The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for Master's Degree qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 25 October 2021 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
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 advertised in the City of London with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.
Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications
493
332
839
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London
12.65%
18.51%
14.12%
Number of daily rates quoted
346
237
654
10th Percentile
£310
£306
£300
25th Percentile
£413
£413
£410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£534
£513
£500
Median % change year-on-year
+4.15%
+2.50%
+4.17%
75th Percentile
£635
£588
£613
90th Percentile
£688
£650
£698
Central London median daily rate
£540
£500
£500
% change year-on-year
+8.00%
-
+2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted
10
8
11
10th Percentile
£17.58
£23.58
£10.50
25th Percentile
£22.50
£32.50
£12.75
Median hourly rate
£30.00
£36.75
£20.50
Median % change year-on-year
-18.37%
+79.27%
+9.63%
75th Percentile
£35.25
£40.94
£38.51
90th Percentile
£44.98
£46.00
£52.25
Central London median hourly rate
£28.00
£35.75
£22.50
% change year-on-year
-21.68%
+58.89%
+20.32%
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.
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.
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.
Master's Degree Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in the City of London
For the 6 months to 25 October 2021, IT contractor jobs citing Master's Degree also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the City of London region with a requirement for Master's Degree.
Master's Degree Co-occurring IT Skills in the City of London by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
