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 29 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 26 21 26
Rank change year-on-year -5 +5 +2
Contract jobs citing Degree 1,017 1,299 1,493
As % of all contract jobs in London 7.45% 8.24% 7.33%
As % of the Qualifications category 27.58% 32.61% 31.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 614 795 1,008
10th Percentile £316 £313 £313
25th Percentile £415 £420 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% -4.76%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £688
90th Percentile £788 £850 £801
England median daily rate £505 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +1.05% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 38 26
10th Percentile £22.37 £17.94 £18.44
25th Percentile £25.75 £30.59 £19.13
Median hourly rate £37.25 £41.00 £27.88
Median % change year-on-year -9.15% +47.09% -37.18%
75th Percentile £64.56 £55.44 £63.06
90th Percentile £90.00 £69.43 £67.75
England median hourly rate £33.99 £42.69 £48.14
% change year-on-year -20.38% -11.32% +6.98%

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 3,688 3,984 4,668
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 27.03% 25.28% 22.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,504 2,537 3,190
10th Percentile £351 £350 £355
25th Percentile £431 £450 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £537 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.32% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £653 £650 £675
90th Percentile £738 £775 £775
England median daily rate £525 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 85 57 97
10th Percentile £19.11 £18.13 £19.00
25th Percentile - £27.00 £22.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £39.50 £54.00
Median % change year-on-year -36.33% -26.85% +22.42%
75th Percentile £41.87 £63.75 £72.00
90th Percentile £65.34 £77.11 £86.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £52.35 £52.50
% change year-on-year -51.95% -0.30% +16.67%

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 29 October 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 29 October 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 29 October 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 -2 166 £550 -1.12% 689
West London +3 37 £400 +6.67% 82
South London +8 28 £625 +21.95% 33
East London -11 7 £900 +79.55% 49
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 68 (6.69%) Confluence
2 49 (4.82%) SharePoint
3 37 (3.64%) Apache Spark
4 19 (1.87%) Microsoft Exchange
5 12 (1.18%) Apache Airflow
5 12 (1.18%) nginx
6 9 (0.88%) CMS
6 9 (0.88%) IIS
7 6 (0.59%) Luigi
8 4 (0.39%) Apache
8 4 (0.39%) Moodle
9 3 (0.29%) Alfresco
9 3 (0.29%) Ethereum
9 3 (0.29%) Hyperledger
9 3 (0.29%) Jupyter
9 3 (0.29%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 2 (0.20%) Drupal
10 2 (0.20%) SAS
10 2 (0.20%) Skype for Business
10 2 (0.20%) Tomcat
Applications
1 104 (10.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 94 (9.24%) Microsoft Office
3 58 (5.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 58 (5.70%) Microsoft Project
4 32 (3.15%) MS Visio
5 10 (0.98%) Mozilla Thunderbird
6 7 (0.69%) Trello
7 5 (0.49%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.098%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.098%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.098%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.098%) Navisworks
8 1 (0.098%) Oracle Smart View
8 1 (0.098%) ProjectWise
8 1 (0.098%) Revit
Business Applications
1 23 (2.26%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (0.98%) Oracle EBS
3 9 (0.88%) FLEXCUBE
3 9 (0.88%) Oracle BPM
3 9 (0.88%) Oracle EBS R12
4 8 (0.79%) Dynamics CRM
4 8 (0.79%) Oracle Assets
5 7 (0.69%) Endur
5 7 (0.69%) Oracle E-Business Tax
5 7 (0.69%) Oracle Financials
5 7 (0.69%) Oracle General Ledger
5 7 (0.69%) Oracle Payables
5 7 (0.69%) Salesforce CRM
6 6 (0.59%) SAP EWM
6 6 (0.59%) SAP WM
7 5 (0.49%) Workday HCM
8 4 (0.39%) Remedy ITSM
9 3 (0.29%) SAP IBP
10 2 (0.20%) SAP MDG
10 2 (0.20%) SAP VC
Cloud Services
1 229 (22.52%) Azure
2 151 (14.85%) AWS
3 68 (6.69%) Microsoft 365
4 64 (6.29%) GCP
5 58 (5.70%) Power Platform
6 57 (5.60%) GitHub
7 48 (4.72%) SaaS
8 42 (4.13%) Azure DevOps
9 39 (3.83%) Entra ID
10 21 (2.06%) Amazon S3
11 19 (1.87%) GitHub Actions
12 18 (1.77%) Amazon ECS
13 17 (1.67%) PaaS
14 14 (1.38%) Miro
15 13 (1.28%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 13 (1.28%) IaaS
16 12 (1.18%) Amazon EC2
16 12 (1.18%) Dynamics 365
16 12 (1.18%) Serverless
17 11 (1.08%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 46 (4.52%) Firewall
2 35 (3.44%) DNS
3 25 (2.46%) VPN
4 21 (2.06%) HTTP
5 20 (1.97%) TCP/IP
6 19 (1.87%) Network Security
7 17 (1.67%) WAN
8 14 (1.38%) DHCP
8 14 (1.38%) LAN
9 13 (1.28%) SMTP
9 13 (1.28%) SSH
10 10 (0.98%) FTP
10 10 (0.98%) IMAP
10 10 (0.98%) OpenLDAP
11 7 (0.69%) Internet
12 6 (0.59%) BGP
12 6 (0.59%) OSPF
12 6 (0.59%) WebEx
12 6 (0.59%) Wi-Fi
12 6 (0.59%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (4.92%) Power BI
2 40 (3.93%) SQL Server
3 39 (3.83%) PostgreSQL
4 31 (3.05%) Tableau
5 27 (2.65%) Data Warehouse
6 22 (2.16%) Relational Database
7 19 (1.87%) NoSQL
8 16 (1.57%) Amazon RDS
9 15 (1.47%) Data Lake
10 13 (1.28%) Big Data
11 12 (1.18%) MongoDB
11 12 (1.18%) MySQL
12 11 (1.08%) Hadoop
13 10 (0.98%) Amazon Aurora
13 10 (0.98%) Metadata
13 10 (0.98%) Redis
14 8 (0.79%) BigQuery
14 8 (0.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 8 (0.79%) Star Schema
15 7 (0.69%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 119 (11.70%) JIRA
2 49 (4.82%) Git
3 38 (3.74%) Jenkins
4 12 (1.18%) Postman
5 11 (1.08%) SpecFlow
5 11 (1.08%) Vagrant
6 10 (0.98%) MLflow
6 10 (0.98%) Selenium
7 9 (0.88%) GitLab
8 8 (0.79%) Cucumber
8 8 (0.79%) Cypress.io
8 8 (0.79%) JUnit
9 6 (0.59%) Bitbucket
10 5 (0.49%) Appium
10 5 (0.49%) Charles Proxy
10 5 (0.49%) CircleCI
10 5 (0.49%) Gradle
10 5 (0.49%) Katalon Studio
10 5 (0.49%) XCUITest
11 4 (0.39%) Artifactory
General
1 495 (48.67%) Social Skills
2 485 (47.69%) Finance
3 235 (23.11%) Analytical Skills
4 176 (17.31%) Banking
5 70 (6.88%) Presentation Skills
6 57 (5.60%) Front Office
6 57 (5.60%) Marketing
7 53 (5.21%) Investment Banking
8 50 (4.92%) Public Sector
9 43 (4.23%) Legal
10 40 (3.93%) Influencing Skills
11 34 (3.34%) Telecoms
12 32 (3.15%) Organisational Skills
13 29 (2.85%) Financial Institution
13 29 (2.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 26 (2.56%) Pharmaceutical
15 23 (2.26%) Back Office
15 23 (2.26%) Retail
16 18 (1.77%) Documentation Skills
16 18 (1.77%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 152 (14.95%) Analyst
2 148 (14.55%) Developer
3 134 (13.18%) Senior
4 104 (10.23%) Business Analyst
5 77 (7.57%) Project Manager
6 65 (6.39%) Lead
7 63 (6.19%) Architect
8 45 (4.42%) Consultant
9 39 (3.83%) Software Engineer
10 30 (2.95%) Senior Developer
11 25 (2.46%) Data Scientist
12 24 (2.36%) Data Engineer
13 22 (2.16%) IT Manager
14 21 (2.06%) Java Developer
14 21 (2.06%) Machine Learning Engineer
15 20 (1.97%) AWS Engineer
15 20 (1.97%) Solutions Architect
16 18 (1.77%) Data Analyst
17 17 (1.67%) Senior Manager
18 16 (1.57%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (4.72%) .NET
2 38 (3.74%) REST
3 37 (3.64%) Kafka
4 32 (3.15%) HTML
5 30 (2.95%) RESTful
6 27 (2.65%) CSS
7 24 (2.36%) React
8 22 (2.16%) AngularJS
9 21 (2.06%) Middleware
9 21 (2.06%) Web Services
10 18 (1.77%) Node.js
11 17 (1.67%) Playwright
11 17 (1.67%) XML
12 16 (1.57%) FastAPI
12 16 (1.57%) PyTorch
12 16 (1.57%) TensorFlow
13 15 (1.47%) OAuth
14 14 (1.38%) Pandas
15 13 (1.28%) JSON
15 13 (1.28%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 73 (7.18%) Management Information System
2 54 (5.31%) Product Ownership
3 46 (4.52%) Derivative
4 36 (3.54%) Algorithms
5 34 (3.34%) Cloud Native
6 33 (3.24%) Onboarding
7 30 (2.95%) Data Protection Act
8 27 (2.65%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 25 (2.46%) Life Science
10 24 (2.36%) Data Centre
11 23 (2.26%) Fixed Income
11 23 (2.26%) Self-Motivation
12 21 (2.06%) Distributed Systems
12 21 (2.06%) Equities
12 21 (2.06%) Virtual Team
13 20 (1.97%) Distributed Computing
14 19 (1.87%) Analytical Mindset
14 19 (1.87%) Data Structures
15 18 (1.77%) Equity Derivative
15 18 (1.77%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 76 (7.47%) Linux
2 72 (7.08%) Windows
3 43 (4.23%) Unix
4 19 (1.87%) Windows 10
5 16 (1.57%) Apple iOS
6 15 (1.47%) Android
7 13 (1.28%) Windows Server
8 12 (1.18%) VMS
9 10 (0.98%) Amazon Linux
9 10 (0.98%) Mac OS
9 10 (0.98%) Ubuntu
10 8 (0.79%) Windows Server 2016
10 8 (0.79%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.098%) AIX
11 1 (0.098%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.098%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.098%) Windows 7
11 1 (0.098%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 444 (43.66%) Computer Science
2 357 (35.10%) Agile
3 317 (31.17%) Problem-Solving
4 174 (17.11%) Project Management
5 153 (15.04%) DevOps
6 145 (14.26%) Stakeholder Management
7 134 (13.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 116 (11.41%) Analytics
9 113 (11.11%) CI/CD
9 113 (11.11%) Risk Management
10 110 (10.82%) AI
10 110 (10.82%) Change Management
11 106 (10.42%) Scrum
12 97 (9.54%) Software Engineering
13 96 (9.44%) Roadmaps
14 95 (9.34%) Machine Learning
15 94 (9.24%) Migration
