Degree Contracts in the South West

Academic Degree
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for Degree qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 19 21 30
Rank change year-on-year +2 +9 -6
Contract jobs citing Degree 247 256 231
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 7.79% 7.48% 6.32%
As % of the Qualifications category 14.20% 14.20% 15.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 122 168 161
10th Percentile £160 £409 £288
25th Percentile £450 £463 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £688 £661 £588
90th Percentile £711 £725 £688
England median daily rate £500 £550 £520
% change year-on-year -9.09% +5.77% +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 63 31 21
10th Percentile £36.25 £39.55 £44.00
25th Percentile £40.00 £51.88 £49.25
Median hourly rate £57.33 £65.00 £55.84
Median % change year-on-year -11.80% +16.40% +24.09%
75th Percentile £72.50 £83.31 £69.05
90th Percentile £74.80 £83.40 £84.31
England median hourly rate £40.00 £45.00 £36.83
% change year-on-year -11.11% +22.18% -1.79%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South West

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

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,739 1,803 1,476
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 54.86% 52.69% 40.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,110 1,325 1,035
10th Percentile £362 £400 £325
25th Percentile £465 £488 £422
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £580 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.09% +10.38% +10.53%
75th Percentile £655 £675 £625
90th Percentile £725 £729 £680
England median daily rate £537 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.28% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 193 136 96
10th Percentile £21.53 £38.53 £41.88
25th Percentile £40.00 £56.25 £52.00
Median hourly rate £62.00 £65.00 £61.58
Median % change year-on-year -4.62% +5.56% +36.83%
75th Percentile £72.50 £78.00 £68.19
90th Percentile £80.00 £85.63 £75.00
England median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £41.50
% change year-on-year -25.93% +30.12% +13.70%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Degree in the South West

Degree
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for Degree in the South West

Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Degree in the South West over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Degree in the South West

Degree
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for Degree in the South West

Degree
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Degree in the South West over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Degree in the South West

Degree
Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Degree within the South West region over the 6 months to 23 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
Bristol +16 103 £528 +0.48% 239
Wiltshire -19 58 £525 -8.70% 84
Somerset +18 26 £490 +5.32% 112
Gloucestershire -16 17 £588 +6.82% 76
Devon -1 16 £166 -69.82% 86
Dorset +12 15 £763 +22.00% 56
Cornwall - 13 £150 - 10
Degree
England

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 17 (6.88%) Confluence
2 14 (5.67%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (2.83%) SharePoint
4 4 (1.62%) SharePoint Server
5 2 (0.81%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 2 (0.81%) Apache
6 1 (0.40%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.40%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 20 (8.10%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (6.07%) Chatbot
3 9 (3.64%) Microsoft Excel
4 6 (2.43%) Microsoft Project
4 6 (2.43%) Spreadsheet
5 5 (2.02%) Adobe Illustrator
5 5 (2.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 4 (1.62%) Acrobat
7 3 (1.21%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.40%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.40%) InVision
8 1 (0.40%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 6 (2.43%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 3 (1.21%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.21%) ENOVIA
2 3 (1.21%) SAP PLM
2 3 (1.21%) Teamcenter
3 2 (0.81%) Magento
3 2 (0.81%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.81%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 1 (0.40%) Primavera
4 1 (0.40%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.40%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.40%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.40%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.40%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.40%) SAP Hybris
4 1 (0.40%) SAP Payroll
4 1 (0.40%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.40%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 25 (10.12%) Azure
2 14 (5.67%) AWS
3 10 (4.05%) PaaS
4 9 (3.64%) SaaS
5 8 (3.24%) Azure DevOps
6 5 (2.02%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (1.62%) Power Platform
8 3 (1.21%) Azure Stack
8 3 (1.21%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (0.81%) GCP
9 2 (0.81%) IaaS
9 2 (0.81%) OpenShift
9 2 (0.81%) PowerApps
9 2 (0.81%) WhatsApp
10 1 (0.40%) Google Analytics
10 1 (0.40%) Google Tag Manager
10 1 (0.40%) OneDrive
10 1 (0.40%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.40%) SAP Commerce Cloud
10 1 (0.40%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 19 (7.69%) WAN
2 15 (6.07%) LAN
3 12 (4.86%) DNS
4 10 (4.05%) DHCP
4 10 (4.05%) SAN
5 9 (3.64%) Wi-Fi
6 8 (3.24%) MPLS
7 7 (2.83%) PBX
7 7 (2.83%) VoIP
7 7 (2.83%) VSAN
8 6 (2.43%) Firewall
9 4 (1.62%) Junos
9 4 (1.62%) SDH
9 4 (1.62%) Skype
9 4 (1.62%) TCP/IP
10 3 (1.21%) BGP
11 2 (0.81%) HTTP
11 2 (0.81%) RTP
11 2 (0.81%) SNMP
11 2 (0.81%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (6.07%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.62%) MySQL
3 3 (1.21%) Power BI
4 2 (0.81%) Data Mining
4 2 (0.81%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (0.81%) Electronic Patient Records
4 2 (0.81%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (0.81%) Relational Database
4 2 (0.81%) SQLite
5 1 (0.40%) Big Data
5 1 (0.40%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.40%) Flink
5 1 (0.40%) GIS
5 1 (0.40%) Metadata
5 1 (0.40%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.40%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 22 (8.91%) JIRA
2 19 (7.69%) Rational DOORS
3 4 (1.62%) Git
4 3 (1.21%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.81%) Checkstyle
5 2 (0.81%) GitLab
5 2 (0.81%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.40%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.40%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 1 (0.40%) GoCD
6 1 (0.40%) Maven
6 1 (0.40%) Oracle APEX
6 1 (0.40%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.40%) Subversion
General
1 85 (34.41%) Social Skills
2 48 (19.43%) Telecoms
3 46 (18.62%) Analytical Skills
4 36 (14.57%) Public Sector
5 20 (8.10%) Aerospace
6 17 (6.88%) Finance
7 13 (5.26%) Manufacturing
8 9 (3.64%) Organisational Skills
9 8 (3.24%) Military
10 7 (2.83%) Digital Economy
11 6 (2.43%) Electronics
11 6 (2.43%) Pharmaceutical
12 5 (2.02%) Influencing Skills
12 5 (2.02%) Marketing
13 4 (1.62%) Aeronautics
13 4 (1.62%) Multimedia
13 4 (1.62%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (1.62%) Publishing
14 3 (1.21%) Legal
14 3 (1.21%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 63 (25.51%) Architect
2 31 (12.55%) Analyst
3 29 (11.74%) Lead
3 29 (11.74%) Systems Architect
4 25 (10.12%) Network Architect
5 22 (8.91%) Developer
5 22 (8.91%) Lead Architect
6 19 (7.69%) Solutions Architect
7 18 (7.29%) Software Developer
8 16 (6.48%) SOC Analyst
9 14 (5.67%) Senior
10 11 (4.45%) Project Manager
11 9 (3.64%) IT Analyst
11 9 (3.64%) Systems Engineer
11 9 (3.64%) Technical Architect
12 8 (3.24%) Infrastructure Analyst
12 8 (3.24%) IT Infrastructure Analyst
12 8 (3.24%) SOC Engineer
12 8 (3.24%) Support Engineer
12 8 (3.24%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (6.48%) HTML
2 5 (2.02%) .NET
2 5 (2.02%) .NET Framework
2 5 (2.02%) Flash
3 4 (1.62%) CSS
3 4 (1.62%) Middleware
3 4 (1.62%) REST
4 3 (1.21%) .NET Core
4 3 (1.21%) XML
5 2 (0.81%) JSON
5 2 (0.81%) ModSecurity
5 2 (0.81%) PySpark
6 1 (0.40%) CSS3
6 1 (0.40%) HTML5
6 1 (0.40%) Laravel
6 1 (0.40%) OSGi
6 1 (0.40%) React
6 1 (0.40%) RESTful
6 1 (0.40%) Spring MVC
6 1 (0.40%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 26 (10.53%) Self-Motivation
2 23 (9.31%) CSOC
3 21 (8.50%) Security Operations Centre
4 13 (5.26%) Clustering
5 12 (4.86%) Data Centre
6 11 (4.45%) Management Information System
7 8 (3.24%) Client/Server
7 8 (3.24%) PKI
8 7 (2.83%) Blackberry
8 7 (2.83%) Video Conferencing
9 6 (2.43%) Product Ownership
9 6 (2.43%) Public Cloud
10 5 (2.02%) Animation
11 4 (1.62%) Embedded Systems
11 4 (1.62%) Life Science
11 4 (1.62%) Private Cloud
12 3 (1.21%) Onboarding
13 2 (0.81%) Operational Technology
13 2 (0.81%) SCADA
13 2 (0.81%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 40 (16.19%) Windows
2 17 (6.88%) Linux
3 10 (4.05%) Unix
4 8 (3.24%) Windows Server
5 4 (1.62%) SafeRTOS
5 4 (1.62%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.81%) CentOS
6 2 (0.81%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.40%) Android
7 1 (0.40%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.40%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (20.24%) Computer Science
2 46 (18.62%) Problem-Solving
3 44 (17.81%) Agile
4 40 (16.19%) Project Management
5 39 (15.79%) Continuous Improvement
6 38 (15.38%) ITIL
7 36 (14.57%) Network Management
8 31 (12.55%) Analytics
9 30 (12.15%) Cybersecurity
9 30 (12.15%) Decision-Making
10 26 (10.53%) SIEM
10 26 (10.53%) Strategic Thinking
10 26 (10.53%) Time Management
11 25 (10.12%) TOGAF
12 24 (9.72%) Software Engineering
12 24 (9.72%) Systems Engineering
12 24 (9.72%) Use Case
13 23 (9.31%) Incident Response
13 23 (9.31%) Security Operations
14 22 (8.91%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 28 (11.34%) SQL
2 21 (8.50%) Python
3 19 (7.69%) PowerShell
4 17 (6.88%) JavaScript
5 15 (6.07%) C#
6 6 (2.43%) Java
7 5 (2.02%) C
8 3 (1.21%) R
9 2 (0.81%) PHP
9 2 (0.81%) Scala
10 1 (0.40%) Bash
10 1 (0.40%) C++
10 1 (0.40%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 125 (50.61%) Security Cleared
2 82 (33.20%) SC Cleared
3 59 (23.89%) DV Cleared
4 26 (10.53%) Master's Degree
5 25 (10.12%) Computer Science Degree
6 24 (9.72%) SANS
7 20 (8.10%) HND
8 18 (7.29%) TOGAF Certification
9 13 (5.26%) BPSS Clearance
10 12 (4.86%) Cisco Certification
11 9 (3.64%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 7 (2.83%) CCNP
13 6 (2.43%) HNC
14 5 (2.02%) CCNA
15 4 (1.62%) Chartered Engineer
15 4 (1.62%) JNCIA
16 3 (1.21%) CISM
16 3 (1.21%) CISSP
16 3 (1.21%) Microsoft Certification
16 3 (1.21%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (5.26%) SLA
2 12 (4.86%) QA
3 6 (2.43%) Data Quality
4 5 (2.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (2.02%) NIST
5 3 (1.21%) GMP
5 3 (1.21%) Government Security Classifications
5 3 (1.21%) JSP 440
5 3 (1.21%) PMO
6 2 (0.81%) GDPR
6 2 (0.81%) ISA99
6 2 (0.81%) NCSC
6 2 (0.81%) NIST 800
6 2 (0.81%) RMADS
7 1 (0.40%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 31 (12.55%) Active Directory
2 23 (9.31%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (4.05%) Virtual Servers
4 9 (3.64%) VMware NSX
5 8 (3.24%) VMware Workstation
6 6 (2.43%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.81%) Docker
7 2 (0.81%) KVM
7 2 (0.81%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 2 (0.81%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.40%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 1 (0.40%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.40%) NFS
Systems Management
1 22 (8.91%) SCCM
2 8 (3.24%) Microsoft Clustering
2 8 (3.24%) Nagios
2 8 (3.24%) NetBackup
3 6 (2.43%) SCOM
3 6 (2.43%) vCenter Server
4 4 (1.62%) Ansible
4 4 (1.62%) OPNET
4 4 (1.62%) Terraform
5 3 (1.21%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 3 (1.21%) Kubernetes
5 3 (1.21%) PowerCLI
6 2 (0.81%) WSUS
Vendors
1 51 (20.65%) Microsoft
2 25 (10.12%) VMware
3 18 (7.29%) Cisco
4 17 (6.88%) SAP
5 15 (6.07%) PayPal
6 14 (5.67%) Atlassian
7 13 (5.26%) IBM
8 12 (4.86%) Adobe
9 11 (4.45%) Juniper
9 11 (4.45%) Nokia
10 10 (4.05%) Google
11 8 (3.24%) Hitachi
11 8 (3.24%) NetApp
12 7 (2.83%) Avaya
12 7 (2.83%) Ericsson
12 7 (2.83%) Ribbon
13 6 (2.43%) Sparx
14 4 (1.62%) Ciena
14 4 (1.62%) Palo Alto
15 3 (1.21%) Databricks