Postgraduate Contracts in the South East

Postgraduate
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for Postgraduate qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 19 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 201 - 260
Rank change year-on-year - - -63
Contract jobs citing Postgraduate 5 0 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.089% - 0.089%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.20% - 0.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 2
10th Percentile £377 - £497
25th Percentile £625 - £541
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 - £621
Median % change year-on-year - - +17.17%
75th Percentile £675 - £707
90th Percentile £698 - £755
England median daily rate £575 £400 £273
% change year-on-year +43.75% +46.79% -46.04%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South East

Postgraduate 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 the South East with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,525 2,204 2,528
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 45.03% 37.21% 32.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,419 1,457 1,607
10th Percentile £300 £293 £275
25th Percentile £438 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% +8.11%
75th Percentile £646 £623 £615
90th Percentile £725 £708 £688
England median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 213 142 87
10th Percentile £16.50 £20.52 £19.52
25th Percentile £26.73 £42.50 £21.00
Median hourly rate £57.35 £55.00 £43.95
Median % change year-on-year +4.27% +25.14% +9.88%
75th Percentile £66.74 £67.41 £56.52
90th Percentile £84.44 £75.00 £67.80
England median hourly rate £40.00 £52.00 £36.46
% change year-on-year -23.08% +42.64% -5.31%

Postgraduate
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Postgraduate as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Postgraduate in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Postgraduate in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Postgraduate in the South East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Postgraduate in the South East over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Postgraduate in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Postgraduate in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Postgraduate in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Postgraduate within the South East region over the 6 months to 19 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
Kent - 4 £650 -
Hampshire - 1 £212 - 1
Postgraduate
England

Postgraduate
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (60.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (60.00%) Power BI
General
1 4 (80.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (60.00%) Finance
2 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (20.00%) Analyst
1 1 (20.00%) Head of Analysis
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 4 (80.00%) Decision-Making
1 4 (80.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 3 (60.00%) Analytics
2 3 (60.00%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (60.00%) Customer Service
2 3 (60.00%) Customer-Centricity
2 3 (60.00%) Data Analysis
2 3 (60.00%) Data Strategy
2 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (60.00%) Visualisation
3 2 (40.00%) Actionable Insight
3 2 (40.00%) Performance Monitoring
4 1 (20.00%) Critical Thinking
4 1 (20.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
4 1 (20.00%) Economics
4 1 (20.00%) Project Management
4 1 (20.00%) Statistics
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) PMO