Degree Contract Job Trends in Leicestershire

Academic Degree
East Midlands > Leicestershire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Leicestershire with a requirement for Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 23 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 7 20
Rank change year-on-year -6 +13 +8
Contract jobs citing Degree 13 9 10
As % of all contract jobs in Leicestershire 7.47% 10.71% 5.71%
As % of the Qualifications category 35.14% 31.03% 17.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 6
10th Percentile £235 - £200
25th Percentile £306 £225 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £300 £240
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% +25.00% -39.24%
75th Percentile £481 £406 £255
90th Percentile £485 £463 £365
East Midlands median daily rate £450 £366 £500
% change year-on-year +23.12% -26.90% +4.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £21.40 - -
25th Percentile £22.75 - -
Median hourly rate £25.21 - -
75th Percentile £28.12 - -
90th Percentile £31.03 - -
East Midlands median hourly rate £25.00 £32.50 £26.39
% change year-on-year -23.08% +23.16% +56.79%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Leicestershire

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 Leicestershire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 37 29 56
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leicestershire 21.26% 34.52% 32.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 19 40
10th Percentile £188 £225 £251
25th Percentile £358 £425 £266
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £650 £463
Median % change year-on-year -26.92% +40.54% +1.37%
75th Percentile £575 £715 £566
90th Percentile £716 £721 £613
East Midlands median daily rate £437 £423 £500
% change year-on-year +3.43% -15.50% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile £22.00 - -
25th Percentile £23.93 - -
Median hourly rate £26.96 - -
75th Percentile £30.25 - -
90th Percentile £31.61 - -
East Midlands median hourly rate £22.50 £21.59 £20.00
% change year-on-year +4.21% +7.95% +18.84%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicestershire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Degree relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Leicestershire.

Degree job vacancy trend in Leicestershire

Degree
Daily Rate Trend in Leicestershire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Leicestershire citing Degree.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Leicestershire citing Degree

Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in Leicestershire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Degree in Leicestershire over the 6 months to 23 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Degree in Leicestershire

Degree
Hourly Rate Trend in Leicestershire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Leicestershire citing Degree.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Leicestershire citing Degree

Degree
Contract Job Locations in Leicestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Degree within the Leicestershire region over the 6 months to 23 December 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Leicester -10 1 £450 +100.00% 56
Lutterworth - 1 - - 5
Market Harborough - 1 £195 -
Degree
East Midlands

Degree
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leicestershire 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 2 (15.38%) SharePoint
2 1 (7.69%) CMS
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (23.08%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (7.69%) Adobe Premiere
2 1 (7.69%) InDesign
2 1 (7.69%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 2 (15.38%) Power Platform
1 2 (15.38%) PowerApps
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (7.69%) Power Automate
2 1 (7.69%) Vyond
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (15.38%) Power BI
1 2 (15.38%) Tableau
2 1 (7.69%) Power Query
General
1 7 (53.85%) Manufacturing
2 5 (38.46%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (38.46%) Social Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Automotive
3 1 (7.69%) Finance
3 1 (7.69%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 7 (53.85%) Analyst
2 6 (46.15%) Support Analyst
3 5 (38.46%) IT Analyst
3 5 (38.46%) IT Support
3 5 (38.46%) IT Support Analyst
4 2 (15.38%) Data Scientist
5 1 (7.69%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
5 1 (7.69%) 2nd Line Desktop Support Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) Business Change Project Manager
5 1 (7.69%) Business Manager
5 1 (7.69%) Business Project Manager
5 1 (7.69%) Business Support Analyst
5 1 (7.69%) Change Project Manager
5 1 (7.69%) Desktop Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) Lead
5 1 (7.69%) Mobile Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) Project Change Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (38.46%) Driving Licence
1 5 (38.46%) Management Information System
2 1 (7.69%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 6 (46.15%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (61.54%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (53.85%) Project Management
3 6 (46.15%) Change Management
3 6 (46.15%) ITIL
3 6 (46.15%) Root Cause Analysis
3 6 (46.15%) Service Management
4 5 (38.46%) Cybersecurity
4 5 (38.46%) Data Protection
4 5 (38.46%) Information Security
4 5 (38.46%) ITSM
4 5 (38.46%) Problem Management
5 3 (23.08%) Actionable Insight
6 2 (15.38%) Analytics
6 2 (15.38%) Business Intelligence
6 2 (15.38%) Computer Science
6 2 (15.38%) Data Analysis
6 2 (15.38%) Data Science
6 2 (15.38%) Data Visualisation
6 2 (15.38%) Mathematics
6 2 (15.38%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 2 (15.38%) Python
1 2 (15.38%) R
1 2 (15.38%) SQL
2 1 (7.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 1 (7.69%) VBA
Qualifications
1 5 (38.46%) A+ Certification
2 2 (15.38%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 1 (7.69%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 8 (61.54%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.69%) Adobe
2 1 (7.69%) Salesforce
2 1 (7.69%) SAP