Hybrid/Remote Master's Degree Job Trends

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 17 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 311 67 246
Rank change year-on-year -244 +179 -4
Permanent jobs citing Master's Degree 109 808 447
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.55% 5.26% 1.29%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.55% 15.29% 4.89%
Number of salaries quoted 66 113 247
10th Percentile £43,750 £46,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £50,000 £49,788
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
75th Percentile £93,350 £83,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £113,750 £99,500 £106,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - +7.69% -7.14%

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 4,270 5,283 9,147
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 21.39% 34.41% 26.46%
Number of salaries quoted 2,950 2,360 5,899
10th Percentile £33,250 £27,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £78,750 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £88,750 £86,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% +2.80% -10.83%

Master's Degree
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Master's Degree and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Master's Degree job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Master's Degree
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Master's Degree.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Master's Degree

Master's Degree
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Master's Degree over the 6 months to 17 June 2026.

Master's Degree salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Master's Degree
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 6 (5.50%) SharePoint
1 6 (5.50%) WordPress
2 5 (4.59%) CMS
3 3 (2.75%) Artix
4 2 (1.83%) Apache
5 1 (0.92%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 11 (10.09%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 6 (5.50%) Adobe Illustrator
2 6 (5.50%) Adobe Premiere
2 6 (5.50%) Photoshop
3 5 (4.59%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (2.75%) AutoCAD
4 3 (2.75%) Autodesk Inventor
5 1 (0.92%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.92%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.92%) Solid Edge
Cloud Services
1 15 (13.76%) AWS
2 14 (12.84%) Azure
2 14 (12.84%) SaaS
3 8 (7.34%) Power Platform
4 6 (5.50%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (5.50%) PowerApps
5 5 (4.59%) GCP
5 5 (4.59%) GitHub
5 5 (4.59%) GitHub Actions
6 3 (2.75%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (2.75%) PaaS
6 3 (2.75%) Serverless
7 2 (1.83%) AWS CloudFormation
7 2 (1.83%) Azure Data Factory
7 2 (1.83%) Azure Functions
7 2 (1.83%) Azure Logic Apps
7 2 (1.83%) ClickUp
7 2 (1.83%) Power Automate
8 1 (0.92%) Cloud Functions
8 1 (0.92%) Cloud Run
Communications & Networking
1 5 (4.59%) Broadband
2 3 (2.75%) NFC
2 3 (2.75%) RFID
3 2 (1.83%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.92%) ATM
4 1 (0.92%) DSL
4 1 (0.92%) Frame Relay
4 1 (0.92%) Internet
4 1 (0.92%) Intranet
4 1 (0.92%) LAN
4 1 (0.92%) MPLS
4 1 (0.92%) NAS
4 1 (0.92%) SNMP
4 1 (0.92%) VoIP
4 1 (0.92%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (5.50%) Power BI
2 4 (3.67%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (2.75%) Metadata
3 3 (2.75%) SQL Server
3 3 (2.75%) Star Schema
4 2 (1.83%) MariaDB
4 2 (1.83%) MySQL
4 2 (1.83%) NoSQL
4 2 (1.83%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.92%) Amazon Athena
5 1 (0.92%) Big Data
5 1 (0.92%) BigQuery
5 1 (0.92%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.92%) Looker
5 1 (0.92%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.92%) Spark SQL
5 1 (0.92%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (3.67%) Git
2 3 (2.75%) JIRA
3 2 (1.83%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.92%) Bower
4 1 (0.92%) LabVIEW
4 1 (0.92%) MLflow
4 1 (0.92%) Subversion
General
1 38 (34.86%) Social Skills
2 18 (16.51%) Organisational Skills
3 17 (15.60%) Electronics
4 16 (14.68%) Manufacturing
5 15 (13.76%) Analytical Skills
6 14 (12.84%) Marketing
7 13 (11.93%) Finance
8 10 (9.17%) Influencing Skills
9 9 (8.26%) Games
9 9 (8.26%) Public Sector
10 6 (5.50%) Aviation
10 6 (5.50%) Law
11 4 (3.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (1.83%) Advertising
12 2 (1.83%) Aerospace
12 2 (1.83%) Automotive
12 2 (1.83%) Brand Awareness
12 2 (1.83%) Legal
12 2 (1.83%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (1.83%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 23 (21.10%) Senior
2 17 (15.60%) Lead
3 11 (10.09%) Systems Engineer
4 9 (8.26%) Marketing Manager
5 8 (7.34%) Senior Software Engineer
5 8 (7.34%) Software Engineer
6 6 (5.50%) Consultant
6 6 (5.50%) Developer
6 6 (5.50%) Lecturer
7 5 (4.59%) Analyst
7 5 (4.59%) Engineering Manager
7 5 (4.59%) Lead Systems Engineer
7 5 (4.59%) Senior Analyst
8 4 (3.67%) Product Manager
8 4 (3.67%) Product Marketing Manager
8 4 (3.67%) RF Engineer
8 4 (3.67%) Senior Consultant
9 3 (2.75%) FPGA Engineer
9 3 (2.75%) Head of IT
9 3 (2.75%) Senior FPGA Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (7.34%) PyTorch
2 5 (4.59%) scikit-learn
3 4 (3.67%) .NET
3 4 (3.67%) Pandas
3 4 (3.67%) RESTful
3 4 (3.67%) TensorFlow
3 4 (3.67%) XGBoost
4 3 (2.75%) CSS
4 3 (2.75%) HTML
4 3 (2.75%) JSON
4 3 (2.75%) Middleware
4 3 (2.75%) OpenCV
4 3 (2.75%) Yocto
5 2 (1.83%) .NET Core
5 2 (1.83%) Node.js
5 2 (1.83%) React
5 2 (1.83%) REST
5 2 (1.83%) Sass
5 2 (1.83%) Smarty
5 2 (1.83%) Symfony
Miscellaneous
1 11 (10.09%) Distributed Systems
2 9 (8.26%) Management Information System
3 8 (7.34%) Algorithms
3 8 (7.34%) Sports Betting
4 6 (5.50%) Embedded Systems
4 6 (5.50%) Robotics
5 5 (4.59%) Smart City
6 3 (2.75%) Contactless
6 3 (2.75%) FPGA
6 3 (2.75%) MicroBlaze
6 3 (2.75%) PCIe
6 3 (2.75%) Smartcard
6 3 (2.75%) VHDL
7 2 (1.83%) Cloud Native
7 2 (1.83%) Device Driver
7 2 (1.83%) IoT
7 2 (1.83%) Lidar
7 2 (1.83%) Self-Driving Car
7 2 (1.83%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (1.83%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 16 (14.68%) Linux
2 3 (2.75%) Embedded Linux
3 2 (1.83%) Robot Operating System
3 2 (1.83%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (33.03%) Computer Science
2 34 (31.19%) Decision-Making
3 27 (24.77%) AI
4 23 (21.10%) Mentoring
5 21 (19.27%) Problem-Solving
6 20 (18.35%) DevOps
7 19 (17.43%) Analytics
7 19 (17.43%) CI/CD
8 18 (16.51%) Mathematics
9 17 (15.60%) Software Engineering
9 17 (15.60%) Validation
10 16 (14.68%) Coaching
10 16 (14.68%) Machine Learning
10 16 (14.68%) Physics
11 15 (13.76%) Data Science
12 14 (12.84%) Project Management
13 13 (11.93%) Agile
13 13 (11.93%) Business Intelligence
13 13 (11.93%) Sales Enablement
13 13 (11.93%) Strategic Planning
Programming Languages
1 24 (22.02%) Python
2 15 (13.76%) C#
3 14 (12.84%) C++
4 10 (9.17%) Java
5 9 (8.26%) Rust
6 8 (7.34%) Go
6 8 (7.34%) SQL
7 4 (3.67%) C
7 4 (3.67%) JavaScript
7 4 (3.67%) VBA
8 3 (2.75%) PHP
9 2 (1.83%) Embedded C
9 2 (1.83%) Embedded C++
9 2 (1.83%) PowerShell
10 1 (0.92%) Bash
10 1 (0.92%) Perl
10 1 (0.92%) R
10 1 (0.92%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.92%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 109 (100.00%) Degree
2 27 (24.77%) PhD
3 13 (11.93%) Computer Science Degree
4 11 (10.09%) MBA
5 10 (9.17%) Security Cleared
6 9 (8.26%) CISSP
6 9 (8.26%) SC Cleared
7 7 (6.42%) CISM
8 5 (4.59%) Azure Certification
8 5 (4.59%) Chartered Engineer
8 5 (4.59%) HNC
9 3 (2.75%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
10 2 (1.83%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (1.83%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.92%) ACCA
11 1 (0.92%) CCIE
11 1 (0.92%) CISA
11 1 (0.92%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.92%) PMI Certification
11 1 (0.92%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (4.59%) QA
2 3 (2.75%) Data Quality
2 3 (2.75%) GDPR
2 3 (2.75%) NIST
3 2 (1.83%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (1.83%) DO-254
3 2 (1.83%) GRC
3 2 (1.83%) HAZOP
3 2 (1.83%) IEC 61508
3 2 (1.83%) ISO 26262
4 1 (0.92%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (0.92%) GxP
4 1 (0.92%) ISO 13485
4 1 (0.92%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (0.92%) SOC 2
System Software
1 3 (2.75%) Docker
2 1 (0.92%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.92%) Embedded Firmware
2 1 (0.92%) Firmware
2 1 (0.92%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.92%) Xen
Systems Management
1 2 (1.83%) Kubernetes
1 2 (1.83%) Terraform
2 1 (0.92%) OpenView
2 1 (0.92%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 11 (10.09%) Adobe
1 11 (10.09%) Salesforce
2 6 (5.50%) HubSpot
2 6 (5.50%) Microsoft
3 5 (4.59%) Pardot
4 4 (3.67%) Databricks
5 3 (2.75%) Autodesk
5 3 (2.75%) Google
5 3 (2.75%) SAP
5 3 (2.75%) Xilinx
6 1 (0.92%) ArcSight
6 1 (0.92%) Cisco
6 1 (0.92%) EMC
6 1 (0.92%) ExtraHop
6 1 (0.92%) HP
6 1 (0.92%) Oracle
6 1 (0.92%) Riverbed
6 1 (0.92%) Siebel
6 1 (0.92%) VMware