Degree Contracts in the East of England

Academic Degree
England > East of England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East of England with a requirement for Degree qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 10 16 18
Rank change year-on-year +6 +2 -4
Contract jobs citing Degree 181 169 240
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 9.63% 8.49% 9.38%
As % of the Qualifications category 31.48% 23.25% 32.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 72 68 123
10th Percentile £350 £224 £195
25th Percentile £400 £380 £372
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £428
Median % change year-on-year - +16.82% -4.89%
75th Percentile £584 £641 £538
90th Percentile £675 £750 £600
England median daily rate £513 £547 £521
% change year-on-year -6.35% +5.04% +4.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 61 30 42
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.25 -
25th Percentile £22.75 £20.81 £14.25
Median hourly rate £38.95 £57.06 £20.50
Median % change year-on-year -31.74% +178.35% -35.94%
75th Percentile £70.00 £65.00 £48.81
90th Percentile £85.00 £65.53 £49.50
England median hourly rate £40.00 £45.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -11.11% +28.57% -6.67%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
East of England

Degree is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the East of England with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 575 727 741
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 30.60% 36.53% 28.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 215 359 360
10th Percentile £210 £225 £213
25th Percentile £350 £359 £367
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +7.95%
75th Percentile £600 £644 £575
90th Percentile £725 £703 £651
England median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 220 189 200
10th Percentile £14.16 £13.41 £13.25
25th Percentile £16.30 £15.25 £13.41
Median hourly rate £35.33 £21.00 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year +68.21% +7.69% -43.92%
75th Percentile £44.81 £63.75 £49.50
90th Percentile £70.50 £70.00 £60.00
England median hourly rate £40.00 £52.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year -23.81% +40.00% -1.06%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing Degree as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for Degree in the East of England

Degree
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Degree in the East of England.

Daily rate trend for Degree in the East of England

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 7 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Degree in the East of England

Degree
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Degree in the East of England.

Hourly rate trend for Degree in the East of England

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 7 May 2024.

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 7 May 2024. 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
Cambridgeshire +1 73 £410 -13.68% 319
Hertfordshire -8 43 £488 -30.36% 202
Essex +8 35 £574 +14.70% 96
Bedfordshire 0 21 £550 +22.22% 71
Suffolk +12 5 £675 +86.21% 47
Norfolk +7 4 £208 -4.26% 69
Degree
England

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 14 (7.73%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (2.76%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.66%) IIS
4 2 (1.10%) Confluence
5 1 (0.55%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 23 (12.71%) Microsoft Office
2 22 (12.15%) Simulink
3 16 (8.84%) Microsoft Excel
4 9 (4.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 8 (4.42%) Photoshop
6 5 (2.76%) Stateflow
7 3 (1.66%) Chatbot
7 3 (1.66%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.55%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.55%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (3.87%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (2.21%) SAP SD
3 3 (1.66%) SAP ERP
4 2 (1.10%) SAP CO
4 2 (1.10%) SAP FI
4 2 (1.10%) SAP FI/CO
4 2 (1.10%) SAP MM
4 2 (1.10%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.55%) Magento
5 1 (0.55%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.55%) Primavera
5 1 (0.55%) SAP SCM
5 1 (0.55%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 14 (7.73%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (4.97%) GCP
3 6 (3.31%) Azure
3 6 (3.31%) Cloud Computing
4 4 (2.21%) AWS
5 1 (0.55%) Adobe Creative Cloud
5 1 (0.55%) Amazon EC2
5 1 (0.55%) Amazon S3
5 1 (0.55%) AWS CloudFormation
5 1 (0.55%) AWS Lambda
5 1 (0.55%) CloudFront
5 1 (0.55%) OneDrive
5 1 (0.55%) Power Platform
5 1 (0.55%) Salesforce Einstein
5 1 (0.55%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.21%) Internet
1 4 (2.21%) Wireless
2 3 (1.66%) LAN
2 3 (1.66%) Structured Cabling
2 3 (1.66%) WAN
3 2 (1.10%) Firewall
3 2 (1.10%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.55%) DVB
4 1 (0.55%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (0.55%) RS-485
4 1 (0.55%) RTMP
4 1 (0.55%) RTP
4 1 (0.55%) RTSP
4 1 (0.55%) VoIP
4 1 (0.55%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.10%) MariaDB
1 2 (1.10%) MySQL
1 2 (1.10%) Relational Database
1 2 (1.10%) SQL Server
1 2 (1.10%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 2 (1.10%) Tableau
2 1 (0.55%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (0.55%) Big Data
2 1 (0.55%) Data Mining
2 1 (0.55%) DynamoDB
2 1 (0.55%) Hadoop
2 1 (0.55%) Metadata
2 1 (0.55%) MongoDB
2 1 (0.55%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.55%) Power BI
2 1 (0.55%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 8 (4.42%) Git
2 5 (2.76%) Mercurial
3 2 (1.10%) JIRA
3 2 (1.10%) Rational DOORS
3 2 (1.10%) Rational Team Concert
4 1 (0.55%) ClearCase
4 1 (0.55%) CMake
4 1 (0.55%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (0.55%) Visual Studio
General
1 72 (39.78%) Social Skills
2 33 (18.23%) Finance
3 25 (13.81%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (12.71%) Manufacturing
4 23 (12.71%) Pharmaceutical
5 18 (9.94%) Telecoms
6 9 (4.97%) Banking
7 8 (4.42%) Electronics
7 8 (4.42%) Mandarin Language
7 8 (4.42%) Marketing
7 8 (4.42%) Military
8 7 (3.87%) Law
8 7 (3.87%) Multimedia
8 7 (3.87%) Public Sector
9 6 (3.31%) Automotive
9 6 (3.31%) French Language
10 5 (2.76%) Aerospace
10 5 (2.76%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (2.21%) Legal
11 4 (2.21%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 36 (19.89%) Analyst
2 23 (12.71%) Architect
3 17 (9.39%) FPGA Engineer
4 16 (8.84%) Design Engineer
4 16 (8.84%) FPGA Design Engineer
5 15 (8.29%) Senior
6 13 (7.18%) Business Analyst
6 13 (7.18%) Software Engineer
7 12 (6.63%) Service Analyst
7 12 (6.63%) Service Desk Analyst
8 10 (5.52%) Software Architect
8 10 (5.52%) Solutions Architect
9 9 (4.97%) Lead
9 9 (4.97%) Technical Analyst
9 9 (4.97%) Technical Services Analyst
10 8 (4.42%) Project Manager
11 7 (3.87%) Developer
11 7 (3.87%) Embedded Engineer
11 7 (3.87%) Embedded Software Engineer
11 7 (3.87%) Principal Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (5.52%) DirectX
1 10 (5.52%) OpenGL
1 10 (5.52%) OpenGL ES
1 10 (5.52%) Vulkan
2 9 (4.97%) React
3 6 (3.31%) NumPy
4 5 (2.76%) CSS
4 5 (2.76%) HTML
4 5 (2.76%) Pandas
4 5 (2.76%) SciPy
5 4 (2.21%) .NET
6 3 (1.66%) RESTful
7 2 (1.10%) GraphQL
7 2 (1.10%) GStreamer
8 1 (0.55%) Entity Framework
8 1 (0.55%) FFmpeg
8 1 (0.55%) Flask
8 1 (0.55%) Node.js
8 1 (0.55%) PySpark
8 1 (0.55%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 18 (9.94%) FPGA
2 17 (9.39%) Verilog
2 17 (9.39%) VHDL
3 13 (7.18%) Algorithms
3 13 (7.18%) Management Information System
4 10 (5.52%) 3D Graphics
4 10 (5.52%) Ray Tracing
5 7 (3.87%) Data Structures
5 7 (3.87%) Legacy Systems
6 6 (3.31%) Embedded Systems
7 5 (2.76%) Social Media
8 4 (2.21%) Clustering
8 4 (2.21%) Data Centre
9 3 (1.66%) Analogue Electronics
9 3 (1.66%) CMDB
9 3 (1.66%) NHS
9 3 (1.66%) Operational Technology
9 3 (1.66%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (1.10%) Onboarding
10 2 (1.10%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 27 (14.92%) Windows
2 5 (2.76%) Linux
3 3 (1.66%) Windows 7
3 3 (1.66%) Windows 8
3 3 (1.66%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.10%) Unix
5 1 (0.55%) Android
5 1 (0.55%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.55%) CentOS
5 1 (0.55%) Embedded Linux
5 1 (0.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.55%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (23.76%) Computer Science
1 43 (23.76%) Problem-Solving
2 27 (14.92%) Signal Processing
3 23 (12.71%) Software Engineering
4 21 (11.60%) Project Management
5 20 (11.05%) ITIL
5 20 (11.05%) Stakeholder Management
6 19 (10.50%) Agile
7 17 (9.39%) FPGA Design
7 17 (9.39%) UVM
7 17 (9.39%) Validation
8 16 (8.84%) Roadmaps
9 15 (8.29%) Customer Service
10 14 (7.73%) Data Science
10 14 (7.73%) Software Architecture
11 13 (7.18%) Artificial Intelligence
12 12 (6.63%) Business Analysis
12 12 (6.63%) Migration
12 12 (6.63%) Requirements Gathering
13 11 (6.08%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 33 (18.23%) C
2 18 (9.94%) Python
3 17 (9.39%) SystemVerilog
4 15 (8.29%) Java
5 12 (6.63%) C++
5 12 (6.63%) JavaScript
5 12 (6.63%) MATLAB
6 10 (5.52%) C#
7 6 (3.31%) SQL
8 4 (2.21%) R
8 4 (2.21%) TypeScript
9 2 (1.10%) Fortran
9 2 (1.10%) Shell Script
9 2 (1.10%) VB
10 1 (0.55%) PowerShell
10 1 (0.55%) Rust
10 1 (0.55%) XAML
Qualifications
1 32 (17.68%) Computer Science Degree
2 29 (16.02%) Master's Degree
3 17 (9.39%) CCNA
3 17 (9.39%) Cisco Certification
4 14 (7.73%) PhD
5 12 (6.63%) Microsoft Certification
6 9 (4.97%) MCP
7 7 (3.87%) IIBA
7 7 (3.87%) MCSA
8 6 (3.31%) SC Cleared
8 6 (3.31%) Security Cleared
9 4 (2.21%) CCNP
9 4 (2.21%) HNC
9 4 (2.21%) HND
9 4 (2.21%) MCSE
10 3 (1.66%) A+ Certification
10 3 (1.66%) CISSP
10 3 (1.66%) ECDL
10 3 (1.66%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 3 (1.66%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (6.08%) GDPR
2 7 (3.87%) Good Clinical Practice
2 7 (3.87%) GxP
3 4 (2.21%) PMO
3 4 (2.21%) SLA
4 3 (1.66%) Data Quality
4 3 (1.66%) NIST
5 2 (1.10%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 2 (1.10%) NIST 800
6 1 (0.55%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.55%) JSP 440
6 1 (0.55%) NCSC
System Software
1 17 (9.39%) Active Directory
2 4 (2.21%) Firmware
3 2 (1.10%) Docker
4 1 (0.55%) KVM
4 1 (0.55%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.55%) Xen
Systems Management
1 9 (4.97%) SCCM
2 2 (1.10%) Ansible
2 2 (1.10%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.55%) Functional Safety
3 1 (0.55%) Progress Chef
3 1 (0.55%) Puppet
Vendors
1 23 (12.71%) Microsoft
2 17 (9.39%) Intel
2 17 (9.39%) Microsemi
2 17 (9.39%) Xilinx
3 14 (7.73%) SAP
4 8 (4.42%) Citrix
5 7 (3.87%) Google
6 5 (2.76%) MathWorks
7 3 (1.66%) Ariba
7 3 (1.66%) Keysight
8 2 (1.10%) Cisco
8 2 (1.10%) Genesys
8 2 (1.10%) ServiceNow
8 2 (1.10%) Siemens
9 1 (0.55%) Adobe
9 1 (0.55%) Cadence
9 1 (0.55%) Red Hat
9 1 (0.55%) Salesforce
9 1 (0.55%) VMware
9 1 (0.55%) Workday