Master's Degree Contracts in Hertfordshire

Master's Degree
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hertfordshire 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 44 67 51
Rank change year-on-year +23 -16 -
Contract jobs citing Master's Degree 4 10 29
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 0.83% 1.33% 3.43%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.44% 3.22% 8.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 26
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £363 £512
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £375 £563
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% -33.33% -
75th Percentile - £388 £738
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median daily rate £310 £500 £581
% change year-on-year -38.00% -13.98% +16.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £65.25
Median hourly rate - £65.00 £65.50
Median % change year-on-year - -0.76% -
75th Percentile - - £65.75
90th Percentile - - -
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
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 164 311 344
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 34.02% 41.41% 40.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 72 176 190
10th Percentile £290 £399 £259
25th Percentile £370 £458 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £613 £550
Median % change year-on-year -10.20% +11.36% +22.22%
75th Percentile £575 £725 £650
90th Percentile £600 £778 £738
East of England median daily rate £500 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 66 102
10th Percentile £33.00 £21.75 £16.40
25th Percentile £38.40 £42.25 £47.50
Median hourly rate £65.00 £58.75 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.64% -2.08% +51.90%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £95.00 £84.36 £69.75
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 Hertfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Master's Degree in Hertfordshire

Master's Degree
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Daily rate trend for Master's Degree in Hertfordshire

Master's Degree
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Master's Degree in Hertfordshire

Master's Degree
Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire 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
Stevenage +7 2 - - 6
Welwyn Garden City -5 1 - -
St Albans - 1 £350 -
Master's Degree
East of England

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

Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) AWS
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
1 1 (25.00%) Azure AKS
1 1 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (25.00%) Azure Monitor
1 1 (25.00%) Azure Storage
1 1 (25.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (25.00%) PaaS
1 1 (25.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) Wireless
2 1 (25.00%) Firewall
2 1 (25.00%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (25.00%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) Big Data
General
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Finance
3 1 (25.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Artificial Intelligence Specialist
2 1 (25.00%) Azure Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Development Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Machine Learning Specialist
2 1 (25.00%) Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Algorithms
1 2 (50.00%) Data Structures
1 2 (50.00%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (25.00%) FMCG
2 1 (25.00%) Private Cloud
2 1 (25.00%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) Machine Learning
2 2 (50.00%) Analytics
2 2 (50.00%) Computational Linguistics
2 2 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 2 (50.00%) Data Analytics
2 2 (50.00%) Data Modelling
2 2 (50.00%) Data Science
2 2 (50.00%) Mathematics
2 2 (50.00%) Predictive Modelling
2 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (50.00%) Software Architecture
2 2 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 2 (50.00%) Statistical Analysis
2 2 (50.00%) Statistics
2 2 (50.00%) Time Management
3 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (25.00%) DevSecOps
3 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (25.00%) Natural Language Processing
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) Java
1 2 (50.00%) Python
1 2 (50.00%) R
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Degree
2 2 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (25.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) CASB
1 1 (25.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft