Postgraduate Jobs in England

Postgraduate
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Postgraduate qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 756 774 1022
Rank change year-on-year +18 +248 -177
Permanent jobs citing Postgraduate 83 146 124
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.097% 0.16% 0.092%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.34% 0.50% 0.35%
Number of salaries quoted 51 72 41
10th Percentile £33,125 £29,325 £31,498
25th Percentile £39,875 £35,500 £43,926
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £46,583 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.19% -15.30% +28.73%
75th Percentile £66,250 £67,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £72,500 £85,500
UK median annual salary £47,560 £43,619 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.04% -20.69% +28.73%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

Postgraduate 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 advertised in England with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 24,370 29,220 35,572
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 28.43% 32.72% 26.38%
Number of salaries quoted 15,757 13,335 16,761
10th Percentile £28,500 £31,500 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £42,019 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,700 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.83% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £54,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +9.09% -

Postgraduate
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Postgraduate as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Postgraduate in England

Postgraduate
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Postgraduate in England.

Salary trend for Postgraduate in England

Postgraduate
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Postgraduate in England over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Postgraduate in England

Postgraduate
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Postgraduate within the England region over the 6 months to 14 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
London +137 43 £52,000 -20.00% 52
North of England +37 11 £41,500 -11.79% 45
East of England -52 11 £43,705 -27.16% 20
Midlands -15 8 £38,000 -2.56% 12
North West +7 6 £41,500 +15.28% 30
West Midlands -11 6 £38,000 -2.56% 4
South West -19 6 £32,815 +7.59% 14
South East +2 4 £57,500 +125.49% 23
Yorkshire +86 3 - - 13
North East - 2 £50,750 - 2
Postgraduate
UK

Postgraduate
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 5 (6.02%) Tomcat
2 2 (2.41%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (6.02%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.20%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (1.20%) iTrent
1 1 (1.20%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 3 (3.61%) Google Workspace
2 2 (2.41%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (1.20%) Azure
3 1 (1.20%) dbt
3 1 (1.20%) GCP
3 1 (1.20%) Power Platform
3 1 (1.20%) Prefect
3 1 (1.20%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.41%) Intranet
1 2 (2.41%) LAN
1 2 (2.41%) Network Security
1 2 (2.41%) WAN
2 1 (1.20%) Firewall
2 1 (1.20%) Internet
2 1 (1.20%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (6.02%) MongoDB
1 5 (6.02%) MySQL
2 2 (2.41%) Relational Database
3 1 (1.20%) BigQuery
3 1 (1.20%) NoSQL
3 1 (1.20%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (1.20%) JIRA
1 1 (1.20%) Redmine
1 1 (1.20%) Visual Studio
General
1 20 (24.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 19 (22.89%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (20.48%) Social Skills
4 11 (13.25%) Finance
5 10 (12.05%) Social Science
6 9 (10.84%) Organisational Skills
7 5 (6.02%) Police
8 4 (4.82%) Military
8 4 (4.82%) Public Sector
9 2 (2.41%) Advertising
9 2 (2.41%) Billing
9 2 (2.41%) Electronics
9 2 (2.41%) Health Technology
9 2 (2.41%) Humanities
9 2 (2.41%) Law
9 2 (2.41%) Marketing
9 2 (2.41%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (2.41%) Wearables
10 1 (1.20%) Legal
10 1 (1.20%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 32 (38.55%) Senior
2 11 (13.25%) Developer
3 7 (8.43%) Full Stack Developer
4 5 (6.02%) Audit Manager
4 5 (6.02%) Information Manager
4 5 (6.02%) Instructor
4 5 (6.02%) IT Manager
4 5 (6.02%) Senior IT Manager
4 5 (6.02%) Senior Manager
4 5 (6.02%) Software Engineer
4 5 (6.02%) Technical Instructor
4 5 (6.02%) Technology Manager
5 4 (4.82%) Analyst
5 4 (4.82%) Data Scientist
5 4 (4.82%) Lead
5 4 (4.82%) Principal Advisor
6 3 (3.61%) Consultant
6 3 (3.61%) Senior Consultant
6 3 (3.61%) Senior Data Scientist
6 3 (3.61%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (9.64%) .NET
1 8 (9.64%) CSS
1 8 (9.64%) HTML
1 8 (9.64%) React
2 6 (7.23%) RESTful
3 5 (6.02%) Ajax
3 5 (6.02%) Flutter
3 5 (6.02%) Hibernate
3 5 (6.02%) Java EE
3 5 (6.02%) JDBC
3 5 (6.02%) JPA
3 5 (6.02%) jQuery
3 5 (6.02%) JSP
3 5 (6.02%) SOAP
3 5 (6.02%) Spring
3 5 (6.02%) Spring Boot
3 5 (6.02%) XML
4 4 (4.82%) EDI
5 3 (3.61%) PyTorch
6 2 (2.41%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 13 (15.66%) Driving Licence
2 8 (9.64%) Management Information System
3 7 (8.43%) NHS
4 5 (6.02%) Mobile App
4 5 (6.02%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (4.82%) Algorithms
6 3 (3.61%) CUDA
6 3 (3.61%) Freedom of Information
7 2 (2.41%) Client/Server
7 2 (2.41%) Data Structures
7 2 (2.41%) e-Learning
7 2 (2.41%) IoT
7 2 (2.41%) Onboarding
7 2 (2.41%) Smartphone
7 2 (2.41%) Social Media
8 1 (1.20%) Cyber Threat
8 1 (1.20%) Distributed Computing
8 1 (1.20%) Legacy Code
8 1 (1.20%) Operational Technology
8 1 (1.20%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.61%) Linux
2 2 (2.41%) Windows
2 2 (2.41%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (19.28%) Budget Management
2 13 (15.66%) Feasibility Study
2 13 (15.66%) Project Delivery
3 10 (12.05%) Data Science
4 9 (10.84%) Business Intelligence
5 8 (9.64%) Computer Science
5 8 (9.64%) Software Engineering
5 8 (9.64%) Technology Strategy
6 7 (8.43%) Economics
6 7 (8.43%) Full Stack Development
6 7 (8.43%) Line Management
6 7 (8.43%) Risk Management
7 6 (7.23%) Agile
7 6 (7.23%) Continuous Improvement
7 6 (7.23%) Cybersecurity
7 6 (7.23%) Decision-Making
7 6 (7.23%) Information Management
8 5 (6.02%) Analytical Thinking
8 5 (6.02%) Creative Thinking
8 5 (6.02%) Organisational Learning
Programming Languages
1 17 (20.48%) Python
2 10 (12.05%) JavaScript
2 10 (12.05%) SQL
3 7 (8.43%) Java
4 5 (6.02%) C++
4 5 (6.02%) PL/1
5 4 (4.82%) C#
6 1 (1.20%) Ada
6 1 (1.20%) Bash
6 1 (1.20%) C
6 1 (1.20%) Embedded C
6 1 (1.20%) Embedded C++
6 1 (1.20%) Fortran
6 1 (1.20%) Groovy
6 1 (1.20%) Perl
6 1 (1.20%) PowerShell
6 1 (1.20%) Ruby
6 1 (1.20%) Rust
Qualifications
1 32 (38.55%) Degree
2 9 (10.84%) Security Cleared
3 7 (8.43%) SC Cleared
4 5 (6.02%) Master's Degree
5 4 (4.82%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (4.82%) MBA
6 2 (2.41%) CIPD
7 1 (1.20%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (10.84%) GDPR
2 2 (2.41%) HIPAA
2 2 (2.41%) IEC 62304
2 2 (2.41%) ISO 13485
2 2 (2.41%) QA
3 1 (1.20%) MISRA
3 1 (1.20%) NEBOSH
3 1 (1.20%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 3 (3.61%) Slurm Workload Manager
2 2 (2.41%) Embedded Firmware
2 2 (2.41%) Firmware
Vendors
1 8 (9.64%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.20%) Databricks
2 1 (1.20%) Google
2 1 (1.20%) Parasoft