Degree Contract Job Trends in North Yorkshire

Academic Degree
Yorkshire > North Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in North Yorkshire with a requirement for Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 20 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 19 19
Rank change year-on-year +6 0 +1
Contract jobs citing Degree 6 5 7
As % of all contract jobs in North Yorkshire 7.06% 4.03% 4.27%
As % of the Qualifications category 19.35% 19.23% 14.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 7
10th Percentile £129 - £226
25th Percentile £154 £488 £283
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £305 £500 £290
Median % change year-on-year -39.00% +72.41% +16.00%
75th Percentile £488 £513 £440
90th Percentile £578 - £550
Yorkshire median daily rate £461 £500 £444
% change year-on-year -7.74% +12.52% -1.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £16.75 - -
25th Percentile £19.01 - -
Median hourly rate £22.90 - -
75th Percentile £26.66 - -
90th Percentile £28.84 - -
Yorkshire median hourly rate £22.90 £40.00 £30.05
% change year-on-year -42.76% +33.11% +44.61%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North Yorkshire

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 North Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 31 26 48
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in North Yorkshire 36.47% 20.97% 29.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 9 35
10th Percentile £141 £658 -
25th Percentile £153 £700 £165
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £274 £800 £400
Median % change year-on-year -65.78% +100.00% +23.08%
75th Percentile £472 £850 £465
90th Percentile £594 - £550
Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 1 3
10th Percentile £18.51 - £16.10
25th Percentile £25.07 £18.63 £18.51
Median hourly rate £25.15 £18.64 £22.51
Median % change year-on-year +34.96% -17.21% +20.05%
75th Percentile - £18.64 £33.26
90th Percentile - - £39.70
Yorkshire median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year -37.13% +33.33% +60.00%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in North Yorkshire

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

Degree job vacancy trend in North Yorkshire

Degree
Daily Rate Trend in North Yorkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in North Yorkshire citing Degree.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in North Yorkshire citing Degree

Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in North Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Degree in North Yorkshire over the 6 months to 20 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Degree in North Yorkshire

Degree
Hourly Rate Trend in North Yorkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in North Yorkshire citing Degree.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in North Yorkshire citing Degree

Degree
Hourly Rate Histogram in North Yorkshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Degree in North Yorkshire over the 6 months to 20 October 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Degree in North Yorkshire

Degree
Contract Job Locations in North Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Degree within the North Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 20 October 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
York +7 3 £185 - 9
Middlesbrough - 1 - - 12
Northallerton - 1 - - 1
Selby - 1 £625 -
Degree
Yorkshire

Degree
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in North Yorkshire 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 1 (16.67%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) Internet
General
1 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Finance
3 1 (16.67%) Legal
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) 1st Line Support
2 1 (16.67%) Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Business Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Business Change Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Business Change Business Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Data Scientist
2 1 (16.67%) IT Support
2 1 (16.67%) Security Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Trainer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) Pandas
1 1 (16.67%) pytest
1 1 (16.67%) scikit-learn
1 1 (16.67%) TensorFlow
1 1 (16.67%) XGBoost
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Customer Service
2 1 (16.67%) Agile
2 1 (16.67%) AI
2 1 (16.67%) Business Analysis
2 1 (16.67%) Business Process Improvement
2 1 (16.67%) Change Management
2 1 (16.67%) Chemistry
2 1 (16.67%) Computer Science
2 1 (16.67%) Digital Forensics
2 1 (16.67%) E-Commerce
2 1 (16.67%) Electronic Design Automation
2 1 (16.67%) Mathematics
2 1 (16.67%) Neural Network
2 1 (16.67%) Open Source
2 1 (16.67%) Physics
2 1 (16.67%) Process Improvement
2 1 (16.67%) Project Planning
2 1 (16.67%) Software Engineering
2 1 (16.67%) Statistics
2 1 (16.67%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) Python
1 1 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (16.67%) Master's Degree
1 1 (16.67%) PhD
1 1 (16.67%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) GPG for Computer-Based Electronic Evidence
1 1 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 17025
1 1 (16.67%) ISO17020
1 1 (16.67%) QA
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) PayPal