Master's Degree
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Master's Degree qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 181 63 208
Rank change year-on-year -118 +145 +50
Permanent jobs citing Master's Degree 1,609 5,009 3,024
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.64% 4.76% 1.96%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.89% 14.55% 7.27%
Number of salaries quoted 835 860 977
10th Percentile £34,750 £33,750 £37,496
25th Percentile £50,000 £45,207 £52,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -10.71% +12.00%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £96,250
90th Percentile £107,500 £125,250 £132,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +4.76%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

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 with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 27,325 34,428 41,571
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.83% 32.74% 27.01%
Number of salaries quoted 17,299 15,366 18,926
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £30,875
25th Percentile £38,500 £41,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £57,825 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.61% +5.14% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,863
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000

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 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Master's Degree in the UK

Master's Degree
Top 17 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 25 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
England -110 1,399 £65,000 +4.00% 1,033
UK excluding London -197 865 £55,000 +4.76% 594
London +52 669 £80,000 - 471
Work from Home -7 387 £61,500 +2.50% 413
South East -113 282 £60,000 - 150
North of England -220 130 £50,000 +6.38% 113
Scotland -108 117 £70,000 +32.08% 46
East of England -96 112 £55,000 -4.35% 110
South West -155 98 £47,500 +3.83% 80
Midlands -167 98 £55,000 +37.50% 91
North West -165 81 £65,000 +8.33% 64
West Midlands -138 57 £52,500 +5.00% 60
East Midlands -124 39 £61,439 +265.71% 31
North East -80 26 £50,000 +4.88% 25
Yorkshire -148 23 £50,000 +12.75% 30
Northern Ireland +16 20 £60,000 - 8
Wales -68 9 £51,250 -35.94% 13

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
1 115 (7.15%) Microsoft Exchange
2 29 (1.80%) FileNet
3 25 (1.55%) Skype for Business
4 19 (1.18%) Apache Spark
5 17 (1.06%) Apache
5 17 (1.06%) SharePoint
6 13 (0.81%) IIS
7 9 (0.56%) Apache Airflow
7 9 (0.56%) Confluence
8 6 (0.37%) nginx
9 4 (0.25%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
9 4 (0.25%) SAS
9 4 (0.25%) WordPress
10 2 (0.12%) Jupyter
11 1 (0.062%) CMS
11 1 (0.062%) Umbraco
Applications
1 53 (3.29%) Microsoft Office
2 48 (2.98%) Microsoft Excel
3 22 (1.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (0.87%) Simulink
5 12 (0.75%) MS Visio
6 10 (0.62%) Spreadsheet
7 6 (0.37%) InVision
7 6 (0.37%) Sketch
7 6 (0.37%) Trello
7 6 (0.37%) UserZoom
8 5 (0.31%) AutoCAD
9 4 (0.25%) EPLAN
9 4 (0.25%) Microsoft Project
10 3 (0.19%) Adobe XD
11 1 (0.062%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 1 (0.062%) Adobe Illustrator
11 1 (0.062%) Adobe Premiere
11 1 (0.062%) Blender
11 1 (0.062%) InDesign
11 1 (0.062%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 10 (0.62%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.31%) Distributed Ledger
2 5 (0.31%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.31%) SAP MM
3 4 (0.25%) Shopify
4 3 (0.19%) Dynamics GP
4 3 (0.19%) Primavera
4 3 (0.19%) SAP APO
4 3 (0.19%) SAP PP
4 3 (0.19%) SAP SD
4 3 (0.19%) SAP WM
4 3 (0.19%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 2 (0.12%) Oracle Payroll
5 2 (0.12%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.062%) Data Workbench
6 1 (0.062%) Endur
6 1 (0.062%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.062%) SAP EWM
6 1 (0.062%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 227 (14.11%) AWS
2 186 (11.56%) Azure
3 163 (10.13%) Microsoft 365
4 87 (5.41%) Power Platform
5 71 (4.41%) GCP
6 57 (3.54%) SaaS
7 56 (3.48%) GitHub
8 47 (2.92%) Amazon S3
9 41 (2.55%) Cloud Computing
10 39 (2.42%) Figma
11 33 (2.05%) Serverless
12 32 (1.99%) SurveyMonkey
13 27 (1.68%) AWS Lambda
14 23 (1.43%) IaaS
15 21 (1.31%) PaaS
16 19 (1.18%) WhatsApp
17 18 (1.12%) PowerApps
18 15 (0.93%) Dynamics 365
19 13 (0.81%) Snowflake
20 12 (0.75%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 134 (8.33%) Cisco IOS
2 125 (7.77%) Wireless
3 114 (7.09%) WebEx
4 113 (7.02%) WAN
5 109 (6.77%) SD-WAN
6 31 (1.93%) Firewall
7 30 (1.86%) 5G
7 30 (1.86%) Broadband
8 27 (1.68%) TCP/IP
9 25 (1.55%) Skype
9 25 (1.55%) Telepresence
10 20 (1.24%) Internet
11 18 (1.12%) Network Security
12 13 (0.81%) HTTP
12 13 (0.81%) Wi-Fi
13 12 (0.75%) Intranet
14 9 (0.56%) SNMP
15 8 (0.50%) Ethernet
16 6 (0.37%) LAN
16 6 (0.37%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 81 (5.03%) Power BI
2 77 (4.79%) Tableau
3 64 (3.98%) SQL Server
4 59 (3.67%) NoSQL
5 48 (2.98%) Big Data
6 40 (2.49%) Data Warehouse
6 40 (2.49%) Relational Database
7 36 (2.24%) Elasticsearch
8 35 (2.18%) MySQL
8 35 (2.18%) Redis
9 31 (1.93%) Apache Cassandra
10 30 (1.86%) PostgreSQL
11 17 (1.06%) Hadoop
11 17 (1.06%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 11 (0.68%) Data Lake
13 10 (0.62%) Azure SQL Database
14 9 (0.56%) Amazon Athena
14 9 (0.56%) GIS
15 8 (0.50%) Data Mining
15 8 (0.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 106 (6.59%) Git
2 53 (3.29%) Jenkins
3 34 (2.11%) GitLab
4 30 (1.86%) JUnit
5 29 (1.80%) Jasmine
5 29 (1.80%) Mockito
6 22 (1.37%) JIRA
7 6 (0.37%) Team Foundation Server
8 4 (0.25%) Snakemake
8 4 (0.25%) Subversion
9 3 (0.19%) Babel
9 3 (0.19%) CMake
9 3 (0.19%) TestRail
9 3 (0.19%) webpack
10 2 (0.12%) Burp Suite
10 2 (0.12%) ERwin
10 2 (0.12%) Maven
10 2 (0.12%) MLflow
10 2 (0.12%) PowerDesigner
10 2 (0.12%) TensorBoard
General
1 737 (45.80%) Social Skills
2 402 (24.98%) Finance
3 304 (18.89%) Analytical Skills
4 192 (11.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 183 (11.37%) Marketing
6 148 (9.20%) Law
7 94 (5.84%) Legal
7 94 (5.84%) Pharmaceutical
8 80 (4.97%) Manufacturing
9 66 (4.10%) Telecoms
10 57 (3.54%) Retail
11 55 (3.42%) Automotive
12 53 (3.29%) Banking
13 51 (3.17%) Presentation Skills
13 51 (3.17%) Public Sector
14 46 (2.86%) Electronics
15 33 (2.05%) Social Science
16 31 (1.93%) Games
17 27 (1.68%) Aerospace
18 20 (1.24%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 277 (17.22%) Senior
2 154 (9.57%) Lead
3 151 (9.38%) Software Engineer
4 143 (8.89%) Developer
5 116 (7.21%) Analyst
6 111 (6.90%) IT Support
7 110 (6.84%) Support Specialist
8 109 (6.77%) IT Support Specialist
9 93 (5.78%) Architect
10 91 (5.66%) Graduate
11 86 (5.34%) Data Scientist
12 59 (3.67%) Senior Data Scientist
12 59 (3.67%) Systems Engineer
13 54 (3.36%) Principal Engineer
14 41 (2.55%) Consultant
15 40 (2.49%) Principal Systems Engineer
16 38 (2.36%) Data Engineer
16 38 (2.36%) Senior Software Engineer
17 34 (2.11%) Junior
17 34 (2.11%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 91 (5.66%) React
2 88 (5.47%) .NET
3 82 (5.10%) AngularJS
4 77 (4.79%) Kafka
5 53 (3.29%) TensorFlow
6 44 (2.73%) Web Services
7 41 (2.55%) scikit-learn
8 40 (2.49%) PyTorch
9 39 (2.42%) Pandas
9 39 (2.42%) Spring
10 38 (2.36%) Hibernate
11 35 (2.18%) ASP.NET
12 32 (1.99%) GraphQL
13 30 (1.86%) HTML
14 29 (1.80%) J2EE
14 29 (1.80%) Spring Integration
15 28 (1.74%) RESTful
16 27 (1.68%) PySpark
17 21 (1.31%) CSS
17 21 (1.31%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 235 (14.61%) Algorithms
2 135 (8.39%) Video Conferencing
3 109 (6.77%) Management Information System
3 109 (6.77%) Wiki
4 68 (4.23%) Data Structures
5 57 (3.54%) Cloud Native
6 55 (3.42%) Self-Motivation
7 54 (3.36%) Onboarding
8 53 (3.29%) Driving Licence
9 50 (3.11%) Product Ownership
10 32 (1.99%) IoT
11 30 (1.86%) Life Science
12 28 (1.74%) Market Risk
13 26 (1.62%) CUDA
14 25 (1.55%) Analytical Mindset
14 25 (1.55%) Distributed Systems
14 25 (1.55%) Enterprise Software
15 22 (1.37%) Data Protection Act
16 20 (1.24%) Hedge funds
17 19 (1.18%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 184 (11.44%) Windows
2 137 (8.51%) Windows 10
3 122 (7.58%) Linux
4 119 (7.40%) Android
5 34 (2.11%) Unix
6 25 (1.55%) Windows 7
7 12 (0.75%) Windows Server
8 7 (0.44%) FreeRTOS
9 6 (0.37%) Apple iOS
9 6 (0.37%) Embedded Linux
10 4 (0.25%) DC/OS
10 4 (0.25%) Mac OS X
10 4 (0.25%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (0.12%) Kali Linux
12 1 (0.062%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 817 (50.78%) Computer Science
2 535 (33.25%) Problem-Solving
3 324 (20.14%) Agile
4 298 (18.52%) Software Engineering
5 256 (15.91%) Mathematics
6 236 (14.67%) Machine Learning
7 228 (14.17%) Artificial Intelligence
8 227 (14.11%) Analytics
9 214 (13.30%) Data Science
10 192 (11.93%) Decision-Making
11 191 (11.87%) Roadmaps
12 174 (10.81%) Project Management
13 156 (9.70%) Statistics
14 154 (9.57%) Visualisation
15 149 (9.26%) Data Analysis
16 144 (8.95%) Mentoring
17 142 (8.83%) Physics
18 135 (8.39%) Contract Negotiation
19 134 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
20 129 (8.02%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 464 (28.84%) Python
2 270 (16.78%) SQL
3 166 (10.32%) C#
4 126 (7.83%) Java
5 122 (7.58%) C++
6 107 (6.65%) C
7 105 (6.53%) R
8 76 (4.72%) JavaScript
9 50 (3.11%) Fortran
10 35 (2.18%) TypeScript
11 33 (2.05%) MATLAB
12 25 (1.55%) Bash
13 24 (1.49%) Go
14 21 (1.31%) PowerShell
15 18 (1.12%) T-SQL
16 15 (0.93%) Rust
17 10 (0.62%) Scala
18 8 (0.50%) Haskell
19 6 (0.37%) Data Analysis Expressions
20 5 (0.31%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 1,609 (100.00%) Degree
2 469 (29.15%) Computer Science Degree
3 363 (22.56%) PhD
4 175 (10.88%) MBA
5 84 (5.22%) Security Cleared
6 62 (3.85%) CISSP
7 49 (3.05%) Chartered Engineer
8 48 (2.98%) CISM
9 42 (2.61%) DBS Check
10 32 (1.99%) SC Cleared
11 25 (1.55%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 22 (1.37%) Microsoft Certification
13 20 (1.24%) AWS Certification
13 20 (1.24%) DV Cleared
14 17 (1.06%) BPSS Clearance
14 17 (1.06%) PMP
15 16 (0.99%) Cisco Certification
15 16 (0.99%) PMI Certification
16 15 (0.93%) Numerate Degree
17 14 (0.87%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (4.23%) QA
2 64 (3.98%) Data Quality
3 47 (2.92%) GDPR
4 38 (2.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 29 (1.80%) Accessibility
6 26 (1.62%) NIST
7 17 (1.06%) NCSC
7 17 (1.06%) PCI DSS
8 16 (0.99%) PMO
9 13 (0.81%) HIPAA
9 13 (0.81%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 10 (0.62%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 9 (0.56%) COBIT
12 7 (0.44%) ISO 13485
13 6 (0.37%) WCAG
13 6 (0.37%) Web Application Security Consortium
14 5 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials
15 4 (0.25%) Automotive SPICE
15 4 (0.25%) ISO 26262
16 3 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 127 (7.89%) Active Directory
2 112 (6.96%) VMware ESXi
3 109 (6.77%) Microsoft App-V
3 109 (6.77%) XenApp
3 109 (6.77%) XenDesktop
4 103 (6.40%) Docker
5 14 (0.87%) Firmware
6 13 (0.81%) VMware Infrastructure
7 7 (0.44%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.19%) HDFS
9 1 (0.062%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.062%) Snort
9 1 (0.062%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.062%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 110 (6.84%) SCCM
2 109 (6.77%) AirWatch
3 106 (6.59%) Kubernetes
4 39 (2.42%) Terraform
5 15 (0.93%) Ansible
6 9 (0.56%) CASB
7 8 (0.50%) Kubeflow
8 6 (0.37%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
9 5 (0.31%) Argo
10 4 (0.25%) Functional Safety
10 4 (0.25%) vRealize
10 4 (0.25%) vRealize Orchestrator
11 3 (0.19%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 3 (0.19%) ITRS Geneos
11 3 (0.19%) Microsoft Intune
12 2 (0.12%) Cisco Prime
12 2 (0.12%) Core Impact
12 2 (0.12%) CSIRT
12 2 (0.12%) Nmap
13 1 (0.062%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 275 (17.09%) Microsoft
2 150 (9.32%) Cisco
3 112 (6.96%) Citrix
4 51 (3.17%) Oracle
5 47 (2.92%) SAP
6 44 (2.73%) Google
7 42 (2.61%) EMC
8 38 (2.36%) Qualtrics
9 32 (1.99%) Databricks
10 30 (1.86%) Virgin Media
11 28 (1.74%) Apple
12 25 (1.55%) Polycom
13 15 (0.93%) Atlassian
14 13 (0.81%) VMware
15 12 (0.75%) Aruba
16 11 (0.68%) HP
17 10 (0.62%) Salesforce
18 9 (0.56%) Nintex
19 8 (0.50%) CA
20 6 (0.37%) Sage