Postgraduate Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Postgraduate
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Postgraduate qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 9 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 494 684
Rank change year-on-year +462 +190 -61
Permanent jobs citing Postgraduate 3,211 25 60
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 4.90% 0.088% 0.087%
As % of the Qualifications category 19.70% 0.20% 0.33%
Number of salaries quoted 15 10 23
10th Percentile £25,750 £27,561 £31,081
25th Percentile £39,284 £31,063 £32,605
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,760 £51,043 £38,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.47% +32.58% -1.28%
75th Percentile £53,750 £72,813 £50,770
90th Percentile £54,266 £76,500 £73,100
UK median annual salary £48,250 £53,086 £47,560
% change year-on-year -9.11% +11.62% +5.69%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

Postgraduate 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 16,303 12,329 18,179
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 24.87% 43.24% 26.50%
Number of salaries quoted 5,964 5,248 12,139
10th Percentile £28,250 £29,000 £27,000
25th Percentile £37,000 £37,500 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £52,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.88% +4.00% -1.96%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,254 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £78,750 £78,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £54,296
% change year-on-year +9.09% +1.30% -7.19%

Postgraduate
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Postgraduate relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Postgraduate job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Postgraduate
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Postgraduate.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Postgraduate

Postgraduate
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Postgraduate in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Postgraduate in the UK excluding London

Postgraduate
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 Postgraduate within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 9 May 2026. 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 +240 1,288 £52,679 +9.91% 6
Midlands +202 1,209 £27,000 -63.01% 11
North West +201 1,170 £52,679 +103.74% 3
West Midlands +155 1,108 £27,000 -63.01% 9
South East +209 402 - - 7
East of England +134 264 £48,760 - 3
Yorkshire +52 117 - - 1
East Midlands - 113 £48,250 - 1
Wales - 26 £52,500 - 1
South West - 25 £35,663 - 4
Channel Islands - 5 - - 1
North East - 1 £42,500 - 2
Postgraduate
UK

Postgraduate
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Cloud Services
1 2,995 (93.27%) Cloud Computing
2 2 (0.062%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (0.031%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2,988 (93.06%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.062%) Relational Database
2 1 (0.031%) MySQL
2 1 (0.031%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (0.031%) Git
1 1 (0.031%) Oracle Forms
General
1 3,192 (99.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2,996 (93.30%) Social Skills
3 2,988 (93.06%) Banking
4 201 (6.26%) Finance
5 5 (0.16%) Marketing
6 4 (0.12%) Legal
7 3 (0.093%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (0.093%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (0.062%) Law
8 2 (0.062%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 2,275 (70.85%) Lecturer
2 195 (6.07%) Facilities Engineer
2 195 (6.07%) Systems Engineer
3 8 (0.25%) IT Support
3 8 (0.25%) Senior
4 7 (0.22%) Trainee
4 7 (0.22%) Trainee IT Support
5 6 (0.19%) IT Support Technician
5 6 (0.19%) IT Technician
5 6 (0.19%) Support Technician
6 5 (0.16%) Trainee IT Technician
6 5 (0.16%) Trainee Technician
7 3 (0.093%) Business Manager
7 3 (0.093%) Consultant
7 3 (0.093%) Developer
7 3 (0.093%) Development Manager
7 3 (0.093%) Research Consultant
7 3 (0.093%) Senior Developer
8 2 (0.062%) IT Assistant
8 2 (0.062%) IT Support Assistant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (0.093%) Google JAX
1 3 (0.093%) JAX
1 3 (0.093%) PyTorch
1 3 (0.093%) TensorFlow
2 2 (0.062%) CSS
2 2 (0.062%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 2,988 (93.06%) IoT
2 5 (0.16%) Management Information System
2 5 (0.16%) NHS
3 4 (0.12%) Driving Licence
4 3 (0.093%) CUDA
5 2 (0.062%) Onboarding
6 1 (0.031%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.031%) Social Media
6 1 (0.031%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.031%) Mac OS
1 1 (0.031%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,991 (93.15%) AI
1 2,991 (93.15%) Machine Learning
2 2,989 (93.09%) Cybersecurity
3 2,988 (93.06%) User Experience
3 2,988 (93.06%) Web Development
4 196 (6.10%) Mentoring
5 195 (6.07%) Inventory Management
5 195 (6.07%) Preventative Maintenance
6 7 (0.22%) Cloud Security
6 7 (0.22%) Disaster Recovery
7 5 (0.16%) Decision-Making
8 4 (0.12%) CRM
9 3 (0.093%) Computer Science
9 3 (0.093%) Geotechnical Engineering
9 3 (0.093%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 3 (0.093%) Mathematics
9 3 (0.093%) Physics
9 3 (0.093%) QMS
9 3 (0.093%) Quality Management
9 3 (0.093%) Rapid Prototyping
Programming Languages
1 4 (0.12%) Python
2 3 (0.093%) SQL
3 1 (0.031%) C#
3 1 (0.031%) Go
3 1 (0.031%) Java
3 1 (0.031%) JavaScript
3 1 (0.031%) PHP
Qualifications
1 3,000 (93.43%) Degree
2 2,990 (93.12%) Master's Degree
3 2,988 (93.06%) PhD
4 195 (6.07%) City & Guilds
4 195 (6.07%) NVQ Level 3
5 3 (0.093%) Chartered Engineer
5 3 (0.093%) Security Cleared
6 2 (0.062%) CIPD
6 2 (0.062%) MBA
7 1 (0.031%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.031%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 195 (6.07%) COSHH
2 2 (0.062%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.031%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (0.062%) Microsoft
1 2 (0.062%) Salesforce
2 1 (0.031%) HubSpot
2 1 (0.031%) MuleSoft
2 1 (0.031%) Oracle