Degree Contracts in the South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for Degree qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 3 months to 23 June 2017 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Academic Degree England / South East
Location	3 months to 23 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	35	31	36
Rank change year-on-year	-4	+5
Contract jobs citing Degree	417	519	439
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East	5.39%	5.79%	4.64%
As % of the Qualifications category	22.32%	20.55%	18.62%
Number of daily rates quoted	235	296	212
Median daily rate	£400	£400	£380
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	-	+5.26%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£219	£239	£222
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£525	£550	£524
UK excluding London median daily rate	£400	£375	£375
% change year-on-year	+6.66%	-
Number of hourly rates quoted	27	28	27
Median hourly rate	£22.52	£45.00	£40.00
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	-49.95%	+12.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than	£14.40	£22.50	£15.10
10% offered a hourly rate of more than	£55.80	£50.73	£49.70
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£32.00	£36.00	£34.00
% change year-on-year	-11.11%	+5.88%

Degree is in the academic qualifications and professional certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all academic qualifications and professional certifications cited in contract job vacancies advertised in the South East.

Academic & Professional Certification South East
Contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications	1868	2526	2358
As % of all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the South East	24.13%	28.19%	24.94%
Number of daily rates quoted	1029	1477	1309
Median daily rate	£407	£400	£388
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	+1.75%	+3.22%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£269	£288	£260
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£525	£525	£500
UK excluding London median daily rate	£400	£375	£375
% change year-on-year	+6.66%	-
Number of hourly rates quoted	126	97	124
Median hourly rate	£18.00	£25.00	£21.55
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	-28.00%	+16.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than	£12.00	£12.50	£14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than	£45.00	£57.50	£45.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£33.00	£30.10	£24.12
% change year-on-year	+9.62%	+24.80%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

The job posting trend of jobs advertised in the South East citing Degree as a proportion of all contract or permanent IT jobs with a match in the Qualifications category.

Job vacancy trend for Degree in the South East

Degree
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract jobs citing Degree in the South East.

Contractor daily rate trend for Degree in the South East

Degree
Contractor Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

The daily rate distribution of IT jobs citing Degree in the South East over the 3 months to 23 June 2017.

Contractor daily rate histogram for Degree in the South East

Degree
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for contractor hourly rates quoted in IT jobs citing Degree in the South East.

Contractor hourly rate trend for Degree in the South East

Degree
Contractor Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

The hourly rate distribution of IT jobs citing Degree in the South East over the 3 months to 23 June 2017.

Contractor 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 3 months to 23 June 2017. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Median Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
Berkshire	-1	121	£363	-3.33%	64
Hampshire	+10	100	£450	+7.14%	51
Surrey	-3	74	£389	-15.87%	57
West Sussex	+3	40	£385	+8.45%	22
Buckinghamshire	-16	27	£420	-9.67%	14
Oxfordshire	-20	27	£450	+5.88%	45
Kent	-17	12	£145	-66.66%	11
East Sussex	-11	7	£300	-14.28%	9
Middlesex	+13	4	£385	-	1
Sussex	-	3	£450	-	1
Degree England

Degree
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in the South East

For the 6 months to 23 June 2017, IT contractor jobs citing Degree also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all contract ads across the South East region with a requirement for Degree.

1	245 (27.40%)	Finance
2	228 (25.50%)	Agile Software Development
3	183 (20.47%)	Computer Science
4	160 (17.90%)	Analytical Skills
5	152 (17.00%)	ITIL
6	144 (16.11%)	Oracle
7	137 (15.32%)	SQL
8	133 (14.88%)	Project Management
9	128 (14.32%)	Telecoms
10	124 (13.87%)	Microsoft
11	119 (13.31%)	Computer Science Degree
12	101 (11.30%)	Security Cleared
13	94 (10.51%)	Linux
14	89 (9.96%)	HTML
15	86 (9.62%)	JavaScript

16	84 (9.40%)	Java
17	82 (9.17%)	Python
17	82 (9.17%)	SDLC
18	80 (8.95%)	Unix
19	79 (8.84%)	Scrum
20	78 (8.72%)	Stakeholder Management
21	76 (8.50%)	Management Information System
21	76 (8.50%)	Microsoft Excel
22	75 (8.39%)	Microsoft Office
22	75 (8.39%)	Business Analysis
23	74 (8.28%)	QA
24	70 (7.83%)	Windows
24	70 (7.83%)	HP
25	66 (7.38%)	Git (software)
26	65 (7.27%)	SC Cleared

Degree
Co-occurring IT Skills in the South East by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Applications
Business Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Job Titles
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	40 (4.47%)	Apache
2	38 (4.25%)	SharePoint
3	19 (2.13%)	Tomcat
4	17 (1.90%)	WebLogic
5	15 (1.68%)	nginx
6	14 (1.57%)	SAS
7	12 (1.34%)	CMS
7	12 (1.34%)	IIS
8	11 (1.23%)	Confluence
8	11 (1.23%)	JBoss
9	10 (1.12%)	Apache Spark
10	8 (0.89%)	Documentum
11	7 (0.78%)	BizTalk Server
11	7 (0.78%)	SharePoint 2013
12	6 (0.67%)	IBM HTTP Server
12	6 (0.67%)	Oracle SOA Suite
13	5 (0.56%)	SharePoint 2010
13	5 (0.56%)	SharePoint Server
13	5 (0.56%)	WebSphere
14	4 (0.45%)	OpenStack

Applications
1	76 (8.50%)	Microsoft Excel
2	75 (8.39%)	Microsoft Office
3	44 (4.92%)	Microsoft PowerPoint
4	38 (4.25%)	MS Visio
5	30 (3.36%)	Microsoft Project
6	28 (3.13%)	Photoshop
7	7 (0.78%)	Spreadsheet
8	3 (0.34%)	Adobe Creative Suite
8	3 (0.34%)	Adobe Illustrator
8	3 (0.34%)	OrCAD
9	1 (0.11%)	CATIA
9	1 (0.11%)	Solid Edge
9	1 (0.11%)	Stata

Business Applications
1	13 (1.45%)	Dynamics CRM
2	8 (0.89%)	Maximo
2	8 (0.89%)	Remedy ITSM
3	6 (0.67%)	Oracle Receivables
4	5 (0.56%)	Oracle ERP
5	4 (0.45%)	SAP ERP
5	4 (0.45%)	SAP S/4HANA
6	3 (0.34%)	Oracle EBS R12
6	3 (0.34%)	Oracle FAH
6	3 (0.34%)	Oracle Payables
6	3 (0.34%)	Oracle TCA
6	3 (0.34%)	Staffware
7	2 (0.22%)	Dynamics GP
7	2 (0.22%)	Eloqua
7	2 (0.22%)	SAP Oil and Gas
8	1 (0.11%)	Adobe Campaign
8	1 (0.11%)	Oracle Retail
8	1 (0.11%)	Salesforce.com CRM
8	1 (0.11%)	SAP Hybris
8	1 (0.11%)	Scribe Insight

Cloud Services
1	34 (3.80%)	Amazon AWS
2	28 (3.13%)	Microsoft Azure
3	19 (2.13%)	Cloud Computing
4	9 (1.01%)	Office 365
4	9 (1.01%)	PaaS
4	9 (1.01%)	SaaS
5	8 (0.89%)	GitHub
6	7 (0.78%)	SuccessFactors
7	5 (0.56%)	IaaS
8	4 (0.45%)	Adobe Analytics
9	3 (0.34%)	Google Analytics
10	2 (0.22%)	Azure Active Directory
10	2 (0.22%)	Boomi
10	2 (0.22%)	IBM Cloud
10	2 (0.22%)	iPaaS
10	2 (0.22%)	OpenShift
10	2 (0.22%)	SoftLayer
11	1 (0.11%)	Dynamics 365
11	1 (0.11%)	Mimecast
11	1 (0.11%)	Salesforce Service Cloud

