Degree Contract Job Trends in Slough

Academic Degree
Berkshire > Slough

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Slough with a requirement for Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 18 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 5 6 9
Rank change year-on-year +1 +3 0
Contract jobs citing Degree 11 7 9
As % of all contract jobs in Slough 18.33% 9.72% 10.47%
As % of the Qualifications category 57.89% 31.82% 31.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 6 4
10th Percentile £356 £178 £484
25th Percentile - £212 £534
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £315 £575
Median % change year-on-year +58.73% -45.22% +64.29%
75th Percentile - £557 £588
90th Percentile £575 £641 -
Berkshire median daily rate £450 £500 £382
% change year-on-year -10.00% +31.06% -22.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 0
Median hourly rate £20.79 - -
Berkshire median hourly rate £20.79 £42.50 £68.63
% change year-on-year -51.08% -38.07% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Slough

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 Slough.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 19 22 29
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Slough 31.67% 30.56% 33.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 12 24
10th Percentile £229 £182 -
25th Percentile £421 £291 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £408 £430
Median % change year-on-year +22.70% -5.23% +15.44%
75th Percentile £511 £546 £588
90th Percentile £545 £644 £650
Berkshire median daily rate £479 £571 £500
% change year-on-year -16.16% +14.20% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile £19.83 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £20.79 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median hourly rate £65.00 £61.50 £63.00
% change year-on-year +5.70% -2.39% +168.09%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Slough

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

Degree job vacancy trend in Slough

Degree
Daily Rate Trend in Slough

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Slough citing Degree

Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in Slough

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Degree in Slough over the 6 months to 18 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Degree in Slough

Degree
Hourly Rate Trend in Slough

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Slough citing Degree

Degree
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Slough 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:

Applications
1 5 (45.45%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (36.36%) Microsoft Project
Development Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Appium
1 1 (9.09%) Cypress.io
1 1 (9.09%) Selenium
General
1 5 (45.45%) Manufacturing
2 4 (36.36%) Finance
3 2 (18.18%) Social Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Advertising
4 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Law
4 1 (9.09%) Legal
Job Titles
1 5 (45.45%) Analyst
1 5 (45.45%) IT Analyst
1 5 (45.45%) IT Support
1 5 (45.45%) IT Support Analyst
1 5 (45.45%) Support Analyst
2 4 (36.36%) Data Centre Manager
2 4 (36.36%) Data Centre Project Manager
2 4 (36.36%) Project Manager
3 2 (18.18%) Engineering Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Consultant
4 1 (9.09%) HR Consultant
4 1 (9.09%) PRINCE2 Project Manager
4 1 (9.09%) QA Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) WebdriverIO
Miscellaneous
1 5 (45.45%) Management Information System
2 4 (36.36%) Data Centre
2 4 (36.36%) Virtual Team
3 1 (9.09%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 5 (45.45%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (81.82%) Change Management
1 9 (81.82%) Project Management
2 6 (54.55%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (54.55%) Root Cause Analysis
3 5 (45.45%) Continuous Improvement
3 5 (45.45%) Cybersecurity
3 5 (45.45%) Data Protection
3 5 (45.45%) Information Security
3 5 (45.45%) ITIL
3 5 (45.45%) ITSM
3 5 (45.45%) Matrix Organization
3 5 (45.45%) Problem Management
3 5 (45.45%) Service Management
4 4 (36.36%) Budget Management
4 4 (36.36%) Business Case
4 4 (36.36%) Line Management
4 4 (36.36%) Matrix Management
4 4 (36.36%) PRINCE
4 4 (36.36%) PRINCE2
4 4 (36.36%) Virtual Team Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.09%) Java
1 1 (9.09%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 5 (45.45%) A+ Certification
2 1 (9.09%) CIPD
2 1 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (9.09%) ISTQB
2 1 (9.09%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
2 1 (9.09%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (36.36%) PMO
2 1 (9.09%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (45.45%) Microsoft