Postgraduate Contract Job Trends in Exeter

Postgraduate
Devon > Exeter

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Exeter with a requirement for Postgraduate qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 17 26 -
Rank change year-on-year +9 - -
Contract jobs citing Postgraduate 1 1 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Exeter 1.27% 0.91% -
As % of the Qualifications category 2.86% 1.56% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £500 -
Devon median daily rate - £500 -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Exeter

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 Exeter.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 35 64 71
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Exeter 44.30% 58.18% 58.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 51 69
10th Percentile £480 £463 £465
25th Percentile £520 £528 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £588 £669 £675
90th Percentile - £685 £725
Devon median daily rate £275 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -54.17% - -3.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £22.76 - -
Median hourly rate £22.84 - -
75th Percentile £22.92 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Devon median hourly rate £25.15 £60.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year -58.08% +14.29% +54.41%

Postgraduate
Job Vacancy Trend in Exeter

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

Job vacancy trend for Postgraduate in Exeter

Postgraduate
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Exeter 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%) Cloud Computing
General
1 1 (100.00%) Military
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Python Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Python Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Scientific Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) OpenMP
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Fortran
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Software Quality Assurance