Master's Degree Contract Job Trends in Hampshire

Master's Degree
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hampshire 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 20 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 77 81 86
Rank change year-on-year +4 +5 +25
Contract jobs citing Master's Degree 3 7 9
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 0.29% 0.59% 0.67%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.54% 1.01% 1.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 5
10th Percentile £501 - £386
25th Percentile £515 £413 £658
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £537 £425 £681
Median % change year-on-year +26.35% -37.55% +444.40%
75th Percentile £539 £438 £681
90th Percentile £539 - £752
South East median daily rate £500 £463 £588
% change year-on-year +8.11% -21.28% +78.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 1
10th Percentile - £48.07 -
25th Percentile - £90.00 £22.75
Median hourly rate - £92.00 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year - +291.49% -5.20%
75th Percentile - £92.37 £24.25
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £29.61 £90.00 £46.79
% change year-on-year -67.10% +92.37% +3.97%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Hampshire

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 Hampshire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 554 690 757
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 54.37% 58.03% 56.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 395 482 388
10th Percentile £310 £360 £273
25th Percentile £463 £463 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £575 £538
Median % change year-on-year -6.52% +6.98% -2.27%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £650
90th Percentile £650 £725 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £525 £535
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.87% +1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 33 50
10th Percentile - £26.25 £22.60
25th Percentile £18.87 £27.00 £37.19
Median hourly rate £23.79 £35.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.04% -41.67% -4.25%
75th Percentile £25.15 £75.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.06 £88.00 £78.00
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £60.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -58.08% - +33.33%

Master's Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Master's Degree relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire.

Master's Degree job vacancy trend in Hampshire

Master's Degree
Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

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

Master's Degree
Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

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

Master's Degree
Contract Job Locations in Hampshire

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 Hampshire region over the 6 months to 20 October 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
Fleet - 3 £537 - 1
Master's Degree
South East

Master's Degree
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (66.67%) AWS
2 2 (66.67%) Azure
2 2 (66.67%) Entra ID
2 2 (66.67%) GCP
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Architect
2 2 (66.67%) Cloud Architect
3 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Architect
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Mac OS
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Application Packaging
1 3 (100.00%) Business Strategy
1 3 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 3 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 3 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 3 (100.00%) IT Strategy
1 3 (100.00%) ITIL
1 3 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 3 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 3 (100.00%) Thought Leadership
1 3 (100.00%) User Experience
2 2 (66.67%) Analytics
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) Data Protection
2 2 (66.67%) Identity Access Management
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (66.67%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Bash
1 2 (66.67%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Citrix Certification
1 3 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) GDPR
1 3 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) SCCM
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Citrix
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) VMware