Degree Contracts 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 1 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 41 25 47
Rank change year-on-year -16 +22 -13
Contract jobs citing Degree 23 45 41
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Leeds 4.52% 5.64% 3.42%
As % of the Qualifications category 14.84% 29.80% 23.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 21 22
10th Percentile - £188 £329
25th Percentile £235 £350 £466
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £475 £550
Median % change year-on-year -26.32% -13.64% +15.79%
75th Percentile £588 £500 £600
90th Percentile £665 £600 £683
West Yorkshire median daily rate £373 £450 £550
% change year-on-year -17.22% -18.18% +22.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £61.25
Median hourly rate - £12.53 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year - -79.95% +174.73%
75th Percentile - - £63.75
90th Percentile - - -
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £27.50 £12.53 £46.25
% change year-on-year +119.47% -72.91% +103.30%

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 155 151 176
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 30.45% 18.92% 14.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 122 108 135
10th Percentile £300 £292 £368
25th Percentile £413 £411 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £495 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.61% -10.00% +10.00%
75th Percentile £547 £540 £700
90th Percentile £624 £578 £743
West Yorkshire median daily rate £492 £488 £550
% change year-on-year +0.92% -11.36% +14.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £61.25
Median hourly rate - £12.53 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year - -79.95% +120.97%
75th Percentile - £34.39 £63.75
90th Percentile - £47.51 -
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £27.50 £15.00 £46.25
% change year-on-year +83.33% -67.57% +68.18%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

Job postings citing Degree as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Leeds.

Job vacancy trend for Degree in Leeds

Degree
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Leeds

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Degree in Leeds.

Daily rate trend for Degree in Leeds

Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in Leeds

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Degree in Leeds over the 6 months to 1 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Degree in Leeds

Degree
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Leeds

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Degree in Leeds.

Hourly rate trend for Degree in Leeds

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leeds by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 6 (26.09%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (4.35%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (30.43%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (4.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (4.35%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (4.35%) SAP CO
1 1 (4.35%) SAP FI
1 1 (4.35%) SAP FI/CO
1 1 (4.35%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 6 (26.09%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (8.70%) Azure
2 2 (8.70%) Power Platform
3 1 (4.35%) Asana
3 1 (4.35%) AWS
3 1 (4.35%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (4.35%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (4.35%) Smartsheet
3 1 (4.35%) Workato
Communications & Networking
1 6 (26.09%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.70%) Power BI
2 1 (4.35%) NoSQL
2 1 (4.35%) Power Query
2 1 (4.35%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (4.35%) Gradle
1 1 (4.35%) JIRA
1 1 (4.35%) JUnit
General
1 17 (73.91%) Social Skills
2 6 (26.09%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (21.74%) Finance
4 2 (8.70%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (4.35%) Banking
5 1 (4.35%) General Ledger
5 1 (4.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (4.35%) Legal
5 1 (4.35%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (4.35%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (4.35%) Retail
Job Titles
1 6 (26.09%) Desktop Engineer
1 6 (26.09%) Desktop Support
1 6 (26.09%) Desktop Support Engineer
1 6 (26.09%) Support Engineer
2 5 (21.74%) Analyst
3 3 (13.04%) Architect
3 3 (13.04%) IT Manager
3 3 (13.04%) Project Manager
3 3 (13.04%) Solutions Architect
4 2 (8.70%) Business Analyst
4 2 (8.70%) Data Analyst
4 2 (8.70%) IT Project Manager
4 2 (8.70%) Security Manager
4 2 (8.70%) Senior
5 1 (4.35%) Android Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Dynamics 365 Architect
5 1 (4.35%) Dynamics 365 Solution Architect
5 1 (4.35%) Lead
5 1 (4.35%) Mortgage Business Analyst
5 1 (4.35%) Workday Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.35%) Android Jetpack
1 1 (4.35%) Dagger
1 1 (4.35%) Jetpack Compose
1 1 (4.35%) Retrofit
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.04%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (8.70%) Product Ownership
3 1 (4.35%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (4.35%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.35%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (30.43%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (26.09%) Case Management
2 6 (26.09%) Collaborative Working
2 6 (26.09%) Computer Science
2 6 (26.09%) Customer Service
2 6 (26.09%) ITIL
2 6 (26.09%) ITSM
2 6 (26.09%) Service Delivery
3 5 (21.74%) Agile
4 4 (17.39%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (17.39%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (13.04%) Analytics
5 3 (13.04%) Change Management
5 3 (13.04%) Data Modelling
5 3 (13.04%) PRINCE2
5 3 (13.04%) Requirements Gathering
5 3 (13.04%) User Stories
6 2 (8.70%) Analytical Thinking
6 2 (8.70%) Business Case
6 2 (8.70%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 3 (13.04%) SQL
2 1 (4.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 1 (4.35%) Kotlin
2 1 (4.35%) Python
2 1 (4.35%) R
Qualifications
1 6 (26.09%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 3 (13.04%) Master's Degree
3 2 (8.70%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (8.70%) MBA
3 2 (8.70%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 1 (4.35%) CBAP
4 1 (4.35%) CISM
4 1 (4.35%) CISSP
4 1 (4.35%) IIBA
4 1 (4.35%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
4 1 (4.35%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
4 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (4.35%) PMI Certification
4 1 (4.35%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (30.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (4.35%) Data Quality
2 1 (4.35%) GDPR
2 1 (4.35%) GRC
2 1 (4.35%) NIST
2 1 (4.35%) SOC 2
System Software
1 6 (26.09%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (26.09%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (4.35%) Nessus
Vendors
1 9 (39.13%) Microsoft
2 6 (26.09%) Citrix
2 6 (26.09%) ServiceNow
3 2 (8.70%) Workday
4 1 (4.35%) Ariba
4 1 (4.35%) Atlassian
4 1 (4.35%) Okta
4 1 (4.35%) Oracle
4 1 (4.35%) Progress
4 1 (4.35%) Qualys
4 1 (4.35%) SAP
4 1 (4.35%) Wrike