Master's Degree Jobs in the South West

Master's Degree
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South 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 13 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 72 202 37
Rank change year-on-year +130 -165 +119
Permanent jobs citing Master's Degree 116 95 494
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 3.24% 1.02% 7.29%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.23% 2.88% 17.51%
Number of salaries quoted 18 64 55
10th Percentile £43,125 £27,675 £41,550
25th Percentile £45,000 £32,500 £43,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -16.67%
75th Percentile £57,500 £65,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £73,750 £82,750 £84,800
England median annual salary £69,315 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +6.64% - -7.14%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South 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 South West.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,861 3,300 2,822
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 52.06% 35.54% 41.62%
Number of salaries quoted 1,017 2,149 1,282
10th Percentile £29,750 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £39,759 £37,940
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,600 £53,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.68% +1.90% +5.00%
75th Percentile £61,250 £67,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £73,750 £80,250 £79,750
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 South West

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

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

Master's Degree
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Master's Degree in the South West

Master's Degree
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Master's Degree in the South West over the 6 months to 13 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Master's Degree in the South West

Master's Degree
Job Locations in the South 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 South West region over the 6 months to 13 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
Dorset +64 65 - - 11
Bristol +57 27 £49,254 -24.23% 53
Somerset +10 11 £65,000 +15.70% 7
Wiltshire +49 8 £55,000 -8.33% 14
Devon +19 2 - - 12
Cornwall +11 2 £42,500 -10.24%
Gloucestershire +55 1 - - 39
Master's Degree
England

Master's Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South 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 3 (2.59%) SAS
2 2 (1.72%) ArcGIS
3 1 (0.86%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 8 (6.90%) Chatbot
2 3 (2.59%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 3 (2.59%) Azure
2 2 (1.72%) AWS
2 2 (1.72%) GCP
3 1 (0.86%) Azure Cosmos DB
3 1 (0.86%) Azure Data Factory
3 1 (0.86%) Azure Logic Apps
3 1 (0.86%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 1 (0.86%) Boomi
3 1 (0.86%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.72%) Firewall
1 2 (1.72%) Internet
1 2 (1.72%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.72%) GIS
1 2 (1.72%) QGIS
2 1 (0.86%) Apache Cassandra
2 1 (0.86%) Big Data
2 1 (0.86%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (1.72%) Burp Suite
1 2 (1.72%) Metasploit
General
1 24 (20.69%) Analytical Skills
2 15 (12.93%) Electronics
3 9 (7.76%) Banking
3 9 (7.76%) Finance
4 5 (4.31%) Aerospace
4 5 (4.31%) Social Skills
5 3 (2.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (2.59%) Legal
5 3 (2.59%) Public Speaking
5 3 (2.59%) Retail
6 2 (1.72%) Environmental Health
6 2 (1.72%) Telecoms
7 1 (0.86%) Agriculture
7 1 (0.86%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 51 (43.97%) Principal Engineer
2 18 (15.52%) Engineering Manager
3 17 (14.66%) Senior
4 12 (10.34%) Senior Electrical Engineer
5 8 (6.90%) Trainer
6 4 (3.45%) Data Scientist
6 4 (3.45%) Support Engineer
6 4 (3.45%) Technical Support
6 4 (3.45%) Technical Support Engineer
7 3 (2.59%) Analyst
7 3 (2.59%) Cyber Threat Analyst
7 3 (2.59%) Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst
7 3 (2.59%) Electronics Engineer
7 3 (2.59%) Graduate
7 3 (2.59%) Lead
7 3 (2.59%) Senior Electronics Engineer
7 3 (2.59%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
8 2 (1.72%) Penetration Tester
8 2 (1.72%) Remote Sensing Specialist
8 2 (1.72%) Senior Penetration Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.45%) PyTorch
1 4 (3.45%) TensorFlow
2 2 (1.72%) Hugging Face
3 1 (0.86%) Node.js
3 1 (0.86%) RESTful
3 1 (0.86%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 8 (6.90%) Algorithms
2 6 (5.17%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (4.31%) Cyber Threat
4 3 (2.59%) Embedded Systems
4 3 (2.59%) Hackathon
4 3 (2.59%) Learning Management System
4 3 (2.59%) Mobile App
5 2 (1.72%) Lidar
5 2 (1.72%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.72%) Reinsurance
5 2 (1.72%) Virtual Team
6 1 (0.86%) Distributed Computing
6 1 (0.86%) IoT
6 1 (0.86%) Low-Code
6 1 (0.86%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (0.86%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (43.97%) Safety Engineering
2 22 (18.97%) Systems Engineering
3 18 (15.52%) Customer Engagement
3 18 (15.52%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
4 15 (12.93%) Decision-Making
5 14 (12.07%) Artificial Intelligence
5 14 (12.07%) Problem-Solving
6 12 (10.34%) Computer Science
7 8 (6.90%) Continuous Improvement
7 8 (6.90%) Conversational UI
7 8 (6.90%) Mathematics
7 8 (6.90%) Software Engineering
7 8 (6.90%) Statistics
8 7 (6.03%) Agile
8 7 (6.03%) Data Science
9 6 (5.17%) Cybersecurity
9 6 (5.17%) Machine Learning
10 5 (4.31%) Actionable Insight
10 5 (4.31%) Analytics
10 5 (4.31%) Chemistry
Programming Languages
1 12 (10.34%) Python
2 5 (4.31%) C#
3 4 (3.45%) Java
4 3 (2.59%) JavaScript
4 3 (2.59%) Kotlin
4 3 (2.59%) MATLAB
5 2 (1.72%) Bash
6 1 (0.86%) R
6 1 (0.86%) Scala
6 1 (0.86%) SQL
Qualifications
1 116 (100.00%) Degree
2 85 (73.28%) BPSS Clearance
3 69 (59.48%) Chartered Engineer
4 18 (15.52%) PhD
5 4 (3.45%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.72%) CHECK Team Member
6 2 (1.72%) CREST Certified
7 1 (0.86%) HNC
7 1 (0.86%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (43.97%) Def Stans
1 51 (43.97%) IEC 61508
2 2 (1.72%) Actionable Recommendations
2 2 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.86%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 1 (0.86%) GDPR
3 1 (0.86%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (1.72%) Nmap
Vendors
1 8 (6.90%) PayPal
2 3 (2.59%) Google
2 3 (2.59%) IBM
2 3 (2.59%) Microsoft
3 2 (1.72%) Databricks
4 1 (0.86%) Facebook
4 1 (0.86%) SnapLogic
4 1 (0.86%) YouTube