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

6 months to
24 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 38 24
Rank change year-on-year -14 -14 +28
Contract jobs citing Degree 28 22 53
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 3.00% 4.72% 6.79%
As % of the Qualifications category 14.74% 15.28% 36.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 19 20
10th Percentile £178 - £325
25th Percentile £233 £235 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £300 £475
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -36.84% -13.64%
75th Percentile £512 £468 £509
90th Percentile £564 £600 £604
West Yorkshire median daily rate £400 £313 £463
% change year-on-year +28.00% -32.43% -15.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
Median hourly rate - - £12.53
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £25.54 £27.50 £12.53
% change year-on-year -7.13% +119.47% -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 190 144 147
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 20.39% 30.90% 18.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 128 115 96
10th Percentile £313 £271 £356
25th Percentile £426 £375 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.05% -5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £550
90th Percentile £675 £595 £600
West Yorkshire median daily rate £476 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +0.21% -5.00% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 3
10th Percentile £16.80 - -
25th Percentile £17.76 - -
Median hourly rate £19.34 - £12.53
Median % change year-on-year - - -79.95%
75th Percentile £21.82 - -
90th Percentile £23.30 - -
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £22.81 £27.50 £15.00
% change year-on-year -17.05% +83.33% -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 May 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 (21.43%) Confluence
2 3 (10.71%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (10.71%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (21.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (10.71%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (3.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 9 (32.14%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (28.57%) Power Platform
3 4 (14.29%) AWS
4 3 (10.71%) Azure
4 3 (10.71%) Entra ID
4 3 (10.71%) OCI
4 3 (10.71%) OneDrive
4 3 (10.71%) SaaS
5 2 (7.14%) PowerApps
6 1 (3.57%) Azure AI
6 1 (3.57%) Copilot Studio
6 1 (3.57%) GitHub
6 1 (3.57%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (3.57%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (10.71%) LAN
1 3 (10.71%) Unified Communications
1 3 (10.71%) WAN
1 3 (10.71%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (3.57%) Internet
2 1 (3.57%) PSTN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (21.43%) Power BI
2 4 (14.29%) SQL Server
3 3 (10.71%) Amazon RDS
3 3 (10.71%) DTS
3 3 (10.71%) Oracle BI Publisher
3 3 (10.71%) Oracle Reports
3 3 (10.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 3 (10.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (3.57%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (3.57%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 4 (14.29%) Jenkins
2 3 (10.71%) Flyway
2 3 (10.71%) Git
2 3 (10.71%) GitLab
2 3 (10.71%) JIRA
3 1 (3.57%) Artifactory
3 1 (3.57%) Gatling
3 1 (3.57%) Maven
General
1 10 (35.71%) Social Skills
2 8 (28.57%) Finance
3 6 (21.43%) Public Sector
4 5 (17.86%) Banking
5 4 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (14.29%) Documentation Skills
5 4 (14.29%) General Ledger
5 4 (14.29%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (10.71%) Legal
7 1 (3.57%) Financial Institution
7 1 (3.57%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (3.57%) Marketing
7 1 (3.57%) Social Science
Job Titles
1 9 (32.14%) Analyst
1 9 (32.14%) Senior
2 8 (28.57%) Business Analyst
3 6 (21.43%) Senior Analyst
3 6 (21.43%) Senior Business Analyst
4 3 (10.71%) Consultant
4 3 (10.71%) DBA
4 3 (10.71%) Oracle Consultant
4 3 (10.71%) SQL DBA
5 1 (3.57%) Architect
5 1 (3.57%) Banking Analyst
5 1 (3.57%) Delivery Manager
5 1 (3.57%) Developer
5 1 (3.57%) Information Analyst
5 1 (3.57%) Lead Developer
5 1 (3.57%) Management Consultant
5 1 (3.57%) Service Delivery Manager
5 1 (3.57%) Service Manager
5 1 (3.57%) Solutions Architect
5 1 (3.57%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (10.71%) AWS CDK
1 3 (10.71%) Microsoft Graph
1 3 (10.71%) Oracle Fusion
1 3 (10.71%) REST
2 1 (3.57%) Hibernate
2 1 (3.57%) Playwright
2 1 (3.57%) React
2 1 (3.57%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.71%) Learning Management System
1 3 (10.71%) NHS
1 3 (10.71%) SCORM
2 2 (7.14%) e-Learning
2 2 (7.14%) Life Science
3 1 (3.57%) AI Agents
3 1 (3.57%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (3.57%) Freedom of Information
3 1 (3.57%) IoT
3 1 (3.57%) Operational Technology
3 1 (3.57%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 3 (10.71%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (50.00%) Agile
1 14 (50.00%) Migration
2 9 (32.14%) Business Intelligence
3 7 (25.00%) Business Analysis
3 7 (25.00%) Data Protection
3 7 (25.00%) Process Improvement
3 7 (25.00%) Roadmaps
3 7 (25.00%) SDLC
3 7 (25.00%) User Stories
3 7 (25.00%) Workshop Facilitation
4 6 (21.43%) Computer Science
4 6 (21.43%) Data Governance
4 6 (21.43%) Data-Driven Decision Making
4 6 (21.43%) Decision-Making
4 6 (21.43%) MoSCoW
4 6 (21.43%) Six Sigma
4 6 (21.43%) Traceability Matrix
5 5 (17.86%) Regulatory Compliance
5 5 (17.86%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (14.29%) Backlog Refinement
Programming Languages
1 4 (14.29%) Python
1 4 (14.29%) SQL
1 4 (14.29%) TypeScript
2 3 (10.71%) PowerShell
3 2 (7.14%) Java
4 1 (3.57%) Scala
Qualifications
1 5 (17.86%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (7.14%) SC Cleared
2 2 (7.14%) Security Cleared
3 1 (3.57%) DV Cleared
3 1 (3.57%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (14.29%) Data Quality
2 3 (10.71%) GDPR
3 1 (3.57%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (3.57%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (10.71%) Foglight
1 3 (10.71%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (3.57%) HAProxy
2 1 (3.57%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (3.57%) Kubernetes
2 1 (3.57%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (14.29%) Microsoft
1 4 (14.29%) ServiceNow
2 3 (10.71%) Databricks
2 3 (10.71%) Oracle
3 1 (3.57%) Foundry
3 1 (3.57%) Salesforce
3 1 (3.57%) SAP
3 1 (3.57%) TOWER Software