Degree Contracts 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 3 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 20 27
Rank change year-on-year -4 +7 +12
Contract jobs citing Degree 1,009 1,456 1,706
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 7.70% 8.26% 6.74%
As % of the Qualifications category 29.77% 35.02% 31.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 643 885 1,145
10th Percentile £331 £300 £325
25th Percentile £425 £400 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £560
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -6.25% +1.08%
75th Percentile £725 £663 £725
90th Percentile £825 £800 £875
England median daily rate £500 £500 £550
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 72 31
10th Percentile £11.96 £15.61 £18.55
25th Percentile £20.24 £21.18 £21.24
Median hourly rate £34.48 £34.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -0.06% +6.15% -12.16%
75th Percentile £63.00 £44.69 £53.25
90th Percentile £68.25 £74.38 £70.00
England median hourly rate £45.15 £41.50 £49.28
% change year-on-year +8.80% -15.79% +35.01%

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 3,389 4,158 5,453
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 25.86% 23.59% 21.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,282 2,857 3,756
10th Percentile £350 £325 £363
25th Percentile £431 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £560
Median % change year-on-year - -6.25% +1.82%
75th Percentile £661 £650 £688
90th Percentile £750 £770 £800
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 76 107 82
10th Percentile £18.40 £14.96 £19.46
25th Percentile £25.00 £20.36 £24.94
Median hourly rate £26.41 £25.50 £54.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% -52.78% +27.06%
75th Percentile £50.54 £42.75 £71.88
90th Percentile £66.54 £68.30 £87.50
England median hourly rate £28.50 £42.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -32.94% -22.73% +32.76%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Degree as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Degree in London

Degree
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Degree in London.

Daily rate trend for Degree in London

Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Degree in London over the 6 months to 3 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Degree in London

Degree
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Degree in London.

Hourly rate trend for Degree in London

Degree
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Degree in London over the 6 months to 3 July 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 3 July 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 -3 178 £575 +3.14% 1,114
West London -2 31 £402 -15.32% 154
South London -2 11 £625 +56.25% 111
East London -3 11 £483 +4.91% 77
North London -3 1 £413 +51.10% 31
Degree
England

