
7 9 (6.21%) Master's Degree
8 8 (5.52%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 7 (4.83%) DV Cleared
10 6 (4.14%) HNC
10 6 (4.14%) HND
11 5 (3.45%) PMI Certification
12 4 (2.76%) PhD
12 4 (2.76%) PMP
13 3 (2.07%) ACCA
13 3 (2.07%) CIMA
14 2 (1.38%) CISM
14 2 (1.38%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.45%) GDPR
1 5 (3.45%) QA
2 3 (2.07%) Data Quality
3 2 (1.38%) DO-254
3 2 (1.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.38%) NIST
3 2 (1.38%) PMO
3 2 (1.38%) SLA
4 1 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.69%) ISA99
4 1 (0.69%) NEBOSH
4 1 (0.69%) SOC 2
System Software
1 12 (8.28%) Active Directory
2 6 (4.14%) Firmware
2 6 (4.14%) Hyper-V
3 3 (2.07%) Docker
4 1 (0.69%) GPFS
4 1 (0.69%) Lustre
4 1 (0.69%) Slurm Workload Manager
4 1 (0.69%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.69%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (4.14%) Nessus
1 6 (4.14%) SCCM
1 6 (4.14%) WSUS
2 5 (3.45%) Kubernetes
3 4 (2.76%) Ansible
3 4 (2.76%) Terraform
4 3 (2.07%) Puppet
5 1 (0.69%) Consul
5 1 (0.69%) HP ALM
5 1 (0.69%) HP Quality Center
5 1 (0.69%) Salt
5 1 (0.69%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 27 (18.62%) Microsoft
2 14 (9.66%) Siemens
3 9 (6.21%) Xilinx
4 8 (5.52%) Intel
4 8 (5.52%) Microsemi
5 6 (4.14%) Oracle
5 6 (4.14%) SAP
5 6 (4.14%) ServiceNow
5 6 (4.14%) Tenable
6 4 (2.76%) EMC
6 4 (2.76%) Google
7 3 (2.07%) Altera
7 3 (2.07%) Salesforce
8 2 (1.38%) Actel
8 2 (1.38%) Ariba
8 2 (1.38%) Cadence
8 2 (1.38%) Citrix
9 1 (0.69%) HP
9 1 (0.69%) Mentor Graphics
9 1 (0.69%) VMware