Degree Contracts in Essex

Academic Degree
East of England > Essex

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Essex with a requirement for Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 2 12
Rank change year-on-year -9 +10 +11
Contract jobs citing Degree 8 37 27
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Essex 10.13% 16.74% 11.34%
As % of the Qualifications category 50.00% 82.22% 36.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 19 17
10th Percentile - £104 £272
25th Percentile - £431 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% +8.11%
75th Percentile - £651 £538
90th Percentile - £675 £563
East of England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 14 1
10th Percentile - £11.15 -
25th Percentile - £20.73 £70.09
Median hourly rate £21.00 £55.00 £70.18
Median % change year-on-year -61.82% -21.62% +192.40%
75th Percentile - £62.56 £70.26
90th Percentile - £64.25 -
East of England median hourly rate £73.75 £38.95 £57.06
% change year-on-year +89.35% -31.74% +178.35%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Essex

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 Essex.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 16 45 74
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex 20.25% 20.36% 31.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 21 42
10th Percentile £463 £105 £120
25th Percentile £519 £400 £269
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% +10.00% -3.47%
75th Percentile £656 £649 £570
90th Percentile £668 £675 £650
East of England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 20 4
10th Percentile £21.03 £12.62 £56.63
25th Percentile £21.06 £35.65 £57.19
Median hourly rate £21.75 £55.00 £63.75
Median % change year-on-year -60.45% -13.73% +131.99%
75th Percentile £23.06 £66.94 £69.13
90th Percentile £23.48 £80.00 £69.81
East of England median hourly rate £57.50 £35.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year +64.29% +66.67% +7.69%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

Job postings citing Degree as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Essex.

Job vacancy trend for Degree in Essex

Degree
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Essex

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Degree in Essex.

Daily rate trend for Degree in Essex

Degree
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Essex

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Degree in Essex.

Hourly rate trend for Degree in Essex

Degree
Contract Job Locations in Essex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Degree within the Essex region over the 6 months to 2 May 2025. 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
Epping - 4 - -
Basildon -7 1 - - 28
Degree
East of England

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Essex 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 1 (12.50%) Apache
1 1 (12.50%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (12.50%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) GCP
1 1 (12.50%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) BigQuery
1 1 (12.50%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (12.50%) Power BI
1 1 (12.50%) Tableau
General
1 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Back Office
2 1 (12.50%) Finance
2 1 (12.50%) General Ledger
2 1 (12.50%) Legal
2 1 (12.50%) Local Government
2 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Implementation Manager
1 4 (50.00%) Support Manager
1 4 (50.00%) Technical Implementation Manager
1 4 (50.00%) Technical Manager
1 4 (50.00%) Technical Support
1 4 (50.00%) Technical Support Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Administrator
2 1 (12.50%) Category Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Data Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Java Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Java Software Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Procurement Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Senior
2 1 (12.50%) Senior Data Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) AngularJS
1 1 (12.50%) PySpark
1 1 (12.50%) React
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Computer Science
1 6 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (62.50%) Software Engineering
3 4 (50.00%) System Testing
3 4 (50.00%) Task Automation
4 1 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (12.50%) Case Management
4 1 (12.50%) CI/CD
4 1 (12.50%) Code Quality
4 1 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (12.50%) Cost Optimisation
4 1 (12.50%) Customer Service
4 1 (12.50%) Data Engineering
4 1 (12.50%) Data Governance
4 1 (12.50%) Data Pipeline
4 1 (12.50%) Data Visualisation
4 1 (12.50%) ERP
4 1 (12.50%) ETL
4 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (12.50%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 6 (75.00%) Java
2 5 (62.50%) Python
3 1 (12.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (62.50%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) Data Quality
1 1 (12.50%) GDPR
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Adobe
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft