Degree Contract Job Trends in Leeds

Academic Degree
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Leeds with a requirement for Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 28 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 58 39 41
Rank change year-on-year -19 +2 -13
Contract jobs citing Degree 19 26 39
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 2.76% 3.91% 3.74%
As % of the Qualifications category 9.18% 15.66% 21.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 20 20
10th Percentile £235 £152 £338
25th Percentile £299 £309 £395
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £373 £488 £475
Median % change year-on-year -23.54% +2.63% -9.52%
75th Percentile £538 £573 £578
90th Percentile £619 £585 £605
West Yorkshire median daily rate £434 £488 £450
% change year-on-year -11.02% +8.33% -13.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £16.50 -
West Yorkshire median hourly rate - £37.50 £30.03
% change year-on-year - +24.90% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Leeds

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 Leeds.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 207 166 183
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 30.04% 24.96% 17.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 156 128 138
10th Percentile £363 £288 £332
25th Percentile £413 £400 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £550
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -18.18% +8.64%
75th Percentile £552 £550 £650
90th Percentile £643 £600 £720
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £450 £525
% change year-on-year +11.11% -14.29% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £34.50 -
West Yorkshire median hourly rate - £40.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year - +33.33% -

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

Degree job vacancy trend in Leeds

Degree
Daily Rate Trend in Leeds

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing Degree

Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in Leeds

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Degree in Leeds over the 6 months to 28 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Degree in Leeds

Degree
Hourly Rate Trend in Leeds

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing Degree

Degree
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds 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 3 (15.79%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (5.26%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (15.79%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (10.53%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 3 (15.79%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (5.26%) Asana
2 1 (5.26%) Azure
2 1 (5.26%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (5.26%) GitHub
2 1 (5.26%) Smartsheet
2 1 (5.26%) Workato
Communications & Networking
1 3 (15.79%) VPN
2 1 (5.26%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.26%) NoSQL
1 1 (5.26%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (5.26%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (10.53%) JIRA
2 1 (5.26%) Git
2 1 (5.26%) Gradle
2 1 (5.26%) JUnit
General
1 12 (63.16%) Social Skills
2 4 (21.05%) Finance
3 3 (15.79%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (10.53%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (5.26%) Banking
5 1 (5.26%) Billing
5 1 (5.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (5.26%) Legal
5 1 (5.26%) Retail
5 1 (5.26%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (26.32%) Project Manager
2 3 (15.79%) Analyst
2 3 (15.79%) Desktop Engineer
2 3 (15.79%) Desktop Support
2 3 (15.79%) Desktop Support Engineer
2 3 (15.79%) IT Manager
2 3 (15.79%) IT Project Manager
2 3 (15.79%) Support Engineer
3 2 (10.53%) Developer
3 2 (10.53%) ServiceNow Developer
4 1 (5.26%) Android Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Designer
4 1 (5.26%) Interaction Designer
4 1 (5.26%) Java Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Mortgage Business Analyst
4 1 (5.26%) Quantity Surveyor
4 1 (5.26%) Scrum Master
4 1 (5.26%) Security Project Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Telecoms Quantity Surveyor
4 1 (5.26%) Workday Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.26%) .NET
1 1 (5.26%) Android Jetpack
1 1 (5.26%) Dagger
1 1 (5.26%) J2EE
1 1 (5.26%) Jetpack Compose
1 1 (5.26%) JPA
1 1 (5.26%) JSON
1 1 (5.26%) REST
1 1 (5.26%) RESTful
1 1 (5.26%) Retrofit
1 1 (5.26%) Spring
1 1 (5.26%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.79%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (10.53%) Product Ownership
3 1 (5.26%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (5.26%) Fibre Optics
3 1 (5.26%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (5.26%) Renewable Energy
3 1 (5.26%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.26%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (36.84%) Agile
1 7 (36.84%) Computer Science
2 6 (31.58%) ITIL
3 5 (26.32%) ITSM
4 4 (21.05%) PRINCE2
4 4 (21.05%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (15.79%) Case Management
5 3 (15.79%) Collaborative Working
5 3 (15.79%) Customer Service
5 3 (15.79%) Project Management
5 3 (15.79%) Service Delivery
5 3 (15.79%) Service Management
5 3 (15.79%) Software Engineering
5 3 (15.79%) Waterfall
6 2 (10.53%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (10.53%) Cybersecurity
6 2 (10.53%) DevOps
6 2 (10.53%) Mentoring
6 2 (10.53%) User Stories
6 2 (10.53%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 2 (10.53%) SQL
2 1 (5.26%) Bash
2 1 (5.26%) C++
2 1 (5.26%) Java
2 1 (5.26%) JavaScript
2 1 (5.26%) Kotlin
2 1 (5.26%) PowerShell
2 1 (5.26%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (26.32%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (15.79%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 2 (10.53%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 1 (5.26%) CISSP
4 1 (5.26%) CompTIA CySA+
4 1 (5.26%) GCIH
4 1 (5.26%) IIBA
4 1 (5.26%) Master's Degree
4 1 (5.26%) MBA
4 1 (5.26%) NVQ Level 4
4 1 (5.26%) PMI Certification
4 1 (5.26%) PMP
4 1 (5.26%) SC Cleared
4 1 (5.26%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (15.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 3 (15.79%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (15.79%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 6 (31.58%) ServiceNow
2 5 (26.32%) Microsoft
3 3 (15.79%) Citrix
4 1 (5.26%) CrowdStrike
4 1 (5.26%) Darktrace
4 1 (5.26%) Google
4 1 (5.26%) IBM
4 1 (5.26%) NEC
4 1 (5.26%) Okta
4 1 (5.26%) Oracle
4 1 (5.26%) Progress
4 1 (5.26%) Splunk
4 1 (5.26%) Workday
4 1 (5.26%) Wrike