Master's Degree Jobs with Work from Home Options

Master's Degree
UK > Work from Home

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) with a requirement for Master's Degree qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 263 248 281
Rank change year-on-year -15 +33 +17
Permanent jobs citing Master's Degree 389 572 881
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.15% 1.34% 1.32%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.11% 5.25% 5.77%
Number of salaries quoted 228 319 404
10th Percentile £35,000 £42,500 £37,725
25th Percentile £46,688 £50,329 £48,649
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,750 £62,500 £66,250
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% -5.66% +10.42%
75th Percentile £81,250 £86,250 £90,000
90th Percentile £105,750 £110,500 £138,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% -10.71% +12.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

Master's Degree is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 9,464 10,892 15,280
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 28.03% 25.46% 22.84%
Number of salaries quoted 5,909 6,657 8,611
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £60,000 £59,732
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +0.45% +8.60%
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,715 £76,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £54,000 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.90% +5.45% -

Master's Degree
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Master's Degree as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Master's Degree trend for jobs with a WFH option

Master's Degree
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Master's Degree.

Master's Degree salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Master's Degree
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Master's Degree over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Master's Degree salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Master's Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 11 (2.83%) IIS
2 6 (1.54%) Apache
2 6 (1.54%) nginx
3 4 (1.03%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 4 (1.03%) Confluence
4 3 (0.77%) SAS
5 2 (0.51%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.51%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.26%) CMS
6 1 (0.26%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.26%) Umbraco
Applications
1 13 (3.34%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (2.57%) Spreadsheet
3 6 (1.54%) UserZoom
4 5 (1.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.77%) Adobe XD
5 3 (0.77%) InVision
5 3 (0.77%) Sketch
6 1 (0.26%) Blender
6 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.26%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (1.03%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (1.03%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.26%) Data Workbench
2 1 (0.26%) Endur
2 1 (0.26%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (0.26%) SAP MM
2 1 (0.26%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 74 (19.02%) AWS
2 71 (18.25%) Azure
3 28 (7.20%) Cloud Computing
3 28 (7.20%) SaaS
4 25 (6.43%) Power Platform
5 23 (5.91%) GCP
6 8 (2.06%) GitHub
6 8 (2.06%) IaaS
6 8 (2.06%) Microsoft 365
6 8 (2.06%) PowerApps
7 7 (1.80%) Dynamics 365
7 7 (1.80%) Serverless
7 7 (1.80%) WhatsApp
8 6 (1.54%) Azure Service Fabric
8 6 (1.54%) Entra ID
8 6 (1.54%) GitHub Actions
8 6 (1.54%) PaaS
9 5 (1.29%) Snowflake
10 4 (1.03%) AWS Lambda
10 4 (1.03%) Dagster
Communications & Networking
1 8 (2.06%) Network Security
2 7 (1.80%) Internet
2 7 (1.80%) TCP/IP
3 6 (1.54%) Firewall
4 5 (1.29%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (0.77%) Wireless
6 2 (0.51%) Wireless Security
7 1 (0.26%) Bluetooth
7 1 (0.26%) LAN
7 1 (0.26%) OFDM
7 1 (0.26%) Software-Defined Radio
7 1 (0.26%) tcpdump
7 1 (0.26%) VPLS
7 1 (0.26%) VPN
7 1 (0.26%) WAN
7 1 (0.26%) Wireshark
7 1 (0.26%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (9.77%) Tableau
2 24 (6.17%) Data Warehouse
3 23 (5.91%) SQL Server
4 20 (5.14%) Power BI
5 19 (4.88%) PostgreSQL
6 17 (4.37%) Relational Database
7 16 (4.11%) Big Data
8 14 (3.60%) Redis
9 13 (3.34%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 7 (1.80%) Data Lake
11 6 (1.54%) Azure SQL Database
11 6 (1.54%) GIS
12 4 (1.03%) QlikView
13 3 (0.77%) Amazon Athena
13 3 (0.77%) MongoDB
13 3 (0.77%) NoSQL
13 3 (0.77%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 2 (0.51%) Apache Cassandra
14 2 (0.51%) Metadata
14 2 (0.51%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 52 (13.37%) Git
2 5 (1.29%) JIRA
3 4 (1.03%) Jenkins
3 4 (1.03%) Snakemake
4 2 (0.51%) Burp Suite
4 2 (0.51%) Metasploit
4 2 (0.51%) Rational DOORS
5 1 (0.26%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.26%) GitLab
5 1 (0.26%) Selenium
5 1 (0.26%) SonarQube
5 1 (0.26%) SpecFlow
5 1 (0.26%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.26%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 192 (49.36%) Social Skills
2 86 (22.11%) Finance
3 67 (17.22%) Analytical Skills
4 36 (9.25%) Marketing
5 35 (9.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 35 (9.00%) Law
5 35 (9.00%) Pharmaceutical
6 31 (7.97%) Legal
7 23 (5.91%) Manufacturing
8 20 (5.14%) Presentation Skills
9 18 (4.63%) Electronics
10 16 (4.11%) Public Sector
10 16 (4.11%) Retail
11 15 (3.86%) Banking
12 14 (3.60%) Back Office
13 13 (3.34%) Telecoms
14 10 (2.57%) Aerospace
15 9 (2.31%) Automotive
16 7 (1.80%) Health Technology
17 5 (1.29%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 104 (26.74%) Senior
2 49 (12.60%) Developer
3 43 (11.05%) Software Engineer
4 42 (10.80%) Data Scientist
5 34 (8.74%) Senior Data Scientist
6 32 (8.23%) Architect
7 31 (7.97%) Analyst
8 19 (4.88%) Product Manager
9 18 (4.63%) Lead
10 16 (4.11%) Consultant
11 14 (3.60%) Development Manager
12 13 (3.34%) Senior Developer
13 11 (2.83%) Database Developer
13 11 (2.83%) Senior Software Engineer
13 11 (2.83%) Technical Architect
14 10 (2.57%) Applications Engineer
14 10 (2.57%) Business Development Manager
14 10 (2.57%) Business Manager
14 10 (2.57%) Data Engineer
14 10 (2.57%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (10.03%) TensorFlow
2 32 (8.23%) .NET
3 31 (7.97%) Pandas
4 30 (7.71%) scikit-learn
5 29 (7.46%) ASP.NET
6 28 (7.20%) PySpark
7 23 (5.91%) PyTorch
8 16 (4.11%) Web Services
9 15 (3.86%) REST
10 11 (2.83%) .NET Core
11 10 (2.57%) Entity Framework
11 10 (2.57%) React
11 10 (2.57%) Spring
12 9 (2.31%) ASP.NET Core
12 9 (2.31%) Hibernate
12 9 (2.31%) Spring MVC
13 8 (2.06%) Django
13 8 (2.06%) NumPy
14 7 (1.80%) Flask
14 7 (1.80%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 80 (20.57%) Algorithms
2 37 (9.51%) Management Information System
3 28 (7.20%) Life Science
4 27 (6.94%) Data Structures
5 23 (5.91%) Self-Motivation
6 13 (3.34%) Embedded Systems
7 11 (2.83%) Biopharmaceutical
7 11 (2.83%) Client/Server
8 10 (2.57%) Cloud Native
8 10 (2.57%) Product Ownership
9 9 (2.31%) CUDA
9 9 (2.31%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 9 (2.31%) Hedge funds
10 8 (2.06%) Distributed Systems
10 8 (2.06%) Equities
11 7 (1.80%) Legacy Systems
12 6 (1.54%) Cyber Threat
12 6 (1.54%) Onboarding
13 5 (1.29%) Greenfield Project
13 5 (1.29%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 38 (9.77%) Linux
2 16 (4.11%) Windows
3 12 (3.08%) Unix
4 6 (1.54%) FreeRTOS
5 5 (1.29%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.77%) Android
6 3 (0.77%) Mac OS X
7 2 (0.51%) Kali Linux
8 1 (0.26%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.26%) Embedded Linux
8 1 (0.26%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 201 (51.67%) Computer Science
2 134 (34.45%) Problem-Solving
3 95 (24.42%) Software Engineering
4 88 (22.62%) Agile
4 88 (22.62%) Visualisation
5 85 (21.85%) Artificial Intelligence
6 84 (21.59%) Data Science
7 76 (19.54%) Machine Learning
8 72 (18.51%) Decision-Making
9 70 (17.99%) Analytics
10 68 (17.48%) Mathematics
11 58 (14.91%) Data Analysis
11 58 (14.91%) Statistics
12 54 (13.88%) Roadmaps
13 48 (12.34%) Data Analytics
13 48 (12.34%) Data Visualisation
14 45 (11.57%) DevOps
15 44 (11.31%) Actionable Insight
16 43 (11.05%) Physics
17 42 (10.80%) Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 164 (42.16%) Python
2 106 (27.25%) SQL
3 46 (11.83%) C#
4 31 (7.97%) Java
5 24 (6.17%) C++
6 20 (5.14%) R
7 19 (4.88%) C
8 14 (3.60%) PowerShell
9 11 (2.83%) T-SQL
10 10 (2.57%) JavaScript
11 9 (2.31%) Bash
12 7 (1.80%) Go
13 6 (1.54%) Fortran
14 4 (1.03%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 4 (1.03%) Shell Script
15 3 (0.77%) AWK
15 3 (0.77%) sed
16 2 (0.51%) Kotlin
16 2 (0.51%) Rust
16 2 (0.51%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 389 (100.00%) Degree
2 104 (26.74%) Computer Science Degree
3 101 (25.96%) PhD
4 35 (9.00%) Security Cleared
5 34 (8.74%) DBS Check
5 34 (8.74%) MBA
6 19 (4.88%) CISSP
7 17 (4.37%) CISM
8 16 (4.11%) SC Cleared
9 12 (3.08%) Numerate Degree
10 10 (2.57%) CFA
10 10 (2.57%) CIMA
11 8 (2.06%) AWS Certification
11 8 (2.06%) DV Cleared
12 6 (1.54%) CREST Certified
12 6 (1.54%) GIAC
12 6 (1.54%) Microsoft Certification
12 6 (1.54%) SANS
13 5 (1.29%) BPSS Clearance
13 5 (1.29%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (3.60%) QA
2 13 (3.34%) NIST
3 11 (2.83%) Data Quality
3 11 (2.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (2.31%) Accessibility
5 7 (1.80%) GDPR
6 6 (1.54%) COBIT
6 6 (1.54%) Web Application Security Consortium
7 4 (1.03%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.77%) ISO 31000
8 3 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 3 (0.77%) NCSC
8 3 (0.77%) NIST 800
8 3 (0.77%) WCAG
9 2 (0.51%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.51%) ECSS
9 2 (0.51%) Good Clinical Practice
9 2 (0.51%) PMO
9 2 (0.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.51%) SOX 404
System Software
1 40 (10.28%) Docker
2 1 (0.26%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Virtual Server
2 1 (0.26%) Snort
2 1 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (0.26%) Virtual Servers
2 1 (0.26%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (0.26%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 24 (6.17%) Kubernetes
2 12 (3.08%) Terraform
3 6 (1.54%) Ansible
3 6 (1.54%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 3 (0.77%) vRealize
4 3 (0.77%) vRealize Orchestrator
5 2 (0.51%) Nmap
6 1 (0.26%) Kubeflow
6 1 (0.26%) SCCM
Vendors
1 49 (12.60%) Microsoft
2 33 (8.48%) Databricks
3 21 (5.40%) Google
3 21 (5.40%) SAP
4 7 (1.80%) Oracle
5 6 (1.54%) NVIDIA
5 6 (1.54%) Qualtrics
5 6 (1.54%) YouTube
6 4 (1.03%) Atlassian
6 4 (1.03%) Salesforce
6 4 (1.03%) ServiceNow
7 3 (0.77%) Dell
8 2 (0.51%) Dataiku
8 2 (0.51%) HubSpot
9 1 (0.26%) Ariba
9 1 (0.26%) Cisco
9 1 (0.26%) Citrix
9 1 (0.26%) Interwoven
9 1 (0.26%) Sparx
9 1 (0.26%) Thales