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 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 178 64 210
Rank change year-on-year -114 +146 +52
Permanent jobs citing Master's Degree 1,612 5,005 3,031
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.64% 4.78% 1.97%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.89% 14.58% 7.28%
Number of salaries quoted 837 858 979
10th Percentile £34,750 £33,750 £37,498
25th Percentile £50,000 £45,057 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -10.71% +12.00%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £125,750 £132,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +4.76%

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 27,346 34,318 41,611
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.85% 32.75% 27.00%
Number of salaries quoted 17,301 15,331 18,985
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £41,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,043 £58,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% +5.45% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,296 £50,000
% change year-on-year -0.59% +0.59% -

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 26 April 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 26 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
England -119 1,402 £65,000 +4.00% 1,080
UK excluding London -193 866 £55,000 +4.76% 605
London +55 671 £80,000 - 504
Work from Home -11 392 £62,500 +4.17% 423
South East -101 283 £60,000 - 149
North of England -214 130 £50,000 +6.38% 120
Scotland -101 118 £75,000 +41.51% 43
East of England -100 112 £55,000 -4.35% 112
South West -158 98 £47,500 +3.83% 81
Midlands -168 98 £55,000 +37.50% 95
North West -163 81 £65,000 +8.33% 66
West Midlands -127 57 £52,500 +5.00% 62
East Midlands -121 39 £61,439 +265.71% 33
North East -78 26 £50,000 +4.88% 26
Yorkshire -139 23 £50,000 +12.75% 34
Northern Ireland +21 20 £60,000 - 9
Wales -66 8 £51,250 -35.94% 15

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
1 113 (7.01%) Microsoft Exchange
2 29 (1.80%) FileNet
3 25 (1.55%) Skype for Business
4 19 (1.18%) Apache Spark
5 17 (1.05%) Apache
5 17 (1.05%) SharePoint
6 13 (0.81%) IIS
7 9 (0.56%) Apache Airflow
7 9 (0.56%) Confluence
8 6 (0.37%) nginx
9 4 (0.25%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
9 4 (0.25%) SAS
9 4 (0.25%) WordPress
10 2 (0.12%) CMS
10 2 (0.12%) Jupyter
11 1 (0.062%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 1 (0.062%) Umbraco
Applications
1 53 (3.29%) Microsoft Office
2 48 (2.98%) Microsoft Excel
3 22 (1.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (0.87%) Simulink
5 12 (0.74%) MS Visio
6 10 (0.62%) Spreadsheet
7 6 (0.37%) InVision
7 6 (0.37%) Sketch
7 6 (0.37%) Trello
7 6 (0.37%) UserZoom
8 5 (0.31%) AutoCAD
9 4 (0.25%) EPLAN
9 4 (0.25%) Microsoft Project
10 3 (0.19%) Adobe XD
11 1 (0.062%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 1 (0.062%) Adobe Illustrator
11 1 (0.062%) Adobe Premiere
11 1 (0.062%) Blender
11 1 (0.062%) InDesign
11 1 (0.062%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 10 (0.62%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.31%) Distributed Ledger
2 5 (0.31%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.31%) SAP MM
3 4 (0.25%) 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
4 3 (0.19%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 2 (0.12%) Oracle Payroll
5 2 (0.12%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.062%) Data Workbench
6 1 (0.062%) Endur
6 1 (0.062%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.062%) SAP EWM
6 1 (0.062%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 229 (14.21%) AWS
2 186 (11.54%) Azure
3 161 (9.99%) Microsoft 365
4 87 (5.40%) Power Platform
5 71 (4.40%) GCP
6 57 (3.54%) GitHub
6 57 (3.54%) SaaS
7 47 (2.92%) Amazon S3
8 41 (2.54%) Cloud Computing
9 39 (2.42%) Figma
10 33 (2.05%) Serverless
11 32 (1.99%) SurveyMonkey
12 27 (1.67%) AWS Lambda
13 23 (1.43%) IaaS
14 21 (1.30%) PaaS
15 19 (1.18%) WhatsApp
16 18 (1.12%) PowerApps
17 15 (0.93%) Dynamics 365
18 13 (0.81%) Snowflake
19 12 (0.74%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 132 (8.19%) Cisco IOS
2 123 (7.63%) Wireless
3 112 (6.95%) WebEx
4 111 (6.89%) WAN
5 107 (6.64%) SD-WAN
6 31 (1.92%) Firewall
7 30 (1.86%) 5G
7 30 (1.86%) Broadband
8 27 (1.67%) TCP/IP
9 25 (1.55%) Skype
9 25 (1.55%) Telepresence
10 20 (1.24%) Internet
11 18 (1.12%) Network Security
12 13 (0.81%) HTTP
12 13 (0.81%) Wi-Fi
13 12 (0.74%) Intranet
14 9 (0.56%) SNMP
15 8 (0.50%) Ethernet
16 6 (0.37%) LAN
16 6 (0.37%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 81 (5.02%) Power BI
2 80 (4.96%) Tableau
3 64 (3.97%) SQL Server
4 59 (3.66%) NoSQL
5 48 (2.98%) Big Data
6 40 (2.48%) Data Warehouse
6 40 (2.48%) Relational Database
7 36 (2.23%) Elasticsearch
8 35 (2.17%) MySQL
8 35 (2.17%) Redis
9 31 (1.92%) Apache Cassandra
10 30 (1.86%) PostgreSQL
11 17 (1.05%) Hadoop
11 17 (1.05%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 11 (0.68%) Data Lake
13 10 (0.62%) Azure SQL Database
14 9 (0.56%) Amazon Athena
14 9 (0.56%) GIS
15 8 (0.50%) Data Mining
15 8 (0.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 109 (6.76%) Git
2 54 (3.35%) Jenkins
3 34 (2.11%) GitLab
4 30 (1.86%) JUnit
5 29 (1.80%) Jasmine
5 29 (1.80%) Mockito
6 22 (1.36%) JIRA
7 6 (0.37%) Team Foundation Server
8 4 (0.25%) Snakemake
8 4 (0.25%) Subversion
9 3 (0.19%) Babel
9 3 (0.19%) CMake
9 3 (0.19%) TestRail
9 3 (0.19%) webpack
10 2 (0.12%) Bitbucket
10 2 (0.12%) ERwin
10 2 (0.12%) Maven
10 2 (0.12%) Metasploit
10 2 (0.12%) PowerDesigner
10 2 (0.12%) Rational DOORS
General
1 739 (45.84%) Social Skills
2 402 (24.94%) Finance
3 305 (18.92%) Analytical Skills
4 192 (11.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 183 (11.35%) Marketing
6 148 (9.18%) Law
7 95 (5.89%) Legal
8 94 (5.83%) Pharmaceutical
9 80 (4.96%) Manufacturing
10 66 (4.09%) Telecoms
11 57 (3.54%) Retail
12 55 (3.41%) Automotive
13 53 (3.29%) Banking
14 51 (3.16%) Presentation Skills
14 51 (3.16%) Public Sector
15 46 (2.85%) Electronics
16 33 (2.05%) Social Science
17 31 (1.92%) Games
18 27 (1.67%) Aerospace
19 20 (1.24%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 282 (17.49%) Senior
2 154 (9.55%) Lead
3 151 (9.37%) Software Engineer
4 143 (8.87%) Developer
5 115 (7.13%) Analyst
6 109 (6.76%) IT Support
7 108 (6.70%) Support Specialist
8 107 (6.64%) IT Support Specialist
9 94 (5.83%) Architect
10 91 (5.65%) Graduate
11 89 (5.52%) Data Scientist
12 62 (3.85%) Senior Data Scientist
13 61 (3.78%) Systems Engineer
14 54 (3.35%) Principal Engineer
15 41 (2.54%) Consultant
16 40 (2.48%) Principal Systems Engineer
17 38 (2.36%) Data Engineer
17 38 (2.36%) Senior Software Engineer
18 34 (2.11%) Junior
18 34 (2.11%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 93 (5.77%) React
2 88 (5.46%) .NET
3 82 (5.09%) AngularJS
4 77 (4.78%) Kafka
5 56 (3.47%) TensorFlow
6 44 (2.73%) scikit-learn
6 44 (2.73%) Web Services
7 42 (2.61%) Pandas
8 40 (2.48%) PyTorch
8 40 (2.48%) Spring
9 38 (2.36%) Hibernate
10 35 (2.17%) ASP.NET
11 33 (2.05%) GraphQL
12 30 (1.86%) HTML
12 30 (1.86%) PySpark
13 29 (1.80%) J2EE
13 29 (1.80%) Spring Integration
14 28 (1.74%) RESTful
15 22 (1.36%) REST
16 21 (1.30%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 238 (14.76%) Algorithms
2 133 (8.25%) Video Conferencing
3 110 (6.82%) Management Information System
4 107 (6.64%) Wiki
5 68 (4.22%) Data Structures
6 57 (3.54%) Cloud Native
7 55 (3.41%) Self-Motivation
8 54 (3.35%) Onboarding
9 53 (3.29%) Driving Licence
10 51 (3.16%) Product Ownership
11 32 (1.99%) IoT
12 30 (1.86%) Life Science
13 28 (1.74%) Market Risk
14 26 (1.61%) CUDA
15 25 (1.55%) Analytical Mindset
15 25 (1.55%) Distributed Systems
16 24 (1.49%) Enterprise Software
17 22 (1.36%) Data Protection Act
18 20 (1.24%) Hedge funds
19 19 (1.18%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 182 (11.29%) Windows
2 135 (8.37%) Windows 10
3 122 (7.57%) Linux
4 117 (7.26%) Android
5 34 (2.11%) Unix
6 25 (1.55%) Windows 7
7 12 (0.74%) Windows Server
8 7 (0.43%) FreeRTOS
9 6 (0.37%) Apple iOS
9 6 (0.37%) Embedded Linux
10 4 (0.25%) DC/OS
10 4 (0.25%) Mac OS X
10 4 (0.25%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (0.12%) Kali Linux
12 1 (0.062%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 815 (50.56%) Computer Science
2 536 (33.25%) Problem-Solving
3 324 (20.10%) Agile
4 298 (18.49%) Software Engineering
5 259 (16.07%) Mathematics
6 238 (14.76%) Machine Learning
7 230 (14.27%) Artificial Intelligence
8 226 (14.02%) Analytics
9 217 (13.46%) Data Science
10 195 (12.10%) Decision-Making
11 190 (11.79%) Roadmaps
12 175 (10.86%) Project Management
13 159 (9.86%) Statistics
14 157 (9.74%) Visualisation
15 149 (9.24%) Data Analysis
16 145 (9.00%) Mentoring
16 145 (9.00%) Physics
17 134 (8.31%) Continuous Improvement
18 133 (8.25%) Contract Negotiation
19 129 (8.00%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 467 (28.97%) Python
2 272 (16.87%) SQL
3 166 (10.30%) C#
4 127 (7.88%) Java
5 122 (7.57%) C++
6 107 (6.64%) C
7 105 (6.51%) R
8 78 (4.84%) JavaScript
9 50 (3.10%) Fortran
10 35 (2.17%) TypeScript
11 33 (2.05%) MATLAB
12 25 (1.55%) Bash
13 24 (1.49%) Go
14 21 (1.30%) PowerShell
15 18 (1.12%) T-SQL
16 15 (0.93%) Rust
17 10 (0.62%) Scala
18 8 (0.50%) Haskell
19 6 (0.37%) Data Analysis Expressions
20 5 (0.31%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 1,612 (100.00%) Degree
2 468 (29.03%) Computer Science Degree
3 363 (22.52%) PhD
4 175 (10.86%) MBA
5 85 (5.27%) Security Cleared
6 62 (3.85%) CISSP
7 49 (3.04%) Chartered Engineer
8 48 (2.98%) CISM
9 45 (2.79%) DBS Check
10 32 (1.99%) SC Cleared
11 25 (1.55%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 22 (1.36%) Microsoft Certification
13 20 (1.24%) AWS Certification
13 20 (1.24%) DV Cleared
14 17 (1.05%) BPSS Clearance
14 17 (1.05%) PMP
15 16 (0.99%) Cisco Certification
15 16 (0.99%) PMI Certification
16 15 (0.93%) Numerate Degree
17 14 (0.87%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 70 (4.34%) QA
2 64 (3.97%) Data Quality
3 47 (2.92%) GDPR
4 38 (2.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 29 (1.80%) Accessibility
6 26 (1.61%) NIST
7 17 (1.05%) NCSC
7 17 (1.05%) PCI DSS
8 16 (0.99%) PMO
9 13 (0.81%) HIPAA
9 13 (0.81%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 10 (0.62%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 9 (0.56%) COBIT
12 7 (0.43%) ISO 13485
13 6 (0.37%) WCAG
13 6 (0.37%) Web Application Security Consortium
14 5 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials
15 4 (0.25%) Automotive SPICE
15 4 (0.25%) ISO 26262
16 3 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 125 (7.75%) Active Directory
2 110 (6.82%) VMware ESXi
3 107 (6.64%) Microsoft App-V
3 107 (6.64%) XenApp
3 107 (6.64%) XenDesktop
4 103 (6.39%) Docker
5 14 (0.87%) Firmware
6 13 (0.81%) VMware Infrastructure
7 7 (0.43%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.19%) HDFS
9 1 (0.062%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.062%) Snort
9 1 (0.062%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.062%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 108 (6.70%) SCCM
2 107 (6.64%) AirWatch
3 106 (6.58%) Kubernetes
4 39 (2.42%) Terraform
5 15 (0.93%) Ansible
6 9 (0.56%) CASB
7 8 (0.50%) Kubeflow
8 6 (0.37%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
9 5 (0.31%) Argo
10 4 (0.25%) Functional Safety
10 4 (0.25%) vRealize
10 4 (0.25%) vRealize Orchestrator
11 3 (0.19%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 3 (0.19%) ITRS Geneos
11 3 (0.19%) Microsoft Intune
12 2 (0.12%) Cisco Prime
12 2 (0.12%) Core Impact
12 2 (0.12%) CSIRT
12 2 (0.12%) Nmap
13 1 (0.062%) Grafana
Vendors
1 273 (16.94%) Microsoft
2 148 (9.18%) Cisco
3 110 (6.82%) Citrix
4 51 (3.16%) Oracle
5 46 (2.85%) SAP
6 44 (2.73%) Google
7 42 (2.61%) EMC
8 38 (2.36%) Qualtrics
9 35 (2.17%) Databricks
10 30 (1.86%) Virgin Media
11 28 (1.74%) Apple
12 25 (1.55%) Polycom
13 15 (0.93%) Atlassian
14 13 (0.81%) VMware
15 12 (0.74%) Aruba
16 11 (0.68%) HP
17 10 (0.62%) Salesforce
18 9 (0.56%) Nintex
19 8 (0.50%) CA
20 6 (0.37%) Sage