Master's Degree Jobs with Work from Home Options

Master's Degree
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid work 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 221 268 260
Rank change year-on-year +47 -8 +11
Permanent jobs citing Master's Degree 397 392 1,193
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.42% 1.19% 1.52%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.15% 4.40% 6.54%
Number of salaries quoted 189 286 443
10th Percentile £34,950 £45,000 £43,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% -3.57% +24.44%
75th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £93,750
90th Percentile £118,750 £105,000 £115,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £75,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -13.33% +15.38% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 7,707 8,918 18,247
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 27.59% 27.17% 23.24%
Number of salaries quoted 4,422 5,570 9,177
10th Percentile £33,755 £35,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £42,999 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £58,454
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +2.64% +6.28%
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £86,250 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -

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 26 July 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 7 (1.76%) Apache
2 6 (1.51%) IIS
2 6 (1.51%) nginx
3 3 (0.76%) Confluence
3 3 (0.76%) SAS
4 2 (0.50%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.25%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.25%) CMS
5 1 (0.25%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.25%) Luigi
5 1 (0.25%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.25%) Umbraco
Applications
1 19 (4.79%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (1.26%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.26%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.50%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.25%) Blender
Business Applications
1 6 (1.51%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.50%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.25%) Data Workbench
3 1 (0.25%) Endur
3 1 (0.25%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 51 (12.85%) Azure
2 47 (11.84%) AWS
3 20 (5.04%) Cloud Computing
4 16 (4.03%) GCP
5 14 (3.53%) Power Platform
5 14 (3.53%) SaaS
6 10 (2.52%) GitHub
7 8 (2.02%) Microsoft 365
8 7 (1.76%) Serverless
9 6 (1.51%) Amazon S3
9 6 (1.51%) AWS Lambda
9 6 (1.51%) GitHub Actions
10 5 (1.26%) PowerApps
10 5 (1.26%) Snowflake
11 3 (0.76%) Amazon EC2
11 3 (0.76%) Dynamics 365
11 3 (0.76%) WhatsApp
12 2 (0.50%) Azure DevOps
12 2 (0.50%) IaaS
12 2 (0.50%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (2.02%) Firewall
2 6 (1.51%) Network Security
3 3 (0.76%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.50%) VPN
4 2 (0.50%) Wireshark
5 1 (0.25%) ADSL
5 1 (0.25%) LAN
5 1 (0.25%) Modbus
5 1 (0.25%) NAS
5 1 (0.25%) SAN
5 1 (0.25%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.25%) tcpdump
5 1 (0.25%) VPLS
5 1 (0.25%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (12.59%) Tableau
2 16 (4.03%) Big Data
2 16 (4.03%) PostgreSQL
2 16 (4.03%) SQL Server
3 14 (3.53%) Data Warehouse
4 13 (3.27%) Power BI
4 13 (3.27%) Relational Database
5 8 (2.02%) Redis
6 7 (1.76%) MySQL
7 6 (1.51%) GIS
8 5 (1.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 4 (1.01%) Data Lake
9 4 (1.01%) MongoDB
9 4 (1.01%) NoSQL
10 3 (0.76%) Amazon Athena
10 3 (0.76%) Amazon RDS
11 2 (0.50%) Azure SQL Database
11 2 (0.50%) DynamoDB
11 2 (0.50%) Elasticsearch
11 2 (0.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 64 (16.12%) Git
2 8 (2.02%) Jenkins
3 5 (1.26%) Cypress.io
3 5 (1.26%) JIRA
3 5 (1.26%) Selenium
3 5 (1.26%) WebDriver
4 3 (0.76%) Bitbucket
4 3 (0.76%) GitLab
4 3 (0.76%) SonarQube
5 2 (0.50%) webpack
6 1 (0.25%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.25%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 230 (57.93%) Social Skills
2 104 (26.20%) Analytical Skills
3 85 (21.41%) Finance
4 64 (16.12%) Pharmaceutical
5 32 (8.06%) Marketing
6 31 (7.81%) Presentation Skills
7 28 (7.05%) Law
8 25 (6.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 24 (6.05%) Legal
10 21 (5.29%) Banking
11 20 (5.04%) Manufacturing
12 19 (4.79%) Dutch Language
12 19 (4.79%) French Language
12 19 (4.79%) German Language
12 19 (4.79%) Multimedia
12 19 (4.79%) Public Speaking
13 18 (4.53%) Electronics
13 18 (4.53%) Public Sector
14 14 (3.53%) Telecoms
15 9 (2.27%) Retail
Job Titles
1 124 (31.23%) Senior
2 75 (18.89%) Data Scientist
3 73 (18.39%) Senior Data Scientist
4 49 (12.34%) Analyst
5 47 (11.84%) Developer
6 32 (8.06%) Software Engineer
7 19 (4.79%) HR Trainer
7 19 (4.79%) Trainer
8 17 (4.28%) Architect
8 17 (4.28%) Consultant
9 15 (3.78%) Lead
10 14 (3.53%) Embedded Engineer
10 14 (3.53%) Embedded Software Engineer
11 13 (3.27%) C++ Developer
11 13 (3.27%) Product Manager
11 13 (3.27%) Senior Developer
12 9 (2.27%) Operations Analyst
12 9 (2.27%) Security Analyst
13 8 (2.02%) Data Engineer
13 8 (2.02%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (13.35%) TensorFlow
2 49 (12.34%) Pandas
2 49 (12.34%) PySpark
3 45 (11.34%) scikit-learn
4 15 (3.78%) PyTorch
5 13 (3.27%) .NET
6 8 (2.02%) ASP.NET
6 8 (2.02%) Django
6 8 (2.02%) NumPy
6 8 (2.02%) Web Services
7 7 (1.76%) .NET Framework
7 7 (1.76%) AngularJS
7 7 (1.76%) CSS
7 7 (1.76%) Flask
7 7 (1.76%) HTML
7 7 (1.76%) React
8 6 (1.51%) Celery
8 6 (1.51%) Dask
8 6 (1.51%) GeoJSON
8 6 (1.51%) LAPP Stack
Miscellaneous
1 123 (30.98%) Algorithms
2 48 (12.09%) Life Science
3 21 (5.29%) Data Structures
4 20 (5.04%) e-Learning
5 19 (4.79%) Learning Management System
5 19 (4.79%) Management Information System
5 19 (4.79%) Self-Motivation
6 10 (2.52%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 8 (2.02%) Blockchain
7 8 (2.02%) Cyber Threat
7 8 (2.02%) Embedded Systems
8 7 (1.76%) Client/Server
8 7 (1.76%) Driving Licence
8 7 (1.76%) Equities
9 6 (1.51%) Hedge funds
9 6 (1.51%) Onboarding
9 6 (1.51%) Security Posture
10 5 (1.26%) Distributed Computing
10 5 (1.26%) Distributed Systems
10 5 (1.26%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 18 (4.53%) Linux
2 11 (2.77%) Windows
3 9 (2.27%) Unix
4 6 (1.51%) FreeRTOS
5 3 (0.76%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.25%) Android
6 1 (0.25%) Robot Operating System
6 1 (0.25%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 182 (45.84%) Computer Science
2 125 (31.49%) Data Science
3 122 (30.73%) Visualisation
4 112 (28.21%) Statistics
5 105 (26.45%) Software Engineering
6 96 (24.18%) Analytics
7 93 (23.43%) Problem-Solving
8 82 (20.65%) Machine Learning
9 81 (20.40%) Artificial Intelligence
10 78 (19.65%) Mathematics
11 77 (19.40%) Decision-Making
12 75 (18.89%) Agile
13 70 (17.63%) Data Visualisation
14 66 (16.62%) Data Modelling
15 62 (15.62%) Actionable Insight
16 59 (14.86%) Physics
17 57 (14.36%) Customer Experience
18 52 (13.10%) Natural Language Processing
18 52 (13.10%) Neural Network
19 51 (12.85%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 144 (36.27%) Python
2 87 (21.91%) SQL
3 29 (7.30%) C++
4 21 (5.29%) Java
5 16 (4.03%) C#
6 15 (3.78%) C
7 14 (3.53%) JavaScript
8 9 (2.27%) R
9 7 (1.76%) PowerShell
10 5 (1.26%) Fortran
10 5 (1.26%) Rust
10 5 (1.26%) TypeScript
11 4 (1.01%) Go
11 4 (1.01%) T-SQL
12 3 (0.76%) AWK
12 3 (0.76%) sed
12 3 (0.76%) Shell Script
13 2 (0.50%) Bash
13 2 (0.50%) MATLAB
14 1 (0.25%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 397 (100.00%) Degree
2 101 (25.44%) PhD
3 77 (19.40%) Computer Science Degree
4 50 (12.59%) DBS Check
5 32 (8.06%) Security Cleared
6 25 (6.30%) MBA
7 16 (4.03%) CISSP
8 14 (3.53%) CISM
9 12 (3.02%) SC Cleared
10 9 (2.27%) DV Cleared
11 8 (2.02%) CEH
12 7 (1.76%) CISA
12 7 (1.76%) Numerate Degree
13 6 (1.51%) CREST Certified
14 5 (1.26%) GIAC
14 5 (1.26%) PMI Certification
14 5 (1.26%) PMP
15 4 (1.01%) BPSS Clearance
15 4 (1.01%) CRISC
15 4 (1.01%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (3.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (2.77%) Accessibility
2 11 (2.77%) NIST
3 9 (2.27%) QA
4 8 (2.02%) Data Quality
4 8 (2.02%) GDPR
5 5 (1.26%) PCI DSS
6 3 (0.76%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 3 (0.76%) GRC
6 3 (0.76%) HIPAA
6 3 (0.76%) ISO 31000
6 3 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 27005
6 3 (0.76%) NCSC
6 3 (0.76%) NIST 800
7 2 (0.50%) COBIT
7 2 (0.50%) Good Clinical Practice
7 2 (0.50%) PMO
7 2 (0.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (0.50%) SOX 404
7 2 (0.50%) Web Application Security Consortium
System Software
1 22 (5.54%) Docker
2 7 (1.76%) Embedded Firmware
2 7 (1.76%) Firmware
3 2 (0.50%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.25%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.25%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 1 (0.25%) Snort
4 1 (0.25%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (0.25%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 14 (3.53%) Kubernetes
2 13 (3.27%) Terraform
3 3 (0.76%) Ansible
4 2 (0.50%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 1 (0.25%) Kubeflow
5 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.25%) Nessus
5 1 (0.25%) RSA Archer
5 1 (0.25%) SCCM
Vendors
1 60 (15.11%) Databricks
2 46 (11.59%) Microsoft
3 16 (4.03%) SAP
4 9 (2.27%) Google
5 3 (0.76%) Atlassian
5 3 (0.76%) Coverity
5 3 (0.76%) EMC
5 3 (0.76%) Salesforce
6 2 (0.50%) Citrix
6 2 (0.50%) Dataiku
6 2 (0.50%) NVIDIA
6 2 (0.50%) VMware
7 1 (0.25%) Ariba
7 1 (0.25%) Cisco
7 1 (0.25%) Commvault
7 1 (0.25%) Ivanti
7 1 (0.25%) MobileIron
7 1 (0.25%) OpenLink
7 1 (0.25%) ServiceNow