Postgraduate Contracts in England

Postgraduate
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Postgraduate qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 479 524 658
Rank change year-on-year +45 +134 +109
Contract jobs citing Postgraduate 7 17 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.029% 0.046% 0.030%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.092% 0.15% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 14 10
10th Percentile - £189 £224
25th Percentile - £266 £267
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £950 £518 £400
Median % change year-on-year +83.57% +29.38% +46.79%
75th Percentile - £675 £588
90th Percentile - £713 £626
UK median daily rate £950 £460 £400
% change year-on-year +106.52% +15.00% +4.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £22.50 £25.50 -
Median hourly rate £24.00 £26.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% - -
75th Percentile £25.50 £26.50 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £34.51 £26.00 -
% change year-on-year +32.72% - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 7,643 11,605 13,970
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 31.31% 31.23% 27.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,844 7,129 9,339
10th Percentile £290 £308 £331
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +4.76%
75th Percentile £629 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £536 £550
% change year-on-year -2.05% -2.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 438 987 748
10th Percentile £18.13 £14.00 £15.24
25th Percentile £22.33 £18.13 £20.00
Median hourly rate £45.00 £40.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -23.81% +40.00%
75th Percentile £67.50 £62.50 £68.25
90th Percentile £81.55 £77.19 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £40.25 £40.00 £54.00
% change year-on-year +0.63% -25.93% +29.16%

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
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 2 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
South East +47 6 £950 +46.15% 12
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:

General
1 5 (71.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (28.57%) Public Sector
3 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Finance
3 1 (14.29%) Legal
3 1 (14.29%) Social Science
Job Titles
1 1 (14.29%) Delivery Director
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (71.43%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 5 (71.43%) Photography
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (14.29%) Economics
1 1 (14.29%) Project Delivery
1 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (14.29%) Statistics
1 1 (14.29%) Supply Chain Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) Python
1 1 (14.29%) R
Qualifications
1 7 (100.00%) Degree
2 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) PMO
1 1 (14.29%) QA