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 12 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 25 21
Rank change year-on-year -18 -4 +6
Contract jobs citing Degree 920 932 1,427
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.89% 7.61% 8.07%
As % of the Qualifications category 17.42% 29.68% 34.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 511 588 860
10th Percentile £280 £341 £300
25th Percentile £407 £429 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £550 £518
Median % change year-on-year -8.18% +6.28% -9.25%
75th Percentile £650 £738 £650
90th Percentile £775 £838 £800
England median daily rate £500 £508 £500
% change year-on-year -1.50% +1.53% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 23 78
10th Percentile £16.16 £11.96 £15.07
25th Percentile £19.03 £20.24 £21.05
Median hourly rate £30.03 £31.35 £34.87
Median % change year-on-year -4.19% -10.10% +32.82%
75th Percentile £55.44 £63.13 £46.56
90th Percentile £64.38 £68.50 £75.00
England median hourly rate £52.50 £50.00 £40.13
% change year-on-year +5.00% +24.61% -15.53%

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 5,280 3,140 4,187
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 28.04% 25.63% 23.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,777 2,101 2,879
10th Percentile £363 £356 £325
25th Percentile £450 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £526 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.26% +0.26% -6.87%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £767
England median daily rate £525 £525 £535
% change year-on-year - -1.87% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 74 62 113
10th Percentile £19.12 £18.98 £14.49
25th Percentile £26.69 £24.75 £20.22
Median hourly rate £54.75 £28.38 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +92.95% +13.50% -51.46%
75th Percentile £76.58 £55.25 £42.75
90th Percentile £88.75 £68.63 £68.60
England median hourly rate £51.22 £32.00 £40.29
% change year-on-year +60.06% -20.57% -26.75%

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 12 June 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 12 June 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 12 June 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 -31 93 £500 -9.86% 173
West London -11 41 £368 -8.98% 77
South London -2 14 £215 -65.64% 17
East London -5 9 £568 +17.60% 34
North London +2 2 £550 +33.33% 9
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 47 (5.11%) SharePoint
2 36 (3.91%) Microsoft Exchange
3 30 (3.26%) Confluence
4 19 (2.07%) Apache Spark
5 14 (1.52%) Apache Airflow
6 9 (0.98%) IIS
7 5 (0.54%) Apache
7 5 (0.54%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 5 (0.54%) Oracle Workflow
8 4 (0.43%) Appian
8 4 (0.43%) Camunda
9 3 (0.33%) Moodle
10 2 (0.22%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.22%) Cloud Foundry
10 2 (0.22%) CMS
10 2 (0.22%) Ethereum
10 2 (0.22%) OpenStack
10 2 (0.22%) WebSphere
11 1 (0.11%) SAS
11 1 (0.11%) Tomcat
Applications
1 86 (9.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 73 (7.93%) Microsoft Office
3 56 (6.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 38 (4.13%) Microsoft Project
5 26 (2.83%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.54%) UserZoom
7 4 (0.43%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 4 (0.43%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.33%) Chatbot
9 2 (0.22%) CPLEX
9 2 (0.22%) Trello
10 1 (0.11%) Navisworks
10 1 (0.11%) Revit
Business Applications
1 8 (0.87%) Veritas eDiscovery
2 7 (0.76%) Aladdin
3 6 (0.65%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (0.54%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 5 (0.54%) SAP S/4HANA
5 4 (0.43%) HFM
5 4 (0.43%) Magento
5 4 (0.43%) Oracle ERP
5 4 (0.43%) Oracle General Ledger
5 4 (0.43%) Oracle Payables
5 4 (0.43%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 3 (0.33%) Fidessa
6 3 (0.33%) Oracle Receivables
6 3 (0.33%) SimCorp Dimension
7 2 (0.22%) Actimize
7 2 (0.22%) Cloudability
7 2 (0.22%) OpenText MBPM
7 2 (0.22%) Oracle FAH
7 2 (0.22%) Orchestrade
7 2 (0.22%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 239 (25.98%) Azure
2 145 (15.76%) AWS
3 85 (9.24%) Microsoft 365
4 65 (7.07%) Power Platform
5 58 (6.30%) GCP
6 51 (5.54%) Entra ID
7 37 (4.02%) SaaS
8 35 (3.80%) Azure DevOps
9 32 (3.48%) GitHub
10 24 (2.61%) Snowflake
11 18 (1.96%) Serverless
12 16 (1.74%) PaaS
13 14 (1.52%) AWS CloudFormation
13 14 (1.52%) AWS Lambda
13 14 (1.52%) Dynamics 365
13 14 (1.52%) Microsoft Purview
14 13 (1.41%) GitHub Actions
15 12 (1.30%) Azure Data Factory
15 12 (1.30%) IaaS
15 12 (1.30%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 33 (3.59%) Firewall
2 20 (2.17%) Network Security
3 15 (1.63%) VPN
4 14 (1.52%) TCP/IP
5 13 (1.41%) WAN
6 10 (1.09%) LAN
7 9 (0.98%) BGP
7 9 (0.98%) VoIP
8 8 (0.87%) 3GPP
8 8 (0.87%) DNS
8 8 (0.87%) VXLAN
9 7 (0.76%) DMZ
10 6 (0.65%) DHCP
10 6 (0.65%) HTTPS
10 6 (0.65%) NetScaler
10 6 (0.65%) OSPF
10 6 (0.65%) Wireless
11 5 (0.54%) SSL
11 5 (0.54%) Unified Communications
12 4 (0.43%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (5.87%) Power BI
2 52 (5.65%) SQL Server
3 29 (3.15%) PostgreSQL
4 27 (2.93%) Data Warehouse
5 26 (2.83%) Tableau
6 19 (2.07%) Relational Database
7 18 (1.96%) MongoDB
7 18 (1.96%) NoSQL
8 16 (1.74%) Big Data
9 12 (1.30%) Metadata
9 12 (1.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 9 (0.98%) Amazon RDS
10 9 (0.98%) Oracle Database
10 9 (0.98%) Snowflake Schema
11 8 (0.87%) Hadoop
11 8 (0.87%) Redis
12 7 (0.76%) Elasticsearch
13 6 (0.65%) Data Lake
13 6 (0.65%) Power Query
14 5 (0.54%) Kdb+
Development Applications
1 65 (7.07%) JIRA
2 61 (6.63%) Git
3 20 (2.17%) Jenkins
4 14 (1.52%) Visual Studio
5 13 (1.41%) GitLab
5 13 (1.41%) MLflow
6 9 (0.98%) Selenium
7 7 (0.76%) Subversion
8 6 (0.65%) Maven
9 5 (0.54%) Cypress.io
9 5 (0.54%) Gradle
9 5 (0.54%) SonarQube
9 5 (0.54%) Zephyr
10 4 (0.43%) ERwin
10 4 (0.43%) TeamCity
11 3 (0.33%) Bitbucket
11 3 (0.33%) Gemini Tracker
11 3 (0.33%) REST Assured
11 3 (0.33%) Team Foundation Server
11 3 (0.33%) Toad
General
1 429 (46.63%) Social Skills
2 386 (41.96%) Finance
3 195 (21.20%) Analytical Skills
4 128 (13.91%) Banking
5 63 (6.85%) Marketing
6 60 (6.52%) Presentation Skills
7 58 (6.30%) Organisational Skills
8 53 (5.76%) Legal
9 50 (5.43%) Public Sector
10 36 (3.91%) Retail
11 35 (3.80%) Front Office
12 30 (3.26%) Investment Banking
13 26 (2.83%) Influencing Skills
14 23 (2.50%) Law
15 22 (2.39%) Telecoms
16 21 (2.28%) Financial Institution
17 20 (2.17%) Documentation Skills
17 20 (2.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 15 (1.63%) Manufacturing
18 15 (1.63%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 134 (14.57%) Analyst
2 129 (14.02%) Senior
3 106 (11.52%) Developer
4 84 (9.13%) Lead
5 81 (8.80%) Business Analyst
6 80 (8.70%) Architect
7 61 (6.63%) Project Manager
8 45 (4.89%) Solutions Architect
9 28 (3.04%) Data Scientist
10 27 (2.93%) Consultant
10 27 (2.93%) Senior Analyst
10 27 (2.93%) Software Engineer
11 25 (2.72%) Senior Manager
12 23 (2.50%) C# Developer
13 22 (2.39%) Senior Business Analyst
14 21 (2.28%) Data Engineer
15 20 (2.17%) Delivery Manager
16 18 (1.96%) Senior Developer
17 17 (1.85%) Data Analyst
17 17 (1.85%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (5.33%) .NET
2 46 (5.00%) REST
3 34 (3.70%) React
4 27 (2.93%) .NET Framework
5 23 (2.50%) Kafka
5 23 (2.50%) Oracle Fusion
6 20 (2.17%) RESTful
7 19 (2.07%) HTML
7 19 (2.07%) Middleware
7 19 (2.07%) Pandas
8 16 (1.74%) PySpark
9 15 (1.63%) AngularJS
10 13 (1.41%) PyTorch
10 13 (1.41%) Spring
11 12 (1.30%) scikit-learn
11 12 (1.30%) Web Services
11 12 (1.30%) XML
12 11 (1.20%) Node.js
12 11 (1.20%) NumPy
13 10 (1.09%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 55 (5.98%) Onboarding
2 52 (5.65%) Management Information System
3 43 (4.67%) Cloud Native
4 40 (4.35%) Product Ownership
4 40 (4.35%) Self-Motivation
5 31 (3.37%) Virtual Team
6 30 (3.26%) Algorithms
6 30 (3.26%) Data Centre
7 29 (3.15%) Derivative
8 27 (2.93%) Distributed Systems
9 23 (2.50%) Fixed Income
10 21 (2.28%) Data Protection Act
11 20 (2.17%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 18 (1.96%) Legacy Systems
12 18 (1.96%) PMI
13 17 (1.85%) Equities
14 15 (1.63%) Analytical Mindset
15 14 (1.52%) Data Structures
15 14 (1.52%) Greenfield Project
15 14 (1.52%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 108 (11.74%) Windows
2 53 (5.76%) Linux
3 27 (2.93%) Windows Server
4 26 (2.83%) Unix
5 19 (2.07%) Windows 10
6 13 (1.41%) Mac OS
7 10 (1.09%) Android
7 10 (1.09%) Apple iOS
8 8 (0.87%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 5 (0.54%) Windows Server 2016
9 5 (0.54%) Windows Server 2019
10 3 (0.33%) VMS
11 2 (0.22%) CentOS
11 2 (0.22%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2003
12 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 320 (34.78%) Computer Science
2 268 (29.13%) Agile
3 240 (26.09%) Problem-Solving
4 185 (20.11%) AI
5 149 (16.20%) Analytics
6 147 (15.98%) DevOps
7 142 (15.43%) Stakeholder Management
8 128 (13.91%) Continuous Improvement
9 122 (13.26%) CI/CD
10 115 (12.50%) Project Management
11 108 (11.74%) Decision-Making
12 103 (11.20%) Migration
13 95 (10.33%) Risk Management
13 95 (10.33%) Roadmaps
14 91 (9.89%) Software Engineering
15 90 (9.78%) Project Delivery
16 84 (9.13%) Change Management
17 82 (8.91%) Scrum
18 77 (8.37%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 75 (8.15%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 189 (20.54%) Python
