Master's Degree Jobs in the East Midlands

Master's Degree
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands 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 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 88 146 26
Rank change year-on-year +58 -120 +144
Permanent jobs citing Master's Degree 69 38 266
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 2.61% 0.87% 9.35%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.52% 3.95% 25.07%
Number of salaries quoted 3 18 25
10th Percentile - £35,000 -
25th Percentile £66,250 £45,000 £13,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £61,439 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.87% +104.80% -20.00%
75th Percentile £70,625 £88,168 £42,500
90th Percentile £71,750 £91,250 £58,500
England median annual salary £69,315 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +6.64% - -7.14%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
East Midlands

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 East Midlands.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,525 963 1,061
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 57.68% 21.92% 37.28%
Number of salaries quoted 271 562 299
10th Percentile £25,000 £25,025 £25,300
25th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £43,251 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.25% -8.95% +10.47%
75th Percentile £57,500 £56,238 £60,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £67,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% +9.09%

Master's Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Master's Degree in the East Midlands

Master's Degree
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Master's Degree in the East Midlands.

Salary trend for Master's Degree in the East Midlands

Master's Degree
Job Locations in the East Midlands

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 East Midlands region over the 6 months to 14 May 2025. 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
Nottinghamshire +51 27 - - 17
Northamptonshire -1 16 £67,500 - 3
Lincolnshire - 13 - - 12
Derbyshire +9 7 - - 10
Leicestershire +31 5 - - 10
Master's Degree
England

Master's Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 34 (49.28%) Chatbot
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (13.04%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 9 (13.04%) Git
General
1 27 (39.13%) Analytical Skills
2 9 (13.04%) Presentation Skills
2 9 (13.04%) Retail
2 9 (13.04%) Social Skills
3 8 (11.59%) Electronics
4 4 (5.80%) Law
5 3 (4.35%) Aerospace
5 3 (4.35%) Automotive
6 2 (2.90%) Aeronautics
6 2 (2.90%) Aviation
7 1 (1.45%) Agriculture
Job Titles
1 34 (49.28%) Trainer
2 11 (15.94%) Engineering Manager
3 9 (13.04%) Analyst
3 9 (13.04%) Data Analyst
4 8 (11.59%) Senior
4 8 (11.59%) Senior Electrical Engineer
5 3 (4.35%) Biostatistician
5 3 (4.35%) Mathematician
6 2 (2.90%) Developer
6 2 (2.90%) Lead
6 2 (2.90%) Performance Engineer
6 2 (2.90%) Project Leader
6 2 (2.90%) Research Scientist
7 1 (1.45%) Principal Engineer
7 1 (1.45%) Principal Systems Engineer
7 1 (1.45%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (4.35%) Molecular Biology
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (49.28%) Artificial Intelligence
1 34 (49.28%) Conversational UI
2 28 (40.58%) Mathematics
3 18 (26.09%) Physics
4 17 (24.64%) Problem-Solving
5 16 (23.19%) Statistics
6 12 (17.39%) Systems Engineering
7 11 (15.94%) Chemistry
7 11 (15.94%) Customer Engagement
7 11 (15.94%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
8 10 (14.49%) Decision-Making
9 9 (13.04%) Analytics
9 9 (13.04%) Data Pipeline
9 9 (13.04%) Mentoring
9 9 (13.04%) Roadmaps
9 9 (13.04%) Storytelling
9 9 (13.04%) Visualisation
10 7 (10.14%) Computer Science
11 5 (7.25%) Data Strategy
12 4 (5.80%) Computational Fluid Dynamics
Programming Languages
1 11 (15.94%) Python
2 9 (13.04%) SQL
3 2 (2.90%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 69 (100.00%) Degree
2 36 (52.17%) PhD
3 19 (27.54%) BPSS Clearance
4 11 (15.94%) Chartered Engineer
5 9 (13.04%) DBS Check
6 2 (2.90%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.90%) ISO 9001
2 1 (1.45%) ISO 26262
Vendors
1 34 (49.28%) PayPal
2 9 (13.04%) Databricks