Master's Degree Jobs in the North West

Master's Degree
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for Master's Degree qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 209 45 254
Rank change year-on-year -164 +209 -38
Permanent jobs citing Master's Degree 81 533 87
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.84% 6.69% 0.92%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.42% 19.16% 3.09%
Number of salaries quoted 33 14 33
10th Percentile £40,300 £16,800 £36,275
25th Percentile £52,500 £22,913 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £80,000 £69,688 £75,000
90th Percentile £89,250 £83,125 -
England median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% -10.71% +9.80%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North West

Master's Degree is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,365 2,782 2,819
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 24.39% 34.94% 29.96%
Number of salaries quoted 1,601 938 1,303
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,750 £27,600
25th Percentile £36,250 £38,787 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £85,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.17% +5.45% -

Master's Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

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

Master's Degree
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Master's Degree in the North West

Master's Degree
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Master's Degree in the North West over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Master's Degree in the North West

Master's Degree
Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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
Manchester -105 50 £67,880 +6.48% 37
Cumbria - 15 - - 6
Cheshire -60 8 £55,000 +29.41% 12
Merseyside -65 6 £33,000 -26.67% 1
Lancashire -74 1 £41,500 - 10
Master's Degree
England

Master's Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 4 (4.94%) Apache Spark
1 4 (4.94%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Business Applications
1 4 (4.94%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (3.70%) SAP APO
2 3 (3.70%) SAP MM
2 3 (3.70%) SAP PP
2 3 (3.70%) SAP SD
2 3 (3.70%) SAP WM
3 1 (1.23%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 22 (27.16%) Azure
2 14 (17.28%) AWS
3 10 (12.35%) GCP
4 9 (11.11%) Dynamics 365
5 7 (8.64%) Power Platform
6 5 (6.17%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (2.47%) FinancialForce
8 1 (1.23%) dbt
8 1 (1.23%) IaaS
8 1 (1.23%) PaaS
8 1 (1.23%) SaaS
8 1 (1.23%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 7 (8.64%) Network Security
2 5 (6.17%) PPP
3 4 (4.94%) Ethernet
3 4 (4.94%) RS-232
3 4 (4.94%) TCP/IP
3 4 (4.94%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (3.70%) Firewall
5 2 (2.47%) Internet
5 2 (2.47%) LAN
5 2 (2.47%) VPN
5 2 (2.47%) WAN
6 1 (1.23%) tcpdump
6 1 (1.23%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.94%) Big Data
1 4 (4.94%) Hadoop
2 3 (3.70%) Data Mining
2 3 (3.70%) Relational Database
2 3 (3.70%) Tableau
3 2 (2.47%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (2.47%) MongoDB
3 2 (2.47%) NoSQL
3 2 (2.47%) Power BI
4 1 (1.23%) Apache Cassandra
4 1 (1.23%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (1.23%) MySQL
4 1 (1.23%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (1.23%) RDBMS
4 1 (1.23%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (8.64%) Git
2 4 (4.94%) Subversion
General
1 28 (34.57%) Social Skills
2 14 (17.28%) Finance
3 12 (14.81%) Retail
4 11 (13.58%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (6.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 5 (6.17%) Law
6 4 (4.94%) Back Office
6 4 (4.94%) Local Government
6 4 (4.94%) Marketing
7 3 (3.70%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (2.47%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (2.47%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (2.47%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (2.47%) Telecoms
9 1 (1.23%) French Language
9 1 (1.23%) Legal
9 1 (1.23%) Mandarin Language
9 1 (1.23%) Manufacturing
9 1 (1.23%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (1.23%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 25 (30.86%) Senior
2 23 (28.40%) Graduate
3 11 (13.58%) Quantity Surveyor
4 7 (8.64%) Senior Software Engineer
4 7 (8.64%) Software Engineer
5 6 (7.41%) Analyst
6 5 (6.17%) Architect
6 5 (6.17%) SAP Architect
6 5 (6.17%) Senior Analyst
7 4 (4.94%) Head of Architecture
7 4 (4.94%) Head of Enterprise Architecture
7 4 (4.94%) Network Engineer
7 4 (4.94%) Senior Network Engineer
8 3 (3.70%) Data Engineer
8 3 (3.70%) Data Scientist
8 3 (3.70%) Developer
8 3 (3.70%) Financial Analyst
8 3 (3.70%) SAP Supply Chain Architect
8 3 (3.70%) Senior Financial Analyst
8 3 (3.70%) Supply Chain Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (7.41%) .NET
2 4 (4.94%) ASP.NET Web API
2 4 (4.94%) React
2 4 (4.94%) WCF
2 4 (4.94%) Web Services
2 4 (4.94%) WinForms
3 2 (2.47%) Node.js
3 2 (2.47%) React Native
4 1 (1.23%) .NET Core
4 1 (1.23%) AngularJS
4 1 (1.23%) Express.js
4 1 (1.23%) GraphQL
4 1 (1.23%) Kafka
4 1 (1.23%) MEAN Stack
4 1 (1.23%) MERN Stack
4 1 (1.23%) NestJS
4 1 (1.23%) RESTful
4 1 (1.23%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 21 (25.93%) Driving Licence
2 6 (7.41%) Management Information System
3 3 (3.70%) Algorithms
3 3 (3.70%) Analytical Mindset
3 3 (3.70%) Onboarding
3 3 (3.70%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (2.47%) Client/Server
4 2 (2.47%) Cyber Defence
4 2 (2.47%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (1.23%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.23%) CSOC
5 1 (1.23%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.23%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.47%) Linux
1 2 (2.47%) Unix
1 2 (2.47%) Windows
1 2 (2.47%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (65.43%) Problem-Solving
2 31 (38.27%) Computer Science
3 19 (23.46%) Project Management
4 15 (18.52%) Continuous Improvement
5 14 (17.28%) Cybersecurity
6 12 (14.81%) Business Strategy
7 11 (13.58%) Analytics
7 11 (13.58%) Decision-Making
7 11 (13.58%) Mathematics
7 11 (13.58%) Project Delivery
7 11 (13.58%) Roadmaps
7 11 (13.58%) Software Engineering
8 10 (12.35%) Experiential Learning
9 9 (11.11%) Agile
9 9 (11.11%) DevOps
10 8 (9.88%) Customer Service
11 7 (8.64%) Collaborative Working
11 7 (8.64%) Data Pipeline
11 7 (8.64%) Data Science
11 7 (8.64%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 15 (18.52%) Python
2 9 (11.11%) SQL
3 6 (7.41%) C#
4 5 (6.17%) Java
5 3 (3.70%) Scala
5 3 (3.70%) TypeScript
6 2 (2.47%) Bash
6 2 (2.47%) PowerShell
7 1 (1.23%) C++
7 1 (1.23%) R
Qualifications
1 81 (100.00%) Degree
2 17 (20.99%) Computer Science Degree
3 9 (11.11%) Chartered Engineer
4 5 (6.17%) Cisco Certification
4 5 (6.17%) MBA
4 5 (6.17%) PhD
5 4 (4.94%) CCIE
5 4 (4.94%) CCNP
6 3 (3.70%) CompTIA Security+
6 3 (3.70%) SAP Certification
6 3 (3.70%) Security Cleared
7 2 (2.47%) AWS Certification
7 2 (2.47%) Azure Certification
7 2 (2.47%) CREST Certified
7 2 (2.47%) DBS Check
8 1 (1.23%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 1 (1.23%) CCA
8 1 (1.23%) CISSP
8 1 (1.23%) PMP
8 1 (1.23%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (4.94%) PCI DSS
1 4 (4.94%) PMO
2 3 (3.70%) Accessibility
2 3 (3.70%) Data Quality
2 3 (3.70%) NIST
3 2 (2.47%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (2.47%) QA
4 1 (1.23%) NCSC
4 1 (1.23%) SOC 2
System Software
1 2 (2.47%) Active Directory
1 2 (2.47%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.23%) Docker
2 1 (1.23%) Snort
Systems Management
1 1 (1.23%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 8 (9.88%) Microsoft
2 5 (6.17%) SAP
3 3 (3.70%) CA
4 2 (2.47%) Google
4 2 (2.47%) Salesforce
4 2 (2.47%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
4 2 (2.47%) VMware