Degree Contract Job Trends in West End of London

Academic Degree
Central London > West End of London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in West End of London with a requirement for Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 9 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 10 12
Rank change year-on-year +1 +2 -
Contract jobs citing Degree 1 10 4
As % of all contract jobs in West End of London 2.44% 13.16% 7.02%
As % of the Qualifications category 7.14% 50.00% 28.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 8 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £450 -
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% - -
Central London median daily rate £540 £535 £550
% change year-on-year +0.93% -2.73% -8.41%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
West End of London

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 West End of London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 14 20 14
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West End of London 34.15% 26.32% 24.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 14 1
10th Percentile £350 £381 -
25th Percentile £388 £449 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £450 £210
Median % change year-on-year +17.78% +114.29% -63.48%
75th Percentile £603 £519 £215
90th Percentile £650 £603 -
Central London median daily rate £525 £526 £540
% change year-on-year -0.24% -2.55% -6.09%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in West End of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Degree relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in West End of London.

Degree job vacancy trend in West End of London

Degree
Daily Rate Trend in West End of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West End of London citing Degree.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West End of London citing Degree

Degree
Hourly Rate Trend in West End of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in West End of London citing Degree.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in West End of London citing Degree

Degree
Contract Job Locations in West End of London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Degree within the West End of London region over the 6 months to 9 March 2026. 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
Holborn +4 1 £400 -11.11%
Degree
Central London

Degree
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West End of London 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 1 (100.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Functions
1 1 (100.00%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (100.00%) Power Automate
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (100.00%) PowerApps
1 1 (100.00%) Serverless
General
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) CRM Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) ASP.NET Web API
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) CRM
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft