Degree Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Academic Degree
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 27 17 36
Rank change year-on-year -10 +19 +11
Contract jobs citing Degree 668 1,346 1,484
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 6.74% 8.77% 5.74%
As % of the Qualifications category 24.19% 31.73% 22.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 383 659 902
10th Percentile £281 £250 £320
25th Percentile £400 £408 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - +1.55%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £838
UK median daily rate £500 £510 £525
% change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 132 89
10th Percentile £15.25 £15.85 £22.16
25th Percentile £26.29 £23.94 £42.50
Median hourly rate £53.50 £39.92 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +34.02% -23.96% +16.67%
75th Percentile £67.50 £70.63 £68.75
90th Percentile £87.05 £74.90 £77.00
UK median hourly rate £53.00 £40.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year +32.50% -11.11% +21.21%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,762 4,242 6,586
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 27.88% 27.64% 25.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,865 2,651 4,417
10th Percentile £350 £325 £381
25th Percentile £425 £440 £454
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.80%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £650
90th Percentile £700 £730 £745
UK median daily rate £525 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 104 269 292
10th Percentile £19.10 £15.85 £20.00
25th Percentile £26.25 £25.00 £42.50
Median hourly rate £54.51 £43.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +26.76% -33.85% +33.22%
75th Percentile £67.75 £65.00 £73.75
90th Percentile £85.78 £83.84 £85.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £40.00 £54.00
% change year-on-year - -25.93% +29.16%

Degree
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Degree as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Degree trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Degree
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Degree.

Degree daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Degree
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Degree over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Degree daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Degree
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Degree.

Degree hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Degree
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Degree over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Degree hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 29 (4.34%) Confluence
2 24 (3.59%) SharePoint
3 11 (1.65%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (1.20%) Apache Spark
4 8 (1.20%) CMS
4 8 (1.20%) GemFire
4 8 (1.20%) Oracle Coherence
5 4 (0.60%) OpenStack
6 3 (0.45%) Camunda
7 2 (0.30%) Apache
7 2 (0.30%) EPiServer
7 2 (0.30%) IIS
7 2 (0.30%) SAS
7 2 (0.30%) Skype for Business
7 2 (0.30%) Umbraco
7 2 (0.30%) WordPress
8 1 (0.15%) IBM Domino
8 1 (0.15%) JBoss
8 1 (0.15%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.15%) WebLogic
Applications
1 55 (8.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 50 (7.49%) Microsoft Office
3 37 (5.54%) Microsoft Project
4 30 (4.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 20 (2.99%) MS Visio
6 10 (1.50%) Trello
7 7 (1.05%) Chatbot
8 5 (0.75%) Windchill
9 2 (0.30%) Adobe Captivate
9 2 (0.30%) Camtasia
9 2 (0.30%) InVision
9 2 (0.30%) Siemens NX
9 2 (0.30%) Sketch
10 1 (0.15%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.15%) AutoCAD
10 1 (0.15%) Fusion 360
10 1 (0.15%) PTC Creo
10 1 (0.15%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 19 (2.84%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (1.35%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.60%) SAP EWM
4 3 (0.45%) Payment Gateway
4 3 (0.45%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 3 (0.45%) SAP WM
4 3 (0.45%) Workday HCM
5 2 (0.30%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (0.30%) Oracle Assets
5 2 (0.30%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.30%) Oracle EBS R12
5 2 (0.30%) Oracle E-Business Tax
5 2 (0.30%) Oracle Financials
5 2 (0.30%) Oracle General Ledger
5 2 (0.30%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.30%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.30%) SAP HR
5 2 (0.30%) SAP Payroll
5 2 (0.30%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.15%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 118 (17.66%) Azure
2 102 (15.27%) AWS
3 48 (7.19%) Power Platform
4 29 (4.34%) GCP
5 26 (3.89%) Microsoft 365
6 23 (3.44%) Azure DevOps
7 20 (2.99%) Amazon S3
8 18 (2.69%) Serverless
9 16 (2.40%) AWS Lambda
10 15 (2.25%) Entra ID
11 12 (1.80%) Dynamics 365
11 12 (1.80%) SaaS
12 11 (1.65%) PaaS
13 10 (1.50%) Amazon EC2
13 10 (1.50%) GitHub
14 9 (1.35%) Azure Sentinel
15 8 (1.20%) Snowflake
16 7 (1.05%) Asana
16 7 (1.05%) IaaS
16 7 (1.05%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 30 (4.49%) Firewall
2 19 (2.84%) Network Security
3 13 (1.95%) TCP/IP
3 13 (1.95%) VPN
4 9 (1.35%) DNS
5 8 (1.20%) BGP
5 8 (1.20%) OSPF
6 7 (1.05%) 4G
6 7 (1.05%) 5G
6 7 (1.05%) LAN
6 7 (1.05%) Radio Access Network
6 7 (1.05%) VLAN
6 7 (1.05%) WAN
7 6 (0.90%) MPLS
7 6 (0.90%) Skype
7 6 (0.90%) SSL
7 6 (0.90%) TACACS
7 6 (0.90%) Wireless
8 5 (0.75%) DHCP
8 5 (0.75%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (5.99%) Power BI
2 26 (3.89%) Data Warehouse
3 22 (3.29%) Relational Database
3 22 (3.29%) SQL Server
4 21 (3.14%) PostgreSQL
5 20 (2.99%) Tableau
6 14 (2.10%) Oracle Database
7 12 (1.80%) Metadata
8 11 (1.65%) NoSQL
9 10 (1.50%) Redis
10 9 (1.35%) Amazon Redshift
10 9 (1.35%) Big Data
11 8 (1.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 8 (1.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 7 (1.05%) Hadoop
13 6 (0.90%) Data Lake
13 6 (0.90%) MySQL
14 5 (0.75%) Amazon RDS
14 5 (0.75%) DynamoDB
14 5 (0.75%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 55 (8.23%) JIRA
2 37 (5.54%) Git
3 18 (2.69%) Jenkins
4 13 (1.95%) GitLab
5 5 (0.75%) Maven
6 4 (0.60%) REST Assured
7 3 (0.45%) Artifactory
7 3 (0.45%) Bitbucket
7 3 (0.45%) Cypress.io
7 3 (0.45%) JMeter
7 3 (0.45%) Selenium
7 3 (0.45%) Terragrunt
7 3 (0.45%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.30%) Axure RP
8 2 (0.30%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.30%) SpecFlow
8 2 (0.30%) Team Foundation Server
9 1 (0.15%) Gatling
9 1 (0.15%) Travis CI
9 1 (0.15%) webpack
General
1 368 (55.09%) Social Skills
2 210 (31.44%) Analytical Skills
3 147 (22.01%) Finance
4 78 (11.68%) Public Sector
5 53 (7.93%) Banking
6 41 (6.14%) Marketing
7 40 (5.99%) Presentation Skills
8 36 (5.39%) Manufacturing
9 25 (3.74%) Legal
10 23 (3.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 22 (3.29%) Automotive
11 22 (3.29%) Telecoms
12 20 (2.99%) Influencing Skills
12 20 (2.99%) Investment Banking
13 19 (2.84%) Front Office
14 16 (2.40%) Organisational Skills
15 15 (2.25%) Pharmaceutical
16 14 (2.10%) Military
17 12 (1.80%) Financial Institution
18 10 (1.50%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 82 (12.28%) Developer
2 76 (11.38%) Analyst
3 63 (9.43%) Senior
4 51 (7.63%) Architect
5 49 (7.34%) Lead
6 47 (7.04%) Project Manager
7 46 (6.89%) Business Analyst
8 37 (5.54%) Consultant
9 25 (3.74%) Java Developer
10 20 (2.99%) Solutions Architect
11 15 (2.25%) Senior Developer
12 14 (2.10%) Software Developer
12 14 (2.10%) Software Engineer
13 13 (1.95%) Designer
14 12 (1.80%) AWS Engineer
14 12 (1.80%) Security Engineer
14 12 (1.80%) Trainer
15 11 (1.65%) Front Office Business Analyst
15 11 (1.65%) IT Manager
15 11 (1.65%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (4.04%) AngularJS
2 25 (3.74%) HTML
2 25 (3.74%) React
3 22 (3.29%) .NET
4 20 (2.99%) CSS
5 19 (2.84%) REST
6 16 (2.40%) Kafka
7 14 (2.10%) Spring
7 14 (2.10%) Web Services
8 13 (1.95%) Node.js
9 12 (1.80%) ASP.NET
9 12 (1.80%) SOAP
10 10 (1.50%) ActiveMQ
10 10 (1.50%) Flash
11 8 (1.20%) Oracle Fusion
12 7 (1.05%) RESTful
13 6 (0.90%) .NET Framework
13 6 (0.90%) OAuth
14 5 (0.75%) ASP.NET Web API
14 5 (0.75%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 59 (8.83%) Management Information System
2 31 (4.64%) Product Ownership
3 25 (3.74%) Algorithms
4 21 (3.14%) PMI
5 20 (2.99%) Cloud Native
6 19 (2.84%) Life Science
7 17 (2.54%) Onboarding
8 14 (2.10%) Operational Technology
8 14 (2.10%) PKI
9 13 (1.95%) Enterprise Software
10 12 (1.80%) Data Centre
10 12 (1.80%) Data Protection Act
10 12 (1.80%) Renewable Energy
10 12 (1.80%) Self-Motivation
11 11 (1.65%) Clustering
11 11 (1.65%) Data Structures
11 11 (1.65%) Fixed Income
12 10 (1.50%) NHS
13 9 (1.35%) Analytical Mindset
13 9 (1.35%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 31 (4.64%) Windows
2 30 (4.49%) Linux
3 10 (1.50%) Windows Server
4 6 (0.90%) Android
4 6 (0.90%) Unix
5 5 (0.75%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.60%) SUSE
6 4 (0.60%) Windows 10
6 4 (0.60%) Windows Server 2012
7 3 (0.45%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.30%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 284 (42.51%) Computer Science
2 254 (38.02%) Problem-Solving
3 200 (29.94%) Agile
4 124 (18.56%) Project Management
5 96 (14.37%) Stakeholder Management
6 86 (12.87%) DevOps
7 82 (12.28%) Analytics
8 72 (10.78%) CI/CD
9 66 (9.88%) Decision-Making
10 62 (9.28%) Continuous Improvement
10 62 (9.28%) Migration
11 57 (8.53%) Change Management
12 55 (8.23%) Software Engineering
13 53 (7.93%) Data Analysis
13 53 (7.93%) Risk Management
14 52 (7.78%) Business Intelligence
15 48 (7.19%) Mathematics
16 47 (7.04%) PRINCE2
17 46 (6.89%) Artificial Intelligence
18 45 (6.74%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 135 (20.21%) Python
2 112 (16.77%) SQL
3 58 (8.68%) Java
4 40 (5.99%) PowerShell
5 39 (5.84%) JavaScript
6 26 (3.89%) C#
7 24 (3.59%) C++
8 21 (3.14%) Bash
9 14 (2.10%) TypeScript
10 9 (1.35%) T-SQL
11 8 (1.20%) Rust
12 7 (1.05%) PL/SQL
12 7 (1.05%) R
13 6 (0.90%) Perl
14 5 (0.75%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 5 (0.75%) VBA
15 3 (0.45%) C
15 3 (0.45%) PHP
15 3 (0.45%) Ruby
15 3 (0.45%) Scala
Qualifications
1 187 (27.99%) Computer Science Degree
2 104 (15.57%) Master's Degree
3 82 (12.28%) Security Cleared
4 71 (10.63%) SC Cleared
5 61 (9.13%) PMI Certification
6 52 (7.78%) PMP
7 44 (6.59%) Microsoft Certification
8 36 (5.39%) CISSP
9 35 (5.24%) AWS Certification
10 32 (4.79%) Azure Certification
11 30 (4.49%) Cisco Certification
12 26 (3.89%) CISM
13 25 (3.74%) Numerate Degree
14 24 (3.59%) CCNA
15 21 (3.14%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 16 (2.40%) PhD
17 13 (1.95%) CCNP
18 12 (1.80%) CISA
19 11 (1.65%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
20 9 (1.35%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (5.39%) Data Quality
2 35 (5.24%) QA
3 28 (4.19%) GDPR
4 24 (3.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 23 (3.44%) Accessibility
6 21 (3.14%) NIST
6 21 (3.14%) PMO
7 9 (1.35%) PCI DSS
8 7 (1.05%) Actionable Recommendations
9 6 (0.90%) NCSC
9 6 (0.90%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 5 (0.75%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 5 (0.75%) Def Stans
10 5 (0.75%) HIPAA
11 4 (0.60%) Disclosure Scotland
11 4 (0.60%) GRC
11 4 (0.60%) MiFID
12 3 (0.45%) COBIT
12 3 (0.45%) EMIR
12 3 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 28 (4.19%) Active Directory
2 27 (4.04%) Docker
3 12 (1.80%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (1.65%) VMware ESXi
5 10 (1.50%) VMware NSX
6 8 (1.20%) GridGain
7 3 (0.45%) Hyper-V
7 3 (0.45%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.30%) Apache ZooKeeper
8 2 (0.30%) BitLocker
8 2 (0.30%) Firmware
8 2 (0.30%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 2 (0.30%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.30%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.15%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 39 (5.84%) Kubernetes
2 34 (5.09%) Terraform
3 28 (4.19%) Ansible
4 12 (1.80%) vCenter Server
5 9 (1.35%) Prometheus
6 8 (1.20%) Grafana
6 8 (1.20%) Progress Chef
7 7 (1.05%) WSUS
8 6 (0.90%) Argo
9 5 (0.75%) Microsoft Intune
10 4 (0.60%) Puppet
10 4 (0.60%) Single Sign-On
11 3 (0.45%) Control-M
11 3 (0.45%) Istio
11 3 (0.45%) MOM
11 3 (0.45%) Rundeck
12 2 (0.30%) CSIRT
12 2 (0.30%) FortiGate
12 2 (0.30%) logstash
12 2 (0.30%) SCCM
Vendors
1 130 (19.46%) Microsoft
2 59 (8.83%) SAP
3 41 (6.14%) Oracle
4 32 (4.79%) Google
5 25 (3.74%) ServiceNow
6 23 (3.44%) Cisco
7 14 (2.10%) VMware
8 12 (1.80%) Salesforce
9 11 (1.65%) Atlassian
10 10 (1.50%) Databricks
11 9 (1.35%) ION Trading
11 9 (1.35%) Palo Alto
12 7 (1.05%) Adobe
12 7 (1.05%) PayPal
13 6 (0.90%) Workday
14 5 (0.75%) Ariba
14 5 (0.75%) Cloudera
14 5 (0.75%) CyberArk
14 5 (0.75%) PTC
14 5 (0.75%) Siemens