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

6 months to
7 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 51 25 18
Rank change year-on-year -26 -7 +15
Contract jobs citing Degree 26 28 62
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 3.43% 5.85% 6.85%
As % of the Qualifications category 14.29% 22.76% 34.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 24 19
10th Percentile £195 £265 £298
25th Percentile £313 £300 £371
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £351 £513 £450
Median % change year-on-year -31.61% +13.89% -14.29%
75th Percentile £538 £574 £613
90th Percentile £628 £649 £704
West Yorkshire median daily rate £463 £513 £380
% change year-on-year -9.76% +34.87% -27.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 3
Median hourly rate - £16.50 £12.53
Median % change year-on-year - +31.68% -79.95%
West Yorkshire median hourly rate - £32.50 £12.53
% change year-on-year - +159.38% -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 182 123 180
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 24.04% 25.68% 19.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 122 96 114
10th Percentile £358 £263 £313
25th Percentile £425 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -7.83%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £609
90th Percentile £650 £731 £720
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% -9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £16.17 £15.75 -
Median hourly rate £16.25 £16.50 £12.53
Median % change year-on-year -1.52% +31.68% -79.95%
75th Percentile £16.33 £17.25 -
90th Percentile - - -
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £19.26 £32.50 £15.00
% change year-on-year -40.75% +116.67% -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 7 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 3 (11.54%) Confluence
1 3 (11.54%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (7.69%) SharePoint
3 1 (3.85%) Apache
3 1 (3.85%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 7 (26.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (11.54%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (7.69%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (3.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (3.85%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (7.69%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (3.85%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 9 (34.62%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (23.08%) Power Platform
3 4 (15.38%) Azure
3 4 (15.38%) SaaS
4 3 (11.54%) GCP
4 3 (11.54%) OCI
5 2 (7.69%) AWS
5 2 (7.69%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (7.69%) Entra ID
5 2 (7.69%) OneDrive
5 2 (7.69%) PaaS
6 1 (3.85%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (3.85%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 3 (11.54%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (7.69%) LAN
2 2 (7.69%) Unified Communications
2 2 (7.69%) WAN
3 1 (3.85%) DHCP
3 1 (3.85%) DNS
3 1 (3.85%) Internet
3 1 (3.85%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (23.08%) Power BI
2 3 (11.54%) Oracle BI Publisher
2 3 (11.54%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (7.69%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (3.85%) QlikView
4 1 (3.85%) Relational Database
4 1 (3.85%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (15.38%) JIRA
General
1 10 (38.46%) Finance
2 7 (26.92%) Social Skills
3 6 (23.08%) Public Sector
4 5 (19.23%) Banking
5 4 (15.38%) Documentation Skills
5 4 (15.38%) General Ledger
6 3 (11.54%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (7.69%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (3.85%) Billing
8 1 (3.85%) Financial Institution
8 1 (3.85%) Social Science
8 1 (3.85%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 9 (34.62%) Analyst
1 9 (34.62%) Senior
2 7 (26.92%) Business Analyst
3 6 (23.08%) Senior Analyst
3 6 (23.08%) Senior Business Analyst
4 3 (11.54%) Consultant
4 3 (11.54%) Developer
4 3 (11.54%) Oracle Consultant
5 2 (7.69%) IT Manager
5 2 (7.69%) Programme Manager
5 2 (7.69%) Project Manager
5 2 (7.69%) SAP Manager
5 2 (7.69%) SAP Programme Manager
5 2 (7.69%) ServiceNow Developer
5 2 (7.69%) Software Engineer
6 1 (3.85%) Full-Stack Developer
6 1 (3.85%) Full-Stack Web Developer
6 1 (3.85%) Quantity Surveyor
6 1 (3.85%) Senior Banking Business Analyst
6 1 (3.85%) Telecoms Quantity Surveyor
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (11.54%) Oracle Fusion
1 3 (11.54%) REST
2 2 (7.69%) .NET
2 2 (7.69%) Microsoft Graph
2 2 (7.69%) Spring
3 1 (3.85%) Hibernate
3 1 (3.85%) J2EE
3 1 (3.85%) JPA
3 1 (3.85%) Kafka
3 1 (3.85%) React
3 1 (3.85%) RESTful
3 1 (3.85%) Spring Boot
3 1 (3.85%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 3 (11.54%) Learning Management System
1 3 (11.54%) SCORM
2 2 (7.69%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (7.69%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (3.85%) Fibre Optics
3 1 (3.85%) Freedom of Information
3 1 (3.85%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.85%) NHS
3 1 (3.85%) Onboarding
3 1 (3.85%) Renewable Energy
3 1 (3.85%) Replication
3 1 (3.85%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (15.38%) Windows
2 1 (3.85%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (53.85%) Agile
2 13 (50.00%) Migration
3 9 (34.62%) Business Intelligence
4 7 (26.92%) Business Analysis
4 7 (26.92%) Data Governance
4 7 (26.92%) Decision-Making
4 7 (26.92%) Process Improvement
4 7 (26.92%) SDLC
4 7 (26.92%) User Stories
4 7 (26.92%) Workshop Facilitation
5 6 (23.08%) Data Protection
5 6 (23.08%) Data-Driven Decision Making
5 6 (23.08%) MoSCoW
5 6 (23.08%) Six Sigma
5 6 (23.08%) Traceability Matrix
6 5 (19.23%) ITIL
6 5 (19.23%) Project Delivery
7 4 (15.38%) Backlog Refinement
7 4 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (15.38%) Regulatory Change
Programming Languages
1 3 (11.54%) Java
1 3 (11.54%) SQL
2 2 (7.69%) PowerShell
2 2 (7.69%) Python
3 1 (3.85%) C#
3 1 (3.85%) C++
3 1 (3.85%) Delphi
3 1 (3.85%) JavaScript
3 1 (3.85%) PHP
3 1 (3.85%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 4 (15.38%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (3.85%) Master's Degree
2 1 (3.85%) NVQ Level 4
2 1 (3.85%) SC Cleared
2 1 (3.85%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (15.38%) Data Quality
2 3 (11.54%) GDPR
3 1 (3.85%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (7.69%) Docker
2 1 (3.85%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.85%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (7.69%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (3.85%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (15.38%) Microsoft
2 3 (11.54%) Oracle
3 2 (7.69%) Google
3 2 (7.69%) SAP
3 2 (7.69%) ServiceNow
4 1 (3.85%) Ariba
4 1 (3.85%) Concur
4 1 (3.85%) NEC
4 1 (3.85%) TOWER Software
4 1 (3.85%) VMware