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

6 months to
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 239 310 430
Rank change year-on-year +71 +120 -70
Contract jobs citing Master's Degree 411 468 507
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.97% 0.82% 0.58%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.21% 3.01% 2.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 242 300 297
10th Percentile £350 £400 £309
25th Percentile £450 £481 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £619 £590
Median % change year-on-year -11.15% +4.92% +9.06%
75th Percentile £700 £775 £750
90th Percentile £800 £950 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 35 28
10th Percentile £21.70 £24.78 £19.21
25th Percentile £36.42 £42.50 £19.52
Median hourly rate £55.00 £45.00 £37.13
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% +21.21% +22.22%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £48.56
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 12,821 15,525 18,800
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.13% 27.19% 21.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,940 10,364 12,432
10th Percentile £307 £330 £336
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £531 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +4.76% +7.69%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £626
90th Percentile £738 £743 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £530 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +0.95% +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,052 789 770
10th Percentile £13.69 £15.25 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.72 £20.47 £19.77
Median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £43.85
Median % change year-on-year -25.93% +23.15% +13.90%
75th Percentile £61.35 £67.50 £58.66
90th Percentile £76.15 £79.30 £67.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.63 £49.94 £35.00
% change year-on-year -18.63% +42.68% -1.41%

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 15 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 15 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 15 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 +56 355 £550 -13.59% 1,167
London +67 196 £550 -21.43% 512
UK excluding London +44 159 £550 +10.00% 668
Work from Home +70 139 £575 -0.69% 410
South East +5 51 £525 +5.00% 165
East of England +15 29 £700 +83.85% 120
South West +12 26 £588 +6.82% 77
North of England +33 22 £638 -1.85% 138
Midlands +31 17 £550 +25.00% 115
West Midlands +25 16 £550 +10.00% 78
North West +23 14 £676 +4.00% 82
Scotland +51 10 £475 +3.26% 35
Yorkshire - 4 £554 - 32
Northern Ireland - 4 £538 - 12
North East - 3 £588 - 27
East Midlands +8 1 - - 36

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 17 (4.14%) Confluence
2 9 (2.19%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.97%) CMS
3 4 (0.97%) Oracle Workflow
3 4 (0.97%) SAS
4 3 (0.73%) Apache
4 3 (0.73%) ArcGIS
4 3 (0.73%) IIS
4 3 (0.73%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.49%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 2 (0.49%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.49%) Ethereum
5 2 (0.49%) Hyperledger
5 2 (0.49%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 26 (6.33%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (3.65%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (2.43%) Chatbot
4 9 (2.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (2.19%) MS Visio
4 9 (2.19%) Simulink
5 7 (1.70%) Stateflow
6 6 (1.46%) Sketch
7 5 (1.22%) TargetLink
8 3 (0.73%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 3 (0.73%) Adobe XD
8 3 (0.73%) SPSS
9 2 (0.49%) InVision
9 2 (0.49%) Microsoft Project
9 2 (0.49%) Spreadsheet
10 1 (0.24%) OmniGraffle
10 1 (0.24%) Stata
10 1 (0.24%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 14 (3.41%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (1.70%) Oracle Applications
3 3 (0.73%) Oracle EBS R12
3 3 (0.73%) SAP ERP
3 3 (0.73%) SAP SD
4 2 (0.49%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.49%) Oracle Cash Management
4 2 (0.49%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.49%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 2 (0.49%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.49%) R3 Corda
4 2 (0.49%) SAP MDG
5 1 (0.24%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.24%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.24%) Endur
5 1 (0.24%) Loan IQ
5 1 (0.24%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.24%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.24%) SAP HCM
5 1 (0.24%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 67 (16.30%) Azure
2 44 (10.71%) AWS
3 28 (6.81%) GCP
4 18 (4.38%) Power Platform
5 17 (4.14%) Azure DevOps
6 12 (2.92%) Cloud Computing
7 10 (2.43%) Twilio
8 9 (2.19%) Azure Data Factory
8 9 (2.19%) npm
8 9 (2.19%) Serverless
9 8 (1.95%) Azure Service Bus
9 8 (1.95%) OCI
10 7 (1.70%) SaaS
11 6 (1.46%) Figma
12 5 (1.22%) AWS Lambda
12 5 (1.22%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 5 (1.22%) Oracle CX
12 5 (1.22%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
13 4 (0.97%) GitHub
13 4 (0.97%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 14 (3.41%) CTI
1 14 (3.41%) VoIP
2 7 (1.70%) Internet
3 6 (1.46%) VSAN
4 5 (1.22%) Wireless
5 4 (0.97%) Firewall
5 4 (0.97%) Network Security
5 4 (0.97%) SAN
6 3 (0.73%) TCP/IP
6 3 (0.73%) VPN
7 2 (0.49%) Cisco IOS
7 2 (0.49%) HTTP
7 2 (0.49%) IOS XR
7 2 (0.49%) LTE
7 2 (0.49%) NX-OS
7 2 (0.49%) RS-485
7 2 (0.49%) SSL
8 1 (0.24%) Intrusion Detection
8 1 (0.24%) RTSP
8 1 (0.24%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (4.14%) Power BI
2 16 (3.89%) Relational Database
3 15 (3.65%) SQL Server
4 11 (2.68%) Data Lake
4 11 (2.68%) Oracle Reports
5 10 (2.43%) Big Data
6 9 (2.19%) Tableau
7 8 (1.95%) Data Warehouse
7 8 (1.95%) MySQL
7 8 (1.95%) NoSQL
8 6 (1.46%) Azure SQL Database
8 6 (1.46%) Oracle Database
9 5 (1.22%) QlikView
9 5 (1.22%) RDBMS
10 4 (0.97%) Metadata
11 3 (0.73%) Data Mart
11 3 (0.73%) Data Mining
11 3 (0.73%) Geospatial Data
11 3 (0.73%) GIS
11 3 (0.73%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 38 (9.25%) JIRA
2 23 (5.60%) Git
3 11 (2.68%) Bitbucket
3 11 (2.68%) Jenkins
4 10 (2.43%) Rational DOORS
4 10 (2.43%) Subversion
5 9 (2.19%) webpack
6 6 (1.46%) MLflow
7 4 (0.97%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 4 (0.97%) Postman
7 4 (0.97%) Selenium
8 3 (0.73%) Maven
8 3 (0.73%) TestRail
9 2 (0.49%) Appium
9 2 (0.49%) Charles Proxy
9 2 (0.49%) CMake
9 2 (0.49%) IntelliJ
9 2 (0.49%) JMeter
9 2 (0.49%) LoadRunner
9 2 (0.49%) Rational Team Concert
General
1 196 (47.69%) Social Skills
2 125 (30.41%) Analytical Skills
2 125 (30.41%) Finance
3 43 (10.46%) Marketing
4 35 (8.52%) Public Sector
5 32 (7.79%) Banking
6 27 (6.57%) Front Office
7 26 (6.33%) Presentation Skills
7 26 (6.33%) Telecoms
8 22 (5.35%) Manufacturing
9 19 (4.62%) Retail
10 16 (3.89%) Automotive
11 15 (3.65%) Aerospace
12 12 (2.92%) Legal
12 12 (2.92%) Pharmaceutical
13 11 (2.68%) Influencing Skills
14 8 (1.95%) Electronics
14 8 (1.95%) Financial Institution
14 8 (1.95%) Organisational Skills
15 7 (1.70%) Law
Job Titles
1 79 (19.22%) Architect
2 56 (13.63%) Senior
3 50 (12.17%) Developer
4 41 (9.98%) Lead
5 38 (9.25%) Solutions Architect
6 35 (8.52%) Software Engineer
7 23 (5.60%) Analyst
8 21 (5.11%) Consultant
9 18 (4.38%) Systems Engineer
10 16 (3.89%) Java Developer
11 14 (3.41%) Project Manager
11 14 (3.41%) Software Architect
12 12 (2.92%) Applications Developer
12 12 (2.92%) Data Engineer
13 11 (2.68%) Senior Software Engineer
14 10 (2.43%) Full Stack Developer
14 10 (2.43%) Senior Developer
14 10 (2.43%) Senior Systems Engineer
15 9 (2.19%) Angular Developer
15 9 (2.19%) Data Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (4.62%) React
2 18 (4.38%) AngularJS
3 16 (3.89%) .NET
4 14 (3.41%) HTML
4 14 (3.41%) Web Services
5 13 (3.16%) CSS
5 13 (3.16%) Middleware
6 12 (2.92%) DirectX
6 12 (2.92%) OpenGL
6 12 (2.92%) OpenGL ES
6 12 (2.92%) Vulkan
7 11 (2.68%) REST
8 9 (2.19%) PyTorch
8 9 (2.19%) RxJS
8 9 (2.19%) WebSockets
9 8 (1.95%) NumPy
9 8 (1.95%) TensorFlow
10 7 (1.70%) Kafka
10 7 (1.70%) Pandas
10 7 (1.70%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 43 (10.46%) Management Information System
2 37 (9.00%) Algorithms
3 18 (4.38%) Derivative
4 14 (3.41%) IVR
4 14 (3.41%) Self-Motivation
5 10 (2.43%) 3D Graphics
5 10 (2.43%) Ray Tracing
6 9 (2.19%) Equities
7 8 (1.95%) Embedded Systems
7 8 (1.95%) Life Science
7 8 (1.95%) Product Ownership
8 7 (1.70%) Analytical Mindset
8 7 (1.70%) Credit Risk
8 7 (1.70%) Data Centre
8 7 (1.70%) Data Structures
8 7 (1.70%) Mobile App
8 7 (1.70%) Renewable Energy
9 5 (1.22%) Clustering
9 5 (1.22%) Device Driver
9 5 (1.22%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 27 (6.57%) Windows
2 25 (6.08%) Linux
3 21 (5.11%) Unix
4 9 (2.19%) Android
5 5 (1.22%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.97%) Embedded Linux
6 4 (0.97%) SafeRTOS
7 1 (0.24%) OS/390
7 1 (0.24%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 220 (53.53%) Computer Science
2 150 (36.50%) Problem-Solving
3 131 (31.87%) Agile
4 71 (17.27%) Software Engineering
5 67 (16.30%) Analytics
6 52 (12.65%) Machine Learning
7 51 (12.41%) DevOps
8 48 (11.68%) Project Management
9 47 (11.44%) Decision-Making
9 47 (11.44%) Stakeholder Management
10 46 (11.19%) Continuous Improvement
11 45 (10.95%) Validation
12 44 (10.71%) Artificial Intelligence
13 39 (9.49%) Roadmaps
14 37 (9.00%) Risk Management
15 36 (8.76%) Data Science
16 31 (7.54%) Data Analysis
17 29 (7.06%) Business Intelligence
18 28 (6.81%) Data Modelling
18 28 (6.81%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 90 (21.90%) Python
2 65 (15.82%) SQL
3 42 (10.22%) Java
4 35 (8.52%) C#
5 34 (8.27%) C++
6 30 (7.30%) JavaScript
7 29 (7.06%) C
8 16 (3.89%) MATLAB
9 14 (3.41%) Shell Script
10 13 (3.16%) R
11 11 (2.68%) TypeScript
12 9 (2.19%) Scala
13 8 (1.95%) PowerShell
14 5 (1.22%) Bash
14 5 (1.22%) PL/SQL
15 4 (0.97%) ABAP
15 4 (0.97%) Assembly Language
15 4 (0.97%) Rust
15 4 (0.97%) VBA
16 3 (0.73%) Perl
Qualifications
1 411 (100.00%) Degree
2 138 (33.58%) Computer Science Degree
3 70 (17.03%) PhD
4 35 (8.52%) Security Cleared
5 30 (7.30%) MBA
6 29 (7.06%) SC Cleared
7 19 (4.62%) Azure Certification
7 19 (4.62%) CISSP
8 16 (3.89%) CISM
9 13 (3.16%) PMI Certification
9 13 (3.16%) PMP
10 10 (2.43%) AWS Certification
10 10 (2.43%) Microsoft Certification
11 9 (2.19%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 9 (2.19%) Cisco Certification
11 9 (2.19%) ITIL Certification
12 7 (1.70%) Chartered Engineer
12 7 (1.70%) CISA
13 6 (1.46%) SAP Certification
14 5 (1.22%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (5.35%) PCI DSS
2 17 (4.14%) QA
3 15 (3.65%) Data Quality
3 15 (3.65%) GDPR
4 10 (2.43%) HIPAA
5 9 (2.19%) NIST
6 8 (1.95%) SOC 2
7 7 (1.70%) Accessibility
8 5 (1.22%) AUTOSAR
8 5 (1.22%) ISO 26262
8 5 (1.22%) MISRA
8 5 (1.22%) MISRA C
8 5 (1.22%) NIST 800
9 4 (0.97%) Dodd-Frank
9 4 (0.97%) JTAG
9 4 (0.97%) MiFID
9 4 (0.97%) PMO
10 3 (0.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 3 (0.73%) SLA
10 3 (0.73%) WCAG
System Software
1 14 (3.41%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (2.43%) Docker
3 8 (1.95%) VMware NSX
4 5 (1.22%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (0.97%) Embedded Firmware
5 4 (0.97%) Firmware
6 3 (0.73%) Active Directory
7 2 (0.49%) vSphere
8 1 (0.24%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 15 (3.65%) Kubernetes
2 5 (1.22%) vCenter Server
3 3 (0.73%) Docker Swarm
3 3 (0.73%) PowerCLI
3 3 (0.73%) Terraform
4 2 (0.49%) Ansible
4 2 (0.49%) Nessus
4 2 (0.49%) OPNET
5 1 (0.24%) Argo
5 1 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 70 (17.03%) Microsoft
2 33 (8.03%) SAP
3 31 (7.54%) Oracle
4 23 (5.60%) Cisco
4 23 (5.60%) Google
5 17 (4.14%) Genesys
6 15 (3.65%) VMware
7 12 (2.92%) Databricks
8 10 (2.43%) Avaya
9 9 (2.19%) Adobe
9 9 (2.19%) Atlassian
10 6 (1.46%) Salesforce
11 5 (1.22%) ServiceNow
12 4 (0.97%) Optimizely
12 4 (0.97%) Workday
13 3 (0.73%) Ariba
13 3 (0.73%) ESRI
13 3 (0.73%) JDA
13 3 (0.73%) Murex
13 3 (0.73%) Splunk