Master's Degree Jobs in the City of London

Master's Degree
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for Master's Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 80 69 103
Rank change year-on-year -11 +34 +50
Permanent jobs citing Master's Degree 59 125 131
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 3.02% 3.74% 2.93%
As % of the Qualifications category 10.02% 13.12% 12.63%
Number of salaries quoted 34 53 117
10th Percentile £59,750 £56,250 £48,750
25th Percentile £68,438 £62,500 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £85,000 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -5.56% +15.76%
75th Percentile £115,000 £97,500 £130,000
90th Percentile £140,000 £106,000 £137,500
Central London median annual salary £77,500 £85,000 £90,000
% change year-on-year -8.82% -5.56% +19.21%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
City of London

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 the City of London.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 589 953 1,037
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 30.11% 28.48% 23.17%
Number of salaries quoted 380 624 739
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,075 £41,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £48,563 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +3.70% -3.57%
75th Percentile £90,750 £93,750 £97,500
90th Percentile £117,500 £107,125 £120,000
Central London median annual salary £70,000 £67,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year +3.70% - -3.57%

Master's Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing Master's Degree as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for Master's Degree in the City of London

Master's Degree
Salary Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Master's Degree in the City of London.

Salary trend for Master's Degree in the City of London

Master's Degree
Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Master's Degree in the City of London over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Master's Degree in the City of London

Master's Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London 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:

Applications
1 4 (6.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.69%) Blender
2 1 (1.69%) Maya
Cloud Services
1 14 (23.73%) Azure
2 11 (18.64%) AWS
3 9 (15.25%) GCP
4 1 (1.69%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (1.69%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.39%) Firewall
1 2 (3.39%) SD-WAN
1 2 (3.39%) WAN
2 1 (1.69%) Internet
2 1 (1.69%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (1.69%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.78%) NoSQL
2 3 (5.08%) Neo4j
2 3 (5.08%) Tableau
3 2 (3.39%) Big Data
4 1 (1.69%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (1.69%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 7 (11.86%) Git
2 1 (1.69%) Moq
2 1 (1.69%) SpecFlow
General
1 13 (22.03%) Law
1 13 (22.03%) Social Skills
2 9 (15.25%) Finance
3 8 (13.56%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (5.08%) Retail
5 2 (3.39%) Banking
5 2 (3.39%) Local Government
5 2 (3.39%) Telecoms
6 1 (1.69%) Advertising
6 1 (1.69%) Automotive
6 1 (1.69%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.69%) Legal
6 1 (1.69%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (1.69%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 16 (27.12%) Analyst
1 16 (27.12%) Qualitative Analyst
1 16 (27.12%) Quantitative Analyst
2 13 (22.03%) Senior
3 9 (15.25%) Data Engineer
4 8 (13.56%) Lead
4 8 (13.56%) Lead Data Engineer
4 8 (13.56%) Platform Engineer
5 6 (10.17%) Developer
6 4 (6.78%) HR Manager
6 4 (6.78%) Quantitative Developer
6 4 (6.78%) Software Engineer
6 4 (6.78%) Systems Manager
7 3 (5.08%) Data Scientist
7 3 (5.08%) Principal Data Scientist
7 3 (5.08%) Senior Analyst
7 3 (5.08%) Senior Data Scientist
7 3 (5.08%) Senior Quantitative Analyst
7 3 (5.08%) Senior Software Engineer
8 2 (3.39%) Network Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (13.56%) ARM Templates
2 4 (6.78%) PySpark
3 3 (5.08%) LangChain
3 3 (5.08%) Pandas
3 3 (5.08%) scikit-learn
3 3 (5.08%) TensorFlow
4 1 (1.69%) .NET
4 1 (1.69%) .NET Core
4 1 (1.69%) .NET Framework
4 1 (1.69%) AngularJS
4 1 (1.69%) CSS
4 1 (1.69%) Entity Framework
4 1 (1.69%) FHIR
4 1 (1.69%) HTML
4 1 (1.69%) Node.js
4 1 (1.69%) OAuth
4 1 (1.69%) OAuth2
4 1 (1.69%) REST
4 1 (1.69%) RESTful
4 1 (1.69%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 5 (8.47%) Management Information System
1 5 (8.47%) Robotics
2 4 (6.78%) Algorithms
3 3 (5.08%) Credit Risk
4 2 (3.39%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (3.39%) Security Posture
4 2 (3.39%) Sports Betting
5 1 (1.69%) Augmented Reality
5 1 (1.69%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.69%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (1.69%) Educational Technology
5 1 (1.69%) Industrial Internet of Things
5 1 (1.69%) IoT
5 1 (1.69%) Legacy Applications
5 1 (1.69%) Life Science
5 1 (1.69%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.69%) Operational Technology
5 1 (1.69%) SCADA
5 1 (1.69%) Shadow IT
5 1 (1.69%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 3 (5.08%) Robot Operating System
2 1 (1.69%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (67.80%) Computer Science
2 29 (49.15%) Data Science
3 26 (44.07%) Physics
4 21 (35.59%) Artificial Intelligence
4 21 (35.59%) Mathematics
5 20 (33.90%) Statistics
6 16 (27.12%) Kalman Filter
7 14 (23.73%) Containerisation
8 13 (22.03%) Machine Learning
9 12 (20.34%) Analytics
9 12 (20.34%) Infrastructure as Code
10 9 (15.25%) Roadmaps
10 9 (15.25%) Stakeholder Management
10 9 (15.25%) Strategic Roadmap
11 8 (13.56%) Cost Management
11 8 (13.56%) Cost Reduction
11 8 (13.56%) Mathematical Modelling
11 8 (13.56%) Network Virtualisation
11 8 (13.56%) Platform Engineering
11 8 (13.56%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 41 (69.49%) Python
2 18 (30.51%) C#
2 18 (30.51%) C++
3 17 (28.81%) Java
4 8 (13.56%) Scala
5 7 (11.86%) SQL
6 3 (5.08%) F#
6 3 (5.08%) MATLAB
7 2 (3.39%) JavaScript
7 2 (3.39%) TypeScript
8 1 (1.69%) Go
Qualifications
1 59 (100.00%) Degree
2 18 (30.51%) PhD
3 13 (22.03%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (6.78%) CISSP
5 3 (5.08%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (5.08%) CISM
5 3 (5.08%) DBS Check
6 2 (3.39%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 2 (3.39%) CCSP
6 2 (3.39%) MBA
7 1 (1.69%) CCNA
7 1 (1.69%) CCNP
7 1 (1.69%) CEH
7 1 (1.69%) CISA
7 1 (1.69%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (1.69%) OSCP
7 1 (1.69%) PMI Certification
7 1 (1.69%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (6.78%) NIST
2 3 (5.08%) QA
3 1 (1.69%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.69%) CDISC
3 1 (1.69%) COBIT
3 1 (1.69%) NIST 800
System Software
1 9 (15.25%) Docker
Systems Management
1 12 (20.34%) Kubernetes
2 8 (13.56%) Terraform
Vendors
1 8 (13.56%) Google
2 4 (6.78%) Microsoft
2 4 (6.78%) Saba
2 4 (6.78%) Workday
3 3 (5.08%) Databricks