Master's Degree Job Trends in England

Master's Degree
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Master's Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 12 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 303 95 185
Rank change year-on-year -208 +90 -138
Permanent jobs citing Master's Degree 577 1,418 1,051
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.61% 3.25% 1.44%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.30% 9.09% 5.37%
Number of salaries quoted 258 325 491
10th Percentile £42,215 £42,500 £39,750
25th Percentile £50,750 £55,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,250 £72,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.62% +11.54% -13.33%
75th Percentile £88,750 £100,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £125,000 £118,750
UK median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £66,250
% change year-on-year -7.14% +5.66% -11.67%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

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 England.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 17,489 15,607 19,557
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 18.62% 35.74% 26.89%
Number of salaries quoted 9,731 7,090 10,623
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,750 £31,000
25th Percentile £43,500 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £80,000 £72,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £96,250 £90,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

Master's Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Master's Degree job vacancy trend in England

Master's Degree
Salary Trend in England

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

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

Master's Degree
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Master's Degree in England over the 6 months to 12 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Master's Degree in England

Master's Degree
Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 12 August 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
London -106 277 £77,500 -13.89% 1,298
South East -109 130 £60,000 -20.00% 160
North of England -224 59 £42,215 -29.64% 108
North West -96 52 £42,215 -15.57% 68
East of England -65 50 £59,450 -26.83% 149
Midlands -125 36 £63,764 +15.93% 86
West Midlands -88 27 £64,764 +17.75% 68
South West -105 17 £60,500 +21.00% 81
East Midlands -90 9 £54,500 +55.71% 18
Yorkshire -152 4 £87,431 +21.45% 31
North East -99 3 £60,000 - 11
Master's Degree
UK

Master's Degree
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 22 (3.81%) Apache Spark
2 17 (2.95%) Confluence
2 17 (2.95%) SAS
3 14 (2.43%) Apache Airflow
4 12 (2.08%) SharePoint
5 8 (1.39%) Apache
6 4 (0.69%) CMS
6 4 (0.69%) Kinematics
7 3 (0.52%) Artix
8 2 (0.35%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.17%) Drupal
9 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 16 (2.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.21%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.04%) Simulink
4 5 (0.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.69%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.52%) AutoCAD
6 3 (0.52%) Autodesk Inventor
6 3 (0.52%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.35%) Lightworks
7 2 (0.35%) Revit
8 1 (0.17%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.17%) Adobe Premiere
8 1 (0.17%) Autodesk Flame
8 1 (0.17%) Avid Media Composer
8 1 (0.17%) Baselight
8 1 (0.17%) Maya
8 1 (0.17%) Quicktime
8 1 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.17%) Trello
Business Applications
1 8 (1.39%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.69%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.52%) Summit
4 2 (0.35%) Distributed Ledger
4 2 (0.35%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 2 (0.35%) Primavera
4 2 (0.35%) SAP QM
5 1 (0.17%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.17%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.17%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (0.17%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.17%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.17%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.17%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.17%) SAP IBP
5 1 (0.17%) SAP MDG
5 1 (0.17%) SAP MDG-F
5 1 (0.17%) SAP MDG-M
5 1 (0.17%) SAP MDG-S
5 1 (0.17%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 140 (24.26%) AWS
2 88 (15.25%) Azure
3 55 (9.53%) GCP
4 38 (6.59%) Cloud Computing
5 26 (4.51%) Serverless
6 22 (3.81%) GitHub
7 19 (3.29%) Microsoft 365
7 19 (3.29%) Power Platform
8 17 (2.95%) Google Workspace
9 14 (2.43%) Amazon S3
10 12 (2.08%) AWS CloudFormation
10 12 (2.08%) Azure DevOps
10 12 (2.08%) GitHub Copilot
11 11 (1.91%) PowerApps
11 11 (1.91%) SaaS
11 11 (1.91%) Snowflake
12 10 (1.73%) Amazon Bedrock
13 9 (1.56%) OCI
14 8 (1.39%) Amazon EC2
14 8 (1.39%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 14 (2.43%) Network Security
2 12 (2.08%) Wireless
3 11 (1.91%) Firewall
4 8 (1.39%) MQTT
4 8 (1.39%) Wi-Fi
5 6 (1.04%) Bluetooth
5 6 (1.04%) VoIP
5 6 (1.04%) ZigBee
6 5 (0.87%) Broadband
6 5 (0.87%) TCP/IP
7 4 (0.69%) Ethernet
8 3 (0.52%) NFC
8 3 (0.52%) Profibus
8 3 (0.52%) RFID
8 3 (0.52%) Software-Defined Radio
9 2 (0.35%) Frame Relay
9 2 (0.35%) HTTP
9 2 (0.35%) LoRaWAN
9 2 (0.35%) MPLS
9 2 (0.35%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (3.81%) PostgreSQL
2 19 (3.29%) Amazon Redshift
3 16 (2.77%) Power BI
4 13 (2.25%) MySQL
5 11 (1.91%) Big Data
5 11 (1.91%) DynamoDB
6 10 (1.73%) Data Warehouse
7 9 (1.56%) Relational Database
8 8 (1.39%) Amazon RDS
9 7 (1.21%) Data Lake
9 7 (1.21%) Metadata
9 7 (1.21%) NoSQL
9 7 (1.21%) Semantic Layer
10 6 (1.04%) MongoDB
10 6 (1.04%) SQL Server
10 6 (1.04%) Star Schema
11 4 (0.69%) Apache Cassandra
12 2 (0.35%) Delta Lake
12 2 (0.35%) SAP BW
12 2 (0.35%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 47 (8.15%) Git
2 22 (3.81%) GitLab
2 22 (3.81%) JIRA
3 13 (2.25%) Visual Studio Code
4 11 (1.91%) Jenkins
4 11 (1.91%) LabVIEW
5 6 (1.04%) Bitbucket
5 6 (1.04%) GDB
6 5 (0.87%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 5 (0.87%) Selenium
7 4 (0.69%) Claude Code
7 4 (0.69%) Robot Framework
8 3 (0.52%) Burp Suite
8 3 (0.52%) Cucumber
8 3 (0.52%) Cypress.io
8 3 (0.52%) Gatling
8 3 (0.52%) HP UFT
8 3 (0.52%) Postman
8 3 (0.52%) REST Assured
8 3 (0.52%) SonarQube
General
1 199 (34.49%) Social Skills
2 141 (24.44%) Finance
3 101 (17.50%) Analytical Skills
4 75 (13.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 54 (9.36%) Banking
6 41 (7.11%) Electronics
7 36 (6.24%) Aerospace
7 36 (6.24%) Manufacturing
8 35 (6.07%) Organisational Skills
9 34 (5.89%) Law
10 33 (5.72%) Marketing
10 33 (5.72%) Public Sector
11 31 (5.37%) Retail
12 27 (4.68%) Pharmaceutical
13 21 (3.64%) Influencing Skills
14 20 (3.47%) Financial Institution
15 18 (3.12%) Presentation Skills
16 16 (2.77%) Local Government
17 15 (2.60%) Automotive
17 15 (2.60%) Legal
Job Titles
1 142 (24.61%) Senior
2 63 (10.92%) Lead
3 61 (10.57%) Software Engineer
4 48 (8.32%) Architect
5 32 (5.55%) Data Scientist
5 32 (5.55%) Python Engineer
6 28 (4.85%) Senior Data Scientist
7 27 (4.68%) Consultant
7 27 (4.68%) Graduate
8 26 (4.51%) Systems Engineer
9 23 (3.99%) Embedded Engineer
10 22 (3.81%) Solutions Architect
11 21 (3.64%) C++ Software Engineer
12 19 (3.29%) Python Software Engineer
13 18 (3.12%) Embedded Software Engineer
13 18 (3.12%) Senior Software Engineer
14 17 (2.95%) AWS Engineer
14 17 (2.95%) Security Engineer
15 15 (2.60%) Instrumentation Engineer
15 15 (2.60%) Senior Electrical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (4.68%) React
2 19 (3.29%) Node.js
2 19 (3.29%) PyTorch
3 18 (3.12%) SpaCy
4 15 (2.60%) Google Maps API
5 14 (2.43%) .NET
6 12 (2.08%) Django
6 12 (2.08%) HTML
7 11 (1.91%) Celery
7 11 (1.91%) Yocto
8 10 (1.73%) AngularJS
8 10 (1.73%) scikit-learn
9 9 (1.56%) FIX Protocol
9 9 (1.56%) Pandas
10 8 (1.39%) .NET Core
10 8 (1.39%) CSS
11 7 (1.21%) Spring
12 6 (1.04%) NumPy
12 6 (1.04%) PySpark
12 6 (1.04%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 38 (6.59%) Onboarding
2 33 (5.72%) Algorithms
3 32 (5.55%) AI Agents
4 28 (4.85%) Cloud Native
4 28 (4.85%) Management Information System
5 21 (3.64%) Data Centre
6 18 (3.12%) e-Learning
7 17 (2.95%) Robotics
8 16 (2.77%) Embedded Systems
8 16 (2.77%) Life Science
8 16 (2.77%) Security Posture
9 15 (2.60%) Augmented Reality
9 15 (2.60%) Virtual Reality
10 13 (2.25%) Hackathon
11 12 (2.08%) Enterprise Software
11 12 (2.08%) IoT
11 12 (2.08%) Product Ownership
12 11 (1.91%) Device Driver
13 10 (1.73%) FPGA
14 9 (1.56%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 32 (5.55%) Linux
2 8 (1.39%) Embedded Linux
3 6 (1.04%) Windows
4 3 (0.52%) Kali Linux
5 2 (0.35%) Unix
6 1 (0.17%) FreeRTOS
6 1 (0.17%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.17%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 236 (40.90%) Computer Science
2 194 (33.62%) AI
3 142 (24.61%) Machine Learning
4 136 (23.57%) Agile
5 121 (20.97%) Mentoring
6 120 (20.80%) Problem-Solving
7 111 (19.24%) Roadmaps
8 109 (18.89%) DevOps
9 108 (18.72%) Software Engineering
10 98 (16.98%) CI/CD
11 96 (16.64%) Analytics
12 85 (14.73%) Data Science
13 82 (14.21%) Validation
14 74 (12.82%) Decision-Making
15 73 (12.65%) Continuous Improvement
16 71 (12.31%) Cybersecurity
17 62 (10.75%) Business Development
18 60 (10.40%) Risk Management
19 55 (9.53%) Information Security
19 55 (9.53%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 202 (35.01%) Python
2 69 (11.96%) C++
3 44 (7.63%) SQL
4 38 (6.59%) C#
5 31 (5.37%) JavaScript
6 29 (5.03%) C
7 26 (4.51%) Java
8 25 (4.33%) TypeScript
9 17 (2.95%) MATLAB
10 10 (1.73%) R
10 10 (1.73%) VBA
11 9 (1.56%) Bash
12 6 (1.04%) Julia
13 5 (0.87%) Embedded C
14 4 (0.69%) Embedded C++
14 4 (0.69%) Scala
15 3 (0.52%) Go
15 3 (0.52%) Rust
15 3 (0.52%) SAS Macro
16 2 (0.35%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 577 (100.00%) Degree
2 122 (21.14%) Computer Science Degree
3 110 (19.06%) PhD
4 73 (12.65%) MBA
5 48 (8.32%) Security Cleared
6 46 (7.97%) SC Cleared
7 45 (7.80%) CISSP
8 36 (6.24%) CISM
9 31 (5.37%) BPSS Clearance
10 25 (4.33%) Cisco Certification
11 23 (3.99%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 22 (3.81%) CCSP
13 21 (3.64%) AWS Certification
14 13 (2.25%) CISA
14 13 (2.25%) DBS Check
15 11 (1.91%) Chartered Engineer
15 11 (1.91%) PMI Certification
15 11 (1.91%) PMP
16 9 (1.56%) Azure Certification
17 8 (1.39%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (8.15%) QA
2 39 (6.76%) Accessibility
3 37 (6.41%) Data Quality
4 33 (5.72%) NIST
5 26 (4.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 16 (2.77%) IEC 61508
7 14 (2.43%) GDPR
8 9 (1.56%) GRC
8 9 (1.56%) PMO
9 8 (1.39%) NIST 800
10 7 (1.21%) ISO 26262
11 6 (1.04%) JTAG
12 4 (0.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 3 (0.52%) CDISC
13 3 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials
13 3 (0.52%) DO-254
13 3 (0.52%) HAZOP
13 3 (0.52%) IFRS
13 3 (0.52%) PCI DSS
14 2 (0.35%) NCSC
System Software
1 12 (2.08%) Docker
2 5 (0.87%) Firmware
3 3 (0.52%) Embedded Firmware
3 3 (0.52%) Slurm Workload Manager
4 2 (0.35%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 32 (5.55%) Terraform
2 17 (2.95%) Functional Safety
3 13 (2.25%) Kubernetes
4 9 (1.56%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (0.69%) Grafana
6 3 (0.52%) HP Fortify
7 2 (0.35%) OpenView
7 2 (0.35%) Tivoli
8 1 (0.17%) Kubeflow
Vendors
1 37 (6.41%) Microsoft
2 26 (4.51%) Salesforce
3 23 (3.99%) Google
4 18 (3.12%) Databricks
4 18 (3.12%) OpenAI
5 15 (2.60%) Facebook
5 15 (2.60%) Oracle
6 13 (2.25%) Dell
6 13 (2.25%) SAP
7 7 (1.21%) Adobe
7 7 (1.21%) Splunk
8 6 (1.04%) Cognizant
8 6 (1.04%) CrowdStrike
8 6 (1.04%) Palo Alto
9 5 (0.87%) Cisco
9 5 (0.87%) EMC
9 5 (0.87%) Siemens
10 4 (0.69%) Monzo
11 3 (0.52%) Autodesk
11 3 (0.52%) Veracode