Master's Degree Contracts in the East Midlands

Master's Degree
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands with a requirement for Master's Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 23 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 56 68 68
Rank change year-on-year +12 0 +18
Contract jobs citing Master's Degree 2 1 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East Midlands 0.34% 0.13% 0.89%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.32% 0.41% 3.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 8
10th Percentile - - £385
25th Percentile - - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 - £400
Median % change year-on-year - - +72.79%
75th Percentile - - £402
90th Percentile - - £537
England median daily rate £575 £550 £650
% change year-on-year +4.55% -15.38% +10.17%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
East Midlands

Master's Degree 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 East Midlands.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 152 246 295
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 26.16% 31.99% 29.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 89 149 217
10th Percentile £200 £168 £247
25th Percentile £250 £254 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £360 £519
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -30.57% +26.08%
75th Percentile £550 £550 £625
90th Percentile £630 £659 £715
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 35 27
10th Percentile £16.77 £12.75 £9.50
25th Percentile £18.38 £14.72 £11.80
Median hourly rate £21.59 £20.00 £20.71
Median % change year-on-year +7.95% -3.40% -3.70%
75th Percentile £24.75 £37.88 £40.25
90th Percentile £25.15 £51.91 £65.00
England median hourly rate £35.00 £40.00 £54.00
% change year-on-year -12.50% -25.93% +30.58%

Master's Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Job postings citing Master's Degree as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Master's Degree in the East Midlands

Master's Degree
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Master's Degree in the East Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Master's Degree in the East Midlands

Master's Degree
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Master's Degree in the East Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Master's Degree in the East Midlands

Master's Degree
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Master's Degree within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 23 May 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
Lincolnshire - 1 - - 50
Northamptonshire - 1 £447 - 52
Master's Degree
England

Master's Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands 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:

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (50.00%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (50.00%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
1 1 (50.00%) Salesforce Service Cloud
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) HR Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Lead
1 1 (50.00%) Lead Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Salesforce Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) Lightning Web Components
1 1 (50.00%) Middleware
1 1 (50.00%) REST
1 1 (50.00%) SOAP
1 1 (50.00%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (50.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Architecture Roadmap
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Data Flow Diagram
2 1 (50.00%) Data Governance
2 1 (50.00%) Data Management
2 1 (50.00%) Data Modelling
2 1 (50.00%) Data Security
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) Design Patterns
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) System Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (50.00%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) California Consumer Privacy Act
1 1 (50.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (50.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) Salesforce