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 24 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 55 35 19
Rank change year-on-year -20 -16 +12
Contract jobs citing Degree 22 28 63
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 3.00% 5.22% 7.05%
As % of the Qualifications category 12.15% 19.05% 33.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 24 20
10th Percentile £329 £265 £362
25th Percentile £350 £300 £395
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £513 £475
Median % change year-on-year -9.76% +7.89% -9.52%
75th Percentile £538 £573 £600
90th Percentile £650 £645 £702
West Yorkshire median daily rate £525 £513 £450
% change year-on-year +2.44% +13.89% -14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 3
Median hourly rate - £16.50 £12.53
Median % change year-on-year - +31.68% -79.95%
West Yorkshire median hourly rate - £37.50 £12.53
% change year-on-year - +199.28% -79.95%

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 181 147 187
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 24.69% 27.43% 20.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 123 114 122
10th Percentile £366 £274 £350
25th Percentile £425 £407 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £543
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -17.05% +2.12%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £638
90th Percentile £650 £725 £720
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £16.17 £15.75 -
Median hourly rate £16.25 £16.50 £12.53
Median % change year-on-year -1.52% +31.68% -79.95%
75th Percentile £16.33 £17.25 -
90th Percentile - - -
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £19.26 £38.75 £15.00
% change year-on-year -50.30% +158.33% -76.00%

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 24 January 2026.

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 (4.55%) Apache
1 1 (4.55%) Apache Spark
1 1 (4.55%) Confluence
1 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (22.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (9.09%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (9.09%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (4.55%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 7 (31.82%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (27.27%) Power Platform
3 4 (18.18%) Azure
4 3 (13.64%) GCP
4 3 (13.64%) OCI
5 2 (9.09%) AWS
5 2 (9.09%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (9.09%) PaaS
5 2 (9.09%) SaaS
6 1 (4.55%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (4.55%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.55%) DHCP
1 1 (4.55%) DNS
1 1 (4.55%) Internet
1 1 (4.55%) Structured Cabling
1 1 (4.55%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (27.27%) Power BI
2 3 (13.64%) Oracle BI Publisher
2 3 (13.64%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (9.09%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (4.55%) Relational Database
4 1 (4.55%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (9.09%) JIRA
General
1 9 (40.91%) Finance
2 5 (22.73%) Banking
2 5 (22.73%) Public Sector
2 5 (22.73%) Social Skills
3 4 (18.18%) Documentation Skills
3 4 (18.18%) General Ledger
4 3 (13.64%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (4.55%) Billing
6 1 (4.55%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (4.55%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (31.82%) Analyst
1 7 (31.82%) Senior
2 6 (27.27%) Business Analyst
2 6 (27.27%) Senior Analyst
2 6 (27.27%) Senior Business Analyst
3 3 (13.64%) Consultant
3 3 (13.64%) Developer
3 3 (13.64%) Oracle Consultant
4 2 (9.09%) IT Manager
4 2 (9.09%) Programme Manager
4 2 (9.09%) Project Manager
4 2 (9.09%) SAP Manager
4 2 (9.09%) SAP Programme Manager
4 2 (9.09%) ServiceNow Developer
4 2 (9.09%) Software Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Full-Stack Developer
5 1 (4.55%) Full-Stack Web Developer
5 1 (4.55%) Quantity Surveyor
5 1 (4.55%) Senior Banking Business Analyst
5 1 (4.55%) Telecoms Quantity Surveyor
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (13.64%) Oracle Fusion
1 3 (13.64%) REST
2 2 (9.09%) .NET
2 2 (9.09%) Spring
3 1 (4.55%) Hibernate
3 1 (4.55%) J2EE
3 1 (4.55%) JPA
3 1 (4.55%) Kafka
3 1 (4.55%) React
3 1 (4.55%) RESTful
3 1 (4.55%) Spring Boot
3 1 (4.55%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.64%) Learning Management System
1 3 (13.64%) SCORM
2 2 (9.09%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (9.09%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (4.55%) Fibre Optics
3 1 (4.55%) Management Information System
3 1 (4.55%) Onboarding
3 1 (4.55%) Renewable Energy
3 1 (4.55%) Replication
3 1 (4.55%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (9.09%) Windows
2 1 (4.55%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (54.55%) Migration
2 11 (50.00%) Agile
3 9 (40.91%) Business Intelligence
4 7 (31.82%) Data Governance
4 7 (31.82%) Decision-Making
4 7 (31.82%) Process Improvement
5 6 (27.27%) Business Analysis
5 6 (27.27%) Data-Driven Decision Making
5 6 (27.27%) MoSCoW
5 6 (27.27%) SDLC
5 6 (27.27%) Six Sigma
5 6 (27.27%) Traceability Matrix
5 6 (27.27%) User Stories
5 6 (27.27%) Workshop Facilitation
6 5 (22.73%) Data Protection
6 5 (22.73%) ITIL
7 4 (18.18%) Computer Science
7 4 (18.18%) Data Migration
7 4 (18.18%) Enterprise Architecture
7 4 (18.18%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 3 (13.64%) Java
2 2 (9.09%) SQL
3 1 (4.55%) C#
3 1 (4.55%) C++
3 1 (4.55%) Delphi
3 1 (4.55%) JavaScript
3 1 (4.55%) PHP
3 1 (4.55%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 4 (18.18%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (4.55%) Master's Degree
2 1 (4.55%) NVQ Level 4
2 1 (4.55%) SC Cleared
2 1 (4.55%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (18.18%) Data Quality
2 3 (13.64%) GDPR
3 1 (4.55%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (9.09%) Docker
2 1 (4.55%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.55%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (4.55%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (13.64%) Microsoft
1 3 (13.64%) Oracle
2 2 (9.09%) Google
2 2 (9.09%) SAP
2 2 (9.09%) ServiceNow
3 1 (4.55%) Ariba
3 1 (4.55%) Concur
3 1 (4.55%) NEC
3 1 (4.55%) VMware