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 28 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 44 35 35
Rank change year-on-year -9 0 -2
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Degree 32 38 60
As % of all contract jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 4.24% 4.36% 4.40%
As % of the Qualifications category 14.61% 19.00% 27.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 25 37
10th Percentile - £162 £383
25th Percentile £235 £363 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £475 £550
Median % change year-on-year -26.32% -13.64% +22.22%
75th Percentile £556 £550 £600
90th Percentile £658 £628 £680
Yorkshire median daily rate £394 £500 £550
% change year-on-year -21.20% -9.09% +22.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
10th Percentile - - £30.00
25th Percentile - £15.75 £30.01
Median hourly rate - £16.50 £30.03
Median % change year-on-year - -45.05% +66.81%
75th Percentile - £17.25 £30.06
90th Percentile - - £30.07
Yorkshire median hourly rate £30.29 £16.50 £30.05
% change year-on-year +83.58% -45.09% +54.98%

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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 219 200 216
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 29.05% 22.96% 15.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 164 150 162
10th Percentile £343 £350 £350
25th Percentile £413 £406 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -13.64% +10.00%
75th Percentile £561 £550 £650
90th Percentile £650 £600 £720
Yorkshire median daily rate £486 £500 £550
% change year-on-year -2.75% -9.09% +22.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 2
10th Percentile - £15.34 £30.00
25th Percentile - £15.61 £30.01
Median hourly rate - £28.25 £30.03
Median % change year-on-year - -5.91% +66.81%
75th Percentile - £45.94 £30.06
90th Percentile - £52.13 £30.07
Yorkshire median hourly rate £25.15 £24.87 £30.00
% change year-on-year +1.13% -17.10% +66.67%

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
Daily Rate Trend in West Yorkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing Degree.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing Degree

Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in West Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Degree in West Yorkshire over the 6 months to 28 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Degree in West Yorkshire

Degree
Hourly Rate Trend in West Yorkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing Degree.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing Degree

Degree
DemandTrendContract 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 28 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Leeds -6 25 £350 -26.32% 73
Huddersfield - 3 - - 5
Bradford -5 2 £670 +16.52% 10
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 6 (18.75%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (3.13%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (21.88%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (9.38%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (3.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (6.25%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (6.25%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (3.13%) SAP CO
2 1 (3.13%) SAP CRM
2 1 (3.13%) SAP ERP
2 1 (3.13%) SAP FI
2 1 (3.13%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 6 (18.75%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (9.38%) Azure
2 3 (9.38%) Power Platform
3 2 (6.25%) Asana
3 2 (6.25%) Smartsheet
4 1 (3.13%) AWS
4 1 (3.13%) Azure API Management
4 1 (3.13%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (3.13%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (3.13%) GitHub
4 1 (3.13%) Power Automate
4 1 (3.13%) Workato
Communications & Networking
1 6 (18.75%) VPN
2 1 (3.13%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (9.38%) Power BI
2 2 (6.25%) GIS
2 2 (6.25%) NoSQL
3 1 (3.13%) Data Vault
3 1 (3.13%) Delta Lake
3 1 (3.13%) Parquet
3 1 (3.13%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (3.13%) Power Query
3 1 (3.13%) Relational Database
3 1 (3.13%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (6.25%) JIRA
2 1 (3.13%) Git
2 1 (3.13%) Gradle
2 1 (3.13%) JUnit
General
1 23 (71.88%) Social Skills
2 8 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (21.88%) Finance
4 3 (9.38%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (6.25%) Legal
6 1 (3.13%) Banking
6 1 (3.13%) Billing
6 1 (3.13%) General Ledger
6 1 (3.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (3.13%) Law
6 1 (3.13%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (3.13%) Retail
Job Titles
1 8 (25.00%) Analyst
2 6 (18.75%) Desktop Engineer
2 6 (18.75%) Desktop Support
2 6 (18.75%) Desktop Support Engineer
2 6 (18.75%) Support Engineer
3 5 (15.63%) IT Manager
3 5 (15.63%) Project Manager
4 4 (12.50%) Business Analyst
4 4 (12.50%) IT Project Manager
5 2 (6.25%) Architect
5 2 (6.25%) Data Analyst
5 2 (6.25%) Developer
5 2 (6.25%) Lead
5 2 (6.25%) Security Manager
5 2 (6.25%) Senior
5 2 (6.25%) ServiceNow Developer
5 2 (6.25%) Solutions Architect
6 1 (3.13%) Commercial Contracts Manager
6 1 (3.13%) Dynamics 365 Architect
6 1 (3.13%) Dynamics 365 Solution Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.25%) JSON
2 1 (3.13%) .NET
2 1 (3.13%) Android Jetpack
2 1 (3.13%) Dagger
2 1 (3.13%) J2EE
2 1 (3.13%) Jetpack Compose
2 1 (3.13%) JPA
2 1 (3.13%) REST
2 1 (3.13%) RESTful
2 1 (3.13%) Retrofit
2 1 (3.13%) Spring
2 1 (3.13%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.50%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (6.25%) Product Ownership
3 1 (3.13%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (3.13%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (3.13%) Fibre Optics
3 1 (3.13%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (3.13%) Renewable Energy
3 1 (3.13%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.13%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (34.38%) Computer Science
2 10 (31.25%) Agile
2 10 (31.25%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (25.00%) ITIL
3 8 (25.00%) ITSM
4 7 (21.88%) Collaborative Working
5 6 (18.75%) Case Management
5 6 (18.75%) Continuous Improvement
5 6 (18.75%) Customer Service
5 6 (18.75%) Data Modelling
5 6 (18.75%) Service Delivery
5 6 (18.75%) Stakeholder Management
6 5 (15.63%) PRINCE2
6 5 (15.63%) Requirements Gathering
7 4 (12.50%) Business Analysis
7 4 (12.50%) Scrum
7 4 (12.50%) User Stories
8 3 (9.38%) Artificial Intelligence
8 3 (9.38%) Business Intelligence
8 3 (9.38%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 4 (12.50%) SQL
2 2 (6.25%) Python
3 1 (3.13%) Bash
3 1 (3.13%) C++
3 1 (3.13%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (3.13%) Java
3 1 (3.13%) JavaScript
3 1 (3.13%) Kotlin
3 1 (3.13%) PowerShell
3 1 (3.13%) R
Qualifications
1 7 (21.88%) Computer Science Degree
2 6 (18.75%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 3 (9.38%) Master's Degree
3 3 (9.38%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 2 (6.25%) CBAP
4 2 (6.25%) CISSP
4 2 (6.25%) MBA
5 1 (3.13%) CISM
5 1 (3.13%) CompTIA CySA+
5 1 (3.13%) GCIH
5 1 (3.13%) IIBA
5 1 (3.13%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
5 1 (3.13%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
5 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (3.13%) PMI Certification
5 1 (3.13%) PMP
5 1 (3.13%) SC Cleared
5 1 (3.13%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (21.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (6.25%) Data Quality
3 1 (3.13%) GDPR
3 1 (3.13%) GRC
3 1 (3.13%) NIST
3 1 (3.13%) SOC 2
System Software
1 6 (18.75%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (18.75%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (3.13%) Nessus
Vendors
1 11 (34.38%) Microsoft
2 9 (28.13%) ServiceNow
3 6 (18.75%) Citrix
4 4 (12.50%) SAP
5 2 (6.25%) ESRI
5 2 (6.25%) Workday
5 2 (6.25%) Wrike
6 1 (3.13%) Ariba
6 1 (3.13%) Atlassian
6 1 (3.13%) CrowdStrike
6 1 (3.13%) Darktrace
6 1 (3.13%) Google
6 1 (3.13%) IBM
6 1 (3.13%) NEC
6 1 (3.13%) Okta
6 1 (3.13%) Oracle
6 1 (3.13%) Progress
6 1 (3.13%) Qualys
6 1 (3.13%) Splunk