Postgraduate Contracts in Scotland

Postgraduate
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for Postgraduate qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 12 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 125 165 163
Rank change year-on-year +40 -2 -8
Contract jobs citing Postgraduate 2 5 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.092% 0.18% 0.26%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.34% 0.86% 1.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 9
10th Percentile - - £284
25th Percentile - - £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £221 £175 £413
Median % change year-on-year +26.27% -57.58% +18.28%
75th Percentile - - £466
90th Percentile - - £508
UK median daily rate £460 £400 £400
% change year-on-year +15.00% - -17.95%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Scotland

Postgraduate 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 Scotland with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 587 579 577
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 27.08% 20.96% 16.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 324 394 355
10th Percentile £188 £163 £200
25th Percentile £325 £382 £368
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% - +5.88%
75th Percentile £588 £538 £550
90th Percentile £650 £613 £638
UK median daily rate £535 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 11 20
10th Percentile £12.50 £12.75 £21.00
25th Percentile £16.50 £15.87 £25.28
Median hourly rate £26.00 £21.26 £48.75
Median % change year-on-year +22.30% -56.39% +32.65%
75th Percentile £55.00 £56.77 £55.77
90th Percentile £64.80 £65.00 £57.50
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £43.46
% change year-on-year -25.93% +24.26% +14.36%

Postgraduate
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Postgraduate as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Postgraduate in Scotland

Postgraduate
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Postgraduate in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for Postgraduate in Scotland

Postgraduate
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Postgraduate in Scotland.

Hourly rate trend for Postgraduate in Scotland

Postgraduate
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 Postgraduate within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 12 May 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
Edinburgh +37 2 £221 +26.27% 1
Postgraduate
UK

Postgraduate
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 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (50.00%) SPSS
General
1 2 (100.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (50.00%) Humanities
2 1 (50.00%) Social Science
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Senior
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Quantitative Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Data Mapping
2 1 (50.00%) Psychology
2 1 (50.00%) Qualitative Research
2 1 (50.00%) Quantitative Research
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) R
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Master's Degree
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft