Master's Degree Contracts in the UK excluding London

Master's Degree
UK > UK excluding London

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

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 232 291 328
Rank change year-on-year +59 +37 -26
Contract jobs citing Master's Degree 167 158 182
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.80% 0.69% 0.60%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.23% 2.11% 2.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 85 109 111
10th Percentile £350 £302 £181
25th Percentile £488 £413 £312
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £549 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.18% +9.80% -
75th Percentile £650 £638 £588
90th Percentile £750 £738 £738
UK median daily rate £550 £650 £590
% change year-on-year -15.38% +10.17% +11.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 25 16
10th Percentile £20.12 - £19.52
25th Percentile £31.60 £42.50 £19.81
Median hourly rate £55.00 £45.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% - +129.01%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £47.50
90th Percentile £83.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £45.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year +22.22% - +48.15%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 7,489 7,477 8,074
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 35.92% 32.63% 26.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,361 4,959 5,284
10th Percentile £275 £300 £260
25th Percentile £425 £425 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.90% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £600
90th Percentile £719 £713 £675
UK median daily rate £530 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -3.64% +4.76% +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 959 573 526
10th Percentile £13.65 £13.51 £13.33
25th Percentile £17.66 £20.00 £17.00
Median hourly rate £41.27 £52.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.40% +50.00% +14.01%
75th Percentile £65.00 £66.21 £56.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £78.00 £67.13
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -27.27% +23.60% +28.84%

Master's Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Master's Degree as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Master's Degree in the UK excluding London

Master's Degree
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Master's Degree in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Master's Degree in the UK excluding London

Master's Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Master's Degree in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Master's Degree in the UK excluding London

Master's Degree
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Master's Degree in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Master's Degree in the UK excluding London

Master's Degree
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Master's Degree in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Master's Degree in the UK excluding London

Master's Degree
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 2 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
South East +3 52 £525 +5.00% 172
East of England +14 29 £625 +64.15% 117
South West +8 27 £588 +6.82% 76
North of England +45 26 £600 -7.69% 128
Midlands +19 17 £550 +10.00% 123
West Midlands +17 16 £550 -18.52% 79
North West +20 14 £676 +4.00% 76
Scotland +45 10 £475 +3.26% 54
Yorkshire - 8 £554 - 27
Northern Ireland - 4 £538 - 11
North East - 3 £588 - 25
Wales +11 2 - - 17
East Midlands +2 1 - - 44
Master's Degree
UK

