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

6 months to
24 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 24 20
Rank change year-on-year -19 -4 +7
Contract jobs citing Degree 937 966 1,429
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.90% 7.68% 8.13%
As % of the Qualifications category 17.64% 29.67% 34.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 536 613 856
10th Percentile £263 £338 £300
25th Percentile £407 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.59% +4.76% -6.67%
75th Percentile £650 £725 £666
90th Percentile £775 £825 £800
England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -8.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 24 77
10th Percentile £16.40 £11.96 £14.96
25th Percentile £19.03 £20.24 £20.98
Median hourly rate £33.53 £34.48 £33.50
Median % change year-on-year -2.75% +2.93% +24.07%
75th Percentile £57.81 £63.06 £47.50
90th Percentile £73.75 £68.38 £75.00
England median hourly rate £50.00 £48.90 £40.33
% change year-on-year +2.24% +21.27% -12.81%

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 5,312 3,256 4,120
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 27.77% 25.87% 23.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,838 2,185 2,816
10th Percentile £363 £351 £325
25th Percentile £450 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - -6.67%
75th Percentile £638 £659 £650
90th Percentile £729 £750 £769
England median daily rate £525 £525 £538
% change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 75 71 112
10th Percentile £19.15 £18.82 £14.37
25th Percentile £28.00 £24.83 £20.22
Median hourly rate £54.00 £26.50 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +103.77% +6.00% -52.38%
75th Percentile £76.58 £53.58 £43.00
90th Percentile £88.75 £67.50 £68.68
England median hourly rate £52.50 £30.00 £42.25
% change year-on-year +75.00% -28.99% -23.18%

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 24 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 24 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 24 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 -39 92 £501 -11.42% 119
West London -12 45 £325 -19.20% 40
South London -8 13 £202 -67.62% 10
East London -1 10 £568 +17.60% 29
North London +1 2 £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 (5.44%) SharePoint
2 39 (4.16%) Microsoft Exchange
3 32 (3.42%) Confluence
4 19 (2.03%) Apache Spark
5 14 (1.49%) Apache Airflow
6 10 (1.07%) IIS
7 6 (0.64%) Apache
7 6 (0.64%) Oracle Workflow
8 5 (0.53%) Camunda
9 4 (0.43%) Appian
9 4 (0.43%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 3 (0.32%) CMS
10 3 (0.32%) Moodle
11 2 (0.21%) ArcGIS
11 2 (0.21%) Cloud Foundry
11 2 (0.21%) OpenStack
11 2 (0.21%) WebSphere
12 1 (0.11%) Apache Solr
12 1 (0.11%) Drupal
12 1 (0.11%) Ethereum
Applications
1 88 (9.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 76 (8.11%) Microsoft Office
3 57 (6.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 42 (4.48%) Microsoft Project
5 27 (2.88%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.53%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 5 (0.53%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (0.53%) UserZoom
7 3 (0.32%) Chatbot
8 2 (0.21%) CPLEX
8 2 (0.21%) Trello
9 1 (0.11%) Navisworks
9 1 (0.11%) Revit
Business Applications
1 8 (0.85%) Veritas eDiscovery
2 7 (0.75%) Aladdin
3 5 (0.53%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.53%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (0.43%) HFM
4 4 (0.43%) Magento
4 4 (0.43%) Oracle General Ledger
4 4 (0.43%) Oracle Payables
4 4 (0.43%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 4 (0.43%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 3 (0.32%) Fidessa
5 3 (0.32%) IntelliMatch
5 3 (0.32%) OpenText MBPM
5 3 (0.32%) Oracle BPM
5 3 (0.32%) Oracle ERP
5 3 (0.32%) Oracle Receivables
5 3 (0.32%) SimCorp Dimension
6 2 (0.21%) Actimize
6 2 (0.21%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.21%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 246 (26.25%) Azure
2 153 (16.33%) AWS
3 87 (9.28%) Microsoft 365
4 66 (7.04%) Power Platform
5 63 (6.72%) GCP
6 55 (5.87%) Entra ID
7 40 (4.27%) Azure DevOps
8 38 (4.06%) SaaS
9 34 (3.63%) GitHub
10 26 (2.77%) Snowflake
11 19 (2.03%) Serverless
12 17 (1.81%) PaaS
13 15 (1.60%) GitHub Actions
14 14 (1.49%) AWS CloudFormation
14 14 (1.49%) AWS Lambda
15 13 (1.39%) Amazon S3
15 13 (1.39%) Azure Data Factory
15 13 (1.39%) IaaS
15 13 (1.39%) Microsoft Purview
15 13 (1.39%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 35 (3.74%) Firewall
2 22 (2.35%) Network Security
3 17 (1.81%) TCP/IP
3 17 (1.81%) VPN
4 12 (1.28%) WAN
5 11 (1.17%) DNS
6 10 (1.07%) 3GPP
7 9 (0.96%) LAN
7 9 (0.96%) VoIP
8 8 (0.85%) BGP
8 8 (0.85%) DHCP
9 7 (0.75%) DMZ
9 7 (0.75%) VXLAN
10 6 (0.64%) 5G
10 6 (0.64%) HTTPS
10 6 (0.64%) Internet
10 6 (0.64%) Radio Access Network
10 6 (0.64%) Unified Communications
10 6 (0.64%) Wireless
11 5 (0.53%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (5.98%) Power BI
2 52 (5.55%) SQL Server
3 29 (3.09%) Data Warehouse
3 29 (3.09%) PostgreSQL
4 26 (2.77%) Tableau
5 21 (2.24%) MongoDB
6 20 (2.13%) NoSQL
6 20 (2.13%) Relational Database
7 17 (1.81%) Big Data
8 16 (1.71%) Metadata
9 11 (1.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 10 (1.07%) Amazon RDS
10 10 (1.07%) Oracle Database
11 9 (0.96%) Data Lake
11 9 (0.96%) Snowflake Schema
12 8 (0.85%) Elasticsearch
12 8 (0.85%) Hadoop
12 8 (0.85%) Redis
13 6 (0.64%) Neo4j
13 6 (0.64%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 69 (7.36%) JIRA
2 62 (6.62%) Git
3 21 (2.24%) Jenkins
4 14 (1.49%) GitLab
5 13 (1.39%) MLflow
6 12 (1.28%) Visual Studio
7 10 (1.07%) Selenium
8 7 (0.75%) Subversion
9 6 (0.64%) Maven
10 5 (0.53%) Cypress.io
10 5 (0.53%) Gradle
10 5 (0.53%) SonarQube
10 5 (0.53%) Zephyr
11 4 (0.43%) ERwin
11 4 (0.43%) REST Assured
11 4 (0.43%) TeamCity
11 4 (0.43%) Vite
12 3 (0.32%) Bitbucket
12 3 (0.32%) Team Foundation Server
12 3 (0.32%) Toad
General
1 434 (46.32%) Social Skills
2 390 (41.62%) Finance
3 204 (21.77%) Analytical Skills
4 136 (14.51%) Banking
5 64 (6.83%) Marketing
6 61 (6.51%) Presentation Skills
7 59 (6.30%) Organisational Skills
8 57 (6.08%) Legal
9 51 (5.44%) Public Sector
10 40 (4.27%) Retail
11 39 (4.16%) Front Office
12 31 (3.31%) Investment Banking
13 24 (2.56%) Influencing Skills
13 24 (2.56%) Telecoms
14 23 (2.45%) Documentation Skills
14 23 (2.45%) Financial Institution
14 23 (2.45%) Law
15 20 (2.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 16 (1.71%) Pharmaceutical
17 13 (1.39%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 135 (14.41%) Analyst
2 128 (13.66%) Senior
3 102 (10.89%) Developer
4 84 (8.96%) Business Analyst
5 83 (8.86%) Lead
6 81 (8.64%) Architect
7 61 (6.51%) Project Manager
8 44 (4.70%) Solutions Architect
9 28 (2.99%) Consultant
9 28 (2.99%) Data Scientist
9 28 (2.99%) Senior Manager
10 26 (2.77%) Senior Analyst
11 23 (2.45%) C# Developer
11 23 (2.45%) Data Engineer
11 23 (2.45%) Software Engineer
12 22 (2.35%) Senior Business Analyst
13 19 (2.03%) Support Engineer
14 18 (1.92%) Senior Project Manager
15 17 (1.81%) Data Analyst
15 17 (1.81%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (5.44%) .NET
2 46 (4.91%) REST
3 35 (3.74%) React
4 28 (2.99%) .NET Framework
5 24 (2.56%) Kafka
6 20 (2.13%) Oracle Fusion
6 20 (2.13%) RESTful
7 19 (2.03%) HTML
7 19 (2.03%) Middleware
7 19 (2.03%) Pandas
7 19 (2.03%) PySpark
8 14 (1.49%) AngularJS
8 14 (1.49%) Spring
9 12 (1.28%) PyTorch
10 11 (1.17%) Node.js
10 11 (1.17%) NumPy
10 11 (1.17%) OAuth
10 11 (1.17%) scikit-learn
10 11 (1.17%) Spring Boot
10 11 (1.17%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 58 (6.19%) Onboarding
2 55 (5.87%) Management Information System
3 43 (4.59%) Cloud Native
3 43 (4.59%) Self-Motivation
4 40 (4.27%) Product Ownership
5 30 (3.20%) Algorithms
5 30 (3.20%) Data Centre
5 30 (3.20%) Virtual Team
6 29 (3.09%) Derivative
7 28 (2.99%) Distributed Systems
8 23 (2.45%) Fixed Income
9 22 (2.35%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 19 (2.03%) Data Protection Act
11 17 (1.81%) Equities
11 17 (1.81%) Legacy Systems
11 17 (1.81%) PMI
12 16 (1.71%) Analytical Mindset
12 16 (1.71%) Data Structures
13 15 (1.60%) Enterprise Software
13 15 (1.60%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 118 (12.59%) Windows
2 52 (5.55%) Linux
3 27 (2.88%) Windows Server
4 23 (2.45%) Unix
5 21 (2.24%) Windows 10
6 15 (1.60%) Mac OS
7 10 (1.07%) Apple iOS
8 9 (0.96%) Android
9 8 (0.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 4 (0.43%) Windows Server 2016
10 4 (0.43%) Windows Server 2019
11 3 (0.32%) VMS
12 2 (0.21%) CentOS
12 2 (0.21%) Ubuntu
13 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2003
13 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 325 (34.69%) Computer Science
2 278 (29.67%) Agile
3 250 (26.68%) Problem-Solving
4 195 (20.81%) AI
5 159 (16.97%) Analytics
6 154 (16.44%) DevOps
6 154 (16.44%) Stakeholder Management
7 133 (14.19%) Continuous Improvement
8 129 (13.77%) CI/CD
9 117 (12.49%) Project Management
10 112 (11.95%) Decision-Making
11 103 (10.99%) Migration
12 93 (9.93%) Roadmaps
13 91 (9.71%) Risk Management
14 89 (9.50%) Project Delivery
14 89 (9.50%) Software Engineering
15 83 (8.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 82 (8.75%) Change Management
17 80 (8.54%) Scrum
18 79 (8.43%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 196 (20.92%) Python
2 181 (19.32%) SQL
3 81 (8.64%) Java
4 63 (6.72%) C#
5 58 (6.19%) PowerShell
6 42 (4.48%) JavaScript
7 25 (2.67%) C++
8 19 (2.03%) TypeScript
9 16 (1.71%) R
10 15 (1.60%) PL/SQL
11 12 (1.28%) T-SQL
12 11 (1.17%) Bash
13 8 (0.85%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 7 (0.75%) Bicep
14 7 (0.75%) Scala
15 6 (0.64%) C
15 6 (0.64%) Shell Script
16 5 (0.53%) Kusto Query Language
16 5 (0.53%) VBA
17 3 (0.32%) Rust
Qualifications
1 217 (23.16%) Computer Science Degree
2 127 (13.55%) Master's Degree
3 80 (8.54%) Security Cleared
4 62 (6.62%) SC Cleared
5 60 (6.40%) PMI Certification
6 51 (5.44%) CISSP
7 47 (5.02%) PMP
8 36 (3.84%) Microsoft Certification
9 35 (3.74%) PhD
10 32 (3.42%) Azure Certification
11 25 (2.67%) Cisco Certification
12 24 (2.56%) CISM
13 23 (2.45%) CISA
14 22 (2.35%) CBAP
15 18 (1.92%) CRISC
15 18 (1.92%) MBA
16 17 (1.81%) BPSS Clearance
17 16 (1.71%) IIBA
18 15 (1.60%) AWS Certification
19 13 (1.39%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 70 (7.47%) QA
2 56 (5.98%) Data Quality
3 44 (4.70%) PMO
4 43 (4.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 41 (4.38%) GDPR
6 39 (4.16%) NIST
7 24 (2.56%) SLA
8 19 (2.03%) Accessibility
8 19 (2.03%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 18 (1.92%) PCI DSS
10 17 (1.81%) GRC
11 10 (1.07%) IFRS
12 9 (0.96%) Actionable Recommendations
12 9 (0.96%) COBIT
13 7 (0.75%) Cyber Essentials
14 6 (0.64%) HIPAA
14 6 (0.64%) SOC 2
15 5 (0.53%) IFRS 17
16 4 (0.43%) ITGC
16 4 (0.43%) NIST 800
System Software
1 75 (8.00%) Active Directory
2 58 (6.19%) Docker
3 15 (1.60%) 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
7 4 (0.43%) Virtual Desktop
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 Machines
9 1 (0.11%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 59 (6.30%) Kubernetes
2 50 (5.34%) Microsoft Intune
3 44 (4.70%) Terraform
4 26 (2.77%) Ansible
5 17 (1.81%) SCCM
6 15 (1.60%) Grafana
7 14 (1.49%) Prometheus
8 11 (1.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 5 (0.53%) HP ALM
10 4 (0.43%) Control-M
10 4 (0.43%) vCenter Server
10 4 (0.43%) vMotion
11 3 (0.32%) Cisco CUCM
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%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 224 (23.91%) Microsoft
2 76 (8.11%) Oracle
3 43 (4.59%) Google
4 40 (4.27%) ServiceNow
5 33 (3.52%) Citrix
6 24 (2.56%) SAP
7 22 (2.35%) Cisco
8 21 (2.24%) Databricks
9 20 (2.13%) Salesforce
10 16 (1.71%) VMware
11 15 (1.60%) Palo Alto
12 14 (1.49%) Adobe
12 14 (1.49%) Bloomberg
13 12 (1.28%) Apple
13 12 (1.28%) Informatica
13 12 (1.28%) Murex
14 11 (1.17%) Splunk
15 10 (1.07%) HP
15 10 (1.07%) Juniper
15 10 (1.07%) OpenAI