Master's Degree Contracts in Scotland

Master's Degree
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 104 158 156
Rank change year-on-year +54 -2 +7
Contract jobs citing Master's Degree 11 6 20
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.51% 0.22% 0.59%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.00% 1.05% 3.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 6 13
10th Percentile £274 £450 £368
25th Percentile £288 £451 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £460 £465
Median % change year-on-year -2.17% -1.08% -15.45%
75th Percentile £600 £475 £610
90th Percentile £651 £557 £835
UK median daily rate £550 £650 £600
% change year-on-year -15.38% +8.33% +15.16%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 549 570 582
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 25.62% 21.33% 17.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 321 372 358
10th Percentile £180 £175 £216
25th Percentile £313 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £450 £464
Median % change year-on-year +2.78% -2.96% +9.12%
75th Percentile £588 £538 £560
90th Percentile £650 £600 £638
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 10 23
10th Percentile £12.42 £12.71 £20.20
25th Percentile £15.49 £15.81 £23.89
Median hourly rate £19.50 £21.47 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.15% -57.07% +55.04%
75th Percentile £40.94 £43.75 £56.00
90th Percentile £60.20 £59.63 £58.50
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -27.27% +23.60% +34.85%

Master's Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Master's Degree in Scotland

Master's Degree
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Master's Degree in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for Master's Degree in Scotland

Master's Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

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

Daily rate histogram for Master's Degree in Scotland

Master's Degree
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Master's Degree in Scotland.

Hourly rate trend for Master's Degree in Scotland

Master's Degree
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland 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
Edinburgh +33 5 £550 +20.88% 15
Glasgow +19 4 £325 -29.16% 14
Stirling - 1 £525 - 1
Master's Degree
UK

Master's Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 (18.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (9.09%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 3 (27.27%) Oracle EBS R12
2 1 (9.09%) Oracle Cash Management
2 1 (9.09%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (9.09%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (9.09%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (9.09%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 2 (18.18%) GCP
2 1 (9.09%) AWS
2 1 (9.09%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (18.18%) Big Data
1 2 (18.18%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 2 (18.18%) JMeter
1 2 (18.18%) LoadRunner
1 2 (18.18%) Selenium
General
1 8 (72.73%) Social Skills
2 7 (63.64%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (45.45%) Public Sector
4 3 (27.27%) Banking
4 3 (27.27%) Finance
4 3 (27.27%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (9.09%) Humanities
5 1 (9.09%) Legal
5 1 (9.09%) Social Science
Job Titles
1 5 (45.45%) Lead
2 2 (18.18%) Consultant
2 2 (18.18%) Senior
3 1 (9.09%) Architect
3 1 (9.09%) Auditor
3 1 (9.09%) ERP Consultant
3 1 (9.09%) ERP Manager
3 1 (9.09%) ERP Project Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Lead Architect
3 1 (9.09%) Programme Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Project Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) Kafka
1 1 (9.09%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) Management Information System
2 2 (18.18%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (18.18%) Public Cloud
3 1 (9.09%) Distributed Systems
3 1 (9.09%) e-Health
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (36.36%) Analytics
2 4 (36.36%) ERP
3 3 (27.27%) Computer Science
3 3 (27.27%) Test Scripting
3 3 (27.27%) Test Strategy
4 2 (18.18%) Collaborative Working
4 2 (18.18%) Data Privacy
4 2 (18.18%) Information Security
4 2 (18.18%) Internal Audit
4 2 (18.18%) Knowledge Transfer
4 2 (18.18%) Non-Functional Testing
4 2 (18.18%) Performance Metrics
4 2 (18.18%) Performance Testing
4 2 (18.18%) Process Improvement
4 2 (18.18%) Scalability Testing
4 2 (18.18%) Security Testing
4 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (18.18%) Test Management
4 2 (18.18%) Usability Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.09%) R
1 1 (9.09%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (100.00%) Degree
2 3 (27.27%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (9.09%) PMI Certification
3 1 (9.09%) PMP
3 1 (9.09%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (18.18%) GDPR
1 2 (18.18%) HIPAA
1 2 (18.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (9.09%) ISO 20022
2 1 (9.09%) ISO 8583
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) Oracle
1 3 (27.27%) SAP
1 3 (27.27%) Workday
2 2 (18.18%) Microsoft
3 1 (9.09%) Google