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 14 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 44 24 22
Rank change year-on-year -20 -2 +4
Contract jobs citing Degree 970 1,028 1,348
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.81% 7.70% 8.32%
As % of the Qualifications category 17.12% 29.20% 33.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 516 618 830
10th Percentile £263 £325 £312
25th Percentile £406 £425 £412
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £661 £700 £675
90th Percentile £768 £800 £825
England median daily rate £510 £500 £510
% change year-on-year +2.00% -1.96% -3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 25 39
10th Percentile £19.03 £12.87 £18.00
25th Percentile £27.13 £20.24 £25.08
Median hourly rate £44.50 £27.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +61.82% -21.43% +19.66%
75th Percentile £78.75 £63.25 £51.25
90th Percentile £86.25 £68.25 £59.60
England median hourly rate £38.72 £39.32 £57.35
% change year-on-year -1.53% -31.44% +19.48%

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 5,665 3,521 3,967
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 28.12% 26.38% 24.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,067 2,364 2,610
10th Percentile £369 £350 £350
25th Percentile £456 £431 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £537 £538
Median % change year-on-year +2.42% -0.09% -2.27%
75th Percentile £644 £653 £650
90th Percentile £734 £738 £763
England median daily rate £525 £525 £538
% change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 99 81 57
10th Percentile £19.50 £18.87 £18.03
25th Percentile £24.78 - £22.00
Median hourly rate £52.50 £25.15 £32.29
Median % change year-on-year +108.75% -22.11% -41.29%
75th Percentile £78.75 £35.00 £53.75
90th Percentile £89.50 £65.00 £66.20
England median hourly rate £52.50 £25.15 £55.00
% change year-on-year +108.75% -54.27% -

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 14 September 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 14 September 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 14 September 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 -46 86 £536 +2.14% 439
West London -11 41 £226 -44.26% 213
East London +4 10 £445 -25.83% 32
South London -29 5 £190 -68.33% 50
North London - 4 £550 - 7
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 51 (5.26%) SharePoint
2 41 (4.23%) Confluence
3 23 (2.37%) Microsoft Exchange
4 20 (2.06%) Apache Spark
5 12 (1.24%) Apache Airflow
5 12 (1.24%) IIS
6 11 (1.13%) Apache
7 8 (0.82%) Camunda
8 6 (0.62%) CMS
9 4 (0.41%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 4 (0.41%) Appian
9 4 (0.41%) Oracle Workflow
10 3 (0.31%) Moodle
11 2 (0.21%) ArcGIS
11 2 (0.21%) Cloud Foundry
11 2 (0.21%) nginx
11 2 (0.21%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 1 (0.10%) Jupyter
12 1 (0.10%) MQSeries
12 1 (0.10%) Tomcat
Applications
1 96 (9.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 60 (6.19%) Microsoft Office
3 50 (5.15%) Microsoft Project
4 45 (4.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 20 (2.06%) MS Visio
6 11 (1.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 5 (0.52%) UserZoom
8 4 (0.41%) Chatbot
8 4 (0.41%) Spreadsheet
9 3 (0.31%) CPLEX
10 1 (0.10%) Mozilla Thunderbird
10 1 (0.10%) Navisworks
10 1 (0.10%) Photoshop
10 1 (0.10%) Revit
10 1 (0.10%) Trello
Business Applications
1 10 (1.03%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.82%) Magento
3 7 (0.72%) HFM
4 6 (0.62%) SAP S/4HANA
5 4 (0.41%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (0.41%) Oracle ERP
5 4 (0.41%) Oracle Payables
5 4 (0.41%) Workday HCM
6 3 (0.31%) Actimize
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 General Ledger
6 3 (0.31%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (0.21%) Cloudability
7 2 (0.21%) Orchestrade
7 2 (0.21%) SAP IBP
7 2 (0.21%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 238 (24.54%) Azure
2 141 (14.54%) AWS
3 73 (7.53%) GCP
3 73 (7.53%) Power Platform
4 71 (7.32%) Microsoft 365
5 53 (5.46%) Entra ID
6 47 (4.85%) Azure DevOps
7 42 (4.33%) GitHub
8 36 (3.71%) SaaS
9 25 (2.58%) Serverless
10 24 (2.47%) Dynamics 365
11 21 (2.16%) Snowflake
12 18 (1.86%) OpenShift
13 17 (1.75%) Anthropic Claude
13 17 (1.75%) Microsoft Copilot
14 15 (1.55%) IaaS
14 15 (1.55%) OneDrive
15 14 (1.44%) AWS Lambda
16 13 (1.34%) GitHub Actions
16 13 (1.34%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 43 (4.43%) Firewall
2 28 (2.89%) DNS
3 24 (2.47%) Network Security
3 24 (2.47%) TCP/IP
3 24 (2.47%) VPN
4 19 (1.96%) DHCP
5 17 (1.75%) 3GPP
6 16 (1.65%) 5G
7 15 (1.55%) Radio Access Network
8 14 (1.44%) Internet
9 13 (1.34%) WAN
10 12 (1.24%) LAN
11 8 (0.82%) Wireless
12 7 (0.72%) BGP
12 7 (0.72%) VoIP
12 7 (0.72%) VXLAN
13 6 (0.62%) HTTPS
13 6 (0.62%) Wi-Fi
14 5 (0.52%) MPLS
14 5 (0.52%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (5.57%) SQL Server
2 52 (5.36%) Power BI
3 30 (3.09%) PostgreSQL
4 27 (2.78%) Data Warehouse
5 25 (2.58%) Relational Database
6 23 (2.37%) NoSQL
7 21 (2.16%) Tableau
8 17 (1.75%) MongoDB
9 16 (1.65%) Big Data
10 15 (1.55%) Metadata
11 14 (1.44%) Oracle Database
12 12 (1.24%) Amazon RDS
13 11 (1.13%) Data Lake
14 10 (1.03%) Data Mining
14 10 (1.03%) MySQL
15 7 (0.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 6 (0.62%) Azure SQL Database
16 6 (0.62%) Delta Lake
16 6 (0.62%) Elasticsearch
16 6 (0.62%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 76 (7.84%) JIRA
2 69 (7.11%) Git
3 36 (3.71%) Jenkins
4 26 (2.68%) GitLab
5 16 (1.65%) Maven
6 15 (1.55%) Gradle
7 13 (1.34%) JUnit
7 13 (1.34%) Selenium
7 13 (1.34%) SonarQube
8 11 (1.13%) Subversion
9 10 (1.03%) Visual Studio
10 8 (0.82%) Mockito
11 7 (0.72%) REST Assured
12 6 (0.62%) MLflow
13 5 (0.52%) Bitbucket Server
13 5 (0.52%) Cypress.io
13 5 (0.52%) Sonatype Nexus
14 4 (0.41%) Cucumber
14 4 (0.41%) TeamCity
14 4 (0.41%) Zephyr
General
1 470 (48.45%) Social Skills
2 429 (44.23%) Finance
3 237 (24.43%) Analytical Skills
4 152 (15.67%) Banking
5 65 (6.70%) Organisational Skills
6 64 (6.60%) Marketing
7 61 (6.29%) Legal
8 51 (5.26%) Public Sector
9 44 (4.54%) Presentation Skills
10 42 (4.33%) Retail
11 39 (4.02%) Telecoms
12 38 (3.92%) Front Office
13 35 (3.61%) Investment Banking
14 32 (3.30%) Financial Institution
14 32 (3.30%) Influencing Skills
15 31 (3.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 29 (2.99%) Documentation Skills
17 23 (2.37%) Law
18 22 (2.27%) Pharmaceutical
19 18 (1.86%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 157 (16.19%) Analyst
2 122 (12.58%) Senior
3 111 (11.44%) Developer
4 93 (9.59%) Business Analyst
5 89 (9.18%) Lead
6 77 (7.94%) Architect
7 58 (5.98%) Project Manager
8 38 (3.92%) Solutions Architect
9 33 (3.40%) Support Engineer
10 29 (2.99%) Consultant
10 29 (2.99%) Senior Manager
11 27 (2.78%) Software Engineer
12 26 (2.68%) Java Developer
13 23 (2.37%) Financial Analyst
13 23 (2.37%) Senior Developer
14 22 (2.27%) IT Analyst
15 21 (2.16%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
15 21 (2.16%) Data Engineer
15 21 (2.16%) Data Scientist
16 20 (2.06%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (6.19%) .NET
1 60 (6.19%) REST
2 58 (5.98%) Terraform
3 42 (4.33%) Kafka
4 34 (3.51%) HTML
5 33 (3.40%) React
6 29 (2.99%) .NET Framework
7 27 (2.78%) Spring Boot
8 25 (2.58%) CSS
8 25 (2.58%) Spring
9 23 (2.37%) RESTful
10 22 (2.27%) XML
11 19 (1.96%) AngularJS
12 16 (1.65%) Oracle Fusion
12 16 (1.65%) Web Services
13 15 (1.55%) LangChain
14 14 (1.44%) JSON
14 14 (1.44%) Pandas
15 13 (1.34%) Middleware
15 13 (1.34%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 70 (7.22%) Onboarding
2 59 (6.08%) Management Information System
3 50 (5.15%) Cloud Native
4 49 (5.05%) Product Ownership
5 43 (4.43%) Algorithms
6 37 (3.81%) Data Structures
7 35 (3.61%) Self-Motivation
8 28 (2.89%) Distributed Systems
9 27 (2.78%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 26 (2.68%) AI Agents
11 24 (2.47%) Enterprise Software
12 23 (2.37%) Derivative
13 19 (1.96%) Data Centre
14 18 (1.86%) Social Media
15 17 (1.75%) Equities
15 17 (1.75%) Fixed Income
15 17 (1.75%) Virtual Team
16 16 (1.65%) Hedge funds
17 15 (1.55%) Data Protection Act
17 15 (1.55%) Graphic Design
Operating Systems
1 115 (11.86%) Windows
2 64 (6.60%) Linux
3 23 (2.37%) Windows Server
4 21 (2.16%) Unix
5 18 (1.86%) Windows 10
6 17 (1.75%) Mac OS
7 14 (1.44%) Apple iOS
8 8 (0.82%) Android
8 8 (0.82%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 6 (0.62%) Ubuntu
10 4 (0.41%) VMS
11 2 (0.21%) CentOS
11 2 (0.21%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.21%) Windows Server 2019
12 1 (0.10%) Amazon Linux
12 1 (0.10%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2003
12 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2012
12 1 (0.10%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 355 (36.60%) Computer Science
2 289 (29.79%) Agile
3 265 (27.32%) Problem-Solving
4 222 (22.89%) Stakeholder Management
5 218 (22.47%) AI
6 160 (16.49%) Analytics
7 154 (15.88%) DevOps
8 149 (15.36%) Continuous Improvement
9 144 (14.85%) CI/CD
10 125 (12.89%) Software Engineering
11 124 (12.78%) Project Management
12 111 (11.44%) Decision-Making
13 108 (11.13%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 107 (11.03%) Scrum
15 101 (10.41%) Migration
16 98 (10.10%) User Acceptance Testing
17 94 (9.69%) Change Management
18 88 (9.07%) Risk Management
19 86 (8.87%) Roadmaps
19 86 (8.87%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 200 (20.62%) Python
2 194 (20.00%) SQL
3 93 (9.59%) Java
4 71 (7.32%) C#
5 64 (6.60%) JavaScript
6 62 (6.39%) PowerShell
7 32 (3.30%) C++
8 30 (3.09%) TypeScript
9 22 (2.27%) Bash
10 19 (1.96%) R
11 17 (1.75%) PL/SQL
12 11 (1.13%) Scala
13 10 (1.03%) Bicep
14 9 (0.93%) C
14 9 (0.93%) T-SQL
15 8 (0.82%) Shell Script
16 5 (0.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 5 (0.52%) VBA
16 5 (0.52%) X++
17 4 (0.41%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 231 (23.81%) Computer Science Degree
2 110 (11.34%) Master's Degree
3 100 (10.31%) Security Cleared
4 75 (7.73%) SC Cleared
5 74 (7.63%) PMI Certification
6 64 (6.60%) PMP
7 40 (4.12%) PhD
8 36 (3.71%) CISSP
9 30 (3.09%) Microsoft Certification
10 29 (2.99%) Azure Certification
11 22 (2.27%) Cisco Certification
12 21 (2.16%) DV Cleared
13 20 (2.06%) MBA
14 16 (1.65%) CISA
14 16 (1.65%) CISM
15 14 (1.44%) ISTQB
16 13 (1.34%) AWS Certification
16 13 (1.34%) CCNP
16 13 (1.34%) TOGAF Certification
17 12 (1.24%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (7.73%) QA
2 64 (6.60%) Data Quality
3 38 (3.92%) PMO
4 24 (2.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 23 (2.37%) NIST
6 18 (1.86%) Accessibility
7 17 (1.75%) GDPR
8 15 (1.55%) SLA
9 14 (1.44%) GRC
9 14 (1.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 10 (1.03%) IFRS
11 8 (0.82%) Actionable Recommendations
11 8 (0.82%) COBIT
11 8 (0.82%) P3O
12 7 (0.72%) PCI DSS
13 6 (0.62%) HIPAA
14 5 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials
15 3 (0.31%) Basel III
15 3 (0.31%) ITGC
15 3 (0.31%) SOC 2
System Software
1 75 (7.73%) Active Directory
2 64 (6.60%) Docker
3 23 (2.37%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.72%) Hyper-V
5 6 (0.62%) Virtual Desktop
6 5 (0.52%) BitLocker
6 5 (0.52%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (0.41%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (0.41%) vSphere
8 3 (0.31%) Firmware
8 3 (0.31%) Microsoft App-V
8 3 (0.31%) Terminal Services
9 2 (0.21%) Squid
10 1 (0.10%) DFS Replication
10 1 (0.10%) Dovecot
10 1 (0.10%) Embedded Firmware
10 1 (0.10%) Postfix
10 1 (0.10%) RACF
10 1 (0.10%) Time Sharing Option
10 1 (0.10%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 56 (5.77%) Kubernetes
2 42 (4.33%) Microsoft Intune
3 27 (2.78%) Ansible
4 15 (1.55%) Grafana
4 15 (1.55%) SCCM
5 13 (1.34%) Prometheus
6 6 (0.62%) Puppet
7 5 (0.52%) Control-M
8 4 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.31%) Cisco CUCM
9 3 (0.31%) HP ALM
9 3 (0.31%) Nagios
9 3 (0.31%) Packer
9 3 (0.31%) vCenter Server
9 3 (0.31%) vMotion
9 3 (0.31%) WSUS
10 2 (0.21%) HP Fortify
11 1 (0.10%) Jamf Pro
11 1 (0.10%) QRadar
11 1 (0.10%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 236 (24.33%) Microsoft
2 89 (9.18%) Oracle
3 49 (5.05%) ServiceNow
4 47 (4.85%) Google
5 37 (3.81%) SAP
6 31 (3.20%) VMware
7 27 (2.78%) Adobe
8 25 (2.58%) Cisco
9 23 (2.37%) Citrix
10 22 (2.27%) Salesforce
11 21 (2.16%) Databricks
12 19 (1.96%) OpenAI
13 17 (1.75%) IBM
14 13 (1.34%) Apple
15 12 (1.24%) Palo Alto
15 12 (1.24%) Splunk
16 10 (1.03%) Bloomberg
17 9 (0.93%) CyberArk
17 9 (0.93%) Murex
17 9 (0.93%) Samsung