Master's Degree Job Trends 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 20 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 138 212
Rank change year-on-year +123 +74 -154
Permanent jobs citing Master's Degree 1,080 80 99
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 8.86% 1.64% 0.88%
As % of the Qualifications category 32.94% 4.08% 3.71%
Number of salaries quoted 19 14 57
10th Percentile £30,000 - £32,500
25th Percentile £38,125 £15,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £31,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +77.42% -43.64% +57.14%
75th Percentile £63,020 £66,875 £77,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £71,375 £91,250
England median annual salary £75,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +7.14% +7.69% +4.00%

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 3,279 1,962 2,666
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 26.89% 40.23% 23.64%
Number of salaries quoted 893 796 1,852
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,500 £25,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,688 £31,551
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £58,750 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.17% +4.55% -4.35%

Master's Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Master's Degree relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Master's Degree job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Master's Degree
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Master's Degree

Master's Degree
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Master's Degree in the Midlands over the 6 months to 20 April 2026.

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 20 April 2026. 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
West Midlands +126 941 £55,000 +266.67% 24
East Midlands +16 151 £30,000 -55.56% 38
Master's Degree
England

Master's Degree
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (0.093%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (0.093%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (0.28%) Chatbot
1 3 (0.28%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (0.28%) Microsoft Project
1 3 (0.28%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.093%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.093%) Simulink
2 1 (0.093%) Solid Edge
Cloud Services
1 1,045 (96.76%) Cloud Computing
2 4 (0.37%) Power Platform
3 3 (0.28%) Azure
3 3 (0.28%) Microsoft Copilot
4 2 (0.19%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (0.19%) Google Workspace
4 2 (0.19%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (0.19%) Tricentis Tosca
5 1 (0.093%) AWS
5 1 (0.093%) Azure Machine Learning
5 1 (0.093%) Copilot Studio
5 1 (0.093%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (0.093%) Entra ID
5 1 (0.093%) GCP
5 1 (0.093%) Google Docs
5 1 (0.093%) Google Drive
5 1 (0.093%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (0.093%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1,045 (96.76%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (0.28%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (0.19%) Burp Suite
1 2 (0.19%) Cucumber
1 2 (0.19%) Cypress.io
1 2 (0.19%) Gatling
1 2 (0.19%) GitLab
1 2 (0.19%) HP UFT
1 2 (0.19%) Jenkins
1 2 (0.19%) JMeter
1 2 (0.19%) LoadRunner
1 2 (0.19%) Postman
1 2 (0.19%) REST Assured
1 2 (0.19%) Selenium
1 2 (0.19%) SonarQube
2 1 (0.093%) JIRA
2 1 (0.093%) MLflow
2 1 (0.093%) Rational DOORS
General
1 1,053 (97.50%) Social Skills
2 1,048 (97.04%) Banking
3 1,047 (96.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 12 (1.11%) Manufacturing
5 11 (1.02%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (0.56%) Electronics
7 5 (0.46%) Agriculture
7 5 (0.46%) Influencing Skills
7 5 (0.46%) Retail
8 4 (0.37%) Aerospace
9 3 (0.28%) Legal
10 1 (0.093%) Advertising
10 1 (0.093%) Automotive
10 1 (0.093%) Finance
10 1 (0.093%) German Language
10 1 (0.093%) Law
10 1 (0.093%) Polish Language
Job Titles
1 783 (72.50%) Lecturer
2 6 (0.56%) Senior
3 5 (0.46%) Graduate
3 5 (0.46%) Head of Digital
3 5 (0.46%) Head of Technology
4 4 (0.37%) Android Developer
4 4 (0.37%) Applications Developer
4 4 (0.37%) Developer
4 4 (0.37%) Graduate Applications Developer
4 4 (0.37%) Graduate Developer
4 4 (0.37%) Graduate Mobile Developer
4 4 (0.37%) IT Manager
4 4 (0.37%) Lead
4 4 (0.37%) Mobile Applications Developer
4 4 (0.37%) Mobile Developer
5 3 (0.28%) Systems Engineer
5 3 (0.28%) Trainer
6 2 (0.19%) Analyst
6 2 (0.19%) Business Analyst
6 2 (0.19%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (0.28%) PyTorch
1 3 (0.28%) TensorFlow
2 2 (0.19%) OpenCV
2 2 (0.19%) Playwright
3 1 (0.093%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 1,045 (96.76%) IoT
2 7 (0.65%) Mobile App
3 4 (0.37%) Management Information System
4 2 (0.19%) AI Agents
4 2 (0.19%) Algorithms
4 2 (0.19%) CUDA
4 2 (0.19%) Driving Licence
4 2 (0.19%) Embedded Systems
4 2 (0.19%) Lidar
4 2 (0.19%) Robotics
4 2 (0.19%) Self-Driving Car
5 1 (0.093%) Low-Code
5 1 (0.093%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 4 (0.37%) Android
2 2 (0.19%) Kali Linux
2 2 (0.19%) Linux
2 2 (0.19%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,058 (97.96%) AI
2 1,048 (97.04%) Machine Learning
3 1,047 (96.94%) Cybersecurity
4 1,046 (96.85%) User Experience
5 1,045 (96.76%) Web Development
6 11 (1.02%) Agile
6 11 (1.02%) Computer Science
7 9 (0.83%) Analytics
8 8 (0.74%) Process Improvement
8 8 (0.74%) Validation
9 7 (0.65%) Mentoring
10 6 (0.56%) Problem-Solving
10 6 (0.56%) Stakeholder Management
11 5 (0.46%) CI/CD
11 5 (0.46%) Continuous Improvement
11 5 (0.46%) Customer Experience
11 5 (0.46%) Digital Innovation
11 5 (0.46%) Migration
11 5 (0.46%) Software Testing
11 5 (0.46%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 7 (0.65%) Python
2 4 (0.37%) C++
3 3 (0.28%) Java
3 3 (0.28%) SQL
4 1 (0.093%) C
4 1 (0.093%) Embedded C
4 1 (0.093%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 1,080 (100.00%) Degree
2 1,050 (97.22%) PhD
3 1,045 (96.76%) Postgraduate
4 6 (0.56%) PMI Certification
5 5 (0.46%) PMP
6 3 (0.28%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (0.28%) ISEB
6 3 (0.28%) ISTQB
6 3 (0.28%) MBA
7 2 (0.19%) CBAP
7 2 (0.19%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 2 (0.19%) SC Cleared
7 2 (0.19%) Security Cleared
8 1 (0.093%) HNC
8 1 (0.093%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (0.37%) GDPR
2 2 (0.19%) QA
3 1 (0.093%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (0.093%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.093%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (0.19%) Grafana
1 2 (0.19%) HP Fortify
2 1 (0.093%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.093%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 4 (0.37%) Microsoft
2 3 (0.28%) Oracle
2 3 (0.28%) PayPal
2 3 (0.28%) QAD
2 3 (0.28%) SAP
3 2 (0.19%) Google
3 2 (0.19%) Veracode
4 1 (0.093%) OpenAI
4 1 (0.093%) Salesforce
4 1 (0.093%) ServiceNow