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 5 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 23 24
Rank change year-on-year -4 +1 +5
Contract jobs citing Degree 1,043 1,315 1,449
As % of all contract jobs in London 7.26% 8.33% 7.50%
As % of the Qualifications category 25.95% 32.59% 31.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 660 805 950
10th Percentile £325 £319 £300
25th Percentile £413 £431 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% - -5.17%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £675
90th Percentile £775 £850 £800
England median daily rate £517 £523 £525
% change year-on-year -1.13% -0.48% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 33 25
10th Percentile £24.50 £18.00 £18.87
25th Percentile £25.61 £31.62 £23.00
Median hourly rate £35.00 £39.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -10.26% -13.33% -1.64%
75th Percentile £58.63 £53.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £66.50 £67.75 £70.40
England median hourly rate £36.23 £42.88 £50.00
% change year-on-year -15.51% -14.24% +11.11%

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 4,019 4,035 4,532
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 27.97% 25.55% 23.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,807 2,564 3,031
10th Percentile £353 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £666
90th Percentile £738 £763 £775
England median daily rate £525 £531 £550
% change year-on-year -1.04% -3.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 101 54 94
10th Percentile £19.38 £20.15 £19.33
25th Percentile - £27.00 £23.31
Median hourly rate £25.15 £39.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -35.51% -25.71% +10.53%
75th Percentile £45.00 £60.56 £65.59
90th Percentile £72.50 £83.20 £85.35
England median hourly rate £25.15 £48.78 £52.50
% change year-on-year -48.44% -7.09% +16.67%

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 5 December 2025.

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 5 December 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 5 December 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 -2 177 £550 +3.77% 167
South London +5 31 £525 -8.70% 32
West London -3 30 £208 -44.67% 59
East London -11 6 £900 +70.62% 49
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 68 (6.52%) Confluence
2 47 (4.51%) SharePoint
3 28 (2.68%) Apache Spark
4 22 (2.11%) Microsoft Exchange
5 12 (1.15%) Apache Airflow
5 12 (1.15%) nginx
6 10 (0.96%) IIS
7 7 (0.67%) CMS
8 5 (0.48%) Luigi
9 4 (0.38%) SAS
10 3 (0.29%) Apache
10 3 (0.29%) Ethereum
10 3 (0.29%) Hyperledger
10 3 (0.29%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 2 (0.19%) Alfresco
11 2 (0.19%) Moodle
11 2 (0.19%) Tomcat
12 1 (0.096%) MQSeries
12 1 (0.096%) NetWeaver
12 1 (0.096%) WebSphere
Applications
1 110 (10.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 92 (8.82%) Microsoft Office
3 67 (6.42%) Microsoft Project
4 66 (6.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 34 (3.26%) MS Visio
6 10 (0.96%) Mozilla Thunderbird
7 8 (0.77%) Trello
8 5 (0.48%) Spreadsheet
9 2 (0.19%) Adobe After Effects
9 2 (0.19%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 2 (0.19%) Adobe XD
9 2 (0.19%) Chatbot
9 2 (0.19%) InVision
9 2 (0.19%) Sketch
10 1 (0.096%) Camtasia
10 1 (0.096%) Navisworks
10 1 (0.096%) Oracle Smart View
10 1 (0.096%) ProjectWise
10 1 (0.096%) Revit
Business Applications
1 17 (1.63%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (1.34%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (0.67%) Oracle EBS
3 7 (0.67%) Oracle EBS R12
3 7 (0.67%) Salesforce CRM
3 7 (0.67%) Workday HCM
4 6 (0.58%) Endur
4 6 (0.58%) Remedy ITSM
4 6 (0.58%) SAP EWM
4 6 (0.58%) SAP WM
5 5 (0.48%) Oracle Assets
5 5 (0.48%) Oracle E-Business Tax
5 5 (0.48%) Oracle Financials
5 5 (0.48%) Oracle General Ledger
5 5 (0.48%) Oracle Payables
6 4 (0.38%) Temenos T24
7 3 (0.29%) FLEXCUBE
7 3 (0.29%) SAP IBP
8 2 (0.19%) SAP CX
8 2 (0.19%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 252 (24.16%) Azure
2 131 (12.56%) AWS
3 83 (7.96%) Microsoft 365
4 68 (6.52%) Power Platform
5 65 (6.23%) GCP
6 61 (5.85%) SaaS
7 55 (5.27%) GitHub
8 48 (4.60%) Azure DevOps
8 48 (4.60%) Entra ID
9 24 (2.30%) Amazon ECS
10 22 (2.11%) Amazon S3
11 21 (2.01%) Dynamics 365
12 19 (1.82%) GitHub Actions
12 19 (1.82%) Power Automate
13 18 (1.73%) Serverless
14 17 (1.63%) Miro
14 17 (1.63%) PaaS
15 16 (1.53%) IaaS
15 16 (1.53%) PowerApps
16 15 (1.44%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 44 (4.22%) Firewall
2 33 (3.16%) DNS
3 23 (2.21%) HTTP
4 22 (2.11%) VPN
5 17 (1.63%) DHCP
5 17 (1.63%) Network Security
6 15 (1.44%) LAN
7 14 (1.34%) WAN
8 13 (1.25%) SMTP
8 13 (1.25%) SSH
8 13 (1.25%) TCP/IP
9 10 (0.96%) FTP
9 10 (0.96%) IMAP
9 10 (0.96%) OpenLDAP
10 9 (0.86%) VoIP
11 5 (0.48%) CTI
11 5 (0.48%) SSL
11 5 (0.48%) Wi-Fi
12 4 (0.38%) Intrusion Detection
12 4 (0.38%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (4.99%) Power BI
2 41 (3.93%) SQL Server
3 36 (3.45%) PostgreSQL
4 34 (3.26%) Tableau
5 24 (2.30%) Data Warehouse
6 20 (1.92%) Relational Database
7 18 (1.73%) Amazon RDS
8 15 (1.44%) NoSQL
9 14 (1.34%) Big Data
10 12 (1.15%) MySQL
11 11 (1.05%) Data Lake
11 11 (1.05%) MongoDB
12 10 (0.96%) Amazon Aurora
12 10 (0.96%) BigQuery
12 10 (0.96%) Metadata
13 9 (0.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 7 (0.67%) Star Schema
15 6 (0.58%) Hadoop
15 6 (0.58%) Redis
16 5 (0.48%) Oracle ODI
Development Applications
1 121 (11.60%) JIRA
2 57 (5.47%) Git
3 31 (2.97%) Jenkins
4 13 (1.25%) Postman
5 11 (1.05%) Selenium
5 11 (1.05%) Vagrant
5 11 (1.05%) Visual Studio
6 10 (0.96%) GitLab
7 8 (0.77%) Bitbucket
7 8 (0.77%) Cucumber
7 8 (0.77%) Cypress.io
7 8 (0.77%) SpecFlow
8 6 (0.58%) JUnit
8 6 (0.58%) MLflow
9 5 (0.48%) Appium
9 5 (0.48%) Charles Proxy
9 5 (0.48%) CircleCI
9 5 (0.48%) Katalon Studio
9 5 (0.48%) XCUITest
10 4 (0.38%) TeamCity
General
1 499 (47.84%) Social Skills
2 481 (46.12%) Finance
3 244 (23.39%) Analytical Skills
4 175 (16.78%) Banking
5 69 (6.62%) Presentation Skills
6 60 (5.75%) Public Sector
7 59 (5.66%) Marketing
8 54 (5.18%) Front Office
9 47 (4.51%) Investment Banking
10 38 (3.64%) Legal
11 36 (3.45%) Influencing Skills
12 35 (3.36%) Telecoms
13 34 (3.26%) Financial Institution
14 31 (2.97%) Organisational Skills
15 28 (2.68%) Pharmaceutical
16 26 (2.49%) Retail
17 25 (2.40%) Back Office
17 25 (2.40%) Manufacturing
18 23 (2.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
19 21 (2.01%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 147 (14.09%) Analyst
2 129 (12.37%) Developer
3 128 (12.27%) Senior
4 101 (9.68%) Business Analyst
5 82 (7.86%) Project Manager
6 69 (6.62%) Architect
7 65 (6.23%) Lead
8 55 (5.27%) Consultant
9 38 (3.64%) Software Engineer
10 30 (2.88%) Data Scientist
11 28 (2.68%) Senior Developer
12 24 (2.30%) IT Manager
13 21 (2.01%) Data Engineer
14 20 (1.92%) Solutions Architect
15 19 (1.82%) Platform Engineer
16 18 (1.73%) Senior Manager
16 18 (1.73%) Senior Software Engineer
17 17 (1.63%) AWS Engineer
17 17 (1.63%) IT Project Manager
18 16 (1.53%) C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (5.75%) .NET
2 37 (3.55%) REST
3 29 (2.78%) HTML
4 28 (2.68%) Kafka
4 28 (2.68%) RESTful
5 22 (2.11%) CSS
6 21 (2.01%) React
6 21 (2.01%) Web Services
7 20 (1.92%) XML
8 19 (1.82%) AngularJS
8 19 (1.82%) Middleware
8 19 (1.82%) Node.js
8 19 (1.82%) OAuth
9 18 (1.73%) LangChain
10 17 (1.63%) JSON
10 17 (1.63%) PyTorch
11 16 (1.53%) Pandas
11 16 (1.53%) Playwright
11 16 (1.53%) TensorFlow
12 15 (1.44%) FastAPI
Miscellaneous
1 70 (6.71%) Management Information System
2 58 (5.56%) Product Ownership
3 49 (4.70%) Derivative
4 42 (4.03%) Cloud Native
4 42 (4.03%) Onboarding
5 36 (3.45%) Algorithms
6 28 (2.68%) Data Protection Act
7 27 (2.59%) Data Centre
7 27 (2.59%) Life Science
8 25 (2.40%) Self-Motivation
9 24 (2.30%) Equities
9 24 (2.30%) Fixed Income
9 24 (2.30%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 22 (2.11%) Analytical Mindset
10 22 (2.11%) Replication
11 21 (2.01%) Enterprise Software
11 21 (2.01%) Virtual Team
12 20 (1.92%) Security Posture
13 19 (1.82%) Data Structures
13 19 (1.82%) Equity Derivative
Operating Systems
1 86 (8.25%) Windows
2 76 (7.29%) Linux
3 41 (3.93%) Unix
4 24 (2.30%) Windows Server
5 17 (1.63%) Windows 10
6 14 (1.34%) Android
6 14 (1.34%) Apple iOS
7 13 (1.25%) Ubuntu
7 13 (1.25%) VMS
8 12 (1.15%) Windows Server 2016
9 10 (0.96%) Amazon Linux
10 9 (0.86%) Mac OS
10 9 (0.86%) Windows Server 2019
11 2 (0.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 1 (0.096%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 438 (41.99%) Computer Science
2 371 (35.57%) Agile
3 319 (30.58%) Problem-Solving
4 177 (16.97%) Project Management
5 173 (16.59%) Stakeholder Management
6 155 (14.86%) DevOps
7 140 (13.42%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 135 (12.94%) AI
9 130 (12.46%) Analytics
10 129 (12.37%) Risk Management
11 123 (11.79%) Change Management
12 118 (11.31%) CI/CD
13 105 (10.07%) Scrum
14 103 (9.88%) Decision-Making
15 102 (9.78%) Roadmaps
16 101 (9.68%) Machine Learning
16 101 (9.68%) Software Engineering
17 96 (9.20%) Continuous Improvement
18 94 (9.01%) Migration
18 94 (9.01%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 236 (22.63%) Python
2 192 (18.41%) SQL
3 94 (9.01%) Java
4 62 (5.94%) JavaScript
5 61 (5.85%) PowerShell
6 58 (5.56%) C#
7 56 (5.37%) C++
8 30 (2.88%) TypeScript
9 23 (2.21%) R
10 18 (1.73%) Bash
11 13 (1.25%) PL/SQL
11 13 (1.25%) Ruby
12 12 (1.15%) Groovy
12 12 (1.15%) T-SQL
13 10 (0.96%) Kotlin
13 10 (0.96%) Kusto Query Language
14 9 (0.86%) Perl
15 8 (0.77%) Go
16 7 (0.67%) Bicep
17 6 (0.58%) VBA
Qualifications
1 273 (26.17%) Computer Science Degree
2 168 (16.11%) Master's Degree
3 87 (8.34%) Security Cleared
4 83 (7.96%) PMI Certification
5 74 (7.09%) PMP
6 62 (5.94%) SC Cleared
7 44 (4.22%) PhD
8 40 (3.84%) Microsoft Certification
9 39 (3.74%) CISSP
10 37 (3.55%) Azure Certification
11 25 (2.40%) AWS Certification
12 24 (2.30%) CISM
13 19 (1.82%) CBAP
14 18 (1.73%) Cisco Certification
15 17 (1.63%) Numerate Degree
16 16 (1.53%) MBA
17 13 (1.25%) CISA
18 12 (1.15%) CCNA
18 12 (1.15%) DV Cleared
19 10 (0.96%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 67 (6.42%) QA
2 50 (4.79%) GDPR
3 39 (3.74%) Data Quality
4 29 (2.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 27 (2.59%) NIST
6 26 (2.49%) PMO
7 24 (2.30%) Accessibility
8 20 (1.92%) SLA
9 13 (1.25%) PCI DSS
10 11 (1.05%) GRC
11 10 (0.96%) COBIT
12 8 (0.77%) Cyber Essentials
12 8 (0.77%) IFRS
12 8 (0.77%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 8 (0.77%) WCAG
13 7 (0.67%) Basel III
14 5 (0.48%) IFRS 9
14 5 (0.48%) MiFID
15 4 (0.38%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 4 (0.38%) IFRS 17
System Software
1 76 (7.29%) Docker
2 61 (5.85%) Active Directory
3 10 (0.96%) DFS Replication
3 10 (0.96%) Dovecot
3 10 (0.96%) Postfix
3 10 (0.96%) Squid
4 9 (0.86%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (0.48%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (0.48%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.19%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.19%) XenApp
7 1 (0.096%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.096%) HDFS
7 1 (0.096%) PowerHA
7 1 (0.096%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.096%) vSphere
7 1 (0.096%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 55 (5.27%) Terraform
2 49 (4.70%) Kubernetes
3 24 (2.30%) Microsoft Intune
4 21 (2.01%) Grafana
5 16 (1.53%) SCCM
6 13 (1.25%) Ansible
6 13 (1.25%) Prometheus
7 10 (0.96%) Nessus
7 10 (0.96%) Proxmox
8 8 (0.77%) SCOM
9 7 (0.67%) CSIRT
10 5 (0.48%) QRadar
11 4 (0.38%) Puppet
12 3 (0.29%) Argo
12 3 (0.29%) Functional Safety
12 3 (0.29%) Single Sign-On
13 2 (0.19%) HP ALM
13 2 (0.19%) Progress Chef
13 2 (0.19%) RSA Archer
14 1 (0.096%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
Vendors
1 204 (19.56%) Microsoft
2 61 (5.85%) Oracle
3 51 (4.89%) SAP
4 50 (4.79%) Google
5 44 (4.22%) ServiceNow
6 41 (3.93%) Salesforce
7 25 (2.40%) Databricks
8 21 (2.01%) Cisco
9 20 (1.92%) Splunk
10 18 (1.73%) Workday
11 13 (1.25%) Adobe
11 13 (1.25%) VMware
12 12 (1.15%) Citrix
13 11 (1.05%) IBM
14 10 (0.96%) Jaspersoft
15 9 (0.86%) Murex
16 8 (0.77%) Fortinet
17 7 (0.67%) Apple
17 7 (0.67%) Remedy
17 7 (0.67%) UiPath