Master's Degree Contracts in Wales

Master's Degree
UK > Wales

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Wales with a requirement for Master's Degree qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 29 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 41 53 64
Rank change year-on-year +12 +11 -1
Contract jobs citing Master's Degree 2 9 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales 0.52% 1.53% 1.13%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.22% 3.70% 3.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 6 6
10th Percentile - - £305
25th Percentile - £549 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £575 £750
Median % change year-on-year - -23.40% +39.53%
75th Percentile - £600 £794
90th Percentile - - £800
UK median daily rate £550 £625 £590
% change year-on-year -12.00% +5.93% +11.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £20.12 - -
Median hourly rate £20.24 £20.47 £19.91
Median % change year-on-year -1.15% +2.81% -
75th Percentile £20.35 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £45.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year +22.22% - +48.15%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Wales

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 Wales with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 90 243 328
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 23.50% 41.40% 33.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 62 184 234
10th Percentile £165 £186 £283
25th Percentile £391 £402 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £543
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -3.23% +20.56%
75th Percentile £634 £613 £610
90th Percentile £725 £650 £678
UK median daily rate £531 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -3.55% +4.76% +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 16 12
10th Percentile £11.02 - £19.94
25th Percentile £16.65 £16.98 £21.00
Median hourly rate £22.83 £18.14 £46.25
Median % change year-on-year +25.83% -60.78% +118.52%
75th Percentile £82.19 £20.10 £47.40
90th Percentile £87.80 £49.38 -
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £44.23
% change year-on-year -27.27% +24.36% +22.71%

Master's Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Master's Degree in Wales

Master's Degree
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wales

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

Daily rate trend for Master's Degree in Wales

Master's Degree
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

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

Hourly rate trend for Master's Degree in Wales

Master's Degree
Contract Job Locations in Wales

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 Wales region over the 6 months to 29 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 Wales +13 2 - - 17
Master's Degree
UK

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

Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Git
General
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Data Scientist
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (100.00%) Data Science
1 2 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 2 (100.00%) Open Source
1 2 (100.00%) Physics
1 2 (100.00%) Statistics
2 1 (50.00%) Statistical Modelling
2 1 (50.00%) Time Series Analysis
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) R
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) PhD
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared