Postgraduate Contracts in the UK excluding London

Postgraduate
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Postgraduate qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 392 414 483
Rank change year-on-year +22 +69 -45
Contract jobs citing Postgraduate 9 16 21
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.042% 0.071% 0.069%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.12% 0.22% 0.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 11 14
10th Percentile £216 £175 £231
25th Percentile £322 £199 £276
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £549 £406
Median % change year-on-year +18.40% +35.14% -12.63%
75th Percentile £675 £584 £467
90th Percentile £694 £619 £491
UK median daily rate £460 £475 £419
% change year-on-year -3.06% +13.31% -12.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £25.12 - -
25th Percentile £25.16 - £26.25
Median hourly rate £25.27 - £27.50
75th Percentile £25.34 - £28.75
90th Percentile £25.35 - -
UK median hourly rate £26.00 - £23.48

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

Postgraduate falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 7,648 7,386 8,107
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 35.86% 32.55% 26.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,425 4,873 5,318
10th Percentile £275 £305 £263
25th Percentile £425 £425 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% +10.50%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £600
90th Percentile £713 £713 £675
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 967 571 539
10th Percentile £13.69 £13.88 £13.41
25th Percentile £17.90 £20.00 £17.00
Median hourly rate £41.27 £52.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.40% +50.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £67.25 £56.14
90th Percentile £77.50 £79.19 £67.60
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -27.27% +23.60% +34.85%

Postgraduate
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Postgraduate as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Postgraduate in the UK excluding London

Postgraduate
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Postgraduate in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Postgraduate in the UK excluding London

Postgraduate
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Postgraduate in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Postgraduate in the UK excluding London

Postgraduate
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Postgraduate in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Postgraduate in the UK excluding London

Postgraduate
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 Postgraduate within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 12 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 - 5 £650 - 18
Scotland +45 2 £221 +26.27% 2
Wales +18 2 - - 3
Postgraduate
UK

Postgraduate
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:

Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (11.11%) SPSS
Cloud Services
1 3 (33.33%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (33.33%) Power BI
General
1 6 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (33.33%) Finance
2 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 2 (22.22%) Public Sector
4 1 (11.11%) Humanities
4 1 (11.11%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (11.11%) Social Science
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Head of Analysis
2 1 (11.11%) Senior
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Continuous Improvement
1 4 (44.44%) Decision-Making
1 4 (44.44%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 3 (33.33%) Analytics
2 3 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (33.33%) Critical Thinking
2 3 (33.33%) Customer Service
2 3 (33.33%) Customer-Centricity
2 3 (33.33%) Data Analysis
2 3 (33.33%) Data Strategy
2 3 (33.33%) Economics
2 3 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (33.33%) Statistics
2 3 (33.33%) Visualisation
3 2 (22.22%) Actionable Insight
3 2 (22.22%) Performance Monitoring
3 2 (22.22%) Quantitative Analysis
4 1 (11.11%) Data Mapping
4 1 (11.11%) Qualitative Research
4 1 (11.11%) Quantitative Research
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) R
1 1 (11.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (55.56%) Degree
2 1 (11.11%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft