Master's Degree Jobs

Master's Degree
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Master's Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 26 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 121 200 176
Rank change year-on-year +79 -24 +42
Permanent jobs citing Master's Degree 1,641 1,065 3,139
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.16% 1.81% 2.22%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.84% 5.54% 7.74%
Number of salaries quoted 416 617 918
10th Percentile £46,250 £42,500 £32,278
25th Percentile £60,000 £55,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,315 £80,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.36% +23.08% -7.14%
75th Percentile £90,000 £97,500 £88,750
90th Percentile £117,500 £137,500 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £69,315 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +6.64% +8.33% +9.09%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 24,007 19,237 40,534
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 31.58% 32.77% 28.73%
Number of salaries quoted 8,741 11,603 17,784
10th Percentile £33,200 £31,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £92,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,939 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.64% +5.00% +4.17%

Master's Degree
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Master's Degree in the UK

Master's Degree
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Master's Degree in the UK

Master's Degree
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Master's Degree over the 6 months to 26 October 2024.

Salary histogram for Master's Degree in the UK

Master's Degree
Top 18 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 26 October 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
England +59 1,431 £69,315 -13.36% 794
UK excluding London +109 979 £69,315 +6.64% 430
London +13 608 £90,000 +2.86% 404
Work from Home +106 451 £75,000 +1.69% 738
South East +53 275 £65,000 -3.70% 122
North of England +144 263 £69,315 +40.74% 98
North West +122 211 £69,315 +45.51% 50
Scotland +71 103 £85,000 - 20
East of England -32 99 £65,000 +15.56% 59
South West +41 92 £62,500 -11.16% 34
Midlands -26 92 £52,500 +61.54% 91
East Midlands -12 62 £80,000 +60.00% 44
Yorkshire +42 46 £95,000 +40.20% 41
Wales +48 32 - - 6
West Midlands -34 30 £52,500 +84.21% 47
Northern Ireland +44 22 £90,000 +105.71% 15
North East - 6 - - 8
Channel Islands - 1 - -

Master's Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 25 (1.52%) Apache Spark
2 20 (1.22%) SharePoint
3 16 (0.98%) Confluence
4 15 (0.91%) Apache
5 10 (0.61%) SAS
6 6 (0.37%) Solana
7 5 (0.30%) Apache Airflow
7 5 (0.30%) Microsoft Exchange
8 4 (0.24%) CMS
9 3 (0.18%) Headless CMS
10 2 (0.12%) IIS
11 1 (0.061%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 1 (0.061%) DataSynapse
11 1 (0.061%) Jupyter
11 1 (0.061%) Luigi
Applications
1 86 (5.24%) Microsoft Excel
2 47 (2.86%) Microsoft Office
3 32 (1.95%) Abaqus
3 32 (1.95%) Mathcad
4 21 (1.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 11 (0.67%) Simulink
6 10 (0.61%) Stateflow
7 6 (0.37%) Spreadsheet
8 4 (0.24%) Adobe XD
9 3 (0.18%) AutoCAD
9 3 (0.18%) Microsoft Project
10 2 (0.12%) MS Visio
11 1 (0.061%) Trello
Business Applications
1 14 (0.85%) Ripple
2 13 (0.79%) SAP S/4HANA
3 10 (0.61%) Salesforce CRM
3 10 (0.61%) SAP SD
4 9 (0.55%) SAP ERP
5 3 (0.18%) assyst
5 3 (0.18%) Magento
6 2 (0.12%) Lawson
6 2 (0.12%) Primavera
6 2 (0.12%) SAP CO
6 2 (0.12%) SAP FI
6 2 (0.12%) SAP FI/CO
6 2 (0.12%) SAP PS
7 1 (0.061%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.061%) FLEXCUBE
7 1 (0.061%) Oracle BPM
7 1 (0.061%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.061%) SAP EWM
7 1 (0.061%) SAP MM
7 1 (0.061%) SAP Travel Management
Cloud Services
1 149 (9.08%) Azure
2 140 (8.53%) AWS
3 67 (4.08%) Power Platform
4 56 (3.41%) GCP
5 39 (2.38%) Cloud Computing
6 28 (1.71%) Microsoft 365
7 23 (1.40%) Amazon S3
8 22 (1.34%) SaaS
9 20 (1.22%) PowerApps
10 19 (1.16%) Amazon EC2
11 16 (0.98%) OCI
12 15 (0.91%) Azure DevOps
13 14 (0.85%) Amazon ELB
13 14 (0.85%) Amazon GuardDuty
13 14 (0.85%) AWS CloudTrail
13 14 (0.85%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 8 (0.49%) Serverless
15 7 (0.43%) Amazon SageMaker
15 7 (0.43%) Azure Data Factory
15 7 (0.43%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 131 (7.98%) Broadband
2 32 (1.95%) Internet
3 30 (1.83%) Firewall
4 16 (0.98%) Wireless
5 14 (0.85%) DNS
6 12 (0.73%) Ethernet
6 12 (0.73%) Intranet
6 12 (0.73%) TCP/IP
7 11 (0.67%) SAN
8 10 (0.61%) FlexRay
9 9 (0.55%) IPv6
9 9 (0.55%) Reverse Proxy
9 9 (0.55%) VPN
10 8 (0.49%) SNMP
11 6 (0.37%) HTTP
11 6 (0.37%) NAS
11 6 (0.37%) Network Security
11 6 (0.37%) SSL
12 5 (0.30%) DHCP
12 5 (0.30%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 66 (4.02%) Power BI
2 61 (3.72%) Tableau
3 52 (3.17%) Big Data
4 36 (2.19%) Data Mining
5 30 (1.83%) PostgreSQL
6 28 (1.71%) Data Warehouse
6 28 (1.71%) SQL Server
7 24 (1.46%) Amazon RDS
8 23 (1.40%) Relational Database
9 21 (1.28%) NoSQL
10 20 (1.22%) Hadoop
10 20 (1.22%) MS Access
11 17 (1.04%) MySQL
12 16 (0.98%) Data Lake
13 15 (0.91%) Amazon Redshift
13 15 (0.91%) MongoDB
14 9 (0.55%) Amazon QuickSight
15 7 (0.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 7 (0.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 6 (0.37%) Apache Hive
Development Applications
1 72 (4.39%) Git
2 28 (1.71%) JIRA
3 17 (1.04%) Jenkins
4 12 (0.73%) Selenium
5 8 (0.49%) GitLab
6 5 (0.30%) Cypress.io
6 5 (0.30%) WebDriver
6 5 (0.30%) webpack
7 4 (0.24%) MLflow
7 4 (0.24%) Zephyr
8 3 (0.18%) Ant
8 3 (0.18%) Babel
8 3 (0.18%) Bitbucket
8 3 (0.18%) TeamCity
8 3 (0.18%) TensorBoard
9 2 (0.12%) Jasmine
9 2 (0.12%) NUnit
9 2 (0.12%) SonarQube
9 2 (0.12%) Subversion
10 1 (0.061%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 691 (42.11%) Social Skills
2 479 (29.19%) Analytical Skills
3 278 (16.94%) Finance
4 118 (7.19%) Legal
5 116 (7.07%) Electronics
6 75 (4.57%) Pharmaceutical
7 64 (3.90%) Marketing
8 60 (3.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 58 (3.53%) Banking
9 58 (3.53%) Presentation Skills
10 54 (3.29%) Law
11 45 (2.74%) Manufacturing
12 38 (2.32%) Public Sector
13 35 (2.13%) Financial Institution
14 32 (1.95%) German Language
15 29 (1.77%) French Language
16 24 (1.46%) Automotive
17 21 (1.28%) Dutch Language
18 19 (1.16%) Multimedia
18 19 (1.16%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 424 (25.84%) Senior
2 313 (19.07%) Engineering Manager
3 159 (9.69%) Lead
4 126 (7.68%) Developer
5 123 (7.50%) Team Leader
6 111 (6.76%) Analyst
7 94 (5.73%) Software Engineer
8 91 (5.55%) Senior Electrical Engineer
9 73 (4.45%) Architect
9 73 (4.45%) Commissioning Manager
10 69 (4.20%) Data Scientist
11 58 (3.53%) Senior Data Scientist
12 52 (3.17%) Auditor
12 52 (3.17%) IT Auditor
13 51 (3.11%) Senior Auditor
13 51 (3.11%) Senior IT Auditor
14 44 (2.68%) Systems Engineer
15 38 (2.32%) Consultant
16 37 (2.25%) Senior Developer
17 33 (2.01%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 123 (7.50%) Elastic Stack
2 57 (3.47%) .NET
3 51 (3.11%) HTML
4 45 (2.74%) CSS
5 43 (2.62%) TensorFlow
6 38 (2.32%) Pandas
7 32 (1.95%) Kafka
7 32 (1.95%) React
8 30 (1.83%) AngularJS
9 29 (1.77%) scikit-learn
10 27 (1.65%) PyTorch
11 23 (1.40%) NumPy
11 23 (1.40%) RESTful
12 22 (1.34%) Node.js
12 22 (1.34%) PySpark
13 20 (1.22%) .NET Core
13 20 (1.22%) RabbitMQ
14 18 (1.10%) .NET Framework
15 17 (1.04%) ASP.NET
15 17 (1.04%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 198 (12.07%) Algorithms
2 123 (7.50%) Private Cloud
3 76 (4.63%) Management Information System
4 50 (3.05%) Onboarding
5 42 (2.56%) Life Science
6 36 (2.19%) Self-Motivation
7 33 (2.01%) Product Ownership
8 31 (1.89%) IoT
9 30 (1.83%) Blockchain
10 25 (1.52%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 23 (1.40%) Distributed Systems
12 22 (1.34%) Robotics
13 19 (1.16%) e-Learning
13 19 (1.16%) Learning Management System
14 18 (1.10%) Data Structures
15 16 (0.98%) Fixed Income
16 15 (0.91%) Enterprise Software
17 13 (0.79%) Hedge funds
18 12 (0.73%) Data Protection Act
19 11 (0.67%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 194 (11.82%) Linux
2 37 (2.25%) Unix
3 19 (1.16%) Windows
4 7 (0.43%) Debian
4 7 (0.43%) Windows Server
5 5 (0.30%) Android
6 4 (0.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (0.24%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.18%) VMS
8 2 (0.12%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.12%) Embedded Linux
8 2 (0.12%) Robot Operating System
9 1 (0.061%) Android TV
9 1 (0.061%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 603 (36.75%) Computer Science
2 518 (31.57%) Problem-Solving
3 319 (19.44%) Systems Engineering
4 313 (19.07%) Customer Engagement
5 303 (18.46%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
6 245 (14.93%) Continuous Improvement
7 240 (14.63%) Decision-Making
8 227 (13.83%) Software Engineering
9 223 (13.59%) Mentoring
10 217 (13.22%) Roadmaps
11 212 (12.92%) Data Science
12 209 (12.74%) Analytics
13 195 (11.88%) DevOps
14 181 (11.03%) Mathematics
15 180 (10.97%) Agile
15 180 (10.97%) CI/CD
16 164 (9.99%) Validation
17 154 (9.38%) Project Management
18 151 (9.20%) Continuous Integration
19 149 (9.08%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 443 (27.00%) Python
2 161 (9.81%) Bash
3 159 (9.69%) SQL
4 132 (8.04%) Shell Script
5 104 (6.34%) C#
6 96 (5.85%) C++
7 76 (4.63%) Java
8 75 (4.57%) JavaScript
9 54 (3.29%) C
10 43 (2.62%) TypeScript
11 38 (2.32%) R
12 35 (2.13%) Fortran
13 30 (1.83%) MATLAB
14 25 (1.52%) Rust
15 15 (0.91%) VBA
16 11 (0.67%) Go
16 11 (0.67%) PowerShell
17 10 (0.61%) PHP
18 7 (0.43%) ABAP
18 7 (0.43%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1,641 (100.00%) Degree
2 351 (21.39%) Computer Science Degree
3 346 (21.08%) Chartered Engineer
4 201 (12.25%) PhD
5 179 (10.91%) MBA
6 123 (7.50%) LPIC
6 123 (7.50%) RHCSA
7 87 (5.30%) Security Cleared
8 78 (4.75%) CISM
9 60 (3.66%) CISA
10 43 (2.62%) SC Cleared
11 33 (2.01%) AWS Certification
11 33 (2.01%) CISSP
12 32 (1.95%) HND
13 23 (1.40%) PMI Certification
14 21 (1.28%) PMP
15 20 (1.22%) DBS Check
16 18 (1.10%) Numerate Degree
16 18 (1.10%) Six Sigma Black Belt
17 15 (0.91%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 138 (8.41%) NIST
2 127 (7.74%) SOC 2
3 59 (3.60%) GRC
4 56 (3.41%) QA
5 40 (2.44%) Data Quality
6 32 (1.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 28 (1.71%) Accessibility
8 24 (1.46%) GDPR
9 11 (0.67%) ISO 26262
10 9 (0.55%) CDISC
11 8 (0.49%) SLA
12 6 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials
12 6 (0.37%) PCI DSS
13 5 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 5 (0.30%) NCSC
13 5 (0.30%) PMO
14 4 (0.24%) NIST 800
14 4 (0.24%) Software Quality Assurance
15 2 (0.12%) HIPAA
15 2 (0.12%) PMBOK
System Software
1 161 (9.81%) Docker
2 17 (1.04%) Firmware
3 13 (0.79%) Active Directory
4 11 (0.67%) VMware Infrastructure
5 9 (0.55%) Hyper-V
6 7 (0.43%) Embedded Firmware
7 5 (0.30%) Terminal Server
8 4 (0.24%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 3 (0.18%) HDFS
10 1 (0.061%) Lustre
10 1 (0.061%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 132 (8.04%) Ansible
2 126 (7.68%) Grafana
3 125 (7.62%) Prometheus
4 41 (2.50%) Kubernetes
5 30 (1.83%) Terraform
6 14 (0.85%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.12%) Kibana
8 1 (0.061%) CFEngine
8 1 (0.061%) Functional Safety
8 1 (0.061%) Karpenter
8 1 (0.061%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.061%) Nessus
8 1 (0.061%) Podman
8 1 (0.061%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.061%) Puppet
8 1 (0.061%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 130 (7.92%) Microsoft
2 46 (2.80%) Databricks
3 44 (2.68%) Google
4 39 (2.38%) SAP
5 26 (1.58%) Oracle
6 19 (1.16%) EMC
6 19 (1.16%) VMware
7 18 (1.10%) Cisco
7 18 (1.10%) Minitab
8 13 (0.79%) HP
9 11 (0.67%) Salesforce
10 10 (0.61%) Bloomberg
11 8 (0.49%) Alteryx
11 8 (0.49%) Aruba
11 8 (0.49%) MuleSoft
12 6 (0.37%) Citrix
12 6 (0.37%) Qualtrics
13 5 (0.30%) Dell
13 5 (0.30%) OpenAI
13 5 (0.30%) Synology