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 45 (4.46%) Apache Spark
2 39 (3.87%) SharePoint
3 36 (3.57%) Confluence
4 11 (1.09%) Microsoft Exchange
5 10 (0.99%) CMS
6 8 (0.79%) GemFire
6 8 (0.79%) Oracle Coherence
7 5 (0.50%) Apache Airflow
8 4 (0.40%) Apache
8 4 (0.40%) Moodle
8 4 (0.40%) Oracle Workflow
8 4 (0.40%) SAS
9 3 (0.30%) Alfresco
9 3 (0.30%) Drupal
9 3 (0.30%) Jupyter
9 3 (0.30%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 2 (0.20%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 2 (0.20%) IIS
10 2 (0.20%) Luigi
10 2 (0.20%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 95 (9.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 78 (7.73%) Microsoft Office
3 53 (5.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 45 (4.46%) Microsoft Project
5 28 (2.78%) MS Visio
6 6 (0.59%) Oracle Smart View
6 6 (0.59%) Trello
7 2 (0.20%) AutoCAD
7 2 (0.20%) Camtasia
7 2 (0.20%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.099%) Acrobat
8 1 (0.099%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.099%) Final Cut Pro
8 1 (0.099%) InfoPath
8 1 (0.099%) InVision
8 1 (0.099%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.099%) Revit
8 1 (0.099%) Sketch
8 1 (0.099%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 17 (1.68%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (1.49%) FLEXCUBE
3 14 (1.39%) Oracle BPM
4 13 (1.29%) Dynamics CRM
5 8 (0.79%) Endur
6 7 (0.69%) Oracle EBS
6 7 (0.69%) Salesforce CRM
7 6 (0.59%) Oracle Assets
7 6 (0.59%) Oracle EBS R12
7 6 (0.59%) Oracle General Ledger
7 6 (0.59%) Oracle Payables
8 5 (0.50%) Oracle E-Business Tax
8 5 (0.50%) Oracle Financials
9 4 (0.40%) Dynamics AX
9 4 (0.40%) SAP MDG
9 4 (0.40%) Shopify
10 3 (0.30%) NEC Housing
10 3 (0.30%) SAP CO
10 3 (0.30%) SAP FI
10 3 (0.30%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 208 (20.61%) Azure
2 150 (14.87%) AWS
3 78 (7.73%) Power Platform
4 45 (4.46%) Azure DevOps
5 42 (4.16%) GCP
6 41 (4.06%) SaaS
7 34 (3.37%) Microsoft 365
8 28 (2.78%) GitHub
9 24 (2.38%) Dynamics 365
9 24 (2.38%) Entra ID
10 21 (2.08%) Amazon S3
10 21 (2.08%) OCI
11 15 (1.49%) PowerApps
11 15 (1.49%) Serverless
12 14 (1.39%) PaaS
13 13 (1.29%) Azure Data Factory
14 12 (1.19%) Cloud Computing
15 11 (1.09%) AWS Lambda
16 10 (0.99%) IaaS
17 9 (0.89%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 50 (4.96%) Firewall
2 31 (3.07%) VPN
3 27 (2.68%) Network Security
4 24 (2.38%) DNS
5 23 (2.28%) TCP/IP
6 15 (1.49%) WAN
7 14 (1.39%) Wireless
8 11 (1.09%) HTTP
8 11 (1.09%) Internet
9 10 (0.99%) IPsec
9 10 (0.99%) LAN
10 9 (0.89%) BGP
10 9 (0.89%) OSPF
11 8 (0.79%) MPLS
11 8 (0.79%) WebEx
12 7 (0.69%) DHCP
12 7 (0.69%) LTE
12 7 (0.69%) Wi-Fi
13 6 (0.59%) SSL
14 5 (0.50%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (6.24%) Power BI
2 53 (5.25%) SQL Server
3 36 (3.57%) Relational Database
4 35 (3.47%) PostgreSQL
5 30 (2.97%) Data Warehouse
5 30 (2.97%) Tableau
6 21 (2.08%) Hadoop
7 20 (1.98%) Big Data
8 19 (1.88%) Redis
9 18 (1.78%) NoSQL
9 18 (1.78%) Oracle Database
10 14 (1.39%) Oracle Reports
11 10 (0.99%) Apache Hive
12 9 (0.89%) Data Lake
13 8 (0.79%) Data Mining
13 8 (0.79%) Metadata
13 8 (0.79%) MySQL
13 8 (0.79%) Qlik Sense
13 8 (0.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 7 (0.69%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 89 (8.82%) JIRA
2 41 (4.06%) Git
3 35 (3.47%) Jenkins
4 13 (1.29%) Selenium
5 12 (1.19%) GitLab
6 11 (1.09%) Bitbucket
7 9 (0.89%) JUnit
7 9 (0.89%) MLflow
8 8 (0.79%) Cucumber
9 7 (0.69%) Gradle
10 6 (0.59%) SpecFlow
11 5 (0.50%) Artifactory
11 5 (0.50%) Maven
11 5 (0.50%) Oracle Forms
12 4 (0.40%) Cypress.io
12 4 (0.40%) git-flow
12 4 (0.40%) Postman
12 4 (0.40%) Sonatype Nexus
12 4 (0.40%) Visual Studio
13 3 (0.30%) REST Assured
General
1 528 (52.33%) Social Skills
2 478 (47.37%) Finance
3 298 (29.53%) Analytical Skills
4 168 (16.65%) Banking
5 66 (6.54%) Marketing
6 61 (6.05%) Presentation Skills
7 58 (5.75%) Front Office
8 53 (5.25%) Investment Banking
9 43 (4.26%) Financial Institution
10 42 (4.16%) Legal
10 42 (4.16%) Public Sector
11 29 (2.87%) Telecoms
12 27 (2.68%) Influencing Skills
13 26 (2.58%) Retail
14 25 (2.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 25 (2.48%) Organisational Skills
15 19 (1.88%) Law
15 19 (1.88%) Military
16 18 (1.78%) Back Office
17 17 (1.68%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 166 (16.45%) Developer
2 152 (15.06%) Analyst
3 145 (14.37%) Senior
4 95 (9.42%) Business Analyst
5 66 (6.54%) Architect
6 62 (6.14%) Lead
7 54 (5.35%) Project Manager
8 46 (4.56%) Consultant
9 41 (4.06%) Java Developer
10 31 (3.07%) Senior Developer
11 28 (2.78%) Solutions Architect
12 27 (2.68%) Software Engineer
13 23 (2.28%) Data Scientist
14 22 (2.18%) Data Engineer
14 22 (2.18%) Network Engineer
15 20 (1.98%) Data Analyst
15 20 (1.98%) Python Developer
16 19 (1.88%) Senior Manager
17 18 (1.78%) IT Manager
17 18 (1.78%) Machine Learning Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (4.16%) .NET
2 35 (3.47%) HTML
2 35 (3.47%) Kafka
3 34 (3.37%) REST
4 30 (2.97%) CSS
5 25 (2.48%) React
6 24 (2.38%) AngularJS
6 24 (2.38%) Web Services
7 20 (1.98%) Spring
8 19 (1.88%) ActiveMQ
8 19 (1.88%) Pandas
8 19 (1.88%) TensorFlow
9 18 (1.78%) Middleware
10 16 (1.59%) PySpark
11 14 (1.39%) ASP.NET
11 14 (1.39%) Node.js
11 14 (1.39%) PyTorch
12 13 (1.29%) RESTful
13 12 (1.19%) .NET Framework
13 12 (1.19%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 72 (7.14%) Management Information System
2 54 (5.35%) Product Ownership
3 40 (3.96%) Derivative
4 31 (3.07%) Algorithms
5 28 (2.78%) Data Structures
5 28 (2.78%) Distributed Systems
6 27 (2.68%) Data Protection Act
7 25 (2.48%) Onboarding
7 25 (2.48%) Virtual Team
8 24 (2.38%) Fixed Income
9 22 (2.18%) Distributed Computing
9 22 (2.18%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 22 (2.18%) Self-Motivation
10 20 (1.98%) Analytical Mindset
11 19 (1.88%) Equity Derivative
12 17 (1.68%) Data Centre
12 17 (1.68%) Equities
13 16 (1.59%) Market Risk
13 16 (1.59%) Security Posture
14 15 (1.49%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 65 (6.44%) Linux
2 49 (4.86%) Windows
3 15 (1.49%) Windows Server
4 13 (1.29%) Unix
5 11 (1.09%) Apple iOS
6 9 (0.89%) Windows 10
7 8 (0.79%) Android
8 4 (0.40%) AIX
8 4 (0.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 3 (0.30%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.20%) Solaris
10 2 (0.20%) SUSE
11 1 (0.099%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.099%) VMS
11 1 (0.099%) Windows 7
11 1 (0.099%) Windows Server 2003
11 1 (0.099%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 437 (43.31%) Computer Science
2 346 (34.29%) Problem-Solving
3 327 (32.41%) Agile
4 186 (18.43%) Project Management
5 145 (14.37%) DevOps
6 125 (12.39%) Stakeholder Management
7 122 (12.09%) Analytics
8 108 (10.70%) Mathematics
9 102 (10.11%) Risk Management
10 98 (9.71%) CI/CD
11 95 (9.42%) Software Engineering
12 91 (9.02%) Scrum
13 90 (8.92%) Migration
14 89 (8.82%) Data Analysis
15 88 (8.72%) Decision-Making
16 84 (8.33%) Business Intelligence
17 77 (7.63%) Roadmaps
18 76 (7.53%) Artificial Intelligence
18 76 (7.53%) Change Management
19 74 (7.33%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 234 (23.19%) Python
2 203 (20.12%) SQL
3 159 (15.76%) Java
4 59 (5.85%) C++
5 56 (5.55%) JavaScript
6 44 (4.36%) C#
7 35 (3.47%) PowerShell
8 25 (2.48%) Bash
8 25 (2.48%) PL/SQL
9 23 (2.28%) R
10 16 (1.59%) TypeScript
11 14 (1.39%) C
12 13 (1.29%) Perl
13 10 (0.99%) PHP
14 9 (0.89%) T-SQL
15 8 (0.79%) Ruby
15 8 (0.79%) VBA
16 7 (0.69%) Apex Code
16 7 (0.69%) Shell Script
17 6 (0.59%) Go
Qualifications
1 267 (26.46%) Computer Science Degree
2 145 (14.37%) Master's Degree
3 79 (7.83%) PMI Certification
4 75 (7.43%) Security Cleared
5 66 (6.54%) PMP
6 63 (6.24%) SC Cleared
7 48 (4.76%) PhD
8 44 (4.36%) Numerate Degree
9 36 (3.57%) CISSP
10 33 (3.27%) Microsoft Certification
11 29 (2.87%) Cisco Certification
12 28 (2.78%) AWS Certification
13 27 (2.68%) Azure Certification
14 24 (2.38%) CISM
15 20 (1.98%) CBAP
16 18 (1.78%) CCNP
17 16 (1.59%) CCNA
18 13 (1.29%) CRISC
19 10 (0.99%) CISA
20 9 (0.89%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (5.15%) QA
2 50 (4.96%) Data Quality
3 32 (3.17%) NIST
4 29 (2.87%) PMO
5 26 (2.58%) Accessibility
5 26 (2.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 23 (2.28%) GDPR
7 11 (1.09%) SLA
8 10 (0.99%) MiFID
9 8 (0.79%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 8 (0.79%) WCAG
10 7 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 7 (0.69%) PCI DSS
11 6 (0.59%) Actionable Recommendations
11 6 (0.59%) Basel III
11 6 (0.59%) COBIT
11 6 (0.59%) GRC
11 6 (0.59%) HIPAA
12 5 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 5 (0.50%) PSD2
System Software
1 39 (3.87%) Docker
2 34 (3.37%) Active Directory
3 8 (0.79%) GridGain
3 8 (0.79%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.40%) BitLocker
4 4 (0.40%) Firmware
4 4 (0.40%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (0.40%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.30%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.20%) iptables
6 2 (0.20%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (0.099%) Lustre
7 1 (0.099%) OpenAM
7 1 (0.099%) Terminal Services
7 1 (0.099%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.099%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.099%) vSphere
7 1 (0.099%) XenApp
7 1 (0.099%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 54 (5.35%) Kubernetes
2 40 (3.96%) Terraform
3 30 (2.97%) Ansible
4 12 (1.19%) Microsoft Intune
5 10 (0.99%) Grafana
6 8 (0.79%) Prometheus
7 7 (0.69%) Puppet
7 7 (0.69%) SCCM
8 6 (0.59%) Progress Chef
9 5 (0.50%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (0.30%) Control-M
10 3 (0.30%) FortiGate
10 3 (0.30%) Istio
10 3 (0.30%) Kubeflow
10 3 (0.30%) Rundeck
11 2 (0.20%) Argo
11 2 (0.20%) Podman
11 2 (0.20%) QRadar
11 2 (0.20%) SCOM
11 2 (0.20%) SELinux
Vendors
1 165 (16.35%) Microsoft
2 92 (9.12%) Oracle
3 54 (5.35%) SAP
4 42 (4.16%) ServiceNow
5 41 (4.06%) Salesforce
6 35 (3.47%) Google
7 31 (3.07%) Cisco
8 20 (1.98%) Databricks
9 18 (1.78%) Adobe
10 16 (1.59%) Workday
11 13 (1.29%) Fortinet
11 13 (1.29%) ION Trading
12 11 (1.09%) IBM
12 11 (1.09%) Splunk
13 10 (0.99%) Murex
14 9 (0.89%) Apple
14 9 (0.89%) F5
14 9 (0.89%) VMware
15 8 (0.79%) Juniper
15 8 (0.79%) Palo Alto