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 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 22 30
Rank change year-on-year +1 +8 -8
Contract jobs citing Degree 243 248 234
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 7.47% 7.33% 6.37%
As % of the Qualifications category 13.74% 13.89% 15.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 119 162 164
10th Percentile £160 £413 £308
25th Percentile £450 £463 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £686 £655 £588
90th Percentile £703 £725 £723
England median daily rate £500 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.86% +4.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 63 31 18
10th Percentile £36.25 £39.55 £43.90
25th Percentile £40.00 £51.88 £48.48
Median hourly rate £57.33 £65.00 £55.42
Median % change year-on-year -11.80% +17.29% +23.16%
75th Percentile £72.50 £83.31 £69.12
90th Percentile £74.80 £83.40 £84.52
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
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 1,769 1,786 1,467
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 54.41% 52.79% 39.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,132 1,300 1,038
10th Percentile £363 £400 £338
25th Percentile £473 £475 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £579 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.05% +10.33% +9.38%
75th Percentile £663 £675 £625
90th Percentile £725 £725 £680
England median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 192 135 93
10th Percentile £21.26 £39.55 £41.61
25th Percentile £40.00 £56.27 £52.00
Median hourly rate £63.50 £65.00 £61.50
Median % change year-on-year -2.31% +5.69% +30.16%
75th Percentile £72.50 £78.88 £67.25
90th Percentile £80.00 £85.75 £75.00
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 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 1 June 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 1 June 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 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
Bristol +18 98 £525 -2.33% 219
Wiltshire -23 59 £525 -8.70% 80
Somerset +17 26 £490 -16.57% 96
Dorset +10 16 £763 +22.00% 63
Devon -1 16 £166 -69.82% 77
Gloucestershire -12 16 £588 +6.82% 68
Cornwall - 13 £150 - 14
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 18 (7.41%) Confluence
2 15 (6.17%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (3.29%) SharePoint
4 4 (1.65%) SharePoint Server
5 2 (0.82%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 2 (0.82%) Apache
6 1 (0.41%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.41%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.41%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 19 (7.82%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (4.94%) Chatbot
3 8 (3.29%) Microsoft Excel
4 6 (2.47%) Microsoft Project
4 6 (2.47%) Spreadsheet
5 5 (2.06%) Adobe Illustrator
6 4 (1.65%) Acrobat
6 4 (1.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 3 (1.23%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.41%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.41%) InVision
8 1 (0.41%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 6 (2.47%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 3 (1.23%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.23%) ENOVIA
2 3 (1.23%) SAP PLM
2 3 (1.23%) Teamcenter
3 2 (0.82%) Magento
3 2 (0.82%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.82%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 1 (0.41%) Primavera
4 1 (0.41%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.41%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.41%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.41%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.41%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.41%) SAP Hybris
4 1 (0.41%) SAP Payroll
4 1 (0.41%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.41%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 27 (11.11%) Azure
2 16 (6.58%) AWS
3 12 (4.94%) PaaS
4 8 (3.29%) Azure DevOps
4 8 (3.29%) SaaS
5 6 (2.47%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (1.65%) GCP
6 4 (1.65%) OpenShift
6 4 (1.65%) Power Platform
7 3 (1.23%) Azure Stack
7 3 (1.23%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (0.82%) PowerApps
8 2 (0.82%) WhatsApp
9 1 (0.41%) Azure Monitor
9 1 (0.41%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (0.41%) IaaS
9 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (0.41%) OneDrive
9 1 (0.41%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.41%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 19 (7.82%) WAN
2 15 (6.17%) LAN
3 11 (4.53%) DNS
4 10 (4.12%) DHCP
4 10 (4.12%) SAN
5 9 (3.70%) Wi-Fi
6 8 (3.29%) MPLS
7 7 (2.88%) PBX
7 7 (2.88%) VoIP
8 6 (2.47%) Firewall
8 6 (2.47%) VSAN
9 4 (1.65%) Junos
9 4 (1.65%) SDH
9 4 (1.65%) Skype
9 4 (1.65%) TCP/IP
9 4 (1.65%) VPN
10 3 (1.23%) BGP
10 3 (1.23%) Network Security
11 2 (0.82%) HTTP
11 2 (0.82%) RTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (6.17%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.23%) MySQL
2 3 (1.23%) Power BI
3 2 (0.82%) Data Mining
3 2 (0.82%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (0.82%) Electronic Patient Records
3 2 (0.82%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (0.82%) Relational Database
3 2 (0.82%) SQLite
4 1 (0.41%) Big Data
4 1 (0.41%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (0.41%) Flink
4 1 (0.41%) GIS
4 1 (0.41%) Metadata
4 1 (0.41%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.41%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 22 (9.05%) JIRA
2 19 (7.82%) Rational DOORS
3 5 (2.06%) Bitbucket
4 4 (1.65%) Git
5 2 (0.82%) Checkstyle
5 2 (0.82%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.41%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.41%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 1 (0.41%) GitLab
6 1 (0.41%) Maven
6 1 (0.41%) Oracle APEX
6 1 (0.41%) Subversion
General
1 81 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 47 (19.34%) Telecoms
3 44 (18.11%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (14.40%) Public Sector
5 20 (8.23%) Aerospace
6 16 (6.58%) Finance
7 12 (4.94%) Manufacturing
8 8 (3.29%) Military
8 8 (3.29%) Organisational Skills
9 7 (2.88%) Digital Economy
10 5 (2.06%) Electronics
10 5 (2.06%) Pharmaceutical
11 4 (1.65%) Aeronautics
11 4 (1.65%) Marketing
11 4 (1.65%) Multimedia
11 4 (1.65%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (1.65%) Publishing
12 3 (1.23%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (1.23%) Legal
12 3 (1.23%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 64 (26.34%) Architect
2 31 (12.76%) Analyst
3 29 (11.93%) Systems Architect
4 27 (11.11%) Lead
5 25 (10.29%) Network Architect
6 22 (9.05%) Lead Architect
7 18 (7.41%) Developer
7 18 (7.41%) Solutions Architect
8 16 (6.58%) SOC Analyst
9 15 (6.17%) Software Developer
10 13 (5.35%) Senior
11 12 (4.94%) Project Manager
12 9 (3.70%) IT Analyst
12 9 (3.70%) Systems Engineer
12 9 (3.70%) Technical Architect
13 8 (3.29%) IT Infrastructure Analyst
13 8 (3.29%) SOC Engineer
13 8 (3.29%) Software Engineer
13 8 (3.29%) Support Engineer
13 8 (3.29%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (6.17%) HTML
2 7 (2.88%) .NET
2 7 (2.88%) .NET Framework
3 5 (2.06%) Flash
4 4 (1.65%) Middleware
4 4 (1.65%) ModSecurity
4 4 (1.65%) REST
5 3 (1.23%) .NET Core
5 3 (1.23%) CSS
5 3 (1.23%) XML
6 2 (0.82%) JSON
6 2 (0.82%) PySpark
7 1 (0.41%) Apache NiFi
7 1 (0.41%) CSS3
7 1 (0.41%) DPDK
7 1 (0.41%) Hibernate
7 1 (0.41%) J2EE
7 1 (0.41%) Lucene
7 1 (0.41%) SAP Basis
7 1 (0.41%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 26 (10.70%) Self-Motivation
2 23 (9.47%) CSOC
3 21 (8.64%) Security Operations Centre
4 13 (5.35%) Clustering
5 11 (4.53%) Data Centre
6 9 (3.70%) Management Information System
6 9 (3.70%) PKI
7 8 (3.29%) Client/Server
7 8 (3.29%) Product Ownership
7 8 (3.29%) Public Cloud
8 7 (2.88%) Blackberry
8 7 (2.88%) Video Conferencing
9 5 (2.06%) Animation
10 4 (1.65%) Embedded Systems
10 4 (1.65%) Security Posture
11 3 (1.23%) Life Science
11 3 (1.23%) Onboarding
11 3 (1.23%) Operational Technology
11 3 (1.23%) Private Cloud
11 3 (1.23%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 39 (16.05%) Windows
2 18 (7.41%) Linux
3 10 (4.12%) Unix
4 9 (3.70%) Windows Server
5 4 (1.65%) SafeRTOS
5 4 (1.65%) Windows 10
6 3 (1.23%) Windows Server 2012
7 2 (0.82%) CentOS
8 1 (0.41%) Android
8 1 (0.41%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.41%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (20.99%) Computer Science
2 45 (18.52%) Problem-Solving
3 44 (18.11%) Agile
4 42 (17.28%) Project Management
5 40 (16.46%) Continuous Improvement
6 37 (15.23%) ITIL
7 36 (14.81%) Network Management
8 31 (12.76%) Analytics
8 31 (12.76%) Cybersecurity
9 28 (11.52%) Decision-Making
10 27 (11.11%) TOGAF
11 26 (10.70%) SIEM
11 26 (10.70%) Strategic Thinking
12 25 (10.29%) Software Engineering
12 25 (10.29%) Time Management
13 24 (9.88%) Systems Engineering
13 24 (9.88%) Use Case
14 23 (9.47%) Incident Response
14 23 (9.47%) Security Operations
15 22 (9.05%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 25 (10.29%) SQL
2 22 (9.05%) Python
3 21 (8.64%) PowerShell
4 16 (6.58%) JavaScript
5 14 (5.76%) C#
6 5 (2.06%) C
6 5 (2.06%) Java
7 3 (1.23%) R
8 2 (0.82%) Scala
9 1 (0.41%) Bash
9 1 (0.41%) C++
9 1 (0.41%) PHP
9 1 (0.41%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 124 (51.03%) Security Cleared
2 82 (33.74%) SC Cleared
3 56 (23.05%) DV Cleared
4 27 (11.11%) Master's Degree
5 25 (10.29%) Computer Science Degree
6 24 (9.88%) SANS
7 20 (8.23%) HND
8 18 (7.41%) TOGAF Certification
9 13 (5.35%) BPSS Clearance
10 12 (4.94%) Cisco Certification
11 9 (3.70%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 7 (2.88%) CCNP
13 6 (2.47%) HNC
14 5 (2.06%) CCNA
15 4 (1.65%) Chartered Engineer
15 4 (1.65%) JNCIA
16 3 (1.23%) Microsoft Certification
16 3 (1.23%) Numerate Degree
17 2 (0.82%) CISSP
17 2 (0.82%) IBM Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (5.35%) SLA
2 11 (4.53%) QA
3 6 (2.47%) Data Quality
4 5 (2.06%) NIST
5 4 (1.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (1.65%) PMO
6 3 (1.23%) GMP
6 3 (1.23%) Government Security Classifications
6 3 (1.23%) ISA99
6 3 (1.23%) NIST 800
7 2 (0.82%) GDPR
7 2 (0.82%) JSP 440
7 2 (0.82%) NCSC
7 2 (0.82%) RMADS
8 1 (0.41%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 31 (12.76%) Active Directory
2 25 (10.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (4.12%) Virtual Servers
3 10 (4.12%) VMware NSX
4 8 (3.29%) VMware Workstation
5 6 (2.47%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (1.65%) Docker
7 2 (0.82%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.82%) KVM
7 2 (0.82%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 2 (0.82%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.41%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 1 (0.41%) Citrix Presentation Server
8 1 (0.41%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 23 (9.47%) SCCM
2 8 (3.29%) Microsoft Clustering
2 8 (3.29%) Nagios
2 8 (3.29%) NetBackup
3 6 (2.47%) OPNET
3 6 (2.47%) Terraform
3 6 (2.47%) vCenter Server
4 5 (2.06%) Ansible
4 5 (2.06%) Kubernetes
4 5 (2.06%) PowerCLI
4 5 (2.06%) SCOM
5 3 (1.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 3 (1.23%) WSUS
6 1 (0.41%) Backup Exec
6 1 (0.41%) HP SIM
6 1 (0.41%) SCDPM
6 1 (0.41%) SCVMM
6 1 (0.41%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 54 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 25 (10.29%) VMware
3 20 (8.23%) Cisco
4 16 (6.58%) SAP
5 15 (6.17%) Atlassian
6 13 (5.35%) IBM
7 12 (4.94%) Google
7 12 (4.94%) PayPal
8 11 (4.53%) Adobe
8 11 (4.53%) Juniper
8 11 (4.53%) Nokia
9 8 (3.29%) Hitachi
9 8 (3.29%) NetApp
10 7 (2.88%) Avaya
10 7 (2.88%) Ericsson
10 7 (2.88%) Ribbon
11 6 (2.47%) Sparx
12 4 (1.65%) Ciena
12 4 (1.65%) Palo Alto
13 3 (1.23%) LogRhythm