Degree Contract Job Trends in South Lanarkshire

Academic Degree
Scotland > South Lanarkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in South Lanarkshire with a requirement for Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 17 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 - 26
Rank change year-on-year - - -13
Contract jobs citing Degree 3 0 8
As % of all contract jobs in South Lanarkshire 25.00% - 5.44%
As % of the Qualifications category 37.50% - 7.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 5
10th Percentile £614 - £488
25th Percentile £621 - £675
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £632 - £700
Median % change year-on-year - - +75.00%
75th Percentile £642 - -
90th Percentile £649 - -
Scotland median daily rate £450 £439 £459
% change year-on-year +2.56% -4.31% +14.63%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South Lanarkshire

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 South Lanarkshire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 8 12 111
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Lanarkshire 66.67% 66.67% 75.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 8 68
10th Percentile £535 £395 £250
25th Percentile - £427 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £450 £650
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -30.77% +62.50%
75th Percentile £610 £543 £700
90th Percentile £636 £670 -
Scotland median daily rate £450 £450 £500
% change year-on-year - -10.00% +11.11%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in South Lanarkshire

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

Degree job vacancy trend in South Lanarkshire

Degree
Daily Rate Trend in South Lanarkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Lanarkshire citing Degree.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Lanarkshire citing Degree

Degree
Hourly Rate Trend in South Lanarkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in South Lanarkshire citing Degree.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in South Lanarkshire citing Degree

Degree
Contract Job Locations in South Lanarkshire

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 Lanarkshire region over the 6 months to 17 December 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
East Kilbride - 3 £632 - 2
Degree
Scotland

Degree
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Lanarkshire 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:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) DNS
1 3 (100.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Analyst
1 3 (100.00%) SOC Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Lead
2 1 (33.33%) SIEM Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Splunk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Cyberattack
1 3 (100.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 3 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 3 (100.00%) SIEM
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) CompTIA CySA+
1 3 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 3 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 3 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Splunk