Degree Contracts in London

Academic Degree
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 10 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 20 28 40
Rank change year-on-year +8 +12 -12
Contract jobs citing Degree 1,431 1,698 2,383
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 8.09% 6.75% 6.19%
As % of the Qualifications category 34.25% 31.04% 35.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 865 1,122 1,557
10th Percentile £300 £325 £361
25th Percentile £400 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £570 £551
Median % change year-on-year -8.81% +3.59% +4.86%
75th Percentile £650 £725 £700
90th Percentile £800 £888 £800
England median daily rate £500 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 78 38 94
10th Percentile £15.07 £18.39 £24.99
25th Percentile £21.05 £21.24 £25.68
Median hourly rate £34.87 £26.25 £35.75
Median % change year-on-year +32.82% -26.57% -4.67%
75th Percentile £46.56 £51.75 £51.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £66.50 £67.50
England median hourly rate £40.00 £48.99 £35.00
% change year-on-year -18.35% +39.97% -7.89%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
London

Degree falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,178 5,470 6,739
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 23.63% 21.75% 17.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,868 3,752 4,669
10th Percentile £325 £363 £375
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £564 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.87% +2.50% +4.76%
75th Percentile £650 £685 £650
90th Percentile £770 £800 £750
England median daily rate £536 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.53% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 113 89 148
10th Percentile £14.49 £19.23 £24.18
25th Percentile £20.22 £21.24 £25.68
Median hourly rate £25.00 £51.50 £44.13
Median % change year-on-year -51.46% +16.71% +17.67%
75th Percentile £42.75 £70.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £68.60 £87.50 £65.32
England median hourly rate £40.33 £55.00 £40.50
% change year-on-year -26.68% +35.80% +15.71%

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 10 June 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 10 June 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 10 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
Central London +2 191 £550 -8.33% 197
West London +20 40 £475 -15.93% 165
East London +7 33 £460 -26.98% 93
South London -3 12 £400 -23.81% 61
North London -3 1 £273 -42.53% 19
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 (4.05%) SharePoint
2 36 (2.52%) Confluence
3 30 (2.10%) Microsoft Exchange
4 15 (1.05%) Apache Spark
5 14 (0.98%) CMS
6 7 (0.49%) Apache
6 7 (0.49%) SAS
7 6 (0.42%) ArcGIS
8 5 (0.35%) Apache Airflow
9 4 (0.28%) IIS
9 4 (0.28%) Skype for Business
10 3 (0.21%) Ethereum
10 3 (0.21%) Gunicorn
10 3 (0.21%) Hyperledger
10 3 (0.21%) Oracle Self-Service HR
10 3 (0.21%) Tomcat
10 3 (0.21%) WebSphere
11 2 (0.14%) Exchange Server 2007
11 2 (0.14%) Exchange Server 2010
11 2 (0.14%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 126 (8.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 117 (8.18%) Microsoft Office
3 72 (5.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 50 (3.49%) MS Visio
5 31 (2.17%) Microsoft Project
6 26 (1.82%) Chatbot
7 11 (0.77%) Spreadsheet
8 10 (0.70%) Photoshop
9 8 (0.56%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 8 (0.56%) Adobe Illustrator
9 8 (0.56%) Sketch
10 7 (0.49%) AutoCAD
11 5 (0.35%) Adobe Premiere
11 5 (0.35%) InDesign
12 4 (0.28%) Adobe After Effects
12 4 (0.28%) Revit
13 3 (0.21%) Adobe Captivate
13 3 (0.21%) Adobe XD
13 3 (0.21%) SPSS
13 3 (0.21%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 18 (1.26%) Dynamics AX
2 16 (1.12%) SAP S/4HANA
3 13 (0.91%) Dynamics CRM
4 9 (0.63%) Dynamics GP
5 8 (0.56%) Endur
6 7 (0.49%) ION MarketView
6 7 (0.49%) Teamcenter
7 6 (0.42%) Oracle EBS
8 4 (0.28%) Oracle Financials
8 4 (0.28%) Oracle General Ledger
8 4 (0.28%) Oracle Payables
8 4 (0.28%) Oracle Receivables
9 3 (0.21%) Distributed Ledger
9 3 (0.21%) ENOVIA
9 3 (0.21%) OpenText VIM for SAP
9 3 (0.21%) Oracle EBS R12
9 3 (0.21%) Orchestrade
9 3 (0.21%) R3 Corda
9 3 (0.21%) Shopify
9 3 (0.21%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 307 (21.45%) Azure
2 161 (11.25%) AWS
3 95 (6.64%) Power Platform
4 94 (6.57%) Microsoft 365
5 90 (6.29%) GCP
6 75 (5.24%) Azure DevOps
7 45 (3.14%) SaaS
8 44 (3.07%) Dynamics 365
9 39 (2.73%) PowerApps
10 38 (2.66%) GitHub
11 31 (2.17%) Serverless
12 30 (2.10%) Power Automate
13 28 (1.96%) Cloud Computing
13 28 (1.96%) Entra ID
14 26 (1.82%) PaaS
15 20 (1.40%) Figma
16 18 (1.26%) AWS Lambda
16 18 (1.26%) Azure Data Factory
17 17 (1.19%) IaaS
18 16 (1.12%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 45 (3.14%) Firewall
2 27 (1.89%) WAN
3 24 (1.68%) Network Security
4 22 (1.54%) LAN
5 21 (1.47%) DNS
5 21 (1.47%) VPN
6 19 (1.33%) Internet
7 15 (1.05%) TCP/IP
7 15 (1.05%) VoIP
8 13 (0.91%) SD-WAN
9 10 (0.70%) Cisco IOS
9 10 (0.70%) DHCP
10 9 (0.63%) FIX Connectivity
10 9 (0.63%) HTTP
11 6 (0.42%) VLAN
11 6 (0.42%) Wi-Fi
12 5 (0.35%) 5G
12 5 (0.35%) NAS
12 5 (0.35%) OSPF
12 5 (0.35%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 97 (6.78%) SQL Server
2 82 (5.73%) Power BI
3 45 (3.14%) Relational Database
4 42 (2.94%) Tableau
5 41 (2.87%) Big Data
5 41 (2.87%) Data Warehouse
6 39 (2.73%) PostgreSQL
7 37 (2.59%) NoSQL
8 36 (2.52%) Data Lake
9 20 (1.40%) MySQL
10 17 (1.19%) BigQuery
10 17 (1.19%) MongoDB
11 14 (0.98%) Hadoop
12 13 (0.91%) GIS
12 13 (0.91%) RDBMS
13 12 (0.84%) Data Mining
14 11 (0.77%) Metadata
15 10 (0.70%) Oracle Database
16 9 (0.63%) Azure SQL Database
16 9 (0.63%) Redis
Development Applications
1 91 (6.36%) JIRA
2 84 (5.87%) Git
3 37 (2.59%) Jenkins
4 23 (1.61%) GitLab
5 20 (1.40%) Visual Studio
6 15 (1.05%) TeamCity
7 13 (0.91%) Gradle
8 12 (0.84%) Bitbucket
9 11 (0.77%) webpack
10 9 (0.63%) Selenium
11 7 (0.49%) ERwin
11 7 (0.49%) JUnit
11 7 (0.49%) Maven
11 7 (0.49%) Postman
12 6 (0.42%) CircleCI
12 6 (0.42%) Team Foundation Server
13 5 (0.35%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 5 (0.35%) git-flow
13 5 (0.35%) MSI
13 5 (0.35%) WiX
General
1 731 (51.08%) Social Skills
2 460 (32.15%) Finance
3 332 (23.20%) Analytical Skills
4 140 (9.78%) Banking
5 111 (7.76%) Public Sector
6 101 (7.06%) Marketing
7 84 (5.87%) Front Office
8 68 (4.75%) Retail
9 60 (4.19%) Presentation Skills
10 48 (3.35%) Legal
11 46 (3.21%) Telecoms
12 38 (2.66%) Organisational Skills
13 37 (2.59%) Investment Banking
14 34 (2.38%) Influencing Skills
15 25 (1.75%) Advertising
15 25 (1.75%) General Ledger
15 25 (1.75%) Manufacturing
16 21 (1.47%) Documentation Skills
17 20 (1.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 19 (1.33%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 227 (15.86%) Developer
2 189 (13.21%) Analyst
3 137 (9.57%) Senior
4 112 (7.83%) Architect
4 112 (7.83%) Consultant
5 101 (7.06%) Business Analyst
6 83 (5.80%) Lead
7 66 (4.61%) Project Manager
8 48 (3.35%) Software Engineer
9 38 (2.66%) Java Developer
9 38 (2.66%) Solutions Architect
10 33 (2.31%) Microsoft Consultant
11 30 (2.10%) Data Analyst
11 30 (2.10%) Senior Developer
12 29 (2.03%) Designer
13 28 (1.96%) Data Engineer
13 28 (1.96%) Senior Analyst
14 27 (1.89%) DevOps Engineer
14 27 (1.89%) Full Stack Developer
14 27 (1.89%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 75 (5.24%) .NET
2 70 (4.89%) HTML
3 66 (4.61%) REST
4 62 (4.33%) CSS
5 60 (4.19%) React
6 39 (2.73%) AngularJS
7 34 (2.38%) Kafka
8 32 (2.24%) XML
9 26 (1.82%) Spring
10 24 (1.68%) RESTful
11 23 (1.61%) ASP.NET
11 23 (1.61%) JSON
11 23 (1.61%) Web Services
12 19 (1.33%) .NET Framework
13 17 (1.19%) NumPy
14 16 (1.12%) Node.js
14 16 (1.12%) Pandas
15 14 (0.98%) jQuery
16 13 (0.91%) .NET Core
17 12 (0.84%) RxJS
Miscellaneous
1 113 (7.90%) Management Information System
2 60 (4.19%) Algorithms
3 57 (3.98%) Self-Motivation
4 56 (3.91%) Derivative
5 48 (3.35%) Data Structures
6 42 (2.94%) Product Ownership
7 39 (2.73%) Fixed Income
8 34 (2.38%) Data Centre
8 34 (2.38%) Data Protection Act
9 28 (1.96%) Virtual Team
10 25 (1.75%) Distributed Systems
11 23 (1.61%) Video Conferencing
12 22 (1.54%) Mobile App
12 22 (1.54%) Team-Oriented Environment
13 21 (1.47%) Onboarding
13 21 (1.47%) Social Media
14 19 (1.33%) Equities
15 18 (1.26%) FMCG
15 18 (1.26%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
16 15 (1.05%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 111 (7.76%) Windows
2 61 (4.26%) Linux
3 36 (2.52%) Unix
4 30 (2.10%) Android
5 22 (1.54%) Windows 10
6 21 (1.47%) Windows Server
7 14 (0.98%) Apple iOS
8 9 (0.63%) Windows 7
9 7 (0.49%) Mac OS
9 7 (0.49%) Windows Server 2012
10 6 (0.42%) Solaris
10 6 (0.42%) VMS
11 5 (0.35%) Mac OS X
11 5 (0.35%) Oracle Linux
12 4 (0.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 4 (0.28%) Windows 8
12 4 (0.28%) zOS
13 3 (0.21%) Windows Server 2016
13 3 (0.21%) Windows Server 2019
14 1 (0.070%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 615 (42.98%) Computer Science
2 406 (28.37%) Agile
3 398 (27.81%) Problem-Solving
4 215 (15.02%) Project Management
5 165 (11.53%) DevOps
6 162 (11.32%) Analytics
7 161 (11.25%) Software Engineering
8 122 (8.53%) CI/CD
9 118 (8.25%) Business Intelligence
10 111 (7.76%) Mathematics
11 103 (7.20%) Data Modelling
11 103 (7.20%) Migration
11 103 (7.20%) Scrum
11 103 (7.20%) Stakeholder Management
12 102 (7.13%) Data Analysis
13 101 (7.06%) Decision-Making
14 95 (6.64%) Data Science
15 91 (6.36%) Risk Management
16 88 (6.15%) Machine Learning
17 82 (5.73%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 297 (20.75%) SQL
2 255 (17.82%) Python
3 142 (9.92%) Java
4 132 (9.22%) JavaScript
5 121 (8.46%) C#
6 64 (4.47%) C++
7 61 (4.26%) PowerShell
8 41 (2.87%) TypeScript
9 32 (2.24%) Bash
10 23 (1.61%) VBA
11 22 (1.54%) R
12 18 (1.26%) Scala
13 17 (1.19%) Perl
13 17 (1.19%) Rust
13 17 (1.19%) Shell Script
14 16 (1.12%) Go
14 16 (1.12%) Kotlin
14 16 (1.12%) PL/SQL
15 15 (1.05%) T-SQL
16 13 (0.91%) C
Qualifications
1 417 (29.14%) Computer Science Degree
2 206 (14.40%) Master's Degree
3 100 (6.99%) Security Cleared
4 81 (5.66%) SC Cleared
5 45 (3.14%) PMI Certification
6 41 (2.87%) Numerate Degree
7 40 (2.80%) Azure Certification
8 39 (2.73%) PhD
8 39 (2.73%) PMP
9 35 (2.45%) Cisco Certification
9 35 (2.45%) CISSP
10 29 (2.03%) Microsoft Certification
11 21 (1.47%) ITIL Certification
12 18 (1.26%) CISM
13 17 (1.19%) MBA
14 16 (1.12%) CCNA
14 16 (1.12%) CCNP
15 15 (1.05%) DV Cleared
16 14 (0.98%) SAP Certification
17 13 (0.91%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 88 (6.15%) QA
2 62 (4.33%) Data Quality
3 28 (1.96%) PMO
4 27 (1.89%) Accessibility
5 21 (1.47%) PCI DSS
5 21 (1.47%) SLA
6 17 (1.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 14 (0.98%) GDPR
8 11 (0.77%) MiFID
8 11 (0.77%) NIST
9 9 (0.63%) Dodd-Frank
9 9 (0.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 8 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials
10 8 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 6 (0.42%) HIPAA
11 6 (0.42%) P3O
12 5 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
12 5 (0.35%) COBIT
12 5 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 5 (0.35%) EMIR
System Software
1 62 (4.33%) Active Directory
2 46 (3.21%) Docker
3 23 (1.61%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (0.98%) Virtual Machines
5 7 (0.49%) Firmware
5 7 (0.49%) KVM
5 7 (0.49%) vSphere
6 6 (0.42%) VMware NSX
7 4 (0.28%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.28%) vCloud
8 3 (0.21%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.14%) HDFS
9 2 (0.14%) Job Entry Subsystem
9 2 (0.14%) XenApp
10 1 (0.070%) Terminal Server
10 1 (0.070%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 60 (4.19%) Terraform
2 58 (4.05%) Kubernetes
3 30 (2.10%) Microsoft Intune
4 20 (1.40%) Ansible
5 17 (1.19%) SCCM
6 12 (0.84%) Single Sign-On
7 11 (0.77%) PingFederate
8 8 (0.56%) Grafana
9 7 (0.49%) CSIRT
9 7 (0.49%) Nessus
9 7 (0.49%) Prometheus
10 4 (0.28%) QRadar
11 3 (0.21%) Docker Swarm
11 3 (0.21%) Nagios
11 3 (0.21%) Progress Chef
11 3 (0.21%) Puppet
11 3 (0.21%) WSUS
12 2 (0.14%) Control-M
12 2 (0.14%) FortiGate
12 2 (0.14%) SCOM
Vendors
1 304 (21.24%) Microsoft
2 101 (7.06%) Oracle
3 69 (4.82%) SAP
4 66 (4.61%) Google
5 49 (3.42%) ServiceNow
6 48 (3.35%) Cisco
7 44 (3.07%) Salesforce
8 33 (2.31%) Adobe
9 30 (2.10%) VMware
10 28 (1.96%) Databricks
11 21 (1.47%) Bloomberg
12 20 (1.40%) Citrix
13 17 (1.19%) ION Trading
14 16 (1.12%) CA
15 15 (1.05%) Splunk
16 14 (0.98%) IBM
17 13 (0.91%) PayPal
18 11 (0.77%) Apple
19 10 (0.70%) CyberArk
20 9 (0.63%) Arista