Degree Contracts in West Yorkshire

Academic Degree
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in West Yorkshire 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 30 19 47
Rank change year-on-year -11 +28 -8
Contract jobs citing Degree 33 74 63
As % of all contract jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 6.02% 7.41% 3.86%
As % of the Qualifications category 22.92% 38.74% 27.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 29 44
10th Percentile £235 £313 £366
25th Percentile £246 £325 £434
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £313 £475 £544
Median % change year-on-year -34.21% -12.64% +18.21%
75th Percentile £538 £569 £575
90th Percentile £655 £654 £638
Yorkshire median daily rate £414 £450 £525
% change year-on-year -8.00% -14.29% +23.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £26.25 - £61.25
Median hourly rate £27.50 £12.53 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +119.47% -79.95% +150.00%
75th Percentile £28.75 £15.09 £63.75
90th Percentile - £19.68 -
Yorkshire median hourly rate £27.50 £13.50 £62.50
% change year-on-year +103.70% -78.40% +257.14%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
West Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 144 191 230
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 26.28% 19.12% 14.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 102 118 170
10th Percentile £263 £320 £374
25th Percentile £375 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £506 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.25% -9.09% +15.79%
75th Percentile £584 £550 £669
90th Percentile £725 £650 £738
Yorkshire median daily rate £475 £515 £550
% change year-on-year -7.77% -6.36% +22.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 11 1
10th Percentile - £12.53 -
25th Percentile £26.25 £12.64 £61.25
Median hourly rate £27.50 £15.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +83.33% -76.00% +150.00%
75th Percentile £28.75 - £63.75
90th Percentile - £15.17 -
Yorkshire median hourly rate £21.00 £15.00 £36.75
% change year-on-year +40.00% -59.18% +106.23%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Degree in West Yorkshire

Degree
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Daily rate trend for Degree in West Yorkshire

Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in West Yorkshire

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

Daily rate histogram for Degree in West Yorkshire

Degree
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Degree in West Yorkshire

Degree
Contract Job Locations in West Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire 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
Leeds -21 22 £300 -40.00% 243
Huddersfield - 5 - - 8
Bradford +7 2 £670 +78.67% 122
Degree
Yorkshire

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West Yorkshire 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 5 (15.15%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (3.03%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (24.24%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (15.15%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (12.12%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (9.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (12.12%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (9.09%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (3.03%) SAP CO
3 1 (3.03%) SAP CRM
3 1 (3.03%) SAP ERP
3 1 (3.03%) SAP FI
3 1 (3.03%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 5 (15.15%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (9.09%) Azure
2 3 (9.09%) Power Platform
3 2 (6.06%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (6.06%) SuccessFactors
4 1 (3.03%) AWS
4 1 (3.03%) Azure API Management
4 1 (3.03%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (3.03%) Google Workspace
4 1 (3.03%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 4 (12.12%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (9.09%) Power BI
2 2 (6.06%) GIS
3 1 (3.03%) Data Vault
3 1 (3.03%) Delta Lake
3 1 (3.03%) NoSQL
3 1 (3.03%) Parquet
3 1 (3.03%) Power Query
3 1 (3.03%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (3.03%) JIRA
General
1 24 (72.73%) Social Skills
2 9 (27.27%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (21.21%) Finance
4 5 (15.15%) Public Sector
5 4 (12.12%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (6.06%) Retail
7 1 (3.03%) General Ledger
7 1 (3.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (3.03%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (24.24%) Analyst
2 5 (15.15%) Desktop Engineer
2 5 (15.15%) Desktop Support
2 5 (15.15%) Desktop Support Engineer
2 5 (15.15%) Support Engineer
3 4 (12.12%) Lead
3 4 (12.12%) Project Manager
4 3 (9.09%) Architect
4 3 (9.09%) Business Analyst
4 3 (9.09%) Solutions Architect
5 2 (6.06%) Data Analyst
5 2 (6.06%) Dynamics 365 Architect
5 2 (6.06%) Dynamics 365 Solution Architect
5 2 (6.06%) Governance Analyst
5 2 (6.06%) Information Assurance Leader
5 2 (6.06%) SAP Manager
5 2 (6.06%) SAP Project Manager
6 1 (3.03%) Dynamics CRM Architect
6 1 (3.03%) Dynamics CRM Business Analyst
6 1 (3.03%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.03%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.06%) PMI
2 1 (3.03%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (3.03%) NHS
2 1 (3.03%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.03%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (33.33%) Project Management
2 9 (27.27%) Computer Science
2 9 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (24.24%) Change Management
4 6 (18.18%) Agile
5 5 (15.15%) ITIL
5 5 (15.15%) PRINCE2
6 4 (12.12%) Case Management
6 4 (12.12%) Collaborative Working
6 4 (12.12%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (12.12%) Contract Management
6 4 (12.12%) Contract Negotiation
6 4 (12.12%) Customer Service
6 4 (12.12%) Data Analysis
6 4 (12.12%) Data Modelling
6 4 (12.12%) ITSM
6 4 (12.12%) Roadmaps
6 4 (12.12%) Service Delivery
6 4 (12.12%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (9.09%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 3 (9.09%) SQL
2 1 (3.03%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 1 (3.03%) Python
2 1 (3.03%) R
Qualifications
1 7 (21.21%) Computer Science Degree
2 4 (12.12%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 4 (12.12%) Master's Degree
3 2 (6.06%) CBAP
3 2 (6.06%) PMI Certification
4 1 (3.03%) CISM
4 1 (3.03%) CISSP
4 1 (3.03%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
4 1 (3.03%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
4 1 (3.03%) MBA
4 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (3.03%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (21.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (12.12%) PMO
3 2 (6.06%) Data Quality
4 1 (3.03%) GDPR
4 1 (3.03%) GRC
4 1 (3.03%) NIST
4 1 (3.03%) SOC 2
System Software
1 5 (15.15%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (12.12%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (3.03%) Nessus
Vendors
1 9 (27.27%) Microsoft
2 7 (21.21%) SAP
3 4 (12.12%) Citrix
3 4 (12.12%) ServiceNow
4 2 (6.06%) ESRI
5 1 (3.03%) Ariba
5 1 (3.03%) Atlassian
5 1 (3.03%) Google
5 1 (3.03%) Qualys
5 1 (3.03%) Workday