Degree Contract Job Trends in London

Academic Degree
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 27 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 44 23 22
Rank change year-on-year -21 -1 +5
Contract jobs citing Degree 978 1,065 1,350
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.86% 7.96% 8.30%
As % of the Qualifications category 17.46% 30.14% 33.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 529 669 851
10th Percentile £245 £330 £313
25th Percentile £408 £420 £412
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £650 £700 £675
90th Percentile £765 £800 £825
England median daily rate £500 £500 £513
% change year-on-year - -2.44% -4.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 27 42
10th Percentile £19.03 £11.96 £18.13
25th Percentile £26.69 £20.24 £25.99
Median hourly rate £40.25 £26.50 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year +51.89% -26.39% +14.29%
75th Percentile £75.31 £63.13 £47.50
90th Percentile £87.38 £68.00 £57.50
England median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £57.35
% change year-on-year -5.88% -25.89% +17.06%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 5,600 3,533 3,986
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 27.85% 26.40% 24.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,010 2,380 2,701
10th Percentile £375 £338 £350
25th Percentile £456 £425 £443
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year +3.81% -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £638 £656 £650
90th Percentile £738 £745 £763
England median daily rate £525 £525 £538
% change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 94 83 67
10th Percentile £19.50 £18.83 £17.88
25th Percentile £26.06 £25.09 £22.00
Median hourly rate £53.00 £25.15 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +110.74% -16.17% -45.45%
75th Percentile £73.00 £46.25 £46.25
90th Percentile £88.75 £65.00 £64.70
England median hourly rate £52.50 £25.15 £48.56
% change year-on-year +108.75% -48.21% -11.71%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Degree job vacancy trend in London

Degree
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Degree

Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Degree in London over the 6 months to 27 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Degree in London

Degree
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Degree

Degree
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Degree in London over the 6 months to 27 August 2026.

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 August 2026. 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 -49 81 £535 -2.73% 199
West London -11 44 £226 -44.25% 227
East London +5 10 £445 -25.83% 21
South London -23 9 £215 -64.21% 7
North London - 4 £550 - 6
Degree
England

Degree
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 50 (5.11%) SharePoint
2 39 (3.99%) Confluence
3 25 (2.56%) Microsoft Exchange
4 19 (1.94%) Apache Spark
5 15 (1.53%) Apache Airflow
6 11 (1.12%) Apache
6 11 (1.12%) IIS
7 6 (0.61%) Camunda
8 5 (0.51%) CMS
8 5 (0.51%) Oracle Workflow
9 4 (0.41%) Appian
10 3 (0.31%) Moodle
10 3 (0.31%) OpenStack
11 2 (0.20%) ArcGIS
11 2 (0.20%) Cloud Foundry
11 2 (0.20%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 1 (0.10%) Jupyter
12 1 (0.10%) PowerExchange
12 1 (0.10%) SAS
12 1 (0.10%) Tomcat
Applications
1 102 (10.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 66 (6.75%) Microsoft Office
3 49 (5.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 49 (5.01%) Microsoft Project
4 21 (2.15%) MS Visio
5 11 (1.12%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 5 (0.51%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (0.51%) UserZoom
7 4 (0.41%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.31%) CPLEX
9 2 (0.20%) Trello
10 1 (0.10%) Mozilla Thunderbird
10 1 (0.10%) Navisworks
10 1 (0.10%) Photoshop
10 1 (0.10%) Revit
Business Applications
1 9 (0.92%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.82%) Magento
3 7 (0.72%) HFM
4 6 (0.61%) SAP S/4HANA
5 5 (0.51%) Aladdin
6 4 (0.41%) Oracle ERP
6 4 (0.41%) Oracle Payables
7 3 (0.31%) Actimize
7 3 (0.31%) Loan IQ
7 3 (0.31%) OpenText MBPM
7 3 (0.31%) Oracle BPM
7 3 (0.31%) Oracle EBS
7 3 (0.31%) Oracle Receivables
7 3 (0.31%) Workday HCM
8 2 (0.20%) Cloudability
8 2 (0.20%) IntelliMatch
8 2 (0.20%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 2 (0.20%) Orchestrade
8 2 (0.20%) SAP IBP
8 2 (0.20%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 242 (24.74%) Azure
2 151 (15.44%) AWS
3 73 (7.46%) GCP
3 73 (7.46%) Power Platform
4 69 (7.06%) Microsoft 365
5 55 (5.62%) Entra ID
6 49 (5.01%) Azure DevOps
7 39 (3.99%) GitHub
8 32 (3.27%) SaaS
9 26 (2.66%) Snowflake
10 24 (2.45%) Serverless
11 22 (2.25%) Dynamics 365
12 15 (1.53%) Microsoft Copilot
12 15 (1.53%) OpenShift
13 14 (1.43%) Azure Data Factory
13 14 (1.43%) IaaS
14 13 (1.33%) Amazon S3
14 13 (1.33%) Anthropic Claude
14 13 (1.33%) GitHub Actions
14 13 (1.33%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 45 (4.60%) Firewall
2 27 (2.76%) DNS
2 27 (2.76%) Network Security
3 26 (2.66%) VPN
4 23 (2.35%) TCP/IP
5 19 (1.94%) DHCP
6 14 (1.43%) 3GPP
6 14 (1.43%) WAN
7 13 (1.33%) 5G
7 13 (1.33%) Internet
8 12 (1.23%) Radio Access Network
9 11 (1.12%) LAN
10 10 (1.02%) BGP
11 8 (0.82%) VoIP
11 8 (0.82%) VXLAN
12 7 (0.72%) Wireless
13 6 (0.61%) HTTPS
13 6 (0.61%) MPLS
13 6 (0.61%) OSPF
13 6 (0.61%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (5.52%) Power BI
2 49 (5.01%) SQL Server
3 30 (3.07%) Data Warehouse
4 25 (2.56%) Relational Database
5 24 (2.45%) NoSQL
5 24 (2.45%) PostgreSQL
6 23 (2.35%) Tableau
7 18 (1.84%) Metadata
8 17 (1.74%) Big Data
9 15 (1.53%) Oracle Database
10 14 (1.43%) MongoDB
11 11 (1.12%) Amazon RDS
12 10 (1.02%) Data Lake
13 9 (0.92%) Data Mining
14 7 (0.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 6 (0.61%) MySQL
15 6 (0.61%) Neo4j
15 6 (0.61%) Power Query
15 6 (0.61%) Redis
16 5 (0.51%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 76 (7.77%) JIRA
2 67 (6.85%) Git
3 33 (3.37%) Jenkins
4 20 (2.04%) GitLab
5 15 (1.53%) Selenium
6 11 (1.12%) Subversion
7 10 (1.02%) Maven
7 10 (1.02%) SonarQube
7 10 (1.02%) Visual Studio
8 9 (0.92%) Gradle
9 8 (0.82%) JUnit
10 6 (0.61%) MLflow
10 6 (0.61%) Zephyr
11 5 (0.51%) Cypress.io
11 5 (0.51%) REST Assured
12 4 (0.41%) Chocolatey
12 4 (0.41%) TeamCity
13 3 (0.31%) Bitbucket Server
13 3 (0.31%) eggPlant
13 3 (0.31%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 461 (47.14%) Social Skills
2 423 (43.25%) Finance
3 242 (24.74%) Analytical Skills
4 146 (14.93%) Banking
5 66 (6.75%) Marketing
6 64 (6.54%) Legal
7 61 (6.24%) Organisational Skills
8 46 (4.70%) Retail
9 45 (4.60%) Public Sector
10 43 (4.40%) Presentation Skills
11 41 (4.19%) Front Office
12 38 (3.89%) Telecoms
13 36 (3.68%) Investment Banking
14 33 (3.37%) Financial Institution
15 28 (2.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 27 (2.76%) Influencing Skills
16 27 (2.76%) Law
17 24 (2.45%) Documentation Skills
18 19 (1.94%) Pharmaceutical
19 13 (1.33%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 160 (16.36%) Analyst
2 118 (12.07%) Senior
3 107 (10.94%) Developer
4 96 (9.82%) Business Analyst
5 86 (8.79%) Lead
6 79 (8.08%) Architect
7 57 (5.83%) Project Manager
8 37 (3.78%) Solutions Architect
9 32 (3.27%) Support Engineer
10 31 (3.17%) Senior Manager
11 26 (2.66%) Consultant
12 24 (2.45%) Software Engineer
13 23 (2.35%) Financial Analyst
13 23 (2.35%) Senior Developer
14 21 (2.15%) Data Engineer
14 21 (2.15%) IT Analyst
15 20 (2.04%) C# Developer
15 20 (2.04%) Data Scientist
15 20 (2.04%) Java Developer
16 19 (1.94%) Desktop Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (5.83%) .NET
2 56 (5.73%) REST
3 53 (5.42%) Terraform
4 35 (3.58%) Kafka
5 27 (2.76%) .NET Framework
5 27 (2.76%) React
6 23 (2.35%) HTML
7 21 (2.15%) RESTful
7 21 (2.15%) Spring
8 20 (2.04%) Spring Boot
9 19 (1.94%) XML
10 18 (1.84%) AngularJS
11 17 (1.74%) Pandas
12 15 (1.53%) CSS
12 15 (1.53%) Oracle Fusion
12 15 (1.53%) PySpark
12 15 (1.53%) Web Services
13 14 (1.43%) Middleware
14 13 (1.33%) JSON
15 11 (1.12%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 65 (6.65%) Onboarding
2 60 (6.13%) Management Information System
3 50 (5.11%) Cloud Native
4 42 (4.29%) Product Ownership
5 41 (4.19%) Algorithms
6 36 (3.68%) Self-Motivation
7 35 (3.58%) Data Structures
8 29 (2.97%) Distributed Systems
9 28 (2.86%) Derivative
9 28 (2.86%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 27 (2.76%) Data Centre
11 22 (2.25%) AI Agents
12 21 (2.15%) Enterprise Software
12 21 (2.15%) Equities
13 20 (2.04%) Fixed Income
14 18 (1.84%) Social Media
15 17 (1.74%) Data Protection Act
15 17 (1.74%) Hedge funds
15 17 (1.74%) Legacy Systems
16 16 (1.64%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 114 (11.66%) Windows
2 64 (6.54%) Linux
3 23 (2.35%) Windows Server
4 20 (2.04%) Windows 10
5 19 (1.94%) Unix
6 16 (1.64%) Mac OS
7 13 (1.33%) Apple iOS
8 8 (0.82%) Android
8 8 (0.82%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 6 (0.61%) Ubuntu
10 4 (0.41%) VMS
11 2 (0.20%) CentOS
11 2 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.20%) Windows Server 2019
12 1 (0.10%) Amazon Linux
12 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2003
12 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 356 (36.40%) Computer Science
2 276 (28.22%) Agile
3 267 (27.30%) Problem-Solving
4 210 (21.47%) AI
5 203 (20.76%) Stakeholder Management
6 159 (16.26%) Analytics
7 156 (15.95%) DevOps
8 155 (15.85%) Continuous Improvement
9 140 (14.31%) CI/CD
10 123 (12.58%) Project Management
11 122 (12.47%) Software Engineering
