Degree Contract Job Trends in Farnborough

Academic Degree
Hampshire > Farnborough

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Farnborough with a requirement for Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 25 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 29 20 4
Rank change year-on-year -9 -16 +21
Contract jobs citing Degree 3 7 33
As % of all contract jobs in Farnborough 2.19% 5.93% 24.09%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.49% 9.21% 34.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 25
10th Percentile £387 £313 £263
25th Percentile £396 £318 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £331 £667
Median % change year-on-year +28.59% -50.45% +16.00%
75th Percentile £445 £338 -
90th Percentile £448 £340 -
Hampshire median daily rate £475 £509 £534
% change year-on-year -6.59% -4.69% -3.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 3
10th Percentile - £66.75 £74.00
25th Percentile - £71.25 £76.25
Median hourly rate - £75.00 £80.00
Median % change year-on-year - -6.25% +113.33%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median hourly rate £22.50 £67.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year -66.67% +12.50% +48.15%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Farnborough

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 Farnborough.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 86 76 96
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Farnborough 62.77% 64.41% 70.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 62 63 54
10th Percentile £367 £345 £300
25th Percentile £456 £506 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £600 £599
Median % change year-on-year -14.58% +0.21% +11.92%
75th Percentile £623 £672 £667
90th Percentile £675 £750 £710
Hampshire median daily rate £538 £563 £550
% change year-on-year -4.44% +2.27% -0.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 6 5
10th Percentile - £67.50 £40.50
25th Percentile - £72.19 £60.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £75.00 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year -46.67% - +66.67%
75th Percentile - - £80.00
90th Percentile - £78.75 -
Hampshire median hourly rate £23.04 £35.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -34.18% -41.67% -

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Farnborough

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Degree relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Farnborough.

Degree job vacancy trend in Farnborough

Degree
Daily Rate Trend in Farnborough

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Farnborough citing Degree.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Farnborough citing Degree

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Hourly Rate Trend in Farnborough

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Farnborough citing Degree.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Farnborough citing Degree

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Farnborough 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) AWS
2 1 (33.33%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Firewall
General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) IT Security Specialist
1 1 (33.33%) Lead
1 1 (33.33%) Security Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Security Specialist
1 1 (33.33%) SIEM Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Cyber Defence
1 1 (33.33%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) SIEM
2 2 (66.67%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 2 (66.67%) Incident Response
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Security Operations
2 2 (66.67%) Threat Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Cyber Resilience
3 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (33.33%) Data Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
3 1 (33.33%) OSINT
3 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
3 1 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) SOAR
3 1 (33.33%) Threat Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) CompTIA CySA+
1 2 (66.67%) GCIH
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) CASP
2 1 (33.33%) CCNA
2 1 (33.33%) CEH
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (33.33%) CISSP
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) GCIA
2 1 (33.33%) MCSE
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) ArcSight
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (33.33%) Splunk