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

6 months to
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 24 21
Rank change year-on-year -17 -3 +8
Contract jobs citing Degree 897 967 1,402
As % of all contract jobs in London 5.02% 7.80% 8.01%
As % of the Qualifications category 17.78% 30.40% 33.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 532 621 835
10th Percentile £300 £350 £300
25th Percentile £406 £435 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -8.18% +4.76% -7.08%
75th Percentile £650 £738 £675
90th Percentile £788 £850 £800
England median daily rate £500 £515 £508
% change year-on-year -2.82% +1.28% -5.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 23 77
10th Percentile £18.18 £11.96 £14.96
25th Percentile £24.45 £20.24 £20.98
Median hourly rate £33.53 £31.35 £33.50
Median % change year-on-year +6.98% -6.43% +26.42%
75th Percentile £53.06 £60.88 £43.75
90th Percentile £65.38 £67.50 £75.00
England median hourly rate £62.06 £53.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year +15.99% +33.75% -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 5,046 3,181 4,171
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 28.23% 25.67% 23.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,607 2,142 2,829
10th Percentile £363 £356 £325
25th Percentile £445 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year - -2.33% -6.52%
75th Percentile £638 £656 £650
90th Percentile £739 £761 £775
England median daily rate £525 £525 £538
% change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 77 57 108
10th Percentile £20.61 £16.78 £14.19
25th Percentile £25.77 £22.27 £19.98
Median hourly rate £54.50 £29.07 £24.99
Median % change year-on-year +87.48% +16.35% -47.40%
75th Percentile £76.58 £56.25 £41.63
90th Percentile £88.75 £72.61 £63.50
England median hourly rate £48.72 £40.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year +21.80% - -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 15 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 15 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 15 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 -24 106 £500 -8.80% 254
West London -13 36 £368 -7.96% 52
South London +2 19 £450 -25.00% 21
East London -5 9 £568 +36.69% 38
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 41 (4.57%) SharePoint
2 34 (3.79%) Microsoft Exchange
3 31 (3.46%) Confluence
4 24 (2.68%) Apache Spark
5 11 (1.23%) Apache Airflow
6 5 (0.56%) Apache
6 5 (0.56%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 4 (0.45%) IIS
8 3 (0.33%) Moodle
8 3 (0.33%) Oracle Workflow
9 2 (0.22%) Appian
9 2 (0.22%) CMS
9 2 (0.22%) Ethereum
9 2 (0.22%) OpenStack
9 2 (0.22%) SAS
9 2 (0.22%) WebSphere
10 1 (0.11%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.11%) Camunda
10 1 (0.11%) Oracle Service Bus
10 1 (0.11%) Tomcat
Applications
1 95 (10.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 74 (8.25%) Microsoft Office
3 60 (6.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 39 (4.35%) Microsoft Project
5 31 (3.46%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.45%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.33%) Chatbot
7 3 (0.33%) Trello
7 3 (0.33%) UserZoom
8 2 (0.22%) CPLEX
9 1 (0.11%) Adobe After Effects
9 1 (0.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
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 11 (1.23%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.89%) Aladdin
2 8 (0.89%) Veritas eDiscovery
3 7 (0.78%) Oracle General Ledger
4 6 (0.67%) Oracle Payables
4 6 (0.67%) SAP S/4HANA
5 5 (0.56%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 5 (0.56%) Shopify
6 4 (0.45%) Fidessa
6 4 (0.45%) Oracle ERP
6 4 (0.45%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 3 (0.33%) HFM
7 3 (0.33%) Magento
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%) Bloomberg TOMS
8 2 (0.22%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 233 (25.98%) Azure
2 133 (14.83%) AWS
3 85 (9.48%) Microsoft 365
4 65 (7.25%) Power Platform
5 48 (5.35%) GCP
6 45 (5.02%) SaaS
7 38 (4.24%) Entra ID
8 30 (3.34%) Azure DevOps
8 30 (3.34%) GitHub
9 23 (2.56%) Snowflake
10 19 (2.12%) Serverless
11 17 (1.90%) Dynamics 365
12 15 (1.67%) AWS CloudFormation
12 15 (1.67%) PaaS
13 14 (1.56%) IaaS
14 13 (1.45%) Amazon S3
14 13 (1.45%) AWS Lambda
14 13 (1.45%) Azure Data Factory
14 13 (1.45%) Microsoft Purview
14 13 (1.45%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 25 (2.79%) Firewall
2 15 (1.67%) Network Security
3 12 (1.34%) TCP/IP
3 12 (1.34%) VPN
4 11 (1.23%) WAN
5 10 (1.11%) LAN
6 9 (1.00%) BGP
7 7 (0.78%) DMZ
7 7 (0.78%) DNS
7 7 (0.78%) VXLAN
8 6 (0.67%) 3GPP
8 6 (0.67%) HTTP
8 6 (0.67%) NetScaler
8 6 (0.67%) OSPF
9 5 (0.56%) DHCP
10 4 (0.45%) SSL
10 4 (0.45%) Unified Communications
10 4 (0.45%) VoIP
10 4 (0.45%) Wireless
11 3 (0.33%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (5.80%) Power BI
2 45 (5.02%) SQL Server
3 28 (3.12%) Data Warehouse
4 27 (3.01%) PostgreSQL
5 24 (2.68%) Tableau
6 20 (2.23%) Big Data
7 19 (2.12%) NoSQL
8 16 (1.78%) MongoDB
8 16 (1.78%) Relational Database
9 11 (1.23%) Metadata
9 11 (1.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 8 (0.89%) Hadoop
10 8 (0.89%) Snowflake Schema
11 7 (0.78%) Power Query
11 7 (0.78%) Redis
12 6 (0.67%) Data Lake
13 5 (0.56%) Elasticsearch
13 5 (0.56%) MySQL
13 5 (0.56%) Star Schema
14 4 (0.45%) DB2
Development Applications
1 70 (7.80%) JIRA
2 55 (6.13%) Git
3 21 (2.34%) Jenkins
4 17 (1.90%) Visual Studio
5 12 (1.34%) MLflow
6 11 (1.23%) GitLab
7 10 (1.11%) Selenium
8 7 (0.78%) SonarQube
9 6 (0.67%) Cypress.io
9 6 (0.67%) Subversion
10 5 (0.56%) Gradle
10 5 (0.56%) Maven
10 5 (0.56%) TeamCity
11 4 (0.45%) Cucumber
11 4 (0.45%) ERwin
11 4 (0.45%) Zephyr
12 3 (0.33%) Bitbucket
12 3 (0.33%) REST Assured
12 3 (0.33%) Toad
12 3 (0.33%) Vite
General
1 426 (47.49%) Social Skills
2 377 (42.03%) Finance
3 195 (21.74%) Analytical Skills
4 133 (14.83%) Banking
5 57 (6.35%) Marketing
6 54 (6.02%) Presentation Skills
7 51 (5.69%) Public Sector
8 43 (4.79%) Organisational Skills
9 40 (4.46%) Legal
10 38 (4.24%) Front Office
11 30 (3.34%) Investment Banking
11 30 (3.34%) Retail
12 27 (3.01%) Influencing Skills
13 21 (2.34%) Telecoms
14 20 (2.23%) Law
15 19 (2.12%) Documentation Skills
16 18 (2.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 16 (1.78%) Financial Institution
18 14 (1.56%) Manufacturing
19 12 (1.34%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 129 (14.38%) Senior
2 127 (14.16%) Analyst
3 102 (11.37%) Developer
4 79 (8.81%) Business Analyst
5 76 (8.47%) Lead
6 75 (8.36%) Architect
7 61 (6.80%) Project Manager
8 38 (4.24%) Solutions Architect
9 32 (3.57%) Consultant
10 29 (3.23%) Data Scientist
11 27 (3.01%) Senior Analyst
12 24 (2.68%) Data Engineer
12 24 (2.68%) Software Engineer
13 22 (2.45%) Senior Manager
14 21 (2.34%) C# Developer
14 21 (2.34%) Senior Business Analyst
15 20 (2.23%) Delivery Manager
16 17 (1.90%) Data Analyst
16 17 (1.90%) Java Developer
16 17 (1.90%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (4.91%) .NET
2 35 (3.90%) REST
3 30 (3.34%) React
4 25 (2.79%) Middleware
4 25 (2.79%) Oracle Fusion
5 23 (2.56%) Pandas
5 23 (2.56%) RESTful
6 22 (2.45%) Kafka
6 22 (2.45%) PyTorch
7 21 (2.34%) .NET Framework
8 20 (2.23%) HTML
9 17 (1.90%) TensorFlow
10 16 (1.78%) NumPy
11 14 (1.56%) scikit-learn
11 14 (1.56%) Spring
12 13 (1.45%) Node.js
12 13 (1.45%) PySpark
13 12 (1.34%) XML
14 11 (1.23%) AngularJS
14 11 (1.23%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 55 (6.13%) Management Information System
2 53 (5.91%) Onboarding
3 42 (4.68%) Cloud Native
4 41 (4.57%) Product Ownership
5 33 (3.68%) Virtual Team
6 32 (3.57%) Distributed Systems
7 31 (3.46%) Derivative
8 29 (3.23%) Algorithms
9 27 (3.01%) Self-Motivation
10 25 (2.79%) Data Centre
10 25 (2.79%) Data Protection Act
11 21 (2.34%) Analytical Mindset
12 20 (2.23%) Enterprise Software
12 20 (2.23%) Equities
12 20 (2.23%) PMI
13 18 (2.01%) Data Structures
13 18 (2.01%) Fixed Income
14 16 (1.78%) Equity Derivative
14 16 (1.78%) Legacy Systems
15 15 (1.67%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 94 (10.48%) Windows
2 53 (5.91%) Linux
3 30 (3.34%) Windows Server
4 24 (2.68%) Unix
5 14 (1.56%) Windows 10
6 11 (1.23%) Mac OS
7 8 (0.89%) Android
7 8 (0.89%) Apple iOS
8 7 (0.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 7 (0.78%) Windows Server 2016
9 5 (0.56%) Windows Server 2019
10 4 (0.45%) VMS
11 3 (0.33%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.11%) CentOS
12 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 321 (35.79%) Computer Science
2 278 (30.99%) Agile
3 235 (26.20%) Problem-Solving
4 175 (19.51%) AI
5 145 (16.16%) Analytics
6 140 (15.61%) DevOps
7 139 (15.50%) Stakeholder Management
8 131 (14.60%) Project Management
9 120 (13.38%) Continuous Improvement
10 118 (13.15%) CI/CD
11 111 (12.37%) Decision-Making
12 106 (11.82%) Risk Management
13 101 (11.26%) Migration
14 95 (10.59%) Roadmaps
15 87 (9.70%) Project Delivery
16 85 (9.48%) Change Management
16 85 (9.48%) Software Engineering
17 81 (9.03%) Scrum
18 78 (8.70%) Data Modelling
19 77 (8.58%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 189 (21.07%) Python
2 174 (19.40%) SQL
3 77 (8.58%) Java
4 60 (6.69%) C#
5 46 (5.13%) PowerShell
6 45 (5.02%) C++
7 31 (3.46%) JavaScript
8 22 (2.45%) TypeScript
9 18 (2.01%) R
10 12 (1.34%) PL/SQL
10 12 (1.34%) T-SQL
11 9 (1.00%) Bash
12 8 (0.89%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 6 (0.67%) Scala
13 6 (0.67%) Shell Script
14 5 (0.56%) C
14 5 (0.56%) Go
14 5 (0.56%) Rust
15 3 (0.33%) Bicep
15 3 (0.33%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 221 (24.64%) Computer Science Degree
2 138 (15.38%) Master's Degree
3 85 (9.48%) Security Cleared
4 66 (7.36%) SC Cleared
5 62 (6.91%) PMI Certification
6 49 (5.46%) PMP
7 41 (4.57%) CISSP
8 37 (4.12%) PhD
9 36 (4.01%) Microsoft Certification
10 32 (3.57%) Azure Certification
11 23 (2.56%) CBAP
12 21 (2.34%) Cisco Certification
12 21 (2.34%) CISM
13 18 (2.01%) CRISC
13 18 (2.01%) MBA
14 17 (1.90%) IIBA
15 16 (1.78%) CISA
16 14 (1.56%) AWS Certification
16 14 (1.56%) BPSS Clearance
16 14 (1.56%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 79 (8.81%) QA
2 49 (5.46%) Data Quality
3 43 (4.79%) GDPR
4 41 (4.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 40 (4.46%) PMO
6 37 (4.12%) NIST
7 27 (3.01%) SLA
8 17 (1.90%) Accessibility
9 16 (1.78%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 14 (1.56%) GRC
10 14 (1.56%) PCI DSS
11 11 (1.23%) IFRS
12 10 (1.11%) COBIT
13 7 (0.78%) Actionable Recommendations
14 6 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials
14 6 (0.67%) IFRS 17
14 6 (0.67%) SOC 2
15 5 (0.56%) Basel III
15 5 (0.56%) WCAG
16 4 (0.45%) ITGC
System Software
1 55 (6.13%) Active Directory
2 52 (5.80%) Docker
3 9 (1.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.78%) Hyper-V
4 7 (0.78%) Virtual Desktop
5 6 (0.67%) Firmware
6 4 (0.45%) XenApp
6 4 (0.45%) XenDesktop
7 3 (0.33%) vSphere
8 2 (0.22%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.11%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.11%) HDFS
9 1 (0.11%) IAG
9 1 (0.11%) Microsoft App-V
9 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.11%) PowerHA
9 1 (0.11%) Squid
9 1 (0.11%) Terminal Services
9 1 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.11%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 51 (5.69%) Kubernetes
2 42 (4.68%) Microsoft Intune
3 35 (3.90%) Terraform
4 19 (2.12%) SCCM
5 18 (2.01%) Ansible
6 15 (1.67%) Grafana
7 11 (1.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 11 (1.23%) Prometheus
8 4 (0.45%) Control-M
8 4 (0.45%) HP ALM
8 4 (0.45%) SCVMM
9 3 (0.33%) WSUS
10 2 (0.22%) Cisco CUCM
10 2 (0.22%) Jamf Pro
10 2 (0.22%) Kibana
10 2 (0.22%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.22%) SCOM
10 2 (0.22%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 1 (0.11%) Packer
11 1 (0.11%) vMotion
Vendors
1 219 (24.41%) Microsoft
2 72 (8.03%) Oracle
3 34 (3.79%) Google
4 30 (3.34%) SAP
5 28 (3.12%) Databricks
6 27 (3.01%) Citrix
6 27 (3.01%) ServiceNow
7 20 (2.23%) Cisco
8 19 (2.12%) Salesforce
9 13 (1.45%) Bloomberg
9 13 (1.45%) Informatica
10 12 (1.34%) Adobe
10 12 (1.34%) Palo Alto
11 11 (1.23%) Software AG
11 11 (1.23%) Splunk
11 11 (1.23%) VMware
12 10 (1.11%) Juniper
12 10 (1.11%) Murex
13 8 (0.89%) Apple
13 8 (0.89%) Charles River