Master's Degree Jobs in Lancashire

Master's Degree
North West > Lancashire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Lancashire with a requirement for Master's Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 15 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 143 86 14
Rank change year-on-year -57 -72 +84
Permanent jobs citing Master's Degree 14 1 95
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lancashire 0.61% 0.077% 13.61%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.76% 0.27% 33.93%
Number of salaries quoted 4 1 0
10th Percentile £47,870 - -
25th Percentile £55,925 £39,750 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £81,103 £41,500 -
Median % change year-on-year +95.43% - -
75th Percentile £104,750 £43,250 -
90th Percentile £113,300 - -
North West median annual salary £69,315 £66,440 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.33% +6.30% +4.17%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Lancashire

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 Lancashire.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,842 367 280
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lancashire 79.77% 28.10% 40.11%
Number of salaries quoted 1,113 322 107
10th Percentile - £26,250 £26,730
25th Percentile £47,683 £35,940 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% +2.04% +28.95%
75th Percentile £54,793 £55,000 £60,800
90th Percentile £58,943 £63,750 £72,360
North West median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +11.62%

Master's Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

Job vacancy trend for Master's Degree in Lancashire

Master's Degree
Salary Trend in Lancashire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Master's Degree in Lancashire.

Salary trend for Master's Degree in Lancashire

Master's Degree
Salary Histogram in Lancashire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Master's Degree in Lancashire over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Master's Degree in Lancashire

Master's Degree
Job Locations in Lancashire

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 Lancashire region over the 6 months to 15 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
Preston - 10 £100,000 - 3
Blackburn - 2 £79,000 - 6
Lancaster +13 1 £62,205 +49.89% 1
Blackpool - 1 - - 1
Master's Degree
North West

Master's Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Lancashire 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 1 (7.14%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 2 (14.29%) Azure
2 1 (7.14%) AWS
2 1 (7.14%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (7.14%) Nutanix
2 1 (7.14%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.14%) NAS
1 1 (7.14%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.14%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Git
General
1 7 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (28.57%) Electronics
3 2 (14.29%) Social Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Aerospace
4 1 (7.14%) Automotive
4 1 (7.14%) Finance
4 1 (7.14%) Legal
4 1 (7.14%) Marketing
4 1 (7.14%) Retail
Job Titles
1 5 (35.71%) Engineering Manager
2 4 (28.57%) Senior
2 4 (28.57%) Senior Electrical Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Architect
3 1 (7.14%) Biostatistician
3 1 (7.14%) Data Scientist
3 1 (7.14%) Enterprise Architect
3 1 (7.14%) Managing Director
3 1 (7.14%) Trainer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.14%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (35.71%) Customer Engagement
2 5 (35.71%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
2 5 (35.71%) Systems Engineering
3 4 (28.57%) Decision-Making
4 3 (21.43%) Computer Science
5 2 (14.29%) Business Strategy
5 2 (14.29%) Mathematics
5 2 (14.29%) Statistics
6 1 (7.14%) Architectural Design
6 1 (7.14%) Architecture Governance
6 1 (7.14%) Budget Management
6 1 (7.14%) Budgeting
6 1 (7.14%) Containerisation
6 1 (7.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 1 (7.14%) MLOps
6 1 (7.14%) Roadmaps
6 1 (7.14%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (7.14%) Technology Roadmap
6 1 (7.14%) Zachman Framework
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.14%) Python
1 1 (7.14%) SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (100.00%) Degree
2 9 (64.29%) BPSS Clearance
3 5 (35.71%) Chartered Engineer
4 2 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (14.29%) PhD
5 1 (7.14%) Azure Certification
5 1 (7.14%) MBA
5 1 (7.14%) SC Cleared
5 1 (7.14%) Security Cleared
5 1 (7.14%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.14%) Accessibility
1 1 (7.14%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (7.14%) Docker
1 1 (7.14%) Hyper-V
1 1 (7.14%) KVM
1 1 (7.14%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (7.14%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (7.14%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (7.14%) PayPal
1 1 (7.14%) Red Hat
1 1 (7.14%) Sparx
1 1 (7.14%) VMware