Degree Contracts in York

Academic Degree
North Yorkshire > York

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in York with a requirement for Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 2 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 7 10 13
Rank change year-on-year +3 +3 +2
Contract jobs citing Degree 3 4 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in York 12.00% 7.27% 6.76%
As % of the Qualifications category 60.00% 44.44% 21.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 4
10th Percentile £192 - £161
25th Percentile £229 - £186
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £305 - £200
Median % change year-on-year - - -20.00%
75th Percentile £379 - -
90th Percentile £414 - -
North Yorkshire median daily rate £550 £500 £200
% change year-on-year +10.00% +150.00% -20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £27.00 -
North Yorkshire median hourly rate £30.29 £13.50 -
% change year-on-year +124.37% - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
York

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 York.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 5 9 23
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in York 20.00% 16.36% 31.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 20
10th Percentile £217 - -
25th Percentile £290 £413 £165
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £425 £183
Median % change year-on-year - +132.88% -54.38%
75th Percentile £538 £438 £400
90th Percentile £598 - £783
North Yorkshire median daily rate £550 £800 £400
% change year-on-year -31.25% +100.00% +33.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Median hourly rate - £27.00 £22.51
Median % change year-on-year - +19.95% +20.05%
North Yorkshire median hourly rate £25.15 £13.50 £33.26
% change year-on-year +86.30% -59.40% +77.36%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in York

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

Job vacancy trend for Degree in York

Degree
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in York

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

Daily rate trend for Degree in York

Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in York

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Degree in York over the 6 months to 2 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Degree in York

Degree
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in York

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

Hourly rate trend for Degree in York

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in York 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:

General
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) 1st Line Support
1 1 (33.33%) Communications Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Data Scientist
1 1 (33.33%) Senior
1 1 (33.33%) Senior Communications Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) Pandas
1 1 (33.33%) pytest
1 1 (33.33%) scikit-learn
1 1 (33.33%) TensorFlow
1 1 (33.33%) XGBoost
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (33.33%) Agile
1 1 (33.33%) Analytics
1 1 (33.33%) API Development
1 1 (33.33%) Chat Support
1 1 (33.33%) CI/CD
1 1 (33.33%) Data Science
1 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
1 1 (33.33%) DevOps
1 1 (33.33%) E-Commerce
1 1 (33.33%) Electronic Design Automation
1 1 (33.33%) Mathematics
1 1 (33.33%) MLOps
1 1 (33.33%) Neural Network
1 1 (33.33%) Performance Monitoring
1 1 (33.33%) Physics
1 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
1 1 (33.33%) Statistics
1 1 (33.33%) TDD
1 1 (33.33%) Ticket Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Python
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Postgraduate
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory