Degree Contracts in London

Academic Degree
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for Degree qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 7 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 20 28 39
Rank change year-on-year +8 +11 -11
Contract jobs citing Degree 1,431 1,717 2,411
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 8.11% 6.79% 6.18%
As % of the Qualifications category 34.24% 31.11% 35.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 864 1,136 1,572
10th Percentile £300 £325 £360
25th Percentile £400 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £570 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.25% +3.68% +4.76%
75th Percentile £650 £725 £688
90th Percentile £800 £888 £800
England median daily rate £500 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 78 38 93
10th Percentile £15.07 £18.39 -
25th Percentile £21.05 £21.24 £25.68
Median hourly rate £34.87 £26.25 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +32.82% -30.00% -
75th Percentile £46.56 £51.75 £53.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £66.50 £67.50
England median hourly rate £40.00 £49.28 £35.00
% change year-on-year -18.83% +40.80% -7.89%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
London

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 London with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,179 5,519 6,844
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 23.68% 21.84% 17.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,863 3,790 4,725
10th Percentile £325 £363 £375
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £567 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.33% +3.00% +4.76%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £650
90th Percentile £773 £800 £750
England median daily rate £537 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.36% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 113 89 148
10th Percentile £14.49 £19.23 £25.26
25th Percentile £20.22 £21.24 £25.92
Median hourly rate £25.00 £51.50 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -51.46% +15.73% +18.67%
75th Percentile £42.75 £70.00 £49.88
90th Percentile £68.60 £87.50 £66.91
England median hourly rate £40.25 £55.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -26.82% +37.50% +10.79%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Degree as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Degree in London

Degree
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Degree in London.

Daily rate trend for Degree in London

Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Degree in London over the 6 months to 7 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Degree in London

Degree
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Degree in London.

Hourly rate trend for Degree in London

Degree
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Degree in London over the 6 months to 7 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Degree in London

Degree
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Degree within the London region over the 6 months to 7 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
Central London +5 191 £550 -8.33% 196
West London +19 40 £475 -15.93% 174
East London +9 33 £460 -32.10% 89
South London 0 13 £400 -20.00% 64
North London -3 1 £273 -42.53% 19
Degree
England

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 59 (4.12%) SharePoint
2 36 (2.52%) Confluence
3 31 (2.17%) Microsoft Exchange
4 14 (0.98%) Apache Spark
4 14 (0.98%) CMS
5 7 (0.49%) SAS
6 6 (0.42%) Apache
6 6 (0.42%) ArcGIS
7 5 (0.35%) Apache Airflow
8 4 (0.28%) IIS
8 4 (0.28%) Skype for Business
9 3 (0.21%) Ethereum
9 3 (0.21%) Gunicorn
9 3 (0.21%) Hyperledger
9 3 (0.21%) Oracle Self-Service HR
9 3 (0.21%) Tomcat
9 3 (0.21%) WebSphere
10 2 (0.14%) Exchange Server 2007
10 2 (0.14%) Exchange Server 2010
10 2 (0.14%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 127 (8.87%) Microsoft Excel
2 119 (8.32%) Microsoft Office
3 74 (5.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 50 (3.49%) MS Visio
5 32 (2.24%) Microsoft Project
6 27 (1.89%) Chatbot
7 12 (0.84%) Spreadsheet
8 10 (0.70%) Photoshop
9 8 (0.56%) Adobe Illustrator
9 8 (0.56%) Sketch
10 7 (0.49%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 7 (0.49%) AutoCAD
11 5 (0.35%) Adobe Premiere
11 5 (0.35%) InDesign
12 4 (0.28%) Adobe After Effects
12 4 (0.28%) Revit
13 3 (0.21%) Adobe Captivate
13 3 (0.21%) Adobe XD
13 3 (0.21%) SPSS
13 3 (0.21%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 18 (1.26%) Dynamics AX
2 16 (1.12%) SAP S/4HANA
3 13 (0.91%) Dynamics CRM
4 9 (0.63%) Dynamics GP
5 8 (0.56%) Endur
6 7 (0.49%) ION MarketView
6 7 (0.49%) Teamcenter
7 6 (0.42%) Oracle EBS
8 4 (0.28%) Oracle Financials
8 4 (0.28%) Oracle General Ledger
8 4 (0.28%) Oracle Payables
8 4 (0.28%) Oracle Receivables
8 4 (0.28%) Remedy ITSM
9 3 (0.21%) Distributed Ledger
9 3 (0.21%) OpenText VIM for SAP
9 3 (0.21%) Oracle EBS R12
9 3 (0.21%) Orchestrade
9 3 (0.21%) R3 Corda
9 3 (0.21%) Shopify
9 3 (0.21%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 305 (21.31%) Azure
2 158 (11.04%) AWS
3 95 (6.64%) Microsoft 365
4 91 (6.36%) Power Platform
5 90 (6.29%) GCP
6 75 (5.24%) Azure DevOps
7 46 (3.21%) SaaS
8 44 (3.07%) Dynamics 365
9 39 (2.73%) PowerApps
10 38 (2.66%) GitHub
11 31 (2.17%) Serverless
12 30 (2.10%) Power Automate
13 28 (1.96%) Cloud Computing
13 28 (1.96%) Entra ID
14 27 (1.89%) PaaS
15 20 (1.40%) Figma
16 18 (1.26%) AWS Lambda
16 18 (1.26%) Azure Data Factory
16 18 (1.26%) IaaS
17 16 (1.12%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 46 (3.21%) Firewall
2 29 (2.03%) WAN
3 25 (1.75%) Network Security
4 24 (1.68%) LAN
5 22 (1.54%) DNS
6 21 (1.47%) VPN
7 19 (1.33%) Internet
8 16 (1.12%) TCP/IP
9 15 (1.05%) VoIP
10 14 (0.98%) SD-WAN
11 11 (0.77%) DHCP
12 9 (0.63%) Cisco IOS
12 9 (0.63%) FIX Connectivity
12 9 (0.63%) HTTP
13 7 (0.49%) Wi-Fi
14 6 (0.42%) Skype
14 6 (0.42%) VLAN
15 5 (0.35%) 5G
15 5 (0.35%) Cisco Nexus
15 5 (0.35%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 98 (6.85%) SQL Server
2 78 (5.45%) Power BI
3 44 (3.07%) Relational Database
4 41 (2.87%) Big Data
4 41 (2.87%) Data Warehouse
5 39 (2.73%) Tableau
6 38 (2.66%) PostgreSQL
7 36 (2.52%) NoSQL
8 35 (2.45%) Data Lake
9 19 (1.33%) MySQL
10 17 (1.19%) BigQuery
11 16 (1.12%) MongoDB
12 13 (0.91%) GIS
12 13 (0.91%) Hadoop
12 13 (0.91%) RDBMS
13 12 (0.84%) Data Mining
14 11 (0.77%) Metadata
15 10 (0.70%) Oracle Database
16 9 (0.63%) Azure SQL Database
17 8 (0.56%) Redis
Development Applications
1 91 (6.36%) JIRA
2 83 (5.80%) Git
3 37 (2.59%) Jenkins
4 23 (1.61%) GitLab
5 20 (1.40%) Visual Studio
6 15 (1.05%) TeamCity
7 13 (0.91%) Gradle
8 12 (0.84%) Bitbucket
9 11 (0.77%) webpack
10 8 (0.56%) Selenium
11 7 (0.49%) ERwin
11 7 (0.49%) JUnit
11 7 (0.49%) Maven
11 7 (0.49%) Postman
12 6 (0.42%) CircleCI
12 6 (0.42%) Team Foundation Server
13 5 (0.35%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 5 (0.35%) git-flow
13 5 (0.35%) MSI
13 5 (0.35%) WiX
General
1 731 (51.08%) Social Skills
2 458 (32.01%) Finance
3 333 (23.27%) Analytical Skills
4 142 (9.92%) Banking
5 113 (7.90%) Public Sector
6 100 (6.99%) Marketing
7 84 (5.87%) Front Office
8 69 (4.82%) Retail
9 61 (4.26%) Presentation Skills
10 49 (3.42%) Legal
11 45 (3.14%) Telecoms
12 39 (2.73%) Investment Banking
13 38 (2.66%) Organisational Skills
14 34 (2.38%) Influencing Skills
15 25 (1.75%) Advertising
15 25 (1.75%) Manufacturing
16 22 (1.54%) General Ledger
17 21 (1.47%) Documentation Skills
17 21 (1.47%) Financial Institution
18 19 (1.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 226 (15.79%) Developer
2 188 (13.14%) Analyst
3 137 (9.57%) Senior
4 114 (7.97%) Architect
5 113 (7.90%) Consultant
6 102 (7.13%) Business Analyst
7 81 (5.66%) Lead
8 67 (4.68%) Project Manager
9 47 (3.28%) Software Engineer
10 38 (2.66%) Java Developer
10 38 (2.66%) Solutions Architect
11 33 (2.31%) Microsoft Consultant
12 30 (2.10%) Senior Developer
13 29 (2.03%) Data Analyst
14 28 (1.96%) Designer
14 28 (1.96%) Senior Analyst
15 27 (1.89%) Data Engineer
15 27 (1.89%) DevOps Engineer
15 27 (1.89%) Full Stack Developer
16 26 (1.82%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 74 (5.17%) .NET
2 70 (4.89%) HTML
3 65 (4.54%) REST
4 62 (4.33%) CSS
5 59 (4.12%) React
6 39 (2.73%) AngularJS
7 34 (2.38%) Kafka
8 32 (2.24%) XML
9 26 (1.82%) Spring
10 23 (1.61%) ASP.NET
10 23 (1.61%) JSON
10 23 (1.61%) RESTful
10 23 (1.61%) Web Services
11 19 (1.33%) .NET Framework
12 17 (1.19%) NumPy
13 16 (1.12%) Node.js
13 16 (1.12%) Pandas
14 14 (0.98%) jQuery
15 13 (0.91%) .NET Core
16 12 (0.84%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 112 (7.83%) Management Information System
2 59 (4.12%) Algorithms
3 58 (4.05%) Derivative
3 58 (4.05%) Self-Motivation
4 47 (3.28%) Data Structures
5 42 (2.94%) Product Ownership
6 40 (2.80%) Fixed Income
7 34 (2.38%) Data Centre
8 33 (2.31%) Data Protection Act
9 29 (2.03%) Virtual Team
10 25 (1.75%) Distributed Systems
11 23 (1.61%) Video Conferencing
12 22 (1.54%) Mobile App
12 22 (1.54%) Team-Oriented Environment
13 21 (1.47%) Onboarding
14 20 (1.40%) Social Media
15 19 (1.33%) Equities
16 18 (1.26%) FMCG
16 18 (1.26%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
17 15 (1.05%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 114 (7.97%) Windows
2 61 (4.26%) Linux
3 36 (2.52%) Unix
4 30 (2.10%) Android
5 24 (1.68%) Windows Server
6 23 (1.61%) Windows 10
7 14 (0.98%) Apple iOS
8 9 (0.63%) Windows 7
8 9 (0.63%) Windows Server 2012
9 7 (0.49%) Mac OS
10 6 (0.42%) Solaris
10 6 (0.42%) VMS
11 5 (0.35%) Mac OS X
11 5 (0.35%) Oracle Linux
12 4 (0.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 4 (0.28%) Windows 8
12 4 (0.28%) zOS
13 3 (0.21%) Windows Server 2016
13 3 (0.21%) Windows Server 2019
14 1 (0.070%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 614 (42.91%) Computer Science
2 407 (28.44%) Agile
3 399 (27.88%) Problem-Solving
4 217 (15.16%) Project Management
5 167 (11.67%) DevOps
6 162 (11.32%) Analytics
7 161 (11.25%) Software Engineering
8 121 (8.46%) CI/CD
9 114 (7.97%) Business Intelligence
10 113 (7.90%) Mathematics
11 104 (7.27%) Migration
12 103 (7.20%) Stakeholder Management
13 102 (7.13%) Data Modelling
13 102 (7.13%) Decision-Making
14 101 (7.06%) Data Analysis
15 100 (6.99%) Scrum
16 93 (6.50%) Data Science
17 91 (6.36%) Risk Management
18 86 (6.01%) Machine Learning
19 85 (5.94%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 294 (20.55%) SQL
2 252 (17.61%) Python
3 142 (9.92%) Java
4 131 (9.15%) JavaScript
5 120 (8.39%) C#
6 65 (4.54%) C++
7 62 (4.33%) PowerShell
8 41 (2.87%) TypeScript
9 31 (2.17%) Bash
10 23 (1.61%) VBA
11 22 (1.54%) R
12 18 (1.26%) Scala
13 17 (1.19%) Perl
13 17 (1.19%) Rust
13 17 (1.19%) Shell Script
14 16 (1.12%) Go
14 16 (1.12%) Kotlin
14 16 (1.12%) PL/SQL
15 15 (1.05%) T-SQL
16 13 (0.91%) C
Qualifications
1 417 (29.14%) Computer Science Degree
2 205 (14.33%) Master's Degree
3 101 (7.06%) Security Cleared
4 82 (5.73%) SC Cleared
5 46 (3.21%) PMI Certification
6 43 (3.00%) Numerate Degree
7 40 (2.80%) Azure Certification
7 40 (2.80%) PMP
8 39 (2.73%) PhD
9 35 (2.45%) CISSP
10 34 (2.38%) Cisco Certification
11 29 (2.03%) Microsoft Certification
12 21 (1.47%) ITIL Certification
13 18 (1.26%) CISM
13 18 (1.26%) MBA
14 16 (1.12%) CCNA
15 15 (1.05%) CCNP
15 15 (1.05%) DV Cleared
16 14 (0.98%) SAP Certification
17 13 (0.91%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 88 (6.15%) QA
2 62 (4.33%) Data Quality
3 30 (2.10%) PMO
4 27 (1.89%) Accessibility
5 22 (1.54%) SLA
6 21 (1.47%) PCI DSS
7 17 (1.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 14 (0.98%) GDPR
9 11 (0.77%) MiFID
9 11 (0.77%) NIST
10 9 (0.63%) Dodd-Frank
10 9 (0.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 8 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials
11 8 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 7 (0.49%) P3O
13 6 (0.42%) HIPAA
14 5 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
14 5 (0.35%) COBIT
14 5 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 5 (0.35%) EMIR
System Software
1 65 (4.54%) Active Directory
2 45 (3.14%) Docker
3 24 (1.68%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (0.98%) Virtual Machines
5 7 (0.49%) Firmware
5 7 (0.49%) KVM
5 7 (0.49%) vSphere
6 6 (0.42%) VMware NSX
7 4 (0.28%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.28%) vCloud
8 3 (0.21%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.14%) HDFS
9 2 (0.14%) Job Entry Subsystem
9 2 (0.14%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (0.14%) XenApp
10 1 (0.070%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (0.070%) Terminal Server
10 1 (0.070%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 59 (4.12%) Terraform
2 58 (4.05%) Kubernetes
3 30 (2.10%) Microsoft Intune
4 20 (1.40%) SCCM
5 19 (1.33%) Ansible
6 12 (0.84%) Single Sign-On
7 11 (0.77%) PingFederate
8 7 (0.49%) CSIRT
8 7 (0.49%) Grafana
8 7 (0.49%) Nessus
9 6 (0.42%) Prometheus
10 4 (0.28%) QRadar
11 3 (0.21%) Docker Swarm
11 3 (0.21%) Nagios
11 3 (0.21%) Progress Chef
11 3 (0.21%) Puppet
11 3 (0.21%) SCOM
11 3 (0.21%) WSUS
12 2 (0.14%) Control-M
12 2 (0.14%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 308 (21.52%) Microsoft
2 100 (6.99%) Oracle
3 67 (4.68%) Google
3 67 (4.68%) SAP
4 50 (3.49%) ServiceNow
5 48 (3.35%) Cisco
6 44 (3.07%) Salesforce
7 32 (2.24%) Adobe
8 31 (2.17%) VMware
9 27 (1.89%) Databricks
10 21 (1.47%) Bloomberg
11 20 (1.40%) Citrix
12 17 (1.19%) ION Trading
13 16 (1.12%) CA
14 15 (1.05%) Splunk
15 14 (0.98%) IBM
16 13 (0.91%) PayPal
17 11 (0.77%) Apple
18 10 (0.70%) CyberArk
18 10 (0.70%) Okta