Degree Contract Job Trends in New Malden

Academic Degree
Merton > New Malden

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in New Malden with a requirement for Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 7 1 7
Rank change year-on-year -6 +6 +2
Contract jobs citing Degree 5 3 3
As % of all contract jobs in New Malden 20.00% 60.00% 17.65%
As % of the Qualifications category 29.41% 60.00% 23.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £475 - £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - £450
Median % change year-on-year - - +50.00%
75th Percentile £525 - £475
90th Percentile - - -
Merton median daily rate £500 - £450
% change year-on-year - - +50.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £62.13 - -
25th Percentile £62.69 - £62.50
Median hourly rate £64.75 - £65.00
75th Percentile £66.19 - £67.50
90th Percentile £66.38 - -
Merton median hourly rate £64.75 - £65.00

All Academic and Professional Certifications
New Malden

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 New Malden.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 17 5 13
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in New Malden 68.00% 100.00% 76.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 2
10th Percentile £430 - -
25th Percentile £475 - £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - £450
Median % change year-on-year - - +50.00%
75th Percentile £525 - £475
90th Percentile - - -
Merton median daily rate £500 £488 £450
% change year-on-year +2.56% +8.33% +33.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 2 10
10th Percentile £55.11 £70.24 £34.50
25th Percentile £64.56 £72.40 £43.09
Median hourly rate £71.27 £78.40 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.10% +42.55% +13.31%
75th Percentile £76.58 £82.00 £66.90
90th Percentile - £82.72 £73.58
Merton median hourly rate £71.27 £78.40 £55.00
% change year-on-year -9.10% +42.55% +13.31%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in New Malden

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Degree relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in New Malden.

Degree job vacancy trend in New Malden

Degree
Daily Rate Trend in New Malden

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in New Malden citing Degree.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in New Malden citing Degree

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Hourly Rate Trend in New Malden

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in New Malden citing Degree.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in New Malden citing Degree

Degree
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in New Malden 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:

Applications
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
General
1 5 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Rust Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Rust Software Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Senior
1 2 (40.00%) Senior Software Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (40.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 5 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (60.00%) Project Delivery
2 3 (60.00%) Project Management
2 3 (60.00%) Software Testing
2 3 (60.00%) Systems Engineering
2 3 (60.00%) Technical Leadership
2 3 (60.00%) Test Management
2 3 (60.00%) Validation
2 3 (60.00%) Verification and Validation
2 3 (60.00%) Workload Management
3 2 (40.00%) Agile
3 2 (40.00%) CI/CD
3 2 (40.00%) Scrum
3 2 (40.00%) UML
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) Rust
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (60.00%) EMC Certification
2 3 (60.00%) HNC
2 3 (60.00%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) Def Stans
1 3 (60.00%) IEC 61508
1 3 (60.00%) ISO/IEC 15288
Systems Management
1 3 (60.00%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) EMC