2 178 (19.35%) SQL
3 80 (8.70%) Java
4 62 (6.74%) C#
5 54 (5.87%) PowerShell
6 39 (4.24%) JavaScript
7 32 (3.48%) C++
8 18 (1.96%) TypeScript
9 17 (1.85%) R
10 15 (1.63%) PL/SQL
11 12 (1.30%) T-SQL
12 10 (1.09%) Bash
13 8 (0.87%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 7 (0.76%) C
15 6 (0.65%) Scala
15 6 (0.65%) Shell Script
16 5 (0.54%) Bicep
16 5 (0.54%) Kusto Query Language
17 3 (0.33%) Go
17 3 (0.33%) Rust
Qualifications
1 212 (23.04%) Computer Science Degree
2 125 (13.59%) Master's Degree
3 85 (9.24%) Security Cleared
4 64 (6.96%) SC Cleared
5 59 (6.41%) PMI Certification
6 51 (5.54%) CISSP
7 46 (5.00%) PMP
8 35 (3.80%) Microsoft Certification
9 34 (3.70%) PhD
10 32 (3.48%) Azure Certification
11 26 (2.83%) Cisco Certification
11 26 (2.83%) CISM
12 23 (2.50%) CBAP
13 20 (2.17%) CISA
14 19 (2.07%) CRISC
15 18 (1.96%) MBA
16 17 (1.85%) IIBA
17 16 (1.74%) BPSS Clearance
18 15 (1.63%) AWS Certification
19 12 (1.30%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 70 (7.61%) QA
2 51 (5.54%) Data Quality
3 44 (4.78%) GDPR
3 44 (4.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 42 (4.57%) PMO
5 40 (4.35%) NIST
6 23 (2.50%) SLA
7 19 (2.07%) PCI DSS
7 19 (2.07%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 18 (1.96%) Accessibility
9 16 (1.74%) GRC
10 10 (1.09%) COBIT
10 10 (1.09%) IFRS
11 8 (0.87%) Actionable Recommendations
12 7 (0.76%) SOC 2
13 6 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials
13 6 (0.65%) HIPAA
14 5 (0.54%) IFRS 17
15 4 (0.43%) ITGC
15 4 (0.43%) NIST 800
System Software
1 66 (7.17%) Active Directory
2 55 (5.98%) Docker
3 12 (1.30%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (0.98%) Hyper-V
5 6 (0.65%) Firmware
6 4 (0.43%) BitLocker
6 4 (0.43%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (0.43%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (0.43%) XenApp
6 4 (0.43%) XenDesktop
7 3 (0.33%) Microsoft App-V
7 3 (0.33%) Terminal Services
7 3 (0.33%) vSphere
8 1 (0.11%) HDFS
8 1 (0.11%) IAG
8 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.11%) Squid
8 1 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.11%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 56 (6.09%) Kubernetes
2 47 (5.11%) Microsoft Intune
3 42 (4.57%) Terraform
4 26 (2.83%) Ansible
5 18 (1.96%) SCCM
6 14 (1.52%) Grafana
7 13 (1.41%) Prometheus
8 11 (1.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 4 (0.43%) Control-M
9 4 (0.43%) HP ALM
9 4 (0.43%) SCVMM
10 3 (0.33%) Cisco CUCM
10 3 (0.33%) Packer
10 3 (0.33%) vCenter Server
10 3 (0.33%) vMotion
10 3 (0.33%) WSUS
11 2 (0.22%) Jamf Pro
11 2 (0.22%) Kibana
11 2 (0.22%) Progress Chef
11 2 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 216 (23.48%) Microsoft
2 77 (8.37%) Oracle
3 39 (4.24%) Google
4 33 (3.59%) Citrix
4 33 (3.59%) ServiceNow
5 24 (2.61%) Cisco
5 24 (2.61%) SAP
6 20 (2.17%) Databricks
7 19 (2.07%) Salesforce
8 17 (1.85%) Palo Alto
9 13 (1.41%) Adobe
9 13 (1.41%) VMware
10 12 (1.30%) Bloomberg
10 12 (1.30%) Informatica
11 11 (1.20%) Juniper
11 11 (1.20%) Splunk
12 10 (1.09%) Murex
13 9 (0.98%) Apple
13 9 (0.98%) HP
14 8 (0.87%) Software AG