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 8 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 24 22
Rank change year-on-year -19 -2 +3
Contract jobs citing Degree 981 1,038 1,334
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.86% 7.81% 8.30%
As % of the Qualifications category 17.31% 29.78% 33.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 526 633 829
10th Percentile £256 £331 £311
25th Percentile £407 £420 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £660 £700 £688
90th Percentile £768 £800 £825
England median daily rate £503 £500 £513
% change year-on-year +0.55% -2.44% -4.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 24 40
10th Percentile £19.03 £12.64 £18.07
25th Percentile £27.13 £20.24 £25.53
Median hourly rate £44.50 £27.33 £35.75
Median % change year-on-year +62.85% -23.57% +22.22%
75th Percentile £78.75 £63.69 £50.00
90th Percentile £86.25 £68.38 £58.55
England median hourly rate £38.72 £41.50 £57.35
% change year-on-year -6.70% -27.64% +20.10%

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 5,668 3,485 3,949
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 28.08% 26.23% 24.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,077 2,336 2,627
10th Percentile £375 £350 £350
25th Percentile £456 £431 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £533 £538
Median % change year-on-year +3.29% -0.93% -2.27%
75th Percentile £641 £653 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £763
England median daily rate £525 £525 £538
% change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 96 81 61
10th Percentile £19.50 £18.87 £17.88
25th Percentile £25.24 - £22.00
Median hourly rate £52.75 £25.15 £31.62
Median % change year-on-year +109.74% -20.46% -42.51%
75th Percentile £74.44 £45.00 £53.75
90th Percentile £88.75 £65.00 £65.00
England median hourly rate £52.50 £25.15 £55.00
% change year-on-year +108.75% -54.27% -

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 8 September 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 8 September 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 8 September 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 -46 84 £538 -2.27% 351
West London -6 43 £226 -44.26% 239
East London +4 10 £445 -25.83% 35
South London -22 8 £414 -31.08% 34
North London - 4 £550 - 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 50 (5.10%) SharePoint
2 40 (4.08%) Confluence
3 23 (2.34%) Microsoft Exchange
4 21 (2.14%) Apache Spark
5 15 (1.53%) Apache Airflow
6 12 (1.22%) IIS
7 11 (1.12%) Apache
8 8 (0.82%) Camunda
9 6 (0.61%) CMS
10 4 (0.41%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 4 (0.41%) Appian
10 4 (0.41%) Oracle Workflow
11 3 (0.31%) Moodle
12 2 (0.20%) ArcGIS
12 2 (0.20%) Cloud Foundry
12 2 (0.20%) OpenStack
12 2 (0.20%) Oracle SOA Suite
13 1 (0.10%) Apache Solr
13 1 (0.10%) Jupyter
13 1 (0.10%) nginx
Applications
1 100 (10.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 64 (6.52%) Microsoft Office
3 49 (4.99%) Microsoft Project
4 47 (4.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 19 (1.94%) MS Visio
6 11 (1.12%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 5 (0.51%) UserZoom
8 4 (0.41%) Chatbot
8 4 (0.41%) Spreadsheet
9 3 (0.31%) CPLEX
10 1 (0.10%) Mozilla Thunderbird
10 1 (0.10%) Navisworks
10 1 (0.10%) Photoshop
10 1 (0.10%) Revit
10 1 (0.10%) Trello
Business Applications
1 10 (1.02%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.82%) Magento
3 7 (0.71%) HFM
4 6 (0.61%) SAP S/4HANA
5 4 (0.41%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (0.41%) Oracle ERP
5 4 (0.41%) Oracle Payables
6 3 (0.31%) Actimize
6 3 (0.31%) Loan IQ
6 3 (0.31%) OpenText MBPM
6 3 (0.31%) Oracle BPM
6 3 (0.31%) Oracle General Ledger
6 3 (0.31%) Oracle Receivables
6 3 (0.31%) Workday HCM
7 2 (0.20%) Changepoint
7 2 (0.20%) IntelliMatch
7 2 (0.20%) Orchestrade
7 2 (0.20%) Shopify
7 2 (0.20%) Sprinklr
7 2 (0.20%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 243 (24.77%) Azure
2 145 (14.78%) AWS
3 75 (7.65%) GCP
4 72 (7.34%) Power Platform
5 70 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
6 53 (5.40%) Entra ID
7 49 (4.99%) Azure DevOps
8 43 (4.38%) GitHub
9 33 (3.36%) SaaS
10 24 (2.45%) Serverless
11 23 (2.34%) Dynamics 365
12 22 (2.24%) Snowflake
13 17 (1.73%) OpenShift
14 16 (1.63%) Microsoft Copilot
15 15 (1.53%) Anthropic Claude
15 15 (1.53%) GitHub Actions
16 14 (1.43%) IaaS
16 14 (1.43%) OneDrive
17 13 (1.33%) Amazon S3
17 13 (1.33%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 45 (4.59%) Firewall
2 28 (2.85%) DNS
3 25 (2.55%) Network Security
3 25 (2.55%) VPN
4 23 (2.34%) TCP/IP
5 20 (2.04%) DHCP
6 16 (1.63%) 3GPP
7 15 (1.53%) 5G
8 14 (1.43%) Radio Access Network
8 14 (1.43%) WAN
9 13 (1.33%) Internet
10 12 (1.22%) LAN
11 9 (0.92%) BGP
12 8 (0.82%) VXLAN
12 8 (0.82%) Wireless
13 7 (0.71%) VoIP
14 6 (0.61%) HTTPS
14 6 (0.61%) MPLS
14 6 (0.61%) OSPF
14 6 (0.61%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (5.40%) SQL Server
2 51 (5.20%) Power BI
3 27 (2.75%) Data Warehouse
4 26 (2.65%) PostgreSQL
5 24 (2.45%) NoSQL
6 23 (2.34%) Relational Database
7 21 (2.14%) Tableau
8 18 (1.83%) Big Data
8 18 (1.83%) Metadata
9 15 (1.53%) Oracle Database
10 14 (1.43%) MongoDB
11 11 (1.12%) Amazon RDS
11 11 (1.12%) Data Lake
12 10 (1.02%) Data Mining
13 8 (0.82%) MySQL
14 7 (0.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 6 (0.61%) Azure SQL Database
15 6 (0.61%) Delta Lake
15 6 (0.61%) Neo4j
16 5 (0.51%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 77 (7.85%) JIRA
2 70 (7.14%) Git
3 35 (3.57%) Jenkins
4 24 (2.45%) GitLab
5 14 (1.43%) Selenium
6 13 (1.33%) Maven
7 12 (1.22%) Gradle
7 12 (1.22%) SonarQube
8 11 (1.12%) JUnit
8 11 (1.12%) Subversion
9 10 (1.02%) Visual Studio
10 7 (0.71%) MLflow
10 7 (0.71%) REST Assured
11 6 (0.61%) Mockito
12 5 (0.51%) Bitbucket Server
12 5 (0.51%) Cypress.io
12 5 (0.51%) Sonatype Nexus
12 5 (0.51%) Zephyr
13 4 (0.41%) Chocolatey
13 4 (0.41%) TeamCity
General
1 473 (48.22%) Social Skills
2 426 (43.43%) Finance
3 245 (24.97%) Analytical Skills
4 150 (15.29%) Banking
5 68 (6.93%) Marketing
6 64 (6.52%) Legal
6 64 (6.52%) Organisational Skills
7 48 (4.89%) Public Sector
8 44 (4.49%) Retail
9 43 (4.38%) Presentation Skills
10 40 (4.08%) Front Office
10 40 (4.08%) Telecoms
11 37 (3.77%) Investment Banking
