Degree Contracts in the West Midlands

Academic Degree
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 16 16 28
Rank change year-on-year 0 +12 +20
Contract jobs citing Degree 109 161 172
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 8.10% 8.27% 7.21%
As % of the Qualifications category 26.27% 25.12% 26.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 90 92
10th Percentile £140 £262 £250
25th Percentile £148 £381 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £292 £519 £475
Median % change year-on-year -43.71% +9.21% -
75th Percentile £550 £623 £550
90th Percentile £608 £679 £636
England median daily rate £520 £513 £542
% change year-on-year +1.46% -5.36% +4.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 23 9
10th Percentile £15.22 £22.33 £10.97
25th Percentile £18.13 £25.50 £12.00
Median hourly rate £28.18 £39.92 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year -29.41% +115.78% +7.06%
75th Percentile £37.25 £57.50 £35.08
90th Percentile £54.00 £58.75 £57.50
England median hourly rate £53.50 £40.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year +33.75% -11.11% +24.45%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
West Midlands

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 the West Midlands.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 415 641 641
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 30.86% 32.92% 26.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 282 406 394
10th Percentile £150 £269 £313
25th Percentile £293 £358 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £498 £450 £528
Median % change year-on-year +10.56% -14.69% +12.53%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £606
90th Percentile £700 £675 £700
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 35 27
10th Percentile £16.97 £14.00 £11.60
25th Percentile £18.50 £22.16 £13.31
Median hourly rate £28.18 £28.50 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.12% +50.00% +1.33%
75th Percentile £41.97 £49.38 £24.16
90th Percentile £59.40 £58.75 £60.90
England median hourly rate £45.00 £40.00 £52.40
% change year-on-year +12.50% -23.66% +39.73%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Degree in the West Midlands

Degree
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Degree in the West Midlands

Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Degree in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Degree in the West Midlands

Degree
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Degree in the West Midlands

Degree
Hourly Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Degree in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Degree in the West Midlands

Degree
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 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
Birmingham -3 34 £200 -55.56% 154
Warwickshire -7 22 £500 +8.11% 112
Worcestershire +5 16 £145 -72.38% 44
Staffordshire +8 13 £150 -81.25% 249
Coventry +6 6 £215 -60.00% 83
Solihull +13 3 £600 -22.65% 12
Shropshire -2 3 £300 +156.41% 31
Herefordshire +12 1 - - 5
Degree
England

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 3 (2.75%) Confluence
1 3 (2.75%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.83%) IIS
3 1 (0.92%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (8.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (6.42%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (6.42%) Microsoft Project
3 5 (4.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (2.75%) Trello
5 2 (1.83%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.92%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 2 (1.83%) SAP ERP
2 1 (0.92%) Maximo
2 1 (0.92%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (0.92%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 15 (13.76%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (11.01%) Azure
3 7 (6.42%) AWS
3 7 (6.42%) Power Platform
4 5 (4.59%) Snowflake
5 3 (2.75%) Asana
5 3 (2.75%) GCP
5 3 (2.75%) OneDrive
6 1 (0.92%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.92%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (0.92%) Google Sheets
6 1 (0.92%) OCI
6 1 (0.92%) Power Automate
6 1 (0.92%) PowerApps
6 1 (0.92%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 13 (11.93%) VPN
2 5 (4.59%) Firewall
3 3 (2.75%) Internet
3 3 (2.75%) LAN
3 3 (2.75%) Network Security
3 3 (2.75%) WAN
3 3 (2.75%) Wireless
4 2 (1.83%) NGFW
4 2 (1.83%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.92%) BGP
5 1 (0.92%) DHCP
5 1 (0.92%) DNS
5 1 (0.92%) EIGRP
5 1 (0.92%) Ethernet
5 1 (0.92%) OSPF
5 1 (0.92%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.92%) SNMP
5 1 (0.92%) VLAN
5 1 (0.92%) Wireless Security
5 1 (0.92%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (8.26%) SQL Server
2 5 (4.59%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (4.59%) Elasticsearch
2 5 (4.59%) Power BI
3 4 (3.67%) NoSQL
3 4 (3.67%) Oracle Reports
4 3 (2.75%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (2.75%) Relational Database
5 2 (1.83%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (1.83%) Tableau
6 1 (0.92%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.92%) Sybase IQ
Development Applications
1 7 (6.42%) Git
1 7 (6.42%) JIRA
2 6 (5.50%) Postman
3 3 (2.75%) GitLab
3 3 (2.75%) Jenkins
3 3 (2.75%) JMeter
3 3 (2.75%) REST Assured
3 3 (2.75%) Selenium
3 3 (2.75%) TestNG
3 3 (2.75%) Travis CI
4 1 (0.92%) Ant
4 1 (0.92%) Cucumber
4 1 (0.92%) Gradle
4 1 (0.92%) JUnit
4 1 (0.92%) LabVIEW
4 1 (0.92%) Maven
4 1 (0.92%) Mockito
General
1 63 (57.80%) Social Skills
2 34 (31.19%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (9.17%) Finance
4 9 (8.26%) Automotive
5 7 (6.42%) Public Sector
6 5 (4.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (4.59%) Presentation Skills
7 4 (3.67%) Legal
8 3 (2.75%) Back Office
9 2 (1.83%) Aerospace
9 2 (1.83%) Banking
9 2 (1.83%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.83%) Electronics
9 2 (1.83%) Financial Institution
9 2 (1.83%) General Ledger
9 2 (1.83%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.83%) Law
9 2 (1.83%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.92%) Humanities
10 1 (0.92%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (10.09%) Architect
2 9 (8.26%) IT Engineer
3 8 (7.34%) Junior
3 8 (7.34%) Project Manager
4 7 (6.42%) Analyst
4 7 (6.42%) Lead
4 7 (6.42%) Senior
5 6 (5.50%) Developer
5 6 (5.50%) IT Support
5 6 (5.50%) Support Analyst
6 5 (4.59%) Administrator
6 5 (4.59%) Junior IT Engineer
6 5 (4.59%) Solutions Architect
6 5 (4.59%) Support Engineer
7 4 (3.67%) Desktop Engineer
7 4 (3.67%) DevOps Engineer
7 4 (3.67%) Junior IT Support
7 4 (3.67%) Network Engineer
7 4 (3.67%) Senior Architect
8 3 (2.75%) Junior IT Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (7.34%) .NET
2 6 (5.50%) RESTful
3 5 (4.59%) HTML
4 4 (3.67%) Web Services
5 3 (2.75%) .NET Framework
5 3 (2.75%) CSS
5 3 (2.75%) Oracle Fusion
6 2 (1.83%) BAPI
6 2 (1.83%) Blazor
6 2 (1.83%) IDoc
6 2 (1.83%) Middleware
6 2 (1.83%) REST
6 2 (1.83%) Ruby on Rails
6 2 (1.83%) SAP Smart Forms
6 2 (1.83%) SOAP
7 1 (0.92%) ADO
7 1 (0.92%) ASP.NET
7 1 (0.92%) J2EE
7 1 (0.92%) SAML
7 1 (0.92%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 12 (11.01%) Management Information System
2 6 (5.50%) NHS
3 5 (4.59%) Data Protection Act
3 5 (4.59%) Driving Licence
3 5 (4.59%) Industry 4.0
3 5 (4.59%) IoT
4 3 (2.75%) Onboarding
4 3 (2.75%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (1.83%) Distributed Systems
5 2 (1.83%) Infotainment
5 2 (1.83%) PMI
5 2 (1.83%) Product Ownership
5 2 (1.83%) Security Posture
6 1 (0.92%) Algorithms
6 1 (0.92%) Data Structures
6 1 (0.92%) Housing Association
6 1 (0.92%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (0.92%) Public Cloud
6 1 (0.92%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (0.92%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 22 (20.18%) Windows
2 10 (9.17%) Windows 10
3 5 (4.59%) Linux
4 4 (3.67%) Unix
5 2 (1.83%) Mac OS
5 2 (1.83%) Mac OS X
5 2 (1.83%) Windows Server
5 2 (1.83%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (1.83%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (44.95%) Computer Science
2 44 (40.37%) Problem-Solving
3 27 (24.77%) Agile
4 24 (22.02%) Project Management
5 15 (13.76%) Continuous Improvement
6 13 (11.93%) Customer Service
7 12 (11.01%) DevOps
8 9 (8.26%) Data Protection
8 9 (8.26%) ITIL
8 9 (8.26%) SIEM
9 8 (7.34%) Change Management
9 8 (7.34%) CI/CD
9 8 (7.34%) Cybersecurity
9 8 (7.34%) Stakeholder Management
9 8 (7.34%) Time Management
9 8 (7.34%) Workflow
10 7 (6.42%) Data Architecture
10 7 (6.42%) Project Delivery
10 7 (6.42%) Test Automation
10 7 (6.42%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 19 (17.43%) Python
2 7 (6.42%) SQL
3 6 (5.50%) Bash
4 5 (4.59%) JavaScript
5 4 (3.67%) C#
6 3 (2.75%) ABAP
6 3 (2.75%) COBOL
6 3 (2.75%) Java
6 3 (2.75%) PowerShell
6 3 (2.75%) Shell Script
7 2 (1.83%) Ruby
8 1 (0.92%) C++
8 1 (0.92%) MATLAB
8 1 (0.92%) Perl
Qualifications
1 36 (33.03%) Computer Science Degree
2 13 (11.93%) Security Cleared
3 10 (9.17%) CISSP
4 9 (8.26%) PMI Certification
4 9 (8.26%) PMP
5 5 (4.59%) CEH
5 5 (4.59%) Cisco Certification
5 5 (4.59%) SC Cleared
6 4 (3.67%) AWS Certification
6 4 (3.67%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 4 (3.67%) DV Cleared
7 3 (2.75%) CISM
7 3 (2.75%) ISTQB
7 3 (2.75%) Master's Degree
7 3 (2.75%) MCP
7 3 (2.75%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (1.83%) A+ Certification
8 2 (1.83%) CCNA
8 2 (1.83%) CISA
8 2 (1.83%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (12.84%) QA
2 6 (5.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (2.75%) GDPR
3 3 (2.75%) NIST
4 2 (1.83%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.83%) COSHH
4 2 (1.83%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.83%) ISO 14001
4 2 (1.83%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 2 (1.83%) SLA
5 1 (0.92%) AUTOSAR
5 1 (0.92%) GRC
5 1 (0.92%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 1 (0.92%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.92%) PMBOK
5 1 (0.92%) PMO
System Software
1 17 (15.60%) Active Directory
2 10 (9.17%) Docker
3 6 (5.50%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 13 (11.93%) Kubernetes
2 12 (11.01%) SCCM
3 5 (4.59%) Ansible
4 4 (3.67%) Terraform
5 3 (2.75%) Kibana
6 2 (1.83%) CASB
6 2 (1.83%) Grafana
Vendors
1 20 (18.35%) Microsoft
2 15 (13.76%) Cisco
3 13 (11.93%) SAP
4 10 (9.17%) Citrix
4 10 (9.17%) Nexthink
5 9 (8.26%) Oracle
6 5 (4.59%) ServiceNow
7 3 (2.75%) Adobe
8 2 (1.83%) Apple
8 2 (1.83%) Bloomberg
8 2 (1.83%) Juniper
8 2 (1.83%) Siemens
8 2 (1.83%) SolarWinds
8 2 (1.83%) TOWER Software
9 1 (0.92%) Civica
9 1 (0.92%) Google
9 1 (0.92%) Infoblox
9 1 (0.92%) Planview
9 1 (0.92%) Salesforce
9 1 (0.92%) Zscaler