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 28 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 25 20
Rank change year-on-year -14 -5 +6
Contract jobs citing Degree 923 979 1,432
As % of all contract jobs in London 5.24% 7.73% 8.08%
As % of the Qualifications category 18.24% 30.35% 33.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 567 629 853
10th Percentile £305 £337 £292
25th Percentile £412 £444 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -8.18% +4.76% -8.70%
75th Percentile £650 £738 £675
90th Percentile £800 £850 £800
England median daily rate £500 £523 £512
% change year-on-year -4.31% +1.98% -5.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 25 74
10th Percentile £19.72 £11.96 £14.60
25th Percentile £27.13 £20.24 £21.44
Median hourly rate £35.00 £40.50 £33.87
Median % change year-on-year -13.58% +19.59% +5.83%
75th Percentile £50.96 £58.75 £46.56
90th Percentile £63.70 £65.80 £74.63
England median hourly rate £55.00 £54.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year +1.85% +35.00% -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 5,060 3,226 4,291
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 28.70% 25.47% 24.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,620 2,186 2,900
10th Percentile £363 £350 £325
25th Percentile £440 £435 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% -6.09%
75th Percentile £638 £652 £660
90th Percentile £750 £761 £775
England median daily rate £520 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -0.95% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 91 61 113
10th Percentile £20.82 £20.00 £14.49
25th Percentile £25.36 £22.27 £20.50
Median hourly rate £53.00 £30.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +76.67% +15.38% -45.26%
75th Percentile £76.58 £55.25 £43.75
90th Percentile £88.75 £67.50 £69.75
England median hourly rate £47.50 £47.65 £40.00
% change year-on-year -0.32% +19.13% -23.81%

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 28 April 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 28 April 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 28 April 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 -17 114 £500 -8.97% 282
West London -14 31 £368 -7.96% 39
South London +1 22 £450 -25.00% 5
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 (4.55%) SharePoint
2 38 (4.12%) Microsoft Exchange
3 31 (3.36%) Confluence
4 24 (2.60%) Apache Spark
5 11 (1.19%) Apache Airflow
6 5 (0.54%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 3 (0.33%) CMS
7 3 (0.33%) IIS
7 3 (0.33%) Moodle
7 3 (0.33%) Oracle Workflow
7 3 (0.33%) SAS
8 2 (0.22%) Apache
8 2 (0.22%) Appian
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%) Drupal
9 1 (0.11%) Oracle Service Bus
Applications
1 92 (9.97%) Microsoft Excel
2 72 (7.80%) Microsoft Office
3 58 (6.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 45 (4.88%) Microsoft Project
5 33 (3.58%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.43%) Trello
7 3 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.22%) Adobe After Effects
8 2 (0.22%) Adobe XD
8 2 (0.22%) Chatbot
8 2 (0.22%) CPLEX
8 2 (0.22%) InVision
8 2 (0.22%) Sketch
9 1 (0.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.11%) Camtasia
9 1 (0.11%) Navisworks
9 1 (0.11%) Revit
Business Applications
1 12 (1.30%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.87%) Aladdin
2 8 (0.87%) Veritas eDiscovery
3 7 (0.76%) Oracle General Ledger
4 6 (0.65%) Oracle Payables
4 6 (0.65%) SAP S/4HANA
5 4 (0.43%) Fidessa
5 4 (0.43%) Oracle ERP
5 4 (0.43%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 4 (0.43%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 4 (0.43%) Shopify
6 3 (0.33%) Oracle Assets
6 3 (0.33%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.33%) Oracle EBS R12
6 3 (0.33%) Oracle Financials
6 3 (0.33%) Remedy ITSM
6 3 (0.33%) SimCorp Dimension
7 2 (0.22%) Oracle E-Business Tax
7 2 (0.22%) Oracle FAH
7 2 (0.22%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 251 (27.19%) Azure
2 119 (12.89%) AWS
3 98 (10.62%) Microsoft 365
4 71 (7.69%) Power Platform
5 60 (6.50%) SaaS
6 51 (5.53%) GCP
7 47 (5.09%) Entra ID
8 36 (3.90%) Azure DevOps
9 32 (3.47%) GitHub
10 22 (2.38%) Dynamics 365
11 21 (2.28%) Snowflake
12 19 (2.06%) Serverless
13 18 (1.95%) Microsoft Purview
13 18 (1.95%) Power Automate
14 17 (1.84%) Azure Data Factory
14 17 (1.84%) PaaS
15 16 (1.73%) AWS CloudFormation
16 15 (1.63%) IaaS
17 14 (1.52%) Amazon ECS
17 14 (1.52%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 31 (3.36%) Firewall
2 14 (1.52%) VPN
3 13 (1.41%) Network Security
4 11 (1.19%) LAN
4 11 (1.19%) WAN
5 10 (1.08%) TCP/IP
6 9 (0.98%) HTTP
7 8 (0.87%) BGP
7 8 (0.87%) DNS
7 8 (0.87%) NetScaler
8 7 (0.76%) DHCP
8 7 (0.76%) DMZ
8 7 (0.76%) VoIP
8 7 (0.76%) VXLAN
9 6 (0.65%) 3GPP
10 5 (0.54%) CTI
10 5 (0.54%) IPv4
10 5 (0.54%) OSPF
11 4 (0.43%) SSL
12 3 (0.33%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (5.85%) Power BI
2 47 (5.09%) SQL Server
3 28 (3.03%) PostgreSQL
4 25 (2.71%) Data Warehouse
4 25 (2.71%) Tableau
5 19 (2.06%) Big Data
5 19 (2.06%) NoSQL
6 16 (1.73%) MongoDB
7 15 (1.63%) Relational Database
8 13 (1.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 11 (1.19%) Metadata
10 8 (0.87%) Snowflake Schema
11 7 (0.76%) Hadoop
11 7 (0.76%) Power Query
11 7 (0.76%) Redis
12 6 (0.65%) Amazon RDS
13 5 (0.54%) Elasticsearch
13 5 (0.54%) KDB
13 5 (0.54%) MySQL
13 5 (0.54%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 71 (7.69%) JIRA
2 54 (5.85%) Git
3 19 (2.06%) Jenkins
4 18 (1.95%) Visual Studio
5 12 (1.30%) MLflow
6 11 (1.19%) Selenium
7 9 (0.98%) GitLab
8 6 (0.65%) Cypress.io
9 5 (0.54%) Bitbucket
9 5 (0.54%) Cucumber
9 5 (0.54%) TeamCity
10 4 (0.43%) ERwin
10 4 (0.43%) SonarQube
11 3 (0.33%) Maven
11 3 (0.33%) REST Assured
11 3 (0.33%) Subversion
11 3 (0.33%) Toad
11 3 (0.33%) Vite
11 3 (0.33%) Zephyr
12 2 (0.22%) NUnit
General
1 435 (47.13%) Social Skills
2 382 (41.39%) Finance
3 210 (22.75%) Analytical Skills
4 148 (16.03%) Banking
5 55 (5.96%) Presentation Skills
6 54 (5.85%) Public Sector
7 53 (5.74%) Marketing
8 41 (4.44%) Front Office
9 37 (4.01%) Organisational Skills
10 35 (3.79%) Investment Banking
11 34 (3.68%) Legal
12 30 (3.25%) Retail
13 27 (2.93%) Influencing Skills
14 23 (2.49%) Telecoms
15 21 (2.28%) Documentation Skills
15 21 (2.28%) Financial Institution
15 21 (2.28%) Law
16 19 (2.06%) Manufacturing
17 15 (1.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 10 (1.08%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 121 (13.11%) Analyst
2 120 (13.00%) Senior
3 106 (11.48%) Developer
4 77 (8.34%) Business Analyst
5 76 (8.23%) Architect
6 71 (7.69%) Lead
7 61 (6.61%) Project Manager
8 40 (4.33%) Consultant
9 35 (3.79%) Solutions Architect
10 34 (3.68%) Data Scientist
11 25 (2.71%) Senior Analyst
12 24 (2.60%) Data Engineer
13 21 (2.28%) C# Developer
13 21 (2.28%) Software Engineer
14 20 (2.17%) Senior Business Analyst
15 19 (2.06%) Delivery Manager
15 19 (2.06%) Technical Support
16 18 (1.95%) Senior Manager
17 16 (1.73%) Security Engineer
17 16 (1.73%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (5.31%) .NET
2 32 (3.47%) REST
3 30 (3.25%) React
4 26 (2.82%) Middleware
5 25 (2.71%) Pandas
6 23 (2.49%) PyTorch
6 23 (2.49%) RESTful
7 22 (2.38%) .NET Framework
7 22 (2.38%) HTML
7 22 (2.38%) Oracle Fusion
8 21 (2.28%) Kafka
9 18 (1.95%) NumPy
9 18 (1.95%) TensorFlow
10 14 (1.52%) Node.js
10 14 (1.52%) scikit-learn
11 13 (1.41%) PySpark
11 13 (1.41%) XML
12 12 (1.30%) LangChain
12 12 (1.30%) OAuth
13 11 (1.19%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 59 (6.39%) Management Information System
2 54 (5.85%) Onboarding
3 44 (4.77%) Cloud Native
4 43 (4.66%) Product Ownership
5 34 (3.68%) Virtual Team
6 32 (3.47%) Derivative
6 32 (3.47%) Distributed Systems
7 29 (3.14%) Algorithms
8 27 (2.93%) Data Centre
9 26 (2.82%) Self-Motivation
10 25 (2.71%) Data Protection Act
11 23 (2.49%) Equities
12 22 (2.38%) PMI
13 21 (2.28%) Analytical Mindset
13 21 (2.28%) Enterprise Software
14 19 (2.06%) Fixed Income
15 18 (1.95%) AI Agents
16 17 (1.84%) Equity Derivative
17 16 (1.73%) Data Structures
17 16 (1.73%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 94 (10.18%) Windows
2 50 (5.42%) Linux
3 34 (3.68%) Windows Server
4 22 (2.38%) Unix
5 15 (1.63%) Windows 10
6 10 (1.08%) Mac OS
7 9 (0.98%) Windows Server 2016
8 8 (0.87%) Android
9 6 (0.65%) Apple iOS
9 6 (0.65%) Windows Server 2019
10 5 (0.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 4 (0.43%) Ubuntu
11 4 (0.43%) VMS
12 1 (0.11%) CentOS
12 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 339 (36.73%) Computer Science
2 278 (30.12%) Agile
3 247 (26.76%) Problem-Solving
4 181 (19.61%) AI
5 152 (16.47%) Stakeholder Management
6 148 (16.03%) Analytics
6 148 (16.03%) DevOps
7 128 (13.87%) Project Management
8 123 (13.33%) CI/CD
9 118 (12.78%) Continuous Improvement
10 115 (12.46%) Risk Management
11 113 (12.24%) Decision-Making
12 106 (11.48%) Roadmaps
13 100 (10.83%) Migration
14 93 (10.08%) Change Management
15 90 (9.75%) Project Delivery
16 84 (9.10%) Software Engineering
17 83 (8.99%) Business Intelligence
18 78 (8.45%) Scrum
18 78 (8.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 195 (21.13%) Python
2 165 (17.88%) SQL
3 69 (7.48%) Java
4 60 (6.50%) C#
5 54 (5.85%) PowerShell
6 43 (4.66%) C++
7 33 (3.58%) JavaScript
8 25 (2.71%) TypeScript
9 19 (2.06%) R
10 15 (1.63%) PL/SQL
11 14 (1.52%) T-SQL
12 8 (0.87%) Bash
12 8 (0.87%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 7 (0.76%) Scala
14 6 (0.65%) Shell Script
15 5 (0.54%) C
15 5 (0.54%) Go
15 5 (0.54%) Kusto Query Language
15 5 (0.54%) Rust
16 3 (0.33%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 241 (26.11%) Computer Science Degree
2 150 (16.25%) Master's Degree
3 84 (9.10%) Security Cleared
4 63 (6.83%) SC Cleared
5 62 (6.72%) PMI Certification
6 48 (5.20%) PMP
7 47 (5.09%) Microsoft Certification
8 40 (4.33%) CISSP
8 40 (4.33%) PhD
9 34 (3.68%) Azure Certification
10 23 (2.49%) CBAP
11 20 (2.17%) CISM
12 18 (1.95%) Cisco Certification
12 18 (1.95%) CRISC
13 17 (1.84%) IIBA
13 17 (1.84%) MBA
14 16 (1.73%) CISA
15 15 (1.63%) AWS Certification
15 15 (1.63%) MCSE
15 15 (1.63%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 84 (9.10%) QA
2 45 (4.88%) GDPR
3 40 (4.33%) Data Quality
3 40 (4.33%) PMO
4 38 (4.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 37 (4.01%) NIST
6 28 (3.03%) SLA
7 15 (1.63%) Accessibility
8 14 (1.52%) PCI DSS
8 14 (1.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 13 (1.41%) GRC
10 10 (1.08%) COBIT
10 10 (1.08%) IFRS
11 8 (0.87%) Actionable Recommendations
11 8 (0.87%) IFRS 17
12 6 (0.65%) SOC 2
12 6 (0.65%) WCAG
13 5 (0.54%) Basel III
13 5 (0.54%) IFRS 9
13 5 (0.54%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 65 (7.04%) Active Directory
2 56 (6.07%) Docker
3 11 (1.19%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (0.98%) Virtual Desktop
5 8 (0.87%) Hyper-V
6 6 (0.65%) Firmware
7 5 (0.54%) XenApp
7 5 (0.54%) XenDesktop
8 3 (0.33%) 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 47 (5.09%) Kubernetes
1 47 (5.09%) Microsoft Intune
2 38 (4.12%) Terraform
3 23 (2.49%) SCCM
4 18 (1.95%) Ansible
5 16 (1.73%) Grafana
6 11 (1.19%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 10 (1.08%) Prometheus
8 5 (0.54%) SCOM
8 5 (0.54%) SCVMM
9 4 (0.43%) Control-M
9 4 (0.43%) HP ALM
10 3 (0.33%) Puppet
10 3 (0.33%) WSUS
11 2 (0.22%) Jamf Pro
11 2 (0.22%) Progress Chef
11 2 (0.22%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
12 1 (0.11%) CloudHub
12 1 (0.11%) Kibana
12 1 (0.11%) vMotion
Vendors
1 230 (24.92%) Microsoft
2 70 (7.58%) Oracle
3 41 (4.44%) Google
4 31 (3.36%) ServiceNow
5 30 (3.25%) SAP
6 29 (3.14%) Citrix
6 29 (3.14%) Databricks
7 20 (2.17%) Salesforce
8 18 (1.95%) Cisco
9 13 (1.41%) Informatica
9 13 (1.41%) VMware
10 12 (1.30%) Bloomberg
10 12 (1.30%) Palo Alto
10 12 (1.30%) Software AG
11 11 (1.19%) Adobe
12 10 (1.08%) Juniper
12 10 (1.08%) Splunk
13 9 (0.98%) Murex
14 8 (0.87%) Apple
14 8 (0.87%) Charles River