Degree Contracts in Suffolk

Academic Degree
East of England > Suffolk

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Suffolk with a requirement for Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 7 9 21
Rank change year-on-year +2 +12 -2
Contract jobs citing Degree 14 5 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Suffolk 18.92% 8.20% 2.72%
As % of the Qualifications category 33.33% 19.23% 11.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 2
10th Percentile £468 £563 £248
25th Percentile £477 £619 £286
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £497 £675 £363
Median % change year-on-year -26.37% +86.21% -30.95%
75th Percentile £511 £750 £451
90th Percentile £516 - £495
East of England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +17.65%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Suffolk

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 Suffolk.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 42 26 35
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Suffolk 56.76% 42.62% 23.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 17 25
10th Percentile £172 £214 £348
25th Percentile £187 £230 £642
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £215 £475 £700
Median % change year-on-year -54.74% -32.14% +33.33%
75th Percentile £226 £575 -
90th Percentile £431 £690 £743
East of England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £29.25 -
East of England median hourly rate £57.50 £35.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year +64.29% +66.67% +7.69%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Suffolk

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

Job vacancy trend for Degree in Suffolk

Degree
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Suffolk

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

Daily rate trend for Degree in Suffolk

Degree
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Suffolk

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

Hourly rate trend for Degree in Suffolk

Degree
Contract Job Locations in Suffolk

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Degree within the Suffolk region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Ipswich +1 4 £519 - 115
Degree
East of England

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Suffolk 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:

Applications
1 6 (42.86%) Chatbot
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (14.29%) AWS
1 2 (14.29%) Azure
1 2 (14.29%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (14.29%) Elasticsearch
2 1 (7.14%) MS Access
General
1 2 (14.29%) Social Skills
2 1 (7.14%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 8 (57.14%) Developer
1 8 (57.14%) Software Developer
2 6 (42.86%) Trainer
3 3 (21.43%) Head of Operations
4 1 (7.14%) Delivery Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Information Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Information Security Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Lead
4 1 (7.14%) Project Delivery Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (42.86%) HTML
2 2 (14.29%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) Distributed Systems
2 1 (7.14%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (42.86%) Artificial Intelligence
1 6 (42.86%) Code Quality
1 6 (42.86%) Conversational UI
2 4 (28.57%) Business Strategy
3 3 (21.43%) Computer Science
3 3 (21.43%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (21.43%) Service Delivery
4 2 (14.29%) CI/CD
4 2 (14.29%) Containerisation
4 2 (14.29%) DevOps
4 2 (14.29%) Microservices
4 2 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (7.14%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
5 1 (7.14%) Business Case
5 1 (7.14%) Change Management
5 1 (7.14%) Collaborative Culture
5 1 (7.14%) Line Management
5 1 (7.14%) Mentoring
5 1 (7.14%) Project Delivery
5 1 (7.14%) Resource Allocation
Programming Languages
1 8 (57.14%) Python
2 6 (42.86%) C#
2 6 (42.86%) C++
2 6 (42.86%) JavaScript
2 6 (42.86%) SQL
3 2 (14.29%) Go
3 2 (14.29%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (7.14%) APMG
2 1 (7.14%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (7.14%) CISM
2 1 (7.14%) CISSP
2 1 (7.14%) PMI Certification
2 1 (7.14%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.14%) GDPR
1 1 (7.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (7.14%) NIST
1 1 (7.14%) QA
System Software
1 2 (14.29%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (14.29%) Kubernetes
1 2 (14.29%) logstash
1 2 (14.29%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 6 (42.86%) PayPal
2 2 (14.29%) Google