Master's Degree Jobs in the South East

Master's Degree
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for Master's Degree qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 29 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 151 53 232
Rank change year-on-year -98 +179 +4
Permanent jobs citing Master's Degree 301 753 312
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 1.72% 5.36% 1.52%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.10% 13.48% 4.45%
Number of salaries quoted 171 141 132
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £48,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% +18.52%
75th Percentile £73,125 £80,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £85,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £68,500
% change year-on-year - -5.11% +5.38%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South East

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 the South East with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 5,907 5,588 7,004
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 33.68% 39.77% 34.20%
Number of salaries quoted 3,633 2,495 3,152
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £29,149
25th Percentile £38,125 £36,713 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £51,350 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.27% -1.25% +4.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £78,750
England median annual salary £54,399 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.34% +9.09% -

Master's Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Master's Degree in the South East

Master's Degree
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Master's Degree in the South East.

Salary trend for Master's Degree in the South East

Master's Degree
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Master's Degree in the South East over the 6 months to 29 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Master's Degree in the South East

Master's Degree
Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 29 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
Thames Valley -35 178 £58,000 +36.47% 84
Oxfordshire +12 82 £55,000 +92.98% 34
Berkshire -16 74 £56,500 -19.29% 36
Surrey -76 35 £60,000 -4.00% 24
Hampshire -102 34 £41,500 -44.67% 27
Kent -27 33 £65,000 +52.94% 9
Buckinghamshire -58 22 £70,000 +25.00% 15
West Sussex -29 14 £64,000 -28.89% 4
East Sussex -44 7 £50,000 +5.26% 9
Master's Degree
England

Master's Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 12 (3.99%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.99%) Apache
2 6 (1.99%) nginx
3 2 (0.66%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.66%) SAS
Applications
1 25 (8.31%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (5.98%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (4.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (3.65%) MS Visio
5 7 (2.33%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (1.33%) Simulink
7 1 (0.33%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (1.66%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 29 (9.63%) Azure
2 26 (8.64%) AWS
3 25 (8.31%) Power Platform
4 15 (4.98%) AWS Lambda
4 15 (4.98%) Serverless
5 12 (3.99%) IaaS
5 12 (3.99%) Microsoft 365
5 12 (3.99%) PowerApps
5 12 (3.99%) SaaS
6 11 (3.65%) GitHub
6 11 (3.65%) OneDrive
6 11 (3.65%) Power Automate
6 11 (3.65%) ShareGate
7 10 (3.32%) PaaS
8 7 (2.33%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 7 (2.33%) Azure Functions
9 6 (1.99%) Cloud Computing
9 6 (1.99%) GCP
9 6 (1.99%) GitHub Actions
9 6 (1.99%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 15 (4.98%) 5G
1 15 (4.98%) Broadband
2 8 (2.66%) Internet
3 7 (2.33%) HTTP
4 5 (1.66%) Firewall
4 5 (1.66%) Intranet
4 5 (1.66%) SNMP
4 5 (1.66%) Wireless
5 4 (1.33%) 4G
5 4 (1.33%) WebEx
6 2 (0.66%) LAN
6 2 (0.66%) Network Security
6 2 (0.66%) RS-485
6 2 (0.66%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (7.97%) Power BI
2 20 (6.64%) SQL Server
3 10 (3.32%) GIS
3 10 (3.32%) Relational Database
4 9 (2.99%) Tableau
5 8 (2.66%) PostgreSQL
6 7 (2.33%) DynamoDB
6 7 (2.33%) MySQL
6 7 (2.33%) NoSQL
7 6 (1.99%) Data Warehouse
7 6 (1.99%) Redis
8 5 (1.66%) Oracle Reports
9 4 (1.33%) Amazon Athena
9 4 (1.33%) Big Data
10 3 (1.00%) Amazon RDS
10 3 (1.00%) Azure SQL Database
10 3 (1.00%) Impala
11 2 (0.66%) Amazon Redshift
11 2 (0.66%) Apache Hive
11 2 (0.66%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 25 (8.31%) Git
2 6 (1.99%) GitLab
2 6 (1.99%) JIRA
3 4 (1.33%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.00%) Babel
4 3 (1.00%) CMake
4 3 (1.00%) Team Foundation Server
4 3 (1.00%) TestRail
4 3 (1.00%) webpack
5 2 (0.66%) ERwin
6 1 (0.33%) Maven
6 1 (0.33%) Rational DOORS
General
1 134 (44.52%) Social Skills
2 72 (23.92%) Analytical Skills
3 55 (18.27%) Finance
4 34 (11.30%) Manufacturing
4 34 (11.30%) Marketing
5 30 (9.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 26 (8.64%) Pharmaceutical
7 20 (6.64%) Legal
8 17 (5.65%) Aerospace
9 15 (4.98%) Presentation Skills
10 14 (4.65%) Telecoms
11 12 (3.99%) Law
12 11 (3.65%) Aviation
12 11 (3.65%) Electronics
12 11 (3.65%) Military
13 7 (2.33%) Public Sector
14 5 (1.66%) Automotive
14 5 (1.66%) Organisational Skills
15 4 (1.33%) Aeronautics
16 3 (1.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 60 (19.93%) Senior
2 54 (17.94%) Software Engineer
3 33 (10.96%) Developer
4 26 (8.64%) Lead
5 17 (5.65%) Data Scientist
5 17 (5.65%) Junior
6 14 (4.65%) Senior Software Engineer
7 13 (4.32%) Associate Director
8 11 (3.65%) Systems Engineer
9 10 (3.32%) Business Development Manager
9 10 (3.32%) Business Manager
9 10 (3.32%) Consultant
9 10 (3.32%) Development Manager
9 10 (3.32%) Graduate
9 10 (3.32%) Product Manager
9 10 (3.32%) Senior Systems Engineer
10 8 (2.66%) Architect
10 8 (2.66%) Research Engineer
10 8 (2.66%) Software Developer
11 7 (2.33%) Systems Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (5.98%) AngularJS
2 16 (5.32%) React
3 15 (4.98%) RESTful
4 14 (4.65%) .NET
4 14 (4.65%) OpenACC
4 14 (4.65%) OpenMP
4 14 (4.65%) Web Services
5 13 (4.32%) HTML
6 10 (3.32%) Vue
7 9 (2.99%) HTML5
8 8 (2.66%) CSS
8 8 (2.66%) Dask
8 8 (2.66%) Django
8 8 (2.66%) Flask
9 7 (2.33%) gRPC
9 7 (2.33%) jQuery
9 7 (2.33%) NumPy
10 6 (1.99%) Celery
10 6 (1.99%) CSS3
10 6 (1.99%) GeoPandas
Miscellaneous
1 103 (34.22%) Algorithms
2 38 (12.62%) Management Information System
3 34 (11.30%) Data Structures
4 19 (6.31%) CUDA
5 18 (5.98%) Product Ownership
6 17 (5.65%) Analytical Mindset
7 15 (4.98%) Cloud Native
8 10 (3.32%) Biopharmaceutical
8 10 (3.32%) IoT
8 10 (3.32%) Life Science
9 9 (2.99%) Taxonomies
10 8 (2.66%) Distributed Systems
11 7 (2.33%) FPGA
11 7 (2.33%) Public Cloud
12 5 (1.66%) Data Protection Act
13 4 (1.33%) Enterprise Software
13 4 (1.33%) Onboarding
13 4 (1.33%) Virtual Team
14 3 (1.00%) Data Centre
14 3 (1.00%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 74 (24.58%) Linux
2 36 (11.96%) Unix
3 25 (8.31%) Windows
4 1 (0.33%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.33%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.33%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 181 (60.13%) Computer Science
2 121 (40.20%) Problem-Solving
3 91 (30.23%) Mathematics
4 84 (27.91%) Agile
5 78 (25.91%) Physics
6 76 (25.25%) Software Engineering
7 64 (21.26%) DevOps
8 54 (17.94%) Roadmaps
9 50 (16.61%) Analytics
10 49 (16.28%) Machine Learning
11 47 (15.61%) Parallel Programming
12 43 (14.29%) Data Analytics
13 39 (12.96%) Continuous Improvement
14 34 (11.30%) Business Intelligence
14 34 (11.30%) Data Analysis
14 34 (11.30%) Visualisation
15 33 (10.96%) Mentoring
16 32 (10.63%) Data Visualisation
16 32 (10.63%) Market Research
16 32 (10.63%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 125 (41.53%) Python
2 72 (23.92%) C
3 60 (19.93%) C++
3 60 (19.93%) Fortran
4 40 (13.29%) C#
5 32 (10.63%) JavaScript
6 27 (8.97%) SQL
7 20 (6.64%) Bash
8 14 (4.65%) R
9 12 (3.99%) Go
10 9 (2.99%) Java
11 8 (2.66%) MATLAB
12 4 (1.33%) PowerShell
12 4 (1.33%) Shell Script
12 4 (1.33%) TypeScript
13 3 (1.00%) AWK
13 3 (1.00%) C-shell
13 3 (1.00%) sed
13 3 (1.00%) VB
14 2 (0.66%) Perl
Qualifications
1 301 (100.00%) Degree
2 124 (41.20%) PhD
3 82 (27.24%) Computer Science Degree
4 45 (14.95%) MBA
5 41 (13.62%) Security Cleared
6 11 (3.65%) ITIL Certification
7 10 (3.32%) CFA
7 10 (3.32%) CIMA
7 10 (3.32%) Numerate Degree
7 10 (3.32%) SC Cleared
8 6 (1.99%) DBS Check
9 5 (1.66%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (1.33%) AWS Certification
10 4 (1.33%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 3 (1.00%) DV Cleared
12 2 (0.66%) Chartered Engineer
12 2 (0.66%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (0.66%) Microsoft Certification
13 1 (0.33%) PMI Certification
13 1 (0.33%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (7.64%) GDPR
2 21 (6.98%) QA
3 12 (3.99%) Accessibility
3 12 (3.99%) Data Quality
4 10 (3.32%) HIPAA
5 9 (2.99%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 7 (2.33%) ISO 13485
7 4 (1.33%) Automotive SPICE
7 4 (1.33%) ISO 26262
8 3 (1.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 2 (0.66%) SLA
10 1 (0.33%) ECSS
10 1 (0.33%) PMO
System Software
1 22 (7.31%) Docker
2 11 (3.65%) Active Directory
3 7 (2.33%) Firmware
4 5 (1.66%) Hyper-V
5 4 (1.33%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.66%) HDFS
7 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 1 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.33%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.33%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 14 (4.65%) Kubernetes
2 9 (2.99%) Terraform
3 4 (1.33%) Functional Safety
4 3 (1.00%) Ansible
5 1 (0.33%) SCCM
Vendors
1 51 (16.94%) Microsoft
2 15 (4.98%) Virgin Media
3 12 (3.99%) SAP
4 11 (3.65%) Nintex
5 10 (3.32%) Atlassian
6 6 (1.99%) YouTube
7 5 (1.66%) Google
7 5 (1.66%) Oracle
8 4 (1.33%) Aruba
8 4 (1.33%) Cisco
8 4 (1.33%) HP
8 4 (1.33%) ServiceNow
8 4 (1.33%) VMware
9 3 (1.00%) Adobe
9 3 (1.00%) Cloudera
10 2 (0.66%) Informatica
10 2 (0.66%) Salesforce
11 1 (0.33%) Anaplan
11 1 (0.33%) Ivanti
11 1 (0.33%) Workday