Degree Contracts in Worcestershire

Academic Degree
West Midlands > Worcestershire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Worcestershire 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 3 8 20
Rank change year-on-year +5 +12 -3
Contract jobs citing Degree 16 9 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Worcestershire 34.78% 12.00% 5.08%
As % of the Qualifications category 55.17% 39.13% 13.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 9 4
10th Percentile £110 £413 £237
25th Percentile - £513 £314
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £145 £525 £415
Median % change year-on-year -72.38% +26.51% +7.10%
75th Percentile £588 £575 £526
90th Percentile - £610 £623
West Midlands median daily rate £292 £519 £475
% change year-on-year -43.71% +9.21% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £15.22 - -
Median hourly rate £17.16 - -
75th Percentile £18.13 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £28.18 £39.92 £18.50
% change year-on-year -29.41% +115.78% +7.06%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Worcestershire

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 Worcestershire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 29 23 46
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Worcestershire 63.04% 30.67% 38.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 20 35
10th Percentile £145 £496 £413
25th Percentile £330 £513 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £550 £590
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -6.78% +38.82%
75th Percentile £700 £581 £650
90th Percentile £880 £617 £675
West Midlands median daily rate £498 £450 £528
% change year-on-year +10.56% -14.69% +12.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £15.22 £21.25 -
Median hourly rate £18.13 £22.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -19.42% - -
75th Percentile - £23.75 -
90th Percentile £56.45 - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £28.18 £28.50 £19.00
% change year-on-year -1.12% +50.00% +1.33%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Worcestershire

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

Job vacancy trend for Degree in Worcestershire

Degree
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Worcestershire

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

Daily rate trend for Degree in Worcestershire

Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in Worcestershire

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

Daily rate histogram for Degree in Worcestershire

Degree
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Worcestershire

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

Hourly rate trend for Degree in Worcestershire

Degree
Contract Job Locations in Worcestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Degree within the Worcestershire 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
Worcester +3 12 £145 -73.64% 108
Malvern -3 3 £575 +6.98% 8
Tenbury Wells - 1 - -
Degree
West Midlands

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Worcestershire 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:

Cloud Services
1 10 (62.50%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 10 (62.50%) VPN
Development Applications
1 1 (6.25%) JIRA
General
1 3 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (18.75%) Social Skills
2 1 (6.25%) Back Office
2 1 (6.25%) Humanities
2 1 (6.25%) Public Sector
2 1 (6.25%) Retail
Job Titles
1 4 (25.00%) DevOps Engineer
1 4 (25.00%) IT Engineer
2 2 (12.50%) Desktop Engineer
2 2 (12.50%) IT Support
2 2 (12.50%) IT Support Engineer
2 2 (12.50%) Support Engineer
2 2 (12.50%) Windows Engineer
3 1 (6.25%) Analyst
3 1 (6.25%) Junior
3 1 (6.25%) Junior IT Engineer
3 1 (6.25%) Junior IT Support
3 1 (6.25%) Junior Support Engineer
3 1 (6.25%) Kubernetes Engineer
3 1 (6.25%) Product Owner
3 1 (6.25%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 6 (37.50%) NHS
2 1 (6.25%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (6.25%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 10 (62.50%) Windows
2 6 (37.50%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (37.50%) Computer Science
1 6 (37.50%) Customer Service
1 6 (37.50%) Multi-Factor Authentication
2 4 (25.00%) Decision-Making
2 4 (25.00%) DevOps
2 4 (25.00%) Software Engineering
2 4 (25.00%) User Experience
2 4 (25.00%) Workflow
3 3 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (12.50%) Project Management
4 2 (12.50%) Time Management
5 1 (6.25%) Agile
5 1 (6.25%) Backlog Management
5 1 (6.25%) Business Strategy
5 1 (6.25%) Collaborative Working
5 1 (6.25%) Preventative Maintenance
5 1 (6.25%) Product Backlog
5 1 (6.25%) Scaled Agile Framework
5 1 (6.25%) Usability Testing
5 1 (6.25%) User Stories
Qualifications
1 4 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 4 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (18.75%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (37.50%) QA
System Software
1 10 (62.50%) Active Directory
2 6 (37.50%) BitLocker
3 1 (6.25%) Docker
Systems Management
1 10 (62.50%) SCCM
2 1 (6.25%) Ansible
2 1 (6.25%) Kubernetes
2 1 (6.25%) Terraform
Vendors
1 10 (62.50%) Cisco
1 10 (62.50%) Citrix
1 10 (62.50%) Nexthink
2 2 (12.50%) ServiceNow