Postgraduate Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Postgraduate
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 Postgraduate qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 6 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 114 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Postgraduate 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.23% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.92% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £907 - -
25th Percentile £911 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £935 - -
75th Percentile £973 - -
90th Percentile £986 - -
Central London median daily rate £935 - -
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 - - -
Central London median hourly rate £27.50 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
City of 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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 437 521 600
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 25.44% 24.76% 20.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 296 310 359
10th Percentile £345 £362 £346
25th Percentile £456 £463 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £563 £555
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% +1.35% -3.48%
75th Percentile £675 £661 £694
90th Percentile £738 £768 £825
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 6 2
10th Percentile £20.55 £23.75 £23.45
25th Percentile £25.75 £27.00 £31.63
Median hourly rate £27.50 £29.75 £46.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.56% -36.02% +7.84%
75th Percentile £28.91 £92.44 £62.63
90th Percentile £50.91 £112.00 £71.55
Central London median hourly rate £28.15 £29.75 £46.50
% change year-on-year -5.38% -36.02% +7.84%

Postgraduate
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Postgraduate job vacancy trend in the City of London

Postgraduate
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Postgraduate.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Postgraduate

Postgraduate
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Postgraduate.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Postgraduate

Postgraduate
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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) KDB
1 1 (25.00%) Kdb+
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Artifactory
1 1 (25.00%) GitLab
1 1 (25.00%) QUnit
General
1 2 (50.00%) Front Office
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Banking
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Financial Institution
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Senior
1 2 (50.00%) Software Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) C++ Software Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Developer
2 1 (25.00%) KDB Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Lead
2 1 (25.00%) Linux Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Python Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Python Software Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) FIX Protocol
1 1 (25.00%) Swing
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Algorithms
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (25.00%) Distributed Computing
2 1 (25.00%) Fixed Income
2 1 (25.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Linux
2 1 (25.00%) Unix
2 1 (25.00%) Windows
2 1 (25.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Agile
1 2 (50.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (50.00%) Mathematics
1 2 (50.00%) Risk Management
1 2 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (25.00%) Algorithmic Trading
2 1 (25.00%) Batch Scripting
2 1 (25.00%) Code Quality
2 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (25.00%) Configuration Management
2 1 (25.00%) Physics
2 1 (25.00%) Project Management
2 1 (25.00%) Quality Management
2 1 (25.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 1 (25.00%) Scrum
2 1 (25.00%) Server Management
2 1 (25.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Sprint Planning
2 1 (25.00%) Statistical Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) C++
1 1 (25.00%) Fortran
1 1 (25.00%) Java
1 1 (25.00%) MATLAB
1 1 (25.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (25.00%) Python
1 1 (25.00%) R
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Rundeck