Degree Contracts in London

Academic Degree
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for Degree qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 20 27 42
Rank change year-on-year +7 +15 -13
Contract jobs citing Degree 1,432 1,843 2,265
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 8.09% 6.81% 5.82%
As % of the Qualifications category 33.40% 31.63% 33.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 853 1,215 1,464
10th Percentile £292 £325 £350
25th Percentile £400 £469 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £675 £743 £675
90th Percentile £800 £875 £788
England median daily rate £512 £540 £520
% change year-on-year -5.12% +3.85% +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 74 40 91
10th Percentile £14.60 £19.66 £23.00
25th Percentile £21.44 £21.24 £25.68
Median hourly rate £33.87 £32.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.83% -8.57% -1.35%
75th Percentile £46.56 £53.00 £50.75
90th Percentile £74.63 £67.75 £65.75
England median hourly rate £40.00 £45.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -11.11% +28.57% -5.41%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
London

Degree is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,288 5,827 6,706
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 24.21% 21.52% 17.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,898 3,938 4,559
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.09% +4.55% +7.32%
75th Percentile £660 £688 £650
90th Percentile £775 £800 £750
England median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 113 81 150
10th Percentile £14.49 £20.00 £22.85
25th Percentile £20.50 £21.24 £25.68
Median hourly rate £26.00 £47.50 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -45.26% +6.74% +21.92%
75th Percentile £43.75 £64.50 £49.25
90th Percentile £69.75 £82.50 £65.84
England median hourly rate £40.00 £52.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year -23.81% +40.00% -3.85%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Degree in London

Degree
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Degree in London.

Daily rate trend for Degree in London

Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Degree in London over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Degree in London

Degree
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Degree in London.

Hourly rate trend for Degree in London

Degree
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Degree in London over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Degree in London

Degree
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Degree within the London region over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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
Central London +2 187 £563 -10.00% 250
West London +14 37 £475 -12.44% 114
East London +9 35 £460 +6.98% 89
South London +2 14 £400 -20.00% 47
North London -4 1 £273 -42.53% 22
Degree
England

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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:

Application Platforms
1 52 (3.63%) SharePoint
2 38 (2.65%) Microsoft Exchange
3 34 (2.37%) Confluence
4 11 (0.77%) Apache Spark
4 11 (0.77%) CMS
5 8 (0.56%) Apache
5 8 (0.56%) Apache Airflow
6 6 (0.42%) ArcGIS
7 5 (0.35%) IIS
7 5 (0.35%) Skype for Business
8 3 (0.21%) Ethereum
8 3 (0.21%) Hyperledger
8 3 (0.21%) IBM Domino
8 3 (0.21%) Tomcat
8 3 (0.21%) WebSphere
9 2 (0.14%) Documentum
9 2 (0.14%) EPiServer
9 2 (0.14%) Exchange Server 2007
9 2 (0.14%) MQSeries
9 2 (0.14%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 143 (9.99%) Microsoft Office
2 138 (9.64%) Microsoft Excel
3 84 (5.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 55 (3.84%) MS Visio
5 41 (2.86%) Microsoft Project
6 37 (2.58%) Chatbot
7 10 (0.70%) Photoshop
7 10 (0.70%) Spreadsheet
8 9 (0.63%) Sketch
9 7 (0.49%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 7 (0.49%) Adobe Illustrator
9 7 (0.49%) AutoCAD
10 6 (0.42%) Revit
11 5 (0.35%) Adobe Premiere
11 5 (0.35%) InDesign
12 4 (0.28%) Adobe After Effects
13 3 (0.21%) Adobe XD
13 3 (0.21%) InVision
13 3 (0.21%) Windchill
14 2 (0.14%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 18 (1.26%) Dynamics AX
2 14 (0.98%) Oracle Applications
2 14 (0.98%) SAP S/4HANA
3 13 (0.91%) Dynamics CRM
4 10 (0.70%) Teamcenter
5 9 (0.63%) Dynamics GP
6 8 (0.56%) Endur
6 8 (0.56%) ION MarketView
6 8 (0.56%) Oracle Financials
6 8 (0.56%) Oracle General Ledger
6 8 (0.56%) Oracle Payables
7 7 (0.49%) Oracle Receivables
8 6 (0.42%) Oracle Assets
8 6 (0.42%) Oracle EBS
9 5 (0.35%) Loan IQ
9 5 (0.35%) Oracle Cash Management
10 4 (0.28%) Primavera
10 4 (0.28%) Remedy ITSM
11 3 (0.21%) SAP FI
11 3 (0.21%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 262 (18.30%) Azure
2 136 (9.50%) AWS
3 100 (6.98%) Microsoft 365
4 76 (5.31%) Power Platform
5 74 (5.17%) GCP
6 71 (4.96%) Azure DevOps
7 45 (3.14%) SaaS
8 42 (2.93%) Dynamics 365
9 40 (2.79%) PowerApps
10 39 (2.72%) GitHub
11 33 (2.30%) Power Automate
12 32 (2.23%) Serverless
13 24 (1.68%) Entra ID
14 22 (1.54%) Figma
15 21 (1.47%) AWS Lambda
15 21 (1.47%) Cloud Computing
16 20 (1.40%) PaaS
17 19 (1.33%) WhatsApp
18 17 (1.19%) IaaS
18 17 (1.19%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 46 (3.21%) Firewall
2 36 (2.51%) WAN
3 31 (2.16%) LAN
4 26 (1.82%) VPN
5 24 (1.68%) DNS
6 23 (1.61%) Network Security
7 21 (1.47%) Internet
8 16 (1.12%) TCP/IP
9 13 (0.91%) DHCP
9 13 (0.91%) OSPF
10 12 (0.84%) SD-WAN
11 11 (0.77%) BGP
11 11 (0.77%) FIX Connectivity
11 11 (0.77%) VLAN
12 10 (0.70%) SAN
12 10 (0.70%) VoIP
13 9 (0.63%) Cisco IOS
14 8 (0.56%) NAS
14 8 (0.56%) Wi-Fi
15 7 (0.49%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 83 (5.80%) SQL Server
2 61 (4.26%) Power BI
3 38 (2.65%) Data Warehouse
4 34 (2.37%) PostgreSQL
5 33 (2.30%) Big Data
6 32 (2.23%) Data Lake
6 32 (2.23%) Relational Database
7 23 (1.61%) NoSQL
8 21 (1.47%) Tableau
9 18 (1.26%) MySQL
10 17 (1.19%) BigQuery
11 16 (1.12%) MongoDB
12 13 (0.91%) GIS
12 13 (0.91%) Oracle Reports
13 12 (0.84%) Metadata
13 12 (0.84%) RDBMS
14 10 (0.70%) Data Mining
14 10 (0.70%) Hadoop
14 10 (0.70%) Oracle Database
15 8 (0.56%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 89 (6.22%) JIRA
2 65 (4.54%) Git
3 34 (2.37%) Jenkins
4 22 (1.54%) GitLab
5 20 (1.40%) TeamCity
6 18 (1.26%) Visual Studio
7 12 (0.84%) Gradle
7 12 (0.84%) webpack
8 11 (0.77%) Bitbucket
9 8 (0.56%) Maven
9 8 (0.56%) Selenium
10 7 (0.49%) ERwin
11 6 (0.42%) JUnit
11 6 (0.42%) MLflow
11 6 (0.42%) Postman
11 6 (0.42%) Sonatype Nexus
11 6 (0.42%) SpecFlow
11 6 (0.42%) Team Foundation Server
12 5 (0.35%) CircleCI
12 5 (0.35%) WiX
General
1 714 (49.86%) Social Skills
2 463 (32.33%) Finance
3 315 (22.00%) Analytical Skills
4 139 (9.71%) Banking
5 109 (7.61%) Public Sector
6 104 (7.26%) Marketing
7 87 (6.08%) Front Office
8 67 (4.68%) Presentation Skills
9 66 (4.61%) Retail
10 56 (3.91%) Legal
11 42 (2.93%) Telecoms
12 40 (2.79%) Organisational Skills
13 38 (2.65%) Investment Banking
14 27 (1.89%) Influencing Skills
15 25 (1.75%) General Ledger
16 24 (1.68%) Advertising
17 22 (1.54%) Law
18 21 (1.47%) Manufacturing
19 20 (1.40%) Financial Institution
20 19 (1.33%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 223 (15.57%) Developer
2 175 (12.22%) Analyst
3 148 (10.34%) Senior
4 121 (8.45%) Architect
5 112 (7.82%) Consultant
6 95 (6.63%) Business Analyst
7 75 (5.24%) Lead
8 66 (4.61%) Project Manager
9 46 (3.21%) Software Engineer
10 38 (2.65%) Software Developer
10 38 (2.65%) Solutions Architect
11 36 (2.51%) Java Developer
12 33 (2.30%) Microsoft Consultant
13 29 (2.03%) Designer
13 29 (2.03%) Senior Developer
13 29 (2.03%) Support Engineer
14 28 (1.96%) Senior Analyst
15 24 (1.68%) DevOps Engineer
15 24 (1.68%) Full Stack Developer
16 23 (1.61%) Data Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 65 (4.54%) HTML
2 63 (4.40%) .NET
3 61 (4.26%) REST
4 55 (3.84%) CSS
5 51 (3.56%) React
6 31 (2.16%) AngularJS
7 30 (2.09%) XML
8 24 (1.68%) Kafka
9 23 (1.61%) JSON
10 22 (1.54%) RESTful
11 20 (1.40%) Pandas
12 19 (1.33%) NumPy
13 18 (1.26%) ASP.NET
13 18 (1.26%) Spring
14 17 (1.19%) Web Services
15 15 (1.05%) Node.js
16 14 (0.98%) .NET Framework
17 13 (0.91%) FIX Protocol
17 13 (0.91%) jQuery
17 13 (0.91%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 117 (8.17%) Management Information System
2 63 (4.40%) Derivative
3 58 (4.05%) Algorithms
4 54 (3.77%) Self-Motivation
5 42 (2.93%) Product Ownership
6 41 (2.86%) Data Structures
6 41 (2.86%) Fixed Income
7 37 (2.58%) Data Centre
8 32 (2.23%) Data Protection Act
9 29 (2.03%) Video Conferencing
10 26 (1.82%) Mobile App
10 26 (1.82%) Virtual Team
11 24 (1.68%) Equities
12 20 (1.40%) Distributed Systems
12 20 (1.40%) Social Media
13 19 (1.33%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 18 (1.26%) Onboarding
15 17 (1.19%) Team-Oriented Environment
16 15 (1.05%) CMDB
17 14 (0.98%) Graphic Design
Operating Systems
1 116 (8.10%) Windows
2 53 (3.70%) Linux
3 34 (2.37%) Android
3 34 (2.37%) Unix
4 27 (1.89%) Windows 10
4 27 (1.89%) Windows Server
5 17 (1.19%) Apple iOS
6 8 (0.56%) Mac OS
6 8 (0.56%) Windows 7
7 7 (0.49%) Windows Server 2012
8 6 (0.42%) Mac OS X
8 6 (0.42%) Solaris
8 6 (0.42%) VMS
9 5 (0.35%) Oracle Linux
10 4 (0.28%) Windows Server 2016
10 4 (0.28%) Windows Server 2019
11 3 (0.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 3 (0.21%) Windows 8
12 2 (0.14%) zOS
13 1 (0.070%) OS/390
Processes & Methodologies
1 578 (40.36%) Computer Science
2 384 (26.82%) Problem-Solving
3 360 (25.14%) Agile
4 228 (15.92%) Project Management
5 162 (11.31%) Software Engineering
6 155 (10.82%) DevOps
7 132 (9.22%) Analytics
8 104 (7.26%) CI/CD
9 102 (7.12%) Migration
10 100 (6.98%) Business Intelligence
10 100 (6.98%) Mathematics
10 100 (6.98%) Stakeholder Management
11 98 (6.84%) Risk Management
12 96 (6.70%) Decision-Making
13 93 (6.49%) Scrum
14 92 (6.42%) Artificial Intelligence
15 89 (6.22%) Data Modelling
16 86 (6.01%) ITIL
16 86 (6.01%) Project Delivery
17 85 (5.94%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 267 (18.65%) SQL
2 234 (16.34%) Python
3 143 (9.99%) Java
4 127 (8.87%) JavaScript
5 119 (8.31%) C#
6 64 (4.47%) C++
7 58 (4.05%) PowerShell
8 46 (3.21%) TypeScript
9 28 (1.96%) Bash
10 20 (1.40%) VBA
11 19 (1.33%) R
11 19 (1.33%) Scala
12 16 (1.12%) Rust
13 14 (0.98%) Go
13 14 (0.98%) PL/SQL
13 14 (0.98%) T-SQL
14 13 (0.91%) C
14 13 (0.91%) Perl
15 12 (0.84%) Kotlin
16 10 (0.70%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 400 (27.93%) Computer Science Degree
2 200 (13.97%) Master's Degree
3 95 (6.63%) Security Cleared
4 78 (5.45%) SC Cleared
5 44 (3.07%) PhD
6 42 (2.93%) PMI Certification
7 39 (2.72%) Cisco Certification
8 38 (2.65%) Numerate Degree
9 37 (2.58%) CISSP
10 34 (2.37%) PMP
11 27 (1.89%) Azure Certification
12 25 (1.75%) ITIL Certification
12 25 (1.75%) Microsoft Certification
13 19 (1.33%) CCNA
14 18 (1.26%) MBA
15 17 (1.19%) CISM
16 15 (1.05%) CCNP
17 13 (0.91%) CEH
18 11 (0.77%) CISA
19 10 (0.70%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 87 (6.08%) QA
2 52 (3.63%) Data Quality
3 39 (2.72%) PMO
4 25 (1.75%) Accessibility
4 25 (1.75%) SLA
5 22 (1.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 18 (1.26%) NIST
6 18 (1.26%) PCI DSS
7 16 (1.12%) GDPR
8 13 (0.91%) MiFID
9 11 (0.77%) Dodd-Frank
10 9 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 9 (0.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 8 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials
12 7 (0.49%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 7 (0.49%) EMIR
13 6 (0.42%) COBIT
13 6 (0.42%) GRC
14 5 (0.35%) HIPAA
14 5 (0.35%) P3O
System Software
1 70 (4.89%) Active Directory
2 43 (3.00%) Docker
3 23 (1.61%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (0.77%) Virtual Machines
5 7 (0.49%) Firmware
5 7 (0.49%) KVM
6 6 (0.42%) VMware NSX
6 6 (0.42%) vSphere
7 4 (0.28%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.28%) vCloud
8 3 (0.21%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (0.21%) XenApp
9 2 (0.14%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (0.14%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.070%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (0.070%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 56 (3.91%) Terraform
2 48 (3.35%) Kubernetes
3 26 (1.82%) Microsoft Intune
4 22 (1.54%) SCCM
5 16 (1.12%) Ansible
6 10 (0.70%) Single Sign-On
7 9 (0.63%) PingFederate
8 7 (0.49%) Grafana
9 5 (0.35%) Nessus
9 5 (0.35%) Prometheus
10 3 (0.21%) CSIRT
10 3 (0.21%) Docker Swarm
10 3 (0.21%) FortiGate
10 3 (0.21%) Progress Chef
10 3 (0.21%) Puppet
10 3 (0.21%) WSUS
11 2 (0.14%) Jamf Pro
11 2 (0.14%) QRadar
11 2 (0.14%) SCOM
11 2 (0.14%) SCOrch
Vendors
1 315 (22.00%) Microsoft
2 110 (7.68%) Oracle
3 56 (3.91%) SAP
4 55 (3.84%) Google
5 53 (3.70%) Cisco
6 47 (3.28%) ServiceNow
7 35 (2.44%) Salesforce
8 29 (2.03%) Adobe
8 29 (2.03%) VMware
9 25 (1.75%) PayPal
10 24 (1.68%) Citrix
11 21 (1.47%) Databricks
12 20 (1.40%) Bloomberg
13 16 (1.12%) ION Trading
14 13 (0.91%) IBM
15 12 (0.84%) Apple
16 11 (0.77%) MarketAxess
16 11 (0.77%) Tradeweb
17 10 (0.70%) Optimizely
18 9 (0.63%) Arista