12 31 (3.16%) Financial Institution
13 29 (2.96%) Documentation Skills
13 29 (2.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 29 (2.96%) Influencing Skills
14 24 (2.45%) Law
15 19 (1.94%) Pharmaceutical
16 15 (1.53%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 159 (16.21%) Analyst
2 116 (11.82%) Senior
3 110 (11.21%) Developer
4 94 (9.58%) Business Analyst
5 86 (8.77%) Lead
6 80 (8.15%) Architect
7 56 (5.71%) Project Manager
8 38 (3.87%) Solutions Architect
9 33 (3.36%) Support Engineer
10 29 (2.96%) Senior Manager
11 27 (2.75%) Consultant
12 24 (2.45%) Software Engineer
13 23 (2.34%) Financial Analyst
13 23 (2.34%) Java Developer
13 23 (2.34%) Senior Developer
14 22 (2.24%) Data Engineer
14 22 (2.24%) Data Scientist
15 21 (2.14%) IT Analyst
16 20 (2.04%) Desktop Support
17 19 (1.94%) C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (6.01%) .NET
2 57 (5.81%) REST
2 57 (5.81%) Terraform
3 39 (3.98%) Kafka
4 32 (3.26%) HTML
5 30 (3.06%) React
6 28 (2.85%) .NET Framework
7 23 (2.34%) CSS
7 23 (2.34%) Spring
7 23 (2.34%) Spring Boot
8 22 (2.24%) RESTful
9 21 (2.14%) XML
10 18 (1.83%) AngularJS
11 16 (1.63%) Oracle Fusion
11 16 (1.63%) Pandas
12 15 (1.53%) Middleware
12 15 (1.53%) PySpark
12 15 (1.53%) Web Services
13 14 (1.43%) JSON
13 14 (1.43%) LangChain
Miscellaneous
1 70 (7.14%) Onboarding
2 60 (6.12%) Management Information System
3 50 (5.10%) Cloud Native
4 43 (4.38%) Algorithms
4 43 (4.38%) Product Ownership
5 36 (3.67%) Data Structures
5 36 (3.67%) Self-Motivation
6 29 (2.96%) Distributed Systems
7 28 (2.85%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 25 (2.55%) AI Agents
8 25 (2.55%) Data Centre
8 25 (2.55%) Derivative
9 22 (2.24%) Enterprise Software
10 18 (1.83%) Equities
10 18 (1.83%) Fixed Income
10 18 (1.83%) Social Media
11 17 (1.73%) Data Protection Act
12 16 (1.63%) Hedge funds
12 16 (1.63%) Hybrid Cloud
12 16 (1.63%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 115 (11.72%) Windows
2 63 (6.42%) Linux
3 25 (2.55%) Windows Server
4 20 (2.04%) Unix
5 18 (1.83%) Windows 10
6 16 (1.63%) Mac OS
7 14 (1.43%) Apple iOS
8 8 (0.82%) Android
8 8 (0.82%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 6 (0.61%) Ubuntu
10 4 (0.41%) VMS
11 2 (0.20%) CentOS
11 2 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.20%) Windows Server 2019
12 1 (0.10%) Amazon Linux
12 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2003
12 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2012
12 1 (0.10%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 362 (36.90%) Computer Science
2 286 (29.15%) Agile
3 270 (27.52%) Problem-Solving
4 216 (22.02%) AI
5 210 (21.41%) Stakeholder Management
6 164 (16.72%) Analytics
7 157 (16.00%) DevOps
8 154 (15.70%) Continuous Improvement
9 146 (14.88%) CI/CD
10 123 (12.54%) Software Engineering
11 122 (12.44%) Project Management
12 110 (11.21%) Decision-Making
13 104 (10.60%) Migration
14 103 (10.50%) Scrum
14 103 (10.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 97 (9.89%) User Acceptance Testing
16 95 (9.68%) Change Management
17 87 (8.87%) Risk Management
18 86 (8.77%) Project Delivery
19 85 (8.66%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 205 (20.90%) Python
