Master's Degree Job Trends in Staffordshire

Master's Degree
West Midlands > Staffordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Staffordshire with a requirement for Master's Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 7 - 44
Rank change year-on-year - - +32
Permanent jobs citing Master's Degree 270 0 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Staffordshire 27.22% - 0.85%
As % of the Qualifications category 52.73% - 2.63%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £27,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 - £29,000
75th Percentile - - £31,000
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £28,500
% change year-on-year +4.76% +84.21% -48.18%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Staffordshire

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 Staffordshire.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 512 194 114
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Staffordshire 51.61% 34.04% 32.11%
Number of salaries quoted 78 108 106
10th Percentile £27,694 £28,200 £23,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £26,826
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +11.11% +6.51%
75th Percentile £67,188 £54,625 £53,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £63,825 £58,750
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £55,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.91% +11.00% +4.70%

Master's Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Staffordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Master's Degree relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Staffordshire.

Master's Degree job vacancy trend in Staffordshire

Master's Degree
Salary Trend in Staffordshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Staffordshire citing Master's Degree.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Staffordshire citing Master's Degree

Master's Degree
Job Locations in Staffordshire

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 Staffordshire region over the 6 months to 19 December 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
Stoke-on-Trent - 14 - -
Rugeley - 10 £65,000 -
Lichfield - 9 - -
Burntwood - 8 - -
Cannock - 8 - -
Tamworth - 8 - -
Master's Degree
West Midlands

Master's Degree
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Staffordshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 14 (5.19%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.37%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 253 (93.70%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 253 (93.70%) Internet
Development Applications
1 1 (0.37%) JIRA
1 1 (0.37%) Rational DOORS
General
1 254 (94.07%) Social Skills
2 253 (93.70%) Banking
2 253 (93.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 6 (2.22%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (0.74%) Agriculture
5 1 (0.37%) Advertising
5 1 (0.37%) Aerospace
5 1 (0.37%) Automotive
5 1 (0.37%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 191 (70.74%) Lecturer
2 14 (5.19%) Trainer
3 5 (1.85%) Biostatistician
3 5 (1.85%) Research Scientist
4 2 (0.74%) Control Systems Engineer
4 2 (0.74%) Lead
5 1 (0.37%) Embedded Engineer
5 1 (0.37%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 1 (0.37%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 253 (93.70%) IoT
2 6 (2.22%) Molecular Biology
3 2 (0.74%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 267 (98.89%) AI
2 255 (94.44%) Cybersecurity
3 253 (93.70%) Machine Learning
3 253 (93.70%) User Experience
3 253 (93.70%) Web Development
4 14 (5.19%) Conversational UI
5 6 (2.22%) Biochemistry
5 6 (2.22%) Biology
5 6 (2.22%) Biotechnology
5 6 (2.22%) Chemistry
5 6 (2.22%) Data Interpretation
5 6 (2.22%) Experimental Design
6 5 (1.85%) Biostatistics
7 4 (1.48%) Physics
8 2 (0.74%) Cost Management
8 2 (0.74%) Mathematics
8 2 (0.74%) Mentoring
8 2 (0.74%) Problem-Solving
8 2 (0.74%) Project Delivery
8 2 (0.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.37%) C
1 1 (0.37%) C++
1 1 (0.37%) Embedded C
1 1 (0.37%) MATLAB
1 1 (0.37%) Python
Qualifications
1 270 (100.00%) Degree
2 267 (98.89%) PhD
3 253 (93.70%) Postgraduate
4 1 (0.37%) SC Cleared
4 1 (0.37%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 14 (5.19%) PayPal