Master's Degree Contracts with Work from Home Options

Master's Degree
UK > Work from Home

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) with a requirement for Master's Degree qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 205 271 411
Rank change year-on-year +66 +140 -49
Contract jobs citing Master's Degree 133 205 220
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.88% 0.80% 0.49%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.20% 3.15% 2.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 93 107 123
10th Percentile £352 £425 £408
25th Percentile £438 £463 £498
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £579 £590
Median % change year-on-year -5.01% -1.86% +18.00%
75th Percentile £721 £750 £675
90th Percentile £825 £875 £775
UK median daily rate £550 £610 £590
% change year-on-year -9.84% +3.39% +7.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 22 10
10th Percentile - - £21.00
25th Percentile £10.42 £42.50 £27.40
Median hourly rate £54.66 £45.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +21.47% - +3.15%
75th Percentile £65.00 £60.63 £52.94
90th Percentile - £65.00 £68.75
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £45.00 £28.00
% change year-on-year +22.22% +60.71% -26.56%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,158 6,516 8,836
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 27.45% 25.48% 19.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,617 4,383 6,202
10th Percentile £325 £380 £369
25th Percentile £438 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +8.59%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £730 £745 £700
UK median daily rate £535 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 265 288 224
10th Percentile £15.85 £19.43 £19.40
25th Percentile £24.25 £42.50 £38.38
Median hourly rate £43.00 £65.00 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -33.85% +32.65% +22.50%
75th Percentile £65.00 £72.50 £65.54
90th Percentile £82.13 £85.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £42.00
% change year-on-year -25.93% +28.57% +10.82%

Master's Degree
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Master's Degree as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Master's Degree trend for jobs with a WFH option

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

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option 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 a work from home option citing Master's Degree over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

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 a work from home option citing Master's Degree.

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

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

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Master's Degree over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Master's Degree hourly rate histogram 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 5 (3.76%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.26%) Confluence
3 2 (1.50%) CMS
3 2 (1.50%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.50%) Sitecore CMS
4 1 (0.75%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.75%) ArcGIS
4 1 (0.75%) Oracle Workflow
4 1 (0.75%) SAS
Applications
1 9 (6.77%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (4.51%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (3.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (3.01%) Sketch
4 3 (2.26%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 2 (1.50%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.75%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.75%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.75%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.75%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 3 (2.26%) Oracle Applications
2 2 (1.50%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.75%) Oracle AGIS
3 1 (0.75%) Oracle Assets
3 1 (0.75%) Oracle Cash Management
3 1 (0.75%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.75%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (0.75%) Oracle General Ledger
3 1 (0.75%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.75%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (0.75%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.75%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 1 (0.75%) SAP CX
3 1 (0.75%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 14 (10.53%) Azure
2 8 (6.02%) AWS
2 8 (6.02%) GCP
3 5 (3.76%) npm
3 5 (3.76%) SaaS
4 4 (3.01%) Figma
4 4 (3.01%) Google Analytics
4 4 (3.01%) OCI
4 4 (3.01%) Power Platform
5 3 (2.26%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (2.26%) SuccessFactors
6 2 (1.50%) Adobe Analytics
6 2 (1.50%) GitHub
6 2 (1.50%) GitHub Actions
6 2 (1.50%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
6 2 (1.50%) Vertex AI
7 1 (0.75%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (0.75%) IBM Watson
7 1 (0.75%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (0.75%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.76%) Wireless
2 4 (3.01%) Internet
2 4 (3.01%) Network Security
3 2 (1.50%) SAN
4 1 (0.75%) Firewall
4 1 (0.75%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (0.75%) NFC
4 1 (0.75%) PPP
4 1 (0.75%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.01%) Oracle Reports
1 4 (3.01%) Power BI
2 3 (2.26%) SQL Server
3 2 (1.50%) Big Data
3 2 (1.50%) BigQuery
3 2 (1.50%) Data Mart
3 2 (1.50%) Looker
3 2 (1.50%) Oracle Database
3 2 (1.50%) Relational Database
3 2 (1.50%) Tableau
4 1 (0.75%) Data Mining
4 1 (0.75%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.75%) Geospatial Data
4 1 (0.75%) GIS
4 1 (0.75%) KDB
4 1 (0.75%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 13 (9.77%) JIRA
2 7 (5.26%) Git
2 7 (5.26%) Rational DOORS
3 6 (4.51%) MLflow
4 5 (3.76%) webpack
5 4 (3.01%) Jenkins
5 4 (3.01%) Subversion
6 2 (1.50%) Bitbucket
6 2 (1.50%) Postman
6 2 (1.50%) TestRail
7 1 (0.75%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 1 (0.75%) CMake
7 1 (0.75%) Eclipse
7 1 (0.75%) GoogleTest
7 1 (0.75%) SpecFlow
7 1 (0.75%) Valgrind
7 1 (0.75%) Visual Studio
General
1 65 (48.87%) Social Skills
2 53 (39.85%) Finance
3 44 (33.08%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (15.04%) Front Office
4 20 (15.04%) Marketing
5 12 (9.02%) Banking
6 11 (8.27%) Presentation Skills
7 9 (6.77%) Manufacturing
8 8 (6.02%) Telecoms
9 7 (5.26%) Financial Institution
10 6 (4.51%) Documentation Skills
10 6 (4.51%) Investment Banking
10 6 (4.51%) Legal
10 6 (4.51%) Public Sector
11 5 (3.76%) Law
12 4 (3.01%) Aerospace
12 4 (3.01%) Automotive
12 4 (3.01%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (3.01%) Retail
13 3 (2.26%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 21 (15.79%) Developer
2 20 (15.04%) Lead
3 19 (14.29%) Senior
4 18 (13.53%) Architect
5 10 (7.52%) Java Developer
6 8 (6.02%) Consultant
6 8 (6.02%) Software Engineer
6 8 (6.02%) Solutions Architect
7 7 (5.26%) Systems Engineer
8 6 (4.51%) Analyst
8 6 (4.51%) Data Engineer
8 6 (4.51%) DOORS Engineer
8 6 (4.51%) Embedded Engineer
8 6 (4.51%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 6 (4.51%) Integration Engineer
8 6 (4.51%) Lead Data Engineer
8 6 (4.51%) Senior Integration Engineer
8 6 (4.51%) Senior Systems Engineer
8 6 (4.51%) Software Integration Engineer
8 6 (4.51%) Systems Integration Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (5.26%) REST
2 5 (3.76%) AngularJS
2 5 (3.76%) React
2 5 (3.76%) RxJS
2 5 (3.76%) WebSockets
3 4 (3.01%) CSS
3 4 (3.01%) HTML
3 4 (3.01%) PyTorch
3 4 (3.01%) Swagger
3 4 (3.01%) TensorFlow
4 3 (2.26%) DirectX
4 3 (2.26%) JSON
4 3 (2.26%) OpenGL
4 3 (2.26%) OpenGL ES
4 3 (2.26%) Vulkan
4 3 (2.26%) Web Services
4 3 (2.26%) XML
5 2 (1.50%) jQuery
5 2 (1.50%) Node.js
5 2 (1.50%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 13 (9.77%) Algorithms
2 10 (7.52%) Derivative
3 5 (3.76%) Management Information System
4 4 (3.01%) Device Driver
5 3 (2.26%) 3D Graphics
5 3 (2.26%) Equities
5 3 (2.26%) Fixed Income
5 3 (2.26%) Marketing Technology
5 3 (2.26%) Mobile App
5 3 (2.26%) Ray Tracing
5 3 (2.26%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.50%) Blockchain
6 2 (1.50%) Credit Risk
6 2 (1.50%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 2 (1.50%) Greenfield Project
6 2 (1.50%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.50%) Smartcard
7 1 (0.75%) Life Science
7 1 (0.75%) Photography
7 1 (0.75%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 12 (9.02%) Windows
2 9 (6.77%) Unix
3 6 (4.51%) Linux
4 2 (1.50%) Android
4 2 (1.50%) Embedded Linux
5 1 (0.75%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (57.89%) Computer Science
2 49 (36.84%) Problem-Solving
3 38 (28.57%) Agile
4 24 (18.05%) Decision-Making
5 22 (16.54%) Machine Learning
6 19 (14.29%) Analytics
6 19 (14.29%) Risk Management
7 18 (13.53%) Artificial Intelligence
7 18 (13.53%) Software Engineering
8 17 (12.78%) Collaborative Culture
9 16 (12.03%) Continuous Improvement
10 15 (11.28%) Technical Leadership
11 14 (10.53%) Validation
12 13 (9.77%) Collaborative Working
12 13 (9.77%) Data Science
12 13 (9.77%) Project Management
12 13 (9.77%) Test Strategy
13 12 (9.02%) Data Analysis
13 12 (9.02%) Data Governance
14 11 (8.27%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 38 (28.57%) Python
2 23 (17.29%) SQL
3 20 (15.04%) Java
4 17 (12.78%) C++
5 13 (9.77%) C#
6 12 (9.02%) JavaScript
7 9 (6.77%) Scala
8 7 (5.26%) C
8 7 (5.26%) Shell Script
9 5 (3.76%) MATLAB
9 5 (3.76%) R
9 5 (3.76%) TypeScript
10 4 (3.01%) Assembly Language
11 2 (1.50%) Bash
11 2 (1.50%) PL/SQL
11 2 (1.50%) PowerShell
12 1 (0.75%) Perl
12 1 (0.75%) VBA
Qualifications
1 133 (100.00%) Degree
2 42 (31.58%) Computer Science Degree
3 35 (26.32%) PhD
4 12 (9.02%) MBA
5 9 (6.77%) CISSP
6 7 (5.26%) CISM
7 6 (4.51%) ITIL Certification
8 4 (3.01%) Security Cleared
9 3 (2.26%) SC Cleared
10 2 (1.50%) CEH
10 2 (1.50%) CREST Certified
10 2 (1.50%) CSSLP
10 2 (1.50%) ISTQB
10 2 (1.50%) Numerate Degree
10 2 (1.50%) SAP Certification
11 1 (0.75%) CFA
11 1 (0.75%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.75%) PMI Certification
11 1 (0.75%) PMP
11 1 (0.75%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (6.77%) PCI DSS
2 6 (4.51%) Data Quality
2 6 (4.51%) NIST
3 5 (3.76%) QA
4 4 (3.01%) Dodd-Frank
4 4 (3.01%) JTAG
4 4 (3.01%) MiFID
4 4 (3.01%) NIST 800
5 2 (1.50%) COBIT
5 2 (1.50%) ISO 22301
5 2 (1.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.50%) SLA
6 1 (0.75%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.75%) GDPR
System Software
1 4 (3.01%) Docker
1 4 (3.01%) Embedded Firmware
1 4 (3.01%) Firmware
2 2 (1.50%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.50%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (1.50%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (2.26%) Docker Swarm
1 3 (2.26%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.50%) Nessus
Vendors
1 15 (11.28%) Microsoft
2 12 (9.02%) Oracle
3 7 (5.26%) Adobe
3 7 (5.26%) Databricks
3 7 (5.26%) SAP
4 5 (3.76%) Google
4 5 (3.76%) Salesforce
5 4 (3.01%) Optimizely
6 2 (1.50%) Ensighten
6 2 (1.50%) Monetate
6 2 (1.50%) Murex
6 2 (1.50%) Omniture
6 2 (1.50%) Qualys
6 2 (1.50%) Sitecore
6 2 (1.50%) Tealium
6 2 (1.50%) VMware
7 1 (0.75%) CA
7 1 (0.75%) Cisco
7 1 (0.75%) IBM
7 1 (0.75%) JDA