Master's Degree Contracts in Cambridgeshire

Master's Degree
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cambridgeshire with a requirement for Master's Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 29 44 61
Rank change year-on-year +15 +17 -9
Contract jobs citing Master's Degree 13 5 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 3.42% 1.00% 1.41%
As % of the Qualifications category 19.12% 3.21% 4.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 4
10th Percentile - £482 £408
25th Percentile - £489 £531
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £260 £507 £600
Median % change year-on-year -48.67% -15.58% +20.00%
75th Percentile - £537 £631
90th Percentile - £537 £688
East of England median daily rate £310 £500 £581
% change year-on-year -38.00% -13.98% +16.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 2
10th Percentile - £27.23 -
25th Percentile £22.54 £27.94 £32.50
Median hourly rate £25.00 £30.75 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.70% -12.14% -
75th Percentile £28.93 £33.44 £37.50
90th Percentile - £34.08 -
East of England median hourly rate £26.34 £33.00 £65.50
% change year-on-year -20.20% -49.62% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Cambridgeshire

Master's Degree 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 Cambridgeshire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 68 156 238
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 17.89% 31.20% 33.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 46 74
10th Percentile £245 £260 £239
25th Percentile £389 £413 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £503 £525
Median % change year-on-year -10.58% -4.14% +13.51%
75th Percentile £591 £575 £622
90th Percentile £616 £650 £714
East of England median daily rate £500 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 72 129
10th Percentile £20.73 - -
25th Percentile £21.73 £13.41 £13.41
Median hourly rate £24.21 £14.50 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year +66.93% -6.45% +14.81%
75th Percentile £28.93 £20.56 £20.56
90th Percentile £63.75 £21.95 £22.00
East of England median hourly rate £63.75 £25.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year +155.00% +19.05% +44.83%

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
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 October 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 +6 9 £260 -48.67% 20
Peterborough +12 2 - - 2
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:

Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Misys Opics
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.69%) Azure
1 1 (7.69%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (23.08%) RS-485
Development Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Git
1 2 (15.38%) Visual Studio
2 1 (7.69%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 6 (46.15%) Public Sector
2 4 (30.77%) Finance
3 3 (23.08%) Electronics
4 2 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (15.38%) Manufacturing
4 2 (15.38%) Marketing
4 2 (15.38%) Social Skills
4 2 (15.38%) Telecoms
5 1 (7.69%) Legal
Job Titles
1 4 (30.77%) Lead
1 4 (30.77%) Senior
1 4 (30.77%) Systems Engineer
2 3 (23.08%) Senior Software Engineer
2 3 (23.08%) Senior Systems Engineer
2 3 (23.08%) Software Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) C# Developer
3 2 (15.38%) C# WPF Developer
3 2 (15.38%) Developer
3 2 (15.38%) Development Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Senior Development Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Senior Software Development Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Software Development Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) WPF Developer
4 1 (7.69%) C# .NET Developer
4 1 (7.69%) Contracts Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Control Systems Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Integration Specialist
4 1 (7.69%) Performance Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) QA Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (15.38%) .NET
1 2 (15.38%) .NET Framework
1 2 (15.38%) Entity Framework
1 2 (15.38%) Managed Extensibility Framework
1 2 (15.38%) Silverlight
1 2 (15.38%) WCF
1 2 (15.38%) WPF
2 1 (7.69%) .NET Core
2 1 (7.69%) Middleware
2 1 (7.69%) RESTful
2 1 (7.69%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) Data Structures
1 3 (23.08%) FPGA
2 1 (7.69%) Algorithms
2 1 (7.69%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (7.69%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 3 (23.08%) Linux
2 2 (15.38%) Windows
3 1 (7.69%) Android
3 1 (7.69%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (53.85%) Computer Science
2 6 (46.15%) Agile
3 5 (38.46%) Software Engineering
4 3 (23.08%) Kaizen
4 3 (23.08%) PRINCE2
4 3 (23.08%) Programme Management
4 3 (23.08%) Project Management
4 3 (23.08%) Six Sigma
5 2 (15.38%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (15.38%) Change Management
5 2 (15.38%) Design Patterns
5 2 (15.38%) DevOps
5 2 (15.38%) Digital Marketing
5 2 (15.38%) Integration Testing
5 2 (15.38%) Mathematics
5 2 (15.38%) MVVM
5 2 (15.38%) Physics
5 2 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (15.38%) UML
5 2 (15.38%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 6 (46.15%) C#
2 4 (30.77%) Python
3 3 (23.08%) Rust
4 2 (15.38%) XAML
5 1 (7.69%) Java
5 1 (7.69%) MATLAB
5 1 (7.69%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (100.00%) Degree
2 6 (46.15%) PhD
3 2 (15.38%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (15.38%) SAP