Degree Contract Job Trends in Hatfield

Academic Degree
Hertfordshire > Hatfield

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hatfield with a requirement for Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 9 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 17 15
Rank change year-on-year +3 -2 -5
Contract jobs citing Degree 8 2 1
As % of all contract jobs in Hatfield 7.55% 4.17% 2.04%
As % of the Qualifications category 19.51% 9.09% 5.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile £255 - -
25th Percentile £263 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 - -
75th Percentile £297 - -
90th Percentile £581 - -
Hertfordshire median daily rate £265 £518 £345
% change year-on-year -48.79% +50.00% -48.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Median hourly rate £12.60 £14.87 -
Median % change year-on-year -15.24% - -
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £70.00 £42.50 £80.00
% change year-on-year +64.71% -46.88% +23.08%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Hatfield

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 Hatfield.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 41 22 20
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hatfield 38.68% 45.83% 40.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 13 13
10th Percentile £264 £106 £140
25th Percentile £400 £350 £176
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £507 £500 £225
Median % change year-on-year +1.40% +122.22% -58.62%
75th Percentile £550 £560 £400
90th Percentile £626 £561 £490
Hertfordshire median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 8 4
10th Percentile £14.08 £14.66 -
25th Percentile £14.45 £15.63 £15.10
Median hourly rate £17.87 £16.31 £15.42
Median % change year-on-year +9.60% +5.77% -11.04%
75th Percentile - £17.10 £15.73
90th Percentile £18.63 £17.74 -
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £49.42 £43.00 £43.00
% change year-on-year +14.93% - -28.33%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Hatfield

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

Degree job vacancy trend in Hatfield

Degree
Daily Rate Trend in Hatfield

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hatfield citing Degree

Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in Hatfield

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Degree in Hatfield over the 6 months to 9 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Degree in Hatfield

Degree
Hourly Rate Trend in Hatfield

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hatfield citing Degree

Degree
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hatfield 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 5 (62.50%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (12.50%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 6 (75.00%) Miro
2 5 (62.50%) Azure
2 5 (62.50%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (12.50%) Figma
Development Applications
1 6 (75.00%) JIRA
General
1 6 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Finance
2 1 (12.50%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Scrum Master
2 2 (25.00%) Coordinator
2 2 (25.00%) Project Coordinator
3 1 (12.50%) Administrator
3 1 (12.50%) Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Business Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Junior
3 1 (12.50%) Junior Scrum Master
3 1 (12.50%) PMO Coordinator
3 1 (12.50%) Programme Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (62.50%) Product Ownership
2 1 (12.50%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) Continuous Improvement
2 6 (75.00%) Agile
2 6 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (62.50%) DevOps
3 5 (62.50%) Kanban
3 5 (62.50%) Scrum
3 5 (62.50%) Sprint Planning
3 5 (62.50%) Sprint Retrospective
4 4 (50.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
4 4 (50.00%) Sprint Review
5 3 (37.50%) Software Delivery
6 2 (25.00%) Decision-Making
6 2 (25.00%) Process Improvement
6 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (25.00%) Waterfall
6 2 (25.00%) Workflow
7 1 (12.50%) Mathematics
7 1 (12.50%) Portfolio Management
7 1 (12.50%) Root Cause Analysis
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) CBAP
1 1 (12.50%) PMI Certification
1 1 (12.50%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Salesforce
1 1 (12.50%) SAP
1 1 (12.50%) ServiceNow