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

6 months to
23 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 45 24 21
Rank change year-on-year -21 -3 +5
Contract jobs citing Degree 980 1,020 1,344
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.81% 7.63% 8.40%
As % of the Qualifications category 17.02% 28.75% 34.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 525 610 825
10th Percentile £263 £325 £313
25th Percentile £406 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £528
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £663 £700 £693
90th Percentile £763 £789 £850
England median daily rate £510 £500 £505
% change year-on-year +2.00% -0.99% -4.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 25 40
10th Percentile £19.03 £14.25 £18.07
25th Percentile £27.56 £20.24 £25.53
Median hourly rate £46.75 £28.15 £35.90
Median % change year-on-year +66.07% -21.59% +32.96%
75th Percentile £78.75 £62.25 £53.75
90th Percentile £86.13 £67.25 £58.55
England median hourly rate £39.75 £38.50 £57.35
% change year-on-year +3.25% -32.87% +14.70%

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 5,757 3,548 3,924
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 28.28% 26.53% 24.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,155 2,385 2,546
10th Percentile £369 £357 £350
25th Percentile £457 £442 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £538
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% - -2.27%
75th Percentile £650 £653 £650
90th Percentile £734 £738 £765
England median daily rate £530 £525 £535
% change year-on-year +0.95% -1.87% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 106 80 58
10th Percentile £19.50 £18.87 £18.05
25th Percentile £26.25 - £24.16
Median hourly rate £54.00 £25.15 £34.38
Median % change year-on-year +114.71% -26.84% -31.25%
75th Percentile £83.44 £35.94 £56.00
90th Percentile £155.00 £65.00 £70.63
England median hourly rate £52.50 £25.15 £55.00
% change year-on-year +108.75% -54.27% +1.85%

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 23 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 23 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 23 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 -44 86 £538 +2.38% 588
West London -15 41 £226 -44.26% 253
East London +4 10 £265 -55.83% 40
South London -28 5 £190 -69.60% 23
North London - 4 £550 - 3
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 49 (5.00%) SharePoint
2 44 (4.49%) Confluence
3 21 (2.14%) Apache Spark
3 21 (2.14%) Microsoft Exchange
4 12 (1.22%) IIS
5 11 (1.12%) Apache
5 11 (1.12%) Apache Airflow
6 9 (0.92%) Camunda
7 6 (0.61%) CMS
8 5 (0.51%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 4 (0.41%) Oracle Workflow
10 3 (0.31%) Appian
10 3 (0.31%) Moodle
11 2 (0.20%) ArcGIS
11 2 (0.20%) CICS
11 2 (0.20%) Cloud Foundry
11 2 (0.20%) nginx
11 2 (0.20%) OpenStack
11 2 (0.20%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 1 (0.10%) PowerExchange
Applications
1 98 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 61 (6.22%) Microsoft Office
3 52 (5.31%) Microsoft Project
4 44 (4.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 19 (1.94%) MS Visio
6 11 (1.12%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 5 (0.51%) UserZoom
8 4 (0.41%) Chatbot
8 4 (0.41%) Spreadsheet
9 3 (0.31%) CPLEX
9 3 (0.31%) Navisworks
10 1 (0.10%) Mozilla Thunderbird
10 1 (0.10%) Photoshop
10 1 (0.10%) Revit
10 1 (0.10%) Trello
Business Applications
1 10 (1.02%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.82%) Magento
3 7 (0.71%) HFM
4 6 (0.61%) SAP S/4HANA
5 5 (0.51%) Oracle EBS
6 4 (0.41%) Aladdin
6 4 (0.41%) Oracle ERP
6 4 (0.41%) Oracle General Ledger
6 4 (0.41%) Oracle Payables
6 4 (0.41%) Workday HCM
7 3 (0.31%) Changepoint
7 3 (0.31%) Loan IQ
7 3 (0.31%) OpenText MBPM
7 3 (0.31%) Oracle BPM
7 3 (0.31%) Oracle Receivables
7 3 (0.31%) Temenos T24
8 2 (0.20%) Actimize
8 2 (0.20%) Endur
8 2 (0.20%) Primavera
8 2 (0.20%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 234 (23.88%) Azure
2 147 (15.00%) AWS
3 81 (8.27%) GCP
4 75 (7.65%) Power Platform
5 67 (6.84%) Microsoft 365
6 55 (5.61%) Entra ID
7 50 (5.10%) Azure DevOps
8 43 (4.39%) GitHub
9 35 (3.57%) SaaS
10 26 (2.65%) Serverless
11 25 (2.55%) Dynamics 365
12 21 (2.14%) Snowflake
13 20 (2.04%) Anthropic Claude
14 19 (1.94%) Microsoft Copilot
15 17 (1.73%) OpenShift
16 16 (1.63%) Amazon S3
17 15 (1.53%) Amazon EC2
18 14 (1.43%) AWS Lambda
18 14 (1.43%) IaaS
18 14 (1.43%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 41 (4.18%) Firewall
2 29 (2.96%) DNS
3 24 (2.45%) Network Security
4 23 (2.35%) TCP/IP
5 22 (2.24%) VPN
6 19 (1.94%) DHCP
7 17 (1.73%) 3GPP
7 17 (1.73%) 5G
8 15 (1.53%) Radio Access Network
9 14 (1.43%) Internet
10 13 (1.33%) WAN
11 12 (1.22%) LAN
12 8 (0.82%) Wireless
13 7 (0.71%) VoIP
13 7 (0.71%) VXLAN
14 6 (0.61%) BGP
14 6 (0.61%) HTTPS
14 6 (0.61%) Wi-Fi
15 5 (0.51%) SSH
15 5 (0.51%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (5.41%) Power BI
2 51 (5.20%) SQL Server
3 33 (3.37%) PostgreSQL
4 28 (2.86%) Data Warehouse
5 26 (2.65%) Relational Database
6 25 (2.55%) NoSQL
7 19 (1.94%) MongoDB
7 19 (1.94%) Tableau
8 16 (1.63%) Metadata
9 15 (1.53%) Big Data
10 14 (1.43%) Oracle Database
11 13 (1.33%) Amazon RDS
11 13 (1.33%) MySQL
12 12 (1.22%) Data Lake
13 10 (1.02%) Data Mining
14 7 (0.71%) Delta Lake
14 7 (0.71%) Elasticsearch
15 6 (0.61%) Azure SQL Database
15 6 (0.61%) Neo4j
15 6 (0.61%) Redis
Development Applications
1 77 (7.86%) Git
1 77 (7.86%) JIRA
2 39 (3.98%) Jenkins
3 28 (2.86%) GitLab
4 18 (1.84%) Gradle
4 18 (1.84%) Maven
5 15 (1.53%) JUnit
6 14 (1.43%) Selenium
6 14 (1.43%) SonarQube
7 10 (1.02%) Mockito
7 10 (1.02%) Subversion
7 10 (1.02%) Visual Studio
8 6 (0.61%) Cucumber
8 6 (0.61%) MLflow
8 6 (0.61%) REST Assured
9 5 (0.51%) Bitbucket Server
9 5 (0.51%) Cypress.io
9 5 (0.51%) Sonatype Nexus
10 4 (0.41%) TeamCity
10 4 (0.41%) Zephyr
General
1 473 (48.27%) Social Skills
2 439 (44.80%) Finance
3 245 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
4 154 (15.71%) Banking
5 64 (6.53%) Marketing
5 64 (6.53%) Organisational Skills
6 60 (6.12%) Legal
7 52 (5.31%) Public Sector
8 45 (4.59%) Presentation Skills
