Master's Degree Contract Job Trends in London

Master's Degree
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 27 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 303 214 209
Rank change year-on-year -89 -5 +65
Contract jobs citing Master's Degree 127 146 206
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.66% 1.15% 1.17%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.39% 4.42% 4.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 90 131
10th Percentile £310 £374 £350
25th Percentile £444 £493 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £589 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.91% +7.05% -26.17%
75th Percentile £713 £763 £763
90th Percentile £776 £856 £850
England median daily rate £550 £563 £550
% change year-on-year -2.22% +2.27% -15.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 9
10th Percentile £33.00 £57.75 £35.08
25th Percentile £35.95 £65.63 £46.25
Median hourly rate £41.75 £82.50 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year -49.39% +10.00% +87.50%
75th Percentile £47.39 £86.25 £83.75
90th Percentile £50.25 - -
England median hourly rate £32.78 £65.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -49.57% +18.18% +22.22%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 5,313 3,300 4,125
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 27.72% 25.91% 23.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,839 2,216 2,825
10th Percentile £363 £350 £325
25th Percentile £450 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.05% +0.05% -6.25%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £650
90th Percentile £727 £750 £774
England median daily rate £525 £525 £538
% change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 74 73 109
10th Percentile £19.12 £18.15 £15.19
25th Percentile £28.00 £24.66 £20.50
Median hourly rate £54.00 £26.32 £25.50
Median % change year-on-year +105.17% +3.22% -52.11%
75th Percentile £75.87 £52.16 £42.75
90th Percentile £88.75 £67.11 £68.15
England median hourly rate £53.00 £29.27 £42.50
% change year-on-year +81.07% -31.13% -22.73%

Master's Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Master's Degree relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Master's Degree job vacancy trend in London

Master's Degree
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Master's Degree.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Master's Degree

Master's Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Master's Degree in London over the 6 months to 27 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Master's Degree in London

Master's Degree
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Master's Degree.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Master's Degree

Master's Degree
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Master's Degree in London over the 6 months to 27 June 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Master's Degree in London

Master's Degree
Contract Job Locations in 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 London region over the 6 months to 27 June 2026. 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
Central London -30 10 £675 -4.12% 17
West London -15 8 £575 - 3
Master's Degree
England

Master's Degree
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 5 (3.94%) Apache Airflow
2 4 (3.15%) Apache Spark
3 3 (2.36%) Confluence
4 2 (1.57%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.79%) Apache
5 1 (0.79%) Apache Solr
5 1 (0.79%) Camunda
5 1 (0.79%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.79%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.79%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.79%) WebSphere
Applications
1 7 (5.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 6 (4.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (4.72%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (3.15%) UserZoom
4 2 (1.57%) CPLEX
4 2 (1.57%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.57%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (1.57%) Oracle General Ledger
1 2 (1.57%) Oracle Payables
1 2 (1.57%) Oracle Receivables
1 2 (1.57%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
2 1 (0.79%) Oracle Assets
2 1 (0.79%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.79%) Oracle EBS R12
2 1 (0.79%) Oracle FAH
2 1 (0.79%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (0.79%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (0.79%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.79%) SAP FI-GL
2 1 (0.79%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.79%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 31 (24.41%) AWS
2 25 (19.69%) Azure
3 13 (10.24%) GCP
4 11 (8.66%) GitHub
5 10 (7.87%) SaaS
6 9 (7.09%) GitHub Actions
7 7 (5.51%) Amazon SageMaker
8 6 (4.72%) Power Platform
8 6 (4.72%) Serverless
9 5 (3.94%) Amazon ECS
9 5 (3.94%) AWS Lambda
9 5 (3.94%) Azure DevOps
9 5 (3.94%) Dagster
10 4 (3.15%) Amazon S3
10 4 (3.15%) AWS CloudFormation
10 4 (3.15%) Miro
10 4 (3.15%) OCI
10 4 (3.15%) PaaS
11 3 (2.36%) IaaS
11 3 (2.36%) iPaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.36%) 3GPP
1 3 (2.36%) Firewall
1 3 (2.36%) Network Security
2 1 (0.79%) BGP
2 1 (0.79%) HTTP
2 1 (0.79%) Intelligent Network
2 1 (0.79%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (0.79%) IPsec
2 1 (0.79%) LAN
2 1 (0.79%) OSPF
2 1 (0.79%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.79%) VoIP
2 1 (0.79%) VPN
2 1 (0.79%) WAN
2 1 (0.79%) Wireless
2 1 (0.79%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (6.30%) MongoDB
2 7 (5.51%) SQL Server
3 6 (4.72%) Neo4j
3 6 (4.72%) Power BI
4 5 (3.94%) Big Data
4 5 (3.94%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (3.94%) Metadata
4 5 (3.94%) NoSQL
5 3 (2.36%) Data Lake
5 3 (2.36%) Relational Database
5 3 (2.36%) Tableau
6 2 (1.57%) Data Mining
6 2 (1.57%) Hadoop
6 2 (1.57%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (1.57%) Redis
6 2 (1.57%) Snowflake Schema
6 2 (1.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.79%) KDB
7 1 (0.79%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.79%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 18 (14.17%) Git
2 11 (8.66%) MLflow
3 9 (7.09%) JIRA
4 3 (2.36%) Jenkins
5 2 (1.57%) Vite
6 1 (0.79%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.79%) Hudson
6 1 (0.79%) Maven
6 1 (0.79%) Mocha
6 1 (0.79%) Subversion
6 1 (0.79%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.79%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.79%) VersionOne
6 1 (0.79%) Zephyr
General
1 55 (43.31%) Social Skills
2 48 (37.80%) Finance
3 37 (29.13%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (17.32%) Banking
5 11 (8.66%) Presentation Skills
6 8 (6.30%) Marketing
6 8 (6.30%) Public Sector
7 5 (3.94%) Front Office
7 5 (3.94%) Investment Banking
8 4 (3.15%) Publishing
8 4 (3.15%) Social Science
8 4 (3.15%) Telecoms
9 3 (2.36%) Aviation
9 3 (2.36%) Retail
10 2 (1.57%) Advertising
10 2 (1.57%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.57%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.57%) Japanese Language
10 2 (1.57%) Legal
Job Titles
1 21 (16.54%) Architect
2 20 (15.75%) Senior
3 17 (13.39%) Lead
4 16 (12.60%) Developer
5 11 (8.66%) Data Scientist
6 10 (7.87%) Analyst
7 9 (7.09%) Solutions Architect
8 8 (6.30%) Consultant
9 7 (5.51%) Integration Architect
10 5 (3.94%) Business Analyst
10 5 (3.94%) C# Developer
11 4 (3.15%) Cloud Architect
11 4 (3.15%) Enterprise Architect
11 4 (3.15%) Front Office Developer
