Master's Degree Contract Job Trends in London

Master's Degree
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 13 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 226 199 254
Rank change year-on-year -27 +55 +59
Contract jobs citing Master's Degree 137 211 200
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.02% 1.30% 0.89%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.86% 5.27% 3.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 78 127 143
10th Percentile £383 £350 £400
25th Percentile £493 £410 £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £538 £735
Median % change year-on-year +6.98% -26.87% +5.00%
75th Percentile £712 £700 £969
90th Percentile £815 £825 £1,000
England median daily rate £537 £525 £650
% change year-on-year +2.29% -19.23% +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 3
10th Percentile - £42.25 £57.50
25th Percentile £65.00 £43.75 £59.38
Median hourly rate £73.75 £47.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +55.26% -26.92% +36.13%
75th Percentile £86.25 £58.38 £66.25
90th Percentile - £64.15 £67.00
England median hourly rate £35.50 £42.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -15.48% -35.38% +44.44%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,547 4,003 5,110
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 26.37% 24.60% 22.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,384 2,637 3,529
10th Percentile £350 £350 £355
25th Percentile £431 £450 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.47% -2.27% -4.35%
75th Percentile £653 £650 £675
90th Percentile £738 £763 £788
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 81 57 86
10th Percentile £18.87 £18.03 £19.33
25th Percentile - £22.00 £24.94
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.29 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.11% -41.29% +22.22%
75th Percentile £35.00 £53.75 £66.90
90th Percentile £65.00 £66.20 £81.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £55.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -54.27% - +22.22%

Master's Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Master's Degree in London

Master's Degree
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

Master's Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Master's Degree in London over the 6 months to 13 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Master's Degree in London

Master's Degree
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

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

Master's Degree
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Master's Degree in London over the 6 months to 13 September 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Master's Degree in London

Master's Degree
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 13 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
Central London -4 16 £575 +2.22% 112
East London +7 2 - - 5
West London -4 1 £350 +68.27% 12
Master's Degree
England

Master's Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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:

Application Platforms
1 18 (13.14%) Apache Spark
2 2 (1.46%) Confluence
2 2 (1.46%) Jupyter
2 2 (1.46%) SAS
3 1 (0.73%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.73%) Moodle
3 1 (0.73%) MQSeries
3 1 (0.73%) NetWeaver
3 1 (0.73%) Oracle Workflow
3 1 (0.73%) SAP Portal
3 1 (0.73%) Tomcat
Applications
1 4 (2.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.46%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.73%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.73%) Camtasia
4 1 (0.73%) InVision
4 1 (0.73%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.73%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.73%) Navisworks
4 1 (0.73%) ProjectWise
4 1 (0.73%) Revit
4 1 (0.73%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 5 (3.65%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (2.19%) Endur
3 2 (1.46%) SAP IBP
4 1 (0.73%) Bankmaster
4 1 (0.73%) SAP FI-CA
Cloud Services
1 36 (26.28%) AWS
2 31 (22.63%) Azure
3 16 (11.68%) GCP
4 8 (5.84%) Power Platform
5 7 (5.11%) GitHub
6 5 (3.65%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (2.92%) GitHub Actions
7 4 (2.92%) Sentry
8 3 (2.19%) Amazon SageMaker
8 3 (2.19%) Azure Machine Learning
8 3 (2.19%) Miro
9 2 (1.46%) Amazon ECS
9 2 (1.46%) Amazon S3
9 2 (1.46%) SaaS
9 2 (1.46%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
9 2 (1.46%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 2 (1.46%) Vertex AI
10 1 (0.73%) Dagster
10 1 (0.73%) Google Kubernetes Engine
10 1 (0.73%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.92%) HTTP
2 2 (1.46%) Network Security
3 1 (0.73%) 4G
3 1 (0.73%) 5G
3 1 (0.73%) Firewall
3 1 (0.73%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (0.73%) LTE
3 1 (0.73%) PPP
3 1 (0.73%) TETRA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (6.57%) Hadoop
1 9 (6.57%) Tableau
2 8 (5.84%) Big Data
2 8 (5.84%) Power BI
2 8 (5.84%) SQL Server
3 7 (5.11%) Apache Hive
3 7 (5.11%) NoSQL
4 6 (4.38%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (3.65%) MongoDB
6 4 (2.92%) Data Mining
6 4 (2.92%) MySQL
7 3 (2.19%) Data Lake
7 3 (2.19%) Metadata
7 3 (2.19%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (1.46%) Amazon Athena
8 2 (1.46%) Amazon RDS
8 2 (1.46%) Delta Lake
8 2 (1.46%) Relational Database
8 2 (1.46%) SAP BW
8 2 (1.46%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 11 (8.03%) Git
2 7 (5.11%) MLflow
3 5 (3.65%) JIRA
3 5 (3.65%) TeamCity
4 4 (2.92%) Appium
4 4 (2.92%) Charles Proxy
4 4 (2.92%) IntelliJ
4 4 (2.92%) Jenkins
4 4 (2.92%) Katalon Studio
4 4 (2.92%) Postman
4 4 (2.92%) XCUITest
5 3 (2.19%) GitLab
6 2 (1.46%) ERwin
6 2 (1.46%) PowerDesigner
7 1 (0.73%) Axure RP
7 1 (0.73%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.73%) Hudson
7 1 (0.73%) JMeter
7 1 (0.73%) LoadRunner
7 1 (0.73%) NeoLoad
General
1 76 (55.47%) Finance
2 56 (40.88%) Social Skills
3 42 (30.66%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (18.25%) Banking
5 14 (10.22%) Front Office
6 11 (8.03%) Telecoms
7 8 (5.84%) Investment Banking
8 7 (5.11%) Financial Institution
8 7 (5.11%) Manufacturing
8 7 (5.11%) Marketing
9 6 (4.38%) Public Sector
10 5 (3.65%) Back Office
10 5 (3.65%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (3.65%) Influencing Skills
10 5 (3.65%) Legal
10 5 (3.65%) Pharmaceutical
11 4 (2.92%) Electronics
11 4 (2.92%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (2.19%) Publishing
13 2 (1.46%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 23 (16.79%) Analyst
2 19 (13.87%) Developer
3 18 (13.14%) Senior
4 13 (9.49%) Machine Learning Engineer
5 11 (8.03%) Business Analyst
6 10 (7.30%) Architect
7 9 (6.57%) Data Scientist
7 9 (6.57%) Lead
8 7 (5.11%) Project Manager
9 6 (4.38%) AWS Engineer
10 5 (3.65%) Data Analyst
10 5 (3.65%) Gen AI Specialist
10 5 (3.65%) Python Developer
10 5 (3.65%) Qualitative Analyst
10 5 (3.65%) Quantitative Analyst
10 5 (3.65%) Software Engineer
11 4 (2.92%) C# Developer
11 4 (2.92%) C++ Software Engineer
11 4 (2.92%) Data Engineer
11 4 (2.92%) Software Engineer - Algorithmic Trading
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (11.68%) TensorFlow
2 9 (6.57%) PySpark
2 9 (6.57%) PyTorch
3 7 (5.11%) .NET
3 7 (5.11%) Kafka
3 7 (5.11%) REST
4 6 (4.38%) Web Services
5 5 (3.65%) Hugging Face
6 4 (2.92%) Middleware
6 4 (2.92%) NumPy
6 4 (2.92%) Pandas
6 4 (2.92%) RabbitMQ
6 4 (2.92%) RESTful
7 3 (2.19%) FIX Protocol
7 3 (2.19%) HTML
7 3 (2.19%) LangChain
7 3 (2.19%) SOAP
8 2 (1.46%) Faiss
8 2 (1.46%) Keras
8 2 (1.46%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 18 (13.14%) Algorithms
2 13 (9.49%) Distributed Computing
3 12 (8.76%) Derivative
3 12 (8.76%) Product Ownership
4 10 (7.30%) Distributed Systems
5 9 (6.57%) Hedge funds
6 8 (5.84%) Credit Risk
7 7 (5.11%) Data Protection Act
7 7 (5.11%) Equity Derivative
8 6 (4.38%) Data Structures
8 6 (4.38%) PMI
9 5 (3.65%) Analytical Mindset
9 5 (3.65%) Data Fabric
9 5 (3.65%) Management Information System
9 5 (3.65%) Mobile App
10 4 (2.92%) Reference Data
10 4 (2.92%) Virtual Team
11 3 (2.19%) FPGA
11 3 (2.19%) Life Science
11 3 (2.19%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 6 (4.38%) Linux
2 4 (2.92%) Android
2 4 (2.92%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.73%) Windows
3 1 (0.73%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (58.39%) Computer Science
2 49 (35.77%) Agile
3 39 (28.47%) Problem-Solving
4 35 (25.55%) Machine Learning
5 33 (24.09%) Artificial Intelligence
6 30 (21.90%) Data Science
6 30 (21.90%) Mathematics
7 29 (21.17%) Analytics
8 26 (18.98%) Risk Management
9 24 (17.52%) DevOps
10 20 (14.60%) Generative AI
11 18 (13.14%) LLM
12 17 (12.41%) CI/CD
12 17 (12.41%) Project Management
13 16 (11.68%) Deep Learning
13 16 (11.68%) Scrum
13 16 (11.68%) Stakeholder Management
13 16 (11.68%) Technical Leadership
14 14 (10.22%) Roadmaps
14 14 (10.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 61 (44.53%) Python
2 32 (23.36%) SQL
3 19 (13.87%) C++
3 19 (13.87%) Java
4 9 (6.57%) C#
5 7 (5.11%) R
6 5 (3.65%) C
6 5 (3.65%) JavaScript
7 4 (2.92%) Kotlin
7 4 (2.92%) Swift
8 3 (2.19%) SystemVerilog
9 2 (1.46%) Apex Code
9 2 (1.46%) PHP
9 2 (1.46%) Shell Script
9 2 (1.46%) VBA
10 1 (0.73%) ABAP
10 1 (0.73%) Jython
10 1 (0.73%) MATLAB
10 1 (0.73%) VB
10 1 (0.73%) VC++
Qualifications
1 137 (100.00%) Degree
2 42 (30.66%) Computer Science Degree
3 31 (22.63%) PhD
4 17 (12.41%) PMI Certification
5 13 (9.49%) PMP
6 6 (4.38%) MBA
7 5 (3.65%) CBAP
8 4 (2.92%) AWS Certification
8 4 (2.92%) CISSP
8 4 (2.92%) SAP Certification
9 2 (1.46%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 2 (1.46%) CISM
9 2 (1.46%) Security Cleared
10 1 (0.73%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.73%) CFA
10 1 (0.73%) CompTIA Security+
10 1 (0.73%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.73%) ISEB
10 1 (0.73%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
10 1 (0.73%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (8.76%) QA
2 11 (8.03%) Data Quality
3 10 (7.30%) GDPR
4 7 (5.11%) Accessibility
5 5 (3.65%) GRC
6 4 (2.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (2.92%) NIST
7 3 (2.19%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 2 (1.46%) Basel III
8 2 (1.46%) GMP
8 2 (1.46%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.73%) 21 CFR Part 11
9 1 (0.73%) EMIR
9 1 (0.73%) GAMP
9 1 (0.73%) GxP
9 1 (0.73%) MiFID
9 1 (0.73%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.73%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.73%) SLA
9 1 (0.73%) Solvency II
System Software
1 11 (8.03%) Docker
2 3 (2.19%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 10 (7.30%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.46%) Ansible
2 2 (1.46%) Grafana
2 2 (1.46%) Kubeflow
2 2 (1.46%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (1.46%) Terraform
3 1 (0.73%) Prometheus
3 1 (0.73%) QRadar
3 1 (0.73%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 15 (10.95%) SAP
2 9 (6.57%) Databricks
2 9 (6.57%) Microsoft
3 7 (5.11%) Splunk
4 6 (4.38%) Oracle
5 4 (2.92%) Murex
6 3 (2.19%) Adobe
6 3 (2.19%) Calypso
6 3 (2.19%) Google
6 3 (2.19%) OpenAI
7 2 (1.46%) Dynatrace
7 2 (1.46%) Hitachi
7 2 (1.46%) IBM
7 2 (1.46%) Informatica
7 2 (1.46%) ION Trading
7 2 (1.46%) OpenLink
7 2 (1.46%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.73%) Alteryx
8 1 (0.73%) Anaplan
8 1 (0.73%) AppDynamics