Master's Degree Jobs in Manchester

Master's Degree
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Manchester with a requirement for Master's Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 73 175 55
Rank change year-on-year +102 -120 +144
Permanent jobs citing Master's Degree 103 47 276
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 4.61% 0.86% 5.95%
As % of the Qualifications category 12.94% 3.87% 17.07%
Number of salaries quoted 41 30 4
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £57,375
25th Percentile £47,000 £52,500 £59,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £70,190 £76,250
Median % change year-on-year -28.76% -7.95% +27.08%
75th Percentile £76,250 £84,063 £88,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £97,750 -
North West median annual salary £69,315 £66,440 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.33% +6.30% +8.70%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 796 1,216 1,617
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 35.62% 22.23% 34.84%
Number of salaries quoted 391 819 526
10th Percentile £25,480 £27,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £33,250 £38,000 £45,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -12.50% +12.97%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £81,250 £82,500 £85,000
North West median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +0.11% -13.04% +21.05%

Master's Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Master's Degree in Manchester

Master's Degree
Salary Trend in Manchester

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

Salary trend for Master's Degree in Manchester

Master's Degree
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Master's Degree in Manchester over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Master's Degree in Manchester

Master's Degree
Job Locations in Manchester

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 Manchester region over the 6 months to 31 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
Bolton +14 28 £50,000 -44.44% 1
Stockport +19 9 - - 2
Wigan - 5 £47,500 - 1
Rochdale - 3 £47,500 - 1
Salford +16 2 £39,500 -31.30% 2
Master's Degree
North West

Master's Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 (1.94%) Apache Spark
1 2 (1.94%) CMS
1 2 (1.94%) WordPress
2 1 (0.97%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 45 (43.69%) Chatbot
2 11 (10.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (10.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (1.94%) Sage X3
2 1 (0.97%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.97%) SAP CO
2 1 (0.97%) SAP FI
2 1 (0.97%) SAP FI/CO
2 1 (0.97%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 6 (5.83%) Azure
2 4 (3.88%) Dynamics 365
2 4 (3.88%) Power Platform
3 3 (2.91%) AWS
3 3 (2.91%) GCP
4 2 (1.94%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (1.94%) Google Analytics
4 2 (1.94%) Microsoft Copilot
5 1 (0.97%) Azure API Management
5 1 (0.97%) Azure Event Grid
5 1 (0.97%) Azure Functions
5 1 (0.97%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (0.97%) Azure Machine Learning
5 1 (0.97%) Azure Service Bus
5 1 (0.97%) dbt
5 1 (0.97%) PowerApps
5 1 (0.97%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 6 (5.83%) Firewall
1 6 (5.83%) Intrusion Detection
2 2 (1.94%) DNS
2 2 (1.94%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.91%) Big Data
2 2 (1.94%) Hadoop
2 2 (1.94%) MongoDB
2 2 (1.94%) MySQL
2 2 (1.94%) NoSQL
2 2 (1.94%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.97%) Power BI
3 1 (0.97%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (0.97%) MLflow
General
1 62 (60.19%) Analytical Skills
2 31 (30.10%) Social Skills
3 25 (24.27%) Finance
4 16 (15.53%) Presentation Skills
5 13 (12.62%) Organisational Skills
6 8 (7.77%) Marketing
7 7 (6.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (5.83%) Aerospace
9 4 (3.88%) Arabic Language
9 4 (3.88%) German Language
9 4 (3.88%) Italian Language
10 2 (1.94%) Law
10 2 (1.94%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.94%) Retail
11 1 (0.97%) Agriculture
11 1 (0.97%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 45 (43.69%) Trainer
2 13 (12.62%) Vendor Manager
3 11 (10.68%) Project Manager
4 7 (6.80%) Analyst
4 7 (6.80%) Architect
4 7 (6.80%) Principal Engineer
5 6 (5.83%) Data Scientist
5 6 (5.83%) Security Architect
6 4 (3.88%) Market Analyst
7 3 (2.91%) Consultant
7 3 (2.91%) Data Engineer
7 3 (2.91%) Senior
8 2 (1.94%) Accountant
8 2 (1.94%) Business Analyst
8 2 (1.94%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
8 2 (1.94%) Lecturer
8 2 (1.94%) Management Accountant
8 2 (1.94%) Senior Consultant
9 1 (0.97%) Functional Analyst
9 1 (0.97%) Supply Chain Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.94%) AngularJS
1 2 (1.94%) CSS
1 2 (1.94%) Django
1 2 (1.94%) HTML
1 2 (1.94%) Node.js
1 2 (1.94%) React
1 2 (1.94%) TensorFlow
2 1 (0.97%) PyTorch
2 1 (0.97%) REST
2 1 (0.97%) scikit-learn
2 1 (0.97%) XGBoost
Miscellaneous
1 23 (22.33%) Social Media
2 19 (18.45%) Self-Motivation
2 19 (18.45%) Team-Oriented Environment
3 12 (11.65%) FMCG
4 8 (7.77%) Management Information System
5 6 (5.83%) Security Posture
6 5 (4.85%) Algorithms
7 1 (0.97%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.97%) Low-Code
7 1 (0.97%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 19 (18.45%) Windows
1 19 (18.45%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (45.63%) Artificial Intelligence
2 45 (43.69%) Conversational UI
3 33 (32.04%) Problem-Solving
4 32 (31.07%) Statistics
5 30 (29.13%) Computer Science
6 28 (27.18%) Market Research
7 21 (20.39%) Chemistry
7 21 (20.39%) Collaborative Working
7 21 (20.39%) Continuous Improvement
7 21 (20.39%) Mathematics
8 18 (17.48%) Analytics
8 18 (17.48%) Decision-Making
9 16 (15.53%) Business Intelligence
9 16 (15.53%) Economics
10 15 (14.56%) Analytical Thinking
10 15 (14.56%) Budgeting
10 15 (14.56%) Supply Chain Management
11 14 (13.59%) Data Analysis
12 13 (12.62%) Financial Analysis
12 13 (12.62%) Supplier Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (7.77%) Python
2 4 (3.88%) SQL
3 3 (2.91%) C#
3 3 (2.91%) Java
4 2 (1.94%) C++
4 2 (1.94%) JavaScript
4 2 (1.94%) PHP
5 1 (0.97%) R
Qualifications
1 103 (100.00%) Degree
2 50 (48.54%) PhD
3 23 (22.33%) DBS Check
4 11 (10.68%) MBA
5 9 (8.74%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (6.80%) HNC
7 6 (5.83%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 6 (5.83%) CEH
7 6 (5.83%) CISA
7 6 (5.83%) Cisco Certification
7 6 (5.83%) CISM
7 6 (5.83%) CISSP
8 2 (1.94%) ACCA
8 2 (1.94%) CIMA
8 2 (1.94%) Security Cleared
9 1 (0.97%) SAP Certification
9 1 (0.97%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (10.68%) Data Quality
2 6 (5.83%) GDPR
2 6 (5.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (5.83%) NIST
Vendors
1 45 (43.69%) PayPal
2 15 (14.56%) Microsoft
3 11 (10.68%) Capita
4 8 (7.77%) SAP
5 2 (1.94%) Google
5 2 (1.94%) Sage