Master's Degree Job Trends in Merseyside

Master's Degree
North West > Merseyside

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Merseyside with a requirement for Master's Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 5 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 20 60 19
Rank change year-on-year +40 -41 -
Permanent jobs citing Master's Degree 49 4 50
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Merseyside 8.67% 0.47% 8.88%
As % of the Qualifications category 22.90% 3.03% 28.41%
Number of salaries quoted 2 3 3
10th Percentile £53,250 - £50,670
25th Percentile £54,375 £62,500 £54,638
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £70,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -17.86% +12.00% -
75th Percentile £59,375 £77,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £59,750 - -
North West median annual salary £58,750 £62,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -6.00% - +13.64%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Merseyside

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 Merseyside.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 214 132 176
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Merseyside 37.88% 15.53% 31.26%
Number of salaries quoted 35 74 84
10th Percentile £25,032 £29,111 £27,600
25th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £32,469
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £46,500 £46,250
Median % change year-on-year -24.73% +0.54% -0.54%
75th Percentile £61,250 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £75,250 £66,320
North West median annual salary £50,000 £50,055 £57,500
% change year-on-year -0.11% -12.95% +21.05%

Master's Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

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

Job vacancy trend for Master's Degree in Merseyside

Master's Degree
Salary Trend in Merseyside

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

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

Master's Degree
Job Locations in Merseyside

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 Merseyside region over the 6 months to 5 September 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
Liverpool +45 49 £57,500 -17.86% 15
Master's Degree
North West

Master's Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Merseyside 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 47 (95.92%) Chatbot
2 2 (4.08%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (4.08%) AWS
1 2 (4.08%) GCP
1 2 (4.08%) Power Platform
1 2 (4.08%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.08%) Amazon Redshift
1 2 (4.08%) BigQuery
1 2 (4.08%) Looker
1 2 (4.08%) Power BI
1 2 (4.08%) Tableau
General
1 44 (89.80%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (4.08%) Finance
Job Titles
1 47 (95.92%) Trainer
2 7 (14.29%) Lecturer
3 2 (4.08%) Analyst
3 2 (4.08%) Biostatistician
3 2 (4.08%) Data Analyst
3 2 (4.08%) Senior
3 2 (4.08%) Senior Analyst
3 2 (4.08%) Senior Data Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.08%) Molecular Biology
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (95.92%) Artificial Intelligence
1 47 (95.92%) Conversational UI
2 42 (85.71%) Chemistry
3 5 (10.20%) Computer Science
3 5 (10.20%) Statistics
4 3 (6.12%) Mathematics
5 2 (4.08%) Biology
5 2 (4.08%) Biostatistics
5 2 (4.08%) Biotechnology
5 2 (4.08%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (4.08%) CRM
5 2 (4.08%) Dashboard Development
5 2 (4.08%) Data Analysis
5 2 (4.08%) Data Interpretation
5 2 (4.08%) Data Visualisation
5 2 (4.08%) E-Commerce
5 2 (4.08%) Economics
5 2 (4.08%) Predictive Modelling
5 2 (4.08%) Statistical Analysis
5 2 (4.08%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.08%) Python
1 2 (4.08%) SQL
Qualifications
1 49 (100.00%) Degree
2 47 (95.92%) PhD
Vendors
1 47 (95.92%) PayPal
2 2 (4.08%) Google
2 2 (4.08%) HubSpot