Master's Degree Contracts in Scotland

Master's Degree
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 110 117 157
Rank change year-on-year +7 +40 -5
Contract jobs citing Master's Degree 6 12 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.37% 0.54% 0.21%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.87% 1.98% 1.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 11 6
10th Percentile £463 £288 £450
25th Percentile £486 £356 £451
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £475 £460
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% +3.26% -7.07%
75th Percentile £581 £569 £475
90th Percentile £585 £650 £557
UK median daily rate £555 £550 £600
% change year-on-year +0.91% -8.33% +3.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £44.23 - -
Median hourly rate £45.02 - -
75th Percentile £45.80 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £55.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year +13.64% +22.22% +60.71%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 321 606 591
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 19.75% 27.33% 20.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 215 326 408
10th Percentile £200 £188 £163
25th Percentile £363 £346 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% -
75th Percentile £550 £600 £538
90th Percentile £600 £675 £632
UK median daily rate £525 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 47 14
10th Percentile £17.01 £12.95 £13.65
25th Percentile £19.73 £16.50 £15.99
Median hourly rate £22.88 £40.94 £21.47
Median % change year-on-year -44.13% +90.73% -49.57%
75th Percentile £28.07 £60.00 £57.90
90th Percentile £61.16 £64.70 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £40.00 £54.00
% change year-on-year - -25.93% +29.16%

Master's Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Master's Degree in Scotland

Master's Degree
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Master's Degree in Scotland

Master's Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Master's Degree in Scotland over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Master's Degree in Scotland

Master's Degree
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Hourly rate trend for Master's Degree in Scotland

Master's Degree
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Glasgow -1 3 £499 +10.78% 18
Edinburgh +3 2 - - 44
Master's Degree
UK

Master's Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 3 (50.00%) AWS
1 3 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (16.67%) Asana
2 1 (16.67%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Artifactory
1 1 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 6 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (50.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (16.67%) Finance
3 1 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (16.67%) Mandarin Language
3 1 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Architect
1 2 (33.33%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Insight Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Lead
2 1 (16.67%) PMO Lead
2 1 (16.67%) Python Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Resource Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Software Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Management Information System
1 1 (16.67%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Linux
1 1 (16.67%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (50.00%) Architectural Design
2 3 (50.00%) Computer Science
3 2 (33.33%) DevOps
3 2 (33.33%) Project Management
3 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (16.67%) CI/CD
4 1 (16.67%) Coaching
4 1 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (16.67%) Containerisation
4 1 (16.67%) Decision-Making
4 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure as Code
4 1 (16.67%) Mentoring
4 1 (16.67%) Performance Monitoring
4 1 (16.67%) Project Delivery
4 1 (16.67%) Software Distribution
4 1 (16.67%) Strategic Roadmap
4 1 (16.67%) Strategic Thinking
4 1 (16.67%) Target Operating Model
4 1 (16.67%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) Python
2 1 (16.67%) Java
2 1 (16.67%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) Degree
2 3 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (33.33%) AWS Certification
3 2 (33.33%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 2 (33.33%) Azure Certification
3 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (16.67%) PhD
4 1 (16.67%) PMI Certification
4 1 (16.67%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (33.33%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) Workday