Master's Degree Contracts

Master's Degree
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Master's Degree qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 240 310 416
Rank change year-on-year +70 +106 -43
Contract jobs citing Master's Degree 422 454 530
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.98% 0.81% 0.61%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.28% 2.98% 2.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 242 296 321
10th Percentile £350 £400 £300
25th Percentile £425 £500 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £650 £590
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +10.17% +11.32%
75th Percentile £689 £800 £763
90th Percentile £800 £950 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £549 £495
% change year-on-year +0.18% +10.91% -1.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 30 26
10th Percentile £20.12 £31.25 £19.01
25th Percentile £31.60 £42.50 £19.62
Median hourly rate £55.00 £45.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% - +48.15%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £47.50
90th Percentile £83.75 - £68.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.00 £45.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year +22.22% - +129.01%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

Master's Degree is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 12,872 15,254 19,038
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 29.89% 27.21% 21.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,011 10,183 12,699
10th Percentile £310 £338 £345
25th Percentile £425 £450 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% +4.76% +6.06%
75th Percentile £645 £650 £630
90th Percentile £738 £738 £713
UK excluding London median daily rate £535 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +1.90% +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,100 745 759
10th Percentile £13.87 £14.67 £14.25
25th Percentile £18.13 £21.24 £19.52
Median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +23.60% +28.21%
75th Percentile £62.50 £68.75 £58.75
90th Percentile £76.32 £79.19 £67.30
UK excluding London median hourly rate £41.25 £52.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -21.43% +50.00% +16.67%

Master's Degree
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Master's Degree in the UK

Master's Degree
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Master's Degree in the UK

Master's Degree
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Master's Degree over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Master's Degree in the UK

Master's Degree
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Master's Degree in the UK

Master's Degree
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Master's Degree over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Master's Degree in the UK

Master's Degree
Top 17 Contract Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 1 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
England +68 368 £550 -15.38% 1,200
London +78 203 £539 -25.69% 562
UK excluding London +48 167 £550 +0.18% 680
Work from Home +58 129 £552 -4.66% 400
South East +4 52 £525 +5.00% 169
East of England +11 29 £625 +64.15% 118
South West +4 27 £588 +6.82% 76
North of England +39 26 £600 -7.69% 122
Midlands +17 17 £550 +10.00% 132
West Midlands +16 16 £550 -18.52% 87
North West +25 14 £676 +4.00% 69
Scotland +41 10 £475 +3.26% 51
Yorkshire - 8 £554 - 28
Northern Ireland - 4 £538 - 9
North East - 3 £588 - 25
Wales +11 2 - - 19
East Midlands +4 1 - - 45

Master's Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 18 (4.27%) Confluence
2 9 (2.13%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.95%) CMS
3 4 (0.95%) Oracle Workflow
3 4 (0.95%) SAS
4 3 (0.71%) Apache
4 3 (0.71%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.71%) ArcGIS
4 3 (0.71%) IIS
4 3 (0.71%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.47%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 2 (0.47%) Ethereum
5 2 (0.47%) Hyperledger
5 2 (0.47%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 25 (5.92%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (3.79%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (2.61%) Chatbot
4 9 (2.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (2.13%) MS Visio
4 9 (2.13%) Simulink
5 7 (1.66%) Stateflow
6 6 (1.42%) Sketch
7 5 (1.18%) TargetLink
8 3 (0.71%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 3 (0.71%) Adobe XD
8 3 (0.71%) SPSS
9 2 (0.47%) InVision
9 2 (0.47%) Microsoft Project
9 2 (0.47%) Spreadsheet
10 1 (0.24%) OmniGraffle
10 1 (0.24%) Stata
10 1 (0.24%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 13 (3.08%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.71%) Oracle EBS R12
2 3 (0.71%) SAP ERP
2 3 (0.71%) SAP SD
3 2 (0.47%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.47%) Oracle Applications
3 2 (0.47%) R3 Corda
3 2 (0.47%) SAP MDG
4 1 (0.24%) Eloqua
4 1 (0.24%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 1 (0.24%) Oracle Cash Management
4 1 (0.24%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.24%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.24%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.24%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.24%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.24%) SAP Payroll
4 1 (0.24%) Sprinklr
4 1 (0.24%) Teamcenter
4 1 (0.24%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 80 (18.96%) Azure
2 48 (11.37%) AWS
3 34 (8.06%) GCP
4 24 (5.69%) Power Platform
5 18 (4.27%) Azure DevOps
6 14 (3.32%) Cloud Computing
7 13 (3.08%) Azure Data Factory
8 11 (2.61%) Azure Service Bus
9 10 (2.37%) Twilio
10 9 (2.13%) npm
10 9 (2.13%) Serverless
11 7 (1.66%) Azure App Service
11 7 (1.66%) Azure Event Grid
11 7 (1.66%) Figma
11 7 (1.66%) SaaS
12 6 (1.42%) Azure AKS
13 5 (1.18%) AWS Lambda
13 5 (1.18%) OpenShift
14 4 (0.95%) GitHub
14 4 (0.95%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 15 (3.55%) CTI
1 15 (3.55%) VoIP
2 8 (1.90%) Internet
3 5 (1.18%) VSAN
3 5 (1.18%) Wireless
4 4 (0.95%) Firewall
4 4 (0.95%) Network Security
4 4 (0.95%) SAN
4 4 (0.95%) TCP/IP
4 4 (0.95%) VPN
5 2 (0.47%) Cisco IOS
5 2 (0.47%) HTTP
5 2 (0.47%) IOS XR
5 2 (0.47%) LTE
5 2 (0.47%) NX-OS
5 2 (0.47%) RS-485
6 1 (0.24%) HTTPS
6 1 (0.24%) RTP
6 1 (0.24%) SSL
6 1 (0.24%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (5.45%) Power BI
2 19 (4.50%) Relational Database
2 19 (4.50%) SQL Server
3 12 (2.84%) MySQL
4 11 (2.61%) Big Data
4 11 (2.61%) Data Lake
4 11 (2.61%) NoSQL
4 11 (2.61%) Tableau
5 8 (1.90%) Azure SQL Database
5 8 (1.90%) Data Warehouse
6 7 (1.66%) Qlik Sense
7 6 (1.42%) Oracle Database
7 6 (1.42%) Oracle Reports
8 5 (1.18%) RDBMS
9 4 (0.95%) Data Mining
9 4 (0.95%) Metadata
9 4 (0.95%) QlikView
10 3 (0.71%) Data Mart
10 3 (0.71%) GIS
10 3 (0.71%) Looker
Development Applications
1 40 (9.48%) JIRA
2 28 (6.64%) Git
3 13 (3.08%) Bitbucket
4 10 (2.37%) Jenkins
4 10 (2.37%) Subversion
5 9 (2.13%) Rational DOORS
5 9 (2.13%) webpack
6 6 (1.42%) MLflow
7 4 (0.95%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 4 (0.95%) Postman
7 4 (0.95%) Selenium
7 4 (0.95%) TestRail
8 3 (0.71%) Appium
8 3 (0.71%) Katalon Studio
8 3 (0.71%) Maven
9 2 (0.47%) Charles Proxy
9 2 (0.47%) CMake
9 2 (0.47%) IntelliJ
9 2 (0.47%) LoadRunner
9 2 (0.47%) Rational Team Concert
General
1 198 (46.92%) Social Skills
2 134 (31.75%) Analytical Skills
3 118 (27.96%) Finance
4 44 (10.43%) Marketing
5 36 (8.53%) Public Sector
6 30 (7.11%) Banking
7 28 (6.64%) Front Office
8 27 (6.40%) Telecoms
9 23 (5.45%) Presentation Skills
10 22 (5.21%) Manufacturing
11 19 (4.50%) Retail
12 17 (4.03%) Automotive
13 16 (3.79%) Legal
14 15 (3.55%) Aerospace
15 12 (2.84%) Influencing Skills
16 9 (2.13%) Pharmaceutical
17 8 (1.90%) Electronics
18 7 (1.66%) Investment Banking
18 7 (1.66%) Law
18 7 (1.66%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 82 (19.43%) Architect
2 53 (12.56%) Developer
2 53 (12.56%) Senior
3 40 (9.48%) Lead
4 38 (9.00%) Solutions Architect
5 32 (7.58%) Software Engineer
6 25 (5.92%) Analyst
7 23 (5.45%) Consultant
8 18 (4.27%) Data Scientist
8 18 (4.27%) Systems Engineer
9 16 (3.79%) Project Manager
10 15 (3.55%) Java Developer
10 15 (3.55%) Software Architect
11 13 (3.08%) Data Engineer
12 12 (2.84%) Applications Developer
13 11 (2.61%) Senior Software Engineer
14 10 (2.37%) Angular Developer
14 10 (2.37%) Business Analyst
14 10 (2.37%) Full Stack Developer
15 9 (2.13%) Embedded Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (5.45%) AngularJS
2 20 (4.74%) HTML
3 19 (4.50%) CSS
3 19 (4.50%) React
4 18 (4.27%) .NET
5 14 (3.32%) Web Services
6 12 (2.84%) DirectX
6 12 (2.84%) Middleware
6 12 (2.84%) OpenGL
6 12 (2.84%) OpenGL ES
6 12 (2.84%) Vulkan
7 11 (2.61%) Kafka
7 11 (2.61%) REST
8 10 (2.37%) PyTorch
8 10 (2.37%) TensorFlow
9 9 (2.13%) RxJS
9 9 (2.13%) WebSockets
10 8 (1.90%) NumPy
10 8 (1.90%) Spring
11 7 (1.66%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 41 (9.72%) Management Information System
2 32 (7.58%) Algorithms
3 17 (4.03%) Derivative
4 15 (3.55%) IVR
5 12 (2.84%) Self-Motivation
6 10 (2.37%) 3D Graphics
6 10 (2.37%) Ray Tracing
7 9 (2.13%) Analytical Mindset
7 9 (2.13%) Product Ownership
8 8 (1.90%) Embedded Systems
8 8 (1.90%) Equities
8 8 (1.90%) Life Science
9 7 (1.66%) Credit Risk
9 7 (1.66%) Data Structures
9 7 (1.66%) Public Cloud
10 6 (1.42%) Data Centre
10 6 (1.42%) Mobile App
10 6 (1.42%) Renewable Energy
11 5 (1.18%) Clustering
11 5 (1.18%) Device Driver
Operating Systems
1 27 (6.40%) Linux
2 25 (5.92%) Windows
3 24 (5.69%) Unix
4 9 (2.13%) Android
5 5 (1.18%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.95%) Embedded Linux
6 4 (0.95%) SafeRTOS
7 1 (0.24%) OS/390
7 1 (0.24%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 233 (55.21%) Computer Science
2 154 (36.49%) Problem-Solving
3 133 (31.52%) Agile
4 74 (17.54%) Analytics
5 68 (16.11%) Software Engineering
6 56 (13.27%) Data Science
7 55 (13.03%) DevOps
7 55 (13.03%) Project Management
8 52 (12.32%) Machine Learning
9 49 (11.61%) Decision-Making
10 47 (11.14%) Stakeholder Management
11 46 (10.90%) Artificial Intelligence
11 46 (10.90%) Continuous Improvement
11 46 (10.90%) Roadmaps
12 43 (10.19%) Validation
13 36 (8.53%) Data Analysis
14 35 (8.29%) Business Intelligence
15 33 (7.82%) Risk Management
16 32 (7.58%) Data Modelling
17 31 (7.35%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 98 (23.22%) Python
2 72 (17.06%) SQL
3 39 (9.24%) Java
4 34 (8.06%) C#
4 34 (8.06%) JavaScript
5 33 (7.82%) C++
6 29 (6.87%) C
7 18 (4.27%) R
7 18 (4.27%) Shell Script
8 16 (3.79%) MATLAB
9 11 (2.61%) TypeScript
10 9 (2.13%) PowerShell
11 8 (1.90%) Scala
12 5 (1.18%) PL/SQL
13 4 (0.95%) ABAP
13 4 (0.95%) Assembly Language
13 4 (0.95%) Bash
13 4 (0.95%) Rust
13 4 (0.95%) VBA
14 3 (0.71%) Swift
Qualifications
1 422 (100.00%) Degree
2 146 (34.60%) Computer Science Degree
3 69 (16.35%) PhD
4 37 (8.77%) Security Cleared
5 31 (7.35%) SC Cleared
6 29 (6.87%) MBA
7 19 (4.50%) Azure Certification
7 19 (4.50%) CISSP
8 17 (4.03%) PMI Certification
8 17 (4.03%) PMP
9 16 (3.79%) CISM
10 10 (2.37%) AWS Certification
10 10 (2.37%) Microsoft Certification
11 9 (2.13%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 9 (2.13%) Cisco Certification
12 8 (1.90%) ITIL Certification
13 7 (1.66%) Chartered Engineer
13 7 (1.66%) CISA
14 6 (1.42%) BPSS Clearance
14 6 (1.42%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (4.98%) PCI DSS
2 18 (4.27%) Data Quality
2 18 (4.27%) QA
3 15 (3.55%) GDPR
4 10 (2.37%) HIPAA
5 9 (2.13%) NIST
6 8 (1.90%) Accessibility
6 8 (1.90%) SOC 2
7 5 (1.18%) AUTOSAR
7 5 (1.18%) ISO 26262
7 5 (1.18%) MISRA
7 5 (1.18%) MISRA C
7 5 (1.18%) NIST 800
8 4 (0.95%) Dodd-Frank
8 4 (0.95%) JTAG
8 4 (0.95%) MiFID
8 4 (0.95%) PMO
9 3 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 3 (0.71%) WCAG
10 2 (0.47%) COBIT
System Software
1 16 (3.79%) VMware Infrastructure
2 13 (3.08%) Docker
3 9 (2.13%) VMware NSX
4 5 (1.18%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (0.95%) Embedded Firmware
5 4 (0.95%) Firmware
6 3 (0.71%) Active Directory
7 2 (0.47%) vSphere
8 1 (0.24%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 21 (4.98%) Kubernetes
2 6 (1.42%) Terraform
3 5 (1.18%) PowerCLI
3 5 (1.18%) vCenter Server
4 4 (0.95%) Ansible
4 4 (0.95%) OPNET
5 3 (0.71%) Docker Swarm
6 2 (0.47%) Nessus
7 1 (0.24%) Argo
Vendors
1 72 (17.06%) Microsoft
2 30 (7.11%) SAP
3 25 (5.92%) Cisco
3 25 (5.92%) Google
3 25 (5.92%) Oracle
4 18 (4.27%) Genesys
5 16 (3.79%) VMware
6 12 (2.84%) Databricks
7 10 (2.37%) Adobe
7 10 (2.37%) Atlassian
7 10 (2.37%) Avaya
7 10 (2.37%) Salesforce
8 8 (1.90%) ServiceNow
9 5 (1.18%) Informatica
10 4 (0.95%) Optimizely
11 3 (0.71%) Ariba
11 3 (0.71%) ESRI
11 3 (0.71%) JDA
11 3 (0.71%) Murex
11 3 (0.71%) Workday