Postgraduate
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Postgraduate 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 819 805 1077
Rank change year-on-year -14 +272 -190
Permanent jobs citing Postgraduate 95 147 160
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.093% 0.15% 0.096%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.34% 0.45% 0.35%
Number of salaries quoted 74 80 41
10th Percentile £33,388 £28,850 £38,655
25th Percentile £38,089 £35,333 £44,186
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,560 £44,745 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.29% -25.43% +40.44%
75th Percentile £56,619 £65,625 £78,750
90th Percentile £81,891 £68,975 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £38,250 £40,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.38% -33.33% +44.12%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

Postgraduate 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 with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 27,701 32,451 45,338
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.99% 33.33% 27.16%
Number of salaries quoted 17,227 14,614 19,248
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,000 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £42,500 £40,853
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,555 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.74% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -

Postgraduate
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Postgraduate as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Postgraduate in the UK

Postgraduate
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Postgraduate.

Salary trend for Postgraduate in the UK

Postgraduate
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Postgraduate over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Postgraduate in the UK

Postgraduate
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Postgraduate within the UK 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
England +11 70 £49,000 +4.15% 124
London +163 44 £52,000 -20.00% 23
UK excluding London -99 32 £38,250 -4.38% 103
Work from Home +71 25 £46,520 -2.06% 46
East of England -55 8 £43,705 -27.16% 10
Midlands -22 6 £38,000 -2.56% 21
North of England +39 5 £41,500 -11.79% 44
West Midlands -4 4 £38,000 -2.56% 10
South West -23 4 £32,815 +7.59% 5
South East -4 3 £45,000 +76.47% 19
Scotland -55 3 £36,000 -18.53%
North West +5 2 £41,500 +15.28% 31
Wales +3 2 - - 4
North East - 2 £50,750 - 2
Yorkshire +69 1 - - 11
Northern Ireland - 1 £51,000 - 1

Postgraduate
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 5 (5.26%) SharePoint
1 5 (5.26%) Tomcat
2 2 (2.11%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (6.32%) Spreadsheet
2 5 (5.26%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.05%) iTrent
1 1 (1.05%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 6 (6.32%) Power Platform
2 5 (5.26%) Dynamics 365
2 5 (5.26%) Power Automate
2 5 (5.26%) PowerApps
3 3 (3.16%) Google Workspace
4 2 (2.11%) Azure
4 2 (2.11%) GCP
4 2 (2.11%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.05%) AWS
5 1 (1.05%) dbt
5 1 (1.05%) Prefect
5 1 (1.05%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.11%) Firewall
1 2 (2.11%) Intranet
1 2 (2.11%) LAN
1 2 (2.11%) Network Security
1 2 (2.11%) WAN
2 1 (1.05%) Internet
2 1 (1.05%) IPv4
2 1 (1.05%) IPv6
2 1 (1.05%) Software-Defined Networking
2 1 (1.05%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (5.26%) MongoDB
1 5 (5.26%) MySQL
2 2 (2.11%) Data Lake
2 2 (2.11%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (2.11%) GIS
2 2 (2.11%) Relational Database
3 1 (1.05%) BigQuery
3 1 (1.05%) NoSQL
3 1 (1.05%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (1.05%) JIRA
1 1 (1.05%) Redmine
General
1 25 (26.32%) Social Skills
2 22 (23.16%) Analytical Skills
3 16 (16.84%) Finance
4 11 (11.58%) Social Science
5 9 (9.47%) Organisational Skills
6 8 (8.42%) Retail
7 7 (7.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (5.26%) Police
9 4 (4.21%) Humanities
9 4 (4.21%) Military
9 4 (4.21%) Public Sector
10 3 (3.16%) Electronics
11 2 (2.11%) Advertising
11 2 (2.11%) Billing
11 2 (2.11%) Health Technology
11 2 (2.11%) Law
11 2 (2.11%) Marketing
11 2 (2.11%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (2.11%) Public Speaking
11 2 (2.11%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 19 (20.00%) Senior
2 18 (18.95%) Developer
3 11 (11.58%) Full Stack Developer
4 7 (7.37%) Development Manager
5 5 (5.26%) Audit Manager
5 5 (5.26%) Information Manager
5 5 (5.26%) Instructor
5 5 (5.26%) IT Manager
5 5 (5.26%) Power Platform Developer
5 5 (5.26%) Senior IT Manager
5 5 (5.26%) Senior Manager
5 5 (5.26%) Technical Instructor
5 5 (5.26%) Technology Manager
6 4 (4.21%) Analyst
6 4 (4.21%) Data Scientist
6 4 (4.21%) Lead
6 4 (4.21%) Principal Advisor
6 4 (4.21%) Software Engineer
7 3 (3.16%) Coordinator
7 3 (3.16%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (12.63%) CSS
2 8 (8.42%) .NET
2 8 (8.42%) HTML
2 8 (8.42%) React
3 6 (6.32%) RESTful
4 5 (5.26%) Ajax
4 5 (5.26%) Flutter
4 5 (5.26%) Hibernate
4 5 (5.26%) Java EE
4 5 (5.26%) JDBC
4 5 (5.26%) JPA
4 5 (5.26%) jQuery
4 5 (5.26%) JSP
4 5 (5.26%) SOAP
4 5 (5.26%) Spring
4 5 (5.26%) Spring Boot
4 5 (5.26%) XML
5 4 (4.21%) EDI
6 3 (3.16%) PyTorch
7 2 (2.11%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 13 (13.68%) Management Information System
2 11 (11.58%) NHS
3 5 (5.26%) Mobile App
3 5 (5.26%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (4.21%) Algorithms
5 3 (3.16%) CUDA
5 3 (3.16%) Freedom of Information
6 2 (2.11%) Client/Server
6 2 (2.11%) Data Centre
6 2 (2.11%) Data Structures
6 2 (2.11%) e-Learning
6 2 (2.11%) IoT
6 2 (2.11%) Onboarding
6 2 (2.11%) Smartphone
6 2 (2.11%) Social Media
7 1 (1.05%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 1 (1.05%) Distributed Computing
7 1 (1.05%) Legacy Code
7 1 (1.05%) Operational Technology
7 1 (1.05%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 4 (4.21%) Linux
2 2 (2.11%) Windows
2 2 (2.11%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.05%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (16.84%) Agile
1 16 (16.84%) Budget Management
2 12 (12.63%) Collaborative Working
2 12 (12.63%) Data Science
2 12 (12.63%) Full Stack Development
3 10 (10.53%) Business Intelligence
4 9 (9.47%) Computer Science
4 9 (9.47%) Decision-Making
5 8 (8.42%) Technology Strategy
6 7 (7.37%) CRM
6 7 (7.37%) Economics
6 7 (7.37%) Line Management
6 7 (7.37%) Risk Management
6 7 (7.37%) Software Engineering
6 7 (7.37%) Strategic Planning
7 6 (6.32%) Business Continuity
7 6 (6.32%) Continuous Improvement
7 6 (6.32%) Cybersecurity
7 6 (6.32%) Disaster Recovery
7 6 (6.32%) Information Management
Programming Languages
1 16 (16.84%) Python
2 10 (10.53%) JavaScript
3 9 (9.47%) SQL
4 7 (7.37%) Java
5 5 (5.26%) PL/1
6 4 (4.21%) C++
7 3 (3.16%) C#
8 1 (1.05%) Fortran
Qualifications
1 41 (43.16%) Degree
2 8 (8.42%) Security Cleared
3 6 (6.32%) SC Cleared
4 5 (5.26%) Master's Degree
5 4 (4.21%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (4.21%) MBA
6 2 (2.11%) CIPD
7 1 (1.05%) CCDP
7 1 (1.05%) CCIE
7 1 (1.05%) CCNA
7 1 (1.05%) CCNP
7 1 (1.05%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (1.05%) HND
7 1 (1.05%) MCSE
7 1 (1.05%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (1.05%) PhD
7 1 (1.05%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (9.47%) GDPR
2 4 (4.21%) Accessibility
3 3 (3.16%) QA
4 2 (2.11%) HIPAA
4 2 (2.11%) IEC 62304
4 2 (2.11%) ISO 13485
5 1 (1.05%) Data Quality
5 1 (1.05%) NEBOSH
5 1 (1.05%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 3 (3.16%) Slurm Workload Manager
2 2 (2.11%) Embedded Firmware
2 2 (2.11%) Firmware
3 1 (1.05%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (1.05%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 13 (13.68%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.05%) Databricks
2 1 (1.05%) F5
2 1 (1.05%) Fortinet
2 1 (1.05%) Google
2 1 (1.05%) VMware