Master's Degree Contracts in the West Midlands

Master's Degree
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 92 124 168
Rank change year-on-year +32 +44 -53
Contract jobs citing Master's Degree 16 10 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.85% 0.44% 0.20%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.62% 1.65% 0.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 9 3
10th Percentile £450 £417 -
25th Percentile £463 £463 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -6.38%
75th Percentile £750 £688 £694
90th Percentile £825 £738 £765
England median daily rate £550 £650 £590
% change year-on-year -15.38% +10.17% +9.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £56.25 £92.50 -
Median hourly rate £57.50 £95.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -39.47% - -
75th Percentile £58.75 £97.50 -
90th Percentile - - -
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
West Midlands

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 the West Midlands with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 611 606 708
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 32.33% 26.78% 19.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 387 366 495
10th Percentile £275 £300 £279
25th Percentile £360 £413 £382
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £536 £475
Median % change year-on-year -11.30% +12.74% +11.76%
75th Percentile £575 £625 £574
90th Percentile £692 £700 £650
England median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 29 11
10th Percentile £14.00 £11.80 £11.25
25th Percentile £21.44 £13.31 £13.25
Median hourly rate £27.25 £19.00 £17.28
Median % change year-on-year +43.42% +9.95% +8.00%
75th Percentile £43.44 £28.75 £20.26
90th Percentile £58.75 £59.20 £20.51
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 the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Master's Degree in the West Midlands

Master's Degree
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Master's Degree in the West Midlands

Master's Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate histogram for Master's Degree in the West Midlands

Master's Degree
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Master's Degree in the West Midlands

Master's Degree
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

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 West Midlands 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
Birmingham +18 8 £513 +2.50% 32
Warwickshire +6 3 £800 +10.34% 8
Master's Degree
England

Master's Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 5 (31.25%) Simulink
1 5 (31.25%) Stateflow
1 5 (31.25%) TargetLink
Business Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 3 (18.75%) Azure
2 1 (6.25%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (12.50%) SAN
2 1 (6.25%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 5 (31.25%) Bitbucket
1 5 (31.25%) Git
1 5 (31.25%) Subversion
2 3 (18.75%) Jenkins
General
1 10 (62.50%) Social Skills
2 5 (31.25%) Automotive
2 5 (31.25%) Finance
3 4 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (18.75%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (12.50%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (6.25%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 6 (37.50%) Architect
2 5 (31.25%) Control Systems Engineer
2 5 (31.25%) Principal Engineer
2 5 (31.25%) Principal Systems Engineer
2 5 (31.25%) Systems Engineer
3 4 (25.00%) Developer
3 4 (25.00%) Java Developer
4 3 (18.75%) Enterprise Architect
5 2 (12.50%) Infrastructure Solutions Architect
5 2 (12.50%) Senior
5 2 (12.50%) Senior Developer
5 2 (12.50%) Senior Java Developer
5 2 (12.50%) Solutions Architect
6 1 (6.25%) Business Change Manager
6 1 (6.25%) Business Manager
6 1 (6.25%) Change Manager
6 1 (6.25%) Lead
6 1 (6.25%) Lead Developer
6 1 (6.25%) Lead Java Developer
6 1 (6.25%) Microsoft 365 Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (25.00%) Spring
2 3 (18.75%) AngularJS
2 3 (18.75%) React
Miscellaneous
1 9 (56.25%) Management Information System
2 5 (31.25%) Algorithms
3 4 (25.00%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (18.75%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (6.25%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (62.50%) Agile
2 9 (56.25%) Computer Science
2 9 (56.25%) Software Engineering
3 6 (37.50%) Project Management
4 5 (31.25%) Black-Box Testing
4 5 (31.25%) Enterprise Architecture
4 5 (31.25%) Functional Testing
4 5 (31.25%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
4 5 (31.25%) Integration Testing
4 5 (31.25%) Line Management
4 5 (31.25%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
4 5 (31.25%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (31.25%) QMS
4 5 (31.25%) Quality Management
4 5 (31.25%) Software Audit
4 5 (31.25%) Software Testing
4 5 (31.25%) UML
4 5 (31.25%) Validation
4 5 (31.25%) Verification and Validation
4 5 (31.25%) White-Box Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (31.25%) C
1 5 (31.25%) MATLAB
2 4 (25.00%) Java
3 2 (12.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (100.00%) Degree
2 7 (43.75%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (18.75%) TOGAF Certification
4 2 (12.50%) SC Cleared
4 2 (12.50%) Security Cleared
5 1 (6.25%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 1 (6.25%) CCSP
5 1 (6.25%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (6.25%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (31.25%) AUTOSAR
1 5 (31.25%) ISO 26262
1 5 (31.25%) MISRA
1 5 (31.25%) MISRA C
2 1 (6.25%) GDPR
System Software
1 2 (12.50%) Active Directory
1 2 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (12.50%) vSphere
Vendors
1 7 (43.75%) Microsoft
2 2 (12.50%) VMware