Postgraduate Contracts in Central London

Postgraduate
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London with a requirement for Postgraduate qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 25 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 129 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Postgraduate 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.10% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.40% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £931 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £963 - -
75th Percentile £994 - -
90th Percentile - - -
London median daily rate £963 £460 £375
% change year-on-year +109.24% +22.67% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £26.25 - -
Median hourly rate £27.50 - -
75th Percentile £28.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
London median hourly rate £27.50 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Central London

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 Central London.

DemandTrendContract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 504 545 709
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 25.21% 23.64% 20.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 334 343 436
10th Percentile £313 £363 £325
25th Percentile £450 £463 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £563 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% +2.27% -1.79%
75th Percentile £664 £650 £678
90th Percentile £757 £774 £820
London median daily rate £526 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.09% -2.27% -1.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 5 3
10th Percentile £25.04 £20.33 £16.89
25th Percentile £26.00 £20.50 £17.31
Median hourly rate £34.48 £27.00 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year +27.70% +50.00% -64.36%
75th Percentile £57.96 - £47.75
90th Percentile £65.57 £37.05 £65.60
London median hourly rate £25.15 £31.62 £55.00
% change year-on-year -20.46% -42.51% +25.20%

Postgraduate
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Job postings citing Postgraduate as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Job vacancy trend for Postgraduate in Central London

Postgraduate
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Postgraduate.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Postgraduate

Postgraduate
Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Postgraduate.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Postgraduate

Postgraduate
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Postgraduate within the Central London region over the 6 months to 25 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
City of London - 2 £963 - 8
Postgraduate
London

Postgraduate
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) KDB
1 1 (50.00%) Kdb+
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Artifactory
1 1 (50.00%) GitLab
1 1 (50.00%) QUnit
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Financial Institution
1 1 (50.00%) Front Office
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) C++ Software Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Developer
1 1 (50.00%) KDB Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Linux Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Python Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Python Software Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Senior
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Algorithms
1 1 (50.00%) Distributed Computing
1 1 (50.00%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
2 1 (50.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Algorithmic Trading
2 1 (50.00%) Code Quality
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Data Science
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Flow Trading
2 1 (50.00%) Low Latency
2 1 (50.00%) Mathematics
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Monitoring
2 1 (50.00%) Physics
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 1 (50.00%) SDLC
2 1 (50.00%) Software Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Statistical Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) C++
1 1 (50.00%) Fortran
1 1 (50.00%) MATLAB
1 1 (50.00%) Python
1 1 (50.00%) R
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Rundeck