Master's Degree Contract Job Trends in Northamptonshire

Master's Degree
East Midlands > Northamptonshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Northamptonshire 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 29 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 31 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Master's Degree 11 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Northamptonshire 4.17% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 21.57% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 11 0 0
10th Percentile £333 - -
25th Percentile £346 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 - -
75th Percentile £447 - -
90th Percentile £492 - -
East Midlands median daily rate £447 £435 £339
% change year-on-year +2.76% +28.32% +20.32%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Northamptonshire

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 Northamptonshire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 51 22 33
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northamptonshire 19.32% 13.92% 21.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 20 26
10th Percentile £332 £306 £408
25th Percentile £364 £335 £480
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £431 £366 £523
Median % change year-on-year +17.92% -30.05% +19.43%
75th Percentile £521 £400 £534
90th Percentile £594 £414 £551
East Midlands median daily rate £425 £420 £500
% change year-on-year +1.19% -16.00% +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £20.82
Median hourly rate - - £22.28
Median % change year-on-year - - +18.80%
75th Percentile - - £23.73
90th Percentile - - -
East Midlands median hourly rate £22.50 £21.59 £18.97
% change year-on-year +4.21% +13.80% +12.73%

Master's Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Northamptonshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Master's Degree relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Northamptonshire.

Master's Degree job vacancy trend in Northamptonshire

Master's Degree
Daily Rate Trend in Northamptonshire

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

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

Master's Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in Northamptonshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Master's Degree in Northamptonshire over the 6 months to 29 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Master's Degree in Northamptonshire

Master's Degree
Hourly Rate Trend in Northamptonshire

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

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

Master's Degree
Contract Job Locations in Northamptonshire

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 Northamptonshire region over the 6 months to 29 December 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
Northampton - 11 £420 - 13
Master's Degree
East Midlands

Master's Degree
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northamptonshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (45.45%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (45.45%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 5 (45.45%) Power Platform
1 5 (45.45%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
1 5 (45.45%) Salesforce Service Cloud
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (45.45%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (45.45%) JIRA
General
1 6 (54.55%) Finance
2 5 (45.45%) Banking
2 5 (45.45%) Corporate Banking
2 5 (45.45%) Marketing
2 5 (45.45%) Retail Banking
3 1 (9.09%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (45.45%) Architect
1 5 (45.45%) Project Manager
2 4 (36.36%) Salesforce Architect
3 2 (18.18%) Banking Project Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Enterprise Architect
4 1 (9.09%) Finance Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Finance Project Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Junior
4 1 (9.09%) Junior Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (45.45%) Lightning Web Components
1 5 (45.45%) Middleware
1 5 (45.45%) REST
1 5 (45.45%) SOAP
1 5 (45.45%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 9 (81.82%) Product Ownership
2 5 (45.45%) PMI
3 4 (36.36%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.09%) Mac OS
1 1 (9.09%) Windows
1 1 (9.09%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (90.91%) Agile
2 6 (54.55%) Computer Science
2 6 (54.55%) Roadmaps
2 6 (54.55%) Stakeholder Management
3 5 (45.45%) Architecture Roadmap
3 5 (45.45%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
3 5 (45.45%) Data Flow Diagram
3 5 (45.45%) Data Migration
3 5 (45.45%) Design Patterns
3 5 (45.45%) Fintech
3 5 (45.45%) Integration Patterns
3 5 (45.45%) Kanban
3 5 (45.45%) Lean Six Sigma
3 5 (45.45%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (45.45%) Regulatory Change
3 5 (45.45%) Resource Allocation
3 5 (45.45%) Scaled Agile Framework
3 5 (45.45%) Scrum
3 5 (45.45%) Technical Leadership
3 5 (45.45%) Wealth Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (45.45%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 11 (100.00%) Degree
2 6 (54.55%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (45.45%) MBA
3 5 (45.45%) PMI Certification
3 5 (45.45%) PMP
3 5 (45.45%) SAFe Agilist
4 1 (9.09%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (9.09%) Citrix Certification
4 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (54.55%) GDPR
2 5 (45.45%) Basel III
2 5 (45.45%) California Consumer Privacy Act
2 5 (45.45%) Data Quality
2 5 (45.45%) QA
3 1 (9.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (9.09%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (9.09%) SCCM
Vendors
1 5 (45.45%) Salesforce
2 3 (27.27%) Microsoft
3 1 (9.09%) Citrix
3 1 (9.09%) VMware