Postgraduate Contracts in the South East

Postgraduate
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for Postgraduate qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 11 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 196 - 260
Rank change year-on-year - - -36
Contract jobs citing Postgraduate 5 0 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.087% - 0.091%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.20% - 0.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 1
10th Percentile £377 - -
25th Percentile £625 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 - £467
Median % change year-on-year - - -11.89%
75th Percentile £675 - -
90th Percentile £698 - -
England median daily rate £555 £400 £356
% change year-on-year +38.75% +12.28% -30.83%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South East

Postgraduate falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in the South East.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,563 2,047 2,430
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 44.56% 36.20% 31.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,485 1,311 1,570
10th Percentile £350 £300 £310
25th Percentile £450 £415 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £650 £619 £625
90th Percentile £725 £700 £688
England median daily rate £535 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 222 131 92
10th Percentile £17.80 £20.47 £17.00
25th Percentile £30.10 £42.50 £21.00
Median hourly rate £57.35 £60.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.42% +33.33% +8.43%
75th Percentile £70.39 £73.59 £60.00
90th Percentile £87.46 £76.99 £68.68
England median hourly rate £40.33 £55.00 £40.50
% change year-on-year -26.68% +35.80% +12.50%

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 11 June 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 11 June 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 - 2
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