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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 21 28 40
Rank change year-on-year +7 +12 -14
Contract jobs citing Degree 1,404 1,736 2,375
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 8.02% 6.82% 6.14%
As % of the Qualifications category 33.99% 31.07% 34.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 846 1,149 1,544
10th Percentile £300 £325 £359
25th Percentile £400 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £675 £725 £688
90th Percentile £800 £875 £800
England median daily rate £500 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.86% +4.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 79 38 91
10th Percentile £15.19 £18.39 £24.69
25th Percentile £21.12 £21.24 £25.68
Median hourly rate £34.23 £27.25 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +25.61% -22.14% -6.67%
75th Percentile £45.63 £51.75 £51.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £66.50 £67.50
England median hourly rate £40.00 £47.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -15.79% +35.71% -7.04%

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 4,131 5,587 6,805
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 23.59% 21.96% 17.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,824 3,835 4,698
10th Percentile £325 £363 £375
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £570 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.89% +3.64% +4.76%
75th Percentile £650 £685 £650
90th Percentile £775 £800 £750
England median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 113 85 146
10th Percentile £14.49 £18.89 £23.84
25th Percentile £20.22 £21.24 £25.68
Median hourly rate £25.50 £50.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -49.00% +12.36% +18.67%
75th Percentile £42.75 £70.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £68.60 £87.50 £65.71
England median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £39.75
% change year-on-year -27.27% +38.36% +8.90%

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 1 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 1 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 1 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 +4 184 £556 -7.29% 187
West London +18 42 £475 -16.67% 159
East London +9 34 £455 -5.70% 79
South London -4 12 £400 -20.00% 65
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 (4.20%) SharePoint
2 33 (2.35%) Confluence
3 31 (2.21%) Microsoft Exchange
4 13 (0.93%) CMS
5 12 (0.85%) Apache Spark
6 6 (0.43%) Apache Airflow
6 6 (0.43%) ArcGIS
6 6 (0.43%) SAS
7 5 (0.36%) Apache
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
10 2 (0.14%) Documentum
10 2 (0.14%) Exchange Server 2010
10 2 (0.14%) IBM Domino
10 2 (0.14%) MQSeries
10 2 (0.14%) Tomcat
Applications
1 130 (9.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 123 (8.76%) Microsoft Office
3 77 (5.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 53 (3.77%) MS Visio
5 31 (2.21%) Microsoft Project
6 27 (1.92%) Chatbot
7 12 (0.85%) Spreadsheet
8 9 (0.64%) Photoshop
9 8 (0.57%) Sketch
10 7 (0.50%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 7 (0.50%) Adobe Illustrator
10 7 (0.50%) AutoCAD
11 5 (0.36%) Adobe Premiere
11 5 (0.36%) InDesign
12 4 (0.28%) Revit
13 3 (0.21%) Adobe After Effects
13 3 (0.21%) Adobe XD
13 3 (0.21%) SPSS
13 3 (0.21%) Windchill
14 2 (0.14%) InVision
Business Applications
1 18 (1.28%) Dynamics AX
2 15 (1.07%) SAP S/4HANA
3 12 (0.85%) Dynamics CRM
4 9 (0.64%) Dynamics GP
5 8 (0.57%) ION MarketView
6 7 (0.50%) Endur
6 7 (0.50%) Teamcenter
7 6 (0.43%) Oracle EBS
8 4 (0.28%) Oracle Applications
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%) Orchestrade
9 3 (0.21%) R3 Corda
9 3 (0.21%) Shopify
9 3 (0.21%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 299 (21.30%) Azure
2 153 (10.90%) AWS
3 92 (6.55%) GCP
3 92 (6.55%) Microsoft 365
4 91 (6.48%) Power Platform
5 74 (5.27%) Azure DevOps
6 44 (3.13%) SaaS
7 43 (3.06%) Dynamics 365
8 40 (2.85%) PowerApps
9 35 (2.49%) GitHub
10 31 (2.21%) Serverless
11 30 (2.14%) Power Automate
12 26 (1.85%) Cloud Computing
12 26 (1.85%) Entra ID
13 25 (1.78%) PaaS
14 18 (1.28%) AWS Lambda
14 18 (1.28%) Azure Data Factory
14 18 (1.28%) Figma
15 17 (1.21%) IaaS
16 16 (1.14%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 45 (3.21%) Firewall
2 30 (2.14%) WAN
3 25 (1.78%) LAN
4 24 (1.71%) Network Security
5 22 (1.57%) DNS
5 22 (1.57%) VPN
6 20 (1.42%) Internet
7 15 (1.07%) VoIP
8 14 (1.00%) SD-WAN
8 14 (1.00%) TCP/IP
9 11 (0.78%) DHCP
10 10 (0.71%) FIX Connectivity
11 9 (0.64%) Cisco IOS
12 7 (0.50%) HTTP
12 7 (0.50%) OSPF
12 7 (0.50%) Wi-Fi
13 6 (0.43%) Cisco Nexus
13 6 (0.43%) NAS
13 6 (0.43%) Skype
13 6 (0.43%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 93 (6.62%) SQL Server
2 78 (5.56%) Power BI
3 41 (2.92%) Relational Database
4 40 (2.85%) Data Warehouse
5 38 (2.71%) Big Data
5 38 (2.71%) Tableau
6 36 (2.56%) PostgreSQL
7 35 (2.49%) Data Lake
8 33 (2.35%) NoSQL
9 18 (1.28%) BigQuery
9 18 (1.28%) MySQL
10 15 (1.07%) MongoDB
11 13 (0.93%) GIS
12 12 (0.85%) Data Mining
12 12 (0.85%) Hadoop
13 11 (0.78%) Metadata
13 11 (0.78%) RDBMS
14 10 (0.71%) Oracle Database
15 9 (0.64%) Azure SQL Database
16 8 (0.57%) Redis
Development Applications
1 90 (6.41%) JIRA
2 80 (5.70%) Git
3 38 (2.71%) Jenkins
4 23 (1.64%) GitLab
5 18 (1.28%) Visual Studio
6 16 (1.14%) TeamCity
7 13 (0.93%) Gradle
8 12 (0.85%) Bitbucket
8 12 (0.85%) webpack
9 8 (0.57%) Selenium
10 7 (0.50%) ERwin
10 7 (0.50%) JUnit
10 7 (0.50%) Postman
11 6 (0.43%) CircleCI
11 6 (0.43%) Maven
11 6 (0.43%) Team Foundation Server
12 5 (0.36%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 5 (0.36%) MLflow
12 5 (0.36%) MSI
12 5 (0.36%) WiX
General
1 714 (50.85%) Social Skills
2 438 (31.20%) Finance
3 329 (23.43%) Analytical Skills
4 133 (9.47%) Banking
5 111 (7.91%) Public Sector
6 97 (6.91%) Marketing
7 85 (6.05%) Front Office
8 68 (4.84%) Retail
9 61 (4.34%) Presentation Skills
10 49 (3.49%) Legal
11 44 (3.13%) Telecoms
12 36 (2.56%) Investment Banking
12 36 (2.56%) Organisational Skills
13 30 (2.14%) Influencing Skills
14 25 (1.78%) Advertising
14 25 (1.78%) Manufacturing
15 22 (1.57%) General Ledger
16 21 (1.50%) Documentation Skills
17 19 (1.35%) Back Office
17 19 (1.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 222 (15.81%) Developer
2 186 (13.25%) Analyst
3 134 (9.54%) Senior
4 116 (8.26%) Consultant
5 113 (8.05%) Architect
6 101 (7.19%) Business Analyst
7 77 (5.48%) Lead
8 64 (4.56%) Project Manager
9 44 (3.13%) Software Engineer
10 38 (2.71%) Java Developer
11 37 (2.64%) Solutions Architect
12 33 (2.35%) Microsoft Consultant
13 29 (2.07%) Data Analyst
13 29 (2.07%) Full Stack Developer
13 29 (2.07%) Senior Analyst
14 27 (1.92%) Designer
14 27 (1.92%) DevOps Engineer
14 27 (1.92%) Senior Developer
15 26 (1.85%) Data Engineer
15 26 (1.85%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 68 (4.84%) .NET
2 65 (4.63%) HTML
3 62 (4.42%) REST
4 58 (4.13%) CSS
5 57 (4.06%) React
6 37 (2.64%) AngularJS
7 33 (2.35%) Kafka
7 33 (2.35%) XML
8 25 (1.78%) Spring
9 23 (1.64%) JSON
9 23 (1.64%) RESTful
9 23 (1.64%) Web Services
10 20 (1.42%) ASP.NET
11 17 (1.21%) NumPy
12 16 (1.14%) Node.js
12 16 (1.14%) Pandas
13 15 (1.07%) .NET Framework
14 13 (0.93%) jQuery
14 13 (0.93%) RxJS
14 13 (0.93%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 111 (7.91%) Management Information System
2 59 (4.20%) Algorithms
3 58 (4.13%) Derivative
4 57 (4.06%) Self-Motivation
5 45 (3.21%) Data Structures
6 40 (2.85%) Product Ownership
7 38 (2.71%) Fixed Income
8 34 (2.42%) Data Centre
9 33 (2.35%) Data Protection Act
10 30 (2.14%) Virtual Team
11 24 (1.71%) Video Conferencing
12 23 (1.64%) Distributed Systems
12 23 (1.64%) Mobile App
13 21 (1.50%) Onboarding
14 20 (1.42%) Equities
14 20 (1.42%) Team-Oriented Environment
15 19 (1.35%) FMCG
15 19 (1.35%) Social Media
16 17 (1.21%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
17 15 (1.07%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 111 (7.91%) Windows
2 61 (4.34%) Linux
3 38 (2.71%) Unix
4 30 (2.14%) Android
5 23 (1.64%) Windows 10
5 23 (1.64%) Windows Server
6 13 (0.93%) Apple iOS
7 8 (0.57%) Windows 7
8 7 (0.50%) Mac OS
8 7 (0.50%) Windows Server 2012
9 6 (0.43%) Solaris
9 6 (0.43%) VMS
10 5 (0.36%) Mac OS X
10 5 (0.36%) Oracle Linux
11 4 (0.28%) Windows 8
12 3 (0.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 2 (0.14%) Windows Server 2016
13 2 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
13 2 (0.14%) zOS
14 1 (0.071%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 604 (43.02%) Computer Science
2 389 (27.71%) Problem-Solving
3 388 (27.64%) Agile
4 213 (15.17%) Project Management
5 165 (11.75%) DevOps
6 159 (11.32%) Software Engineering
7 158 (11.25%) Analytics
8 121 (8.62%) CI/CD
9 116 (8.26%) Business Intelligence
10 108 (7.69%) Mathematics
11 104 (7.41%) Data Modelling
12 102 (7.26%) Migration
13 99 (7.05%) Data Analysis
13 99 (7.05%) Stakeholder Management
14 97 (6.91%) Decision-Making
15 95 (6.77%) Data Science
16 92 (6.55%) Scrum
17 91 (6.48%) Risk Management
18 87 (6.20%) Machine Learning
19 83 (5.91%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 290 (20.66%) SQL
2 253 (18.02%) Python
3 143 (10.19%) Java
4 130 (9.26%) JavaScript
5 118 (8.40%) C#
6 66 (4.70%) C++
7 60 (4.27%) PowerShell
8 44 (3.13%) TypeScript
9 32 (2.28%) Bash
10 23 (1.64%) R
11 22 (1.57%) VBA
12 18 (1.28%) Go
13 17 (1.21%) Rust
13 17 (1.21%) Shell Script
14 16 (1.14%) Kotlin
14 16 (1.14%) Perl
14 16 (1.14%) PL/SQL
15 15 (1.07%) Scala
16 14 (1.00%) T-SQL
17 12 (0.85%) C
Qualifications
1 410 (29.20%) Computer Science Degree
2 203 (14.46%) Master's Degree
3 100 (7.12%) Security Cleared
4 82 (5.84%) SC Cleared
5 45 (3.21%) PMI Certification
6 41 (2.92%) PhD
7 40 (2.85%) Numerate Degree
8 39 (2.78%) PMP
9 37 (2.64%) Azure Certification
9 37 (2.64%) CISSP
10 35 (2.49%) Cisco Certification
11 29 (2.07%) Microsoft Certification
12 22 (1.57%) ITIL Certification
13 20 (1.42%) CISM
14 18 (1.28%) MBA
15 17 (1.21%) CCNA
16 16 (1.14%) CCNP
17 14 (1.00%) DV Cleared
18 13 (0.93%) CEH
19 12 (0.85%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 91 (6.48%) QA
2 62 (4.42%) Data Quality
3 29 (2.07%) PMO
4 27 (1.92%) Accessibility
5 21 (1.50%) PCI DSS
6 20 (1.42%) SLA
7 17 (1.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 15 (1.07%) GDPR
9 13 (0.93%) NIST
10 12 (0.85%) MiFID
11 10 (0.71%) Dodd-Frank
12 9 (0.64%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 8 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials
13 8 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 7 (0.50%) P3O
15 6 (0.43%) EMIR
15 6 (0.43%) HIPAA
16 5 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
16 5 (0.36%) COBIT
16 5 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 63 (4.49%) Active Directory
2 48 (3.42%) Docker
3 23 (1.64%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (0.93%) Virtual Machines
5 7 (0.50%) Firmware
5 7 (0.50%) KVM
6 6 (0.43%) VMware NSX
6 6 (0.43%) vSphere
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%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (0.14%) XenApp
10 1 (0.071%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (0.071%) Terminal Server
10 1 (0.071%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 59 (4.20%) Kubernetes
1 59 (4.20%) Terraform
2 29 (2.07%) Microsoft Intune
3 20 (1.42%) SCCM
4 19 (1.35%) Ansible
5 11 (0.78%) PingFederate
5 11 (0.78%) Single Sign-On
6 8 (0.57%) Grafana
7 6 (0.43%) Nessus
7 6 (0.43%) Prometheus
8 5 (0.36%) CSIRT
9 3 (0.21%) Docker Swarm
9 3 (0.21%) Nagios
9 3 (0.21%) Progress Chef
9 3 (0.21%) Puppet
9 3 (0.21%) QRadar
9 3 (0.21%) SCOM
9 3 (0.21%) WSUS
10 2 (0.14%) FortiGate
10 2 (0.14%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 304 (21.65%) Microsoft
2 100 (7.12%) Oracle
3 67 (4.77%) Google
3 67 (4.77%) SAP
4 49 (3.49%) Cisco
5 47 (3.35%) ServiceNow
6 43 (3.06%) Salesforce
7 30 (2.14%) Adobe
8 29 (2.07%) VMware
9 26 (1.85%) Databricks
10 21 (1.50%) Bloomberg
11 20 (1.42%) Citrix
12 17 (1.21%) ION Trading
13 13 (0.93%) CA
13 13 (0.93%) IBM
13 13 (0.93%) PayPal
13 13 (0.93%) Splunk
14 10 (0.71%) Apple
14 10 (0.71%) Okta
14 10 (0.71%) Tradeweb