Master's Degree Jobs in the UK excluding London

Master's Degree
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Master's Degree qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 234 41 249
Rank change year-on-year -193 +208 +14
Permanent jobs citing Master's Degree 866 3,985 1,018
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.24% 6.44% 1.44%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.46% 17.64% 4.60%
Number of salaries quoted 435 359 338
10th Percentile £32,500 £22,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £40,187
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £72,500 £70,000 £67,188
90th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £78,505
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% -10.71% +12.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 19,398 22,587 22,148
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 27.66% 36.52% 31.38%
Number of salaries quoted 12,234 8,291 10,269
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £36,122 £37,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,296 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.59% +0.59% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £75,750
UK median annual salary £54,043 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.82% +5.45% -

Master's Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Master's Degree as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Master's Degree in the UK excluding London

Master's Degree
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Master's Degree in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Master's Degree in the UK excluding London

Master's Degree
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Master's Degree in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Master's Degree in the UK excluding London

Master's Degree
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 26 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
South East -101 283 £60,000 - 149
North of England -214 130 £50,000 +6.38% 120
Scotland -101 118 £75,000 +41.51% 43
East of England -100 112 £55,000 -4.35% 112
South West -158 98 £47,500 +3.83% 81
Midlands -168 98 £55,000 +37.50% 95
North West -163 81 £65,000 +8.33% 66
West Midlands -127 57 £52,500 +5.00% 62
East Midlands -121 39 £61,439 +265.71% 33
North East -78 26 £50,000 +4.88% 26
Yorkshire -139 23 £50,000 +12.75% 34
Northern Ireland +21 20 £60,000 - 9
Wales -66 8 £51,250 -35.94% 15
Master's Degree
UK

Master's Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 29 (3.35%) FileNet
2 11 (1.27%) SharePoint
3 8 (0.92%) Apache
3 8 (0.92%) Confluence
4 7 (0.81%) Apache Spark
5 6 (0.69%) IIS
5 6 (0.69%) nginx
6 4 (0.46%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 4 (0.46%) SAS
7 3 (0.35%) WordPress
8 2 (0.23%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.12%) Jupyter
Applications
1 35 (4.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 26 (3.00%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (1.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (1.62%) Simulink
5 10 (1.15%) MS Visio
6 8 (0.92%) Spreadsheet
7 6 (0.69%) InVision
7 6 (0.69%) Sketch
7 6 (0.69%) Trello
7 6 (0.69%) UserZoom
8 5 (0.58%) AutoCAD
9 4 (0.46%) EPLAN
9 4 (0.46%) Microsoft Project
10 3 (0.35%) Adobe XD
11 1 (0.12%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 8 (0.92%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.58%) SAP MM
3 4 (0.46%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.46%) Shopify
4 3 (0.35%) Dynamics GP
4 3 (0.35%) Primavera
4 3 (0.35%) SAP APO
4 3 (0.35%) SAP PP
4 3 (0.35%) SAP SD
4 3 (0.35%) SAP WM
5 1 (0.12%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.12%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 91 (10.51%) AWS
2 86 (9.93%) Azure
3 60 (6.93%) Power Platform
4 44 (5.08%) GitHub
5 39 (4.50%) Figma
6 37 (4.27%) Amazon S3
7 32 (3.70%) SurveyMonkey
8 24 (2.77%) GCP
9 21 (2.42%) Cloud Computing
10 20 (2.31%) SaaS
11 19 (2.19%) Microsoft 365
12 18 (2.08%) Serverless
13 17 (1.96%) PowerApps
14 16 (1.85%) AWS Lambda
15 13 (1.50%) IaaS
16 12 (1.39%) Dynamics 365
16 12 (1.39%) Power Automate
17 11 (1.27%) PaaS
18 9 (1.04%) OneDrive
18 9 (1.04%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 27 (3.12%) 5G
1 27 (3.12%) Broadband
2 17 (1.96%) TCP/IP
3 15 (1.73%) Internet
4 14 (1.62%) Network Security
5 13 (1.50%) HTTP
6 12 (1.39%) Firewall
7 9 (1.04%) Wireless
8 8 (0.92%) Ethernet
9 6 (0.69%) MQTT
10 5 (0.58%) Intranet
10 5 (0.58%) PPP
10 5 (0.58%) SNMP
10 5 (0.58%) Wi-Fi
11 4 (0.46%) LAN
11 4 (0.46%) RS-232
11 4 (0.46%) WAN
11 4 (0.46%) WebEx
12 3 (0.35%) 4G
13 2 (0.23%) RS-485
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (6.24%) Power BI
2 47 (5.43%) NoSQL
3 33 (3.81%) SQL Server
4 32 (3.70%) Elasticsearch
5 30 (3.46%) Apache Cassandra
6 28 (3.23%) Relational Database
7 25 (2.89%) Tableau
8 21 (2.42%) Big Data
9 17 (1.96%) Data Warehouse
10 16 (1.85%) PostgreSQL
11 14 (1.62%) MySQL
12 8 (0.92%) DynamoDB
12 8 (0.92%) GIS
13 7 (0.81%) Snowflake Schema
14 6 (0.69%) Hadoop
14 6 (0.69%) Redis
14 6 (0.69%) Star Schema
15 5 (0.58%) Oracle Reports
15 5 (0.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 4 (0.46%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 57 (6.58%) Git
2 38 (4.39%) Jenkins
3 29 (3.35%) Jasmine
3 29 (3.35%) JUnit
3 29 (3.35%) Mockito
4 18 (2.08%) JIRA
5 10 (1.15%) GitLab
6 4 (0.46%) Subversion
6 4 (0.46%) Team Foundation Server
7 3 (0.35%) Babel
7 3 (0.35%) CMake
7 3 (0.35%) TestRail
7 3 (0.35%) webpack
8 2 (0.23%) Burp Suite
8 2 (0.23%) ERwin
8 2 (0.23%) Metasploit
8 2 (0.23%) Rational DOORS
9 1 (0.12%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.12%) Maven
9 1 (0.12%) TestComplete
General
1 312 (36.03%) Social Skills
2 205 (23.67%) Finance
3 163 (18.82%) Analytical Skills
4 154 (17.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 145 (16.74%) Marketing
6 127 (14.67%) Law
7 66 (7.62%) Manufacturing
8 58 (6.70%) Legal
9 46 (5.31%) Pharmaceutical
10 37 (4.27%) Electronics
11 33 (3.81%) Retail
11 33 (3.81%) Social Science
12 29 (3.35%) Telecoms
13 26 (3.00%) Banking
14 24 (2.77%) Aerospace
15 23 (2.66%) Presentation Skills
16 20 (2.31%) Automotive
17 14 (1.62%) Military
18 13 (1.50%) Investment Banking
18 13 (1.50%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 150 (17.32%) Senior
2 125 (14.43%) Software Engineer
3 87 (10.05%) Lead
4 74 (8.55%) Developer
5 64 (7.39%) Graduate
6 58 (6.70%) Systems Engineer
7 50 (5.77%) Principal Engineer
8 47 (5.43%) Analyst
9 40 (4.62%) Principal Systems Engineer
10 35 (4.04%) Data Scientist
11 31 (3.58%) Architect
12 30 (3.46%) Software Developer
13 26 (3.00%) Senior Software Engineer
14 22 (2.54%) Data Engineer
14 22 (2.54%) Junior
15 21 (2.42%) Senior Analyst
16 19 (2.19%) Quantity Surveyor
17 17 (1.96%) Senior Data Scientist
18 16 (1.85%) Consultant
18 16 (1.85%) User Experience Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 77 (8.89%) AngularJS
2 69 (7.97%) React
3 38 (4.39%) Kafka
4 30 (3.46%) .NET
4 30 (3.46%) GraphQL
5 29 (3.35%) Hibernate
5 29 (3.35%) J2EE
5 29 (3.35%) Spring
5 29 (3.35%) Spring Integration
5 29 (3.35%) Web Services
6 26 (3.00%) RESTful
7 25 (2.89%) HTML
8 17 (1.96%) CSS
9 16 (1.85%) Vue
10 14 (1.62%) OpenACC
10 14 (1.62%) OpenMP
11 13 (1.50%) Flask
11 13 (1.50%) HTML5
11 13 (1.50%) PyTorch
12 11 (1.27%) NumPy
Miscellaneous
1 146 (16.86%) Algorithms
2 56 (6.47%) Cloud Native
3 51 (5.89%) Management Information System
4 47 (5.43%) Data Structures
5 45 (5.20%) Driving Licence
6 34 (3.93%) Product Ownership
7 28 (3.23%) Market Risk
8 24 (2.77%) CUDA
9 21 (2.42%) Analytical Mindset
10 19 (2.19%) Embedded Systems
10 19 (2.19%) IoT
11 18 (2.08%) Onboarding
12 17 (1.96%) Life Science
13 16 (1.85%) Security Operations Centre
14 15 (1.73%) Data Protection Act
14 15 (1.73%) Self-Motivation
15 14 (1.62%) Distributed Systems
15 14 (1.62%) Renewable Energy
16 12 (1.39%) Biopharmaceutical
17 10 (1.15%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 87 (10.05%) Linux
2 38 (4.39%) Windows
3 33 (3.81%) Unix
4 7 (0.81%) FreeRTOS
5 6 (0.69%) Embedded Linux
6 5 (0.58%) Windows Server
7 4 (0.46%) Mac OS X
8 2 (0.23%) Android
8 2 (0.23%) Kali Linux
8 2 (0.23%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.12%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 372 (42.96%) Computer Science
2 344 (39.72%) Problem-Solving
3 201 (23.21%) Agile
4 186 (21.48%) Software Engineering
5 133 (15.36%) Analytics
5 133 (15.36%) Mathematics
6 128 (14.78%) Machine Learning
7 125 (14.43%) Artificial Intelligence
8 117 (13.51%) Roadmaps
9 97 (11.20%) Data Analysis
10 95 (10.97%) User Experience
11 92 (10.62%) Project Management
12 91 (10.51%) DevOps
13 89 (10.28%) Decision-Making
14 85 (9.82%) CI/CD
15 84 (9.70%) Data Science
16 80 (9.24%) Physics
17 77 (8.89%) Mentoring
18 76 (8.78%) Data Analytics
19 73 (8.43%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 252 (29.10%) Python
2 123 (14.20%) SQL
3 94 (10.85%) C
4 77 (8.89%) C#
5 75 (8.66%) C++
5 75 (8.66%) R
6 74 (8.55%) Java
7 58 (6.70%) JavaScript
8 50 (5.77%) Fortran
9 29 (3.35%) MATLAB
10 21 (2.42%) Bash
10 21 (2.42%) TypeScript
11 19 (2.19%) Go
12 14 (1.62%) Rust
13 12 (1.39%) PowerShell
14 10 (1.15%) T-SQL
15 7 (0.81%) Haskell
16 4 (0.46%) Scala
16 4 (0.46%) Shell Script
16 4 (0.46%) VB
Qualifications
1 866 (100.00%) Degree
2 245 (28.29%) PhD
3 187 (21.59%) Computer Science Degree
4 92 (10.62%) MBA
5 54 (6.24%) Security Cleared
6 48 (5.54%) Chartered Engineer
7 18 (2.08%) CISSP
7 18 (2.08%) SC Cleared
8 15 (1.73%) BPSS Clearance
9 11 (1.27%) DBS Check
9 11 (1.27%) DV Cleared
10 10 (1.15%) AWS Certification
10 10 (1.15%) CFA
10 10 (1.15%) CIMA
10 10 (1.15%) CompTIA CySA+
11 9 (1.04%) Cisco Certification
11 9 (1.04%) ITIL Certification
11 9 (1.04%) Microsoft Certification
11 9 (1.04%) Numerate Degree
11 9 (1.04%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (5.08%) QA
2 37 (4.27%) GDPR
3 27 (3.12%) Data Quality
4 25 (2.89%) Accessibility
5 18 (2.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 14 (1.62%) PCI DSS
6 14 (1.62%) PMO
7 13 (1.50%) NIST
8 11 (1.27%) HIPAA
9 10 (1.15%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 7 (0.81%) ISO 13485
10 7 (0.81%) NCSC
11 6 (0.69%) WCAG
12 4 (0.46%) Automotive SPICE
12 4 (0.46%) ISO 26262
13 3 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials
14 2 (0.23%) Actionable Recommendations
14 2 (0.23%) ECSS
14 2 (0.23%) IEC 61508
14 2 (0.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 50 (5.77%) Docker
2 14 (1.62%) Firmware
3 13 (1.50%) Active Directory
4 8 (0.92%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (0.58%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.35%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.23%) HDFS
8 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.12%) Snort
8 1 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.12%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 62 (7.16%) Kubernetes
2 11 (1.27%) Terraform
3 9 (1.04%) CASB
4 7 (0.81%) Ansible
5 4 (0.46%) Functional Safety
5 4 (0.46%) vRealize
5 4 (0.46%) vRealize Orchestrator
6 2 (0.23%) CSIRT
6 2 (0.23%) Nmap
7 1 (0.12%) EMC NetWorker
7 1 (0.12%) SCCM
Vendors
1 88 (10.16%) Microsoft
2 42 (4.85%) EMC
3 38 (4.39%) Qualtrics
4 36 (4.16%) Oracle
5 27 (3.12%) SAP
5 27 (3.12%) Virgin Media
6 21 (2.42%) Google
7 15 (1.73%) Atlassian
8 9 (1.04%) Nintex
9 8 (0.92%) VMware
10 7 (0.81%) Salesforce
11 6 (0.69%) Cisco
11 6 (0.69%) NVIDIA
11 6 (0.69%) YouTube
12 5 (0.58%) Aruba
12 5 (0.58%) BT
13 4 (0.46%) CA
13 4 (0.46%) Dell
13 4 (0.46%) HP
13 4 (0.46%) ServiceNow