Degree Contracts in Shropshire

Academic Degree
West Midlands > Shropshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Shropshire 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 29 27 44
Rank change year-on-year -2 +17 +30
Contract jobs citing Degree 3 2 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Shropshire 2.31% 1.49% 8.77%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.66% 2.22% 17.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 12
10th Percentile £136 - -
25th Percentile £196 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £117 £540
Median % change year-on-year +156.41% -78.33% -5.76%
75th Percentile £401 - £543
90th Percentile £461 - £584
West Midlands median daily rate £292 £519 £475
% change year-on-year -43.71% +9.21% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Shropshire

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 Shropshire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 53 90 86
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Shropshire 40.77% 67.16% 50.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 68 65
10th Percentile £368 £350 £420
25th Percentile £450 £360 £490
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £512 £501 £540
Median % change year-on-year +2.25% -7.27% +8.00%
75th Percentile £538 £536 -
90th Percentile £552 £538 £558
West Midlands median daily rate £498 £450 £528
% change year-on-year +10.56% -14.69% +12.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £52.50
Median hourly rate - £14.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year - -74.55% +323.08%
75th Percentile - - £57.50
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £28.18 £28.50 £19.00
% change year-on-year -1.12% +50.00% +1.33%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Shropshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Degree in Shropshire

Degree
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Shropshire

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

Daily rate trend for Degree in Shropshire

Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in Shropshire

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

Daily rate histogram for Degree in Shropshire

Degree
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Shropshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Degree in Shropshire

Degree
Contract Job Locations in Shropshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Degree within the Shropshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Telford 0 3 £300 +156.41% 100
Degree
West Midlands

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Shropshire 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 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (33.33%) OneDrive
1 1 (33.33%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) VPN
1 1 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Desktop Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Facilitator
1 1 (33.33%) IT Manager
1 1 (33.33%) IT Project Manager
1 1 (33.33%) IT Security Manager
1 1 (33.33%) IT Security Project Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Project Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
1 1 (33.33%) Security Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Security Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Mac OS
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
1 1 (33.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Customer Service
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (33.33%) Data Entry
2 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Scrum
2 1 (33.33%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (33.33%) CISSP
2 1 (33.33%) DBS Check
2 1 (33.33%) MCSE
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (33.33%) PMI Certification
2 1 (33.33%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Apple
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (33.33%) ServiceNow