Master's Degree Contracts in Wales

Master's Degree
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Wales 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 23 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 - 54
Rank change year-on-year - - +11
Contract jobs citing Master's Degree 30 0 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales 10.42% - 1.49%
As % of the Qualifications category 24.19% - 3.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 0 6
10th Percentile £250 - -
25th Percentile £270 - £549
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £305 - £575
Median % change year-on-year - - -23.40%
75th Percentile £331 - £600
90th Percentile £480 - -
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £619
% change year-on-year - -11.15% +4.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
Median hourly rate £45.00 - £20.47
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year +18.18% +22.22% +21.21%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Wales

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 Wales.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 124 82 243
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 43.06% 22.53% 40.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 57 186
10th Percentile £197 £212 £186
25th Percentile £285 £463 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year -22.33% -1.90% -1.64%
75th Percentile £488 £644 £622
90th Percentile £603 £725 £650
UK median daily rate £523 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -1.42% -3.64% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 15 16
10th Percentile £21.01 £11.01 -
25th Percentile £24.08 £15.51 £16.98
Median hourly rate £27.50 £25.18 £18.14
Median % change year-on-year +9.21% +38.81% -60.78%
75th Percentile £41.25 £85.50 £20.10
90th Percentile £45.00 £87.80 £49.38
UK median hourly rate £33.75 £40.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -15.63% -27.27% +23.60%

Master's Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Master's Degree in Wales

Master's Degree
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wales

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

Daily rate trend for Master's Degree in Wales

Master's Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in Wales

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Master's Degree in Wales over the 6 months to 23 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Master's Degree in Wales

Master's Degree
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

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

Hourly rate trend for Master's Degree in Wales

Master's Degree
Contract Job Locations in Wales

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 Wales region over the 6 months to 23 May 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
South Wales - 29 £309 - 125
Master's Degree
UK

Master's Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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:

Cloud Services
1 10 (33.33%) AWS
1 10 (33.33%) Azure
1 10 (33.33%) GCP
2 2 (6.67%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (13.33%) Firewall
2 2 (6.67%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (13.33%) Metadata
1 4 (13.33%) Metadata Repository
2 1 (3.33%) Big Data
2 1 (3.33%) Data Lake
2 1 (3.33%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 3 (10.00%) Selenium
1 3 (10.00%) SpecFlow
General
1 13 (43.33%) Public Sector
2 12 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 9 (30.00%) Presentation Skills
4 5 (16.67%) Welsh Language
5 4 (13.33%) Pharmaceutical
6 3 (10.00%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (6.67%) Digital Health
7 2 (6.67%) Marketing
8 1 (3.33%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (3.33%) Finance
8 1 (3.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (3.33%) Legal
8 1 (3.33%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 11 (36.67%) Lead
2 8 (26.67%) Architect
3 6 (20.00%) Designer
3 6 (20.00%) Senior
4 5 (16.67%) Lead Designer
5 4 (13.33%) Interaction Designer
5 4 (13.33%) Research Scientist
5 4 (13.33%) Technical Architect
6 3 (10.00%) Cloud Architect
6 3 (10.00%) Security Researcher
6 3 (10.00%) Test Engineer
7 2 (6.67%) Data Engineer
7 2 (6.67%) GCP Architect
7 2 (6.67%) Lead Architect
7 2 (6.67%) Migration Architect
7 2 (6.67%) Principal Architect
7 2 (6.67%) Principal Solutions Architect
7 2 (6.67%) Service Designer
7 2 (6.67%) Solutions Architect
7 2 (6.67%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (10.00%) CSS
1 3 (10.00%) HTML
2 2 (6.67%) Blazor
2 2 (6.67%) GWT
Miscellaneous
1 11 (36.67%) NHS
2 4 (13.33%) Cloud Native
2 4 (13.33%) Cyberattack
3 3 (10.00%) Algorithms
3 3 (10.00%) Blog
4 2 (6.67%) Onboarding
4 2 (6.67%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (3.33%) Data Structures
5 1 (3.33%) Linked Data
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 14 (46.67%) Agile
3 12 (40.00%) Roadmaps
4 11 (36.67%) Analytics
5 10 (33.33%) Coaching
5 10 (33.33%) Mentoring
6 9 (30.00%) Cybersecurity
6 9 (30.00%) Data Analytics
7 8 (26.67%) Cloud Security
8 7 (23.33%) DevOps
9 5 (16.67%) Artificial Intelligence
9 5 (16.67%) Machine Learning
10 4 (13.33%) Data Modelling
10 4 (13.33%) Data Privacy
10 4 (13.33%) Enterprise Architecture
10 4 (13.33%) ITIL
10 4 (13.33%) Metadata Management
10 4 (13.33%) Open Source
10 4 (13.33%) Service Delivery
10 4 (13.33%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 7 (23.33%) Python
2 5 (16.67%) Rust
3 3 (10.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 30 (100.00%) Degree
2 12 (40.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 10 (33.33%) AWS Certification
3 10 (33.33%) Azure Certification
4 9 (30.00%) PhD
5 6 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (13.33%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 4 (13.33%) CCNA
6 4 (13.33%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (13.33%) CITP
7 3 (10.00%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (3.33%) SC Cleared
8 1 (3.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.33%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 10 (33.33%) Google
1 10 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 4 (13.33%) Cisco
2 4 (13.33%) Cloudera
2 4 (13.33%) Databricks
3 1 (3.33%) Remedy