Degree Contract Job Trends in Gloucester

Academic Degree
Gloucestershire > Gloucester

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Gloucester with a requirement for Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 5 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 29 14 28
Rank change year-on-year -15 +14 +1
Contract jobs citing Degree 2 7 6
As % of all contract jobs in Gloucester 1.71% 8.64% 4.41%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.22% 13.73% 5.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 6 5
10th Percentile - £257 £443
25th Percentile £463 £331 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £551 £475
Median % change year-on-year -13.71% +15.89% +50.79%
75th Percentile £488 £598 £676
90th Percentile - £619 £721
Gloucestershire median daily rate £475 £581 £494
% change year-on-year -18.24% +17.67% -3.66%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Gloucester

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 Gloucester.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 90 51 112
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Gloucester 76.92% 62.96% 82.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 81 40 75
10th Percentile £225 £409 £420
25th Percentile £375 £481 £476
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £613 £550
Median % change year-on-year -22.45% +11.36% -12.70%
75th Percentile £650 £734 £676
90th Percentile £700 £750 £736
Gloucestershire median daily rate £538 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -10.42% - +6.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 7
10th Percentile - - £54.20
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £25.15 - £78.00
75th Percentile - - £84.00
90th Percentile - - £90.00
Gloucestershire median hourly rate £68.00 £30.00 £78.00
% change year-on-year +126.67% -61.54% +28.37%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucester

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

Degree job vacancy trend in Gloucester

Degree
Daily Rate Trend in Gloucester

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Gloucester citing Degree

Degree
Hourly Rate Trend in Gloucester

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Gloucester citing Degree

Degree
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gloucester 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 (100.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) Azure Cosmos DB
2 1 (50.00%) Azure Data Factory
2 1 (50.00%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) WAAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Data Lake
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Azure Data Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Azure Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Data Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Compatibility Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (50.00%) DevOps
1 1 (50.00%) ETL
1 1 (50.00%) Kimball Methodology
1 1 (50.00%) Patch Management
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) Scrum
1 1 (50.00%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Azure Certification
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Databricks
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft