Degree Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

Academic Degree
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 26 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 18 17 22
Rank change year-on-year -1 +5 +12
Contract jobs citing Degree 216 223 211
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 8.03% 8.21% 7.18%
As % of the Qualifications category 24.49% 28.37% 25.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 102 134 135
10th Percentile £250 £184 £350
25th Percentile £372 £375 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £464 £473 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.85% -10.00% +16.67%
75th Percentile £584 £588 £636
90th Percentile £638 £646 £725
England median daily rate £500 £505 £525
% change year-on-year -0.99% -3.81% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 7 9
10th Percentile £22.62 £28.56 £14.37
25th Percentile £29.00 £37.59 £17.13
Median hourly rate £37.46 £50.00 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year -25.08% +170.27% -5.92%
75th Percentile £50.00 £55.63 £23.35
90th Percentile - £65.25 £25.28
England median hourly rate £35.25 £57.35 £48.00
% change year-on-year -38.54% +19.48% +6.67%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 882 786 813
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 32.80% 28.95% 27.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 542 480 507
10th Percentile £200 £309 £300
25th Percentile £380 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £522 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.21% -0.57% +7.14%
75th Percentile £575 £625 £604
90th Percentile £650 £725 £700
England median daily rate £525 £533 £550
% change year-on-year -1.50% -3.09% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 115 33 36
10th Percentile £17.87 £15.48 £15.60
25th Percentile £18.87 £17.00 £17.72
Median hourly rate £25.08 £24.18 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% +5.13% +16.96%
75th Percentile £25.83 £51.91 £52.50
90th Percentile £43.70 £56.30 £68.13
England median hourly rate £25.15 £53.00 £53.67
% change year-on-year -52.55% -1.24% +19.26%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Degree in the Midlands

Degree
Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Degree.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Degree

Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Degree in the Midlands over the 6 months to 26 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Degree in the Midlands

Degree
Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Degree.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Degree

Degree
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Degree in the Midlands over the 6 months to 26 September 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Degree in the Midlands

Degree
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Degree within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 26 September 2025. 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
West Midlands -5 155 £475 -5.00% 343
East Midlands +2 61 £447 +11.75% 236
Degree
England

