Postgraduate Contract Job Trends in Devon

Postgraduate
South West > Devon

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Devon with a requirement for Postgraduate qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 21 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 32 -
Rank change year-on-year +8 - -
Contract jobs citing Postgraduate 1 1 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Devon 0.63% 0.44% -
As % of the Qualifications category 1.10% 0.93% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £500 -
South West median daily rate - £500 -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Devon

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 Devon.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 91 107 86
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Devon 56.88% 47.35% 45.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 70 76
10th Percentile - £408 £465
25th Percentile £145 £491 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -54.17% - -3.23%
75th Percentile £548 £664 £675
90th Percentile £588 £685 £725
South West median daily rate £550 £563 £575
% change year-on-year -2.22% -2.17% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 9 2
10th Percentile - £32.97 £42.50
25th Percentile - £50.00 £46.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £60.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -58.08% +14.29% +54.41%
75th Percentile - £70.00 £58.75
90th Percentile £39.65 £71.00 £62.50
South West median hourly rate £25.15 £70.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year -64.07% +12.00% +4.17%

Postgraduate
Job Vacancy Trend in Devon

Job postings citing Postgraduate as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Devon.

Job vacancy trend for Postgraduate in Devon

Postgraduate
Contract Job Locations in Devon

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Postgraduate within the Devon region over the 6 months to 21 September 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Exeter +8 1 - -
Postgraduate
South West

Postgraduate
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Devon 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Computing
General
1 1 (100.00%) Military
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Python Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Python Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Scientific Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) OpenMP
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Fortran
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Software Quality Assurance