Master's Degree Contracts in the City of London

Master's Degree
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London 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 5 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 103 104 135
Rank change year-on-year +1 +31 +35
Contract jobs citing Master's Degree 19 26 30
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 1.05% 1.22% 0.85%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.26% 5.50% 4.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 15 15
10th Percentile £518 £463 £573
25th Percentile £528 £541 £706
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £704 £650 £750
Median % change year-on-year +8.31% -13.33% +66.67%
75th Percentile £763 £804 £950
90th Percentile £777 £859 £995
Central London median daily rate £704 £650 £750
% change year-on-year +8.31% -13.33% +66.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £50.35
25th Percentile - - £50.50
Median hourly rate - - £52.00
75th Percentile - - £53.50
90th Percentile - - £53.65
Central London median hourly rate - - £52.00
% change year-on-year - - +8.33%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
City of London

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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 446 473 713
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 24.55% 22.11% 20.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 300 301 420
10th Percentile £361 £375 £398
25th Percentile £463 £460 £473
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £554 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year +0.64% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £700
90th Percentile £763 £775 £825
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 5 6
10th Percentile £21.41 - £17.31
25th Percentile £26.16 £20.22 £18.56
Median hourly rate £45.33 £21.00 £36.10
Median % change year-on-year +115.83% -41.83% -17.01%
75th Percentile £65.12 £27.00 £53.50
90th Percentile £82.79 - £68.75
Central London median hourly rate £34.48 £24.00 £36.10
% change year-on-year +43.67% -33.52% -17.01%

Master's Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Master's Degree in the City of London

Master's Degree
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

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

Daily rate trend for Master's Degree in the City of London

Master's Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Master's Degree in the City of London over the 6 months to 5 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Master's Degree in the City of London

Master's Degree
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

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

Hourly rate trend for Master's Degree in the City of London

Master's Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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 6 (31.58%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 2 (10.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 4 (21.05%) Azure
2 2 (10.53%) Amazon SageMaker
2 2 (10.53%) AWS
2 2 (10.53%) Azure Machine Learning
2 2 (10.53%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (31.58%) Apache Hive
1 6 (31.58%) Hadoop
2 2 (10.53%) MySQL
2 2 (10.53%) NoSQL
3 1 (5.26%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 2 (10.53%) Git
1 2 (10.53%) MLflow
2 1 (5.26%) Bitbucket
2 1 (5.26%) JIRA
2 1 (5.26%) TeamCity
General
1 18 (94.74%) Finance
2 10 (52.63%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (42.11%) Banking
4 7 (36.84%) Financial Institution
5 4 (21.05%) Social Skills
6 3 (15.79%) Front Office
7 2 (10.53%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (5.26%) Advertising
8 1 (5.26%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (26.32%) Developer
2 4 (21.05%) Gen AI Specialist
3 3 (15.79%) Data Scientist
3 3 (15.79%) Python Developer
4 2 (10.53%) Data Engineer
4 2 (10.53%) Lead
4 2 (10.53%) Project Manager
5 1 (5.26%) Analyst
5 1 (5.26%) C++ Software Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Data Science Developer
5 1 (5.26%) Gen AI Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Java Developer
5 1 (5.26%) Lead Data Scientist
5 1 (5.26%) Lead Software Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) PMO Manager
5 1 (5.26%) Python Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Report Analyst
5 1 (5.26%) Risk Manager
5 1 (5.26%) Risk Project Manager
5 1 (5.26%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (31.58%) PySpark
1 6 (31.58%) TensorFlow
2 3 (15.79%) NumPy
2 3 (15.79%) Pandas
3 2 (10.53%) Django
3 2 (10.53%) Flask
4 1 (5.26%) Dask
4 1 (5.26%) FIX Protocol
4 1 (5.26%) LangChain
4 1 (5.26%) Protocol Buffers
4 1 (5.26%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 5 (26.32%) Credit Risk
1 5 (26.32%) Distributed Computing
2 4 (21.05%) Algorithms
3 2 (10.53%) Derivative
3 2 (10.53%) Product Ownership
4 1 (5.26%) Distributed Architecture
4 1 (5.26%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (5.26%) Equity Derivative
4 1 (5.26%) Exotic Derivative
4 1 (5.26%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (5.26%) Hedge funds
4 1 (5.26%) Interest Rate Derivative
4 1 (5.26%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.26%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (73.68%) Computer Science
2 11 (57.89%) Artificial Intelligence
2 11 (57.89%) Mathematics
3 10 (52.63%) Machine Learning
4 8 (42.11%) Data Science
4 8 (42.11%) LLM
4 8 (42.11%) Risk Management
5 7 (36.84%) Generative AI
6 5 (26.32%) Agile
6 5 (26.32%) Analytics
6 5 (26.32%) Credit Risk Management
7 4 (21.05%) Data Analytics
7 4 (21.05%) Data Extraction
7 4 (21.05%) Statistics
8 3 (15.79%) Actionable Insight
8 3 (15.79%) Deep Learning
8 3 (15.79%) DevOps
8 3 (15.79%) Financial Modelling
8 3 (15.79%) Problem-Solving
9 2 (10.53%) Investment Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (73.68%) Python
2 8 (42.11%) SQL
3 3 (15.79%) C++
4 2 (10.53%) Java
Qualifications
1 19 (100.00%) Degree
2 9 (47.37%) PhD
3 4 (21.05%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (10.53%) PMI Certification
4 2 (10.53%) PMP
5 1 (5.26%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.53%) MiFID
1 2 (10.53%) NIST
2 1 (5.26%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (5.26%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (10.53%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (5.26%) Microsoft