9 43 (4.39%) Influencing Skills
10 41 (4.18%) Retail
11 39 (3.98%) Telecoms
12 34 (3.47%) Front Office
13 33 (3.37%) Investment Banking
14 32 (3.27%) Financial Institution
14 32 (3.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 30 (3.06%) Documentation Skills
16 24 (2.45%) Law
17 23 (2.35%) Pharmaceutical
18 18 (1.84%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 157 (16.02%) Analyst
2 119 (12.14%) Senior
3 109 (11.12%) Developer
4 96 (9.80%) Business Analyst
5 87 (8.88%) Lead
6 78 (7.96%) Architect
7 62 (6.33%) Project Manager
8 37 (3.78%) Solutions Architect
9 33 (3.37%) Support Engineer
10 29 (2.96%) Senior Manager
11 28 (2.86%) Consultant
11 28 (2.86%) Software Engineer
12 25 (2.55%) Financial Analyst
12 25 (2.55%) Java Developer
13 23 (2.35%) Senior Developer
14 22 (2.24%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
15 21 (2.14%) Data Scientist
16 20 (2.04%) Data Engineer
16 20 (2.04%) IT Analyst
16 20 (2.04%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (6.43%) REST
2 60 (6.12%) .NET
3 56 (5.71%) Terraform
4 43 (4.39%) Kafka
5 37 (3.78%) HTML
6 33 (3.37%) React
7 28 (2.86%) .NET Framework
7 28 (2.86%) CSS
8 27 (2.76%) Spring Boot
9 25 (2.55%) Spring
10 24 (2.45%) RESTful
11 23 (2.35%) XML
12 20 (2.04%) Web Services
13 18 (1.84%) AngularJS
14 17 (1.73%) LangChain
14 17 (1.73%) Oracle Fusion
14 17 (1.73%) SOAP
15 16 (1.63%) Middleware
16 15 (1.53%) LangGraph
17 14 (1.43%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 68 (6.94%) Onboarding
2 59 (6.02%) Management Information System
3 55 (5.61%) Product Ownership
4 51 (5.20%) Cloud Native
5 46 (4.69%) Algorithms
6 35 (3.57%) Data Structures
7 34 (3.47%) Self-Motivation
8 29 (2.96%) AI Agents
9 27 (2.76%) Distributed Systems
10 26 (2.65%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 23 (2.35%) Enterprise Software
12 22 (2.24%) Derivative
13 19 (1.94%) Data Centre
14 18 (1.84%) Equities
15 17 (1.73%) Social Media
16 16 (1.63%) Hedge funds
17 15 (1.53%) Fixed Income
17 15 (1.53%) Graphic Design
17 15 (1.53%) Hybrid Cloud
17 15 (1.53%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 112 (11.43%) Windows
2 62 (6.33%) Linux
3 26 (2.65%) Unix
4 23 (2.35%) Windows Server
5 18 (1.84%) Windows 10
6 16 (1.63%) Mac OS
7 14 (1.43%) Apple iOS
8 8 (0.82%) Android
8 8 (0.82%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 6 (0.61%) Ubuntu
10 4 (0.41%) VMS
11 2 (0.20%) CentOS
11 2 (0.20%) Mac OS X
11 2 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.20%) Windows Server 2019
11 2 (0.20%) zOS
12 1 (0.10%) Amazon Linux
12 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2003
12 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 355 (36.22%) Computer Science
2 295 (30.10%) Agile
3 268 (27.35%) Problem-Solving
4 237 (24.18%) Stakeholder Management
5 220 (22.45%) AI
6 163 (16.63%) Analytics
7 160 (16.33%) DevOps
8 151 (15.41%) CI/CD
9 150 (15.31%) Continuous Improvement
10 131 (13.37%) Project Management
11 127 (12.96%) Software Engineering
12 113 (11.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 111 (11.33%) Decision-Making
13 111 (11.33%) Scrum
14 100 (10.20%) User Acceptance Testing
15 99 (10.10%) Change Management
15 99 (10.10%) Risk Management
16 98 (10.00%) Migration
17 94 (9.59%) Roadmaps
17 94 (9.59%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 202 (20.61%) Python
2 198 (20.20%) SQL
3 91 (9.29%) Java
4 71 (7.24%) C#
5 66 (6.73%) JavaScript
6 59 (6.02%) PowerShell
7 31 (3.16%) C++
8 30 (3.06%) TypeScript
9 23 (2.35%) Bash
10 18 (1.84%) R
11 17 (1.73%) PL/SQL
12 13 (1.33%) Scala
13 12 (1.22%) Shell Script
14 10 (1.02%) Bicep
15 9 (0.92%) C
15 9 (0.92%) T-SQL
16 5 (0.51%) VBA
16 5 (0.51%) X++
17 4 (0.41%) Kotlin
17 4 (0.41%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 228 (23.27%) Computer Science Degree
2 112 (11.43%) Master's Degree
3 104 (10.61%) Security Cleared
4 80 (8.16%) PMI Certification
5 78 (7.96%) SC Cleared
6 70 (7.14%) PMP
7 40 (4.08%) PhD
8 38 (3.88%) CISSP
9 27 (2.76%) Azure Certification
10 25 (2.55%) Cisco Certification
10 25 (2.55%) Microsoft Certification
11 22 (2.24%) DV Cleared
12 19 (1.94%) CISM
12 19 (1.94%) MBA
13 17 (1.73%) AWS Certification
14 14 (1.43%) ACCA
14 14 (1.43%) CISA
14 14 (1.43%) TOGAF Certification
15 13 (1.33%) CCNP
15 13 (1.33%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 76 (7.76%) QA
2 71 (7.24%) Data Quality
3 38 (3.88%) PMO
4 26 (2.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 24 (2.45%) NIST
6 19 (1.94%) GDPR
7 18 (1.84%) Accessibility
8 15 (1.53%) SLA
9 14 (1.43%) GRC
10 13 (1.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 12 (1.22%) IFRS
12 8 (0.82%) Actionable Recommendations
12 8 (0.82%) COBIT
12 8 (0.82%) P3O
13 7 (0.71%) Basel III
13 7 (0.71%) PCI DSS
14 6 (0.61%) HIPAA
15 5 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials
16 3 (0.31%) MiFID
16 3 (0.31%) NCSC
System Software
1 74 (7.55%) Active Directory
2 68 (6.94%) Docker
3 23 (2.35%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.71%) Hyper-V
5 5 (0.51%) BitLocker
5 5 (0.51%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.41%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (0.41%) vSphere
7 3 (0.31%) Firmware
7 3 (0.31%) Microsoft App-V
7 3 (0.31%) Terminal Services
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%) Embedded Firmware
9 1 (0.10%) Postfix
9 1 (0.10%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 59 (6.02%) Kubernetes
2 40 (4.08%) Microsoft Intune
3 27 (2.76%) Ansible
4 17 (1.73%) Grafana
5 15 (1.53%) Prometheus
6 13 (1.33%) SCCM
7 6 (0.61%) Puppet
8 5 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
9 4 (0.41%) Control-M
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%) HP ALM
11 2 (0.20%) HP Fortify
12 1 (0.10%) CASB
12 1 (0.10%) PingFederate
12 1 (0.10%) Proxmox
12 1 (0.10%) QRadar
Vendors
1 235 (23.98%) Microsoft
2 89 (9.08%) Oracle
3 51 (5.20%) Google
4 50 (5.10%) ServiceNow
5 36 (3.67%) SAP
6 30 (3.06%) VMware
7 26 (2.65%) Adobe
8 25 (2.55%) Cisco
9 24 (2.45%) Databricks
10 23 (2.35%) OpenAI
11 22 (2.24%) Salesforce
12 20 (2.04%) Citrix
13 19 (1.94%) IBM
14 13 (1.33%) Apple
15 12 (1.22%) Palo Alto
15 12 (1.22%) Splunk
16 11 (1.12%) UiPath
17 9 (0.92%) CyberArk
17 9 (0.92%) Murex
17 9 (0.92%) Samsung