Master's Degree Jobs in Scotland

Master's Degree
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for Master's Degree qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 179 68 200
Rank change year-on-year -111 +132 -42
Permanent jobs citing Master's Degree 109 186 65
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 1.61% 4.16% 1.07%
As % of the Qualifications category 9.12% 13.28% 3.91%
Number of salaries quoted 21 30 17
10th Percentile - £42,225 £31,350
25th Percentile £55,000 £50,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,000 £55,750 £61,750
Median % change year-on-year +47.09% -9.72% +26.67%
75th Percentile £100,000 £60,000 £75,000
90th Percentile - £69,989 -
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £69,500
% change year-on-year - -6.47% +11.20%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Scotland

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 advertised in Scotland with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,195 1,401 1,661
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 17.60% 31.32% 27.42%
Number of salaries quoted 538 418 524
10th Percentile £26,700 £28,925 £26,250
25th Percentile £33,000 £38,772 £32,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,608 £50,939 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.61% +10.74% +2.22%
75th Percentile £64,688 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,564 £81,250
UK median annual salary £53,555 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.74% +9.09% -

Master's Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Master's Degree as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Master's Degree in Scotland

Master's Degree
Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Master's Degree in Scotland.

Salary trend for Master's Degree in Scotland

Master's Degree
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Master's Degree in Scotland over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Master's Degree in Scotland

Master's Degree
Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland region over the 6 months to 28 May 2024. 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
Glasgow -71 88 £85,000 +47.83% 17
Edinburgh -4 19 £81,000 +52.83% 20
Lanarkshire - 2 - - 6
Master's Degree
UK

Master's Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 29 (26.61%) FileNet
2 1 (0.92%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (2.75%) InVision
1 3 (2.75%) Sketch
2 1 (0.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.92%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.92%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 36 (33.03%) Figma
2 32 (29.36%) SurveyMonkey
3 29 (26.61%) Amazon S3
3 29 (26.61%) GitHub
4 8 (7.34%) Cloud Computing
5 5 (4.59%) AWS
6 3 (2.75%) GCP
7 2 (1.83%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (26.61%) Apache Cassandra
1 29 (26.61%) Elasticsearch
1 29 (26.61%) NoSQL
2 1 (0.92%) MySQL
2 1 (0.92%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.92%) RDBMS
2 1 (0.92%) Relational Database
2 1 (0.92%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 32 (29.36%) Jenkins
2 29 (26.61%) Jasmine
2 29 (26.61%) JUnit
2 29 (26.61%) Mockito
3 3 (2.75%) GitLab
4 1 (0.92%) Artifactory
4 1 (0.92%) Git
4 1 (0.92%) JIRA
4 1 (0.92%) MSTest
4 1 (0.92%) TestComplete
General
1 86 (78.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 82 (75.23%) Finance
2 82 (75.23%) Law
3 69 (63.30%) Marketing
4 32 (29.36%) Social Science
5 29 (26.61%) Social Skills
6 12 (11.01%) Legal
7 6 (5.50%) Analytical Skills
7 6 (5.50%) Banking
7 6 (5.50%) Telecoms
8 4 (3.67%) Investment Banking
9 3 (2.75%) Financial Institution
9 3 (2.75%) Manufacturing
9 3 (2.75%) Polish Language
10 2 (1.83%) Front Office
11 1 (0.92%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.92%) Electronics
11 1 (0.92%) Games
11 1 (0.92%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.92%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 38 (34.86%) Software Engineer
2 35 (32.11%) Lead
3 13 (11.93%) User Experience Researcher
4 6 (5.50%) Java Engineer
4 6 (5.50%) Java Software Engineer
5 5 (4.59%) Full Stack Engineer
5 5 (4.59%) Full Stack Software Engineer
5 5 (4.59%) Senior
6 4 (3.67%) Designer
7 3 (2.75%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
7 3 (2.75%) Developer
7 3 (2.75%) Senior Designer
7 3 (2.75%) Senior UX Designer
7 3 (2.75%) UX Designer
8 2 (1.83%) Front Office Developer
8 2 (1.83%) Java Developer
8 2 (1.83%) Machine Learning Engineer
8 2 (1.83%) Senior User Experience Researcher
8 2 (1.83%) Senior User Researcher
8 2 (1.83%) User Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (32.11%) React
2 34 (31.19%) AngularJS
3 29 (26.61%) GraphQL
3 29 (26.61%) Hibernate
3 29 (26.61%) J2EE
3 29 (26.61%) Kafka
3 29 (26.61%) Spring
3 29 (26.61%) Spring Integration
4 5 (4.59%) HTML
5 4 (3.67%) CSS
5 4 (3.67%) Twitter Bootstrap
6 3 (2.75%) LESS
6 3 (2.75%) OpenCV
6 3 (2.75%) OpenVINO
6 3 (2.75%) RESTful
6 3 (2.75%) Sass
7 2 (1.83%) HTML5
8 1 (0.92%) Entity Framework
8 1 (0.92%) Matplotlib
8 1 (0.92%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 30 (27.52%) Cloud Native
2 27 (24.77%) Market Risk
3 17 (15.60%) Algorithms
4 12 (11.01%) Product Ownership
5 5 (4.59%) Data Structures
5 5 (4.59%) Distributed Computing
6 4 (3.67%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (2.75%) Graphic Design
7 3 (2.75%) Mobile App
8 2 (1.83%) Cyber Threat
8 2 (1.83%) Management Information System
8 2 (1.83%) Video\Live Streaming
9 1 (0.92%) Data Centre
9 1 (0.92%) Distributed Systems
9 1 (0.92%) FPGA
9 1 (0.92%) IoT
9 1 (0.92%) Onboarding
9 1 (0.92%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.75%) Linux
1 3 (2.75%) Windows
2 1 (0.92%) FreeRTOS
2 1 (0.92%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (0.92%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (49.54%) Computer Science
2 49 (44.95%) Fintech
2 49 (44.95%) User Experience
3 48 (44.04%) UX Research
4 46 (42.20%) User Research
5 45 (41.28%) Anthropology
5 45 (41.28%) Cognitive Science
5 45 (41.28%) Psychology
6 43 (39.45%) Actionable Insight
6 43 (39.45%) Interaction Design
6 43 (39.45%) Qualitative Research
6 43 (39.45%) Service Design
7 42 (38.53%) Agile
8 41 (37.61%) Artificial Intelligence
8 41 (37.61%) Machine Learning
9 39 (35.78%) Software Engineering
10 38 (34.86%) Product Management
11 35 (32.11%) Roadmaps
12 34 (31.19%) CI/CD
12 34 (31.19%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 44 (40.37%) Java
2 34 (31.19%) R
3 32 (29.36%) SQL
4 13 (11.93%) C
4 13 (11.93%) C++
4 13 (11.93%) Python
5 11 (10.09%) Rust
6 6 (5.50%) Haskell
7 5 (4.59%) Go
7 5 (4.59%) JavaScript
8 2 (1.83%) Bash
8 2 (1.83%) C#
9 1 (0.92%) Kotlin
9 1 (0.92%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 109 (100.00%) Degree
2 63 (57.80%) PhD
3 40 (36.70%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (3.67%) Security Cleared
5 2 (1.83%) CISM
5 2 (1.83%) CISSP
6 1 (0.92%) CBAP
6 1 (0.92%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.59%) Accessibility
2 4 (3.67%) QA
3 3 (2.75%) WCAG
4 1 (0.92%) GDPR
System Software
1 4 (3.67%) Docker
2 1 (0.92%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 32 (29.36%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.92%) Ansible
2 1 (0.92%) Terraform
Vendors
1 32 (29.36%) Qualtrics
2 29 (26.61%) Oracle
3 3 (2.75%) Google
4 1 (0.92%) Keysight
4 1 (0.92%) Microsoft
4 1 (0.92%) Thales