Master's Degree Jobs in the West Midlands

Master's Degree
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for Master's Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 125 193 65
Rank change year-on-year +68 -128 +175
Permanent jobs citing Master's Degree 72 62 310
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 1.74% 0.79% 5.11%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.03% 3.02% 12.45%
Number of salaries quoted 14 39 10
10th Percentile - £31,250 £45,000
25th Percentile £15,000 £33,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,000 £50,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -38.00% -13.04% +11.11%
75th Percentile £55,000 £62,125 £69,063
90th Percentile - £79,000 £81,250
England median annual salary £69,315 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +6.64% - -5.11%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
West Midlands

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 the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,374 2,054 2,490
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 57.26% 26.08% 41.08%
Number of salaries quoted 550 1,293 964
10th Percentile £27,750 £25,750 £28,575
25th Percentile £36,925 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% -4.76% +12.90%
75th Percentile £67,500 £63,750 £65,375
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £54,897 £54,399 £60,000
% change year-on-year +0.92% -9.34% +9.09%

Master's Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Master's Degree in the West Midlands

Master's Degree
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for Master's Degree in the West Midlands

Master's Degree
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Master's Degree in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Master's Degree in the West Midlands

Master's Degree
Job Locations in the West Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 30 May 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
Birmingham +51 28 £31,000 -29.14% 56
Staffordshire +36 20 - - 54
Shropshire +17 10 £55,000 -24.14% 97
Worcestershire +20 6 £15,000 -63.64% 47
Coventry - 5 - - 52
Wolverhampton +23 3 - - 47
Master's Degree
England

Master's Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Applications
1 53 (73.61%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 6 (8.33%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 6 (8.33%) Ethernet
1 6 (8.33%) Modbus
1 6 (8.33%) Profibus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.39%) Big Data
General
1 22 (30.56%) Analytical Skills
2 9 (12.50%) Social Skills
3 6 (8.33%) Electronics
3 6 (8.33%) Manufacturing
4 3 (4.17%) Legal
5 2 (2.78%) Agriculture
5 2 (2.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (2.78%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.39%) Aerospace
6 1 (1.39%) Finance
6 1 (1.39%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (1.39%) Retail
6 1 (1.39%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 53 (73.61%) Trainer
2 7 (9.72%) Systems Engineer
3 6 (8.33%) Control Systems Engineer
3 6 (8.33%) IT Support
3 6 (8.33%) Research Scientist
4 4 (5.56%) Analyst
4 4 (5.56%) Qualitative Analyst
4 4 (5.56%) Quantitative Analyst
5 3 (4.17%) Biostatistician
5 3 (4.17%) Developer
6 2 (2.78%) Mathematician
6 2 (2.78%) Statistician
6 2 (2.78%) Support Specialist
6 2 (2.78%) Technical Specialist
6 2 (2.78%) Technical Support
6 2 (2.78%) Technical Support Specialist
7 1 (1.39%) Data Scientist
7 1 (1.39%) Electrical Engineer
7 1 (1.39%) Fibre Engineer
7 1 (1.39%) Principal Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (11.11%) SCADA
2 6 (8.33%) EPoS
3 4 (5.56%) Molecular Biology
4 2 (2.78%) Renewable Energy
4 2 (2.78%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.39%) Algorithms
5 1 (1.39%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.39%) Fibre Optics
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.78%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (73.61%) Artificial Intelligence
1 53 (73.61%) Conversational UI
2 31 (43.06%) Mathematics
3 24 (33.33%) Chemistry
4 17 (23.61%) Physics
5 12 (16.67%) Computer Science
5 12 (16.67%) Statistics
6 6 (8.33%) Customer Service
6 6 (8.33%) Cybersecurity
6 6 (8.33%) Mechatronics
6 6 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (8.33%) Risk Assessment
6 6 (8.33%) Software Testing
6 6 (8.33%) Validation
7 5 (6.94%) Data Analysis
8 4 (5.56%) Biochemistry
8 4 (5.56%) Biology
8 4 (5.56%) Biotechnology
8 4 (5.56%) Data Interpretation
8 4 (5.56%) Experimental Design
Programming Languages
1 6 (8.33%) Ladder Logic
2 3 (4.17%) Python
3 2 (2.78%) C++
Qualifications
1 72 (100.00%) Degree
2 56 (77.78%) PhD
3 2 (2.78%) HNC
3 2 (2.78%) HND
4 1 (1.39%) Chartered Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.39%) GDPR
Vendors
1 53 (73.61%) PayPal
2 6 (8.33%) Allen-Bradley
2 6 (8.33%) Rockwell
2 6 (8.33%) Siemens
3 2 (2.78%) Facebook
3 2 (2.78%) YouTube