Master's Degree Job Trends in Cambridgeshire

Master's Degree
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Cambridgeshire with a requirement for Master's Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 49 38
Rank change year-on-year +13 -11 -12
Permanent jobs citing Master's Degree 29 33 35
As % of all permanent jobs in Cambridgeshire 3.31% 3.77% 5.04%
As % of the Qualifications category 10.00% 11.42% 13.21%
Number of salaries quoted 3 20 15
10th Percentile £57,000 £52,250 £34,400
25th Percentile £63,750 £52,500 £51,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +39.13% +4.55% -21.43%
75th Percentile £83,750 £72,500 £83,750
90th Percentile £84,500 £74,500 £94,500
East of England median annual salary £80,000 £59,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +35.59% +2.61% -17.86%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Cambridgeshire

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 Cambridgeshire.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 290 289 265
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 33.11% 33.03% 38.13%
Number of salaries quoted 140 117 120
10th Percentile £26,250 £36,250 £26,650
25th Percentile £30,370 £47,500 £35,640
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,175 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -29.71% +9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £64,450 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £78,750 £81,375
East of England median annual salary £46,750 £53,000 £53,250
% change year-on-year -11.79% -0.47% +6.50%

Master's Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Master's Degree job vacancy trend in Cambridgeshire

Master's Degree
Salary Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

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

Master's Degree
Salary Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Master's Degree in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Master's Degree in Cambridgeshire

Master's Degree
Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

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 Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 14 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
Cambridge +12 27 £55,000 - 29
Master's Degree
East of England

Master's Degree
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.45%) CMS
Applications
1 24 (82.76%) Chatbot
2 1 (3.45%) Adobe Creative Suite
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.45%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.45%) 4G
1 1 (3.45%) 5G
1 1 (3.45%) Broadband
1 1 (3.45%) GSM
1 1 (3.45%) Internet
1 1 (3.45%) LTE
1 1 (3.45%) TETRA
1 1 (3.45%) Wi-Fi
General
1 20 (68.97%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (10.34%) Electronics
2 3 (10.34%) Social Skills
3 2 (6.90%) Telecoms
4 1 (3.45%) Agriculture
4 1 (3.45%) Manufacturing
4 1 (3.45%) Marketing
4 1 (3.45%) Publishing
4 1 (3.45%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 24 (82.76%) Trainer
2 2 (6.90%) Senior
3 1 (3.45%) Design Engineer
3 1 (3.45%) Electronics Design Engineer
3 1 (3.45%) Electronics Engineer
3 1 (3.45%) Lead
3 1 (3.45%) Marketing Manager
3 1 (3.45%) Research Scientist
3 1 (3.45%) RF Engineer
3 1 (3.45%) Senior RF Engineer
3 1 (3.45%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.45%) AngularJS
1 1 (3.45%) Boost C++ Libraries
1 1 (3.45%) CSS
1 1 (3.45%) HTML
1 1 (3.45%) HTML5
1 1 (3.45%) React
1 1 (3.45%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.45%) Algorithms
1 1 (3.45%) Analogue Electronics
1 1 (3.45%) Data Structures
1 1 (3.45%) GNSS
1 1 (3.45%) IoT
1 1 (3.45%) Mobile App
1 1 (3.45%) Smart City
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.45%) Android
1 1 (3.45%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (82.76%) AI
1 24 (82.76%) Conversational UI
2 20 (68.97%) Chemistry
3 5 (17.24%) Physics
4 4 (13.79%) Mathematics
5 2 (6.90%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (6.90%) Project Management
5 2 (6.90%) Resource Management
6 1 (3.45%) B2B
6 1 (3.45%) Battery Management
6 1 (3.45%) CRM
6 1 (3.45%) Customer Acquisition
6 1 (3.45%) Customer-Centricity
6 1 (3.45%) Demand Generation
6 1 (3.45%) Global Marketing
6 1 (3.45%) Resource Allocation
6 1 (3.45%) Roadmaps
6 1 (3.45%) Sales Enablement
6 1 (3.45%) Technical Leadership
6 1 (3.45%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.45%) C++
1 1 (3.45%) Java
1 1 (3.45%) JavaScript
1 1 (3.45%) Python
Qualifications
1 29 (100.00%) Degree
2 25 (86.21%) PhD
Vendors
1 24 (82.76%) PayPal
2 1 (3.45%) Adobe
2 1 (3.45%) EMC
2 1 (3.45%) Huawei
2 1 (3.45%) Pardot
2 1 (3.45%) Salesforce