Degree Contracts in the Thames Valley

Academic Degree
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 25 15 22
Rank change year-on-year -10 +7 -8
Contract jobs citing Degree 108 251 234
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 7.15% 9.34% 7.99%
As % of the Qualifications category 19.74% 22.76% 22.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 117 125
10th Percentile £213 £183 £308
25th Percentile £400 £205 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £476 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +0.26% - +11.76%
75th Percentile £591 £608 £575
90th Percentile £648 - £700
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £480
% change year-on-year - +4.17% +6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 28 7
10th Percentile £17.50 £15.96 £18.40
25th Percentile £21.33 £22.00 £22.25
Median hourly rate £32.05 £42.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.69% -23.64% +161.90%
75th Percentile £60.50 £65.00 £65.31
90th Percentile £67.50 £65.60 £74.55
South East median hourly rate £58.38 £57.35 £45.00
% change year-on-year +1.79% +27.44% +8.43%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 547 1,103 1,024
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 36.20% 41.06% 34.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 317 588 696
10th Percentile £313 £213 £319
25th Percentile £436 £413 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £528 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.48% +5.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £638 £620 £600
90th Percentile £700 £688 £690
South East median daily rate £537 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.32% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 107 45
10th Percentile £19.12 £18.30 £20.10
25th Percentile £32.05 £41.75 £27.00
Median hourly rate £61.50 £58.30 £64.68
Median % change year-on-year +5.48% -9.86% +207.61%
75th Percentile £71.38 £70.44 £74.79
90th Percentile £87.46 £87.18 £80.25
South East median hourly rate £56.75 £57.35 £57.76
% change year-on-year -1.05% -0.71% +28.75%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Degree as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Degree in the Thames Valley

Degree
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Degree in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Degree in the Thames Valley

Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Degree in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Degree in the Thames Valley

Degree
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Degree in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Degree in the Thames Valley

Degree
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Degree in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Degree in the Thames Valley

Degree
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Degree within the Thames Valley 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
Berkshire -16 80 £475 -5.00% 268
Oxfordshire +6 15 £475 -9.52% 180
Buckinghamshire +2 13 £528 +13.45% 263
Degree
South East

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 10 (9.26%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.78%) Camunda
3 2 (1.85%) CMS
3 2 (1.85%) Confluence
3 2 (1.85%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.93%) Oracle Service Bus
4 1 (0.93%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 11 (10.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (8.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (7.41%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (7.41%) Microsoft Project
4 7 (6.48%) MS Visio
5 3 (2.78%) AutoCAD
6 2 (1.85%) CATIA
6 2 (1.85%) Revit
6 2 (1.85%) Windchill
7 1 (0.93%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 3 (2.78%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.85%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 1 (0.93%) Maximo
3 1 (0.93%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.93%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.93%) SAP CO
3 1 (0.93%) SAP FI
3 1 (0.93%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 21 (19.44%) Azure
2 8 (7.41%) AWS
3 6 (5.56%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (4.63%) GCP
4 5 (4.63%) Power Platform
5 4 (3.70%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (3.70%) SaaS
6 3 (2.78%) Azure Sentinel
6 3 (2.78%) PaaS
7 2 (1.85%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 2 (1.85%) Amazon ECS
7 2 (1.85%) AWS Fargate
7 2 (1.85%) Azure Monitor
7 2 (1.85%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (1.85%) Entra ID
7 2 (1.85%) GitHub
7 2 (1.85%) Snowflake
8 1 (0.93%) Azure Machine Learning
8 1 (0.93%) Lucidchart
8 1 (0.93%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 8 (7.41%) Radio Access Network
2 7 (6.48%) 3G
2 7 (6.48%) 4G
2 7 (6.48%) 5G
3 6 (5.56%) MPLS
3 6 (5.56%) Network Security
4 5 (4.63%) 2G
4 5 (4.63%) Ethernet
5 4 (3.70%) VLAN
5 4 (3.70%) Wireless
6 3 (2.78%) 802.11
6 3 (2.78%) DNS
6 3 (2.78%) Firewall
6 3 (2.78%) LAN
6 3 (2.78%) TCP/IP
6 3 (2.78%) WAN
6 3 (2.78%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (1.85%) Intrusion Detection
7 2 (1.85%) RANAP
7 2 (1.85%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.63%) Big Data
1 5 (4.63%) Relational Database
2 4 (3.70%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (3.70%) Metadata
2 4 (3.70%) Power BI
3 2 (1.85%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (1.85%) Data Lake
3 2 (1.85%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.93%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (3.70%) ERwin
1 4 (3.70%) JIRA
1 4 (3.70%) PowerDesigner
2 3 (2.78%) Selenium
3 2 (1.85%) Burp Suite
3 2 (1.85%) Git
3 2 (1.85%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.85%) Metasploit
3 2 (1.85%) Terragrunt
4 1 (0.93%) CMake
4 1 (0.93%) Rational DOORS
4 1 (0.93%) VectorCAST
General
1 60 (55.56%) Social Skills
2 20 (18.52%) Analytical Skills
3 16 (14.81%) Telecoms
4 12 (11.11%) Finance
5 11 (10.19%) Manufacturing
6 7 (6.48%) Marketing
6 7 (6.48%) Presentation Skills
7 6 (5.56%) Automotive
7 6 (5.56%) Legal
8 5 (4.63%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (4.63%) Public Sector
9 3 (2.78%) Aerospace
9 3 (2.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (2.78%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (2.78%) Retail
10 2 (1.85%) Agriculture
10 2 (1.85%) Law
10 2 (1.85%) Multimedia
11 1 (0.93%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.93%) Police
Job Titles
1 12 (11.11%) Analyst
2 8 (7.41%) Lead
2 8 (7.41%) Project Manager
2 8 (7.41%) Senior
3 7 (6.48%) Architect
4 5 (4.63%) IT Support
5 4 (3.70%) Applications Support
5 4 (3.70%) Data Modeller
6 3 (2.78%) Business Analyst
6 3 (2.78%) Coordinator
6 3 (2.78%) Data Manager
6 3 (2.78%) Designer
6 3 (2.78%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 3 (2.78%) Network Engineer
6 3 (2.78%) SCADA Engineer
6 3 (2.78%) Scrum Master
6 3 (2.78%) Software Engineer
6 3 (2.78%) Technical Architect
6 3 (2.78%) Test Engineer
6 3 (2.78%) Wireless Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.78%) 802.1X
1 3 (2.78%) Web Services
2 2 (1.85%) AngularJS
2 2 (1.85%) Kafka
2 2 (1.85%) Keycloak
2 2 (1.85%) OAuth
2 2 (1.85%) OpenJDK
2 2 (1.85%) Spring Boot
3 1 (0.93%) .NET
3 1 (0.93%) ARM Templates
3 1 (0.93%) CNTK
3 1 (0.93%) CSS
3 1 (0.93%) HTML
3 1 (0.93%) Lightning Web Components
3 1 (0.93%) OAuth2
3 1 (0.93%) OpenVINO
3 1 (0.93%) PyTorch
3 1 (0.93%) REST
3 1 (0.93%) SOAP
3 1 (0.93%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 15 (13.89%) Management Information System
2 7 (6.48%) Life Science
3 6 (5.56%) Algorithms
4 5 (4.63%) Cloud Native
4 5 (4.63%) Operational Technology
4 5 (4.63%) Renewable Energy
4 5 (4.63%) SCADA
4 5 (4.63%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (3.70%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (2.78%) Security Posture
7 2 (1.85%) Cyberattack
7 2 (1.85%) Data Centre
7 2 (1.85%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (1.85%) Learning Management System
7 2 (1.85%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (1.85%) PKI
7 2 (1.85%) PMI
7 2 (1.85%) Product Ownership
7 2 (1.85%) Social Media
7 2 (1.85%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 11 (10.19%) Windows
2 5 (4.63%) Linux
3 3 (2.78%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.85%) Windows Server 2016
4 2 (1.85%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.93%) Android
5 1 (0.93%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (32.41%) Problem-Solving
2 30 (27.78%) Computer Science
3 23 (21.30%) Agile
4 19 (17.59%) Project Management
4 19 (17.59%) Stakeholder Management
5 12 (11.11%) PRINCE2
6 11 (10.19%) Migration
6 11 (10.19%) Risk Management
7 9 (8.33%) Business Intelligence
7 9 (8.33%) Collaborative Working
7 9 (8.33%) Data Modelling
7 9 (8.33%) Information Security
7 9 (8.33%) Network Design
7 9 (8.33%) Roadmaps
7 9 (8.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 8 (7.41%) Analytics
8 8 (7.41%) Continuous Improvement
8 8 (7.41%) Cybersecurity
8 8 (7.41%) Data Collection
8 8 (7.41%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 13 (12.04%) SQL
2 11 (10.19%) Python
3 8 (7.41%) Java
4 5 (4.63%) C
5 4 (3.70%) C++
5 4 (3.70%) PL/SQL
6 3 (2.78%) C#
6 3 (2.78%) Perl
7 2 (1.85%) MATLAB
7 2 (1.85%) Ruby
8 1 (0.93%) Bicep
8 1 (0.93%) Embedded C
8 1 (0.93%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.93%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.93%) VB
8 1 (0.93%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 24 (22.22%) Computer Science Degree
2 19 (17.59%) Master's Degree
3 14 (12.96%) Security Cleared
4 10 (9.26%) SC Cleared
5 9 (8.33%) PMI Certification
6 8 (7.41%) PMP
7 6 (5.56%) CISSP
7 6 (5.56%) ISEB
8 5 (4.63%) CISM
9 4 (3.70%) CCNA
9 4 (3.70%) CCNP
9 4 (3.70%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (2.78%) CCDP
10 3 (2.78%) CISMP
10 3 (2.78%) CompTIA Security+
10 3 (2.78%) DV Cleared
10 3 (2.78%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 2 (1.85%) AWS Certification
11 2 (1.85%) GPEN
11 2 (1.85%) GWAPT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (7.41%) QA
2 4 (3.70%) GDPR
2 4 (3.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (3.70%) NIST
2 4 (3.70%) PCI DSS
3 3 (2.78%) PMO
4 2 (1.85%) Def Stans
4 2 (1.85%) HIPAA
4 2 (1.85%) ISO 26262
4 2 (1.85%) NCSC
5 1 (0.93%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.93%) COSHH
5 1 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.93%) DO-178B
5 1 (0.93%) GRC
5 1 (0.93%) NIST 800
5 1 (0.93%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (2.78%) Active Directory
1 3 (2.78%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (0.93%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.93%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (0.93%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.93%) vSphere
2 1 (0.93%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 2 (1.85%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (1.85%) SCCM
1 2 (1.85%) Terraform
2 1 (0.93%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (0.93%) CASB
2 1 (0.93%) CSIRT
2 1 (0.93%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.93%) SCOM
2 1 (0.93%) WSUS
Vendors
1 25 (23.15%) Microsoft
2 13 (12.04%) SAP
3 6 (5.56%) Cisco
3 6 (5.56%) Salesforce
4 5 (4.63%) Google
4 5 (4.63%) ServiceNow
5 3 (2.78%) AirMagnet
5 3 (2.78%) Aruba
5 3 (2.78%) Atlassian
5 3 (2.78%) Ekahau
5 3 (2.78%) Extreme Networks
5 3 (2.78%) Juniper
5 3 (2.78%) Meraki
6 2 (1.85%) Autodesk
6 2 (1.85%) Empirix
6 2 (1.85%) NetScout
6 2 (1.85%) OpenAI
6 2 (1.85%) Oracle
6 2 (1.85%) PTC
6 2 (1.85%) Workday