Master's Degree
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Master's Degree qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 186 62 202
Rank change year-on-year -124 +140 +49
Permanent jobs citing Master's Degree 1,552 4,892 3,322
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.54% 4.97% 2.03%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.63% 14.99% 7.47%
Number of salaries quoted 821 830 998
10th Percentile £34,500 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £49,750 £46,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - -7.14% +12.00%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,188 £95,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £120,125 £132,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £54,125 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.62% -1.59% +10.00%

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 permanent job vacancies with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 27,546 32,627 44,457
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.29% 33.12% 27.14%
Number of salaries quoted 17,214 14,683 19,092
10th Percentile £28,500 £31,750 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,573 £42,210 £40,967
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +2.04%

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
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Master's Degree in the UK

Master's Degree
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Master's Degree over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Master's Degree in the UK

Master's Degree
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Master's Degree within the UK over the 6 months to 23 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -126 1,361 £65,000 - 1,315
UK excluding London -206 836 £55,000 +1.62% 876
London +42 652 £80,000 +2.56% 611
Work from Home -4 417 £65,000 +4.00% 424
South East -101 291 £60,000 -4.00% 328
North of England -231 114 £50,000 +12.75% 142
Scotland -108 109 £82,000 +51.85% 48
East of England -107 104 £55,000 -4.35% 144
Midlands -177 102 £55,000 +53.85% 128
South West -162 89 £50,000 -4.76% 73
North West -178 68 £66,440 +6.30% 77
West Midlands -124 61 £51,250 -2.38% 83
East Midlands -124 39 £61,439 +104.80% 45
North East -86 24 £50,000 +4.88% 31
Northern Ireland +25 23 £60,000 - 15
Yorkshire -144 22 £48,750 +9.93% 35
Wales -65 5 £35,000 -53.33% 20

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 87 (5.61%) Microsoft Exchange
2 29 (1.87%) FileNet
3 25 (1.61%) Skype for Business
4 20 (1.29%) Apache Spark
5 18 (1.16%) SharePoint
6 16 (1.03%) Apache
7 13 (0.84%) IIS
8 10 (0.64%) Apache Airflow
9 6 (0.39%) Confluence
9 6 (0.39%) nginx
10 4 (0.26%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
11 3 (0.19%) Jupyter
11 3 (0.19%) SAS
11 3 (0.19%) WordPress
12 2 (0.13%) CMS
13 1 (0.064%) Adobe Experience Manager
13 1 (0.064%) Luigi
13 1 (0.064%) Umbraco
Applications
1 56 (3.61%) Microsoft Office
2 50 (3.22%) Microsoft Excel
3 25 (1.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (0.77%) MS Visio
5 10 (0.64%) Spreadsheet
6 8 (0.52%) Simulink
7 6 (0.39%) InVision
7 6 (0.39%) Sketch
7 6 (0.39%) Trello
7 6 (0.39%) UserZoom
8 5 (0.32%) AutoCAD
9 4 (0.26%) EPLAN
9 4 (0.26%) Microsoft Project
10 3 (0.19%) Adobe XD
11 1 (0.064%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 1 (0.064%) Adobe Illustrator
11 1 (0.064%) Adobe Premiere
11 1 (0.064%) Blender
11 1 (0.064%) InDesign
11 1 (0.064%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 10 (0.64%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.32%) Distributed Ledger
2 5 (0.32%) SAP MM
3 4 (0.26%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.26%) Shopify
4 3 (0.19%) Dynamics GP
4 3 (0.19%) Primavera
4 3 (0.19%) SAP APO
4 3 (0.19%) SAP PP
4 3 (0.19%) SAP SD
4 3 (0.19%) SAP WM
5 2 (0.13%) Oracle Payroll
5 2 (0.13%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (0.13%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.064%) Data Workbench
6 1 (0.064%) Endur
6 1 (0.064%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.064%) SAP EWM
6 1 (0.064%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 228 (14.69%) AWS
2 191 (12.31%) Azure
3 133 (8.57%) Microsoft 365
4 92 (5.93%) Power Platform
5 73 (4.70%) GCP
6 56 (3.61%) SaaS
7 53 (3.41%) GitHub
8 47 (3.03%) Cloud Computing
9 43 (2.77%) Amazon S3
10 39 (2.51%) Figma
11 38 (2.45%) SurveyMonkey
12 30 (1.93%) Serverless
13 24 (1.55%) AWS Lambda
14 23 (1.48%) IaaS
15 21 (1.35%) PaaS
16 20 (1.29%) PowerApps
17 19 (1.22%) WhatsApp
18 14 (0.90%) Dynamics 365
18 14 (0.90%) Power Automate
19 13 (0.84%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 107 (6.89%) Cisco IOS
2 94 (6.06%) Wireless
3 87 (5.61%) WebEx
4 84 (5.41%) WAN
5 82 (5.28%) SD-WAN
6 30 (1.93%) 5G
6 30 (1.93%) Broadband
6 30 (1.93%) Firewall
7 26 (1.68%) TCP/IP
8 25 (1.61%) Skype
8 25 (1.61%) Telepresence
9 17 (1.10%) Internet
10 16 (1.03%) HTTP
11 15 (0.97%) Network Security
12 13 (0.84%) Wi-Fi
13 12 (0.77%) Intranet
14 9 (0.58%) MQTT
14 9 (0.58%) SNMP
15 8 (0.52%) Ethernet
16 4 (0.26%) 4G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 100 (6.44%) Tableau
2 86 (5.54%) Power BI
3 64 (4.12%) SQL Server
4 61 (3.93%) NoSQL
5 51 (3.29%) Big Data
6 43 (2.77%) Data Warehouse
7 41 (2.64%) Relational Database
8 37 (2.38%) Redis
9 36 (2.32%) MySQL
10 35 (2.26%) Elasticsearch
11 32 (2.06%) PostgreSQL
12 30 (1.93%) Apache Cassandra
13 18 (1.16%) Hadoop
14 16 (1.03%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 13 (0.84%) Data Lake
16 11 (0.71%) GIS
17 10 (0.64%) Azure SQL Database
18 9 (0.58%) Data Mining
18 9 (0.58%) DynamoDB
19 8 (0.52%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 125 (8.05%) Git
2 55 (3.54%) Jenkins
3 32 (2.06%) GitLab
4 30 (1.93%) JUnit
5 29 (1.87%) Jasmine
5 29 (1.87%) Mockito
6 19 (1.22%) JIRA
7 6 (0.39%) Team Foundation Server
8 4 (0.26%) Bitbucket
8 4 (0.26%) CMake
8 4 (0.26%) Snakemake
8 4 (0.26%) Subversion
9 3 (0.19%) Babel
9 3 (0.19%) MLflow
9 3 (0.19%) SonarQube
9 3 (0.19%) TestRail
9 3 (0.19%) webpack
10 2 (0.13%) Maven
10 2 (0.13%) Rational DOORS
10 2 (0.13%) TensorBoard
General
1 732 (47.16%) Social Skills
2 403 (25.97%) Finance
3 300 (19.33%) Analytical Skills
4 191 (12.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 179 (11.53%) Marketing
6 148 (9.54%) Law
7 100 (6.44%) Pharmaceutical
8 90 (5.80%) Legal
9 80 (5.15%) Manufacturing
10 61 (3.93%) Telecoms
11 57 (3.67%) Banking
11 57 (3.67%) Presentation Skills
12 55 (3.54%) Retail
13 52 (3.35%) Automotive
14 50 (3.22%) Public Sector
15 40 (2.58%) Social Science
16 38 (2.45%) Electronics
17 32 (2.06%) Games
18 27 (1.74%) Aerospace
19 22 (1.42%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 300 (19.33%) Senior
2 150 (9.66%) Developer
3 146 (9.41%) Software Engineer
4 140 (9.02%) Lead
5 117 (7.54%) Analyst
6 108 (6.96%) Data Scientist
7 98 (6.31%) Architect
8 85 (5.48%) IT Support
9 84 (5.41%) Senior Data Scientist
10 83 (5.35%) Support Specialist
11 82 (5.28%) IT Support Specialist
12 64 (4.12%) Systems Engineer
13 54 (3.48%) Graduate
14 52 (3.35%) Principal Engineer
15 40 (2.58%) Consultant
15 40 (2.58%) Principal Systems Engineer
16 38 (2.45%) Senior Developer
16 38 (2.45%) Senior Software Engineer
17 37 (2.38%) Data Engineer
18 33 (2.13%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 93 (5.99%) React
2 92 (5.93%) .NET
3 85 (5.48%) AngularJS
4 77 (4.96%) TensorFlow
5 76 (4.90%) Kafka
6 60 (3.87%) scikit-learn
7 56 (3.61%) Pandas
8 48 (3.09%) PySpark
9 44 (2.84%) Web Services
10 41 (2.64%) Spring
11 39 (2.51%) PyTorch
12 38 (2.45%) Hibernate
13 35 (2.26%) ASP.NET
14 32 (2.06%) GraphQL
15 31 (2.00%) HTML
15 31 (2.00%) RESTful
16 29 (1.87%) J2EE
16 29 (1.87%) Spring Integration
17 23 (1.48%) CSS
17 23 (1.48%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 266 (17.14%) Algorithms
2 110 (7.09%) Management Information System
3 108 (6.96%) Video Conferencing
4 82 (5.28%) Wiki
5 66 (4.25%) Data Structures
6 55 (3.54%) Onboarding
7 54 (3.48%) Cloud Native
8 51 (3.29%) Product Ownership
9 50 (3.22%) Self-Motivation
10 37 (2.38%) Life Science
11 35 (2.26%) IoT
12 28 (1.80%) Market Risk
13 27 (1.74%) Distributed Systems
14 26 (1.68%) CUDA
15 22 (1.42%) Analytical Mindset
15 22 (1.42%) Data Protection Act
15 22 (1.42%) Enterprise Software
16 18 (1.16%) Embedded Systems
17 17 (1.10%) Driving Licence
18 16 (1.03%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 154 (9.92%) Windows
2 120 (7.73%) Linux
3 110 (7.09%) Windows 10
4 90 (5.80%) Android
5 33 (2.13%) Unix
6 25 (1.61%) Windows 7
7 10 (0.64%) Windows Server
8 7 (0.45%) FreeRTOS
9 6 (0.39%) Embedded Linux
10 4 (0.26%) Apple iOS
10 4 (0.26%) DC/OS
10 4 (0.26%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.064%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.064%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.064%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 793 (51.10%) Computer Science
2 481 (30.99%) Problem-Solving
3 311 (20.04%) Agile
4 297 (19.14%) Software Engineering
5 284 (18.30%) Mathematics
6 254 (16.37%) Machine Learning
7 251 (16.17%) Artificial Intelligence
8 246 (15.85%) Data Science
9 237 (15.27%) Analytics
10 208 (13.40%) Decision-Making
11 189 (12.18%) Roadmaps
12 187 (12.05%) Statistics
13 184 (11.86%) Visualisation
14 164 (10.57%) Project Management
15 157 (10.12%) Physics
16 152 (9.79%) Data Analysis
17 142 (9.15%) Mentoring
18 141 (9.09%) Actionable Insight
19 132 (8.51%) DevOps
20 127 (8.18%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 476 (30.67%) Python
2 297 (19.14%) SQL
3 165 (10.63%) C#
4 132 (8.51%) Java
5 121 (7.80%) C++
6 108 (6.96%) R
7 106 (6.83%) C
8 83 (5.35%) JavaScript
9 51 (3.29%) Fortran
10 35 (2.26%) TypeScript
11 30 (1.93%) MATLAB
12 26 (1.68%) Bash
13 25 (1.61%) Go
14 22 (1.42%) PowerShell
15 18 (1.16%) T-SQL
16 16 (1.03%) Rust
17 12 (0.77%) Scala
18 7 (0.45%) Haskell
19 6 (0.39%) Data Analysis Expressions
19 6 (0.39%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 1,552 (100.00%) Degree
2 437 (28.16%) Computer Science Degree
3 374 (24.10%) PhD
4 163 (10.50%) MBA
5 92 (5.93%) Security Cleared
6 61 (3.93%) CISSP
6 61 (3.93%) DBS Check
7 47 (3.03%) CISM
8 46 (2.96%) Chartered Engineer
9 33 (2.13%) SC Cleared
10 25 (1.61%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 22 (1.42%) DV Cleared
11 22 (1.42%) Microsoft Certification
12 21 (1.35%) AWS Certification
13 17 (1.10%) BPSS Clearance
13 17 (1.10%) PMP
14 16 (1.03%) Cisco Certification
14 16 (1.03%) Numerate Degree
14 16 (1.03%) PMI Certification
15 15 (0.97%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 73 (4.70%) QA
2 68 (4.38%) Data Quality
3 47 (3.03%) GDPR
4 30 (1.93%) Accessibility
5 29 (1.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 24 (1.55%) NIST
7 18 (1.16%) PCI DSS
8 16 (1.03%) NCSC
9 15 (0.97%) PMO
10 13 (0.84%) HIPAA
10 13 (0.84%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 10 (0.64%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 8 (0.52%) COBIT
13 7 (0.45%) ISO 13485
14 6 (0.39%) WCAG
14 6 (0.39%) Web Application Security Consortium
15 5 (0.32%) ISO 26262
16 4 (0.26%) Automotive SPICE
17 3 (0.19%) ISO 31000
17 3 (0.19%) NIST 800
System Software
1 98 (6.31%) Active Directory
2 95 (6.12%) Docker
3 85 (5.48%) VMware ESXi
4 82 (5.28%) Microsoft App-V
4 82 (5.28%) XenApp
4 82 (5.28%) XenDesktop
5 15 (0.97%) Firmware
6 11 (0.71%) VMware Infrastructure
7 7 (0.45%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.13%) HDFS
9 1 (0.064%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.064%) Snort
9 1 (0.064%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.064%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 103 (6.64%) Kubernetes
2 83 (5.35%) SCCM
3 82 (5.28%) AirWatch
4 38 (2.45%) Terraform
5 14 (0.90%) Ansible
6 9 (0.58%) CASB
7 8 (0.52%) Kubeflow
8 6 (0.39%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
9 5 (0.32%) Argo
9 5 (0.32%) Functional Safety
10 3 (0.19%) Microsoft Intune
11 2 (0.13%) Cisco Prime
11 2 (0.13%) Core Impact
11 2 (0.13%) CSIRT
11 2 (0.13%) ITRS Geneos
12 1 (0.064%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 1 (0.064%) EMC NetWorker
12 1 (0.064%) Grafana
12 1 (0.064%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 252 (16.24%) Microsoft
2 123 (7.93%) Cisco
3 85 (5.48%) Citrix
4 56 (3.61%) Databricks
5 51 (3.29%) Google
6 50 (3.22%) Oracle
7 44 (2.84%) Qualtrics
8 42 (2.71%) EMC
8 42 (2.71%) SAP
9 30 (1.93%) Virgin Media
10 28 (1.80%) Apple
11 25 (1.61%) Polycom
12 13 (0.84%) Atlassian
13 11 (0.71%) Aruba
13 11 (0.71%) HP
13 11 (0.71%) Nintex
13 11 (0.71%) VMware
14 10 (0.64%) Salesforce
15 9 (0.58%) CA
16 6 (0.39%) Sage