Postgraduate Contract Job Trends in York

Postgraduate
North Yorkshire > York

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in York with a requirement for Postgraduate qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Postgraduate 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in York 3.57% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 20.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £413 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - -
75th Percentile £438 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North Yorkshire median daily rate £425 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
York

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 York.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 5 13 16
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in York 17.86% 22.41% 28.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 13
10th Percentile £143 - -
25th Percentile £188 - £165
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £270 - £375
Median % change year-on-year - - -6.25%
75th Percentile £358 - £550
90th Percentile £406 - £790
North Yorkshire median daily rate £259 £525 £375
% change year-on-year -50.71% +40.00% +15.38%

Postgraduate
Job Vacancy Trend in York

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

Postgraduate job vacancy trend in York

Postgraduate
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in York 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Data Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Pandas
1 1 (100.00%) pytest
1 1 (100.00%) scikit-learn
1 1 (100.00%) TensorFlow
1 1 (100.00%) XGBoost
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) API Development
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Data Science
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) E-Commerce
1 1 (100.00%) Electronic Design Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (100.00%) MLOps
1 1 (100.00%) Neural Network
1 1 (100.00%) Physics
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Statistics
1 1 (100.00%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree