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 18 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 210 202 211
Rank change year-on-year -8 +9 +62
Contract jobs citing Master's Degree 172 168 191
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.20% 1.20% 1.05%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.07% 4.65% 4.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 116 103 123
10th Percentile £382 £366 £350
25th Percentile £425 £481 £466
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £650
Median % change year-on-year - -11.54% -7.14%
75th Percentile £700 £744 £796
90th Percentile £875 £858 £1,000
England median daily rate £525 £550 £625
% change year-on-year -4.55% -12.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 7
10th Percentile - - £10.42
25th Percentile - £30.67 £19.47
Median hourly rate £65.00 £31.35 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +107.37% -40.30% +12.90%
75th Percentile - £32.02 £71.25
90th Percentile - - £83.75
England median hourly rate £33.50 £27.67 £43.37
% change year-on-year +21.07% -36.19% -3.63%

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 4,224 3,616 4,441
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 29.45% 25.82% 24.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,951 2,249 2,976
10th Percentile £363 £353 £331
25th Percentile £431 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £644 £650 £657
90th Percentile £750 £775 £771
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 81 61 103
10th Percentile £19.54 £21.50 £17.60
25th Percentile £25.15 £24.66 £19.99
Median hourly rate £27.50 £39.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -29.49% -2.50% -0.62%
75th Percentile £65.00 £56.25 £65.38
90th Percentile £76.58 £83.20 £85.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £50.00
% change year-on-year -45.54% -7.64% +11.11%

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 18 January 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
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 18 January 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 -1 22 £600 +8.11% 40
West London -13 5 £425 +104.33% 7
East London - 1 £1,000 - 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 16 (9.30%) Apache Spark
2 3 (1.74%) WebSphere
3 2 (1.16%) Ethereum
3 2 (1.16%) Hyperledger
3 2 (1.16%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 1 (0.58%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.58%) CMS
4 1 (0.58%) Confluence
4 1 (0.58%) Drupal
4 1 (0.58%) NetWeaver
4 1 (0.58%) Oracle Workflow
4 1 (0.58%) SAP Portal
4 1 (0.58%) WordPress
Applications
1 7 (4.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.16%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.58%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (0.58%) Camtasia
3 1 (0.58%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.58%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.58%) Navisworks
3 1 (0.58%) ProjectWise
3 1 (0.58%) Revit
3 1 (0.58%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (2.33%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.74%) Oracle General Ledger
2 3 (1.74%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
2 3 (1.74%) SAP IBP
3 2 (1.16%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (1.16%) Oracle FAH
3 2 (1.16%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (1.16%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 2 (1.16%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.58%) Endur
4 1 (0.58%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.58%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.58%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (0.58%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.58%) SAP FI-CA
4 1 (0.58%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 1 (0.58%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 54 (31.40%) Azure
2 31 (18.02%) AWS
3 19 (11.05%) SaaS
4 17 (9.88%) GCP
5 13 (7.56%) GitHub
6 11 (6.40%) Power Platform
7 10 (5.81%) Azure DevOps
8 9 (5.23%) GitHub Actions
9 8 (4.65%) OCI
10 7 (4.07%) Amazon ECS
11 6 (3.49%) Azure Machine Learning
11 6 (3.49%) Cloud Computing
11 6 (3.49%) IaaS
11 6 (3.49%) Serverless
12 5 (2.91%) Amazon S3
12 5 (2.91%) AWS Lambda
12 5 (2.91%) Azure AI
12 5 (2.91%) PaaS
12 5 (2.91%) Sentry
13 4 (2.33%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 7 (4.07%) HTTP
2 5 (2.91%) CTI
2 5 (2.91%) VoIP
3 4 (2.33%) Network Security
4 2 (1.16%) 3GPP
4 2 (1.16%) Intelligent Network
4 2 (1.16%) S/MIME
4 2 (1.16%) SSL
4 2 (1.16%) Wireless
5 1 (0.58%) Firewall
5 1 (0.58%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (6.40%) Power BI
2 9 (5.23%) Big Data
3 7 (4.07%) SQL Server
4 6 (3.49%) Tableau
5 5 (2.91%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (2.91%) MongoDB
5 5 (2.91%) NoSQL
6 4 (2.33%) Pinecone
7 2 (1.16%) BigQuery
7 2 (1.16%) Weaviate
8 1 (0.58%) Apache Cassandra
8 1 (0.58%) BusinessObjects
8 1 (0.58%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.58%) KDB
8 1 (0.58%) MySQL
8 1 (0.58%) Neo4j
8 1 (0.58%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.58%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.58%) SAP BW
8 1 (0.58%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 14 (8.14%) Git
2 6 (3.49%) JIRA
3 5 (2.91%) Appium
3 5 (2.91%) Charles Proxy
3 5 (2.91%) Jenkins
3 5 (2.91%) Katalon Studio
3 5 (2.91%) Postman
3 5 (2.91%) XCUITest
4 4 (2.33%) IntelliJ
4 4 (2.33%) TeamCity
5 2 (1.16%) Hardhat
5 2 (1.16%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.58%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.58%) Gatling
6 1 (0.58%) GitLab
6 1 (0.58%) JMeter
6 1 (0.58%) LoadRunner
6 1 (0.58%) MLflow
6 1 (0.58%) NeoLoad
6 1 (0.58%) SonarQube
General
1 82 (47.67%) Social Skills
2 76 (44.19%) Finance
3 53 (30.81%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (21.51%) Banking
5 21 (12.21%) Presentation Skills
6 18 (10.47%) Front Office
7 16 (9.30%) Investment Banking
8 12 (6.98%) Financial Institution
9 9 (5.23%) Legal
10 7 (4.07%) Manufacturing
11 6 (3.49%) Marketing
11 6 (3.49%) Pharmaceutical
11 6 (3.49%) Telecoms
12 5 (2.91%) Public Sector
13 4 (2.33%) Influencing Skills
13 4 (2.33%) Retail
14 3 (1.74%) General Ledger
15 2 (1.16%) French Language
15 2 (1.16%) Japanese Language
15 2 (1.16%) Law
Job Titles
1 26 (15.12%) Developer
2 24 (13.95%) Lead
3 19 (11.05%) Senior
4 17 (9.88%) Architect
5 15 (8.72%) Analyst
6 12 (6.98%) Project Manager
7 11 (6.40%) Consultant
7 11 (6.40%) Machine Learning Engineer
8 10 (5.81%) Business Analyst
9 9 (5.23%) Quantitative Developer
9 9 (5.23%) Solutions Architect
10 8 (4.65%) Cloud Architect
10 8 (4.65%) Cloud Solutions Architect
10 8 (4.65%) Data Scientist
10 8 (4.65%) Integration Architect
11 7 (4.07%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
12 5 (2.91%) Genesys Developer
12 5 (2.91%) Senior Manager
12 5 (2.91%) Test Manager
13 4 (2.33%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (7.56%) .NET
1 13 (7.56%) PyTorch
2 12 (6.98%) Middleware
2 12 (6.98%) TensorFlow
3 9 (5.23%) LangChain
3 9 (5.23%) NumPy
4 8 (4.65%) Web Services
5 7 (4.07%) Kafka
5 7 (4.07%) Pandas
5 7 (4.07%) RESTful
6 6 (3.49%) Dask
6 6 (3.49%) Hugging Face
7 5 (2.91%) LangGraph
7 5 (2.91%) REST
8 4 (2.33%) RabbitMQ
8 4 (2.33%) scikit-learn
8 4 (2.33%) XML
9 3 (1.74%) Oracle Fusion
9 3 (1.74%) SciPy
9 3 (1.74%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 18 (10.47%) Derivative
2 14 (8.14%) Cloud Native
2 14 (8.14%) Distributed Computing
3 12 (6.98%) Equities
3 12 (6.98%) Management Information System
3 12 (6.98%) Product Ownership
4 11 (6.40%) Algorithms
4 11 (6.40%) Hedge funds
5 10 (5.81%) Fixed Income
5 10 (5.81%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 10 (5.81%) PMI
6 9 (5.23%) Data Protection Act
7 8 (4.65%) AI Agents
8 7 (4.07%) Mobile App
9 6 (3.49%) Analytical Mindset
9 6 (3.49%) Distributed Systems
10 5 (2.91%) Equity Derivative
10 5 (2.91%) IVR
10 5 (2.91%) Life Science
11 4 (2.33%) Data Fabric
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.91%) Android
1 5 (2.91%) Apple iOS
1 5 (2.91%) Windows
2 4 (2.33%) Linux
3 2 (1.16%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.58%) Unix
4 1 (0.58%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 115 (66.86%) Computer Science
2 56 (32.56%) Problem-Solving
3 54 (31.40%) Agile
4 52 (30.23%) AI
5 41 (23.84%) Machine Learning
6 39 (22.67%) Analytics
6 39 (22.67%) Risk Management
7 38 (22.09%) Stakeholder Management
8 36 (20.93%) DevOps
9 33 (19.19%) Decision-Making
10 32 (18.60%) Roadmaps
11 31 (18.02%) Mathematics
12 27 (15.70%) LLM
12 27 (15.70%) Project Delivery
13 26 (15.12%) Data Science
13 26 (15.12%) Generative AI
13 26 (15.12%) Software Engineering
14 25 (14.53%) Validation
15 24 (13.95%) CI/CD
16 23 (13.37%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 60 (34.88%) Python
2 30 (17.44%) SQL
3 18 (10.47%) Java
4 15 (8.72%) C++
5 12 (6.98%) C#
6 7 (4.07%) JavaScript
7 6 (3.49%) Bash
7 6 (3.49%) PowerShell
8 5 (2.91%) Kotlin
8 5 (2.91%) Swift
8 5 (2.91%) TypeScript
9 3 (1.74%) Bicep
9 3 (1.74%) R
9 3 (1.74%) VBA
10 2 (1.16%) Solidity
11 1 (0.58%) ABAP
11 1 (0.58%) Apex Code
11 1 (0.58%) Jython
11 1 (0.58%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.58%) VC++
Qualifications
1 172 (100.00%) Degree
2 62 (36.05%) Computer Science Degree
3 35 (20.35%) PhD
4 20 (11.63%) PMI Certification
5 16 (9.30%) MBA
6 14 (8.14%) PMP
7 10 (5.81%) CISSP
8 6 (3.49%) MCP
9 5 (2.91%) CBAP
9 5 (2.91%) CISM
10 4 (2.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 4 (2.33%) CCSP
10 4 (2.33%) Cisco Certification
10 4 (2.33%) Security Cleared
11 3 (1.74%) AWS Certification
11 3 (1.74%) Azure Certification
11 3 (1.74%) CRISC
11 3 (1.74%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (1.74%) TOGAF Certification
12 2 (1.16%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (9.30%) GDPR
1 16 (9.30%) QA
2 7 (4.07%) IFRS
2 7 (4.07%) IFRS 17
2 7 (4.07%) NIST
3 6 (3.49%) Accessibility
3 6 (3.49%) Data Quality
3 6 (3.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (3.49%) PCI DSS
4 5 (2.91%) GRC
4 5 (2.91%) IFRS 9
5 3 (1.74%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 3 (1.74%) GMP
5 3 (1.74%) HIPAA
5 3 (1.74%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (1.16%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (1.16%) Basel III
6 2 (1.16%) GAAP
6 2 (1.16%) SLA
7 1 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 21 (12.21%) Docker
2 2 (1.16%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 20 (11.63%) Kubernetes
2 14 (8.14%) Terraform
3 2 (1.16%) Control-M
3 2 (1.16%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.58%) Grafana
4 1 (0.58%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 23 (13.37%) Microsoft
2 17 (9.88%) Databricks
3 14 (8.14%) SAP
4 12 (6.98%) Oracle
5 8 (4.65%) Software AG
6 7 (4.07%) Google
7 6 (3.49%) Splunk
8 5 (2.91%) Genesys
8 5 (2.91%) Informatica
9 4 (2.33%) Workday
10 2 (1.16%) Dynatrace
10 2 (1.16%) IBM
10 2 (1.16%) Rapid7
10 2 (1.16%) Salesforce
11 1 (0.58%) Anaplan
11 1 (0.58%) AppDynamics
11 1 (0.58%) CyberArk
11 1 (0.58%) HubSpot
11 1 (0.58%) New Relic
11 1 (0.58%) Talend