Master's Degree Job Trends in Berkshire

Master's Degree
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Berkshire with a requirement for Master's Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 97 134
Rank change year-on-year +69 +37 -54
Permanent jobs citing Master's Degree 137 28 8
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 6.94% 1.71% 0.39%
As % of the Qualifications category 23.66% 3.50% 0.74%
Number of salaries quoted 4 22 5
10th Percentile - £40,126 -
25th Percentile £40,015 £41,822 £35,840
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,220 £52,000 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.35% +13.04% -34.29%
75th Percentile £60,715 £85,000 £72,500
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary £75,000 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +20.00% +13.64% -8.33%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Berkshire

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 Berkshire.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 579 799 1,077
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 29.33% 48.90% 52.13%
Number of salaries quoted 165 311 796
10th Percentile £32,750 £35,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £42,000 £47,500 £38,130
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,750 £67,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.37% +22.73% +4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £81,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £76,850 £95,000 £91,250
South East median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -12.50% +14.29% +2.24%

Master's Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Master's Degree job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Master's Degree
Salary Trend in Berkshire

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

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

Master's Degree
Salary Histogram in Berkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Master's Degree in Berkshire over the 6 months to 15 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Master's Degree in Berkshire

Master's Degree
Job Locations in Berkshire

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 Berkshire region over the 6 months to 15 January 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
Maidenhead -4 46 - - 1
Reading +40 23 - - 8
Slough -7 20 - - 42
Windsor - 14 - -
Master's Degree
South East

Master's Degree
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire 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 23 (16.79%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.73%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 39 (28.47%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 39 (28.47%) SaaS
2 15 (10.95%) Cloud Computing
3 6 (4.38%) Azure
4 3 (2.19%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (2.19%) Azure Machine Learning
4 3 (2.19%) Collibra
5 2 (1.46%) Miro
5 2 (1.46%) Smartsheet
6 1 (0.73%) Veeva
Communications & Networking
1 15 (10.95%) Internet
2 3 (2.19%) MQTT
2 3 (2.19%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.19%) Data Mining
1 3 (2.19%) Data Warehouse
1 3 (2.19%) Metadata
1 3 (2.19%) SAP BW
1 3 (2.19%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 3 (2.19%) ERwin
1 3 (2.19%) Git
1 3 (2.19%) MLflow
1 3 (2.19%) PowerDesigner
2 2 (1.46%) JIRA
General
1 72 (52.55%) Finance
2 65 (47.45%) Social Skills
3 37 (27.01%) Pharmaceutical
4 19 (13.87%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (10.95%) Banking
5 15 (10.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (2.92%) Publishing
7 2 (1.46%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.73%) Aerospace
8 1 (0.73%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (0.73%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 37 (27.01%) Lead
2 23 (16.79%) Trainer
3 12 (8.76%) Lecturer
4 9 (6.57%) Associate Director
4 9 (6.57%) Senior
5 4 (2.92%) Software Engineer
6 3 (2.19%) Data Manager
6 3 (2.19%) Data Model Manager
6 3 (2.19%) Delivery Manager
6 3 (2.19%) SAP Data Manager
6 3 (2.19%) SAP Delivery Manager
6 3 (2.19%) SAP Manager
7 2 (1.46%) Senior Software Engineer
8 1 (0.73%) Development Manager
8 1 (0.73%) Development Project Manager
8 1 (0.73%) Project Manager
8 1 (0.73%) Senior Development Manager
8 1 (0.73%) Senior Manager
8 1 (0.73%) Senior Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.19%) Keras
1 3 (2.19%) Middleware
1 3 (2.19%) REST
1 3 (2.19%) scikit-learn
1 3 (2.19%) SOAP
1 3 (2.19%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 52 (37.96%) Life Science
2 15 (10.95%) IoT
3 5 (3.65%) Hackathon
3 5 (3.65%) Low-Code
4 4 (2.92%) Algorithms
4 4 (2.92%) Management Information System
5 3 (2.19%) LIMS
5 3 (2.19%) Operational Technology
5 3 (2.19%) Pharmacovigilance
5 3 (2.19%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.92%) Linux
1 4 (2.92%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (57.66%) AI
2 53 (38.69%) Machine Learning
3 48 (35.04%) Computer Science
3 48 (35.04%) Data Science
4 47 (34.31%) Hematology
4 47 (34.31%) Immunology
5 42 (30.66%) Decision-Making
6 41 (29.93%) Analytics
7 40 (29.20%) Agile
8 39 (28.47%) Business Case
8 39 (28.47%) Data-Driven Decision Making
8 39 (28.47%) ERP
8 39 (28.47%) Financial Modelling
8 39 (28.47%) Resource Allocation
8 39 (28.47%) Trade-off Analysis
9 36 (26.28%) Roadmaps
10 35 (25.55%) Deployment Automation
10 35 (25.55%) Use Case
11 30 (21.90%) Disruptive Innovation
11 30 (21.90%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 15 (10.95%) Python
2 6 (4.38%) SQL
3 4 (2.92%) Bash
3 4 (2.92%) C
3 4 (2.92%) C++
3 4 (2.92%) Fortran
Qualifications
1 137 (100.00%) Degree
2 73 (53.28%) PhD
3 40 (29.20%) MBA
4 15 (10.95%) Postgraduate
5 6 (4.38%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (2.92%) PMI Certification
6 4 (2.92%) PMP
7 3 (2.19%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (24.09%) GxP
2 10 (7.30%) Accessibility
3 3 (2.19%) 21 CFR Part 11
3 3 (2.19%) Data Quality
3 3 (2.19%) QA
System Software
1 3 (2.19%) Docker
Vendors
1 42 (30.66%) SAP
2 23 (16.79%) PayPal
3 3 (2.19%) Agilent
4 1 (0.73%) Microsoft