Postgraduate Contract Job Trends in Luton

Postgraduate
Bedfordshire > Luton

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Luton with a requirement for Postgraduate qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 28 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Postgraduate 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Luton 0.66% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 1.39% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Bedfordshire median daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £82.50 - -
Median hourly rate £85.00 - -
75th Percentile £87.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Bedfordshire median hourly rate £85.00 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Luton

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 Luton.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 72 73 34
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Luton 47.68% 47.10% 30.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 28 15
10th Percentile - £92 £388
25th Percentile £74 £409 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £540 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +8.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £582 £563
90th Percentile £725 £641 £579
Bedfordshire median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 22 8
10th Percentile £62.39 £65.25 £47.38
25th Percentile £70.00 £75.63 £53.75
Median hourly rate £75.00 £88.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.77% +46.67% +60.00%
75th Percentile £81.73 £91.50 £70.63
90th Percentile £88.45 £92.40 £80.38
Bedfordshire median hourly rate £75.00 £86.25 £65.00
% change year-on-year -13.04% +32.69% +73.33%

Postgraduate
Job Vacancy Trend in Luton

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Postgraduate relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Luton.

Postgraduate job vacancy trend in Luton

Postgraduate
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Luton 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (100.00%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Military
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Product Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Cryptography
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) GAP Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Patch Management
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Assessment
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Security Hardening
1 1 (100.00%) Security Management
1 1 (100.00%) Security Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) ISACA
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NCSC
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) NIST 800
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware