Master's Degree Contracts in the Midlands

Master's Degree
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for Master's Degree qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 23 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 113 149 191
Rank change year-on-year +36 +42 -60
Contract jobs citing Master's Degree 17 17 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.62% 0.49% 0.35%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.90% 1.71% 1.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 15 10
10th Percentile £428 £370 £216
25th Percentile £450 £400 £504
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £405 £550
Median % change year-on-year +35.80% -26.36% +15.79%
75th Percentile £750 £488 £659
90th Percentile £825 £551 £700
England median daily rate £550 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 1 2
10th Percentile - - £22.56
25th Percentile £56.25 £92.50 £22.86
Median hourly rate £57.50 £95.00 £24.77
Median % change year-on-year -39.47% +283.61% +65.10%
75th Percentile £58.75 £97.50 £26.21
90th Percentile - - £26.22
England median hourly rate £55.00 £45.00 £25.29
% change year-on-year +22.22% +77.94% -30.71%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Midlands

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 the Midlands with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 896 993 1,014
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 32.86% 28.61% 19.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 562 629 679
10th Percentile £226 £250 £213
25th Percentile £325 £400 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% +12.50%
75th Percentile £575 £594 £550
90th Percentile £675 £688 £638
England median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +7.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 71 77 38
10th Percentile £13.25 £11.00 £11.10
25th Percentile £17.00 £14.50 £13.73
Median hourly rate £24.65 £18.75 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +31.47% -6.25% +17.65%
75th Percentile £43.13 £26.48 £23.69
90th Percentile £56.25 £65.00 £37.50
England median hourly rate £40.00 £52.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year -23.81% +40.00% -1.81%

Master's Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Master's Degree in the Midlands

Master's Degree
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Master's Degree in the Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Master's Degree in the Midlands

Master's Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Master's Degree in the Midlands over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Master's Degree in the Midlands

Master's Degree
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Master's Degree in the Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Master's Degree in the Midlands

Master's Degree
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 23 April 2024. 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
West Midlands +43 15 £550 +15.79% 56
East Midlands +13 2 £339 -15.25% 32
Master's Degree
England

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

Applications
1 5 (29.41%) Simulink
1 5 (29.41%) Stateflow
1 5 (29.41%) TargetLink
Cloud Services
1 3 (17.65%) Azure
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.76%) SAN
2 1 (5.88%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.88%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 5 (29.41%) Bitbucket
1 5 (29.41%) Git
1 5 (29.41%) Subversion
2 3 (17.65%) Jenkins
General
1 9 (52.94%) Social Skills
2 5 (29.41%) Automotive
3 4 (23.53%) Finance
4 3 (17.65%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (17.65%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (11.76%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (5.88%) Law
6 1 (5.88%) Legal
6 1 (5.88%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (35.29%) Architect
2 5 (29.41%) Control Systems Engineer
2 5 (29.41%) Principal Engineer
2 5 (29.41%) Principal Systems Engineer
2 5 (29.41%) Systems Engineer
3 4 (23.53%) Developer
3 4 (23.53%) Java Developer
4 3 (17.65%) Enterprise Architect
5 2 (11.76%) Infrastructure Solutions Architect
5 2 (11.76%) Senior
5 2 (11.76%) Senior Developer
5 2 (11.76%) Senior Java Developer
5 2 (11.76%) Solutions Architect
6 1 (5.88%) Digital Transformation
6 1 (5.88%) Digital Transformation Director
6 1 (5.88%) Lead
6 1 (5.88%) Microsoft 365 Architect
6 1 (5.88%) Microsoft 365 Specialist
6 1 (5.88%) Transformation Director
6 1 (5.88%) Transformation Programme Director
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (23.53%) Spring
2 3 (17.65%) AngularJS
2 3 (17.65%) React
Miscellaneous
1 8 (47.06%) Management Information System
2 5 (29.41%) Algorithms
3 4 (23.53%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (17.65%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (5.88%) NHS
5 1 (5.88%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (58.82%) Agile
2 9 (52.94%) Computer Science
2 9 (52.94%) Software Engineering
3 6 (35.29%) Project Management
4 5 (29.41%) Black-Box Testing
4 5 (29.41%) Enterprise Architecture
4 5 (29.41%) Functional Testing
4 5 (29.41%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
4 5 (29.41%) Integration Testing
4 5 (29.41%) Line Management
4 5 (29.41%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
4 5 (29.41%) QMS
4 5 (29.41%) Quality Management
4 5 (29.41%) Software Audit
4 5 (29.41%) Software Testing
4 5 (29.41%) UML
4 5 (29.41%) Validation
4 5 (29.41%) Verification and Validation
4 5 (29.41%) White-Box Testing
5 4 (23.53%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 5 (29.41%) C
1 5 (29.41%) MATLAB
2 4 (23.53%) Java
3 2 (11.76%) SQL
Qualifications
1 17 (100.00%) Degree
2 7 (41.18%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (17.65%) TOGAF Certification
4 2 (11.76%) SC Cleared
4 2 (11.76%) Security Cleared
5 1 (5.88%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 1 (5.88%) CCSP
5 1 (5.88%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (5.88%) CISSP
5 1 (5.88%) MBA
5 1 (5.88%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (29.41%) AUTOSAR
1 5 (29.41%) ISO 26262
1 5 (29.41%) MISRA
1 5 (29.41%) MISRA C
System Software
1 2 (11.76%) Active Directory
1 2 (11.76%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (11.76%) vSphere
Vendors
1 6 (35.29%) Microsoft
2 2 (11.76%) VMware