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 9 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 23 20
Rank change year-on-year -20 -3 +7
Contract jobs citing Degree 957 1,044 1,465
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.86% 7.73% 8.30%
As % of the Qualifications category 17.50% 30.07% 35.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 527 660 901
10th Percentile £250 £331 £300
25th Percentile £401 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.36% +4.76% -5.11%
75th Percentile £650 £725 £675
90th Percentile £754 £825 £800
England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -7.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 26 72
10th Percentile £17.24 £11.96 £15.70
25th Percentile £26.25 £20.24 £21.81
Median hourly rate £36.00 £34.48 £34.63
Median % change year-on-year +4.41% -0.42% +6.54%
75th Percentile £57.50 £63.19 £44.69
90th Percentile £73.25 £68.13 £74.38
England median hourly rate £44.50 £44.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year +1.14% +3.53% -14.26%

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 5,469 3,472 4,184
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 27.76% 25.72% 23.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,940 2,337 2,881
10th Percentile £363 £350 £325
25th Percentile £450 £431 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £528 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.48% - -6.21%
75th Percentile £638 £659 £650
90th Percentile £729 £750 £775
England median daily rate £525 £525 £537
% change year-on-year - -2.23% -2.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 77 81 107
10th Percentile £19.44 £18.82 £14.96
25th Percentile £26.25 £25.04 £20.50
Median hourly rate £54.00 £25.15 £25.50
Median % change year-on-year +114.71% -1.37% -52.78%
75th Percentile £73.00 £50.00 £42.75
90th Percentile £88.75 £65.57 £68.75
England median hourly rate £53.00 £27.76 £42.50
% change year-on-year +90.92% -34.68% -22.73%

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 9 July 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 9 July 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 9 July 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 -32 96 £501 -12.19% 197
West London -8 46 £313 -22.31% 173
South London -7 13 £202 -66.96% 13
East London -3 9 £585 +21.22% 27
North London +1 4 £550 +33.33% 8
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 51 (5.33%) SharePoint
2 37 (3.87%) Confluence
3 31 (3.24%) Microsoft Exchange
4 20 (2.09%) Apache Spark
5 16 (1.67%) Apache Airflow
6 11 (1.15%) IIS
7 9 (0.94%) Apache
8 6 (0.63%) CMS
9 5 (0.52%) Camunda
9 5 (0.52%) Oracle Workflow
10 4 (0.42%) Appian
11 3 (0.31%) Moodle
12 2 (0.21%) ArcGIS
12 2 (0.21%) Cloud Foundry
12 2 (0.21%) OpenStack
13 1 (0.10%) Apache Solr
13 1 (0.10%) Drupal
13 1 (0.10%) SAS
13 1 (0.10%) Tomcat
Applications
1 87 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 75 (7.84%) Microsoft Office
3 55 (5.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 44 (4.60%) Microsoft Project
5 30 (3.13%) MS Visio
6 8 (0.84%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 5 (0.52%) UserZoom
8 4 (0.42%) Chatbot
8 4 (0.42%) Spreadsheet
9 2 (0.21%) CPLEX
9 2 (0.21%) Trello
10 1 (0.10%) Navisworks
10 1 (0.10%) Revit
Business Applications
1 7 (0.73%) Aladdin
1 7 (0.73%) Magento
1 7 (0.73%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.52%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.52%) HFM
3 3 (0.31%) Fidessa
3 3 (0.31%) OpenText MBPM
3 3 (0.31%) Oracle BPM
3 3 (0.31%) Oracle ERP
3 3 (0.31%) Oracle Payables
3 3 (0.31%) SimCorp Dimension
4 2 (0.21%) IntelliMatch
4 2 (0.21%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.21%) Oracle General Ledger
4 2 (0.21%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 2 (0.21%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.21%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 2 (0.21%) SAP HR
4 2 (0.21%) Shopify
4 2 (0.21%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 256 (26.75%) Azure
2 155 (16.20%) AWS
3 76 (7.94%) Microsoft 365
4 72 (7.52%) Power Platform
5 67 (7.00%) GCP
6 53 (5.54%) Entra ID
7 44 (4.60%) Azure DevOps
8 38 (3.97%) GitHub
9 34 (3.55%) SaaS
10 28 (2.93%) Snowflake
11 21 (2.19%) Serverless
12 16 (1.67%) GitHub Actions
13 15 (1.57%) PaaS
14 14 (1.46%) AWS CloudFormation
14 14 (1.46%) AWS Lambda
14 14 (1.46%) Azure Data Factory
14 14 (1.46%) Figma
15 13 (1.36%) Amazon S3
16 12 (1.25%) Microsoft Purview
17 11 (1.15%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 38 (3.97%) Firewall
2 23 (2.40%) Network Security
3 19 (1.99%) VPN
4 18 (1.88%) TCP/IP
5 14 (1.46%) DNS
5 14 (1.46%) WAN
6 11 (1.15%) LAN
7 9 (0.94%) 3GPP
7 9 (0.94%) BGP
7 9 (0.94%) DHCP
7 9 (0.94%) VoIP
8 8 (0.84%) Internet
9 7 (0.73%) 5G
9 7 (0.73%) Radio Access Network
9 7 (0.73%) VXLAN
10 6 (0.63%) DMZ
10 6 (0.63%) HTTPS
10 6 (0.63%) OSPF
11 5 (0.52%) Software-Defined Networking
11 5 (0.52%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (6.37%) Power BI
2 47 (4.91%) SQL Server
3 32 (3.34%) PostgreSQL
4 29 (3.03%) Data Warehouse
5 24 (2.51%) Tableau
6 23 (2.40%) MongoDB
7 22 (2.30%) NoSQL
7 22 (2.30%) Relational Database
8 19 (1.99%) Metadata
9 17 (1.78%) Big Data
10 10 (1.04%) Amazon RDS
10 10 (1.04%) Data Lake
11 9 (0.94%) Oracle Database
11 9 (0.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 8 (0.84%) Snowflake Schema
13 7 (0.73%) MySQL
13 7 (0.73%) Power Query
14 6 (0.63%) Elasticsearch
14 6 (0.63%) Hadoop
14 6 (0.63%) Redis
Development Applications
1 70 (7.31%) JIRA
2 68 (7.11%) Git
3 26 (2.72%) Jenkins
4 14 (1.46%) GitLab
5 13 (1.36%) MLflow
6 11 (1.15%) Selenium
7 10 (1.04%) Subversion
8 9 (0.94%) Visual Studio
9 6 (0.63%) Gradle
9 6 (0.63%) Maven
9 6 (0.63%) Zephyr
10 5 (0.52%) Cypress.io
10 5 (0.52%) SonarQube
10 5 (0.52%) TeamCity
11 4 (0.42%) Bitbucket
11 4 (0.42%) ERwin
11 4 (0.42%) JUnit
11 4 (0.42%) REST Assured
11 4 (0.42%) Vite
12 3 (0.31%) Artifactory
General
1 429 (44.83%) Social Skills
2 402 (42.01%) Finance
3 216 (22.57%) Analytical Skills
4 131 (13.69%) Banking
5 70 (7.31%) Marketing
6 62 (6.48%) Organisational Skills
7 59 (6.17%) Legal
8 53 (5.54%) Presentation Skills
9 49 (5.12%) Public Sector
10 48 (5.02%) Retail
11 38 (3.97%) Front Office
12 29 (3.03%) Investment Banking
