Master's Degree Contracts with Work from Home Options

Master's Degree
UK > Work from Home

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) 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 205 273 408
Rank change year-on-year +68 +135 -52
Contract jobs citing Master's Degree 141 202 219
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.94% 0.81% 0.50%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.44% 3.17% 2.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 98 106 120
10th Percentile £355 £444 £403
25th Percentile £461 £466 £498
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £579 £590
Median % change year-on-year -5.01% -1.86% +18.00%
75th Percentile £716 £769 £688
90th Percentile £825 £875 £778
UK median daily rate £550 £625 £590
% change year-on-year -12.00% +5.93% +7.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 20 11
10th Percentile - - £21.00
25th Percentile £10.42 £42.50 £32.43
Median hourly rate £54.66 £45.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +21.47% - -15.09%
75th Percentile £65.00 £51.88 £51.13
90th Percentile - £65.00 £68.75
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
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,100 6,366 8,706
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 27.20% 25.37% 19.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,587 4,286 6,114
10th Percentile £331 £381 £369
25th Percentile £440 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £535
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +8.08%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £725 £745 £700
UK median daily rate £535 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 262 275 222
10th Percentile £15.85 £19.25 £19.37
25th Percentile £25.13 £42.50 £35.63
Median hourly rate £43.00 £64.68 £48.79
Median % change year-on-year -33.51% +32.56% +21.98%
75th Percentile £65.00 £72.50 £65.44
90th Percentile £83.20 £83.40 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £42.00
% change year-on-year -25.93% +28.57% +11.55%

Master's Degree
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Master's Degree as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Master's Degree trend for jobs with a WFH option

Master's Degree
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Master's Degree.

Master's Degree daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Master's Degree
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Master's Degree over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Master's Degree daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Master's Degree
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Master's Degree.

Master's Degree hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Master's Degree
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Master's Degree over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Master's Degree hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Master's Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 6 (4.26%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.13%) Confluence
3 2 (1.42%) CMS
3 2 (1.42%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.42%) Sitecore CMS
4 1 (0.71%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.71%) ArcGIS
4 1 (0.71%) Oracle Workflow
4 1 (0.71%) SAS
Applications
1 10 (7.09%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (4.96%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (4.26%) Chatbot
4 5 (3.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (2.84%) Sketch
6 3 (2.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 2 (1.42%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.71%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.71%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.71%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 3 (2.13%) Oracle Applications
2 2 (1.42%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.71%) Oracle AGIS
3 1 (0.71%) Oracle Assets
3 1 (0.71%) Oracle Cash Management
3 1 (0.71%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.71%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (0.71%) Oracle General Ledger
3 1 (0.71%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.71%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (0.71%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.71%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 1 (0.71%) SAP CX
3 1 (0.71%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 21 (14.89%) Azure
2 14 (9.93%) AWS
2 14 (9.93%) GCP
3 6 (4.26%) Cloud Computing
3 6 (4.26%) Twilio
4 5 (3.55%) npm
4 5 (3.55%) SaaS
5 4 (2.84%) Figma
5 4 (2.84%) Google Analytics
5 4 (2.84%) OCI
5 4 (2.84%) Power Platform
6 3 (2.13%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (2.13%) SuccessFactors
7 2 (1.42%) Adobe Analytics
7 2 (1.42%) GitHub
7 2 (1.42%) GitHub Actions
7 2 (1.42%) Vertex AI
8 1 (0.71%) Azure AKS
8 1 (0.71%) Microsoft 365
8 1 (0.71%) Oracle CX
Communications & Networking
1 9 (6.38%) CTI
1 9 (6.38%) VoIP
2 5 (3.55%) Wireless
3 4 (2.84%) Internet
3 4 (2.84%) Network Security
4 2 (1.42%) SAN
5 1 (0.71%) Firewall
5 1 (0.71%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (0.71%) NFC
5 1 (0.71%) PPP
5 1 (0.71%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.84%) Oracle Reports
1 4 (2.84%) Power BI
1 4 (2.84%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.42%) Big Data
2 2 (1.42%) BigQuery
2 2 (1.42%) Data Mart
2 2 (1.42%) Looker
2 2 (1.42%) Oracle Database
2 2 (1.42%) Relational Database
2 2 (1.42%) Tableau
3 1 (0.71%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.71%) Data Mining
3 1 (0.71%) Geospatial Data
3 1 (0.71%) GIS
3 1 (0.71%) KDB
3 1 (0.71%) NoSQL
3 1 (0.71%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 13 (9.22%) JIRA
2 8 (5.67%) Git
3 6 (4.26%) MLflow
3 6 (4.26%) Rational DOORS
4 5 (3.55%) webpack
5 4 (2.84%) Jenkins
5 4 (2.84%) Subversion
6 2 (1.42%) Bitbucket
6 2 (1.42%) Postman
6 2 (1.42%) TestRail
6 2 (1.42%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.71%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 1 (0.71%) CMake
7 1 (0.71%) Eclipse
7 1 (0.71%) GoogleTest
7 1 (0.71%) SpecFlow
7 1 (0.71%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.71%) Valgrind
General
1 66 (46.81%) Social Skills
2 58 (41.13%) Finance
3 49 (34.75%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (14.18%) Front Office
5 17 (12.06%) Marketing
6 13 (9.22%) Telecoms
7 12 (8.51%) Banking
8 10 (7.09%) Presentation Skills
9 9 (6.38%) Manufacturing
9 9 (6.38%) Retail
10 7 (4.96%) Financial Institution
10 7 (4.96%) Public Sector
11 6 (4.26%) Investment Banking
11 6 (4.26%) Legal
12 5 (3.55%) Documentation Skills
12 5 (3.55%) Law
13 4 (2.84%) Aerospace
13 4 (2.84%) Automotive
13 4 (2.84%) Influencing Skills
14 3 (2.13%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 26 (18.44%) Architect
2 22 (15.60%) Developer
3 20 (14.18%) Lead
4 18 (12.77%) Senior
5 16 (11.35%) Solutions Architect
6 10 (7.09%) Java Developer
7 9 (6.38%) Consultant
8 8 (5.67%) Software Engineer
9 7 (4.96%) Data Engineer
10 6 (4.26%) Analyst
10 6 (4.26%) C# Developer
10 6 (4.26%) Embedded Engineer
10 6 (4.26%) Embedded Software Engineer
10 6 (4.26%) Lead Data Engineer
10 6 (4.26%) Risk Consultant
10 6 (4.26%) Systems Engineer
11 5 (3.55%) Angular Developer
11 5 (3.55%) C# Web Application Developer
11 5 (3.55%) DOORS Engineer
11 5 (3.55%) Full Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (6.38%) Web Services
2 8 (5.67%) Middleware
3 6 (4.26%) REST
4 5 (3.55%) AngularJS
4 5 (3.55%) React
4 5 (3.55%) RxJS
4 5 (3.55%) WebSockets
5 4 (2.84%) PyTorch
5 4 (2.84%) Swagger
5 4 (2.84%) TensorFlow
6 3 (2.13%) .NET
6 3 (2.13%) CSS
6 3 (2.13%) DirectX
6 3 (2.13%) HTML
6 3 (2.13%) JSON
6 3 (2.13%) OpenGL
6 3 (2.13%) OpenGL ES
6 3 (2.13%) Vulkan
6 3 (2.13%) XML
7 2 (1.42%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 14 (9.93%) Algorithms
2 10 (7.09%) Derivative
2 10 (7.09%) Management Information System
3 9 (6.38%) IVR
4 4 (2.84%) Device Driver
5 3 (2.13%) 3D Graphics
5 3 (2.13%) Equities
5 3 (2.13%) Fixed Income
5 3 (2.13%) Marketing Technology
5 3 (2.13%) Mobile App
5 3 (2.13%) Ray Tracing
5 3 (2.13%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.42%) Blockchain
6 2 (1.42%) Credit Risk
6 2 (1.42%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 2 (1.42%) Greenfield Project
6 2 (1.42%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.42%) Smartcard
7 1 (0.71%) e-Health
7 1 (0.71%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 12 (8.51%) Windows
2 9 (6.38%) Unix
3 6 (4.26%) Linux
4 2 (1.42%) Android
4 2 (1.42%) Embedded Linux
5 1 (0.71%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (62.41%) Computer Science
2 53 (37.59%) Problem-Solving
3 44 (31.21%) Agile
4 24 (17.02%) Decision-Making
5 23 (16.31%) Artificial Intelligence
6 22 (15.60%) Analytics
6 22 (15.60%) Machine Learning
7 19 (13.48%) Risk Management
7 19 (13.48%) Software Engineering
7 19 (13.48%) Stakeholder Management
8 17 (12.06%) Collaborative Culture
9 16 (11.35%) Continuous Improvement
9 16 (11.35%) DevOps
10 14 (9.93%) Knowledge Transfer
10 14 (9.93%) Technical Leadership
11 13 (9.22%) Data Science
11 13 (9.22%) Validation
12 12 (8.51%) CRM
12 12 (8.51%) Data Analysis
12 12 (8.51%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 37 (26.24%) Python
2 22 (15.60%) SQL
3 20 (14.18%) Java
4 17 (12.06%) C++
5 14 (9.93%) C#
6 11 (7.80%) JavaScript
7 9 (6.38%) Scala
8 8 (5.67%) Shell Script
9 7 (4.96%) C
10 5 (3.55%) MATLAB
10 5 (3.55%) R
10 5 (3.55%) TypeScript
11 4 (2.84%) Assembly Language
12 2 (1.42%) Bash
12 2 (1.42%) PL/SQL
12 2 (1.42%) PowerShell
13 1 (0.71%) Perl
13 1 (0.71%) VBA
13 1 (0.71%) XAML
Qualifications
1 141 (100.00%) Degree
2 52 (36.88%) Computer Science Degree
3 36 (25.53%) PhD
4 12 (8.51%) MBA
5 10 (7.09%) CISSP
6 8 (5.67%) CISM
7 5 (3.55%) AWS Certification
7 5 (3.55%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 5 (3.55%) Azure Certification
7 5 (3.55%) ITIL Certification
7 5 (3.55%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (2.84%) Security Cleared
9 3 (2.13%) SC Cleared
10 2 (1.42%) CEH
10 2 (1.42%) CREST Certified
10 2 (1.42%) CSSLP
10 2 (1.42%) ISTQB
10 2 (1.42%) Numerate Degree
10 2 (1.42%) SAP Certification
11 1 (0.71%) CFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (8.51%) PCI DSS
2 7 (4.96%) NIST
3 6 (4.26%) Data Quality
4 5 (3.55%) GDPR
4 5 (3.55%) NIST 800
4 5 (3.55%) QA
5 4 (2.84%) Dodd-Frank
5 4 (2.84%) HIPAA
5 4 (2.84%) JTAG
5 4 (2.84%) MiFID
5 4 (2.84%) SOC 2
6 2 (1.42%) COBIT
6 2 (1.42%) ISO 22301
6 2 (1.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (1.42%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (2.84%) Docker
1 4 (2.84%) Embedded Firmware
1 4 (2.84%) Firmware
2 2 (1.42%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.42%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (1.42%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (2.84%) Kubernetes
2 3 (2.13%) Docker Swarm
3 2 (1.42%) Nessus
Vendors
1 21 (14.89%) Microsoft
2 12 (8.51%) Oracle
3 11 (7.80%) Google
4 9 (6.38%) Genesys
5 7 (4.96%) Adobe
5 7 (4.96%) Cisco
5 7 (4.96%) Databricks
5 7 (4.96%) SAP
6 6 (4.26%) Avaya
7 4 (2.84%) Optimizely
8 3 (2.13%) Salesforce
9 2 (1.42%) Ensighten
9 2 (1.42%) Monetate
9 2 (1.42%) Murex
9 2 (1.42%) Omniture
9 2 (1.42%) Qualys
9 2 (1.42%) Sitecore
9 2 (1.42%) Tealium
9 2 (1.42%) VMware
10 1 (0.71%) Workday