Master's Degree Contracts in England

Master's Degree
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Master's Degree qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 11 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 234 300 411
Rank change year-on-year +66 +111 -91
Contract jobs citing Master's Degree 367 403 406
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.00% 0.82% 0.58%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.21% 2.99% 2.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 207 268 244
10th Percentile £350 £381 £282
25th Percentile £450 £488 £473
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £625 £583
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +7.30% +6.49%
75th Percentile £718 £800 £761
90th Percentile £800 £950 £800
UK median daily rate £550 £612 £590
% change year-on-year -10.06% +3.64% +9.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 36 27
10th Percentile £24.22 £31.25 £19.11
25th Percentile £41.25 £42.50 £19.52
Median hourly rate £55.00 £45.00 £29.25
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% +53.85% -14.60%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £49.63
90th Percentile £83.75 - £68.75
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £45.00 £28.63
% change year-on-year +22.22% +57.21% -16.42%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

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 England with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 11,418 13,491 15,227
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 31.06% 27.60% 21.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,033 9,028 10,044
10th Percentile £313 £335 £321
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +6.06%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £715
UK median daily rate £535 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 979 708 677
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.00 £13.41
25th Percentile £18.00 £20.22 £19.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £52.50 £39.50
Median % change year-on-year -23.81% +32.91% +3.95%
75th Percentile £62.03 £67.50 £56.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £80.08 £68.75
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £43.42
% change year-on-year -25.93% +24.38% +14.25%

Master's Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Master's Degree in England

Master's Degree
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Master's Degree in England

Master's Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Master's Degree in England over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Master's Degree in England

Master's Degree
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Master's Degree in England

Master's Degree
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Master's Degree in England over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Master's Degree in England

Master's Degree
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 11 May 2024. 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
London +65 204 £550 -21.43% 518
South East +4 51 £525 +5.00% 176
East of England +16 30 £700 +83.85% 125
South West +5 26 £588 +6.82% 74
North of England +46 23 £638 -1.85% 150
Midlands +28 17 £550 +25.00% 135
West Midlands +22 16 £550 +10.00% 91
North West +21 15 £676 +4.00% 86
Yorkshire - 4 £554 - 40
North East - 3 £588 - 28
East Midlands +13 1 - - 44
Master's Degree
UK

Master's Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 17 (4.63%) Confluence
2 5 (1.36%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.09%) CMS
4 3 (0.82%) Apache
4 3 (0.82%) ArcGIS
4 3 (0.82%) IIS
4 3 (0.82%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.82%) Oracle Workflow
4 3 (0.82%) SAS
5 2 (0.54%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 2 (0.54%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.54%) Ethereum
5 2 (0.54%) Hyperledger
5 2 (0.54%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 21 (5.72%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (2.45%) Simulink
3 8 (2.18%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (2.18%) MS Visio
4 7 (1.91%) Stateflow
5 5 (1.36%) Chatbot
5 5 (1.36%) TargetLink
6 3 (0.82%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 3 (0.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 3 (0.82%) Sketch
7 2 (0.54%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.27%) OmniGraffle
8 1 (0.27%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 15 (4.09%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (3.00%) Oracle Applications
3 3 (0.82%) Oracle AGIS
3 3 (0.82%) Oracle Assets
3 3 (0.82%) Oracle Cash Management
3 3 (0.82%) Oracle Financials
3 3 (0.82%) Oracle General Ledger
3 3 (0.82%) Oracle Payables
3 3 (0.82%) Oracle Receivables
3 3 (0.82%) SAP ERP
3 3 (0.82%) SAP SD
4 2 (0.54%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 2 (0.54%) R3 Corda
4 2 (0.54%) SAP MDG
5 1 (0.27%) Eloqua
5 1 (0.27%) OpenText VIM for SAP
5 1 (0.27%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.27%) SAP CX
5 1 (0.27%) SAP HCM
5 1 (0.27%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 49 (13.35%) Azure
2 30 (8.17%) AWS
3 16 (4.36%) GCP
4 12 (3.27%) Power Platform
5 11 (3.00%) Azure DevOps
5 11 (3.00%) OCI
6 9 (2.45%) npm
7 8 (2.18%) Azure Service Bus
8 7 (1.91%) Oracle CX
8 7 (1.91%) SaaS
8 7 (1.91%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
8 7 (1.91%) Serverless
9 5 (1.36%) Azure Data Factory
9 5 (1.36%) Cloud Computing
10 4 (1.09%) Azure App Service
10 4 (1.09%) Azure Event Grid
10 4 (1.09%) GitHub
10 4 (1.09%) GitHub Actions
10 4 (1.09%) Google Analytics
10 4 (1.09%) Twilio
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.63%) CTI
1 6 (1.63%) VoIP
1 6 (1.63%) VSAN
2 5 (1.36%) Wireless
3 4 (1.09%) Firewall
3 4 (1.09%) Internet
3 4 (1.09%) SAN
4 3 (0.82%) Network Security
4 3 (0.82%) TCP/IP
4 3 (0.82%) VPN
5 2 (0.54%) Cisco IOS
5 2 (0.54%) HTTP
5 2 (0.54%) IOS XR
5 2 (0.54%) LTE
5 2 (0.54%) NX-OS
5 2 (0.54%) RS-485
5 2 (0.54%) SSL
6 1 (0.27%) DNS
6 1 (0.27%) PPP
6 1 (0.27%) RTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (4.36%) Relational Database
2 14 (3.81%) SQL Server
3 12 (3.27%) Oracle Reports
3 12 (3.27%) Power BI
4 8 (2.18%) Big Data
4 8 (2.18%) MySQL
4 8 (2.18%) NoSQL
5 7 (1.91%) Data Lake
6 5 (1.36%) Data Mining
6 5 (1.36%) RDBMS
6 5 (1.36%) Tableau
7 4 (1.09%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (1.09%) Metadata
7 4 (1.09%) Oracle Database
7 4 (1.09%) PostgreSQL
8 3 (0.82%) Data Mart
8 3 (0.82%) Geospatial Data
8 3 (0.82%) GIS
8 3 (0.82%) MongoDB
8 3 (0.82%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 38 (10.35%) JIRA
2 22 (5.99%) Git
3 12 (3.27%) Bitbucket
4 11 (3.00%) Jenkins
4 11 (3.00%) Rational DOORS
5 10 (2.72%) Subversion
6 9 (2.45%) webpack
7 5 (1.36%) MLflow
8 4 (1.09%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 4 (1.09%) Postman
8 4 (1.09%) TestRail
9 3 (0.82%) Maven
10 2 (0.54%) Appium
10 2 (0.54%) Charles Proxy
10 2 (0.54%) CMake
10 2 (0.54%) IntelliJ
10 2 (0.54%) Katalon Studio
10 2 (0.54%) Rational Team Concert
10 2 (0.54%) Selenium
10 2 (0.54%) Visual Studio
General
1 171 (46.59%) Social Skills
2 108 (29.43%) Finance
3 91 (24.80%) Analytical Skills
4 40 (10.90%) Marketing
5 30 (8.17%) Public Sector
6 26 (7.08%) Front Office
7 25 (6.81%) Banking
7 25 (6.81%) Presentation Skills
8 21 (5.72%) Telecoms
9 19 (5.18%) Manufacturing
10 15 (4.09%) Aerospace
11 14 (3.81%) Automotive
11 14 (3.81%) Retail
12 12 (3.27%) Pharmaceutical
13 9 (2.45%) Financial Institution
13 9 (2.45%) Influencing Skills
13 9 (2.45%) Legal
14 8 (2.18%) Electronics
15 6 (1.63%) Investment Banking
15 6 (1.63%) Law
Job Titles
1 59 (16.08%) Architect
2 52 (14.17%) Senior
3 49 (13.35%) Developer
4 35 (9.54%) Software Engineer
5 33 (8.99%) Lead
6 25 (6.81%) Solutions Architect
7 21 (5.72%) Analyst
8 19 (5.18%) Consultant
9 18 (4.90%) Systems Engineer
10 16 (4.36%) Java Developer
11 14 (3.81%) Software Architect
12 12 (3.27%) Applications Developer
12 12 (3.27%) Project Manager
13 11 (3.00%) Data Engineer
13 11 (3.00%) Data Scientist
13 11 (3.00%) Senior Software Engineer
14 10 (2.72%) Embedded Engineer
14 10 (2.72%) Embedded Software Engineer
14 10 (2.72%) Full Stack Developer
14 10 (2.72%) Senior Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (4.90%) AngularJS
2 17 (4.63%) React
3 14 (3.81%) .NET
4 13 (3.54%) HTML
5 12 (3.27%) CSS
5 12 (3.27%) DirectX
5 12 (3.27%) OpenGL
5 12 (3.27%) OpenGL ES
5 12 (3.27%) Vulkan
6 11 (3.00%) REST
7 10 (2.72%) PyTorch
8 9 (2.45%) NumPy
8 9 (2.45%) RxJS
8 9 (2.45%) TensorFlow
8 9 (2.45%) WebSockets
9 8 (2.18%) Pandas
10 7 (1.91%) Web Services
11 6 (1.63%) .NET Core
11 6 (1.63%) Spring
12 5 (1.36%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 37 (10.08%) Algorithms
2 31 (8.45%) Management Information System
3 17 (4.63%) Derivative
4 15 (4.09%) Self-Motivation
5 10 (2.72%) 3D Graphics
5 10 (2.72%) Ray Tracing
6 9 (2.45%) Equities
7 8 (2.18%) Embedded Systems
7 8 (2.18%) Product Ownership
8 7 (1.91%) Data Centre
8 7 (1.91%) Data Structures
8 7 (1.91%) Life Science
9 6 (1.63%) Credit Risk
9 6 (1.63%) IVR
9 6 (1.63%) Mobile App
10 5 (1.36%) Clustering
10 5 (1.36%) Device Driver
10 5 (1.36%) Fixed Income
10 5 (1.36%) Renewable Energy
11 4 (1.09%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 25 (6.81%) Windows
2 24 (6.54%) Linux
3 19 (5.18%) Unix
4 9 (2.45%) Android
5 5 (1.36%) Embedded Linux
6 4 (1.09%) Apple iOS
6 4 (1.09%) SafeRTOS
7 1 (0.27%) OS/390
7 1 (0.27%) Solaris
7 1 (0.27%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 194 (52.86%) Computer Science
2 120 (32.70%) Problem-Solving
3 115 (31.34%) Agile
4 71 (19.35%) Software Engineering
5 49 (13.35%) Analytics
6 47 (12.81%) Machine Learning
7 43 (11.72%) Project Management
7 43 (11.72%) Validation
8 42 (11.44%) Decision-Making
9 40 (10.90%) Continuous Improvement
10 39 (10.63%) Artificial Intelligence
11 38 (10.35%) Data Science
11 38 (10.35%) DevOps
12 37 (10.08%) Roadmaps
13 35 (9.54%) Stakeholder Management
14 32 (8.72%) Risk Management
15 27 (7.36%) Data Analysis
15 27 (7.36%) Scrum
16 26 (7.08%) Technical Leadership
17 25 (6.81%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 90 (24.52%) Python
2 58 (15.80%) SQL
3 40 (10.90%) Java
4 35 (9.54%) C#
4 35 (9.54%) C++
5 29 (7.90%) C
5 29 (7.90%) JavaScript
6 15 (4.09%) MATLAB
7 12 (3.27%) Shell Script
8 11 (3.00%) R
9 10 (2.72%) TypeScript
10 8 (2.18%) Scala
11 6 (1.63%) PowerShell
12 5 (1.36%) ABAP
12 5 (1.36%) Bash
13 4 (1.09%) Assembly Language
14 3 (0.82%) Perl
14 3 (0.82%) PL/SQL
14 3 (0.82%) Rust
14 3 (0.82%) VBA
Qualifications
1 367 (100.00%) Degree
2 110 (29.97%) Computer Science Degree
3 70 (19.07%) PhD
4 30 (8.17%) Security Cleared
5 29 (7.90%) MBA
6 24 (6.54%) SC Cleared
7 15 (4.09%) CISSP
8 13 (3.54%) CISM
9 10 (2.72%) PMI Certification
9 10 (2.72%) PMP
10 9 (2.45%) Azure Certification
10 9 (2.45%) ITIL Certification
11 8 (2.18%) Cisco Certification
12 7 (1.91%) Chartered Engineer
12 7 (1.91%) CISA
13 6 (1.63%) SAP Certification
14 5 (1.36%) CCNA
14 5 (1.36%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 4 (1.09%) CEH
15 4 (1.09%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (4.90%) PCI DSS
2 14 (3.81%) Data Quality
2 14 (3.81%) QA
3 8 (2.18%) GDPR
4 5 (1.36%) Accessibility
4 5 (1.36%) AUTOSAR
4 5 (1.36%) ISO 26262
4 5 (1.36%) MISRA
4 5 (1.36%) MISRA C
4 5 (1.36%) NIST
4 5 (1.36%) SLA
5 4 (1.09%) Dodd-Frank
5 4 (1.09%) HIPAA
5 4 (1.09%) JTAG
5 4 (1.09%) MiFID
5 4 (1.09%) SOC 2
6 2 (0.54%) COBIT
6 2 (0.54%) ISO 22301
6 2 (0.54%) NIST 800
6 2 (0.54%) PMO
System Software
1 14 (3.81%) VMware Infrastructure
2 9 (2.45%) Docker
3 8 (2.18%) VMware NSX
4 5 (1.36%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (1.09%) Embedded Firmware
5 4 (1.09%) Firmware
6 3 (0.82%) Active Directory
7 2 (0.54%) vSphere
8 1 (0.27%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 13 (3.54%) Kubernetes
2 5 (1.36%) vCenter Server
3 3 (0.82%) Docker Swarm
3 3 (0.82%) PowerCLI
4 2 (0.54%) Ansible
4 2 (0.54%) Nessus
4 2 (0.54%) OPNET
4 2 (0.54%) Terraform
5 1 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 46 (12.53%) Microsoft
2 28 (7.63%) SAP
3 25 (6.81%) Oracle
4 17 (4.63%) Cisco
5 15 (4.09%) VMware
6 13 (3.54%) Google
7 10 (2.72%) Databricks
8 9 (2.45%) Atlassian
8 9 (2.45%) Genesys
9 7 (1.91%) Adobe
10 6 (1.63%) Salesforce
11 5 (1.36%) ServiceNow
12 4 (1.09%) Avaya
12 4 (1.09%) Optimizely
13 3 (0.82%) Ariba
13 3 (0.82%) ESRI
13 3 (0.82%) Marketo
13 3 (0.82%) Murex
13 3 (0.82%) Splunk
14 2 (0.54%) Zoho