MPhil Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Master of Philosophy (MPhil)
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 MPhil qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 4 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 119 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing MPhil 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.053% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.20% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Central London median daily rate - - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
City of London

MPhil 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 511 476 476
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 27.04% 25.77% 19.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 376 276 312
10th Percentile £371 £356 £334
25th Percentile £426 £456 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £535 £540
Median % change year-on-year -1.87% -0.93% -10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £675
90th Percentile £738 £750 £775
Central London median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - -11.02%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 4 4
10th Percentile £20.65 £24.78 £19.32
25th Percentile £25.77 £28.94 £19.90
Median hourly rate £28.00 £72.25 £46.66
Median % change year-on-year -61.25% +54.85% +13.11%
75th Percentile £52.16 £112.00 £74.69
90th Percentile £59.86 - £76.38
Central London median hourly rate £25.62 £72.25 £42.49
% change year-on-year -64.54% +70.06% +2.99%

MPhil
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing MPhil relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

MPhil job vacancy trend in the City of London

MPhil
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Synthetic Data
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Experimental Design
1 1 (100.00%) LLM
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Model Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Open Source
1 1 (100.00%) Red Team
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Master's Degree
1 1 (100.00%) PhD