Master's Degree Job Trends in West London

Master's Degree
London > West London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in West 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 11 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 13 37
Rank change year-on-year +2 +24 +38
Permanent jobs citing Master's Degree 120 43 5
As % of all permanent jobs in West London 22.86% 11.23% 1.47%
As % of the Qualifications category 54.30% 21.94% 5.75%
Number of salaries quoted 0 3 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £76,500 -
London median annual salary £85,000 £88,750 £90,000
% change year-on-year -4.23% -1.39% +12.50%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
West 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 West London.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 221 196 87
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West London 42.10% 51.17% 25.59%
Number of salaries quoted 76 39 67
10th Percentile £28,675 £20,898 £25,126
25th Percentile £32,188 £45,000 £39,085
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,000 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.26% +15.00% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £68,750 £61,125
90th Percentile £96,250 £77,800 £81,725
London median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year - - +2.21%

Master's Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in West London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Master's Degree relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in West London.

Master's Degree job vacancy trend in West London

Master's Degree
Salary Trend in West London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West London citing Master's Degree.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West London citing Master's Degree

Master's Degree
Job Locations in West 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 West London region over the 6 months to 11 January 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
Hillingdon - 35 - -
Hounslow - 30 - -
Ealing - 20 - -
Harrow +1 12 - -
Wembley 0 9 - -
Hammersmith +4 7 - - 1
Richmond upon Thames - 7 - -
Master's Degree
London

Master's Degree
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West 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
1 118 (98.33%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (0.83%) H2O.ai
2 1 (0.83%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 118 (98.33%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.83%) Data Lake
1 1 (0.83%) Metadata
General
1 118 (98.33%) Banking
1 118 (98.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 118 (98.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (0.83%) Finance
2 1 (0.83%) Italian Language
2 1 (0.83%) Manufacturing
2 1 (0.83%) Marketing
2 1 (0.83%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (0.83%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 101 (84.17%) Lecturer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.83%) Keras
1 1 (0.83%) PyTorch
1 1 (0.83%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 118 (98.33%) IoT
2 1 (0.83%) Data Centre
2 1 (0.83%) Management Information System
2 1 (0.83%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 119 (99.17%) AI
1 119 (99.17%) Machine Learning
2 118 (98.33%) Cybersecurity
2 118 (98.33%) User Experience
2 118 (98.33%) Web Development
3 2 (1.67%) Analytics
3 2 (1.67%) Customer Engagement
4 1 (0.83%) Coaching
4 1 (0.83%) Conflict Resolution
4 1 (0.83%) Data Engineering
4 1 (0.83%) Data Governance
4 1 (0.83%) Data Ingestion
4 1 (0.83%) DevSecOps
4 1 (0.83%) Metadata Management
4 1 (0.83%) Observability
4 1 (0.83%) Presales
4 1 (0.83%) Storytelling
4 1 (0.83%) Translating Business Requirements
4 1 (0.83%) Value Proposition
4 1 (0.83%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 120 (100.00%) Degree
2 118 (98.33%) PhD
2 118 (98.33%) Postgraduate
3 1 (0.83%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (0.83%) DBS Check
3 1 (0.83%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.83%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (0.83%) Databricks
1 1 (0.83%) Dell
1 1 (0.83%) NVIDIA