The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for Master's Degree qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 1 December 2021 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
Master's Degree is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.
Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications
5,760
3,100
5,922
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London
15.19%
19.34%
17.20%
Number of daily rates quoted
3,830
2,215
4,135
10th Percentile
£350
£313
£304
25th Percentile
£438
£413
£406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£550
£500
£500
Median % change year-on-year
+10.00%
-
-
75th Percentile
£644
£588
£600
90th Percentile
£730
£666
£694
England median daily rate
£513
£475
£475
% change year-on-year
+7.89%
-
+5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted
97
41
98
10th Percentile
£17.92
£15.25
£12.80
25th Percentile
£21.47
£23.38
£20.00
Median hourly rate
£40.00
£36.00
£31.88
Median % change year-on-year
+11.11%
+12.94%
+48.26%
75th Percentile
£51.75
£46.00
£48.75
90th Percentile
£63.75
£58.00
£52.50
England median hourly rate
£29.40
£40.00
£35.95
% change year-on-year
-26.50%
+11.27%
+49.79%
Master's Degree Job Vacancy Trend in London
Job postings citing Master's Degree as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.
Master's Degree Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Master's Degree in London.
Master's Degree Daily Rate Histogram in London
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Master's Degree in London over the 6 months to 1 December 2021.
Master's Degree Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing 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 1 December 2021. 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
Master's Degree Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in London
For the 6 months to 1 December 2021, IT contractor jobs citing Master's Degree also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region with a requirement for Master's Degree.
Master's Degree Co-occurring IT Skills in London by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
