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 12 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 143 197 65
Rank change year-on-year +54 -132 +164
Permanent jobs citing Master's Degree 54 61 315
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 1.23% 0.83% 4.93%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.23% 3.11% 11.92%
Number of salaries quoted 14 38 13
10th Percentile - £31,250 £22,440
25th Percentile £15,000 £33,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -34.74% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
90th Percentile - £77,500 £79,000
England median annual salary £69,315 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +6.64% - -7.14%

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 2,422 1,962 2,642
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 55.30% 26.59% 41.31%
Number of salaries quoted 573 1,288 966
10th Percentile £27,750 £25,675 £28,500
25th Percentile £36,925 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.00% -4.76% +11.70%
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,813 £66,242
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% 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 12 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 12 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 +41 19 £31,000 -29.14% 29
Staffordshire +30 13 - - 31
Shropshire +17 8 £55,000 -24.14% 7
Worcestershire +18 6 £15,000 -63.64% 2
Coventry - 4 - - 9
Wolverhampton +16 2 - - 2
Warwickshire -18 2 £45,000 +4.05% 14
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.85%) Confluence
Applications
1 35 (64.81%) Chatbot
2 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 6 (11.11%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (1.85%) Azure
2 1 (1.85%) Azure Data Factory
2 1 (1.85%) Azure Synapse Analytics
2 1 (1.85%) GitHub
2 1 (1.85%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 4 (7.41%) Ethernet
1 4 (7.41%) Modbus
1 4 (7.41%) Profibus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.85%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (1.85%) Big Data
1 1 (1.85%) GIS
1 1 (1.85%) Power BI
1 1 (1.85%) Spatial Data
1 1 (1.85%) SQL Server
1 1 (1.85%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (1.85%) JIRA
General
1 14 (25.93%) Analytical Skills
2 10 (18.52%) Social Skills
3 4 (7.41%) Electronics
3 4 (7.41%) Manufacturing
4 2 (3.70%) Finance
4 2 (3.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (3.70%) Legal
4 2 (3.70%) Public Sector
5 1 (1.85%) Agriculture
5 1 (1.85%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 35 (64.81%) Trainer
2 6 (11.11%) IT Support
3 4 (7.41%) Analyst
3 4 (7.41%) Control Systems Engineer
3 4 (7.41%) Qualitative Analyst
3 4 (7.41%) Quantitative Analyst
3 4 (7.41%) Research Scientist
3 4 (7.41%) Systems Engineer
4 2 (3.70%) Biostatistician
4 2 (3.70%) Developer
4 2 (3.70%) Support Specialist
4 2 (3.70%) Technical Specialist
4 2 (3.70%) Technical Support
4 2 (3.70%) Technical Support Specialist
5 1 (1.85%) Data Engineer
5 1 (1.85%) Data Scientist
5 1 (1.85%) Fibre Engineer
5 1 (1.85%) Mathematician
5 1 (1.85%) PMO Manager
5 1 (1.85%) Principal Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (11.11%) EPoS
1 6 (11.11%) SCADA
2 3 (5.56%) Molecular Biology
3 2 (3.70%) Renewable Energy
3 2 (3.70%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.85%) Algorithms
4 1 (1.85%) Fibre Optics
4 1 (1.85%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.85%) Lidar
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.70%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (66.67%) Artificial Intelligence
2 35 (64.81%) Conversational UI
3 26 (48.15%) Mathematics
4 14 (25.93%) Chemistry
5 12 (22.22%) Physics
6 10 (18.52%) Computer Science
7 9 (16.67%) Statistics
8 7 (12.96%) Customer Service
9 6 (11.11%) Cybersecurity
9 6 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
9 6 (11.11%) Software Testing
10 5 (9.26%) Data Analysis
11 4 (7.41%) Business Strategy
11 4 (7.41%) Mechatronics
11 4 (7.41%) Risk Assessment
11 4 (7.41%) Validation
12 3 (5.56%) Agile
12 3 (5.56%) Biochemistry
12 3 (5.56%) Data Interpretation
12 3 (5.56%) Experimental Design
Programming Languages
1 4 (7.41%) Ladder Logic
2 3 (5.56%) Python
3 2 (3.70%) C++
4 1 (1.85%) SQL
Qualifications
1 54 (100.00%) Degree
2 38 (70.37%) PhD
3 2 (3.70%) HNC
3 2 (3.70%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.85%) Accessibility
1 1 (1.85%) Data Quality
1 1 (1.85%) PMO
1 1 (1.85%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (1.85%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 35 (64.81%) PayPal
2 4 (7.41%) Allen-Bradley
2 4 (7.41%) Rockwell
2 4 (7.41%) Siemens
3 2 (3.70%) Facebook
3 2 (3.70%) YouTube
4 1 (1.85%) Atlassian
4 1 (1.85%) ESRI
4 1 (1.85%) Microsoft