Degree Contracts in the North of England

Academic Degree
England > North of England

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

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 18 40 36
Rank change year-on-year +22 -4 -6
Contract jobs citing Degree 357 258 395
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 7.52% 4.65% 5.52%
As % of the Qualifications category 31.34% 19.05% 26.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 143 145 233
10th Percentile £188 £239 £182
25th Percentile £313 £375 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £486 £425
Median % change year-on-year +2.88% +14.35% -10.33%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £538
90th Percentile £670 £665 £602
England median daily rate £500 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.86% +4.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 55 19 40
10th Percentile £11.77 £16.25 £14.08
25th Percentile £13.50 £23.10 £15.94
Median hourly rate £26.00 £40.59 £29.50
Median % change year-on-year -35.94% +37.59% -27.48%
75th Percentile £43.10 £54.12 £51.99
90th Percentile £63.25 £67.45 £68.10
England median hourly rate £40.00 £48.25 £35.00
% change year-on-year -17.09% +37.84% -7.65%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North of England

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 the North of England with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,139 1,354 1,489
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 24.00% 24.42% 20.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 633 932 1,021
10th Percentile £301 £320 £206
25th Percentile £415 £431 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £485
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +8.25% +7.78%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £588
90th Percentile £713 £700 £663
England median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 176 73 73
10th Percentile £10.95 £19.48 £14.25
25th Percentile £13.50 £25.75 £17.00
Median hourly rate £16.12 £40.58 £31.00
Median % change year-on-year -60.28% +30.89% +37.78%
75th Percentile £43.83 £49.52 £56.25
90th Percentile £63.75 £66.94 £75.00
England median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £39.50
% change year-on-year -27.27% +39.24% +8.22%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Degree as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Degree in the North of England

Degree
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Degree in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Degree in the North of England

Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Degree in the North of England over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Degree in the North of England

Degree
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Degree in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Degree in the North of England

Degree
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Degree in the North of England over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Degree in the North of England

Degree
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Degree within the North of England region over the 6 months to 2 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
North West +11 211 £510 +4.94% 695
Yorkshire +34 104 £475 -11.63% 350
North East +27 40 £513 +83.04% 154
Degree
England

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 19 (5.32%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.40%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.12%) ArcGIS
3 4 (1.12%) SharePoint 2010
3 4 (1.12%) SharePoint Server
4 3 (0.84%) Apache
4 3 (0.84%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (0.84%) Confluence
5 1 (0.28%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.28%) SAS
5 1 (0.28%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 61 (17.09%) Chatbot
2 60 (16.81%) Microsoft Office
3 38 (10.64%) Microsoft Excel
4 20 (5.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 11 (3.08%) Microsoft Project
6 9 (2.52%) MS Visio
7 5 (1.40%) Spreadsheet
8 4 (1.12%) Photoshop
9 3 (0.84%) Adobe After Effects
9 3 (0.84%) Blender
9 3 (0.84%) Maya
9 3 (0.84%) MicroStation
10 2 (0.56%) Simulink
11 1 (0.28%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 1 (0.28%) Adobe Illustrator
Business Applications
1 12 (3.36%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (1.40%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (1.12%) SAP MDG
3 4 (1.12%) SAP PM
4 2 (0.56%) Misys Midas
4 2 (0.56%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.28%) Hyperion Planning
5 1 (0.28%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.28%) SAP IBP
5 1 (0.28%) SAP MDM
5 1 (0.28%) SAP Payroll
5 1 (0.28%) SAP WM
5 1 (0.28%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 37 (10.36%) Azure
2 25 (7.00%) Power Platform
3 24 (6.72%) Microsoft 365
4 16 (4.48%) Azure DevOps
5 15 (4.20%) AWS
6 9 (2.52%) GCP
7 8 (2.24%) Dynamics 365
7 8 (2.24%) SaaS
8 7 (1.96%) IaaS
9 6 (1.68%) PaaS
10 4 (1.12%) Cloud Computing
10 4 (1.12%) Google Workspace
10 4 (1.12%) Power Automate
10 4 (1.12%) Snowflake
11 3 (0.84%) Amazon EC2
11 3 (0.84%) Amazon S3
11 3 (0.84%) Entra ID
11 3 (0.84%) PowerApps
11 3 (0.84%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 2 (0.56%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 12 (3.36%) Wi-Fi
2 8 (2.24%) VLAN
2 8 (2.24%) VPN
3 7 (1.96%) 5G
3 7 (1.96%) Firewall
3 7 (1.96%) LAN
3 7 (1.96%) WAN
4 5 (1.40%) DHCP
4 5 (1.40%) DNS
4 5 (1.40%) TCP/IP
5 4 (1.12%) BGP
5 4 (1.12%) MPLS
5 4 (1.12%) OSPF
5 4 (1.12%) Value-Added Service
5 4 (1.12%) Wireshark
6 3 (0.84%) VoIP
7 2 (0.56%) LTE
7 2 (0.56%) Remote Desktop
8 1 (0.28%) VSAN
8 1 (0.28%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (5.60%) Power BI
2 11 (3.08%) Metadata
2 11 (3.08%) Relational Database
3 10 (2.80%) MySQL
3 10 (2.80%) SQL Server
4 8 (2.24%) Qlik Sense
5 7 (1.96%) Data Lake
6 5 (1.40%) GIS
6 5 (1.40%) PowerPivot
7 4 (1.12%) Amazon RDS
7 4 (1.12%) Big Data
7 4 (1.12%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (1.12%) Microsoft Power View
7 4 (1.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 3 (0.84%) Geospatial Data
8 3 (0.84%) QGIS
8 3 (0.84%) RDBMS
8 3 (0.84%) Spatial Data
8 3 (0.84%) Tableau
9 2 (0.56%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 10 (2.80%) JIRA
2 5 (1.40%) Git
3 3 (0.84%) Rational DOORS
4 1 (0.28%) Dreamweaver
4 1 (0.28%) Selenium
4 1 (0.28%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 111 (31.09%) Social Skills
2 46 (12.89%) Finance
3 44 (12.32%) Analytical Skills
4 33 (9.24%) Public Sector
5 17 (4.76%) Pharmaceutical
6 13 (3.64%) Banking
6 13 (3.64%) Manufacturing
7 10 (2.80%) Legal
8 9 (2.52%) Organisational Skills
9 7 (1.96%) Influencing Skills
9 7 (1.96%) Mandarin Language
9 7 (1.96%) Publishing
10 6 (1.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (1.68%) Presentation Skills
10 6 (1.68%) Retail
10 6 (1.68%) Telecoms
11 5 (1.40%) Local Government
12 4 (1.12%) Advertising
12 4 (1.12%) Billing
12 4 (1.12%) German Language
Job Titles
1 75 (21.01%) Developer
2 61 (17.09%) Software Developer
3 51 (14.29%) Analyst
4 39 (10.92%) Architect
5 31 (8.68%) Business Analyst
6 29 (8.12%) Senior
7 25 (7.00%) Project Manager
8 23 (6.44%) Solutions Architect
9 10 (2.80%) Support Engineer
10 9 (2.52%) Coordinator
11 8 (2.24%) Author
11 8 (2.24%) Domain Architect
11 8 (2.24%) Software Engineer
11 8 (2.24%) Technical Author
12 7 (1.96%) 2nd Line Engineer
12 7 (1.96%) 2nd Line Support
12 7 (1.96%) Administrator
12 7 (1.96%) Data Manager
12 7 (1.96%) Data Scientist
12 7 (1.96%) SAP Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 76 (21.29%) HTML
2 15 (4.20%) CSS
3 10 (2.80%) AngularJS
4 6 (1.68%) .NET
5 4 (1.12%) LDAP
6 3 (0.84%) .NET Framework
6 3 (0.84%) Spring
6 3 (0.84%) Unreal Engine
7 2 (0.56%) Middleware
7 2 (0.56%) XML
7 2 (0.56%) XSLT
8 1 (0.28%) AWS CDK
8 1 (0.28%) HTML5 Canvas
8 1 (0.28%) Kafka
8 1 (0.28%) Lightning Web Components
8 1 (0.28%) Node.js
8 1 (0.28%) React
8 1 (0.28%) REST
8 1 (0.28%) Spring Boot
8 1 (0.28%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 22 (6.16%) Management Information System
2 9 (2.52%) NHS
2 9 (2.52%) Virtual Team
3 8 (2.24%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (1.68%) Product Ownership
5 5 (1.40%) Data Centre
6 4 (1.12%) Clustering
6 4 (1.12%) Data Protection Act
6 4 (1.12%) Driving Licence
6 4 (1.12%) Onboarding
6 4 (1.12%) Reference Data
6 4 (1.12%) SCADA
7 3 (0.84%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (0.84%) Augmented Reality
7 3 (0.84%) CMDB
7 3 (0.84%) Lidar
7 3 (0.84%) Life Science
7 3 (0.84%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 3 (0.84%) Video Conferencing
7 3 (0.84%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 26 (7.28%) Windows
2 15 (4.20%) Windows 10
3 13 (3.64%) Windows Server
4 8 (2.24%) Linux
5 7 (1.96%) Unix
5 7 (1.96%) Windows Server 2012
6 5 (1.40%) Mac OS
6 5 (1.40%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (0.84%) Windows 7
8 2 (0.56%) HPUX
8 2 (0.56%) Solaris
8 2 (0.56%) zOS
9 1 (0.28%) Android
9 1 (0.28%) Embedded Linux
9 1 (0.28%) VMS
9 1 (0.28%) Windows Server 2003
9 1 (0.28%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (26.89%) Computer Science
2 80 (22.41%) Problem-Solving
3 74 (20.73%) Software Engineering
4 62 (17.37%) Agile
4 62 (17.37%) Code Quality
5 61 (17.09%) Artificial Intelligence
5 61 (17.09%) Conversational UI
6 39 (10.92%) Stakeholder Management
7 38 (10.64%) Project Management
8 36 (10.08%) ITIL
9 35 (9.80%) Project Delivery
10 34 (9.52%) DevOps
11 33 (9.24%) Data Management
12 31 (8.68%) Business Intelligence
13 29 (8.12%) Migration
14 27 (7.56%) Decision-Making
15 26 (7.28%) Change Management
16 23 (6.44%) Data Modelling
17 22 (6.16%) Continuous Improvement
18 21 (5.88%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 91 (25.49%) SQL
2 81 (22.69%) JavaScript
3 80 (22.41%) Python
4 67 (18.77%) C#
5 18 (5.04%) PowerShell
6 10 (2.80%) Java
7 6 (1.68%) Bash
7 6 (1.68%) C++
8 4 (1.12%) C
8 4 (1.12%) MATLAB
8 4 (1.12%) VBA
9 3 (0.84%) VB.NET
10 2 (0.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.28%) ABAP
11 1 (0.28%) Groovy
11 1 (0.28%) R
11 1 (0.28%) Rust
11 1 (0.28%) SystemVerilog
11 1 (0.28%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.28%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 56 (15.69%) Computer Science Degree
2 31 (8.68%) Security Cleared
3 26 (7.28%) Master's Degree
4 19 (5.32%) PMI Certification
5 18 (5.04%) PMP
6 15 (4.20%) SC Cleared
7 11 (3.08%) Cisco Certification
8 10 (2.80%) CISSP
8 10 (2.80%) Microsoft Certification
9 7 (1.96%) CCNA
9 7 (1.96%) ITIL Certification
10 6 (1.68%) CISA
10 6 (1.68%) CISM
10 6 (1.68%) MBA
10 6 (1.68%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 5 (1.40%) CCNP
11 5 (1.40%) IIBA
11 5 (1.40%) MCSE
12 4 (1.12%) CBAP
12 4 (1.12%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (5.04%) GDPR
2 12 (3.36%) Data Quality
3 10 (2.80%) QA
4 7 (1.96%) PMO
5 5 (1.40%) Good Clinical Practice
5 5 (1.40%) GxP
6 4 (1.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.84%) NIST
7 3 (0.84%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.56%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 2 (0.56%) MISRA
8 2 (0.56%) MISRA C
8 2 (0.56%) P3O
9 1 (0.28%) Disclosure Scotland
9 1 (0.28%) GRC
9 1 (0.28%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.28%) SLA
System Software
1 18 (5.04%) Active Directory
2 16 (4.48%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (2.80%) Virtual Machines
4 7 (1.96%) Hyper-V
5 5 (1.40%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.84%) VMware Workstation
7 2 (0.56%) KVM
8 1 (0.28%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.28%) Firmware
8 1 (0.28%) Microsoft App-V
8 1 (0.28%) Terminal Services
8 1 (0.28%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.28%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.28%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 8 (2.24%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (1.12%) SCCM
2 4 (1.12%) Terraform
2 4 (1.12%) vCenter Server
3 3 (0.84%) Autotask
3 3 (0.84%) Failover Clustering
3 3 (0.84%) Jamf Pro
3 3 (0.84%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.84%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.28%) vMotion
Vendors
1 69 (19.33%) Microsoft
2 61 (17.09%) PayPal
3 26 (7.28%) SAP
4 25 (7.00%) ServiceNow
5 18 (5.04%) VMware
6 7 (1.96%) Google
7 5 (1.40%) Adobe
7 5 (1.40%) Oracle
7 5 (1.40%) Salesforce
7 5 (1.40%) SolarWinds
8 4 (1.12%) ESRI
8 4 (1.12%) LogicMonitor
9 3 (0.84%) Apple
9 3 (0.84%) Ariba
9 3 (0.84%) Cisco
9 3 (0.84%) Databricks
9 3 (0.84%) Datto
9 3 (0.84%) Informatica
9 3 (0.84%) Kofax
10 2 (0.56%) IBM