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 19 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 22 25
Rank change year-on-year -5 +3 +4
Contract jobs citing Degree 1,028 1,278 1,497
As % of all contract jobs in London 7.30% 8.19% 7.51%
As % of the Qualifications category 26.22% 32.32% 32.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 634 782 992
10th Percentile £320 £313 £309
25th Percentile £415 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £530 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.77% -3.64% -4.35%
75th Percentile £676 £700 £677
90th Percentile £800 £850 £800
England median daily rate £525 £509 £525
% change year-on-year +3.24% -3.14% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 35 25
10th Percentile £23.88 £18.50 £18.87
25th Percentile £25.54 £31.94 £23.00
Median hourly rate £35.00 £39.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.39% -12.22% -3.23%
75th Percentile £60.44 £53.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £87.00 £66.75 £70.40
England median hourly rate £35.50 £42.88 £50.00
% change year-on-year -17.21% -14.24% +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 3,921 3,954 4,625
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 27.83% 25.35% 23.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,717 2,517 3,118
10th Percentile £351 £350 £350
25th Percentile £431 £450 £451
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.93% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £670
90th Percentile £750 £756 £775
England median daily rate £525 £526 £550
% change year-on-year -0.19% -4.36% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 102 56 104
10th Percentile £19.39 £20.25 £19.33
25th Percentile - £29.25 £24.79
Median hourly rate £25.15 £39.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -35.51% -29.09% +15.79%
75th Percentile £41.71 £60.19 £68.50
90th Percentile £65.52 £77.33 £86.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £50.63 £53.50
% change year-on-year -50.32% -5.37% +18.89%

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 19 November 2025.

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 19 November 2025.

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 19 November 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
Central London -4 171 £550 +3.77% 741
South London +6 32 £625 +21.95% 47
West London +2 31 £350 -3.45% 87
East London -7 6 £900 +70.62% 59
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 67 (6.52%) Confluence
2 52 (5.06%) SharePoint
3 36 (3.50%) Apache Spark
4 22 (2.14%) Microsoft Exchange
5 13 (1.26%) Apache Airflow
6 12 (1.17%) nginx
7 10 (0.97%) IIS
8 8 (0.78%) CMS
9 5 (0.49%) Luigi
10 4 (0.39%) Moodle
11 3 (0.29%) Alfresco
11 3 (0.29%) Apache
11 3 (0.29%) Ethereum
11 3 (0.29%) Hyperledger
11 3 (0.29%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 3 (0.29%) SAS
12 2 (0.19%) Drupal
12 2 (0.19%) Skype for Business
12 2 (0.19%) Tomcat
13 1 (0.097%) SAP Portal
Applications
1 106 (10.31%) Microsoft Excel
2 92 (8.95%) Microsoft Office
3 61 (5.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 61 (5.93%) Microsoft Project
4 33 (3.21%) MS Visio
5 10 (0.97%) Mozilla Thunderbird
6 8 (0.78%) Trello
7 5 (0.49%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.097%) Adobe After Effects
8 1 (0.097%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.097%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.097%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.097%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.097%) InVision
8 1 (0.097%) Navisworks
8 1 (0.097%) Oracle Smart View
8 1 (0.097%) ProjectWise
8 1 (0.097%) Revit
8 1 (0.097%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 20 (1.95%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (1.07%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (0.68%) Oracle EBS
3 7 (0.68%) Oracle EBS R12
3 7 (0.68%) Salesforce CRM
3 7 (0.68%) Workday HCM
4 6 (0.58%) Endur
4 6 (0.58%) FLEXCUBE
4 6 (0.58%) Oracle BPM
4 6 (0.58%) SAP EWM
4 6 (0.58%) SAP WM
5 5 (0.49%) Oracle Assets
5 5 (0.49%) Oracle E-Business Tax
5 5 (0.49%) Oracle Financials
5 5 (0.49%) Oracle General Ledger
5 5 (0.49%) Oracle Payables
5 5 (0.49%) Remedy ITSM
6 3 (0.29%) SAP IBP
6 3 (0.29%) Temenos T24
7 2 (0.19%) SAP PLM
Cloud Services
1 249 (24.22%) Azure
2 141 (13.72%) AWS
3 83 (8.07%) Microsoft 365
4 67 (6.52%) GCP
5 64 (6.23%) Power Platform
6 58 (5.64%) SaaS
7 57 (5.54%) GitHub
8 47 (4.57%) Entra ID
9 46 (4.47%) Azure DevOps
10 22 (2.14%) Amazon ECS
10 22 (2.14%) Amazon S3
11 20 (1.95%) PaaS
12 19 (1.85%) GitHub Actions
13 17 (1.65%) Dynamics 365
13 17 (1.65%) Miro
14 16 (1.56%) IaaS
15 15 (1.46%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 15 (1.46%) Microsoft Purview
15 15 (1.46%) Serverless
16 14 (1.36%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 48 (4.67%) Firewall
2 35 (3.40%) DNS
3 23 (2.24%) VPN
4 22 (2.14%) HTTP
5 17 (1.65%) DHCP
5 17 (1.65%) Network Security
6 16 (1.56%) TCP/IP
6 16 (1.56%) WAN
7 14 (1.36%) LAN
8 13 (1.26%) SMTP
8 13 (1.26%) SSH
9 10 (0.97%) FTP
9 10 (0.97%) IMAP
9 10 (0.97%) OpenLDAP
10 9 (0.88%) VoIP
11 6 (0.58%) WebEx
11 6 (0.58%) Wi-Fi
12 5 (0.49%) CTI
12 5 (0.49%) Internet
12 5 (0.49%) Softphone
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (4.96%) Power BI
2 39 (3.79%) PostgreSQL
2 39 (3.79%) SQL Server
3 32 (3.11%) Tableau
4 24 (2.33%) Data Warehouse
5 20 (1.95%) Relational Database
6 19 (1.85%) Amazon RDS
7 15 (1.46%) NoSQL
8 14 (1.36%) Data Lake
9 12 (1.17%) MySQL
10 11 (1.07%) MongoDB
11 10 (0.97%) Amazon Aurora
11 10 (0.97%) Big Data
11 10 (0.97%) BigQuery
11 10 (0.97%) Hadoop
11 10 (0.97%) Metadata
12 9 (0.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 8 (0.78%) Redis
14 6 (0.58%) Star Schema
15 5 (0.49%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 115 (11.19%) JIRA
2 54 (5.25%) Git
3 32 (3.11%) Jenkins
4 13 (1.26%) Postman
5 11 (1.07%) Vagrant
6 10 (0.97%) GitLab
6 10 (0.97%) Selenium
7 9 (0.88%) SpecFlow
8 8 (0.78%) Bitbucket
8 8 (0.78%) Cypress.io
9 7 (0.68%) Cucumber
9 7 (0.68%) JUnit
9 7 (0.68%) MLflow
10 6 (0.58%) Visual Studio
11 5 (0.49%) Appium
11 5 (0.49%) Charles Proxy
11 5 (0.49%) CircleCI
11 5 (0.49%) Katalon Studio
11 5 (0.49%) XCUITest
12 4 (0.39%) IntelliJ
General
1 494 (48.05%) Social Skills
2 475 (46.21%) Finance
3 238 (23.15%) Analytical Skills
4 177 (17.22%) Banking
5 65 (6.32%) Presentation Skills