11 4 (3.15%) Implementation Consultant
11 4 (3.15%) Junior
11 4 (3.15%) Senior Consultant
11 4 (3.15%) Senior Implementation Consultant
11 4 (3.15%) User Experience Researcher
11 4 (3.15%) User Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (7.87%) NumPy
1 10 (7.87%) Pandas
2 9 (7.09%) .NET
2 9 (7.09%) Middleware
3 8 (6.30%) PySpark
3 8 (6.30%) REST
3 8 (6.30%) RESTful
3 8 (6.30%) scikit-learn
4 5 (3.94%) Kafka
4 5 (3.94%) PyTorch
4 5 (3.94%) React
4 5 (3.94%) Web Services
5 4 (3.15%) Seaborn
6 3 (2.36%) LangChain
6 3 (2.36%) Node.js
6 3 (2.36%) React Native
7 2 (1.57%) Flutter
7 2 (1.57%) GraphQL
7 2 (1.57%) TensorFlow
7 2 (1.57%) Zustand
Miscellaneous
1 12 (9.45%) Management Information System
2 11 (8.66%) Algorithms
3 8 (6.30%) Derivative
3 8 (6.30%) Distributed Systems
4 6 (4.72%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 6 (4.72%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (3.94%) Equities
5 5 (3.94%) Hedge funds
5 5 (3.94%) Legacy Systems
5 5 (3.94%) Life Science
6 4 (3.15%) Cloud Native
6 4 (3.15%) Distributed Computing
6 4 (3.15%) Fixed Income
6 4 (3.15%) Graphic Design
6 4 (3.15%) Product Ownership
6 4 (3.15%) Virtual Team
7 3 (2.36%) AI Agents
7 3 (2.36%) Data Centre
7 3 (2.36%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (2.36%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.36%) Linux
2 2 (1.57%) VMS
3 1 (0.79%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (48.82%) Computer Science
2 44 (34.65%) Agile
3 37 (29.13%) AI
4 32 (25.20%) Problem-Solving
5 27 (21.26%) Roadmaps
6 26 (20.47%) CI/CD
7 25 (19.69%) Analytics
7 25 (19.69%) Machine Learning
8 24 (18.90%) Data Science
8 24 (18.90%) Decision-Making
9 22 (17.32%) DevOps
10 20 (15.75%) Mathematics
11 19 (14.96%) Data Engineering
12 18 (14.17%) Software Engineering
12 18 (14.17%) Stakeholder Management
12 18 (14.17%) Use Case
13 16 (12.60%) Microservices
14 15 (11.81%) Technical Leadership
15 14 (11.02%) Data Governance
15 14 (11.02%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 42 (33.07%) Python
2 31 (24.41%) SQL
3 13 (10.24%) Java
4 6 (4.72%) C#
4 6 (4.72%) JavaScript
5 4 (3.15%) C++
6 3 (2.36%) Go
7 2 (1.57%) Bash
7 2 (1.57%) Bicep
7 2 (1.57%) Cypher
7 2 (1.57%) Scala
7 2 (1.57%) SPARQL
7 2 (1.57%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.79%) Apex Code
8 1 (0.79%) C
8 1 (0.79%) Gremlin
8 1 (0.79%) MATLAB
8 1 (0.79%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.79%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.79%) SHACL
Qualifications
1 127 (100.00%) Degree
2 47 (37.01%) Computer Science Degree
3 24 (18.90%) PhD
4 19 (14.96%) MBA
5 9 (7.09%) CISSP
5 9 (7.09%) Security Cleared
6 7 (5.51%) SC Cleared
7 6 (4.72%) PMI Certification
8 5 (3.94%) Azure Certification
8 5 (3.94%) CISM
9 4 (3.15%) AWS Certification
9 4 (3.15%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (3.15%) CISA
9 4 (3.15%) CRISC
10 3 (2.36%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 3 (2.36%) CBAP
10 3 (2.36%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 3 (2.36%) PMP
11 2 (1.57%) CCSP
11 2 (1.57%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (7.09%) GDPR
2 8 (6.30%) NIST
2 8 (6.30%) QA
3 7 (5.51%) Data Quality
4 6 (4.72%) PCI DSS
4 6 (4.72%) SLA
5 5 (3.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (3.94%) PMO
6 4 (3.15%) Accessibility
6 4 (3.15%) IFRS
6 4 (3.15%) IFRS 17
7 3 (2.36%) SOC 2
8 2 (1.57%) COBIT
8 2 (1.57%) GRC
8 2 (1.57%) ISO 31000
9 1 (0.79%) Basel III
9 1 (0.79%) EMIR
9 1 (0.79%) GAAP
9 1 (0.79%) MiFID
9 1 (0.79%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 20 (15.75%) Docker
2 1 (0.79%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.79%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 12 (9.45%) Kubernetes
2 9 (7.09%) Terraform
3 1 (0.79%) CASB
3 1 (0.79%) Control-M
3 1 (0.79%) Grafana
3 1 (0.79%) Prometheus
3 1 (0.79%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 25 (19.69%) Microsoft
2 11 (8.66%) Oracle
3 8 (6.30%) Google
4 7 (5.51%) Salesforce
5 6 (4.72%) Software AG
6 4 (3.15%) Databricks
6 4 (3.15%) SAP
6 4 (3.15%) ServiceNow
7 2 (1.57%) Adobe
7 2 (1.57%) Bloomberg
7 2 (1.57%) Guidewire
7 2 (1.57%) Rapid7
8 1 (0.79%) Apple
8 1 (0.79%) BMC
8 1 (0.79%) Cisco
8 1 (0.79%) Dell
8 1 (0.79%) Informatica
8 1 (0.79%) Remedy
8 1 (0.79%) Reuters
8 1 (0.79%) VMware