Master's Degree Jobs in the South West

Master's Degree
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for Master's Degree qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 18 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 199 41 166
Rank change year-on-year -158 +125 +6
Permanent jobs citing Master's Degree 95 506 155
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 1.05% 7.01% 1.97%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.87% 16.85% 5.18%
Number of salaries quoted 60 50 53
10th Percentile £26,250 £35,017 £43,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £43,125 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,750 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.64% -23.75% +33.33%
75th Percentile £65,000 £74,688 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% -10.71% +12.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South 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 South West with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,311 3,003 2,991
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 36.65% 41.58% 37.93%
Number of salaries quoted 2,173 1,301 1,560
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% +3.09%
75th Percentile £66,250 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £76,520
England median annual salary £54,700 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.87% +4.55% -

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 18 April 2024.

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 18 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
Bristol -41 36 £65,000 +30.00% 33
Dorset -56 20 £45,000 +12.50% 4
Somerset -45 12 £56,180 +24.33% 10
Gloucestershire -83 11 £36,250 -57.35% 6
Devon -51 7 £27,500 -24.67% 10
Cornwall - 4 £47,347 - 2
Wiltshire -54 1 £60,000 +31.15% 12
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 2 (2.11%) WordPress
2 1 (1.05%) Apache
2 1 (1.05%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 6 (6.32%) Microsoft Office
1 6 (6.32%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 12 (12.63%) Power Platform
2 9 (9.47%) AWS
3 7 (7.37%) Azure
4 2 (2.11%) GitHub
4 2 (2.11%) npm
4 2 (2.11%) SaaS
5 1 (1.05%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.05%) dbt
5 1 (1.05%) Power Automate
5 1 (1.05%) PowerApps
5 1 (1.05%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.11%) DNS
1 2 (2.11%) Firewall
1 2 (2.11%) Internet
1 2 (2.11%) TCP/IP
1 2 (2.11%) Wireless
1 2 (2.11%) Wireless Security
2 1 (1.05%) Bluetooth
2 1 (1.05%) OFDM
2 1 (1.05%) Software-Defined Radio
2 1 (1.05%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (1.05%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (12.63%) Power BI
2 8 (8.42%) Big Data
3 7 (7.37%) Tableau
4 6 (6.32%) Relational Database
4 6 (6.32%) Snowflake Schema
4 6 (6.32%) Star Schema
5 4 (4.21%) Electronic Patient Records
6 2 (2.11%) MongoDB
6 2 (2.11%) NoSQL
7 1 (1.05%) Looker
7 1 (1.05%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (6.32%) JIRA
2 3 (3.16%) Git
3 2 (2.11%) Burp Suite
3 2 (2.11%) Metasploit
4 1 (1.05%) Rational DOORS
General
1 17 (17.89%) Social Skills
2 14 (14.74%) Law
3 13 (13.68%) Finance
3 13 (13.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 12 (12.63%) Legal
5 9 (9.47%) Banking
5 9 (9.47%) Investment Banking
6 8 (8.42%) Retail
7 7 (7.37%) Analytical Skills
8 4 (4.21%) Pharmaceutical
8 4 (4.21%) Public Sector
9 3 (3.16%) Games
9 3 (3.16%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (3.16%) Marketing
9 3 (3.16%) Military
9 3 (3.16%) Multimedia
10 2 (2.11%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (1.05%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 19 (20.00%) Analyst
2 17 (17.89%) Graduate
2 17 (17.89%) Senior
3 13 (13.68%) Business Analyst
3 13 (13.68%) Developer
4 10 (10.53%) Senior Analyst
5 9 (9.47%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 9 (9.47%) Data Manager
5 9 (9.47%) IT Analyst
5 9 (9.47%) IT Security Analyst
5 9 (9.47%) Lead
5 9 (9.47%) Security Analyst
6 8 (8.42%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
6 8 (8.42%) Senior IT Security Analyst
6 8 (8.42%) Senior Security Analyst
6 8 (8.42%) Software Developer
7 6 (6.32%) Data Engineer
7 6 (6.32%) Quantity Surveyor
7 6 (6.32%) Technical Analyst
7 6 (6.32%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (8.42%) AngularJS
2 6 (6.32%) React
3 2 (2.11%) CSS
3 2 (2.11%) CSS3
3 2 (2.11%) HTML
3 2 (2.11%) HTML5
3 2 (2.11%) JSON
3 2 (2.11%) Sass
3 2 (2.11%) Tailwind CSS
3 2 (2.11%) Twitter Bootstrap
3 2 (2.11%) Unity (Game Engine)
3 2 (2.11%) XML
4 1 (1.05%) .NET
4 1 (1.05%) .NET Framework
4 1 (1.05%) Flutter
4 1 (1.05%) Kafka
4 1 (1.05%) PyTorch
4 1 (1.05%) Qt
4 1 (1.05%) Unreal Engine
4 1 (1.05%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 12 (12.63%) Driving Licence
2 8 (8.42%) Data Protection Act
2 8 (8.42%) Onboarding
2 8 (8.42%) Security Operations Centre
3 4 (4.21%) Algorithms
4 2 (2.11%) Animation
4 2 (2.11%) Embedded Systems
4 2 (2.11%) Mobile App
4 2 (2.11%) RISC-V
5 1 (1.05%) BBC
5 1 (1.05%) CESG
5 1 (1.05%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.05%) NHS
5 1 (1.05%) Reinsurance
5 1 (1.05%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.05%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 1 (1.05%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 4 (4.21%) Windows
2 3 (3.16%) Linux
3 2 (2.11%) Kali Linux
3 2 (2.11%) Unix
3 2 (2.11%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.05%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (50.53%) Problem-Solving
2 27 (28.42%) Computer Science
3 23 (24.21%) Analytics
4 21 (22.11%) Data Analysis
5 20 (21.05%) Agile
5 20 (21.05%) Data Science
6 18 (18.95%) Project Management
7 15 (15.79%) Visualisation
8 14 (14.74%) Cybersecurity
8 14 (14.74%) Risk Management
9 11 (11.58%) Information Security
10 10 (10.53%) Artificial Intelligence
10 10 (10.53%) Data Governance
11 9 (9.47%) Business Strategy
11 9 (9.47%) DevOps
11 9 (9.47%) Front End Development
11 9 (9.47%) Mathematics
11 9 (9.47%) Operations Management
11 9 (9.47%) Predictive Modelling
11 9 (9.47%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 25 (26.32%) Python
2 14 (14.74%) SQL
3 10 (10.53%) C#
3 10 (10.53%) R
4 8 (8.42%) JavaScript
5 7 (7.37%) TypeScript
6 6 (6.32%) T-SQL
7 5 (5.26%) MATLAB
8 3 (3.16%) C
9 2 (2.11%) Bash
9 2 (2.11%) PHP
Qualifications
1 95 (100.00%) Degree
2 11 (11.58%) MBA
2 11 (11.58%) Security Cleared
3 10 (10.53%) BPSS Clearance
3 10 (10.53%) CISSP
4 9 (9.47%) CompTIA CySA+
5 7 (7.37%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (6.32%) IIBA
6 6 (6.32%) PhD
7 2 (2.11%) CHECK Team Member
7 2 (2.11%) CREST Certified
7 2 (2.11%) OSCP
8 1 (1.05%) CESG Certified Professional
8 1 (1.05%) DBS Check
8 1 (1.05%) DV Cleared
8 1 (1.05%) ISSAP
8 1 (1.05%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (9.47%) Data Quality
2 8 (8.42%) GDPR
2 8 (8.42%) NIST
2 8 (8.42%) PCI DSS
3 4 (4.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (4.21%) QA
4 2 (2.11%) IEC 61508
5 1 (1.05%) ECSS
5 1 (1.05%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (4.21%) Docker
2 2 (2.11%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.11%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 8 (8.42%) CASB
2 2 (2.11%) Nmap
3 1 (1.05%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 10 (10.53%) Microsoft
2 2 (2.11%) Fujitsu
3 1 (1.05%) Databricks