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 18 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 62 41 40
Rank change year-on-year -21 -1 -11
Contract jobs citing Degree 18 25 36
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 2.53% 3.79% 3.65%
As % of the Qualifications category 8.96% 14.12% 21.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 19 18
10th Percentile £283 £152 £302
25th Percentile £350 £188 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £395 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -21.00% +11.11% -14.29%
75th Percentile £538 £573 £575
90th Percentile £638 £595 £615
West Yorkshire median daily rate £473 £500 £440
% change year-on-year -5.49% +13.64% -14.15%
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 201 177 167
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 28.23% 26.82% 16.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 149 133 125
10th Percentile £363 £288 £344
25th Percentile £425 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £463 £535
Median % change year-on-year +8.11% -13.55% +1.90%
75th Percentile £575 £573 £620
90th Percentile £655 £650 £720
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £450 £513
% change year-on-year +11.11% -12.20% -0.24%
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 18 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 (5.56%) Apache
1 1 (5.56%) Apache Spark
1 1 (5.56%) Confluence
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (11.11%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (11.11%) Azure
2 1 (5.56%) Asana
2 1 (5.56%) AWS
2 1 (5.56%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (5.56%) GCP
2 1 (5.56%) GitHub
2 1 (5.56%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (5.56%) Smartsheet
2 1 (5.56%) Workato
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.56%) DHCP
1 1 (5.56%) DNS
1 1 (5.56%) Internet
1 1 (5.56%) Structured Cabling
1 1 (5.56%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.56%) NoSQL
1 1 (5.56%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (5.56%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (16.67%) JIRA
2 1 (5.56%) Git
General
1 9 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (27.78%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (27.78%) Finance
3 2 (11.11%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (5.56%) Billing
4 1 (5.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (5.56%) Legal
4 1 (5.56%) Retail
4 1 (5.56%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (27.78%) Project Manager
2 4 (22.22%) Analyst
3 3 (16.67%) IT Manager
3 3 (16.67%) IT Project Manager
4 2 (11.11%) Developer
4 2 (11.11%) ServiceNow Developer
5 1 (5.56%) Change Manager
5 1 (5.56%) Designer
5 1 (5.56%) Interaction Designer
5 1 (5.56%) Java Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) Mortgage Business Analyst
5 1 (5.56%) Quantity Surveyor
5 1 (5.56%) Scrum Master
5 1 (5.56%) Security Manager
5 1 (5.56%) Security Project Manager
5 1 (5.56%) Senior Project Manager
5 1 (5.56%) Technical Analyst
5 1 (5.56%) Telecoms Quantity Surveyor
5 1 (5.56%) Test Manager
5 1 (5.56%) Workday Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.56%) .NET
1 1 (5.56%) J2EE
1 1 (5.56%) JPA
1 1 (5.56%) JSON
1 1 (5.56%) Kafka
1 1 (5.56%) REST
1 1 (5.56%) RESTful
1 1 (5.56%) Spring
1 1 (5.56%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 3 (16.67%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (11.11%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (11.11%) Product Ownership
3 1 (5.56%) Fibre Optics
3 1 (5.56%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (5.56%) Renewable Energy
3 1 (5.56%) Replication
3 1 (5.56%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.56%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (44.44%) Agile
2 7 (38.89%) Computer Science
3 6 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (22.22%) ITIL
4 4 (22.22%) PRINCE2
4 4 (22.22%) Project Management
5 3 (16.67%) AI
5 3 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (16.67%) Mentoring
5 3 (16.67%) Service Management
5 3 (16.67%) Software Engineering
5 3 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (16.67%) Waterfall
6 2 (11.11%) Cybersecurity
6 2 (11.11%) Data Protection
6 2 (11.11%) Data Transformation
6 2 (11.11%) Process Improvement
6 2 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 2 (11.11%) User Stories
6 2 (11.11%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 3 (16.67%) SQL
2 2 (11.11%) Java
3 1 (5.56%) Bash
3 1 (5.56%) C++
3 1 (5.56%) JavaScript
3 1 (5.56%) PowerShell
3 1 (5.56%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (27.78%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (11.11%) Master's Degree
2 2 (11.11%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 1 (5.56%) CISSP
3 1 (5.56%) CompTIA CySA+
3 1 (5.56%) GCIH
3 1 (5.56%) IIBA
3 1 (5.56%) MBA
3 1 (5.56%) NVQ Level 4
3 1 (5.56%) PMI Certification
3 1 (5.56%) PMP
3 1 (5.56%) SC Cleared
3 1 (5.56%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (5.56%) Active Directory
1 1 (5.56%) Docker
1 1 (5.56%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (5.56%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (16.67%) Microsoft
1 3 (16.67%) ServiceNow
2 2 (11.11%) Google
3 1 (5.56%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (5.56%) Darktrace
3 1 (5.56%) IBM
3 1 (5.56%) NEC
3 1 (5.56%) Okta
3 1 (5.56%) Oracle
3 1 (5.56%) Progress
3 1 (5.56%) Splunk
3 1 (5.56%) VMware
3 1 (5.56%) Workday
3 1 (5.56%) Wrike