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 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 231 305 425
Rank change year-on-year +74 +120 -39
Contract jobs citing Master's Degree 415 468 500
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.97% 0.82% 0.57%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.24% 3.02% 2.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 244 301 292
10th Percentile £350 £400 £330
25th Percentile £450 £481 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £625 £590
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +5.93% +9.67%
75th Percentile £700 £788 £750
90th Percentile £800 £950 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £513 £490
% change year-on-year +7.32% +4.59% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 34 27
10th Percentile £21.96 £23.70 £19.11
25th Percentile £38.84 £42.50 £19.52
Median hourly rate £55.00 £45.00 £29.25
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% +53.85% -3.70%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £47.50
90th Percentile £83.75 - £68.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.00 £45.00 £26.12
% change year-on-year +22.22% +72.28% +7.49%

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 12,818 15,477 18,900
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.10% 27.18% 21.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,971 10,343 12,521
10th Percentile £308 £330 £338
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.09% +4.76% +7.62%
75th Percentile £646 £650 £630
90th Percentile £738 £743 £702
UK excluding London median daily rate £533 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +1.52% +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,057 768 763
10th Percentile £13.69 £15.24 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.72 £21.00 £19.82
Median hourly rate £40.00 £54.99 £43.95
Median % change year-on-year -27.26% +25.12% +20.41%
75th Percentile £61.60 £68.25 £58.75
90th Percentile £76.25 £79.19 £67.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.33 £50.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -19.35% +42.86% +6.06%

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 18 May 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 18 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Master's Degree in the UK

Master's Degree
Top 16 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 18 May 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 +66 360 £550 -15.38% 1,317
London +64 200 £550 -21.43% 614
UK excluding London +55 160 £550 +7.32% 792
Work from Home +48 138 £550 -6.30% 482
South East +21 51 £525 +5.00% 249
East of England +9 30 £625 +64.26% 134
South West +1 26 £588 +6.82% 75
North of England +45 22 £638 -1.85% 137
Midlands +21 17 £550 +15.79% 138
West Midlands +29 16 £550 +4.76% 89
North West +25 14 £676 +4.00% 77
Scotland +45 10 £475 +3.26% 39
Yorkshire - 4 £554 - 36
Northern Ireland - 4 £538 - 12
North East - 3 £588 - 27
East Midlands +6 1 - - 49

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 16 (3.86%) Confluence
2 9 (2.17%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.96%) CMS
3 4 (0.96%) Oracle Workflow
3 4 (0.96%) SAS
4 3 (0.72%) Apache
4 3 (0.72%) ArcGIS
4 3 (0.72%) IIS
4 3 (0.72%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.48%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 2 (0.48%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.48%) Ethereum
5 2 (0.48%) Hyperledger
5 2 (0.48%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 26 (6.27%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (3.86%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (2.41%) Chatbot
4 9 (2.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (2.17%) MS Visio
4 9 (2.17%) Simulink
5 7 (1.69%) Stateflow
6 6 (1.45%) Sketch
7 5 (1.20%) TargetLink
8 3 (0.72%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 3 (0.72%) Adobe XD
8 3 (0.72%) SPSS
9 2 (0.48%) InVision
9 2 (0.48%) Microsoft Project
9 2 (0.48%) Spreadsheet
10 1 (0.24%) OmniGraffle
10 1 (0.24%) Stata
10 1 (0.24%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 14 (3.37%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (1.69%) Oracle Applications
3 3 (0.72%) Oracle EBS R12
3 3 (0.72%) SAP ERP
3 3 (0.72%) SAP SD
4 2 (0.48%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.48%) Oracle Cash Management
4 2 (0.48%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.48%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 2 (0.48%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.48%) R3 Corda
4 2 (0.48%) SAP MDG
5 1 (0.24%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.24%) OpenText VIM for SAP
5 1 (0.24%) Oracle AGIS
5 1 (0.24%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (0.24%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 1 (0.24%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.24%) SAP SCM
5 1 (0.24%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 70 (16.87%) Azure
2 44 (10.60%) AWS
3 28 (6.75%) GCP
4 21 (5.06%) Power Platform
5 17 (4.10%) Azure DevOps
6 12 (2.89%) Cloud Computing
7 10 (2.41%) Twilio
8 9 (2.17%) Azure Data Factory
8 9 (2.17%) npm
8 9 (2.17%) Serverless
9 8 (1.93%) Azure Service Bus
9 8 (1.93%) OCI
10 7 (1.69%) SaaS
11 6 (1.45%) Figma
12 5 (1.20%) AWS Lambda
12 5 (1.20%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 5 (1.20%) Oracle CX
12 5 (1.20%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
13 4 (0.96%) GitHub
13 4 (0.96%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 14 (3.37%) CTI
1 14 (3.37%) VoIP
2 7 (1.69%) Internet
3 6 (1.45%) VSAN
4 5 (1.20%) Wireless
5 4 (0.96%) Firewall
5 4 (0.96%) Network Security
5 4 (0.96%) SAN
6 3 (0.72%) TCP/IP
6 3 (0.72%) VPN
7 2 (0.48%) Cisco IOS
7 2 (0.48%) HTTP
7 2 (0.48%) IOS XR
7 2 (0.48%) LTE
7 2 (0.48%) NX-OS
7 2 (0.48%) RS-485
7 2 (0.48%) SSL
8 1 (0.24%) Intrusion Detection
8 1 (0.24%) RTMP
8 1 (0.24%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (4.82%) Power BI
2 15 (3.61%) Relational Database
2 15 (3.61%) SQL Server
3 12 (2.89%) Tableau
4 11 (2.65%) Data Lake
4 11 (2.65%) Oracle Reports
5 10 (2.41%) Big Data
6 8 (1.93%) Data Warehouse
6 8 (1.93%) MySQL
6 8 (1.93%) NoSQL
7 6 (1.45%) Azure SQL Database
7 6 (1.45%) Oracle Database
8 5 (1.20%) QlikView
8 5 (1.20%) RDBMS
9 4 (0.96%) Metadata
10 3 (0.72%) Data Mart
10 3 (0.72%) Data Mining
10 3 (0.72%) Geospatial Data
10 3 (0.72%) GIS
10 3 (0.72%) Looker
Development Applications
1 39 (9.40%) JIRA
2 23 (5.54%) Git
3 11 (2.65%) Bitbucket
3 11 (2.65%) Jenkins
4 10 (2.41%) Rational DOORS
4 10 (2.41%) Subversion
5 9 (2.17%) webpack
6 6 (1.45%) MLflow
7 4 (0.96%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 4 (0.96%) Postman
7 4 (0.96%) Selenium
8 3 (0.72%) Maven
8 3 (0.72%) TestRail
9 2 (0.48%) Appium
9 2 (0.48%) Charles Proxy
9 2 (0.48%) CMake
9 2 (0.48%) IntelliJ
9 2 (0.48%) Katalon Studio
9 2 (0.48%) LoadRunner
9 2 (0.48%) Rational Team Concert
General
1 198 (47.71%) Social Skills
2 126 (30.36%) Analytical Skills
3 125 (30.12%) Finance
4 44 (10.60%) Marketing
5 35 (8.43%) Public Sector
6 31 (7.47%) Banking
7 28 (6.75%) Front Office
8 27 (6.51%) Telecoms
9 26 (6.27%) Presentation Skills
10 22 (5.30%) Manufacturing
11 19 (4.58%) Retail
12 16 (3.86%) Automotive
13 15 (3.61%) Aerospace
14 12 (2.89%) Legal
14 12 (2.89%) Pharmaceutical
15 10 (2.41%) Influencing Skills
16 8 (1.93%) Electronics
16 8 (1.93%) Financial Institution
16 8 (1.93%) Organisational Skills
17 7 (1.69%) Law
Job Titles
1 80 (19.28%) Architect
2 57 (13.73%) Senior
3 51 (12.29%) Developer
4 41 (9.88%) Lead
5 38 (9.16%) Solutions Architect
6 35 (8.43%) Software Engineer
7 25 (6.02%) Analyst
8 21 (5.06%) Consultant
9 18 (4.34%) Systems Engineer
10 17 (4.10%) Java Developer
11 14 (3.37%) Project Manager
11 14 (3.37%) Software Architect
12 12 (2.89%) Applications Developer
12 12 (2.89%) Data Engineer
13 11 (2.65%) Senior Software Engineer
14 10 (2.41%) Full Stack Developer
14 10 (2.41%) Senior Developer
14 10 (2.41%) Senior Systems Engineer
15 9 (2.17%) Angular Developer
15 9 (2.17%) Embedded Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (4.82%) React
2 19 (4.58%) AngularJS
3 16 (3.86%) .NET
4 14 (3.37%) HTML
4 14 (3.37%) Web Services
5 13 (3.13%) CSS
5 13 (3.13%) Middleware
6 12 (2.89%) DirectX
6 12 (2.89%) OpenGL
6 12 (2.89%) OpenGL ES
6 12 (2.89%) Vulkan
7 11 (2.65%) REST
8 9 (2.17%) PyTorch
8 9 (2.17%) RxJS
8 9 (2.17%) WebSockets
9 8 (1.93%) NumPy
9 8 (1.93%) TensorFlow
10 7 (1.69%) Kafka
10 7 (1.69%) Pandas
10 7 (1.69%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 43 (10.36%) Management Information System
2 37 (8.92%) Algorithms
3 17 (4.10%) Derivative
4 14 (3.37%) IVR
4 14 (3.37%) Self-Motivation
5 10 (2.41%) 3D Graphics
5 10 (2.41%) Ray Tracing
6 8 (1.93%) Embedded Systems
6 8 (1.93%) Equities
6 8 (1.93%) Life Science
6 8 (1.93%) Product Ownership
7 7 (1.69%) Analytical Mindset
7 7 (1.69%) Credit Risk
7 7 (1.69%) Data Centre
7 7 (1.69%) Data Structures
7 7 (1.69%) Mobile App
7 7 (1.69%) Renewable Energy
8 5 (1.20%) Clustering
8 5 (1.20%) Fixed Income
8 5 (1.20%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 27 (6.51%) Windows
2 25 (6.02%) Linux
3 21 (5.06%) Unix
4 9 (2.17%) Android
5 5 (1.20%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.96%) Embedded Linux
6 4 (0.96%) SafeRTOS
7 1 (0.24%) OS/390
7 1 (0.24%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 223 (53.73%) Computer Science
2 152 (36.63%) Problem-Solving
3 133 (32.05%) Agile
4 71 (17.11%) Analytics
4 71 (17.11%) Software Engineering
5 53 (12.77%) DevOps
6 51 (12.29%) Machine Learning
7 48 (11.57%) Project Management
7 48 (11.57%) Stakeholder Management
8 46 (11.08%) Decision-Making
9 45 (10.84%) Continuous Improvement
9 45 (10.84%) Validation
10 43 (10.36%) Artificial Intelligence
11 41 (9.88%) Roadmaps
12 38 (9.16%) Data Science
13 37 (8.92%) Risk Management
14 33 (7.95%) Data Analysis
15 32 (7.71%) Business Intelligence
16 30 (7.23%) Data Modelling
17 28 (6.75%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 92 (22.17%) Python
2 66 (15.90%) SQL
3 43 (10.36%) Java
4 35 (8.43%) C#
5 34 (8.19%) C++
6 30 (7.23%) JavaScript
7 29 (6.99%) C
8 16 (3.86%) MATLAB
9 14 (3.37%) Shell Script
10 13 (3.13%) R
11 11 (2.65%) TypeScript
12 9 (2.17%) Scala
13 8 (1.93%) PowerShell
14 5 (1.20%) Bash
14 5 (1.20%) PL/SQL
15 4 (0.96%) ABAP
15 4 (0.96%) Assembly Language
15 4 (0.96%) Rust
15 4 (0.96%) VBA
16 3 (0.72%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 415 (100.00%) Degree
2 142 (34.22%) Computer Science Degree
3 70 (16.87%) PhD
4 35 (8.43%) Security Cleared
5 30 (7.23%) MBA
6 29 (6.99%) SC Cleared
7 20 (4.82%) Azure Certification
8 19 (4.58%) CISSP
9 16 (3.86%) CISM
10 13 (3.13%) PMI Certification
10 13 (3.13%) PMP
11 10 (2.41%) AWS Certification
11 10 (2.41%) Microsoft Certification
12 9 (2.17%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 9 (2.17%) Cisco Certification
12 9 (2.17%) ITIL Certification
13 7 (1.69%) Chartered Engineer
13 7 (1.69%) CISA
14 6 (1.45%) SAP Certification
15 5 (1.20%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (5.30%) PCI DSS
2 17 (4.10%) QA
3 15 (3.61%) Data Quality
3 15 (3.61%) GDPR
4 10 (2.41%) HIPAA
5 9 (2.17%) NIST
6 8 (1.93%) SOC 2
7 7 (1.69%) Accessibility
8 5 (1.20%) AUTOSAR
8 5 (1.20%) ISO 26262
8 5 (1.20%) MISRA
8 5 (1.20%) MISRA C
8 5 (1.20%) NIST 800
9 4 (0.96%) Dodd-Frank
9 4 (0.96%) JTAG
9 4 (0.96%) MiFID
9 4 (0.96%) PMO
10 3 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 3 (0.72%) SLA
10 3 (0.72%) WCAG
System Software
1 14 (3.37%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (2.41%) Docker
3 8 (1.93%) VMware NSX
4 5 (1.20%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (0.96%) Embedded Firmware
5 4 (0.96%) Firmware
6 3 (0.72%) Active Directory
7 2 (0.48%) vSphere
8 1 (0.24%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 15 (3.61%) Kubernetes
2 5 (1.20%) vCenter Server
3 4 (0.96%) Terraform
4 3 (0.72%) Docker Swarm
4 3 (0.72%) PowerCLI
5 2 (0.48%) Ansible
5 2 (0.48%) Nessus
5 2 (0.48%) OPNET
6 1 (0.24%) Argo
6 1 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 69 (16.63%) Microsoft
2 32 (7.71%) SAP
3 31 (7.47%) Oracle
4 23 (5.54%) Cisco
4 23 (5.54%) Google
5 17 (4.10%) Genesys
6 15 (3.61%) VMware
7 12 (2.89%) Databricks
8 10 (2.41%) Adobe
8 10 (2.41%) Avaya
9 9 (2.17%) Atlassian
10 6 (1.45%) Salesforce
11 5 (1.20%) ServiceNow
12 4 (0.96%) Optimizely
13 3 (0.72%) Ariba
13 3 (0.72%) ESRI
13 3 (0.72%) JDA
13 3 (0.72%) Murex
13 3 (0.72%) Splunk
13 3 (0.72%) Workday