Degree Contracts in Stevenage

Academic Degree
Hertfordshire > Stevenage

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Stevenage with a requirement for Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 8 27 25
Rank change year-on-year +19 -2 -7
Contract jobs citing Degree 26 29 26
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Stevenage 20.00% 6.14% 8.97%
As % of the Qualifications category 27.37% 14.72% 15.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 5 2
10th Percentile - £320 £302
25th Percentile £450 £350 £305
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £375 £311
Median % change year-on-year +30.67% +20.48% -40.66%
75th Percentile £582 £388 £318
90th Percentile £675 £395 £321
Hertfordshire median daily rate £650 £488 £700
% change year-on-year +33.33% -30.36% +75.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 19 12
10th Percentile £46.82 £35.00 £54.15
25th Percentile £68.75 - £60.00
Median hourly rate £80.00 £70.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% +7.69% +64.56%
75th Percentile £85.00 £85.00 -
90th Percentile £88.00 - -
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £80.00 £70.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +14.29% +7.69% +32.65%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Stevenage

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 Stevenage.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 95 197 172
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Stevenage 73.08% 41.74% 59.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 40 53
10th Percentile £450 £328 £273
25th Percentile £525 £409 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £400
Median % change year-on-year - +37.50% -23.77%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £538
90th Percentile £625 £650 £610
Hertfordshire median daily rate £550 £550 £500
% change year-on-year - +10.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 81 71
10th Percentile £40.25 £40.00 £50.00
25th Percentile £55.00 - £53.75
Median hourly rate £72.50 £43.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +68.60% -31.20% +11.61%
75th Percentile £82.10 £70.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £85.00 £70.00
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £70.00 £43.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year +62.79% -31.20% +11.61%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Stevenage

Job postings citing Degree as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Stevenage.

Job vacancy trend for Degree in Stevenage

Degree
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Stevenage

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Degree in Stevenage.

Daily rate trend for Degree in Stevenage

Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in Stevenage

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Degree in Stevenage over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Degree in Stevenage

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Stevenage

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Degree in Stevenage.

Hourly rate trend for Degree in Stevenage

Degree
Hourly Rate Histogram in Stevenage

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Degree in Stevenage over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Degree in Stevenage

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Stevenage 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 2 (7.69%) Apache Spark
1 2 (7.69%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 12 (46.15%) Simulink
2 4 (15.38%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (3.85%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 2 (7.69%) AWS
1 2 (7.69%) Azure
1 2 (7.69%) Cohesity
2 1 (3.85%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 3 (11.54%) SpaceWire
2 2 (7.69%) DNS
2 2 (7.69%) Skype
3 1 (3.85%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (15.38%) Data Mining
1 4 (15.38%) Metadata
2 2 (7.69%) Big Data
2 2 (7.69%) Hadoop
2 2 (7.69%) Tableau
3 1 (3.85%) Oracle Reports
General
1 6 (23.08%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (7.69%) Aerospace
2 2 (7.69%) Finance
2 2 (7.69%) Military
3 1 (3.85%) Aviation
3 1 (3.85%) Avionics
3 1 (3.85%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (3.85%) Law
3 1 (3.85%) Marketing
3 1 (3.85%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (3.85%) Social Skills
3 1 (3.85%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 12 (46.15%) Design Engineer
1 12 (46.15%) FPGA Design Engineer
1 12 (46.15%) FPGA Engineer
2 4 (15.38%) Architect
2 4 (15.38%) Data Architect
3 2 (7.69%) Artificial Intelligence Developer
3 2 (7.69%) Data Science Developer
3 2 (7.69%) Developer
3 2 (7.69%) Electrical Engineer
3 2 (7.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (7.69%) Systems Engineer
4 1 (3.85%) Communications Officer
4 1 (3.85%) IT Manager
4 1 (3.85%) IT Programme Manager
4 1 (3.85%) Oracle Programme Manager
4 1 (3.85%) Programme Manager
4 1 (3.85%) Salesforce Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (7.69%) Matplotlib
1 2 (7.69%) NumPy
1 2 (7.69%) Oracle Fusion
1 2 (7.69%) Pandas
1 2 (7.69%) PyTorch
1 2 (7.69%) scikit-learn
1 2 (7.69%) Seaborn
1 2 (7.69%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 12 (46.15%) FPGA
1 12 (46.15%) Verilog
1 12 (46.15%) VHDL
2 5 (19.23%) Management Information System
3 4 (15.38%) Legacy Systems
3 4 (15.38%) Reference Data
4 2 (7.69%) Algorithms
4 2 (7.69%) Smartcard
4 2 (7.69%) YubiKey
5 1 (3.85%) CAN bus
Operating Systems
1 5 (19.23%) Windows
2 3 (11.54%) Linux
2 3 (11.54%) Unix
3 2 (7.69%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (46.15%) FPGA Design
1 12 (46.15%) UVM
2 10 (38.46%) Signal Processing
3 6 (23.08%) Computer Science
3 6 (23.08%) Data Science
3 6 (23.08%) Visualisation
4 4 (15.38%) Conceptual Models
4 4 (15.38%) Data Architecture
4 4 (15.38%) Data Modelling
4 4 (15.38%) Data Strategy
4 4 (15.38%) Data Visualisation
4 4 (15.38%) Logical Data Model
4 4 (15.38%) Metadata Management
4 4 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (7.69%) Artificial Intelligence
5 2 (7.69%) Data Analysis
5 2 (7.69%) Data Munging
5 2 (7.69%) ERP
5 2 (7.69%) Predictive Analytics
5 2 (7.69%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 15 (57.69%) C
2 12 (46.15%) SystemVerilog
3 5 (19.23%) Python
4 4 (15.38%) SQL
5 3 (11.54%) Bash
5 3 (11.54%) Java
5 3 (11.54%) Tcl
5 3 (11.54%) VBA
6 2 (7.69%) R
Qualifications
1 9 (34.62%) Security Cleared
2 5 (19.23%) SC Cleared
3 3 (11.54%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (7.69%) DV Cleared
4 2 (7.69%) Master's Degree
4 2 (7.69%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.69%) Data Quality
2 1 (3.85%) GDPR
2 1 (3.85%) ITGC
2 1 (3.85%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (7.69%) Active Directory
1 2 (7.69%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (7.69%) Nessus
1 2 (7.69%) SCCM
1 2 (7.69%) WSUS
Vendors
1 12 (46.15%) Intel
1 12 (46.15%) Microsemi
1 12 (46.15%) Xilinx
2 2 (7.69%) EMC
2 2 (7.69%) Oracle
2 2 (7.69%) Tenable
3 1 (3.85%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.85%) Salesforce
3 1 (3.85%) Twitter