Master's Degree Jobs with Work from Home Options

Master's Degree
UK > Work from Home

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) 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 256 256 255
Rank change year-on-year 0 -1 +30
Permanent jobs citing Master's Degree 423 534 1,093
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.23% 1.35% 1.49%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.38% 5.17% 6.45%
Number of salaries quoted 245 299 442
10th Percentile £35,000 £45,000 £38,250
25th Percentile £49,575 £52,500 £48,649
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% +13.04%
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £93,750
90th Percentile £105,000 £102,500 £125,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £69,000
% change year-on-year - -5.80% +10.40%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 9,654 10,324 16,940
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 28.04% 26.05% 23.17%
Number of salaries quoted 5,897 6,170 8,821
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,197 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £59,732
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +0.45% +8.60%
75th Percentile £72,500 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £53,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.83% +9.09% -

Master's Degree
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Master's Degree as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Master's Degree trend for jobs with a WFH option

Master's Degree
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Master's Degree.

Master's Degree salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Master's Degree
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Master's Degree over the 6 months to 29 May 2024.

Master's Degree salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Master's Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 11 (2.60%) IIS
2 7 (1.65%) Apache
3 6 (1.42%) nginx
4 4 (0.95%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 3 (0.71%) Confluence
5 3 (0.71%) SAS
6 2 (0.47%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.47%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.24%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.24%) CMS
7 1 (0.24%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.24%) Luigi
7 1 (0.24%) Umbraco
Applications
1 13 (3.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (2.36%) Spreadsheet
3 6 (1.42%) UserZoom
4 5 (1.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.71%) Adobe XD
5 3 (0.71%) InVision
5 3 (0.71%) Sketch
6 1 (0.24%) Blender
6 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (0.95%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (0.95%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.24%) Data Workbench
2 1 (0.24%) Endur
2 1 (0.24%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (0.24%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 73 (17.26%) Azure
2 72 (17.02%) AWS
3 31 (7.33%) Cloud Computing
4 27 (6.38%) SaaS
5 26 (6.15%) GCP
5 26 (6.15%) Power Platform
6 8 (1.89%) GitHub
6 8 (1.89%) IaaS
6 8 (1.89%) Microsoft 365
6 8 (1.89%) PowerApps
7 7 (1.65%) Dynamics 365
7 7 (1.65%) Serverless
7 7 (1.65%) WhatsApp
8 6 (1.42%) Azure Service Fabric
8 6 (1.42%) Entra ID
8 6 (1.42%) GitHub Actions
8 6 (1.42%) PaaS
8 6 (1.42%) Snowflake
9 4 (0.95%) AWS Lambda
9 4 (0.95%) Dagster
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.18%) Internet
1 5 (1.18%) Network Security
1 5 (1.18%) TCP/IP
1 5 (1.18%) Wi-Fi
2 4 (0.95%) Firewall
3 1 (0.24%) Bluetooth
3 1 (0.24%) LAN
3 1 (0.24%) OFDM
3 1 (0.24%) Software-Defined Radio
3 1 (0.24%) tcpdump
3 1 (0.24%) VPLS
3 1 (0.24%) VPN
3 1 (0.24%) WAN
3 1 (0.24%) Wireless
3 1 (0.24%) Wireshark
3 1 (0.24%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (13.24%) Tableau
2 25 (5.91%) Data Warehouse
3 24 (5.67%) SQL Server
4 21 (4.96%) PostgreSQL
4 21 (4.96%) Power BI
5 19 (4.49%) Big Data
6 18 (4.26%) Relational Database
7 15 (3.55%) Redis
8 13 (3.07%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 7 (1.65%) Data Lake
10 6 (1.42%) Azure SQL Database
10 6 (1.42%) GIS
11 4 (0.95%) QlikView
12 3 (0.71%) Amazon Athena
12 3 (0.71%) MongoDB
12 3 (0.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 2 (0.47%) Elasticsearch
13 2 (0.47%) Metadata
13 2 (0.47%) NoSQL
13 2 (0.47%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 71 (16.78%) Git
2 6 (1.42%) Jenkins
3 4 (0.95%) JIRA
3 4 (0.95%) Snakemake
4 3 (0.71%) Bitbucket
4 3 (0.71%) SonarQube
5 2 (0.47%) Rational DOORS
6 1 (0.24%) GitLab
6 1 (0.24%) Selenium
6 1 (0.24%) SpecFlow
6 1 (0.24%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.24%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 219 (51.77%) Social Skills
2 92 (21.75%) Finance
3 74 (17.49%) Analytical Skills
4 43 (10.17%) Pharmaceutical
5 36 (8.51%) Law
5 36 (8.51%) Legal
6 35 (8.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 35 (8.27%) Marketing
7 23 (5.44%) Manufacturing
8 18 (4.26%) Banking
8 18 (4.26%) Electronics
8 18 (4.26%) Presentation Skills
9 17 (4.02%) Public Sector
10 15 (3.55%) Retail
11 14 (3.31%) Back Office
12 12 (2.84%) Telecoms
13 10 (2.36%) Aerospace
14 8 (1.89%) Automotive
15 7 (1.65%) Health Technology
16 5 (1.18%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 130 (30.73%) Senior
2 64 (15.13%) Data Scientist
3 58 (13.71%) Senior Data Scientist
4 55 (13.00%) Developer
5 43 (10.17%) Software Engineer
6 36 (8.51%) Analyst
7 29 (6.86%) Architect
8 19 (4.49%) Product Manager
9 18 (4.26%) Consultant
9 18 (4.26%) Lead
10 16 (3.78%) Senior Developer
11 14 (3.31%) Development Manager
12 11 (2.60%) Database Developer
13 10 (2.36%) Applications Engineer
13 10 (2.36%) Business Development Manager
13 10 (2.36%) Business Manager
13 10 (2.36%) Data Engineer
13 10 (2.36%) Senior Software Engineer
13 10 (2.36%) Systems Engineer
13 10 (2.36%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (13.48%) TensorFlow
2 48 (11.35%) PySpark
3 47 (11.11%) Pandas
4 45 (10.64%) scikit-learn
5 33 (7.80%) .NET
6 29 (6.86%) ASP.NET
7 23 (5.44%) PyTorch
8 16 (3.78%) Web Services
9 15 (3.55%) REST
10 12 (2.84%) .NET Core
11 11 (2.60%) Entity Framework
11 11 (2.60%) Spring
12 10 (2.36%) React
13 9 (2.13%) ASP.NET Core
13 9 (2.13%) Hibernate
13 9 (2.13%) Spring MVC
14 8 (1.89%) Django
15 7 (1.65%) AngularJS
15 7 (1.65%) Flask
15 7 (1.65%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 104 (24.59%) Algorithms
2 37 (8.75%) Management Information System
3 36 (8.51%) Life Science
4 27 (6.38%) Data Structures
5 20 (4.73%) Self-Motivation
6 11 (2.60%) Biopharmaceutical
6 11 (2.60%) Client/Server
6 11 (2.60%) Embedded Systems
7 10 (2.36%) Product Ownership
8 9 (2.13%) CUDA
8 9 (2.13%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 9 (2.13%) Hedge funds
9 8 (1.89%) Distributed Systems
9 8 (1.89%) Equities
10 7 (1.65%) Cloud Native
10 7 (1.65%) Legacy Systems
11 6 (1.42%) Cyber Threat
11 6 (1.42%) Onboarding
12 5 (1.18%) Greenfield Project
12 5 (1.18%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 37 (8.75%) Linux
2 14 (3.31%) Windows
3 10 (2.36%) Unix
4 6 (1.42%) FreeRTOS
5 5 (1.18%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.47%) Android
7 1 (0.24%) Embedded Linux
7 1 (0.24%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 214 (50.59%) Computer Science
2 127 (30.02%) Problem-Solving
3 114 (26.95%) Visualisation
4 111 (26.24%) Data Science
5 103 (24.35%) Artificial Intelligence
5 103 (24.35%) Software Engineering
6 98 (23.17%) Machine Learning
7 89 (21.04%) Decision-Making
8 88 (20.80%) Mathematics
9 87 (20.57%) Agile
10 86 (20.33%) Statistics
11 79 (18.68%) Analytics
12 61 (14.42%) Data Analysis
13 60 (14.18%) Actionable Insight
13 60 (14.18%) Physics
14 59 (13.95%) Customer Experience
15 56 (13.24%) Data Visualisation
15 56 (13.24%) Roadmaps
16 55 (13.00%) Neural Network
17 52 (12.29%) Natural Language Processing
Programming Languages
1 179 (42.32%) Python
2 126 (29.79%) SQL
3 44 (10.40%) C#
4 33 (7.80%) Java
5 27 (6.38%) C++
6 21 (4.96%) C
7 20 (4.73%) R
8 14 (3.31%) PowerShell
9 12 (2.84%) JavaScript
10 11 (2.60%) T-SQL
11 7 (1.65%) Bash
11 7 (1.65%) Go
12 6 (1.42%) Fortran
13 4 (0.95%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 4 (0.95%) Rust
13 4 (0.95%) Shell Script
14 3 (0.71%) AWK
14 3 (0.71%) sed
15 2 (0.47%) Kotlin
15 2 (0.47%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 423 (100.00%) Degree
2 112 (26.48%) PhD
3 106 (25.06%) Computer Science Degree
4 51 (12.06%) DBS Check
5 39 (9.22%) Security Cleared
6 32 (7.57%) MBA
7 21 (4.96%) CISSP
8 20 (4.73%) CISM
9 16 (3.78%) SC Cleared
10 11 (2.60%) Numerate Degree
11 10 (2.36%) CFA
11 10 (2.36%) CIMA
11 10 (2.36%) DV Cleared
12 8 (1.89%) AWS Certification
13 6 (1.42%) GIAC
13 6 (1.42%) Microsoft Certification
13 6 (1.42%) SANS
14 5 (1.18%) BPSS Clearance
14 5 (1.18%) CEH
15 4 (0.95%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (3.31%) Data Quality
1 14 (3.31%) QA
2 13 (3.07%) NIST
3 10 (2.36%) GDPR
3 10 (2.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (2.13%) Accessibility
5 6 (1.42%) COBIT
5 6 (1.42%) Web Application Security Consortium
6 5 (1.18%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.71%) ISO 31000
7 3 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 27005
7 3 (0.71%) NCSC
7 3 (0.71%) NIST 800
7 3 (0.71%) WCAG
8 2 (0.47%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.47%) ECSS
8 2 (0.47%) GLP
8 2 (0.47%) Good Clinical Practice
8 2 (0.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.47%) SOX 404
System Software
1 40 (9.46%) Docker
2 2 (0.47%) Embedded Firmware
2 2 (0.47%) Firmware
3 1 (0.24%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 1 (0.24%) Snort
3 1 (0.24%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.24%) Virtual Servers
3 1 (0.24%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.24%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 21 (4.96%) Kubernetes
2 11 (2.60%) Terraform
3 6 (1.42%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 3 (0.71%) Ansible
5 1 (0.24%) Kubeflow
5 1 (0.24%) SCCM
Vendors
1 54 (12.77%) Databricks
2 48 (11.35%) Microsoft
3 23 (5.44%) Google
4 21 (4.96%) SAP
5 7 (1.65%) Oracle
6 6 (1.42%) NVIDIA
6 6 (1.42%) Qualtrics
6 6 (1.42%) YouTube
7 4 (0.95%) Salesforce
7 4 (0.95%) ServiceNow
8 3 (0.71%) Atlassian
8 3 (0.71%) Coverity
9 2 (0.47%) Dataiku
9 2 (0.47%) HubSpot
10 1 (0.24%) Alteryx
10 1 (0.24%) Cisco
10 1 (0.24%) Ivanti
10 1 (0.24%) OpenLink
10 1 (0.24%) Thales
10 1 (0.24%) VMware