Postgraduate Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Postgraduate
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire with a requirement for Postgraduate qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 26 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 111 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Postgraduate 5 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 0.33% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.80% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 - -
South East median daily rate £446 - £650

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Berkshire

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 Berkshire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 628 535 765
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 41.87% 36.44% 44.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 435 292 452
10th Percentile £255 £245 £205
25th Percentile £361 £380 £335
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £556 £500
Median % change year-on-year -14.57% +11.20% -9.09%
75th Percentile £538 £656 £615
90th Percentile £625 £700 £675
South East median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% +0.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 29 54
10th Percentile £19.38 £41.20 £46.17
25th Percentile £20.79 £55.87 £54.67
Median hourly rate £68.50 £61.50 £63.00
Median % change year-on-year +11.39% -2.39% +117.24%
75th Percentile £95.00 £64.73 £68.63
90th Percentile £100.60 £74.97 £75.97
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £56.75 £60.00
% change year-on-year -55.68% -5.43% +33.33%

Postgraduate
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Postgraduate relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Postgraduate job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Postgraduate
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Postgraduate.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Postgraduate

Postgraduate
Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Postgraduate.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Postgraduate

Postgraduate
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 Postgraduate within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 26 December 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 £492 - 1
Postgraduate
South East

Postgraduate
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 5 (100.00%) AWS
1 5 (100.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 5 (100.00%) Firewall
1 5 (100.00%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 5 (100.00%) Burp Suite
1 5 (100.00%) Metasploit
General
1 5 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Penetration Tester
1 5 (100.00%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 5 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 5 (100.00%) Regulatory Compliance
2 4 (80.00%) Business Development
2 4 (80.00%) Commercial Awareness
2 4 (80.00%) Customer Service
2 4 (80.00%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (80.00%) Information Security
2 4 (80.00%) Line Management
2 4 (80.00%) Security Management
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) CHECK Team Member
1 5 (100.00%) CREST Certified
1 5 (100.00%) Cyber Scheme
1 5 (100.00%) Degree
1 5 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (100.00%) GDPR
1 5 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (100.00%) PCI DSS
2 4 (80.00%) PMO
2 4 (80.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 5 (100.00%) Nmap