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

6 months to
20 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 45 25 22
Rank change year-on-year -20 -3 +4
Contract jobs citing Degree 978 1,021 1,354
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.83% 7.59% 8.31%
As % of the Qualifications category 17.17% 28.73% 34.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 524 609 828
10th Percentile £263 £330 £312
25th Percentile £406 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £528
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.27% -4.09%
75th Percentile £663 £700 £693
90th Percentile £763 £800 £850
England median daily rate £510 £500 £509
% change year-on-year +2.00% -1.77% -3.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 27 39
10th Percentile £19.03 £13.33 £18.00
25th Percentile £27.56 £20.24 £25.08
Median hourly rate £46.75 £28.15 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +66.07% -19.57% +29.63%
75th Percentile £78.75 £62.75 £51.25
90th Percentile £86.13 £68.00 £59.60
England median hourly rate £39.11 £38.50 £57.35
% change year-on-year +1.58% -32.87% +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 5,697 3,554 3,981
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 28.14% 26.41% 24.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,102 2,391 2,592
10th Percentile £369 £356 £350
25th Percentile £456 £438 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £538
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% - -2.27%
75th Percentile £645 £653 £650
90th Percentile £731 £738 £763
England median daily rate £528 £525 £538
% change year-on-year +0.48% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 102 82 55
10th Percentile £19.50 £18.87 £17.98
25th Percentile £26.25 - £23.08
Median hourly rate £54.00 £25.15 £33.50
Median % change year-on-year +114.71% -24.93% -37.09%
75th Percentile £78.75 £37.81 £53.75
90th Percentile £98.63 £65.00 £66.80
England median hourly rate £52.50 £25.15 £54.00
% change year-on-year +108.75% -53.43% -

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 20 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 20 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 20 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 -49 87 £536 +2.14% 545
West London -15 41 £226 -44.26% 193
East London +3 10 £265 -55.83% 45
South London -30 5 £190 -69.60% 29
North London - 4 £550 - 4
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 (5.01%) SharePoint
2 44 (4.50%) Confluence
3 21 (2.15%) Apache Spark
3 21 (2.15%) Microsoft Exchange
4 12 (1.23%) 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 (10.02%) Microsoft Excel
2 61 (6.24%) Microsoft Office
3 52 (5.32%) Microsoft Project
4 44 (4.50%) 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 (0.72%) 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
8 2 (0.20%) Actimize
8 2 (0.20%) Endur
8 2 (0.20%) Primavera
8 2 (0.20%) SAP HR
8 2 (0.20%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 233 (23.82%) Azure
2 144 (14.72%) AWS
3 78 (7.98%) GCP
4 76 (7.77%) Power Platform
5 70 (7.16%) Microsoft 365
6 55 (5.62%) Entra ID
7 50 (5.11%) Azure DevOps
8 43 (4.40%) GitHub
9 35 (3.58%) SaaS
10 26 (2.66%) Serverless
11 25 (2.56%) Dynamics 365
12 22 (2.25%) Snowflake
13 20 (2.04%) Anthropic Claude
14 19 (1.94%) Microsoft Copilot
15 17 (1.74%) OpenShift
16 16 (1.64%) 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 43 (4.40%) Firewall
2 29 (2.97%) DNS
3 25 (2.56%) TCP/IP
4 24 (2.45%) Network Security
4 24 (2.45%) VPN
5 19 (1.94%) DHCP
6 17 (1.74%) 3GPP
6 17 (1.74%) 5G
7 15 (1.53%) Radio Access Network
8 14 (1.43%) Internet
9 13 (1.33%) WAN
10 12 (1.23%) LAN
11 8 (0.82%) Wireless
12 7 (0.72%) VoIP
12 7 (0.72%) VXLAN
13 6 (0.61%) BGP
13 6 (0.61%) HTTPS
13 6 (0.61%) Wi-Fi
14 5 (0.51%) SMTP
14 5 (0.51%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (5.52%) Power BI
2 52 (5.32%) SQL Server
3 31 (3.17%) PostgreSQL
4 30 (3.07%) Data Warehouse
5 26 (2.66%) Relational Database
6 25 (2.56%) NoSQL
7 19 (1.94%) Tableau
8 18 (1.84%) MongoDB
9 16 (1.64%) Big Data
9 16 (1.64%) Metadata
10 14 (1.43%) Oracle Database
11 13 (1.33%) Amazon RDS
12 12 (1.23%) Data Lake
13 11 (1.12%) MySQL
14 10 (1.02%) Data Mining
15 7 (0.72%) Delta Lake
15 7 (0.72%) Elasticsearch
16 6 (0.61%) Azure SQL Database
16 6 (0.61%) Neo4j
16 6 (0.61%) Redis
Development Applications
1 78 (7.98%) JIRA
2 75 (7.67%) Git
3 38 (3.89%) Jenkins
4 28 (2.86%) GitLab
5 17 (1.74%) Gradle
5 17 (1.74%) Maven
6 14 (1.43%) JUnit
6 14 (1.43%) Selenium
7 13 (1.33%) SonarQube
8 10 (1.02%) Subversion
8 10 (1.02%) Visual Studio
9 9 (0.92%) Mockito
10 6 (0.61%) MLflow
10 6 (0.61%) REST Assured
11 5 (0.51%) Bitbucket Server
11 5 (0.51%) Cucumber
11 5 (0.51%) Cypress.io
11 5 (0.51%) Sonatype Nexus
12 4 (0.41%) TeamCity
12 4 (0.41%) Zephyr
General
1 474 (48.47%) Social Skills
2 438 (44.79%) Finance
3 244 (24.95%) Analytical Skills
4 153 (15.64%) Banking
5 65 (6.65%) Organisational Skills
6 64 (6.54%) Marketing
7 60 (6.13%) Legal
8 51 (5.21%) Public Sector
9 44 (4.50%) Presentation Skills
10 43 (4.40%) Influencing Skills
11 41 (4.19%) Retail
12 39 (3.99%) Telecoms
13 36 (3.68%) Front Office
14 35 (3.58%) Investment Banking
15 32 (3.27%) Financial Institution
15 32 (3.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 30 (3.07%) Documentation Skills
17 24 (2.45%) Law
18 23 (2.35%) Pharmaceutical
19 18 (1.84%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 159 (16.26%) Analyst
2 118 (12.07%) Senior
3 108 (11.04%) Developer
4 95 (9.71%) Business Analyst
5 87 (8.90%) Lead
6 78 (7.98%) Architect
7 62 (6.34%) Project Manager
8 37 (3.78%) Solutions Architect
9 33 (3.37%) Support Engineer
10 29 (2.97%) Senior Manager
11 28 (2.86%) Consultant
12 27 (2.76%) Software Engineer
13 25 (2.56%) Financial Analyst
14 24 (2.45%) Java Developer
15 23 (2.35%) IT Analyst
15 23 (2.35%) Senior Developer
16 22 (2.25%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
17 21 (2.15%) Data Scientist
18 20 (2.04%) Desktop Support
18 20 (2.04%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (6.44%) REST
2 59 (6.03%) .NET
3 56 (5.73%) Terraform
4 42 (4.29%) Kafka
5 35 (3.58%) HTML
6 32 (3.27%) React
7 28 (2.86%) .NET Framework
8 26 (2.66%) CSS
8 26 (2.66%) Spring Boot
9 24 (2.45%) Spring
10 23 (2.35%) RESTful
11 22 (2.25%) XML
12 19 (1.94%) Web Services
13 17 (1.74%) AngularJS
13 17 (1.74%) LangChain
13 17 (1.74%) Oracle Fusion
14 16 (1.64%) Middleware
14 16 (1.64%) SOAP
15 15 (1.53%) LangGraph
16 14 (1.43%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 71 (7.26%) Onboarding
2 59 (6.03%) Management Information System
3 55 (5.62%) Product Ownership
4 50 (5.11%) Cloud Native
5 44 (4.50%) Algorithms
6 35 (3.58%) Data Structures
7 34 (3.48%) Self-Motivation
8 29 (2.97%) AI Agents
9 27 (2.76%) Distributed Systems
10 26 (2.66%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 23 (2.35%) Enterprise Software
12 22 (2.25%) Derivative
13 19 (1.94%) Data Centre
14 18 (1.84%) Equities
15 17 (1.74%) Social Media
16 16 (1.64%) Hedge funds
17 15 (1.53%) Fixed Income
17 15 (1.53%) Graphic Design
17 15 (1.53%) Life Science
17 15 (1.53%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 115 (11.76%) Windows
2 62 (6.34%) Linux
3 24 (2.45%) Unix
4 23 (2.35%) Windows Server
5 18 (1.84%) Windows 10
6 17 (1.74%) 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%) 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%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2003
12 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 353 (36.09%) Computer Science
2 294 (30.06%) Agile
3 269 (27.51%) Problem-Solving
4 234 (23.93%) Stakeholder Management
5 221 (22.60%) AI
6 163 (16.67%) Analytics
7 158 (16.16%) DevOps
8 149 (15.24%) Continuous Improvement
9 148 (15.13%) CI/CD
10 131 (13.39%) Project Management
11 125 (12.78%) Software Engineering
12 113 (11.55%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 112 (11.45%) Decision-Making
14 110 (11.25%) Scrum
15 100 (10.22%) Change Management
15 100 (10.22%) User Acceptance Testing
16 97 (9.92%) Migration
17 96 (9.82%) Risk Management
18 93 (9.51%) Validation
19 91 (9.30%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 200 (20.45%) Python
2 198 (20.25%) SQL
3 90 (9.20%) Java
4 70 (7.16%) C#
5 64 (6.54%) JavaScript
6 61 (6.24%) PowerShell
7 31 (3.17%) C++
8 30 (3.07%) TypeScript
9 23 (2.35%) Bash
10 18 (1.84%) R
11 17 (1.74%) PL/SQL
12 13 (1.33%) Scala
13 11 (1.12%) 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%) COBOL
17 4 (0.41%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 229 (23.42%) Computer Science Degree
2 111 (11.35%) Master's Degree
3 102 (10.43%) Security Cleared
4 80 (8.18%) PMI Certification
5 76 (7.77%) SC Cleared
6 70 (7.16%) PMP
7 40 (4.09%) PhD
8 38 (3.89%) CISSP
9 27 (2.76%) Azure Certification
9 27 (2.76%) Microsoft Certification
10 24 (2.45%) Cisco Certification
11 21 (2.15%) DV Cleared
12 19 (1.94%) CISM
12 19 (1.94%) MBA
13 16 (1.64%) AWS Certification
14 15 (1.53%) CISA
15 14 (1.43%) ACCA
15 14 (1.43%) TOGAF Certification
16 13 (1.33%) CCNP
16 13 (1.33%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 76 (7.77%) QA
2 72 (7.36%) Data Quality
3 38 (3.89%) PMO
4 27 (2.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 25 (2.56%) NIST
6 19 (1.94%) GDPR
7 18 (1.84%) Accessibility
8 15 (1.53%) SLA
9 14 (1.43%) GRC
9 14 (1.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 12 (1.23%) 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 (0.61%) Basel III
13 6 (0.61%) HIPAA
14 5 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials
15 3 (0.31%) ITGC
15 3 (0.31%) NCSC
System Software
1 75 (7.67%) Active Directory
2 66 (6.75%) Docker
3 23 (2.35%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.72%) 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 57 (5.83%) Kubernetes
2 41 (4.19%) Microsoft Intune
3 27 (2.76%) Ansible
4 17 (1.74%) Grafana
5 15 (1.53%) Prometheus
5 15 (1.53%) SCCM
6 6 (0.61%) Puppet
7 5 (0.51%) Control-M
7 5 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.31%) Cisco CUCM
8 3 (0.31%) HP ALM
8 3 (0.31%) Nagios
8 3 (0.31%) Packer
8 3 (0.31%) vCenter Server
8 3 (0.31%) vMotion
8 3 (0.31%) WSUS
9 2 (0.20%) HP Fortify
10 1 (0.10%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.10%) QRadar
10 1 (0.10%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 237 (24.23%) Microsoft
2 89 (9.10%) Oracle
3 50 (5.11%) Google
3 50 (5.11%) ServiceNow
4 36 (3.68%) SAP
5 30 (3.07%) VMware
6 26 (2.66%) Adobe
7 25 (2.56%) Cisco
8 23 (2.35%) Databricks
8 23 (2.35%) OpenAI
9 22 (2.25%) Citrix
10 21 (2.15%) Salesforce
11 19 (1.94%) IBM
12 13 (1.33%) Apple
13 12 (1.23%) Palo Alto
13 12 (1.23%) Splunk
14 11 (1.12%) UiPath
15 10 (1.02%) Bloomberg
16 9 (0.92%) Murex
16 9 (0.92%) Progress