Master's Degree Contracts in the UK excluding London

Master's Degree
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 244 285 340
Rank change year-on-year +41 +55 -49
Contract jobs citing Master's Degree 149 174 181
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.72% 0.72% 0.58%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.93% 2.17% 2.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 84 110 102
10th Percentile £379 £252 £140
25th Percentile £488 £401 £281
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £490
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% +2.04% +3.16%
75th Percentile £669 £578 £588
90th Percentile £750 £725 £698
UK median daily rate £550 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 33 17
10th Percentile £27.45 £24.88 -
25th Percentile £41.50 £42.50 £19.52
Median hourly rate £55.00 £45.00 £24.24
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% +85.64% -8.53%
75th Percentile £58.75 £65.00 £47.50
90th Percentile £65.00 - £52.95
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £45.00 £25.29
% change year-on-year +22.22% +77.94% -26.16%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 7,701 8,032 8,147
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 37.07% 33.27% 26.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,422 5,384 5,261
10th Percentile £263 £275 £250
25th Percentile £425 £420 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.95% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £638 £631 £594
90th Percentile £720 £702 £675
UK median daily rate £535 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 930 684 546
10th Percentile £13.67 £14.25 £13.25
25th Percentile £16.50 £19.46 £16.31
Median hourly rate £40.63 £49.94 £32.43
Median % change year-on-year -18.65% +53.97% -7.34%
75th Percentile £62.50 £66.00 £56.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £78.00 £65.52
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £41.50
% change year-on-year -25.93% +30.12% +7.21%

Master's Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Master's Degree as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Master's Degree in the UK excluding London

Master's Degree
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Master's Degree in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Master's Degree in the UK excluding London

Master's Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate histogram for Master's Degree in the UK excluding London

Master's Degree
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Master's Degree in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Master's Degree in the UK excluding London

Master's Degree
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate histogram for Master's Degree in the UK excluding London

Master's Degree
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London 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
South East +2 47 £525 +13.51% 149
East of England +18 27 £700 +83.97% 112
South West +12 24 £588 +6.82% 81
North of England +31 19 £676 +12.85% 120
Midlands +26 16 £550 +28.65% 95
West Midlands +36 15 £550 +15.79% 62
North West +22 15 £676 +4.16% 66
Scotland +38 12 £475 +4.40% 43
Northern Ireland - 4 £538 - 9
North East - 3 £588 - 26
Yorkshire +18 1 - - 34
East Midlands +15 1 - - 33
Master's Degree
UK

Master's Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 14 (9.40%) Confluence
2 3 (2.01%) Oracle Workflow
3 2 (1.34%) IIS
4 1 (0.67%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.67%) Apache
Applications
1 15 (10.07%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (4.70%) Simulink
2 7 (4.70%) Stateflow
3 5 (3.36%) TargetLink
4 4 (2.68%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (1.34%) Adobe XD
5 2 (1.34%) InVision
5 2 (1.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (1.34%) Sketch
5 2 (1.34%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.67%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.67%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.67%) SPSS
6 1 (0.67%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 7 (4.70%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (2.01%) Oracle EBS R12
2 3 (2.01%) SAP SD
3 2 (1.34%) SAP ERP
3 2 (1.34%) SAP MDG
4 1 (0.67%) Hyperion Planning
4 1 (0.67%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 1 (0.67%) Oracle Cash Management
4 1 (0.67%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.67%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.67%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.67%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.67%) Primavera
4 1 (0.67%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.67%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.67%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.67%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.67%) SAP Payroll
4 1 (0.67%) SAP SCM
4 1 (0.67%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 14 (9.40%) Azure
2 7 (4.70%) AWS
3 3 (2.01%) GCP
4 2 (1.34%) Figma
4 2 (1.34%) OpenShift
4 2 (1.34%) Power Platform
4 2 (1.34%) Snowflake
5 1 (0.67%) Amazon SageMaker
5 1 (0.67%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (0.67%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 1 (0.67%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (0.67%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (4.70%) VSAN
2 5 (3.36%) Internet
2 5 (3.36%) Wireless
3 4 (2.68%) SAN
4 2 (1.34%) LTE
4 2 (1.34%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.67%) DNS
5 1 (0.67%) Firewall
5 1 (0.67%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (0.67%) Network Security
5 1 (0.67%) NFC
5 1 (0.67%) PPP
5 1 (0.67%) RTMP
5 1 (0.67%) RTP
5 1 (0.67%) RTSP
5 1 (0.67%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (4.03%) Relational Database
2 5 (3.36%) Big Data
2 5 (3.36%) MySQL
3 3 (2.01%) Data Lake
3 3 (2.01%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (2.01%) Metadata
3 3 (2.01%) Oracle Database
3 3 (2.01%) Oracle Reports
3 3 (2.01%) RDBMS
3 3 (2.01%) SQL Server
4 2 (1.34%) MariaDB
4 2 (1.34%) MongoDB
4 2 (1.34%) NoSQL
4 2 (1.34%) Power BI
4 2 (1.34%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.67%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.67%) Electronic Patient Records
5 1 (0.67%) Hadoop
5 1 (0.67%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.67%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 23 (15.44%) JIRA
2 16 (10.74%) Git
3 11 (7.38%) Rational DOORS
4 10 (6.71%) Subversion
5 8 (5.37%) Bitbucket
6 7 (4.70%) Jenkins
7 3 (2.01%) Selenium
7 3 (2.01%) TestRail
8 2 (1.34%) CMake
8 2 (1.34%) JMeter
8 2 (1.34%) LoadRunner
8 2 (1.34%) Rational Team Concert
9 1 (0.67%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 1 (0.67%) Eclipse
9 1 (0.67%) GoogleTest
9 1 (0.67%) LabVIEW
9 1 (0.67%) Maven
9 1 (0.67%) Valgrind
9 1 (0.67%) Visual Studio
General
1 62 (41.61%) Social Skills
2 39 (26.17%) Analytical Skills
3 30 (20.13%) Finance
4 21 (14.09%) Public Sector
5 17 (11.41%) Presentation Skills
6 13 (8.72%) Marketing
7 11 (7.38%) Aerospace
8 10 (6.71%) Automotive
8 10 (6.71%) Telecoms
9 9 (6.04%) Manufacturing
10 8 (5.37%) Pharmaceutical
11 7 (4.70%) Banking
12 6 (4.03%) Documentation Skills
12 6 (4.03%) Organisational Skills
13 5 (3.36%) Influencing Skills
14 4 (2.68%) Electronics
14 4 (2.68%) Law
15 3 (2.01%) French Language
15 3 (2.01%) Legal
16 2 (1.34%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 37 (24.83%) Architect
2 29 (19.46%) Senior
3 16 (10.74%) Software Engineer
4 15 (10.07%) Systems Engineer
5 13 (8.72%) Solutions Architect
6 12 (8.05%) Developer
6 12 (8.05%) Project Manager
6 12 (8.05%) Software Architect
7 10 (6.71%) Embedded Engineer
7 10 (6.71%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 9 (6.04%) Lead
9 8 (5.37%) Senior Systems Engineer
10 6 (4.03%) DOORS Engineer
10 6 (4.03%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 6 (4.03%) Integration Engineer
10 6 (4.03%) Senior Integration Engineer
10 6 (4.03%) Software Integration Engineer
10 6 (4.03%) Systems Integration Engineer
10 6 (4.03%) Virtualisation Engineer
11 5 (3.36%) Principal Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (8.05%) DirectX
1 12 (8.05%) OpenGL
1 12 (8.05%) OpenGL ES
1 12 (8.05%) Vulkan
2 6 (4.03%) Flash
3 5 (3.36%) React
3 5 (3.36%) Spring
4 4 (2.68%) .NET
4 4 (2.68%) AngularJS
4 4 (2.68%) CSS
4 4 (2.68%) HTML
4 4 (2.68%) PyTorch
4 4 (2.68%) TensorFlow
5 2 (1.34%) .NET Framework
5 2 (1.34%) XML
6 1 (0.67%) GStreamer
6 1 (0.67%) HTML5
6 1 (0.67%) jQuery
6 1 (0.67%) JSON
6 1 (0.67%) Spring MVC
Miscellaneous
1 20 (13.42%) Management Information System
2 14 (9.40%) Algorithms
3 10 (6.71%) 3D Graphics
3 10 (6.71%) Ray Tracing
4 8 (5.37%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (4.03%) Clustering
5 6 (4.03%) Life Science
6 5 (3.36%) Analytical Mindset
6 5 (3.36%) Data Centre
6 5 (3.36%) Device Driver
7 4 (2.68%) Embedded Systems
8 3 (2.01%) Operational Technology
8 3 (2.01%) Photography
8 3 (2.01%) Public Cloud
8 3 (2.01%) Renewable Energy
9 2 (1.34%) Data Structures
9 2 (1.34%) IoT
9 2 (1.34%) PKI
9 2 (1.34%) SCADA
9 2 (1.34%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 22 (14.77%) Windows
2 15 (10.07%) Linux
3 14 (9.40%) Unix
4 6 (4.03%) Android
5 5 (3.36%) Embedded Linux
6 4 (2.68%) SafeRTOS
7 2 (1.34%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.67%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (36.91%) Problem-Solving
2 54 (36.24%) Computer Science
3 40 (26.85%) Agile
4 34 (22.82%) Validation
5 32 (21.48%) Software Engineering
6 24 (16.11%) Project Management
7 19 (12.75%) Collaborative Working
7 19 (12.75%) Stakeholder Management
8 18 (12.08%) Roadmaps
9 17 (11.41%) UML
10 16 (10.74%) Continuous Improvement
11 15 (10.07%) Decision-Making
12 14 (9.40%) Risk Management
13 13 (8.72%) Cybersecurity
13 13 (8.72%) Software Architecture
13 13 (8.72%) Test Strategy
13 13 (8.72%) Verification and Validation
14 12 (8.05%) Analytics
14 12 (8.05%) Requirements Analysis
15 11 (7.38%) Artificial Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 26 (17.45%) C
2 23 (15.44%) Python
3 20 (13.42%) C++
4 17 (11.41%) SQL
5 14 (9.40%) Java
6 11 (7.38%) MATLAB
7 8 (5.37%) C#
8 7 (4.70%) JavaScript
9 6 (4.03%) Shell Script
10 4 (2.68%) Assembly Language
10 4 (2.68%) Bash
10 4 (2.68%) R
11 3 (2.01%) Perl
11 3 (2.01%) PL/SQL
11 3 (2.01%) PowerShell
12 2 (1.34%) Fortran
13 1 (0.67%) Groovy
13 1 (0.67%) Julia
13 1 (0.67%) Rust
Qualifications
1 149 (100.00%) Degree
2 33 (22.15%) Computer Science Degree
3 22 (14.77%) PhD
4 15 (10.07%) Security Cleared
5 14 (9.40%) SC Cleared
6 8 (5.37%) CISSP
6 8 (5.37%) ITIL Certification
6 8 (5.37%) MBA
7 7 (4.70%) Cisco Certification
8 6 (4.03%) CCNA
8 6 (4.03%) CISA
8 6 (4.03%) CISM
8 6 (4.03%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 4 (2.68%) Chartered Engineer
9 4 (2.68%) PMP
10 3 (2.01%) PMI Certification
10 3 (2.01%) SAP Certification
10 3 (2.01%) TOGAF Certification
11 2 (1.34%) Azure Certification
11 2 (1.34%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (7.38%) PCI DSS
2 5 (3.36%) Accessibility
2 5 (3.36%) AUTOSAR
2 5 (3.36%) GDPR
2 5 (3.36%) ISO 26262
2 5 (3.36%) MISRA
2 5 (3.36%) MISRA C
2 5 (3.36%) QA
3 4 (2.68%) JTAG
4 2 (1.34%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.34%) HIPAA
4 2 (1.34%) PMO
4 2 (1.34%) WCAG
5 1 (0.67%) ISO 20022
5 1 (0.67%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 12 (8.05%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (5.37%) VMware NSX
3 6 (4.03%) VMware ESXi
4 4 (2.68%) Embedded Firmware
4 4 (2.68%) Firmware
5 2 (1.34%) Active Directory
5 2 (1.34%) vSphere
6 1 (0.67%) Docker
6 1 (0.67%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 6 (4.03%) vCenter Server
2 2 (1.34%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.34%) PowerCLI
3 1 (0.67%) Ansible
3 1 (0.67%) OPNET
3 1 (0.67%) Terraform
Vendors
1 24 (16.11%) Microsoft
2 14 (9.40%) SAP
3 13 (8.72%) VMware
4 9 (6.04%) Atlassian
5 8 (5.37%) Cisco
6 7 (4.70%) Oracle
7 4 (2.68%) Google
8 3 (2.01%) Ariba
8 3 (2.01%) Workday
9 2 (1.34%) Databricks
9 2 (1.34%) JDA
9 2 (1.34%) MathWorks
10 1 (0.67%) Adobe
10 1 (0.67%) Apple
10 1 (0.67%) Dell
10 1 (0.67%) Foundry
10 1 (0.67%) HP
10 1 (0.67%) Hyperion
10 1 (0.67%) Qualtrics
10 1 (0.67%) Red Hat