Master's Degree Contracts in Berkshire

Master's Degree
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire with a requirement for Master's Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 77 112 98
Rank change year-on-year +35 -14 +18
Contract jobs citing Master's Degree 18 10 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 1.53% 0.50% 0.72%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.25% 1.13% 2.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 5 4
10th Percentile £395 £406 £501
25th Percentile £431 £475 £516
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -2.07%
75th Percentile £594 - £575
90th Percentile £666 £584 -
South East median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 0
Median hourly rate £87.05 £41.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +109.76% - -
South East median hourly rate £87.05 £65.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year +33.92% +44.44% +114.29%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Berkshire

Master's Degree 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 Berkshire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 424 886 572
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 36.05% 44.72% 31.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 230 431 334
10th Percentile £313 £213 £341
25th Percentile £441 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £534 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.00% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £656 £631 £635
90th Percentile £700 £688 £721
South East median daily rate £537 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.36% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 81 39
10th Percentile £32.05 £41.50 £20.70
25th Percentile £59.44 £52.90 £50.45
Median hourly rate £66.87 £61.60 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.56% -5.23% +208.79%
75th Percentile £79.30 £75.24 £75.38
90th Percentile £88.73 £87.46 £80.25
South East median hourly rate £56.75 £57.35 £57.32
% change year-on-year -1.05% +0.05% +27.77%

Master's Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Master's Degree in Berkshire

Master's Degree
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Daily rate trend for Master's Degree in Berkshire

Master's Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Master's Degree in Berkshire over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Master's Degree in Berkshire

Master's Degree
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Master's Degree in Berkshire

Master's Degree
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

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 Berkshire region over the 6 months to 2 May 2025. 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
Wokingham -5 7 £538 -12.60% 2
Reading +40 5 £500 +35.69% 23
Bracknell +20 5 £450 - 2
Slough - 1 £630 - 18
Master's Degree
South East

Master's Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 1 (5.56%) Oracle Service Bus
1 1 (5.56%) Oracle SOA Suite
Business Applications
1 2 (11.11%) SAP Oil and Gas
1 2 (11.11%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (5.56%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 4 (22.22%) Azure
2 1 (5.56%) AWS
2 1 (5.56%) Azure Monitor
2 1 (5.56%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (5.56%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (5.56%) Entra ID
2 1 (5.56%) GCP
2 1 (5.56%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.56%) Firewall
1 1 (5.56%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (5.56%) Network Security
1 1 (5.56%) SSL
1 1 (5.56%) VPN
Development Applications
1 3 (16.67%) Selenium
2 2 (11.11%) Burp Suite
2 2 (11.11%) Metasploit
3 1 (5.56%) CMake
3 1 (5.56%) Git
General
1 12 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 5 (27.78%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (22.22%) Legal
4 3 (16.67%) Manufacturing
5 2 (11.11%) Agriculture
5 2 (11.11%) Finance
5 2 (11.11%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (5.56%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (16.67%) Architect
2 2 (11.11%) Auditor
2 2 (11.11%) HR Manager
2 2 (11.11%) Information Security Auditor
2 2 (11.11%) Payroll Manager
2 2 (11.11%) Penetration Tester
2 2 (11.11%) Project Manager
2 2 (11.11%) Security Auditor
2 2 (11.11%) Tester
3 1 (5.56%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
3 1 (5.56%) Enterprise Architect
3 1 (5.56%) Information Assurance Specialist
3 1 (5.56%) Information Manager
3 1 (5.56%) Information Security Specialist
3 1 (5.56%) Information Specialist
3 1 (5.56%) Lead
3 1 (5.56%) SAP Architect
3 1 (5.56%) SAP Enterprise Architect
3 1 (5.56%) Security Architect
3 1 (5.56%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (11.11%) OAuth
2 1 (5.56%) CNTK
2 1 (5.56%) Middleware
2 1 (5.56%) OAuth2
2 1 (5.56%) OpenVINO
2 1 (5.56%) PyTorch
2 1 (5.56%) REST
2 1 (5.56%) SOAP
2 1 (5.56%) TensorFlow
2 1 (5.56%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 6 (33.33%) Algorithms
2 5 (27.78%) Cloud Native
3 4 (22.22%) Management Information System
4 2 (11.11%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (11.11%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (11.11%) Life Science
4 2 (11.11%) Renewable Energy
4 2 (11.11%) Security Posture
5 1 (5.56%) Cyber Defence
5 1 (5.56%) Cyberattack
5 1 (5.56%) Operational Technology
5 1 (5.56%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 2 (11.11%) Windows
2 1 (5.56%) Android
2 1 (5.56%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (83.33%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (38.89%) Agile
2 7 (38.89%) Computer Science
2 7 (38.89%) Scenario Testing
3 6 (33.33%) Information Security
3 6 (33.33%) Mathematics
4 5 (27.78%) Data Collection
4 5 (27.78%) Data Modelling
4 5 (27.78%) Exploratory Testing
4 5 (27.78%) Optimization Problems
4 5 (27.78%) Test Automation
5 4 (22.22%) Data Protection
5 4 (22.22%) Roadmaps
5 4 (22.22%) Vulnerability Management
6 3 (16.67%) Artificial Intelligence
6 3 (16.67%) Data Loss Prevention
6 3 (16.67%) Functional Testing
6 3 (16.67%) Incident Management
6 3 (16.67%) Regulatory Compliance
6 3 (16.67%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (44.44%) Python
2 5 (27.78%) Java
3 3 (16.67%) C++
4 2 (11.11%) C
4 2 (11.11%) Ruby
5 1 (5.56%) PL/SQL
5 1 (5.56%) SQL
Qualifications
1 18 (100.00%) Degree
2 6 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (16.67%) CISMP
4 2 (11.11%) CEH
4 2 (11.11%) CISSP
4 2 (11.11%) CompTIA Security+
4 2 (11.11%) GPEN
4 2 (11.11%) GWAPT
4 2 (11.11%) OSCE
4 2 (11.11%) OSCP
4 2 (11.11%) PMI Certification
4 2 (11.11%) PMP
5 1 (5.56%) CCSK
5 1 (5.56%) CISA
5 1 (5.56%) CISM
5 1 (5.56%) DV Cleared
5 1 (5.56%) GIAC
5 1 (5.56%) SANS
5 1 (5.56%) Security Cleared
5 1 (5.56%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (27.78%) QA
2 3 (16.67%) GDPR
3 2 (11.11%) HIPAA
3 2 (11.11%) NIST
3 2 (11.11%) PCI DSS
4 1 (5.56%) GRC
4 1 (5.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (5.56%) NIST 800
System Software
1 1 (5.56%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (5.56%) CASB
Vendors
1 3 (16.67%) SAP
2 2 (11.11%) Microsoft
3 1 (5.56%) CyberArk
3 1 (5.56%) Forcepoint
3 1 (5.56%) Google
3 1 (5.56%) OpenAI
3 1 (5.56%) Oracle
3 1 (5.56%) Salesforce