Degree Contracts with Work from Home Options

Academic Degree
UK > Work from Home

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) 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 21 35 45
Rank change year-on-year +14 +10 -3
Contract jobs citing Degree 1,170 1,385 2,334
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 7.99% 5.71% 5.28%
As % of the Qualifications category 30.52% 22.63% 26.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 622 856 1,587
10th Percentile £270 £313 £313
25th Percentile £405 £425 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £520
Median % change year-on-year - +0.96% +5.05%
75th Percentile £638 £665 £620
90th Percentile £775 £813 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £520
% change year-on-year -4.76% +0.96% +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 133 69 51
10th Percentile £15.85 £20.80 £17.99
25th Percentile £23.34 £42.50 £26.13
Median hourly rate £39.92 £50.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.16% +11.11% +6.96%
75th Percentile £72.50 £67.50 £63.63
90th Percentile £74.80 £74.00 £85.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £50.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -20.00% +42.86% -7.41%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,834 6,121 8,866
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 26.18% 25.25% 20.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,485 4,161 6,297
10th Percentile £335 £380 £375
25th Percentile £438 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +6.75%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £725 £745 £700
UK median daily rate £530 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -3.64% +4.76% +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 257 247 220
10th Percentile £15.46 £18.80 £19.35
25th Percentile £24.00 £42.50 £39.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £62.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -31.20% +25.00% +33.33%
75th Percentile £67.81 £70.00 £65.66
90th Percentile £84.13 £80.25 £72.75
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -27.27% +23.60% +28.84%

Degree
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Degree as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Degree trend for jobs with a WFH option

Degree
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Degree.

Degree daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Degree
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Degree over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Degree daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Degree
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Degree.

Degree hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Degree
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Degree over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Degree hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 48 (4.10%) Microsoft Exchange
2 40 (3.42%) SharePoint
3 38 (3.25%) Confluence
4 9 (0.77%) CMS
4 9 (0.77%) SAS
5 6 (0.51%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.34%) Apache
6 4 (0.34%) IIS
7 3 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2007
7 3 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2010
7 3 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2013
7 3 (0.26%) Oracle Self-Service HR
7 3 (0.26%) WebLogic
7 3 (0.26%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.17%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 2 (0.17%) Cloud Foundry
8 2 (0.17%) Exchange Server 2003
8 2 (0.17%) SharePoint 2010
8 2 (0.17%) SharePoint Server
8 2 (0.17%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 131 (11.20%) Chatbot
2 105 (8.97%) Microsoft Excel
3 97 (8.29%) Microsoft Office
4 63 (5.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 30 (2.56%) MS Visio
6 24 (2.05%) Microsoft Project
7 21 (1.79%) Simulink
8 13 (1.11%) Spreadsheet
9 8 (0.68%) Trello
10 7 (0.60%) Adobe Illustrator
11 6 (0.51%) Acrobat
12 5 (0.43%) Photoshop
13 4 (0.34%) Adobe Creative Suite
13 4 (0.34%) Sketch
13 4 (0.34%) Stateflow
14 3 (0.26%) AutoCAD
15 2 (0.17%) Adobe Captivate
15 2 (0.17%) InDesign
15 2 (0.17%) Maya
15 2 (0.17%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 14 (1.20%) Dynamics AX
1 14 (1.20%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (0.85%) Dynamics GP
3 6 (0.51%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.34%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.26%) Endur
5 3 (0.26%) OpenText VIM for SAP
5 3 (0.26%) Oracle 11i
5 3 (0.26%) Oracle Applications
5 3 (0.26%) Oracle EBS R12
5 3 (0.26%) Oracle Receivables
5 3 (0.26%) Orchestrade
5 3 (0.26%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.17%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.17%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 2 (0.17%) SAP Hybris
7 1 (0.085%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
7 1 (0.085%) Loan IQ
7 1 (0.085%) SAP HCM
7 1 (0.085%) SAP Travel Management
Cloud Services
1 225 (19.23%) Azure
2 121 (10.34%) AWS
3 72 (6.15%) Power Platform
4 60 (5.13%) Microsoft 365
5 48 (4.10%) Azure DevOps
6 46 (3.93%) GCP
7 40 (3.42%) SaaS
8 33 (2.82%) Dynamics 365
8 33 (2.82%) Entra ID
8 33 (2.82%) PowerApps
9 28 (2.39%) PaaS
10 26 (2.22%) Power Automate
11 23 (1.97%) Azure Monitor
12 22 (1.88%) Cloud Computing
13 20 (1.71%) Azure Storage
14 18 (1.54%) IaaS
15 17 (1.45%) GitHub
16 14 (1.20%) Google Workspace
17 10 (0.85%) SuccessFactors
18 9 (0.77%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 60 (5.13%) Firewall
2 43 (3.68%) DNS
3 36 (3.08%) DHCP
3 36 (3.08%) SSL
4 15 (1.28%) VPN
5 14 (1.20%) Internet
5 14 (1.20%) Network Security
5 14 (1.20%) TCP/IP
6 11 (0.94%) VoIP
6 11 (0.94%) WAN
7 9 (0.77%) CTI
8 8 (0.68%) Wireless
9 7 (0.60%) LAN
10 5 (0.43%) 5G
10 5 (0.43%) SAN
10 5 (0.43%) SDH
10 5 (0.43%) VLAN
11 4 (0.34%) FIX Connectivity
11 4 (0.34%) SD-WAN
11 4 (0.34%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 73 (6.24%) SQL Server
2 58 (4.96%) Power BI
3 27 (2.31%) Relational Database
4 23 (1.97%) Data Lake
5 21 (1.79%) Data Warehouse
6 19 (1.62%) PostgreSQL
7 17 (1.45%) Metadata
8 16 (1.37%) MySQL
9 13 (1.11%) NoSQL
9 13 (1.11%) Tableau
10 12 (1.03%) Big Data
11 10 (0.85%) Couchbase
12 9 (0.77%) MongoDB
13 8 (0.68%) Crystal Reports
13 8 (0.68%) Oracle Database
14 7 (0.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 6 (0.51%) PowerPivot
16 5 (0.43%) Azure SQL Database
16 5 (0.43%) Hadoop
16 5 (0.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 78 (6.67%) JIRA
2 57 (4.87%) Git
3 25 (2.14%) Jenkins
4 16 (1.37%) GitLab
5 12 (1.03%) Visual Studio
6 9 (0.77%) Rational DOORS
7 8 (0.68%) TeamCity
8 7 (0.60%) Bitbucket
8 7 (0.60%) Subversion
9 6 (0.51%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 6 (0.51%) MLflow
9 6 (0.51%) webpack
10 5 (0.43%) MSI
10 5 (0.43%) Selenium
10 5 (0.43%) WiX
11 4 (0.34%) Artifactory
11 4 (0.34%) Oracle APEX
11 4 (0.34%) SpecFlow
11 4 (0.34%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 4 (0.34%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 476 (40.68%) Social Skills
2 262 (22.39%) Finance
3 241 (20.60%) Analytical Skills
4 130 (11.11%) Public Sector
5 68 (5.81%) Banking
6 65 (5.56%) Telecoms
7 53 (4.53%) Legal
8 45 (3.85%) Front Office
9 44 (3.76%) Marketing
9 44 (3.76%) Retail
10 40 (3.42%) Manufacturing
11 36 (3.08%) Presentation Skills
12 35 (2.99%) Organisational Skills
13 23 (1.97%) Influencing Skills
14 22 (1.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 18 (1.54%) General Ledger
15 18 (1.54%) Investment Banking
16 15 (1.28%) Documentation Skills
16 15 (1.28%) Pharmaceutical
17 12 (1.03%) Law
Job Titles
1 223 (19.06%) Developer
2 141 (12.05%) Analyst
3 137 (11.71%) Architect
4 130 (11.11%) Software Developer
5 97 (8.29%) Senior
6 84 (7.18%) Business Analyst
7 83 (7.09%) Consultant
8 77 (6.58%) Project Manager
9 65 (5.56%) Lead
10 42 (3.59%) Solutions Architect
11 33 (2.82%) Software Engineer
12 27 (2.31%) DevOps Engineer
13 24 (2.05%) Java Developer
13 24 (2.05%) Microsoft Consultant
14 23 (1.97%) Network Architect
15 22 (1.88%) Azure Engineer
15 22 (1.88%) Lead Architect
15 22 (1.88%) Support Engineer
15 22 (1.88%) Systems Architect
16 21 (1.79%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 158 (13.50%) HTML
2 49 (4.19%) .NET
3 48 (4.10%) Web Services
4 32 (2.74%) CSS
5 29 (2.48%) XML
6 27 (2.31%) React
7 25 (2.14%) REST
8 23 (1.97%) ARM Templates
9 21 (1.79%) AngularJS
9 21 (1.79%) ASP.NET
10 20 (1.71%) .NET Framework
10 20 (1.71%) JSON
11 17 (1.45%) Node.js
12 16 (1.37%) Entity Framework
12 16 (1.37%) RESTful
13 12 (1.03%) Kafka
14 11 (0.94%) Middleware
15 10 (0.85%) .NET Core
16 9 (0.77%) SOAP
17 8 (0.68%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 78 (6.67%) Self-Motivation
2 66 (5.64%) Management Information System
2 66 (5.64%) PKI
3 32 (2.74%) Algorithms
4 28 (2.39%) Data Structures
5 25 (2.14%) Derivative
6 22 (1.88%) Virtual Team
7 21 (1.79%) Product Ownership
8 20 (1.71%) Data Protection Act
9 17 (1.45%) Fixed Income
9 17 (1.45%) FPGA
9 17 (1.45%) Verilog
9 17 (1.45%) VHDL
10 13 (1.11%) Data Centre
11 12 (1.03%) Analytical Mindset
11 12 (1.03%) Cyber Threat
12 11 (0.94%) Greenfield Project
12 11 (0.94%) IVR
12 11 (0.94%) Learning Management System
13 10 (0.85%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 108 (9.23%) Windows
2 79 (6.75%) Linux
3 41 (3.50%) Windows Server
4 37 (3.16%) Unix
5 24 (2.05%) Windows Server 2016
6 22 (1.88%) Windows Server 2019
7 9 (0.77%) Android
8 8 (0.68%) Windows 10
9 6 (0.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 5 (0.43%) Apple iOS
10 5 (0.43%) Windows Server 2012
11 4 (0.34%) Embedded Linux
12 3 (0.26%) CentOS
12 3 (0.26%) Windows 7
13 2 (0.17%) Solaris
13 2 (0.17%) Ubuntu
13 2 (0.17%) Windows Server 2003
13 2 (0.17%) Windows Server 2008
14 1 (0.085%) Mac OS X
14 1 (0.085%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 350 (29.91%) Computer Science
2 288 (24.62%) Agile
3 284 (24.27%) Problem-Solving
4 200 (17.09%) Software Engineering
5 180 (15.38%) Project Management
6 162 (13.85%) Artificial Intelligence
7 136 (11.62%) Code Quality
8 131 (11.20%) Conversational UI
8 131 (11.20%) DevOps
9 98 (8.38%) Analytics
10 84 (7.18%) Decision-Making
10 84 (7.18%) ITIL
11 81 (6.92%) Stakeholder Management
12 80 (6.84%) Continuous Improvement
13 73 (6.24%) Business Intelligence
14 71 (6.07%) Risk Management
15 70 (5.98%) Migration
15 70 (5.98%) Project Delivery
16 67 (5.73%) Roadmaps
17 66 (5.64%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 270 (23.08%) SQL
2 245 (20.94%) Python
3 205 (17.52%) C#
4 189 (16.15%) JavaScript
5 80 (6.84%) Java
6 61 (5.21%) PowerShell
7 47 (4.02%) C++
8 27 (2.31%) C
9 23 (1.97%) Bicep
10 22 (1.88%) VB
11 21 (1.79%) VBScript
12 19 (1.62%) PL/SQL
12 19 (1.62%) R
13 18 (1.54%) Perl
14 17 (1.45%) SystemVerilog
15 16 (1.37%) Bash
15 16 (1.37%) Shell Script
16 14 (1.20%) Go
16 14 (1.20%) TypeScript
17 11 (0.94%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 235 (20.09%) Computer Science Degree
2 192 (16.41%) Security Cleared
3 158 (13.50%) SC Cleared
4 129 (11.03%) Master's Degree
5 56 (4.79%) DV Cleared
6 42 (3.59%) PMP
7 38 (3.25%) PMI Certification
8 32 (2.74%) Microsoft Certification
8 32 (2.74%) PhD
9 28 (2.39%) CISSP
10 22 (1.88%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 22 (1.88%) Numerate Degree
11 21 (1.79%) APMP
12 20 (1.71%) Azure Certification
12 20 (1.71%) CISM
13 17 (1.45%) Cisco Certification
14 14 (1.20%) BPSS Clearance
15 13 (1.11%) ITIL Certification
16 10 (0.85%) ISTQB
17 9 (0.77%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (4.36%) QA
2 40 (3.42%) Data Quality
3 25 (2.14%) GDPR
4 24 (2.05%) PMO
5 23 (1.97%) PCI DSS
6 17 (1.45%) SLA
7 15 (1.28%) NIST
8 13 (1.11%) Accessibility
9 9 (0.77%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 9 (0.77%) Disclosure Scotland
9 9 (0.77%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 6 (0.51%) HIPAA
10 6 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 6 (0.51%) MiFID
11 5 (0.43%) GRC
11 5 (0.43%) NIST 800
12 4 (0.34%) COBIT
12 4 (0.34%) Dodd-Frank
12 4 (0.34%) P3O
12 4 (0.34%) SOC 2
System Software
1 109 (9.32%) Active Directory
2 28 (2.39%) Virtual Machines
3 27 (2.31%) Docker
4 21 (1.79%) VMware Infrastructure
5 20 (1.71%) Virtual Desktop
6 11 (0.94%) vSphere
7 6 (0.51%) Hyper-V
7 6 (0.51%) VMware NSX
8 4 (0.34%) Embedded Firmware
8 4 (0.34%) Firmware
9 3 (0.26%) VirtualBox
9 3 (0.26%) VMware ESXi
10 2 (0.17%) KVM
11 1 (0.085%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 1 (0.085%) Citrix Presentation Server
11 1 (0.085%) HDFS
11 1 (0.085%) Postfix
11 1 (0.085%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 57 (4.87%) Kubernetes
2 35 (2.99%) SCCM
3 26 (2.22%) WSUS
4 25 (2.14%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 24 (2.05%) Terraform
6 22 (1.88%) Microsoft Intune
7 21 (1.79%) SCOM
8 17 (1.45%) Ansible
9 8 (0.68%) Grafana
10 5 (0.43%) Nessus
10 5 (0.43%) Single Sign-On
10 5 (0.43%) vCenter Server
11 3 (0.26%) Argo
11 3 (0.26%) Docker Swarm
11 3 (0.26%) Progress Chef
11 3 (0.26%) Prometheus
11 3 (0.26%) Puppet
12 2 (0.17%) Opsgenie
12 2 (0.17%) Packer
12 2 (0.17%) SELinux
Vendors
1 224 (19.15%) Microsoft
2 121 (10.34%) PayPal
3 74 (6.32%) Oracle
4 49 (4.19%) SAP
5 40 (3.42%) Google
6 27 (2.31%) Cisco
7 26 (2.22%) VMware
8 25 (2.14%) Salesforce
9 24 (2.05%) Adobe
10 17 (1.45%) Intel
10 17 (1.45%) Microsemi
10 17 (1.45%) ServiceNow
10 17 (1.45%) Xilinx
11 15 (1.28%) Databricks
12 11 (0.94%) Atlassian
12 11 (0.94%) Genesys
12 11 (0.94%) IBM
12 11 (0.94%) Splunk
13 9 (0.77%) Dynatrace
14 8 (0.68%) Palo Alto