Master's Degree Contracts in London

Master's Degree
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for Master's Degree qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 204 275 355
Rank change year-on-year +71 +80 -70
Contract jobs citing Master's Degree 199 234 255
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.14% 0.90% 0.66%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.79% 4.17% 3.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 124 166 163
10th Percentile £350 £469 £463
25th Percentile £413 £556 £521
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £700 £650
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% +7.69% +13.04%
75th Percentile £747 £893 £763
90th Percentile £850 £963 £825
England median daily rate £550 £650 £590
% change year-on-year -15.38% +10.17% +9.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 5 9
10th Percentile £10.42 - -
25th Percentile £34.88 £31.25 £18.50
Median hourly rate £68.00 £40.00 £45.50
Median % change year-on-year +70.00% -12.09% +2.82%
75th Percentile £83.75 £52.75 £68.75
90th Percentile - £53.35 £69.35
England median hourly rate £55.00 £45.00 £37.13
% change year-on-year +22.22% +21.21% +40.09%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
London

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 London with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,151 5,617 6,716
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 23.78% 21.71% 17.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,821 3,812 4,594
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.52% +4.55% +7.32%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £650
90th Percentile £775 £800 £750
England median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 108 78 149
10th Percentile £14.19 £19.82 £24.35
25th Percentile £19.98 £21.24 £25.68
Median hourly rate £25.00 £45.25 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -44.75% +1.69% +18.67%
75th Percentile £42.75 £64.88 £49.25
90th Percentile £68.23 £84.88 £65.93
England median hourly rate £40.00 £52.50 £40.50
% change year-on-year -23.81% +29.63% +6.58%

Master's Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Master's Degree in London

Master's Degree
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Master's Degree in London

Master's Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Master's Degree in London over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Master's Degree in London

Master's Degree
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Master's Degree in London

Master's Degree
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Master's Degree in London over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Master's Degree in London

Master's Degree
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 16 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
Central London +26 18 £625 -15.25% 34
West London +16 5 £450 - 19
South London +9 4 - - 10
East London - 4 £593 - 14
Master's Degree
England

