Postgraduate Contract Job Trends in Yorkshire

Postgraduate
England > Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Yorkshire with a requirement for Postgraduate qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 24 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 123 - 116
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Postgraduate 1 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 0.060% - 0.100%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.24% - 0.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £413 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - £356
75th Percentile £438 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £600 £488 £366
% change year-on-year +23.08% +33.34% -18.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £30.03
Median hourly rate - - £30.05
75th Percentile - - £30.08
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £31.25 £23.60 £30.05
% change year-on-year +32.42% -21.46% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 416 309 379
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 24.78% 21.81% 18.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 290 211 276
10th Percentile £305 £220 £280
25th Percentile £400 £400 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £570 £621
90th Percentile £676 £650 £700
England median daily rate £525 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 10 7
10th Percentile £17.86 £15.35 £19.31
25th Percentile £23.16 £23.04 £24.65
Median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -37.13% +33.33% +60.00%
75th Percentile - £54.38 £37.04
90th Percentile - £63.75 £46.40
England median hourly rate £25.15 £52.19 £53.50
% change year-on-year -51.81% -2.45% +18.89%

Postgraduate
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

Postgraduate job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

Postgraduate
Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Postgraduate

Postgraduate
Hourly Rate Trend in Yorkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Postgraduate.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Postgraduate

Postgraduate
Contract Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Postgraduate within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 24 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
North Yorkshire - 1 £425 -
Postgraduate
England

Postgraduate
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire 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