Master's Degree Jobs with Work from Home Options

Master's Degree
UK > Work from Home

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) with a requirement for Master's Degree qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 269 250 274
Rank change year-on-year -19 +24 +18
Permanent jobs citing Master's Degree 401 559 947
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.18% 1.34% 1.38%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.21% 5.30% 6.04%
Number of salaries quoted 236 314 414
10th Percentile £35,000 £43,063 £38,250
25th Percentile £47,250 £51,344 £48,649
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £68,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -8.76% +19.13%
75th Percentile £82,125 £86,250 £93,125
90th Percentile £106,250 £109,250 £140,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year - -7.14% +12.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

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 WFH option and a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 9,521 10,556 15,670
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 28.12% 25.39% 22.81%
Number of salaries quoted 5,896 6,449 8,575
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,715 £77,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £93,450
UK median annual salary £54,000 £59,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.24% +8.18% -

Master's Degree
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Master's Degree as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Master's Degree trend for jobs with a WFH option

Master's Degree
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Master's Degree.

Master's Degree salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Master's Degree
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Master's Degree over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Master's Degree salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Master's Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 11 (2.74%) IIS
2 7 (1.75%) Apache
3 6 (1.50%) nginx
4 4 (1.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 3 (0.75%) Confluence
5 3 (0.75%) SAS
6 2 (0.50%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.50%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.25%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.25%) CMS
7 1 (0.25%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.25%) Luigi
7 1 (0.25%) Umbraco
Applications
1 13 (3.24%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (2.49%) Spreadsheet
3 6 (1.50%) UserZoom
4 5 (1.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.75%) Adobe XD
5 3 (0.75%) InVision
5 3 (0.75%) Sketch
6 1 (0.25%) Blender
6 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.25%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (1.00%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (1.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.25%) Data Workbench
2 1 (0.25%) Endur
2 1 (0.25%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (0.25%) SAP MM
2 1 (0.25%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 72 (17.96%) AWS
2 71 (17.71%) Azure
3 29 (7.23%) Cloud Computing
4 27 (6.73%) SaaS
5 25 (6.23%) Power Platform
6 24 (5.99%) GCP
7 8 (2.00%) GitHub
7 8 (2.00%) IaaS
7 8 (2.00%) Microsoft 365
7 8 (2.00%) PowerApps
8 7 (1.75%) Dynamics 365
8 7 (1.75%) Serverless
8 7 (1.75%) WhatsApp
9 6 (1.50%) Azure Service Fabric
9 6 (1.50%) Entra ID
9 6 (1.50%) GitHub Actions
9 6 (1.50%) PaaS
9 6 (1.50%) Snowflake
10 4 (1.00%) AWS Lambda
10 4 (1.00%) Dagster
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.25%) Internet
1 5 (1.25%) Network Security
1 5 (1.25%) TCP/IP
1 5 (1.25%) Wi-Fi
2 4 (1.00%) Firewall
3 1 (0.25%) Bluetooth
3 1 (0.25%) LAN
3 1 (0.25%) OFDM
3 1 (0.25%) Software-Defined Radio
3 1 (0.25%) tcpdump
3 1 (0.25%) VPLS
3 1 (0.25%) VPN
3 1 (0.25%) WAN
3 1 (0.25%) Wireless
3 1 (0.25%) Wireshark
3 1 (0.25%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (12.47%) Tableau
2 24 (5.99%) Data Warehouse
3 23 (5.74%) SQL Server
4 20 (4.99%) PostgreSQL
4 20 (4.99%) Power BI
5 18 (4.49%) Big Data
6 17 (4.24%) Relational Database
7 15 (3.74%) Redis
8 13 (3.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 7 (1.75%) Data Lake
10 6 (1.50%) Azure SQL Database
10 6 (1.50%) GIS
11 4 (1.00%) QlikView
12 3 (0.75%) Amazon Athena
12 3 (0.75%) MongoDB
12 3 (0.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 2 (0.50%) Elasticsearch
13 2 (0.50%) Metadata
13 2 (0.50%) NoSQL
13 2 (0.50%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 66 (16.46%) Git
2 6 (1.50%) Jenkins
3 4 (1.00%) JIRA
3 4 (1.00%) Snakemake
4 3 (0.75%) Bitbucket
4 3 (0.75%) SonarQube
5 2 (0.50%) Rational DOORS
6 1 (0.25%) GitLab
6 1 (0.25%) Selenium
6 1 (0.25%) SpecFlow
6 1 (0.25%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.25%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 205 (51.12%) Social Skills
2 88 (21.95%) Finance
3 66 (16.46%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (8.73%) Law
4 35 (8.73%) Marketing
4 35 (8.73%) Pharmaceutical
5 34 (8.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 31 (7.73%) Legal
7 23 (5.74%) Manufacturing
8 18 (4.49%) Electronics
8 18 (4.49%) Presentation Skills
9 16 (3.99%) Public Sector
9 16 (3.99%) Retail
10 15 (3.74%) Banking
11 14 (3.49%) Back Office
12 13 (3.24%) Telecoms
13 10 (2.49%) Aerospace
14 9 (2.24%) Automotive
15 7 (1.75%) Health Technology
16 5 (1.25%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 116 (28.93%) Senior
2 56 (13.97%) Data Scientist
3 52 (12.97%) Developer
4 48 (11.97%) Senior Data Scientist
5 42 (10.47%) Software Engineer
6 32 (7.98%) Architect
7 30 (7.48%) Analyst
8 19 (4.74%) Product Manager
9 17 (4.24%) Lead
10 16 (3.99%) Consultant
11 15 (3.74%) Senior Developer
12 14 (3.49%) Development Manager
13 11 (2.74%) Database Developer
13 11 (2.74%) Technical Architect
14 10 (2.49%) Applications Engineer
14 10 (2.49%) Business Development Manager
14 10 (2.49%) Business Manager
14 10 (2.49%) Data Engineer
14 10 (2.49%) Senior Software Engineer
14 10 (2.49%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (12.72%) TensorFlow
2 44 (10.97%) Pandas
3 42 (10.47%) PySpark
3 42 (10.47%) scikit-learn
4 32 (7.98%) .NET
5 29 (7.23%) ASP.NET
6 24 (5.99%) PyTorch
7 16 (3.99%) Web Services
8 15 (3.74%) REST
9 11 (2.74%) .NET Core
9 11 (2.74%) Spring
10 10 (2.49%) Entity Framework
10 10 (2.49%) React
11 9 (2.24%) ASP.NET Core
11 9 (2.24%) Hibernate
11 9 (2.24%) Spring MVC
12 8 (2.00%) Django
12 8 (2.00%) NumPy
13 7 (1.75%) Flask
13 7 (1.75%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 92 (22.94%) Algorithms
2 37 (9.23%) Management Information System
3 28 (6.98%) Life Science
4 27 (6.73%) Data Structures
5 22 (5.49%) Self-Motivation
6 11 (2.74%) Biopharmaceutical
6 11 (2.74%) Client/Server
6 11 (2.74%) Embedded Systems
7 10 (2.49%) Product Ownership
8 9 (2.24%) CUDA
8 9 (2.24%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 9 (2.24%) Hedge funds
9 8 (2.00%) Distributed Systems
9 8 (2.00%) Equities
10 7 (1.75%) Cloud Native
10 7 (1.75%) Legacy Systems
11 6 (1.50%) Cyber Threat
11 6 (1.50%) Onboarding
12 5 (1.25%) Blog
12 5 (1.25%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 38 (9.48%) Linux
2 14 (3.49%) Windows
3 10 (2.49%) Unix
4 6 (1.50%) FreeRTOS
5 5 (1.25%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.50%) Android
7 1 (0.25%) Embedded Linux
7 1 (0.25%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 202 (50.37%) Computer Science
2 131 (32.67%) Problem-Solving
3 100 (24.94%) Visualisation
4 99 (24.69%) Artificial Intelligence
4 99 (24.69%) Data Science
5 93 (23.19%) Machine Learning
5 93 (23.19%) Software Engineering
6 87 (21.70%) Agile
7 85 (21.20%) Decision-Making
8 82 (20.45%) Mathematics
9 72 (17.96%) Statistics
10 69 (17.21%) Analytics
11 60 (14.96%) Data Analysis
12 55 (13.72%) Actionable Insight
12 55 (13.72%) Physics
13 54 (13.47%) Customer Experience
13 54 (13.47%) Roadmaps
14 50 (12.47%) Neural Network
15 49 (12.22%) Data Analytics
16 48 (11.97%) Data Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 175 (43.64%) Python
2 120 (29.93%) SQL
3 44 (10.97%) C#
4 33 (8.23%) Java
5 27 (6.73%) C++
6 21 (5.24%) C
7 20 (4.99%) R
8 14 (3.49%) PowerShell
9 11 (2.74%) T-SQL
10 10 (2.49%) JavaScript
11 7 (1.75%) Bash
11 7 (1.75%) Go
12 6 (1.50%) Fortran
13 4 (1.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 4 (1.00%) Rust
13 4 (1.00%) Shell Script
14 3 (0.75%) AWK
14 3 (0.75%) sed
15 2 (0.50%) Kotlin
15 2 (0.50%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 401 (100.00%) Degree
2 105 (26.18%) Computer Science Degree
3 104 (25.94%) PhD
4 46 (11.47%) DBS Check
5 38 (9.48%) Security Cleared
6 32 (7.98%) MBA
7 19 (4.74%) CISSP
8 17 (4.24%) CISM
9 16 (3.99%) SC Cleared
10 12 (2.99%) Numerate Degree
11 10 (2.49%) CFA
11 10 (2.49%) CIMA
11 10 (2.49%) DV Cleared
12 8 (2.00%) AWS Certification
13 6 (1.50%) GIAC
13 6 (1.50%) Microsoft Certification
13 6 (1.50%) SANS
14 5 (1.25%) BPSS Clearance
14 5 (1.25%) CEH
15 4 (1.00%) CESG Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (3.74%) QA
2 13 (3.24%) NIST
3 11 (2.74%) Data Quality
4 9 (2.24%) Accessibility
5 8 (2.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (1.75%) GDPR
7 6 (1.50%) COBIT
7 6 (1.50%) Web Application Security Consortium
8 5 (1.25%) PCI DSS
9 3 (0.75%) ISO 31000
9 3 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 27005
9 3 (0.75%) NCSC
9 3 (0.75%) NIST 800
9 3 (0.75%) WCAG
10 2 (0.50%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.50%) ECSS
10 2 (0.50%) GLP
10 2 (0.50%) Good Clinical Practice
10 2 (0.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (0.50%) SOX 404
System Software
1 41 (10.22%) Docker
2 1 (0.25%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Virtual Server
2 1 (0.25%) Snort
2 1 (0.25%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (0.25%) Virtual Servers
2 1 (0.25%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (0.25%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 21 (5.24%) Kubernetes
2 12 (2.99%) Terraform
3 6 (1.50%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 3 (0.75%) Ansible
5 1 (0.25%) Kubeflow
5 1 (0.25%) SCCM
Vendors
1 48 (11.97%) Microsoft
2 47 (11.72%) Databricks
3 22 (5.49%) Google
4 21 (5.24%) SAP
5 7 (1.75%) Oracle
6 6 (1.50%) NVIDIA
6 6 (1.50%) Qualtrics
6 6 (1.50%) YouTube
7 4 (1.00%) Salesforce
7 4 (1.00%) ServiceNow
8 3 (0.75%) Atlassian
8 3 (0.75%) Coverity
9 2 (0.50%) Dataiku
9 2 (0.50%) HubSpot
10 1 (0.25%) Alteryx
10 1 (0.25%) Ivanti
10 1 (0.25%) OpenLink
10 1 (0.25%) Sparx
10 1 (0.25%) Thales
10 1 (0.25%) VMware