Degree Contract Job Trends in Lincolnshire

Academic Degree
East Midlands > Lincolnshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Lincolnshire with a requirement for Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 21 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 12 11 5
Rank change year-on-year -1 -6 +7
Contract jobs citing Degree 1 3 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Lincolnshire 2.04% 5.88% 18.03%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.55% 11.11% 32.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 6
10th Percentile - £614 £378
25th Percentile £503 £691 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £820 £543
Median % change year-on-year -38.41% +51.15% +29.55%
75th Percentile £508 £823 £648
90th Percentile - £824 £719
East Midlands median daily rate £447 £400 £505
% change year-on-year +11.75% -20.79% +5.21%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Lincolnshire

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 Lincolnshire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 22 27 34
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lincolnshire 44.90% 52.94% 55.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 14 22
10th Percentile £192 £443 £325
25th Percentile £197 £575 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £353 £650 £500
Median % change year-on-year -45.77% +30.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £524 £780 £694
90th Percentile £555 £810 £841
East Midlands median daily rate £436 £463 £510
% change year-on-year -5.73% -9.31% +7.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 7 2
10th Percentile £18.55 £30.49 £17.05
25th Percentile £18.87 £42.98 £17.62
Median hourly rate £22.01 £48.56 £19.23
Median % change year-on-year -54.67% +152.55% +8.23%
75th Percentile £25.15 £51.91 £20.19
90th Percentile - - £20.38
East Midlands median hourly rate £18.87 £22.89 £17.95
% change year-on-year -17.54% +27.53% -8.75%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Lincolnshire

Job postings citing Degree as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Lincolnshire.

Job vacancy trend for Degree in Lincolnshire

Degree
Daily Rate Trend in Lincolnshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Lincolnshire citing Degree

Degree
Hourly Rate Trend in Lincolnshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Lincolnshire citing Degree

Degree
Contract Job Locations in Lincolnshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Degree within the Lincolnshire region over the 6 months to 21 September 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
Lincoln -2 1 £505 -38.79% 13
Degree
East Midlands

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Lincolnshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure AKS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Data Factory
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Functions
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Logic Apps
1 1 (100.00%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (100.00%) Big Data
1 1 (100.00%) MongoDB
General
1 1 (100.00%) Agriculture
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Express.js
1 1 (100.00%) MERN Stack
1 1 (100.00%) Node.js
1 1 (100.00%) React
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Native
1 1 (100.00%) Distributed Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Hybrid Cloud
1 1 (100.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Business Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Critical Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) CRM
1 1 (100.00%) Data Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Data Science
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Micro Frontends
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Product Management
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Master's Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Databricks
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft