Degree Contract Job Trends in Tower Hamlets

Academic Degree
East London > Tower Hamlets

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Tower Hamlets with a requirement for Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 5 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 7 18
Rank change year-on-year -6 +11 +1
Contract jobs citing Degree 4 11 16
As % of all contract jobs in Tower Hamlets 7.14% 17.46% 9.58%
As % of the Qualifications category 36.36% 42.31% 51.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 11 12
10th Percentile - £398 £546
25th Percentile - £493 £611
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £1,000 £540 £630
Median % change year-on-year +85.19% -14.29% -3.82%
75th Percentile - £585 £663
90th Percentile - £595 £759
East London median daily rate £900 £501 £630
% change year-on-year +79.55% -20.44% +40.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £55.00 - -
East London median hourly rate £55.00 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Tower Hamlets

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 Tower Hamlets.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 11 26 31
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Tower Hamlets 19.64% 41.27% 18.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 22 24
10th Percentile £397 £250 £495
25th Percentile £560 £292 £530
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £528 £630
Median % change year-on-year +27.96% -16.27% +10.77%
75th Percentile £750 £593 £663
90th Percentile £880 £645 £744
East London median daily rate £675 £474 £600
% change year-on-year +42.56% -21.08% +33.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £55.75 - -
25th Percentile £56.88 - -
Median hourly rate £58.75 - -
75th Percentile £60.63 - -
90th Percentile £61.75 - -
East London median hourly rate £58.75 - -

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Tower Hamlets

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Degree relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Tower Hamlets.

Degree job vacancy trend in Tower Hamlets

Degree
Daily Rate Trend in Tower Hamlets

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Tower Hamlets citing Degree.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Tower Hamlets citing Degree

Degree
Hourly Rate Trend in Tower Hamlets

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Tower Hamlets citing Degree.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Tower Hamlets citing Degree

Degree
Contract Job Locations in Tower Hamlets

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Degree within the Tower Hamlets region over the 6 months to 5 November 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
Canary Wharf -6 4 £1,000 +85.19% 2
Degree
East London

Degree
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Tower Hamlets by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Business Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Endur
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 3 (75.00%) Finance
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Automotive
2 2 (50.00%) Back Office
2 2 (50.00%) Telecoms
3 1 (25.00%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Back Office Business Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Business Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Developer
1 2 (50.00%) Endur Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Endur Business Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) OpenLink Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) OpenLink Business Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Principal Business Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Python Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Backend Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Quantitative Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Legacy Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Renewable Energy
2 1 (25.00%) Derivative
2 1 (25.00%) Distributed Computing
2 1 (25.00%) Equity Derivative
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Agile
1 2 (50.00%) AI
1 2 (50.00%) Change Control
1 2 (50.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (50.00%) DevOps
1 2 (50.00%) Digital Engineering
1 2 (50.00%) Digital Innovation
1 2 (50.00%) Logistics
1 2 (50.00%) Project Delivery
1 2 (50.00%) Project Governance
1 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (25.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (25.00%) Continuous Deployment
2 1 (25.00%) Data Pipeline
2 1 (25.00%) Mathematics
2 1 (25.00%) PnL Attribution
2 1 (25.00%) Product Roadmap
2 1 (25.00%) Quantitative Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (25.00%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) Python
1 2 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (25.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) Master's Degree
2 2 (50.00%) MBA
3 1 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (25.00%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) QA
2 1 (25.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Hitachi
1 2 (50.00%) ION Trading
1 2 (50.00%) OpenLink
1 2 (50.00%) SAP