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

6 months to
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 45 25 21
Rank change year-on-year -20 -4 +4
Contract jobs citing Degree 990 1,012 1,365
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.90% 7.56% 8.46%
As % of the Qualifications category 17.11% 28.51% 33.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 538 604 833
10th Percentile £275 £325 £312
25th Percentile £408 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £526 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.36% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £663 £688 £688
90th Percentile £756 £788 £850
England median daily rate £513 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +2.50% - -6.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 25 44
10th Percentile £15.88 £16.65 £18.13
25th Percentile £24.75 £24.50 £26.75
Median hourly rate £50.00 £34.48 £38.25
Median % change year-on-year +45.01% -9.86% +41.67%
75th Percentile £78.75 £63.25 £53.75
90th Percentile £86.00 £86.25 £68.53
England median hourly rate £39.50 £35.25 £52.35
% change year-on-year +12.06% -32.66% +9.05%

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 5,786 3,550 4,038
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 28.63% 26.50% 25.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,197 2,383 2,581
10th Percentile £363 £356 £350
25th Percentile £457 £436 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £537 £538
Median % change year-on-year +2.42% -0.09% -2.27%
75th Percentile £645 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £775
England median daily rate £535 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +1.90% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 105 82 65
10th Percentile £19.50 £19.54 £18.13
25th Percentile £24.38 - £25.99
Median hourly rate £54.00 £25.15 £36.80
Median % change year-on-year +114.71% -31.66% -29.90%
75th Percentile £78.75 £34.87 £57.50
90th Percentile £155.00 £64.83 £73.50
England median hourly rate £50.00 £25.15 £52.50
% change year-on-year +98.81% -52.10% -2.36%

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 8 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 8 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 8 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 -40 91 £538 -2.27% 562
West London -9 43 £226 -43.94% 128
East London +9 12 £190 -71.11% 29
North London - 4 £550 - 7
South London -32 2 £650 +4.00% 28
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 54 (5.45%) Confluence
2 47 (4.75%) SharePoint
3 21 (2.12%) Apache Spark
4 17 (1.72%) Microsoft Exchange
5 13 (1.31%) IIS
6 11 (1.11%) Apache
6 11 (1.11%) Apache Airflow
6 11 (1.11%) CMS
7 9 (0.91%) Camunda
8 7 (0.71%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 4 (0.40%) Oracle Workflow
10 3 (0.30%) Appian
10 3 (0.30%) nginx
10 3 (0.30%) Sitecore CMS
11 2 (0.20%) ArcGIS
11 2 (0.20%) CICS
11 2 (0.20%) Cloud Foundry
11 2 (0.20%) Moodle
11 2 (0.20%) OpenStack
11 2 (0.20%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 101 (10.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 65 (6.57%) Microsoft Office
3 47 (4.75%) Microsoft Project
4 44 (4.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 20 (2.02%) MS Visio
6 11 (1.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 5 (0.51%) Chatbot
7 5 (0.51%) UserZoom
8 4 (0.40%) 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 (1.01%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.81%) Magento
3 7 (0.71%) HFM
3 7 (0.71%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (0.51%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (0.40%) Oracle General Ledger
5 4 (0.40%) Workday HCM
6 3 (0.30%) Aladdin
6 3 (0.30%) Changepoint
6 3 (0.30%) Loan IQ
6 3 (0.30%) OpenText MBPM
6 3 (0.30%) Oracle BPM
6 3 (0.30%) Oracle ERP
6 3 (0.30%) Oracle Payables
6 3 (0.30%) Oracle Receivables
6 3 (0.30%) Temenos T24
7 2 (0.20%) Cloudability
7 2 (0.20%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 2 (0.20%) Orchestrade
7 2 (0.20%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 240 (24.24%) Azure
2 146 (14.75%) AWS
3 82 (8.28%) GCP
4 79 (7.98%) Power Platform
5 62 (6.26%) Microsoft 365
6 55 (5.56%) Azure DevOps
7 53 (5.35%) Entra ID
8 43 (4.34%) GitHub
9 36 (3.64%) SaaS
10 26 (2.63%) Serverless
11 24 (2.42%) Dynamics 365
11 24 (2.42%) Snowflake
12 22 (2.22%) Anthropic Claude
13 18 (1.82%) Microsoft Copilot
14 17 (1.72%) Amazon S3
14 17 (1.72%) OpenShift
15 15 (1.52%) Amazon EC2
15 15 (1.52%) IaaS
16 14 (1.41%) OneDrive
16 14 (1.41%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 40 (4.04%) Firewall
2 27 (2.73%) DNS
3 26 (2.63%) Network Security
4 20 (2.02%) VPN
5 19 (1.92%) TCP/IP
6 17 (1.72%) 3GPP
6 17 (1.72%) 5G
6 17 (1.72%) DHCP
7 15 (1.52%) Radio Access Network
8 13 (1.31%) Internet
9 11 (1.11%) LAN
9 11 (1.11%) WAN
10 8 (0.81%) VoIP
10 8 (0.81%) Wireless
11 6 (0.61%) HTTPS
11 6 (0.61%) Unified Communications
11 6 (0.61%) VXLAN
11 6 (0.61%) Wi-Fi
12 5 (0.51%) HTTP
12 5 (0.51%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (5.76%) Power BI
2 55 (5.56%) SQL Server
3 36 (3.64%) Data Warehouse
4 32 (3.23%) PostgreSQL
5 26 (2.63%) NoSQL
6 23 (2.32%) Relational Database
7 21 (2.12%) MongoDB
8 20 (2.02%) Metadata
8 20 (2.02%) Tableau
9 18 (1.82%) Big Data
10 14 (1.41%) MySQL
10 14 (1.41%) Oracle Database
11 13 (1.31%) Data Lake
12 12 (1.21%) Amazon RDS
13 9 (0.91%) Delta Lake
14 8 (0.81%) Data Mining
14 8 (0.81%) Elasticsearch
15 7 (0.71%) Redis
16 6 (0.61%) Azure SQL Database
16 6 (0.61%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 80 (8.08%) Git
2 78 (7.88%) JIRA
3 39 (3.94%) Jenkins
4 28 (2.83%) GitLab
5 18 (1.82%) Gradle
5 18 (1.82%) Maven
6 16 (1.62%) JUnit
7 14 (1.41%) SonarQube
8 13 (1.31%) Selenium
9 11 (1.11%) Mockito
10 10 (1.01%) Visual Studio
11 8 (0.81%) Subversion
12 7 (0.71%) Cucumber
13 6 (0.61%) MLflow
13 6 (0.61%) REST Assured
14 5 (0.51%) Bitbucket Server
14 5 (0.51%) Cypress.io
14 5 (0.51%) Sonatype Nexus
15 4 (0.40%) Chocolatey
15 4 (0.40%) TeamCity
General
1 478 (48.28%) Social Skills
2 439 (44.34%) Finance
3 259 (26.16%) Analytical Skills
4 155 (15.66%) Banking
5 68 (6.87%) Marketing
6 66 (6.67%) Organisational Skills
7 60 (6.06%) Legal
8 58 (5.86%) Public Sector
9 49 (4.95%) Influencing Skills
9 49 (4.95%) Presentation Skills
10 43 (4.34%) Retail
11 38 (3.84%) Telecoms
12 36 (3.64%) Documentation Skills
12 36 (3.64%) Investment Banking
13 34 (3.43%) Front Office
13 34 (3.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 32 (3.23%) Financial Institution
15 26 (2.63%) Pharmaceutical
16 24 (2.42%) Law
17 17 (1.72%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 165 (16.67%) Analyst
2 121 (12.22%) Senior
3 113 (11.41%) Developer
4 101 (10.20%) Business Analyst
5 89 (8.99%) Lead
6 76 (7.68%) Architect
7 60 (6.06%) Project Manager
8 36 (3.64%) Solutions Architect
9 32 (3.23%) Consultant
10 31 (3.13%) Support Engineer
11 28 (2.83%) Senior Manager
12 27 (2.73%) Software Engineer
13 25 (2.53%) Java Developer
14 24 (2.42%) Financial Analyst
15 22 (2.22%) Senior Developer
16 21 (2.12%) IT Manager
17 20 (2.02%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
17 20 (2.02%) Data Scientist
17 20 (2.02%) Desktop Support
17 20 (2.02%) Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 61 (6.16%) REST
2 60 (6.06%) .NET
3 58 (5.86%) Terraform
4 46 (4.65%) Kafka
5 36 (3.64%) HTML
6 33 (3.33%) React
7 30 (3.03%) CSS
8 29 (2.93%) Spring Boot
9 27 (2.73%) Spring
10 26 (2.63%) .NET Framework
11 24 (2.42%) XML
12 23 (2.32%) RESTful
13 19 (1.92%) AngularJS
13 19 (1.92%) Web Services
14 18 (1.82%) SOAP
15 17 (1.72%) LangChain
15 17 (1.72%) Oracle Fusion
16 16 (1.62%) LangGraph
17 15 (1.52%) JSON
17 15 (1.52%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 69 (6.97%) Onboarding
2 59 (5.96%) Management Information System
3 55 (5.56%) Product Ownership
4 51 (5.15%) Cloud Native
5 46 (4.65%) Algorithms
6 35 (3.54%) Data Structures
6 35 (3.54%) Self-Motivation
7 29 (2.93%) AI Agents
8 26 (2.63%) Enterprise Software
8 26 (2.63%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 25 (2.53%) Distributed Systems
10 23 (2.32%) Derivative
11 20 (2.02%) Data Centre
12 18 (1.82%) Equities
12 18 (1.82%) PMI
13 17 (1.72%) Credit Risk
13 17 (1.72%) Virtual Team
14 16 (1.62%) Hedge funds
14 16 (1.62%) Life Science
14 16 (1.62%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 109 (11.01%) Windows
2 69 (6.97%) Linux
3 32 (3.23%) Unix
4 24 (2.42%) Windows Server
5 16 (1.62%) Windows 10
6 13 (1.31%) Apple iOS
6 13 (1.31%) Mac OS
7 7 (0.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 6 (0.61%) Android
9 5 (0.51%) Ubuntu
10 4 (0.40%) VMS
11 3 (0.30%) 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
1 361 (36.46%) Computer Science
2 310 (31.31%) Agile
3 273 (27.58%) Problem-Solving
4 254 (25.66%) Stakeholder Management
5 224 (22.63%) AI
6 168 (16.97%) Analytics
7 164 (16.57%) DevOps
8 159 (16.06%) CI/CD
9 156 (15.76%) Continuous Improvement
10 134 (13.54%) Software Engineering
11 125 (12.63%) Project Management
12 114 (11.52%) Decision-Making
12 114 (11.52%) Scrum
13 110 (11.11%) Risk Management
13 110 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 102 (10.30%) Migration
15 101 (10.20%) Roadmaps
15 101 (10.20%) User Acceptance Testing
16 99 (10.00%) Change Management
17 97 (9.80%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 209 (21.11%) SQL
2 197 (19.90%) Python
3 90 (9.09%) Java
4 70 (7.07%) C#
5 64 (6.46%) JavaScript
6 60 (6.06%) PowerShell
7 30 (3.03%) C++
8 29 (2.93%) TypeScript
9 28 (2.83%) Bash
10 17 (1.72%) PL/SQL
10 17 (1.72%) R
11 13 (1.31%) Scala
11 13 (1.31%) Shell Script
12 11 (1.11%) Bicep
13 9 (0.91%) C
13 9 (0.91%) T-SQL
14 5 (0.51%) COBOL
14 5 (0.51%) X++
15 4 (0.40%) VB.NET
15 4 (0.40%) VBA
Qualifications
1 237 (23.94%) Computer Science Degree
2 114 (11.52%) Master's Degree
3 106 (10.71%) Security Cleared
4 86 (8.69%) PMI Certification
5 78 (7.88%) SC Cleared
6 74 (7.47%) PMP
7 38 (3.84%) PhD
8 35 (3.54%) CISSP
9 27 (2.73%) Azure Certification
10 26 (2.63%) Cisco Certification
11 23 (2.32%) Microsoft Certification
12 21 (2.12%) DV Cleared
13 18 (1.82%) CISM
14 16 (1.62%) ACCA
14 16 (1.62%) CIMA
14 16 (1.62%) MBA
15 15 (1.52%) AWS Certification
16 14 (1.41%) CBAP
16 14 (1.41%) CISA
17 13 (1.31%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 79 (7.98%) Data Quality
2 74 (7.47%) QA
3 36 (3.64%) PMO
4 25 (2.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 23 (2.32%) NIST
6 20 (2.02%) GDPR
7 17 (1.72%) Accessibility
8 15 (1.52%) GRC
9 13 (1.31%) SLA
10 12 (1.21%) IFRS
11 11 (1.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 9 (0.91%) PCI DSS
13 8 (0.81%) Actionable Recommendations
13 8 (0.81%) P3O
14 7 (0.71%) Basel III
14 7 (0.71%) COBIT
15 6 (0.61%) HIPAA
16 5 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials
17 4 (0.40%) NCSC
18 3 (0.30%) EU AI Act
System Software
1 69 (6.97%) Active Directory
2 68 (6.87%) Docker
3 22 (2.22%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.61%) Hyper-V
5 5 (0.51%) BitLocker
5 5 (0.51%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (0.40%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.40%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (0.30%) Firmware
7 3 (0.30%) Microsoft App-V
7 3 (0.30%) Terminal Services
7 3 (0.30%) 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%) Embedded Firmware
9 1 (0.10%) Postfix
9 1 (0.10%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 60 (6.06%) Kubernetes
2 38 (3.84%) Microsoft Intune
3 26 (2.63%) Ansible
4 16 (1.62%) Grafana
5 15 (1.52%) Prometheus
6 12 (1.21%) SCCM
7 8 (0.81%) Control-M
8 6 (0.61%) Puppet
9 5 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (0.30%) Cisco CUCM
10 3 (0.30%) Nagios
10 3 (0.30%) Packer
10 3 (0.30%) vCenter Server
10 3 (0.30%) 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
1 238 (24.04%) Microsoft
2 93 (9.39%) Oracle
3 56 (5.66%) Google
4 49 (4.95%) ServiceNow
5 38 (3.84%) SAP
6 30 (3.03%) Databricks
7 29 (2.93%) VMware
8 28 (2.83%) Adobe
9 26 (2.63%) Cisco
9 26 (2.63%) Salesforce
10 24 (2.42%) OpenAI
11 20 (2.02%) Citrix
11 20 (2.02%) IBM
12 14 (1.41%) Splunk
13 13 (1.31%) Murex
14 12 (1.21%) Apple
14 12 (1.21%) UiPath
15 11 (1.11%) Palo Alto
16 10 (1.01%) Progress
17 9 (0.91%) Sitecore