Degree Contract Job Trends in Plymouth

Academic Degree
Devon > Plymouth

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Plymouth with a requirement for Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 5 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 2 6
Rank change year-on-year -9 +4 +12
Contract jobs citing Degree 3 15 4
As % of all contract jobs in Plymouth 6.25% 25.00% 6.35%
As % of the Qualifications category 12.50% 50.00% 22.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £638 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £110 £550
Median % change year-on-year +513.64% -80.00% -
75th Percentile £713 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Devon median daily rate £335 £110 £463
% change year-on-year +204.55% -76.22% +15.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 9 3
10th Percentile - £35.97 -
25th Percentile - £55.00 £37.50
Median hourly rate - £65.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year - +62.50% -42.86%
75th Percentile - £67.50 £42.50
90th Percentile - £71.50 -
Devon median hourly rate - £65.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year - +62.50% -42.86%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Plymouth

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 Plymouth.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 24 30 18
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Plymouth 50.00% 50.00% 28.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 5 6
10th Percentile £385 - £57
25th Percentile £550 £110 £94
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £155 £298
Median % change year-on-year +335.48% -47.90% -60.33%
75th Percentile £713 £538 £510
90th Percentile £750 £620 £650
Devon median daily rate £290 £600 £570
% change year-on-year -51.67% +5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 15 8
10th Percentile £18.87 £37.75 £32.74
25th Percentile £21.19 £55.63 £37.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £65.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -61.31% +62.50% -27.27%
75th Percentile - £70.00 £59.06
90th Percentile - - £68.25
Devon median hourly rate £25.15 £65.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -61.31% +62.50% -27.27%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Plymouth

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

Degree job vacancy trend in Plymouth

Degree
Daily Rate Trend in Plymouth

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Plymouth citing Degree

Degree
Hourly Rate Trend in Plymouth

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Plymouth citing Degree

Degree
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Plymouth 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (66.67%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) AWS
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) Entra ID
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
General
1 2 (66.67%) Aerospace
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) System Verification Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Systems Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Validation Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Verification Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (33.33%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (33.33%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Collaborative Working
1 2 (66.67%) Requirements Engineering
1 2 (66.67%) Requirements Management
1 2 (66.67%) Systems Engineering
1 2 (66.67%) Systems Thinking
1 2 (66.67%) Validation
1 2 (66.67%) Verification and Validation
1 2 (66.67%) Workload Management
1 2 (66.67%) Workshop Facilitation
2 1 (33.33%) Cloud Security
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (33.33%) Security Architecture
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) NCSC
1 1 (33.33%) NIST
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Oracle
1 2 (66.67%) SAP
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft