Degree Contracts with Work from Home Options

Academic Degree
UK > Work from Home

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) with a requirement for Degree qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 18 36 46
Rank change year-on-year +18 +10 -3
Contract jobs citing Degree 1,244 1,423 2,301
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 8.43% 5.78% 5.22%
As % of the Qualifications category 31.64% 22.80% 26.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 634 876 1,533
10th Percentile £273 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £515
Median % change year-on-year - +1.94% +4.04%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £610
90th Percentile £775 £816 £713
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £513
% change year-on-year -4.76% +2.44% +3.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 129 74 57
10th Percentile £15.85 £20.38 £18.90
25th Percentile £23.75 £42.50 £26.00
Median hourly rate £39.92 £50.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.16% +11.11% +16.88%
75th Percentile £72.50 £68.44 £51.00
90th Percentile £75.75 £74.63 £84.98
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £45.00 £36.83
% change year-on-year -11.11% +22.18% +0.90%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,932 6,241 8,772
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 26.64% 25.33% 19.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,519 4,218 6,182
10th Percentile £335 £381 £369
25th Percentile £438 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £725 £745 £700
UK median daily rate £533 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -3.09% +4.76% +7.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 250 255 225
10th Percentile £14.79 £19.10 £20.54
25th Percentile £24.06 £42.50 £39.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £63.00 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -31.75% +28.57% +25.83%
75th Percentile £68.52 £71.63 £66.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £81.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £54.99 £43.95
% change year-on-year -27.26% +25.12% +20.41%

Degree
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Degree as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Degree trend for jobs with a WFH option

Degree
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Degree.

Degree daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Degree
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Degree over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Degree daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Degree
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Degree.

Degree hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Degree
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Degree over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Degree hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 44 (3.54%) Microsoft Exchange
2 41 (3.30%) SharePoint
3 40 (3.22%) Confluence
4 10 (0.80%) CMS
5 8 (0.64%) SAS
6 6 (0.48%) Apache
6 6 (0.48%) Apache Spark
6 6 (0.48%) IIS
7 5 (0.40%) WebSphere
8 4 (0.32%) WebLogic
9 3 (0.24%) Exchange Server 2007
9 3 (0.24%) Exchange Server 2010
9 3 (0.24%) Oracle Self-Service HR
10 2 (0.16%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 2 (0.16%) Cloud Foundry
10 2 (0.16%) EPiServer
10 2 (0.16%) Exchange Server 2013
10 2 (0.16%) SharePoint 2010
10 2 (0.16%) Sitecore CMS
10 2 (0.16%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 192 (15.43%) Chatbot
2 107 (8.60%) Microsoft Excel
3 100 (8.04%) Microsoft Office
4 66 (5.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 30 (2.41%) Microsoft Project
6 29 (2.33%) MS Visio
7 21 (1.69%) Simulink
8 12 (0.96%) Spreadsheet
9 8 (0.64%) Trello
10 7 (0.56%) Adobe Illustrator
11 6 (0.48%) Acrobat
12 5 (0.40%) Photoshop
12 5 (0.40%) Sketch
13 4 (0.32%) Adobe Creative Suite
13 4 (0.32%) Stateflow
14 3 (0.24%) AutoCAD
14 3 (0.24%) Revit
15 2 (0.16%) Adobe Captivate
15 2 (0.16%) InDesign
15 2 (0.16%) Maya
Business Applications
1 14 (1.13%) Dynamics AX
1 14 (1.13%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (0.80%) Dynamics GP
3 7 (0.56%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (0.40%) Oracle Applications
5 4 (0.32%) SAP ERP
6 3 (0.24%) Endur
6 3 (0.24%) Loan IQ
6 3 (0.24%) OpenText VIM for SAP
6 3 (0.24%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.24%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 3 (0.24%) Oracle Receivables
6 3 (0.24%) Orchestrade
7 2 (0.16%) Oracle 11i
7 2 (0.16%) Oracle Assets
7 2 (0.16%) Oracle EBS R12
7 2 (0.16%) Oracle Financials
7 2 (0.16%) Oracle General Ledger
7 2 (0.16%) Oracle Payables
7 2 (0.16%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 223 (17.93%) Azure
2 125 (10.05%) AWS
3 69 (5.55%) Power Platform
4 59 (4.74%) Microsoft 365
5 50 (4.02%) Azure DevOps
6 46 (3.70%) GCP
7 38 (3.05%) SaaS
8 34 (2.73%) PowerApps
9 33 (2.65%) Dynamics 365
10 29 (2.33%) Entra ID
11 27 (2.17%) Power Automate
12 26 (2.09%) PaaS
13 20 (1.61%) Azure Monitor
14 19 (1.53%) Cloud Computing
15 18 (1.45%) GitHub
15 18 (1.45%) IaaS
16 17 (1.37%) Azure Storage
17 14 (1.13%) Google Workspace
18 10 (0.80%) SuccessFactors
19 9 (0.72%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 54 (4.34%) Firewall
2 42 (3.38%) DNS
3 37 (2.97%) SSL
4 33 (2.65%) DHCP
5 15 (1.21%) Internet
5 15 (1.21%) TCP/IP
6 14 (1.13%) Network Security
6 14 (1.13%) VPN
7 11 (0.88%) VoIP
8 10 (0.80%) WAN
9 9 (0.72%) CTI
10 8 (0.64%) Wireless
11 6 (0.48%) LAN
11 6 (0.48%) VLAN
12 5 (0.40%) SAN
12 5 (0.40%) SDH
13 4 (0.32%) Intrusion Detection
13 4 (0.32%) Junos
13 4 (0.32%) Unified Communications
13 4 (0.32%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (5.63%) SQL Server
2 54 (4.34%) Power BI
3 25 (2.01%) Relational Database
4 22 (1.77%) Data Lake
5 19 (1.53%) Data Warehouse
5 19 (1.53%) PostgreSQL
6 17 (1.37%) Metadata
7 15 (1.21%) MySQL
8 13 (1.05%) NoSQL
9 10 (0.80%) Big Data
9 10 (0.80%) Couchbase
9 10 (0.80%) Tableau
10 9 (0.72%) MongoDB
11 8 (0.64%) Crystal Reports
11 8 (0.64%) Oracle Database
12 7 (0.56%) Oracle Reports
13 6 (0.48%) PowerPivot
14 5 (0.40%) Azure SQL Database
14 5 (0.40%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 5 (0.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 83 (6.67%) JIRA
2 55 (4.42%) Git
3 25 (2.01%) Jenkins
4 17 (1.37%) GitLab
5 12 (0.96%) Visual Studio
6 10 (0.80%) Rational DOORS
7 9 (0.72%) TeamCity
8 7 (0.56%) Bitbucket
8 7 (0.56%) Subversion
9 6 (0.48%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 6 (0.48%) MLflow
9 6 (0.48%) webpack
10 5 (0.40%) MSI
10 5 (0.40%) Selenium
10 5 (0.40%) WiX
11 4 (0.32%) Artifactory
11 4 (0.32%) Oracle APEX
11 4 (0.32%) Sonatype Nexus
11 4 (0.32%) SpecFlow
11 4 (0.32%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 478 (38.42%) Social Skills
2 277 (22.27%) Finance
3 243 (19.53%) Analytical Skills
4 128 (10.29%) Public Sector
5 71 (5.71%) Banking
6 66 (5.31%) Telecoms
7 53 (4.26%) Legal
8 47 (3.78%) Marketing
9 45 (3.62%) Front Office
9 45 (3.62%) Retail
10 38 (3.05%) Manufacturing
11 37 (2.97%) Presentation Skills
12 33 (2.65%) Organisational Skills
13 23 (1.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 22 (1.77%) Influencing Skills
15 20 (1.61%) Investment Banking
16 17 (1.37%) General Ledger
17 16 (1.29%) Documentation Skills
18 14 (1.13%) Law
18 14 (1.13%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 284 (22.83%) Developer
2 190 (15.27%) Software Developer
3 148 (11.90%) Analyst
4 142 (11.41%) Architect
5 96 (7.72%) Senior
6 92 (7.40%) Business Analyst
7 81 (6.51%) Consultant
8 79 (6.35%) Project Manager
9 68 (5.47%) Lead
10 44 (3.54%) Solutions Architect
11 33 (2.65%) Software Engineer
12 28 (2.25%) DevOps Engineer
13 25 (2.01%) Java Developer
14 24 (1.93%) Microsoft Consultant
15 23 (1.85%) Network Architect
16 22 (1.77%) Lead Architect
16 22 (1.77%) Senior Developer
16 22 (1.77%) Systems Architect
17 20 (1.61%) Support Engineer
18 19 (1.53%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 157 (12.62%) HTML
2 52 (4.18%) .NET
3 51 (4.10%) Web Services
4 31 (2.49%) CSS
5 29 (2.33%) XML
6 28 (2.25%) React
7 26 (2.09%) REST
8 21 (1.69%) AngularJS
8 21 (1.69%) ASP.NET
9 20 (1.61%) .NET Framework
9 20 (1.61%) ARM Templates
9 20 (1.61%) JSON
10 17 (1.37%) Node.js
10 17 (1.37%) RESTful
11 16 (1.29%) Entity Framework
12 12 (0.96%) Kafka
12 12 (0.96%) Middleware
13 10 (0.80%) .NET Core
14 9 (0.72%) SOAP
15 8 (0.64%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 75 (6.03%) Self-Motivation
2 66 (5.31%) Management Information System
3 65 (5.23%) PKI
4 35 (2.81%) Algorithms
5 28 (2.25%) Data Structures
6 27 (2.17%) Derivative
7 23 (1.85%) Product Ownership
8 20 (1.61%) Fixed Income
8 20 (1.61%) Virtual Team
9 19 (1.53%) Data Protection Act
10 17 (1.37%) FPGA
10 17 (1.37%) Verilog
10 17 (1.37%) VHDL
11 14 (1.13%) Learning Management System
12 12 (0.96%) Data Centre
12 12 (0.96%) Greenfield Project
12 12 (0.96%) IVR
13 11 (0.88%) Life Science
13 11 (0.88%) Onboarding
14 10 (0.80%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 105 (8.44%) Windows
2 75 (6.03%) Linux
3 38 (3.05%) Unix
3 38 (3.05%) Windows Server
4 19 (1.53%) Windows Server 2016
5 18 (1.45%) Windows Server 2019
6 9 (0.72%) Android
6 9 (0.72%) Windows 10
7 4 (0.32%) Apple iOS
7 4 (0.32%) Embedded Linux
7 4 (0.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (0.32%) Windows Server 2012
8 3 (0.24%) Windows 7
9 2 (0.16%) CentOS
9 2 (0.16%) Solaris
9 2 (0.16%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.16%) Windows Server 2003
9 2 (0.16%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.080%) Debian
10 1 (0.080%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 350 (28.14%) Computer Science
2 297 (23.87%) Agile
3 291 (23.39%) Problem-Solving
4 220 (17.68%) Artificial Intelligence
5 200 (16.08%) Software Engineering
6 196 (15.76%) Code Quality
7 192 (15.43%) Conversational UI
8 183 (14.71%) Project Management
9 131 (10.53%) DevOps
10 93 (7.48%) Analytics
11 90 (7.23%) Decision-Making
12 83 (6.67%) Stakeholder Management
13 81 (6.51%) ITIL
14 80 (6.43%) Continuous Improvement
15 75 (6.03%) Risk Management
16 74 (5.95%) Project Delivery
17 72 (5.79%) Roadmaps
18 71 (5.71%) Business Intelligence
19 70 (5.63%) Migration
20 66 (5.31%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 266 (21.38%) SQL
2 245 (19.69%) Python
3 205 (16.48%) C#
4 187 (15.03%) JavaScript
5 86 (6.91%) Java
6 59 (4.74%) PowerShell
7 49 (3.94%) C++
8 27 (2.17%) C
9 20 (1.61%) Bicep
10 19 (1.53%) VB
11 18 (1.45%) Perl
11 18 (1.45%) VBScript
12 17 (1.37%) Bash
12 17 (1.37%) SystemVerilog
13 16 (1.29%) PL/SQL
13 16 (1.29%) Shell Script
14 15 (1.21%) R
15 14 (1.13%) Go
15 14 (1.13%) TypeScript
16 11 (0.88%) VBA
Qualifications
1 233 (18.73%) Computer Science Degree
2 193 (15.51%) Security Cleared
3 158 (12.70%) SC Cleared
4 138 (11.09%) Master's Degree
5 54 (4.34%) DV Cleared
6 45 (3.62%) PMP
7 42 (3.38%) PMI Certification
8 36 (2.89%) PhD
9 31 (2.49%) CISSP
9 31 (2.49%) Microsoft Certification
10 23 (1.85%) APMP
11 22 (1.77%) Numerate Degree
12 21 (1.69%) CISM
13 20 (1.61%) Azure Certification
14 19 (1.53%) Cisco Certification
15 18 (1.45%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 15 (1.21%) BPSS Clearance
16 15 (1.21%) ITIL Certification
17 10 (0.80%) ISTQB
17 10 (0.80%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (4.26%) QA
2 37 (2.97%) Data Quality
3 26 (2.09%) GDPR
3 26 (2.09%) PMO
4 21 (1.69%) PCI DSS
5 16 (1.29%) NIST
5 16 (1.29%) SLA
6 13 (1.05%) Accessibility
7 10 (0.80%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 9 (0.72%) Disclosure Scotland
8 9 (0.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 7 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 6 (0.48%) GRC
10 6 (0.48%) HIPAA
10 6 (0.48%) MiFID
11 5 (0.40%) NIST 800
12 4 (0.32%) Dodd-Frank
12 4 (0.32%) JTAG
12 4 (0.32%) P3O
12 4 (0.32%) SOC 2
System Software
1 106 (8.52%) Active Directory
2 28 (2.25%) Docker
3 23 (1.85%) Virtual Machines
4 19 (1.53%) VMware Infrastructure
5 18 (1.45%) Virtual Desktop
6 10 (0.80%) vSphere
7 5 (0.40%) Hyper-V
7 5 (0.40%) VMware NSX
8 4 (0.32%) Embedded Firmware
8 4 (0.32%) Firmware
9 3 (0.24%) VirtualBox
10 2 (0.16%) KVM
10 2 (0.16%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.080%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 1 (0.080%) Postfix
11 1 (0.080%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 54 (4.34%) Kubernetes
2 31 (2.49%) SCCM
3 25 (2.01%) Terraform
4 22 (1.77%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 22 (1.77%) WSUS
5 19 (1.53%) Microsoft Intune
6 18 (1.45%) Ansible
6 18 (1.45%) SCOM
7 8 (0.64%) Grafana
8 5 (0.40%) Single Sign-On
9 4 (0.32%) Nessus
10 3 (0.24%) Argo
10 3 (0.24%) Docker Swarm
10 3 (0.24%) Nagios
10 3 (0.24%) Progress Chef
10 3 (0.24%) Prometheus
10 3 (0.24%) Puppet
10 3 (0.24%) vCenter Server
11 2 (0.16%) Opsgenie
11 2 (0.16%) VxRail
Vendors
1 225 (18.09%) Microsoft
2 181 (14.55%) PayPal
3 78 (6.27%) Oracle
4 51 (4.10%) SAP
5 41 (3.30%) Google
6 28 (2.25%) Cisco
7 26 (2.09%) Salesforce
8 25 (2.01%) Adobe
9 24 (1.93%) VMware
10 17 (1.37%) Intel
10 17 (1.37%) Microsemi
10 17 (1.37%) ServiceNow
10 17 (1.37%) Xilinx
11 16 (1.29%) Databricks
12 12 (0.96%) Atlassian
12 12 (0.96%) Genesys
12 12 (0.96%) Splunk
13 11 (0.88%) IBM
14 9 (0.72%) Avaya
14 9 (0.72%) Dynatrace