Degree Contracts in Berkshire

Academic Degree
South East > Berkshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire with a requirement for Degree qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 11 17 11
Rank change year-on-year +6 -6 +2
Contract jobs citing Degree 207 169 263
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 10.78% 9.58% 11.13%
As % of the Qualifications category 24.58% 30.07% 40.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 98 77 128
10th Percentile £204 £329 £333
25th Percentile £232 £413 £392
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £450
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% +16.67% -
75th Percentile £608 £638 £527
90th Percentile £612 £685 £601
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £450
% change year-on-year - +11.11% -1.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 4 4
10th Percentile £19.00 £26.16 £22.73
25th Percentile £25.45 £45.91 £42.19
Median hourly rate £41.50 £64.38 £57.25
Median % change year-on-year -35.53% +12.45% +34.71%
75th Percentile £43.75 £72.84 £66.79
90th Percentile £61.50 £77.96 £74.96
South East median hourly rate £57.35 £45.00 £43.42
% change year-on-year +27.44% +3.65% +2.15%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Berkshire

Degree is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 842 562 647
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 43.85% 31.84% 27.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 406 309 377
10th Percentile £213 £336 £330
25th Percentile £430 £431 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £490
Median % change year-on-year - +12.24% +3.70%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £588
90th Percentile £688 £719 £665
South East median daily rate £550 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 78 39 15
10th Percentile £41.43 £22.30 -
25th Percentile £52.90 £55.25 £17.00
Median hourly rate £61.60 £66.00 £21.05
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +213.54% -
75th Percentile £75.24 £76.37 £64.88
90th Percentile £87.46 £80.25 £81.66
South East median hourly rate £57.35 £60.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -4.42% +33.33% +5.88%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Degree in Berkshire

Degree
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Daily rate trend for Degree in Berkshire

Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Degree in Berkshire over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Degree in Berkshire

Degree
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Degree in Berkshire

Degree
Hourly Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Degree in Berkshire over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Degree in Berkshire

Degree
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Degree within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 23 May 2024. 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
Reading +5 127 £513 -2.84% 120
Bracknell -2 28 £425 -20.56% 24
Wokingham +4 11 £575 -17.86% 13
Maidenhead -8 3 £232 -59.65% 8
Newbury +1 2 £500 +212.50% 7
Windsor -8 2 £900 - 9
Degree
South East

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 20 (9.66%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (3.38%) SAS
2 7 (3.38%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.90%) Confluence
4 2 (0.97%) CMS
5 1 (0.48%) Apache
5 1 (0.48%) Moodle
Applications
1 51 (24.64%) Microsoft Office
2 34 (16.43%) Microsoft Excel
3 18 (8.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (5.80%) MS Visio
5 3 (1.45%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.97%) Adobe Illustrator
6 2 (0.97%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.48%) 3ds Max
7 1 (0.48%) Blender
Business Applications
1 4 (1.93%) Oracle EBS
1 4 (1.93%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 2 (0.97%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.48%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 58 (28.02%) Azure
2 25 (12.08%) Microsoft 365
3 19 (9.18%) Entra ID
4 18 (8.70%) Azure Monitor
4 18 (8.70%) Azure Storage
5 16 (7.73%) Snowflake
6 14 (6.76%) OCI
7 11 (5.31%) AWS
8 10 (4.83%) Azure DevOps
9 7 (3.38%) Power Platform
10 5 (2.42%) Smartsheet
11 4 (1.93%) PaaS
12 3 (1.45%) Azure Stack
12 3 (1.45%) IaaS
12 3 (1.45%) Power Automate
12 3 (1.45%) Veeva
13 2 (0.97%) Cloud Computing
13 2 (0.97%) Dynamics 365
13 2 (0.97%) OpenShift
14 1 (0.48%) NuGet
Communications & Networking
1 39 (18.84%) DNS
2 37 (17.87%) Firewall
3 32 (15.46%) DHCP
4 20 (9.66%) LAN
5 15 (7.25%) SAN
6 9 (4.35%) SSL
7 8 (3.86%) 4G
8 7 (3.38%) 3G
8 7 (3.38%) 5G
8 7 (3.38%) Radio Access Network
8 7 (3.38%) VoLTE
9 6 (2.90%) Diameter Protocol
9 6 (2.90%) GGSN
9 6 (2.90%) LTE
9 6 (2.90%) RANAP
9 6 (2.90%) SGSN
9 6 (2.90%) WAN
9 6 (2.90%) Wireshark
10 4 (1.93%) Remote Desktop
10 4 (1.93%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (8.21%) Tableau
2 7 (3.38%) Crystal Reports
2 7 (3.38%) Power BI
3 5 (2.42%) SQL Server
4 3 (1.45%) Big Data
4 3 (1.45%) Data Lake
4 3 (1.45%) EDMS
4 3 (1.45%) Metadata
5 2 (0.97%) Power Query
5 2 (0.97%) PowerPivot
6 1 (0.48%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.48%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.48%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.48%) DTS
6 1 (0.48%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.48%) MySQL
6 1 (0.48%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.48%) Oracle Database 11g
6 1 (0.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 13 (6.28%) JIRA
2 3 (1.45%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 2 (0.97%) Git
4 1 (0.48%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.48%) CMake
4 1 (0.48%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.48%) Maven
4 1 (0.48%) SonarQube
4 1 (0.48%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 133 (64.25%) Social Skills
2 49 (23.67%) Telecoms
3 38 (18.36%) Analytical Skills
4 36 (17.39%) Finance
5 27 (13.04%) Legal
6 24 (11.59%) Presentation Skills
7 19 (9.18%) Organisational Skills
8 15 (7.25%) Marketing
9 13 (6.28%) Mandarin Language
10 10 (4.83%) Public Sector
11 9 (4.35%) Manufacturing
12 7 (3.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 6 (2.90%) Law
13 6 (2.90%) Multimedia
14 4 (1.93%) Electronics
15 3 (1.45%) Automotive
15 3 (1.45%) General Ledger
15 3 (1.45%) Influencing Skills
16 2 (0.97%) Retail
17 1 (0.48%) French Language
Job Titles
1 32 (15.46%) Analyst
2 21 (10.14%) Lead
3 18 (8.70%) Active Directory Support
3 18 (8.70%) Support Specialist
4 16 (7.73%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 15 (7.25%) Architect
6 14 (6.76%) Active Directory Specialist
6 14 (6.76%) Azure Specialist
6 14 (6.76%) Hardware Engineer
7 13 (6.28%) Project Manager
8 10 (4.83%) Storage Engineer
9 9 (4.35%) Developer
10 8 (3.86%) Communications Manager
10 8 (3.86%) Internal Communications Manager
11 7 (3.38%) Business Analyst
11 7 (3.38%) IFS Developer
11 7 (3.38%) Support Engineer
12 6 (2.90%) Azure Engineer
12 6 (2.90%) HR Assistant
13 5 (2.42%) HR Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (9.18%) ARM Templates
2 9 (4.35%) Web Services
3 3 (1.45%) HTML
3 3 (1.45%) XML
4 2 (0.97%) CSS
4 2 (0.97%) Flash
4 2 (0.97%) YAML
5 1 (0.48%) AngularJS
5 1 (0.48%) CNTK
5 1 (0.48%) jQuery
5 1 (0.48%) JSON
5 1 (0.48%) Node.js
5 1 (0.48%) OpenVINO
5 1 (0.48%) PyTorch
5 1 (0.48%) React
5 1 (0.48%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 28 (13.53%) Self-Motivation
2 26 (12.56%) PKI
3 16 (7.73%) Data Centre
4 14 (6.76%) Driving Licence
5 10 (4.83%) Credit Risk
5 10 (4.83%) Management Information System
6 9 (4.35%) Life Science
6 9 (4.35%) Renewable Energy
7 4 (1.93%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (1.45%) PMI
8 3 (1.45%) Solar Power
9 2 (0.97%) Cloud Native
9 2 (0.97%) Product Ownership
9 2 (0.97%) Social Media
10 1 (0.48%) Algorithms
10 1 (0.48%) Data Structures
10 1 (0.48%) Digital Media
10 1 (0.48%) Enterprise Storage
10 1 (0.48%) IoT
10 1 (0.48%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 62 (29.95%) Windows
2 44 (21.26%) Linux
3 39 (18.84%) Windows Server
4 35 (16.91%) Windows Server 2016
5 33 (15.94%) Windows Server 2019
6 32 (15.46%) Windows 10
7 15 (7.25%) Windows Server 2012
8 14 (6.76%) Windows 7
8 14 (6.76%) Windows XP
9 2 (0.97%) Unix
10 1 (0.48%) Android
10 1 (0.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (36.71%) Problem-Solving
2 54 (26.09%) Project Management
3 51 (24.64%) Analytics
3 51 (24.64%) ITIL
4 45 (21.74%) Agile
5 31 (14.98%) DevOps
6 30 (14.49%) Decision-Making
7 26 (12.56%) Customer Service
8 25 (12.08%) Computer Science
9 21 (10.14%) CI/CD
9 21 (10.14%) Continuous Improvement
9 21 (10.14%) Infrastructure as Code
10 19 (9.18%) RBAC
10 19 (9.18%) Release Management
10 19 (9.18%) Service Management
11 18 (8.70%) Identity Management
11 18 (8.70%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 18 (8.70%) Log Analytics
11 18 (8.70%) Multi-Factor Authentication
11 18 (8.70%) Privileged Identity Management
Programming Languages
1 37 (17.87%) PowerShell
2 22 (10.63%) C#
3 18 (8.70%) Bicep
3 18 (8.70%) VB
3 18 (8.70%) VBScript
4 15 (7.25%) SQL
5 6 (2.90%) Python
6 3 (1.45%) F#
6 3 (1.45%) JavaScript
7 2 (0.97%) Java
8 1 (0.48%) C++
8 1 (0.48%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 69 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 57 (27.54%) DV Cleared
3 33 (15.94%) SC Cleared
4 19 (9.18%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (8.70%) Cisco Certification
5 18 (8.70%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 16 (7.73%) CCNA
6 16 (7.73%) CCNP
7 11 (5.31%) Master's Degree
8 5 (2.42%) CIPD
8 5 (2.42%) PMI Certification
9 3 (1.45%) ACCA
9 3 (1.45%) CIMA
9 3 (1.45%) CISSP
10 2 (0.97%) CCDP
10 2 (0.97%) CISA
10 2 (0.97%) CISM
10 2 (0.97%) CISMP
10 2 (0.97%) HNC
10 2 (0.97%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (5.80%) QA
2 6 (2.90%) Accessibility
2 6 (2.90%) SLA
3 3 (1.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (1.45%) PMO
4 2 (0.97%) COBIT
4 2 (0.97%) GDPR
4 2 (0.97%) GRC
4 2 (0.97%) NIST
5 1 (0.48%) HL7
System Software
1 46 (22.22%) Active Directory
2 18 (8.70%) Virtual Desktop
2 18 (8.70%) Virtual Machines
3 15 (7.25%) Hyper-V
3 15 (7.25%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (6.76%) Firmware
4 14 (6.76%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (1.45%) Docker
Systems Management
1 51 (24.64%) SCCM
2 33 (15.94%) SCOM
3 32 (15.46%) WSUS
4 21 (10.14%) Kubernetes
5 18 (8.70%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 18 (8.70%) Microsoft Intune
6 15 (7.25%) EMC NetWorker
6 15 (7.25%) NetBackup
7 14 (6.76%) vCenter Server
8 2 (0.97%) Ansible
8 2 (0.97%) Terraform
Vendors
1 81 (39.13%) Microsoft
2 33 (15.94%) HP
3 20 (9.66%) Oracle
4 18 (8.70%) Juniper
5 16 (7.73%) Alteryx
5 16 (7.73%) Cisco
5 16 (7.73%) VMware
6 15 (7.25%) 3PAR
6 15 (7.25%) EMC
6 15 (7.25%) Palo Alto
7 14 (6.76%) Dell
7 14 (6.76%) Extreme Networks
7 14 (6.76%) Symantec
7 14 (6.76%) Veeam
8 10 (4.83%) ServiceNow
9 7 (3.38%) IFS
10 6 (2.90%) Empirix
10 6 (2.90%) NetScout
11 5 (2.42%) Reuters
12 4 (1.93%) Workday