13 27 (2.82%) Influencing Skills
13 27 (2.82%) Law
14 26 (2.72%) Financial Institution
15 25 (2.61%) Documentation Skills
16 24 (2.51%) Telecoms
17 21 (2.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 16 (1.67%) Pharmaceutical
19 13 (1.36%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 135 (14.11%) Analyst
2 125 (13.06%) Senior
3 108 (11.29%) Developer
4 86 (8.99%) Business Analyst
5 82 (8.57%) Architect
6 77 (8.05%) Lead
7 64 (6.69%) Project Manager
8 42 (4.39%) Solutions Architect
9 35 (3.66%) Senior Manager
10 31 (3.24%) Consultant
11 28 (2.93%) Data Scientist
12 26 (2.72%) Software Engineer
13 24 (2.51%) Data Engineer
14 23 (2.40%) C# Developer
15 22 (2.30%) Support Engineer
16 19 (1.99%) Java Developer
16 19 (1.99%) Junior
16 19 (1.99%) Senior Project Manager
17 16 (1.67%) IT Manager
17 16 (1.67%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (5.75%) .NET
2 50 (5.22%) REST
3 35 (3.66%) React
4 28 (2.93%) .NET Framework
5 25 (2.61%) Kafka
6 21 (2.19%) RESTful
7 20 (2.09%) HTML
8 19 (1.99%) Pandas
8 19 (1.99%) PySpark
9 17 (1.78%) PyTorch
9 17 (1.78%) Spring
10 16 (1.67%) AngularJS
11 15 (1.57%) Middleware
12 14 (1.46%) Spring Boot
12 14 (1.46%) XML
13 13 (1.36%) Oracle Fusion
13 13 (1.36%) Web Services
14 11 (1.15%) Node.js
14 11 (1.15%) NumPy
14 11 (1.15%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 64 (6.69%) Onboarding
2 53 (5.54%) Management Information System
3 48 (5.02%) Cloud Native
4 45 (4.70%) Self-Motivation
5 42 (4.39%) Product Ownership
6 32 (3.34%) Algorithms
7 29 (3.03%) Virtual Team
8 28 (2.93%) Data Centre
8 28 (2.93%) Derivative
9 25 (2.61%) Distributed Systems
9 25 (2.61%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 22 (2.30%) Fixed Income
11 19 (1.99%) Analytical Mindset
12 18 (1.88%) Enterprise Software
13 17 (1.78%) Data Protection Act
13 17 (1.78%) Legacy Systems
13 17 (1.78%) Security Posture
14 16 (1.67%) Equities
14 16 (1.67%) Life Science
15 15 (1.57%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 113 (11.81%) Windows
2 52 (5.43%) Linux
3 24 (2.51%) Unix
3 24 (2.51%) Windows Server
4 18 (1.88%) Windows 10
5 16 (1.67%) Mac OS
6 11 (1.15%) Apple iOS
7 10 (1.04%) Android
8 8 (0.84%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 3 (0.31%) Ubuntu
9 3 (0.31%) VMS
9 3 (0.31%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (0.31%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (0.21%) CentOS
10 2 (0.21%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 340 (35.53%) Computer Science
2 279 (29.15%) Agile
3 257 (26.85%) Problem-Solving
4 209 (21.84%) AI
5 171 (17.87%) Analytics
6 162 (16.93%) Stakeholder Management
7 152 (15.88%) DevOps
8 137 (14.32%) Continuous Improvement
9 133 (13.90%) CI/CD
10 117 (12.23%) Project Management
11 104 (10.87%) Decision-Making
12 103 (10.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 100 (10.45%) Software Engineering
14 98 (10.24%) Migration
15 93 (9.72%) Risk Management
16 92 (9.61%) Roadmaps
17 89 (9.30%) Scrum
18 84 (8.78%) ITIL
19 83 (8.67%) Project Delivery
20 81 (8.46%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 206 (21.53%) Python
2 195 (20.38%) SQL
3 86 (8.99%) Java
4 63 (6.58%) C#
5 48 (5.02%) PowerShell
6 39 (4.08%) JavaScript
7 26 (2.72%) C++
8 22 (2.30%) TypeScript
9 18 (1.88%) R
10 14 (1.46%) PL/SQL
11 12 (1.25%) Bash
12 10 (1.04%) T-SQL
13 9 (0.94%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 7 (0.73%) Bicep
14 7 (0.73%) C
14 7 (0.73%) Shell Script
15 6 (0.63%) Scala
15 6 (0.63%) VBA
16 3 (0.31%) Go
16 3 (0.31%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 229 (23.93%) Computer Science Degree
2 135 (14.11%) Master's Degree
3 76 (7.94%) Security Cleared
4 60 (6.27%) SC Cleared
5 55 (5.75%) PMI Certification
6 53 (5.54%) CISSP
7 47 (4.91%) PMP
8 38 (3.97%) PhD
9 32 (3.34%) Azure Certification
10 28 (2.93%) Microsoft Certification
11 27 (2.82%) Cisco Certification
12 25 (2.61%) CISA
13 24 (2.51%) CISM
14 22 (2.30%) MBA
15 16 (1.67%) CRISC
16 15 (1.57%) AWS Certification
16 15 (1.57%) BPSS Clearance
17 14 (1.46%) DV Cleared
17 14 (1.46%) IIBA
18 13 (1.36%) CBAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (7.11%) QA
2 59 (6.17%) Data Quality
3 48 (5.02%) PMO
4 41 (4.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 38 (3.97%) NIST
6 37 (3.87%) GDPR
7 22 (2.30%) Accessibility
7 22 (2.30%) SLA
8 17 (1.78%) GRC
8 17 (1.78%) PCI DSS
9 16 (1.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 8 (0.84%) COBIT
10 8 (0.84%) IFRS
11 7 (0.73%) Actionable Recommendations
12 6 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials
12 6 (0.63%) HIPAA
12 6 (0.63%) SOC 2
13 5 (0.52%) P3O
14 4 (0.42%) MiFID
14 4 (0.42%) NIST 800
System Software
1 74 (7.73%) Active Directory
2 62 (6.48%) Docker
3 17 (1.78%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.73%) Hyper-V
5 6 (0.63%) Firmware
6 5 (0.52%) BitLocker
6 5 (0.52%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (0.42%) Microsoft App-V
7 4 (0.42%) Terminal Services
8 3 (0.31%) Virtual Machines
8 3 (0.31%) vSphere
9 2 (0.21%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.10%) HDFS
10 1 (0.10%) IAG
10 1 (0.10%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (0.10%) Squid
10 1 (0.10%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.10%) XenApp
10 1 (0.10%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 63 (6.58%) Kubernetes
2 45 (4.70%) Microsoft Intune
3 44 (4.60%) Terraform
4 26 (2.72%) Ansible
5 14 (1.46%) Grafana
5 14 (1.46%) SCCM
6 12 (1.25%) Prometheus
7 5 (0.52%) HP ALM
8 4 (0.42%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 4 (0.42%) vCenter Server
8 4 (0.42%) vMotion
9 3 (0.31%) Cisco CUCM
9 3 (0.31%) Nagios
9 3 (0.31%) Packer
9 3 (0.31%) Puppet
9 3 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.31%) WSUS
10 2 (0.21%) Control-M
10 2 (0.21%) Kibana
10 2 (0.21%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 230 (24.03%) Microsoft
2 73 (7.63%) Oracle
3 50 (5.22%) Google
4 40 (4.18%) ServiceNow
5 27 (2.82%) Citrix
6 26 (2.72%) Cisco
6 26 (2.72%) SAP
7 25 (2.61%) Databricks
8 21 (2.19%) Salesforce
9 20 (2.09%) Adobe
9 20 (2.09%) VMware
10 16 (1.67%) Palo Alto
11 14 (1.46%) Murex
12 13 (1.36%) Bloomberg
13 12 (1.25%) Splunk
14 11 (1.15%) Apple
14 11 (1.15%) Juniper
15 10 (1.04%) HP
15 10 (1.04%) OpenAI
16 8 (0.84%) CyberArk