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 10 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 296 211 207
Rank change year-on-year -85 -4 +73
Contract jobs citing Master's Degree 126 138 206
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.68% 1.13% 1.16%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.41% 4.37% 4.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 87 131
10th Percentile £310 £375 £350
25th Percentile £425 £503 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £593 £638 £538
Median % change year-on-year -7.06% +18.60% -26.62%
75th Percentile £713 £793 £738
90th Percentile £776 £913 £850
England median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -15.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 11
10th Percentile £33.00 £37.22 £10.42
25th Percentile £35.95 £47.04 £34.88
Median hourly rate £41.75 £71.25 £68.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.40% +4.78% +70.00%
75th Percentile £47.39 £86.25 £83.75
90th Percentile £50.25 - -
England median hourly rate £33.50 £65.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -48.46% +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 5,235 3,156 4,178
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 28.10% 25.78% 23.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,747 2,110 2,868
10th Percentile £366 £356 £325
25th Percentile £450 £447 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £526 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.18% +0.18% -6.87%
75th Percentile £638 £662 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £770
England median daily rate £525 £525 £536
% change year-on-year - -2.05% -2.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 74 64 113
10th Percentile £19.12 £19.21 £14.49
25th Percentile £26.69 £24.66 £20.22
Median hourly rate £54.75 £27.83 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +96.77% +11.30% -51.46%
75th Percentile £76.58 £55.25 £42.75
90th Percentile £88.75 £68.38 £68.60
England median hourly rate £48.61 £32.00 £40.29
% change year-on-year +51.91% -20.57% -26.75%

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 10 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 10 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 10 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 -19 11 £715 +0.07% 34
West London -15 9 £575 - 2
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 7 (5.56%) Apache Spark
2 5 (3.97%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (1.59%) Confluence
3 2 (1.59%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 2 (1.59%) WebSphere
4 1 (0.79%) Apache
4 1 (0.79%) Apache Solr
4 1 (0.79%) Camunda
4 1 (0.79%) Oracle Workflow
4 1 (0.79%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.79%) Tomcat
Applications
1 7 (5.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 6 (4.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (4.76%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (3.17%) UserZoom
4 2 (1.59%) CPLEX
4 2 (1.59%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (2.38%) Oracle General Ledger
1 3 (2.38%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
2 2 (1.59%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.59%) Oracle FAH
2 2 (1.59%) Oracle Payables
2 2 (1.59%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 2 (1.59%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.79%) Oracle Assets
3 1 (0.79%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.79%) Oracle EBS R12
3 1 (0.79%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (0.79%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.79%) SAP FI-GL
3 1 (0.79%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.79%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 28 (22.22%) AWS
1 28 (22.22%) Azure
2 13 (10.32%) SaaS
3 10 (7.94%) GCP
4 9 (7.14%) GitHub
5 7 (5.56%) GitHub Actions
6 6 (4.76%) Amazon SageMaker
6 6 (4.76%) IaaS
7 5 (3.97%) Dagster
7 5 (3.97%) OCI
7 5 (3.97%) PaaS
7 5 (3.97%) Power Platform
8 4 (3.17%) Amazon ECS
8 4 (3.17%) AWS CloudFormation
8 4 (3.17%) AWS Lambda
8 4 (3.17%) Miro
8 4 (3.17%) Serverless
9 3 (2.38%) Amazon S3
9 3 (2.38%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (2.38%) iPaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.17%) 3GPP
2 2 (1.59%) Firewall
2 2 (1.59%) HTTP
2 2 (1.59%) Intelligent Network
2 2 (1.59%) Wireless
3 1 (0.79%) BGP
3 1 (0.79%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (0.79%) IPsec
3 1 (0.79%) LAN
3 1 (0.79%) Network Security
3 1 (0.79%) OSPF
3 1 (0.79%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.79%) VoIP
3 1 (0.79%) VPN
3 1 (0.79%) WAN
3 1 (0.79%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (5.56%) Big Data
1 7 (5.56%) SQL Server
2 6 (4.76%) Data Warehouse
2 6 (4.76%) MongoDB
3 5 (3.97%) Power BI
4 4 (3.17%) NoSQL
5 3 (2.38%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (2.38%) Relational Database
6 2 (1.59%) Data Mining
6 2 (1.59%) Hadoop
6 2 (1.59%) Metadata
6 2 (1.59%) Neo4j
6 2 (1.59%) Redis
6 2 (1.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (1.59%) Tableau
7 1 (0.79%) Apache Cassandra
7 1 (0.79%) Ataccama
7 1 (0.79%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.79%) Kdb+
7 1 (0.79%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 18 (14.29%) Git
2 10 (7.94%) MLflow
3 9 (7.14%) JIRA
4 3 (2.38%) Jenkins
5 2 (1.59%) Vite
6 1 (0.79%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.79%) GitLab
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 62 (49.21%) Social Skills
2 44 (34.92%) Finance
3 39 (30.95%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (18.25%) Banking
5 15 (11.90%) Presentation Skills
6 7 (5.56%) Public Sector
7 6 (4.76%) Investment Banking
7 6 (4.76%) Marketing
8 5 (3.97%) Legal
8 5 (3.97%) Telecoms
9 4 (3.17%) Aviation
9 4 (3.17%) Front Office
9 4 (3.17%) Social Science
10 3 (2.38%) General Ledger
10 3 (2.38%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (2.38%) Japanese Language
10 3 (2.38%) Publishing
10 3 (2.38%) Retail
11 2 (1.59%) French Language
11 2 (1.59%) German Language
Job Titles
1 20 (15.87%) Architect
2 19 (15.08%) Lead
3 17 (13.49%) Senior
4 14 (11.11%) Developer
5 13 (10.32%) Data Scientist
6 10 (7.94%) Solutions Architect
7 9 (7.14%) Analyst
7 9 (7.14%) Integration Architect
8 6 (4.76%) Cloud Architect
8 6 (4.76%) Consultant
8 6 (4.76%) Project Manager
9 5 (3.97%) Cloud Solutions Architect
9 5 (3.97%) Senior Data Scientist
10 4 (3.17%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 4 (3.17%) Business Analyst
10 4 (3.17%) Implementation Consultant
10 4 (3.17%) Junior
10 4 (3.17%) Senior Consultant
10 4 (3.17%) Senior Implementation Consultant
10 4 (3.17%) User Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (9.52%) Middleware
2 10 (7.94%) NumPy
2 10 (7.94%) Pandas
3 8 (6.35%) RESTful
3 8 (6.35%) scikit-learn
4 7 (5.56%) .NET
4 7 (5.56%) PyTorch
4 7 (5.56%) REST
5 5 (3.97%) PySpark
5 5 (3.97%) Web Services
6 4 (3.17%) Kafka
6 4 (3.17%) Node.js
6 4 (3.17%) Seaborn
6 4 (3.17%) TensorFlow
7 3 (2.38%) LangChain
7 3 (2.38%) Model Context Protocol
7 3 (2.38%) Oracle Fusion
7 3 (2.38%) React
7 3 (2.38%) React Native
7 3 (2.38%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (11.11%) Management Information System
2 11 (8.73%) Algorithms
3 8 (6.35%) Derivative
4 6 (4.76%) Distributed Systems
4 6 (4.76%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 6 (4.76%) Legacy Systems
4 6 (4.76%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (3.97%) AI Agents
5 5 (3.97%) Life Science
6 4 (3.17%) Data Protection Act
6 4 (3.17%) Distributed Computing
6 4 (3.17%) Equities
6 4 (3.17%) Hedge funds
6 4 (3.17%) Product Ownership
7 3 (2.38%) Cloud Native
7 3 (2.38%) Data Centre
7 3 (2.38%) Fixed Income
7 3 (2.38%) Graphic Design
7 3 (2.38%) Marketing Technology
7 3 (2.38%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.38%) Linux
2 2 (1.59%) VMS
2 2 (1.59%) Windows
3 1 (0.79%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (54.76%) Computer Science
2 38 (30.16%) Agile
3 35 (27.78%) AI
4 31 (24.60%) Problem-Solving
5 28 (22.22%) Roadmaps
6 26 (20.63%) Machine Learning
7 25 (19.84%) Data Science
7 25 (19.84%) Decision-Making
8 24 (19.05%) DevOps
9 23 (18.25%) Analytics
9 23 (18.25%) CI/CD
10 20 (15.87%) Mathematics
10 20 (15.87%) Software Engineering
11 17 (13.49%) Microservices
11 17 (13.49%) Validation
12 16 (12.70%) Data Protection
12 16 (12.70%) Stakeholder Management
12 16 (12.70%) Technical Leadership
13 15 (11.90%) Generative AI
13 15 (11.90%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 42 (33.33%) Python
2 29 (23.02%) SQL
3 16 (12.70%) Java
4 5 (3.97%) C#
4 5 (3.97%) C++
4 5 (3.97%) JavaScript
5 3 (2.38%) Go
6 2 (1.59%) PL/SQL
6 2 (1.59%) Scala
6 2 (1.59%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.79%) Apex Code
7 1 (0.79%) Bash
7 1 (0.79%) C
7 1 (0.79%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 126 (100.00%) Degree
2 52 (41.27%) Computer Science Degree
3 24 (19.05%) PhD
4 18 (14.29%) MBA
5 10 (7.94%) CISSP
6 9 (7.14%) PMI Certification
7 7 (5.56%) PMP
7 7 (5.56%) Security Cleared
8 6 (4.76%) CISM
8 6 (4.76%) CRISC
9 4 (3.17%) AWS Certification
9 4 (3.17%) Azure Certification
9 4 (3.17%) CISA
9 4 (3.17%) SC Cleared
10 3 (2.38%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 3 (2.38%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (1.59%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 2 (1.59%) CBAP
11 2 (1.59%) OSCP
11 2 (1.59%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (7.94%) GDPR
2 9 (7.14%) NIST
2 9 (7.14%) QA
3 6 (4.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (4.76%) PCI DSS
3 6 (4.76%) SLA
4 5 (3.97%) Data Quality
4 5 (3.97%) IFRS
4 5 (3.97%) IFRS 17
4 5 (3.97%) PMO
5 4 (3.17%) Accessibility
6 3 (2.38%) SOC 2
7 2 (1.59%) Basel III
7 2 (1.59%) COBIT
7 2 (1.59%) GAAP
7 2 (1.59%) GRC
7 2 (1.59%) IFRS 9
7 2 (1.59%) ISO 31000
7 2 (1.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.79%) MiFID
System Software
1 18 (14.29%) Docker
2 1 (0.79%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 11 (8.73%) Kubernetes
2 7 (5.56%) Terraform
3 2 (1.59%) Control-M
4 1 (0.79%) CASB
4 1 (0.79%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 26 (20.63%) Microsoft
2 11 (8.73%) Oracle
3 8 (6.35%) Software AG
4 7 (5.56%) Databricks
4 7 (5.56%) Google
5 6 (4.76%) Salesforce
6 5 (3.97%) SAP
7 3 (2.38%) ServiceNow
8 2 (1.59%) Adobe
8 2 (1.59%) Bloomberg
8 2 (1.59%) Informatica
8 2 (1.59%) Rapid7
8 2 (1.59%) Workday
9 1 (0.79%) Apple
9 1 (0.79%) BMC
9 1 (0.79%) Cisco
9 1 (0.79%) Dell
9 1 (0.79%) IBM
9 1 (0.79%) Remedy
9 1 (0.79%) Reuters