Master's Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 17 (10.18%) Confluence
2 3 (1.80%) Oracle Workflow
3 2 (1.20%) IIS
4 1 (0.60%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.60%) Apache
4 1 (0.60%) SAS
Applications
1 13 (7.78%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (4.19%) Simulink
2 7 (4.19%) Stateflow
3 5 (2.99%) TargetLink
4 4 (2.40%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (1.20%) Adobe XD
5 2 (1.20%) InVision
5 2 (1.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (1.20%) Sketch
5 2 (1.20%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.60%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.60%) SPSS
6 1 (0.60%) Stata
6 1 (0.60%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 6 (3.59%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.80%) Oracle EBS R12
2 3 (1.80%) SAP SD
3 2 (1.20%) SAP ERP
3 2 (1.20%) SAP MDG
4 1 (0.60%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.60%) Hyperion Planning
4 1 (0.60%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 1 (0.60%) Oracle Cash Management
4 1 (0.60%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.60%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.60%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.60%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.60%) Primavera
4 1 (0.60%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.60%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.60%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.60%) SAP Payroll
4 1 (0.60%) SAP SCM
4 1 (0.60%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 17 (10.18%) Azure
2 9 (5.39%) AWS
3 8 (4.79%) Power Platform
4 6 (3.59%) GCP
5 5 (2.99%) OpenShift
6 4 (2.40%) PaaS
7 2 (1.20%) Figma
8 1 (0.60%) Azure Data Factory
8 1 (0.60%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 1 (0.60%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.60%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.99%) Internet
1 5 (2.99%) VSAN
1 5 (2.99%) Wireless
2 4 (2.40%) SAN
2 4 (2.40%) TCP/IP
2 4 (2.40%) VPN
3 2 (1.20%) LTE
3 2 (1.20%) RS-485
4 1 (0.60%) Firewall
4 1 (0.60%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (0.60%) Network Security
4 1 (0.60%) RTMP
4 1 (0.60%) RTP
4 1 (0.60%) RTSP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (7.78%) Relational Database
2 12 (7.19%) MySQL
3 8 (4.79%) Power BI
4 7 (4.19%) Qlik Sense
5 5 (2.99%) Big Data
6 3 (1.80%) Data Lake
6 3 (1.80%) Metadata
6 3 (1.80%) Oracle Database
6 3 (1.80%) Oracle Reports
6 3 (1.80%) RDBMS
6 3 (1.80%) SQL Server
7 2 (1.20%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (1.20%) MariaDB
7 2 (1.20%) NoSQL
7 2 (1.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.60%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.60%) Electronic Patient Records
8 1 (0.60%) Essbase
8 1 (0.60%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.60%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 24 (14.37%) JIRA
2 18 (10.78%) Git
3 10 (5.99%) Bitbucket
3 10 (5.99%) Subversion
4 9 (5.39%) Rational DOORS
5 6 (3.59%) Jenkins
6 4 (2.40%) TestRail
7 3 (1.80%) Selenium
8 2 (1.20%) CMake
8 2 (1.20%) JMeter
8 2 (1.20%) LoadRunner
8 2 (1.20%) Rational Team Concert
9 1 (0.60%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 1 (0.60%) LabVIEW
9 1 (0.60%) Maven
9 1 (0.60%) Team Foundation Server
9 1 (0.60%) Visual Studio
General
1 60 (35.93%) Social Skills
2 39 (23.35%) Analytical Skills
3 34 (20.36%) Finance
4 22 (13.17%) Public Sector
5 16 (9.58%) Marketing
6 13 (7.78%) Presentation Skills
7 12 (7.19%) Automotive
7 12 (7.19%) Telecoms
8 11 (6.59%) Aerospace
8 11 (6.59%) Manufacturing
9 7 (4.19%) Banking
9 7 (4.19%) Electronics
9 7 (4.19%) Legal
10 6 (3.59%) Pharmaceutical
11 5 (2.99%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (2.40%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (2.40%) Law
12 4 (2.40%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (1.80%) French Language
14 2 (1.20%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 40 (23.95%) Architect
2 28 (16.77%) Senior
3 18 (10.78%) Systems Engineer
4 17 (10.18%) Software Engineer
5 15 (8.98%) Software Architect
6 14 (8.38%) Solutions Architect
7 13 (7.78%) Developer
8 11 (6.59%) Project Manager
9 9 (5.39%) Data Scientist
9 9 (5.39%) Embedded Engineer
9 9 (5.39%) Embedded Software Engineer
9 9 (5.39%) Senior Systems Engineer
10 8 (4.79%) Lead
11 5 (2.99%) Control Systems Engineer
11 5 (2.99%) DOORS Engineer
11 5 (2.99%) Integration Engineer
11 5 (2.99%) Principal Engineer
11 5 (2.99%) Senior Software Engineer
11 5 (2.99%) Systems Integration Engineer
11 5 (2.99%) Virtualisation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (7.19%) DirectX
1 12 (7.19%) OpenGL
1 12 (7.19%) OpenGL ES
1 12 (7.19%) Vulkan
2 11 (6.59%) AngularJS
2 11 (6.59%) CSS
2 11 (6.59%) HTML
3 8 (4.79%) .NET
4 6 (3.59%) .NET Framework
5 5 (2.99%) Flash
5 5 (2.99%) React
5 5 (2.99%) Spring
6 4 (2.40%) ModSecurity
6 4 (2.40%) PyTorch
6 4 (2.40%) TensorFlow
7 1 (0.60%) .NET Core
7 1 (0.60%) CNTK
7 1 (0.60%) Kafka
7 1 (0.60%) OpenVINO
7 1 (0.60%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 22 (13.17%) Management Information System
2 14 (8.38%) Algorithms
3 10 (5.99%) 3D Graphics
3 10 (5.99%) Ray Tracing
4 9 (5.39%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (3.59%) Life Science
5 6 (3.59%) Public Cloud
6 5 (2.99%) Analytical Mindset
6 5 (2.99%) Clustering
6 5 (2.99%) Device Driver
7 4 (2.40%) Data Centre
7 4 (2.40%) Data Structures
7 4 (2.40%) Embedded Systems
7 4 (2.40%) PKI
7 4 (2.40%) Product Ownership
7 4 (2.40%) Security Posture
8 3 (1.80%) Operational Technology
8 3 (1.80%) Photography
8 3 (1.80%) Renewable Energy
9 2 (1.20%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 20 (11.98%) Linux
1 20 (11.98%) Windows
2 15 (8.98%) Unix
3 6 (3.59%) Android
4 4 (2.40%) Embedded Linux
4 4 (2.40%) SafeRTOS
5 2 (1.20%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (38.92%) Computer Science
2 56 (33.53%) Problem-Solving
3 43 (25.75%) Agile
4 34 (20.36%) Software Engineering
4 34 (20.36%) Validation
5 29 (17.37%) Project Management
6 20 (11.98%) Continuous Improvement
6 20 (11.98%) Decision-Making
6 20 (11.98%) Stakeholder Management
7 19 (11.38%) Collaborative Working
7 19 (11.38%) Roadmaps
8 17 (10.18%) Data Science
9 16 (9.58%) UML
10 15 (8.98%) Cybersecurity
10 15 (8.98%) Scrum
10 15 (8.98%) Software Architecture
11 14 (8.38%) Change Management
11 14 (8.38%) ITIL
11 14 (8.38%) Risk Management
12 13 (7.78%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 26 (15.57%) C
1 26 (15.57%) Python
2 23 (13.77%) SQL
3 19 (11.38%) C++
4 13 (7.78%) Java
4 13 (7.78%) JavaScript
5 11 (6.59%) MATLAB
6 10 (5.99%) C#
7 8 (4.79%) Shell Script
8 6 (3.59%) PowerShell
8 6 (3.59%) R
9 4 (2.40%) Assembly Language
9 4 (2.40%) Bash
10 3 (1.80%) Perl
10 3 (1.80%) PL/SQL
10 3 (1.80%) Rust
11 2 (1.20%) Fortran
12 1 (0.60%) Groovy
12 1 (0.60%) XAML
Qualifications
1 167 (100.00%) Degree
2 38 (22.75%) Computer Science Degree
3 28 (16.77%) PhD
4 21 (12.57%) Security Cleared
5 20 (11.98%) SC Cleared
6 11 (6.59%) PMP
7 10 (5.99%) PMI Certification
8 8 (4.79%) CISSP
8 8 (4.79%) MBA
9 7 (4.19%) ITIL Certification
10 6 (3.59%) CISA
10 6 (3.59%) Cisco Certification
10 6 (3.59%) CISM
11 5 (2.99%) BPSS Clearance
11 5 (2.99%) CCNA
11 5 (2.99%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 4 (2.40%) Chartered Engineer
12 4 (2.40%) HNC
12 4 (2.40%) ISTQB
12 4 (2.40%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (5.99%) PCI DSS
2 7 (4.19%) QA
3 6 (3.59%) GDPR
4 5 (2.99%) AUTOSAR
4 5 (2.99%) ISO 26262
4 5 (2.99%) MISRA
4 5 (2.99%) MISRA C
5 4 (2.40%) Accessibility
5 4 (2.40%) JTAG
6 2 (1.20%) Data Quality
6 2 (1.20%) HIPAA
6 2 (1.20%) PMO
6 2 (1.20%) WCAG
7 1 (0.60%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.60%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 14 (8.38%) VMware Infrastructure
2 9 (5.39%) VMware NSX
3 5 (2.99%) VMware ESXi
4 4 (2.40%) Docker
4 4 (2.40%) Embedded Firmware
4 4 (2.40%) Firmware
5 2 (1.20%) Active Directory
5 2 (1.20%) vSphere
6 1 (0.60%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 5 (2.99%) Kubernetes
1 5 (2.99%) PowerCLI
1 5 (2.99%) vCenter Server
2 4 (2.40%) Ansible
2 4 (2.40%) OPNET
2 4 (2.40%) Terraform
Vendors
1 30 (17.96%) Microsoft
2 14 (8.38%) SAP
2 14 (8.38%) VMware
3 10 (5.99%) Atlassian
3 10 (5.99%) Cisco
4 7 (4.19%) Oracle
4 7 (4.19%) ServiceNow
5 5 (2.99%) Google
6 3 (1.80%) Ariba
6 3 (1.80%) Workday
7 2 (1.20%) JDA
7 2 (1.20%) MathWorks
8 1 (0.60%) Adobe
8 1 (0.60%) Apple
8 1 (0.60%) Databricks
8 1 (0.60%) Dell
8 1 (0.60%) Foundry
8 1 (0.60%) HP
8 1 (0.60%) Hyperion
8 1 (0.60%) Red Hat