Master's Degree Contracts in Scotland

Master's Degree
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 115 154 147
Rank change year-on-year +39 -7 +14
Contract jobs citing Master's Degree 10 6 20
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.46% 0.22% 0.59%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.74% 1.04% 3.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 6 13
10th Percentile £274 £450 £368
25th Percentile £288 £451 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £460 £465
Median % change year-on-year +3.26% -1.08% -15.45%
75th Percentile £600 £475 £610
90th Percentile £651 £557 £835
UK median daily rate £550 £625 £590
% change year-on-year -12.00% +5.93% +9.67%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Scotland

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 Scotland with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 576 576 575
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 26.78% 21.31% 16.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 325 385 354
10th Percentile £179 £163 £200
25th Percentile £313 £380 £376
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% - +5.88%
75th Percentile £588 £538 £550
90th Percentile £650 £613 £634
UK median daily rate £533 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -3.09% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 11 18
10th Percentile £12.50 £12.75 £21.00
25th Percentile £16.25 £15.87 £25.28
Median hourly rate £22.95 £21.26 £48.75
Median % change year-on-year +7.94% -56.39% +32.65%
75th Percentile £41.96 £56.77 £55.96
90th Percentile £65.60 £65.00 £57.50
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £54.56 £43.95
% change year-on-year -26.69% +24.14% +16.73%

Master's Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Master's Degree in Scotland

Master's Degree
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Master's Degree in Scotland

Master's Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

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

Daily rate histogram for Master's Degree in Scotland

Master's Degree
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Hourly rate trend for Master's Degree in Scotland

Master's Degree
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland 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
Glasgow +14 5 £388 -15.53% 12
Edinburgh +35 4 £575 +26.37% 13
Stirling - 1 £525 - 1
Master's Degree
UK

Master's Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 3 (30.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (10.00%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 3 (30.00%) Oracle EBS R12
2 1 (10.00%) Oracle Cash Management
2 1 (10.00%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (10.00%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (10.00%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (10.00%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 2 (20.00%) GCP
2 1 (10.00%) AWS
2 1 (10.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (20.00%) Big Data
1 2 (20.00%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 2 (20.00%) JMeter
1 2 (20.00%) LoadRunner
1 2 (20.00%) Selenium
General
1 9 (90.00%) Social Skills
2 7 (70.00%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (40.00%) Finance
3 4 (40.00%) Public Sector
4 3 (30.00%) Banking
4 3 (30.00%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (10.00%) Humanities
5 1 (10.00%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (10.00%) Legal
5 1 (10.00%) Social Science
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) Lead
2 2 (20.00%) Project Manager
2 2 (20.00%) Senior
3 1 (10.00%) Architect
3 1 (10.00%) Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) ERP Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) ERP Manager
3 1 (10.00%) ERP Project Manager
3 1 (10.00%) IT Manager
3 1 (10.00%) IT Project Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Lead Architect
3 1 (10.00%) Programme Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) Kafka
1 1 (10.00%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 2 (20.00%) Management Information System
1 2 (20.00%) Public Cloud
2 1 (10.00%) Distributed Systems
2 1 (10.00%) e-Health
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (70.00%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (40.00%) Analytics
2 4 (40.00%) ERP
3 3 (30.00%) Computer Science
3 3 (30.00%) Project Management
3 3 (30.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 3 (30.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (30.00%) Test Scripting
3 3 (30.00%) Test Strategy
4 2 (20.00%) Data Privacy
4 2 (20.00%) Data Security
4 2 (20.00%) Non-Functional Testing
4 2 (20.00%) Performance Metrics
4 2 (20.00%) Performance Testing
4 2 (20.00%) Process Improvement
4 2 (20.00%) Programme Management
4 2 (20.00%) Scalability Testing
4 2 (20.00%) Security Testing
4 2 (20.00%) Test Management
4 2 (20.00%) Usability Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) R
1 1 (10.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (100.00%) Degree
2 3 (30.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (10.00%) PMI Certification
3 1 (10.00%) PMP
3 1 (10.00%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (20.00%) GDPR
1 2 (20.00%) HIPAA
2 1 (10.00%) ISO 20022
2 1 (10.00%) ISO 8583
2 1 (10.00%) PMO
2 1 (10.00%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (30.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (30.00%) Oracle
1 3 (30.00%) SAP
1 3 (30.00%) Workday
2 1 (10.00%) Google