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

Application Platforms
1 5 (2.51%) SharePoint
2 4 (2.01%) CMS
3 3 (1.51%) ArcGIS
3 3 (1.51%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (1.01%) Apache
4 2 (1.01%) Apache Spark
4 2 (1.01%) Confluence
4 2 (1.01%) Ethereum
4 2 (1.01%) Hyperledger
4 2 (1.01%) SAS
4 2 (1.01%) Sitecore CMS
5 1 (0.50%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.50%) IIS
Applications
1 7 (3.52%) MS Visio
2 6 (3.02%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (2.01%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (1.51%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 3 (1.51%) Chatbot
4 3 (1.51%) Sketch
5 2 (1.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (1.01%) Simulink
6 1 (0.50%) OmniGraffle
Business Applications
1 7 (3.52%) Oracle Applications
2 6 (3.02%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (1.01%) R3 Corda
4 1 (0.50%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.50%) Eloqua
4 1 (0.50%) Endur
4 1 (0.50%) Loan IQ
4 1 (0.50%) Oracle AGIS
4 1 (0.50%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.50%) Oracle Cash Management
4 1 (0.50%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.50%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.50%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.50%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.50%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 1 (0.50%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.50%) SAP CX
4 1 (0.50%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.50%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 33 (16.58%) Azure
2 20 (10.05%) AWS
3 11 (5.53%) Azure DevOps
3 11 (5.53%) GCP
4 9 (4.52%) npm
5 8 (4.02%) Azure Service Bus
6 7 (3.52%) OCI
6 7 (3.52%) Power Platform
6 7 (3.52%) SaaS
6 7 (3.52%) Serverless
7 5 (2.51%) Oracle CX
7 5 (2.51%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
8 4 (2.01%) Azure App Service
8 4 (2.01%) Azure Data Factory
8 4 (2.01%) Azure Event Grid
8 4 (2.01%) GitHub
8 4 (2.01%) GitHub Actions
8 4 (2.01%) Google Analytics
9 3 (1.51%) Cloud Computing
9 3 (1.51%) Lucidchart
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.51%) CTI
1 3 (1.51%) VoIP
2 2 (1.01%) Cisco IOS
2 2 (1.01%) Firewall
2 2 (1.01%) HTTP
2 2 (1.01%) Internet
2 2 (1.01%) IOS XR
2 2 (1.01%) Network Security
2 2 (1.01%) NX-OS
2 2 (1.01%) SSL
3 1 (0.50%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (5.53%) SQL Server
2 7 (3.52%) Oracle Reports
2 7 (3.52%) Power BI
2 7 (3.52%) Relational Database
3 6 (3.02%) NoSQL
4 4 (2.01%) Big Data
4 4 (2.01%) Data Lake
4 4 (2.01%) Tableau
5 3 (1.51%) Data Mart
5 3 (1.51%) Data Mining
5 3 (1.51%) Geospatial Data
5 3 (1.51%) GIS
6 2 (1.01%) BigQuery
6 2 (1.01%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (1.01%) Looker
6 2 (1.01%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (1.01%) RDBMS
6 2 (1.01%) SAP HANA
7 1 (0.50%) Metadata
7 1 (0.50%) Redis
Development Applications
1 14 (7.04%) JIRA
2 9 (4.52%) webpack
3 5 (2.51%) Git
3 5 (2.51%) MLflow
4 4 (2.01%) Jenkins
4 4 (2.01%) Postman
5 3 (1.51%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 3 (1.51%) Bitbucket
6 2 (1.01%) Appium
6 2 (1.01%) Charles Proxy
6 2 (1.01%) IntelliJ
6 2 (1.01%) Katalon Studio
6 2 (1.01%) Maven
7 1 (0.50%) Ant
7 1 (0.50%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.50%) GitLab
7 1 (0.50%) Gradle
7 1 (0.50%) JUnit
7 1 (0.50%) Selenium
7 1 (0.50%) TeamCity
General
1 114 (57.29%) Social Skills
2 76 (38.19%) Finance
3 56 (28.14%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (13.57%) Front Office
5 23 (11.56%) Banking
6 19 (9.55%) Marketing
7 12 (6.03%) Public Sector
8 11 (5.53%) Retail
9 8 (4.02%) Financial Institution
9 8 (4.02%) Presentation Skills
10 7 (3.52%) Telecoms
11 6 (3.02%) Investment Banking
11 6 (3.02%) Manufacturing
12 5 (2.51%) Advertising
12 5 (2.51%) Influencing Skills
13 4 (2.01%) Aerospace
13 4 (2.01%) Legal
14 3 (1.51%) Back Office
14 3 (1.51%) Publishing
15 2 (1.01%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 37 (18.59%) Developer
2 25 (12.56%) Lead
3 23 (11.56%) Senior
4 19 (9.55%) Architect
5 18 (9.05%) Analyst
6 16 (8.04%) Software Engineer
7 14 (7.04%) Consultant
8 13 (6.53%) Java Developer
9 11 (5.53%) Data Engineer
10 10 (5.03%) Applications Developer
11 9 (4.52%) Angular Developer
11 9 (4.52%) Full Stack Developer
11 9 (4.52%) Real Time Developer
11 9 (4.52%) Web Applications Developer
12 8 (4.02%) Business Analyst
12 8 (4.02%) Solutions Architect
13 6 (3.02%) C# Application Developer
13 6 (3.02%) C# Developer
13 6 (3.02%) C# Web Application Developer
13 6 (3.02%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (6.53%) React
2 12 (6.03%) AngularJS
3 10 (5.03%) REST
4 9 (4.52%) RxJS
4 9 (4.52%) WebSockets
5 8 (4.02%) .NET
6 7 (3.52%) NumPy
6 7 (3.52%) Pandas
7 6 (3.02%) HTML
8 5 (2.51%) .NET Core
8 5 (2.51%) CSS
8 5 (2.51%) Kafka
8 5 (2.51%) PyTorch
8 5 (2.51%) RESTful
9 4 (2.01%) JSON
9 4 (2.01%) Matplotlib
9 4 (2.01%) Swagger
9 4 (2.01%) TensorFlow
9 4 (2.01%) Web Services
10 3 (1.51%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 20 (10.05%) Algorithms
2 17 (8.54%) Derivative
3 9 (4.52%) Equities
4 8 (4.02%) Management Information System
5 6 (3.02%) Credit Risk
5 6 (3.02%) Fixed Income
5 6 (3.02%) Mobile App
5 6 (3.02%) Product Ownership
6 5 (2.51%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (2.01%) Blockchain
7 4 (2.01%) Distributed Computing
7 4 (2.01%) Embedded Systems
7 4 (2.01%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 3 (1.51%) Data Structures
8 3 (1.51%) IVR
8 3 (1.51%) Onboarding
9 2 (1.01%) Cloud Native
9 2 (1.01%) Data Centre
9 2 (1.01%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (1.01%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.51%) Linux
2 4 (2.01%) Unix
3 3 (1.51%) Android
3 3 (1.51%) Apple iOS
3 3 (1.51%) Windows
4 1 (0.50%) OS/390
4 1 (0.50%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 130 (65.33%) Computer Science
2 73 (36.68%) Agile
3 70 (35.18%) Problem-Solving
4 40 (20.10%) Analytics
5 35 (17.59%) Software Engineering
6 33 (16.58%) Machine Learning
7 27 (13.57%) DevOps
8 26 (13.07%) Artificial Intelligence
9 25 (12.56%) Decision-Making
10 23 (11.56%) Data Analysis
11 22 (11.06%) Data Science
12 21 (10.55%) Continuous Improvement
13 18 (9.05%) Actionable Insight
13 18 (9.05%) Project Management
14 17 (8.54%) Mathematics
15 16 (8.04%) Collaborative Culture
15 16 (8.04%) Risk Management
16 15 (7.54%) CI/CD
16 15 (7.54%) Roadmaps
16 15 (7.54%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 61 (30.65%) Python
2 38 (19.10%) SQL
3 27 (13.57%) Java
4 24 (12.06%) C#
5 19 (9.55%) JavaScript
6 15 (7.54%) C++
7 10 (5.03%) TypeScript
8 8 (4.02%) Scala
9 7 (3.52%) R
10 5 (2.51%) Shell Script
11 4 (2.01%) MATLAB
12 3 (1.51%) ABAP
12 3 (1.51%) C
12 3 (1.51%) Kotlin
12 3 (1.51%) VBA
13 2 (1.01%) DAML
13 2 (1.01%) Swift
13 2 (1.01%) VB
14 1 (0.50%) Go
14 1 (0.50%) VC++
Qualifications
1 199 (100.00%) Degree
2 75 (37.69%) Computer Science Degree
3 40 (20.10%) PhD
4 20 (10.05%) MBA
5 13 (6.53%) Security Cleared
6 8 (4.02%) SC Cleared
7 6 (3.02%) Azure Certification
7 6 (3.02%) CISM
7 6 (3.02%) CISSP
8 4 (2.01%) CEH
8 4 (2.01%) PMI Certification
9 3 (1.51%) CBAP
9 3 (1.51%) Chartered Engineer
9 3 (1.51%) CITP
9 3 (1.51%) Numerate Degree
9 3 (1.51%) PMP
9 3 (1.51%) SAP Certification
10 2 (1.01%) AWS Certification
10 2 (1.01%) CREST Certified
10 2 (1.01%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (6.03%) Data Quality
2 8 (4.02%) QA
3 5 (2.51%) NIST
3 5 (2.51%) PCI DSS
4 4 (2.01%) Dodd-Frank
4 4 (2.01%) MiFID
5 3 (1.51%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.51%) SLA
6 2 (1.01%) COBIT
6 2 (1.01%) GDPR
6 2 (1.01%) HIPAA
6 2 (1.01%) ISO 22301
6 2 (1.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (1.01%) NIST 800
6 2 (1.01%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.50%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.50%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.50%) PMO
7 1 (0.50%) WCAG
System Software
1 7 (3.52%) Docker
2 2 (1.01%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.50%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 10 (5.03%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.51%) Docker Swarm
3 2 (1.01%) Nessus
4 1 (0.50%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.50%) Terraform
Vendors
1 17 (8.54%) Oracle
2 16 (8.04%) Microsoft
3 11 (5.53%) SAP
4 8 (4.02%) Databricks
5 7 (3.52%) Google
6 6 (3.02%) Adobe
6 6 (3.02%) Cisco
6 6 (3.02%) Genesys
7 5 (2.51%) Salesforce
8 4 (2.01%) Optimizely
9 3 (1.51%) ESRI
9 3 (1.51%) Murex
10 2 (1.01%) Avaya
10 2 (1.01%) CA
10 2 (1.01%) EMC
10 2 (1.01%) Fortinet
10 2 (1.01%) Informatica
10 2 (1.01%) Qualys
10 2 (1.01%) Sitecore
10 2 (1.01%) VMware