Master's Degree Contracts in the West Midlands

Master's Degree
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for Master's Degree qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 99 131 153
Rank change year-on-year +32 +22 -47
Contract jobs citing Master's Degree 15 11 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.78% 0.46% 0.37%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.38% 1.67% 1.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 10 7
10th Percentile £450 £429 -
25th Percentile £525 £453 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £475 £550
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -13.64% -6.38%
75th Percentile £769 £570 £688
90th Percentile £825 £693 £738
England median daily rate £550 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £56.25 £92.50 £24.35
Median hourly rate £57.50 £95.00 £25.29
Median % change year-on-year -39.47% +275.64% +68.60%
75th Percentile £58.75 £97.50 £26.24
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £55.00 £45.00 £26.65
% change year-on-year +22.22% +68.89% -27.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
West Midlands

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 West Midlands with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 630 657 710
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 32.63% 27.36% 19.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 398 410 492
10th Percentile £263 £305 £286
25th Percentile £358 £413 £379
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £525 £461
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +13.82% +13.89%
75th Percentile £569 £605 £563
90th Percentile £675 £700 £638
England median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 26 17
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.25 £11.05
25th Percentile £22.16 £13.41 £13.50
Median hourly rate £28.50 £19.00 £17.28
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% +9.95% +9.23%
75th Percentile £49.38 £25.64 £20.00
90th Percentile £58.75 £61.75 £21.21
England median hourly rate £40.00 £52.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year -23.81% +40.00% -1.81%

Master's Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Master's Degree in the West Midlands

Master's Degree
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Master's Degree in the West Midlands

Master's Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Master's Degree in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Master's Degree in the West Midlands

Master's Degree
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Master's Degree in the West Midlands

Master's Degree
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

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 West Midlands region over the 6 months to 25 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
Birmingham +14 7 £550 +10.00% 21
Warwickshire +5 3 £800 +33.33% 9
Master's Degree
England

Master's Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 5 (33.33%) Simulink
1 5 (33.33%) Stateflow
1 5 (33.33%) TargetLink
Cloud Services
1 3 (20.00%) Azure
2 1 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (13.33%) SAN
2 1 (6.67%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 5 (33.33%) Bitbucket
1 5 (33.33%) Git
1 5 (33.33%) Subversion
2 3 (20.00%) Jenkins
General
1 9 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (33.33%) Automotive
3 4 (26.67%) Finance
4 3 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (13.33%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (40.00%) Architect
2 5 (33.33%) Control Systems Engineer
2 5 (33.33%) Principal Engineer
2 5 (33.33%) Principal Systems Engineer
2 5 (33.33%) Systems Engineer
3 4 (26.67%) Developer
3 4 (26.67%) Java Developer
4 3 (20.00%) Enterprise Architect
5 2 (13.33%) Infrastructure Solutions Architect
5 2 (13.33%) Senior
5 2 (13.33%) Senior Developer
5 2 (13.33%) Senior Java Developer
5 2 (13.33%) Solutions Architect
6 1 (6.67%) Lead
6 1 (6.67%) Lead Developer
6 1 (6.67%) Lead Java Developer
6 1 (6.67%) Microsoft 365 Architect
6 1 (6.67%) Microsoft 365 Specialist
6 1 (6.67%) Security Architect
6 1 (6.67%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (26.67%) Spring
2 3 (20.00%) AngularJS
2 3 (20.00%) React
Miscellaneous
1 8 (53.33%) Management Information System
2 5 (33.33%) Algorithms
3 4 (26.67%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (20.00%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (6.67%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (66.67%) Agile
2 9 (60.00%) Computer Science
2 9 (60.00%) Software Engineering
3 5 (33.33%) Black-Box Testing
3 5 (33.33%) Enterprise Architecture
3 5 (33.33%) Functional Testing
3 5 (33.33%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
3 5 (33.33%) Integration Testing
3 5 (33.33%) Line Management
3 5 (33.33%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
3 5 (33.33%) Project Management
3 5 (33.33%) QMS
3 5 (33.33%) Quality Management
3 5 (33.33%) Software Audit
3 5 (33.33%) Software Testing
3 5 (33.33%) UML
3 5 (33.33%) Validation
3 5 (33.33%) Verification and Validation
3 5 (33.33%) White-Box Testing
4 4 (26.67%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 5 (33.33%) C
1 5 (33.33%) MATLAB
2 4 (26.67%) Java
3 2 (13.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (100.00%) Degree
2 7 (46.67%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (20.00%) TOGAF Certification
4 2 (13.33%) SC Cleared
4 2 (13.33%) Security Cleared
5 1 (6.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 1 (6.67%) CCSP
5 1 (6.67%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (6.67%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (33.33%) AUTOSAR
1 5 (33.33%) ISO 26262
1 5 (33.33%) MISRA
1 5 (33.33%) MISRA C
System Software
1 2 (13.33%) Active Directory
1 2 (13.33%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (13.33%) vSphere
Vendors
1 6 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (13.33%) VMware