Postgraduate Jobs in England

Postgraduate
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Postgraduate qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 11 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 632 742 782
Rank change year-on-year +110 +40 +228
Permanent jobs citing Postgraduate 41 90 148
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.085% 0.10% 0.16%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.17% 0.37% 0.51%
Number of salaries quoted 11 51 74
10th Percentile £27,750 £33,125 £29,475
25th Percentile £28,250 £39,875 £35,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £49,000 £46,118
Median % change year-on-year +42.86% +6.25% -12.98%
75th Percentile £76,500 £66,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £82,500 £72,500
UK median annual salary £61,543 £47,560 £43,619
% change year-on-year +29.40% +9.04% -17.70%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

Postgraduate 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 24,368 24,441 29,265
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 50.37% 28.46% 32.54%
Number of salaries quoted 10,316 15,778 13,348
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,418 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,500 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £59,600
Median % change year-on-year - -7.72% +8.36%
75th Percentile £68,813 £71,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,000 £59,250
% change year-on-year +1.85% -8.86% +7.73%

Postgraduate
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Postgraduate as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Postgraduate in England

Postgraduate
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Postgraduate in England.

Salary trend for Postgraduate in England

Postgraduate
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Postgraduate in England over the 6 months to 11 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Postgraduate in England

Postgraduate
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Postgraduate within the England region over the 6 months to 11 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
London +87 20 £82,500 +58.65% 40
Midlands +69 13 £73,000 +92.11% 9
West Midlands +66 13 £73,000 +92.11% 3
South East +101 4 £28,500 -50.43% 30
North of England +51 2 £47,928 +15.49% 11
East of England +29 2 £32,500 -25.64% 13
Yorkshire +64 1 £70,000 - 5
North West -5 1 £25,856 -37.70% 5
Postgraduate
UK

Postgraduate
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (4.88%) Confluence
2 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.44%) MTS
Applications
1 2 (4.88%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 2 (4.88%) Adobe Illustrator
1 2 (4.88%) InDesign
1 2 (4.88%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (4.88%) Photoshop
2 1 (2.44%) Adobe Captivate
2 1 (2.44%) Adobe Premiere
2 1 (2.44%) Final Cut Pro
2 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 8 (19.51%) Azure
2 7 (17.07%) AWS
3 2 (4.88%) Asana
4 1 (2.44%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (2.44%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.44%) Network Security
1 1 (2.44%) tcpdump
1 1 (2.44%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.88%) Apache Cassandra
1 2 (4.88%) Couchbase
1 2 (4.88%) NoSQL
1 2 (4.88%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (4.88%) RDBMS
1 2 (4.88%) Relational Database
1 2 (4.88%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.44%) Elasticsearch
2 1 (2.44%) MongoDB
2 1 (2.44%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 2 (4.88%) Git
1 2 (4.88%) JIRA
2 1 (2.44%) GDB
2 1 (2.44%) IDA Disassembler
2 1 (2.44%) Liquibase
2 1 (2.44%) WinDbg
General
1 14 (34.15%) Social Skills
2 11 (26.83%) Finance
3 8 (19.51%) Humanities
3 8 (19.51%) Local Government
4 4 (9.76%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (7.32%) Advertising
6 2 (4.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (2.44%) Front Office
7 1 (2.44%) Games
7 1 (2.44%) Marketing
7 1 (2.44%) Multimedia
7 1 (2.44%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (2.44%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (24.39%) Lecturer
2 7 (17.07%) Infrastructure Manager
3 3 (7.32%) Developer
3 3 (7.32%) Senior
4 2 (4.88%) Architect
4 2 (4.88%) Consultant
4 2 (4.88%) Data Scientist
4 2 (4.88%) IT Assistant
4 2 (4.88%) IT Director
4 2 (4.88%) Recruitment Consultant
4 2 (4.88%) Software Engineer
5 1 (2.44%) Administrator
5 1 (2.44%) Database Architect
5 1 (2.44%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 1 (2.44%) Project Manager
5 1 (2.44%) Python Developer
5 1 (2.44%) Quantitative Developer
5 1 (2.44%) Senior Software Engineer
5 1 (2.44%) Systems Administrator
5 1 (2.44%) Systems Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.88%) Django
2 1 (2.44%) EDI
2 1 (2.44%) Flask
2 1 (2.44%) HTML5 Canvas
2 1 (2.44%) libvirt
2 1 (2.44%) MFC
2 1 (2.44%) RabbitMQ
2 1 (2.44%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 7 (17.07%) Data Centre
2 2 (4.88%) Onboarding
2 2 (4.88%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (2.44%) Clustering
3 1 (2.44%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (2.44%) Educational Technology
3 1 (2.44%) Fixed Income
3 1 (2.44%) Learning Management System
3 1 (2.44%) NHS
3 1 (2.44%) VLE
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.88%) Windows
2 1 (2.44%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (31.71%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (29.27%) Computer Science
3 10 (24.39%) Data Science
4 9 (21.95%) Mathematics
4 9 (21.95%) Psychology
5 8 (19.51%) ITIL
6 7 (17.07%) Infrastructure Management
6 7 (17.07%) Strategic Planning
7 6 (14.63%) Artificial Intelligence
7 6 (14.63%) Physics
8 4 (9.76%) Biology
8 4 (9.76%) Chemistry
8 4 (9.76%) Collaborative Working
8 4 (9.76%) Decision-Making
9 3 (7.32%) Agile
9 3 (7.32%) DevOps
9 3 (7.32%) Project Management
10 2 (4.88%) Data Modelling
10 2 (4.88%) Information Security
10 2 (4.88%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 7 (17.07%) Python
2 4 (9.76%) C++
3 2 (4.88%) JavaScript
4 1 (2.44%) C
4 1 (2.44%) C#
4 1 (2.44%) CodeQL
4 1 (2.44%) Fortran
4 1 (2.44%) MATLAB
4 1 (2.44%) PHP
4 1 (2.44%) R
4 1 (2.44%) SQL
4 1 (2.44%) VB
4 1 (2.44%) VBA
Qualifications
1 22 (53.66%) Degree
2 7 (17.07%) AWS Certification
2 7 (17.07%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
2 7 (17.07%) Azure Certification
2 7 (17.07%) Microsoft Certification
3 5 (12.20%) PhD
4 2 (4.88%) Numerate Degree
5 1 (2.44%) DV Cleared
5 1 (2.44%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (2.44%) Master's Degree
5 1 (2.44%) Novell Certification
5 1 (2.44%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (4.88%) Docker
2 1 (2.44%) Xen
Systems Management
1 2 (4.88%) Ansible
1 2 (4.88%) Terraform
Vendors
1 10 (24.39%) Microsoft
2 3 (7.32%) Adobe
2 3 (7.32%) Oracle
3 2 (4.88%) CA Agile Central
3 2 (4.88%) Xerox