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 10 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 25 20
Rank change year-on-year -12 -5 +7
Contract jobs citing Degree 957 981 1,415
As % of all contract jobs in London 5.52% 7.75% 7.87%
As % of the Qualifications category 18.93% 30.44% 32.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 596 642 843
10th Percentile £299 £333 £283
25th Percentile £406 £446 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% +4.76% -8.70%
75th Percentile £650 £734 £675
90th Percentile £800 £850 £800
England median daily rate £500 £525 £513
% change year-on-year -4.76% +2.44% -6.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 23 70
10th Percentile £21.88 £11.96 £14.23
25th Percentile £26.31 £29.54 £21.05
Median hourly rate £35.00 £47.50 £35.61
Median % change year-on-year -26.32% +33.41% +0.30%
75th Percentile £51.56 £61.88 £53.75
90th Percentile £65.88 £66.75 £75.00
England median hourly rate £53.50 £54.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year -1.83% +36.25% -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 5,056 3,223 4,357
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 29.15% 25.47% 24.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,617 2,184 2,922
10th Percentile £363 £349 £325
25th Percentile £438 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £656
90th Percentile £750 £763 £775
England median daily rate £520 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -0.95% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 89 58 120
10th Percentile £19.54 £20.88 £14.23
25th Percentile £25.15 £23.79 £20.86
Median hourly rate £37.50 £37.25 £28.12
Median % change year-on-year +0.67% +32.47% -32.65%
75th Percentile £76.58 £58.13 £60.00
90th Percentile £88.75 £67.88 £83.30
England median hourly rate £42.00 £50.00 £39.96
% change year-on-year -16.00% +25.13% -22.41%

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 10 April 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 10 April 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 10 April 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 -15 121 £500 -6.98% 303
West London -9 33 £334 -16.48% 63
South London +3 25 £450 -25.00% 17
East London -4 6 £568 +3.18% 34
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 45 (4.70%) SharePoint
2 37 (3.87%) Microsoft Exchange
3 35 (3.66%) Confluence
4 26 (2.72%) Apache Spark
5 12 (1.25%) Apache Airflow
6 5 (0.52%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 4 (0.42%) CMS
8 3 (0.31%) Oracle Workflow
8 3 (0.31%) SAS
9 2 (0.21%) Apache
9 2 (0.21%) Appian
9 2 (0.21%) Drupal
9 2 (0.21%) Ethereum
9 2 (0.21%) IIS
9 2 (0.21%) OpenStack
9 2 (0.21%) WebSphere
10 1 (0.10%) Anypoint
10 1 (0.10%) Camunda
10 1 (0.10%) Oracle Service Bus
10 1 (0.10%) Tomcat
Applications
1 99 (10.34%) Microsoft Excel
2 74 (7.73%) Microsoft Office
3 62 (6.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 50 (5.22%) Microsoft Project
5 34 (3.55%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.52%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (0.52%) Trello
7 2 (0.21%) Adobe After Effects
7 2 (0.21%) Adobe XD
7 2 (0.21%) CPLEX
7 2 (0.21%) InVision
7 2 (0.21%) Sketch
8 1 (0.10%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.10%) Camtasia
8 1 (0.10%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.10%) Navisworks
8 1 (0.10%) Revit
Business Applications
1 12 (1.25%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.84%) Aladdin
2 8 (0.84%) Veritas eDiscovery
3 7 (0.73%) Oracle General Ledger
4 6 (0.63%) Oracle Payables
4 6 (0.63%) SAP S/4HANA
5 4 (0.42%) Fidessa
5 4 (0.42%) Oracle ERP
5 4 (0.42%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 4 (0.42%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 4 (0.42%) Shopify
6 3 (0.31%) Oracle Assets
6 3 (0.31%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.31%) Oracle EBS R12
6 3 (0.31%) Oracle Financials
6 3 (0.31%) Remedy ITSM
6 3 (0.31%) SimCorp Dimension
7 2 (0.21%) Oracle E-Business Tax
7 2 (0.21%) Oracle FAH
7 2 (0.21%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 265 (27.69%) Azure
2 123 (12.85%) AWS
3 103 (10.76%) Microsoft 365
4 74 (7.73%) Power Platform
5 63 (6.58%) SaaS
6 54 (5.64%) GCP
7 50 (5.22%) Entra ID
8 40 (4.18%) Azure DevOps
9 33 (3.45%) GitHub
10 22 (2.30%) Dynamics 365
10 22 (2.30%) Snowflake
11 20 (2.09%) PaaS
11 20 (2.09%) Serverless
12 19 (1.99%) IaaS
13 18 (1.88%) Microsoft Purview
14 17 (1.78%) Power Automate
15 16 (1.67%) Azure Data Factory
16 15 (1.57%) AWS CloudFormation
17 14 (1.46%) Amazon ECS
17 14 (1.46%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 33 (3.45%) Firewall
2 16 (1.67%) VPN
3 12 (1.25%) Network Security
4 11 (1.15%) HTTP
4 11 (1.15%) LAN
4 11 (1.15%) WAN
5 10 (1.04%) DNS
5 10 (1.04%) TCP/IP
6 8 (0.84%) BGP
6 8 (0.84%) DHCP
6 8 (0.84%) NetScaler
7 7 (0.73%) VoIP
7 7 (0.73%) VXLAN
8 6 (0.63%) DMZ
8 6 (0.63%) IPv4
9 5 (0.52%) CTI
9 5 (0.52%) OSPF
10 4 (0.42%) 3GPP
10 4 (0.42%) SSL
11 3 (0.31%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (5.85%) Power BI
2 47 (4.91%) SQL Server
3 29 (3.03%) PostgreSQL
4 26 (2.72%) Data Warehouse
4 26 (2.72%) Tableau
5 20 (2.09%) Big Data
6 19 (1.99%) NoSQL
7 17 (1.78%) Relational Database
8 16 (1.67%) MongoDB
9 13 (1.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 11 (1.15%) Metadata
11 8 (0.84%) Data Lake
11 8 (0.84%) MySQL
11 8 (0.84%) Snowflake Schema
12 7 (0.73%) Hadoop
12 7 (0.73%) Redis
13 6 (0.63%) Amazon RDS
13 6 (0.63%) KDB
13 6 (0.63%) Kdb+
13 6 (0.63%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 76 (7.94%) JIRA
2 54 (5.64%) Git
3 19 (1.99%) Jenkins
4 18 (1.88%) Visual Studio
5 11 (1.15%) MLflow
5 11 (1.15%) Selenium
6 6 (0.63%) GitLab
7 5 (0.52%) Bitbucket
7 5 (0.52%) Cucumber
7 5 (0.52%) TeamCity
8 4 (0.42%) ERwin
8 4 (0.42%) SonarQube
9 3 (0.31%) Cypress.io
9 3 (0.31%) Maven
9 3 (0.31%) Oracle APEX
9 3 (0.31%) Postman
9 3 (0.31%) REST Assured
9 3 (0.31%) Subversion
9 3 (0.31%) Toad
9 3 (0.31%) Zephyr
General
1 455 (47.54%) Social Skills
2 399 (41.69%) Finance
3 223 (23.30%) Analytical Skills
4 157 (16.41%) Banking
5 56 (5.85%) Public Sector
6 55 (5.75%) Presentation Skills
7 53 (5.54%) Marketing
8 48 (5.02%) Front Office
9 40 (4.18%) Investment Banking
10 37 (3.87%) Organisational Skills
11 35 (3.66%) Legal
12 29 (3.03%) Retail
13 27 (2.82%) Financial Institution
14 25 (2.61%) Influencing Skills
15 21 (2.19%) Documentation Skills
15 21 (2.19%) Manufacturing
15 21 (2.19%) Telecoms
16 18 (1.88%) Law
17 17 (1.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 11 (1.15%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 136 (14.21%) Senior
2 127 (13.27%) Analyst
3 108 (11.29%) Developer
4 81 (8.46%) Business Analyst
5 75 (7.84%) Architect
6 69 (7.21%) Lead
7 65 (6.79%) Project Manager
8 47 (4.91%) Consultant
9 35 (3.66%) Data Scientist
10 33 (3.45%) Solutions Architect
11 26 (2.72%) Senior Analyst
12 24 (2.51%) Data Engineer
12 24 (2.51%) Software Engineer
13 22 (2.30%) Senior Manager
13 22 (2.30%) Technical Support
14 21 (2.19%) C# Developer
14 21 (2.19%) Senior Business Analyst
15 19 (1.99%) Delivery Manager
16 18 (1.88%) Senior Developer
16 18 (1.88%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (5.02%) .NET
2 33 (3.45%) REST
3 28 (2.93%) React
4 26 (2.72%) Middleware
5 24 (2.51%) RESTful
6 23 (2.40%) Pandas
6 23 (2.40%) PyTorch
7 21 (2.19%) .NET Framework
7 21 (2.19%) HTML
7 21 (2.19%) Kafka
7 21 (2.19%) Oracle Fusion
8 18 (1.88%) TensorFlow
9 17 (1.78%) Node.js
9 17 (1.78%) NumPy
10 15 (1.57%) XML
11 13 (1.36%) scikit-learn
12 12 (1.25%) AngularJS
12 12 (1.25%) CSS
12 12 (1.25%) JSON
12 12 (1.25%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 60 (6.27%) Management Information System
2 54 (5.64%) Onboarding
3 46 (4.81%) Cloud Native
4 41 (4.28%) Product Ownership
5 38 (3.97%) Derivative
6 35 (3.66%) Distributed Systems
7 34 (3.55%) Algorithms
7 34 (3.55%) Virtual Team
8 33 (3.45%) Data Centre
9 28 (2.93%) Equities
10 26 (2.72%) Self-Motivation
11 25 (2.61%) Data Protection Act
12 22 (2.30%) Analytical Mindset
12 22 (2.30%) Enterprise Software
12 22 (2.30%) Fixed Income
12 22 (2.30%) Greenfield Project
13 21 (2.19%) PMI
14 19 (1.99%) Equity Derivative
15 18 (1.88%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
16 17 (1.78%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 102 (10.66%) Windows
2 54 (5.64%) Linux
3 34 (3.55%) Windows Server
4 30 (3.13%) Unix
5 17 (1.78%) Windows 10
6 12 (1.25%) Mac OS
7 10 (1.04%) Android
8 9 (0.94%) Windows Server 2016
9 7 (0.73%) Apple iOS
10 6 (0.63%) Windows Server 2019
11 5 (0.52%) VMS
12 4 (0.42%) Ubuntu
13 2 (0.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 1 (0.10%) CentOS
14 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 357 (37.30%) Computer Science
2 293 (30.62%) Agile
3 266 (27.80%) Problem-Solving
4 178 (18.60%) AI
5 160 (16.72%) Stakeholder Management
6 157 (16.41%) Analytics
7 152 (15.88%) DevOps
8 134 (14.00%) Project Management
9 128 (13.38%) CI/CD
9 128 (13.38%) Risk Management
10 118 (12.33%) Decision-Making
11 117 (12.23%) Continuous Improvement
12 107 (11.18%) Roadmaps
13 101 (10.55%) Migration
14 100 (10.45%) Project Delivery
15 99 (10.34%) Change Management
16 91 (9.51%) Software Engineering
17 86 (8.99%) Machine Learning
17 86 (8.99%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 84 (8.78%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 205 (21.42%) Python
2 174 (18.18%) SQL
3 77 (8.05%) Java
4 60 (6.27%) PowerShell
5 57 (5.96%) C#
6 50 (5.22%) C++
7 37 (3.87%) JavaScript
8 23 (2.40%) TypeScript
9 19 (1.99%) R
10 16 (1.67%) PL/SQL
11 14 (1.46%) T-SQL
12 10 (1.04%) Bash
13 7 (0.73%) C
13 7 (0.73%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 7 (0.73%) Scala
13 7 (0.73%) Shell Script
14 6 (0.63%) Go
14 6 (0.63%) Kusto Query Language
14 6 (0.63%) Rust
15 4 (0.42%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 252 (26.33%) Computer Science Degree
2 159 (16.61%) Master's Degree
3 90 (9.40%) Security Cleared
4 69 (7.21%) SC Cleared
5 66 (6.90%) PMI Certification
6 54 (5.64%) PMP
7 52 (5.43%) Microsoft Certification
8 43 (4.49%) PhD
9 41 (4.28%) CISSP
10 36 (3.76%) Azure Certification
11 22 (2.30%) CBAP
11 22 (2.30%) CISM
12 19 (1.99%) IIBA
13 18 (1.88%) CRISC
13 18 (1.88%) MBA
14 17 (1.78%) Cisco Certification
14 17 (1.78%) Numerate Degree
15 16 (1.67%) CISA
16 15 (1.57%) BPSS Clearance
16 15 (1.57%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 78 (8.15%) QA
2 47 (4.91%) GDPR
3 39 (4.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 39 (4.08%) PMO
4 38 (3.97%) Data Quality
4 38 (3.97%) NIST
5 26 (2.72%) SLA
6 16 (1.67%) Accessibility
6 16 (1.67%) PCI DSS
7 14 (1.46%) GRC
8 13 (1.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 10 (1.04%) COBIT
9 10 (1.04%) IFRS
10 9 (0.94%) IFRS 17
11 6 (0.63%) Actionable Recommendations
11 6 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials
11 6 (0.63%) IFRS 9
11 6 (0.63%) SOC 2
11 6 (0.63%) WCAG
12 5 (0.52%) MiFID
System Software
1 72 (7.52%) Active Directory
2 58 (6.06%) Docker
3 10 (1.04%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (0.94%) Virtual Desktop
5 7 (0.73%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.52%) Firmware
6 5 (0.52%) XenApp
6 5 (0.52%) XenDesktop
7 1 (0.10%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.10%) HDFS
7 1 (0.10%) IAG
7 1 (0.10%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (0.10%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 1 (0.10%) PowerHA
7 1 (0.10%) Terminal Services
7 1 (0.10%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.10%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.10%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.10%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 51 (5.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 47 (4.91%) Kubernetes
3 41 (4.28%) Terraform
4 27 (2.82%) SCCM
5 16 (1.67%) Grafana
6 13 (1.36%) Ansible
7 11 (1.15%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 10 (1.04%) Prometheus
9 6 (0.63%) SCOM
10 5 (0.52%) SCVMM
11 4 (0.42%) Control-M
11 4 (0.42%) HP ALM
12 3 (0.31%) Jamf Pro
12 3 (0.31%) Puppet
13 2 (0.21%) Progress Chef
13 2 (0.21%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
13 2 (0.21%) WSUS
14 1 (0.10%) CSIRT
14 1 (0.10%) Kibana
14 1 (0.10%) vMotion
Vendors
1 242 (25.29%) Microsoft
2 74 (7.73%) Oracle
3 42 (4.39%) Google
4 36 (3.76%) ServiceNow
5 29 (3.03%) SAP
6 28 (2.93%) Databricks
7 27 (2.82%) Citrix
8 22 (2.30%) Cisco
8 22 (2.30%) Salesforce
9 13 (1.36%) Informatica
9 13 (1.36%) Palo Alto
10 12 (1.25%) Software AG
10 12 (1.25%) VMware
11 11 (1.15%) Adobe
11 11 (1.15%) Bloomberg
12 10 (1.04%) Juniper
12 10 (1.04%) Murex
13 9 (0.94%) Splunk
14 8 (0.84%) Apple
14 8 (0.84%) Charles River