Postgraduate Contracts in the UK excluding London

Postgraduate
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Postgraduate 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 380 444 496
Rank change year-on-year +64 +52 -90
Contract jobs citing Postgraduate 10 15 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.048% 0.062% 0.061%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.13% 0.19% 0.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 10 12
10th Percentile £216 £175 £261
25th Percentile £322 £187 £317
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £278 £406
Median % change year-on-year +134.23% -31.69% -1.52%
75th Percentile £675 £549 £475
90th Percentile £694 £556 £534
UK median daily rate £460 £400 £406
% change year-on-year +15.00% -1.54% -1.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £25.12 - -
25th Percentile £25.16 - £26.25
Median hourly rate £25.27 - £27.50
75th Percentile £25.34 - £28.75
90th Percentile £25.35 - -
UK median hourly rate £26.00 - £23.48
% change year-on-year - - -16.08%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

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 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%

Postgraduate
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Postgraduate as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Postgraduate in the UK excluding London

Postgraduate
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Postgraduate in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Postgraduate in the UK excluding London

Postgraduate
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Postgraduate in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Postgraduate in the UK excluding London

Postgraduate
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Postgraduate in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Postgraduate in the UK excluding London

Postgraduate
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 Postgraduate 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 - 5 £650 - 3
Scotland +30 2 £221 +26.27% 5
Wales +13 2 - - 1
Midlands +27 1 - - 3
East Midlands - 1 - -
Postgraduate
UK

Postgraduate
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:

Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (10.00%) SPSS
Cloud Services
1 3 (30.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (30.00%) Power BI
2 1 (10.00%) Electronic Patient Records
General
1 6 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (30.00%) Finance
2 3 (30.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (20.00%) Public Sector
4 1 (10.00%) Humanities
4 1 (10.00%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (10.00%) Social Science
Job Titles
1 3 (30.00%) Analyst
2 1 (10.00%) Digital Transformation
2 1 (10.00%) Digital Transformation Director
2 1 (10.00%) Head of Analysis
2 1 (10.00%) Programme Director
2 1 (10.00%) Senior
2 1 (10.00%) Transformation Director
2 1 (10.00%) Transformation Programme Director
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 4 (40.00%) Customer Service
1 4 (40.00%) Decision-Making
1 4 (40.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 3 (30.00%) Analytics
2 3 (30.00%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (30.00%) Critical Thinking
2 3 (30.00%) Customer-Centricity
2 3 (30.00%) Data Analysis
2 3 (30.00%) Data Strategy
2 3 (30.00%) Economics
2 3 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (30.00%) Statistics
2 3 (30.00%) Visualisation
3 2 (20.00%) Actionable Insight
3 2 (20.00%) Performance Monitoring
3 2 (20.00%) Project Management
3 2 (20.00%) Quantitative Analysis
4 1 (10.00%) Data Mapping
4 1 (10.00%) Qualitative Research
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) R
1 1 (10.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (60.00%) Degree
2 2 (20.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft