Degree Contract Job Trends in Northumberland

Academic Degree
North East > Northumberland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Northumberland 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 5 4 4
Rank change year-on-year -1 0 -
Contract jobs citing Degree 1 4 1
As % of all contract jobs in Northumberland 20.00% 19.05% 14.29%
As % of the Qualifications category 20.00% 36.36% 25.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 -
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -
North East median daily rate £298 £500 £483
% change year-on-year -40.31% +3.63% +1.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
Median hourly rate - £46.18 £46.18
North East median hourly rate - £46.18 £46.18
% change year-on-year - - -5.76%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Northumberland

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 Northumberland.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 5 11 4
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northumberland 100.00% 52.38% 57.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 -
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -
North East median daily rate £450 £515 £550
% change year-on-year -12.62% -6.36% -3.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 4
Median hourly rate £74.26 £46.18 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +60.81% - -
North East median hourly rate £53.75 £46.18 £46.18
% change year-on-year +16.39% - -19.69%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Northumberland

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

Degree job vacancy trend in Northumberland

Degree
Daily Rate Trend in Northumberland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northumberland citing Degree.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northumberland citing Degree

Degree
Hourly Rate Trend in Northumberland

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Northumberland citing Degree.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Northumberland citing Degree

Degree
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northumberland 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) BGP
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Software-Defined Networking
1 1 (100.00%) VLAN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Platform Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Change Control
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Knowledge Management
1 1 (100.00%) Platform Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Infrastructure
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Bash
1 1 (100.00%) Perl
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCDP
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat
1 1 (100.00%) VMware