Master's Degree
North West > Manchester
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 1 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 77 | 95 | 111 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +18 | +16 | +27 |
| Contract jobs citing Master's Degree | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester | 0.22% | 0.066% | 0.37% |
| As % of the Qualifications category | 0.76% | 0.28% | 1.39% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £513 |
| 25th Percentile | £763 | - | £575 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £775 | - | £650 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | +36.84% |
| 75th Percentile | £788 | - | £725 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| North West median daily rate | £580 | £676 | £648 |
| % change year-on-year | -14.20% | +4.32% | +36.42% |
All Academic and Professional Certifications
Manchester
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 Manchester.
| Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications | 263 | 361 | 502 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester | 28.40% | 23.80% | 26.52% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 171 | 214 | 369 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £313 | £338 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £425 | £450 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £525 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.76% | - | +5.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £575 | £675 | £619 |
| 90th Percentile | £713 | £805 | £700 |
| North West median daily rate | £494 | £513 | £520 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.66% | -1.44% | +4.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 10 | 25 | 17 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £24.14 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £31.25 | £25.50 | £20.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £46.25 | £49.00 | £25.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -5.61% | +96.00% | +54.04% |
| 75th Percentile | £60.00 | £73.75 | £37.50 |
| 90th Percentile | £74.13 | £94.50 | £70.00 |
| North West median hourly rate | £32.50 | £16.06 | £37.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +102.37% | -57.17% | -5.60% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester
Job postings citing Master's Degree as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Master's Degree in Manchester.
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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: