Postgraduate Contracts in England

Postgraduate
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Postgraduate qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 516 631 755
Rank change year-on-year +115 +124 -141
Contract jobs citing Postgraduate 15 15 22
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.041% 0.031% 0.031%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.13% 0.11% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 10 11
10th Percentile £227 £224 £178
25th Percentile £413 £267 £230
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £555 £400 £338
Median % change year-on-year +38.75% +18.52% -33.17%
75th Percentile £684 £614 £459
90th Percentile £713 £626 £750
UK median daily rate £460 £400 £400
% change year-on-year +15.00% - -17.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile - - £18.82
25th Percentile £25.50 - £20.06
Median hourly rate £26.00 - £23.48
75th Percentile £26.50 - £26.80
90th Percentile - - £27.97
UK median hourly rate £26.00 - £23.48

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

Postgraduate 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 England with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 11,179 13,347 15,444
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 30.71% 27.54% 21.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,938 8,950 10,232
10th Percentile £313 £335 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £719
UK median daily rate £530 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -3.64% +4.76% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 970 675 686
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.35 £13.41
25th Percentile £18.00 £21.00 £19.02
Median hourly rate £40.00 £53.35 £40.93
Median % change year-on-year -25.02% +30.35% +9.14%
75th Percentile £62.28 £68.25 £56.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £80.25 £68.30
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £43.95
% change year-on-year -27.27% +25.14% +21.73%

Postgraduate
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Postgraduate as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Postgraduate in England

Postgraduate
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Postgraduate in England.

Daily rate trend for Postgraduate in England

Postgraduate
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Postgraduate in England over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Postgraduate in England

Postgraduate
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Postgraduate in England.

Hourly rate trend for Postgraduate in England

Postgraduate
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Postgraduate within the England region over the 6 months to 20 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
South East - 5 £650 - 20
London +97 4 £444 +11.00% 41
Midlands +17 1 - - 20
East Midlands - 1 - - 12
Postgraduate
UK

Postgraduate
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 2 (13.33%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 7 (46.67%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (46.67%) Power BI
2 2 (13.33%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (6.67%) Electronic Patient Records
3 1 (6.67%) Tableau
General
1 11 (73.33%) Analytical Skills
2 8 (53.33%) Social Skills
3 7 (46.67%) Finance
4 1 (6.67%) Advertising
4 1 (6.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (6.67%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (6.67%) Local Government
4 1 (6.67%) Marketing
4 1 (6.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (46.67%) Analyst
2 2 (13.33%) Credit Analyst
2 2 (13.33%) Research Analyst
2 2 (13.33%) Senior
2 2 (13.33%) Senior Analyst
2 2 (13.33%) Senior Research Analyst
3 1 (6.67%) Data Scientist
3 1 (6.67%) Digital Transformation
3 1 (6.67%) Digital Transformation Director
3 1 (6.67%) Head of Analysis
3 1 (6.67%) Marketing Analyst
3 1 (6.67%) Marketing Data Analyst
3 1 (6.67%) Programme Director
3 1 (6.67%) Transformation Director
3 1 (6.67%) Transformation Programme Director
Miscellaneous
1 2 (13.33%) Credit Risk
1 2 (13.33%) Reference Data
2 1 (6.67%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (46.67%) Business Intelligence
1 7 (46.67%) Decision-Making
2 6 (40.00%) Analytics
2 6 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 6 (40.00%) Customer Service
2 6 (40.00%) Data Analysis
2 6 (40.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 6 (40.00%) Visualisation
3 5 (33.33%) Customer-Centricity
3 5 (33.33%) Data Strategy
3 5 (33.33%) Economics
3 5 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (33.33%) Statistics
4 4 (26.67%) Actionable Insight
4 4 (26.67%) Performance Monitoring
5 3 (20.00%) Critical Thinking
5 3 (20.00%) Data Science
5 3 (20.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
5 3 (20.00%) Project Management
6 2 (13.33%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (20.00%) Python
2 2 (13.33%) MATLAB
2 2 (13.33%) VBA
3 1 (6.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (60.00%) Degree
2 3 (20.00%) Master's Degree
3 2 (13.33%) CFA
3 2 (13.33%) MBA
4 1 (6.67%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.67%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (6.67%) Adobe