6 61 (5.93%) Marketing
7 57 (5.54%) Public Sector
8 54 (5.25%) Front Office
8 54 (5.25%) Investment Banking
9 39 (3.79%) Legal
10 35 (3.40%) Telecoms
11 34 (3.31%) Influencing Skills
12 33 (3.21%) Financial Institution
13 29 (2.82%) Organisational Skills
14 28 (2.72%) Pharmaceutical
15 24 (2.33%) Back Office
15 24 (2.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 24 (2.33%) Manufacturing
15 24 (2.33%) Retail
16 22 (2.14%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 144 (14.01%) Analyst
2 138 (13.42%) Developer
3 126 (12.26%) Senior
4 99 (9.63%) Business Analyst
5 76 (7.39%) Project Manager
6 67 (6.52%) Lead
7 66 (6.42%) Architect
8 50 (4.86%) Consultant
9 40 (3.89%) Software Engineer
10 30 (2.92%) Data Scientist
11 29 (2.82%) Senior Developer
12 24 (2.33%) Data Engineer
13 20 (1.95%) AWS Engineer
14 19 (1.85%) IT Manager
14 19 (1.85%) Machine Learning Engineer
14 19 (1.85%) Platform Engineer
14 19 (1.85%) Solutions Architect
15 16 (1.56%) Data Analyst
15 16 (1.56%) Java Developer
15 16 (1.56%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (5.25%) .NET
2 39 (3.79%) REST
3 32 (3.11%) Kafka
4 29 (2.82%) HTML
5 28 (2.72%) RESTful
6 23 (2.24%) CSS
6 23 (2.24%) React
7 21 (2.04%) Web Services
8 20 (1.95%) AngularJS
8 20 (1.95%) Middleware
8 20 (1.95%) Node.js
9 18 (1.75%) XML
10 17 (1.65%) OAuth
11 16 (1.56%) JSON
11 16 (1.56%) Playwright
11 16 (1.56%) PyTorch
11 16 (1.56%) TensorFlow
12 15 (1.46%) FastAPI
12 15 (1.46%) LangChain
13 14 (1.36%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 73 (7.10%) Management Information System
2 56 (5.45%) Product Ownership
3 46 (4.47%) Derivative
4 39 (3.79%) Cloud Native
4 39 (3.79%) Onboarding
5 37 (3.60%) Algorithms
6 28 (2.72%) Data Centre
6 28 (2.72%) Data Protection Act
7 27 (2.63%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 27 (2.63%) Life Science
8 24 (2.33%) Fixed Income
9 23 (2.24%) Self-Motivation
10 21 (2.04%) Distributed Computing
10 21 (2.04%) Equities
11 20 (1.95%) Analytical Mindset
11 20 (1.95%) Distributed Systems
11 20 (1.95%) Replication
11 20 (1.95%) Security Posture
12 19 (1.85%) Enterprise Software
12 19 (1.85%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 80 (7.78%) Windows
2 75 (7.30%) Linux
3 41 (3.99%) Unix
4 18 (1.75%) Windows 10
4 18 (1.75%) Windows Server
5 15 (1.46%) Android
6 14 (1.36%) Apple iOS
7 12 (1.17%) VMS
8 11 (1.07%) Ubuntu
9 10 (0.97%) Amazon Linux
9 10 (0.97%) Windows Server 2016
10 9 (0.88%) Mac OS
10 9 (0.88%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.097%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.097%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.097%) Windows 7
11 1 (0.097%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 455 (44.26%) Computer Science
2 358 (34.82%) Agile
3 322 (31.32%) Problem-Solving
4 169 (16.44%) Project Management
5 156 (15.18%) Stakeholder Management
6 151 (14.69%) DevOps
7 140 (13.62%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 129 (12.55%) AI
9 126 (12.26%) Analytics
10 119 (11.58%) Risk Management
11 117 (11.38%) Change Management
12 115 (11.19%) CI/CD
13 105 (10.21%) Scrum
14 103 (10.02%) Machine Learning
15 102 (9.92%) Software Engineering
16 100 (9.73%) Roadmaps
17 95 (9.24%) Migration
17 95 (9.24%) Project Delivery
18 92 (8.95%) Decision-Making
19 88 (8.56%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 241 (23.44%) Python
2 201 (19.55%) SQL
3 111 (10.80%) Java
4 66 (6.42%) JavaScript
5 59 (5.74%) C++
5 59 (5.74%) PowerShell
6 52 (5.06%) C#
7 28 (2.72%) TypeScript
8 22 (2.14%) R
9 17 (1.65%) Bash
10 14 (1.36%) PL/SQL
10 14 (1.36%) Ruby
11 12 (1.17%) Groovy
12 11 (1.07%) Kotlin
13 10 (0.97%) C
13 10 (0.97%) Kusto Query Language
13 10 (0.97%) Perl
13 10 (0.97%) T-SQL
14 8 (0.78%) Go
15 6 (0.58%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 278 (27.04%) Computer Science Degree
2 158 (15.37%) Master's Degree
3 81 (7.88%) Security Cleared
4 78 (7.59%) PMI Certification
5 70 (6.81%) PMP
6 59 (5.74%) SC Cleared
7 46 (4.47%) PhD
8 41 (3.99%) Microsoft Certification
9 40 (3.89%) CISSP
10 37 (3.60%) Azure Certification
11 26 (2.53%) CISM
12 25 (2.43%) AWS Certification
13 19 (1.85%) Cisco Certification
14 18 (1.75%) CBAP
14 18 (1.75%) Numerate Degree
15 13 (1.26%) CISA
15 13 (1.26%) MBA
16 12 (1.17%) CCNA
17 10 (0.97%) DV Cleared
18 9 (0.88%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (5.84%) QA
2 47 (4.57%) GDPR
3 39 (3.79%) Data Quality
4 29 (2.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 29 (2.82%) NIST
5 25 (2.43%) Accessibility
6 22 (2.14%) PMO
7 15 (1.46%) SLA
8 13 (1.26%) PCI DSS
9 11 (1.07%) COBIT
10 10 (0.97%) GRC
11 8 (0.78%) Cyber Essentials
11 8 (0.78%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 8 (0.78%) WCAG
12 7 (0.68%) MiFID
13 6 (0.58%) Basel III
13 6 (0.58%) IFRS
14 4 (0.39%) Def Stans
14 4 (0.39%) EMIR
14 4 (0.39%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 76 (7.39%) Docker
2 61 (5.93%) Active Directory
3 10 (0.97%) DFS Replication
3 10 (0.97%) Dovecot
3 10 (0.97%) Postfix
3 10 (0.97%) Squid
4 7 (0.68%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (0.49%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.39%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.19%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.19%) XenApp
8 1 (0.097%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.097%) Firmware
8 1 (0.097%) HDFS
8 1 (0.097%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.097%) vSphere
8 1 (0.097%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 53 (5.16%) Terraform
2 51 (4.96%) Kubernetes
3 23 (2.24%) Microsoft Intune
4 21 (2.04%) Grafana
5 15 (1.46%) SCCM
6 13 (1.26%) Prometheus
7 12 (1.17%) Ansible
8 10 (0.97%) Nessus
8 10 (0.97%) Proxmox
9 8 (0.78%) SCOM
10 7 (0.68%) CSIRT
11 6 (0.58%) QRadar
12 4 (0.39%) Puppet
13 3 (0.29%) Argo
13 3 (0.29%) Functional Safety
13 3 (0.29%) Single Sign-On
14 2 (0.19%) FortiGate
14 2 (0.19%) HP ALM
14 2 (0.19%) Kubeflow
14 2 (0.19%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 200 (19.46%) Microsoft
2 59 (5.74%) Oracle
3 51 (4.96%) SAP
4 48 (4.67%) Google
5 47 (4.57%) ServiceNow
6 39 (3.79%) Salesforce
7 26 (2.53%) Cisco
8 21 (2.04%) Splunk
9 20 (1.95%) Databricks
10 19 (1.85%) Workday
11 11 (1.07%) Adobe
12 10 (0.97%) Citrix
12 10 (0.97%) IBM
12 10 (0.97%) Jaspersoft
12 10 (0.97%) VMware
13 9 (0.88%) Fortinet
13 9 (0.88%) Murex
14 8 (0.78%) Apple
15 7 (0.68%) OpenAI
15 7 (0.68%) UiPath