Master's Degree Contract Job Trends in Suffolk

Master's Degree
East of England > Suffolk

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Suffolk 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 16 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 20 27 22
Rank change year-on-year +7 -5 -
Contract jobs citing Master's Degree 1 1 2
As % of all contract jobs in Suffolk 1.30% 0.92% 1.75%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.13% 1.96% 4.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £650
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £550 £700
Median % change year-on-year - -21.43% -
75th Percentile - - £750
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median daily rate £505 £625 £507
% change year-on-year -19.20% +23.40% -15.58%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Suffolk

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 Suffolk.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 32 51 47
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Suffolk 41.56% 46.79% 41.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 26 33
10th Percentile - £200 £215
25th Percentile £193 £220 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £223 £308 £475
Median % change year-on-year -27.64% -35.26% -17.39%
75th Percentile £491 £538 £650
90th Percentile £568 £685 £700
East of England median daily rate £500 £475 £525
% change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £23.13 - -
Median hourly rate £24.45 - -
75th Percentile £25.15 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median hourly rate £22.79 £60.00 £30.48
% change year-on-year -62.02% +96.88% +45.12%

Master's Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Suffolk

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

Master's Degree job vacancy trend in Suffolk

Master's Degree
Daily Rate Trend in Suffolk

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

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

Master's Degree
Hourly Rate Trend in Suffolk

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

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

Master's Degree
Contract Job Locations in Suffolk

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 Suffolk region over the 6 months to 16 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
Ipswich +7 1 - - 2
Master's Degree
East of England

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

General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) IT Manager
1 1 (100.00%) IT Programme Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Behavioural Change
1 1 (100.00%) Budget Responsibility
1 1 (100.00%) Business Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Experience
1 1 (100.00%) Cutover Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Revenue Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Technology Transformation
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) MBA