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 19 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 45 36
Rank change year-on-year -25 -9 +12
Contract jobs citing Degree 13 23 31
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 1.19% 3.83% 4.31%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.02% 11.86% 18.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 16 22
10th Percentile £319 - £155
25th Percentile £418 £235 £384
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £350 £475
Median % change year-on-year +57.14% -26.32% -13.64%
75th Percentile £596 £507 £538
90th Percentile £641 £644 £572
West Yorkshire median daily rate £436 £350 £475
% change year-on-year +24.64% -26.32% -13.64%
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 259 194 169
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 23.74% 32.28% 23.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 172 153 132
10th Percentile £350 £350 £351
25th Percentile £413 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £489 £500 £463
Median % change year-on-year -2.25% +8.11% -15.91%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £545
90th Percentile £675 £650 £600
West Yorkshire median daily rate £488 £500 £463
% change year-on-year -2.50% +8.11% -15.91%
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 19 September 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 (15.38%) Confluence
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (7.69%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (7.69%) SAP ERP
1 1 (7.69%) SAP MRS
1 1 (7.69%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 4 (30.77%) Azure
2 2 (15.38%) Entra ID
2 2 (15.38%) Power Platform
2 2 (15.38%) PowerApps
3 1 (7.69%) AWS
3 1 (7.69%) Azure AI
3 1 (7.69%) Copilot Studio
3 1 (7.69%) GitHub
3 1 (7.69%) GitHub Actions
3 1 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Copilot
3 1 (7.69%) OneDrive
3 1 (7.69%) PaaS
3 1 (7.69%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.69%) LAN
1 1 (7.69%) PSTN
1 1 (7.69%) Unified Communications
1 1 (7.69%) WAN
1 1 (7.69%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.69%) GIS
1 1 (7.69%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (7.69%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (15.38%) JIRA
2 1 (7.69%) Artifactory
2 1 (7.69%) Gatling
2 1 (7.69%) Jenkins
2 1 (7.69%) Maven
General
1 6 (46.15%) Finance
2 5 (38.46%) Social Skills
3 2 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (15.38%) Banking
3 2 (15.38%) General Ledger
3 2 (15.38%) Local Government
3 2 (15.38%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (15.38%) Public Sector
4 1 (7.69%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (7.69%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (7.69%) Marketing
4 1 (7.69%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (23.08%) Analyst
2 2 (15.38%) Business Analyst
2 2 (15.38%) Senior
3 1 (7.69%) Administrator
3 1 (7.69%) Artificial Intelligence Specialist
3 1 (7.69%) DevOps Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) ERP Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) ERP Business Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Lead
3 1 (7.69%) Platform Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) PMO Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) PMO Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Product Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Product Business Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Product Owner
3 1 (7.69%) Salesforce Architect
3 1 (7.69%) SAP Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) SAP Business Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Graph
1 1 (7.69%) Playwright
1 1 (7.69%) SailPoint
1 1 (7.69%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.69%) AI Agents
1 1 (7.69%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (7.69%) e-Learning
1 1 (7.69%) IoT
1 1 (7.69%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (7.69%) Onboarding
1 1 (7.69%) Product Ownership
1 1 (7.69%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.69%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (30.77%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (23.08%) Agile
2 3 (23.08%) AI
2 3 (23.08%) Roadmaps
3 2 (15.38%) Budgeting
3 2 (15.38%) Business Analysis
3 2 (15.38%) Computer Science
3 2 (15.38%) Decision-Making
3 2 (15.38%) Generative AI
3 2 (15.38%) Identity Access Management
3 2 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (15.38%) Requirements Gathering
3 2 (15.38%) Scrum
3 2 (15.38%) Strategic Roadmap
4 1 (7.69%) Lean Six Sigma
4 1 (7.69%) Performance Management
4 1 (7.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (7.69%) Use Case
4 1 (7.69%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (7.69%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 2 (15.38%) Python
2 1 (7.69%) Java
2 1 (7.69%) PowerShell
2 1 (7.69%) Scala
Qualifications
1 2 (15.38%) AAT
1 2 (15.38%) CIPFA
2 1 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (7.69%) DV Cleared
2 1 (7.69%) PMI Certification
2 1 (7.69%) PMP
2 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared
2 1 (7.69%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (15.38%) GDPR
1 2 (15.38%) IFRS
1 2 (15.38%) PMO
2 1 (7.69%) QA
System Software
1 1 (7.69%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (7.69%) HAProxy
1 1 (7.69%) Jamf Pro
1 1 (7.69%) Kubernetes
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 4 (30.77%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.69%) Atlassian
2 1 (7.69%) ESRI
2 1 (7.69%) Foundry
2 1 (7.69%) Oracle
2 1 (7.69%) Salesforce
2 1 (7.69%) SAP