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

6 months to
24 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 24 21
Rank change year-on-year -18 -3 +7
Contract jobs citing Degree 908 955 1,404
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.97% 7.82% 8.07%
As % of the Qualifications category 17.71% 30.27% 34.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 535 615 843
10th Percentile £300 £341 £300
25th Percentile £413 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% +4.76% -8.70%
75th Percentile £659 £738 £675
90th Percentile £780 £850 £800
England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 23 78
10th Percentile £17.11 £11.96 £15.07
25th Percentile £19.03 £20.24 £21.05
Median hourly rate £30.03 £31.35 £33.87
Median % change year-on-year -4.19% -7.44% +41.06%
75th Percentile £53.06 £60.88 £43.75
90th Percentile £65.38 £67.50 £75.00
England median hourly rate £56.50 £54.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year +3.67% +36.25% -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 5,126 3,155 4,090
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 28.08% 25.83% 23.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,670 2,118 2,778
10th Percentile £363 £356 £325
25th Percentile £447 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £531 £538
Median % change year-on-year -1.18% -1.16% -6.52%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £650
90th Percentile £738 £763 £775
England median daily rate £525 £525 £537
% change year-on-year - -2.23% -2.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 76 61 110
10th Percentile £20.34 £20.00 £14.23
25th Percentile £27.81 £24.66 £20.22
Median hourly rate £55.00 £28.60 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +92.31% +14.40% -47.37%
75th Percentile £76.58 £55.25 £41.25
90th Percentile £88.75 £67.50 £68.08
England median hourly rate £47.54 £35.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year +35.83% -12.50% -25.93%

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 24 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 24 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 24 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 -26 100 £501 -9.00% 265
West London -16 37 £372 -7.10% 52
South London -6 17 £332 -46.82% 16
East London -5 9 £568 +36.69% 46
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 45 (4.96%) SharePoint
2 36 (3.96%) Microsoft Exchange
3 29 (3.19%) Confluence
4 23 (2.53%) Apache Spark
5 13 (1.43%) Apache Airflow
6 7 (0.77%) IIS
7 5 (0.55%) Apache
7 5 (0.55%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 5 (0.55%) Oracle Workflow
8 4 (0.44%) Appian
9 3 (0.33%) 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%) SAS
10 2 (0.22%) WebSphere
11 1 (0.11%) Tomcat
Applications
1 95 (10.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 76 (8.37%) Microsoft Office
3 60 (6.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 42 (4.63%) Microsoft Project
5 28 (3.08%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.44%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.33%) Chatbot
7 3 (0.33%) Trello
7 3 (0.33%) UserZoom
8 2 (0.22%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 2 (0.22%) CPLEX
9 1 (0.11%) Adobe After Effects
9 1 (0.11%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.11%) Camtasia
9 1 (0.11%) InVision
9 1 (0.11%) Navisworks
9 1 (0.11%) Revit
9 1 (0.11%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 10 (1.10%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.88%) Aladdin
2 8 (0.88%) Veritas eDiscovery
3 7 (0.77%) Oracle General Ledger
4 6 (0.66%) Oracle Payables
5 5 (0.55%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 5 (0.55%) SAP S/4HANA
5 5 (0.55%) Shopify
6 4 (0.44%) Fidessa
6 4 (0.44%) Magento
6 4 (0.44%) Oracle ERP
6 4 (0.44%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 3 (0.33%) HFM
7 3 (0.33%) Oracle Assets
7 3 (0.33%) Oracle EBS
7 3 (0.33%) Oracle EBS R12
7 3 (0.33%) Oracle Financials
7 3 (0.33%) SimCorp Dimension
8 2 (0.22%) Oracle BPM
8 2 (0.22%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 238 (26.21%) Azure
2 136 (14.98%) AWS
3 87 (9.58%) Microsoft 365
4 63 (6.94%) Power Platform
5 49 (5.40%) GCP
6 46 (5.07%) Entra ID
7 43 (4.74%) SaaS
8 30 (3.30%) Azure DevOps
8 30 (3.30%) GitHub
9 23 (2.53%) Snowflake
10 16 (1.76%) Dynamics 365
10 16 (1.76%) PaaS
10 16 (1.76%) Serverless
11 14 (1.54%) AWS CloudFormation
11 14 (1.54%) Microsoft Purview
12 13 (1.43%) IaaS
13 12 (1.32%) AWS Lambda
13 12 (1.32%) Azure Data Factory
13 12 (1.32%) GitHub Actions
14 11 (1.21%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 24 (2.64%) Firewall
2 16 (1.76%) Network Security
3 12 (1.32%) TCP/IP
3 12 (1.32%) VPN
3 12 (1.32%) WAN
4 10 (1.10%) LAN
5 9 (0.99%) BGP
6 7 (0.77%) DMZ
6 7 (0.77%) VXLAN
7 6 (0.66%) 3GPP
7 6 (0.66%) DNS
7 6 (0.66%) NetScaler
7 6 (0.66%) OSPF
7 6 (0.66%) VoIP
8 5 (0.55%) HTTP
8 5 (0.55%) Unified Communications
9 4 (0.44%) DHCP
9 4 (0.44%) HTTPS
9 4 (0.44%) SSL
9 4 (0.44%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (5.62%) Power BI
2 50 (5.51%) SQL Server
3 30 (3.30%) Data Warehouse
4 27 (2.97%) PostgreSQL
5 25 (2.75%) Tableau
6 19 (2.09%) Big Data
6 19 (2.09%) NoSQL
7 17 (1.87%) MongoDB
8 15 (1.65%) Relational Database
9 12 (1.32%) Metadata
9 12 (1.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 9 (0.99%) Snowflake Schema
11 8 (0.88%) Hadoop
12 7 (0.77%) Oracle Database
12 7 (0.77%) Power Query
12 7 (0.77%) Redis
13 6 (0.66%) Data Lake
14 5 (0.55%) Amazon RDS
14 5 (0.55%) Elasticsearch
14 5 (0.55%) Kdb+
Development Applications
1 67 (7.38%) JIRA
2 58 (6.39%) Git
3 20 (2.20%) Jenkins
4 17 (1.87%) Visual Studio
5 12 (1.32%) MLflow
6 11 (1.21%) GitLab
7 10 (1.10%) Selenium
8 7 (0.77%) Subversion
9 6 (0.66%) Cypress.io
9 6 (0.66%) SonarQube
10 5 (0.55%) Gradle
10 5 (0.55%) Maven
10 5 (0.55%) TeamCity
10 5 (0.55%) Zephyr
11 4 (0.44%) Cucumber
11 4 (0.44%) ERwin
11 4 (0.44%) Team Foundation Server
12 3 (0.33%) REST Assured
12 3 (0.33%) Toad
12 3 (0.33%) Vite
General
1 424 (46.70%) Social Skills
2 383 (42.18%) Finance
3 195 (21.48%) Analytical Skills
4 131 (14.43%) Banking
5 57 (6.28%) Marketing
5 57 (6.28%) Presentation Skills
6 50 (5.51%) Public Sector
7 47 (5.18%) Organisational Skills
8 44 (4.85%) Legal
9 39 (4.30%) Front Office
10 34 (3.74%) Retail
11 33 (3.63%) Investment Banking
12 28 (3.08%) Influencing Skills
13 20 (2.20%) Law
13 20 (2.20%) Telecoms
14 17 (1.87%) Documentation Skills
14 17 (1.87%) Financial Institution
14 17 (1.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 14 (1.54%) Manufacturing
16 13 (1.43%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 133 (14.65%) Senior
2 122 (13.44%) Analyst
3 107 (11.78%) Developer
4 82 (9.03%) Lead
5 77 (8.48%) Architect
6 75 (8.26%) Business Analyst
7 62 (6.83%) Project Manager
8 41 (4.52%) Solutions Architect
9 29 (3.19%) Data Scientist
10 28 (3.08%) Consultant
11 26 (2.86%) Senior Analyst
12 25 (2.75%) Software Engineer
13 24 (2.64%) Data Engineer
13 24 (2.64%) Senior Manager
14 22 (2.42%) C# Developer
15 20 (2.20%) Delivery Manager
15 20 (2.20%) Senior Business Analyst
16 19 (2.09%) Senior Developer
17 17 (1.87%) Data Analyst
17 17 (1.87%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (5.29%) .NET
2 41 (4.52%) REST
3 30 (3.30%) React
4 26 (2.86%) Oracle Fusion
5 25 (2.75%) .NET Framework
5 25 (2.75%) Middleware
6 23 (2.53%) RESTful
7 22 (2.42%) Kafka
7 22 (2.42%) Pandas
8 20 (2.20%) HTML
8 20 (2.20%) PyTorch
9 15 (1.65%) TensorFlow
10 14 (1.54%) NumPy
10 14 (1.54%) PySpark
10 14 (1.54%) Spring
11 13 (1.43%) AngularJS
11 13 (1.43%) scikit-learn
12 12 (1.32%) CSS
12 12 (1.32%) Node.js
12 12 (1.32%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 54 (5.95%) Management Information System
2 51 (5.62%) Onboarding
3 43 (4.74%) Product Ownership
4 40 (4.41%) Cloud Native
5 33 (3.63%) Self-Motivation
5 33 (3.63%) Virtual Team
6 32 (3.52%) Derivative
7 31 (3.41%) Algorithms
7 31 (3.41%) Distributed Systems
8 25 (2.75%) Data Centre
9 24 (2.64%) Data Protection Act
10 21 (2.31%) Equities
10 21 (2.31%) Fixed Income
11 20 (2.20%) Analytical Mindset
12 19 (2.09%) PMI
13 18 (1.98%) Legacy Systems
14 17 (1.87%) Data Structures
14 17 (1.87%) Enterprise Software
15 16 (1.76%) Equity Derivative
