Degree Contracts in the South East

Academic Degree
England > 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 6 months to 13 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 14 28 17
Rank change year-on-year +14 -11 -2
Contract jobs citing Degree 502 415 715
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 9.15% 7.29% 9.28%
As % of the Qualifications category 20.60% 19.76% 29.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 256 232 421
10th Percentile £205 £228 £231
25th Percentile £362 £331 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% -
75th Percentile £608 £636 £550
90th Percentile £644 £788 £650
England median daily rate £511 £543 £520
% change year-on-year -5.87% +4.42% +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 84 54 39
10th Percentile £17.80 £20.47 £18.71
25th Percentile £26.39 £27.75 £20.26
Median hourly rate £57.35 £45.00 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year +27.44% +25.00% -15.29%
75th Percentile £61.30 £60.47 £47.50
90th Percentile £66.40 £69.63 £53.75
England median hourly rate £40.00 £45.00 £35.50
% change year-on-year -11.11% +26.76% -2.74%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South East

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 contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,437 2,100 2,448
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 44.44% 36.89% 31.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,411 1,371 1,568
10th Percentile £329 £300 £313
25th Percentile £445 £422 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £650 £620 £625
90th Percentile £738 £700 £688
England median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 208 142 83
10th Percentile £17.13 £20.47 £18.55
25th Percentile £26.39 £42.50 £21.00
Median hourly rate £57.35 £58.55 £43.95
Median % change year-on-year -2.04% +33.21% +9.19%
75th Percentile £67.01 £68.75 £53.88
90th Percentile £85.65 £75.00 £67.11
England median hourly rate £40.00 £52.50 £39.50
% change year-on-year -23.81% +32.91% +3.95%

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 13 May 2024.

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 13 May 2024.

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 13 May 2024. 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 +9 249 £475 -3.06% 549
Berkshire +8 209 £500 -4.31% 241
Hampshire +12 119 £625 +47.06% 215
Surrey +7 75 £513 +2.50% 170
West Sussex +33 40 £475 +33.33% 66
Buckinghamshire +21 28 £465 -2.07% 123
Oxfordshire +1 12 £525 +10.53% 187
Kent +7 7 £319 -22.73% 88
Middlesex - 7 £275 - 2
Home Counties - 2 £475 -
Sussex - 1 £350 - 6
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 36 (7.17%) Microsoft Exchange
2 19 (3.78%) Confluence
3 8 (1.59%) SharePoint
4 7 (1.39%) SAS
5 3 (0.60%) Apache
5 3 (0.60%) CMS
6 2 (0.40%) IBM Domino
6 2 (0.40%) nginx
6 2 (0.40%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.20%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.20%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.20%) JBoss
7 1 (0.20%) Moodle
7 1 (0.20%) MTS
7 1 (0.20%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 75 (14.94%) Microsoft Office
2 37 (7.37%) Microsoft Excel
3 19 (3.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 13 (2.59%) MS Visio
5 6 (1.20%) Microsoft Project
6 5 (1.00%) Simulink
7 2 (0.40%) Adobe Illustrator
7 2 (0.40%) Photoshop
7 2 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.20%) 3ds Max
8 1 (0.20%) Acrobat
8 1 (0.20%) Blender
Business Applications
1 5 (1.00%) Oracle EBS
1 5 (1.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.80%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 2 (0.40%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.40%) Sage X3
3 2 (0.40%) SAP ERP
3 2 (0.40%) SAP PM
4 1 (0.20%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.20%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 1 (0.20%) SAP Hybris
4 1 (0.20%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 120 (23.90%) Azure
2 66 (13.15%) AWS
3 36 (7.17%) Microsoft 365
4 27 (5.38%) Entra ID
5 17 (3.39%) Snowflake
6 16 (3.19%) Azure Monitor
6 16 (3.19%) Azure Storage
7 15 (2.99%) OCI
8 12 (2.39%) Power Platform
9 11 (2.19%) Azure DevOps
10 7 (1.39%) IaaS
11 6 (1.20%) GCP
11 6 (1.20%) GitHub
12 5 (1.00%) GitHub Actions
12 5 (1.00%) PaaS
12 5 (1.00%) Smartsheet
13 4 (0.80%) SaaS
13 4 (0.80%) SuccessFactors
14 3 (0.60%) Cloud Computing
14 3 (0.60%) Veeva
Communications & Networking
1 52 (10.36%) Firewall
2 51 (10.16%) DNS
3 48 (9.56%) SSL
4 45 (8.96%) DHCP
5 37 (7.37%) Ethernet
6 31 (6.18%) LAN
7 30 (5.98%) SAN
8 21 (4.18%) TCP/IP
9 17 (3.39%) WAN
10 12 (2.39%) Wireless
11 11 (2.19%) VPN
12 8 (1.59%) 4G
13 7 (1.39%) 3G
13 7 (1.39%) 5G
13 7 (1.39%) Cisco Nexus
13 7 (1.39%) LTE
13 7 (1.39%) NAS
13 7 (1.39%) Network Security
13 7 (1.39%) Radio Access Network
13 7 (1.39%) VoLTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (4.38%) Tableau
2 12 (2.39%) Power BI
3 10 (1.99%) SQL Server
4 8 (1.59%) PostgreSQL
5 7 (1.39%) Crystal Reports
6 5 (1.00%) Big Data
6 5 (1.00%) Data Lake
7 4 (0.80%) BusinessObjects
7 4 (0.80%) MS Access
7 4 (0.80%) Oracle Database
7 4 (0.80%) Relational Database
8 3 (0.60%) Apache Cassandra
8 3 (0.60%) Couchbase
8 3 (0.60%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (0.60%) EDMS
8 3 (0.60%) Metadata
8 3 (0.60%) MySQL
8 3 (0.60%) NoSQL
9 2 (0.40%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (0.40%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 37 (7.37%) JIRA
2 21 (4.18%) Git
3 15 (2.99%) Jenkins
4 9 (1.79%) Rational DOORS
5 7 (1.39%) Subversion
6 6 (1.20%) Bitbucket
7 4 (0.80%) Artifactory
7 4 (0.80%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 3 (0.60%) GitLab
8 3 (0.60%) JUnit
8 3 (0.60%) TestRail
9 2 (0.40%) CircleCI
9 2 (0.40%) Gradle
9 2 (0.40%) JMeter
9 2 (0.40%) LabVIEW
9 2 (0.40%) Selenium
9 2 (0.40%) Sonatype Nexus
10 1 (0.20%) CMake
10 1 (0.20%) SonarQube
10 1 (0.20%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 205 (40.84%) Social Skills
2 83 (16.53%) Analytical Skills
3 73 (14.54%) Finance
4 56 (11.16%) Telecoms
5 48 (9.56%) Electronics
6 43 (8.57%) Presentation Skills
7 42 (8.37%) Legal
8 33 (6.57%) Marketing
9 31 (6.18%) Organisational Skills
10 20 (3.98%) Public Sector
11 15 (2.99%) Manufacturing
12 14 (2.79%) Aerospace
12 14 (2.79%) Retail
13 13 (2.59%) Influencing Skills
13 13 (2.59%) Mandarin Language
14 12 (2.39%) Documentation Skills
15 10 (1.99%) Automotive
16 8 (1.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 7 (1.39%) Law
18 6 (1.20%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 61 (12.15%) Architect
2 54 (10.76%) Analyst
3 36 (7.17%) Senior
4 34 (6.77%) Project Manager
5 33 (6.57%) Designer
5 33 (6.57%) Digital Designer
5 33 (6.57%) FPGA Designer
5 33 (6.57%) VHDL Designer
6 31 (6.18%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 31 (6.18%) Lead
7 20 (3.98%) Support Specialist
8 18 (3.59%) Network Engineer
8 18 (3.59%) Software Engineer
9 17 (3.39%) Hardware Engineer
10 16 (3.19%) Active Directory Support
11 14 (2.79%) Active Directory Specialist
11 14 (2.79%) Azure Specialist
11 14 (2.79%) Storage Engineer
11 14 (2.79%) Systems Engineer
12 13 (2.59%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (8.96%) Web Services
2 17 (3.39%) ARM Templates
3 8 (1.59%) XML
4 7 (1.39%) .NET
4 7 (1.39%) RESTful
5 6 (1.20%) HTML
5 6 (1.20%) Kafka
5 6 (1.20%) REST
6 5 (1.00%) DirectX
6 5 (1.00%) OpenGL
6 5 (1.00%) OpenGL ES
6 5 (1.00%) Vulkan
7 4 (0.80%) PyTorch
7 4 (0.80%) RabbitMQ
7 4 (0.80%) SOAP
7 4 (0.80%) TensorFlow
8 3 (0.60%) AngularJS
8 3 (0.60%) CSS
8 3 (0.60%) GraphQL
8 3 (0.60%) gRPC
Miscellaneous
1 67 (13.35%) PKI
2 41 (8.17%) Management Information System
3 38 (7.57%) Self-Motivation
4 34 (6.77%) VHDL
5 33 (6.57%) CPLD
5 33 (6.57%) FPGA
6 29 (5.78%) Data Centre
7 16 (3.19%) Driving Licence
8 13 (2.59%) Life Science
9 11 (2.19%) Algorithms
10 10 (1.99%) Credit Risk
10 10 (1.99%) Product Ownership
10 10 (1.99%) Renewable Energy
11 8 (1.59%) CMDB
12 7 (1.39%) Data Protection Act
12 7 (1.39%) PMI
13 4 (0.80%) Device Driver
13 4 (0.80%) e-Health
13 4 (0.80%) IoT
13 4 (0.80%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 112 (22.31%) Windows
2 88 (17.53%) Linux
3 47 (9.36%) Windows Server
4 40 (7.97%) Windows 10
5 36 (7.17%) Unix
6 35 (6.97%) Windows Server 2016
6 35 (6.97%) Windows Server 2019
7 19 (3.78%) Windows Server 2012
8 18 (3.59%) Windows 7
9 14 (2.79%) Windows XP
10 13 (2.59%) Android
11 7 (1.39%) Embedded Linux
12 5 (1.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 5 (1.00%) Ubuntu
13 3 (0.60%) Mac OS
13 3 (0.60%) Solaris
14 2 (0.40%) Apple iOS
14 2 (0.40%) Windows Server 2008
15 1 (0.20%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 151 (30.08%) Problem-Solving
2 110 (21.91%) Computer Science
3 95 (18.92%) Agile
4 90 (17.93%) Project Management
5 89 (17.73%) ITIL
6 56 (11.16%) Analytics
7 53 (10.56%) Customer Service
8 50 (9.96%) Continuous Improvement
9 44 (8.76%) DevOps
10 41 (8.17%) Cryptography
10 41 (8.17%) Key Management
11 38 (7.57%) Decision-Making
11 38 (7.57%) Roadmaps
12 35 (6.97%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 35 (6.97%) Service Delivery
13 34 (6.77%) Software Testing
14 33 (6.57%) Schematic Capture
15 31 (6.18%) Stakeholder Management
16 30 (5.98%) Customer Requirements
17 29 (5.78%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 47 (9.36%) PowerShell
2 37 (7.37%) SQL
3 35 (6.97%) Python
4 28 (5.58%) C#
5 18 (3.59%) C++
6 16 (3.19%) Bicep
6 16 (3.19%) VB
6 16 (3.19%) VBScript
7 10 (1.99%) MATLAB
7 10 (1.99%) Shell Script
8 9 (1.79%) Java
9 8 (1.59%) Bash
10 6 (1.20%) C
10 6 (1.20%) Go
10 6 (1.20%) JavaScript
10 6 (1.20%) Perl
11 4 (0.80%) Assembly Language
11 4 (0.80%) F#
11 4 (0.80%) VB.NET
12 3 (0.60%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 153 (30.48%) Security Cleared
2 92 (18.33%) SC Cleared
3 87 (17.33%) DV Cleared
4 73 (14.54%) Computer Science Degree
5 50 (9.96%) Master's Degree
6 34 (6.77%) Cisco Certification
7 24 (4.78%) CCNP
8 23 (4.58%) CCNA
9 17 (3.39%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 13 (2.59%) PMI Certification
11 11 (2.19%) ITIL Certification
12 10 (1.99%) PMP
13 8 (1.59%) Azure Certification
13 8 (1.59%) BPSS Clearance
13 8 (1.59%) ISTQB
13 8 (1.59%) Microsoft Certification
13 8 (1.59%) PhD
14 6 (1.20%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 5 (1.00%) CIPD
15 5 (1.00%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (4.78%) QA
2 22 (4.38%) SLA
3 12 (2.39%) PCI DSS
4 9 (1.79%) PMO
5 7 (1.39%) Data Quality
5 7 (1.39%) GDPR
6 6 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (1.00%) Accessibility
8 4 (0.80%) JTAG
8 4 (0.80%) PMBOK
9 3 (0.60%) COBIT
9 3 (0.60%) GRC
9 3 (0.60%) HL7
9 3 (0.60%) ISO 9001
9 3 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 3 (0.60%) NIST
10 2 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.40%) Def Stans
System Software
1 109 (21.71%) Active Directory
2 36 (7.17%) VMware Infrastructure
3 26 (5.18%) Firmware
4 23 (4.58%) Virtual Machines
5 20 (3.98%) Hyper-V
6 18 (3.59%) vSphere
7 17 (3.39%) Docker
8 16 (3.19%) Virtual Desktop
9 15 (2.99%) VMware ESXi
10 6 (1.20%) VMware NSX
11 5 (1.00%) Embedded Firmware
12 4 (0.80%) VirtualBox
13 2 (0.40%) KVM
14 1 (0.20%) NFS
14 1 (0.20%) Slurm Workload Manager
14 1 (0.20%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 58 (11.55%) SCCM
2 34 (6.77%) WSUS
3 32 (6.37%) SCOM
4 31 (6.18%) Kubernetes
5 19 (3.78%) Microsoft Intune
6 18 (3.59%) NetBackup
7 16 (3.19%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 16 (3.19%) EMC NetWorker
8 15 (2.99%) vCenter Server
9 10 (1.99%) Ansible
10 6 (1.20%) Terraform
11 2 (0.40%) Netcool
11 2 (0.40%) Oracle ZFS
11 2 (0.40%) PaperCut
11 2 (0.40%) Red Hat Satellite
11 2 (0.40%) Rundeck
11 2 (0.40%) vRealize
11 2 (0.40%) vRealize Orchestrator
11 2 (0.40%) yum
12 1 (0.20%) AppManager
Vendors
1 120 (23.90%) Microsoft
2 52 (10.36%) EMC
3 45 (8.96%) VMware
4 39 (7.77%) HP
5 34 (6.77%) Oracle
6 33 (6.57%) Cisco
7 22 (4.38%) SAP
8 21 (4.18%) Juniper
9 20 (3.98%) Alteryx
9 20 (3.98%) ServiceNow
10 19 (3.78%) Palo Alto
11 17 (3.39%) Veeam
12 15 (2.99%) 3PAR
13 14 (2.79%) Dell
13 14 (2.79%) Extreme Networks
13 14 (2.79%) Symantec
14 10 (1.99%) Red Hat
15 7 (1.39%) F5
15 7 (1.39%) IFS
16 6 (1.20%) NetScout