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 30 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 24 20
Rank change year-on-year -19 -4 +8
Contract jobs citing Degree 940 986 1,442
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.88% 7.69% 8.25%
As % of the Qualifications category 17.62% 29.63% 35.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 533 626 875
10th Percentile £263 £331 £300
25th Percentile £406 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.36% +4.76% -6.25%
75th Percentile £650 £725 £675
90th Percentile £773 £825 £800
England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 25 74
10th Percentile £16.28 £11.96 £15.97
25th Percentile £19.03 £20.24 £21.44
Median hourly rate £32.07 £34.48 £34.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.00% -0.06% +9.52%
75th Percentile £56.63 £63.00 £46.56
90th Percentile £65.00 £68.25 £73.13
England median hourly rate £47.00 £46.30 £41.50
% change year-on-year +1.51% +11.57% -14.04%

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 5,335 3,328 4,117
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 27.70% 25.95% 23.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,851 2,233 2,826
10th Percentile £363 £350 £325
25th Percentile £450 £436 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - -6.25%
75th Percentile £638 £661 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £775
England median daily rate £525 £525 £538
% change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 73 75 109
10th Percentile £19.09 £18.32 £15.19
25th Percentile £28.00 £24.83 £20.50
Median hourly rate £54.00 £26.32 £25.50
Median % change year-on-year +105.17% +3.22% -52.78%
75th Percentile £73.75 £51.08 £42.75
90th Percentile £88.75 £66.73 £68.15
England median hourly rate £52.50 £28.60 £42.50
% change year-on-year +83.57% -32.71% -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 30 June 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 30 June 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 30 June 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 -33 96 £501 -12.96% 123
West London -6 46 £313 -22.31% 35
South London -2 13 £202 -67.62% 11
East London -2 9 £585 +21.22% 28
North London +2 2 £550 +33.33% 9
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 50 (5.32%) SharePoint
2 35 (3.72%) Microsoft Exchange
3 33 (3.51%) Confluence
4 20 (2.13%) Apache Spark
5 15 (1.60%) Apache Airflow
6 11 (1.17%) IIS
7 7 (0.74%) Apache
8 6 (0.64%) Oracle Workflow
9 5 (0.53%) Camunda
10 4 (0.43%) Appian
10 4 (0.43%) CMS
11 3 (0.32%) Moodle
12 2 (0.21%) ArcGIS
12 2 (0.21%) Cloud Foundry
12 2 (0.21%) OpenStack
12 2 (0.21%) Oracle SOA Suite
13 1 (0.11%) Apache Solr
13 1 (0.11%) Ethereum
13 1 (0.11%) SAS
13 1 (0.11%) Tomcat
Applications
1 86 (9.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 75 (7.98%) Microsoft Office
3 55 (5.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 41 (4.36%) Microsoft Project
5 28 (2.98%) MS Visio
6 6 (0.64%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 5 (0.53%) Spreadsheet
7 5 (0.53%) UserZoom
8 3 (0.32%) Chatbot
9 2 (0.21%) CPLEX
9 2 (0.21%) Trello
10 1 (0.11%) Navisworks
10 1 (0.11%) Revit
Business Applications
1 7 (0.74%) Aladdin
2 5 (0.53%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.53%) Magento
2 5 (0.53%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.43%) HFM
3 4 (0.43%) Oracle Payables
4 3 (0.32%) Fidessa
4 3 (0.32%) IntelliMatch
4 3 (0.32%) OpenText MBPM
4 3 (0.32%) Oracle BPM
4 3 (0.32%) Oracle ERP
4 3 (0.32%) Oracle General Ledger
4 3 (0.32%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 3 (0.32%) Oracle Receivables
4 3 (0.32%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 3 (0.32%) SimCorp Dimension
4 3 (0.32%) Veritas eDiscovery
5 2 (0.21%) Loan IQ
5 2 (0.21%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.21%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 251 (26.70%) Azure
2 154 (16.38%) AWS
3 80 (8.51%) Microsoft 365
4 67 (7.13%) Power Platform
5 65 (6.91%) GCP
6 55 (5.85%) Entra ID
7 42 (4.47%) Azure DevOps
8 37 (3.94%) SaaS
9 36 (3.83%) GitHub
10 27 (2.87%) Snowflake
11 21 (2.23%) Serverless
12 16 (1.70%) PaaS
13 15 (1.60%) GitHub Actions
14 14 (1.49%) AWS CloudFormation
14 14 (1.49%) AWS Lambda
15 13 (1.38%) Amazon S3
15 13 (1.38%) Azure Data Factory
15 13 (1.38%) Microsoft Purview
16 12 (1.28%) Figma
16 12 (1.28%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 38 (4.04%) Firewall
2 23 (2.45%) Network Security
3 20 (2.13%) VPN
4 19 (2.02%) TCP/IP
5 14 (1.49%) DNS
5 14 (1.49%) WAN
6 11 (1.17%) LAN
7 9 (0.96%) 3GPP
7 9 (0.96%) BGP
7 9 (0.96%) DHCP
7 9 (0.96%) VoIP
8 8 (0.85%) Internet
9 7 (0.74%) DMZ
9 7 (0.74%) VXLAN
10 6 (0.64%) 5G
10 6 (0.64%) HTTPS
10 6 (0.64%) OSPF
10 6 (0.64%) Radio Access Network
10 6 (0.64%) Wireless
11 5 (0.53%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (5.96%) Power BI
2 52 (5.53%) SQL Server
3 32 (3.40%) PostgreSQL
4 29 (3.09%) Data Warehouse
5 25 (2.66%) Tableau
6 23 (2.45%) MongoDB
6 23 (2.45%) NoSQL
7 22 (2.34%) Relational Database
8 17 (1.81%) Big Data
8 17 (1.81%) Metadata
9 11 (1.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 10 (1.06%) Amazon RDS
10 10 (1.06%) Data Lake
10 10 (1.06%) Oracle Database
11 9 (0.96%) Snowflake Schema
12 8 (0.85%) Elasticsearch
12 8 (0.85%) Hadoop
13 7 (0.74%) MySQL
13 7 (0.74%) Redis
14 6 (0.64%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 68 (7.23%) JIRA
2 64 (6.81%) Git
3 23 (2.45%) Jenkins
4 14 (1.49%) GitLab
5 13 (1.38%) MLflow
6 12 (1.28%) Visual Studio
7 11 (1.17%) Selenium
8 8 (0.85%) Subversion
9 6 (0.64%) Maven
9 6 (0.64%) Zephyr
10 5 (0.53%) Cypress.io
10 5 (0.53%) Gradle
10 5 (0.53%) SonarQube
10 5 (0.53%) TeamCity
11 4 (0.43%) Bitbucket
11 4 (0.43%) ERwin
11 4 (0.43%) REST Assured
11 4 (0.43%) Vite
12 3 (0.32%) Gemini Tracker
12 3 (0.32%) JUnit
General
1 428 (45.53%) Social Skills
2 394 (41.91%) Finance
3 209 (22.23%) Analytical Skills
4 136 (14.47%) Banking
5 68 (7.23%) Marketing
6 58 (6.17%) Organisational Skills
7 57 (6.06%) Legal
7 57 (6.06%) Presentation Skills
8 49 (5.21%) Public Sector
9 43 (4.57%) Retail
10 39 (4.15%) Front Office
11 31 (3.30%) Investment Banking
12 24 (2.55%) Documentation Skills
12 24 (2.55%) Influencing Skills
12 24 (2.55%) Law
13 23 (2.45%) Financial Institution
13 23 (2.45%) Telecoms
14 21 (2.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 16 (1.70%) Pharmaceutical
16 13 (1.38%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 130 (13.83%) Analyst
2 125 (13.30%) Senior
3 106 (11.28%) Developer
4 82 (8.72%) Architect
5 81 (8.62%) Business Analyst
5 81 (8.62%) Lead
6 61 (6.49%) Project Manager
7 44 (4.68%) Solutions Architect
8 31 (3.30%) Senior Manager
9 30 (3.19%) Consultant
10 28 (2.98%) Data Scientist
11 25 (2.66%) C# Developer
12 24 (2.55%) Data Engineer
13 22 (2.34%) Software Engineer
14 20 (2.13%) Support Engineer
15 19 (2.02%) Senior Analyst
16 18 (1.91%) Java Developer
16 18 (1.91%) Senior Project Manager
17 16 (1.70%) Data Analyst
17 16 (1.70%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (5.96%) .NET
2 49 (5.21%) REST
3 35 (3.72%) React
4 30 (3.19%) .NET Framework
5 24 (2.55%) Kafka
6 21 (2.23%) HTML
6 21 (2.23%) RESTful
7 19 (2.02%) Pandas
7 19 (2.02%) PySpark
8 18 (1.91%) Middleware
9 17 (1.81%) Spring
10 16 (1.70%) AngularJS
10 16 (1.70%) Oracle Fusion
11 14 (1.49%) Spring Boot
12 13 (1.38%) Web Services
13 12 (1.28%) PyTorch
14 11 (1.17%) CSS
14 11 (1.17%) OAuth
14 11 (1.17%) scikit-learn
14 11 (1.17%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 58 (6.17%) Onboarding
2 54 (5.74%) Management Information System
3 46 (4.89%) Cloud Native
4 43 (4.57%) Self-Motivation
5 40 (4.26%) Product Ownership
6 30 (3.19%) Algorithms
6 30 (3.19%) Virtual Team
7 29 (3.09%) Data Centre
8 27 (2.87%) Derivative
9 26 (2.77%) Distributed Systems
10 23 (2.45%) Fixed Income
10 23 (2.45%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 18 (1.91%) Data Protection Act
12 17 (1.81%) Enterprise Software
12 17 (1.81%) Equities
12 17 (1.81%) Legacy Systems
12 17 (1.81%) Security Posture
13 16 (1.70%) Analytical Mindset
13 16 (1.70%) Data Structures
14 15 (1.60%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 117 (12.45%) Windows
2 53 (5.64%) Linux
3 25 (2.66%) Unix
3 25 (2.66%) Windows Server
4 21 (2.23%) Windows 10
5 16 (1.70%) Mac OS
6 10 (1.06%) Apple iOS
7 9 (0.96%) Android
8 8 (0.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 5 (0.53%) Windows Server 2016
9 5 (0.53%) Windows Server 2019
10 3 (0.32%) VMS
11 2 (0.21%) CentOS
11 2 (0.21%) Ubuntu
11 2 (0.21%) Windows Server 2012
12 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 329 (35.00%) Computer Science
2 281 (29.89%) Agile
3 251 (26.70%) Problem-Solving
4 202 (21.49%) AI
5 166 (17.66%) Analytics
6 154 (16.38%) DevOps
6 154 (16.38%) Stakeholder Management
7 136 (14.47%) Continuous Improvement
8 131 (13.94%) CI/CD
9 115 (12.23%) Project Management
10 107 (11.38%) Decision-Making
11 99 (10.53%) Migration
12 93 (9.89%) Risk Management
13 91 (9.68%) Roadmaps
13 91 (9.68%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 90 (9.57%) Software Engineering
15 87 (9.26%) Project Delivery
16 84 (8.94%) Scrum
17 83 (8.83%) Change Management
18 82 (8.72%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 197 (20.96%) Python
2 192 (20.43%) SQL
3 83 (8.83%) Java
4 67 (7.13%) C#
5 52 (5.53%) PowerShell
6 40 (4.26%) JavaScript
7 24 (2.55%) C++
8 21 (2.23%) TypeScript
9 16 (1.70%) PL/SQL
9 16 (1.70%) R
10 12 (1.28%) T-SQL
11 11 (1.17%) Bash
12 8 (0.85%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 8 (0.85%) Scala
13 7 (0.74%) Bicep
13 7 (0.74%) C
14 6 (0.64%) Shell Script
15 5 (0.53%) VBA
16 4 (0.43%) Kusto Query Language
17 3 (0.32%) Go
Qualifications
1 221 (23.51%) Computer Science Degree
2 127 (13.51%) Master's Degree
3 78 (8.30%) Security Cleared
4 61 (6.49%) SC Cleared
5 59 (6.28%) PMI Certification
6 52 (5.53%) CISSP
7 48 (5.11%) PMP
8 34 (3.62%) PhD
9 32 (3.40%) Azure Certification
10 31 (3.30%) Microsoft Certification
11 27 (2.87%) Cisco Certification
12 24 (2.55%) CISA
12 24 (2.55%) CISM
13 19 (2.02%) MBA
14 17 (1.81%) CBAP
14 17 (1.81%) CRISC
15 16 (1.70%) BPSS Clearance
16 15 (1.60%) AWS Certification
16 15 (1.60%) IIBA
17 14 (1.49%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 72 (7.66%) QA
2 57 (6.06%) Data Quality
3 44 (4.68%) PMO
4 43 (4.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 40 (4.26%) GDPR
6 39 (4.15%) NIST
7 23 (2.45%) SLA
8 20 (2.13%) Accessibility
9 18 (1.91%) PCI DSS
9 18 (1.91%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 17 (1.81%) GRC
11 9 (0.96%) COBIT
11 9 (0.96%) IFRS
12 8 (0.85%) Actionable Recommendations
13 7 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials
14 6 (0.64%) HIPAA
14 6 (0.64%) SOC 2
15 4 (0.43%) IFRS 17
15 4 (0.43%) ITGC
15 4 (0.43%) NIST 800
System Software
1 73 (7.77%) Active Directory
2 62 (6.60%) Docker
3 16 (1.70%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (0.96%) Hyper-V
5 6 (0.64%) Firmware
6 5 (0.53%) BitLocker
6 5 (0.53%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (0.43%) Microsoft App-V
7 4 (0.43%) Terminal Services
8 3 (0.32%) Virtual Desktop
8 3 (0.32%) Virtual Machines
8 3 (0.32%) vSphere
8 3 (0.32%) XenApp
8 3 (0.32%) XenDesktop
9 1 (0.11%) HDFS
9 1 (0.11%) IAG
9 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.11%) Squid
9 1 (0.11%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 63 (6.70%) Kubernetes
2 46 (4.89%) Microsoft Intune
3 45 (4.79%) Terraform
4 26 (2.77%) Ansible
5 17 (1.81%) SCCM
6 14 (1.49%) Grafana
7 13 (1.38%) Prometheus
8 6 (0.64%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 5 (0.53%) HP ALM
10 4 (0.43%) vCenter Server
10 4 (0.43%) vMotion
11 3 (0.32%) Cisco CUCM
11 3 (0.32%) Control-M
11 3 (0.32%) Nagios
11 3 (0.32%) Packer
11 3 (0.32%) Puppet
11 3 (0.32%) SCVMM
11 3 (0.32%) Single Sign-On
11 3 (0.32%) WSUS
12 2 (0.21%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 225 (23.94%) Microsoft
2 75 (7.98%) Oracle
3 44 (4.68%) Google
4 40 (4.26%) ServiceNow
5 33 (3.51%) Citrix
6 24 (2.55%) Cisco
6 24 (2.55%) SAP
7 21 (2.23%) Databricks
8 20 (2.13%) Salesforce
9 18 (1.91%) VMware
10 17 (1.81%) Adobe
11 16 (1.70%) Palo Alto
12 15 (1.60%) Bloomberg
13 13 (1.38%) Murex
14 12 (1.28%) Apple
15 11 (1.17%) Informatica
15 11 (1.17%) Juniper
15 11 (1.17%) Splunk
16 10 (1.06%) HP
16 10 (1.06%) OpenAI