Degree Contracts in the Midlands

Academic Degree
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for Degree qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 12 24 43
Rank change year-on-year +12 +19 -16
Contract jobs citing Degree 244 241 224
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 9.05% 7.39% 4.49%
As % of the Qualifications category 28.21% 26.69% 22.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 136 145 148
10th Percentile £188 £223 £203
25th Percentile £255 £400 £347
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £418 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +5.56% +12.50%
75th Percentile £550 £540 £575
90th Percentile £645 £688 £679
England median daily rate £500 £546 £520
% change year-on-year -8.42% +5.00% +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 19 12
10th Percentile £22.33 £11.80 £13.23
25th Percentile £25.50 £16.25 £15.09
Median hourly rate £37.50 £18.50 £20.51
Median % change year-on-year +102.70% -9.80% +28.19%
75th Percentile £56.25 £26.81 £23.59
90th Percentile £58.75 £49.00 £44.61
England median hourly rate £40.00 £45.00 £36.08
% change year-on-year -11.11% +24.72% -1.15%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Midlands

Degree is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 865 903 1,000
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 32.08% 27.67% 20.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 536 576 677
10th Percentile £230 £266 £210
25th Percentile £325 £400 £361
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £525 £450
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +16.67% +11.11%
75th Percentile £575 £613 £550
90th Percentile £684 £700 £643
England median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 69 60 36
10th Percentile £13.20 £10.82 £12.13
25th Percentile £17.00 £13.11 £13.75
Median hourly rate £24.65 £19.14 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +28.79% -4.30% +22.55%
75th Percentile £42.50 £30.33 £25.47
90th Percentile £56.75 £65.00 £37.50
England median hourly rate £40.00 £52.50 £40.93
% change year-on-year -23.81% +28.28% +8.71%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Degree in the Midlands

Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Degree in the Midlands over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Degree in the Midlands

Degree
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Degree in the Midlands

Degree
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Degree in the Midlands over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

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 17 May 2024. 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 +9 153 £475 - 631
East Midlands +10 90 £255 -46.32% 366
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 4 (1.64%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.23%) Apache
2 3 (1.23%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.82%) Confluence
4 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 47 (19.26%) Microsoft Office
2 42 (17.21%) Chatbot
3 18 (7.38%) Microsoft Excel
4 11 (4.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (3.69%) MS Visio
6 7 (2.87%) Simulink
7 6 (2.46%) Stateflow
8 5 (2.05%) Microsoft Project
8 5 (2.05%) TargetLink
9 3 (1.23%) CANalyzer
9 3 (1.23%) Photoshop
10 2 (0.82%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 2 (0.82%) CATIA
10 2 (0.82%) Maya
10 2 (0.82%) NUKE
10 2 (0.82%) Spreadsheet
11 1 (0.41%) Adobe Illustrator
11 1 (0.41%) InDesign
11 1 (0.41%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 4 (1.64%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.41%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.41%) Odoo
2 1 (0.41%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.41%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (0.41%) SAP Business One
2 1 (0.41%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 27 (11.07%) Azure
2 11 (4.51%) Power Platform
3 9 (3.69%) AWS
3 9 (3.69%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (2.87%) SaaS
5 6 (2.46%) IaaS
5 6 (2.46%) PaaS
6 5 (2.05%) Google Workspace
7 4 (1.64%) Azure Sentinel
7 4 (1.64%) Serverless
8 3 (1.23%) Azure Functions
8 3 (1.23%) Azure Monitor
8 3 (1.23%) OneDrive
9 2 (0.82%) Amazon EC2
9 2 (0.82%) Amazon S3
9 2 (0.82%) AWS Step Functions
9 2 (0.82%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 2 (0.82%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 2 (0.82%) GCP
9 2 (0.82%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 12 (4.92%) LAN
2 11 (4.51%) Firewall
2 11 (4.51%) WAN
3 9 (3.69%) VPN
4 6 (2.46%) DHCP
4 6 (2.46%) DNS
4 6 (2.46%) Ethernet
4 6 (2.46%) Wireless
5 5 (2.05%) Cisco Nexus
5 5 (2.05%) Ethereal
5 5 (2.05%) Wi-Fi
5 5 (2.05%) Wireshark
6 4 (1.64%) VoIP
7 3 (1.23%) Network Security
7 3 (1.23%) TCP/IP
7 3 (1.23%) VLAN
8 2 (0.82%) Broadband
8 2 (0.82%) SAN
8 2 (0.82%) Skype
9 1 (0.41%) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (3.69%) Power BI
1 9 (3.69%) SQL Server
2 6 (2.46%) Data Mining
3 5 (2.05%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (1.64%) Data Lake
4 4 (1.64%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (1.23%) Amazon Redshift
5 3 (1.23%) NoSQL
5 3 (1.23%) Relational Database
5 3 (1.23%) SAP BW
6 2 (0.82%) Amazon Athena
6 2 (0.82%) Big Data
6 2 (0.82%) Elasticsearch
6 2 (0.82%) MongoDB
6 2 (0.82%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.41%) BigQuery
7 1 (0.41%) Electronic Patient Records
7 1 (0.41%) Flink
7 1 (0.41%) MySQL
7 1 (0.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 10 (4.10%) Git
2 7 (2.87%) JIRA
3 5 (2.05%) Bitbucket
3 5 (2.05%) Jenkins
3 5 (2.05%) Subversion
4 3 (1.23%) CANoe
4 3 (1.23%) GitLab
5 2 (0.82%) Rational DOORS
5 2 (0.82%) Team Foundation Server
5 2 (0.82%) Travis CI
6 1 (0.41%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.41%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 1 (0.41%) NUnit
6 1 (0.41%) Visual Studio
General
1 118 (48.36%) Social Skills
2 47 (19.26%) Analytical Skills
3 20 (8.20%) Finance
4 16 (6.56%) Public Sector
5 15 (6.15%) Automotive
6 11 (4.51%) Manufacturing
7 9 (3.69%) Presentation Skills
8 8 (3.28%) German Language
8 8 (3.28%) Legal
9 6 (2.46%) Aerospace
9 6 (2.46%) Electronics
9 6 (2.46%) Telecoms
10 5 (2.05%) Marketing
11 4 (1.64%) Banking
11 4 (1.64%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (1.64%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (1.64%) Law
11 4 (1.64%) Retail
12 2 (0.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.82%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 55 (22.54%) Developer
2 44 (18.03%) Software Developer
3 22 (9.02%) Analyst
4 18 (7.38%) Lead
5 17 (6.97%) Architect
6 12 (4.92%) Project Manager
6 12 (4.92%) Test Engineer
7 10 (4.10%) Senior
7 10 (4.10%) Systems Engineer
8 9 (3.69%) Support Engineer
9 8 (3.28%) Network Engineer
10 7 (2.87%) Business Analyst
10 7 (2.87%) DevOps Engineer
10 7 (2.87%) Team Leader
11 6 (2.46%) Data Architect
11 6 (2.46%) Data Engineer
11 6 (2.46%) Designer
11 6 (2.46%) Java Developer
12 5 (2.05%) DBA
12 5 (2.05%) Network Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (11.07%) HTML
2 6 (2.46%) Spring
3 5 (2.05%) Middleware
3 5 (2.05%) React
4 4 (1.64%) Kafka
5 3 (1.23%) .NET
5 3 (1.23%) AngularJS
5 3 (1.23%) CSS
5 3 (1.23%) SAP Business Workflow
6 2 (0.82%) .NET Core
6 2 (0.82%) .NET Framework
6 2 (0.82%) Elastic Stack
6 2 (0.82%) Entity Framework
6 2 (0.82%) jQuery
6 2 (0.82%) RESTful
6 2 (0.82%) Unreal Engine
6 2 (0.82%) V-Ray
7 1 (0.41%) Dask
7 1 (0.41%) Keras
7 1 (0.41%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 47 (19.26%) Self-Motivation
2 24 (9.84%) Management Information System
3 14 (5.74%) Data Centre
4 12 (4.92%) Algorithms
5 8 (3.28%) Virtual Team
6 6 (2.46%) Legacy Systems
6 6 (2.46%) SCADA
7 5 (2.05%) Industry 4.0
7 5 (2.05%) IoT
8 4 (1.64%) Cyber Defence
8 4 (1.64%) Driving Licence
9 3 (1.23%) Analytical Mindset
9 3 (1.23%) Clustering
9 3 (1.23%) Data Structures
9 3 (1.23%) Infotainment
9 3 (1.23%) Operational Technology
10 2 (0.82%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 2 (0.82%) Distributed Systems
10 2 (0.82%) Product Ownership
10 2 (0.82%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 17 (6.97%) Windows
2 9 (3.69%) Windows Server
3 7 (2.87%) Unix
4 5 (2.05%) Mac OS
4 5 (2.05%) Windows 10
5 4 (1.64%) Windows Server 2012
6 3 (1.23%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.82%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (31.56%) Computer Science
2 54 (22.13%) Problem-Solving
3 47 (19.26%) Artificial Intelligence
3 47 (19.26%) Software Engineering
4 45 (18.44%) Code Quality
5 42 (17.21%) Conversational UI
6 38 (15.57%) Agile
7 37 (15.16%) Time Management
8 32 (13.11%) Conflict Management
9 29 (11.89%) Continuous Improvement
10 23 (9.43%) DevOps
11 22 (9.02%) Project Management
12 21 (8.61%) Decision-Making
13 16 (6.56%) Mentoring
14 15 (6.15%) Migration
14 15 (6.15%) Validation
15 14 (5.74%) Analytics
16 13 (5.33%) Analytical Thinking
16 13 (5.33%) Change Management
17 12 (4.92%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 43 (17.62%) SQL
2 40 (16.39%) Python
3 30 (12.30%) JavaScript
4 28 (11.48%) C#
5 10 (4.10%) Java
6 9 (3.69%) MATLAB
7 7 (2.87%) PowerShell
8 6 (2.46%) C
9 3 (1.23%) C++
9 3 (1.23%) Scala
10 2 (0.82%) Kusto Query Language
10 2 (0.82%) Perl
10 2 (0.82%) R
11 1 (0.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.41%) PHP
11 1 (0.41%) Rust
11 1 (0.41%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.41%) VBA
Qualifications
1 49 (20.08%) Computer Science Degree
2 28 (11.48%) NVQ Level 3
3 24 (9.84%) Security Cleared
4 17 (6.97%) Master's Degree
5 12 (4.92%) DV Cleared
5 12 (4.92%) SC Cleared
6 11 (4.51%) Microsoft Certification
7 9 (3.69%) Cisco Certification
8 8 (3.28%) BPSS Clearance
8 8 (3.28%) CCNA
9 7 (2.87%) PMI Certification
9 7 (2.87%) PMP
10 6 (2.46%) APMP
10 6 (2.46%) CISSP
11 5 (2.05%) Azure Certification
11 5 (2.05%) HND
11 5 (2.05%) MCITP
11 5 (2.05%) MCTS
12 4 (1.64%) HNC
13 3 (1.23%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (5.74%) QA
2 5 (2.05%) AUTOSAR
2 5 (2.05%) ISO 26262
2 5 (2.05%) MISRA
2 5 (2.05%) MISRA C
3 3 (1.23%) Data Quality
3 3 (1.23%) GRC
3 3 (1.23%) ITGC
3 3 (1.23%) SLA
4 2 (0.82%) GDPR
4 2 (0.82%) NIST
5 1 (0.41%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.41%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 1 (0.41%) HAZOP
5 1 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 15288
5 1 (0.41%) P3O
System Software
1 14 (5.74%) Active Directory
2 6 (2.46%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (2.05%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (1.23%) Docker
4 3 (1.23%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.82%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.82%) vSphere
6 1 (0.41%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (2.05%) OpenView
1 5 (2.05%) SCCM
2 4 (1.64%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.64%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (1.23%) Autotask
3 3 (1.23%) Failover Clustering
3 3 (1.23%) Jamf Pro
3 3 (1.23%) SysTrack
4 2 (0.82%) Kibana
4 2 (0.82%) logstash
4 2 (0.82%) Terraform
5 1 (0.41%) Ansible
5 1 (0.41%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 42 (17.21%) PayPal
2 40 (16.39%) Microsoft
3 18 (7.38%) SAP
4 11 (4.51%) Oracle
5 7 (2.87%) Cisco
6 6 (2.46%) Google
6 6 (2.46%) Salesforce
6 6 (2.46%) VMware
7 5 (2.05%) Apple
7 5 (2.05%) BMC
8 3 (1.23%) Citrix
8 3 (1.23%) Datto
8 3 (1.23%) New Relic
8 3 (1.23%) OpenAI
9 2 (0.82%) Adobe
9 2 (0.82%) Confluent
9 2 (0.82%) Sage
9 2 (0.82%) ServiceNow
10 1 (0.41%) IBM
10 1 (0.41%) Informatica