Master's Degree Contracts in London

Master's Degree
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 207 267 364
Rank change year-on-year +60 +97 -82
Contract jobs citing Master's Degree 200 247 250
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.13% 0.91% 0.64%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.66% 4.24% 3.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 126 174 161
10th Percentile £350 £466 £425
25th Percentile £413 £575 £517
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £700 £650
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% +7.69% +18.18%
75th Percentile £738 £875 £763
90th Percentile £850 £950 £825
England median daily rate £550 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 7 9
10th Percentile £10.42 £31.25 £18.50
25th Percentile £31.70 £35.25 £20.00
Median hourly rate £63.75 £40.50 £50.50
Median % change year-on-year +57.41% -19.80% +38.36%
75th Percentile £83.75 £52.25 £68.75
90th Percentile - £53.15 £69.35
England median hourly rate £55.00 £45.00 £28.00
% change year-on-year +22.22% +60.71% -23.29%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
London

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 London with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,288 5,827 6,706
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 24.21% 21.52% 17.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,898 3,938 4,559
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.09% +4.55% +7.32%
75th Percentile £660 £688 £650
90th Percentile £775 £800 £750
England median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 113 81 150
10th Percentile £14.49 £20.00 £22.85
25th Percentile £20.50 £21.24 £25.68
Median hourly rate £26.00 £47.50 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -45.26% +6.74% +21.92%
75th Percentile £43.75 £64.50 £49.25
90th Percentile £69.75 £82.50 £65.84
England median hourly rate £40.00 £52.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year -23.81% +40.00% -3.85%

Master's Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Master's Degree in London

Master's Degree
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Master's Degree in London

Master's Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in London

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

Daily rate histogram for Master's Degree in London

Master's Degree
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Master's Degree in London

Master's Degree
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Master's Degree in London over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Master's Degree in London

Master's Degree
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 27 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
Central London +25 13 £544 -26.27% 47
South London +15 4 - - 9
West London +13 4 £450 - 16
East London - 4 £593 - 7
Master's Degree
England

Master's Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 4 (2.00%) CMS
2 3 (1.50%) Apache
2 3 (1.50%) Apache Spark
2 3 (1.50%) ArcGIS
2 3 (1.50%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.00%) Confluence
3 2 (1.00%) Ethereum
3 2 (1.00%) Hyperledger
3 2 (1.00%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.00%) Sitecore CMS
4 1 (0.50%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.50%) Camunda
Applications
1 5 (2.50%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (2.50%) Microsoft Office
1 5 (2.50%) MS Visio
2 3 (1.50%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 3 (1.50%) Sketch
3 2 (1.00%) Simulink
4 1 (0.50%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.50%) OmniGraffle
Business Applications
1 13 (6.50%) Oracle Applications
2 4 (2.00%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (1.50%) Oracle AGIS
3 3 (1.50%) Oracle Assets
3 3 (1.50%) Oracle Cash Management
3 3 (1.50%) Oracle Financials
3 3 (1.50%) Oracle General Ledger
3 3 (1.50%) Oracle Payables
3 3 (1.50%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (1.00%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 2 (1.00%) R3 Corda
5 1 (0.50%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.50%) Eloqua
5 1 (0.50%) Endur
5 1 (0.50%) Loan IQ
5 1 (0.50%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.50%) SAP CX
5 1 (0.50%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 29 (14.50%) Azure
2 19 (9.50%) AWS
3 13 (6.50%) OCI
4 11 (5.50%) Azure DevOps
5 9 (4.50%) GCP
5 9 (4.50%) npm
6 7 (3.50%) Azure Service Bus
6 7 (3.50%) Oracle CX
6 7 (3.50%) SaaS
6 7 (3.50%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
6 7 (3.50%) Serverless
7 6 (3.00%) Power Platform
8 4 (2.00%) GitHub
8 4 (2.00%) GitHub Actions
8 4 (2.00%) Google Analytics
9 3 (1.50%) Azure App Service
9 3 (1.50%) Azure Event Grid
9 3 (1.50%) Figma
9 3 (1.50%) Lucidchart
9 3 (1.50%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.50%) Internet
2 2 (1.00%) HTTP
2 2 (1.00%) Network Security
2 2 (1.00%) SSL
3 1 (0.50%) Cisco IOS
3 1 (0.50%) Firewall
3 1 (0.50%) IOS XR
3 1 (0.50%) NX-OS
3 1 (0.50%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (6.50%) Oracle Reports
2 10 (5.00%) SQL Server
3 7 (3.50%) Relational Database
4 6 (3.00%) Big Data
4 6 (3.00%) Power BI
5 5 (2.50%) Data Lake
6 4 (2.00%) Data Mining
6 4 (2.00%) GIS
6 4 (2.00%) NoSQL
7 3 (1.50%) Data Mart
7 3 (1.50%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (1.50%) Geospatial Data
7 3 (1.50%) PostgreSQL
7 3 (1.50%) Tableau
8 2 (1.00%) BigQuery
8 2 (1.00%) Looker
8 2 (1.00%) RDBMS
9 1 (0.50%) BusinessObjects
9 1 (0.50%) DB2
9 1 (0.50%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 13 (6.50%) JIRA
2 9 (4.50%) webpack
3 5 (2.50%) Git
3 5 (2.50%) MLflow
4 4 (2.00%) Jenkins
4 4 (2.00%) Postman
5 3 (1.50%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 3 (1.50%) Bitbucket
6 2 (1.00%) Appium
6 2 (1.00%) Charles Proxy
6 2 (1.00%) IntelliJ
6 2 (1.00%) Katalon Studio
6 2 (1.00%) Maven
7 1 (0.50%) Ant
7 1 (0.50%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.50%) GitLab
7 1 (0.50%) Gradle
7 1 (0.50%) JUnit
7 1 (0.50%) Selenium
7 1 (0.50%) TeamCity
General
1 114 (57.00%) Social Skills
2 77 (38.50%) Finance
3 53 (26.50%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (13.00%) Front Office
5 22 (11.00%) Banking
6 20 (10.00%) Marketing
7 12 (6.00%) Public Sector
8 9 (4.50%) Financial Institution
9 8 (4.00%) Presentation Skills
9 8 (4.00%) Retail
10 7 (3.50%) Advertising
11 6 (3.00%) Investment Banking
12 4 (2.00%) Aerospace
12 4 (2.00%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (2.00%) Legal
12 4 (2.00%) Manufacturing
13 3 (1.50%) General Ledger
13 3 (1.50%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (1.50%) Telecoms
14 2 (1.00%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 37 (18.50%) Developer
2 26 (13.00%) Lead
3 25 (12.50%) Senior
4 19 (9.50%) Architect
5 18 (9.00%) Software Engineer
6 14 (7.00%) Analyst
7 12 (6.00%) Java Developer
8 11 (5.50%) Consultant
9 10 (5.00%) Applications Developer
9 10 (5.00%) Data Engineer
10 9 (4.50%) Angular Developer
10 9 (4.50%) Full Stack Developer
10 9 (4.50%) Real Time Developer
10 9 (4.50%) Web Applications Developer
11 7 (3.50%) Solutions Architect
12 6 (3.00%) C# Application Developer
12 6 (3.00%) C# Developer
12 6 (3.00%) C# Web Application Developer
12 6 (3.00%) Data Scientist
12 6 (3.00%) Full-Stack C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (6.00%) React
2 11 (5.50%) AngularJS
3 10 (5.00%) REST
4 9 (4.50%) RxJS
4 9 (4.50%) WebSockets
5 8 (4.00%) NumPy
5 8 (4.00%) Pandas
6 7 (3.50%) .NET
7 6 (3.00%) HTML
7 6 (3.00%) PyTorch
8 5 (2.50%) CSS
8 5 (2.50%) Kafka
8 5 (2.50%) TensorFlow
9 4 (2.00%) .NET Core
9 4 (2.00%) JSON
9 4 (2.00%) Matplotlib
9 4 (2.00%) RESTful
9 4 (2.00%) Swagger
10 3 (1.50%) Murex MxML
10 3 (1.50%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 23 (11.50%) Algorithms
2 18 (9.00%) Derivative
3 10 (5.00%) Equities
4 8 (4.00%) Management Information System
5 6 (3.00%) Mobile App
5 6 (3.00%) Product Ownership
6 5 (2.50%) Fixed Income
7 4 (2.00%) Blockchain
7 4 (2.00%) Credit Risk
7 4 (2.00%) Distributed Computing
7 4 (2.00%) Embedded Systems
7 4 (2.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 4 (2.00%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (1.50%) Cloud Native
8 3 (1.50%) Data Structures
8 3 (1.50%) Renewable Energy
9 2 (1.00%) Data Centre
9 2 (1.00%) FMCG
9 2 (1.00%) Market Risk
9 2 (1.00%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.50%) Linux
2 3 (1.50%) Android
2 3 (1.50%) Apple iOS
2 3 (1.50%) Unix
2 3 (1.50%) Windows
3 1 (0.50%) OS/390
3 1 (0.50%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 125 (62.50%) Computer Science
2 68 (34.00%) Problem-Solving
3 67 (33.50%) Agile
4 39 (19.50%) Software Engineering
5 37 (18.50%) Analytics
5 37 (18.50%) Machine Learning
6 26 (13.00%) Artificial Intelligence
6 26 (13.00%) Decision-Making
7 25 (12.50%) Data Science
8 23 (11.50%) DevOps
9 22 (11.00%) Continuous Improvement
10 21 (10.50%) Project Management
11 20 (10.00%) Data Analysis
11 20 (10.00%) Prototyping
12 18 (9.00%) Actionable Insight
13 16 (8.00%) Collaborative Culture
13 16 (8.00%) Statistics
13 16 (8.00%) User Acceptance Testing
14 15 (7.50%) Mathematics
14 15 (7.50%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 63 (31.50%) Python
2 34 (17.00%) SQL
3 27 (13.50%) Java
4 22 (11.00%) C#
5 19 (9.50%) JavaScript
6 14 (7.00%) C++
7 11 (5.50%) TypeScript
8 9 (4.50%) Scala
9 7 (3.50%) R
10 4 (2.00%) C
10 4 (2.00%) MATLAB
10 4 (2.00%) Shell Script
11 2 (1.00%) ABAP
11 2 (1.00%) DAML
11 2 (1.00%) Kotlin
11 2 (1.00%) Swift
11 2 (1.00%) VB
11 2 (1.00%) VBA
12 1 (0.50%) Bicep
12 1 (0.50%) Dart
Qualifications
1 200 (100.00%) Degree
2 69 (34.50%) Computer Science Degree
3 40 (20.00%) PhD
4 18 (9.00%) MBA
5 15 (7.50%) Security Cleared
6 10 (5.00%) SC Cleared
7 5 (2.50%) CISM
7 5 (2.50%) CISSP
8 4 (2.00%) CEH
8 4 (2.00%) PMI Certification
8 4 (2.00%) PMP
9 3 (1.50%) Azure Certification
9 3 (1.50%) Chartered Engineer
9 3 (1.50%) CITP
9 3 (1.50%) Numerate Degree
10 2 (1.00%) CBAP
10 2 (1.00%) CFA
10 2 (1.00%) CREST Certified
10 2 (1.00%) CSSLP
10 2 (1.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (6.00%) Data Quality
2 8 (4.00%) QA
3 5 (2.50%) SLA
4 4 (2.00%) Dodd-Frank
4 4 (2.00%) MiFID
4 4 (2.00%) NIST
5 3 (1.50%) Accessibility
6 2 (1.00%) COBIT
6 2 (1.00%) ISO 22301
6 2 (1.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (1.00%) PCI DSS
6 2 (1.00%) PMO
7 1 (0.50%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.50%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.50%) WCAG
System Software
1 7 (3.50%) Docker
2 2 (1.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.50%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (4.50%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.50%) Docker Swarm
3 2 (1.00%) Nessus
4 1 (0.50%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 22 (11.00%) Oracle
2 14 (7.00%) Microsoft
3 9 (4.50%) SAP
4 8 (4.00%) Databricks
5 7 (3.50%) Salesforce
6 6 (3.00%) Adobe
7 5 (2.50%) Google
8 4 (2.00%) Marketo
8 4 (2.00%) Optimizely
9 3 (1.50%) Cisco
9 3 (1.50%) ESRI
9 3 (1.50%) Genesys
9 3 (1.50%) Murex
10 2 (1.00%) EMC
10 2 (1.00%) Omniture
10 2 (1.00%) Qualys
10 2 (1.00%) ServiceNow
10 2 (1.00%) Splunk
10 2 (1.00%) VMware
10 2 (1.00%) Zoho