Master's Degree Contracts in the Thames Valley

Master's Degree
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for Master's Degree qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 123 122 148
Rank change year-on-year -1 +26 -35
Contract jobs citing Master's Degree 16 30 20
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.59% 1.02% 0.58%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.45% 2.91% 2.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 20 12
10th Percentile £406 £252 £281
25th Percentile £475 £425 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £450 £538
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -16.40% +13.33%
75th Percentile - £575 £659
90th Percentile £584 £620 £763
South East median daily rate £525 £463 £425
% change year-on-year +13.51% +8.82% -10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £41.50 - -
Median hourly rate £60.00 - -
75th Percentile £65.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £65.00 £45.00 £20.26
% change year-on-year +44.44% +122.11% -69.42%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Thames Valley

Master's Degree 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 the Thames Valley with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,106 1,031 977
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 41.10% 35.09% 28.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 582 704 665
10th Percentile £213 £317 £256
25th Percentile £413 £410 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +5.26% -
75th Percentile £622 £600 £580
90th Percentile £688 £689 £650
South East median daily rate £550 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% +5.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 109 45 29
10th Percentile £18.40 £20.10 £16.50
25th Percentile £41.50 £27.00 £18.76
Median hourly rate £58.30 £64.68 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.86% +207.98% -0.24%
75th Percentile £70.50 £74.79 £27.00
90th Percentile £87.09 £80.25 £70.08
South East median hourly rate £57.35 £57.76 £44.73
% change year-on-year -0.71% +29.14% +11.81%

Master's Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Master's Degree in the Thames Valley

Master's Degree
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Daily rate trend for Master's Degree in the Thames Valley

Master's Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Master's Degree in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Master's Degree in the Thames Valley

Master's Degree
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Hourly rate trend for Master's Degree in the Thames Valley

Master's Degree
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Master's Degree in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Master's Degree in the Thames Valley

Master's Degree
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 26 April 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
Berkshire -11 9 £525 -4.55% 18
Oxfordshire +9 5 - - 34
Buckinghamshire +20 2 - - 10
Master's Degree
South East

Master's Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (12.50%) Confluence
2 1 (6.25%) Apache
Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 2 (12.50%) Azure
2 1 (6.25%) AWS
2 1 (6.25%) Azure Data Factory
2 1 (6.25%) Azure Synapse Analytics
2 1 (6.25%) OpenShift
2 1 (6.25%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 4 (25.00%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.25%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (6.25%) Data Lake
1 1 (6.25%) MongoDB
1 1 (6.25%) MySQL
1 1 (6.25%) Power BI
1 1 (6.25%) Relational Database
1 1 (6.25%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 7 (43.75%) JIRA
2 6 (37.50%) Git
3 4 (25.00%) Subversion
4 1 (6.25%) CMake
4 1 (6.25%) LabVIEW
General
1 7 (43.75%) Telecoms
2 6 (37.50%) Social Skills
3 5 (31.25%) Aerospace
3 5 (31.25%) Manufacturing
4 4 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (18.75%) Automotive
5 3 (18.75%) Marketing
6 1 (6.25%) Finance
6 1 (6.25%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (6.25%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (31.25%) Software Engineer
2 4 (25.00%) Embedded Engineer
2 4 (25.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 3 (18.75%) Project Manager
3 3 (18.75%) Telecoms Manager
4 2 (12.50%) Developer
4 2 (12.50%) Product Manager
4 2 (12.50%) Senior
4 2 (12.50%) Telecoms Product Manager
5 1 (6.25%) Analyst
5 1 (6.25%) C++ Software Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Data Analyst
5 1 (6.25%) Engineering Manager
5 1 (6.25%) Project Coordinator
5 1 (6.25%) Security Manager
5 1 (6.25%) Security Project Manager
5 1 (6.25%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Senior Manager
5 1 (6.25%) Senior Project Manager
5 1 (6.25%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.25%) AngularJS
1 1 (6.25%) CNTK
1 1 (6.25%) CSS
1 1 (6.25%) HTML
1 1 (6.25%) jQuery
1 1 (6.25%) Node.js
1 1 (6.25%) OpenVINO
1 1 (6.25%) PyTorch
1 1 (6.25%) React
1 1 (6.25%) TensorFlow
1 1 (6.25%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (31.25%) Algorithms
1 5 (31.25%) Life Science
2 4 (25.00%) Device Driver
3 3 (18.75%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.25%) Android
1 1 (6.25%) Linux
1 1 (6.25%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (56.25%) Computer Science
2 7 (43.75%) Software Engineering
3 5 (31.25%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (31.25%) Project Management
4 4 (25.00%) Agile
4 4 (25.00%) Defect Tracking
4 4 (25.00%) Signal Processing
4 4 (25.00%) Software Optimisation
4 4 (25.00%) Validation
5 3 (18.75%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (18.75%) Data-Driven Decision Making
5 3 (18.75%) Decision-Making
6 2 (12.50%) Customer Experience
6 2 (12.50%) Data Science
6 2 (12.50%) Data Visualisation
6 2 (12.50%) Market Research
6 2 (12.50%) Product Management
6 2 (12.50%) Product Requirements
6 2 (12.50%) Product Roadmap
6 2 (12.50%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 7 (43.75%) Python
2 5 (31.25%) C++
3 4 (25.00%) Assembly Language
3 4 (25.00%) C
3 4 (25.00%) MATLAB
3 4 (25.00%) Shell Script
4 2 (12.50%) Java
4 2 (12.50%) SQL
5 1 (6.25%) C#
5 1 (6.25%) JavaScript
5 1 (6.25%) R
Qualifications
1 16 (100.00%) Degree
2 4 (25.00%) PhD
3 3 (18.75%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (12.50%) Azure Certification
4 2 (12.50%) MBA
5 1 (6.25%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (25.00%) JTAG
2 1 (6.25%) Data Quality
2 1 (6.25%) QA
System Software
1 4 (25.00%) Embedded Firmware
1 4 (25.00%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (6.25%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (6.25%) Databricks
1 1 (6.25%) Red Hat