Degree Contracts in Somerset

Academic Degree
South West > Somerset

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Somerset with a requirement for Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 2 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 15 8 22
Rank change year-on-year -7 +14 +3
Contract jobs citing Degree 14 25 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Somerset 8.48% 11.11% 3.39%
As % of the Qualifications category 17.72% 28.41% 8.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 9 3
10th Percentile £244 £182 £277
25th Percentile £419 £200 £392
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £616 £448 £587
Median % change year-on-year +37.71% -23.76% +51.48%
75th Percentile £649 £650 £668
90th Percentile £663 £700 £714
South West median daily rate £475 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -9.52% -4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 8 3
10th Percentile - - £35.00
25th Percentile £57.50 - £40.63
Median hourly rate £65.00 £40.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +62.50% -20.00% -14.89%
75th Percentile £72.50 - £60.59
90th Percentile - - £66.94
South West median hourly rate £65.00 £65.25 £64.57
% change year-on-year -0.38% +1.05% +16.51%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Somerset

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 Somerset.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 79 88 71
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Somerset 47.88% 39.11% 40.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 40 56
10th Percentile £225 £199 £356
25th Percentile £466 £404 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £641 £575 £644
Median % change year-on-year +11.52% -10.68% +35.53%
75th Percentile £675 £625 £715
90th Percentile £794 £700 £750
South West median daily rate £550 £550 £579
% change year-on-year - -5.01% +10.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 20 8
10th Percentile - - £35.63
25th Percentile - £25.00 £37.50
Median hourly rate £18.51 £40.00 £50.75
Median % change year-on-year -53.73% -21.18% -6.88%
75th Percentile - - £62.89
90th Percentile £20.01 £48.88 £76.82
South West median hourly rate £31.13 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -52.12% - +6.69%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

Job vacancy trend for Degree in Somerset

Degree
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Somerset

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

Daily rate trend for Degree in Somerset

Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in Somerset

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Degree in Somerset over the 6 months to 2 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Degree in Somerset

Degree
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Somerset

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

Hourly rate trend for Degree in Somerset

Degree
Contract Job Locations in Somerset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Degree within the Somerset region over the 6 months to 2 July 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
Bath -5 7 £633 +5.42% 180
Street -1 4 £438 +124.36% 19
Bridgwater +1 2 £425 -13.22% 13
Yeovil -2 1 - - 8
Degree
South West

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Somerset 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 4 (28.57%) Confluence
2 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (14.29%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (35.71%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (7.14%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (7.14%) Salesforce CRM
1 1 (7.14%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 3 (21.43%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (7.14%) Azure
2 1 (7.14%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (7.14%) Entra ID
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Purview
2 1 (7.14%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 4 (28.57%) BGP
1 4 (28.57%) DNS
1 4 (28.57%) IPsec
1 4 (28.57%) MPLS
1 4 (28.57%) Unified Communications
1 4 (28.57%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.14%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 4 (28.57%) JIRA
General
1 9 (64.29%) Social Skills
2 5 (35.71%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (21.43%) Finance
4 2 (14.29%) Legal
4 2 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (7.14%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (7.14%) Law
5 1 (7.14%) Manufacturing
5 1 (7.14%) Military
5 1 (7.14%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (28.57%) Network Engineer
2 3 (21.43%) Change Manager
2 3 (21.43%) Delivery Manager
3 2 (14.29%) Project Manager
3 2 (14.29%) Switch Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Telephony Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
4 1 (7.14%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) 2nd Line Support
4 1 (7.14%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Business Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Desktop Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Desktop Support
4 1 (7.14%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Digital Project Manager
4 1 (7.14%) DV Cleared Business Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Mobile Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Security Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (28.57%) NETCONF
1 4 (28.57%) RESTCONF
Miscellaneous
1 4 (28.57%) PKI
2 1 (7.14%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (7.14%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (50.00%) Validation
2 5 (35.71%) Change Management
2 5 (35.71%) Project Management
2 5 (35.71%) Service Management
3 4 (28.57%) Critical Thinking
3 4 (28.57%) ITIL
3 4 (28.57%) Network Virtualisation
3 4 (28.57%) NsoIT
3 4 (28.57%) System Testing
4 2 (14.29%) Business Case
4 2 (14.29%) Project Delivery
5 1 (7.14%) Active Listening
5 1 (7.14%) Business Process Modelling
5 1 (7.14%) Contract Negotiation
5 1 (7.14%) Decision-Making
5 1 (7.14%) Privileged Identity Management
5 1 (7.14%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (7.14%) Service Design
5 1 (7.14%) Systems Engineering
5 1 (7.14%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 4 (28.57%) Python
2 1 (7.14%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (42.86%) Security Cleared
2 5 (35.71%) SC Cleared
3 4 (28.57%) CCNP
3 4 (28.57%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (14.29%) DV Cleared
4 2 (14.29%) Master's Degree
5 1 (7.14%) IIBA
5 1 (7.14%) MBA
5 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.14%) GDPR
1 1 (7.14%) HIPAA
1 1 (7.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (7.14%) NIST
1 1 (7.14%) QA
System Software
1 4 (28.57%) VMware ESXi
1 4 (28.57%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (14.29%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (28.57%) Ansible
Vendors
1 6 (42.86%) Cisco
2 4 (28.57%) Atlassian
2 4 (28.57%) VMware
3 3 (21.43%) Microsoft
4 1 (7.14%) Oracle
4 1 (7.14%) Salesforce
4 1 (7.14%) SAP