Degree Contracts in Tyne and Wear

Academic Degree
North East > Tyne and Wear

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Tyne and Wear with a requirement for Degree qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 31 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 5 33 42
Rank change year-on-year +28 +9 -12
Contract jobs citing Degree 31 11 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 13.78% 4.10% 2.84%
As % of the Qualifications category 40.26% 7.75% 7.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 8 7
10th Percentile - £275 £152
25th Percentile £188 £280 £219
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £312 £275
Median % change year-on-year +44.35% +13.36% -50.00%
75th Percentile £588 £553 £430
90th Percentile £625 £600 £531
North East median daily rate £513 £280 £270
% change year-on-year +83.04% +3.70% -50.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £11.46 - -
25th Percentile £12.15 - -
Median hourly rate £13.30 - -
75th Percentile £18.15 - -
90th Percentile £21.06 - -
North East median hourly rate £20.77 - £52.50

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 77 142 144
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 34.22% 52.99% 37.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 117 110
10th Percentile £277 £312 £267
25th Percentile £368 £475 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £560 £525
Median % change year-on-year -12.95% +6.67% +5.00%
75th Percentile £578 £675 £609
90th Percentile £650 £760 £714
North East median daily rate £500 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 0 0
10th Percentile £13.30 - -
25th Percentile £13.99 - -
Median hourly rate £20.00 - -
75th Percentile £50.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North East median hourly rate £20.77 £46.18 £49.50
% change year-on-year -55.02% -6.71% +280.77%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

Job postings citing Degree as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear.

Job vacancy trend for Degree in Tyne and Wear

Degree
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Tyne and Wear

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Degree in Tyne and Wear.

Daily rate trend for Degree in Tyne and Wear

Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in Tyne and Wear

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Degree in Tyne and Wear over the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Degree in Tyne and Wear

Degree
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Tyne and Wear

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Degree in Tyne and Wear.

Hourly rate trend for Degree in Tyne and Wear

Degree
Contract Job Locations in Tyne and Wear

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Degree within the Tyne and Wear region over the 6 months to 31 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
Newcastle upon Tyne +22 20 £525 +68.40% 41
Sunderland - 6 £195 - 16
Degree
North East

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Tyne and Wear 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 3 (9.68%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 14 (45.16%) Chatbot
2 3 (9.68%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (3.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (6.45%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (3.23%) Azure
2 1 (3.23%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (3.23%) Entra ID
2 1 (3.23%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 7 (22.58%) 5G
1 7 (22.58%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (6.45%) LTE
3 1 (3.23%) DHCP
3 1 (3.23%) DNS
3 1 (3.23%) Firewall
3 1 (3.23%) Network Security
3 1 (3.23%) SMTP
3 1 (3.23%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.23%) Amazon RDS
1 1 (3.23%) SQL Server
General
1 4 (12.90%) Social Skills
2 2 (6.45%) Telecoms
3 1 (3.23%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (3.23%) Banking
3 1 (3.23%) Finance
3 1 (3.23%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 14 (45.16%) Developer
1 14 (45.16%) Software Developer
2 4 (12.90%) Technical Design Authority
3 3 (9.68%) Designer
3 3 (9.68%) Technical Designer
4 2 (6.45%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
4 2 (6.45%) 2nd Line Desktop Support Engineer
4 2 (6.45%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 2 (6.45%) 2nd Line Support
4 2 (6.45%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 2 (6.45%) Analyst
4 2 (6.45%) Desktop Engineer
4 2 (6.45%) Desktop Support
4 2 (6.45%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 2 (6.45%) Mobile Engineer
4 2 (6.45%) Senior
4 2 (6.45%) Support Engineer
5 1 (3.23%) Automation Specialist
5 1 (3.23%) ICT Analyst
5 1 (3.23%) Telecoms Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (45.16%) HTML
2 1 (3.23%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.45%) CCTV
1 2 (6.45%) Operational Technology
1 2 (6.45%) SCADA
2 1 (3.23%) Clustering
2 1 (3.23%) Data Centre
2 1 (3.23%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 4 (12.90%) Windows
2 2 (6.45%) Windows Server
3 1 (3.23%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (3.23%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (45.16%) Artificial Intelligence
1 14 (45.16%) Code Quality
1 14 (45.16%) Conversational UI
1 14 (45.16%) Software Engineering
2 10 (32.26%) Computer Science
3 8 (25.81%) Problem-Solving
4 7 (22.58%) Network Architecture
4 7 (22.58%) Network Design
4 7 (22.58%) Stakeholder Management
4 7 (22.58%) Technical Leadership
5 3 (9.68%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (9.68%) ITIL
5 3 (9.68%) Service Management
6 2 (6.45%) Customer Service
6 2 (6.45%) Cybersecurity
6 2 (6.45%) Patch Management
6 2 (6.45%) Project Delivery
6 2 (6.45%) Risk Assessment
7 1 (3.23%) Architectural Patterns
7 1 (3.23%) Digital Strategy
Programming Languages
1 14 (45.16%) C#
1 14 (45.16%) JavaScript
1 14 (45.16%) Python
1 14 (45.16%) SQL
2 2 (6.45%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 9 (29.03%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (6.45%) Master's Degree
2 2 (6.45%) Security Cleared
3 1 (3.23%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (3.23%) CCNA
3 1 (3.23%) CCNP
3 1 (3.23%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (3.23%) CISSP
3 1 (3.23%) DV Cleared
3 1 (3.23%) MCSE
3 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.45%) GDPR
2 1 (3.23%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 3 (9.68%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.23%) BitLocker
2 1 (3.23%) Hyper-V
2 1 (3.23%) Microsoft App-V
2 1 (3.23%) Terminal Services
2 1 (3.23%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 1 (3.23%) vCenter Server
1 1 (3.23%) vMotion
Vendors
1 14 (45.16%) PayPal
2 4 (12.90%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.23%) Citrix
3 1 (3.23%) Google
3 1 (3.23%) HP
3 1 (3.23%) Infoblox
3 1 (3.23%) ServiceNow
3 1 (3.23%) Symantec
3 1 (3.23%) VMware