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

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 52 37
Rank change year-on-year -21 -15 +13
Contract jobs citing Degree 16 24 29
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 1.54% 3.55% 4.18%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.06% 11.27% 17.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 17 23
10th Percentile £313 - £157
25th Percentile £415 £235 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £350 £475
Median % change year-on-year +57.14% -26.32% -7.32%
75th Percentile £661 £538 £525
90th Percentile £745 £600 £572
West Yorkshire median daily rate £550 £350 £475
% change year-on-year +57.14% -26.32% +5.56%
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 264 213 168
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 25.34% 31.46% 24.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 175 159 130
10th Percentile £363 £350 £288
25th Percentile £420 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +11.11% -18.18%
75th Percentile £588 £556 £548
90th Percentile £688 £655 £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 - £40.00
% 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 9 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 1 (6.25%) Confluence
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Exchange
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 3 (18.75%) AWS
3 2 (12.50%) Lucidchart
4 1 (6.25%) Entra ID
4 1 (6.25%) GCP
4 1 (6.25%) GitHub
4 1 (6.25%) GitHub Actions
4 1 (6.25%) Google Play
4 1 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
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 1 (6.25%) Artifactory
1 1 (6.25%) Gatling
1 1 (6.25%) Jenkins
1 1 (6.25%) JIRA
1 1 (6.25%) Maven
General
1 8 (50.00%) Finance
2 4 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 3 (18.75%) Banking
3 3 (18.75%) Marketing
4 2 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
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
4 1 (6.25%) Administrator
4 1 (6.25%) Android Developer
4 1 (6.25%) Developer
4 1 (6.25%) DevOps Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Financial Analyst
4 1 (6.25%) iOS Developer
4 1 (6.25%) Platform Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) PMO Analyst
4 1 (6.25%) PMO Manager
4 1 (6.25%) Product Analyst
4 1 (6.25%) Product Owner
4 1 (6.25%) Salesforce Architect
4 1 (6.25%) SAP Analyst
4 1 (6.25%) SAP Business Analyst
4 1 (6.25%) Senior 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
1 2 (12.50%) Terraform
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%) Playwright
2 1 (6.25%) PyTorch
2 1 (6.25%) RESTful
2 1 (6.25%) SailPoint
2 1 (6.25%) TensorFlow
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%) 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
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (31.25%) Computer Science
2 4 (25.00%) AI
2 4 (25.00%) Generative AI
2 4 (25.00%) Roadmaps
2 4 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
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%) Content Management
4 2 (12.50%) DevOps
4 2 (12.50%) Digital Marketing
4 2 (12.50%) Identity Access Management
4 2 (12.50%) Marketing Automation
4 2 (12.50%) Personalization
4 2 (12.50%) Process Improvement
4 2 (12.50%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 2 (12.50%) Java
1 2 (12.50%) Python
2 1 (6.25%) Kotlin
2 1 (6.25%) Scala
2 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%) Azure 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
2 1 (6.25%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (18.75%) Kubernetes
2 1 (6.25%) HAProxy
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%) Dynatrace
4 1 (6.25%) ESRI
4 1 (6.25%) Google
4 1 (6.25%) SAP
4 1 (6.25%) Splunk