Master's Degree Jobs in London

Master's Degree
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in 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 12 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 51 106 154
Rank change year-on-year +55 +48 +29
Permanent jobs citing Master's Degree 704 661 844
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 5.44% 2.80% 2.46%
As % of the Qualifications category 15.84% 9.81% 9.46%
Number of salaries quoted 175 339 410
10th Percentile £57,200 £48,600 £46,250
25th Percentile £67,500 £62,600 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £80,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% - -5.88%
75th Percentile £120,000 £97,500 £107,188
90th Percentile £137,500 £122,500 £135,250
England median annual salary £69,315 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +6.64% - -7.14%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
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 London.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,445 6,739 8,926
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 34.37% 28.51% 26.05%
Number of salaries quoted 1,980 4,263 5,614
10th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £48,791 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% - +3.85%
75th Percentile £92,500 £87,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £105,000 £112,500
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 London

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

Job vacancy trend for Master's Degree in London

Master's Degree
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Master's Degree in London

Master's Degree
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Master's Degree in London over the 6 months to 12 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Master's Degree in London

Master's Degree
Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 12 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
South London +61 121 £80,000 -17.95% 1
Central London -15 89 £75,000 -11.76% 49
West London +70 78 £76,500 +47.83% 15
North London +17 76 - - 4
East London +20 41 £96,250 -19.79% 9
Master's Degree
England

Master's Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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:

Application Platforms
1 8 (1.14%) Apache Spark
2 5 (0.71%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (0.57%) Cloud Foundry
4 3 (0.43%) Jupyter
5 2 (0.28%) Apache
5 2 (0.28%) SAS
5 2 (0.28%) WordPress
6 1 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.14%) SharePoint
Applications
1 355 (50.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 12 (1.70%) Chatbot
3 9 (1.28%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.43%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.28%) Blender
5 2 (0.28%) Maya
5 2 (0.28%) SOLIDWORKS
6 1 (0.14%) Stata
6 1 (0.14%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (0.43%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.14%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.14%) SAP CO
2 1 (0.14%) SAP ERP
2 1 (0.14%) SAP FI
2 1 (0.14%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 78 (11.08%) AWS
2 77 (10.94%) Azure
3 36 (5.11%) GCP
4 16 (2.27%) Amazon EC2
5 13 (1.85%) Adobe Analytics
6 11 (1.56%) Power Platform
7 9 (1.28%) SaaS
8 8 (1.14%) Cloud Computing
9 7 (0.99%) Serverless
10 6 (0.85%) Dialogflow
11 5 (0.71%) Azure DevOps
12 4 (0.57%) Amazon SageMaker
12 4 (0.57%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 3 (0.43%) Amazon S3
13 3 (0.43%) Azure Data Factory
13 3 (0.43%) Azure Monitor
13 3 (0.43%) Azure Sentinel
13 3 (0.43%) Entra ID
13 3 (0.43%) PaaS
14 2 (0.28%) Azure Machine Learning
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.42%) Firewall
2 5 (0.71%) Network Security
3 3 (0.43%) DNS
3 3 (0.43%) HTTP
4 2 (0.28%) Broadband
4 2 (0.28%) DHCP
4 2 (0.28%) DKIM
4 2 (0.28%) DMARC
4 2 (0.28%) Link 16
4 2 (0.28%) Tactical Data Link
4 2 (0.28%) VLAN
4 2 (0.28%) VPN
5 1 (0.14%) 5G
5 1 (0.14%) BGP
5 1 (0.14%) Internet
5 1 (0.14%) Intranet
5 1 (0.14%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (0.14%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.14%) WAN
5 1 (0.14%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (4.12%) Tableau
2 23 (3.27%) PostgreSQL
3 12 (1.70%) Relational Database
3 12 (1.70%) SQL Server
4 11 (1.56%) NoSQL
5 8 (1.14%) Hadoop
5 8 (1.14%) Power BI
6 7 (0.99%) Amazon Redshift
6 7 (0.99%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (0.71%) Big Data
7 5 (0.71%) Data Lake
7 5 (0.71%) MySQL
7 5 (0.71%) Neo4j
8 4 (0.57%) Apache Hive
9 2 (0.28%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.28%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (0.28%) Elasticsearch
9 2 (0.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 1 (0.14%) Amazon Aurora
10 1 (0.14%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 29 (4.12%) Git
2 14 (1.99%) IntelliJ
3 10 (1.42%) JIRA
4 6 (0.85%) Cypress.io
4 6 (0.85%) Jenkins
5 5 (0.71%) Burp Suite
5 5 (0.71%) Gatling
5 5 (0.71%) JMeter
5 5 (0.71%) Moq
5 5 (0.71%) Selenium
5 5 (0.71%) SpecFlow
6 4 (0.57%) GitLab
6 4 (0.57%) JUnit
6 4 (0.57%) Postman
6 4 (0.57%) REST Assured
6 4 (0.57%) TestCafe
6 4 (0.57%) TestNG
7 3 (0.43%) PowerBuilder
8 1 (0.14%) Bugzilla
8 1 (0.14%) WebDriver
General
1 460 (65.34%) Social Skills
2 442 (62.78%) Finance
3 437 (62.07%) Analytical Skills
4 367 (52.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 366 (51.99%) Banking
6 353 (50.14%) Financial Institution
7 349 (49.57%) French Language
8 347 (49.29%) German Language
9 55 (7.81%) Law
10 26 (3.69%) Pharmaceutical
11 17 (2.41%) Legal
11 17 (2.41%) Marketing
12 16 (2.27%) Presentation Skills
13 13 (1.85%) Games
14 12 (1.70%) Public Sector
15 10 (1.42%) Telecoms
16 8 (1.14%) Front Office
17 6 (0.85%) Influencing Skills
17 6 (0.85%) Retail Banking
18 4 (0.57%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 413 (58.66%) Analyst
2 347 (49.29%) Credit Analyst
2 347 (49.29%) Research Analyst
3 96 (13.64%) Senior
4 37 (5.26%) Lead
5 29 (4.12%) Data Scientist
6 27 (3.84%) Developer
7 22 (3.13%) Senior Manager
8 21 (2.98%) Senior Data Scientist
9 19 (2.70%) Qualitative Analyst
9 19 (2.70%) Quantitative Analyst
10 16 (2.27%) Data Engineer
10 16 (2.27%) Java Engineer
10 16 (2.27%) Software Engineer
11 15 (2.13%) Data Analyst
11 15 (2.13%) Platform Engineer
11 15 (2.13%) Senior Analyst
11 15 (2.13%) Trainer
12 14 (1.99%) Lead Data Engineer
12 14 (1.99%) Senior Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (5.26%) Pandas
2 34 (4.83%) NumPy
3 33 (4.69%) REST
4 32 (4.55%) PyTorch
5 31 (4.40%) React
6 28 (3.98%) TensorFlow
7 27 (3.84%) .NET
8 21 (2.98%) SciPy
9 19 (2.70%) scikit-learn
10 17 (2.41%) OpenCV
11 14 (1.99%) AngularJS
11 14 (1.99%) ARM Templates
12 10 (1.42%) .NET Framework
12 10 (1.42%) PySpark
12 10 (1.42%) SpaCy
13 9 (1.28%) .NET Core
13 9 (1.28%) Entity Framework
13 9 (1.28%) Flask
14 7 (0.99%) Hugging Face
14 7 (0.99%) Plotly
Miscellaneous
1 358 (50.85%) Credit Risk
2 347 (49.29%) Fixed Income
3 71 (10.09%) Algorithms
4 23 (3.27%) Robotics
5 22 (3.13%) Management Information System
6 19 (2.70%) Life Science
6 19 (2.70%) Virtual Team
7 12 (1.70%) Self-Motivation
8 11 (1.56%) Reinsurance
9 8 (1.14%) Derivative
10 7 (0.99%) Data Structures
10 7 (0.99%) Security Posture
11 6 (0.85%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 5 (0.71%) Cloud Native
12 5 (0.71%) Distributed Systems
13 4 (0.57%) Data Centre
13 4 (0.57%) Enterprise Software
13 4 (0.57%) Onboarding
13 4 (0.57%) Product Ownership
13 4 (0.57%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 9 (1.28%) Windows
2 5 (0.71%) Robot Operating System
3 4 (0.57%) Linux
3 4 (0.57%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.28%) Mac OS X
5 1 (0.14%) Android
5 1 (0.14%) Android TV
5 1 (0.14%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.14%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 386 (54.83%) Decision-Making
2 381 (54.12%) Risk Management
3 371 (52.70%) Business Strategy
4 354 (50.28%) Risk Assessment
5 353 (50.14%) Asset Management
6 350 (49.72%) Financial Modelling
6 350 (49.72%) Portfolio Management
7 348 (49.43%) Credit Risk Analysis
8 168 (23.86%) Computer Science
9 124 (17.61%) Analytics
10 117 (16.62%) Artificial Intelligence
10 117 (16.62%) Data Science
11 96 (13.64%) Problem-Solving
12 87 (12.36%) Statistics
13 76 (10.80%) Machine Learning
14 74 (10.51%) Agile
15 71 (10.09%) Mathematics
16 58 (8.24%) Software Engineering
17 57 (8.10%) Visualisation
18 52 (7.39%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 179 (25.43%) Python
2 61 (8.66%) Java
3 56 (7.95%) SQL
4 40 (5.68%) C#
5 29 (4.12%) C++
6 21 (2.98%) Scala
7 15 (2.13%) JavaScript
8 9 (1.28%) PowerShell
9 7 (0.99%) R
10 6 (0.85%) TypeScript
11 3 (0.43%) C
11 3 (0.43%) F#
12 2 (0.28%) VBA
13 1 (0.14%) Go
13 1 (0.14%) MATLAB
13 1 (0.14%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 704 (100.00%) Degree
2 349 (49.57%) CFA
3 145 (20.60%) PhD
4 60 (8.52%) Computer Science Degree
5 32 (4.55%) MBA
6 13 (1.85%) Security Cleared
7 11 (1.56%) AWS Certification
8 10 (1.42%) Azure Certification
9 9 (1.28%) DBS Check
9 9 (1.28%) SC Cleared
10 8 (1.14%) CISM
10 8 (1.14%) CISSP
11 7 (0.99%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 7 (0.99%) PMI Certification
11 7 (0.99%) PMP
12 5 (0.71%) Cisco Certification
12 5 (0.71%) CRISC
12 5 (0.71%) Numerate Degree
13 4 (0.57%) ISTQB
13 4 (0.57%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (1.99%) Accessibility
2 13 (1.85%) NIST
3 10 (1.42%) Data Quality
3 10 (1.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (1.28%) QA
5 7 (0.99%) NIST 800
6 6 (0.85%) GRC
7 5 (0.71%) GDPR
8 4 (0.57%) CDISC
8 4 (0.57%) HIPAA
8 4 (0.57%) SOC 1
8 4 (0.57%) SOC 2
9 3 (0.43%) NCSC
10 2 (0.28%) COBIT
11 1 (0.14%) Basel III
11 1 (0.14%) IFRS
11 1 (0.14%) IFRS 9
11 1 (0.14%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.14%) SLA
System Software
1 53 (7.53%) Docker
2 3 (0.43%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.28%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.14%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 50 (7.10%) Kubernetes
2 24 (3.41%) Terraform
3 5 (0.71%) Grafana
3 5 (0.71%) Prometheus
3 5 (0.71%) RSA Archer
4 3 (0.43%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.28%) Ansible
6 1 (0.14%) Bugsnag
6 1 (0.14%) Istio
Vendors
1 350 (49.72%) Bloomberg
2 41 (5.82%) Microsoft
3 27 (3.84%) Google
4 14 (1.99%) Adobe
5 10 (1.42%) Databricks
6 7 (0.99%) Omniture
7 5 (0.71%) PayPal
7 5 (0.71%) SAP
8 4 (0.57%) Saba
8 4 (0.57%) Workday
9 3 (0.43%) CrowdStrike
9 3 (0.43%) Splunk
10 2 (0.28%) BMC
10 2 (0.28%) DocuSign
10 2 (0.28%) Meraki
10 2 (0.28%) Salesforce
10 2 (0.28%) ServiceNow
10 2 (0.28%) SolarWinds
10 2 (0.28%) Veeam
11 1 (0.14%) Dell