Master's Degree Job Trends in Surrey

Master's Degree
South East > Surrey

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Surrey with a requirement for Master's Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 7 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 7 76 77
Rank change year-on-year +69 +1 -6
Permanent jobs citing Master's Degree 257 33 9
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 17.18% 2.42% 1.02%
As % of the Qualifications category 43.12% 5.98% 2.57%
Number of salaries quoted 28 3 9
10th Percentile £30,750 £61,500 £44,500
25th Percentile £68,125 £61,875 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £91,250 £70,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +30.36% +12.00% -
75th Percentile £105,313 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £121,250 - -
South East median annual salary £75,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +15.38% +8.33% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Surrey

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 Surrey.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 596 552 350
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 39.84% 40.53% 39.82%
Number of salaries quoted 290 263 212
10th Percentile £27,024 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £34,000 £40,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,289 £59,908 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.73% +8.92% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £88,775 £85,000 £78,750
South East median annual salary £52,500 £58,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.48% +10.48% +1.94%

Master's Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

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

Master's Degree job vacancy trend in Surrey

Master's Degree
Salary Trend in Surrey

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

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

Master's Degree
Salary Histogram in Surrey

Salary distribution for jobs citing Master's Degree in Surrey over the 6 months to 7 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Master's Degree in Surrey

Master's Degree
Job Locations in Surrey

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 Surrey region over the 6 months to 7 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
Reigate - 11 £31,500 -
Guildford +3 10 £92,500 +32.14% 25
Cobham - 9 - -
Warlingham - 8 - -
Woking - 7 £100,000 - 23
Addlestone +4 6 - -
Banstead - 6 - -
Egham - 6 - - 2
Godstone - 6 - -
Redhill - 5 - - 2
Betchworth - 5 - -
Weybridge - 5 £120,000 - 1
Whyteleafe - 5 - -
Tadworth - 5 - - 1
Thames Ditton - 5 - -
Sunbury-on-Thames +6 4 - - 1
Staines -1 4 - -
Shepperton - 4 - -
Leatherhead - 4 - -
Oxted - 4 - -
Caterham - 4 - -
Chertsey - 4 - -
Epsom - 4 - -
Esher - 4 - -
East Molesey - 4 - -
Walton-on-Thames - 4 - -
Master's Degree
South East

Master's Degree
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (0.78%) Jupyter
1 2 (0.78%) R Markdown
Cloud Services
1 225 (87.55%) Cloud Computing
2 7 (2.72%) AWS
2 7 (2.72%) Azure
3 1 (0.39%) PaaS
3 1 (0.39%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 225 (87.55%) Internet
2 7 (2.72%) LAN
2 7 (2.72%) SD-WAN
2 7 (2.72%) Unified Communications
2 7 (2.72%) VoIP
2 7 (2.72%) VPN
2 7 (2.72%) WAN
2 7 (2.72%) Wi-Fi
3 5 (1.95%) Intranet
4 1 (0.39%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.17%) GIS
2 2 (0.78%) Data Mining
2 2 (0.78%) NoSQL
2 2 (0.78%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (1.17%) Git
1 3 (1.17%) Jenkins
1 3 (1.17%) JIRA
1 3 (1.17%) TestRail
General
1 227 (88.33%) Social Skills
2 225 (87.55%) Banking
2 225 (87.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 7 (2.72%) Telecoms
4 6 (2.33%) Finance
5 5 (1.95%) Legal
6 4 (1.56%) Electronics
7 2 (0.78%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 184 (71.60%) Lecturer
2 9 (3.50%) C++ Software Engineer
2 9 (3.50%) Software Engineer
3 7 (2.72%) Head of IT
3 7 (2.72%) Head of IT Operations
3 7 (2.72%) Head of Operations
4 5 (1.95%) 2nd Line Support
4 5 (1.95%) 2nd Line Support Manager
4 5 (1.95%) Network Manager
4 5 (1.95%) Network Support
4 5 (1.95%) Support Assistant
5 3 (1.17%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
5 3 (1.17%) Python Engineer
5 3 (1.17%) Python Software Engineer
5 3 (1.17%) Scientific Software Engineer
6 2 (0.78%) Senior
7 1 (0.39%) Machine Learning Engineer
7 1 (0.39%) Research Software Engineer
7 1 (0.39%) Safety Engineer
7 1 (0.39%) Strategy Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.33%) Qt
2 3 (1.17%) WPF
3 1 (0.39%) Hugging Face
3 1 (0.39%) LangChain
3 1 (0.39%) Middleware
3 1 (0.39%) NumPy
3 1 (0.39%) Pandas
3 1 (0.39%) PyTorch
3 1 (0.39%) scikit-learn
3 1 (0.39%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 225 (87.55%) IoT
2 7 (2.72%) Algorithms
2 7 (2.72%) Operational Technology
3 6 (2.33%) 3D Graphics
4 5 (1.95%) Data Protection Act
4 5 (1.95%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (1.17%) Data Structures
6 2 (0.78%) Genomics
6 2 (0.78%) Molecular Biology
7 1 (0.39%) Analogue Electronics
7 1 (0.39%) Augmented Reality
7 1 (0.39%) Embedded Systems
7 1 (0.39%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.78%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 238 (92.61%) AI
1 238 (92.61%) Machine Learning
2 232 (90.27%) Cybersecurity
3 225 (87.55%) User Experience
3 225 (87.55%) Web Development
4 12 (4.67%) Computer Science
4 12 (4.67%) Data Protection
4 12 (4.67%) Disaster Recovery
5 11 (4.28%) Mathematics
6 9 (3.50%) Software Engineering
7 8 (3.11%) DevOps
7 8 (3.11%) ERP
8 7 (2.72%) Business Continuity
8 7 (2.72%) High Availability
8 7 (2.72%) Infrastructure Management
8 7 (2.72%) ITIL
8 7 (2.72%) Logistics
8 7 (2.72%) Problem Management
8 7 (2.72%) Project Management
8 7 (2.72%) Resource Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (3.89%) C++
2 8 (3.11%) Python
3 6 (2.33%) C#
4 4 (1.56%) Java
4 4 (1.56%) Julia
4 4 (1.56%) R
5 3 (1.17%) Bash
5 3 (1.17%) C
6 2 (0.78%) SQL
Qualifications
1 257 (100.00%) Degree
2 235 (91.44%) PhD
3 225 (87.55%) Postgraduate
4 7 (2.72%) AWS Certification
4 7 (2.72%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 7 (2.72%) Azure Certification
4 7 (2.72%) CCNP
4 7 (2.72%) Cisco Certification
4 7 (2.72%) PMI Certification
4 7 (2.72%) PMP
5 5 (1.95%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (1.95%) MCSA
5 5 (1.95%) MCSE
5 5 (1.95%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.39%) HNC
6 1 (0.39%) HND
6 1 (0.39%) SC Cleared
6 1 (0.39%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (2.72%) NIST
2 1 (0.39%) Def Stans
2 1 (0.39%) HAZOP
2 1 (0.39%) IEC 61508
2 1 (0.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (0.39%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (0.39%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 12 (4.67%) Cisco
1 12 (4.67%) Microsoft
2 5 (1.95%) Aruba
2 5 (1.95%) HP
2 5 (1.95%) Sage
3 1 (0.39%) Samsung