Degree Contracts in London

Academic Degree
England > London

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

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 21 27 42
Rank change year-on-year +6 +15 -14
Contract jobs citing Degree 1,437 1,817 2,281
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 8.07% 6.75% 5.86%
As % of the Qualifications category 33.57% 31.23% 33.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 852 1,192 1,471
10th Percentile £290 £325 £352
25th Percentile £400 £468 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £675 £739 £675
90th Percentile £800 £875 £800
England median daily rate £513 £540 £520
% change year-on-year -5.09% +3.85% +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 76 39 91
10th Percentile £14.84 £19.32 £23.00
25th Percentile £20.98 £21.24 £25.68
Median hourly rate £30.25 £31.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.97% -10.00% -1.35%
75th Percentile £43.75 £53.25 £51.75
90th Percentile £71.88 £68.00 £65.75
England median hourly rate £40.00 £45.00 £36.16
% change year-on-year -11.11% +24.45% -3.57%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
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 London with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,281 5,818 6,737
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 24.05% 21.61% 17.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,893 3,922 4,568
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.09% +4.55% +7.32%
75th Percentile £659 £688 £650
90th Percentile £775 £800 £750
England median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 114 80 152
10th Percentile £14.60 £19.94 £21.62
25th Percentile £20.29 £21.24 £25.68
Median hourly rate £25.25 £47.50 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -46.84% +6.74% +23.34%
75th Percentile £43.50 £64.50 £49.25
90th Percentile £68.75 £82.55 £65.65
England median hourly rate £40.00 £52.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year -23.81% +40.00% -3.75%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Degree in London

Degree
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Degree in London

Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Degree in London over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Degree in London

Degree
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Degree in London

Degree
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Degree in London over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Degree in London

Degree
Contract Job Locations in 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 London region over the 6 months to 2 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
Central London +2 185 £561 -6.46% 239
West London +12 39 £475 -12.44% 149
East London +7 36 £460 +6.98% 87
South London +1 14 £400 -20.00% 49
North London -4 1 £273 -42.53% 29
Degree
England

