Master's Degree Job Trends in Yorkshire

Master's Degree
England > Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Yorkshire with a requirement for Master's Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 11 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 66 74 195
Rank change year-on-year +8 +121 -147
Permanent jobs citing Master's Degree 144 62 22
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 2.67% 2.72% 0.40%
As % of the Qualifications category 10.82% 6.87% 2.04%
Number of salaries quoted 1 23 20
10th Percentile - - £33,750
25th Percentile £81,229 - £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £87,431 £45,000 £48,750
Median % change year-on-year +94.29% -7.69% +9.93%
75th Percentile £93,634 £73,318 £55,000
90th Percentile - £76,777 £65,000
England median annual salary £75,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +7.14% +7.69% +4.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,331 903 1,077
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 24.69% 39.62% 19.56%
Number of salaries quoted 478 335 780
10th Percentile £27,388 £25,313 £26,500
25th Percentile £28,250 £29,438 £32,720
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,410 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.76% -5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £79,000
England median annual salary £57,591 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.16% +4.55% -4.35%

Master's Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Master's Degree relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire.

Master's Degree job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

Master's Degree
Salary Trend in Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Master's Degree.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Master's Degree

Master's Degree
Job Locations in Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 11 April 2026. 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
West Yorkshire +13 95 - - 6
North Yorkshire -15 2 - -
South Yorkshire -38 2 £87,431 +37.36% 7
Master's Degree
England

Master's Degree
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire 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:

Applications
1 3 (2.08%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 138 (95.83%) Cloud Computing
2 2 (1.39%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 138 (95.83%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.39%) DynamoDB
1 2 (1.39%) Metadata
1 2 (1.39%) NoSQL
General
1 140 (97.22%) Social Skills
2 138 (95.83%) Banking
2 138 (95.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 5 (3.47%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (0.69%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 98 (68.06%) Lecturer
2 3 (2.08%) Architect
2 3 (2.08%) Trainer
3 2 (1.39%) Data Architect
4 1 (0.69%) Lead
4 1 (0.69%) Lead Architect
4 1 (0.69%) Lead Security Architect
4 1 (0.69%) Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 138 (95.83%) IoT
2 2 (1.39%) Data Structures
2 2 (1.39%) Management Information System
2 2 (1.39%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 141 (97.92%) AI
2 139 (96.53%) Cybersecurity
3 138 (95.83%) Machine Learning
3 138 (95.83%) User Experience
3 138 (95.83%) Web Development
4 3 (2.08%) Chemistry
4 3 (2.08%) Conversational UI
5 2 (1.39%) Agile
5 2 (1.39%) Computer Science
5 2 (1.39%) Data Architecture
5 2 (1.39%) Data Design
5 2 (1.39%) Data Governance
5 2 (1.39%) Data Integration
5 2 (1.39%) Data Modelling
5 2 (1.39%) Impact Analysis
5 2 (1.39%) Integration Patterns
5 2 (1.39%) Logical Data Model
5 2 (1.39%) Quality Management
5 2 (1.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (1.39%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 144 (100.00%) Degree
2 141 (97.92%) PhD
3 138 (95.83%) Postgraduate
4 3 (2.08%) SC Cleared
4 3 (2.08%) Security Cleared
5 2 (1.39%) AWS Certification
5 2 (1.39%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.69%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.39%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 3 (2.08%) PayPal