Master's Degree Job Trends in Newcastle upon Tyne

Master's Degree
Tyne and Wear > Newcastle upon Tyne

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

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 20 - 43
Rank change year-on-year - - +17
Permanent jobs citing Master's Degree 41 0 4
As % of all permanent jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne 7.24% - 1.18%
As % of the Qualifications category 23.30% - 4.49%
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 2
10th Percentile £73,000 - £36,125
25th Percentile £100,000 - £45,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £105,000 - £63,750
75th Percentile £110,000 - £85,313
90th Percentile - - £96,375
Tyne and Wear median annual salary £105,000 - £40,000

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Newcastle upon Tyne

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 Newcastle upon Tyne.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 176 125 89
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 31.10% 21.55% 26.18%
Number of salaries quoted 96 75 69
10th Percentile - £30,750 £29,900
25th Percentile £28,250 £38,875 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -49.17% +14.29% +5.00%
75th Percentile £60,750 £84,250 £65,500
90th Percentile £80,125 £95,000 £81,138
Tyne and Wear median annual salary £40,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% - +6.61%

Master's Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

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

Master's Degree job vacancy trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Master's Degree
Salary Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing Master's Degree.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing Master's Degree

Master's Degree
Salary Histogram in Newcastle upon Tyne

Salary distribution for jobs citing Master's Degree in Newcastle upon Tyne over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Master's Degree in Newcastle upon Tyne

Master's Degree
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne 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 (2.44%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 35 (85.37%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 5 (12.20%) Azure
2 4 (9.76%) AWS
2 4 (9.76%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (2.44%) Azure Data Factory
3 1 (2.44%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (2.44%) Azure Stack
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.44%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (2.44%) Data Mining
1 1 (2.44%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (2.44%) Spark SQL
1 1 (2.44%) SQL Server
General
1 24 (58.54%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (2.44%) Agriculture
2 1 (2.44%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (2.44%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 35 (85.37%) Trainer
2 4 (9.76%) Head of IT
2 4 (9.76%) Head of IT Security
2 4 (9.76%) Head of Security
2 4 (9.76%) Research Scientist
3 3 (7.32%) Head of Engineering
4 1 (2.44%) Data Engineer
4 1 (2.44%) Design Engineer
4 1 (2.44%) Principal Engineer
4 1 (2.44%) Principal Systems Engineer
4 1 (2.44%) Statistician
4 1 (2.44%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.44%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 5 (12.20%) Management Information System
2 4 (9.76%) Onboarding
3 3 (7.32%) Molecular Biology
4 1 (2.44%) Data Centre
4 1 (2.44%) EPoS
4 1 (2.44%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (85.37%) AI
1 35 (85.37%) Conversational UI
2 23 (56.10%) Chemistry
3 10 (24.39%) Mathematics
4 9 (21.95%) Physics
5 6 (14.63%) Computer Science
6 5 (12.20%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (9.76%) Business Continuity
7 4 (9.76%) Cybersecurity
7 4 (9.76%) Disaster Recovery
7 4 (9.76%) High Availability
7 4 (9.76%) Identity Access Management
7 4 (9.76%) Incident Management
7 4 (9.76%) Problem Management
7 4 (9.76%) Security Operations
7 4 (9.76%) Service Management
7 4 (9.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 4 (9.76%) Threat Detection
7 4 (9.76%) Threat Management
7 4 (9.76%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.44%) Python
1 1 (2.44%) SQL
Qualifications
1 41 (100.00%) Degree
2 35 (85.37%) PhD
3 4 (9.76%) AWS Certification
3 4 (9.76%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 4 (9.76%) Azure Certification
3 4 (9.76%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (9.76%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 4 (9.76%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (9.76%) Cyber Essentials
1 4 (9.76%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
Vendors
1 35 (85.37%) PayPal
2 4 (9.76%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.44%) DIgSILENT