Degree Contract Job Trends in Tyne and Wear

Academic Degree
North East > Tyne and Wear

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Tyne and Wear with a requirement for Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 26 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 39 29 11
Rank change year-on-year -10 -18 +35
Contract jobs citing Degree 8 8 17
As % of all contract jobs in Tyne and Wear 2.19% 3.69% 9.55%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.93% 8.51% 25.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 4 4
10th Percentile £238 £408 £254
25th Percentile £260 £419 £353
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £331 £475 £483
Median % change year-on-year -30.27% -1.55% +13.53%
75th Percentile £392 £500 £594
90th Percentile £479 - £628
North East median daily rate £331 £500 £483
% change year-on-year -33.76% +3.63% +13.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £19.00 -
North East median hourly rate - £46.18 £33.48
% change year-on-year - +37.95% -31.68%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 135 94 68
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 36.99% 43.32% 38.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 108 62 39
10th Percentile £182 £313 £335
25th Percentile £372 £363 £468
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £508 £550
Median % change year-on-year -11.37% -7.68% -4.35%
75th Percentile £556 £612 £720
90th Percentile £660 £650 -
North East median daily rate £450 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -14.29% -4.55% -3.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 2
10th Percentile £47.20 £20.83 -
25th Percentile £51.25 £25.06 -
Median hourly rate £52.50 £33.25 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +57.89% -44.58% -
75th Percentile £55.00 £41.56 -
90th Percentile - £45.88 -
North East median hourly rate £53.75 £46.18 £46.18
% change year-on-year +16.39% - -19.69%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Degree relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear.

Degree job vacancy trend in Tyne and Wear

Degree
Daily Rate Trend in Tyne and Wear

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Degree.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Degree

Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in Tyne and Wear

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Degree in Tyne and Wear over the 6 months to 26 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Degree in Tyne and Wear

Degree
Hourly Rate Trend in Tyne and Wear

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Degree.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Degree

Degree
Contract Job Locations in Tyne and Wear

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Degree within the Tyne and Wear region over the 6 months to 26 December 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
Newcastle upon Tyne -12 6 £331 -17.20% 70
Sunderland 0 1 £195 -61.00% 11
Degree
North East

Degree
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Tyne and Wear 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (37.50%) AWS
2 1 (12.50%) Azure
2 1 (12.50%) Azure Cosmos DB
2 1 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (12.50%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (12.50%) GitHub
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (12.50%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) JIRA
1 1 (12.50%) Postman
General
1 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (25.00%) Lead
1 2 (25.00%) User Researcher
2 1 (12.50%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
2 1 (12.50%) 2nd Line Desktop Support Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) 2nd Line Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) 2nd Line Support
2 1 (12.50%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Coordinator
2 1 (12.50%) Designer
2 1 (12.50%) Desktop Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Desktop Support
2 1 (12.50%) Desktop Support Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Developer
2 1 (12.50%) Mobile Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Sitecore Developer
2 1 (12.50%) Solutions Designer
2 1 (12.50%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) .NET
1 1 (12.50%) .NET Core
1 1 (12.50%) .NET Framework
1 1 (12.50%) ASP.NET
1 1 (12.50%) ASP.NET MVC
1 1 (12.50%) CSS
1 1 (12.50%) HTML
1 1 (12.50%) Middleware
1 1 (12.50%) OpenAPI
1 1 (12.50%) React
1 1 (12.50%) REST
1 1 (12.50%) Swagger
1 1 (12.50%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (12.50%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (12.50%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Agile
2 3 (37.50%) ITIL
2 3 (37.50%) Requirements Gathering
2 3 (37.50%) Service Management
2 3 (37.50%) User Experience
3 2 (25.00%) Actionable Insight
3 2 (25.00%) Coaching
3 2 (25.00%) Cognitive Psychology
3 2 (25.00%) Customer Service
3 2 (25.00%) Design Persona
3 2 (25.00%) Ethnography
3 2 (25.00%) Front End Development
3 2 (25.00%) Mentoring
3 2 (25.00%) People Management
3 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (25.00%) Project Delivery
3 2 (25.00%) Quantitative Research
3 2 (25.00%) Service Design
3 2 (25.00%) User Research
3 2 (25.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) C#
1 1 (12.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (12.50%) Azure Certification
2 1 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (12.50%) HNC
2 1 (12.50%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) Actionable Recommendations
1 2 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (25.00%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
1 1 (12.50%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Google
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
1 1 (12.50%) Sitecore