Master's Degree Jobs in the Midlands

Master's Degree
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for Master's Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 137 226 53
Rank change year-on-year +89 -173 +230
Permanent jobs citing Master's Degree 116 99 566
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 1.67% 0.85% 5.93%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.94% 3.45% 14.88%
Number of salaries quoted 15 57 38
10th Percentile - £32,500 £13,500
25th Percentile £15,000 £34,500 £14,325
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,000 £55,000 £35,750
Median % change year-on-year -43.64% +53.85% -29.90%
75th Percentile £61,875 £77,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £71,000 £91,250 £71,500
England median annual salary £69,315 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +6.64% +4.00% -10.71%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,944 2,872 3,805
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 56.78% 24.60% 39.84%
Number of salaries quoted 848 1,853 1,277
10th Percentile £26,675 £25,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £32,000 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.39% -5.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £62,625 £61,250 £63,750
90th Percentile £74,014 £75,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £58,193
% change year-on-year - -5.49% +5.81%

Master's Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Master's Degree in the Midlands

Master's Degree
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Master's Degree in the Midlands

Master's Degree
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Master's Degree in the Midlands over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Master's Degree in the Midlands

Master's Degree
Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 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
East Midlands +78 69 £67,500 +9.87% 67
West Midlands +39 47 £23,000 -52.82% 86
Master's Degree
England

Master's Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 1 (0.86%) Confluence
Applications
1 63 (54.31%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.86%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 6 (5.17%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (0.86%) Azure
2 1 (0.86%) Azure Data Factory
2 1 (0.86%) Azure Synapse Analytics
2 1 (0.86%) GitHub
2 1 (0.86%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.72%) Ethernet
1 2 (1.72%) Modbus
1 2 (1.72%) Profibus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (8.62%) Tableau
2 1 (0.86%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (0.86%) Big Data
2 1 (0.86%) GIS
2 1 (0.86%) Power BI
2 1 (0.86%) Spatial Data
2 1 (0.86%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 9 (7.76%) Git
2 1 (0.86%) JIRA
General
1 36 (31.03%) Analytical Skills
2 19 (16.38%) Social Skills
3 11 (9.48%) Electronics
4 10 (8.62%) Presentation Skills
5 9 (7.76%) Retail
6 4 (3.45%) Law
7 3 (2.59%) Aerospace
7 3 (2.59%) Automotive
8 2 (1.72%) Aeronautics
8 2 (1.72%) Agriculture
8 2 (1.72%) Aviation
8 2 (1.72%) Finance
8 2 (1.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.72%) Legal
8 2 (1.72%) Manufacturing
8 2 (1.72%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 63 (54.31%) Trainer
2 13 (11.21%) Analyst
3 11 (9.48%) Engineering Manager
4 9 (7.76%) Data Analyst
5 8 (6.90%) Senior
5 8 (6.90%) Senior Electrical Engineer
6 6 (5.17%) IT Support
6 6 (5.17%) Research Scientist
7 5 (4.31%) Biostatistician
8 4 (3.45%) Developer
8 4 (3.45%) Mathematician
8 4 (3.45%) Qualitative Analyst
8 4 (3.45%) Quantitative Analyst
9 3 (2.59%) Lead
9 3 (2.59%) Systems Engineer
10 2 (1.72%) Project Leader
10 2 (1.72%) Support Specialist
10 2 (1.72%) Technical Specialist
10 2 (1.72%) Technical Support
10 2 (1.72%) Technical Support Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 6 (5.17%) EPoS
2 5 (4.31%) Molecular Biology
3 4 (3.45%) SCADA
4 2 (1.72%) Renewable Energy
4 2 (1.72%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (0.86%) Algorithms
5 1 (0.86%) Fibre Optics
5 1 (0.86%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (0.86%) Lidar
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.59%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (55.17%) Artificial Intelligence
2 63 (54.31%) Conversational UI
3 54 (46.55%) Mathematics
4 30 (25.86%) Physics
5 25 (21.55%) Statistics
6 23 (19.83%) Problem-Solving
7 20 (17.24%) Chemistry
8 18 (15.52%) Computer Science
9 13 (11.21%) Systems Engineering
10 12 (10.34%) Decision-Making
11 11 (9.48%) Analytics
11 11 (9.48%) Customer Engagement
11 11 (9.48%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
12 10 (8.62%) Mentoring
12 10 (8.62%) Roadmaps
12 10 (8.62%) Visualisation
13 9 (7.76%) Data Pipeline
13 9 (7.76%) Storytelling
14 7 (6.03%) Customer Service
14 7 (6.03%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 14 (12.07%) Python
2 10 (8.62%) SQL
3 2 (1.72%) C++
3 2 (1.72%) Ladder Logic
3 2 (1.72%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 116 (100.00%) Degree
2 68 (58.62%) PhD
3 19 (16.38%) BPSS Clearance
4 11 (9.48%) Chartered Engineer
5 9 (7.76%) DBS Check
6 2 (1.72%) HNC
6 2 (1.72%) HND
6 2 (1.72%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.72%) ISO 9001
2 1 (0.86%) Accessibility
2 1 (0.86%) Data Quality
2 1 (0.86%) ISO 26262
2 1 (0.86%) PMO
2 1 (0.86%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (0.86%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 63 (54.31%) PayPal
2 9 (7.76%) Databricks
3 2 (1.72%) Allen-Bradley
3 2 (1.72%) Facebook
3 2 (1.72%) Rockwell
3 2 (1.72%) Siemens
3 2 (1.72%) YouTube
4 1 (0.86%) Atlassian
4 1 (0.86%) ESRI
4 1 (0.86%) Microsoft