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

6 months to
25 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 60 43 27
Rank change year-on-year -17 -16 +27
Contract jobs citing Degree 21 22 48
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 2.19% 4.35% 5.90%
As % of the Qualifications category 10.34% 14.10% 31.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 17 21
10th Percentile £178 - £188
25th Percentile £233 £235 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £350 £475
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -26.32% -13.64%
75th Percentile £463 £588 £500
90th Percentile £564 £665 £600
West Yorkshire median daily rate £400 £373 £450
% change year-on-year +7.38% -17.22% -18.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 3
Median hourly rate £19.69 - £12.53
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £22.62 £27.50 £12.53
% change year-on-year -17.76% +119.47% -72.91%

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 203 156 153
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 21.15% 30.83% 18.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 142 123 107
10th Percentile £328 £300 £291
25th Percentile £428 £413 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £492 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +3.58% -15.37%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £538
90th Percentile £675 £624 £550
West Yorkshire median daily rate £475 £492 £475
% change year-on-year -3.46% +3.58% -13.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 4
10th Percentile £19.52 - -
25th Percentile £20.10 - -
Median hourly rate £33.39 - £12.53
Median % change year-on-year - - -79.95%
75th Percentile £43.96 - £23.46
90th Percentile - - £43.13
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £25.77 £27.50 £15.00
% change year-on-year -6.29% +83.33% -67.57%

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 25 June 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 6 (28.57%) Confluence
2 3 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (14.29%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (14.29%) Spreadsheet
2 2 (9.52%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (9.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (9.52%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 4 (19.05%) AWS
2 3 (14.29%) Azure
2 3 (14.29%) Entra ID
2 3 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (14.29%) OneDrive
2 3 (14.29%) SaaS
3 2 (9.52%) Power Platform
3 2 (9.52%) PowerApps
4 1 (4.76%) Azure AI
4 1 (4.76%) Copilot Studio
4 1 (4.76%) GitHub
4 1 (4.76%) GitHub Actions
4 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Copilot
4 1 (4.76%) OCI
4 1 (4.76%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (14.29%) LAN
1 3 (14.29%) Unified Communications
1 3 (14.29%) WAN
1 3 (14.29%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (4.76%) Internet
2 1 (4.76%) PSTN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (19.05%) SQL Server
2 3 (14.29%) Amazon RDS
2 3 (14.29%) DTS
2 3 (14.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 3 (14.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (4.76%) Oracle BI Publisher
3 1 (4.76%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (4.76%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (4.76%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 4 (19.05%) Jenkins
2 3 (14.29%) Flyway
2 3 (14.29%) Git
2 3 (14.29%) GitLab
2 3 (14.29%) JIRA
3 1 (4.76%) Artifactory
3 1 (4.76%) Gatling
3 1 (4.76%) Maven
General
1 11 (52.38%) Social Skills
2 5 (23.81%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (23.81%) Public Sector
3 4 (19.05%) Finance
4 3 (14.29%) Legal
5 2 (9.52%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (4.76%) Banking
6 1 (4.76%) Financial Institution
6 1 (4.76%) General Ledger
6 1 (4.76%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (4.76%) Local Government
6 1 (4.76%) Marketing
6 1 (4.76%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (4.76%) Social Science
Job Titles
1 4 (19.05%) Analyst
1 4 (19.05%) Senior
2 3 (14.29%) DBA
2 3 (14.29%) SQL DBA
3 2 (9.52%) Business Analyst
4 1 (4.76%) Artificial Intelligence Specialist
4 1 (4.76%) Delivery Manager
4 1 (4.76%) DevOps Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) DevOps Platform Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) Oracle Consultant
4 1 (4.76%) Platform Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) PMO Analyst
4 1 (4.76%) Salesforce Architect
4 1 (4.76%) Salesforce Solution Architect
4 1 (4.76%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (4.76%) Senior PMO
4 1 (4.76%) Senior PMO Analyst
4 1 (4.76%) Service Delivery Manager
4 1 (4.76%) Service Manager
4 1 (4.76%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (14.29%) AWS CDK
1 3 (14.29%) Microsoft Graph
2 1 (4.76%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (4.76%) Playwright
2 1 (4.76%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 3 (14.29%) NHS
2 2 (9.52%) e-Learning
2 2 (9.52%) Life Science
3 1 (4.76%) AI Agents
3 1 (4.76%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (4.76%) Freedom of Information
3 1 (4.76%) IoT
3 1 (4.76%) Learning Management System
3 1 (4.76%) Operational Technology
3 1 (4.76%) PMI
3 1 (4.76%) SCORM
Operating Systems
1 3 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (38.10%) Agile
2 6 (28.57%) Computer Science
2 6 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
3 5 (23.81%) Data Protection
3 5 (23.81%) Migration
3 5 (23.81%) Roadmaps
4 4 (19.05%) Data Management
4 4 (19.05%) ITIL
4 4 (19.05%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (19.05%) Project Management
5 3 (14.29%) AI
5 3 (14.29%) Database Migration
5 3 (14.29%) ETL
5 3 (14.29%) ETL Development
5 3 (14.29%) Front End Development
5 3 (14.29%) High Availability
5 3 (14.29%) Kanban
5 3 (14.29%) Task Automation
6 2 (9.52%) Generative AI
6 2 (9.52%) Strategic Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 4 (19.05%) Python
1 4 (19.05%) SQL
2 3 (14.29%) PowerShell
2 3 (14.29%) TypeScript
3 1 (4.76%) Java
3 1 (4.76%) Scala
Qualifications
1 5 (23.81%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (9.52%) PMI Certification
2 2 (9.52%) SC Cleared
2 2 (9.52%) Security Cleared
3 1 (4.76%) AAT
3 1 (4.76%) CIPFA
3 1 (4.76%) DV Cleared
3 1 (4.76%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.52%) GDPR
2 1 (4.76%) IFRS
2 1 (4.76%) PMO
2 1 (4.76%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (4.76%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (14.29%) Foglight
1 3 (14.29%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (4.76%) HAProxy
2 1 (4.76%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (4.76%) Kubernetes
2 1 (4.76%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (19.05%) Microsoft
1 4 (19.05%) ServiceNow
2 3 (14.29%) Databricks
3 1 (4.76%) Foundry
3 1 (4.76%) Oracle
3 1 (4.76%) Salesforce
3 1 (4.76%) SAP
3 1 (4.76%) TOWER Software