Master's Degree Jobs in the North East

Master's Degree
England > North East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North East with a requirement for Master's Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 11 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 44 93 9
Rank change year-on-year +49 -84 +106
Permanent jobs citing Master's Degree 24 25 199
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 3.19% 1.34% 15.63%
As % of the Qualifications category 9.60% 6.54% 46.71%
Number of salaries quoted 2 21 5
10th Percentile £32,725 - -
25th Percentile £36,438 £30,000 £47,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,750 £50,000 £47,672
Median % change year-on-year -8.50% +4.88% -2.45%
75th Percentile £56,938 - -
90th Percentile £61,775 - -
England median annual salary £69,315 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +6.64% - -7.14%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North East

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 North East.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 250 382 426
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 33.24% 20.54% 33.46%
Number of salaries quoted 114 302 164
10th Percentile £32,500 £27,500 £33,000
25th Percentile £40,500 £31,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £43,583 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +29.64% -8.25% +18.75%
75th Percentile £70,000 £60,625 £60,200
90th Percentile £84,550 £73,250 £70,600
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £59,600
% change year-on-year - -7.72% +8.36%

Master's Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

Job vacancy trend for Master's Degree in the North East

Master's Degree
Salary Trend in the North East

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

Salary trend for Master's Degree in the North East

Master's Degree
Salary Histogram in the North East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Master's Degree in the North East over the 6 months to 11 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Master's Degree in the North East

Master's Degree
Job Locations in the North East

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 North East region over the 6 months to 11 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
Tyne and Wear +37 23 £45,750 -8.50% 33
Durham - 1 - - 5
Master's Degree
England

Master's Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North East 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 20 (83.33%) Chatbot
General
1 10 (41.67%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (8.33%) Agriculture
2 2 (8.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (4.17%) Advertising
3 1 (4.17%) Finance
Job Titles
1 20 (83.33%) Trainer
2 3 (12.50%) Instructor
3 2 (8.33%) Research Scientist
3 2 (8.33%) Statistician
4 1 (4.17%) Analyst
4 1 (4.17%) Cybersecurity Specialist
4 1 (4.17%) Data Analyst
4 1 (4.17%) Design Engineer
4 1 (4.17%) Graduate
4 1 (4.17%) Principal Engineer
4 1 (4.17%) Principal Systems Engineer
4 1 (4.17%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.17%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.17%) Data Centre
1 1 (4.17%) Derivative
1 1 (4.17%) Equities
1 1 (4.17%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (87.50%) Artificial Intelligence
2 20 (83.33%) Conversational UI
3 11 (45.83%) Chemistry
3 11 (45.83%) Mathematics
4 7 (29.17%) Computer Science
5 6 (25.00%) Statistics
6 5 (20.83%) Physics
7 4 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
8 2 (8.33%) Economics
9 1 (4.17%) Cloud Security
9 1 (4.17%) Data Analysis
9 1 (4.17%) Data Science
9 1 (4.17%) Incident Response
9 1 (4.17%) Intelligent Automation
9 1 (4.17%) OO
9 1 (4.17%) OOP
9 1 (4.17%) Project Management
9 1 (4.17%) Software Engineering
9 1 (4.17%) Systems Engineering
9 1 (4.17%) Thought Leadership
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.17%) C#
1 1 (4.17%) C++
1 1 (4.17%) Java
1 1 (4.17%) Python
Qualifications
1 24 (100.00%) Degree
2 21 (87.50%) PhD
3 1 (4.17%) CEH
3 1 (4.17%) CISA
3 1 (4.17%) CISM
3 1 (4.17%) CISSP
3 1 (4.17%) Numerate Degree
3 1 (4.17%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.17%) GDPR
1 1 (4.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (4.17%) NIST
Vendors
1 20 (83.33%) PayPal
2 1 (4.17%) Capita