Master's Degree Contracts in the City of London

Master's Degree
Central London > City of London

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 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 114 146 171
Rank change year-on-year +32 +25 -51
Contract jobs citing Master's Degree 13 26 27
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.59% 0.71% 0.64%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.85% 3.68% 3.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 9 5
10th Percentile £445 £655 £560
25th Percentile £463 £713 £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £544 £725 £725
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% - +7.41%
75th Percentile £664 £775 £770
90th Percentile £774 £950 £916
Central London median daily rate £544 £725 £534
% change year-on-year -25.00% +35.90% -20.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 5
10th Percentile - £50.35 -
25th Percentile - £50.50 £18.50
Median hourly rate - £52.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year - +160.00% -20.00%
75th Percentile - £53.50 £46.75
90th Percentile - £53.65 £49.75
Central London median hourly rate - £52.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year - +160.00% -20.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
City of London

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 456 706 796
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 20.61% 19.31% 18.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 296 410 519
10th Percentile £383 £357 £363
25th Percentile £450 £475 £480
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.35% +4.55% +5.01%
75th Percentile £652 £725 £639
90th Percentile £775 £820 £725
Central London median daily rate £525 £573 £550
% change year-on-year -8.30% +4.09% +7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 5 17
10th Percentile £19.45 £18.06 £19.40
25th Percentile £20.22 £20.22 £36.25
Median hourly rate £20.82 £51.50 £45.50
Median % change year-on-year -59.58% +13.19% +82.00%
75th Percentile £27.00 £53.75 £58.75
90th Percentile £55.05 £71.75 £68.15
Central London median hourly rate £27.00 £51.50 £45.50
% change year-on-year -47.57% +13.19% +127.50%

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 26 April 2024.

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 1 (7.69%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (23.08%) Azure
2 2 (15.38%) AWS
2 2 (15.38%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (15.38%) Serverless
3 1 (7.69%) Azure API Management
3 1 (7.69%) Azure Data Factory
3 1 (7.69%) Azure Event Grid
3 1 (7.69%) Azure Functions
3 1 (7.69%) Azure Logic Apps
3 1 (7.69%) Azure Service Bus
3 1 (7.69%) GitHub
3 1 (7.69%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.69%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.69%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Atlassian Bamboo
1 1 (7.69%) Bitbucket
1 1 (7.69%) JIRA
General
1 7 (53.85%) Social Skills
2 6 (46.15%) Finance
3 4 (30.77%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (7.69%) Marketing
4 1 (7.69%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (7.69%) Public Sector
4 1 (7.69%) Publishing
4 1 (7.69%) Retail
Job Titles
1 4 (30.77%) Developer
2 3 (23.08%) Quantitative Developer
3 2 (15.38%) Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) Architect
3 2 (15.38%) Python Developer
4 1 (7.69%) Administrator
4 1 (7.69%) Applications Developer
4 1 (7.69%) Azure Architect
4 1 (7.69%) Business Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Data Scientist
4 1 (7.69%) DevOps Architect
4 1 (7.69%) IT Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) IT Risk Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Machine Learning Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Product Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Project Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Risk Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Salesforce Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (15.38%) Matplotlib
1 2 (15.38%) NumPy
1 2 (15.38%) Pandas
2 1 (7.69%) .NET
2 1 (7.69%) HTML
2 1 (7.69%) Kafka
2 1 (7.69%) PyTorch
2 1 (7.69%) scikit-learn
2 1 (7.69%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) Algorithms
2 2 (15.38%) Derivative
2 2 (15.38%) Equities
3 1 (7.69%) Blog
3 1 (7.69%) Cloud Native
3 1 (7.69%) DataPower
3 1 (7.69%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (7.69%) Market Risk
3 1 (7.69%) Product Ownership
3 1 (7.69%) Renewable Energy
3 1 (7.69%) Tandem
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (76.92%) Computer Science
2 4 (30.77%) CI/CD
2 4 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (23.08%) Agile
3 3 (23.08%) Data Analysis
3 3 (23.08%) DevOps
3 3 (23.08%) Mathematics
3 3 (23.08%) Visualisation
4 2 (15.38%) Analytics
4 2 (15.38%) Artificial Intelligence
4 2 (15.38%) Code Quality
4 2 (15.38%) Machine Learning
4 2 (15.38%) Project Management
4 2 (15.38%) Quantitative Research
4 2 (15.38%) Roadmaps
4 2 (15.38%) SDLC
4 2 (15.38%) Software Engineering
4 2 (15.38%) Technical Leadership
4 2 (15.38%) Test Automation
4 2 (15.38%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 6 (46.15%) Python
2 2 (15.38%) C++
2 2 (15.38%) Java
3 1 (7.69%) C
3 1 (7.69%) C#
3 1 (7.69%) JavaScript
3 1 (7.69%) PowerShell
3 1 (7.69%) R
3 1 (7.69%) Scala
3 1 (7.69%) Shell Script
3 1 (7.69%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (100.00%) Degree
2 5 (38.46%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (23.08%) PhD
4 2 (15.38%) Azure Certification
5 1 (7.69%) CISM
5 1 (7.69%) CISSP
5 1 (7.69%) MBA
5 1 (7.69%) PMI Certification
5 1 (7.69%) PMP
5 1 (7.69%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared
5 1 (7.69%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) NIST
1 1 (7.69%) NIST 800
System Software
1 1 (7.69%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (7.69%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.69%) CA Agile Central
2 1 (7.69%) Salesforce
2 1 (7.69%) Zoho