Degree Contract Job Trends 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 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 7 3 10
Rank change year-on-year -4 +7 +10
Contract jobs citing Degree 9 10 7
As % of all contract jobs in Oxford 15.00% 18.52% 7.00%
As % of the Qualifications category 39.13% 83.33% 41.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 9 1
10th Percentile - £160 -
25th Percentile - £210 £625
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £425 £650
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -34.62% +23.81%
75th Percentile - £500 £675
90th Percentile - £700 -
Oxfordshire median daily rate £488 £425 £525
% change year-on-year +14.71% -19.05% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £74.73 - -
25th Percentile £80.32 - -
Median hourly rate £89.63 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
Oxfordshire median hourly rate £89.63 - £35.00
% change year-on-year - - +53.24%

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 23 12 17
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxford 38.33% 22.22% 17.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 11 10
10th Percentile £209 £160 £139
25th Percentile £222 £210 £150
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £475 £250
Median % change year-on-year -52.63% +90.00% -50.00%
75th Percentile £350 £519 £656
90th Percentile £511 £700 £678
Oxfordshire median daily rate £300 £488 £525
% change year-on-year -38.46% -7.14% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £25.15 - -
Median hourly rate £27.50 - -
75th Percentile £86.32 - -
90th Percentile £89.63 - -
Oxfordshire median hourly rate £22.27 £25.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -12.67% -27.16% +218.18%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxford

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

Degree job vacancy trend in Oxford

Degree
Daily Rate Trend in Oxford

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxford citing Degree

Degree
Hourly Rate Trend in Oxford

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxford citing Degree

Degree
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxford 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (11.11%) Confluence
1 1 (11.11%) IIS
1 1 (11.11%) Tomcat
Applications
1 3 (33.33%) MS Visio
2 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 3 (33.33%) Lucidchart
2 2 (22.22%) Power Platform
3 1 (11.11%) Azure
3 1 (11.11%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (44.44%) DNS
1 4 (44.44%) TCP/IP
1 4 (44.44%) VPN
2 3 (33.33%) DHCP
2 3 (33.33%) Firewall
2 3 (33.33%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) Power BI
2 1 (11.11%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (66.67%) JIRA
General
1 8 (88.89%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (77.78%) Social Skills
3 6 (66.67%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (33.33%) Manufacturing
5 2 (22.22%) Aerospace
5 2 (22.22%) Finance
6 1 (11.11%) Law
6 1 (11.11%) Social Science
Job Titles
1 2 (22.22%) Analyst
1 2 (22.22%) IT Engineer
1 2 (22.22%) Network Engineer
1 2 (22.22%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
1 2 (22.22%) Support Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) 3rd Line Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Business Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Business Process Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Business Process Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Digital Transformation
2 1 (11.11%) Digital Transformation Manager
2 1 (11.11%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) IT Support
2 1 (11.11%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Process Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Process Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Project Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Service Delivery Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Transformation Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) JSON
1 1 (11.11%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) Life Science
1 3 (33.33%) Renewable Energy
2 2 (22.22%) Management Information System
3 1 (11.11%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (11.11%) Educational Technology
Operating Systems
1 4 (44.44%) Mac OS
1 4 (44.44%) Windows
2 1 (11.11%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (88.89%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (55.56%) Change Management
3 4 (44.44%) Business Strategy
3 4 (44.44%) Computer Science
3 4 (44.44%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (44.44%) ITIL
4 3 (33.33%) Agile
4 3 (33.33%) ITSM
4 3 (33.33%) Lean Six Sigma
4 3 (33.33%) Operations Management
4 3 (33.33%) Process Improvement
4 3 (33.33%) Service Management
4 3 (33.33%) Six Sigma
4 3 (33.33%) Time Management
4 3 (33.33%) Workflow
5 2 (22.22%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (22.22%) Business Process Mapping
5 2 (22.22%) Data Protection
5 2 (22.22%) Decision-Making
5 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) Java
Qualifications
1 4 (44.44%) A+ Certification
2 3 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (33.33%) SC Cleared
2 3 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 2 (22.22%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (11.11%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (44.44%) GDPR
2 1 (11.11%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 2 (22.22%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 2 (22.22%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) CheckPoint
1 3 (33.33%) Cisco
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 3 (33.33%) Palo Alto
1 3 (33.33%) ServiceNow