Degree Contracts in Dorset

Academic Degree
South West > Dorset

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Dorset with a requirement for Degree qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 13 23 16
Rank change year-on-year +10 -7 -10
Contract jobs citing Degree 16 12 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Dorset 9.14% 5.63% 9.18%
As % of the Qualifications category 27.12% 13.48% 46.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 3 7
10th Percentile £330 £443 £370
25th Percentile £452 £506 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £763 £625 £500
Median % change year-on-year +22.00% +25.00% +27.39%
75th Percentile £769 £638 £586
90th Percentile - - £588
South West median daily rate £525 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 6 11
10th Percentile £56.49 £54.36 £43.67
25th Percentile £56.70 £59.73 £47.60
Median hourly rate £57.33 £64.15 £54.43
Median % change year-on-year -10.62% +17.85% -6.45%
75th Percentile - £71.88 £68.42
90th Percentile £57.41 £72.98 £71.08
South West median hourly rate £57.33 £65.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -11.80% +18.18% +22.22%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Dorset

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 Dorset with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 59 89 41
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Dorset 33.71% 41.78% 19.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 40 14
10th Percentile £405 £288 £323
25th Percentile £525 £450 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £620 £550 £488
Median % change year-on-year +12.73% +12.82% +30.00%
75th Percentile £769 £612 £550
90th Percentile £825 £639 £586
South West median daily rate £550 £587 £523
% change year-on-year -6.30% +12.18% +10.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 20 22
10th Percentile - £51.13 £43.97
25th Percentile £13.69 £57.07 £49.05
Median hourly rate £47.83 £62.00 £56.90
Median % change year-on-year -22.85% +8.97% -2.21%
75th Percentile £57.33 £68.56 £69.66
90th Percentile £60.13 £72.98 £81.01
South West median hourly rate £63.50 £65.00 £61.50
% change year-on-year -2.31% +5.69% +33.33%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

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

Job vacancy trend for Degree in Dorset

Degree
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Dorset

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

Daily rate trend for Degree in Dorset

Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in Dorset

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Degree in Dorset over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Degree in Dorset

Degree
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Dorset

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

Hourly rate trend for Degree in Dorset

Degree
Contract Job Locations in Dorset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Degree within the Dorset region over the 6 months to 28 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
Bournemouth -3 1 £350 -12.50% 18
Poole - 1 - - 16
Degree
South West

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Dorset 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 1 (6.25%) Apache
1 1 (6.25%) Apache Airflow
Business Applications
1 6 (37.50%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 4 (25.00%) Azure
2 1 (6.25%) AWS
2 1 (6.25%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (6.25%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 5 (31.25%) WAN
2 4 (25.00%) LAN
3 2 (12.50%) TCP/IP
4 1 (6.25%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.25%) Big Data
1 1 (6.25%) Flink
1 1 (6.25%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 6 (37.50%) Rational DOORS
General
1 8 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (37.50%) Military
3 4 (25.00%) Finance
3 4 (25.00%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (6.25%) Aerospace
4 1 (6.25%) Local Government
4 1 (6.25%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (37.50%) Systems Engineer
2 5 (31.25%) Architect
3 4 (25.00%) Technical Architect
4 1 (6.25%) Consultant
4 1 (6.25%) Data Architect
4 1 (6.25%) Data Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Information Assurance Consultant
4 1 (6.25%) Information Security Consultant
4 1 (6.25%) Product Consultant
4 1 (6.25%) Product Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Project Manager
4 1 (6.25%) Security Consultant
4 1 (6.25%) Security Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (25.00%) Middleware
2 1 (6.25%) DPDK
Miscellaneous
1 4 (25.00%) Product Ownership
1 4 (25.00%) Public Cloud
2 1 (6.25%) PCIe
Operating Systems
1 5 (31.25%) Linux
2 4 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (68.75%) TOGAF
2 8 (50.00%) Agile
3 6 (37.50%) ArchiMate
3 6 (37.50%) Mentoring
3 6 (37.50%) MODAF
3 6 (37.50%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
3 6 (37.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 6 (37.50%) SysML
4 5 (31.25%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (25.00%) Architectural Patterns
5 4 (25.00%) Business Strategy
5 4 (25.00%) Information Engineering
5 4 (25.00%) IT Strategy
5 4 (25.00%) ITIL
5 4 (25.00%) Programme Delivery
5 4 (25.00%) Technology Strategy
5 4 (25.00%) Translating Business Requirements
5 4 (25.00%) Waterfall
6 3 (18.75%) Cybersecurity
7 2 (12.50%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.25%) C
1 1 (6.25%) C++
1 1 (6.25%) Python
Qualifications
1 9 (56.25%) SC Cleared
1 9 (56.25%) Security Cleared
2 7 (43.75%) TOGAF Certification
3 4 (25.00%) DV Cleared
3 4 (25.00%) HND
4 2 (12.50%) CESG Certified Professional
4 2 (12.50%) CISM
4 2 (12.50%) CISSP
4 2 (12.50%) CLAS
4 2 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (25.00%) QA
2 2 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (12.50%) JSP 440
2 2 (12.50%) NCSC
2 2 (12.50%) NIST
2 2 (12.50%) RMADS
3 1 (6.25%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 6 (37.50%) Sparx
2 2 (12.50%) Databricks