Master's Degree Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Master's Degree
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 200 214 273
Rank change year-on-year +14 +59 +150
Contract jobs citing Master's Degree 104 132 212
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.05% 0.86% 0.82%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.77% 3.11% 3.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 64 92 110
10th Percentile £281 £351 £425
25th Percentile £339 £434 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £579
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -5.01% -1.86%
75th Percentile £595 £722 £750
90th Percentile £772 £825 £853
UK median daily rate £555 £550 £600
% change year-on-year +0.91% -8.33% +3.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 11 23
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £10.42 £42.50
Median hourly rate £87.05 £54.66 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +59.26% +21.47% -
75th Percentile - £65.00 £56.25
90th Percentile - - £65.00
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £55.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year +13.64% +22.22% +60.71%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,762 4,242 6,586
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 27.88% 27.64% 25.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,865 2,651 4,417
10th Percentile £350 £325 £381
25th Percentile £425 £440 £454
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.80%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £650
90th Percentile £700 £730 £745
UK median daily rate £525 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 104 269 292
10th Percentile £19.10 £15.85 £20.00
25th Percentile £26.25 £25.00 £42.50
Median hourly rate £54.51 £43.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +26.76% -33.85% +33.22%
75th Percentile £67.75 £65.00 £73.75
90th Percentile £85.78 £83.84 £85.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £40.00 £54.00
% change year-on-year - -25.93% +29.16%

Master's Degree
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Master's Degree as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Master's Degree trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Master's Degree
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Master's Degree.

Master's Degree daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Master's Degree
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Master's Degree over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Master's Degree daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Master's Degree
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Master's Degree.

Master's Degree hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Master's Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 12 (11.54%) Confluence
2 4 (3.85%) Apache Spark
3 2 (1.92%) Apache
4 1 (0.96%) IBM Domino
4 1 (0.96%) SAS
Applications
1 13 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.88%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (1.92%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.92%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.96%) InVision
4 1 (0.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.96%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 6 (5.77%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (2.88%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 1 (0.96%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.96%) SAP MM
3 1 (0.96%) SAP R/3
Cloud Services
1 20 (19.23%) Azure
2 18 (17.31%) AWS
3 11 (10.58%) GCP
4 2 (1.92%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (1.92%) Entra ID
4 2 (1.92%) PaaS
5 1 (0.96%) Amazon SageMaker
5 1 (0.96%) Asana
5 1 (0.96%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 1 (0.96%) Azure Functions
5 1 (0.96%) Azure Machine Learning
5 1 (0.96%) Azure Monitor
5 1 (0.96%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (0.96%) Figma
5 1 (0.96%) Firebase
5 1 (0.96%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (0.96%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
5 1 (0.96%) Salesforce Service Cloud
5 1 (0.96%) Serverless
5 1 (0.96%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 8 (7.69%) Firewall
2 2 (1.92%) Cisco ISE
3 1 (0.96%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (0.96%) MQTT
3 1 (0.96%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.96%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.85%) Big Data
1 4 (3.85%) Hadoop
1 4 (3.85%) Metadata
1 4 (3.85%) Metadata Repository
2 2 (1.92%) Apache Hive
3 1 (0.96%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.96%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.96%) HBase
3 1 (0.96%) MySQL
3 1 (0.96%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 13 (12.50%) JIRA
2 10 (9.62%) Git
3 3 (2.88%) Visual Studio
4 2 (1.92%) Selenium
4 2 (1.92%) SpecFlow
5 1 (0.96%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.96%) Axure RP
5 1 (0.96%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.96%) Burp Suite
5 1 (0.96%) CMake
5 1 (0.96%) Gatling
5 1 (0.96%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.96%) JMeter
5 1 (0.96%) Maven
5 1 (0.96%) Metasploit
5 1 (0.96%) ReSharper
5 1 (0.96%) TestDirector
General
1 58 (55.77%) Social Skills
2 41 (39.42%) Analytical Skills
3 28 (26.92%) Finance
3 28 (26.92%) Public Sector
4 14 (13.46%) Presentation Skills
5 9 (8.65%) Banking
6 7 (6.73%) Manufacturing
7 6 (5.77%) Marketing
7 6 (5.77%) Pharmaceutical
8 5 (4.81%) Front Office
8 5 (4.81%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (4.81%) Welsh Language
9 4 (3.85%) Automotive
9 4 (3.85%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (2.88%) Agriculture
10 3 (2.88%) Digital Health
10 3 (2.88%) Electronics
10 3 (2.88%) Financial Institution
10 3 (2.88%) Investment Banking
10 3 (2.88%) Legal
Job Titles
1 13 (12.50%) Architect
1 13 (12.50%) Lead
2 10 (9.62%) Project Manager
2 10 (9.62%) Virtualisation Engineer
3 9 (8.65%) Senior
4 7 (6.73%) Developer
4 7 (6.73%) Software Engineer
5 6 (5.77%) Analyst
5 6 (5.77%) C++ Software Engineer
6 4 (3.85%) Algorithm Engineer
6 4 (3.85%) Business Analyst
6 4 (3.85%) Cloud Architect
6 4 (3.85%) Software Engineer - Algorithmic Trading
6 4 (3.85%) Solutions Architect
6 4 (3.85%) Technical Architect
7 3 (2.88%) Data Scientist
7 3 (2.88%) Designer
7 3 (2.88%) HR Manager
7 3 (2.88%) Research Scientist
7 3 (2.88%) Security Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (9.62%) Flash
2 4 (3.85%) CSS
2 4 (3.85%) HTML
2 4 (3.85%) TensorFlow
3 3 (2.88%) PyTorch
3 3 (2.88%) React
4 2 (1.92%) AngularJS
4 2 (1.92%) Middleware
4 2 (1.92%) NumPy
4 2 (1.92%) Pandas
4 2 (1.92%) scikit-learn
5 1 (0.96%) .NET
5 1 (0.96%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.96%) Django
5 1 (0.96%) GWT
5 1 (0.96%) JSON
5 1 (0.96%) REST
5 1 (0.96%) SOAP
5 1 (0.96%) WCF
5 1 (0.96%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 12 (11.54%) Algorithms
2 10 (9.62%) Clustering
3 9 (8.65%) Management Information System
4 8 (7.69%) NHS
5 7 (6.73%) Data Structures
5 7 (6.73%) Life Science
6 6 (5.77%) Product Ownership
7 5 (4.81%) Hedge funds
7 5 (4.81%) PMI
8 4 (3.85%) Cloud Native
8 4 (3.85%) Distributed Systems
9 3 (2.88%) Derivative
9 3 (2.88%) Distributed Computing
9 3 (2.88%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 3 (2.88%) Industry 4.0
9 3 (2.88%) Manufacturing Execution System
9 3 (2.88%) Operational Technology
9 3 (2.88%) Renewable Energy
9 3 (2.88%) Security Posture
10 2 (1.92%) Equity Derivative
Operating Systems
1 7 (6.73%) Linux
2 2 (1.92%) Windows
3 1 (0.96%) Android
3 1 (0.96%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (56.73%) Computer Science
2 49 (47.12%) Agile
3 36 (34.62%) Problem-Solving
4 25 (24.04%) Project Management
5 21 (20.19%) Analytics
6 17 (16.35%) Critical Thinking
7 16 (15.38%) Roadmaps
8 15 (14.42%) Continuous Improvement
8 15 (14.42%) Mentoring
8 15 (14.42%) Risk Management
8 15 (14.42%) Stakeholder Management
9 13 (12.50%) Technical Leadership
9 13 (12.50%) Validation
9 13 (12.50%) Waterfall
10 12 (11.54%) Data Modelling
10 12 (11.54%) Data Science
11 11 (10.58%) Artificial Intelligence
11 11 (10.58%) DevOps
11 11 (10.58%) Software Engineering
11 11 (10.58%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 26 (25.00%) Python
2 11 (10.58%) C++
3 9 (8.65%) Java
4 4 (3.85%) JavaScript
4 4 (3.85%) SQL
5 3 (2.88%) C#
6 2 (1.92%) Ruby
6 2 (1.92%) Rust
7 1 (0.96%) Apex Code
7 1 (0.96%) Bash
7 1 (0.96%) C
7 1 (0.96%) Go
7 1 (0.96%) Groovy
7 1 (0.96%) Perl
7 1 (0.96%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.96%) R
7 1 (0.96%) Scala
Qualifications
1 104 (100.00%) Degree
2 33 (31.73%) Computer Science Degree
3 14 (13.46%) PhD
4 13 (12.50%) Azure Certification
4 13 (12.50%) SC Cleared
4 13 (12.50%) Security Cleared
5 12 (11.54%) AWS Certification
5 12 (11.54%) CCNA
5 12 (11.54%) Cisco Certification
5 12 (11.54%) PMI Certification
6 11 (10.58%) Microsoft Certification
7 10 (9.62%) PMP
7 10 (9.62%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 9 (8.65%) MBA
9 6 (5.77%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 6 (5.77%) CISSP
10 5 (4.81%) CISA
10 5 (4.81%) CISM
11 3 (2.88%) CITP
11 3 (2.88%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (6.73%) QA
2 6 (5.77%) GDPR
2 6 (5.77%) NIST
3 5 (4.81%) Data Quality
3 5 (4.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (4.81%) PMO
4 4 (3.85%) HIPAA
5 3 (2.88%) NIST 800
5 3 (2.88%) PCI DSS
6 2 (1.92%) 21 CFR Part 11
6 2 (1.92%) MiFID
7 1 (0.96%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.96%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 1 (0.96%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 10 (9.62%) VMware ESXi
1 10 (9.62%) VMware Infrastructure
1 10 (9.62%) VMware NSX
2 6 (5.77%) Docker
3 2 (1.92%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.96%) Firmware
4 1 (0.96%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 10 (9.62%) vCenter Server
2 8 (7.69%) Kubernetes
3 3 (2.88%) MOM
4 2 (1.92%) Terraform
5 1 (0.96%) Ansible
5 1 (0.96%) Hadoop YARN
5 1 (0.96%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 16 (15.38%) Microsoft
2 14 (13.46%) Cisco
3 11 (10.58%) Google
4 10 (9.62%) Atlassian
4 10 (9.62%) SAP
4 10 (9.62%) VMware
5 5 (4.81%) Cloudera
5 5 (4.81%) Databricks
6 3 (2.88%) Rockwell
6 3 (2.88%) Siemens
7 2 (1.92%) Ariba
7 2 (1.92%) Aruba
7 2 (1.92%) F5
7 2 (1.92%) Imperva
8 1 (0.96%) Adobe
8 1 (0.96%) Remedy
8 1 (0.96%) Salesforce