Postgraduate Contracts with Work from Home Options

Postgraduate
UK > Work from Home

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) with a requirement for Postgraduate qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 22 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
22 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 339 452 590
Rank change year-on-year +113 +138 -102
Contract jobs citing Postgraduate 5 11 26
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.034% 0.045% 0.059%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.13% 0.18% 0.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 7 19
10th Percentile £196 £230 £206
25th Percentile £206 £278 £264
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £320 £549 £375
Median % change year-on-year -41.71% +46.40% +7.53%
75th Percentile £436 £575 £484
90th Percentile £450 £640 £568
UK median daily rate £460 £400 £400
% change year-on-year +15.00% - -17.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £25.50 - £17.99
Median hourly rate £26.00 - £19.46
75th Percentile £26.50 - £20.93
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £26.00 - £23.48

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

Postgraduate 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 with a WFH option and a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,870 6,204 8,784
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 26.44% 25.35% 19.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,491 4,197 6,184
10th Percentile £335 £380 £370
25th Percentile £438 £454 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £725 £745 £700
UK median daily rate £530 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -3.64% +4.76% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 252 256 229
10th Percentile £14.97 £19.13 £20.68
25th Percentile £24.19 £42.50 £39.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £63.00 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -31.75% +28.57% +30.67%
75th Percentile £68.05 £70.51 £65.54
90th Percentile £84.86 £80.25 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -27.27% +23.60% +22.58%

Postgraduate
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Postgraduate as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Postgraduate trend for jobs with a WFH option

Postgraduate
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Postgraduate.

Postgraduate daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Postgraduate
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Postgraduate over the 6 months to 22 May 2024.

Postgraduate daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 1 (20.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (20.00%) Power BI
General
1 4 (80.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Finance
3 1 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (20.00%) Local Government
3 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Credit Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Research Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Senior
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Research Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Credit Risk
1 1 (20.00%) Reference Data
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Economics
1 3 (60.00%) Statistics
2 2 (40.00%) Critical Thinking
3 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (20.00%) Business Strategy
3 1 (20.00%) Data Management
3 1 (20.00%) Data Protection
3 1 (20.00%) Data Science
3 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (20.00%) Financial Modelling
3 1 (20.00%) Information Governance
3 1 (20.00%) Portfolio Management
3 1 (20.00%) Project Management
3 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) MATLAB
1 1 (20.00%) Python
1 1 (20.00%) VBA
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) CFA
2 1 (20.00%) Master's Degree
2 1 (20.00%) MBA