Master's Degree Job Trends in Bedfordshire

Master's Degree
East of England > Bedfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Bedfordshire with a requirement for Master's Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 5 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 38 42 43
Rank change year-on-year +4 +1 -27
Permanent jobs citing Master's Degree 2 10 7
As % of all permanent jobs in Bedfordshire 0.40% 1.74% 1.47%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.45% 2.28% 5.38%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 6
10th Percentile - - £28,500
25th Percentile £62,500 - £38,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 - £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +21.74%
75th Percentile £67,500 - -
90th Percentile - - £76,875
East of England median annual salary £55,000 £75,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -26.67% +36.36% -4.35%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Bedfordshire

Master's Degree falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Bedfordshire.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 58 438 130
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 11.46% 76.31% 27.25%
Number of salaries quoted 27 40 75
10th Percentile £31,150 £43,625 £28,700
25th Percentile £33,250 £50,967 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,739 £53,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.25% -3.64% -8.33%
75th Percentile £48,130 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £61,500 £74,750 £81,250
East of England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - +15.79% -13.64%

Master's Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Master's Degree relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire.

Master's Degree job vacancy trend in Bedfordshire

Master's Degree
Salary Trend in Bedfordshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing Master's Degree.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing Master's Degree

Master's Degree
Job Locations in Bedfordshire

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 Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 5 June 2026. 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
Bedford - 1 £65,000 -
Dunstable - 1 - -
Master's Degree
East of England

Master's Degree
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bedfordshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Electronics
1 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (50.00%) Marketing
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Embedded Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Hardware Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Lead
1 1 (50.00%) Site Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Site Reliability Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Embedded Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Capacity Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Change Control
2 1 (50.00%) Chemistry
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Configuration Management
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (50.00%) Information Security
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) ITSM
2 1 (50.00%) Knowledge Management
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Management
2 1 (50.00%) Problem Management
2 1 (50.00%) Process Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) QMS
2 1 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) SDLC
2 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Supplier Management
2 1 (50.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Erlang
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (50.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft