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

6 months to
1 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 26 21
Rank change year-on-year -13 -5 +6
Contract jobs citing Degree 929 968 1,432
As % of all contract jobs in London 5.24% 7.72% 8.03%
As % of the Qualifications category 18.27% 30.17% 33.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 568 621 852
10th Percentile £303 £340 £288
25th Percentile £407 £444 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £502 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -8.82% +4.76% -8.70%
75th Percentile £650 £738 £675
90th Percentile £800 £850 £800
England median daily rate £500 £520 £513
% change year-on-year -3.85% +1.46% -5.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 24 73
10th Percentile £18.28 £11.96 £14.49
25th Percentile £28.00 £20.24 £21.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £35.92 £33.50
Median % change year-on-year -2.57% +7.23% +4.69%
75th Percentile £52.16 £59.81 £43.75
90th Percentile £65.25 £67.50 £73.75
England median hourly rate £57.25 £53.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year +7.01% +33.75% -11.11%

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 5,084 3,209 4,293
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 28.68% 25.58% 24.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,634 2,168 2,903
10th Percentile £363 £350 £325
25th Percentile £442 £431 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% -6.09%
75th Percentile £638 £653 £661
90th Percentile £745 £755 £775
England median daily rate £520 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -0.95% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 88 60 111
10th Percentile £20.74 £19.20 £14.25
25th Percentile £25.24 £22.27 £20.74
Median hourly rate £53.50 £29.07 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +84.04% +11.81% -42.54%
75th Percentile £76.58 £55.50 £43.75
90th Percentile £88.75 £69.72 £68.75
England median hourly rate £47.50 £45.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year +5.56% +12.50% -23.51%

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 1 May 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 1 May 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 1 May 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 -21 114 £500 -9.09% 235
West London -10 34 £368 -7.96% 50
South London -1 22 £450 -25.00% 9
East London -4 8 £568 +17.60% 36
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 42 (4.52%) SharePoint
2 37 (3.98%) Microsoft Exchange
3 31 (3.34%) Confluence
4 27 (2.91%) Apache Spark
5 11 (1.18%) Apache Airflow
6 5 (0.54%) IIS
6 5 (0.54%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 3 (0.32%) Apache
7 3 (0.32%) Moodle
7 3 (0.32%) Oracle Workflow
7 3 (0.32%) SAS
8 2 (0.22%) Appian
8 2 (0.22%) CMS
8 2 (0.22%) Ethereum
8 2 (0.22%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.22%) WebSphere
9 1 (0.11%) Anypoint
9 1 (0.11%) Camunda
9 1 (0.11%) Oracle Service Bus
9 1 (0.11%) Tomcat
Applications
1 91 (9.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 74 (7.97%) Microsoft Office
3 58 (6.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 44 (4.74%) Microsoft Project
5 32 (3.44%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.43%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.43%) Trello
7 2 (0.22%) Adobe After Effects
7 2 (0.22%) Adobe XD
7 2 (0.22%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.22%) CPLEX
7 2 (0.22%) InVision
7 2 (0.22%) Sketch
8 1 (0.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.11%) Camtasia
8 1 (0.11%) Navisworks
8 1 (0.11%) Revit
8 1 (0.11%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 10 (1.08%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.86%) Aladdin
2 8 (0.86%) Veritas eDiscovery
3 7 (0.75%) Oracle General Ledger
4 6 (0.65%) Oracle Payables
4 6 (0.65%) SAP S/4HANA
5 5 (0.54%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 5 (0.54%) Shopify
6 4 (0.43%) Fidessa
6 4 (0.43%) Oracle ERP
6 4 (0.43%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 3 (0.32%) Oracle Assets
7 3 (0.32%) Oracle EBS
7 3 (0.32%) Oracle EBS R12
7 3 (0.32%) Oracle Financials
7 3 (0.32%) Remedy ITSM
7 3 (0.32%) SimCorp Dimension
8 2 (0.22%) Bloomberg TOMS
8 2 (0.22%) Loan IQ
8 2 (0.22%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 255 (27.45%) Azure
2 126 (13.56%) AWS
3 97 (10.44%) Microsoft 365
4 71 (7.64%) Power Platform
5 57 (6.14%) SaaS
6 55 (5.92%) GCP
7 46 (4.95%) Entra ID
8 34 (3.66%) Azure DevOps
9 32 (3.44%) GitHub
10 21 (2.26%) Snowflake
11 20 (2.15%) Dynamics 365
12 17 (1.83%) Microsoft Purview
12 17 (1.83%) Serverless
13 16 (1.72%) AWS CloudFormation
13 16 (1.72%) Azure Data Factory
13 16 (1.72%) PaaS
13 16 (1.72%) Power Automate
14 15 (1.61%) IaaS
15 14 (1.51%) Amazon ECS
16 13 (1.40%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 30 (3.23%) Firewall
2 14 (1.51%) Network Security
2 14 (1.51%) VPN
3 11 (1.18%) LAN
3 11 (1.18%) TCP/IP
3 11 (1.18%) WAN
4 9 (0.97%) BGP
5 8 (0.86%) DNS
5 8 (0.86%) HTTP
5 8 (0.86%) NetScaler
6 7 (0.75%) DHCP
6 7 (0.75%) DMZ
6 7 (0.75%) VXLAN
7 6 (0.65%) 3GPP
7 6 (0.65%) OSPF
8 5 (0.54%) IPv4
8 5 (0.54%) VoIP
9 4 (0.43%) SSL
10 3 (0.32%) HTTPS
10 3 (0.32%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (5.81%) Power BI
2 47 (5.06%) SQL Server
3 28 (3.01%) PostgreSQL
4 27 (2.91%) Data Warehouse
5 25 (2.69%) Tableau
6 20 (2.15%) Big Data
7 19 (2.05%) NoSQL
8 16 (1.72%) MongoDB
9 15 (1.61%) Relational Database
10 12 (1.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 11 (1.18%) Metadata
12 8 (0.86%) Hadoop
12 8 (0.86%) Snowflake Schema
13 7 (0.75%) Power Query
13 7 (0.75%) Redis
14 6 (0.65%) Amazon RDS
14 6 (0.65%) Data Lake
15 5 (0.54%) Elasticsearch
15 5 (0.54%) MySQL
15 5 (0.54%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 71 (7.64%) JIRA
2 57 (6.14%) Git
3 20 (2.15%) Jenkins
4 17 (1.83%) Visual Studio
5 12 (1.29%) MLflow
6 11 (1.18%) Selenium
7 10 (1.08%) GitLab
8 6 (0.65%) Cypress.io
9 5 (0.54%) Bitbucket
9 5 (0.54%) Cucumber
9 5 (0.54%) SonarQube
9 5 (0.54%) TeamCity
10 4 (0.43%) ERwin
10 4 (0.43%) Maven
10 4 (0.43%) Subversion
10 4 (0.43%) Zephyr
11 3 (0.32%) Gradle
11 3 (0.32%) REST Assured
11 3 (0.32%) Toad
11 3 (0.32%) Vite
General
1 443 (47.69%) Social Skills
2 385 (41.44%) Finance
3 206 (22.17%) Analytical Skills
4 144 (15.50%) Banking
5 56 (6.03%) Presentation Skills
6 54 (5.81%) Public Sector
7 52 (5.60%) Marketing
8 40 (4.31%) Front Office
9 39 (4.20%) Organisational Skills
10 37 (3.98%) Legal
11 34 (3.66%) Investment Banking
12 31 (3.34%) Retail
13 27 (2.91%) Influencing Skills
14 22 (2.37%) Law
15 21 (2.26%) Documentation Skills
15 21 (2.26%) Financial Institution
15 21 (2.26%) Telecoms
16 17 (1.83%) Manufacturing
17 16 (1.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 12 (1.29%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 124 (13.35%) Senior
2 122 (13.13%) Analyst
3 101 (10.87%) Developer
4 78 (8.40%) Business Analyst
5 77 (8.29%) Architect
6 76 (8.18%) Lead
7 62 (6.67%) Project Manager
8 38 (4.09%) Consultant
9 37 (3.98%) Solutions Architect
10 34 (3.66%) Data Scientist
11 27 (2.91%) Senior Analyst
12 25 (2.69%) Data Engineer
13 21 (2.26%) C# Developer
13 21 (2.26%) Senior Business Analyst
13 21 (2.26%) Software Engineer
14 19 (2.05%) Delivery Manager
14 19 (2.05%) Senior Manager
14 19 (2.05%) Technical Support
15 17 (1.83%) Security Engineer
16 16 (1.72%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (5.06%) .NET
2 34 (3.66%) REST
3 30 (3.23%) React
4 26 (2.80%) Middleware
5 24 (2.58%) Pandas
6 23 (2.48%) Kafka
6 23 (2.48%) RESTful
7 22 (2.37%) .NET Framework
7 22 (2.37%) Oracle Fusion
7 22 (2.37%) PyTorch
8 21 (2.26%) HTML
9 17 (1.83%) NumPy
9 17 (1.83%) TensorFlow
10 14 (1.51%) XML
11 13 (1.40%) Node.js
11 13 (1.40%) PySpark
11 13 (1.40%) scikit-learn
12 12 (1.29%) Spring
13 11 (1.18%) AngularJS
13 11 (1.18%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 57 (6.14%) Management Information System
2 56 (6.03%) Onboarding
3 43 (4.63%) Cloud Native
4 42 (4.52%) Product Ownership
5 35 (3.77%) Virtual Team
6 31 (3.34%) Distributed Systems
7 30 (3.23%) Derivative
8 29 (3.12%) Algorithms
9 28 (3.01%) Data Centre
10 26 (2.80%) Self-Motivation
11 25 (2.69%) Data Protection Act
12 22 (2.37%) Analytical Mindset
12 22 (2.37%) Equities
13 21 (2.26%) PMI
14 20 (2.15%) Enterprise Software
15 18 (1.94%) Fixed Income
16 17 (1.83%) Data Structures
17 16 (1.72%) AI Agents
17 16 (1.72%) Equity Derivative
17 16 (1.72%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 98 (10.55%) Windows
2 54 (5.81%) Linux
3 34 (3.66%) Windows Server
4 22 (2.37%) Unix
5 15 (1.61%) Windows 10
6 10 (1.08%) Mac OS
7 9 (0.97%) Windows Server 2016
8 8 (0.86%) Android
9 6 (0.65%) Apple iOS
9 6 (0.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 6 (0.65%) Windows Server 2019
10 4 (0.43%) Ubuntu
10 4 (0.43%) VMS
11 1 (0.11%) CentOS
11 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 340 (36.60%) Computer Science
2 282 (30.36%) Agile
3 247 (26.59%) Problem-Solving
4 182 (19.59%) AI
5 151 (16.25%) Stakeholder Management
6 150 (16.15%) Analytics
7 148 (15.93%) DevOps
8 129 (13.89%) Project Management
9 120 (12.92%) CI/CD
10 119 (12.81%) Continuous Improvement
11 115 (12.38%) Decision-Making
11 115 (12.38%) Risk Management
12 106 (11.41%) Roadmaps
13 103 (11.09%) Migration
14 92 (9.90%) Change Management
15 90 (9.69%) Project Delivery
16 85 (9.15%) Software Engineering
17 80 (8.61%) Business Intelligence
18 79 (8.50%) Scrum
19 78 (8.40%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 196 (21.10%) Python
2 168 (18.08%) SQL
3 71 (7.64%) Java
4 59 (6.35%) C#
5 54 (5.81%) PowerShell
6 42 (4.52%) C++
7 31 (3.34%) JavaScript
8 24 (2.58%) TypeScript
9 20 (2.15%) R
10 14 (1.51%) PL/SQL
10 14 (1.51%) T-SQL
11 10 (1.08%) Bash
12 8 (0.86%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 7 (0.75%) Scala
14 6 (0.65%) Shell Script
15 5 (0.54%) C
15 5 (0.54%) Go
15 5 (0.54%) Rust
16 4 (0.43%) Kusto Query Language
17 3 (0.32%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 239 (25.73%) Computer Science Degree
2 147 (15.82%) Master's Degree
3 86 (9.26%) Security Cleared
4 66 (7.10%) SC Cleared
5 62 (6.67%) PMI Certification
6 49 (5.27%) PMP
7 46 (4.95%) Microsoft Certification
8 43 (4.63%) CISSP
9 39 (4.20%) PhD
10 34 (3.66%) Azure Certification
11 23 (2.48%) CBAP
12 21 (2.26%) CISM
13 20 (2.15%) Cisco Certification
14 18 (1.94%) CRISC
15 17 (1.83%) IIBA
15 17 (1.83%) MBA
16 16 (1.72%) CISA
17 15 (1.61%) AWS Certification
18 14 (1.51%) BPSS Clearance
18 14 (1.51%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 84 (9.04%) QA
2 46 (4.95%) GDPR
3 42 (4.52%) Data Quality
4 40 (4.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 39 (4.20%) PMO
6 38 (4.09%) NIST
7 28 (3.01%) SLA
8 16 (1.72%) Accessibility
8 16 (1.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 15 (1.61%) GRC
9 15 (1.61%) PCI DSS
10 11 (1.18%) IFRS
11 10 (1.08%) COBIT
12 8 (0.86%) Actionable Recommendations
12 8 (0.86%) IFRS 17
13 6 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials
13 6 (0.65%) SOC 2
13 6 (0.65%) WCAG
14 5 (0.54%) Basel III
14 5 (0.54%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 64 (6.89%) Active Directory
2 56 (6.03%) Docker
3 11 (1.18%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (0.97%) Virtual Desktop
5 8 (0.86%) Hyper-V
6 6 (0.65%) Firmware
7 5 (0.54%) XenApp
7 5 (0.54%) XenDesktop
8 3 (0.32%) vSphere
9 2 (0.22%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.11%) BitLocker
10 1 (0.11%) HDFS
10 1 (0.11%) IAG
10 1 (0.11%) Microsoft App-V
10 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (0.11%) PowerHA
10 1 (0.11%) Squid
10 1 (0.11%) Terminal Services
10 1 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
10 1 (0.11%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 49 (5.27%) Kubernetes
2 46 (4.95%) Microsoft Intune
3 38 (4.09%) Terraform
4 23 (2.48%) SCCM
5 19 (2.05%) Ansible
6 16 (1.72%) Grafana
7 11 (1.18%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 10 (1.08%) Prometheus
9 5 (0.54%) SCOM
9 5 (0.54%) SCVMM
10 4 (0.43%) Control-M
10 4 (0.43%) HP ALM
11 3 (0.32%) Puppet
11 3 (0.32%) WSUS
12 2 (0.22%) Jamf Pro
12 2 (0.22%) Progress Chef
12 2 (0.22%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
13 1 (0.11%) Kibana
13 1 (0.11%) Packer
13 1 (0.11%) vMotion
Vendors
1 231 (24.87%) Microsoft
2 70 (7.53%) Oracle
3 41 (4.41%) Google
4 31 (3.34%) ServiceNow
5 29 (3.12%) Citrix
5 29 (3.12%) Databricks
5 29 (3.12%) SAP
6 20 (2.15%) Salesforce
7 19 (2.05%) Cisco
8 13 (1.40%) Informatica
8 13 (1.40%) VMware
9 12 (1.29%) Adobe
9 12 (1.29%) Bloomberg
9 12 (1.29%) Palo Alto
9 12 (1.29%) Software AG
9 12 (1.29%) Splunk
10 10 (1.08%) Juniper
11 9 (0.97%) Murex
12 8 (0.86%) Apple
12 8 (0.86%) Charles River