Degree Contracts in the West Midlands

Academic Degree
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for Degree qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 16 26 50
Rank change year-on-year +10 +24 -20
Contract jobs citing Degree 153 160 146
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 8.10% 7.07% 4.11%
As % of the Qualifications category 25.04% 26.40% 20.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 85 86 98
10th Percentile £256 £243 £313
25th Percentile £338 £400 £372
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year - - +16.92%
75th Percentile £600 £540 £618
90th Percentile £701 £656 £700
England median daily rate £510 £540 £520
% change year-on-year -5.56% +3.85% +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 9 5
10th Percentile £22.33 £10.97 £11.70
25th Percentile £25.50 £12.00 £13.50
Median hourly rate £39.92 £18.50 £17.28
Median % change year-on-year +115.78% +7.06% +15.20%
75th Percentile £57.50 £35.08 £20.51
90th Percentile £58.75 £57.50 -
England median hourly rate £40.00 £45.00 £36.08
% change year-on-year -11.11% +24.72% -1.15%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
West Midlands

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 West Midlands with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 611 606 708
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 32.33% 26.78% 19.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 387 366 495
10th Percentile £275 £300 £279
25th Percentile £360 £413 £382
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £536 £475
Median % change year-on-year -11.30% +12.74% +11.76%
75th Percentile £575 £625 £574
90th Percentile £692 £700 £650
England median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 29 11
10th Percentile £14.00 £11.80 £11.25
25th Percentile £21.44 £13.31 £13.25
Median hourly rate £27.25 £19.00 £17.28
Median % change year-on-year +43.42% +9.95% +8.00%
75th Percentile £43.44 £28.75 £20.26
90th Percentile £58.75 £59.20 £20.51
England median hourly rate £40.00 £52.50 £40.50
% change year-on-year -23.81% +29.63% +6.58%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Degree as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Degree in the West Midlands

Degree
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Degree in the West Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Degree in the West Midlands

Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Degree in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Degree in the West Midlands

Degree
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Degree in the West Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Degree in the West Midlands

Degree
Hourly Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Degree in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Degree in the West Midlands

Degree
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Degree within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 16 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
Birmingham +19 58 £450 +12.50% 176
Warwickshire +2 37 £450 -14.29% 90
Worcestershire +13 11 £525 +12.90% 47
Coventry +12 8 £463 +76.19% 77
Staffordshire +8 8 £800 +68.42% 82
Solihull -7 8 £775 +47.62% 16
Shropshire 0 2 £117 -78.33% 21
Wolverhampton +5 1 - - 22
Herefordshire -9 1 £400 -39.62% 7
Degree
England

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 4 (2.61%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.31%) Confluence
3 1 (0.65%) Apache
3 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 21 (13.73%) Chatbot
2 13 (8.50%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (7.84%) Microsoft Excel
4 9 (5.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (4.58%) MS Visio
5 7 (4.58%) Simulink
6 6 (3.92%) Stateflow
7 5 (3.27%) TargetLink
8 4 (2.61%) Microsoft Project
9 3 (1.96%) CANalyzer
9 3 (1.96%) Photoshop
10 2 (1.31%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 2 (1.31%) Maya
10 2 (1.31%) NUKE
10 2 (1.31%) Spreadsheet
11 1 (0.65%) Adobe Illustrator
11 1 (0.65%) InDesign
11 1 (0.65%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 4 (2.61%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.65%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.65%) Odoo
2 1 (0.65%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (0.65%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 22 (14.38%) Azure
2 9 (5.88%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (4.58%) Power Platform
4 5 (3.27%) SaaS
5 4 (2.61%) Azure Sentinel
5 4 (2.61%) IaaS
5 4 (2.61%) PaaS
6 3 (1.96%) AWS
6 3 (1.96%) Azure Functions
6 3 (1.96%) Azure Monitor
6 3 (1.96%) Google Workspace
6 3 (1.96%) OneDrive
6 3 (1.96%) Serverless
7 2 (1.31%) Amazon EC2
7 2 (1.31%) Amazon S3
7 2 (1.31%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 2 (1.31%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (1.31%) Azure Service Bus
7 2 (1.31%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 2 (1.31%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 11 (7.19%) Firewall
2 8 (5.23%) LAN
2 8 (5.23%) WAN
3 7 (4.58%) VPN
4 5 (3.27%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (2.61%) DHCP
5 4 (2.61%) DNS
5 4 (2.61%) Ethernet
5 4 (2.61%) VoIP
5 4 (2.61%) Wireless
6 3 (1.96%) Cisco Nexus
6 3 (1.96%) Ethereal
6 3 (1.96%) Network Security
6 3 (1.96%) TCP/IP
6 3 (1.96%) VLAN
6 3 (1.96%) Wireshark
7 2 (1.31%) Broadband
7 2 (1.31%) SAN
7 2 (1.31%) Skype
8 1 (0.65%) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.92%) Data Mining
2 5 (3.27%) Power BI
3 3 (1.96%) Data Lake
3 3 (1.96%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (1.96%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (1.96%) SAP BW
4 2 (1.31%) Elasticsearch
4 2 (1.31%) MongoDB
4 2 (1.31%) NoSQL
4 2 (1.31%) Relational Database
4 2 (1.31%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.65%) Amazon Athena
5 1 (0.65%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (0.65%) Flink
5 1 (0.65%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 10 (6.54%) Git
2 7 (4.58%) JIRA
3 5 (3.27%) Bitbucket
3 5 (3.27%) Jenkins
3 5 (3.27%) Subversion
4 3 (1.96%) CANoe
4 3 (1.96%) GitLab
5 2 (1.31%) Travis CI
6 1 (0.65%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.65%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 1 (0.65%) NUnit
6 1 (0.65%) Rational DOORS
6 1 (0.65%) Visual Studio
General
1 69 (45.10%) Social Skills
2 42 (27.45%) Analytical Skills
3 14 (9.15%) Automotive
3 14 (9.15%) Finance
4 8 (5.23%) German Language
5 7 (4.58%) Manufacturing
6 6 (3.92%) Legal
6 6 (3.92%) Presentation Skills
6 6 (3.92%) Public Sector
7 5 (3.27%) Marketing
8 4 (2.61%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (2.61%) Electronics
8 4 (2.61%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (2.61%) Law
8 4 (2.61%) Retail
9 3 (1.96%) Telecoms
10 2 (1.31%) Aerospace
10 2 (1.31%) Games
10 2 (1.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.65%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 31 (20.26%) Developer
2 21 (13.73%) Software Developer
3 16 (10.46%) Analyst
4 15 (9.80%) Architect
5 10 (6.54%) Systems Engineer
6 9 (5.88%) Lead
7 7 (4.58%) DevOps Engineer
7 7 (4.58%) Support Engineer
8 6 (3.92%) Data Architect
8 6 (3.92%) Java Developer
8 6 (3.92%) Network Engineer
8 6 (3.92%) Project Manager
8 6 (3.92%) Senior
9 5 (3.27%) Business Analyst
9 5 (3.27%) Control Systems Engineer
9 5 (3.27%) Principal Engineer
9 5 (3.27%) Principal Systems Engineer
10 4 (2.61%) 2nd Line Support
10 4 (2.61%) Systems Analyst
10 4 (2.61%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (8.50%) HTML
2 6 (3.92%) Spring
3 5 (3.27%) Middleware
4 3 (1.96%) AngularJS
4 3 (1.96%) Kafka
4 3 (1.96%) React
4 3 (1.96%) SAP Business Workflow
5 2 (1.31%) Elastic Stack
5 2 (1.31%) Unreal Engine
5 2 (1.31%) V-Ray
6 1 (0.65%) Apache NiFi
6 1 (0.65%) Dask
6 1 (0.65%) Keras
6 1 (0.65%) NumPy
6 1 (0.65%) Pandas
6 1 (0.65%) PySpark
6 1 (0.65%) PyTorch
6 1 (0.65%) RabbitMQ
6 1 (0.65%) REST
6 1 (0.65%) Yii
Miscellaneous
1 18 (11.76%) Management Information System
2 14 (9.15%) Self-Motivation
3 12 (7.84%) Data Centre
4 11 (7.19%) Algorithms
5 6 (3.92%) Legacy Systems
5 6 (3.92%) SCADA
5 6 (3.92%) Virtual Team
6 5 (3.27%) Industry 4.0
6 5 (3.27%) IoT
7 4 (2.61%) Cyber Defence
7 4 (2.61%) Operational Technology
8 3 (1.96%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (1.96%) Clustering
8 3 (1.96%) Driving Licence
8 3 (1.96%) Infotainment
9 2 (1.31%) Cyber Threat
9 2 (1.31%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (1.31%) Data Structures
9 2 (1.31%) Mobile App
9 2 (1.31%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 12 (7.84%) Windows
2 7 (4.58%) Unix
3 5 (3.27%) Mac OS
3 5 (3.27%) Windows 10
4 4 (2.61%) Windows Server
4 4 (2.61%) Windows Server 2012
5 3 (1.96%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (1.31%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (42.48%) Computer Science
2 42 (27.45%) Problem-Solving
3 34 (22.22%) Agile
4 29 (18.95%) Software Engineering
5 25 (16.34%) Artificial Intelligence
6 23 (15.03%) Code Quality
7 21 (13.73%) Conversational UI
8 20 (13.07%) Decision-Making
9 19 (12.42%) DevOps
10 17 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
11 15 (9.80%) Project Management
12 14 (9.15%) Migration
13 12 (7.84%) Analytical Thinking
13 12 (7.84%) Cybersecurity
14 10 (6.54%) ITIL
14 10 (6.54%) Risk Management
14 10 (6.54%) Stakeholder Management
14 10 (6.54%) Validation
15 9 (5.88%) Change Management
15 9 (5.88%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 24 (15.69%) SQL
2 23 (15.03%) Python
3 15 (9.80%) JavaScript
4 14 (9.15%) C#
5 9 (5.88%) MATLAB
6 8 (5.23%) Java
7 7 (4.58%) PowerShell
8 5 (3.27%) C
9 2 (1.31%) C++
9 2 (1.31%) Kusto Query Language
9 2 (1.31%) Perl
10 1 (0.65%) PHP
10 1 (0.65%) R
10 1 (0.65%) Scala
10 1 (0.65%) VBA
Qualifications
1 43 (28.10%) Computer Science Degree
2 18 (11.76%) Security Cleared
3 16 (10.46%) Master's Degree
4 10 (6.54%) SC Cleared
5 7 (4.58%) Cisco Certification
5 7 (4.58%) DV Cleared
6 6 (3.92%) CCNA
6 6 (3.92%) CISSP
7 5 (3.27%) Azure Certification
7 5 (3.27%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (3.27%) PMI Certification
7 5 (3.27%) PMP
8 3 (1.96%) APMP
8 3 (1.96%) CEH
8 3 (1.96%) PhD
8 3 (1.96%) TOGAF Certification
9 2 (1.31%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (1.31%) CCNP
9 2 (1.31%) CompTIA Security+
9 2 (1.31%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (5.23%) QA
2 5 (3.27%) AUTOSAR
2 5 (3.27%) ISO 26262
2 5 (3.27%) MISRA
2 5 (3.27%) MISRA C
3 3 (1.96%) GRC
3 3 (1.96%) ITGC
4 2 (1.31%) NIST
4 2 (1.31%) SLA
5 1 (0.65%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.65%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.65%) GDPR
5 1 (0.65%) HAZOP
5 1 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 15288
5 1 (0.65%) P3O
System Software
1 9 (5.88%) Active Directory
2 6 (3.92%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (3.27%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (1.96%) Docker
4 3 (1.96%) Hyper-V
5 2 (1.31%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (1.31%) vSphere
6 1 (0.65%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (3.27%) SCCM
2 4 (2.61%) Kubernetes
2 4 (2.61%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (1.96%) Autotask
3 3 (1.96%) Failover Clustering
3 3 (1.96%) Jamf Pro
3 3 (1.96%) OpenView
3 3 (1.96%) SysTrack
4 2 (1.31%) Kibana
4 2 (1.31%) logstash
4 2 (1.31%) Terraform
5 1 (0.65%) Ansible
5 1 (0.65%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 30 (19.61%) Microsoft
2 21 (13.73%) PayPal
3 17 (11.11%) SAP
4 7 (4.58%) Oracle
5 6 (3.92%) VMware
6 5 (3.27%) Apple
6 5 (3.27%) BMC
6 5 (3.27%) Cisco
7 4 (2.61%) Salesforce
8 3 (1.96%) Citrix
8 3 (1.96%) Datto
8 3 (1.96%) Google
8 3 (1.96%) New Relic
8 3 (1.96%) OpenAI
9 2 (1.31%) Adobe
9 2 (1.31%) Confluent
9 2 (1.31%) ServiceNow
10 1 (0.65%) IBM
10 1 (0.65%) Informatica
10 1 (0.65%) Red Hat
583 Degree jobs in the West Midlands