Degree Contracts in Wiltshire

Academic Degree
South West > Wiltshire

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

6 months to
21 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 31 23 16
Rank change year-on-year -8 -7 +2
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Degree 23 62 86
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wiltshire 4.95% 8.47% 8.88%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.73% 11.57% 13.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 49 71
10th Percentile £518 £463 £400
25th Percentile £531 £489 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £606 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.04% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £738 £700 £613
90th Percentile £750 £756 £675
South West median daily rate £375 £520 £550
% change year-on-year -27.88% -5.45% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £21.25
Median hourly rate - - £21.50
75th Percentile - - £21.75
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate £65.00 £70.00 £56.91
% change year-on-year -7.14% +23.00% +10.95%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Wiltshire

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 Wiltshire.

DemandTrendContract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 342 536 651
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wiltshire 73.55% 73.22% 67.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 233 429 486
10th Percentile £368 £400 £413
25th Percentile £513 £475 £482
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £585 £550 £565
Median % change year-on-year +6.36% -2.61% +2.68%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £699 £700 £723
South West median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 0 16
10th Percentile - - £31.05
25th Percentile £18.87 - £43.40
Median hourly rate £25.08 - £50.00
Median % change year-on-year - - -21.26%
75th Percentile £25.15 - £61.13
90th Percentile - - £71.00
South West median hourly rate £25.15 £70.00 £64.15
% change year-on-year -64.07% +9.13% +6.91%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Wiltshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Degree in Wiltshire

Degree
Daily Rate Trend in Wiltshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wiltshire citing Degree.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wiltshire citing Degree

Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in Wiltshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Degree in Wiltshire over the 6 months to 21 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Degree in Wiltshire

Degree
Hourly Rate Trend in Wiltshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wiltshire citing Degree.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wiltshire citing Degree

Degree
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in Wiltshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Degree within the Wiltshire region over the 6 months to 21 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
Corsham -2 17 £581 -1.06%
Swindon 0 2 £500 - 17
Melksham - 1 - - 1
Degree
South West

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wiltshire 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 9 (39.13%) Confluence
2 2 (8.70%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (8.70%) SharePoint
2 2 (8.70%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 12 (52.17%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (17.39%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (17.39%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 1 (4.35%) Amazon EC2
1 1 (4.35%) AWS
1 1 (4.35%) GitHub
1 1 (4.35%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 6 (26.09%) Unified Communications
1 6 (26.09%) VPN
2 5 (21.74%) DNS
3 4 (17.39%) BGP
4 3 (13.04%) IPsec
4 3 (13.04%) MPLS
4 3 (13.04%) Skype
5 2 (8.70%) DHCP
6 1 (4.35%) OSPF
6 1 (4.35%) Software-Defined Networking
6 1 (4.35%) VLAN
6 1 (4.35%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.35%) Amazon Athena
1 1 (4.35%) Amazon RDS
1 1 (4.35%) MySQL
1 1 (4.35%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (4.35%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 9 (39.13%) JIRA
2 3 (13.04%) Bitbucket
3 1 (4.35%) Git
3 1 (4.35%) Jenkins
General
1 14 (60.87%) Social Skills
2 13 (56.52%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (34.78%) Public Sector
4 3 (13.04%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (4.35%) Finance
5 1 (4.35%) Military
5 1 (4.35%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (4.35%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (21.74%) Lead
2 3 (13.04%) Coordinator
2 3 (13.04%) Network Engineer
2 3 (13.04%) Project Planner
2 3 (13.04%) Security Assurance Coordinator
3 2 (8.70%) Virtualisation Engineer
4 1 (4.35%) Developer
4 1 (4.35%) Digital Planner
4 1 (4.35%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (4.35%) Project Manager
4 1 (4.35%) Senior
4 1 (4.35%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
4 1 (4.35%) Telephony Engineer
4 1 (4.35%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (13.04%) NETCONF
1 3 (13.04%) RESTCONF
2 2 (8.70%) Flash
3 1 (4.35%) JFC
Miscellaneous
1 5 (21.74%) PKI
2 4 (17.39%) Management Information System
2 4 (17.39%) Operational Technology
3 3 (13.04%) Data Centre
3 3 (13.04%) Private Cloud
4 2 (8.70%) Clustering
5 1 (4.35%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (4.35%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.70%) Windows
1 2 (8.70%) Windows Server
1 2 (8.70%) Windows Server 2016
2 1 (4.35%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (56.52%) Agile
2 11 (47.83%) Waterfall
3 10 (43.48%) Critical Thinking
4 7 (30.43%) Computer Science
4 7 (30.43%) NsoIT
4 7 (30.43%) System Testing
5 6 (26.09%) Service Management
5 6 (26.09%) Validation
6 5 (21.74%) Network Virtualisation
6 5 (21.74%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (21.74%) Project Management
7 4 (17.39%) Decision-Making
7 4 (17.39%) Incident Management
7 4 (17.39%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 3 (13.04%) Critical Path Analysis
8 3 (13.04%) Cybersecurity
8 3 (13.04%) Dependency Management
8 3 (13.04%) Risk Assessment
8 3 (13.04%) Scaled Agile Framework
8 3 (13.04%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 5 (21.74%) Python
2 3 (13.04%) SQL
3 1 (4.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (4.35%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 21 (91.30%) Security Cleared
2 19 (82.61%) SC Cleared
3 8 (34.78%) DV Cleared
4 6 (26.09%) Cisco Certification
5 5 (21.74%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (17.39%) CCNP
7 3 (13.04%) CESG Certified Professional
7 3 (13.04%) CISA
7 3 (13.04%) CISSP
7 3 (13.04%) Master's Degree
8 2 (8.70%) CCNA
8 2 (8.70%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 1 (4.35%) ISTQB
9 1 (4.35%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (13.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (13.04%) JSP 440
1 3 (13.04%) NCSC
1 3 (13.04%) P3O
1 3 (13.04%) RMADS
2 1 (4.35%) ISO 22301
2 1 (4.35%) NIST
System Software
1 6 (26.09%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (21.74%) VMware ESXi
3 3 (13.04%) Hyper-V
4 2 (8.70%) Active Directory
4 2 (8.70%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 2 (8.70%) Virtual Servers
4 2 (8.70%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 4 (17.39%) Ansible
2 2 (8.70%) vCenter Server
2 2 (8.70%) WSUS
3 1 (4.35%) Dell DRAC
3 1 (4.35%) OPNET
3 1 (4.35%) Puppet
3 1 (4.35%) Terraform
Vendors
1 8 (34.78%) Atlassian
2 6 (26.09%) Cisco
2 6 (26.09%) VMware
3 3 (13.04%) Microsoft
3 3 (13.04%) SolarWinds
4 2 (8.70%) Veeam
5 1 (4.35%) Dell
5 1 (4.35%) HP
5 1 (4.35%) Jaspersoft