Degree Contracts in Luton

Academic Degree
Bedfordshire > Luton

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Luton with a requirement for Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 15 19
Rank change year-on-year +1 +4 +5
Contract jobs citing Degree 13 14 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Luton 13.27% 9.21% 7.14%
As % of the Qualifications category 40.63% 43.75% 21.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 8 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £500 £500 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £580 £550 £450
Median % change year-on-year +5.45% +22.22% -10.00%
75th Percentile - £558 £459
90th Percentile £612 £586 £476
Bedfordshire median daily rate £580 £550 £450
% change year-on-year +5.45% +22.22% -2.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile £66.20 - -
25th Percentile £74.38 - -
Median hourly rate £88.00 £80.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
Bedfordshire median hourly rate £30.78 £31.80 -
% change year-on-year -3.21% - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Luton

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 Luton.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 32 32 38
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Luton 32.65% 21.05% 33.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 20 23
10th Percentile - £300 £430
25th Percentile £500 £414 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% -2.44% +2.50%
75th Percentile £580 £550 £625
90th Percentile - £576 £644
Bedfordshire median daily rate £500 £488 £488
% change year-on-year +2.56% - +25.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 2 4
10th Percentile £63.30 £45.13 £56.88
25th Percentile £70.00 £50.94 £65.31
Median hourly rate £80.00 £61.25 £82.50
Median % change year-on-year +30.61% -25.76% +132.39%
75th Percentile £88.00 £70.94 £90.00
90th Percentile £89.80 £76.38 -
Bedfordshire median hourly rate £63.25 £31.80 £82.50
% change year-on-year +98.90% -61.45% +43.48%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Luton

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

Job vacancy trend for Degree in Luton

Degree
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Luton

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

Daily rate trend for Degree in Luton

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Daily Rate Histogram in Luton

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Degree in Luton over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Degree in Luton

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Luton

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

Hourly rate trend for Degree in Luton

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Hourly Rate Histogram in Luton

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Degree in Luton over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Degree in Luton

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Luton 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:

Applications
1 5 (38.46%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (38.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (23.08%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 5 (38.46%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 8 (61.54%) Power Platform
2 4 (30.77%) Azure
2 4 (30.77%) Power Automate
2 4 (30.77%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 3 (23.08%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (61.54%) Power BI
2 4 (30.77%) Data Lake
2 4 (30.77%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (7.69%) Metadata
3 1 (7.69%) MS Access
General
1 8 (61.54%) Finance
1 8 (61.54%) Pharmaceutical
2 4 (30.77%) Manufacturing
3 3 (23.08%) Electronics
3 3 (23.08%) Games
3 3 (23.08%) Influencing Skills
3 3 (23.08%) Social Skills
4 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (30.77%) Data Analytics Specialist
1 4 (30.77%) Training Manager
2 2 (15.38%) FPGA Engineer
2 2 (15.38%) SAP Financial Specialist
3 1 (7.69%) Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Architect
3 1 (7.69%) Associate Director
3 1 (7.69%) Data Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Data Architect
3 1 (7.69%) Firmware Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Principal Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) SAP Architect
3 1 (7.69%) SAP Data Architect
3 1 (7.69%) SAP S/4HANA Architect
Miscellaneous
1 4 (30.77%) e-Learning
1 4 (30.77%) Learning Management System
1 4 (30.77%) Life Science
2 3 (23.08%) Algorithms
2 3 (23.08%) FPGA
2 3 (23.08%) PCIe
2 3 (23.08%) Verilog
3 1 (7.69%) Data Structures
3 1 (7.69%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (7.69%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.69%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (38.46%) Analytics
1 5 (38.46%) Data Modelling
1 5 (38.46%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (30.77%) Agile
2 4 (30.77%) Business Intelligence
2 4 (30.77%) Computer Science
2 4 (30.77%) Critical Thinking
2 4 (30.77%) Inventory Management
2 4 (30.77%) Logistics
2 4 (30.77%) Project Management
3 3 (23.08%) Artificial Intelligence
3 3 (23.08%) Cryptography
3 3 (23.08%) Customer Requirements
3 3 (23.08%) Machine Learning
3 3 (23.08%) Physics
3 3 (23.08%) UVM
3 3 (23.08%) Waterfall
4 2 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (15.38%) Data Migration
4 2 (15.38%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (23.08%) MATLAB
1 3 (23.08%) SystemVerilog
1 3 (23.08%) Tcl
2 1 (7.69%) Python
2 1 (7.69%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (30.77%) Master's Degree
2 3 (23.08%) HNC
2 3 (23.08%) HND
2 3 (23.08%) SC Cleared
2 3 (23.08%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (23.08%) Data Quality
1 3 (23.08%) DO-254
2 2 (15.38%) PMO
System Software
1 3 (23.08%) Firmware
Vendors
1 5 (38.46%) Ariba
1 5 (38.46%) SAP
2 3 (23.08%) Actel
2 3 (23.08%) Altera
2 3 (23.08%) Intel
2 3 (23.08%) Microsemi
2 3 (23.08%) Xilinx
3 2 (15.38%) Anaplan
3 2 (15.38%) Hyperion
4 1 (7.69%) Alteryx