Master's Degree Jobs in the West Midlands

Master's Degree
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for Master's Degree qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 15 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 187 61 226
Rank change year-on-year -126 +165 -11
Permanent jobs citing Master's Degree 62 314 54
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.84% 4.99% 0.74%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.16% 12.12% 2.40%
Number of salaries quoted 39 12 29
10th Percentile £31,250 £19,620 £19,480
25th Percentile £33,750 £45,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,250 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% +5.00%
75th Percentile £62,125 £62,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £79,000 £80,125 £85,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year - -7.14% +9.80%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
West Midlands

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 West Midlands with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,959 2,591 2,250
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 26.54% 41.20% 30.71%
Number of salaries quoted 1,282 955 1,198
10th Percentile £25,750 £28,500 £28,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £36,099
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £46,223
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +13.58% -2.69%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,875 £63,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £54,700 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.83% +9.09% -

Master's Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Master's Degree in the West Midlands

Master's Degree
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for Master's Degree in the West Midlands

Master's Degree
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Master's Degree in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Master's Degree in the West Midlands

Master's Degree
Job Locations in the West Midlands

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 West Midlands region over the 6 months to 15 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
Birmingham -41 17 £52,500 - 28
Warwickshire +8 12 £43,250 -13.50% 8
Worcestershire - 12 £41,250 - 8
Shropshire -23 8 £72,500 - 3
Staffordshire -53 7 £39,500 -34.17% 13
Wolverhampton -5 1 £70,000 -
Solihull -23 1 £45,000 - 5
Master's Degree
England

Master's Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Applications
1 4 (6.45%) AutoCAD
1 4 (6.45%) EPLAN
1 4 (6.45%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (4.84%) Simulink
3 2 (3.23%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (3.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (6.45%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 4 (6.45%) Azure
2 3 (4.84%) AWS
2 3 (4.84%) Power Platform
3 1 (1.61%) Azure Data Factory
3 1 (1.61%) Azure Stack
3 1 (1.61%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 1 (1.61%) Cloud Computing
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.84%) Power BI
2 2 (3.23%) Tableau
3 1 (1.61%) Data Lake
3 1 (1.61%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.61%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 1 (1.61%) CMake
1 1 (1.61%) Git
General
1 19 (30.65%) Social Skills
2 10 (16.13%) Marketing
3 7 (11.29%) Automotive
3 7 (11.29%) Manufacturing
4 5 (8.06%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (8.06%) Finance
5 4 (6.45%) Electronics
6 2 (3.23%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (3.23%) Pharmaceutical
6 2 (3.23%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (3.23%) Retail
6 2 (3.23%) Social Science
7 1 (1.61%) Back Office
7 1 (1.61%) Games
7 1 (1.61%) German Language
7 1 (1.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.61%) Law
7 1 (1.61%) Legal
Job Titles
1 15 (24.19%) Developer
2 14 (22.58%) Senior
3 13 (20.97%) Software Developer
4 6 (9.68%) Project Manager
4 6 (9.68%) Senior Developer
5 5 (8.06%) Active Directory Engineer
5 5 (8.06%) Senior Software Developer
5 5 (8.06%) Systems Engineer
6 4 (6.45%) Analyst
6 4 (6.45%) E-Commerce Manager
6 4 (6.45%) Hardware Engineer
7 3 (4.84%) Graduate
7 3 (4.84%) Senior Analyst
7 3 (4.84%) Software Engineer
8 2 (3.23%) Auditor
8 2 (3.23%) IT Auditor
8 2 (3.23%) Systems Test Engineer
8 2 (3.23%) Test and Validation Engineer
8 2 (3.23%) Test Engineer
8 2 (3.23%) Verification Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (12.90%) AngularJS
2 7 (11.29%) PyTorch
2 7 (11.29%) TensorFlow
3 2 (3.23%) React
4 1 (1.61%) Keras
4 1 (1.61%) Node.js
4 1 (1.61%) NumPy
4 1 (1.61%) OpenCV
4 1 (1.61%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 9 (14.52%) Algorithms
2 6 (9.68%) Embedded Systems
3 5 (8.06%) CUDA
4 4 (6.45%) Operational Technology
4 4 (6.45%) Renewable Energy
5 3 (4.84%) Tandem
6 2 (3.23%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (3.23%) FMCG
7 1 (1.61%) Cyber Security Posture
7 1 (1.61%) Driving Licence
7 1 (1.61%) Genomics
7 1 (1.61%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (1.61%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 5 (8.06%) Linux
2 1 (1.61%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (46.77%) Computer Science
1 29 (46.77%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (16.13%) Agile
2 10 (16.13%) Project Management
3 9 (14.52%) Analytics
4 8 (12.90%) Front End Development
4 8 (12.90%) Full Stack Development
5 7 (11.29%) Artificial Intelligence
6 6 (9.68%) Configuration Management
6 6 (9.68%) Data Analysis
6 6 (9.68%) Deep Learning
6 6 (9.68%) Machine Learning
6 6 (9.68%) PRINCE2
6 6 (9.68%) Validation
7 5 (8.06%) Continuous Improvement
7 5 (8.06%) Cybersecurity
7 5 (8.06%) Data Science
7 5 (8.06%) Edge Computing
7 5 (8.06%) Mentoring
7 5 (8.06%) Neural Network
Programming Languages
1 13 (20.97%) Python
2 10 (16.13%) C#
3 9 (14.52%) JavaScript
4 8 (12.90%) TypeScript
5 5 (8.06%) SQL
6 4 (6.45%) R
7 3 (4.84%) MATLAB
8 2 (3.23%) C
8 2 (3.23%) Java
9 1 (1.61%) C++
Qualifications
1 62 (100.00%) Degree
2 14 (22.58%) Computer Science Degree
3 10 (16.13%) MBA
3 10 (16.13%) PhD
4 6 (9.68%) PMI Certification
4 6 (9.68%) PMP
4 6 (9.68%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 4 (6.45%) DV Cleared
5 4 (6.45%) HND
5 4 (6.45%) SC Cleared
5 4 (6.45%) Security Cleared
6 3 (4.84%) CISM
6 3 (4.84%) CISSP
7 1 (1.61%) CFCE
7 1 (1.61%) CISA
7 1 (1.61%) CRISC
7 1 (1.61%) EnCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (9.68%) PMO
2 2 (3.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (3.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 2 (3.23%) SOX 404
3 1 (1.61%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.61%) GDPR
3 1 (1.61%) GRC
3 1 (1.61%) ISO 26262
3 1 (1.61%) ISO/IEC 17025
3 1 (1.61%) NIST
3 1 (1.61%) PCI DSS
3 1 (1.61%) QA
System Software
1 1 (1.61%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.61%) Functional Safety
1 1 (1.61%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 9 (14.52%) Microsoft
2 5 (8.06%) NVIDIA
3 4 (6.45%) EMC
4 3 (4.84%) SAP
5 2 (3.23%) Panasonic
6 1 (1.61%) ANSYS
6 1 (1.61%) Databricks
6 1 (1.61%) Oracle