Degree Contracts in Oxford

Academic Degree
Oxfordshire > Oxford

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Oxford with a requirement for Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 8 14
Rank change year-on-year -1 +6 +2
Contract jobs citing Degree 6 8 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Oxford 12.50% 7.69% 8.53%
As % of the Qualifications category 75.00% 57.14% 32.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 9
10th Percentile £540 - £314
25th Percentile £600 £413 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £425 £475
Median % change year-on-year +64.71% -10.53% +82.69%
75th Percentile - £438 £575
90th Percentile - - £805
Oxfordshire median daily rate £475 £525 £475
% change year-on-year -9.52% +10.53% +35.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 2
10th Percentile - £35.60 £22.05
25th Percentile - - £22.13
Median hourly rate £46.30 £65.00 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.77% +165.31% +16.67%
75th Percentile - - £27.13
90th Percentile - - £27.35
Oxfordshire median hourly rate £35.80 £60.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -40.33% +140.00% +19.05%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Oxford

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 Oxford.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 8 14 34
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxford 16.67% 13.46% 26.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 5 17
10th Percentile £549 £315 £386
25th Percentile £622 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £688 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +52.78% - -5.26%
75th Percentile £700 £556 £538
90th Percentile - £583 £665
Oxfordshire median daily rate £500 £425 £450
% change year-on-year +17.65% -5.56% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 2
10th Percentile - £35.60 £22.05
25th Percentile - - £22.13
Median hourly rate £46.30 £65.00 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.77% +165.31% +16.67%
75th Percentile - - £27.13
90th Percentile - - £27.35
Oxfordshire median hourly rate £37.03 £48.75 £28.16
% change year-on-year -24.04% +73.12% +34.10%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxford

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

Job vacancy trend for Degree in Oxford

Degree
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Oxford

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

Daily rate trend for Degree in Oxford

Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in Oxford

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Degree in Oxford over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Degree in Oxford

Degree
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Oxford

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

Hourly rate trend for Degree in Oxford

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Oxford 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:

Applications
1 1 (16.67%) CATIA
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (16.67%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 3 (50.00%) Azure
2 2 (33.33%) AWS
2 2 (33.33%) GCP
2 2 (33.33%) Snowflake
3 1 (16.67%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (16.67%) Google Workspace
3 1 (16.67%) Lucidchart
3 1 (16.67%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) Data Lake
2 1 (16.67%) Power BI
2 1 (16.67%) Tableau
General
1 6 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Aerospace
3 1 (16.67%) Automotive
3 1 (16.67%) Electronics
3 1 (16.67%) Manufacturing
3 1 (16.67%) Marketing
3 1 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Police
3 1 (16.67%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Data Manager
1 2 (33.33%) Delivery Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Business Process Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) CAD Design Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) CAD Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) CATIA Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Design Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Embedded Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Process Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Project Planner
2 1 (16.67%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (16.67%) FPGA
2 1 (16.67%) Management Information System
2 1 (16.67%) VHDL
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Agile
1 3 (50.00%) Analytics
1 3 (50.00%) Data Management
1 3 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 2 (33.33%) Business Continuity
2 2 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 2 (33.33%) Cost Reduction
2 2 (33.33%) Data Governance
2 2 (33.33%) ETL
2 2 (33.33%) Mentoring
2 2 (33.33%) Migration
2 2 (33.33%) PRINCE2
2 2 (33.33%) Process Improvement
2 2 (33.33%) Project Management
2 2 (33.33%) Resource Management
2 2 (33.33%) Roadmaps
2 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (16.67%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) C
1 1 (16.67%) C#
1 1 (16.67%) Embedded C
1 1 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) PMI Certification
1 3 (50.00%) PMP
2 2 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (16.67%) Master's Degree
3 1 (16.67%) MBA
3 1 (16.67%) Six Sigma Black Belt
3 1 (16.67%) Six Sigma Green Belt
3 1 (16.67%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) PMO
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Google
2 2 (33.33%) Databricks
3 1 (16.67%) Intel
3 1 (16.67%) Salesforce
3 1 (16.67%) SAP
3 1 (16.67%) Siemens