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 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 57 37 35
Rank change year-on-year -20 -2 -7
Contract jobs citing Degree 21 28 41
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 2.91% 4.24% 4.28%
As % of the Qualifications category 10.24% 15.14% 23.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 22 19
10th Percentile £350 £155 £320
25th Percentile £350 £203 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £499 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.68% +2.50% -4.76%
75th Percentile £641 £572 £600
90th Percentile £650 £575 £704
West Yorkshire median daily rate £525 £513 £450
% change year-on-year +2.44% +13.89% -12.20%
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 205 185 174
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 28.43% 27.99% 18.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 150 136 128
10th Percentile £363 £288 £347
25th Percentile £425 £400 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £463 £550
Median % change year-on-year +8.11% -15.91% +4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £573 £650
90th Percentile £653 £663 £720
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £450 £525
% change year-on-year +11.11% -14.29% -
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 25 November 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 1 (4.76%) Apache
1 1 (4.76%) Apache Spark
1 1 (4.76%) Confluence
1 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (9.52%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (9.52%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (9.52%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (4.76%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 4 (19.05%) Azure
1 4 (19.05%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (14.29%) GCP
2 3 (14.29%) Power Platform
3 2 (9.52%) AWS
3 2 (9.52%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (9.52%) PaaS
3 2 (9.52%) SaaS
4 1 (4.76%) Asana
4 1 (4.76%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (4.76%) GitHub
4 1 (4.76%) Smartsheet
4 1 (4.76%) Workato
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.76%) DHCP
1 1 (4.76%) DNS
1 1 (4.76%) Internet
1 1 (4.76%) Structured Cabling
1 1 (4.76%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (14.29%) Power BI
2 2 (9.52%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (4.76%) NoSQL
3 1 (4.76%) Relational Database
3 1 (4.76%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (14.29%) JIRA
2 1 (4.76%) Git
General
1 10 (47.62%) Social Skills
2 8 (38.10%) Finance
3 4 (19.05%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (14.29%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (9.52%) Banking
5 2 (9.52%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (9.52%) General Ledger
5 2 (9.52%) Public Sector
6 1 (4.76%) Billing
6 1 (4.76%) Legal
6 1 (4.76%) Retail
6 1 (4.76%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (23.81%) Analyst
1 5 (23.81%) Project Manager
1 5 (23.81%) Senior
2 4 (19.05%) IT Manager
3 3 (14.29%) Business Analyst
3 3 (14.29%) IT Project Manager
3 3 (14.29%) Senior Analyst
3 3 (14.29%) Senior Business Analyst
4 2 (9.52%) Developer
4 2 (9.52%) Programme Manager
4 2 (9.52%) SAP Manager
4 2 (9.52%) SAP Programme Manager
4 2 (9.52%) Senior Manager
4 2 (9.52%) ServiceNow Developer
4 2 (9.52%) Software Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) Java Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) Kafka Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) Quantity Surveyor
5 1 (4.76%) Telecoms Quantity Surveyor
5 1 (4.76%) Workday Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (9.52%) .NET
2 1 (4.76%) J2EE
2 1 (4.76%) JPA
2 1 (4.76%) JSON
2 1 (4.76%) Kafka
2 1 (4.76%) REST
2 1 (4.76%) RESTful
2 1 (4.76%) Spring
2 1 (4.76%) Spring Boot
2 1 (4.76%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.52%) Analytical Mindset
1 2 (9.52%) Data Protection Act
1 2 (9.52%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (4.76%) Fibre Optics
2 1 (4.76%) Management Information System
2 1 (4.76%) Onboarding
2 1 (4.76%) Product Ownership
2 1 (4.76%) Renewable Energy
2 1 (4.76%) Replication
2 1 (4.76%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (4.76%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (9.52%) Windows
2 1 (4.76%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (52.38%) Agile
2 7 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 6 (28.57%) Migration
3 6 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (23.81%) ITIL
4 5 (23.81%) PRINCE2
5 4 (19.05%) Data Governance
5 4 (19.05%) Decision-Making
5 4 (19.05%) Process Improvement
5 4 (19.05%) Project Delivery
5 4 (19.05%) Project Management
5 4 (19.05%) Software Engineering
5 4 (19.05%) User Stories
6 3 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (14.29%) Data-Driven Decision Making
6 3 (14.29%) DevOps
6 3 (14.29%) Mentoring
6 3 (14.29%) MoSCoW
6 3 (14.29%) SDLC
6 3 (14.29%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 3 (14.29%) SQL
2 2 (9.52%) Java
3 1 (4.76%) Bash
3 1 (4.76%) C#
3 1 (4.76%) C++
3 1 (4.76%) Delphi
3 1 (4.76%) JavaScript
3 1 (4.76%) PHP
3 1 (4.76%) PowerShell
3 1 (4.76%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (23.81%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (9.52%) Master's Degree
2 2 (9.52%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 1 (4.76%) CISSP
3 1 (4.76%) CompTIA CySA+
3 1 (4.76%) GCIH
3 1 (4.76%) MBA
3 1 (4.76%) NVQ Level 4
3 1 (4.76%) PMI Certification
3 1 (4.76%) PMP
3 1 (4.76%) SC Cleared
3 1 (4.76%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.52%) Data Quality
2 1 (4.76%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (9.52%) Docker
2 1 (4.76%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.76%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (4.76%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (14.29%) Google
1 3 (14.29%) Microsoft
1 3 (14.29%) ServiceNow
2 2 (9.52%) SAP
3 1 (4.76%) Ariba
3 1 (4.76%) Concur
3 1 (4.76%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (4.76%) Darktrace
3 1 (4.76%) IBM
3 1 (4.76%) NEC
3 1 (4.76%) Okta
3 1 (4.76%) Oracle
3 1 (4.76%) Splunk
3 1 (4.76%) VMware
3 1 (4.76%) Workday
3 1 (4.76%) Wrike