Degree Contracts in Central London

Academic Degree
London > Central London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London with a requirement for Degree qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 22 26 30
Rank change year-on-year +4 +4 -14
Contract jobs citing Degree 178 274 298
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 7.42% 7.31% 6.61%
As % of the Qualifications category 37.01% 35.77% 34.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 104 144 199
10th Percentile £263 £325 £400
25th Percentile £406 £475 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £600 £560
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +7.14% +1.82%
75th Percentile £653 £741 £637
90th Percentile £789 £968 £715
London median daily rate £525 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 16
10th Percentile £28.43 £26.70 £18.50
25th Percentile £30.56 £41.84 £33.69
Median hourly rate £34.75 £52.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -33.17% +16.85% +111.90%
75th Percentile £39.56 £61.25 £53.50
90th Percentile £42.08 £74.75 £63.75
London median hourly rate £33.87 £26.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year +27.79% -24.29% -4.11%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Central London

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 Central London with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 481 766 865
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 20.06% 20.45% 19.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 310 454 570
10th Percentile £363 £313 £363
25th Percentile £450 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £567 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.45% +3.14% +4.76%
75th Percentile £644 £700 £650
90th Percentile £775 £820 £725
London median daily rate £538 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -6.52% +4.55% +7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 5 19
10th Percentile - £18.06 £18.50
25th Percentile £20.22 £20.22 £37.75
Median hourly rate £23.91 £51.50 £45.50
Median % change year-on-year -53.58% +13.19% +127.50%
75th Percentile £31.19 £53.75 £57.00
90th Percentile £38.73 £71.75 £66.95
London median hourly rate £25.00 £43.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -41.86% -3.37% +18.67%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Degree in Central London

Degree
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Daily rate trend for Degree in Central London

Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Degree in Central London over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Degree in Central London

Degree
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

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

Hourly rate trend for Degree in Central London

Degree
Hourly Rate Histogram in Central London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Degree in Central London over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Degree in Central London

Degree
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Degree within the Central London region over the 6 months to 17 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
City of London +1 166 £565 -5.83% 191
West End of London +3 2 - - 19
Camden - 1 - - 18
Degree
London

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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 17 (9.55%) SharePoint
2 9 (5.06%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.69%) Confluence
4 1 (0.56%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.56%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 1 (0.56%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.56%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 18 (10.11%) Microsoft Excel
1 18 (10.11%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (6.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 10 (5.62%) MS Visio
4 9 (5.06%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (2.25%) Adobe Premiere
6 3 (1.69%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.56%) Adobe After Effects
7 1 (0.56%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.56%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 9 (5.06%) Dynamics GP
2 8 (4.49%) Dynamics AX
3 3 (1.69%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (1.12%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (1.12%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (1.12%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 2 (1.12%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.56%) BusinessWorks
5 1 (0.56%) Oracle 11i
5 1 (0.56%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.56%) Oracle EBS R12
5 1 (0.56%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (0.56%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.56%) Primavera
5 1 (0.56%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.56%) SAP HCM
5 1 (0.56%) SAP Payroll
5 1 (0.56%) SAP WM
5 1 (0.56%) Sprinklr
5 1 (0.56%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 50 (28.09%) Azure
2 22 (12.36%) Power Platform
3 20 (11.24%) Microsoft 365
4 15 (8.43%) AWS
5 14 (7.87%) Azure DevOps
6 13 (7.30%) PowerApps
7 12 (6.74%) Dynamics 365
8 8 (4.49%) GCP
8 8 (4.49%) Microsoft Purview
8 8 (4.49%) Power Automate
9 6 (3.37%) OneDrive
10 5 (2.81%) GitHub
10 5 (2.81%) WhatsApp
11 3 (1.69%) Azure Sentinel
11 3 (1.69%) Cloud Computing
11 3 (1.69%) GitHub Actions
11 3 (1.69%) SaaS
12 2 (1.12%) Google Analytics
12 2 (1.12%) Mimecast
12 2 (1.12%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 11 (6.18%) Firewall
2 5 (2.81%) LAN
2 5 (2.81%) Network Security
2 5 (2.81%) WAN
3 4 (2.25%) VoIP
4 3 (1.69%) CTI
4 3 (1.69%) H.323
4 3 (1.69%) SD-WAN
5 2 (1.12%) DNS
5 2 (1.12%) Structured Cabling
5 2 (1.12%) VPN
5 2 (1.12%) WebEx
5 2 (1.12%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.56%) DHCP
6 1 (0.56%) DMZ
6 1 (0.56%) Internet
6 1 (0.56%) Intranet
6 1 (0.56%) MPLS
6 1 (0.56%) SSL
6 1 (0.56%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (8.99%) Power BI
2 14 (7.87%) SQL Server
3 11 (6.18%) Data Lake
4 8 (4.49%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (2.25%) MySQL
5 4 (2.25%) Oracle Database
6 3 (1.69%) MongoDB
6 3 (1.69%) Tableau
7 2 (1.12%) Data Mining
7 2 (1.12%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (1.12%) NoSQL
7 2 (1.12%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.56%) Apache Cassandra
8 1 (0.56%) Big Data
8 1 (0.56%) DB2
8 1 (0.56%) Elasticsearch
8 1 (0.56%) MariaDB
8 1 (0.56%) Redis
8 1 (0.56%) SAP Data Services
8 1 (0.56%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 8 (4.49%) Git
1 8 (4.49%) JIRA
2 4 (2.25%) GitLab
3 3 (1.69%) Visual Studio
4 2 (1.12%) CircleCI
4 2 (1.12%) ERwin
4 2 (1.12%) Gradle
4 2 (1.12%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.12%) PowerDesigner
5 1 (0.56%) Android Studio
5 1 (0.56%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.56%) Burp Suite
5 1 (0.56%) CMake
5 1 (0.56%) Darcs
5 1 (0.56%) Jaeger
5 1 (0.56%) Moq
5 1 (0.56%) MSTest
5 1 (0.56%) Postman
5 1 (0.56%) Travis CI
5 1 (0.56%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 89 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 78 (43.82%) Finance
3 38 (21.35%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (12.92%) Banking
5 16 (8.99%) Public Sector
6 15 (8.43%) Legal
7 14 (7.87%) Retail
8 10 (5.62%) Presentation Skills
9 9 (5.06%) General Ledger
10 7 (3.93%) Front Office
11 6 (3.37%) Marketing
12 5 (2.81%) Law
12 5 (2.81%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (2.25%) Influencing Skills
14 3 (1.69%) Investment Banking
14 3 (1.69%) Local Government
14 3 (1.69%) Pharmaceutical
14 3 (1.69%) Telecoms
15 2 (1.12%) Financial Institution
15 2 (1.12%) French Language
Job Titles
1 29 (16.29%) Analyst
2 24 (13.48%) Architect
2 24 (13.48%) Consultant
2 24 (13.48%) Developer
3 17 (9.55%) Microsoft Consultant
4 12 (6.74%) Business Analyst
5 9 (5.06%) Great Plains Consultant
5 9 (5.06%) Project Manager
6 8 (4.49%) Solutions Architect
7 7 (3.93%) C# Developer
7 7 (3.93%) Data Analyst
7 7 (3.93%) Senior
8 5 (2.81%) Lead
8 5 (2.81%) Microsoft 365 Architect
8 5 (2.81%) Support Engineer
9 4 (2.25%) .NET Developer
9 4 (2.25%) Insurance Business Analyst
9 4 (2.25%) Software Engineer
9 4 (2.25%) Systems Engineer
9 4 (2.25%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (6.74%) React
2 9 (5.06%) .NET
3 8 (4.49%) CSS
4 7 (3.93%) REST
5 6 (3.37%) HTML
5 6 (3.37%) XML
6 5 (2.81%) Web Services
7 4 (2.25%) AngularJS
7 4 (2.25%) ASP.NET
7 4 (2.25%) jQuery
7 4 (2.25%) JSON
8 3 (1.69%) .NET Framework
8 3 (1.69%) ASP.NET Core
8 3 (1.69%) HTML5 Canvas
8 3 (1.69%) Kafka
8 3 (1.69%) Microsoft Graph
8 3 (1.69%) Next.js
9 2 (1.12%) Pandas
9 2 (1.12%) RAML
9 2 (1.12%) Svelte
Miscellaneous
1 16 (8.99%) Management Information System
2 11 (6.18%) Data Structures
3 9 (5.06%) Product Ownership
4 6 (3.37%) Algorithms
4 6 (3.37%) Data Centre
4 6 (3.37%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (2.81%) Virtual Team
6 4 (2.25%) IVR
6 4 (2.25%) Video Conferencing
7 3 (1.69%) Blackberry
7 3 (1.69%) Market Risk
8 2 (1.12%) Derivative
8 2 (1.12%) Enterprise Cloud
8 2 (1.12%) Equities
8 2 (1.12%) Fixed Income
8 2 (1.12%) Hedge funds
8 2 (1.12%) IoT
8 2 (1.12%) Mobile App
8 2 (1.12%) PKI
8 2 (1.12%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 16 (8.99%) Windows
2 9 (5.06%) Linux
3 5 (2.81%) Windows 10
4 3 (1.69%) Android
5 2 (1.12%) Mac OS
5 2 (1.12%) Oracle Linux
5 2 (1.12%) Solaris
5 2 (1.12%) Unix
5 2 (1.12%) VMS
6 1 (0.56%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (42.70%) Computer Science
2 45 (25.28%) Agile
3 43 (24.16%) Problem-Solving
4 32 (17.98%) Project Management
5 26 (14.61%) DevOps
6 21 (11.80%) Software Engineering
7 20 (11.24%) Business Intelligence
8 19 (10.67%) ITIL
9 18 (10.11%) PRINCE2
10 17 (9.55%) Migration
11 15 (8.43%) Stakeholder Management
12 14 (7.87%) Data Analysis
13 13 (7.30%) Use Case
13 13 (7.30%) User Acceptance Testing
14 12 (6.74%) Analytics
14 12 (6.74%) Change Management
14 12 (6.74%) CI/CD
14 12 (6.74%) Requirements Gathering
14 12 (6.74%) Test Scripting
15 11 (6.18%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 39 (21.91%) SQL
2 17 (9.55%) Python
3 16 (8.99%) Java
4 14 (7.87%) C#
5 13 (7.30%) JavaScript
5 13 (7.30%) PowerShell
6 6 (3.37%) C++
7 5 (2.81%) Kotlin
7 5 (2.81%) TypeScript
8 3 (1.69%) PL/SQL
8 3 (1.69%) Scala
9 2 (1.12%) Bash
9 2 (1.12%) C
9 2 (1.12%) Go
9 2 (1.12%) Rust
9 2 (1.12%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.56%) Clojure
10 1 (0.56%) Kusto Query Language
10 1 (0.56%) R
10 1 (0.56%) XPath
Qualifications
1 54 (30.34%) Computer Science Degree
2 19 (10.67%) Master's Degree
3 13 (7.30%) Security Cleared
4 12 (6.74%) ITIL Certification
5 10 (5.62%) SC Cleared
6 6 (3.37%) ACCA
6 6 (3.37%) Azure Certification
7 5 (2.81%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (2.81%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (2.81%) PMI Certification
7 5 (2.81%) PMP
8 4 (2.25%) CCNA
8 4 (2.25%) CISSP
8 4 (2.25%) PhD
9 2 (1.12%) CIMA
9 2 (1.12%) CISM
9 2 (1.12%) GCIA
9 2 (1.12%) GCIH
9 2 (1.12%) GIAC
9 2 (1.12%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (6.74%) QA
2 9 (5.06%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 4 (2.25%) NIST
3 4 (2.25%) SLA
4 3 (1.69%) Accessibility
4 3 (1.69%) Data Quality
4 3 (1.69%) GDPR
4 3 (1.69%) HIPAA
4 3 (1.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.69%) PMO
5 2 (1.12%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (1.12%) PCI DSS
5 2 (1.12%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.56%) COBIT
6 1 (0.56%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.56%) ISO 22301
6 1 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 1 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 1 (0.56%) NCSC
6 1 (0.56%) NIST 800
System Software
1 7 (3.93%) Active Directory
2 6 (3.37%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (2.25%) Docker
3 4 (2.25%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (1.12%) KVM
4 2 (1.12%) XenApp
5 1 (0.56%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 8 (4.49%) PingFederate
2 6 (3.37%) Kubernetes
3 5 (2.81%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (1.69%) Terraform
5 2 (1.12%) Ansible
5 2 (1.12%) CSIRT
5 2 (1.12%) FortiGate
5 2 (1.12%) Grafana
5 2 (1.12%) Nessus
5 2 (1.12%) QRadar
6 1 (0.56%) Kibana
6 1 (0.56%) logstash
6 1 (0.56%) Nagios
6 1 (0.56%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.56%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.56%) Puppet
6 1 (0.56%) SCCM
6 1 (0.56%) TIBCO Hawk
6 1 (0.56%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 68 (38.20%) Microsoft
2 24 (13.48%) Oracle
3 14 (7.87%) Cisco
4 9 (5.06%) Citrix
4 9 (5.06%) ServiceNow
5 8 (4.49%) Google
6 6 (3.37%) SAP
6 6 (3.37%) VMware
7 4 (2.25%) Adobe
7 4 (2.25%) Genesys
8 3 (1.69%) Bloomberg
8 3 (1.69%) Databricks
8 3 (1.69%) iManage
8 3 (1.69%) Proofpoint
8 3 (1.69%) Refinitiv
8 3 (1.69%) Symantec
8 3 (1.69%) Tandberg
9 2 (1.12%) Arista
9 2 (1.12%) CrowdStrike
9 2 (1.12%) Sparx