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 17 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 77 65 105
Rank change year-on-year -12 +40 +41
Permanent jobs citing Master's Degree 62 130 131
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 3.04% 3.89% 2.85%
As % of the Qualifications category 10.06% 13.67% 12.62%
Number of salaries quoted 37 56 117
10th Percentile £62,000 £48,375 £48,750
25th Percentile £65,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £85,000 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -5.56% +19.21%
75th Percentile £122,500 £97,500 £130,000
90th Percentile £140,000 £105,625 £137,500
Central London median annual salary £75,000 £85,000 £90,000
% change year-on-year -11.76% -5.56% +20.00%

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 616 951 1,038
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 30.24% 28.45% 22.61%
Number of salaries quoted 406 626 752
10th Percentile £41,250 £37,792 £41,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £68,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.41% +0.74% -3.57%
75th Percentile £90,750 £92,500 £96,250
90th Percentile £117,500 £107,500 £120,000
Central London median annual salary £69,000 £67,500 £67,000
% change year-on-year +2.22% +0.75% -4.29%

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 17 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 (6.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.61%) Blender
2 1 (1.61%) Maya
Cloud Services
1 15 (24.19%) Azure
2 12 (19.35%) AWS
3 10 (16.13%) GCP
4 2 (3.23%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.23%) Firewall
1 2 (3.23%) SD-WAN
1 2 (3.23%) WAN
2 1 (1.61%) Internet
2 1 (1.61%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (1.61%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.45%) NoSQL
2 3 (4.84%) Neo4j
2 3 (4.84%) Tableau
3 1 (1.61%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (1.61%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 8 (12.90%) Git
2 1 (1.61%) Moq
2 1 (1.61%) SpecFlow
General
1 14 (22.58%) Social Skills
2 13 (20.97%) Law
3 9 (14.52%) Finance
4 8 (12.90%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (4.84%) Retail
6 2 (3.23%) Advertising
6 2 (3.23%) Banking
6 2 (3.23%) Local Government
6 2 (3.23%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.61%) Automotive
7 1 (1.61%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.61%) Legal
7 1 (1.61%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (1.61%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.61%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 17 (27.42%) Analyst
1 17 (27.42%) Qualitative Analyst
1 17 (27.42%) Quantitative Analyst
2 14 (22.58%) Senior
3 9 (14.52%) Data Engineer
4 8 (12.90%) Lead
4 8 (12.90%) Lead Data Engineer
4 8 (12.90%) Platform Engineer
5 7 (11.29%) Developer
6 5 (8.06%) Quantitative Developer
7 4 (6.45%) HR Manager
7 4 (6.45%) Software Engineer
7 4 (6.45%) Systems Manager
8 3 (4.84%) Data Scientist
8 3 (4.84%) Principal Data Scientist
8 3 (4.84%) Senior Data Scientist
8 3 (4.84%) Senior Software Engineer
9 2 (3.23%) Architect
9 2 (3.23%) Network Engineer
9 2 (3.23%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (12.90%) ARM Templates
2 4 (6.45%) PySpark
3 3 (4.84%) LangChain
3 3 (4.84%) Pandas
3 3 (4.84%) scikit-learn
3 3 (4.84%) TensorFlow
4 2 (3.23%) .NET
4 2 (3.23%) .NET Core
4 2 (3.23%) Entity Framework
5 1 (1.61%) .NET Framework
5 1 (1.61%) ASP.NET
5 1 (1.61%) ASP.NET Core
5 1 (1.61%) CSS
5 1 (1.61%) FHIR
5 1 (1.61%) Hibernate
5 1 (1.61%) HTML
5 1 (1.61%) OAuth
5 1 (1.61%) RESTful
5 1 (1.61%) Spring
5 1 (1.61%) Spring MVC
Miscellaneous
1 6 (9.68%) Management Information System
2 5 (8.06%) Algorithms
2 5 (8.06%) Robotics
3 3 (4.84%) Credit Risk
4 2 (3.23%) Security Posture
5 1 (1.61%) 3D Graphics
5 1 (1.61%) Animation
5 1 (1.61%) Augmented Reality
5 1 (1.61%) Client/Server
5 1 (1.61%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.61%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (1.61%) Educational Technology
5 1 (1.61%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.61%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (1.61%) IoT
5 1 (1.61%) Life Science
5 1 (1.61%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.61%) Operational Technology
5 1 (1.61%) SCADA
5 1 (1.61%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.84%) Robot Operating System
2 1 (1.61%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (67.74%) Computer Science
2 31 (50.00%) Data Science
3 29 (46.77%) Physics
4 24 (38.71%) Mathematics
5 21 (33.87%) Artificial Intelligence
6 20 (32.26%) Statistics
7 16 (25.81%) Kalman Filter
8 15 (24.19%) Containerisation
9 13 (20.97%) Statistical Modelling
10 12 (19.35%) Analytics
10 12 (19.35%) Infrastructure as Code
11 11 (17.74%) Machine Learning
12 10 (16.13%) Roadmaps
12 10 (16.13%) Strategic Roadmap
13 9 (14.52%) Stakeholder Management
14 8 (12.90%) Cost Management
14 8 (12.90%) Cost Reduction
14 8 (12.90%) Network Virtualisation
14 8 (12.90%) Platform Engineering
14 8 (12.90%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 43 (69.35%) Python
2 21 (33.87%) C#
2 21 (33.87%) C++
3 13 (20.97%) Java
4 8 (12.90%) Scala
5 7 (11.29%) SQL
6 3 (4.84%) F#
7 2 (3.23%) JavaScript
7 2 (3.23%) TypeScript
8 1 (1.61%) Go
Qualifications
1 62 (100.00%) Degree
2 24 (38.71%) PhD
3 14 (22.58%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (6.45%) CISSP
5 3 (4.84%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (4.84%) CISM
5 3 (4.84%) DBS Check
6 2 (3.23%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 2 (3.23%) CCSP
6 2 (3.23%) MBA
7 1 (1.61%) CCNA
7 1 (1.61%) CCNP
7 1 (1.61%) CEH
7 1 (1.61%) CISA
7 1 (1.61%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (1.61%) OSCP
7 1 (1.61%) SC Cleared
7 1 (1.61%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (6.45%) NIST
2 3 (4.84%) QA
3 1 (1.61%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.61%) CDISC
3 1 (1.61%) COBIT
3 1 (1.61%) NIST 800
System Software
1 10 (16.13%) Docker
Systems Management
1 13 (20.97%) Kubernetes
2 8 (12.90%) Terraform
Vendors
1 9 (14.52%) Google
2 4 (6.45%) Microsoft
2 4 (6.45%) Saba
2 4 (6.45%) Workday
3 3 (4.84%) Databricks