Postgraduate Contracts

Postgraduate
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Postgraduate qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 553 656 805
Rank change year-on-year +103 +149 -99
Contract jobs citing Postgraduate 22 26 33
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.051% 0.046% 0.038%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.17% 0.17% 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 18 22
10th Percentile £215 £175 £222
25th Percentile £382 £248 £308
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £475 £419
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% +13.31% -4.56%
75th Percentile £675 £600 £492
90th Percentile £713 £639 £596
UK excluding London median daily rate £650 £549 £406
% change year-on-year +18.40% +35.14% -7.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 2
10th Percentile £25.23 - £18.82
25th Percentile £25.40 - £20.06
Median hourly rate £26.00 - £23.48
75th Percentile £42.25 - £26.80
90th Percentile £47.50 - £27.97
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.27 - £27.50

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

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 requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 12,872 15,254 19,038
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 29.89% 27.21% 21.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,011 10,183 12,699
10th Percentile £310 £338 £345
25th Percentile £425 £450 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% +4.76% +6.06%
75th Percentile £645 £650 £630
90th Percentile £738 £738 £713
UK excluding London median daily rate £535 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +1.90% +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,100 745 759
10th Percentile £13.87 £14.67 £14.25
25th Percentile £18.13 £21.24 £19.52
Median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +23.60% +28.21%
75th Percentile £62.50 £68.75 £58.75
90th Percentile £76.32 £79.19 £67.30
UK excluding London median hourly rate £41.25 £52.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -21.43% +50.00% +16.67%

Postgraduate
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Postgraduate as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Postgraduate in the UK

Postgraduate
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Postgraduate.

Daily rate trend for Postgraduate in the UK

Postgraduate
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Postgraduate over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Postgraduate in the UK

Postgraduate
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Postgraduate.

Hourly rate trend for Postgraduate in the UK

Postgraduate
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Postgraduate over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Postgraduate in the UK

Postgraduate
Top 9 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Postgraduate within the UK over the 6 months to 1 June 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
England +87 15 £555 +38.75% 132
UK excluding London +32 10 £650 +18.40% 99
Work from Home +108 5 £320 -41.71% 51
South East - 5 £650 - 25
London +90 4 £444 +11.00% 36
Scotland +33 2 £221 +26.27% 1
Wales +15 2 - - 4
Midlands +23 1 - - 19
East Midlands - 1 - - 10

Postgraduate
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (13.64%) MS Visio
2 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (4.55%) SPSS
Cloud Services
1 8 (36.36%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (36.36%) Power BI
2 2 (9.09%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (4.55%) Electronic Patient Records
3 1 (4.55%) Tableau
General
1 13 (59.09%) Analytical Skills
2 11 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 8 (36.36%) Finance
4 3 (13.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (13.64%) Public Sector
5 1 (4.55%) Advertising
5 1 (4.55%) Humanities
5 1 (4.55%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (4.55%) Local Government
5 1 (4.55%) Marketing
5 1 (4.55%) Social Science
Job Titles
1 10 (45.45%) Analyst
2 4 (18.18%) Senior
3 3 (13.64%) Credit Analyst
3 3 (13.64%) Research Analyst
3 3 (13.64%) Senior Analyst
3 3 (13.64%) Senior Research Analyst
4 1 (4.55%) Data Scientist
4 1 (4.55%) Digital Transformation
4 1 (4.55%) Digital Transformation Director
4 1 (4.55%) Head of Analysis
4 1 (4.55%) Marketing Analyst
4 1 (4.55%) Marketing Data Analyst
4 1 (4.55%) Programme Director
4 1 (4.55%) Transformation Director
4 1 (4.55%) Transformation Programme Director
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.64%) Credit Risk
1 3 (13.64%) Reference Data
2 2 (9.09%) Social Media
3 1 (4.55%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (36.36%) Business Intelligence
2 7 (31.82%) Decision-Making
2 7 (31.82%) Economics
2 7 (31.82%) Statistics
3 6 (27.27%) Analytics
3 6 (27.27%) Continuous Improvement
3 6 (27.27%) Customer Service
3 6 (27.27%) Data Analysis
3 6 (27.27%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 6 (27.27%) Visualisation
4 5 (22.73%) Critical Thinking
4 5 (22.73%) Customer-Centricity
4 5 (22.73%) Data Strategy
4 5 (22.73%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (18.18%) Actionable Insight
5 4 (18.18%) Data Science
5 4 (18.18%) Performance Monitoring
6 3 (13.64%) Financial Modelling
6 3 (13.64%) Mathematics
6 3 (13.64%) Portfolio Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (27.27%) Python
2 3 (13.64%) MATLAB
2 3 (13.64%) VBA
3 2 (9.09%) SQL
4 1 (4.55%) R
Qualifications
1 14 (63.64%) Degree
2 5 (22.73%) Master's Degree
3 3 (13.64%) CFA
3 3 (13.64%) MBA
4 2 (9.09%) DBS Check
5 1 (4.55%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.55%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (4.55%) Adobe
1 1 (4.55%) Microsoft