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 19 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 20 8 13
Rank change year-on-year -12 +5 +3
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Degree 8 18 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Somerset 4.55% 10.00% 8.60%
As % of the Qualifications category 9.88% 28.57% 21.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 11 11
10th Percentile £219 £188 £200
25th Percentile £342 £288 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £633 £448 £538
Median % change year-on-year +41.34% -16.82% +1.03%
75th Percentile £649 £649 £570
90th Percentile - £700 £603
South West median daily rate £373 £520 £550
% change year-on-year -28.37% -5.45% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £34.20
25th Percentile £57.50 - £38.63
Median hourly rate £65.00 - £46.00
75th Percentile £72.50 - £58.59
90th Percentile - - £66.14
South West median hourly rate £65.00 £70.00 £56.91
% change year-on-year -7.14% +23.00% +10.95%

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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 81 63 74
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Somerset 46.02% 35.00% 39.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 38 45
10th Percentile £221 £196 £273
25th Percentile £473 £401 £538
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £563 £650
Median % change year-on-year +15.56% -13.46% +24.64%
75th Percentile £675 £643 £715
90th Percentile £775 £739 £750
South West median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 3 17
10th Percentile - £44.75 £42.60
25th Percentile - £48.13 £48.32
Median hourly rate £18.51 £57.50 £56.25
Median % change year-on-year -67.81% +2.22% +4.17%
75th Percentile - £64.38 £65.00
90th Percentile £23.08 £66.25 £78.70
South West median hourly rate £25.15 £70.00 £64.15
% change year-on-year -64.07% +9.13% +6.91%

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
Daily Rate Trend in Somerset

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing Degree

Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in Somerset

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Degree in Somerset over the 6 months to 19 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Degree in Somerset

Degree
Hourly Rate Trend in Somerset

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing Degree

Degree
DemandTrendContract 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 19 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Bath -7 5 £633 +2.64% 21
Street 0 1 £195 - 8
Bridgwater -1 1 £250 -44.13% 3
Yeovil - 1 - - 7
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 (50.00%) Confluence
2 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (12.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (62.50%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (12.50%) Azure
2 1 (12.50%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (12.50%) Entra ID
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Purview
2 1 (12.50%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 4 (50.00%) BGP
1 4 (50.00%) DNS
1 4 (50.00%) IPsec
1 4 (50.00%) MPLS
1 4 (50.00%) Unified Communications
1 4 (50.00%) VPN
Development Applications
1 4 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 6 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (25.00%) Finance
4 1 (12.50%) Law
4 1 (12.50%) Legal
4 1 (12.50%) Manufacturing
4 1 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Network Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Project Manager
2 2 (25.00%) Switch Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Telephony Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
3 1 (12.50%) 2nd Line Desktop Support Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) 2nd Line Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) 2nd Line Support
3 1 (12.50%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Desktop Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Desktop Support
3 1 (12.50%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Digital Project Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Lead
3 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Mobile Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Regulatory Change Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Security Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (50.00%) NETCONF
1 4 (50.00%) RESTCONF
Miscellaneous
1 4 (50.00%) PKI
2 1 (12.50%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 2 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Service Management
2 4 (50.00%) Critical Thinking
2 4 (50.00%) Network Virtualisation
2 4 (50.00%) NsoIT
2 4 (50.00%) System Testing
2 4 (50.00%) Validation
3 2 (25.00%) Project Delivery
3 2 (25.00%) Project Management
4 1 (12.50%) Asset Management
4 1 (12.50%) Change Management
4 1 (12.50%) GAP Analysis
4 1 (12.50%) Identity Management
4 1 (12.50%) Investment Management
4 1 (12.50%) ITIL
4 1 (12.50%) Patch Management
4 1 (12.50%) PLM
4 1 (12.50%) Privileged Identity Management
4 1 (12.50%) Project Governance
4 1 (12.50%) Security Architecture
4 1 (12.50%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 4 (50.00%) Python
2 1 (12.50%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (50.00%) CCNP
1 4 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
1 4 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) GDPR
1 1 (12.50%) HIPAA
1 1 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (12.50%) NIST
System Software
1 4 (50.00%) VMware ESXi
1 4 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (25.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (50.00%) Ansible
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) Atlassian
1 4 (50.00%) Cisco
1 4 (50.00%) VMware
2 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (12.50%) SAP