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

6 months to
24 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 31 21
Rank change year-on-year -21 -10 +15
Contract jobs citing Degree 25 24 61
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 3.25% 5.36% 6.91%
As % of the Qualifications category 13.89% 20.69% 35.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 22 17
10th Percentile £170 £255 £270
25th Percentile £286 £300 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £513 £450
Median % change year-on-year -19.51% +13.89% -14.29%
75th Percentile £538 £573 £638
90th Percentile £639 £586 £708
West Yorkshire median daily rate £463 £500 £380
% change year-on-year -7.50% +31.58% -27.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
Median hourly rate - - £12.53
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 180 116 170
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 23.41% 25.89% 19.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 116 90 103
10th Percentile £363 £263 £311
25th Percentile £425 £383 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -7.83%
75th Percentile £570 £575 £619
90th Percentile £647 £738 £720
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £488 £463
% change year-on-year +2.56% +5.41% -11.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £16.17 - -
Median hourly rate £16.25 - £12.53
Median % change year-on-year - - -79.95%
75th Percentile £16.33 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £19.26 £37.50 £15.00
% change year-on-year -48.65% +150.00% -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 February 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 4 (16.00%) Confluence
2 3 (12.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (8.00%) SharePoint
4 1 (4.00%) Apache
4 1 (4.00%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 6 (24.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (12.00%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (12.00%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (4.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (8.00%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (4.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 9 (36.00%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (24.00%) Power Platform
3 4 (16.00%) Azure
3 4 (16.00%) SaaS
4 3 (12.00%) AWS
4 3 (12.00%) GCP
4 3 (12.00%) OCI
5 2 (8.00%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (8.00%) Entra ID
5 2 (8.00%) OneDrive
5 2 (8.00%) PaaS
6 1 (4.00%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (12.00%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (8.00%) LAN
2 2 (8.00%) Unified Communications
2 2 (8.00%) WAN
3 1 (4.00%) DHCP
3 1 (4.00%) DNS
3 1 (4.00%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (24.00%) Power BI
2 3 (12.00%) Oracle BI Publisher
2 3 (12.00%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (8.00%) SQL Server
4 1 (4.00%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (4.00%) DTS
4 1 (4.00%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (4.00%) QlikView
4 1 (4.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (4.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (16.00%) JIRA
2 1 (4.00%) Flyway
2 1 (4.00%) Git
2 1 (4.00%) GitLab
2 1 (4.00%) Jenkins
General
1 9 (36.00%) Finance
2 8 (32.00%) Public Sector
2 8 (32.00%) Social Skills
3 5 (20.00%) Banking
4 4 (16.00%) Documentation Skills
4 4 (16.00%) General Ledger
5 3 (12.00%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (12.00%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (8.00%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (4.00%) Financial Institution
7 1 (4.00%) Legal
7 1 (4.00%) Social Science
7 1 (4.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 9 (36.00%) Analyst
1 9 (36.00%) Senior
2 7 (28.00%) Business Analyst
3 6 (24.00%) Senior Analyst
3 6 (24.00%) Senior Business Analyst
4 3 (12.00%) Consultant
4 3 (12.00%) Oracle Consultant
5 2 (8.00%) Programme Manager
5 2 (8.00%) SAP Manager
5 2 (8.00%) SAP Programme Manager
6 1 (4.00%) Full-Stack Developer
6 1 (4.00%) Full-Stack Web Developer
6 1 (4.00%) Kafka Engineer
6 1 (4.00%) Lead
6 1 (4.00%) Lead Developer
6 1 (4.00%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
6 1 (4.00%) Lead Web Developer
6 1 (4.00%) Quantity Surveyor
6 1 (4.00%) Senior Banking Business Analyst
6 1 (4.00%) Telecoms Quantity Surveyor
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (12.00%) Oracle Fusion
1 3 (12.00%) REST
2 2 (8.00%) Microsoft Graph
3 1 (4.00%) .NET
3 1 (4.00%) AWS CDK
3 1 (4.00%) Hibernate
3 1 (4.00%) Kafka
3 1 (4.00%) React
3 1 (4.00%) Spring
3 1 (4.00%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 3 (12.00%) Learning Management System
1 3 (12.00%) NHS
1 3 (12.00%) SCORM
2 2 (8.00%) Greenfield Project
2 2 (8.00%) Life Science
3 1 (4.00%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (4.00%) Freedom of Information
3 1 (4.00%) Management Information System
3 1 (4.00%) Onboarding
3 1 (4.00%) Replication
3 1 (4.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (16.00%) Windows
2 1 (4.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (56.00%) Migration
2 13 (52.00%) Agile
3 9 (36.00%) Business Intelligence
4 7 (28.00%) Business Analysis
4 7 (28.00%) Data Governance
4 7 (28.00%) Decision-Making
4 7 (28.00%) Process Improvement
4 7 (28.00%) SDLC
4 7 (28.00%) User Stories
4 7 (28.00%) Workshop Facilitation
5 6 (24.00%) Data Protection
5 6 (24.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
5 6 (24.00%) MoSCoW
5 6 (24.00%) Six Sigma
5 6 (24.00%) Traceability Matrix
6 5 (20.00%) Project Delivery
6 5 (20.00%) Project Management
7 4 (16.00%) Backlog Refinement
7 4 (16.00%) Data Migration
7 4 (16.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 4 (16.00%) SQL
2 2 (8.00%) Java
2 2 (8.00%) PowerShell
2 2 (8.00%) Python
2 2 (8.00%) TypeScript
3 1 (4.00%) C#
3 1 (4.00%) Delphi
3 1 (4.00%) PHP
Qualifications
1 2 (8.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (4.00%) Master's Degree
2 1 (4.00%) NVQ Level 4
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (16.00%) Data Quality
2 3 (12.00%) GDPR
3 1 (4.00%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (8.00%) Docker
2 1 (4.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (8.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (4.00%) Foglight
2 1 (4.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (16.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (12.00%) Oracle
3 2 (8.00%) Google
3 2 (8.00%) SAP
4 1 (4.00%) Ariba
4 1 (4.00%) Concur
4 1 (4.00%) Databricks
4 1 (4.00%) NEC
4 1 (4.00%) ServiceNow
4 1 (4.00%) TOWER Software
4 1 (4.00%) VMware