Degree Contracts in Leicestershire

Academic Degree
East Midlands > Leicestershire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Leicestershire with a requirement for Degree qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 10 24 17
Rank change year-on-year +14 -7 +6
Contract jobs citing Degree 15 8 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Leicestershire 9.38% 5.03% 6.05%
As % of the Qualifications category 20.55% 36.36% 36.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 8 15
10th Percentile £193 £350 £323
25th Percentile £213 £397 £366
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £256 £463 £425
Median % change year-on-year -44.73% +8.82% +240.00%
75th Percentile £273 £564 £488
90th Percentile - £725 £496
East Midlands median daily rate £255 £480 £425
% change year-on-year -46.88% +12.94% +14.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £13.20
East Midlands median hourly rate £26.00 £24.37 £20.58
% change year-on-year +6.69% +18.40% +11.26%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Leicestershire

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 Leicestershire with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 73 22 52
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leicestershire 45.63% 13.84% 16.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 20 37
10th Percentile £217 £324 £345
25th Percentile £258 £359 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £361 £444 £425
Median % change year-on-year -18.59% +4.41% +1.49%
75th Percentile £544 £613 £500
90th Percentile £625 £624 £600
East Midlands median daily rate £373 £525 £420
% change year-on-year -29.00% +25.00% +13.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £14.36
25th Percentile - - £16.10
Median hourly rate - - £20.00
Median % change year-on-year - - +25.00%
75th Percentile - - £23.13
90th Percentile - - £24.40
East Midlands median hourly rate £20.00 £21.67 £21.50
% change year-on-year -7.71% +0.79% +11.69%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicestershire

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

Job vacancy trend for Degree in Leicestershire

Degree
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Leicestershire

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

Daily rate trend for Degree in Leicestershire

Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in Leicestershire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Degree in Leicestershire over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Degree in Leicestershire

Degree
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Leicestershire

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

Hourly rate trend for Degree in Leicestershire

Degree
Contract Job Locations in Leicestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Degree within the Leicestershire region over the 6 months to 1 June 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
Melton Mowbray - 12 £256 - 1
Hinckley - 1 £625 - 14
Degree
East Midlands

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leicestershire 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:

Applications
1 13 (86.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (6.67%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.67%) Power BI
General
1 15 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (33.33%) Test Engineer
2 4 (26.67%) Project Manager
3 3 (20.00%) Lead
4 2 (13.33%) Team Leader
5 1 (6.67%) Analyst
5 1 (6.67%) Data Analyst
5 1 (6.67%) Head of Security
5 1 (6.67%) Power BI Analyst
5 1 (6.67%) Procurement Analyst
5 1 (6.67%) Quality Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) Test Leader
5 1 (6.67%) Test Manager
5 1 (6.67%) Test Technician
Miscellaneous
1 13 (86.67%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (86.67%) Conflict Management
1 13 (86.67%) Time Management
2 4 (26.67%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (6.67%) Analytics
4 1 (6.67%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (6.67%) Cloud Security
4 1 (6.67%) Computer Science
4 1 (6.67%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (6.67%) Data Analytics
4 1 (6.67%) Information Security
4 1 (6.67%) SIEM
4 1 (6.67%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 9 (60.00%) NVQ Level 3
2 4 (26.67%) HNC
2 4 (26.67%) HND
3 2 (13.33%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (6.67%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.67%) NIST
Vendors
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft