Degree Contracts in the South East

Academic Degree
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 4 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 14 26
Rank change year-on-year -10 +12 -10
Contract jobs citing Degree 224 485 424
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 6.89% 8.48% 7.28%
As % of the Qualifications category 17.22% 19.05% 20.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 136 247 249
10th Percentile £241 £205 £240
25th Percentile £357 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.75% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £588 £608 £638
90th Percentile £644 £638 £759
England median daily rate £500 £500 £550
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 80 39
10th Percentile £22.09 £17.78 £16.25
25th Percentile £32.18 £22.50 £42.50
Median hourly rate £56.75 £57.35 £48.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.05% +19.48% +6.67%
75th Percentile £75.00 £61.30 £63.00
90th Percentile - £65.00 £73.00
England median hourly rate £45.15 £41.50 £48.99
% change year-on-year +8.80% -15.29% +34.22%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South East

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 the South East.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,301 2,546 2,102
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 40.03% 44.53% 36.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 830 1,484 1,338
10th Percentile £262 £352 £305
25th Percentile £406 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £620
90th Percentile £663 £725 £700
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 94 222 127
10th Percentile £18.87 £17.80 £19.10
25th Percentile £24.78 £27.55 £42.50
Median hourly rate £46.90 £57.35 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.22% -4.42% +33.33%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.21 £71.80
90th Percentile £79.16 £87.46 £75.67
England median hourly rate £28.50 £42.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -32.94% -22.73% +32.99%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Degree as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Degree in the South East

Degree
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Degree in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Degree in the South East

Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Degree in the South East over the 6 months to 4 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Degree in the South East

Degree
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Degree in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Degree in the South East

Degree
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Degree in the South East over the 6 months to 4 July 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Degree in the South East

Degree
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Degree within the South East region over the 6 months to 4 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
Thames Valley -12 102 £478 -11.57% 1,700
Berkshire -19 74 £494 -18.35% 1,018
Hampshire -1 53 £515 -17.60% 699
Surrey -5 33 £365 -18.89% 475
Buckinghamshire 0 15 £525 +15.07% 339
West Sussex -11 15 £289 -39.16% 236
Oxfordshire 0 13 £450 +39.95% 353
Kent 0 5 £275 - 232
East Sussex 0 4 - - 176
Home Counties -2 1 £550 +15.79%
Isle of Wight - 1 - - 37
Degree
England

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 16 (7.14%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (4.46%) SharePoint
3 5 (2.23%) Camunda
4 4 (1.79%) Confluence
5 3 (1.34%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.89%) Apache
6 2 (0.89%) CMS
6 2 (0.89%) IIS
6 2 (0.89%) JBoss
6 2 (0.89%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.45%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.45%) Oracle Service Bus
7 1 (0.45%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.45%) SAS
7 1 (0.45%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 19 (8.48%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (7.59%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (5.36%) Microsoft Project
4 9 (4.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (4.02%) MS Visio
5 3 (1.34%) Windchill
6 2 (0.89%) AutoCAD
6 2 (0.89%) CATIA
6 2 (0.89%) Revit
6 2 (0.89%) Trello
7 1 (0.45%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 6 (2.68%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.34%) Teamcenter
3 2 (0.89%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.89%) SAP GRC
3 2 (0.89%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 1 (0.45%) BPCS
4 1 (0.45%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.45%) Maximo
4 1 (0.45%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.45%) Primavera
4 1 (0.45%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.45%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.45%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 38 (16.96%) Azure
2 31 (13.84%) AWS
3 22 (9.82%) Microsoft 365
4 20 (8.93%) GCP
5 16 (7.14%) Power Platform
6 11 (4.91%) PaaS
7 9 (4.02%) Cloud Computing
7 9 (4.02%) IaaS
7 9 (4.02%) SaaS
8 8 (3.57%) Entra ID
8 8 (3.57%) OpenShift
9 6 (2.68%) Azure Sentinel
10 5 (2.23%) GitHub
11 3 (1.34%) AWS KMS
11 3 (1.34%) Azure DevOps
11 3 (1.34%) dbt
11 3 (1.34%) Serverless
11 3 (1.34%) Snowflake
12 2 (0.89%) Amazon ECS
12 2 (0.89%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 25 (11.16%) Firewall
2 16 (7.14%) VPN
3 10 (4.46%) DNS
4 9 (4.02%) DHCP
4 9 (4.02%) Network Security
5 8 (3.57%) SMTP
6 6 (2.68%) Wireless
7 5 (2.23%) VLAN
8 4 (1.79%) 5G
8 4 (1.79%) MPLS
8 4 (1.79%) Radio Access Network
8 4 (1.79%) SSL
8 4 (1.79%) TCP/IP
8 4 (1.79%) VoIP
8 4 (1.79%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (1.34%) 4G
9 3 (1.34%) 802.11
9 3 (1.34%) Internet
9 3 (1.34%) Intrusion Detection
9 3 (1.34%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (6.25%) Big Data
1 14 (6.25%) Power BI
2 10 (4.46%) Amazon RDS
2 10 (4.46%) Data Warehouse
2 10 (4.46%) PostgreSQL
3 9 (4.02%) Relational Database
4 8 (3.57%) Elasticsearch
4 8 (3.57%) Tableau
5 4 (1.79%) Data Lake
5 4 (1.79%) Metadata
5 4 (1.79%) SQL Server
6 3 (1.34%) Amazon Redshift
6 3 (1.34%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.89%) MySQL
8 1 (0.45%) BigQuery
8 1 (0.45%) Couchbase
8 1 (0.45%) EDMS
8 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Analysis Services
8 1 (0.45%) Sisense
8 1 (0.45%) Tableau Desktop
Development Applications
1 20 (8.93%) JIRA
2 17 (7.59%) Jenkins
3 13 (5.80%) Git
4 5 (2.23%) Rational DOORS
4 5 (2.23%) Subversion
5 4 (1.79%) ERwin
5 4 (1.79%) PowerDesigner
6 3 (1.34%) Bitbucket
6 3 (1.34%) GoogleTest
6 3 (1.34%) Selenium
6 3 (1.34%) TestRail
7 2 (0.89%) IntelliJ
7 2 (0.89%) JUnit
7 2 (0.89%) Terragrunt
8 1 (0.45%) Burp Suite
8 1 (0.45%) CMake
8 1 (0.45%) GitLab
8 1 (0.45%) Metasploit
8 1 (0.45%) SoapUI
General
1 113 (50.45%) Social Skills
2 52 (23.21%) Analytical Skills
3 37 (16.52%) Finance
4 16 (7.14%) Manufacturing
4 16 (7.14%) Telecoms
5 15 (6.70%) Public Sector
6 10 (4.46%) Organisational Skills
7 9 (4.02%) Automotive
8 8 (3.57%) Legal
8 8 (3.57%) Presentation Skills
9 7 (3.13%) Aerospace
9 7 (3.13%) Marketing
10 6 (2.68%) Aviation
10 6 (2.68%) Electronics
11 5 (2.23%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (1.34%) Agriculture
12 3 (1.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (1.34%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (0.89%) Pharmaceutical
13 2 (0.89%) Retail
Job Titles
1 20 (8.93%) Architect
1 20 (8.93%) Support Engineer
2 19 (8.48%) Senior
3 15 (6.70%) Analyst
4 13 (5.80%) Project Manager
5 12 (5.36%) Desktop Support
5 12 (5.36%) Lead
6 11 (4.91%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 11 (4.91%) IT Support
7 9 (4.02%) Network Engineer
8 8 (3.57%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 8 (3.57%) 3rd Line Support
8 8 (3.57%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
8 8 (3.57%) Developer
9 7 (3.13%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
9 7 (3.13%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Support
9 7 (3.13%) Infrastructure Support
9 7 (3.13%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
10 6 (2.68%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
10 6 (2.68%) ERP Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (4.91%) Kafka
2 8 (3.57%) REST
2 8 (3.57%) Web Services
3 6 (2.68%) GraphQL
3 6 (2.68%) gRPC
3 6 (2.68%) RabbitMQ
4 3 (1.34%) .NET
4 3 (1.34%) 802.1X
4 3 (1.34%) EDI
5 2 (0.89%) AngularJS
5 2 (0.89%) CSS
5 2 (0.89%) HTML
5 2 (0.89%) Keycloak
5 2 (0.89%) LAMP
5 2 (0.89%) Middleware
5 2 (0.89%) OAuth
5 2 (0.89%) SOAP
5 2 (0.89%) Spring
5 2 (0.89%) Spring Boot
5 2 (0.89%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 20 (8.93%) Management Information System
2 16 (7.14%) Data Centre
3 13 (5.80%) PKI
4 12 (5.36%) Cloud Native
5 9 (4.02%) Product Ownership
6 8 (3.57%) Clustering
7 7 (3.13%) Driving Licence
8 6 (2.68%) Algorithms
8 6 (2.68%) Life Science
8 6 (2.68%) Self-Motivation
9 5 (2.23%) Analytical Mindset
9 5 (2.23%) Renewable Energy
10 4 (1.79%) FPGA
10 4 (1.79%) Onboarding
10 4 (1.79%) PMI
10 4 (1.79%) Public Cloud
11 3 (1.34%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (1.34%) Legacy Systems
12 2 (0.89%) Photography
12 2 (0.89%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 33 (14.73%) Windows
2 21 (9.38%) Linux
3 11 (4.91%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.79%) Mac OS
5 3 (1.34%) Embedded Linux
5 3 (1.34%) Windows 10
5 3 (1.34%) Windows Server 2003
6 2 (0.89%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.89%) Unix
6 2 (0.89%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.89%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.45%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (35.71%) Computer Science
2 70 (31.25%) Problem-Solving
3 58 (25.89%) Agile
4 42 (18.75%) Project Management
5 35 (15.63%) Stakeholder Management
6 33 (14.73%) Migration
7 26 (11.61%) DevOps
7 26 (11.61%) ITIL
7 26 (11.61%) PRINCE2
8 24 (10.71%) CI/CD
8 24 (10.71%) Scrum
9 23 (10.27%) Business Intelligence
9 23 (10.27%) Validation
10 21 (9.38%) Analytics
10 21 (9.38%) Continuous Improvement
10 21 (9.38%) Cybersecurity
11 19 (8.48%) Data Modelling
12 18 (8.04%) Risk Management
13 17 (7.59%) Artificial Intelligence
13 17 (7.59%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 24 (10.71%) SQL
2 18 (8.04%) Python
3 12 (5.36%) Java
3 12 (5.36%) PowerShell
4 7 (3.13%) C++
4 7 (3.13%) Go
5 5 (2.23%) Rust
6 3 (1.34%) C
6 3 (1.34%) C#
6 3 (1.34%) R
7 2 (0.89%) Apex Code
7 2 (0.89%) Bash
7 2 (0.89%) JavaScript
7 2 (0.89%) Kusto Query Language
7 2 (0.89%) PHP
7 2 (0.89%) Scala
8 1 (0.45%) Bicep
8 1 (0.45%) Embedded C
8 1 (0.45%) Ruby
8 1 (0.45%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 64 (28.57%) Computer Science Degree
2 58 (25.89%) Security Cleared
3 42 (18.75%) SC Cleared
4 32 (14.29%) Master's Degree
5 20 (8.93%) PMP
6 19 (8.48%) DV Cleared
7 14 (6.25%) PMI Certification
8 12 (5.36%) Cisco Certification
8 12 (5.36%) CISSP
9 10 (4.46%) CCNP
10 9 (4.02%) CCNA
11 8 (3.57%) Microsoft Certification
12 6 (2.68%) CISM
13 5 (2.23%) ACCA
13 5 (2.23%) AWS Certification
14 4 (1.79%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 4 (1.79%) CIMA
14 4 (1.79%) ISEB
14 4 (1.79%) MCP
15 3 (1.34%) Citrix Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (5.36%) QA
2 9 (4.02%) GDPR
2 9 (4.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (3.57%) Data Quality
4 5 (2.23%) PMO
5 4 (1.79%) GRC
5 4 (1.79%) NIST
6 3 (1.34%) HIPAA
6 3 (1.34%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.89%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.89%) ARP4754
7 2 (0.89%) COSHH
7 2 (0.89%) Def Stans
7 2 (0.89%) NCSC
7 2 (0.89%) OASIS TOSCA
8 1 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.45%) ITGC
8 1 (0.45%) MIL-STD-1553
8 1 (0.45%) NIST 800
System Software
1 26 (11.61%) Active Directory
2 19 (8.48%) Docker
3 13 (5.80%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (4.02%) Hyper-V
5 8 (3.57%) BitLocker
5 8 (3.57%) Microsoft App-V
5 8 (3.57%) Terminal Services
5 8 (3.57%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (1.34%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.45%) Firmware
7 1 (0.45%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.45%) vSphere
7 1 (0.45%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 16 (7.14%) Kubernetes
2 11 (4.91%) Ansible
3 8 (3.57%) Nagios
3 8 (3.57%) Puppet
3 8 (3.57%) vCenter Server
3 8 (3.57%) vMotion
4 7 (3.13%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (2.23%) SCCM
6 2 (0.89%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (0.89%) Amdocs OSS
6 2 (0.89%) CSIRT
6 2 (0.89%) Terraform
7 1 (0.45%) CASB
7 1 (0.45%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.45%) SCOM
7 1 (0.45%) WSUS
Vendors
1 61 (27.23%) Microsoft
2 21 (9.38%) SAP
3 16 (7.14%) Google
4 14 (6.25%) VMware
5 12 (5.36%) Citrix
6 11 (4.91%) Cisco
6 11 (4.91%) ServiceNow
7 10 (4.46%) Salesforce
8 9 (4.02%) HP
9 8 (3.57%) Symantec
10 6 (2.68%) Atlassian
10 6 (2.68%) CA Agile Central
11 5 (2.23%) Oracle
12 4 (1.79%) Aruba
12 4 (1.79%) Meraki
13 3 (1.34%) Ekahau
13 3 (1.34%) Extreme Networks
13 3 (1.34%) Palo Alto
13 3 (1.34%) Splunk
13 3 (1.34%) Thales