Communications & Networking
1	46 (5.15%)	Firewall
2	39 (4.36%)	WAN
3	38 (4.25%)	Wireless
4	35 (3.91%)	LAN
5	29 (3.24%)	LTE
6	23 (2.57%)	Internet
7	20 (2.24%)	DNS
8	19 (2.13%)	4G
8	19 (2.13%)	BIG-IP
9	17 (1.90%)	GSM
10	14 (1.57%)	LDAP
10	14 (1.57%)	SAN
11	13 (1.45%)	3G
12	11 (1.23%)	DHCP
12	11 (1.23%)	HSPA
12	11 (1.23%)	MVNO
12	11 (1.23%)	NAS
12	11 (1.23%)	Radio Access Network
12	11 (1.23%)	VPN
12	11 (1.23%)	WCDMA

Database & Business Intelligence
1	59 (6.60%)	Relational Database
2	55 (6.15%)	SQL Server
3	36 (4.03%)	Oracle Database
4	23 (2.57%)	Big Data
5	17 (1.90%)	Data Warehouse
5	17 (1.90%)	NoSQL
5	17 (1.90%)	RDBMS
6	12 (1.34%)	SAP HANA
6	12 (1.34%)	SQLPlus
7	11 (1.23%)	GIS
7	11 (1.23%)	SQL Server Integration Services
8	10 (1.12%)	QlikView
8	10 (1.12%)	SQL Server Reporting Services
9	9 (1.01%)	Hadoop
10	8 (0.89%)	Redis
11	7 (0.78%)	MongoDB
11	7 (0.78%)	Oracle Reports
12	6 (0.67%)	Geospatial Data
12	6 (0.67%)	MS Access
12	6 (0.67%)	PostgreSQL

Development Applications
1	66 (7.38%)	Git (software)
2	43 (4.81%)	JIRA
3	40 (4.47%)	Jenkins
4	28 (3.13%)	Subversion
5	26 (2.91%)	Rational DOORS
6	16 (1.79%)	Team Foundation Server
7	15 (1.68%)	ProC
8	10 (1.12%)	Android Studio
8	10 (1.12%)	Visual Studio
8	10 (1.12%)	Xcode
9	9 (1.01%)	Gradle
10	8 (0.89%)	Dreamweaver
10	8 (0.89%)	Maven
11	7 (0.78%)	Protractor
11	7 (0.78%)	Selenium
12	6 (0.67%)	Atlassian Bamboo
12	6 (0.67%)	Eclipse
13	5 (0.56%)	Ant
13	5 (0.56%)	Sonatype Nexus
13	5 (0.56%)	WebDriver

General
1	245 (27.40%)	Finance
2	128 (14.32%)	Telecoms
3	58 (6.49%)	Marketing
4	39 (4.36%)	Retail
5	30 (3.36%)	Banking
5	30 (3.36%)	Publishing
6	24 (2.68%)	Billing
7	20 (2.24%)	Electronics
7	20 (2.24%)	Legal
8	17 (1.90%)	Manufacturing
9	16 (1.79%)	Mandarin Language
10	14 (1.57%)	Pharmaceutical
11	12 (1.34%)	Automotive
11	12 (1.34%)	Law
12	8 (0.89%)	German Language
13	7 (0.78%)	Advertising
13	7 (0.78%)	Back Office
13	7 (0.78%)	Military
14	6 (0.67%)	Aerospace
14	6 (0.67%)	Games

Job Titles
1	179 (20.02%)	Analyst
2	120 (13.42%)	Developer
3	82 (9.17%)	Architect
4	49 (5.48%)	Project Manager
5	48 (5.37%)	Business Analyst
6	39 (4.36%)	Consultant
7	28 (3.13%)	Systems Analyst
8	26 (2.91%)	JavaScript Developer
9	25 (2.80%)	Oracle Analyst
9	25 (2.80%)	Systems Engineer
9	25 (2.80%)	Web Developer
10	24 (2.68%)	Network Engineer
11	22 (2.46%)	Front End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
11	22 (2.46%)	Pensions Analyst
12	19 (2.13%)	Designer
12	19 (2.13%)	Front End Web Developer (Client-Side Developer)
12	19 (2.13%)	HTML Developer
12	19 (2.13%)	Insurance Systems Analyst
12	19 (2.13%)	IT Manager
13	18 (2.01%)	Java Developer

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	89 (9.96%)	HTML
2	53 (5.93%)	CSS
2	53 (5.93%)	Web Services
3	50 (5.59%)	HTML5
4	49 (5.48%)	XML
5	42 (4.70%)	jQuery
6	38 (4.25%)	.NET
7	35 (3.91%)	AngularJS
8	25 (2.80%)	CSS3
9	23 (2.57%)	REST
10	21 (2.35%)	Sass
11	20 (2.24%)	Ajax
11	20 (2.24%)	React
12	19 (2.13%)	Django
13	17 (1.90%)	Node.js
14	15 (1.68%)	J2EE
15	14 (1.57%)	ASP.NET
15	14 (1.57%)	Spring
16	13 (1.45%)	JSON
17	12 (1.34%)	SOAP

Miscellaneous
1	183 (20.47%)	Computer Science
2	160 (17.90%)	Analytical Skills
3	76 (8.50%)	Management Information System
4	47 (5.26%)	User Experience
5	29 (3.24%)	Data Centre
6	20 (2.24%)	Virtual Team
7	17 (1.90%)	Mobile App
8	12 (1.34%)	Algorithms
8	12 (1.34%)	Data Structures
9	11 (1.23%)	Linux Command Line
10	10 (1.12%)	Public Cloud
10	10 (1.12%)	Social Media
11	8 (0.89%)	NHS
12	7 (0.78%)	MPEG
13	6 (0.67%)	CESG
13	6 (0.67%)	Clustering
13	6 (0.67%)	Credit Risk
13	6 (0.67%)	PMI
13	6 (0.67%)	W3C
13	6 (0.67%)	Web 2.0

Operating Systems
1	94 (10.51%)	Linux
2	80 (8.95%)	Unix
3	70 (7.83%)	Windows
4	24 (2.68%)	Android
5	20 (2.24%)	AIX
6	16 (1.79%)	Solaris
6	16 (1.79%)	Windows Server
7	13 (1.45%)	CentOS
8	11 (1.23%)	Apple iOS
8	11 (1.23%)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9	10 (1.12%)	Windows Server 2008
10	8 (0.89%)	Windows 7
11	6 (0.67%)	Windows 10
11	6 (0.67%)	Windows Server 2012
12	4 (0.45%)	Mac OS X
12	4 (0.45%)	Windows Server 2003
13	3 (0.34%)	SUSE
13	3 (0.34%)	zOS
14	2 (0.22%)	Ubuntu
15	1 (0.11%)	Windows 2000 Server

Processes & Methodologies
1	228 (25.50%)	Agile Software Development
2	152 (17.00%)	ITIL
3	133 (14.88%)	Project Management
4	82 (9.17%)	SDLC
5	79 (8.84%)	Scrum
6	78 (8.72%)	Stakeholder Management
7	75 (8.39%)	Business Analysis
8	64 (7.16%)	Service Management
9	59 (6.60%)	Mathematics
10	58 (6.49%)	Continuous Improvement
11	52 (5.82%)	Analytics
12	50 (5.59%)	Configuration Management
12	50 (5.59%)	PRINCE2
13	49 (5.48%)	DevOps
14	48 (5.37%)	TDD
14	48 (5.37%)	Waterfall
15	47 (5.26%)	Coaching
15	47 (5.26%)	Data Analysis
16	46 (5.15%)	Change Management
16	46 (5.15%)	Mentoring

Programming Languages
1	137 (15.32%)	SQL
2	86 (9.62%)	JavaScript
3	84 (9.40%)	Java
4	82 (9.17%)	Python
5	59 (6.60%)	C
6	52 (5.82%)	C#
7	36 (4.03%)	C++
8	30 (3.36%)	Shell Script
9	28 (3.13%)	Perl
10	27 (3.02%)	PHP
11	15 (1.68%)	PowerShell
12	14 (1.57%)	Apple Swift
12	14 (1.57%)	PL/SQL
13	13 (1.45%)	Ruby
14	10 (1.12%)	Objective-C
15	8 (0.89%)	T-SQL
16	7 (0.78%)	Assembly Language
16	7 (0.78%)	AWK
16	7 (0.78%)	Korn
16	7 (0.78%)	VBA

Qualifications
1	119 (13.31%)	Computer Science Degree
2	101 (11.30%)	Security Cleared
3	65 (7.27%)	SC Cleared
4	40 (4.47%)	Cisco Certification
5	32 (3.58%)	Master's Degree
6	31 (3.47%)	CCNP
6	31 (3.47%)	PMI Certification
7	28 (3.13%)	Numerate Degree
8	24 (2.68%)	Microsoft Certification
8	24 (2.68%)	PMP
9	21 (2.35%)	CCDP
10	20 (2.24%)	CCSA
10	20 (2.24%)	CCSE
11	19 (2.13%)	CCIE
11	19 (2.13%)	CCIP
11	19 (2.13%)	JNCIA
11	19 (2.13%)	JNCIE
12	18 (2.01%)	HP ASE
12	18 (2.01%)	HP MASE
12	18 (2.01%)	ISEB

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	74 (8.28%)	QA
2	34 (3.80%)	PMO
3	22 (2.46%)	SLA
4	17 (1.90%)	ISO/IEC 27001
5	14 (1.57%)	PCI DSS
6	12 (1.34%)	COBIT
7	10 (1.12%)	GDPR
8	8 (0.89%)	Data Quality
9	6 (0.67%)	Basel II
9	6 (0.67%)	IFRS
9	6 (0.67%)	IFRS 9
9	6 (0.67%)	PA-DSS
10	4 (0.45%)	ISO 22301
11	3 (0.34%)	JSP 440
11	3 (0.34%)	Sarbanes-Oxley
12	2 (0.22%)	EFQM
12	2 (0.22%)	GMP
12	2 (0.22%)	GxP
12	2 (0.22%)	ISO 9001
12	2 (0.22%)	RMADS

System Software
1	31 (3.47%)	Docker
2	29 (3.24%)	Active Directory
3	11 (1.23%)	VMware ESXi
4	10 (1.12%)	VMware Infrastructure
5	7 (0.78%)	GlusterFS
5	7 (0.78%)	Veritas Cluster Server
5	7 (0.78%)	vSphere
6	5 (0.56%)	HDFS
7	4 (0.45%)	ProxySG
8	3 (0.34%)	Apache ZooKeeper
8	3 (0.34%)	Hyper-V
8	3 (0.34%)	Virtual Machines
9	2 (0.22%)	XenServer
10	1 (0.11%)	Firmware
10	1 (0.11%)	Microsoft Virtual Server
10	1 (0.11%)	NDS
10	1 (0.11%)	NetIQ eDirectory
10	1 (0.11%)	Oracle RAC
10	1 (0.11%)	XenApp
10	1 (0.11%)	XenDesktop

Systems Management
1	25 (2.80%)	HP Quality Center
2	21 (2.35%)	FortiGate
3	10 (1.12%)	Ansible
3	10 (1.12%)	NetBackup
3	10 (1.12%)	Netcool
4	8 (0.89%)	Puppet
4	8 (0.89%)	Tivoli
5	7 (0.78%)	Oracle ZFS
5	7 (0.78%)	Red Hat Satellite
5	7 (0.78%)	Red Hat Spacewalk
5	7 (0.78%)	Veritas Storage Foundation
6	6 (0.67%)	OpenView Configuration Management
6	6 (0.67%)	Opscode Chef
7	5 (0.56%)	WSUS
8	4 (0.45%)	Hadoop YARN
9	2 (0.22%)	McAfee ePO
9	2 (0.22%)	NSN NetAct
9	2 (0.22%)	Salt
9	2 (0.22%)	SCCM
9	2 (0.22%)	SCOM

Vendors
1	144 (16.11%)	Oracle
2	124 (13.87%)	Microsoft
3	70 (7.83%)	HP
4	55 (6.15%)	Cisco
5	43 (4.81%)	SAP
6	27 (3.02%)	F5
7	25 (2.80%)	CheckPoint
7	25 (2.80%)	Juniper
8	22 (2.46%)	VMware
9	20 (2.24%)	Adobe
9	20 (2.24%)	CA
9	20 (2.24%)	Fortinet
9	20 (2.24%)	Remedy
10	19 (2.13%)	Aruba
10	19 (2.13%)	Red Hat
10	19 (2.13%)	Riverbed
11	17 (1.90%)	CA Agile Central
11	17 (1.90%)	IBM
12	16 (1.79%)	Atlassian
12	16 (1.79%)	EMC