Degree Contracts in Worcestershire

Academic Degree
West Midlands > Worcestershire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Worcestershire 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 8 17 19
Rank change year-on-year +9 +2 -9
Contract jobs citing Degree 13 7 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Worcestershire 14.94% 7.00% 3.67%
As % of the Qualifications category 40.63% 14.89% 13.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 4 2
10th Percentile £463 £388 £364
25th Percentile £513 £433 £384
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £533 £435
Median % change year-on-year +3.29% +22.41% -15.74%
75th Percentile £581 £622 £504
90th Percentile £588 £661 £535
West Midlands median daily rate £475 £475 £500
% change year-on-year - -5.00% +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £65.00 - -
Median hourly rate £70.00 - -
75th Percentile £75.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £39.92 £18.50 £14.00
% change year-on-year +115.78% +32.14% -6.67%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Worcestershire

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 Worcestershire with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 32 47 29
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Worcestershire 36.78% 47.00% 26.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 35 22
10th Percentile £485 £413 £132
25th Percentile £513 £506 £253
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £590 £363
Median % change year-on-year -6.78% +62.76% -30.95%
75th Percentile £588 £638 £511
90th Percentile - £675 £574
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £540 £475
% change year-on-year -7.41% +13.68% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £19.43 - -
25th Percentile £20.11 - -
Median hourly rate £22.50 - -
75th Percentile £49.38 - -
90th Percentile £64.75 - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £28.50 £20.00 £14.50
% change year-on-year +42.50% +37.93% -10.08%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Worcestershire

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

Job vacancy trend for Degree in Worcestershire

Degree
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Worcestershire

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

Daily rate trend for Degree in Worcestershire

Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in Worcestershire

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

Daily rate histogram for Degree in Worcestershire

Degree
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Worcestershire

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

Hourly rate trend for Degree in Worcestershire

Degree
Contract Job Locations in Worcestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Degree within the Worcestershire 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
Malvern +8 9 £550 -13.73% 10
Worcester -1 1 £550 +32.53% 18
Degree
West Midlands

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Worcestershire 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 2 (15.38%) Apache
Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (7.69%) Simulink
Development Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Artifactory
1 2 (15.38%) GitLab
General
1 2 (15.38%) Public Sector
2 1 (7.69%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (84.62%) DevOps Engineer
2 2 (15.38%) Software Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) ERP Support
3 1 (7.69%) FPGA Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Project Officer
3 1 (7.69%) Project Support Officer
3 1 (7.69%) Support Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (15.38%) Apache NiFi
1 2 (15.38%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.69%) Algorithms
1 1 (7.69%) Embedded Systems
1 1 (7.69%) FPGA
1 1 (7.69%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 2 (15.38%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (92.31%) Computer Science
2 11 (84.62%) Decision-Making
2 11 (84.62%) DevOps
2 11 (84.62%) Software Engineering
3 10 (76.92%) User Experience
3 10 (76.92%) Workflow
4 6 (46.15%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 2 (15.38%) CI/CD
6 1 (7.69%) Digital Signal Processing
6 1 (7.69%) Due Diligence
6 1 (7.69%) ERP
6 1 (7.69%) FPGA Design
6 1 (7.69%) Mathematics
6 1 (7.69%) PRINCE2
6 1 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (7.69%) Project Delivery
6 1 (7.69%) Signal Processing
6 1 (7.69%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (15.38%) PowerShell
1 2 (15.38%) Python
2 1 (7.69%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 12 (92.31%) Computer Science Degree
2 10 (76.92%) Security Cleared
3 9 (69.23%) DV Cleared
4 1 (7.69%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (76.92%) QA
2 1 (7.69%) P3O
System Software
1 1 (7.69%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (15.38%) Ansible
1 2 (15.38%) Kubernetes
1 2 (15.38%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (15.38%) Red Hat
2 1 (7.69%) Xilinx