Master's Degree Jobs in the North West

Master's Degree
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for Master's Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 55 220 43
Rank change year-on-year +165 -177 +197
Permanent jobs citing Master's Degree 437 75 531
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 5.47% 0.76% 6.75%
As % of the Qualifications category 8.49% 3.15% 19.56%
Number of salaries quoted 200 35 13
10th Percentile £50,000 £40,850 -
25th Percentile £61,967 £52,500 £16,800
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,315 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.64% +4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £73,708 £80,625 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £93,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £69,315 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +6.64% - -7.14%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 5,145 2,384 2,715
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 64.44% 24.22% 34.53%
Number of salaries quoted 2,600 1,621 925
10th Percentile £31,250 £26,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £41,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +11.62%
75th Percentile £58,943 £63,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £71,250 £79,600 £85,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% +9.09%

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 14 May 2025.

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 14 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
Cumbria +20 309 £69,315 - 17
Manchester +80 88 £62,500 -7.93% 95
Merseyside +54 18 - - 17
Lancashire -50 14 £81,103 +95.43% 56
Cheshire +2 8 £84,000 +52.73% 19
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 2 (0.46%) Apache Spark
1 2 (0.46%) CMS
1 2 (0.46%) WordPress
2 1 (0.23%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 133 (30.43%) Abaqus
2 101 (23.11%) Mathcad
3 42 (9.61%) Chatbot
4 11 (2.52%) Microsoft Excel
4 11 (2.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (1.37%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 1 (0.23%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 10 (2.29%) Azure
2 7 (1.60%) AWS
3 5 (1.14%) GCP
3 5 (1.14%) Power Platform
4 4 (0.92%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (0.46%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (0.46%) Google Analytics
5 2 (0.46%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (0.23%) Azure API Management
6 1 (0.23%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (0.23%) Azure Event Grid
6 1 (0.23%) Azure Functions
6 1 (0.23%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (0.23%) Azure Machine Learning
6 1 (0.23%) Azure Service Bus
6 1 (0.23%) dbt
6 1 (0.23%) Nutanix
6 1 (0.23%) PowerApps
6 1 (0.23%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 14 (3.20%) Firewall
1 14 (3.20%) Intrusion Detection
2 2 (0.46%) DNS
2 2 (0.46%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.23%) NAS
3 1 (0.23%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (0.69%) Big Data
2 2 (0.46%) Hadoop
2 2 (0.46%) MongoDB
2 2 (0.46%) MySQL
2 2 (0.46%) NoSQL
2 2 (0.46%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (0.46%) Power BI
3 1 (0.23%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (0.23%) Git
1 1 (0.23%) MLflow
General
1 221 (50.57%) Analytical Skills
2 169 (38.67%) Social Skills
3 108 (24.71%) Manufacturing
4 33 (7.55%) Agriculture
5 23 (5.26%) Finance
6 16 (3.66%) Presentation Skills
7 13 (2.97%) Organisational Skills
8 9 (2.06%) Marketing
9 7 (1.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (1.14%) Aerospace
11 4 (0.92%) Arabic Language
11 4 (0.92%) Electronics
11 4 (0.92%) German Language
11 4 (0.92%) Italian Language
12 3 (0.69%) Retail
13 2 (0.46%) Law
14 1 (0.23%) Automotive
14 1 (0.23%) Legal
14 1 (0.23%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 144 (32.95%) Senior
2 121 (27.69%) Commissioning Manager
3 101 (23.11%) Engineering Specialist
3 101 (23.11%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
4 60 (13.73%) Engineering Manager
5 42 (9.61%) Trainer
6 17 (3.89%) Architect
7 15 (3.43%) Security Architect
8 13 (2.97%) Vendor Manager
9 11 (2.52%) Project Manager
10 7 (1.60%) Data Scientist
10 7 (1.60%) Principal Engineer
11 6 (1.37%) Project Engineer
12 4 (0.92%) Analyst
12 4 (0.92%) Lecturer
12 4 (0.92%) Market Analyst
12 4 (0.92%) Senior Electrical Engineer
13 3 (0.69%) Consultant
13 3 (0.69%) Data Engineer
13 3 (0.69%) Manufacturing Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (0.69%) TensorFlow
2 2 (0.46%) AngularJS
2 2 (0.46%) CSS
2 2 (0.46%) Django
2 2 (0.46%) HTML
2 2 (0.46%) Node.js
2 2 (0.46%) PyTorch
2 2 (0.46%) React
3 1 (0.23%) .NET
3 1 (0.23%) ASP.NET
3 1 (0.23%) ASP.NET MVC
3 1 (0.23%) Keras
3 1 (0.23%) REST
3 1 (0.23%) scikit-learn
3 1 (0.23%) XGBoost
Miscellaneous
1 31 (7.09%) Social Media
2 27 (6.18%) Self-Motivation
2 27 (6.18%) Team-Oriented Environment
3 14 (3.20%) Management Information System
3 14 (3.20%) Security Posture
4 12 (2.75%) FMCG
5 6 (1.37%) Algorithms
6 1 (0.23%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (0.23%) Low-Code
6 1 (0.23%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 27 (6.18%) Windows
1 27 (6.18%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 139 (31.81%) Finite Element Analysis
2 133 (30.43%) CAD
3 121 (27.69%) People Management
3 121 (27.69%) Performance Optimisation
4 62 (14.19%) Systems Engineering
5 59 (13.50%) Validation
6 58 (13.27%) Stakeholder Management
7 57 (13.04%) Project Planning
8 55 (12.59%) Verification and Validation
9 49 (11.21%) Problem-Solving
10 45 (10.30%) Artificial Intelligence
11 42 (9.61%) Conversational UI
12 35 (8.01%) Computer Science
13 29 (6.64%) Collaborative Working
14 28 (6.41%) Continuous Improvement
14 28 (6.41%) Market Research
15 27 (6.18%) Statistics
16 26 (5.95%) Chemistry
17 23 (5.26%) Decision-Making
18 19 (4.35%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 10 (2.29%) Python
2 5 (1.14%) SQL
3 4 (0.92%) C#
4 3 (0.69%) Java
5 2 (0.46%) C++
5 2 (0.46%) JavaScript
5 2 (0.46%) PHP
6 1 (0.23%) R
Qualifications
1 437 (100.00%) Degree
2 310 (70.94%) BPSS Clearance
3 193 (44.16%) Chartered Engineer
4 135 (30.89%) MBA
5 133 (30.43%) HND
6 49 (11.21%) PhD
7 31 (7.09%) DBS Check
8 19 (4.35%) Computer Science Degree
9 14 (3.20%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 14 (3.20%) CEH
9 14 (3.20%) CISA
9 14 (3.20%) Cisco Certification
9 14 (3.20%) CISM
9 14 (3.20%) CISSP
10 7 (1.60%) HNC
11 3 (0.69%) Security Cleared
12 2 (0.46%) SC Cleared
13 1 (0.23%) PMI Certification
13 1 (0.23%) PMP
13 1 (0.23%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (3.20%) GDPR
1 14 (3.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 14 (3.20%) NIST
2 12 (2.75%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.23%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.23%) QA
System Software
1 2 (0.46%) Docker
2 1 (0.23%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.23%) KVM
2 1 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (0.23%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (0.46%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 42 (9.61%) PayPal
2 15 (3.43%) Microsoft
3 11 (2.52%) Capita
4 7 (1.60%) SAP
5 2 (0.46%) Google
6 1 (0.23%) Red Hat
6 1 (0.23%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.23%) Sparx
6 1 (0.23%) VMware