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 58 (4.04%) SharePoint
2 36 (2.51%) Microsoft Exchange
3 34 (2.37%) Confluence
4 12 (0.84%) CMS
5 11 (0.77%) Apache Spark
6 7 (0.49%) Apache
6 7 (0.49%) Apache Airflow
7 6 (0.42%) ArcGIS
8 5 (0.35%) Skype for Business
9 4 (0.28%) IIS
9 4 (0.28%) SAS
10 3 (0.21%) Ethereum
10 3 (0.21%) Hyperledger
10 3 (0.21%) IBM Domino
10 3 (0.21%) Tomcat
10 3 (0.21%) WebSphere
11 2 (0.14%) Exchange Server 2010
11 2 (0.14%) GemFire
11 2 (0.14%) Oracle Self-Service HR
11 2 (0.14%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 143 (9.95%) Microsoft Office
2 139 (9.67%) Microsoft Excel
3 85 (5.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 59 (4.11%) MS Visio
5 40 (2.78%) Microsoft Project
6 37 (2.57%) Chatbot
7 10 (0.70%) Photoshop
7 10 (0.70%) Spreadsheet
8 8 (0.56%) Sketch
9 7 (0.49%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 7 (0.49%) Adobe Illustrator
9 7 (0.49%) AutoCAD
10 6 (0.42%) Revit
11 5 (0.35%) Adobe Premiere
11 5 (0.35%) InDesign
12 4 (0.28%) Adobe After Effects
13 3 (0.21%) Adobe XD
13 3 (0.21%) Windchill
14 2 (0.14%) InVision
14 2 (0.14%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 18 (1.25%) Dynamics AX
2 14 (0.97%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (0.97%) Oracle Applications
3 12 (0.84%) SAP S/4HANA
4 10 (0.70%) Teamcenter
5 9 (0.63%) Dynamics GP
6 8 (0.56%) Endur
6 8 (0.56%) ION MarketView
6 8 (0.56%) Oracle Financials
6 8 (0.56%) Oracle General Ledger
6 8 (0.56%) Oracle Payables
7 7 (0.49%) Oracle Receivables
8 6 (0.42%) Oracle Assets
8 6 (0.42%) Oracle EBS
9 5 (0.35%) Loan IQ
9 5 (0.35%) Oracle Cash Management
10 4 (0.28%) Primavera
10 4 (0.28%) Remedy ITSM
11 3 (0.21%) ENOVIA
11 3 (0.21%) Oracle EBS R12
Cloud Services
1 269 (18.72%) Azure
2 135 (9.39%) AWS
3 102 (7.10%) Microsoft 365
4 79 (5.50%) Power Platform
5 76 (5.29%) GCP
6 71 (4.94%) Azure DevOps
7 45 (3.13%) Dynamics 365
8 44 (3.06%) SaaS
9 41 (2.85%) PowerApps
10 40 (2.78%) GitHub
11 34 (2.37%) Power Automate
12 32 (2.23%) Serverless
13 26 (1.81%) Entra ID
14 21 (1.46%) Cloud Computing
15 20 (1.39%) Figma
16 19 (1.32%) AWS Lambda
16 19 (1.32%) PaaS
17 18 (1.25%) OCI
17 18 (1.25%) WhatsApp
18 16 (1.11%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 43 (2.99%) Firewall
2 33 (2.30%) WAN
3 28 (1.95%) LAN
4 24 (1.67%) DNS
4 24 (1.67%) VPN
5 22 (1.53%) Internet
5 22 (1.53%) Network Security
6 16 (1.11%) TCP/IP
7 13 (0.90%) DHCP
8 12 (0.84%) OSPF
8 12 (0.84%) SD-WAN
9 11 (0.77%) FIX Connectivity
10 10 (0.70%) BGP
10 10 (0.70%) VLAN
10 10 (0.70%) VoIP
11 9 (0.63%) Cisco IOS
12 8 (0.56%) NAS
12 8 (0.56%) SAN
12 8 (0.56%) Wi-Fi
13 7 (0.49%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 82 (5.71%) SQL Server
2 63 (4.38%) Power BI
3 37 (2.57%) Data Warehouse
4 34 (2.37%) PostgreSQL
4 34 (2.37%) Relational Database
5 33 (2.30%) Big Data
6 32 (2.23%) Data Lake
7 23 (1.60%) NoSQL
8 22 (1.53%) Tableau
9 18 (1.25%) MySQL
10 17 (1.18%) BigQuery
11 16 (1.11%) MongoDB
12 13 (0.90%) Oracle Reports
13 12 (0.84%) GIS
13 12 (0.84%) Metadata
14 11 (0.77%) RDBMS
15 10 (0.70%) Data Mining
15 10 (0.70%) Hadoop
15 10 (0.70%) Oracle Database
16 8 (0.56%) KDB
Development Applications
1 88 (6.12%) JIRA
2 67 (4.66%) Git
3 33 (2.30%) Jenkins
4 22 (1.53%) GitLab
5 20 (1.39%) TeamCity
6 18 (1.25%) Visual Studio
7 13 (0.90%) Gradle
8 12 (0.84%) Bitbucket
8 12 (0.84%) webpack
9 8 (0.56%) Maven
10 7 (0.49%) ERwin
10 7 (0.49%) Postman
10 7 (0.49%) Selenium
11 6 (0.42%) JUnit
11 6 (0.42%) Sonatype Nexus
11 6 (0.42%) Team Foundation Server
12 5 (0.35%) CircleCI
12 5 (0.35%) LoadRunner
12 5 (0.35%) SpecFlow
12 5 (0.35%) WiX
General
1 721 (50.17%) Social Skills
2 462 (32.15%) Finance
3 318 (22.13%) Analytical Skills
4 137 (9.53%) Banking
5 111 (7.72%) Public Sector
6 105 (7.31%) Marketing
7 88 (6.12%) Front Office
8 68 (4.73%) Presentation Skills
9 63 (4.38%) Retail
10 54 (3.76%) Legal
11 41 (2.85%) Telecoms
12 38 (2.64%) Organisational Skills
13 36 (2.51%) Investment Banking
14 28 (1.95%) Influencing Skills
15 25 (1.74%) General Ledger
16 24 (1.67%) Advertising
17 23 (1.60%) Manufacturing
18 21 (1.46%) Financial Institution
18 21 (1.46%) Law
19 20 (1.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 230 (16.01%) Developer
2 177 (12.32%) Analyst
3 145 (10.09%) Senior
4 119 (8.28%) Architect
5 112 (7.79%) Consultant
6 99 (6.89%) Business Analyst
7 78 (5.43%) Lead
8 67 (4.66%) Project Manager
9 47 (3.27%) Software Engineer
10 39 (2.71%) Software Developer
10 39 (2.71%) Solutions Architect
11 38 (2.64%) Java Developer
12 33 (2.30%) Microsoft Consultant
13 30 (2.09%) Senior Developer
13 30 (2.09%) Support Engineer
14 28 (1.95%) Senior Analyst
15 27 (1.88%) Designer
16 25 (1.74%) Full Stack Developer
17 24 (1.67%) DevOps Engineer
18 22 (1.53%) Data Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 66 (4.59%) HTML
2 65 (4.52%) .NET
3 63 (4.38%) REST
4 57 (3.97%) CSS
5 55 (3.83%) React
6 34 (2.37%) AngularJS
7 32 (2.23%) XML
8 24 (1.67%) JSON
8 24 (1.67%) Kafka
9 23 (1.60%) RESTful
10 20 (1.39%) ASP.NET
10 20 (1.39%) Spring
11 19 (1.32%) NumPy
11 19 (1.32%) Pandas
11 19 (1.32%) Web Services
12 17 (1.18%) Node.js
13 14 (0.97%) .NET Framework
14 13 (0.90%) FIX Protocol
14 13 (0.90%) jQuery
14 13 (0.90%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 111 (7.72%) Management Information System
2 62 (4.31%) Derivative
3 59 (4.11%) Algorithms
4 56 (3.90%) Self-Motivation
5 44 (3.06%) Data Structures
6 42 (2.92%) Product Ownership
7 41 (2.85%) Fixed Income
8 38 (2.64%) Data Centre
9 34 (2.37%) Data Protection Act
10 27 (1.88%) Video Conferencing
10 27 (1.88%) Virtual Team
11 25 (1.74%) Equities
11 25 (1.74%) Mobile App
12 22 (1.53%) Distributed Systems
13 21 (1.46%) Social Media
14 19 (1.32%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 18 (1.25%) Onboarding
16 16 (1.11%) Team-Oriented Environment
17 15 (1.04%) Cloud Native
17 15 (1.04%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 115 (8.00%) Windows
2 54 (3.76%) Linux
3 37 (2.57%) Unix
4 33 (2.30%) Android
5 26 (1.81%) Windows 10
5 26 (1.81%) Windows Server
6 15 (1.04%) Apple iOS
7 8 (0.56%) Windows 7
8 7 (0.49%) Mac OS
8 7 (0.49%) Windows Server 2012
9 6 (0.42%) Mac OS X
9 6 (0.42%) Solaris
9 6 (0.42%) VMS
10 5 (0.35%) Oracle Linux
11 4 (0.28%) Windows Server 2016
11 4 (0.28%) Windows Server 2019
12 3 (0.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 3 (0.21%) Windows 8
13 2 (0.14%) zOS
14 1 (0.070%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 582 (40.50%) Computer Science
2 382 (26.58%) Problem-Solving
3 368 (25.61%) Agile
4 227 (15.80%) Project Management
5 163 (11.34%) Software Engineering
6 155 (10.79%) DevOps
7 133 (9.26%) Analytics
8 110 (7.65%) CI/CD
9 104 (7.24%) Migration
10 102 (7.10%) Business Intelligence
11 101 (7.03%) Mathematics
12 99 (6.89%) Stakeholder Management
13 98 (6.82%) Risk Management
14 95 (6.61%) Decision-Making
15 94 (6.54%) Scrum
16 90 (6.26%) Artificial Intelligence
16 90 (6.26%) Data Modelling
17 88 (6.12%) Data Analysis
18 87 (6.05%) ITIL
18 87 (6.05%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 270 (18.79%) SQL
2 233 (16.21%) Python
3 147 (10.23%) Java
4 131 (9.12%) JavaScript
5 121 (8.42%) C#
6 66 (4.59%) C++
7 60 (4.18%) PowerShell
8 47 (3.27%) TypeScript
9 28 (1.95%) Bash
10 20 (1.39%) VBA
11 19 (1.32%) R
11 19 (1.32%) Scala
12 17 (1.18%) Rust
13 15 (1.04%) Go
14 14 (0.97%) Perl
14 14 (0.97%) PL/SQL
15 13 (0.90%) C
15 13 (0.90%) T-SQL
16 12 (0.84%) Kotlin
17 10 (0.70%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 405 (28.18%) Computer Science Degree
2 202 (14.06%) Master's Degree
3 97 (6.75%) Security Cleared
4 79 (5.50%) SC Cleared
5 46 (3.20%) PhD
6 43 (2.99%) PMI Certification
7 37 (2.57%) Cisco Certification
7 37 (2.57%) Numerate Degree
8 35 (2.44%) PMP
9 34 (2.37%) CISSP
10 29 (2.02%) Azure Certification
11 26 (1.81%) Microsoft Certification
12 24 (1.67%) ITIL Certification
13 21 (1.46%) MBA
14 19 (1.32%) CCNA
15 17 (1.18%) CISM
16 15 (1.04%) CCNP
17 13 (0.90%) CEH
18 11 (0.77%) DV Cleared
19 10 (0.70%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 90 (6.26%) QA
2 53 (3.69%) Data Quality
3 38 (2.64%) PMO
4 26 (1.81%) Accessibility
5 24 (1.67%) SLA
6 21 (1.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 19 (1.32%) PCI DSS
8 16 (1.11%) NIST
9 15 (1.04%) GDPR
10 13 (0.90%) MiFID
11 11 (0.77%) Dodd-Frank
12 9 (0.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 8 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials
13 8 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 7 (0.49%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 7 (0.49%) EMIR
15 6 (0.42%) COBIT
15 6 (0.42%) GRC
16 5 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
16 5 (0.35%) P3O
System Software
1 69 (4.80%) Active Directory
2 42 (2.92%) Docker
3 22 (1.53%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (0.84%) Virtual Machines
5 7 (0.49%) Firmware
5 7 (0.49%) KVM
6 6 (0.42%) VMware NSX
6 6 (0.42%) vSphere
7 4 (0.28%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.28%) vCloud
8 3 (0.21%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.14%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (0.14%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (0.14%) XenApp
10 1 (0.070%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (0.070%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 54 (3.76%) Terraform
2 48 (3.34%) Kubernetes
3 26 (1.81%) Microsoft Intune
4 23 (1.60%) SCCM
5 14 (0.97%) Ansible
6 10 (0.70%) Single Sign-On
7 9 (0.63%) PingFederate
8 7 (0.49%) Grafana
9 5 (0.35%) Nessus
9 5 (0.35%) Prometheus
10 4 (0.28%) WSUS
11 3 (0.21%) CSIRT
11 3 (0.21%) Docker Swarm
11 3 (0.21%) Progress Chef
11 3 (0.21%) Puppet
12 2 (0.14%) FortiGate
12 2 (0.14%) Jamf Pro
12 2 (0.14%) QRadar
12 2 (0.14%) SCOM
12 2 (0.14%) SCOrch
Vendors
1 319 (22.20%) Microsoft
2 109 (7.59%) Oracle
3 57 (3.97%) Google
4 54 (3.76%) SAP
5 53 (3.69%) Cisco
6 49 (3.41%) ServiceNow
7 36 (2.51%) Salesforce
8 29 (2.02%) Adobe
9 28 (1.95%) VMware
10 25 (1.74%) PayPal
11 22 (1.53%) Citrix
11 22 (1.53%) Databricks
12 20 (1.39%) Bloomberg
13 17 (1.18%) ION Trading
14 13 (0.90%) IBM
15 12 (0.84%) Apple
16 11 (0.77%) MarketAxess
16 11 (0.77%) Tradeweb
17 9 (0.63%) CA
17 9 (0.63%) Juniper