Degree Contracts in Berkshire

Academic Degree
South East > Berkshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire 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 14 16 11
Rank change year-on-year +2 -5 +3
Contract jobs citing Degree 201 172 254
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 10.43% 9.68% 10.74%
As % of the Qualifications category 23.40% 30.18% 39.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 95 80 117
10th Percentile £205 £325 £343
25th Percentile £281 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £525 £450
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% +16.67% -
75th Percentile £608 £638 £533
90th Percentile - £689 £600
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £450
% change year-on-year - +11.11% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 4 4
10th Percentile £18.86 £26.16 £25.05
25th Percentile £22.97 £45.91 £48.00
Median hourly rate £41.50 £64.38 £70.75
Median % change year-on-year -35.53% -9.01% +66.47%
75th Percentile £43.19 £72.84 £80.93
90th Percentile £45.53 £77.96 £81.87
South East median hourly rate £57.35 £45.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year +27.44% - +5.88%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Berkshire

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 Berkshire with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 859 570 643
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 44.58% 32.08% 27.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 402 306 370
10th Percentile £213 £349 £331
25th Percentile £443 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £572 £550 £490
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +12.24% +3.70%
75th Percentile £625 £630 £588
90th Percentile £688 £700 £676
South East median daily rate £550 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 91 43 15
10th Percentile £41.50 £18.50 -
25th Percentile £53.95 £51.48 £17.00
Median hourly rate £61.60 £66.00 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +214.29% -0.24%
75th Percentile £85.65 £75.71 £64.88
90th Percentile £87.53 £80.25 £81.66
South East median hourly rate £57.35 £60.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -4.42% +33.33% +11.11%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Degree in Berkshire

Degree
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Daily rate trend for Degree in Berkshire

Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

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

Daily rate histogram for Degree in Berkshire

Degree
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Degree in Berkshire

Degree
Hourly Rate Histogram in Berkshire

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

Hourly rate histogram for Degree in Berkshire

Degree
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Degree within the Berkshire 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
Reading +2 125 £605 +21.00% 106
Bracknell -3 28 £425 -21.30% 15
Wokingham -1 8 £575 -17.86% 10
Maidenhead -7 6 £405 -36.96% 11
Windsor - 2 £900 - 8
Newbury +4 1 £525 +228.13% 7
Slough -3 1 £365 -27.00% 29
Degree
South East

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 21 (10.45%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (3.48%) SAS
2 7 (3.48%) SharePoint
3 5 (2.49%) Confluence
4 2 (1.00%) CMS
5 1 (0.50%) Apache
5 1 (0.50%) Moodle
Applications
1 48 (23.88%) Microsoft Office
2 35 (17.41%) Microsoft Excel
3 19 (9.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (4.98%) MS Visio
5 3 (1.49%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (1.00%) Adobe Illustrator
6 2 (1.00%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.50%) 3ds Max
7 1 (0.50%) Blender
Business Applications
1 4 (1.99%) Oracle EBS
1 4 (1.99%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 3 (1.49%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (1.00%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.50%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 60 (29.85%) Azure
2 25 (12.44%) Microsoft 365
3 21 (10.45%) Entra ID
4 20 (9.95%) Azure Monitor
4 20 (9.95%) Azure Storage
5 16 (7.96%) Snowflake
6 14 (6.97%) OCI
7 11 (5.47%) Power Platform
8 10 (4.98%) AWS
9 7 (3.48%) Azure DevOps
10 6 (2.99%) Dynamics 365
11 5 (2.49%) Smartsheet
12 4 (1.99%) PowerApps
13 3 (1.49%) Power Automate
13 3 (1.49%) Veeva
14 2 (1.00%) Cloud Computing
14 2 (1.00%) IaaS
14 2 (1.00%) PaaS
15 1 (0.50%) NuGet
15 1 (0.50%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 41 (20.40%) DNS
2 39 (19.40%) Firewall
3 34 (16.92%) DHCP
4 16 (7.96%) LAN
5 15 (7.46%) SAN
6 9 (4.48%) SSL
7 7 (3.48%) 4G
7 7 (3.48%) 5G
7 7 (3.48%) Radio Access Network
8 6 (2.99%) 3G
8 6 (2.99%) Diameter Protocol
8 6 (2.99%) GGSN
8 6 (2.99%) LTE
8 6 (2.99%) RANAP
8 6 (2.99%) SGSN
8 6 (2.99%) VoLTE
8 6 (2.99%) Wireshark
9 4 (1.99%) WAN
10 3 (1.49%) Network Security
11 2 (1.00%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (8.46%) Tableau
2 9 (4.48%) SQL Server
3 8 (3.98%) Power BI
4 7 (3.48%) Crystal Reports
5 5 (2.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 4 (1.99%) Data Lake
7 3 (1.49%) EDMS
7 3 (1.49%) Metadata
8 2 (1.00%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (1.00%) Power Query
8 2 (1.00%) PowerPivot
9 1 (0.50%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.50%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.50%) Big Data
9 1 (0.50%) DTS
9 1 (0.50%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.50%) MySQL
9 1 (0.50%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.50%) Oracle Database 11g
Development Applications
1 9 (4.48%) JIRA
2 3 (1.49%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 2 (1.00%) Git
4 1 (0.50%) CMake
4 1 (0.50%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 132 (65.67%) Social Skills
2 47 (23.38%) Telecoms
3 40 (19.90%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (18.41%) Finance
5 27 (13.43%) Legal
6 24 (11.94%) Presentation Skills
7 17 (8.46%) Organisational Skills
8 16 (7.96%) Marketing
9 13 (6.47%) Mandarin Language
10 9 (4.48%) Manufacturing
10 9 (4.48%) Public Sector
11 7 (3.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 6 (2.99%) Law
12 6 (2.99%) Multimedia
13 4 (1.99%) Electronics
13 4 (1.99%) General Ledger
13 4 (1.99%) Influencing Skills
14 3 (1.49%) Automotive
15 2 (1.00%) Retail
16 1 (0.50%) Games
Job Titles
1 33 (16.42%) Analyst
2 20 (9.95%) Active Directory Support
2 20 (9.95%) Lead
3 16 (7.96%) Architect
3 16 (7.96%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 16 (7.96%) Support Specialist
4 14 (6.97%) Active Directory Specialist
4 14 (6.97%) Azure Specialist
5 12 (5.97%) Hardware Engineer
6 11 (5.47%) Project Manager
7 10 (4.98%) Storage Engineer
8 9 (4.48%) Developer
8 9 (4.48%) Support Engineer
9 8 (3.98%) Azure Engineer
9 8 (3.98%) Communications Manager
9 8 (3.98%) Internal Communications Manager
10 7 (3.48%) IFS Developer
11 6 (2.99%) Active Directory Engineer
11 6 (2.99%) Active Directory Support Engineer
11 6 (2.99%) HR Assistant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (10.45%) ARM Templates
2 9 (4.48%) Web Services
3 6 (2.99%) HTML
3 6 (2.99%) XML
4 5 (2.49%) CSS
5 4 (1.99%) JSON
6 3 (1.49%) .NET
6 3 (1.49%) .NET Framework
6 3 (1.49%) ASP.NET Web API
6 3 (1.49%) WCF
7 2 (1.00%) Entity Framework
7 2 (1.00%) Flash
7 2 (1.00%) Microsoft Enterprise Library
7 2 (1.00%) YAML
8 1 (0.50%) AngularJS
8 1 (0.50%) CNTK
8 1 (0.50%) Node.js
8 1 (0.50%) PyTorch
8 1 (0.50%) React
8 1 (0.50%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 30 (14.93%) Self-Motivation
2 28 (13.93%) PKI
3 16 (7.96%) Data Centre
4 12 (5.97%) Driving Licence
5 11 (5.47%) Management Information System
6 10 (4.98%) Credit Risk
7 9 (4.48%) Life Science
8 8 (3.98%) Renewable Energy
9 4 (1.99%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (1.49%) PMI
10 3 (1.49%) Solar Power
11 2 (1.00%) Product Ownership
11 2 (1.00%) Social Media
12 1 (0.50%) Algorithms
12 1 (0.50%) Data Structures
12 1 (0.50%) Digital Media
12 1 (0.50%) Enterprise Cloud
12 1 (0.50%) Enterprise Storage
12 1 (0.50%) Mobile App
12 1 (0.50%) PlayStation
Operating Systems
1 59 (29.35%) Windows
2 45 (22.39%) Linux
3 40 (19.90%) Windows Server
4 37 (18.41%) Windows Server 2016
5 35 (17.41%) Windows Server 2019
6 28 (13.93%) Windows 10
7 15 (7.46%) Windows Server 2012
8 14 (6.97%) Windows XP
9 12 (5.97%) Windows 7
10 2 (1.00%) Unix
11 1 (0.50%) Android
11 1 (0.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (36.32%) Problem-Solving
2 53 (26.37%) Project Management
3 52 (25.87%) Analytics
4 51 (25.37%) ITIL
5 46 (22.89%) Agile
6 29 (14.43%) Decision-Making
6 29 (14.43%) DevOps
7 24 (11.94%) Customer Service
8 23 (11.44%) Computer Science
8 23 (11.44%) Infrastructure as Code
9 22 (10.95%) CI/CD
10 21 (10.45%) RBAC
10 21 (10.45%) Release Management
10 21 (10.45%) Service Management
11 20 (9.95%) Continuous Improvement
11 20 (9.95%) Identity Management
11 20 (9.95%) Log Analytics
11 20 (9.95%) Multi-Factor Authentication
11 20 (9.95%) Privileged Identity Management
12 17 (8.46%) Actionable Insight
Programming Languages
1 39 (19.40%) PowerShell
2 27 (13.43%) C#
3 20 (9.95%) Bicep
3 20 (9.95%) VB
3 20 (9.95%) VBScript
4 18 (8.96%) SQL
5 6 (2.99%) JavaScript
6 5 (2.49%) Python
7 3 (1.49%) F#
8 2 (1.00%) Java
9 1 (0.50%) C++
9 1 (0.50%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 65 (32.34%) Security Cleared
2 53 (26.37%) DV Cleared
3 35 (17.41%) SC Cleared
4 20 (9.95%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 18 (8.96%) Computer Science Degree
6 17 (8.46%) Cisco Certification
7 16 (7.96%) CCNA
7 16 (7.96%) CCNP
8 11 (5.47%) Master's Degree
9 5 (2.49%) CIPD
9 5 (2.49%) PMI Certification
10 3 (1.49%) ACCA
10 3 (1.49%) CIMA
10 3 (1.49%) TOGAF Certification
11 2 (1.00%) CCDP
11 2 (1.00%) CISSP
11 2 (1.00%) CompTIA Security+
11 2 (1.00%) MBA
11 2 (1.00%) PMP
12 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (4.98%) QA
2 6 (2.99%) Accessibility
3 4 (1.99%) SLA
4 3 (1.49%) PMO
5 2 (1.00%) GDPR
5 2 (1.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.50%) COBIT
6 1 (0.50%) GRC
6 1 (0.50%) HL7
6 1 (0.50%) NIST
System Software
1 45 (22.39%) Active Directory
2 20 (9.95%) Virtual Desktop
2 20 (9.95%) Virtual Machines
3 15 (7.46%) Hyper-V
3 15 (7.46%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (6.97%) VMware ESXi
5 12 (5.97%) Firmware
6 1 (0.50%) Docker
Systems Management
1 48 (23.88%) SCCM
2 34 (16.92%) SCOM
2 34 (16.92%) WSUS
3 22 (10.95%) Kubernetes
4 20 (9.95%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 20 (9.95%) Microsoft Intune
5 15 (7.46%) NetBackup
6 14 (6.97%) EMC NetWorker
6 14 (6.97%) vCenter Server
7 2 (1.00%) Terraform
8 1 (0.50%) Ansible
Vendors
1 80 (39.80%) Microsoft
2 29 (14.43%) HP
3 19 (9.45%) Oracle
4 18 (8.96%) Juniper
5 16 (7.96%) Alteryx
5 16 (7.96%) Cisco
6 15 (7.46%) 3PAR
6 15 (7.46%) Palo Alto
6 15 (7.46%) VMware
7 14 (6.97%) Dell
7 14 (6.97%) EMC
7 14 (6.97%) Extreme Networks
7 14 (6.97%) Symantec
7 14 (6.97%) Veeam
8 7 (3.48%) IFS
8 7 (3.48%) ServiceNow
9 6 (2.99%) Empirix
9 6 (2.99%) NetScout
10 5 (2.49%) Reuters
11 4 (1.99%) Workday