2 202 (20.59%) SQL
3 91 (9.28%) Java
4 71 (7.24%) C#
5 63 (6.42%) PowerShell
6 61 (6.22%) JavaScript
7 32 (3.26%) C++
8 28 (2.85%) TypeScript
9 22 (2.24%) Bash
10 18 (1.83%) R
11 17 (1.73%) PL/SQL
12 11 (1.12%) Scala
13 10 (1.02%) Bicep
14 9 (0.92%) C
14 9 (0.92%) T-SQL
15 8 (0.82%) Shell Script
16 5 (0.51%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 5 (0.51%) VBA
16 5 (0.51%) X++
17 4 (0.41%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 236 (24.06%) Computer Science Degree
2 113 (11.52%) Master's Degree
3 100 (10.19%) Security Cleared
4 74 (7.54%) SC Cleared
5 67 (6.83%) PMI Certification
6 57 (5.81%) PMP
7 39 (3.98%) CISSP
8 38 (3.87%) PhD
9 31 (3.16%) Azure Certification
10 29 (2.96%) Microsoft Certification
11 23 (2.34%) Cisco Certification
12 22 (2.24%) MBA
13 21 (2.14%) DV Cleared
14 18 (1.83%) CISA
15 16 (1.63%) CISM
16 15 (1.53%) AWS Certification
16 15 (1.53%) ISTQB
17 14 (1.43%) CCNP
18 12 (1.22%) BPSS Clearance
18 12 (1.22%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 74 (7.54%) QA
2 65 (6.63%) Data Quality
3 35 (3.57%) PMO
4 29 (2.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 28 (2.85%) NIST
6 20 (2.04%) GDPR
7 18 (1.83%) Accessibility
7 18 (1.83%) SLA
8 15 (1.53%) GRC
8 15 (1.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 10 (1.02%) IFRS
10 9 (0.92%) COBIT
11 8 (0.82%) Actionable Recommendations
12 7 (0.71%) P3O
12 7 (0.71%) PCI DSS
13 6 (0.61%) HIPAA
14 5 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials
15 4 (0.41%) ITGC
15 4 (0.41%) MiFID
16 3 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 76 (7.75%) Active Directory
2 63 (6.42%) Docker
3 24 (2.45%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (0.82%) Hyper-V
5 6 (0.61%) BitLocker
5 6 (0.61%) Virtual Desktop
6 5 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (0.51%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (0.41%) Microsoft App-V
7 4 (0.41%) Terminal Services
7 4 (0.41%) vSphere
8 3 (0.31%) Firmware
9 2 (0.20%) Squid
10 1 (0.10%) DFS Replication
10 1 (0.10%) Dovecot
10 1 (0.10%) Embedded Firmware
10 1 (0.10%) Postfix
10 1 (0.10%) RACF
10 1 (0.10%) Time Sharing Option
10 1 (0.10%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 57 (5.81%) Kubernetes
2 41 (4.18%) Microsoft Intune
3 29 (2.96%) Ansible
4 17 (1.73%) Grafana
5 15 (1.53%) Prometheus
5 15 (1.53%) SCCM
6 6 (0.61%) Control-M
6 6 (0.61%) Puppet
7 4 (0.41%) HP ALM
7 4 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (0.41%) vCenter Server
7 4 (0.41%) vMotion
8 3 (0.31%) Cisco CUCM
8 3 (0.31%) Nagios
8 3 (0.31%) Packer
8 3 (0.31%) WSUS
9 2 (0.20%) HP Fortify
10 1 (0.10%) QRadar
10 1 (0.10%) RSA Archer
10 1 (0.10%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 240 (24.46%) Microsoft
2 86 (8.77%) Oracle
3 50 (5.10%) Google
4 49 (4.99%) ServiceNow
5 34 (3.47%) SAP
6 32 (3.26%) VMware
7 28 (2.85%) Adobe
8 26 (2.65%) Cisco
9 24 (2.45%) Citrix
9 24 (2.45%) Salesforce
10 20 (2.04%) Databricks
11 17 (1.73%) IBM
11 17 (1.73%) OpenAI
12 13 (1.33%) Apple
12 13 (1.33%) Palo Alto
13 12 (1.22%) Splunk
14 10 (1.02%) Samsung
15 9 (0.92%) Bloomberg
15 9 (0.92%) CyberArk
15 9 (0.92%) Red Hat