Master's Degree Contracts in Cambridge

Master's Degree
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cambridge with a requirement for Master's Degree qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 18 29 32
Rank change year-on-year +11 +3 -9
Contract jobs citing Master's Degree 13 7 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridge 6.77% 2.36% 2.42%
As % of the Qualifications category 20.63% 11.29% 11.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 2 1
10th Percentile - £249 -
25th Percentile £550 £283 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £352 £525
Median % change year-on-year +91.76% -32.95% +2.44%
75th Percentile £800 £408 £538
90th Percentile - £433 -
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £675 £352 £412
% change year-on-year +91.76% -14.46% -19.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £26.42 - -
Median hourly rate £27.67 - -
75th Percentile £28.93 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £27.67 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Cambridge

Master's 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 Cambridge with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 63 62 72
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridge 32.81% 20.88% 21.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 23 45
10th Percentile £350 £226 £381
25th Percentile £396 £363 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% +2.70%
75th Percentile £575 £566 £525
90th Percentile £800 £610 £538
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +9.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 6 1
10th Percentile £15.50 £17.49 -
25th Percentile £18.23 £17.50 -
Median hourly rate £45.09 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +28.81% +75.00% -24.53%
75th Percentile £66.25 £53.75 -
90th Percentile - £56.25 -
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £16.30 £15.50 £14.50
% change year-on-year +5.16% +6.90% -9.38%

Master's Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

Job postings citing Master's Degree as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cambridge.

Job vacancy trend for Master's Degree in Cambridge

Master's Degree
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cambridge

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Master's Degree in Cambridge.

Daily rate trend for Master's Degree in Cambridge

Master's Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in Cambridge

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Master's Degree in Cambridge over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Master's Degree in Cambridge

Master's Degree
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridge

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Master's Degree in Cambridge.

Hourly rate trend for Master's Degree in Cambridge

Master's Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridge 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.69%) Firewall
1 1 (7.69%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 2 (15.38%) Public Sector
2 1 (7.69%) Electronics
2 1 (7.69%) Finance
2 1 (7.69%) Manufacturing
2 1 (7.69%) Marketing
2 1 (7.69%) Social Skills
2 1 (7.69%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (76.92%) Architect
1 10 (76.92%) Software Architect
2 3 (23.08%) Senior
3 1 (7.69%) Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Development Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Lead
3 1 (7.69%) Research Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Research Software Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Security Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Senior Development Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Senior Security Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Senior Software Development Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Senior Software Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Software Development Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (76.92%) DirectX
1 10 (76.92%) OpenGL
1 10 (76.92%) OpenGL ES
1 10 (76.92%) Vulkan
2 1 (7.69%) NumPy
Miscellaneous
1 10 (76.92%) 3D Graphics
1 10 (76.92%) Ray Tracing
2 1 (7.69%) Data Structures
2 1 (7.69%) Management Information System
2 1 (7.69%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.69%) Linux
1 1 (7.69%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (76.92%) Problem-Solving
1 10 (76.92%) Software Architecture
2 2 (15.38%) Agile
2 2 (15.38%) Computer Science
3 1 (7.69%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (7.69%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (7.69%) Data Loss Prevention
3 1 (7.69%) Digital Marketing
3 1 (7.69%) Image Processing
3 1 (7.69%) Malware Analysis
3 1 (7.69%) Mentoring
3 1 (7.69%) Penetration Testing
3 1 (7.69%) Problem Management
3 1 (7.69%) Security Operations
3 1 (7.69%) Service Design
3 1 (7.69%) SIEM
3 1 (7.69%) Software Engineering
3 1 (7.69%) Threat Modelling
3 1 (7.69%) Vulnerability Management
3 1 (7.69%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 9 (69.23%) C
1 9 (69.23%) C++
2 1 (7.69%) C#
2 1 (7.69%) Python
Qualifications
1 13 (100.00%) Degree
2 11 (84.62%) PhD
3 1 (7.69%) CISSP
3 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared
3 1 (7.69%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (7.69%) Cisco
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft
1 1 (7.69%) SAP