12 104 (10.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 103 (10.53%) Migration
14 102 (10.43%) Decision-Making
15 100 (10.22%) Scrum
16 96 (9.82%) User Acceptance Testing
17 92 (9.41%) Change Management
18 88 (9.00%) Risk Management
19 87 (8.90%) Project Delivery
20 86 (8.79%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 206 (21.06%) Python
2 196 (20.04%) SQL
3 92 (9.41%) Java
4 67 (6.85%) C#
5 60 (6.13%) PowerShell
6 50 (5.11%) JavaScript
7 34 (3.48%) C++
8 26 (2.66%) TypeScript
9 22 (2.25%) Bash
10 18 (1.84%) R
11 17 (1.74%) PL/SQL
12 10 (1.02%) Bicep
13 9 (0.92%) C
14 8 (0.82%) T-SQL
15 7 (0.72%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 7 (0.72%) Scala
16 6 (0.61%) Shell Script
17 5 (0.51%) VBA
17 5 (0.51%) X++
18 4 (0.41%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 235 (24.03%) Computer Science Degree
2 113 (11.55%) Master's Degree
3 94 (9.61%) Security Cleared
4 69 (7.06%) SC Cleared
5 67 (6.85%) PMI Certification
6 56 (5.73%) PMP
7 40 (4.09%) CISSP
8 37 (3.78%) PhD
9 31 (3.17%) Azure Certification
10 30 (3.07%) Microsoft Certification
11 23 (2.35%) MBA
12 22 (2.25%) Cisco Certification
13 21 (2.15%) DV Cleared
14 18 (1.84%) CISA
15 16 (1.64%) AWS Certification
15 16 (1.64%) CISM
15 16 (1.64%) ISTQB
16 12 (1.23%) CCNP
17 11 (1.12%) ACCA
17 11 (1.12%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (7.26%) QA
2 65 (6.65%) Data Quality
3 37 (3.78%) PMO
4 31 (3.17%) NIST
5 30 (3.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 20 (2.04%) GDPR
7 19 (1.94%) SLA
8 18 (1.84%) Accessibility
9 14 (1.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 12 (1.23%) GRC
11 9 (0.92%) Actionable Recommendations
11 9 (0.92%) COBIT
11 9 (0.92%) IFRS
12 7 (0.72%) P3O
12 7 (0.72%) PCI DSS
13 6 (0.61%) HIPAA
14 4 (0.41%) ITGC
14 4 (0.41%) MiFID
15 3 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials
15 3 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 76 (7.77%) Active Directory
2 61 (6.24%) Docker
3 23 (2.35%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.72%) Hyper-V
5 6 (0.61%) BitLocker
5 6 (0.61%) Virtual Desktop
6 5 (0.51%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (0.41%) Microsoft App-V
7 4 (0.41%) Terminal Services
7 4 (0.41%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (0.41%) vSphere
8 3 (0.31%) Firmware
9 2 (0.20%) Squid
10 1 (0.10%) DFS Replication
10 1 (0.10%) Dovecot
10 1 (0.10%) Embedded Firmware
10 1 (0.10%) Postfix
10 1 (0.10%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 56 (5.73%) Kubernetes
2 41 (4.19%) Microsoft Intune
3 29 (2.97%) Ansible
4 17 (1.74%) Grafana
5 16 (1.64%) SCCM
6 15 (1.53%) Prometheus
7 6 (0.61%) Control-M
7 6 (0.61%) Puppet
8 5 (0.51%) HP ALM
9 4 (0.41%) vCenter Server
9 4 (0.41%) vMotion
10 3 (0.31%) Cisco CUCM
10 3 (0.31%) Nagios
10 3 (0.31%) Packer
10 3 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (0.31%) WSUS
11 2 (0.20%) HP Fortify
12 1 (0.10%) Jamf Pro
12 1 (0.10%) QRadar
12 1 (0.10%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 240 (24.54%) Microsoft
2 86 (8.79%) Oracle
3 50 (5.11%) Google
4 47 (4.81%) ServiceNow
5 34 (3.48%) SAP
6 30 (3.07%) VMware
7 27 (2.76%) Cisco
8 25 (2.56%) Salesforce
9 24 (2.45%) Adobe
9 24 (2.45%) Citrix
10 20 (2.04%) Databricks
11 15 (1.53%) OpenAI
12 14 (1.43%) Apple
12 14 (1.43%) IBM
12 14 (1.43%) Splunk
13 13 (1.33%) Palo Alto
14 11 (1.12%) Murex
14 11 (1.12%) Samsung
15 10 (1.02%) Bloomberg
15 10 (1.02%) HP