Postgraduate Contracts in England

Postgraduate
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Postgraduate qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 30 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 525 638 766
Rank change year-on-year +113 +128 -156
Contract jobs citing Postgraduate 17 15 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.046% 0.030% 0.024%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.15% 0.11% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 10 8
10th Percentile £189 £224 £173
25th Percentile £266 £267 £194
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £400 £273
Median % change year-on-year +29.38% +46.79% -47.09%
75th Percentile £675 £588 £373
90th Percentile £713 £626 £563
UK median daily rate £460 £400 £381
% change year-on-year +15.00% +4.92% -16.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile - - £18.82
25th Percentile £25.50 - £20.06
Median hourly rate £26.00 - £23.48
75th Percentile £26.50 - £26.80
90th Percentile - - £27.97
UK median hourly rate £26.00 - £23.48
% change year-on-year - - -16.08%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

Postgraduate 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 11,621 13,989 15,325
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 31.25% 27.73% 21.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,132 9,365 10,060
10th Percentile £305 £330 £317
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +7.14%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £713
UK median daily rate £535 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +8.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 985 748 695
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.15 £13.41
25th Percentile £18.13 £20.00 £18.75
Median hourly rate £40.00 £52.40 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -23.66% +39.73% -3.75%
75th Percentile £62.50 £68.25 £55.92
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.25 £67.50
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £41.81
% change year-on-year -25.93% +29.16% +8.01%

Postgraduate
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Postgraduate in England

Postgraduate
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Postgraduate in England.

Daily rate trend for Postgraduate in England

Postgraduate
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Postgraduate in England over the 6 months to 30 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Postgraduate in England

Postgraduate
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Postgraduate in England.

Hourly rate trend for Postgraduate in England

Postgraduate
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 Postgraduate within the England region over the 6 months to 30 April 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
South East - 5 £650 - 4
London +99 4 £460 +15.00% 15
Midlands +33 1 - - 1
East Midlands - 1 - -
Postgraduate
UK

Postgraduate
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:

Applications
1 2 (11.76%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 7 (41.18%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (41.18%) Power BI
2 1 (5.88%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (5.88%) Electronic Patient Records
General
1 12 (70.59%) Analytical Skills
2 8 (47.06%) Social Skills
3 7 (41.18%) Finance
4 2 (11.76%) Public Sector
5 1 (5.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (5.88%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (5.88%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 8 (47.06%) Analyst
2 2 (11.76%) Credit Analyst
2 2 (11.76%) Research Analyst
2 2 (11.76%) Senior
2 2 (11.76%) Senior Analyst
2 2 (11.76%) Senior Research Analyst
3 1 (5.88%) Digital Transformation
3 1 (5.88%) Digital Transformation Director
3 1 (5.88%) Head of Analysis
3 1 (5.88%) Head of Service Management
3 1 (5.88%) Programme Director
3 1 (5.88%) Transformation Director
3 1 (5.88%) Transformation Programme Director
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.76%) Credit Risk
1 2 (11.76%) Reference Data
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (41.18%) Business Intelligence
1 7 (41.18%) Customer Service
1 7 (41.18%) Decision-Making
2 6 (35.29%) Continuous Improvement
2 6 (35.29%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 6 (35.29%) Economics
2 6 (35.29%) Statistics
3 5 (29.41%) Analytics
3 5 (29.41%) Customer-Centricity
3 5 (29.41%) Data Analysis
3 5 (29.41%) Data Strategy
3 5 (29.41%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (29.41%) Visualisation
4 4 (23.53%) Actionable Insight
4 4 (23.53%) Critical Thinking
4 4 (23.53%) Performance Monitoring
4 4 (23.53%) Project Management
5 3 (17.65%) Data-Driven Decision Making
6 2 (11.76%) Financial Modelling
6 2 (11.76%) Portfolio Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (11.76%) MATLAB
1 2 (11.76%) Python
1 2 (11.76%) VBA
Qualifications
1 11 (64.71%) Degree
2 3 (17.65%) Master's Degree
3 2 (11.76%) CFA
3 2 (11.76%) MBA
4 1 (5.88%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (5.88%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.88%) PMO