Degree Contracts in the South West

Academic Degree
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for Degree qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 11 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 19 22 33
Rank change year-on-year +3 +11 -11
Contract jobs citing Degree 261 263 230
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 8.20% 7.45% 6.26%
As % of the Qualifications category 14.62% 14.23% 15.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 124 172 156
10th Percentile £160 £400 £264
25th Percentile £450 £456 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £528 £550 £475
Median % change year-on-year -4.09% +15.79% +5.56%
75th Percentile £688 £657 £588
90th Percentile £709 £725 £681
England median daily rate £510 £540 £520
% change year-on-year -5.56% +3.85% +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 65 33 22
10th Percentile £36.25 £41.44 £44.27
25th Percentile £40.00 £52.50 £48.67
Median hourly rate £57.44 £65.00 £55.42
Median % change year-on-year -11.63% +17.29% +26.14%
75th Percentile £72.50 £83.31 £69.05
90th Percentile £76.50 £83.40 £82.99
England median hourly rate £40.00 £45.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -11.11% +28.57% -6.67%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South West

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 West with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,785 1,848 1,489
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 56.08% 52.37% 40.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,134 1,365 1,045
10th Percentile £353 £400 £324
25th Percentile £465 £475 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £579 £524
Median % change year-on-year -5.01% +10.60% +10.21%
75th Percentile £655 £675 £625
90th Percentile £725 £729 £680
England median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 196 143 89
10th Percentile £22.31 £37.91 £42.15
25th Percentile £40.00 £56.77 £52.00
Median hourly rate £61.00 £65.00 £63.50
Median % change year-on-year -6.15% +2.36% +41.11%
75th Percentile £72.50 £78.88 £69.05
90th Percentile £80.00 £86.00 £75.20
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 West

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

Job vacancy trend for Degree in the South West

Degree
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for Degree in the South West

Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Degree in the South West over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Degree in the South West

Degree
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for Degree in the South West

Degree
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Degree in the South West over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Degree in the South West

Degree
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 11 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
Bristol +20 112 £530 -1.40% 235
Wiltshire -20 63 £550 -4.35% 82
Somerset +19 25 £532 +14.41% 123
Gloucestershire -16 18 £588 +6.82% 75
Devon -2 16 £166 -69.82% 88
Dorset +9 15 £763 +22.00% 56
Cornwall - 13 £150 - 18
Degree
England

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 19 (7.28%) Confluence
2 15 (5.75%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (4.21%) SharePoint
4 6 (2.30%) SharePoint Server
5 2 (0.77%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 2 (0.77%) Apache
6 1 (0.38%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.38%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.38%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 24 (9.20%) Chatbot
2 22 (8.43%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (3.83%) Microsoft Excel
4 6 (2.30%) Microsoft Project
4 6 (2.30%) Spreadsheet
5 5 (1.92%) Adobe Illustrator
5 5 (1.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 4 (1.53%) Acrobat
7 2 (0.77%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.38%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.38%) InVision
8 1 (0.38%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 6 (2.30%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 3 (1.15%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.15%) ENOVIA
2 3 (1.15%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 3 (1.15%) SAP PLM
2 3 (1.15%) Teamcenter
3 2 (0.77%) Magento
3 2 (0.77%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.38%) Primavera
4 1 (0.38%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.38%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.38%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.38%) SAP Hybris
4 1 (0.38%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.38%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 27 (10.34%) Azure
2 14 (5.36%) AWS
3 10 (3.83%) PaaS
4 9 (3.45%) SaaS
5 8 (3.07%) Azure DevOps
6 6 (2.30%) Microsoft 365
7 5 (1.92%) Azure Stack
8 4 (1.53%) Power Platform
9 3 (1.15%) Dynamics 365
10 2 (0.77%) GCP
10 2 (0.77%) IaaS
10 2 (0.77%) OpenShift
10 2 (0.77%) PowerApps
10 2 (0.77%) WhatsApp
11 1 (0.38%) Google Analytics
11 1 (0.38%) Google Tag Manager
11 1 (0.38%) OneDrive
11 1 (0.38%) Power Automate
11 1 (0.38%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 19 (7.28%) WAN
2 15 (5.75%) LAN
3 13 (4.98%) DNS
4 11 (4.21%) DHCP
5 10 (3.83%) SAN
6 9 (3.45%) Wi-Fi
7 8 (3.07%) Firewall
7 8 (3.07%) MPLS
8 7 (2.68%) PBX
8 7 (2.68%) VoIP
8 7 (2.68%) VSAN
9 5 (1.92%) BGP
9 5 (1.92%) Skype
10 4 (1.53%) Junos
10 4 (1.53%) SDH
10 4 (1.53%) TCP/IP
11 2 (0.77%) HTTP
11 2 (0.77%) Network Security
11 2 (0.77%) SMTP
11 2 (0.77%) Tactical Data Link
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (5.75%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.53%) MySQL
3 3 (1.15%) Power BI
4 2 (0.77%) Data Mining
4 2 (0.77%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (0.77%) Electronic Patient Records
4 2 (0.77%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (0.77%) SQLite
5 1 (0.38%) Big Data
5 1 (0.38%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.38%) Flink
5 1 (0.38%) GIS
5 1 (0.38%) Metadata
5 1 (0.38%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.38%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.38%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 24 (9.20%) JIRA
2 19 (7.28%) Rational DOORS
3 4 (1.53%) Git
4 3 (1.15%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.77%) Checkstyle
5 2 (0.77%) GitLab
5 2 (0.77%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.38%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.38%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 1 (0.38%) GoCD
6 1 (0.38%) Maven
6 1 (0.38%) Oracle APEX
6 1 (0.38%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.38%) Subversion
General
1 91 (34.87%) Social Skills
2 48 (18.39%) Analytical Skills
3 47 (18.01%) Telecoms
4 36 (13.79%) Public Sector
5 20 (7.66%) Aerospace
6 16 (6.13%) Finance
7 12 (4.60%) Manufacturing
7 12 (4.60%) Organisational Skills
8 9 (3.45%) Military
9 7 (2.68%) Digital Economy
10 6 (2.30%) Electronics
10 6 (2.30%) Pharmaceutical
11 4 (1.53%) Aeronautics
11 4 (1.53%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (1.53%) Marketing
11 4 (1.53%) Multimedia
11 4 (1.53%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (1.53%) Publishing
12 3 (1.15%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (1.15%) Legal
Job Titles
1 63 (24.14%) Architect
2 31 (11.88%) Developer
3 30 (11.49%) Analyst
3 30 (11.49%) Lead
4 29 (11.11%) Systems Architect
5 27 (10.34%) Software Developer
6 25 (9.58%) Network Architect
7 22 (8.43%) Lead Architect
8 19 (7.28%) Solutions Architect
9 16 (6.13%) SOC Analyst
10 14 (5.36%) Senior
11 11 (4.21%) Project Manager
12 10 (3.83%) Systems Engineer
13 9 (3.45%) IT Analyst
13 9 (3.45%) Technical Architect
14 8 (3.07%) Infrastructure Analyst
14 8 (3.07%) IT Infrastructure Analyst
14 8 (3.07%) SOC Engineer
14 8 (3.07%) Support Engineer
14 8 (3.07%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (6.13%) HTML
2 5 (1.92%) .NET
2 5 (1.92%) .NET Framework
2 5 (1.92%) Flash
3 4 (1.53%) CSS
3 4 (1.53%) Middleware
3 4 (1.53%) REST
4 3 (1.15%) .NET Core
4 3 (1.15%) ModSecurity
5 2 (0.77%) JSON
5 2 (0.77%) PySpark
5 2 (0.77%) XML
6 1 (0.38%) Hibernate
6 1 (0.38%) HTML5
6 1 (0.38%) Lucene
6 1 (0.38%) OSGi
6 1 (0.38%) RESTful
6 1 (0.38%) SAP Basis
6 1 (0.38%) Spring
6 1 (0.38%) Spring MVC
Miscellaneous
1 26 (9.96%) Self-Motivation
2 23 (8.81%) CSOC
3 21 (8.05%) Security Operations Centre
4 13 (4.98%) Clustering
5 12 (4.60%) Data Centre
6 11 (4.21%) Management Information System
7 9 (3.45%) PKI
8 8 (3.07%) Client/Server
9 7 (2.68%) Blackberry
9 7 (2.68%) Video Conferencing
10 6 (2.30%) Private Cloud
10 6 (2.30%) Product Ownership
10 6 (2.30%) Public Cloud
11 5 (1.92%) Animation
12 4 (1.53%) Embedded Systems
12 4 (1.53%) Life Science
13 2 (0.77%) Onboarding
13 2 (0.77%) Operational Technology
13 2 (0.77%) SCADA
13 2 (0.77%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 43 (16.48%) Windows
2 17 (6.51%) Linux
3 10 (3.83%) Unix
4 9 (3.45%) Windows Server
5 5 (1.92%) Windows 10
6 4 (1.53%) SafeRTOS
7 3 (1.15%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (0.77%) CentOS
9 1 (0.38%) Android
9 1 (0.38%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.38%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.38%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (19.16%) Computer Science
2 46 (17.62%) Problem-Solving
3 45 (17.24%) Agile
4 43 (16.48%) ITIL
5 42 (16.09%) Continuous Improvement
6 41 (15.71%) Project Management
7 38 (14.56%) Network Management
8 31 (11.88%) Analytics
8 31 (11.88%) Cybersecurity
8 31 (11.88%) Decision-Making
9 28 (10.73%) Artificial Intelligence
10 27 (10.34%) Code Quality
11 26 (9.96%) SIEM
11 26 (9.96%) Strategic Thinking
11 26 (9.96%) Time Management
12 25 (9.58%) TOGAF
13 24 (9.20%) Conversational UI
13 24 (9.20%) Software Engineering
13 24 (9.20%) Systems Engineering
13 24 (9.20%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 28 (10.73%) SQL
2 21 (8.05%) Python
3 20 (7.66%) PowerShell
4 16 (6.13%) JavaScript
5 15 (5.75%) C#
6 6 (2.30%) Java
7 5 (1.92%) C
8 3 (1.15%) R
9 2 (0.77%) PHP
9 2 (0.77%) Scala
10 1 (0.38%) Bash
10 1 (0.38%) C++
10 1 (0.38%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 131 (50.19%) Security Cleared
2 86 (32.95%) SC Cleared
3 62 (23.75%) DV Cleared
4 26 (9.96%) Master's Degree
5 25 (9.58%) Computer Science Degree
6 24 (9.20%) SANS
7 19 (7.28%) HND
8 18 (6.90%) TOGAF Certification
9 13 (4.98%) BPSS Clearance
9 13 (4.98%) Cisco Certification
10 9 (3.45%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 8 (3.07%) CCNP
12 6 (2.30%) CCNA
12 6 (2.30%) HNC
13 4 (1.53%) Chartered Engineer
13 4 (1.53%) CISM
13 4 (1.53%) CISSP
13 4 (1.53%) JNCIA
13 4 (1.53%) Microsoft Certification
14 3 (1.15%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (4.98%) SLA
2 12 (4.60%) QA
3 6 (2.30%) Data Quality
3 6 (2.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (2.30%) NIST
4 5 (1.92%) Government Security Classifications
5 3 (1.15%) GMP
5 3 (1.15%) JSP 440
5 3 (1.15%) PMO
5 3 (1.15%) RMADS
6 2 (0.77%) GDPR
6 2 (0.77%) ISA99
6 2 (0.77%) NCSC
6 2 (0.77%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.38%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 32 (12.26%) Active Directory
2 24 (9.20%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (4.21%) Virtual Servers
4 9 (3.45%) VMware NSX
5 8 (3.07%) VMware Workstation
6 6 (2.30%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (1.15%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 2 (0.77%) Docker
8 2 (0.77%) KVM
8 2 (0.77%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.38%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 1 (0.38%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.38%) NFS
Systems Management
1 23 (8.81%) SCCM
2 9 (3.45%) SCOM
3 8 (3.07%) Microsoft Clustering
3 8 (3.07%) Nagios
3 8 (3.07%) NetBackup
4 6 (2.30%) vCenter Server
5 4 (1.53%) Ansible
5 4 (1.53%) OPNET
5 4 (1.53%) Terraform
6 3 (1.15%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 3 (1.15%) Kubernetes
6 3 (1.15%) PowerCLI
6 3 (1.15%) WSUS
Vendors
1 55 (21.07%) Microsoft
2 26 (9.96%) VMware
3 24 (9.20%) PayPal
4 19 (7.28%) Cisco
5 17 (6.51%) Atlassian
5 17 (6.51%) SAP
6 13 (4.98%) IBM
7 12 (4.60%) Adobe
8 11 (4.21%) Juniper
8 11 (4.21%) Nokia
9 10 (3.83%) Google
10 8 (3.07%) Hitachi
10 8 (3.07%) NetApp
11 7 (2.68%) Avaya
11 7 (2.68%) Ericsson
11 7 (2.68%) Ribbon
12 6 (2.30%) Sparx
13 4 (1.53%) Ciena
13 4 (1.53%) Palo Alto
14 3 (1.15%) Databricks