Degree Contracts in Yorkshire

Academic Degree
England > Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Yorkshire 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 28 20 45
Rank change year-on-year -8 +25 -1
Contract jobs citing Degree 72 124 85
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Yorkshire 7.08% 7.34% 3.69%
As % of the Qualifications category 29.75% 39.62% 24.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 39 57
10th Percentile £235 £312 £271
25th Percentile £300 £323 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £414 £450 £525
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% -14.29% +23.53%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £575
90th Percentile £650 £704 £630
England median daily rate £520 £513 £542
% change year-on-year +1.46% -5.36% +4.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 12 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £26.25 £12.53 £61.25
Median hourly rate £27.50 £13.50 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +103.70% -78.40% +257.14%
75th Percentile £28.75 £36.19 £63.75
90th Percentile - £63.75 -
England median hourly rate £53.50 £40.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year +33.75% -11.11% +24.45%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
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 Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 242 313 341
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 23.80% 18.53% 14.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 157 177 248
10th Percentile £235 £323 £319
25th Percentile £350 £425 £448
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £515 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.77% -6.36% +22.22%
75th Percentile £575 £582 £638
90th Percentile £688 £675 £700
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 25 2
10th Percentile £19.00 £12.53 £16.03
25th Percentile £19.75 £13.50 £23.56
Median hourly rate £21.00 £15.00 £36.75
Median % change year-on-year +40.00% -59.18% +106.23%
75th Percentile £24.88 £25.83 £50.56
90th Percentile £27.20 £57.75 £58.48
England median hourly rate £45.00 £40.00 £52.40
% change year-on-year +12.50% -23.66% +39.73%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Degree in Yorkshire

Degree
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

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

Daily rate trend for Degree in Yorkshire

Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in Yorkshire

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

Daily rate histogram for Degree in Yorkshire

Degree
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Yorkshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Degree in Yorkshire

Degree
Contract Job Locations in 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 Yorkshire 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
West Yorkshire -11 33 £313 -34.21% 301
South Yorkshire 0 28 £474 +11.41% 62
North Yorkshire +11 8 £550 +46.67% 56
East Yorkshire +2 1 - - 21
Degree
England

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 11 (15.28%) SharePoint
2 5 (6.94%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (4.17%) Confluence
4 1 (1.39%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 21 (29.17%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (22.22%) Microsoft Excel
3 14 (19.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (12.50%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (2.78%) MS Visio
6 1 (1.39%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (6.94%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (4.17%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (1.39%) SAP CO
3 1 (1.39%) SAP CRM
3 1 (1.39%) SAP ERP
3 1 (1.39%) SAP FI
3 1 (1.39%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (1.39%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 6 (8.33%) AWS
1 6 (8.33%) Azure
1 6 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (6.94%) Power Platform
3 2 (2.78%) Amazon Bedrock
3 2 (2.78%) Azure Sentinel
3 2 (2.78%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (2.78%) GCP
3 2 (2.78%) SuccessFactors
4 1 (1.39%) Azure API Management
4 1 (1.39%) Google Workspace
4 1 (1.39%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 11 (15.28%) Intranet
2 6 (8.33%) VPN
3 5 (6.94%) DNS
4 4 (5.56%) Network Security
4 4 (5.56%) TCP/IP
5 3 (4.17%) Firewall
6 2 (2.78%) Cisco Nexus
6 2 (2.78%) DWDM
6 2 (2.78%) LAN
6 2 (2.78%) NAS
6 2 (2.78%) SAN
6 2 (2.78%) WAN
7 1 (1.39%) BGP
7 1 (1.39%) Cisco ISE
7 1 (1.39%) DHCP
7 1 (1.39%) EIGRP
7 1 (1.39%) OSPF
7 1 (1.39%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (6.94%) Power BI
2 4 (5.56%) MySQL
3 2 (2.78%) GIS
3 2 (2.78%) MongoDB
3 2 (2.78%) Tableau
4 1 (1.39%) Apache Hive
4 1 (1.39%) Big Data
4 1 (1.39%) Data Vault
4 1 (1.39%) Delta Lake
4 1 (1.39%) Hadoop
4 1 (1.39%) NoSQL
4 1 (1.39%) Parquet
4 1 (1.39%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (1.39%) Power Query
4 1 (1.39%) Presto
4 1 (1.39%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (5.56%) JIRA
2 2 (2.78%) Git
2 2 (2.78%) GitLab
2 2 (2.78%) Jenkins
2 2 (2.78%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 53 (73.61%) Social Skills
2 16 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
2 16 (22.22%) Finance
3 12 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 11 (15.28%) Local Government
4 11 (15.28%) Public Speaking
5 8 (11.11%) Organisational Skills
5 8 (11.11%) Public Sector
6 2 (2.78%) Banking
6 2 (2.78%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (2.78%) Retail
7 1 (1.39%) Automotive
7 1 (1.39%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.39%) Financial Institution
7 1 (1.39%) Front Office
7 1 (1.39%) General Ledger
7 1 (1.39%) International Banking
7 1 (1.39%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.39%) Marketing
7 1 (1.39%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (15.28%) Analyst
1 11 (15.28%) Communications Officer
2 8 (11.11%) Project Manager
3 6 (8.33%) Desktop Support
4 5 (6.94%) Architect
4 5 (6.94%) Business Analyst
4 5 (6.94%) Desktop Engineer
4 5 (6.94%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 5 (6.94%) Support Engineer
5 4 (5.56%) Developer
5 4 (5.56%) Lead
5 4 (5.56%) Security Manager
5 4 (5.56%) Senior
6 3 (4.17%) Cybersecurity Manager
6 3 (4.17%) Network Engineer
6 3 (4.17%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
6 3 (4.17%) SAP Manager
6 3 (4.17%) Security Project Manager
6 3 (4.17%) Solutions Architect
7 2 (2.78%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.56%) React
2 2 (2.78%) .NET
2 2 (2.78%) AngularJS
2 2 (2.78%) CSS
2 2 (2.78%) HTML
2 2 (2.78%) Middleware
3 1 (1.39%) JPA
3 1 (1.39%) jQuery
3 1 (1.39%) JSON
3 1 (1.39%) Kafka
3 1 (1.39%) LDAP
3 1 (1.39%) MyBatis
3 1 (1.39%) REST
3 1 (1.39%) Spring
3 1 (1.39%) Spring MVC
Miscellaneous
1 7 (9.72%) PMI
2 5 (6.94%) Management Information System
3 2 (2.78%) Data Centre
3 2 (2.78%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (2.78%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (2.78%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (2.78%) Public Cloud
3 2 (2.78%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.39%) Credit Risk
4 1 (1.39%) iPhone
4 1 (1.39%) Market Risk
4 1 (1.39%) NHS
4 1 (1.39%) Operational Technology
4 1 (1.39%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.39%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 4 (5.56%) Windows
2 2 (2.78%) Linux
2 2 (2.78%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.39%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (33.33%) Computer Science
1 24 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 21 (29.17%) Project Management
3 13 (18.06%) Agile
4 12 (16.67%) Change Management
5 11 (15.28%) Business Continuity
5 11 (15.28%) Business Development
6 9 (12.50%) PRINCE2
7 8 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
7 8 (11.11%) Roadmaps
8 7 (9.72%) Stakeholder Management
9 6 (8.33%) Collaborative Working
9 6 (8.33%) Cybersecurity
9 6 (8.33%) Data Analysis
9 6 (8.33%) Scrum
10 5 (6.94%) Budget Management
10 5 (6.94%) Business Intelligence
10 5 (6.94%) Customer Service
10 5 (6.94%) ITIL
10 5 (6.94%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 11 (15.28%) Python
2 7 (9.72%) SQL
3 4 (5.56%) JavaScript
3 4 (5.56%) PowerShell
4 3 (4.17%) Java
5 2 (2.78%) PHP
5 2 (2.78%) Ruby
5 2 (2.78%) Shell Script
6 1 (1.39%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (1.39%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (1.39%) R
Qualifications
1 21 (29.17%) Computer Science Degree
2 7 (9.72%) PMI Certification
3 4 (5.56%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (5.56%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 4 (5.56%) Master's Degree
4 3 (4.17%) CBAP
4 3 (4.17%) CCNA
4 3 (4.17%) CCNP
4 3 (4.17%) CISSP
4 3 (4.17%) Security Cleared
5 2 (2.78%) CISM
5 2 (2.78%) JNCIA
5 2 (2.78%) JNCIS
6 1 (1.39%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 1 (1.39%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
6 1 (1.39%) MBA
6 1 (1.39%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (1.39%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 1 (1.39%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (5.56%) GDPR
2 4 (5.56%) PMO
3 3 (4.17%) NIST
4 2 (2.78%) Data Quality
4 2 (2.78%) PCI DSS
5 1 (1.39%) GRC
5 1 (1.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (1.39%) SOC 2
System Software
1 10 (13.89%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.78%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (2.78%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (2.78%) VMware NSX
2 2 (2.78%) vSphere
3 1 (1.39%) Docker
3 1 (1.39%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 5 (6.94%) Ansible
2 4 (5.56%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (4.17%) Terraform
4 2 (2.78%) vCenter Server
4 2 (2.78%) vRealize
5 1 (1.39%) Kubernetes
5 1 (1.39%) Nessus
5 1 (1.39%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (1.39%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 12 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 8 (11.11%) SAP
3 4 (5.56%) Cisco
3 4 (5.56%) Citrix
3 4 (5.56%) ServiceNow
4 3 (4.17%) Oracle
5 2 (2.78%) Arista
5 2 (2.78%) Dell
5 2 (2.78%) ESRI
5 2 (2.78%) Google
5 2 (2.78%) Intel
5 2 (2.78%) VMware
5 2 (2.78%) Workday
6 1 (1.39%) Aruba
6 1 (1.39%) Atlassian
6 1 (1.39%) Centrify
6 1 (1.39%) CyberArk
6 1 (1.39%) MuleSoft
6 1 (1.39%) Qualys
6 1 (1.39%) Thycotic