Postgraduate Jobs in England

Postgraduate
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Postgraduate qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 795 772 1066
Rank change year-on-year -23 +294 -206
Permanent jobs citing Postgraduate 70 129 123
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.077% 0.15% 0.087%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.28% 0.46% 0.33%
Number of salaries quoted 51 69 44
10th Percentile £33,125 £28,450 £39,219
25th Percentile £39,875 £35,500 £44,186
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £47,047 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.15% -21.59% +40.44%
75th Percentile £66,250 £67,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £71,300 £80,000
UK median annual salary £47,560 £44,745 £60,000
% change year-on-year +6.29% -25.43% +40.44%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

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 advertised in England with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 24,881 28,320 37,556
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 27.35% 33.66% 26.59%
Number of salaries quoted 15,751 12,947 16,894
10th Percentile £28,750 £32,000 £30,875
25th Percentile £38,500 £42,500 £40,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.17% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £53,772 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.38% +9.09% -

Postgraduate
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Postgraduate in England

Postgraduate
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Postgraduate in England

Postgraduate
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Postgraduate in England over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Postgraduate in England

Postgraduate
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Postgraduate within the England region over the 6 months to 1 June 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
London +133 44 £52,000 -20.00% 36
East of England -51 8 £43,705 -27.16% 7
Midlands -30 6 £38,000 -2.56% 19
North of England +24 5 £41,500 -11.79% 39
South West -23 4 £32,815 +7.59% 4
West Midlands -28 4 £38,000 -2.56% 9
South East -11 3 £45,000 +71.43% 25
North West -5 2 £41,500 +15.28% 27
North East - 2 £50,750 - 2
Yorkshire +53 1 - - 10
Postgraduate
UK

Postgraduate
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 (7.14%) Tomcat
2 2 (2.86%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.43%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (1.43%) iTrent
1 1 (1.43%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 3 (4.29%) Google Workspace
2 2 (2.86%) Azure
2 2 (2.86%) GCP
2 2 (2.86%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (1.43%) AWS
3 1 (1.43%) dbt
3 1 (1.43%) Power Platform
3 1 (1.43%) Prefect
3 1 (1.43%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.86%) Firewall
1 2 (2.86%) Intranet
1 2 (2.86%) LAN
1 2 (2.86%) Network Security
1 2 (2.86%) WAN
2 1 (1.43%) Internet
2 1 (1.43%) IPv4
2 1 (1.43%) IPv6
2 1 (1.43%) Software-Defined Networking
2 1 (1.43%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (7.14%) MongoDB
1 5 (7.14%) MySQL
2 2 (2.86%) Relational Database
3 1 (1.43%) BigQuery
3 1 (1.43%) NoSQL
3 1 (1.43%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (1.43%) JIRA
1 1 (1.43%) Redmine
General
1 19 (27.14%) Analytical Skills
2 17 (24.29%) Social Skills
3 11 (15.71%) Finance
4 10 (14.29%) Social Science
5 9 (12.86%) Organisational Skills
6 7 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (7.14%) Police
8 4 (5.71%) Military
8 4 (5.71%) Public Sector
9 3 (4.29%) Electronics
10 2 (2.86%) Advertising
10 2 (2.86%) Billing
10 2 (2.86%) Health Technology
10 2 (2.86%) Humanities
10 2 (2.86%) Law
10 2 (2.86%) Marketing
10 2 (2.86%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (2.86%) Wearables
11 1 (1.43%) Banking
11 1 (1.43%) Legal
Job Titles
1 18 (25.71%) Senior
2 11 (15.71%) Developer
3 7 (10.00%) Full Stack Developer
4 5 (7.14%) Audit Manager
4 5 (7.14%) Information Manager
4 5 (7.14%) Instructor
4 5 (7.14%) IT Manager
4 5 (7.14%) Senior IT Manager
4 5 (7.14%) Senior Manager
4 5 (7.14%) Technical Instructor
4 5 (7.14%) Technology Manager
5 4 (5.71%) Analyst
5 4 (5.71%) Data Scientist
5 4 (5.71%) Lead
5 4 (5.71%) Principal Advisor
5 4 (5.71%) Software Engineer
6 3 (4.29%) Consultant
6 3 (4.29%) Senior Consultant
6 3 (4.29%) Senior Data Scientist
6 3 (4.29%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (11.43%) .NET
1 8 (11.43%) CSS
1 8 (11.43%) HTML
1 8 (11.43%) React
2 6 (8.57%) RESTful
3 5 (7.14%) Ajax
3 5 (7.14%) Flutter
3 5 (7.14%) Hibernate
3 5 (7.14%) Java EE
3 5 (7.14%) JDBC
3 5 (7.14%) JPA
3 5 (7.14%) jQuery
3 5 (7.14%) JSP
3 5 (7.14%) SOAP
3 5 (7.14%) Spring
3 5 (7.14%) Spring Boot
3 5 (7.14%) XML
4 4 (5.71%) EDI
5 3 (4.29%) PyTorch
6 2 (2.86%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 8 (11.43%) Management Information System
2 7 (10.00%) NHS
3 5 (7.14%) Mobile App
3 5 (7.14%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (5.71%) Algorithms
5 3 (4.29%) CUDA
5 3 (4.29%) Freedom of Information
6 2 (2.86%) Client/Server
6 2 (2.86%) Data Structures
6 2 (2.86%) e-Learning
6 2 (2.86%) IoT
6 2 (2.86%) Onboarding
6 2 (2.86%) Smartphone
6 2 (2.86%) Social Media
7 1 (1.43%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (1.43%) Data Centre
7 1 (1.43%) Distributed Computing
7 1 (1.43%) Legacy Code
7 1 (1.43%) Operational Technology
7 1 (1.43%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.29%) Linux
2 2 (2.86%) Windows
2 2 (2.86%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (22.86%) Budget Management
2 10 (14.29%) Data Science
3 9 (12.86%) Business Intelligence
4 8 (11.43%) Computer Science
4 8 (11.43%) Technology Strategy
5 7 (10.00%) Economics
5 7 (10.00%) Full Stack Development
5 7 (10.00%) Line Management
5 7 (10.00%) Risk Management
5 7 (10.00%) Software Engineering
6 6 (8.57%) Agile
6 6 (8.57%) Business Continuity
6 6 (8.57%) Continuous Improvement
6 6 (8.57%) Cybersecurity
6 6 (8.57%) Decision-Making
6 6 (8.57%) Information Management
7 5 (7.14%) Analytical Thinking
7 5 (7.14%) Creative Thinking
7 5 (7.14%) Organisational Learning
7 5 (7.14%) Performance Metrics
Programming Languages
1 16 (22.86%) Python
2 10 (14.29%) JavaScript
3 9 (12.86%) SQL
4 7 (10.00%) Java
5 5 (7.14%) PL/1
6 4 (5.71%) C++
7 3 (4.29%) C#
8 1 (1.43%) Fortran
Qualifications
1 31 (44.29%) Degree
2 8 (11.43%) Security Cleared
3 6 (8.57%) SC Cleared
4 5 (7.14%) Master's Degree
5 4 (5.71%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (5.71%) MBA
6 2 (2.86%) CIPD
7 1 (1.43%) CCDP
7 1 (1.43%) CCIE
7 1 (1.43%) CCNA
7 1 (1.43%) CCNP
7 1 (1.43%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (1.43%) MCSE
7 1 (1.43%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (1.43%) PhD
7 1 (1.43%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (12.86%) GDPR
2 3 (4.29%) QA
3 2 (2.86%) HIPAA
3 2 (2.86%) IEC 62304
3 2 (2.86%) ISO 13485
4 1 (1.43%) NEBOSH
4 1 (1.43%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 3 (4.29%) Slurm Workload Manager
2 2 (2.86%) Embedded Firmware
2 2 (2.86%) Firmware
Vendors
1 8 (11.43%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.43%) Databricks
2 1 (1.43%) F5
2 1 (1.43%) Fortinet
2 1 (1.43%) Google