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 3 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 50 36
Rank change year-on-year -22 -14 +14
Contract jobs citing Degree 16 24 31
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 1.50% 3.69% 4.43%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.06% 11.88% 18.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 17 24
10th Percentile £313 - £160
25th Percentile £415 £235 £359
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £350 £475
Median % change year-on-year +57.14% -26.32% -9.52%
75th Percentile £661 £538 £513
90th Percentile £745 £600 £571
West Yorkshire median daily rate £450 £350 £475
% change year-on-year +28.57% -26.32% -4.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £15.75
Median hourly rate £19.69 - £16.50
75th Percentile - - £17.25
90th Percentile - - -
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £22.62 - £37.50
% 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 264 202 168
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 24.74% 31.08% 24.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 174 157 130
10th Percentile £363 £350 £288
25th Percentile £421 £401 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% -18.18%
75th Percentile £597 £549 £534
90th Percentile £688 £660 £600
West Yorkshire median daily rate £488 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -2.50% +11.11% -18.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 0 2
10th Percentile £19.69 - £19.05
25th Percentile £26.99 - £24.00
Median hourly rate £43.96 - £34.50
75th Percentile - - £46.50
90th Percentile - - £52.35
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £25.77 - £38.75
% change year-on-year - - +29.17%

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 3 October 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 2 (12.50%) Confluence
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (6.25%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (25.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (12.50%) MS Visio
3 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (18.75%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (12.50%) Workfront
3 1 (6.25%) SAP ERP
3 1 (6.25%) SAP MRS
3 1 (6.25%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 4 (25.00%) Azure
2 2 (12.50%) AWS
2 2 (12.50%) Entra ID
2 2 (12.50%) Lucidchart
3 1 (6.25%) GCP
3 1 (6.25%) GitHub
3 1 (6.25%) GitHub Actions
3 1 (6.25%) Google Play
3 1 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (6.25%) OneDrive
3 1 (6.25%) PaaS
3 1 (6.25%) Power Platform
3 1 (6.25%) PowerApps
3 1 (6.25%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.25%) LAN
1 1 (6.25%) PSTN
1 1 (6.25%) Unified Communications
1 1 (6.25%) WAN
1 1 (6.25%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.25%) Chroma
1 1 (6.25%) GIS
1 1 (6.25%) Pinecone
1 1 (6.25%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (6.25%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (12.50%) JIRA
2 1 (6.25%) Artifactory
2 1 (6.25%) Gatling
2 1 (6.25%) Jenkins
2 1 (6.25%) Maven
General
1 7 (43.75%) Finance
2 4 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 3 (18.75%) Marketing
4 2 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (12.50%) Banking
4 2 (12.50%) General Ledger
4 2 (12.50%) Local Government
4 2 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (12.50%) Public Sector
5 1 (6.25%) Billing
5 1 (6.25%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (6.25%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (6.25%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (25.00%) Analyst
2 3 (18.75%) Architect
2 3 (18.75%) Business Analyst
3 2 (12.50%) Enterprise Architect
3 2 (12.50%) Senior
4 1 (6.25%) Administrator
4 1 (6.25%) Developer
4 1 (6.25%) DevOps Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) DevOps Platform Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Financial Analyst
4 1 (6.25%) iOS Android Developer
4 1 (6.25%) Lead
4 1 (6.25%) Product Analyst
4 1 (6.25%) Salesforce Architect
4 1 (6.25%) Salesforce Solution Architect
4 1 (6.25%) SAP Business Analyst
4 1 (6.25%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (6.25%) Senior PMO
4 1 (6.25%) Senior PMO Analyst
4 1 (6.25%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (12.50%) Flutter
1 2 (12.50%) React Native
1 2 (12.50%) REST
2 1 (6.25%) Faiss
2 1 (6.25%) Hugging Face
2 1 (6.25%) JSON
2 1 (6.25%) LangChain
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Graph
2 1 (6.25%) Playwright
2 1 (6.25%) PyTorch
2 1 (6.25%) RESTful
2 1 (6.25%) SailPoint
2 1 (6.25%) TensorFlow
2 1 (6.25%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 3 (18.75%) Mobile App
2 2 (12.50%) Marketing Technology
3 1 (6.25%) Algorithms
3 1 (6.25%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (6.25%) Data Structures
3 1 (6.25%) IoT
3 1 (6.25%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (6.25%) Onboarding
3 1 (6.25%) Product Ownership
3 1 (6.25%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.25%) Android
1 1 (6.25%) Apple iOS
1 1 (6.25%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (31.25%) AI
1 5 (31.25%) Computer Science
1 5 (31.25%) Generative AI
1 5 (31.25%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (25.00%) Roadmaps
2 4 (25.00%) Technology Transformation
3 3 (18.75%) Agile
3 3 (18.75%) Business Analysis
3 3 (18.75%) CRM
3 3 (18.75%) Requirements Gathering
3 3 (18.75%) Software Engineering
3 3 (18.75%) TOGAF
4 2 (12.50%) Analytics
4 2 (12.50%) Budgeting
4 2 (12.50%) Business Case
4 2 (12.50%) Content Management
4 2 (12.50%) Digital Marketing
4 2 (12.50%) Identity Access Management
4 2 (12.50%) Requirements Workshops
4 2 (12.50%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 3 (18.75%) Python
2 2 (12.50%) Java
3 1 (6.25%) Kotlin
3 1 (6.25%) PowerShell
3 1 (6.25%) Scala
3 1 (6.25%) Swift
Qualifications
1 5 (31.25%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (18.75%) Master's Degree
3 2 (12.50%) AAT
3 2 (12.50%) CIPFA
3 2 (12.50%) MBA
3 2 (12.50%) TOGAF Certification
4 1 (6.25%) DV Cleared
4 1 (6.25%) PMI Certification
4 1 (6.25%) PMP
4 1 (6.25%) SC Cleared
4 1 (6.25%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (12.50%) GDPR
1 2 (12.50%) IFRS
1 2 (12.50%) PMO
2 1 (6.25%) QA
System Software
1 2 (12.50%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (12.50%) Kubernetes
2 1 (6.25%) HAProxy
2 1 (6.25%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 5 (31.25%) Microsoft
2 3 (18.75%) Oracle
2 3 (18.75%) Salesforce
3 2 (12.50%) Adobe
4 1 (6.25%) Apple
4 1 (6.25%) Atlassian
4 1 (6.25%) ESRI
4 1 (6.25%) Google
4 1 (6.25%) SAP