Master's Degree Jobs in the UK excluding London

Master's Degree
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 73 244 37
Rank change year-on-year +171 -207 +202
Permanent jobs citing Master's Degree 1,410 852 3,852
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 3.58% 1.14% 6.64%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.62% 4.30% 17.81%
Number of salaries quoted 334 448 349
10th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £27,250
25th Percentile £51,438 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,315 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +26.03% - -
75th Percentile £73,708 £73,750 £76,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £86,500
UK median annual salary £69,315 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +6.64% - -5.80%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 21,309 19,804 21,625
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 54.11% 26.56% 37.27%
Number of salaries quoted 8,672 12,268 8,007
10th Percentile £31,000 £27,500 £28,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,900 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £73,708 £79,600 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £53,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +2.80% -10.83% +9.09%

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 30 May 2025.

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 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
North of England +235 611 £69,315 +38.63% 911
North West +181 439 £69,315 +4.33% 428
South East +60 289 £61,250 +2.08% 1,390
Midlands +110 150 £55,000 - 794
Yorkshire +152 142 £70,500 +44.62% 358
South West +128 126 £52,500 +5.00% 534
East of England +39 104 £70,400 +28.00% 671
Scotland +99 99 £62,500 -23.78% 224
East Midlands +77 78 £67,500 +1.50% 328
West Midlands +68 72 £31,000 -38.00% 415
North East +52 30 £60,000 +20.00% 125
Wales +62 22 £80,000 +128.57% 134
Northern Ireland +25 7 - - 53
Channel Islands - 2 £78,750 - 5
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 15 (1.06%) Apache Spark
2 4 (0.28%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.21%) SAS
4 2 (0.14%) Apache
4 2 (0.14%) ArcGIS
4 2 (0.14%) CMS
4 2 (0.14%) WordPress
5 1 (0.071%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.071%) Confluence
Applications
1 432 (30.64%) Chatbot
2 109 (7.73%) Abaqus
3 77 (5.46%) Mathcad
4 44 (3.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 18 (1.28%) Microsoft Excel
6 7 (0.50%) Microsoft Office
7 4 (0.28%) AutoCAD
7 4 (0.28%) MS Visio
8 3 (0.21%) Microsoft Project
8 3 (0.21%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 9 (0.64%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.21%) Sage X3
3 2 (0.14%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.071%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.071%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.071%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 63 (4.47%) Azure
2 40 (2.84%) AWS
3 32 (2.27%) GCP
4 21 (1.49%) SaaS
4 21 (1.49%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
5 19 (1.35%) Azure DevOps
6 17 (1.21%) PaaS
7 12 (0.85%) Cloud Computing
8 11 (0.78%) Azure Monitor
8 11 (0.78%) Power Platform
9 8 (0.57%) Serverless
10 7 (0.50%) AWS Lambda
11 6 (0.43%) Amazon EC2
11 6 (0.43%) Amazon S3
11 6 (0.43%) Collibra
12 5 (0.35%) Amazon SageMaker
12 5 (0.35%) Dynamics 365
12 5 (0.35%) GitHub
12 5 (0.35%) Microsoft Purview
13 3 (0.21%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 19 (1.35%) Internet
1 19 (1.35%) Wireless
2 17 (1.21%) LAN
2 17 (1.21%) WAN
3 9 (0.64%) Firewall
4 8 (0.57%) Ethernet
4 8 (0.57%) TCP/IP
5 7 (0.50%) Intrusion Detection
6 6 (0.43%) Modbus
6 6 (0.43%) Profibus
7 4 (0.28%) HTTP
7 4 (0.28%) HTTPS
8 2 (0.14%) DNS
8 2 (0.14%) RS-485
9 1 (0.071%) 4G
9 1 (0.071%) 5G
9 1 (0.071%) NAS
9 1 (0.071%) SAN
9 1 (0.071%) Wideband
9 1 (0.071%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (1.49%) Big Data
2 15 (1.06%) Hadoop
3 14 (0.99%) NoSQL
4 13 (0.92%) Data Lake
4 13 (0.92%) Tableau
5 11 (0.78%) Data Warehouse
6 7 (0.50%) Power BI
6 7 (0.50%) Relational Database
6 7 (0.50%) SAP HANA
7 5 (0.35%) Metadata
7 5 (0.35%) PostgreSQL
8 3 (0.21%) Apache Hive
8 3 (0.21%) GIS
8 3 (0.21%) Impala
8 3 (0.21%) MongoDB
8 3 (0.21%) MySQL
9 2 (0.14%) BigQuery
9 2 (0.14%) Bigtable
9 2 (0.14%) HBase
9 2 (0.14%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 21 (1.49%) Git
2 4 (0.28%) JIRA
3 3 (0.21%) Moq
3 3 (0.21%) SpecFlow
4 2 (0.14%) Burp Suite
4 2 (0.14%) GitLab
4 2 (0.14%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.14%) Metasploit
4 2 (0.14%) MLflow
5 1 (0.071%) CMake
5 1 (0.071%) ERwin
5 1 (0.071%) Subversion
5 1 (0.071%) Visual Studio
General
1 582 (41.28%) Analytical Skills
2 325 (23.05%) Social Skills
3 163 (11.56%) Finance
4 119 (8.44%) Manufacturing
5 105 (7.45%) Electronics
6 91 (6.45%) Law
7 71 (5.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 51 (3.62%) Banking
9 48 (3.40%) Legal
10 47 (3.33%) Marketing
11 41 (2.91%) Agriculture
12 40 (2.84%) Aerospace
13 39 (2.77%) Presentation Skills
14 33 (2.34%) German Language
15 29 (2.06%) Financial Institution
15 29 (2.06%) French Language
16 25 (1.77%) Telecoms
17 21 (1.49%) Retail
18 19 (1.35%) Automotive
18 19 (1.35%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 431 (30.57%) Trainer
2 241 (17.09%) Senior
3 166 (11.77%) Engineering Manager
4 121 (8.58%) Commissioning Manager
5 89 (6.31%) Analyst
6 80 (5.67%) Senior Electrical Engineer
7 77 (5.46%) Engineering Specialist
7 77 (5.46%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
8 72 (5.11%) Principal Engineer
9 35 (2.48%) Architect
10 32 (2.27%) Lead
11 29 (2.06%) Credit Analyst
11 29 (2.06%) Research Analyst
12 26 (1.84%) Software Engineer
13 24 (1.70%) Enterprise Architect
14 23 (1.63%) Data Scientist
14 23 (1.63%) Developer
15 21 (1.49%) Salesforce Architect
16 19 (1.35%) Security Engineer
17 18 (1.28%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (1.84%) Middleware
2 25 (1.77%) REST
3 22 (1.56%) TensorFlow
4 21 (1.49%) Lightning Web Components
4 21 (1.49%) PyTorch
4 21 (1.49%) SOAP
5 15 (1.06%) YAML
6 13 (0.92%) Hugging Face
7 12 (0.85%) LangChain
8 11 (0.78%) Kafka
9 8 (0.57%) scikit-learn
10 7 (0.50%) .NET
11 4 (0.28%) HTML
11 4 (0.28%) RESTful
12 3 (0.21%) .NET Framework
12 3 (0.21%) AngularJS
12 3 (0.21%) CSS
12 3 (0.21%) OAuth
12 3 (0.21%) WinForms
12 3 (0.21%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 49 (3.48%) Algorithms
2 41 (2.91%) Self-Motivation
3 34 (2.41%) Management Information System
4 31 (2.20%) Credit Risk
5 29 (2.06%) Fixed Income
6 25 (1.77%) Social Media
7 24 (1.70%) Virtual Team
8 23 (1.63%) Enterprise Software
9 22 (1.56%) Security Posture
10 20 (1.42%) Analytical Mindset
10 20 (1.42%) Molecular Biology
10 20 (1.42%) Team-Oriented Environment
11 14 (0.99%) FMCG
12 13 (0.92%) SCADA
13 11 (0.78%) Cloud Native
14 9 (0.64%) Robotics
15 7 (0.50%) Life Science
15 7 (0.50%) Mobile App
15 7 (0.50%) Renewable Energy
16 6 (0.43%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 40 (2.84%) Windows
2 25 (1.77%) Linux
3 20 (1.42%) Windows Vista
4 10 (0.71%) Unix
5 5 (0.35%) Robot Operating System
6 4 (0.28%) Android
6 4 (0.28%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.21%) Debian
8 2 (0.14%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.14%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 491 (34.82%) Artificial Intelligence
2 432 (30.64%) Conversational UI
3 264 (18.72%) Computer Science
4 234 (16.60%) Chemistry
5 232 (16.45%) Mathematics
6 198 (14.04%) Systems Engineering
7 194 (13.76%) Problem-Solving
8 169 (11.99%) Decision-Making
9 154 (10.92%) Statistics
10 137 (9.72%) Performance Optimisation
11 136 (9.65%) People Management
12 121 (8.58%) CAD
13 117 (8.30%) Customer Engagement
14 113 (8.01%) Finite Element Analysis
15 112 (7.94%) Physics
16 111 (7.87%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
17 107 (7.59%) Stakeholder Management
18 94 (6.67%) Validation
19 91 (6.45%) Agile
20 85 (6.03%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 102 (7.23%) Python
2 40 (2.84%) C++
2 40 (2.84%) SQL
3 25 (1.77%) Java
4 21 (1.49%) Apex Code
4 21 (1.49%) C#
5 20 (1.42%) C
6 16 (1.13%) MATLAB
7 15 (1.06%) PowerShell
8 14 (0.99%) Bash
9 13 (0.92%) Fortran
10 9 (0.64%) JavaScript
10 9 (0.64%) R
11 8 (0.57%) Kotlin
12 7 (0.50%) Perl
13 6 (0.43%) Ladder Logic
14 4 (0.28%) Objective-C
15 2 (0.14%) PHP
15 2 (0.14%) Ruby
15 2 (0.14%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1,410 (100.00%) Degree
2 542 (38.44%) BPSS Clearance
3 519 (36.81%) PhD
4 344 (24.40%) Chartered Engineer
5 160 (11.35%) MBA
6 112 (7.94%) HND
7 102 (7.23%) Computer Science Degree
8 33 (2.34%) DBS Check
9 29 (2.06%) CFA
10 28 (1.99%) Security Cleared
11 20 (1.42%) PMI Certification
12 19 (1.35%) SC Cleared
13 17 (1.21%) CBAP
13 17 (1.21%) PMP
14 11 (0.78%) CISM
14 11 (0.78%) CISSP
14 11 (0.78%) DV Cleared
15 10 (0.71%) AWS Certification
15 10 (0.71%) Azure Certification
15 10 (0.71%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (3.90%) Def Stans
1 55 (3.90%) IEC 61508
2 43 (3.05%) Data Quality
3 29 (2.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 29 (2.06%) NIST
4 23 (1.63%) GDPR
5 15 (1.06%) ISO/IEC 15288
5 15 (1.06%) NCSC
6 11 (0.78%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 7 (0.50%) Accessibility
8 3 (0.21%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 3 (0.21%) QA
9 2 (0.14%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.14%) CDISC
9 2 (0.14%) COBIT
9 2 (0.14%) GMP
9 2 (0.14%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.071%) GxP
10 1 (0.071%) ISO 26262
10 1 (0.071%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 5 (0.35%) Docker
2 3 (0.21%) Firmware
2 3 (0.21%) HDFS
2 3 (0.21%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.071%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.071%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.071%) KVM
3 1 (0.071%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 11 (0.78%) Grafana
1 11 (0.78%) Prometheus
2 6 (0.43%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.14%) Ansible
3 2 (0.14%) Hadoop YARN
3 2 (0.14%) Nmap
4 1 (0.071%) Kubeflow
4 1 (0.071%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 432 (30.64%) PayPal
2 40 (2.84%) Microsoft
3 29 (2.06%) Bloomberg
4 25 (1.77%) Salesforce
5 22 (1.56%) SAP
6 21 (1.49%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
7 20 (1.42%) YouTube
8 17 (1.21%) Unisys
9 16 (1.13%) Google
10 15 (1.06%) Databricks
11 12 (0.85%) Capita
11 12 (0.85%) OpenAI
12 10 (0.71%) IBM
13 8 (0.57%) Informatica
14 7 (0.50%) Siemens
15 6 (0.43%) Allen-Bradley
15 6 (0.43%) Rockwell
16 5 (0.35%) EMC
17 3 (0.21%) Atlassian
17 3 (0.21%) Facebook