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 5 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 45 25 21
Rank change year-on-year -20 -4 +4
Contract jobs citing Degree 976 1,021 1,367
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.84% 7.62% 8.45%
As % of the Qualifications category 17.06% 28.63% 33.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 528 613 833
10th Percentile £263 £325 £313
25th Percentile £406 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £663 £688 £688
90th Percentile £763 £785 £850
England median daily rate £510 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +2.00% - -6.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 26 44
10th Percentile £16.64 £14.25 £18.13
25th Percentile £26.25 £21.31 £26.75
Median hourly rate £50.00 £31.32 £38.25
Median % change year-on-year +59.67% -18.13% +41.67%
75th Percentile £78.75 £63.00 £53.75
90th Percentile £86.00 £86.25 £68.53
England median hourly rate £39.50 £34.49 £52.50
% change year-on-year +14.53% -34.30% +9.38%

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 5,720 3,566 4,050
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 28.38% 26.60% 25.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,143 2,398 2,591
10th Percentile £363 £356 £350
25th Percentile £456 £435 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £537 £538
Median % change year-on-year +2.42% -0.09% -2.27%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £650
90th Percentile £730 £738 £774
England median daily rate £533 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +1.52% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 106 83 65
10th Percentile £19.50 £18.99 £18.13
25th Percentile £24.47 - £25.99
Median hourly rate £54.00 £25.15 £36.80
Median % change year-on-year +114.71% -31.66% -20.43%
75th Percentile £78.75 £34.74 £57.50
90th Percentile £155.00 £64.65 £73.50
England median hourly rate £50.00 £25.15 £52.50
% change year-on-year +98.81% -52.10% -0.94%

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 5 October 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 5 October 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 5 October 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 -42 89 £538 -2.27% 581
West London -11 41 £226 -44.26% 130
East London +7 12 £190 -71.11% 33
North London - 4 £550 - 5
South London -31 2 £650 +4.00% 25
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 52 (5.33%) Confluence
2 48 (4.92%) SharePoint
3 21 (2.15%) Apache Spark
4 18 (1.84%) Microsoft Exchange
5 13 (1.33%) IIS
6 11 (1.13%) Apache
6 11 (1.13%) Apache Airflow
7 9 (0.92%) Camunda
7 9 (0.92%) CMS
8 7 (0.72%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 4 (0.41%) Oracle Workflow
10 3 (0.31%) Appian
10 3 (0.31%) Moodle
10 3 (0.31%) nginx
11 2 (0.20%) ArcGIS
11 2 (0.20%) CICS
11 2 (0.20%) Cloud Foundry
11 2 (0.20%) OpenStack
11 2 (0.20%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 2 (0.20%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 98 (10.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 63 (6.45%) Microsoft Office
3 49 (5.02%) Microsoft Project
4 43 (4.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 20 (2.05%) MS Visio
6 11 (1.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 5 (0.51%) Chatbot
7 5 (0.51%) UserZoom
8 4 (0.41%) Spreadsheet
9 2 (0.20%) CPLEX
9 2 (0.20%) Navisworks
10 1 (0.10%) Mozilla Thunderbird
10 1 (0.10%) Photoshop
10 1 (0.10%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 10 (1.02%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.82%) Magento
3 7 (0.72%) HFM
3 7 (0.72%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (0.51%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (0.41%) Oracle General Ledger
5 4 (0.41%) Workday HCM
6 3 (0.31%) Aladdin
6 3 (0.31%) Changepoint
6 3 (0.31%) Loan IQ
6 3 (0.31%) OpenText MBPM
6 3 (0.31%) Oracle BPM
6 3 (0.31%) Oracle ERP
6 3 (0.31%) Oracle Payables
6 3 (0.31%) Oracle Receivables
6 3 (0.31%) Temenos T24
7 2 (0.20%) Cloudability
7 2 (0.20%) Endur
7 2 (0.20%) Primavera
7 2 (0.20%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 237 (24.28%) Azure
2 142 (14.55%) AWS
3 81 (8.30%) GCP
4 77 (7.89%) Power Platform
5 64 (6.56%) Microsoft 365
6 54 (5.53%) Azure DevOps
6 54 (5.53%) Entra ID
7 43 (4.41%) GitHub
8 36 (3.69%) SaaS
9 26 (2.66%) Serverless
10 24 (2.46%) Dynamics 365
11 22 (2.25%) Anthropic Claude
11 22 (2.25%) Snowflake
12 18 (1.84%) Microsoft Copilot
13 17 (1.74%) Amazon S3
13 17 (1.74%) OpenShift
14 15 (1.54%) Amazon EC2
14 15 (1.54%) IaaS
15 14 (1.43%) OneDrive
15 14 (1.43%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 40 (4.10%) Firewall
2 27 (2.77%) DNS
3 26 (2.66%) Network Security
4 20 (2.05%) TCP/IP
4 20 (2.05%) VPN
5 17 (1.74%) 3GPP
5 17 (1.74%) 5G
5 17 (1.74%) DHCP
6 15 (1.54%) Radio Access Network
7 13 (1.33%) Internet
8 11 (1.13%) LAN
8 11 (1.13%) WAN
9 8 (0.82%) VoIP
9 8 (0.82%) Wireless
10 6 (0.61%) HTTPS
10 6 (0.61%) Unified Communications
10 6 (0.61%) VXLAN
10 6 (0.61%) Wi-Fi
11 5 (0.51%) HTTP
11 5 (0.51%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (5.64%) Power BI
2 53 (5.43%) SQL Server
3 33 (3.38%) Data Warehouse
4 31 (3.18%) PostgreSQL
5 25 (2.56%) NoSQL
6 22 (2.25%) Relational Database
7 20 (2.05%) Tableau
8 19 (1.95%) MongoDB
9 18 (1.84%) Big Data
10 16 (1.64%) Metadata
11 14 (1.43%) Oracle Database
12 13 (1.33%) Data Lake
12 13 (1.33%) MySQL
13 12 (1.23%) Amazon RDS
14 8 (0.82%) Data Mining
14 8 (0.82%) Elasticsearch
15 7 (0.72%) Delta Lake
15 7 (0.72%) Redis
16 6 (0.61%) Azure SQL Database
16 6 (0.61%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 79 (8.09%) JIRA
2 77 (7.89%) Git
3 38 (3.89%) Jenkins
4 28 (2.87%) GitLab
5 17 (1.74%) Gradle
5 17 (1.74%) Maven
6 15 (1.54%) JUnit
7 13 (1.33%) SonarQube
8 12 (1.23%) Selenium
9 10 (1.02%) Mockito
9 10 (1.02%) Visual Studio
10 8 (0.82%) Subversion
11 6 (0.61%) Cucumber
11 6 (0.61%) MLflow
11 6 (0.61%) REST Assured
12 5 (0.51%) Bitbucket Server
12 5 (0.51%) Sonatype Nexus
13 4 (0.41%) Chocolatey
13 4 (0.41%) Claude Code
13 4 (0.41%) TeamCity
General
1 469 (48.05%) Social Skills
2 434 (44.47%) Finance
3 252 (25.82%) Analytical Skills
4 152 (15.57%) Banking
5 67 (6.86%) Marketing
6 66 (6.76%) Organisational Skills
7 60 (6.15%) Legal
8 58 (5.94%) Public Sector
9 47 (4.82%) Presentation Skills
10 46 (4.71%) Influencing Skills
11 42 (4.30%) Retail
12 38 (3.89%) Telecoms
13 34 (3.48%) Documentation Skills
13 34 (3.48%) Investment Banking
14 33 (3.38%) Financial Institution
14 33 (3.38%) Front Office
15 32 (3.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 25 (2.56%) Pharmaceutical
17 24 (2.46%) Law
18 17 (1.74%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 163 (16.70%) Analyst
2 118 (12.09%) Senior
3 109 (11.17%) Developer
4 101 (10.35%) Business Analyst
5 86 (8.81%) Lead
6 75 (7.68%) Architect
7 60 (6.15%) Project Manager
8 36 (3.69%) Solutions Architect
9 32 (3.28%) Support Engineer
10 31 (3.18%) Consultant
11 28 (2.87%) Senior Manager
12 26 (2.66%) Software Engineer
13 25 (2.56%) Financial Analyst
14 23 (2.36%) Java Developer
15 21 (2.15%) IT Manager
15 21 (2.15%) Senior Developer
16 20 (2.05%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
16 20 (2.05%) Data Scientist
16 20 (2.05%) Desktop Support
16 20 (2.05%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (6.05%) .NET
2 58 (5.94%) REST
3 56 (5.74%) Terraform
4 44 (4.51%) Kafka
5 36 (3.69%) HTML
6 32 (3.28%) React
7 29 (2.97%) CSS
8 26 (2.66%) .NET Framework
8 26 (2.66%) Spring Boot
9 24 (2.46%) Spring
10 23 (2.36%) XML
11 22 (2.25%) RESTful
12 18 (1.84%) AngularJS
12 18 (1.84%) Web Services
13 17 (1.74%) LangChain
13 17 (1.74%) Oracle Fusion
13 17 (1.74%) SOAP
14 16 (1.64%) LangGraph
15 15 (1.54%) JSON
15 15 (1.54%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 70 (7.17%) Onboarding
2 58 (5.94%) Management Information System
3 53 (5.43%) Product Ownership
4 51 (5.23%) Cloud Native
5 45 (4.61%) Algorithms
6 35 (3.59%) Self-Motivation
7 34 (3.48%) Data Structures
8 29 (2.97%) AI Agents
9 26 (2.66%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 25 (2.56%) Distributed Systems
11 23 (2.36%) Derivative
11 23 (2.36%) Enterprise Software
12 20 (2.05%) Data Centre
13 18 (1.84%) Equities
14 17 (1.74%) Virtual Team
15 16 (1.64%) Credit Risk
15 16 (1.64%) Hedge funds
15 16 (1.64%) PMI
15 16 (1.64%) Social Media
16 15 (1.54%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 111 (11.37%) Windows
2 65 (6.66%) Linux
3 29 (2.97%) Unix
4 24 (2.46%) Windows Server
5 17 (1.74%) Windows 10
6 14 (1.43%) Mac OS
7 13 (1.33%) Apple iOS
8 7 (0.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 6 (0.61%) Android
10 5 (0.51%) Ubuntu
11 4 (0.41%) VMS
12 2 (0.20%) Mac OS X
12 2 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
12 2 (0.20%) Windows Server 2019
12 2 (0.20%) zOS
13 1 (0.10%) Amazon Linux
13 1 (0.10%) CentOS
13 1 (0.10%) Embedded Linux
13 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2003
13 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 356 (36.48%) Computer Science
2 303 (31.05%) Agile
3 268 (27.46%) Problem-Solving
4 248 (25.41%) Stakeholder Management
5 222 (22.75%) AI
6 166 (17.01%) Analytics
7 161 (16.50%) DevOps
8 154 (15.78%) CI/CD
9 152 (15.57%) Continuous Improvement
10 128 (13.11%) Software Engineering
11 126 (12.91%) Project Management
12 111 (11.37%) Decision-Making
13 110 (11.27%) Scrum
14 109 (11.17%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 108 (11.07%) Risk Management
16 101 (10.35%) User Acceptance Testing
17 100 (10.25%) Change Management
17 100 (10.25%) Migration
18 97 (9.94%) Validation
19 96 (9.84%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 203 (20.80%) SQL
2 194 (19.88%) Python
3 87 (8.91%) Java
4 68 (6.97%) C#
5 63 (6.45%) JavaScript
6 60 (6.15%) PowerShell
7 29 (2.97%) C++
7 29 (2.97%) TypeScript
8 27 (2.77%) Bash
9 17 (1.74%) PL/SQL
9 17 (1.74%) R
10 13 (1.33%) Scala
11 12 (1.23%) Shell Script
12 11 (1.13%) Bicep
13 9 (0.92%) C
13 9 (0.92%) T-SQL
14 5 (0.51%) COBOL
14 5 (0.51%) X++
15 4 (0.41%) VB.NET
15 4 (0.41%) VBA
Qualifications
1 232 (23.77%) Computer Science Degree
2 113 (11.58%) Master's Degree
3 105 (10.76%) Security Cleared
4 84 (8.61%) PMI Certification
5 78 (7.99%) SC Cleared
6 74 (7.58%) PMP
7 38 (3.89%) PhD
8 35 (3.59%) CISSP
9 28 (2.87%) Azure Certification
10 26 (2.66%) Cisco Certification
11 23 (2.36%) Microsoft Certification
12 21 (2.15%) DV Cleared
13 18 (1.84%) CISM
14 16 (1.64%) MBA
15 15 (1.54%) AWS Certification
16 14 (1.43%) ACCA
16 14 (1.43%) CIMA
16 14 (1.43%) CISA
17 13 (1.33%) CCNP
17 13 (1.33%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 74 (7.58%) Data Quality
1 74 (7.58%) QA
2 37 (3.79%) PMO
3 25 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 23 (2.36%) NIST
5 20 (2.05%) GDPR
6 18 (1.84%) Accessibility
7 15 (1.54%) GRC
8 14 (1.43%) SLA
9 12 (1.23%) IFRS
10 11 (1.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 9 (0.92%) PCI DSS
12 8 (0.82%) Actionable Recommendations
12 8 (0.82%) P3O
13 7 (0.72%) Basel III
13 7 (0.72%) COBIT
14 6 (0.61%) HIPAA
15 5 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials
16 4 (0.41%) NCSC
17 3 (0.31%) EU AI Act
System Software
1 71 (7.27%) Active Directory
2 67 (6.86%) Docker
3 22 (2.25%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.61%) Hyper-V
5 5 (0.51%) BitLocker
5 5 (0.51%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (0.41%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.41%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (0.31%) Firmware
7 3 (0.31%) Microsoft App-V
7 3 (0.31%) Terminal Services
7 3 (0.31%) vSphere
8 2 (0.20%) RACF
8 2 (0.20%) Squid
8 2 (0.20%) Time Sharing Option
9 1 (0.10%) DFS Replication
9 1 (0.10%) Dovecot
9 1 (0.10%) ISA Server
9 1 (0.10%) Postfix
9 1 (0.10%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 59 (6.05%) Kubernetes
2 39 (4.00%) Microsoft Intune
3 26 (2.66%) Ansible
4 16 (1.64%) Grafana
5 15 (1.54%) Prometheus
6 12 (1.23%) SCCM
7 7 (0.72%) Control-M
8 6 (0.61%) Puppet
9 5 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (0.31%) Cisco CUCM
10 3 (0.31%) Nagios
10 3 (0.31%) Packer
10 3 (0.31%) vCenter Server
10 3 (0.31%) vMotion
11 2 (0.20%) CASB
11 2 (0.20%) HP Fortify
11 2 (0.20%) Progress Chef
12 1 (0.10%) HP ALM
12 1 (0.10%) Kibana
12 1 (0.10%) PingFederate
Vendors
1 236 (24.18%) Microsoft
2 88 (9.02%) Oracle
3 55 (5.64%) Google
4 49 (5.02%) ServiceNow
5 38 (3.89%) SAP
6 29 (2.97%) VMware
7 27 (2.77%) Adobe
8 26 (2.66%) Cisco
8 26 (2.66%) Databricks
9 25 (2.56%) Salesforce
10 24 (2.46%) OpenAI
11 20 (2.05%) Citrix
11 20 (2.05%) IBM
12 14 (1.43%) Splunk
13 13 (1.33%) Apple
14 12 (1.23%) Murex
14 12 (1.23%) UiPath
15 11 (1.13%) Palo Alto
16 10 (1.02%) Progress
17 9 (0.92%) Samsung