16 15 (1.65%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 99 (10.90%) Windows
2 51 (5.62%) Linux
3 28 (3.08%) Windows Server
4 25 (2.75%) Unix
5 16 (1.76%) Windows 10
6 11 (1.21%) Mac OS
7 9 (0.99%) Android
7 9 (0.99%) Apple iOS
8 6 (0.66%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 6 (0.66%) Windows Server 2016
9 5 (0.55%) Windows Server 2019
10 4 (0.44%) VMS
11 2 (0.22%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.11%) CentOS
12 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 323 (35.57%) Computer Science
2 280 (30.84%) Agile
3 238 (26.21%) Problem-Solving
4 178 (19.60%) AI
5 145 (15.97%) Analytics
6 142 (15.64%) DevOps
7 138 (15.20%) Stakeholder Management
8 128 (14.10%) Project Management
9 123 (13.55%) CI/CD
10 121 (13.33%) Continuous Improvement
11 113 (12.44%) Decision-Making
12 106 (11.67%) Risk Management
13 102 (11.23%) Migration
14 97 (10.68%) Roadmaps
15 89 (9.80%) Project Delivery
16 88 (9.69%) Software Engineering
17 85 (9.36%) Change Management
18 81 (8.92%) Scrum
19 78 (8.59%) Mathematics
20 77 (8.48%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 193 (21.26%) Python
2 178 (19.60%) SQL
3 79 (8.70%) Java
4 60 (6.61%) C#
5 51 (5.62%) PowerShell
6 43 (4.74%) C++
7 33 (3.63%) JavaScript
8 20 (2.20%) TypeScript
9 17 (1.87%) R
10 14 (1.54%) PL/SQL
10 14 (1.54%) T-SQL
11 8 (0.88%) Bash
11 8 (0.88%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 6 (0.66%) C
12 6 (0.66%) Scala
12 6 (0.66%) Shell Script
13 5 (0.55%) Bicep
13 5 (0.55%) Rust
14 4 (0.44%) Go
14 4 (0.44%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 215 (23.68%) Computer Science Degree
2 134 (14.76%) Master's Degree
3 88 (9.69%) Security Cleared
4 67 (7.38%) SC Cleared
5 59 (6.50%) PMI Certification
6 47 (5.18%) PMP
7 45 (4.96%) CISSP
8 38 (4.19%) PhD
9 37 (4.07%) Microsoft Certification
10 34 (3.74%) Azure Certification
11 23 (2.53%) CISM
12 22 (2.42%) CBAP
12 22 (2.42%) Cisco Certification
13 19 (2.09%) MBA
14 18 (1.98%) CRISC
15 17 (1.87%) BPSS Clearance
15 17 (1.87%) CISA
15 17 (1.87%) IIBA
16 14 (1.54%) AWS Certification
17 13 (1.43%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 78 (8.59%) QA
2 51 (5.62%) Data Quality
3 43 (4.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 41 (4.52%) GDPR
4 41 (4.52%) PMO
5 38 (4.19%) NIST
6 27 (2.97%) SLA
7 17 (1.87%) Accessibility
7 17 (1.87%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 15 (1.65%) PCI DSS
9 14 (1.54%) GRC
10 11 (1.21%) IFRS
11 10 (1.10%) COBIT
12 7 (0.77%) Actionable Recommendations
13 6 (0.66%) Cyber Essentials
13 6 (0.66%) IFRS 17
13 6 (0.66%) SOC 2
14 5 (0.55%) WCAG
15 4 (0.44%) HIPAA
15 4 (0.44%) Solvency II
System Software
1 59 (6.50%) Active Directory
2 52 (5.73%) Docker
3 8 (0.88%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.77%) Hyper-V
5 6 (0.66%) Firmware
6 5 (0.55%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (0.44%) XenApp
7 4 (0.44%) 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%) Squid
10 1 (0.11%) Terminal Services
10 1 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
10 1 (0.11%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 54 (5.95%) Kubernetes
2 45 (4.96%) Microsoft Intune
3 35 (3.85%) Terraform
4 18 (1.98%) SCCM
5 17 (1.87%) Ansible
6 14 (1.54%) Grafana
7 11 (1.21%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 11 (1.21%) Prometheus
8 4 (0.44%) Control-M
8 4 (0.44%) HP ALM
8 4 (0.44%) SCVMM
9 3 (0.33%) Cisco CUCM
9 3 (0.33%) WSUS
10 2 (0.22%) Jamf Pro
10 2 (0.22%) Kibana
10 2 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.22%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 1 (0.11%) Packer
11 1 (0.11%) vCenter Server
11 1 (0.11%) vMotion
Vendors
1 226 (24.89%) Microsoft
2 78 (8.59%) Oracle
3 30 (3.30%) Google
4 29 (3.19%) Citrix
4 29 (3.19%) ServiceNow
5 27 (2.97%) Databricks
6 25 (2.75%) SAP
7 21 (2.31%) Cisco
8 17 (1.87%) Salesforce
9 13 (1.43%) Bloomberg
9 13 (1.43%) Informatica
10 12 (1.32%) Adobe
10 12 (1.32%) Palo Alto
11 11 (1.21%) Software AG
11 11 (1.21%) Splunk
12 10 (1.10%) Juniper
12 10 (1.10%) Murex
12 10 (1.10%) VMware
13 8 (0.88%) Apple
13 8 (0.88%) Charles River