Master's Degree Contract Job Trends in Essex

Master's Degree
East of England > Essex

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Essex 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 27 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 22 17 -
Rank change year-on-year -5 - -
Contract jobs citing Master's Degree 1 3 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Essex 0.85% 2.26% -
As % of the Qualifications category 2.27% 16.67% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £503 £305 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £310 -
Median % change year-on-year +62.90% - -
75th Percentile £508 £315 -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median daily rate £505 £350 £413
% change year-on-year +44.29% -15.15% -28.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £41.50 -
East of England median hourly rate £50.50 £26.34 £65.00
% change year-on-year +91.76% -59.48% +85.71%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Essex

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 Essex.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 44 18 82
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex 37.29% 13.53% 34.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 8 33
10th Percentile £160 £149 £174
25th Percentile £175 £269 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £350 £500
Median % change year-on-year -35.71% -30.00% -
75th Percentile £405 £475 £575
90th Percentile £505 £606 £718
East of England median daily rate £531 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +6.20% -9.09% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 5 10
10th Percentile - £46.35 £41.70
25th Percentile - £54.75 £48.56
Median hourly rate £18.87 £59.50 £56.53
Median % change year-on-year -68.29% +5.25% +41.33%
75th Percentile £22.34 £64.25 £68.95
90th Percentile £25.15 £69.65 £77.75
East of England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -41.51% +86.96% +9.52%

Master's Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

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

Job vacancy trend for Master's Degree in Essex

Master's Degree
Daily Rate Trend in Essex

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Master's Degree.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Master's Degree

Master's Degree
Hourly Rate Trend in Essex

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Master's Degree.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Master's Degree

Master's Degree
Contract Job Locations in Essex

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 Essex region over the 6 months to 27 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
Witham - 1 £505 -
Master's Degree
East of England

Master's Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Essex 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%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure AKS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Data Factory
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Functions
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Logic Apps
1 1 (100.00%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (100.00%) Big Data
1 1 (100.00%) MongoDB
General
1 1 (100.00%) Agriculture
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Express.js
1 1 (100.00%) MERN Stack
1 1 (100.00%) Node.js
1 1 (100.00%) React
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Native
1 1 (100.00%) Distributed Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Hybrid Cloud
1 1 (100.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Business Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Critical Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) CRM
1 1 (100.00%) Data Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Data Science
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Micro Frontends
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Product Management
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Databricks
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft