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 1 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 5 4 14
Rank change year-on-year -1 +10 +9
Contract jobs citing Degree 6 6 7
As % of all contract jobs in West End of London 13.33% 13.04% 8.14%
As % of the Qualifications category 27.27% 46.15% 21.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 6 3
10th Percentile £293 £153 £187
25th Percentile £394 £215 £196
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £438 £220
Median % change year-on-year +2.80% +98.98% +4.76%
75th Percentile £469 £484 £509
90th Percentile £503 £487 £676
Central London median daily rate £531 £565 £550
% change year-on-year -5.97% +2.73% -1.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £50.72 - -
Median hourly rate £51.44 - -
75th Percentile £52.16 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate £34.48 £27.00 £17.25
% change year-on-year +27.70% +56.52% -60.00%

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 22 13 32
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West End of London 48.89% 28.26% 37.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 12 25
10th Percentile £213 £177 £178
25th Percentile £281 £384 £210
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £474 £495
Median % change year-on-year -5.06% -4.24% -21.55%
75th Percentile £625 £501 £538
90th Percentile £650 £718 £613
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £27.61 - -
25th Percentile £31.46 - -
Median hourly rate £38.26 - -
75th Percentile £45.40 - -
90th Percentile £49.46 - -
Central London median hourly rate £31.32 £27.00 £18.00
% change year-on-year +15.98% +50.00% -58.26%

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
Daily Rate Histogram in West End of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Degree in West End of London over the 6 months to 1 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Degree in West End of London

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 1 October 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
Westminster - 2 £450 - 4
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (16.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Azure
1 1 (16.67%) Entra ID
1 1 (16.67%) GCP
1 1 (16.67%) Google Ads
1 1 (16.67%) Google Analytics
1 1 (16.67%) Google App Engine
1 1 (16.67%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) Power Query
1 1 (16.67%) PowerPivot
General
1 2 (33.33%) Games
1 2 (33.33%) Marketing
1 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Business Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Excel Specialist
2 1 (16.67%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Technical Business Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Tools Developer
2 1 (16.67%) VBA Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (33.33%) CSS
1 2 (33.33%) HTML
2 1 (16.67%) AngularJS
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Graph
2 1 (16.67%) OAuth
2 1 (16.67%) React
2 1 (16.67%) REST
2 1 (16.67%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Business Analysis
2 2 (33.33%) Change Management
2 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (33.33%) Web Development
3 1 (16.67%) Analytics
3 1 (16.67%) API Integration
3 1 (16.67%) CRM
3 1 (16.67%) Data Management
3 1 (16.67%) DevOps
3 1 (16.67%) ERP
3 1 (16.67%) Integration Patterns
3 1 (16.67%) ITSM
3 1 (16.67%) Knowledge Transfer
3 1 (16.67%) Machine Learning
3 1 (16.67%) Performance Improvement
3 1 (16.67%) Programmatic Advertising
3 1 (16.67%) Prototyping
3 1 (16.67%) Task Automation
3 1 (16.67%) Webhook
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) Python
2 2 (33.33%) JavaScript
3 1 (16.67%) C#
3 1 (16.67%) PowerShell
3 1 (16.67%) SQL
3 1 (16.67%) TypeScript
3 1 (16.67%) VBA
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) QA
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Google
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) YouTube