Degree Contracts in the North West

Academic Degree
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for Degree qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 19 30 35
Rank change year-on-year +11 +5 -8
Contract jobs citing Degree 234 172 236
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 8.41% 5.71% 5.81%
As % of the Qualifications category 30.31% 19.30% 25.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 108 90 123
10th Percentile £174 £298 £166
25th Percentile £313 £413 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £486 £425
Median % change year-on-year +8.02% +14.35% -10.33%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £542
90th Percentile £671 £680 £631
England median daily rate £500 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 17 33
10th Percentile £11.77 £16.25 £14.25
25th Percentile £24.17 £19.35 £16.25
Median hourly rate £26.59 £40.59 £31.00
Median % change year-on-year -34.49% +30.94% -29.83%
75th Percentile £43.87 £52.99 £52.70
90th Percentile £62.50 £69.15 £89.80
England median hourly rate £40.00 £48.99 £35.00
% change year-on-year -18.35% +39.97% -7.89%

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

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 772 891 925
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 27.76% 29.57% 22.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 424 586 614
10th Percentile £300 £363 £300
25th Percentile £415 £441 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £634 £600 £625
90th Percentile £725 £688 £675
England median daily rate £536 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.55% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 133 68 59
10th Percentile £10.95 £19.81 £14.25
25th Percentile £12.00 £25.75 £17.25
Median hourly rate £16.06 £40.58 £40.01
Median % change year-on-year -60.43% +1.43% +20.45%
75th Percentile £43.10 £49.52 £60.74
90th Percentile £67.60 £66.03 £81.00
England median hourly rate £40.13 £55.00 £40.50
% change year-on-year -27.05% +35.80% +15.71%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Degree in the North West

Degree
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

Daily rate trend for Degree in the North West

Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Degree in the North West over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Degree in the North West

Degree
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

Hourly rate trend for Degree in the North West

Degree
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Degree in the North West over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Degree in the North West

Degree
Contract Job Locations in the North 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 North West region over the 6 months to 9 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
Manchester +18 91 £488 +4.00% 321
Cheshire +7 75 £530 +17.78% 141
Lancashire +21 29 £538 +2.38% 83
Merseyside +23 23 £208 -60.00% 65
Cumbria -17 13 £665 +36.83% 34
Degree
England

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North 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 19 (8.12%) SharePoint
2 9 (3.85%) Confluence
3 4 (1.71%) SharePoint 2010
3 4 (1.71%) SharePoint Server
4 1 (0.43%) ArcGIS
4 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.43%) Oracle Workflow
4 1 (0.43%) SAS
4 1 (0.43%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 41 (17.52%) Microsoft Office
2 26 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
3 25 (10.68%) Chatbot
4 16 (6.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (2.99%) Microsoft Project
5 7 (2.99%) MS Visio
6 3 (1.28%) Simulink
6 3 (1.28%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.43%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 3 (1.28%) Misys Midas
2 2 (0.85%) SAP MDG
3 1 (0.43%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.43%) Hyperion Planning
3 1 (0.43%) SAP EWM
3 1 (0.43%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.43%) SAP WM
3 1 (0.43%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 33 (14.10%) Azure
2 19 (8.12%) Microsoft 365
3 18 (7.69%) AWS
4 13 (5.56%) SaaS
5 11 (4.70%) Azure DevOps
6 10 (4.27%) Power Platform
7 7 (2.99%) IaaS
8 6 (2.56%) PaaS
9 5 (2.14%) GCP
10 4 (1.71%) Google Workspace
10 4 (1.71%) Power Automate
11 3 (1.28%) PowerApps
12 2 (0.85%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 2 (0.85%) Azure Service Bus
12 2 (0.85%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 2 (0.85%) Dynamics 365
13 1 (0.43%) Azure Data Factory
13 1 (0.43%) Collibra
13 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Purview
13 1 (0.43%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.42%) VLAN
2 7 (2.99%) VPN
3 5 (2.14%) Firewall
3 5 (2.14%) TCP/IP
4 4 (1.71%) BGP
4 4 (1.71%) MPLS
4 4 (1.71%) OSPF
4 4 (1.71%) Value-Added Service
4 4 (1.71%) Wireshark
5 3 (1.28%) LAN
5 3 (1.28%) VoIP
5 3 (1.28%) WAN
5 3 (1.28%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (0.85%) DHCP
6 2 (0.85%) DNS
7 1 (0.43%) Internet
7 1 (0.43%) SAN
7 1 (0.43%) VSAN
7 1 (0.43%) WebEx
7 1 (0.43%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.42%) Metadata
1 8 (3.42%) SQL Server
2 7 (2.99%) Data Lake
2 7 (2.99%) Power BI
3 5 (2.14%) PowerPivot
4 4 (1.71%) Big Data
4 4 (1.71%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (1.71%) Microsoft Power View
4 4 (1.71%) Relational Database
4 4 (1.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 3 (1.28%) RDBMS
6 2 (0.85%) Amazon Redshift
6 2 (0.85%) Hadoop
6 2 (0.85%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.85%) Snowflake Schema
6 2 (0.85%) Tableau
7 1 (0.43%) Ataccama
7 1 (0.43%) Essbase
7 1 (0.43%) GIS
7 1 (0.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 13 (5.56%) JIRA
2 8 (3.42%) Bitbucket
3 4 (1.71%) Rational DOORS
4 1 (0.43%) Git
4 1 (0.43%) Selenium
4 1 (0.43%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 60 (25.64%) Social Skills
2 50 (21.37%) Finance
3 46 (19.66%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (8.55%) Public Sector
5 17 (7.26%) Pharmaceutical
6 13 (5.56%) Banking
7 11 (4.70%) Manufacturing
8 10 (4.27%) Legal
8 10 (4.27%) Publishing
9 7 (2.99%) Documentation Skills
9 7 (2.99%) Influencing Skills
9 7 (2.99%) Mandarin Language
10 6 (2.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (2.56%) Organisational Skills
10 6 (2.56%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (2.14%) Local Government
12 4 (1.71%) German Language
12 4 (1.71%) Military
12 4 (1.71%) Telecoms
13 3 (1.28%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 31 (13.25%) Architect
1 31 (13.25%) Developer
2 30 (12.82%) Analyst
3 25 (10.68%) Software Developer
4 19 (8.12%) Business Analyst
4 19 (8.12%) Senior
5 17 (7.26%) Solutions Architect
6 12 (5.13%) Consultant
7 11 (4.70%) Project Manager
8 8 (3.42%) Author
8 8 (3.42%) Domain Architect
8 8 (3.42%) Technical Author
9 7 (2.99%) Administrator
9 7 (2.99%) Coordinator
9 7 (2.99%) Support Engineer
10 6 (2.56%) Project Coordinator
10 6 (2.56%) Software Engineer
11 5 (2.14%) Data Manager
11 5 (2.14%) Security Consultant
11 5 (2.14%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (12.82%) HTML
2 5 (2.14%) CSS
3 3 (1.28%) Spring
4 2 (0.85%) Middleware
5 1 (0.43%) AWS CDK
5 1 (0.43%) HTML5 Canvas
5 1 (0.43%) Lightning Web Components
5 1 (0.43%) Node.js
5 1 (0.43%) React
5 1 (0.43%) SAP PI
5 1 (0.43%) Spring Boot
5 1 (0.43%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 16 (6.84%) Management Information System
2 10 (4.27%) Virtual Team
3 6 (2.56%) Cyber Threat
3 6 (2.56%) Security Posture
3 6 (2.56%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (2.14%) NHS
4 5 (2.14%) Product Ownership
4 5 (2.14%) Public Cloud
5 4 (1.71%) Cyberattack
5 4 (1.71%) Onboarding
5 4 (1.71%) Reference Data
6 3 (1.28%) Clustering
6 3 (1.28%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (1.28%) Driving Licence
6 3 (1.28%) Life Science
7 2 (0.85%) FPGA
7 2 (0.85%) Robotics
7 2 (0.85%) SCADA
7 2 (0.85%) Verilog
7 2 (0.85%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 24 (10.26%) Windows
2 12 (5.13%) Windows 10
3 10 (4.27%) Unix
4 9 (3.85%) Windows Server
5 7 (2.99%) Linux
5 7 (2.99%) Windows Server 2012
6 5 (2.14%) Mac OS
7 4 (1.71%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.43%) VMS
8 1 (0.43%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.43%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (26.92%) Computer Science
2 53 (22.65%) Problem-Solving
3 41 (17.52%) Agile
4 32 (13.68%) Change Management
5 31 (13.25%) Software Engineering
6 29 (12.39%) Project Management
7 27 (11.54%) Cybersecurity
8 26 (11.11%) Code Quality
8 26 (11.11%) Project Delivery
9 25 (10.68%) Artificial Intelligence
9 25 (10.68%) Conversational UI
10 23 (9.83%) Stakeholder Management
11 21 (8.97%) Decision-Making
12 20 (8.55%) Data Management
13 17 (7.26%) DevOps
13 17 (7.26%) Test Automation
14 16 (6.84%) Data Protection
14 16 (6.84%) ITIL
15 15 (6.41%) Continuous Improvement
16 14 (5.98%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 41 (17.52%) SQL
2 31 (13.25%) JavaScript
3 30 (12.82%) Python
4 25 (10.68%) C#
5 11 (4.70%) PowerShell
6 6 (2.56%) Java
7 5 (2.14%) C++
8 4 (1.71%) C
9 2 (0.85%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 2 (0.85%) MATLAB
9 2 (0.85%) SystemVerilog
10 1 (0.43%) Apex Code
10 1 (0.43%) Bash
10 1 (0.43%) Groovy
10 1 (0.43%) R
10 1 (0.43%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.43%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.43%) VBA
Qualifications
1 27 (11.54%) Computer Science Degree
2 25 (10.68%) Security Cleared
3 15 (6.41%) Master's Degree
4 14 (5.98%) SC Cleared
5 9 (3.85%) Cisco Certification
5 9 (3.85%) CISSP
5 9 (3.85%) PMI Certification
6 8 (3.42%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (3.42%) PMP
7 6 (2.56%) CISA
7 6 (2.56%) CISM
7 6 (2.56%) MBA
8 5 (2.14%) IIBA
9 4 (1.71%) APMP
9 4 (1.71%) CCIE
9 4 (1.71%) CCNA
9 4 (1.71%) CCNP
9 4 (1.71%) MCSE
9 4 (1.71%) VCAP
9 4 (1.71%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (6.41%) GDPR
2 9 (3.85%) NIST
3 7 (2.99%) Data Quality
4 6 (2.56%) PMO
5 5 (2.14%) Good Clinical Practice
5 5 (2.14%) GxP
5 5 (2.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (1.71%) PCI DSS
7 3 (1.28%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 3 (1.28%) MISRA
7 3 (1.28%) MISRA C
7 3 (1.28%) QA
8 2 (0.85%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.85%) P3O
9 1 (0.43%) SLA
System Software
1 14 (5.98%) VMware Infrastructure
2 12 (5.13%) Active Directory
3 8 (3.42%) Docker
3 8 (3.42%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (1.71%) Hyper-V
5 3 (1.28%) BitLocker
6 2 (0.85%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.43%) Firmware
7 1 (0.43%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.43%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.43%) VMware Workstation
7 1 (0.43%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 7 (2.99%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (1.71%) SCCM
3 3 (1.28%) Autotask
3 3 (1.28%) Failover Clustering
3 3 (1.28%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (0.43%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.43%) Terraform
4 1 (0.43%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 57 (24.36%) Microsoft
2 25 (10.68%) PayPal
3 19 (8.12%) ServiceNow
4 15 (6.41%) VMware
5 13 (5.56%) SAP
6 11 (4.70%) Atlassian
7 10 (4.27%) Salesforce
8 7 (2.99%) Tanium
9 5 (2.14%) Google
9 5 (2.14%) Oracle
9 5 (2.14%) SolarWinds
10 4 (1.71%) LogicMonitor
10 4 (1.71%) Zscaler
11 3 (1.28%) Apple
11 3 (1.28%) Cisco
11 3 (1.28%) Databricks
11 3 (1.28%) Datto
11 3 (1.28%) Intel
12 2 (0.85%) Sophos
12 2 (0.85%) Xilinx