Postgraduate Jobs

Postgraduate
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Postgraduate qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 634 748 810
Rank change year-on-year +114 +62 +250
Permanent jobs citing Postgraduate 50 137 177
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.096% 0.14% 0.17%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.20% 0.50% 0.52%
Number of salaries quoted 18 70 81
10th Percentile £27,750 £33,125 £30,000
25th Percentile £29,500 £38,703 £35,333
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £47,800 £42,238
Median % change year-on-year +2.51% +13.17% -15.53%
75th Percentile £75,813 £56,619 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,675 £82,500 £72,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £49,000 £38,936 £39,000
% change year-on-year +25.85% -0.16% -17.89%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 25,484 27,371 34,026
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 48.86% 27.83% 32.72%
Number of salaries quoted 11,203 17,308 15,226
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £44,000 £38,500 £41,776
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -6.90% +5.45%
75th Percentile £68,568 £71,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £50,000 £50,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% -0.99% +1.00%

Postgraduate
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Postgraduate as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Postgraduate in the UK

Postgraduate
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Postgraduate.

Salary trend for Postgraduate in the UK

Postgraduate
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Postgraduate over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Salary histogram for Postgraduate in the UK

Postgraduate
Top 12 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Postgraduate within the UK over the 6 months to 30 April 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
England +124 48 £49,000 - 73
UK excluding London +156 28 £49,000 +25.85% 49
London +84 21 £82,500 +58.65% 30
Midlands +63 14 £73,000 -13.10% 7
West Midlands +55 14 £73,000 +92.11% 3
Work from Home +161 11 £53,086 +14.11% 36
South East +119 10 £44,000 -23.48% 8
North of England +61 2 £47,928 +15.49% 16
Scotland +125 1 £53,086 +47.46% 7
Yorkshire +63 1 £70,000 - 6
East of England +39 1 - - 1
North West +19 1 £25,856 -37.70% 10

Postgraduate
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 2 (4.00%) Confluence
2 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.00%) MTS
Applications
1 4 (8.00%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (4.00%) Adobe Captivate
2 2 (4.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 2 (4.00%) Adobe Illustrator
2 2 (4.00%) Adobe Premiere
2 2 (4.00%) Final Cut Pro
2 2 (4.00%) InDesign
2 2 (4.00%) Photoshop
3 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 8 (16.00%) Azure
2 7 (14.00%) AWS
3 4 (8.00%) Asana
4 1 (2.00%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (2.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.00%) Network Security
1 1 (2.00%) tcpdump
1 1 (2.00%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.00%) Apache Cassandra
1 2 (4.00%) Couchbase
1 2 (4.00%) NoSQL
1 2 (4.00%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (4.00%) RDBMS
1 2 (4.00%) Relational Database
1 2 (4.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.00%) Elasticsearch
2 1 (2.00%) MongoDB
2 1 (2.00%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 2 (4.00%) Git
1 2 (4.00%) JIRA
1 2 (4.00%) LabVIEW
2 1 (2.00%) GDB
2 1 (2.00%) IDA Disassembler
2 1 (2.00%) Liquibase
2 1 (2.00%) WinDbg
General
1 20 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 10 (20.00%) Finance
3 9 (18.00%) Humanities
4 8 (16.00%) Local Government
5 4 (8.00%) Advertising
5 4 (8.00%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (6.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (4.00%) Multimedia
8 1 (2.00%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (2.00%) Front Office
8 1 (2.00%) Games
8 1 (2.00%) Marketing
8 1 (2.00%) Public Sector
8 1 (2.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (20.00%) Lecturer
2 7 (14.00%) Infrastructure Manager
3 6 (12.00%) Senior
4 4 (8.00%) Computer Scientist
4 4 (8.00%) Consultant
4 4 (8.00%) Project Manager
4 4 (8.00%) Recruitment Consultant
5 3 (6.00%) Developer
5 3 (6.00%) IT Assistant
5 3 (6.00%) IT Director
6 2 (4.00%) Architect
6 2 (4.00%) Data Scientist
6 2 (4.00%) Senior Computer Scientist
7 1 (2.00%) Database Architect
7 1 (2.00%) Python Developer
7 1 (2.00%) Senior Manager
7 1 (2.00%) Senior Project Manager
7 1 (2.00%) Senior Software Engineer
7 1 (2.00%) Software Engineer
7 1 (2.00%) Systems Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.00%) Django
1 2 (4.00%) EDI
1 2 (4.00%) Qt
2 1 (2.00%) Flask
2 1 (2.00%) HTML5 Canvas
2 1 (2.00%) libvirt
2 1 (2.00%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 7 (14.00%) Data Centre
2 4 (8.00%) Onboarding
3 2 (4.00%) Algorithms
3 2 (4.00%) Educational Technology
3 2 (4.00%) Learning Management System
3 2 (4.00%) NHS
3 2 (4.00%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.00%) Clustering
4 1 (2.00%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (2.00%) Fixed Income
4 1 (2.00%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.00%) VLE
Operating Systems
1 3 (6.00%) Linux
2 1 (2.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (22.00%) Computer Science
2 11 (22.00%) Psychology
3 10 (20.00%) Data Science
3 10 (20.00%) Physics
4 9 (18.00%) ITIL
4 9 (18.00%) Mathematics
5 8 (16.00%) Project Management
6 7 (14.00%) Infrastructure Management
6 7 (14.00%) Strategic Planning
7 6 (12.00%) Artificial Intelligence
7 6 (12.00%) Collaborative Working
8 5 (10.00%) Agile
9 4 (8.00%) Biology
9 4 (8.00%) Change Management
9 4 (8.00%) Chemistry
9 4 (8.00%) Client Onboarding
9 4 (8.00%) Decision-Making
10 3 (6.00%) DevOps
10 3 (6.00%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 8 (16.00%) Python
2 5 (10.00%) C++
3 2 (4.00%) JavaScript
4 1 (2.00%) C
4 1 (2.00%) C#
4 1 (2.00%) CodeQL
4 1 (2.00%) Fortran
4 1 (2.00%) MATLAB
4 1 (2.00%) PHP
4 1 (2.00%) R
4 1 (2.00%) SQL
4 1 (2.00%) VB
4 1 (2.00%) VBA
Qualifications
1 29 (58.00%) Degree
2 9 (18.00%) PhD
3 7 (14.00%) AWS Certification
3 7 (14.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 7 (14.00%) Azure Certification
3 7 (14.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 5 (10.00%) DV Cleared
4 5 (10.00%) Security Cleared
5 4 (8.00%) SC Cleared
6 3 (6.00%) Master's Degree
7 2 (4.00%) Numerate Degree
8 1 (2.00%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (2.00%) Novell Certification
System Software
1 2 (4.00%) Docker
2 1 (2.00%) Xen
Systems Management
1 2 (4.00%) Ansible
1 2 (4.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 12 (24.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (8.00%) Adobe
3 3 (6.00%) Oracle
4 2 (4.00%) CA Agile Central
4 2 (4.00%) Qubit
4 2 (4.00%) Xerox