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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 190 47 225
Rank change year-on-year -143 +178 +4
Permanent jobs citing Master's Degree 39 291 97
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.56% 5.73% 1.11%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.97% 14.30% 3.39%
Number of salaries quoted 28 9 34
10th Percentile £29,750 £56,250 £15,743
25th Percentile £33,438 £58,750 £31,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,500 £62,500 £47,250
Median % change year-on-year -30.40% +32.28% -24.40%
75th Percentile £59,500 £66,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £71,805 £85,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £75,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -13.33% +15.38% -

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 1,984 2,035 2,860
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 28.36% 40.09% 32.76%
Number of salaries quoted 956 990 1,587
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,250 £29,256
25th Percentile £33,750 £38,750 £35,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £47,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +11.70% -3.74%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £76,375 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +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 26 July 2024.

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 26 July 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
Birmingham -32 17 £35,000 -44.00% 4
Worcestershire - 7 £37,500 - 4
Staffordshire -57 4 £50,000 -16.67% 5
Warwickshire -15 3 - - 1
Coventry 0 2 £47,250 -27.31%
Shropshire -24 2 - - 5
Wolverhampton -20 1 £70,000 - 1
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 4 (10.26%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (10.26%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (10.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (5.13%) AutoCAD
2 2 (5.13%) EPLAN
2 2 (5.13%) Simulink
2 2 (5.13%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 4 (10.26%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 5 (12.82%) Azure
2 4 (10.26%) Power Platform
3 2 (5.13%) AWS
3 2 (5.13%) SuccessFactors
4 1 (2.56%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (2.56%) Azure Stack
4 1 (2.56%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 1 (2.56%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.13%) Ethernet
1 2 (5.13%) FlexRay
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (10.26%) Power BI
2 2 (5.13%) Power Query
3 1 (2.56%) Data Lake
3 1 (2.56%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (2.56%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (2.56%) CMake
1 1 (2.56%) Git
General
1 22 (56.41%) Social Skills
2 6 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (12.82%) Manufacturing
4 4 (10.26%) Automotive
4 4 (10.26%) Finance
4 4 (10.26%) Marketing
5 2 (5.13%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (5.13%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (5.13%) Retail
5 2 (5.13%) Social Science
6 1 (2.56%) Electronics
6 1 (2.56%) German Language
6 1 (2.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.56%) Law
6 1 (2.56%) Legal
6 1 (2.56%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 13 (33.33%) Developer
2 10 (25.64%) Senior
3 7 (17.95%) Software Developer
4 4 (10.26%) E-Commerce Manager
4 4 (10.26%) Senior Developer
5 2 (5.13%) .NET Developer
5 2 (5.13%) Analyst
5 2 (5.13%) Auditor
5 2 (5.13%) Consultant
5 2 (5.13%) Embedded Engineer
5 2 (5.13%) Graduate
5 2 (5.13%) Hardware Engineer
5 2 (5.13%) IT Auditor
5 2 (5.13%) Lead
5 2 (5.13%) Senior Analyst
5 2 (5.13%) Senior Software Developer
6 1 (2.56%) Data Architect
6 1 (2.56%) Development Manager
6 1 (2.56%) Senior Data Architect
6 1 (2.56%) Software Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (12.82%) AngularJS
2 4 (10.26%) PyTorch
2 4 (10.26%) TensorFlow
3 3 (7.69%) .NET
3 3 (7.69%) .NET Core
3 3 (7.69%) .NET Framework
3 3 (7.69%) ASP.NET
3 3 (7.69%) ASP.NET Web Forms
3 3 (7.69%) Entity Framework
4 1 (2.56%) Keras
4 1 (2.56%) Node.js
4 1 (2.56%) NumPy
4 1 (2.56%) OpenCV
4 1 (2.56%) Pandas
4 1 (2.56%) React
Miscellaneous
1 5 (12.82%) Algorithms
2 3 (7.69%) Embedded Systems
3 2 (5.13%) CUDA
3 2 (5.13%) FMCG
3 2 (5.13%) Onboarding
3 2 (5.13%) Operational Technology
3 2 (5.13%) Renewable Energy
3 2 (5.13%) Tandem
4 1 (2.56%) Cyber Security Posture
4 1 (2.56%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (2.56%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.13%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (58.97%) Computer Science
2 17 (43.59%) Problem-Solving
3 10 (25.64%) Analytics
4 5 (12.82%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (12.82%) Data Science
4 5 (12.82%) Front End Development
4 5 (12.82%) Full Stack Development
5 4 (10.26%) Actionable Insight
5 4 (10.26%) Data Modelling
5 4 (10.26%) Data Visualisation
5 4 (10.26%) Decision-Making
5 4 (10.26%) Digital Marketing
5 4 (10.26%) E-Commerce
5 4 (10.26%) Economics
5 4 (10.26%) Email Marketing
5 4 (10.26%) Machine Learning
5 4 (10.26%) Market Research
5 4 (10.26%) Marketing Strategy
5 4 (10.26%) User Experience
5 4 (10.26%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 8 (20.51%) JavaScript
1 8 (20.51%) SQL
2 6 (15.38%) Python
3 5 (12.82%) C#
3 5 (12.82%) TypeScript
4 2 (5.13%) MATLAB
4 2 (5.13%) R
5 1 (2.56%) C++
Qualifications
1 39 (100.00%) Degree
2 8 (20.51%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (10.26%) MBA
3 4 (10.26%) PhD
4 2 (5.13%) DV Cleared
4 2 (5.13%) HND
4 2 (5.13%) SC Cleared
4 2 (5.13%) Security Cleared
5 1 (2.56%) CISM
5 1 (2.56%) CISSP
5 1 (2.56%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.69%) ISO 26262
2 2 (5.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 2 (5.13%) SOX 404
3 1 (2.56%) GDPR
3 1 (2.56%) GRC
3 1 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (2.56%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 1 (2.56%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 10 (25.64%) Microsoft
2 4 (10.26%) SAP
3 2 (5.13%) EMC
3 2 (5.13%) NVIDIA
3 2 (5.13%) Panasonic
4 1 (2.56%) Databricks