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Application Platforms
1 14 (6.48%) Confluence
2 11 (5.09%) nginx
3 4 (1.85%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.39%) CMS
4 3 (1.39%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.93%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.93%) IIS
6 1 (0.46%) Alfresco
6 1 (0.46%) Apache
6 1 (0.46%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.46%) Documentum
6 1 (0.46%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.46%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.46%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 24 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (7.41%) Microsoft Project
3 10 (4.63%) Mozilla Thunderbird
4 6 (2.78%) Adobe Captivate
4 6 (2.78%) Maya
5 4 (1.85%) Microsoft Excel
5 4 (1.85%) MS Visio
5 4 (1.85%) Trello
6 2 (0.93%) InDesign
6 2 (0.93%) Photoshop
6 2 (0.93%) Simulink
7 1 (0.46%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.46%) Adobe Premiere
7 1 (0.46%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.46%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.46%) FrameMaker
7 1 (0.46%) Fusion 360
7 1 (0.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.46%) Revit
7 1 (0.46%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 5 (2.31%) Primavera
2 3 (1.39%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.39%) SAP HR
2 3 (1.39%) SAP PM
2 3 (1.39%) Teamcenter
3 2 (0.93%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.93%) Sprinklr
4 1 (0.46%) Maximo
4 1 (0.46%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.46%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.46%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.46%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.46%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 30 (13.89%) Azure
2 25 (11.57%) AWS
3 18 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
4 12 (5.56%) Amazon EC2
4 12 (5.56%) Amazon ECS
4 12 (5.56%) Amazon S3
5 11 (5.09%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 11 (5.09%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 10 (4.63%) Amazon ELB
6 10 (4.63%) AWS KMS
6 10 (4.63%) Route 53
6 10 (4.63%) SaaS
7 9 (4.17%) Power Platform
8 8 (3.70%) Salesforce Service Cloud
8 8 (3.70%) Serverless
9 7 (3.24%) GCP
10 6 (2.78%) Dynamics 365
11 5 (2.31%) Power Automate
11 5 (2.31%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
12 4 (1.85%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 24 (11.11%) Firewall
2 17 (7.87%) DNS
3 11 (5.09%) SMTP
4 10 (4.63%) FTP
4 10 (4.63%) HTTP
4 10 (4.63%) IMAP
4 10 (4.63%) OpenLDAP
4 10 (4.63%) SSH
5 9 (4.17%) Wireless
6 6 (2.78%) DHCP
6 6 (2.78%) LAN
6 6 (2.78%) Network Security
6 6 (2.78%) WAN
6 6 (2.78%) WLAN
7 5 (2.31%) Cisco IOS
7 5 (2.31%) PuTTY
8 4 (1.85%) Unified Communications
9 3 (1.39%) Ethernet
9 3 (1.39%) MPLS
9 3 (1.39%) SDH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (6.48%) PostgreSQL
2 13 (6.02%) Amazon RDS
3 10 (4.63%) Amazon Aurora
4 9 (4.17%) NoSQL
5 8 (3.70%) SQL Server
6 7 (3.24%) Elasticsearch
6 7 (3.24%) Power BI
7 4 (1.85%) Relational Database
7 4 (1.85%) Tableau
8 3 (1.39%) Big Data
8 3 (1.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 2 (0.93%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.93%) EDMS
10 1 (0.46%) Azure SQL Database
10 1 (0.46%) GIS
10 1 (0.46%) Hadoop
10 1 (0.46%) MongoDB
10 1 (0.46%) MySQL
10 1 (0.46%) OLTP
10 1 (0.46%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 28 (12.96%) JIRA
2 16 (7.41%) Jenkins
3 14 (6.48%) Git
4 10 (4.63%) Vagrant
5 6 (2.78%) GitLab
6 4 (1.85%) Liquibase
7 2 (0.93%) Postman
7 2 (0.93%) Selenium
8 1 (0.46%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.46%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.46%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.46%) Dreamweaver
8 1 (0.46%) Gradle
8 1 (0.46%) JMeter
8 1 (0.46%) JUnit
8 1 (0.46%) Maven
8 1 (0.46%) Oracle Forms
8 1 (0.46%) PVCS
8 1 (0.46%) REST Assured
8 1 (0.46%) TestNG
General
1 132 (61.11%) Social Skills
2 50 (23.15%) Analytical Skills
3 30 (13.89%) Finance
4 20 (9.26%) Automotive
5 19 (8.80%) Manufacturing
6 17 (7.87%) Public Sector
7 14 (6.48%) Presentation Skills
8 11 (5.09%) Marketing
8 11 (5.09%) Organisational Skills
9 10 (4.63%) Influencing Skills
10 9 (4.17%) Legal
11 6 (2.78%) Aerospace
11 6 (2.78%) Banking
11 6 (2.78%) Games
12 4 (1.85%) Documentation Skills
13 3 (1.39%) Financial Institution
13 3 (1.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 3 (1.39%) Law
13 3 (1.39%) Military
13 3 (1.39%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 28 (12.96%) Analyst
2 24 (11.11%) Architect
3 16 (7.41%) DevOps Engineer
3 16 (7.41%) Lead
4 15 (6.94%) Project Manager
5 14 (6.48%) Support Analyst
6 12 (5.56%) AWS Engineer
6 12 (5.56%) Support Engineer
7 11 (5.09%) Platform Engineer
8 10 (4.63%) AWS Platform Engineer
8 10 (4.63%) Cloud Platform Engineer
9 9 (4.17%) AWS DevOps
9 9 (4.17%) AWS DevOps Engineer
9 9 (4.17%) Business Analyst
9 9 (4.17%) Senior
9 9 (4.17%) Solutions Architect
10 8 (3.70%) Consultant
10 8 (3.70%) DevOps Platform Engineer
10 8 (3.70%) IT Analyst
10 8 (3.70%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (6.48%) REST
2 13 (6.02%) HTML
3 10 (4.63%) LDAP
3 10 (4.63%) Middleware
4 9 (4.17%) .NET
4 9 (4.17%) Elastic Stack
5 8 (3.70%) CSS
5 8 (3.70%) Lightning Web Components
5 8 (3.70%) SOAP
5 8 (3.70%) Visualforce
6 7 (3.24%) RESTful
7 6 (2.78%) Django
7 6 (2.78%) Unreal Engine
7 6 (2.78%) V-Ray
8 4 (1.85%) SailPoint
8 4 (1.85%) Web Services
9 3 (1.39%) .NET Framework
9 3 (1.39%) OAuth
9 3 (1.39%) SAP PI
9 3 (1.39%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 23 (10.65%) Management Information System
2 15 (6.94%) Product Ownership
3 11 (5.09%) SCADA
4 10 (4.63%) Replication
5 8 (3.70%) Data Protection Act
5 8 (3.70%) Driving Licence
5 8 (3.70%) Onboarding
6 7 (3.24%) Distributed Systems
7 6 (2.78%) Animation
7 6 (2.78%) Cloud Native
7 6 (2.78%) Virtual Reality
7 6 (2.78%) Virtual Team
8 5 (2.31%) Legacy Systems
9 4 (1.85%) Educational Technology
9 4 (1.85%) Operational Technology
9 4 (1.85%) Public Cloud
10 3 (1.39%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (1.39%) Infotainment
10 3 (1.39%) IoT
10 3 (1.39%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 28 (12.96%) Windows
2 22 (10.19%) Linux
3 10 (4.63%) Amazon Linux
3 10 (4.63%) Ubuntu
3 10 (4.63%) VMS
4 5 (2.31%) Unix
5 4 (1.85%) Mac OS
5 4 (1.85%) Windows 10
6 3 (1.39%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.93%) Android
8 1 (0.46%) AIX
8 1 (0.46%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (39.35%) Computer Science
2 78 (36.11%) Problem-Solving
3 58 (26.85%) Agile
4 43 (19.91%) Change Management
5 41 (18.98%) Project Management
6 39 (18.06%) DevOps
7 34 (15.74%) Stakeholder Management
8 26 (12.04%) ITIL
9 24 (11.11%) CI/CD
9 24 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
9 24 (11.11%) Roadmaps
10 23 (10.65%) User Experience
11 22 (10.19%) Decision-Making
11 22 (10.19%) Migration
11 22 (10.19%) Process Improvement
12 20 (9.26%) Cybersecurity
13 19 (8.80%) Analytics
13 19 (8.80%) Root Cause Analysis
14 17 (7.87%) Cloud Security
14 17 (7.87%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 33 (15.28%) SQL
2 32 (14.81%) Python
3 15 (6.94%) PowerShell
4 13 (6.02%) Java
5 10 (4.63%) Groovy
6 9 (4.17%) Bash
6 9 (4.17%) C#
6 9 (4.17%) C++
7 8 (3.70%) Apex Code
8 7 (3.24%) JavaScript
9 6 (2.78%) Go
10 2 (0.93%) C
10 2 (0.93%) Scala
10 2 (0.93%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.46%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.46%) Perl
11 1 (0.46%) R
11 1 (0.46%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 66 (30.56%) Computer Science Degree
2 29 (13.43%) Security Cleared
3 19 (8.80%) SC Cleared
4 15 (6.94%) PMI Certification
4 15 (6.94%) PMP
5 13 (6.02%) Azure Certification
5 13 (6.02%) Master's Degree
6 12 (5.56%) AWS Certification
6 12 (5.56%) Cisco Certification
7 10 (4.63%) CCNA
7 10 (4.63%) CCNP
8 7 (3.24%) CISSP
8 7 (3.24%) DV Cleared
9 5 (2.31%) A+ Certification
10 4 (1.85%) CISA
10 4 (1.85%) CISM
10 4 (1.85%) ITIL Certification
11 3 (1.39%) HNC
11 3 (1.39%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
11 3 (1.39%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (6.48%) QA
2 12 (5.56%) GDPR
3 10 (4.63%) Data Quality
4 9 (4.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (3.24%) NIST
6 5 (2.31%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 4 (1.85%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 4 (1.85%) SLA
8 3 (1.39%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (1.39%) COBIT
8 3 (1.39%) NIST 800
8 3 (1.39%) PMO
9 2 (0.93%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.93%) ISO 19650
9 2 (0.93%) PERC
9 2 (0.93%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.46%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.46%) ISO 14001
10 1 (0.46%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.46%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 25 (11.57%) Docker
2 10 (4.63%) DFS Replication
2 10 (4.63%) Dovecot
2 10 (4.63%) Postfix
2 10 (4.63%) Squid
3 6 (2.78%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.93%) BitLocker
4 2 (0.93%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.46%) Firmware
5 1 (0.46%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 19 (8.80%) Terraform
2 17 (7.87%) Grafana
2 17 (7.87%) Kubernetes
3 15 (6.94%) Prometheus
4 14 (6.48%) Ansible
5 10 (4.63%) Nessus
5 10 (4.63%) Proxmox
6 6 (2.78%) Puppet
7 5 (2.31%) Kibana
8 4 (1.85%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (0.93%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.93%) RSA Archer
9 2 (0.93%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.46%) Network Intrusion Detection System
10 1 (0.46%) Podman
10 1 (0.46%) SCCM
Vendors
1 55 (25.46%) Microsoft
2 12 (5.56%) Cisco
2 12 (5.56%) ServiceNow
3 10 (4.63%) Jaspersoft
3 10 (4.63%) Salesforce
3 10 (4.63%) SAP
4 9 (4.17%) Adobe
4 9 (4.17%) Splunk
5 8 (3.70%) Autodesk
6 7 (3.24%) Oracle
7 5 (2.31%) Apple
7 5 (2.31%) Peregrine
7 5 (2.31%) Remedy
8 3 (1.39%) CheckPoint
8 3 (1.39%) Databricks
8 3 (1.39%) F5
8 3 (1.39%) Progress
8 3 (1.39%) Rapid7
8 3 (1.39%) Siemens
8 3 (1.39%) Workday