Postgraduate Contract Job Trends in Shropshire

Postgraduate
West Midlands > Shropshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Shropshire with a requirement for Postgraduate qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 15 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - 25 -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Postgraduate 0 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Shropshire - 0.90% -
As % of the Qualifications category - 1.69% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
West Midlands median daily rate - £500 -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £23.60 -
West Midlands median hourly rate - £23.60 -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Shropshire

Postgraduate 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 Shropshire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 198 59 8
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Shropshire 56.57% 53.15% 20.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 155 46 6
10th Percentile £425 £336 £351
25th Percentile £480 £434 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £484 £430
Median % change year-on-year +6.40% +12.56% -14.04%
75th Percentile £539 £519 £478
90th Percentile £562 £540 £491
West Midlands median daily rate £515 £523 £525
% change year-on-year -1.44% -0.48% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £26.13 - -
25th Percentile £27.59 - -
Median hourly rate £31.31 £23.60 -
Median % change year-on-year +32.65% - -
75th Percentile £36.30 - -
90th Percentile £38.53 - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £21.74 £35.00 £34.75
% change year-on-year -37.90% +0.72% +57.06%

Postgraduate
Job Vacancy Trend in Shropshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Postgraduate relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Shropshire.

Postgraduate job vacancy trend in Shropshire