Postgraduate Contracts with Work from Home Options

Postgraduate
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work with a requirement for Postgraduate qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 336 447 601
Rank change year-on-year +111 +154 -99
Contract jobs citing Postgraduate 5 10 22
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.034% 0.042% 0.050%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.13% 0.17% 0.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 6 16
10th Percentile £196 £271 £209
25th Percentile £206 £377 £266
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £320 £549 £394
Median % change year-on-year -41.71% +39.43% -4.55%
75th Percentile £436 £587 £475
90th Percentile £450 £650 £549
UK median daily rate £460 £475 £419
% change year-on-year -3.06% +13.31% -12.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £25.50 - £17.99
Median hourly rate £26.00 - £19.46
75th Percentile £26.50 - £20.93
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £26.00 - £23.48

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

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

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,871 5,983 8,825
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 26.24% 25.06% 20.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,499 4,053 6,276
10th Percentile £331 £380 £375
25th Percentile £435 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £549 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.37% +3.58% +6.00%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £725 £745 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 256 246 232
10th Percentile £15.36 £19.00 £19.04
25th Percentile £23.94 £42.50 £39.19
Median hourly rate £43.00 £62.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -31.20% +25.00% +33.33%
75th Percentile £67.50 £70.00 £66.00
90th Percentile £84.28 £80.25 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -27.27% +23.60% +34.85%

Postgraduate
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Postgraduate as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Postgraduate trend for jobs with a WFH option

Postgraduate
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 Postgraduate.

Postgraduate daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Postgraduate
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Postgraduate over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Postgraduate daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Postgraduate
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:

Applications
1 1 (20.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (20.00%) Power BI
General
1 4 (80.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Finance
3 1 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (20.00%) Local Government
3 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Credit Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Research Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Senior
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Research Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Credit Risk
1 1 (20.00%) Reference Data
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Economics
1 3 (60.00%) Statistics
2 2 (40.00%) Critical Thinking
3 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (20.00%) Business Strategy
3 1 (20.00%) Data Management
3 1 (20.00%) Data Protection
3 1 (20.00%) Data Science
3 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (20.00%) Financial Modelling
3 1 (20.00%) Information Governance
3 1 (20.00%) Portfolio Management
3 1 (20.00%) Project Management
3 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) MATLAB
1 1 (20.00%) Python
1 1 (20.00%) VBA
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) CFA
2 1 (20.00%) Master's Degree
2 1 (20.00%) MBA