Degree Contract Job Trends in Ipswich

Academic Degree
Suffolk > Ipswich

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

6 months to
6 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 8 8 19
Rank change year-on-year 0 +11 -3
Contract jobs citing Degree 1 6 5
As % of all contract jobs in Ipswich 3.23% 13.95% 4.90%
As % of the Qualifications category 20.00% 46.15% 17.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 3
10th Percentile - - £155
25th Percentile - £363 £238
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £400 £400
Median % change year-on-year +37.50% - -23.81%
75th Percentile - £466 £475
90th Percentile - £516 £505
Suffolk median daily rate £550 £425 £272
% change year-on-year +29.41% +56.54% -48.29%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Ipswich

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 Ipswich.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 5 13 28
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Ipswich 16.13% 30.23% 27.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 24
10th Percentile £515 - £233
25th Percentile £521 £363 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £400 £475
Median % change year-on-year +37.50% -15.79% -9.52%
75th Percentile £556 £466 £700
90th Percentile £568 £516 -
Suffolk median daily rate £350 £220 £463
% change year-on-year +59.09% -52.43% -11.90%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Ipswich

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

Degree job vacancy trend in Ipswich

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Daily Rate Trend in Ipswich

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Ipswich citing Degree

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Hourly Rate Trend in Ipswich

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Ipswich citing Degree

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Ipswich 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 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Project
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) IT Manager
1 1 (100.00%) IT Project Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Project Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior IT Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Senior IT Project Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Resource Allocation
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (100.00%) PMP
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) PMO