Degree Contracts in Oxfordshire

Academic Degree
South East > Oxfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Oxfordshire with a requirement for Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 23 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 12 7 15
Rank change year-on-year -5 +8 0
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Degree 20 16 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 12.66% 8.65% 7.26%
As % of the Qualifications category 36.36% 57.14% 32.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 10 7
10th Percentile £347 £160 £312
25th Percentile £425 £173 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £322 £475
Median % change year-on-year +39.95% -32.31% -9.52%
75th Percentile £475 £438 £588
90th Percentile - £500 £725
South East median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 3 0
10th Percentile £35.73 £25.80 -
25th Percentile £52.48 £40.50 -
Median hourly rate £83.32 £65.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +28.18% - -
75th Percentile £89.63 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £60.00 £57.35 £61.00
% change year-on-year +4.62% -5.98% +35.56%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Oxfordshire

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 Oxfordshire.

DemandTrendContract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 55 28 52
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 34.81% 15.14% 22.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 17 20
10th Percentile £160 £160 £373
25th Percentile £198 £210 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 £450 £518
Median % change year-on-year -44.44% -13.17% +3.65%
75th Percentile £475 £500 £675
90th Percentile £500 £643 £701
South East median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +0.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 5 3
10th Percentile £20.86 £18.60 £27.33
25th Percentile £25.15 £22.50 £29.20
Median hourly rate £25.30 £25.99 £32.32
Median % change year-on-year -2.65% -19.59% +193.82%
75th Percentile £83.00 £65.00 £45.91
90th Percentile £89.63 - £54.06
South East median hourly rate £28.00 £57.35 £61.63
% change year-on-year -51.18% -6.94% +36.96%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Degree in Oxfordshire

Degree
Daily Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing Degree

Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in Oxfordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Degree in Oxfordshire over the 6 months to 23 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Degree in Oxfordshire

Degree
Hourly Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing Degree

Degree
Hourly Rate Histogram in Oxfordshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Degree in Oxfordshire over the 6 months to 23 August 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Degree in Oxfordshire

Degree
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in Oxfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Degree within the Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 23 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Oxford -9 10 - - 70
Kidlington - 5 £450 - 1
Abingdon - 1 - - 27
Carterton - 1 £268 -
Degree
South East

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Oxfordshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (5.00%) IIS
1 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (5.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (5.00%) Tomcat
Applications
1 3 (15.00%) MS Visio
2 2 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 3 (15.00%) Azure
1 3 (15.00%) Lucidchart
2 2 (10.00%) Power Platform
3 1 (5.00%) AWS
3 1 (5.00%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (5.00%) Google Workspace
3 1 (5.00%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (5.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (30.00%) TCP/IP
2 5 (25.00%) DNS
2 5 (25.00%) Firewall
2 5 (25.00%) VPN
2 5 (25.00%) Wireless
3 4 (20.00%) DHCP
4 1 (5.00%) Internet
4 1 (5.00%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (5.00%) IP Telephony
4 1 (5.00%) LAN
4 1 (5.00%) MPLS
4 1 (5.00%) NAS
4 1 (5.00%) NetScaler
4 1 (5.00%) RS-232
4 1 (5.00%) SAN
4 1 (5.00%) SD-WAN
4 1 (5.00%) Skype
4 1 (5.00%) Unified Communications
4 1 (5.00%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.00%) Power BI
2 1 (5.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (30.00%) JIRA
General
1 12 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 9 (45.00%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (40.00%) Organisational Skills
4 5 (25.00%) Automotive
5 4 (20.00%) Aerospace
6 3 (15.00%) Manufacturing
7 2 (10.00%) Finance
8 1 (5.00%) Law
8 1 (5.00%) Police
8 1 (5.00%) Social Science
8 1 (5.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (35.00%) IT Support
2 5 (25.00%) Analyst
2 5 (25.00%) Applications Support
3 3 (15.00%) Support Engineer
4 2 (10.00%) Data Analyst
4 2 (10.00%) Delivery Manager
4 2 (10.00%) IT Engineer
4 2 (10.00%) Network Engineer
4 2 (10.00%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
4 2 (10.00%) Service Delivery Engineer
4 2 (10.00%) Service Delivery Manager
4 2 (10.00%) Service Manager
4 2 (10.00%) Service Support Manager
5 1 (5.00%) Digital Transformation
5 1 (5.00%) Digital Transformation Manager
5 1 (5.00%) Embedded Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) IT Analyst
5 1 (5.00%) Lead
5 1 (5.00%) Senior
5 1 (5.00%) Transformation Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.00%) JSON
1 1 (5.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.00%) Life Science
1 3 (15.00%) Management Information System
1 3 (15.00%) Renewable Energy
2 1 (5.00%) FPGA
2 1 (5.00%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 6 (30.00%) Mac OS
1 6 (30.00%) Windows
2 2 (10.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (55.00%) ITIL
2 10 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (35.00%) Computer Science
3 7 (35.00%) Cybersecurity
3 7 (35.00%) Service Delivery
4 5 (25.00%) Application Rationalisation
4 5 (25.00%) Service Catalogue
4 5 (25.00%) Time Management
5 4 (20.00%) Agile
5 4 (20.00%) Change Management
5 4 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (20.00%) ITSM
5 4 (20.00%) Service Management
6 3 (15.00%) Business Strategy
6 3 (15.00%) Data Management
6 3 (15.00%) Lean Six Sigma
6 3 (15.00%) Operations Management
6 3 (15.00%) Process Improvement
6 3 (15.00%) Six Sigma
6 3 (15.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.00%) C
1 1 (5.00%) C#
1 1 (5.00%) Embedded C
1 1 (5.00%) Java
1 1 (5.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (30.00%) A+ Certification
2 5 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (25.00%) SC Cleared
2 5 (25.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (10.00%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (5.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (5.00%) MCP
4 1 (5.00%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (25.00%) GDPR
2 1 (5.00%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (5.00%) PCI DSS
2 1 (5.00%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (10.00%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (5.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (5.00%) Hyper-V
2 1 (5.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (5.00%) vSphere
2 1 (5.00%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 2 (10.00%) vCenter Server
2 1 (5.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (5.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 11 (55.00%) Microsoft
2 9 (45.00%) ServiceNow
3 6 (30.00%) SAP
4 5 (25.00%) Atlassian
4 5 (25.00%) Cisco
4 5 (25.00%) Salesforce
5 4 (20.00%) CheckPoint
5 4 (20.00%) Palo Alto
6 1 (5.00%) Citrix
6 1 (5.00%) F5
6 1 (5.00%) Google
6 1 (5.00%) Intel
6 1 (5.00%) Oracle
6 1 (5.00%) Siemens
6 1 (5.00%) VMware