Master's Degree Contracts in the UK excluding London

Master's Degree
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Master's Degree qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 241 289 346
Rank change year-on-year +48 +57 -34
Contract jobs citing Master's Degree 157 162 173
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.77% 0.69% 0.57%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.08% 2.10% 2.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 82 100 94
10th Percentile £351 £252 £140
25th Percentile £488 £400 £270
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £480
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £661 £579 £588
90th Percentile £750 £738 £743
UK median daily rate £550 £625 £590
% change year-on-year -12.00% +5.93% +7.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 31 18
10th Percentile £28.49 £20.47 £19.52
25th Percentile £41.50 £42.50 £19.62
Median hourly rate £55.00 £45.00 £26.12
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% +72.28% -1.43%
75th Percentile £64.38 £65.00 £47.50
90th Percentile £86.00 - £52.65
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £45.00 £28.00
% change year-on-year +22.22% +60.71% -26.56%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 7,550 7,726 7,979
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 36.86% 32.93% 26.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,354 5,173 5,169
10th Percentile £270 £287 £255
25th Percentile £425 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £530 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.94% +6.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £638 £635 £600
90th Percentile £725 £712 £675
UK median daily rate £535 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 932 644 522
10th Percentile £13.52 £13.94 £13.25
25th Percentile £16.50 £20.00 £16.52
Median hourly rate £40.94 £50.00 £31.89
Median % change year-on-year -18.12% +56.79% -7.67%
75th Percentile £63.29 £65.75 £55.96
90th Percentile £77.50 £78.00 £65.25
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £42.00
% change year-on-year -25.93% +28.57% +11.55%

Master's Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Master's Degree in the UK excluding London

Master's Degree
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Master's Degree in the UK excluding London

Master's Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Master's Degree in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Master's Degree in the UK excluding London

Master's Degree
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Master's Degree in the UK excluding London

Master's Degree
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Master's Degree in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Master's Degree in the UK excluding London

Master's Degree
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding 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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 9 May 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
South East +9 50 £525 +5.00% 172
East of England +14 30 £700 +83.85% 125
South West +9 26 £588 +6.82% 81
North of England +37 19 £676 +4.00% 148
Midlands +34 17 £550 +25.00% 129
West Midlands +28 16 £550 +10.00% 85
North West +19 15 £676 +4.00% 85
Scotland +46 11 £478 +3.80% 39
Northern Ireland - 4 £538 - 10
North East - 3 £588 - 29
East Midlands +17 1 - - 44
Yorkshire - 1 - - 39
Master's Degree
UK

Master's Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 15 (9.55%) Confluence
2 3 (1.91%) Oracle Workflow
3 2 (1.27%) IIS
4 1 (0.64%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.64%) Apache
Applications
1 14 (8.92%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (4.46%) Simulink
2 7 (4.46%) Stateflow
3 5 (3.18%) TargetLink
4 4 (2.55%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (1.27%) Adobe XD
5 2 (1.27%) InVision
5 2 (1.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (1.27%) Sketch
5 2 (1.27%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.64%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.64%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.64%) SPSS
6 1 (0.64%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 7 (4.46%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.91%) Oracle EBS R12
2 3 (1.91%) SAP SD
3 2 (1.27%) SAP ERP
3 2 (1.27%) SAP MDG
4 1 (0.64%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.64%) Hyperion Planning
4 1 (0.64%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 1 (0.64%) Oracle Cash Management
4 1 (0.64%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.64%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.64%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.64%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.64%) Primavera
4 1 (0.64%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.64%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.64%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.64%) SAP Payroll
4 1 (0.64%) SAP SCM
4 1 (0.64%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 15 (9.55%) Azure
2 8 (5.10%) AWS
3 4 (2.55%) GCP
4 3 (1.91%) OpenShift
5 2 (1.27%) Figma
5 2 (1.27%) PaaS
5 2 (1.27%) Power Platform
6 1 (0.64%) Amazon SageMaker
6 1 (0.64%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (0.64%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (0.64%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (0.64%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (0.64%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.82%) VSAN
2 5 (3.18%) Internet
2 5 (3.18%) Wireless
3 4 (2.55%) SAN
4 3 (1.91%) TCP/IP
5 2 (1.27%) LTE
5 2 (1.27%) RS-485
5 2 (1.27%) VPN
6 1 (0.64%) DNS
6 1 (0.64%) Firewall
6 1 (0.64%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.64%) Network Security
6 1 (0.64%) NFC
6 1 (0.64%) PPP
6 1 (0.64%) RTMP
6 1 (0.64%) RTP
6 1 (0.64%) RTSP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.82%) Relational Database
2 5 (3.18%) Big Data
2 5 (3.18%) MySQL
3 3 (1.91%) Data Lake
3 3 (1.91%) Metadata
3 3 (1.91%) Oracle Database
3 3 (1.91%) Oracle Reports
3 3 (1.91%) RDBMS
3 3 (1.91%) SQL Server
4 2 (1.27%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (1.27%) MariaDB
4 2 (1.27%) MongoDB
4 2 (1.27%) NoSQL
4 2 (1.27%) Power BI
4 2 (1.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.64%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.64%) Data Mining
5 1 (0.64%) Essbase
5 1 (0.64%) Hadoop
5 1 (0.64%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 24 (15.29%) JIRA
2 17 (10.83%) Git
3 10 (6.37%) Rational DOORS
3 10 (6.37%) Subversion
4 9 (5.73%) Bitbucket
5 7 (4.46%) Jenkins
6 4 (2.55%) TestRail
7 3 (1.91%) Selenium
8 2 (1.27%) CMake
8 2 (1.27%) JMeter
8 2 (1.27%) LoadRunner
8 2 (1.27%) Rational Team Concert
8 2 (1.27%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.64%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 1 (0.64%) Eclipse
9 1 (0.64%) GoogleTest
9 1 (0.64%) LabVIEW
9 1 (0.64%) Maven
9 1 (0.64%) Team Foundation Server
9 1 (0.64%) Valgrind
General
1 63 (40.13%) Social Skills
2 41 (26.11%) Analytical Skills
3 33 (21.02%) Finance
4 22 (14.01%) Public Sector
5 15 (9.55%) Marketing
5 15 (9.55%) Presentation Skills
6 12 (7.64%) Telecoms
7 11 (7.01%) Aerospace
7 11 (7.01%) Automotive
7 11 (7.01%) Manufacturing
8 7 (4.46%) Banking
8 7 (4.46%) Electronics
8 7 (4.46%) Pharmaceutical
9 6 (3.82%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (3.18%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (3.18%) Influencing Skills
10 5 (3.18%) Legal
11 4 (2.55%) Law
12 3 (1.91%) French Language
13 2 (1.27%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 38 (24.20%) Architect
2 30 (19.11%) Senior
3 18 (11.46%) Software Engineer
4 17 (10.83%) Systems Engineer
5 14 (8.92%) Software Architect
5 14 (8.92%) Solutions Architect
6 13 (8.28%) Developer
7 12 (7.64%) Project Manager
8 10 (6.37%) Embedded Engineer
8 10 (6.37%) Embedded Software Engineer
9 9 (5.73%) Lead
9 9 (5.73%) Senior Systems Engineer
10 6 (3.82%) Senior Software Engineer
11 5 (3.18%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 5 (3.18%) Integration Engineer
11 5 (3.18%) Principal Systems Engineer
11 5 (3.18%) Security Project Manager
11 5 (3.18%) Senior Integration Engineer
11 5 (3.18%) Software Integration Engineer
11 5 (3.18%) Systems Integration Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (7.64%) DirectX
1 12 (7.64%) OpenGL
1 12 (7.64%) OpenGL ES
1 12 (7.64%) Vulkan
2 6 (3.82%) .NET
3 5 (3.18%) Flash
3 5 (3.18%) React
3 5 (3.18%) Spring
4 4 (2.55%) .NET Framework
4 4 (2.55%) AngularJS
4 4 (2.55%) CSS
4 4 (2.55%) HTML
4 4 (2.55%) PyTorch
4 4 (2.55%) TensorFlow
5 2 (1.27%) ModSecurity
5 2 (1.27%) XML
6 1 (0.64%) Hibernate
6 1 (0.64%) J2EE
6 1 (0.64%) JSON
6 1 (0.64%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 23 (14.65%) Management Information System
2 15 (9.55%) Algorithms
3 10 (6.37%) 3D Graphics
3 10 (6.37%) Ray Tracing
3 10 (6.37%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (3.82%) Life Science
5 5 (3.18%) Analytical Mindset
5 5 (3.18%) Clustering
5 5 (3.18%) Data Centre
5 5 (3.18%) Device Driver
6 4 (2.55%) Data Structures
6 4 (2.55%) Embedded Systems
6 4 (2.55%) Public Cloud
7 3 (1.91%) Operational Technology
7 3 (1.91%) Photography
7 3 (1.91%) PKI
7 3 (1.91%) Renewable Energy
8 2 (1.27%) CCTV
8 2 (1.27%) Product Ownership
8 2 (1.27%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 22 (14.01%) Windows
2 19 (12.10%) Linux
3 14 (8.92%) Unix
4 6 (3.82%) Android
5 5 (3.18%) Embedded Linux
6 4 (2.55%) SafeRTOS
7 2 (1.27%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.64%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (35.67%) Problem-Solving
2 55 (35.03%) Computer Science
3 43 (27.39%) Agile
4 35 (22.29%) Software Engineering
5 34 (21.66%) Validation
6 26 (16.56%) Project Management
7 20 (12.74%) Roadmaps
8 19 (12.10%) Stakeholder Management
9 18 (11.46%) Collaborative Working
9 18 (11.46%) Continuous Improvement
9 18 (11.46%) Decision-Making
10 17 (10.83%) UML
11 16 (10.19%) Risk Management
12 15 (9.55%) Cybersecurity
12 15 (9.55%) Software Architecture
13 13 (8.28%) Change Management
14 12 (7.64%) Artificial Intelligence
14 12 (7.64%) Machine Learning
14 12 (7.64%) Test Strategy
14 12 (7.64%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 26 (16.56%) C
2 25 (15.92%) Python
3 20 (12.74%) C++
4 17 (10.83%) SQL
5 14 (8.92%) Java
6 11 (7.01%) C#
6 11 (7.01%) MATLAB
7 7 (4.46%) JavaScript
7 7 (4.46%) Shell Script
8 4 (2.55%) Assembly Language
8 4 (2.55%) Bash
8 4 (2.55%) PowerShell
8 4 (2.55%) R
9 3 (1.91%) Perl
9 3 (1.91%) PL/SQL
9 3 (1.91%) Rust
10 2 (1.27%) Fortran
11 1 (0.64%) Groovy
11 1 (0.64%) Julia
11 1 (0.64%) XAML
Qualifications
1 157 (100.00%) Degree
2 32 (20.38%) Computer Science Degree
3 25 (15.92%) PhD
4 17 (10.83%) Security Cleared
5 16 (10.19%) SC Cleared
6 8 (5.10%) CISSP
6 8 (5.10%) MBA
7 7 (4.46%) ITIL Certification
8 6 (3.82%) CISA
8 6 (3.82%) Cisco Certification
8 6 (3.82%) CISM
9 5 (3.18%) CCNA
9 5 (3.18%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 4 (2.55%) Chartered Engineer
10 4 (2.55%) PMP
11 3 (1.91%) HNC
11 3 (1.91%) ISTQB
11 3 (1.91%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 3 (1.91%) PMI Certification
11 3 (1.91%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (6.37%) PCI DSS
2 6 (3.82%) GDPR
2 6 (3.82%) QA
3 5 (3.18%) AUTOSAR
3 5 (3.18%) ISO 26262
3 5 (3.18%) MISRA
3 5 (3.18%) MISRA C
4 4 (2.55%) Accessibility
4 4 (2.55%) JTAG
5 2 (1.27%) Data Quality
5 2 (1.27%) HIPAA
5 2 (1.27%) PMO
5 2 (1.27%) WCAG
6 1 (0.64%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.64%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 12 (7.64%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (5.10%) VMware NSX
3 5 (3.18%) VMware ESXi
4 4 (2.55%) Embedded Firmware
4 4 (2.55%) Firmware
5 2 (1.27%) Active Directory
5 2 (1.27%) Docker
5 2 (1.27%) vSphere
6 1 (0.64%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 5 (3.18%) vCenter Server
2 3 (1.91%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.91%) PowerCLI
3 2 (1.27%) Ansible
3 2 (1.27%) OPNET
3 2 (1.27%) Terraform
Vendors
1 28 (17.83%) Microsoft
2 16 (10.19%) SAP
3 13 (8.28%) VMware
4 9 (5.73%) Atlassian
5 8 (5.10%) Cisco
6 7 (4.46%) Oracle
7 5 (3.18%) Google
8 3 (1.91%) Ariba
8 3 (1.91%) Workday
9 2 (1.27%) Databricks
9 2 (1.27%) JDA
9 2 (1.27%) MathWorks
10 1 (0.64%) Adobe
10 1 (0.64%) Apple
10 1 (0.64%) Dell
10 1 (0.64%) Foundry
10 1 (0.64%) HP
10 1 (0.64%) Hyperion
10 1 (0.64%) Qualtrics
10 1 (0.64%) Red Hat