Master's Degree Contract Job Trends 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 23 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 33 36
Rank change year-on-year -6 +3 +19
Contract jobs citing Master's Degree 4 8 9
As % of all contract jobs in Cambridgeshire 1.10% 2.54% 2.05%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.60% 12.31% 5.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 9
10th Percentile - - £495
25th Percentile £335 - £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £345 £260 £550
Median % change year-on-year +32.69% -52.73% -8.33%
75th Percentile £355 - £800
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median daily rate £543 £650 £550
% change year-on-year -16.54% +18.18% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £41.25 £22.54 -
Median hourly rate £42.50 £25.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +70.00% - -
75th Percentile £43.75 £28.93 -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median hourly rate £42.50 £25.00 £10.42
% change year-on-year +70.00% +139.92% -83.97%

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 87 65 163
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 23.97% 20.63% 37.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 22 57
10th Percentile £224 £248 £275
25th Percentile £391 £408 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £494 £458 £525
Median % change year-on-year +7.75% -12.71% -
75th Percentile £604 £597 £650
90th Percentile £625 £646 £731
East of England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +2.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 15 77
10th Percentile £16.40 £17.58 £13.41
25th Percentile £20.50 - £14.00
Median hourly rate £23.83 £21.46 £14.16
Median % change year-on-year +11.02% +51.55% -16.71%
75th Percentile £25.15 £24.89 £21.00
90th Percentile £34.83 £28.06 £33.86
East of England median hourly rate £22.79 £63.00 £30.24
% change year-on-year -63.83% +108.35% +43.99%

Master's Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Master's Degree relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire.

Master's Degree job vacancy trend in Cambridgeshire

Master's Degree
Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Master's Degree.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Master's Degree

Master's Degree
Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Master's Degree.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Master's Degree

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 23 January 2026. 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 -8 3 - - 26
Master's Degree
East of England

Master's Degree
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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:

Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (50.00%) Spreadsheet
General
1 2 (50.00%) Multimedia
1 2 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Audio Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Hardware Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Robotics Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Augmented Reality
1 2 (50.00%) Linux Command Line
1 2 (50.00%) Virtual Reality
2 1 (25.00%) Acoustics
2 1 (25.00%) Algorithms
2 1 (25.00%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (25.00%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Linux
2 1 (25.00%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Data Collection
2 2 (50.00%) Machine Learning
2 2 (50.00%) Motion Capture
2 2 (50.00%) Time Management
3 1 (25.00%) CI/CD
3 1 (25.00%) Computer Vision
3 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
3 1 (25.00%) Signal Processing
3 1 (25.00%) Test Automation
3 1 (25.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) Python
2 1 (25.00%) C
2 1 (25.00%) C++
2 1 (25.00%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Degree
2 1 (25.00%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) QA