Postgraduate Contract Job Trends in Wiltshire

Postgraduate
South West > Wiltshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Wiltshire with a requirement for Postgraduate qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 23 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 58 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Postgraduate 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Wiltshire 0.23% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.28% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £575 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - -
75th Percentile £625 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median daily rate £600 £500 -
% change year-on-year +20.00% - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Wiltshire

Postgraduate 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 Wiltshire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 358 405 555
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wiltshire 80.81% 69.11% 67.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 239 293 398
10th Percentile £382 £400 £413
25th Percentile £513 £500 £464
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% -1.96%
75th Percentile £669 £657 £650
90th Percentile £725 £735 £725
South West median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 1 21
10th Percentile £12.50 - £40.85
25th Percentile £18.87 - £46.25
Median hourly rate £24.00 £60.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -60.00% +20.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £25.15 - £60.00
90th Percentile - - £64.50
South West median hourly rate £25.15 £67.50 £62.50
% change year-on-year -62.74% +8.00% -3.10%

Postgraduate
Job Vacancy Trend in Wiltshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Postgraduate relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Wiltshire.

Postgraduate job vacancy trend in Wiltshire

Postgraduate
Daily Rate Trend in Wiltshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wiltshire citing Postgraduate.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wiltshire citing Postgraduate

Postgraduate
Contract Job Locations in Wiltshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Postgraduate within the Wiltshire region over the 6 months to 23 October 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
Salisbury - 1 £600 -
Postgraduate
South West

Postgraduate
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wiltshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Electronic Patient Records
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Data Migration Lead
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
1 1 (100.00%) Workstream Lead
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cerner