Master's Degree Contracts in England

Master's Degree
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Master's Degree qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 249 298 404
Rank change year-on-year +49 +106 -80
Contract jobs citing Master's Degree 347 422 405
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.93% 0.83% 0.57%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.98% 3.00% 2.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 203 279 249
10th Percentile £353 £396 £259
25th Percentile £450 £475 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £725 £781 £750
90th Percentile £800 £950 £800
UK median daily rate £550 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 39 24
10th Percentile £23.48 £31.25 -
25th Percentile £36.42 £42.50 £19.52
Median hourly rate £55.00 £45.00 £26.65
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% +68.89% -27.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £51.75
90th Percentile £83.75 - £67.25
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £45.00 £25.29
% change year-on-year +22.22% +77.94% -26.16%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

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 England with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 11,649 14,062 15,339
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 31.34% 27.75% 21.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,156 9,406 10,043
10th Percentile £300 £325 £314
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +7.14%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £632
90th Percentile £750 £750 £713
UK median daily rate £535 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 982 764 693
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.25 £13.25
25th Percentile £18.03 £20.00 £18.75
Median hourly rate £40.00 £52.50 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -23.81% +40.00% -2.60%
75th Percentile £62.49 £68.56 £56.00
90th Percentile £77.45 £80.25 £67.50
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £41.50
% change year-on-year -25.93% +30.12% +7.21%

Master's Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Master's Degree in England

Master's Degree
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Master's Degree in England

Master's Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Master's Degree in England over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Master's Degree in England

Master's Degree
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Master's Degree in England

Master's Degree
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Master's Degree in England over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Master's Degree in England

Master's Degree
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Master's Degree within the England region over the 6 months to 26 April 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
London +66 200 £550 -21.43% 504
South East +2 47 £525 +13.51% 149
East of England +18 27 £700 +83.97% 112
South West +12 24 £588 +6.82% 81
North of England +31 19 £676 +12.85% 120
Midlands +26 16 £550 +28.65% 95
West Midlands +36 15 £550 +15.79% 62
North West +22 15 £676 +4.16% 66
North East - 3 £588 - 26
Yorkshire +18 1 - - 34
East Midlands +15 1 - - 33
Master's Degree
UK

Master's Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 16 (4.61%) Confluence
2 4 (1.15%) Apache
2 4 (1.15%) CMS
3 3 (0.86%) Apache Spark
3 3 (0.86%) ArcGIS
3 3 (0.86%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.86%) Oracle Workflow
4 2 (0.58%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 2 (0.58%) Camunda
4 2 (0.58%) Ethereum
4 2 (0.58%) Hyperledger
4 2 (0.58%) IIS
4 2 (0.58%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.58%) Sitecore CMS
5 1 (0.29%) SAS
Applications
1 22 (6.34%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (2.59%) Simulink
3 7 (2.02%) Stateflow
4 6 (1.73%) Microsoft Excel
4 6 (1.73%) MS Visio
5 5 (1.44%) TargetLink
6 3 (0.86%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 3 (0.86%) Sketch
7 2 (0.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 2 (0.58%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.29%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.29%) OmniGraffle
8 1 (0.29%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 13 (3.75%) Oracle Applications
1 13 (3.75%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.86%) Oracle AGIS
2 3 (0.86%) Oracle Assets
2 3 (0.86%) Oracle Cash Management
2 3 (0.86%) Oracle Financials
2 3 (0.86%) Oracle General Ledger
2 3 (0.86%) Oracle Payables
2 3 (0.86%) Oracle Receivables
2 3 (0.86%) SAP SD
3 2 (0.58%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 2 (0.58%) R3 Corda
3 2 (0.58%) SAP ERP
3 2 (0.58%) SAP MDG
4 1 (0.29%) Endur
4 1 (0.29%) Hyperion Planning
4 1 (0.29%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.29%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.29%) SAP HCM
4 1 (0.29%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 43 (12.39%) Azure
2 25 (7.20%) AWS
3 13 (3.75%) OCI
4 11 (3.17%) Azure DevOps
5 10 (2.88%) GCP
6 9 (2.59%) npm
7 8 (2.31%) Power Platform
8 7 (2.02%) Azure Service Bus
8 7 (2.02%) Oracle CX
8 7 (2.02%) SaaS
8 7 (2.02%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
8 7 (2.02%) Serverless
9 4 (1.15%) Azure Data Factory
9 4 (1.15%) GitHub
9 4 (1.15%) GitHub Actions
9 4 (1.15%) Google Analytics
9 4 (1.15%) SuccessFactors
10 3 (0.86%) Azure App Service
10 3 (0.86%) Azure Event Grid
10 3 (0.86%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.02%) VSAN
2 5 (1.44%) Internet
2 5 (1.44%) Wireless
3 4 (1.15%) SAN
4 3 (0.86%) Firewall
4 3 (0.86%) Network Security
5 2 (0.58%) HTTP
5 2 (0.58%) LTE
5 2 (0.58%) SSL
5 2 (0.58%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.58%) VPN
6 1 (0.29%) Cisco IOS
6 1 (0.29%) DNS
6 1 (0.29%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.29%) IOS XR
6 1 (0.29%) NFC
6 1 (0.29%) NX-OS
6 1 (0.29%) PPP
6 1 (0.29%) RTSP
6 1 (0.29%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (4.03%) Oracle Reports
2 13 (3.75%) Relational Database
2 13 (3.75%) SQL Server
3 9 (2.59%) Big Data
4 8 (2.31%) Data Lake
4 8 (2.31%) Power BI
5 6 (1.73%) NoSQL
6 5 (1.44%) Data Mining
6 5 (1.44%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (1.44%) MySQL
6 5 (1.44%) RDBMS
7 4 (1.15%) GIS
7 4 (1.15%) Metadata
7 4 (1.15%) Oracle Database
7 4 (1.15%) PostgreSQL
7 4 (1.15%) Tableau
8 3 (0.86%) Data Mart
8 3 (0.86%) Geospatial Data
8 3 (0.86%) MongoDB
9 2 (0.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 36 (10.37%) JIRA
2 21 (6.05%) Git
3 11 (3.17%) Bitbucket
3 11 (3.17%) Jenkins
3 11 (3.17%) Rational DOORS
4 10 (2.88%) Subversion
5 9 (2.59%) webpack
6 5 (1.44%) MLflow
7 4 (1.15%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 4 (1.15%) Postman
8 3 (0.86%) Maven
8 3 (0.86%) TestRail
9 2 (0.58%) Appium
9 2 (0.58%) Charles Proxy
9 2 (0.58%) CMake
9 2 (0.58%) IntelliJ
9 2 (0.58%) Katalon Studio
9 2 (0.58%) Rational Team Concert
9 2 (0.58%) Selenium
10 1 (0.29%) GoogleTest
General
1 166 (47.84%) Social Skills
2 98 (28.24%) Finance
3 83 (23.92%) Analytical Skills
4 36 (10.37%) Marketing
5 28 (8.07%) Public Sector
6 26 (7.49%) Front Office
7 25 (7.20%) Presentation Skills
8 24 (6.92%) Banking
9 15 (4.32%) Aerospace
9 15 (4.32%) Manufacturing
10 14 (4.03%) Telecoms
11 13 (3.75%) Automotive
12 11 (3.17%) Pharmaceutical
13 9 (2.59%) Financial Institution
14 8 (2.31%) Influencing Skills
14 8 (2.31%) Retail
15 7 (2.02%) Advertising
15 7 (2.02%) Legal
16 6 (1.73%) Investment Banking
16 6 (1.73%) Law
Job Titles
1 55 (15.85%) Architect
2 53 (15.27%) Senior
3 49 (14.12%) Developer
4 34 (9.80%) Software Engineer
5 32 (9.22%) Lead
6 20 (5.76%) Solutions Architect
7 18 (5.19%) Analyst
8 16 (4.61%) Java Developer
9 15 (4.32%) Consultant
9 15 (4.32%) Systems Engineer
10 14 (4.03%) Project Manager
11 12 (3.46%) Applications Developer
11 12 (3.46%) Software Architect
12 10 (2.88%) Data Engineer
12 10 (2.88%) Embedded Engineer
12 10 (2.88%) Embedded Software Engineer
12 10 (2.88%) Full Stack Developer
13 9 (2.59%) Angular Developer
13 9 (2.59%) Senior Developer
13 9 (2.59%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (4.90%) React
2 15 (4.32%) AngularJS
3 12 (3.46%) DirectX
3 12 (3.46%) OpenGL
3 12 (3.46%) OpenGL ES
3 12 (3.46%) Vulkan
4 11 (3.17%) .NET
4 11 (3.17%) REST
5 10 (2.88%) HTML
5 10 (2.88%) PyTorch
6 9 (2.59%) CSS
6 9 (2.59%) NumPy
6 9 (2.59%) RxJS
6 9 (2.59%) TensorFlow
6 9 (2.59%) WebSockets
7 8 (2.31%) Pandas
8 6 (1.73%) Flash
8 6 (1.73%) Spring
9 5 (1.44%) JSON
9 5 (1.44%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 37 (10.66%) Algorithms
2 27 (7.78%) Management Information System
3 18 (5.19%) Derivative
4 12 (3.46%) Self-Motivation
5 10 (2.88%) 3D Graphics
5 10 (2.88%) Equities
5 10 (2.88%) Ray Tracing
6 8 (2.31%) Embedded Systems
7 7 (2.02%) Data Centre
7 7 (2.02%) Product Ownership
8 6 (1.73%) Clustering
8 6 (1.73%) Life Science
8 6 (1.73%) Mobile App
8 6 (1.73%) Renewable Energy
9 5 (1.44%) Data Structures
9 5 (1.44%) Device Driver
9 5 (1.44%) Fixed Income
10 4 (1.15%) Analytical Mindset
10 4 (1.15%) Credit Risk
10 4 (1.15%) Distributed Computing
Operating Systems
1 24 (6.92%) Windows
2 20 (5.76%) Linux
3 17 (4.90%) Unix
4 9 (2.59%) Android
5 5 (1.44%) Embedded Linux
6 4 (1.15%) Apple iOS
6 4 (1.15%) SafeRTOS
7 1 (0.29%) OS/390
7 1 (0.29%) Solaris
7 1 (0.29%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 182 (52.45%) Computer Science
2 115 (33.14%) Problem-Solving
3 104 (29.97%) Agile
4 71 (20.46%) Software Engineering
5 48 (13.83%) Machine Learning
6 44 (12.68%) Analytics
6 44 (12.68%) Project Management
7 40 (11.53%) Decision-Making
7 40 (11.53%) Validation
8 38 (10.95%) Continuous Improvement
9 35 (10.09%) Artificial Intelligence
9 35 (10.09%) Data Science
10 32 (9.22%) DevOps
10 32 (9.22%) Roadmaps
11 28 (8.07%) Stakeholder Management
12 27 (7.78%) Risk Management
13 26 (7.49%) Technical Leadership
14 25 (7.20%) Test Strategy
15 24 (6.92%) Collaborative Working
15 24 (6.92%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 86 (24.78%) Python
2 49 (14.12%) SQL
3 41 (11.82%) Java
4 34 (9.80%) C++
5 30 (8.65%) C
5 30 (8.65%) C#
6 26 (7.49%) JavaScript
7 15 (4.32%) MATLAB
8 11 (3.17%) R
8 11 (3.17%) TypeScript
9 10 (2.88%) Shell Script
10 9 (2.59%) Scala
11 5 (1.44%) Bash
11 5 (1.44%) PowerShell
12 4 (1.15%) ABAP
12 4 (1.15%) Assembly Language
13 3 (0.86%) Perl
13 3 (0.86%) PL/SQL
14 2 (0.58%) VB
14 2 (0.58%) VBA
Qualifications
1 347 (100.00%) Degree
2 100 (28.82%) Computer Science Degree
3 66 (19.02%) PhD
4 30 (8.65%) Security Cleared
5 27 (7.78%) MBA
6 24 (6.92%) SC Cleared
7 14 (4.03%) CISSP
8 12 (3.46%) CISM
9 9 (2.59%) ITIL Certification
10 8 (2.31%) Cisco Certification
10 8 (2.31%) PMP
11 7 (2.02%) Chartered Engineer
11 7 (2.02%) CISA
11 7 (2.02%) PMI Certification
12 6 (1.73%) CCNA
12 6 (1.73%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 5 (1.44%) Azure Certification
13 5 (1.44%) SAP Certification
14 4 (1.15%) CEH
15 3 (0.86%) CITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (4.03%) Data Quality
2 13 (3.75%) PCI DSS
2 13 (3.75%) QA
3 5 (1.44%) Accessibility
3 5 (1.44%) AUTOSAR
3 5 (1.44%) ISO 26262
3 5 (1.44%) MISRA
3 5 (1.44%) MISRA C
3 5 (1.44%) SLA
4 4 (1.15%) Dodd-Frank
4 4 (1.15%) JTAG
4 4 (1.15%) MiFID
4 4 (1.15%) NIST
5 3 (0.86%) GDPR
5 3 (0.86%) PMO
6 2 (0.58%) COBIT
6 2 (0.58%) ISO 22301
6 2 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.29%) WCAG
System Software
1 14 (4.03%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (2.31%) Docker
2 8 (2.31%) VMware NSX
3 6 (1.73%) VMware ESXi
4 4 (1.15%) Embedded Firmware
4 4 (1.15%) Firmware
5 3 (0.86%) Active Directory
6 2 (0.58%) vSphere
7 1 (0.29%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 11 (3.17%) Kubernetes
2 6 (1.73%) vCenter Server
3 3 (0.86%) Docker Swarm
4 2 (0.58%) Nessus
4 2 (0.58%) PowerCLI
5 1 (0.29%) Ansible
5 1 (0.29%) OPNET
5 1 (0.29%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.29%) Terraform
Vendors
1 37 (10.66%) Microsoft
2 26 (7.49%) Oracle
3 24 (6.92%) SAP
4 15 (4.32%) VMware
5 12 (3.46%) Cisco
6 10 (2.88%) Databricks
7 9 (2.59%) Atlassian
8 8 (2.31%) Google
9 7 (2.02%) Adobe
9 7 (2.02%) Salesforce
10 4 (1.15%) Marketo
10 4 (1.15%) Optimizely
11 3 (0.86%) Ariba
11 3 (0.86%) ESRI
11 3 (0.86%) Genesys
11 3 (0.86%) Murex
11 3 (0.86%) Splunk
12 2 (0.58%) JDA
12 2 (0.58%) MathWorks
12 2 (0.58%) Omniture