Master's Degree Contracts in the East of England

Master's Degree
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East of England with a requirement for Master's Degree 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 83 94 115
Rank change year-on-year +11 +21 -13
Contract jobs citing Master's Degree 30 24 35
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 1.53% 1.23% 1.37%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.06% 3.50% 4.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 9 24
10th Percentile £291 £226 £502
25th Percentile £316 £300 £512
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £381 £569
Median % change year-on-year +44.55% -33.10% +246.80%
75th Percentile £738 £450 £711
90th Percentile £800 £608 £738
England median daily rate £550 £650 £600
% change year-on-year -15.38% +8.33% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 6 1
10th Percentile - £45.88 -
25th Percentile £10.42 - £66.25
Median hourly rate £24.50 £65.00 £67.50
Median % change year-on-year -62.31% -3.70% +2.27%
75th Percentile £28.93 - £68.75
90th Percentile £36.92 - -
England median hourly rate £55.00 £45.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year +22.22% - +34.33%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
East of England

Master's Degree 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 East of England.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 593 685 783
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 30.27% 35.18% 30.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 221 349 388
10th Percentile £220 £254 £213
25th Percentile £333 £375 £387
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +7.04%
75th Percentile £575 £650 £586
90th Percentile £700 £717 £675
England median daily rate £535 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 223 158 215
10th Percentile £14.16 £13.41 £13.25
25th Percentile £21.37 £14.25 £14.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £21.00 £19.81
Median % change year-on-year +90.48% +6.01% -14.65%
75th Percentile £63.13 £61.25 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.60 £66.13 £60.00
England median hourly rate £40.66 £55.00 £41.36
% change year-on-year -26.07% +32.99% +14.88%

Master's Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Master's Degree in the East of England

Master's Degree
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Master's Degree in the East of England.

Daily rate trend for Master's Degree in the East of England

Master's Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Master's Degree in the East of England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Master's Degree in the East of England

Master's Degree
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Master's Degree in the East of England.

Hourly rate trend for Master's Degree in the East of England

Master's Degree
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Master's Degree in the East of England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Master's Degree in the East of England

Master's Degree
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

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 East of England 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
Cambridgeshire +4 17 £675 +91.76% 58
Essex +7 6 £310 -18.47% 16
Hertfordshire 0 5 £325 - 20
Norfolk +2 2 £208 - 2
Master's Degree
England

Master's Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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 2 (6.67%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (6.67%) Simulink
1 2 (6.67%) Stateflow
Communications & Networking
1 3 (10.00%) RS-485
2 2 (6.67%) Internet
3 1 (3.33%) Firewall
3 1 (3.33%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (3.33%) RTMP
3 1 (3.33%) RTP
3 1 (3.33%) RTSP
3 1 (3.33%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.67%) MariaDB
1 2 (6.67%) MySQL
1 2 (6.67%) Relational Database
1 2 (6.67%) SQL Server
1 2 (6.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (3.33%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 2 (6.67%) Git
1 2 (6.67%) Rational DOORS
1 2 (6.67%) Rational Team Concert
2 1 (3.33%) CMake
2 1 (3.33%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (3.33%) Visual Studio
General
1 8 (26.67%) Public Sector
2 7 (23.33%) Law
3 6 (20.00%) Social Skills
4 5 (16.67%) Finance
5 4 (13.33%) Electronics
6 3 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (10.00%) Manufacturing
6 3 (10.00%) Marketing
6 3 (10.00%) Telecoms
7 2 (6.67%) Aerospace
7 2 (6.67%) Legal
8 1 (3.33%) Multimedia
8 1 (3.33%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (3.33%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 11 (36.67%) Senior
2 10 (33.33%) Architect
2 10 (33.33%) Software Architect
3 4 (13.33%) Developer
3 4 (13.33%) Senior Software Engineer
3 4 (13.33%) Software Engineer
4 3 (10.00%) Category Manager
4 3 (10.00%) Development Engineer
4 3 (10.00%) Senior Category Manager
4 3 (10.00%) Senior Development Engineer
4 3 (10.00%) Senior Manager
4 3 (10.00%) Senior Software Development Engineer
4 3 (10.00%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 3 (10.00%) Software Development Engineer
4 3 (10.00%) Systems Engineer
5 2 (6.67%) Applications Developer
5 2 (6.67%) Senior Applications Developer
5 2 (6.67%) Senior Developer
6 1 (3.33%) C Developer
6 1 (3.33%) Senior Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (33.33%) DirectX
1 10 (33.33%) OpenGL
1 10 (33.33%) OpenGL ES
1 10 (33.33%) Vulkan
2 3 (10.00%) .NET
3 2 (6.67%) CSS
3 2 (6.67%) HTML
4 1 (3.33%) .NET Framework
4 1 (3.33%) Entity Framework
4 1 (3.33%) FFmpeg
4 1 (3.33%) GStreamer
4 1 (3.33%) Managed Extensibility Framework
4 1 (3.33%) NumPy
4 1 (3.33%) Silverlight
4 1 (3.33%) WCF
4 1 (3.33%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 10 (33.33%) 3D Graphics
1 10 (33.33%) Ray Tracing
2 5 (16.67%) Data Structures
3 3 (10.00%) FPGA
4 2 (6.67%) Algorithms
5 1 (3.33%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (3.33%) Management Information System
5 1 (3.33%) MPEG
5 1 (3.33%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (3.33%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 5 (16.67%) Linux
2 3 (10.00%) Windows
3 1 (3.33%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (46.67%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (36.67%) Software Architecture
3 8 (26.67%) Computer Science
4 7 (23.33%) Agile
5 6 (20.00%) Software Engineering
6 4 (13.33%) Mathematics
7 3 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
7 3 (10.00%) Digital Marketing
7 3 (10.00%) Physics
7 3 (10.00%) Programme Management
7 3 (10.00%) Validation
8 2 (6.67%) Economics
8 2 (6.67%) Informatics
8 2 (6.67%) MVC
8 2 (6.67%) Project Management
8 2 (6.67%) Quantitative Analysis
8 2 (6.67%) Requirements Management
8 2 (6.67%) Stakeholder Management
8 2 (6.67%) Technical Analysis
8 2 (6.67%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 12 (40.00%) C
2 10 (33.33%) C++
3 7 (23.33%) C#
4 6 (20.00%) Python
5 3 (10.00%) JavaScript
5 3 (10.00%) Rust
6 2 (6.67%) Fortran
6 2 (6.67%) Java
6 2 (6.67%) MATLAB
6 2 (6.67%) SQL
7 1 (3.33%) R
7 1 (3.33%) XAML
Qualifications
1 30 (100.00%) Degree
2 16 (53.33%) PhD
3 2 (6.67%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (3.33%) CISSP
4 1 (3.33%) PMP
4 1 (3.33%) SC Cleared
4 1 (3.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.33%) PMO
Vendors
1 3 (10.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (10.00%) SAP
2 2 (6.67%) MathWorks
3 1 (3.33%) Cisco