Degree Contracts 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 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 26 21 27
Rank change year-on-year -5 +6 +15
Contract jobs citing Degree 970 1,439 1,828
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 7.73% 8.06% 6.76%
As % of the Qualifications category 30.19% 33.37% 31.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 621 857 1,198
10th Percentile £341 £296 £325
25th Percentile £445 £400 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £575
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £738 £675 £742
90th Percentile £850 £800 £875
England median daily rate £523 £513 £542
% change year-on-year +1.95% -5.36% +4.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 74 40
10th Percentile £11.96 £14.60 £19.66
25th Percentile £20.24 £21.44 £21.24
Median hourly rate £39.75 £33.87 £32.00
Median % change year-on-year +17.38% +5.83% -8.57%
75th Percentile £60.25 £46.56 £53.00
90th Percentile £67.50 £74.63 £67.75
England median hourly rate £54.50 £40.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year +36.25% -11.11% +24.72%

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 3,213 4,312 5,825
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 25.59% 24.17% 21.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,171 2,915 3,922
10th Percentile £350 £325 £363
25th Percentile £431 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -6.09% +4.55%
75th Percentile £651 £660 £688
90th Percentile £753 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 62 113 80
10th Percentile £20.02 £14.49 £19.94
25th Percentile £22.27 £20.50 £21.24
Median hourly rate £29.54 £26.00 £45.25
Median % change year-on-year +13.60% -42.54% +1.69%
75th Percentile £56.00 £43.75 £64.50
90th Percentile £68.63 £69.75 £82.55
England median hourly rate £46.30 £40.00 £52.40
% change year-on-year +15.75% -23.66% +39.73%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Degree as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Degree in London

Degree
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Degree in London.

Daily rate trend for Degree in London

Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Degree in London over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Degree in London

Degree
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Degree in London.

Hourly rate trend for Degree in London

Degree
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Degree in London over the 6 months to 30 April 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 30 April 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 -1 168 £550 -2.22% 231
West London +3 25 £400 -15.79% 101
East London -7 8 £483 -1.51% 53
South London -2 7 £600 +50.00% 24
North London -3 1 £413 +51.10% 5
Degree
England

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 38 (3.92%) SharePoint
2 33 (3.40%) Apache Spark
3 32 (3.30%) Confluence
4 14 (1.44%) Microsoft Exchange
5 8 (0.82%) GemFire
5 8 (0.82%) Oracle Coherence
6 6 (0.62%) Apache
6 6 (0.62%) CMS
7 5 (0.52%) IIS
7 5 (0.52%) Oracle Workflow
8 4 (0.41%) Drupal
8 4 (0.41%) SAS
9 3 (0.31%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 3 (0.31%) Apache Airflow
10 2 (0.21%) Appian
10 2 (0.21%) Jupyter
10 2 (0.21%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 2 (0.21%) Sitecore CMS
10 2 (0.21%) WordPress
11 1 (0.10%) nginx
Applications
1 89 (9.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 56 (5.77%) Microsoft Office
3 51 (5.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 40 (4.12%) Microsoft Project
5 29 (2.99%) MS Visio
6 7 (0.72%) Trello
7 6 (0.62%) Oracle Smart View
8 4 (0.41%) Camtasia
9 2 (0.21%) Adobe After Effects
9 2 (0.21%) Adobe Captivate
9 2 (0.21%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 2 (0.21%) AutoCAD
9 2 (0.21%) Chatbot
9 2 (0.21%) Final Cut Pro
9 2 (0.21%) Photoshop
9 2 (0.21%) Sketch
9 2 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
10 1 (0.10%) Blender
10 1 (0.10%) InfoPath
10 1 (0.10%) Revit
Business Applications
1 18 (1.86%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (1.13%) Dynamics CRM
3 10 (1.03%) Salesforce CRM
4 6 (0.62%) FLEXCUBE
5 5 (0.52%) Endur
5 5 (0.52%) Oracle BPM
5 5 (0.52%) SAP MDG
5 5 (0.52%) SAP MDG-S
6 4 (0.41%) NEC Housing
7 3 (0.31%) Dynamics AX
7 3 (0.31%) Oracle General Ledger
7 3 (0.31%) Oracle Payables
7 3 (0.31%) SAP CO
7 3 (0.31%) SAP FI
7 3 (0.31%) SAP FI/CO
7 3 (0.31%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 3 (0.31%) Shopify
8 2 (0.21%) Oracle EBS
8 2 (0.21%) Oracle EBS R12
8 2 (0.21%) Oracle Financials
Cloud Services
1 192 (19.79%) Azure
2 135 (13.92%) AWS
3 96 (9.90%) Power Platform
4 44 (4.54%) Microsoft 365
5 41 (4.23%) Azure DevOps
6 39 (4.02%) GCP
7 36 (3.71%) SaaS
8 25 (2.58%) Dynamics 365
8 25 (2.58%) Entra ID
8 25 (2.58%) GitHub
9 20 (2.06%) Amazon S3
9 20 (2.06%) PowerApps
10 18 (1.86%) Power Automate
11 17 (1.75%) Serverless
12 16 (1.65%) OneDrive
13 15 (1.55%) IaaS
13 15 (1.55%) OCI
14 14 (1.44%) AWS Lambda
14 14 (1.44%) PaaS
15 12 (1.24%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 48 (4.95%) Firewall
2 40 (4.12%) Network Security
3 31 (3.20%) VPN
4 27 (2.78%) DNS
5 18 (1.86%) TCP/IP
6 15 (1.55%) WAN
6 15 (1.55%) Wireless
7 14 (1.44%) DHCP
8 13 (1.34%) Internet
8 13 (1.34%) LAN
9 12 (1.24%) SSL
10 11 (1.13%) MPLS
11 10 (1.03%) BGP
11 10 (1.03%) OSPF
11 10 (1.03%) Wi-Fi
12 9 (0.93%) HTTP
13 8 (0.82%) IPsec
13 8 (0.82%) Radio Access Network
14 7 (0.72%) 5G
14 7 (0.72%) S/MIME
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (7.01%) Power BI
2 52 (5.36%) SQL Server
3 40 (4.12%) Relational Database
3 40 (4.12%) Tableau
4 33 (3.40%) Data Warehouse
5 26 (2.68%) PostgreSQL
6 21 (2.16%) Big Data
7 20 (2.06%) Oracle Database
8 17 (1.75%) NoSQL
9 15 (1.55%) Hadoop
10 13 (1.34%) Redis
11 11 (1.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 10 (1.03%) Oracle Reports
13 9 (0.93%) Metadata
14 8 (0.82%) Data Lake
14 8 (0.82%) Qlik Sense
14 8 (0.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 7 (0.72%) DB2
15 7 (0.72%) KDB
15 7 (0.72%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 75 (7.73%) JIRA
2 44 (4.54%) Git
3 27 (2.78%) Jenkins
4 13 (1.34%) GitLab
5 12 (1.24%) Selenium
6 10 (1.03%) Bitbucket
7 8 (0.82%) JUnit
8 7 (0.72%) Maven
9 6 (0.62%) Cucumber
9 6 (0.62%) Visual Studio
10 5 (0.52%) Artifactory
10 5 (0.52%) Oracle Forms
11 4 (0.41%) Appium
11 4 (0.41%) Cypress.io
11 4 (0.41%) Gradle
11 4 (0.41%) JMeter
11 4 (0.41%) Sonatype Nexus
12 3 (0.31%) ERwin
12 3 (0.31%) IntelliJ
12 3 (0.31%) TeamCity
General
1 498 (51.34%) Social Skills
2 393 (40.52%) Finance
3 287 (29.59%) Analytical Skills
4 125 (12.89%) Banking
5 73 (7.53%) Marketing
6 63 (6.49%) Public Sector
7 58 (5.98%) Front Office
8 49 (5.05%) Presentation Skills
9 45 (4.64%) Investment Banking
10 41 (4.23%) Financial Institution
11 40 (4.12%) Legal
12 36 (3.71%) Telecoms
13 22 (2.27%) Organisational Skills
14 21 (2.16%) Manufacturing
15 18 (1.86%) Influencing Skills
16 17 (1.75%) Electronics
16 17 (1.75%) Retail
17 15 (1.55%) Military
18 14 (1.44%) Back Office
18 14 (1.44%) Law
Job Titles
1 153 (15.77%) Analyst
2 139 (14.33%) Developer
3 125 (12.89%) Senior
4 100 (10.31%) Business Analyst
5 71 (7.32%) Architect
6 68 (7.01%) Lead
7 52 (5.36%) Project Manager
8 44 (4.54%) Consultant
9 32 (3.30%) Solutions Architect
10 30 (3.09%) Business Manager
11 29 (2.99%) Java Developer
12 28 (2.89%) Senior Developer
13 24 (2.47%) Product Manager
14 21 (2.16%) Network Engineer
15 20 (2.06%) Product Analyst
15 20 (2.06%) Product Business Analyst
15 20 (2.06%) Security Engineer
16 18 (1.86%) Quantitative Developer
16 18 (1.86%) Support Engineer
17 17 (1.75%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (3.92%) HTML
2 35 (3.61%) CSS
3 34 (3.51%) .NET
3 34 (3.51%) REST
4 25 (2.58%) Kafka
5 21 (2.16%) React
6 20 (2.06%) AngularJS
7 18 (1.86%) Spring
8 17 (1.75%) Web Services
9 15 (1.55%) PySpark
10 14 (1.44%) ASP.NET
10 14 (1.44%) Oracle Fusion
10 14 (1.44%) Pandas
10 14 (1.44%) SOAP
11 13 (1.34%) ActiveMQ
12 12 (1.24%) Node.js
13 11 (1.13%) Middleware
13 11 (1.13%) OAuth
13 11 (1.13%) XML
14 10 (1.03%) NumPy
Miscellaneous
1 62 (6.39%) Management Information System
2 58 (5.98%) Product Ownership
3 44 (4.54%) Derivative
4 35 (3.61%) Fixed Income
5 33 (3.40%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 30 (3.09%) Equities
7 29 (2.99%) Algorithms
8 28 (2.89%) Hedge funds
9 25 (2.58%) Data Structures
10 22 (2.27%) Data Centre
10 22 (2.27%) Data Protection Act
10 22 (2.27%) Distributed Systems
10 22 (2.27%) Self-Motivation
11 19 (1.96%) Distributed Computing
11 19 (1.96%) Onboarding
12 16 (1.65%) PMI
12 16 (1.65%) Public Cloud
13 15 (1.55%) Analytical Mindset
13 15 (1.55%) Enterprise Software
13 15 (1.55%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 61 (6.29%) Windows
2 59 (6.08%) Linux
3 29 (2.99%) Apple iOS
4 14 (1.44%) Windows Server
5 10 (1.03%) Android
6 9 (0.93%) Unix
7 6 (0.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 6 (0.62%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.31%) AIX
9 2 (0.21%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.21%) Solaris
9 2 (0.21%) SUSE
10 1 (0.10%) VMS
10 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2003
10 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 400 (41.24%) Computer Science
2 355 (36.60%) Problem-Solving
3 303 (31.24%) Agile
4 170 (17.53%) Project Management
5 148 (15.26%) Analytics
6 127 (13.09%) DevOps
7 123 (12.68%) Stakeholder Management
8 104 (10.72%) Risk Management
9 101 (10.41%) CI/CD
10 99 (10.21%) Decision-Making
11 91 (9.38%) Business Intelligence
12 89 (9.18%) Artificial Intelligence
13 88 (9.07%) Data Analysis
14 87 (8.97%) Mathematics
15 85 (8.76%) Roadmaps
16 80 (8.25%) Software Engineering
17 79 (8.14%) Machine Learning
18 78 (8.04%) Migration
19 74 (7.63%) Continuous Improvement
20 66 (6.80%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 219 (22.58%) Python
2 167 (17.22%) SQL
3 126 (12.99%) Java
4 57 (5.88%) PowerShell
5 56 (5.77%) JavaScript
6 45 (4.64%) C++
7 36 (3.71%) C#
8 26 (2.68%) Bash
9 18 (1.86%) R
10 16 (1.65%) T-SQL
11 15 (1.55%) PL/SQL
12 14 (1.44%) C
13 12 (1.24%) Shell Script
14 10 (1.03%) Perl
14 10 (1.03%) TypeScript
15 9 (0.93%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 9 (0.93%) PHP
16 7 (0.72%) Apex Code
16 7 (0.72%) Ruby
16 7 (0.72%) VBA
Qualifications
1 249 (25.67%) Computer Science Degree
2 125 (12.89%) Master's Degree
3 87 (8.97%) Security Cleared
4 73 (7.53%) PMI Certification
5 65 (6.70%) SC Cleared
6 59 (6.08%) PMP
7 45 (4.64%) CISSP
8 41 (4.23%) Numerate Degree
9 33 (3.40%) PhD
10 32 (3.30%) Microsoft Certification
11 31 (3.20%) AWS Certification
12 30 (3.09%) Cisco Certification
13 27 (2.78%) CISM
14 24 (2.47%) Azure Certification
15 22 (2.27%) CISA
16 19 (1.96%) CCNA
17 17 (1.75%) CBAP
17 17 (1.75%) CCNP
17 17 (1.75%) CRISC
18 14 (1.44%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (5.67%) Data Quality
2 52 (5.36%) QA
3 33 (3.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 33 (3.40%) NIST
4 28 (2.89%) GDPR
5 27 (2.78%) Accessibility
6 25 (2.58%) PMO
7 10 (1.03%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 8 (0.82%) Actionable Recommendations
8 8 (0.82%) MiFID
9 7 (0.72%) HIPAA
10 6 (0.62%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 6 (0.62%) GRC
10 6 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 6 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 6 (0.62%) PCI DSS
10 6 (0.62%) SOC 2
11 4 (0.41%) EMIR
11 4 (0.41%) SLA
12 3 (0.31%) Basel III
System Software
1 40 (4.12%) Active Directory
2 34 (3.51%) Docker
3 8 (0.82%) GridGain
4 6 (0.62%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (0.62%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (0.52%) BitLocker
6 3 (0.31%) Firmware
6 3 (0.31%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.21%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.21%) iptables
7 2 (0.21%) Lustre
7 2 (0.21%) Microsoft App-V
8 1 (0.10%) OpenAM
8 1 (0.10%) Terminal Services
8 1 (0.10%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.10%) XenApp
8 1 (0.10%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 51 (5.26%) Kubernetes
2 43 (4.43%) Terraform
3 40 (4.12%) Ansible
4 19 (1.96%) Microsoft Intune
5 13 (1.34%) Prometheus
6 12 (1.24%) Grafana
7 10 (1.03%) SCCM
8 9 (0.93%) Puppet
9 8 (0.82%) Progress Chef
10 5 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
11 4 (0.41%) Argo
11 4 (0.41%) Istio
11 4 (0.41%) WSUS
12 3 (0.31%) Control-M
12 3 (0.31%) Podman
12 3 (0.31%) Rundeck
13 2 (0.21%) EnCase
13 2 (0.21%) FortiGate
13 2 (0.21%) FTK
13 2 (0.21%) SELinux
Vendors
1 176 (18.14%) Microsoft
2 75 (7.73%) Oracle
3 58 (5.98%) SAP
4 41 (4.23%) Google
5 40 (4.12%) Salesforce
6 36 (3.71%) ServiceNow
7 25 (2.58%) Cisco
8 21 (2.16%) Adobe
9 17 (1.75%) Databricks
10 14 (1.44%) IBM
11 12 (1.24%) Fortinet
11 12 (1.24%) ION Trading
11 12 (1.24%) Workday
12 10 (1.03%) Palo Alto
12 10 (1.03%) Splunk
13 9 (0.93%) Informatica
13 9 (0.93%) Juniper
14 8 (0.82%) CheckPoint
14 8 (0.82%) F5
14 8 (0.82%) NEC