Master's Degree Jobs in the UK excluding London

Master's Degree
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Master's Degree qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 31 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 241 37 239
Rank change year-on-year -204 +202 +23
Permanent jobs citing Master's Degree 853 3,816 1,124
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.13% 6.70% 1.52%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.29% 17.81% 4.69%
Number of salaries quoted 448 342 368
10th Percentile £32,500 £27,500 £31,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £38,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +6.02%
75th Percentile £73,750 £76,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £88,625 £85,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £69,500
% change year-on-year - -6.47% +11.20%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 19,876 21,429 23,956
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 26.34% 37.62% 32.43%
Number of salaries quoted 12,265 7,966 10,533
10th Percentile £27,500 £28,750 £28,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £79,600 £80,000 £76,250
UK median annual salary £53,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.83% +9.09% -

Master's Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Master's Degree as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Master's Degree in the UK excluding London

Master's Degree
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Master's Degree in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Master's Degree in the UK excluding London

Master's Degree
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Master's Degree in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Master's Degree in the UK excluding London

Master's Degree
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 31 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
South East -99 300 £60,000 -4.00% 164
North of England -250 112 £50,000 +11.11% 125
Scotland -110 110 £81,000 +42.11% 48
Midlands -178 106 £55,000 +37.50% 133
East of England -113 103 £55,000 -4.35% 121
South West -174 89 £50,000 -16.46% 87
North West -194 66 £66,440 +6.30% 75
West Midlands -142 61 £47,500 -20.83% 88
East Midlands -130 43 £68,000 +126.67% 45
Northern Ireland +26 26 £65,000 - 9
North East -87 24 £50,000 +4.88% 24
Yorkshire -145 22 £48,750 +9.93% 26
Wales -65 7 £35,000 -53.33% 18
Master's Degree
UK

Master's Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (3.40%) FileNet
2 13 (1.52%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.06%) Apache
4 7 (0.82%) Apache Spark
5 6 (0.70%) IIS
5 6 (0.70%) nginx
6 4 (0.47%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 4 (0.47%) Confluence
7 3 (0.35%) SAS
8 2 (0.23%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (0.23%) WordPress
9 1 (0.12%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.12%) CMS
9 1 (0.12%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.12%) Luigi
Applications
1 41 (4.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 30 (3.52%) Microsoft Office
3 20 (2.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (1.41%) MS Visio
5 8 (0.94%) Simulink
5 8 (0.94%) Spreadsheet
6 6 (0.70%) InVision
6 6 (0.70%) Sketch
6 6 (0.70%) Trello
6 6 (0.70%) UserZoom
7 5 (0.59%) AutoCAD
8 4 (0.47%) EPLAN
8 4 (0.47%) Microsoft Project
9 3 (0.35%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.12%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 8 (0.94%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.59%) SAP MM
3 4 (0.47%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.47%) Shopify
4 3 (0.35%) Dynamics GP
4 3 (0.35%) Primavera
4 3 (0.35%) SAP APO
4 3 (0.35%) SAP PP
4 3 (0.35%) SAP SD
4 3 (0.35%) SAP WM
5 1 (0.12%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.12%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 95 (11.14%) AWS
1 95 (11.14%) Azure
2 65 (7.62%) Power Platform
3 44 (5.16%) GitHub
4 39 (4.57%) Figma
5 38 (4.45%) Amazon S3
6 32 (3.75%) SurveyMonkey
7 29 (3.40%) Cloud Computing
8 27 (3.17%) GCP
9 22 (2.58%) SaaS
10 21 (2.46%) Serverless
11 19 (2.23%) PowerApps
12 18 (2.11%) AWS Lambda
12 18 (2.11%) Microsoft 365
13 14 (1.64%) IaaS
13 14 (1.64%) Power Automate
14 12 (1.41%) PaaS
15 11 (1.29%) OneDrive
15 11 (1.29%) ShareGate
16 10 (1.17%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 27 (3.17%) 5G
1 27 (3.17%) Broadband
2 20 (2.34%) TCP/IP
3 18 (2.11%) HTTP
4 13 (1.52%) Internet
5 11 (1.29%) Firewall
5 11 (1.29%) MQTT
5 11 (1.29%) Network Security
6 8 (0.94%) Ethernet
7 7 (0.82%) Wireless
8 5 (0.59%) Intranet
8 5 (0.59%) SNMP
8 5 (0.59%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (0.47%) 4G
9 4 (0.47%) RS-232
9 4 (0.47%) WebEx
10 2 (0.23%) DNS
10 2 (0.23%) LAN
10 2 (0.23%) PPP
10 2 (0.23%) RS-485
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (6.92%) Power BI
2 52 (6.10%) NoSQL
3 32 (3.75%) SQL Server
4 31 (3.63%) Elasticsearch
5 30 (3.52%) Apache Cassandra
6 28 (3.28%) Relational Database
7 25 (2.93%) Tableau
8 24 (2.81%) Big Data
9 17 (1.99%) Data Warehouse
9 17 (1.99%) PostgreSQL
10 13 (1.52%) MySQL
11 10 (1.17%) GIS
12 9 (1.06%) DynamoDB
13 7 (0.82%) Redis
13 7 (0.82%) Snowflake Schema
14 6 (0.70%) Hadoop
14 6 (0.70%) Star Schema
15 5 (0.59%) Amazon RDS
15 5 (0.59%) Oracle Reports
16 4 (0.47%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 58 (6.80%) Git
2 40 (4.69%) Jenkins
3 29 (3.40%) Jasmine
3 29 (3.40%) JUnit
3 29 (3.40%) Mockito
4 17 (1.99%) JIRA
5 10 (1.17%) GitLab
6 4 (0.47%) CMake
6 4 (0.47%) Subversion
6 4 (0.47%) Team Foundation Server
7 3 (0.35%) Babel
7 3 (0.35%) Bitbucket
7 3 (0.35%) SonarQube
7 3 (0.35%) TestRail
7 3 (0.35%) webpack
8 2 (0.23%) ERwin
8 2 (0.23%) Rational DOORS
9 1 (0.12%) Maven
9 1 (0.12%) MSTest
9 1 (0.12%) TestComplete
General
1 326 (38.22%) Social Skills
2 209 (24.50%) Finance
3 161 (18.87%) Analytical Skills
4 153 (17.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 145 (17.00%) Marketing
6 125 (14.65%) Law
7 69 (8.09%) Manufacturing
8 55 (6.45%) Legal
9 46 (5.39%) Pharmaceutical
10 34 (3.99%) Retail
10 34 (3.99%) Social Science
11 31 (3.63%) Electronics
12 30 (3.52%) Telecoms
13 27 (3.17%) Banking
14 24 (2.81%) Aerospace
15 23 (2.70%) Automotive
16 21 (2.46%) Presentation Skills
17 14 (1.64%) Investment Banking
17 14 (1.64%) Military
17 14 (1.64%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 160 (18.76%) Senior
2 138 (16.18%) Software Engineer
3 83 (9.73%) Lead
4 81 (9.50%) Developer
5 63 (7.39%) Systems Engineer
6 47 (5.51%) Analyst
6 47 (5.51%) Principal Engineer
7 40 (4.69%) Principal Systems Engineer
8 36 (4.22%) Data Scientist
9 35 (4.10%) Architect
10 32 (3.75%) Graduate
11 31 (3.63%) Senior Software Engineer
11 31 (3.63%) Software Developer
12 22 (2.58%) Senior Analyst
13 21 (2.46%) Junior
13 21 (2.46%) Senior Data Scientist
13 21 (2.46%) Senior Developer
14 20 (2.34%) Data Engineer
15 17 (1.99%) Consultant
16 16 (1.88%) User Experience Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 83 (9.73%) AngularJS
2 70 (8.21%) React
3 43 (5.04%) Kafka
4 34 (3.99%) Web Services
5 33 (3.87%) .NET
6 31 (3.63%) GraphQL
6 31 (3.63%) RESTful
7 29 (3.40%) Hibernate
7 29 (3.40%) J2EE
7 29 (3.40%) Spring
7 29 (3.40%) Spring Integration
8 23 (2.70%) HTML
9 17 (1.99%) CSS
9 17 (1.99%) Node.js
10 16 (1.88%) Vue
11 14 (1.64%) OpenACC
11 14 (1.64%) OpenMP
12 13 (1.52%) Flask
12 13 (1.52%) HTML5
12 13 (1.52%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 156 (18.29%) Algorithms
2 53 (6.21%) Cloud Native
2 53 (6.21%) Management Information System
3 46 (5.39%) Data Structures
4 34 (3.99%) Product Ownership
5 28 (3.28%) Market Risk
6 24 (2.81%) CUDA
6 24 (2.81%) IoT
7 20 (2.34%) Analytical Mindset
7 20 (2.34%) Onboarding
8 18 (2.11%) Embedded Systems
9 15 (1.76%) Data Protection Act
9 15 (1.76%) Distributed Systems
9 15 (1.76%) Security Operations Centre
10 14 (1.64%) Life Science
11 13 (1.52%) Self-Motivation
12 11 (1.29%) Driving Licence
13 10 (1.17%) Biopharmaceutical
13 10 (1.17%) Robotics
14 9 (1.06%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 100 (11.72%) Linux
2 40 (4.69%) Unix
3 35 (4.10%) Windows
4 7 (0.82%) FreeRTOS
5 6 (0.70%) Embedded Linux
6 3 (0.35%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.23%) Android
7 2 (0.23%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.12%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.12%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 392 (45.96%) Computer Science
2 310 (36.34%) Problem-Solving
3 210 (24.62%) Agile
4 201 (23.56%) Software Engineering
5 150 (17.58%) Mathematics
6 143 (16.76%) Analytics
7 131 (15.36%) Artificial Intelligence
7 131 (15.36%) Machine Learning
8 120 (14.07%) Roadmaps
9 100 (11.72%) Data Analysis
10 99 (11.61%) DevOps
11 95 (11.14%) User Experience
12 91 (10.67%) Decision-Making
12 91 (10.67%) Project Management
13 89 (10.43%) Data Science
14 87 (10.20%) Physics
15 84 (9.85%) CI/CD
16 82 (9.61%) Data Analytics
17 80 (9.38%) Continuous Improvement
18 76 (8.91%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 266 (31.18%) Python
2 136 (15.94%) SQL
3 104 (12.19%) C
4 80 (9.38%) C++
5 76 (8.91%) C#
5 76 (8.91%) R
6 75 (8.79%) Java
7 62 (7.27%) JavaScript
8 60 (7.03%) Fortran
9 31 (3.63%) Bash
10 22 (2.58%) MATLAB
10 22 (2.58%) TypeScript
11 19 (2.23%) Go
12 15 (1.76%) Rust
13 12 (1.41%) PowerShell
14 10 (1.17%) T-SQL
15 6 (0.70%) Haskell
16 4 (0.47%) Scala
16 4 (0.47%) Shell Script
16 4 (0.47%) VB
Qualifications
1 853 (100.00%) Degree
2 259 (30.36%) PhD
3 191 (22.39%) Computer Science Degree
4 94 (11.02%) MBA
5 67 (7.85%) Security Cleared
6 45 (5.28%) Chartered Engineer
7 18 (2.11%) SC Cleared
8 15 (1.76%) BPSS Clearance
8 15 (1.76%) CISSP
9 13 (1.52%) DV Cleared
10 12 (1.41%) AWS Certification
11 11 (1.29%) ITIL Certification
11 11 (1.29%) Numerate Degree
12 10 (1.17%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 10 (1.17%) CFA
12 10 (1.17%) CIMA
12 10 (1.17%) Cisco Certification
12 10 (1.17%) CompTIA CySA+
12 10 (1.17%) DBS Check
13 9 (1.06%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (5.74%) QA
2 37 (4.34%) GDPR
3 25 (2.93%) Accessibility
3 25 (2.93%) Data Quality
4 14 (1.64%) PCI DSS
4 14 (1.64%) PMO
5 13 (1.52%) NIST
6 12 (1.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 11 (1.29%) HIPAA
8 10 (1.17%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 7 (0.82%) ISO 13485
10 6 (0.70%) NCSC
10 6 (0.70%) WCAG
11 5 (0.59%) ISO 26262
12 4 (0.47%) Automotive SPICE
13 3 (0.35%) SLA
14 2 (0.23%) ECSS
14 2 (0.23%) GLP
14 2 (0.23%) Good Clinical Practice
14 2 (0.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 48 (5.63%) Docker
2 19 (2.23%) Firmware
3 13 (1.52%) Active Directory
4 6 (0.70%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (0.59%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.35%) Embedded Firmware
6 3 (0.35%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.23%) HDFS
8 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.12%) Snort
8 1 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.12%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 61 (7.15%) Kubernetes
2 12 (1.41%) Terraform
3 9 (1.06%) CASB
4 5 (0.59%) Ansible
4 5 (0.59%) Functional Safety
5 2 (0.23%) CSIRT
6 1 (0.12%) EMC NetWorker
6 1 (0.12%) SCCM
Vendors
1 106 (12.43%) Microsoft
2 42 (4.92%) EMC
3 38 (4.45%) Qualtrics
4 34 (3.99%) Oracle
5 28 (3.28%) Google
6 27 (3.17%) Virgin Media
7 25 (2.93%) SAP
8 13 (1.52%) Atlassian
9 11 (1.29%) Nintex
10 8 (0.94%) Databricks
10 8 (0.94%) Salesforce
11 6 (0.70%) Cisco
11 6 (0.70%) NVIDIA
11 6 (0.70%) VMware
11 6 (0.70%) YouTube
12 5 (0.59%) BT
12 5 (0.59%) CA
13 4 (0.47%) Aruba
13 4 (0.47%) HP
13 4 (0.47%) ServiceNow