Postgraduate Contracts in England

Postgraduate
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 536 622 766
Rank change year-on-year +86 +144 -120
Contract jobs citing Postgraduate 14 14 21
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.037% 0.030% 0.030%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.12% 0.11% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 9 10
10th Percentile £227 £224 £198
25th Percentile £413 £363 £262
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £555 £400 £356
Median % change year-on-year +38.75% +12.28% -30.83%
75th Percentile £684 £619 £463
90th Percentile £713 £633 £497
UK median daily rate £460 £475 £419
% change year-on-year -3.06% +13.31% -12.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile - - £18.82
25th Percentile £25.50 - £20.06
Median hourly rate £26.00 - £23.48
75th Percentile £26.50 - £26.80
90th Percentile - - £27.97
UK median hourly rate £26.00 - £23.48

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 11,463 12,852 15,408
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 30.56% 27.32% 21.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,093 8,593 10,289
10th Percentile £313 £350 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £650 £652 £638
90th Percentile £738 £745 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,006 655 691
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.35 £13.50
25th Percentile £20.00 £21.50 £19.06
Median hourly rate £40.66 £55.00 £41.36
Median % change year-on-year -26.07% +32.99% +14.88%
75th Percentile £64.25 £70.00 £56.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £80.25 £68.00
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 England

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

Job vacancy trend for Postgraduate in England

Postgraduate
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Postgraduate in England

Postgraduate
Daily Rate Histogram in England

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

Daily rate histogram for Postgraduate in England

Postgraduate
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Postgraduate in England

Postgraduate
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Postgraduate within the 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
South East - 5 £650 - 18
London +78 4 £444 +11.00% 38
Postgraduate
UK

Postgraduate
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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:

Applications
1 2 (14.29%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 7 (50.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (50.00%) Power BI
2 2 (14.29%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (7.14%) Tableau
General
1 11 (78.57%) Analytical Skills
2 8 (57.14%) Social Skills
3 7 (50.00%) Finance
4 1 (7.14%) Advertising
4 1 (7.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (7.14%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Local Government
4 1 (7.14%) Marketing
4 1 (7.14%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (50.00%) Analyst
2 2 (14.29%) Credit Analyst
2 2 (14.29%) Research Analyst
2 2 (14.29%) Senior
2 2 (14.29%) Senior Analyst
2 2 (14.29%) Senior Research Analyst
3 1 (7.14%) Data Scientist
3 1 (7.14%) Head of Analysis
3 1 (7.14%) Marketing Analyst
3 1 (7.14%) Marketing Data Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) Credit Risk
1 2 (14.29%) Reference Data
2 1 (7.14%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 7 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 6 (42.86%) Analytics
2 6 (42.86%) Continuous Improvement
2 6 (42.86%) Data Analysis
2 6 (42.86%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 6 (42.86%) Visualisation
3 5 (35.71%) Customer Service
3 5 (35.71%) Customer-Centricity
3 5 (35.71%) Data Strategy
3 5 (35.71%) Economics
3 5 (35.71%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (35.71%) Statistics
4 4 (28.57%) Actionable Insight
4 4 (28.57%) Performance Monitoring
5 3 (21.43%) Critical Thinking
5 3 (21.43%) Data Science
5 3 (21.43%) Data-Driven Decision Making
6 2 (14.29%) Business Strategy
6 2 (14.29%) Financial Modelling
Programming Languages
1 3 (21.43%) Python
2 2 (14.29%) MATLAB
2 2 (14.29%) VBA
3 1 (7.14%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (57.14%) Degree
2 2 (14.29%) CFA
2 2 (14.29%) Master's Degree
2 2 (14.29%) MBA
3 1 (7.14%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.14%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (7.14%) Adobe