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 25 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 23 26
Rank change year-on-year -4 +3 +3
Contract jobs citing Degree 1,027 1,285 1,493
As % of all contract jobs in London 7.28% 8.18% 7.52%
As % of the Qualifications category 26.01% 32.01% 32.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 636 780 981
10th Percentile £321 £319 £308
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £537 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.09% -2.27% -4.35%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £675
90th Percentile £775 £850 £800
England median daily rate £523 £520 £525
% change year-on-year +0.53% -0.95% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 34 25
10th Percentile £24.50 £18.25 £18.87
25th Percentile £25.68 £31.78 £23.00
Median hourly rate £36.25 £40.46 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -10.39% -10.10% -3.23%
75th Percentile £62.50 £53.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £84.28 £67.25 £70.40
England median hourly rate £35.00 £42.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -17.65% -15.00% +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 3,948 4,014 4,651
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 28.00% 25.56% 23.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,743 2,557 3,129
10th Percentile £353 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £528 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.31% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £668
90th Percentile £750 £756 £775
England median daily rate £525 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 101 54 99
10th Percentile £19.38 £20.15 £19.20
25th Percentile - £27.81 £23.63
Median hourly rate £25.15 £39.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -35.51% -25.71% +8.25%
75th Percentile £42.75 £60.56 £65.43
90th Percentile £66.50 £81.76 £83.85
England median hourly rate £25.15 £50.00 £53.67
% change year-on-year -49.70% -6.83% +19.26%

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 25 November 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 25 November 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 25 November 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 -3 172 £550 +4.76% 174
South London +8 33 £600 +17.07% 27
West London +3 31 £208 -44.67% 77
East London -9 6 £900 +70.62% 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 (6.62%) Confluence
2 49 (4.77%) SharePoint
3 34 (3.31%) Apache Spark
4 22 (2.14%) Microsoft Exchange
5 13 (1.27%) Apache Airflow
6 12 (1.17%) nginx
7 10 (0.97%) IIS
8 7 (0.68%) CMS
9 5 (0.49%) Luigi
10 4 (0.39%) Moodle
10 4 (0.39%) SAS
11 3 (0.29%) Alfresco
11 3 (0.29%) Apache
11 3 (0.29%) Ethereum
11 3 (0.29%) Hyperledger
11 3 (0.29%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 2 (0.19%) Tomcat
13 1 (0.097%) MQSeries
13 1 (0.097%) NetWeaver
13 1 (0.097%) WordPress
Applications
1 104 (10.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 93 (9.06%) Microsoft Office
3 62 (6.04%) Microsoft Project
4 60 (5.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 34 (3.31%) MS Visio
6 10 (0.97%) Mozilla Thunderbird
7 8 (0.78%) Trello
8 5 (0.49%) Spreadsheet
9 2 (0.19%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.097%) Adobe After Effects
10 1 (0.097%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.097%) Camtasia
10 1 (0.097%) Chatbot
10 1 (0.097%) InVision
10 1 (0.097%) Navisworks
10 1 (0.097%) Oracle Smart View
10 1 (0.097%) ProjectWise
10 1 (0.097%) Revit
10 1 (0.097%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 17 (1.66%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (1.17%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (0.68%) Oracle EBS
3 7 (0.68%) Oracle EBS R12
3 7 (0.68%) Salesforce CRM
3 7 (0.68%) Workday HCM
4 6 (0.58%) Endur
4 6 (0.58%) SAP EWM
4 6 (0.58%) SAP WM
5 5 (0.49%) Oracle Assets
5 5 (0.49%) Oracle E-Business Tax
5 5 (0.49%) Oracle Financials
5 5 (0.49%) Oracle General Ledger
5 5 (0.49%) Oracle Payables
5 5 (0.49%) Remedy ITSM
6 4 (0.39%) FLEXCUBE
6 4 (0.39%) Temenos T24
7 3 (0.29%) Oracle BPM
7 3 (0.29%) SAP IBP
8 2 (0.19%) SAP CX
Cloud Services
1 247 (24.05%) Azure
2 139 (13.53%) AWS
3 83 (8.08%) Microsoft 365
4 66 (6.43%) GCP
4 66 (6.43%) Power Platform
5 58 (5.65%) SaaS
6 56 (5.45%) GitHub
7 47 (4.58%) Entra ID
8 45 (4.38%) Azure DevOps
9 23 (2.24%) Amazon ECS
9 23 (2.24%) Amazon S3
10 19 (1.85%) GitHub Actions
11 18 (1.75%) Dynamics 365
12 17 (1.66%) Miro
12 17 (1.66%) PaaS
13 16 (1.56%) IaaS
13 16 (1.56%) Serverless
14 15 (1.46%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 15 (1.46%) Power Automate
14 15 (1.46%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 45 (4.38%) Firewall
2 33 (3.21%) DNS
3 23 (2.24%) HTTP
4 22 (2.14%) VPN
5 17 (1.66%) DHCP
5 17 (1.66%) Network Security
6 16 (1.56%) TCP/IP
7 15 (1.46%) LAN
7 15 (1.46%) WAN
8 13 (1.27%) SMTP
8 13 (1.27%) SSH
9 10 (0.97%) FTP
9 10 (0.97%) IMAP
9 10 (0.97%) OpenLDAP
10 9 (0.88%) VoIP
11 6 (0.58%) Wi-Fi
12 5 (0.49%) CTI
12 5 (0.49%) Internet
13 4 (0.39%) Intranet
13 4 (0.39%) MGCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (5.06%) Power BI
2 39 (3.80%) SQL Server
3 38 (3.70%) PostgreSQL
4 32 (3.12%) Tableau
5 26 (2.53%) Data Warehouse
6 20 (1.95%) Relational Database
7 19 (1.85%) Amazon RDS
8 16 (1.56%) NoSQL
9 14 (1.36%) Data Lake
10 13 (1.27%) Big Data
11 12 (1.17%) MySQL
12 11 (1.07%) MongoDB
13 10 (0.97%) Amazon Aurora
13 10 (0.97%) BigQuery
13 10 (0.97%) Hadoop
14 9 (0.88%) Metadata
14 9 (0.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 7 (0.68%) Redis
15 7 (0.68%) Star Schema
16 5 (0.49%) Data Mart
Development Applications
1 115 (11.20%) JIRA
2 55 (5.36%) Git
3 31 (3.02%) Jenkins
4 13 (1.27%) Postman
5 11 (1.07%) GitLab
5 11 (1.07%) Selenium
5 11 (1.07%) Vagrant
6 8 (0.78%) Bitbucket
6 8 (0.78%) Cucumber
6 8 (0.78%) Cypress.io
6 8 (0.78%) SpecFlow
7 7 (0.68%) Visual Studio
8 6 (0.58%) JUnit
8 6 (0.58%) MLflow
9 5 (0.49%) Appium
9 5 (0.49%) Charles Proxy
9 5 (0.49%) CircleCI
9 5 (0.49%) Katalon Studio
9 5 (0.49%) Team Foundation Server
9 5 (0.49%) XCUITest
General
1 492 (47.91%) Social Skills
2 478 (46.54%) Finance
3 240 (23.37%) Analytical Skills
4 174 (16.94%) Banking
5 66 (6.43%) Presentation Skills
6 61 (5.94%) Marketing
7 58 (5.65%) Public Sector
8 54 (5.26%) Front Office
9 51 (4.97%) Investment Banking
10 37 (3.60%) Legal
11 35 (3.41%) Financial Institution
11 35 (3.41%) Telecoms
12 34 (3.31%) Influencing Skills
13 30 (2.92%) Organisational Skills
14 27 (2.63%) Pharmaceutical
15 26 (2.53%) Back Office
16 25 (2.43%) Manufacturing
17 24 (2.34%) Retail
18 23 (2.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
19 21 (2.04%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 146 (14.22%) Analyst
2 136 (13.24%) Developer
3 124 (12.07%) Senior
4 100 (9.74%) Business Analyst
5 78 (7.59%) Project Manager
6 67 (6.52%) Architect
7 66 (6.43%) Lead
8 51 (4.97%) Consultant
9 38 (3.70%) Software Engineer
10 29 (2.82%) Data Scientist
11 28 (2.73%) Senior Developer
12 24 (2.34%) Data Engineer
13 20 (1.95%) IT Manager
14 19 (1.85%) AWS Engineer
14 19 (1.85%) Platform Engineer
14 19 (1.85%) Solutions Architect
15 17 (1.66%) Machine Learning Engineer
15 17 (1.66%) Senior Software Engineer
16 15 (1.46%) Data Analyst
16 15 (1.46%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (5.36%) .NET
2 38 (3.70%) REST
3 31 (3.02%) Kafka
4 29 (2.82%) HTML
5 28 (2.73%) RESTful
6 22 (2.14%) CSS
6 22 (2.14%) React
7 21 (2.04%) Web Services
8 20 (1.95%) Middleware
8 20 (1.95%) Node.js
9 19 (1.85%) AngularJS
9 19 (1.85%) XML
10 18 (1.75%) OAuth
11 17 (1.66%) JSON
12 15 (1.46%) FastAPI
12 15 (1.46%) LangChain
12 15 (1.46%) Playwright
13 14 (1.36%) Pandas
13 14 (1.36%) pytest
13 14 (1.36%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 75 (7.30%) Management Information System
2 58 (5.65%) Product Ownership
3 47 (4.58%) Derivative
4 43 (4.19%) Onboarding
5 40 (3.89%) Cloud Native
6 36 (3.51%) Algorithms
7 28 (2.73%) Data Protection Act
8 27 (2.63%) Life Science
9 26 (2.53%) Data Centre
9 26 (2.53%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 24 (2.34%) Fixed Income
10 24 (2.34%) Self-Motivation
11 22 (2.14%) Equities
12 21 (2.04%) Replication
12 21 (2.04%) Virtual Team
13 20 (1.95%) Distributed Computing
13 20 (1.95%) Enterprise Software
13 20 (1.95%) Security Posture
14 19 (1.85%) Analytical Mindset
15 18 (1.75%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 82 (7.98%) Windows
2 75 (7.30%) Linux
3 41 (3.99%) Unix
4 21 (2.04%) Windows Server
5 18 (1.75%) Windows 10
6 14 (1.36%) Android
6 14 (1.36%) Apple iOS
7 12 (1.17%) Ubuntu
7 12 (1.17%) VMS
8 11 (1.07%) Windows Server 2016
9 10 (0.97%) Amazon Linux
10 9 (0.88%) Mac OS
10 9 (0.88%) Windows Server 2019
11 2 (0.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 1 (0.097%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.097%) Windows 7
12 1 (0.097%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 443 (43.14%) Computer Science
2 361 (35.15%) Agile
3 314 (30.57%) Problem-Solving
4 171 (16.65%) Project Management
5 162 (15.77%) Stakeholder Management
6 148 (14.41%) DevOps
7 143 (13.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 132 (12.85%) Analytics
9 131 (12.76%) AI
10 119 (11.59%) Risk Management
11 118 (11.49%) Change Management
12 114 (11.10%) CI/CD
13 107 (10.42%) Scrum
14 101 (9.83%) Machine Learning
15 100 (9.74%) Roadmaps
16 99 (9.64%) Software Engineering
17 95 (9.25%) Migration
18 93 (9.06%) Decision-Making
18 93 (9.06%) Project Delivery
19 89 (8.67%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 238 (23.17%) Python
2 197 (19.18%) SQL
3 105 (10.22%) Java
4 66 (6.43%) JavaScript
5 59 (5.74%) PowerShell
6 58 (5.65%) C++
7 54 (5.26%) C#
8 28 (2.73%) TypeScript
9 23 (2.24%) R
10 17 (1.66%) Bash
11 14 (1.36%) Ruby
12 12 (1.17%) Groovy
12 12 (1.17%) PL/SQL
13 11 (1.07%) T-SQL
14 10 (0.97%) Kotlin
14 10 (0.97%) Kusto Query Language
14 10 (0.97%) Perl
15 8 (0.78%) C
15 8 (0.78%) Go
16 6 (0.58%) PHP
Qualifications
1 275 (26.78%) Computer Science Degree
2 163 (15.87%) Master's Degree
3 82 (7.98%) Security Cleared
4 81 (7.89%) PMI Certification
5 72 (7.01%) PMP
6 60 (5.84%) SC Cleared
7 44 (4.28%) PhD
8 42 (4.09%) Microsoft Certification
9 39 (3.80%) CISSP
10 38 (3.70%) Azure Certification
11 25 (2.43%) AWS Certification
11 25 (2.43%) CISM
12 19 (1.85%) CBAP
13 18 (1.75%) Cisco Certification
14 16 (1.56%) Numerate Degree
15 14 (1.36%) MBA
16 13 (1.27%) CISA
17 12 (1.17%) CCNA
18 10 (0.97%) DV Cleared
19 9 (0.88%) CFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (6.04%) QA
2 49 (4.77%) GDPR
3 39 (3.80%) Data Quality
4 28 (2.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 28 (2.73%) NIST
5 25 (2.43%) Accessibility
6 23 (2.24%) PMO
7 16 (1.56%) SLA
8 13 (1.27%) PCI DSS
9 11 (1.07%) GRC
10 10 (0.97%) COBIT
11 8 (0.78%) Cyber Essentials
11 8 (0.78%) IFRS
11 8 (0.78%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 7 (0.68%) Basel III
12 7 (0.68%) MiFID
12 7 (0.68%) WCAG
13 5 (0.49%) IFRS 9
14 4 (0.39%) EMIR
14 4 (0.39%) IFRS 17
System Software
1 75 (7.30%) Docker
2 59 (5.74%) Active Directory
3 10 (0.97%) DFS Replication
3 10 (0.97%) Dovecot
3 10 (0.97%) Postfix
3 10 (0.97%) Squid
4 8 (0.78%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (0.49%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (0.49%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.19%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.19%) XenApp
7 1 (0.097%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.097%) Firmware
7 1 (0.097%) HDFS
7 1 (0.097%) PowerHA
7 1 (0.097%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.097%) vSphere
7 1 (0.097%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 53 (5.16%) Terraform
2 51 (4.97%) Kubernetes
3 23 (2.24%) Microsoft Intune
4 21 (2.04%) Grafana
5 16 (1.56%) SCCM
6 13 (1.27%) Prometheus
7 12 (1.17%) Ansible
8 10 (0.97%) Nessus
8 10 (0.97%) Proxmox
9 7 (0.68%) CSIRT
9 7 (0.68%) SCOM
10 5 (0.49%) QRadar
11 4 (0.39%) Puppet
12 3 (0.29%) Argo
12 3 (0.29%) Functional Safety
12 3 (0.29%) Single Sign-On
13 2 (0.19%) HP ALM
13 2 (0.19%) Progress Chef
13 2 (0.19%) RSA Archer
14 1 (0.097%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 199 (19.38%) Microsoft
2 56 (5.45%) Oracle
3 50 (4.87%) SAP
4 49 (4.77%) Google
5 45 (4.38%) ServiceNow
6 41 (3.99%) Salesforce
7 23 (2.24%) Cisco
8 21 (2.04%) Databricks
9 19 (1.85%) Splunk
9 19 (1.85%) Workday
10 13 (1.27%) Adobe
11 11 (1.07%) Citrix
11 11 (1.07%) IBM
11 11 (1.07%) VMware
12 10 (0.97%) Jaspersoft
13 9 (0.88%) Murex
14 8 (0.78%) Apple
14 8 (0.78%) Fortinet
15 7 (0.68%) OpenAI
15 7 (0.68%) UiPath