Master's Degree Jobs in Northern Ireland

Master's Degree
UK > Northern Ireland

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Northern Ireland with a requirement for Master's Degree qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 30 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 52 73 69
Rank change year-on-year +21 -4 -32
Permanent jobs citing Master's Degree 20 25 9
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 2.89% 2.88% 1.35%
As % of the Qualifications category 8.30% 9.65% 4.11%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £53,500 - -
25th Percentile £55,000 - £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 - £30,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -14.29%
75th Percentile £65,000 - £32,500
90th Percentile £66,500 - -
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% -10.71% +12.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Northern Ireland

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 advertised in Northern Ireland with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 241 259 219
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 34.83% 29.84% 32.78%
Number of salaries quoted 75 77 80
10th Percentile £27,500 £27,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,748 £31,250 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £44,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -4.49% +18.67%
75th Percentile £62,200 £60,000 £62,938
90th Percentile £70,670 £74,250 £72,875
UK median annual salary £54,000 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.90% +5.45% -

Master's Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Job vacancy trend for Master's Degree in Northern Ireland

Master's Degree
Salary Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Salary trend for Master's Degree in Northern Ireland

Master's Degree
Job Locations in Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 30 April 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
County Antrim +17 18 £65,000 - 7
County Armagh - 2 £55,000 -
Master's Degree
UK

Master's Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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:

Applications
1 6 (30.00%) UserZoom
2 3 (15.00%) Adobe XD
2 3 (15.00%) InVision
2 3 (15.00%) Sketch
3 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (10.00%) SAP MM
1 2 (10.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 6 (30.00%) AWS
1 6 (30.00%) Azure
1 6 (30.00%) Cloud Computing
2 3 (15.00%) Figma
3 1 (5.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 11 (55.00%) TCP/IP
2 6 (30.00%) HTTP
2 6 (30.00%) MQTT
3 3 (15.00%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (30.00%) NoSQL
2 1 (5.00%) Power BI
2 1 (5.00%) Tableau
General
1 15 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 9 (45.00%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (35.00%) Banking
3 7 (35.00%) Finance
4 6 (30.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 6 (30.00%) Law
5 1 (5.00%) General Ledger
5 1 (5.00%) Investment Banking
5 1 (5.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (30.00%) Architect
1 6 (30.00%) Software Architect
2 5 (25.00%) Senior
2 5 (25.00%) Senior Software Engineer
2 5 (25.00%) Software Engineer
3 3 (15.00%) User Experience Researcher
4 2 (10.00%) Analyst
4 2 (10.00%) Consultant
4 2 (10.00%) Data Analyst
4 2 (10.00%) SAP Consultant
5 1 (5.00%) Business Data Analyst
5 1 (5.00%) Data Consultant
5 1 (5.00%) SAP Analyst
5 1 (5.00%) SAP Data Analyst
5 1 (5.00%) SAP Data Consultant
5 1 (5.00%) SAP MM Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (55.00%) Web Services
2 6 (30.00%) AngularJS
2 6 (30.00%) Kafka
2 6 (30.00%) Node.js
2 6 (30.00%) RabbitMQ
2 6 (30.00%) RESTful
3 5 (25.00%) FFmpeg
3 5 (25.00%) GStreamer
3 5 (25.00%) OpenCV
3 5 (25.00%) REST
4 3 (15.00%) CSS
4 3 (15.00%) HTML
5 1 (5.00%) EDI
5 1 (5.00%) IDoc
5 1 (5.00%) SAP ALE
Miscellaneous
1 6 (30.00%) IoT
2 5 (25.00%) Video\Live Streaming
3 1 (5.00%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 5 (25.00%) Embedded Linux
1 5 (25.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (55.00%) Analytics
1 11 (55.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 11 (55.00%) Computer Science
1 11 (55.00%) Computer Vision
1 11 (55.00%) Deep Learning
1 11 (55.00%) Software Engineering
1 11 (55.00%) Threat Analysis
2 9 (45.00%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (35.00%) Business Intelligence
3 7 (35.00%) Mentoring
4 6 (30.00%) Customer Requirements
4 6 (30.00%) Cybersecurity
4 6 (30.00%) Data Analytics
4 6 (30.00%) Fintech
4 6 (30.00%) Microservices
4 6 (30.00%) Product Management
4 6 (30.00%) Qualitative Research
4 6 (30.00%) Quantitative Research
4 6 (30.00%) User Experience
4 6 (30.00%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 11 (55.00%) Python
2 7 (35.00%) SQL
3 5 (25.00%) Bash
4 1 (5.00%) ABAP
4 1 (5.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 20 (100.00%) Degree
2 11 (55.00%) PhD
3 1 (5.00%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (55.00%) QA
2 3 (15.00%) Accessibility
2 3 (15.00%) WCAG
System Software
1 5 (25.00%) Docker
1 5 (25.00%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (25.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 6 (30.00%) Google
1 6 (30.00%) Qualtrics
2 2 (10.00%) SAP
3 1 (5.00%) CA