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

6 months to
19 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 26 20
Rank change year-on-year -13 -6 +7
Contract jobs citing Degree 942 987 1,432
As % of all contract jobs in London 5.42% 7.77% 8.01%
As % of the Qualifications category 18.81% 30.45% 32.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 581 640 854
10th Percentile £300 £340 £300
25th Percentile £410 £437 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -8.18% +4.76% -8.70%
75th Percentile £650 £725 £675
90th Percentile £800 £841 £800
England median daily rate £500 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 24 73
10th Percentile £22.59 £11.96 £14.49
25th Percentile £26.38 £24.80 £21.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £41.21 £34.23
Median % change year-on-year -15.06% +20.38% +5.02%
75th Percentile £46.25 £59.25 £47.50
90th Percentile £60.60 £66.23 £74.75
England median hourly rate £55.00 £54.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year +0.92% +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 5,009 3,241 4,353
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 28.81% 25.51% 24.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,587 2,196 2,933
10th Percentile £363 £350 £325
25th Percentile £438 £431 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £660
90th Percentile £750 £751 £775
England median daily rate £520 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -0.95% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 92 60 119
10th Percentile £20.87 £19.20 £14.27
25th Percentile £25.42 £22.27 £20.98
Median hourly rate £38.54 £30.67 £26.24
Median % change year-on-year +25.65% +16.89% -35.21%
75th Percentile £76.58 £55.50 £55.63
90th Percentile £88.58 £67.63 £75.75
England median hourly rate £47.25 £50.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -5.50% +25.00% -20.00%

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 19 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 19 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 19 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 -17 123 £500 -7.41% 321
West London -14 33 £368 -7.96% 53
South London +1 23 £450 -25.00% 10
East London -3 7 £568 +3.18% 49
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 43 (4.56%) SharePoint
2 37 (3.93%) Microsoft Exchange
3 31 (3.29%) Confluence
4 25 (2.65%) Apache Spark
5 12 (1.27%) Apache Airflow
6 5 (0.53%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 3 (0.32%) CMS
7 3 (0.32%) IIS
7 3 (0.32%) Moodle
7 3 (0.32%) Oracle Workflow
7 3 (0.32%) SAS
8 2 (0.21%) Apache
8 2 (0.21%) Appian
8 2 (0.21%) Ethereum
8 2 (0.21%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.21%) WebSphere
9 1 (0.11%) Anypoint
9 1 (0.11%) Apache Solr
9 1 (0.11%) Camunda
9 1 (0.11%) Drupal
Applications
1 95 (10.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 72 (7.64%) Microsoft Office
3 60 (6.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 47 (4.99%) Microsoft Project
5 34 (3.61%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.42%) Trello
7 3 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.21%) Adobe After Effects
8 2 (0.21%) Adobe XD
8 2 (0.21%) CPLEX
8 2 (0.21%) InVision
8 2 (0.21%) Sketch
9 1 (0.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.11%) Camtasia
9 1 (0.11%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.11%) Navisworks
9 1 (0.11%) Revit
Business Applications
1 11 (1.17%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.85%) Aladdin
2 8 (0.85%) Veritas eDiscovery
3 7 (0.74%) Oracle General Ledger
4 6 (0.64%) Oracle Payables
4 6 (0.64%) 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 (0.32%) Oracle Assets
6 3 (0.32%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.32%) Oracle EBS R12
6 3 (0.32%) Oracle Financials
6 3 (0.32%) Remedy ITSM
6 3 (0.32%) SimCorp Dimension
7 2 (0.21%) Oracle E-Business Tax
7 2 (0.21%) Oracle FAH
7 2 (0.21%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 259 (27.49%) Azure
2 121 (12.85%) AWS
3 101 (10.72%) Microsoft 365
4 69 (7.32%) Power Platform
5 62 (6.58%) SaaS
6 54 (5.73%) GCP
7 48 (5.10%) Entra ID
8 37 (3.93%) Azure DevOps
9 32 (3.40%) GitHub
10 22 (2.34%) Snowflake
11 20 (2.12%) Dynamics 365
12 19 (2.02%) PaaS
13 18 (1.91%) Microsoft Purview
13 18 (1.91%) Serverless
14 17 (1.80%) IaaS
15 16 (1.70%) AWS CloudFormation
15 16 (1.70%) Azure Data Factory
15 16 (1.70%) Power Automate
16 14 (1.49%) Amazon ECS
17 13 (1.38%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 33 (3.50%) Firewall
2 15 (1.59%) VPN
3 13 (1.38%) Network Security
4 12 (1.27%) LAN
4 12 (1.27%) WAN
5 11 (1.17%) TCP/IP
6 10 (1.06%) DNS
6 10 (1.06%) HTTP
7 8 (0.85%) BGP
7 8 (0.85%) DHCP
7 8 (0.85%) NetScaler
8 7 (0.74%) DMZ
8 7 (0.74%) VoIP
8 7 (0.74%) VXLAN
9 6 (0.64%) IPv4
10 5 (0.53%) CTI
10 5 (0.53%) OSPF
11 4 (0.42%) 3GPP
11 4 (0.42%) SSL
12 3 (0.32%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (5.73%) Power BI
2 47 (4.99%) SQL Server
3 28 (2.97%) PostgreSQL
4 26 (2.76%) Data Warehouse
5 25 (2.65%) Tableau
6 19 (2.02%) Big Data
6 19 (2.02%) NoSQL
7 16 (1.70%) MongoDB
7 16 (1.70%) Relational Database
8 13 (1.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 10 (1.06%) Metadata
10 8 (0.85%) Snowflake Schema
11 7 (0.74%) Hadoop
11 7 (0.74%) MySQL
11 7 (0.74%) Redis
12 6 (0.64%) Amazon RDS
12 6 (0.64%) Data Lake
12 6 (0.64%) Power Query
13 5 (0.53%) Elasticsearch
13 5 (0.53%) Kdb+
Development Applications
1 71 (7.54%) JIRA
2 54 (5.73%) Git
3 19 (2.02%) Jenkins
4 17 (1.80%) Visual Studio
5 11 (1.17%) MLflow
6 10 (1.06%) Selenium
7 7 (0.74%) GitLab
8 5 (0.53%) Bitbucket
8 5 (0.53%) Cucumber
8 5 (0.53%) Cypress.io
8 5 (0.53%) TeamCity
9 4 (0.42%) ERwin
9 4 (0.42%) SonarQube
10 3 (0.32%) Maven
10 3 (0.32%) Oracle APEX
10 3 (0.32%) REST Assured
10 3 (0.32%) Subversion
10 3 (0.32%) Toad
10 3 (0.32%) Vite
10 3 (0.32%) Zephyr
General
1 445 (47.24%) Social Skills
2 390 (41.40%) Finance
3 212 (22.51%) Analytical Skills
4 150 (15.92%) Banking
5 55 (5.84%) Presentation Skills
6 54 (5.73%) Marketing
6 54 (5.73%) Public Sector
7 45 (4.78%) Front Office
8 37 (3.93%) Investment Banking
8 37 (3.93%) Organisational Skills
9 36 (3.82%) Legal
10 29 (3.08%) Retail
11 25 (2.65%) Influencing Skills
12 23 (2.44%) Financial Institution
13 22 (2.34%) Documentation Skills
13 22 (2.34%) Telecoms
14 21 (2.23%) Manufacturing
15 20 (2.12%) Law
16 16 (1.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 11 (1.17%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 127 (13.48%) Senior
2 122 (12.95%) Analyst
3 106 (11.25%) Developer
4 75 (7.96%) Business Analyst
5 74 (7.86%) Architect
6 70 (7.43%) Lead
7 62 (6.58%) Project Manager
8 46 (4.88%) Consultant
9 35 (3.72%) Data Scientist
10 34 (3.61%) Solutions Architect
11 26 (2.76%) Senior Analyst
12 25 (2.65%) Data Engineer
13 23 (2.44%) Software Engineer
14 21 (2.23%) C# Developer
14 21 (2.23%) Senior Business Analyst
14 21 (2.23%) Technical Support
15 20 (2.12%) Senior Manager
16 19 (2.02%) Delivery Manager
17 17 (1.80%) Senior Software Engineer
17 17 (1.80%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (5.10%) .NET
2 33 (3.50%) REST
3 30 (3.18%) React
4 26 (2.76%) Middleware
5 24 (2.55%) Pandas
6 23 (2.44%) PyTorch
7 22 (2.34%) .NET Framework
7 22 (2.34%) HTML
7 22 (2.34%) RESTful
8 21 (2.23%) Kafka
8 21 (2.23%) Oracle Fusion
9 18 (1.91%) TensorFlow
10 17 (1.80%) NumPy
11 16 (1.70%) Node.js
12 14 (1.49%) XML
13 13 (1.38%) OAuth
13 13 (1.38%) scikit-learn
14 12 (1.27%) JSON
14 12 (1.27%) LangChain
14 12 (1.27%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 60 (6.37%) Management Information System
2 53 (5.63%) Onboarding
3 45 (4.78%) Cloud Native
4 39 (4.14%) Product Ownership
5 34 (3.61%) Derivative
6 33 (3.50%) Distributed Systems
6 33 (3.50%) Virtual Team
7 31 (3.29%) Algorithms
7 31 (3.29%) Data Centre
8 26 (2.76%) Self-Motivation
9 25 (2.65%) Equities
10 24 (2.55%) Data Protection Act
11 21 (2.23%) Enterprise Software
11 21 (2.23%) PMI
12 20 (2.12%) Analytical Mindset
12 20 (2.12%) Fixed Income
13 19 (2.02%) Greenfield Project
14 18 (1.91%) AI Agents
14 18 (1.91%) Equity Derivative
15 15 (1.59%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 102 (10.83%) Windows
2 53 (5.63%) Linux
3 35 (3.72%) Windows Server
4 27 (2.87%) Unix
5 16 (1.70%) Windows 10
6 12 (1.27%) Mac OS
7 9 (0.96%) Windows Server 2016
8 8 (0.85%) Android
9 6 (0.64%) Apple iOS
9 6 (0.64%) Windows Server 2019
10 4 (0.42%) Ubuntu
10 4 (0.42%) VMS
11 3 (0.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 1 (0.11%) CentOS
12 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 352 (37.37%) Computer Science
2 283 (30.04%) Agile
3 255 (27.07%) Problem-Solving
4 181 (19.21%) AI
5 150 (15.92%) Analytics
5 150 (15.92%) DevOps
6 149 (15.82%) Stakeholder Management
7 133 (14.12%) Project Management
8 124 (13.16%) CI/CD
9 120 (12.74%) Continuous Improvement
10 118 (12.53%) Risk Management
11 115 (12.21%) Decision-Making
12 104 (11.04%) Roadmaps
13 101 (10.72%) Change Management
14 100 (10.62%) Migration
15 93 (9.87%) Project Delivery
16 87 (9.24%) Software Engineering
17 83 (8.81%) Machine Learning
17 83 (8.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 82 (8.70%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 203 (21.55%) Python
2 169 (17.94%) SQL
3 71 (7.54%) Java
4 59 (6.26%) PowerShell
5 58 (6.16%) C#
6 46 (4.88%) C++
7 35 (3.72%) JavaScript
8 25 (2.65%) TypeScript
9 19 (2.02%) R
10 17 (1.80%) PL/SQL
11 14 (1.49%) T-SQL
12 11 (1.17%) Bash
13 7 (0.74%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 7 (0.74%) Scala
14 6 (0.64%) Kusto Query Language
14 6 (0.64%) Shell Script
15 5 (0.53%) C
15 5 (0.53%) Go
15 5 (0.53%) Rust
16 3 (0.32%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 248 (26.33%) Computer Science Degree
2 154 (16.35%) Master's Degree
3 85 (9.02%) Security Cleared
4 65 (6.90%) SC Cleared
5 62 (6.58%) PMI Certification
6 51 (5.41%) Microsoft Certification
7 50 (5.31%) PMP
8 43 (4.56%) PhD
9 41 (4.35%) CISSP
10 35 (3.72%) Azure Certification
11 22 (2.34%) CBAP
12 21 (2.23%) CISM
13 18 (1.91%) Cisco Certification
13 18 (1.91%) CRISC
14 17 (1.80%) IIBA
14 17 (1.80%) MBA
15 16 (1.70%) CISA
15 16 (1.70%) MCSE
15 16 (1.70%) Numerate Degree
16 15 (1.59%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 80 (8.49%) QA
2 46 (4.88%) GDPR
3 40 (4.25%) PMO
4 39 (4.14%) Data Quality
5 38 (4.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 37 (3.93%) NIST
7 26 (2.76%) SLA
8 16 (1.70%) Accessibility
9 15 (1.59%) PCI DSS
10 13 (1.38%) GRC
10 13 (1.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 10 (1.06%) COBIT
12 9 (0.96%) IFRS
13 8 (0.85%) Actionable Recommendations
13 8 (0.85%) IFRS 17
14 6 (0.64%) SOC 2
14 6 (0.64%) WCAG
15 5 (0.53%) Basel III
15 5 (0.53%) IFRS 9
15 5 (0.53%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 70 (7.43%) Active Directory
2 55 (5.84%) Docker
3 11 (1.17%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (0.96%) Virtual Desktop
5 8 (0.85%) Hyper-V
6 6 (0.64%) Firmware
7 5 (0.53%) XenApp
7 5 (0.53%) XenDesktop
8 3 (0.32%) vSphere
9 2 (0.21%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.11%) BitLocker
10 1 (0.11%) HDFS
10 1 (0.11%) IAG
10 1 (0.11%) Microsoft App-V
10 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (0.11%) PowerHA
10 1 (0.11%) Squid
10 1 (0.11%) Terminal Services
10 1 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
10 1 (0.11%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 49 (5.20%) Microsoft Intune
2 45 (4.78%) Kubernetes
3 40 (4.25%) Terraform
4 26 (2.76%) SCCM
5 16 (1.70%) Ansible
5 16 (1.70%) Grafana
6 11 (1.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 10 (1.06%) Prometheus
8 6 (0.64%) SCOM
9 5 (0.53%) SCVMM
10 4 (0.42%) Control-M
10 4 (0.42%) HP ALM
11 3 (0.32%) Jamf Pro
11 3 (0.32%) Puppet
11 3 (0.32%) WSUS
12 2 (0.21%) Progress Chef
12 2 (0.21%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
13 1 (0.11%) CloudHub
13 1 (0.11%) Kibana
13 1 (0.11%) vMotion
Vendors
1 234 (24.84%) Microsoft
2 72 (7.64%) Oracle
3 42 (4.46%) Google
4 34 (3.61%) ServiceNow
5 29 (3.08%) Citrix
6 28 (2.97%) Databricks
6 28 (2.97%) SAP
7 21 (2.23%) Salesforce
8 20 (2.12%) Cisco
9 13 (1.38%) Informatica
9 13 (1.38%) VMware
10 12 (1.27%) Bloomberg
10 12 (1.27%) Palo Alto
10 12 (1.27%) Software AG
11 11 (1.17%) Adobe
12 10 (1.06%) Juniper
13 9 (0.96%) Murex
14 8 (0.85%) Apple
14 8 (0.85%) Charles River
14 8 (0.85%) Splunk