Degree Contracts in the Midlands

Academic Degree
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 15 24 42
Rank change year-on-year +9 +18 -13
Contract jobs citing Degree 229 239 232
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 8.20% 7.31% 4.60%
As % of the Qualifications category 25.56% 27.01% 22.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 139 152 154
10th Percentile £188 £264 £188
25th Percentile £256 £400 £336
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £411 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -13.47% +5.56% +12.50%
75th Percentile £550 £550 £550
90th Percentile £653 £690 £664
England median daily rate £500 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.86% +4.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 13 10
10th Percentile £22.33 £11.20 £12.93
25th Percentile £25.50 £13.70 £14.03
Median hourly rate £38.71 £22.26 £20.09
Median % change year-on-year +73.90% +10.82% +25.55%
75th Percentile £58.13 £35.08 £22.25
90th Percentile £58.88 £53.50 £23.09
England median hourly rate £40.00 £48.25 £35.00
% change year-on-year -17.09% +37.84% -7.65%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
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 Midlands with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 896 885 1,032
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 32.09% 27.06% 20.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 568 567 701
10th Percentile £254 £313 £205
25th Percentile £325 £413 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £450
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +16.67% +9.09%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £550
90th Percentile £688 £700 £638
England median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 75 51 35
10th Percentile £13.25 £10.50 £11.95
25th Percentile £17.00 £12.50 £13.74
Median hourly rate £24.65 £20.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +23.25% - +23.08%
75th Percentile £42.50 £37.66 £24.63
90th Percentile £57.75 £65.00 £35.00
England median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £39.50
% change year-on-year -27.27% +39.24% +8.22%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Degree in the Midlands

Degree
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Degree in the Midlands

Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Degree in the Midlands over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Degree in the Midlands

Degree
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Degree in the Midlands

Degree
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Degree in the Midlands over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Degree in the Midlands

Degree
Contract Job Locations in the 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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 2 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
West Midlands +5 146 £475 - 589
East Midlands +11 82 £255 -46.88% 356
Degree
England

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the 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 5 (2.18%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.31%) Apache
2 3 (1.31%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.87%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.87%) Confluence
Applications
1 47 (20.52%) Microsoft Office
2 24 (10.48%) Chatbot
3 20 (8.73%) Microsoft Excel
4 9 (3.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (3.93%) MS Visio
5 7 (3.06%) Simulink
6 6 (2.62%) Stateflow
7 5 (2.18%) Microsoft Project
7 5 (2.18%) TargetLink
8 4 (1.75%) Spreadsheet
9 3 (1.31%) CANalyzer
9 3 (1.31%) Photoshop
10 2 (0.87%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 2 (0.87%) CATIA
10 2 (0.87%) Maya
10 2 (0.87%) NUKE
10 2 (0.87%) Sketch
11 1 (0.44%) Adobe Illustrator
11 1 (0.44%) Adobe XD
11 1 (0.44%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 4 (1.75%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.87%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.44%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.44%) Odoo
3 1 (0.44%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.44%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.44%) SAP Business One
3 1 (0.44%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 29 (12.66%) Azure
2 12 (5.24%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (4.37%) Power Platform
4 9 (3.93%) AWS
5 7 (3.06%) SaaS
6 6 (2.62%) IaaS
6 6 (2.62%) PaaS
7 5 (2.18%) Google Workspace
7 5 (2.18%) OneDrive
8 4 (1.75%) Azure Sentinel
8 4 (1.75%) Serverless
9 3 (1.31%) Azure Functions
9 3 (1.31%) Azure Monitor
10 2 (0.87%) Amazon SageMaker
10 2 (0.87%) AWS Step Functions
10 2 (0.87%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 2 (0.87%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (0.87%) Azure Service Bus
10 2 (0.87%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 2 (0.87%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 13 (5.68%) Firewall
2 12 (5.24%) WAN
3 11 (4.80%) LAN
4 9 (3.93%) VPN
5 7 (3.06%) DHCP
5 7 (3.06%) DNS
6 6 (2.62%) Ethernet
6 6 (2.62%) Wi-Fi
6 6 (2.62%) Wireless
7 5 (2.18%) Cisco Nexus
7 5 (2.18%) Ethereal
7 5 (2.18%) Wireshark
8 4 (1.75%) VoIP
9 3 (1.31%) Network Security
9 3 (1.31%) SAN
9 3 (1.31%) TCP/IP
9 3 (1.31%) VLAN
10 2 (0.87%) Broadband
10 2 (0.87%) Skype
11 1 (0.44%) Bluetooth
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (3.93%) SQL Server
2 8 (3.49%) Power BI
3 5 (2.18%) Data Mining
4 4 (1.75%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (1.31%) Data Lake
5 3 (1.31%) NoSQL
5 3 (1.31%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (1.31%) SAP BW
6 2 (0.87%) Amazon Athena
6 2 (0.87%) Amazon Redshift
6 2 (0.87%) Elasticsearch
6 2 (0.87%) MongoDB
6 2 (0.87%) Oracle Reports
6 2 (0.87%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.44%) Apache Hive
7 1 (0.44%) Big Data
7 1 (0.44%) Flink
7 1 (0.44%) Hadoop
7 1 (0.44%) SAP HANA
7 1 (0.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 10 (4.37%) Git
2 7 (3.06%) JIRA
3 5 (2.18%) Bitbucket
3 5 (2.18%) Jenkins
3 5 (2.18%) Subversion
4 4 (1.75%) GitLab
5 3 (1.31%) CANoe
6 2 (0.87%) Artifactory
6 2 (0.87%) Team Foundation Server
6 2 (0.87%) Travis CI
7 1 (0.44%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 1 (0.44%) NUnit
7 1 (0.44%) Rational DOORS
7 1 (0.44%) Visual Studio
General
1 118 (51.53%) Social Skills
2 48 (20.96%) Analytical Skills
3 20 (8.73%) Finance
4 19 (8.30%) Public Sector
5 15 (6.55%) Automotive
6 11 (4.80%) Manufacturing
7 10 (4.37%) Presentation Skills
8 7 (3.06%) German Language
9 6 (2.62%) Legal
9 6 (2.62%) Marketing
9 6 (2.62%) Telecoms
10 5 (2.18%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (2.18%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (1.75%) Banking
11 4 (1.75%) Retail
12 3 (1.31%) Aerospace
12 3 (1.31%) Electronics
12 3 (1.31%) Law
13 2 (0.87%) Back Office
13 2 (0.87%) Games
Job Titles
1 37 (16.16%) Developer
2 26 (11.35%) Software Developer
3 23 (10.04%) Analyst
4 18 (7.86%) Architect
4 18 (7.86%) Lead
5 12 (5.24%) Project Manager
5 12 (5.24%) Test Engineer
6 11 (4.80%) DevOps Engineer
7 10 (4.37%) Senior
7 10 (4.37%) Systems Engineer
8 9 (3.93%) Support Engineer
9 8 (3.49%) Network Engineer
10 7 (3.06%) Designer
10 7 (3.06%) Team Leader
11 6 (2.62%) Java Developer
12 5 (2.18%) 2nd Line Support
12 5 (2.18%) DBA
12 5 (2.18%) Network Support
12 5 (2.18%) Network Support Engineer
12 5 (2.18%) Principal Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (12.23%) HTML
2 6 (2.62%) Spring
3 5 (2.18%) Middleware
3 5 (2.18%) React
4 4 (1.75%) CSS
4 4 (1.75%) Kafka
5 3 (1.31%) .NET
5 3 (1.31%) AngularJS
5 3 (1.31%) REST
5 3 (1.31%) SAP Business Workflow
6 2 (0.87%) .NET Core
6 2 (0.87%) .NET Framework
6 2 (0.87%) Apache NiFi
6 2 (0.87%) Elastic Stack
6 2 (0.87%) Entity Framework
6 2 (0.87%) jQuery
6 2 (0.87%) RESTful
6 2 (0.87%) Unreal Engine
6 2 (0.87%) V-Ray
6 2 (0.87%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 47 (20.52%) Self-Motivation
2 26 (11.35%) Management Information System
3 14 (6.11%) Data Centre
4 10 (4.37%) Algorithms
5 9 (3.93%) Virtual Team
6 5 (2.18%) Driving Licence
6 5 (2.18%) Legacy Systems
6 5 (2.18%) SCADA
7 4 (1.75%) Cyber Defence
7 4 (1.75%) Industry 4.0
7 4 (1.75%) IoT
7 4 (1.75%) Operational Technology
8 3 (1.31%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (1.31%) Clustering
8 3 (1.31%) Data Structures
8 3 (1.31%) Infotainment
8 3 (1.31%) Mobile App
9 2 (0.87%) CCTV
9 2 (0.87%) Cyber Threat
9 2 (0.87%) Graphic Design
Operating Systems
1 19 (8.30%) Windows
2 10 (4.37%) Windows Server
3 7 (3.06%) Unix
4 5 (2.18%) Mac OS
4 5 (2.18%) Windows 10
5 4 (1.75%) Windows Server 2012
6 3 (1.31%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.87%) Linux
8 1 (0.44%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (34.50%) Computer Science
2 52 (22.71%) Problem-Solving
3 47 (20.52%) Software Engineering
4 41 (17.90%) Time Management
5 37 (16.16%) Agile
6 32 (13.97%) Conflict Management
7 29 (12.66%) Artificial Intelligence
8 28 (12.23%) Continuous Improvement
9 27 (11.79%) Code Quality
9 27 (11.79%) DevOps
10 26 (11.35%) Decision-Making
11 24 (10.48%) Conversational UI
12 23 (10.04%) Project Management
13 16 (6.99%) Analytics
13 16 (6.99%) Change Management
13 16 (6.99%) Migration
14 15 (6.55%) Mentoring
15 14 (6.11%) Cybersecurity
15 14 (6.11%) User Experience
16 13 (5.68%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 44 (19.21%) SQL
2 38 (16.59%) Python
3 31 (13.54%) JavaScript
4 28 (12.23%) C#
5 9 (3.93%) Java
6 8 (3.49%) PowerShell
7 7 (3.06%) MATLAB
8 6 (2.62%) C
9 2 (0.87%) Kusto Query Language
9 2 (0.87%) Perl
9 2 (0.87%) R
9 2 (0.87%) Scala
10 1 (0.44%) C++
10 1 (0.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.44%) PHP
10 1 (0.44%) Rust
10 1 (0.44%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.44%) VBA
Qualifications
1 53 (23.14%) Computer Science Degree
2 28 (12.23%) NVQ Level 3
3 21 (9.17%) Security Cleared
4 17 (7.42%) Master's Degree
5 11 (4.80%) DV Cleared
5 11 (4.80%) Microsoft Certification
6 10 (4.37%) SC Cleared
7 9 (3.93%) Cisco Certification
8 8 (3.49%) BPSS Clearance
8 8 (3.49%) CCNA
8 8 (3.49%) CISSP
9 7 (3.06%) PMI Certification
9 7 (3.06%) PMP
10 6 (2.62%) APMP
11 5 (2.18%) Azure Certification
11 5 (2.18%) MCITP
11 5 (2.18%) MCTS
12 4 (1.75%) HNC
12 4 (1.75%) HND
13 3 (1.31%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (7.86%) QA
2 5 (2.18%) AUTOSAR
2 5 (2.18%) ISO 26262
2 5 (2.18%) MISRA
2 5 (2.18%) MISRA C
3 4 (1.75%) GDPR
3 4 (1.75%) NIST
3 4 (1.75%) SLA
4 3 (1.31%) GRC
4 3 (1.31%) ITGC
5 2 (0.87%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.87%) Data Quality
5 2 (0.87%) HAZOP
6 1 (0.44%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 1 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 15288
6 1 (0.44%) P3O
System Software
1 15 (6.55%) Active Directory
2 7 (3.06%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (2.62%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (1.31%) Docker
4 3 (1.31%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.87%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.87%) vSphere
6 1 (0.44%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (2.18%) Kubernetes
1 5 (2.18%) OpenView
1 5 (2.18%) SCCM
2 4 (1.75%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (1.31%) Autotask
3 3 (1.31%) Failover Clustering
3 3 (1.31%) Jamf Pro
3 3 (1.31%) SysTrack
3 3 (1.31%) Terraform
4 2 (0.87%) Ansible
4 2 (0.87%) Kibana
4 2 (0.87%) logstash
5 1 (0.44%) Functional Safety
5 1 (0.44%) SCOM
Vendors
1 44 (19.21%) Microsoft
2 24 (10.48%) PayPal
3 15 (6.55%) SAP
4 11 (4.80%) Oracle
5 7 (3.06%) Cisco
5 7 (3.06%) VMware
6 6 (2.62%) Google
6 6 (2.62%) Salesforce
7 5 (2.18%) Apple
7 5 (2.18%) BMC
8 4 (1.75%) Citrix
9 3 (1.31%) Adobe
9 3 (1.31%) Datto
9 3 (1.31%) New Relic
9 3 (1.31%) OpenAI
9 3 (1.31%) ServiceNow
10 2 (0.87%) Confluent
10 2 (0.87%) Red Hat
10 2 (0.87%) Sage
11 1 (0.44%) Informatica