Master's Degree Contracts in Cambridgeshire

Master's Degree
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cambridgeshire with a requirement for Master's Degree qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 31 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 38 49 65
Rank change year-on-year +11 +16 -21
Contract jobs citing Master's Degree 16 6 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 3.07% 1.08% 1.31%
As % of the Qualifications category 9.70% 3.57% 4.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 2 3
10th Percentile - £249 £303
25th Percentile £550 £283 £312
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £352 £350
Median % change year-on-year +91.76% +0.57% -31.71%
75th Percentile £800 £408 £456
90th Percentile - £433 £505
East of England median daily rate £625 £381 £569
% change year-on-year +64.15% -33.05% +61.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £26.42 - -
Median hourly rate £27.67 - -
75th Percentile £28.93 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median hourly rate £17.46 £65.00 £67.50
% change year-on-year -73.14% -3.70% +2.27%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Cambridgeshire

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 advertised in Cambridgeshire with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 165 168 270
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 31.67% 30.38% 32.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 45 103
10th Percentile £350 £251 £219
25th Percentile £392 £325 £374
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +4.21% - +12.43%
75th Percentile £700 £550 £550
90th Percentile £800 £619 £636
East of England median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +7.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 94 85 122
10th Percentile £14.05 £13.29 -
25th Percentile £14.16 £13.41 £13.25
Median hourly rate £16.30 £15.50 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year +5.16% - -3.13%
75th Percentile £21.46 £20.56 £20.25
90th Percentile £31.13 £22.00 £22.00
East of England median hourly rate £36.27 £21.00 £19.81
% change year-on-year +72.73% +6.01% -14.65%

Master's Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

Job postings citing Master's Degree as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire.

Job vacancy trend for Master's Degree in Cambridgeshire

Master's Degree
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Master's Degree in Cambridgeshire.

Daily rate trend for Master's Degree in Cambridgeshire

Master's Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Master's Degree in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Master's Degree in Cambridgeshire

Master's Degree
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Master's Degree in Cambridgeshire.

Hourly rate trend for Master's Degree in Cambridgeshire

Master's Degree
Contract Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Master's Degree within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 31 May 2024. 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
Cambridge +15 16 £675 +91.76% 56
Master's Degree
East of England

Master's Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (12.50%) RS-485
2 1 (6.25%) Firewall
2 1 (6.25%) Intrusion Detection
Development Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Git
1 1 (6.25%) Team Foundation Server
1 1 (6.25%) Visual Studio
General
1 3 (18.75%) Electronics
1 3 (18.75%) Public Sector
2 2 (12.50%) Finance
2 2 (12.50%) Manufacturing
2 2 (12.50%) Marketing
2 2 (12.50%) Social Skills
2 2 (12.50%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (62.50%) Architect
1 10 (62.50%) Software Architect
2 5 (31.25%) Senior
3 3 (18.75%) Senior Software Engineer
3 3 (18.75%) Software Engineer
4 2 (12.50%) Development Engineer
4 2 (12.50%) Senior Development Engineer
4 2 (12.50%) Senior Software Development Engineer
4 2 (12.50%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 2 (12.50%) Software Development Engineer
4 2 (12.50%) Systems Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Analyst
5 1 (6.25%) C# Developer
5 1 (6.25%) Developer
5 1 (6.25%) Lead
5 1 (6.25%) Research Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Research Software Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Security Analyst
5 1 (6.25%) Senior Analyst
5 1 (6.25%) Senior Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (62.50%) DirectX
1 10 (62.50%) OpenGL
1 10 (62.50%) OpenGL ES
1 10 (62.50%) Vulkan
2 1 (6.25%) .NET
2 1 (6.25%) .NET Framework
2 1 (6.25%) Entity Framework
2 1 (6.25%) Managed Extensibility Framework
2 1 (6.25%) NumPy
2 1 (6.25%) Silverlight
2 1 (6.25%) WCF
2 1 (6.25%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 10 (62.50%) 3D Graphics
1 10 (62.50%) Ray Tracing
2 3 (18.75%) Data Structures
3 2 (12.50%) FPGA
4 1 (6.25%) Algorithms
4 1 (6.25%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (6.25%) Management Information System
4 1 (6.25%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 3 (18.75%) Linux
2 2 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (62.50%) Problem-Solving
1 10 (62.50%) Software Architecture
2 5 (31.25%) Computer Science
3 4 (25.00%) Agile
3 4 (25.00%) Software Engineering
4 2 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (12.50%) Digital Marketing
4 2 (12.50%) Programme Management
5 1 (6.25%) Change Management
5 1 (6.25%) Data Protection
5 1 (6.25%) GAP Analysis
5 1 (6.25%) OO
5 1 (6.25%) OOA/OOD
5 1 (6.25%) PRINCE2
5 1 (6.25%) Project Management
5 1 (6.25%) Risk Management
5 1 (6.25%) Six Sigma
5 1 (6.25%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (6.25%) UML
5 1 (6.25%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 9 (56.25%) C
1 9 (56.25%) C++
2 4 (25.00%) C#
3 3 (18.75%) Python
4 2 (12.50%) Rust
5 1 (6.25%) XAML
Qualifications
1 16 (100.00%) Degree
2 14 (87.50%) PhD
3 1 (6.25%) CISSP
3 1 (6.25%) SC Cleared
3 1 (6.25%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (12.50%) SAP
2 1 (6.25%) Cisco
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft