Degree Contracts in West London

Academic Degree
London > West London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in West London with a requirement for Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 21 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 6 23
Rank change year-on-year +2 +17 -13
Contract jobs citing Degree 31 44 43
As % of all contract jobs advertised in West London 14.35% 12.19% 7.38%
As % of the Qualifications category 42.47% 49.44% 33.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 25 20
10th Percentile £313 £408 £356
25th Percentile £384 £450 £451
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £475 £565
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% -15.93% +10.78%
75th Percentile £505 £550 £651
90th Percentile £534 £673 £738
London median daily rate £550 £525 £575
% change year-on-year +4.76% -8.70% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 7 7
10th Percentile - £18.13 £31.25
25th Percentile £20.24 £23.32 £35.63
Median hourly rate £21.63 £52.50 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year -58.81% -16.00% +72.41%
75th Percentile £33.01 £62.75 £64.38
90th Percentile £51.00 £70.80 £67.00
London median hourly rate £31.35 £33.87 £24.01
% change year-on-year -7.44% +41.06% -31.41%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
West 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 London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 73 89 130
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West London 33.80% 24.65% 22.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 58 96
10th Percentile £239 £281 £315
25th Percentile £347 £408 £511
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £488 £625
Median % change year-on-year -17.95% -22.00% +31.58%
75th Percentile £475 £558 £700
90th Percentile £524 £675 £838
London median daily rate £530 £538 £575
% change year-on-year -1.40% -6.52% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 8 10
10th Percentile £20.24 £16.85 £31.25
25th Percentile - £18.13 £40.75
Median hourly rate £22.27 £43.37 £57.25
Median % change year-on-year -48.65% -24.25% +179.27%
75th Percentile £25.11 £60.13 £64.69
90th Percentile £28.29 £70.10 £72.00
London median hourly rate £28.60 £25.00 £42.25
% change year-on-year +14.40% -40.83% -5.06%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in West London

Job postings citing Degree as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in West London.

Job vacancy trend for Degree in West London

Degree
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in West London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Degree in West London.

Daily rate trend for Degree in West London

Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in West London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Degree in West London over the 6 months to 21 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Degree in West London

Degree
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in West London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Degree in West London.

Hourly rate trend for Degree in West London

Degree
Hourly Rate Histogram in West London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Degree in West London over the 6 months to 21 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Degree in West London

Degree
Contract Job Locations in West 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 London region over the 6 months to 21 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
Hounslow +1 15 £400 -15.79% 21
Hillingdon -5 5 £425 -10.53% 29
Wembley - 4 £525 - 1
Ealing -1 3 - - 10
Richmond upon Thames +10 2 £339 +35.50% 1
Degree
London

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West London 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 2 (6.45%) Confluence
2 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (12.90%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (9.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (3.23%) AutoCAD
3 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (3.23%) MS Visio
3 1 (3.23%) Revit
Business Applications
1 2 (6.45%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 3 (9.68%) Azure
1 3 (9.68%) Azure Data Factory
1 3 (9.68%) Azure Service Bus
2 1 (3.23%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (3.23%) GCP
2 1 (3.23%) GitHub
2 1 (3.23%) Lucidchart
2 1 (3.23%) Miro
2 1 (3.23%) Power Platform
2 1 (3.23%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.45%) Structured Cabling
2 1 (3.23%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (16.13%) Relational Database
2 2 (6.45%) SQL Server
3 1 (3.23%) BigQuery
3 1 (3.23%) Power BI
3 1 (3.23%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 5 (16.13%) JUnit
1 5 (16.13%) Selenium
2 2 (6.45%) Git
2 2 (6.45%) JIRA
3 1 (3.23%) Appium
3 1 (3.23%) Bitbucket
General
1 15 (48.39%) Social Skills
2 6 (19.35%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (19.35%) Telecoms
3 4 (12.90%) Finance
4 3 (9.68%) Public Sector
5 2 (6.45%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (3.23%) Aviation
6 1 (3.23%) Electronics
6 1 (3.23%) Legal
6 1 (3.23%) Local Government
6 1 (3.23%) Manufacturing
6 1 (3.23%) Retail
Job Titles
1 7 (22.58%) Analyst
1 7 (22.58%) Senior
2 4 (12.90%) Developer
3 3 (9.68%) 1st Line Support
3 3 (9.68%) Azure Engineer
3 3 (9.68%) Data Engineer
3 3 (9.68%) Project Manager
3 3 (9.68%) QA Engineer
3 3 (9.68%) Senior Analyst
3 3 (9.68%) Senior Data Engineer
3 3 (9.68%) Support Officer
4 2 (6.45%) Azure Data Engineer
4 2 (6.45%) Azure Developer
4 2 (6.45%) Business Analyst
4 2 (6.45%) C++ Developer
4 2 (6.45%) QA Analyst
4 2 (6.45%) Salesforce Trainer
4 2 (6.45%) Senior Developer
4 2 (6.45%) Trainer
5 1 (3.23%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (9.68%) .NET
1 3 (9.68%) .NET Core
1 3 (9.68%) .NET Framework
1 3 (9.68%) ASP.NET
1 3 (9.68%) ASP.NET MVC
1 3 (9.68%) ASP.NET Web API
1 3 (9.68%) Autofac
1 3 (9.68%) Dapper ORM
1 3 (9.68%) Entity Framework
1 3 (9.68%) REST
1 3 (9.68%) StructureMap
1 3 (9.68%) WCF
1 3 (9.68%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 3 (9.68%) N-Tier
2 2 (6.45%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (6.45%) e-Learning
2 2 (6.45%) Learning Management System
2 2 (6.45%) Product Ownership
2 2 (6.45%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (3.23%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (3.23%) CCTV
3 1 (3.23%) Data Centre
3 1 (3.23%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (3.23%) Fibre Optics
3 1 (3.23%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.23%) Mobile App
3 1 (3.23%) PMI
3 1 (3.23%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.45%) Linux
1 2 (6.45%) Unix
2 1 (3.23%) Android
2 1 (3.23%) Apple iOS
2 1 (3.23%) Windows
2 1 (3.23%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (35.48%) Project Management
2 10 (32.26%) Agile
2 10 (32.26%) Computer Science
2 10 (32.26%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (16.13%) Continuous Improvement
3 5 (16.13%) CRM
3 5 (16.13%) Manual Testing
3 5 (16.13%) Regression Testing
3 5 (16.13%) Security Testing
3 5 (16.13%) Test Automation
4 4 (12.90%) Coaching
4 4 (12.90%) Customer Service
4 4 (12.90%) Data Analysis
4 4 (12.90%) Process Improvement
4 4 (12.90%) Scrum
5 3 (9.68%) Data Design
5 3 (9.68%) Design Patterns
5 3 (9.68%) Roadmaps
5 3 (9.68%) SDLC
5 3 (9.68%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 7 (22.58%) Python
2 6 (19.35%) SQL
3 5 (16.13%) Java
4 3 (9.68%) C#
4 3 (9.68%) T-SQL
5 2 (6.45%) C++
6 1 (3.23%) JavaScript
6 1 (3.23%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 7 (22.58%) Computer Science Degree
2 5 (16.13%) ISTQB
3 3 (9.68%) DBS Check
3 3 (9.68%) MCPD
3 3 (9.68%) MCSD
3 3 (9.68%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (9.68%) PMI Certification
4 2 (6.45%) PMP
4 2 (6.45%) Security Cleared
5 1 (3.23%) ACCA
5 1 (3.23%) APMP
5 1 (3.23%) BICSI Certification
5 1 (3.23%) CBAP
5 1 (3.23%) CIMA
5 1 (3.23%) CIPFA
5 1 (3.23%) DV Cleared
5 1 (3.23%) Master's Degree
5 1 (3.23%) MBA
5 1 (3.23%) SC Cleared
5 1 (3.23%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (22.58%) QA
2 1 (3.23%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (3.23%) Data Quality
2 1 (3.23%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 2 (6.45%) Docker
2 1 (3.23%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (6.45%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (6.45%) Anaplan
1 2 (6.45%) Salesforce
1 2 (6.45%) SAP
2 1 (3.23%) Google
2 1 (3.23%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.23%) NEC