16 93 (9.14%) Project Delivery
17 87 (8.55%) Decision-Making
18 84 (8.26%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 240 (23.60%) Python
2 212 (20.85%) SQL
3 119 (11.70%) Java
4 69 (6.78%) JavaScript
5 62 (6.10%) C++
6 48 (4.72%) PowerShell
7 45 (4.42%) C#
8 27 (2.65%) TypeScript
9 23 (2.26%) R
10 16 (1.57%) Bash
11 15 (1.47%) PL/SQL
12 14 (1.38%) Ruby
13 12 (1.18%) Groovy
13 12 (1.18%) Perl
14 11 (1.08%) Kotlin
15 10 (0.98%) C
16 8 (0.79%) Go
16 8 (0.79%) Kusto Query Language
16 8 (0.79%) T-SQL
17 6 (0.59%) VBA
Qualifications
1 267 (26.25%) Computer Science Degree
2 160 (15.73%) Master's Degree
3 83 (8.16%) PMI Certification
4 81 (7.96%) Security Cleared
5 74 (7.28%) PMP
6 62 (6.10%) SC Cleared
7 47 (4.62%) PhD
8 39 (3.83%) CISSP
9 35 (3.44%) Azure Certification
10 29 (2.85%) Microsoft Certification
11 27 (2.65%) AWS Certification
12 26 (2.56%) CISM
13 22 (2.16%) CBAP
14 21 (2.06%) Numerate Degree
15 20 (1.97%) Cisco Certification
16 13 (1.28%) CCNA
16 13 (1.28%) MBA
17 12 (1.18%) CISA
18 10 (0.98%) CCNP
19 9 (0.88%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (4.92%) QA
2 45 (4.42%) GDPR
3 43 (4.23%) Data Quality
4 28 (2.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 27 (2.65%) NIST
6 26 (2.56%) Accessibility
7 20 (1.97%) PMO
8 17 (1.67%) SLA
9 13 (1.28%) PCI DSS
10 12 (1.18%) COBIT
11 9 (0.88%) GRC
11 9 (0.88%) WCAG
12 8 (0.79%) Cyber Essentials
13 7 (0.69%) MiFID
13 7 (0.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 5 (0.49%) HIPAA
14 5 (0.49%) IFRS
14 5 (0.49%) SEPA
15 4 (0.39%) EMIR
15 4 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 75 (7.37%) Docker
2 50 (4.92%) Active Directory
3 10 (0.98%) DFS Replication
3 10 (0.98%) Dovecot
3 10 (0.98%) Postfix
3 10 (0.98%) Squid
4 6 (0.59%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (0.49%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.20%) Firmware
6 2 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.098%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.098%) HDFS
7 1 (0.098%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.098%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.098%) vSphere
7 1 (0.098%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 56 (5.51%) Kubernetes
2 52 (5.11%) Terraform
3 20 (1.97%) Microsoft Intune
4 18 (1.77%) Grafana
5 13 (1.28%) Ansible
5 13 (1.28%) Prometheus
6 12 (1.18%) SCCM
7 10 (0.98%) Nessus
7 10 (0.98%) Proxmox
8 7 (0.69%) CSIRT
9 6 (0.59%) QRadar
10 4 (0.39%) SCOM
10 4 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
11 3 (0.29%) Argo
11 3 (0.29%) Functional Safety
11 3 (0.29%) Kubeflow
12 2 (0.20%) FortiGate
12 2 (0.20%) HP ALM
12 2 (0.20%) RSA Archer
13 1 (0.098%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 181 (17.80%) Microsoft
2 63 (6.19%) Oracle
3 54 (5.31%) SAP
4 43 (4.23%) Google
4 43 (4.23%) ServiceNow
5 38 (3.74%) Salesforce
6 29 (2.85%) Cisco
7 22 (2.16%) Databricks
8 19 (1.87%) Splunk
9 17 (1.67%) Workday
10 12 (1.18%) Fortinet
11 11 (1.08%) Adobe
11 11 (1.08%) IBM
12 10 (0.98%) Jaspersoft
13 9 (0.88%) Apple
13 9 (0.88%) Murex
13 9 (0.88%) VMware
14 8 (0.79%) OpenAI
15 7 (0.69%) CyberArk
15 7 (0.69%) Palo Alto