Degree Contracts in Reading

Academic Degree
Berkshire > Reading

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Reading with a requirement for Degree qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 14 23 18
Rank change year-on-year +9 -5 -3
Contract jobs citing Degree 126 80 114
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 10.63% 7.74% 8.41%
As % of the Qualifications category 24.05% 24.17% 35.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 67 33 55
10th Percentile - £352 £271
25th Percentile £205 £400 £379
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £471
Median % change year-on-year - +6.27% +4.56%
75th Percentile £608 £638 £584
90th Percentile - £675 £640
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £481 £450
% change year-on-year +4.00% +6.84% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 1
10th Percentile £27.08 £71.14 -
25th Percentile £41.30 £72.84 £9.75
Median hourly rate £65.00 £75.69 £10.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.12% +656.85% -61.19%
75th Percentile £81.51 £78.53 £10.25
90th Percentile £91.42 £80.23 -
Berkshire median hourly rate £42.50 £64.38 £53.00
% change year-on-year -33.98% +21.46% +24.71%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Reading

Degree is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Reading with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 524 331 323
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 44.22% 32.01% 23.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 269 211 212
10th Percentile £205 £363 £313
25th Percentile £430 £463 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £570 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +14.00% +6.38%
75th Percentile £663 £680 £618
90th Percentile £716 £725 £675
Berkshire median daily rate £550 £550 £489
% change year-on-year - +12.53% +5.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 15 1
10th Percentile £44.10 £56.76 -
25th Percentile £55.41 £63.14 £9.75
Median hourly rate £62.07 £66.00 £10.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.95% +560.00% -77.01%
75th Percentile £86.10 £76.99 £10.25
90th Percentile £87.53 £79.19 -
Berkshire median hourly rate £61.60 £65.00 £21.05
% change year-on-year -5.23% +208.79% -

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Degree in Reading

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

Daily rate trend for Degree in Reading

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Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Degree in Reading over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Degree in Reading

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

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

Hourly rate trend for Degree in Reading

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Hourly Rate Histogram in Reading

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Degree in Reading over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Degree in Reading

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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 17 (13.49%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (5.56%) SAS
3 6 (4.76%) SharePoint
4 3 (2.38%) Confluence
5 2 (1.59%) CMS
6 1 (0.79%) Moodle
Applications
1 33 (26.19%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (7.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.59%) Adobe Illustrator
4 2 (1.59%) MS Visio
4 2 (1.59%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.79%) 3ds Max
5 1 (0.79%) Blender
Business Applications
1 4 (3.17%) Oracle EBS
1 4 (3.17%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 39 (30.95%) Azure
2 16 (12.70%) Entra ID
2 16 (12.70%) Microsoft 365
2 16 (12.70%) Snowflake
3 15 (11.90%) Azure Monitor
3 15 (11.90%) Azure Storage
4 13 (10.32%) OCI
5 6 (4.76%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (2.38%) AWS
7 2 (1.59%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.79%) Adobe Creative Cloud
8 1 (0.79%) Azure Data Factory
8 1 (0.79%) Azure Functions
8 1 (0.79%) IaaS
8 1 (0.79%) NuGet
8 1 (0.79%) PaaS
8 1 (0.79%) Power Platform
8 1 (0.79%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 33 (26.19%) DNS
2 32 (25.40%) Firewall
3 28 (22.22%) DHCP
4 19 (15.08%) LAN
5 13 (10.32%) SAN
6 5 (3.97%) 3G
6 5 (3.97%) 4G
6 5 (3.97%) Radio Access Network
7 4 (3.17%) 5G
7 4 (3.17%) Diameter Protocol
7 4 (3.17%) GGSN
7 4 (3.17%) LTE
7 4 (3.17%) RANAP
7 4 (3.17%) SGSN
7 4 (3.17%) VoLTE
7 4 (3.17%) Wireshark
8 2 (1.59%) Intranet
8 2 (1.59%) Network Security
9 1 (0.79%) Internet
9 1 (0.79%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (12.70%) Tableau
2 7 (5.56%) Crystal Reports
3 1 (0.79%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.79%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.79%) Power BI
3 1 (0.79%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (3.17%) JIRA
2 2 (1.59%) Git
3 1 (0.79%) CMake
3 1 (0.79%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (0.79%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 83 (65.87%) Social Skills
2 35 (27.78%) Telecoms
3 24 (19.05%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (18.25%) Organisational Skills
5 22 (17.46%) Finance
6 12 (9.52%) Legal
6 12 (9.52%) Presentation Skills
7 11 (8.73%) Mandarin Language
8 8 (6.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (3.97%) Marketing
10 4 (3.17%) Multimedia
11 2 (1.59%) Electronics
11 2 (1.59%) French Language
11 2 (1.59%) German Language
11 2 (1.59%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (1.59%) Public Sector
12 1 (0.79%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.79%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 26 (20.63%) Analyst
2 18 (14.29%) Hardware Engineer
3 15 (11.90%) Active Directory Support
3 15 (11.90%) Lead
4 14 (11.11%) Active Directory Specialist
4 14 (11.11%) Azure Specialist
4 14 (11.11%) Support Specialist
5 13 (10.32%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 9 (7.14%) Storage Engineer
7 8 (6.35%) Developer
8 7 (5.56%) IFS Developer
9 6 (4.76%) HR Assistant
10 5 (3.97%) Break Fix Engineer
10 5 (3.97%) Business Analyst
11 4 (3.17%) QA Analyst
11 4 (3.17%) QA Test Analyst
11 4 (3.17%) Report Developer
11 4 (3.17%) Support Engineer
11 4 (3.17%) Test Analyst
12 3 (2.38%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (12.70%) ARM Templates
2 2 (1.59%) Flash
2 2 (1.59%) HTML
2 2 (1.59%) XML
2 2 (1.59%) YAML
3 1 (0.79%) CNTK
3 1 (0.79%) CSS
3 1 (0.79%) JSON
3 1 (0.79%) OpenVINO
3 1 (0.79%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (0.79%) PyTorch
3 1 (0.79%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 18 (14.29%) Driving Licence
2 17 (13.49%) Self-Motivation
3 15 (11.90%) PKI
4 13 (10.32%) Data Centre
5 10 (7.94%) Credit Risk
6 2 (1.59%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (1.59%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.59%) Renewable Energy
6 2 (1.59%) Social Media
6 2 (1.59%) Solar Power
7 1 (0.79%) Algorithms
7 1 (0.79%) Animation
7 1 (0.79%) Digital Media
7 1 (0.79%) Enterprise Cloud
7 1 (0.79%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.79%) Graphic Design
7 1 (0.79%) IoT
7 1 (0.79%) Legacy Applications
7 1 (0.79%) NHS
7 1 (0.79%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 52 (41.27%) Windows
2 31 (24.60%) Linux
2 31 (24.60%) Windows 10
2 31 (24.60%) Windows Server
3 28 (22.22%) Windows Server 2016
3 28 (22.22%) Windows Server 2019
4 18 (14.29%) Windows 7
5 13 (10.32%) Windows Server 2012
5 13 (10.32%) Windows XP
6 1 (0.79%) Android
6 1 (0.79%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (47.62%) Problem-Solving
2 48 (38.10%) ITIL
3 39 (30.95%) Analytics
4 28 (22.22%) Project Management
5 26 (20.63%) Agile
6 22 (17.46%) DevOps
7 21 (16.67%) Customer Service
8 19 (15.08%) Service Delivery
9 18 (14.29%) Customer Requirements
9 18 (14.29%) Infrastructure as Code
9 18 (14.29%) Software Deployment
9 18 (14.29%) Software Testing
10 17 (13.49%) CI/CD
11 16 (12.70%) Actionable Insight
11 16 (12.70%) Decision-Making
11 16 (12.70%) RBAC
11 16 (12.70%) Service Management
12 15 (11.90%) Identity Management
12 15 (11.90%) Multi-Factor Authentication
12 15 (11.90%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 31 (24.60%) PowerShell
2 16 (12.70%) C#
3 15 (11.90%) Bicep
3 15 (11.90%) VB
3 15 (11.90%) VBScript
4 10 (7.94%) SQL
5 3 (2.38%) Python
6 2 (1.59%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.79%) C++
7 1 (0.79%) F#
7 1 (0.79%) Java
Qualifications
1 49 (38.89%) Security Cleared
2 48 (38.10%) DV Cleared
3 29 (23.02%) SC Cleared
4 16 (12.70%) Cisco Certification
5 15 (11.90%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 13 (10.32%) CCNA
6 13 (10.32%) CCNP
7 9 (7.14%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (3.97%) CIPD
8 5 (3.97%) PMI Certification
8 5 (3.97%) PMP
9 4 (3.17%) CISSP
10 3 (2.38%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 3 (2.38%) CISA
10 3 (2.38%) CISM
10 3 (2.38%) CISMP
10 3 (2.38%) CRISC
11 1 (0.79%) CEH
11 1 (0.79%) CSPO
11 1 (0.79%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (7.14%) QA
2 3 (2.38%) COBIT
2 3 (2.38%) GRC
2 3 (2.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (2.38%) NIST
3 2 (1.59%) PMO
4 1 (0.79%) GDPR
System Software
1 30 (23.81%) Active Directory
2 18 (14.29%) Firmware
3 15 (11.90%) Virtual Desktop
3 15 (11.90%) Virtual Machines
4 14 (11.11%) Hyper-V
4 14 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
5 13 (10.32%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (1.59%) Docker
Systems Management
1 47 (37.30%) SCCM
2 29 (23.02%) SCOM
3 28 (22.22%) WSUS
4 16 (12.70%) Kubernetes
5 15 (11.90%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 15 (11.90%) Microsoft Intune
6 14 (11.11%) EMC NetWorker
7 13 (10.32%) NetBackup
7 13 (10.32%) vCenter Server
8 2 (1.59%) Terraform
9 1 (0.79%) Ansible
Vendors
1 58 (46.03%) Microsoft
2 31 (24.60%) HP
3 19 (15.08%) Oracle
4 16 (12.70%) Alteryx
4 16 (12.70%) Juniper
5 15 (11.90%) VMware
6 14 (11.11%) Cisco
6 14 (11.11%) EMC
6 14 (11.11%) Palo Alto
7 13 (10.32%) 3PAR
7 13 (10.32%) Dell
7 13 (10.32%) Extreme Networks
7 13 (10.32%) Symantec
7 13 (10.32%) Veeam
8 7 (5.56%) IFS
9 4 (3.17%) Empirix
9 4 (3.17%) NetScout
10 2 (1.59%) Remedy
10 2 (1.59%) SAP
10 2 (1.59%) ServiceNow