Master's Degree Jobs in Tyne and Wear

Master's Degree
North East > Tyne and Wear

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Tyne and Wear with a requirement for Master's Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 30 82 11
Rank change year-on-year +52 -71 +78
Permanent jobs citing Master's Degree 29 23 129
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 5.56% 1.60% 14.11%
As % of the Qualifications category 16.20% 8.55% 42.57%
Number of salaries quoted 3 20 3
10th Percentile £35,200 - -
25th Percentile £42,625 £30,000 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 £47,672
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% +4.88% -2.45%
75th Percentile £65,000 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North East median annual salary £60,000 £50,000 £47,672
% change year-on-year +20.00% +4.88% -2.45%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 179 269 303
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 34.29% 18.73% 33.15%
Number of salaries quoted 97 234 128
10th Percentile £32,500 £27,575 £34,850
25th Percentile £40,500 £31,250 £41,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £42,500 £48,625
Median % change year-on-year +29.41% -12.60% +2.37%
75th Percentile £67,500 £53,750 £60,800
90th Percentile £82,500 £72,249 £70,600
North East median annual salary £56,500 £42,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +32.94% -10.53% +18.75%

Master's Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

Job postings citing Master's Degree as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear.

Job vacancy trend for Master's Degree in Tyne and Wear

Master's Degree
Salary Trend in Tyne and Wear

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Master's Degree in Tyne and Wear.

Salary trend for Master's Degree in Tyne and Wear

Master's Degree
Salary Histogram in Tyne and Wear

Salary distribution for jobs citing Master's Degree in Tyne and Wear over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Master's Degree in Tyne and Wear

Master's Degree
Job Locations in Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear region over the 6 months to 30 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
Newcastle upon Tyne +55 22 £60,000 +100.00% 60
Sunderland - 6 - - 2
Master's Degree
North East

Master's Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Tyne and Wear 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:

Applications
1 24 (82.76%) Chatbot
General
1 14 (48.28%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (6.90%) Agriculture
2 2 (6.90%) Social Skills
3 1 (3.45%) Advertising
3 1 (3.45%) Finance
Job Titles
1 24 (82.76%) Trainer
2 3 (10.34%) Instructor
3 2 (6.90%) Design Engineer
3 2 (6.90%) Principal Engineer
3 2 (6.90%) Principal Systems Engineer
3 2 (6.90%) Research Scientist
3 2 (6.90%) Statistician
3 2 (6.90%) Systems Engineer
4 1 (3.45%) Analyst
4 1 (3.45%) Cybersecurity Specialist
4 1 (3.45%) Data Analyst
4 1 (3.45%) Graduate
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.90%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.90%) Data Centre
1 2 (6.90%) SCADA
2 1 (3.45%) Derivative
2 1 (3.45%) Equities
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (86.21%) Artificial Intelligence
2 24 (82.76%) Conversational UI
3 14 (48.28%) Chemistry
4 12 (41.38%) Mathematics
5 7 (24.14%) Computer Science
6 6 (20.69%) Physics
6 6 (20.69%) Statistics
7 5 (17.24%) Problem-Solving
8 2 (6.90%) Continuous Improvement
8 2 (6.90%) Economics
8 2 (6.90%) Systems Engineering
9 1 (3.45%) Analytics
9 1 (3.45%) Cybersecurity
9 1 (3.45%) Data Science
9 1 (3.45%) DevOps
9 1 (3.45%) Machine Learning
9 1 (3.45%) OO
9 1 (3.45%) OOP
9 1 (3.45%) Project Management
9 1 (3.45%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.45%) C#
1 1 (3.45%) C++
1 1 (3.45%) Java
1 1 (3.45%) Python
Qualifications
1 29 (100.00%) Degree
2 25 (86.21%) PhD
3 1 (3.45%) CEH
3 1 (3.45%) CISA
3 1 (3.45%) CISM
3 1 (3.45%) CISSP
3 1 (3.45%) Numerate Degree
3 1 (3.45%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.45%) GDPR
1 1 (3.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (3.45%) NIST
Vendors
1 24 (82.76%) PayPal
2 1 (3.45%) Capita