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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 246 259 260
Rank change year-on-year +13 +1 +12
Permanent jobs citing Master's Degree 443 503 1,137
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.26% 1.33% 1.51%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.52% 5.08% 6.50%
Number of salaries quoted 246 282 449
10th Percentile £35,000 £45,000 £38,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £52,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year - -3.70% +17.39%
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £93,750
90th Percentile £106,250 £104,750 £125,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -7.14% +3.70% +8.00%

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 9,808 9,896 17,502
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 27.80% 26.22% 23.18%
Number of salaries quoted 5,899 6,019 8,928
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - +9.09%
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 9 June 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 13 (2.93%) IIS
2 7 (1.58%) Apache
3 6 (1.35%) nginx
4 4 (0.90%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 3 (0.68%) Confluence
5 3 (0.68%) SAS
6 2 (0.45%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.45%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.23%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.23%) CMS
7 1 (0.23%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.23%) Luigi
7 1 (0.23%) Umbraco
Applications
1 14 (3.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (2.26%) Spreadsheet
3 6 (1.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (1.35%) UserZoom
4 3 (0.68%) Adobe XD
4 3 (0.68%) InVision
4 3 (0.68%) Sketch
5 1 (0.23%) Blender
5 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (0.90%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (0.90%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.23%) Data Workbench
2 1 (0.23%) Endur
2 1 (0.23%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (0.23%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 72 (16.25%) AWS
2 70 (15.80%) Azure
3 31 (7.00%) Cloud Computing
4 28 (6.32%) SaaS
5 26 (5.87%) Power Platform
6 24 (5.42%) GCP
7 8 (1.81%) GitHub
7 8 (1.81%) IaaS
7 8 (1.81%) Microsoft 365
7 8 (1.81%) PowerApps
7 8 (1.81%) Serverless
8 7 (1.58%) Dynamics 365
8 7 (1.58%) WhatsApp
9 6 (1.35%) Azure Service Fabric
9 6 (1.35%) Entra ID
9 6 (1.35%) GitHub Actions
9 6 (1.35%) PaaS
9 6 (1.35%) Snowflake
10 5 (1.13%) Amazon S3
10 5 (1.13%) Dagster
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.13%) Internet
1 5 (1.13%) Network Security
1 5 (1.13%) TCP/IP
1 5 (1.13%) Wi-Fi
2 4 (0.90%) Firewall
3 1 (0.23%) Bluetooth
3 1 (0.23%) LAN
3 1 (0.23%) OFDM
3 1 (0.23%) Software-Defined Radio
3 1 (0.23%) tcpdump
3 1 (0.23%) VPLS
3 1 (0.23%) VPN
3 1 (0.23%) WAN
3 1 (0.23%) Wireless
3 1 (0.23%) Wireshark
3 1 (0.23%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (12.64%) Tableau
2 26 (5.87%) SQL Server
3 25 (5.64%) Data Warehouse
4 24 (5.42%) PostgreSQL
5 21 (4.74%) Power BI
6 20 (4.51%) Relational Database
7 19 (4.29%) Big Data
8 15 (3.39%) Redis
9 13 (2.93%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 7 (1.58%) Data Lake
11 6 (1.35%) Azure SQL Database
11 6 (1.35%) GIS
11 6 (1.35%) MySQL
12 4 (0.90%) QlikView
13 3 (0.68%) Amazon Athena
13 3 (0.68%) MongoDB
13 3 (0.68%) NoSQL
13 3 (0.68%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 2 (0.45%) Metadata
14 2 (0.45%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 76 (17.16%) Git
2 6 (1.35%) Jenkins
3 4 (0.90%) JIRA
3 4 (0.90%) Snakemake
4 3 (0.68%) Bitbucket
4 3 (0.68%) Selenium
4 3 (0.68%) SonarQube
5 2 (0.45%) Cypress.io
5 2 (0.45%) GitLab
5 2 (0.45%) Rational DOORS
5 2 (0.45%) WebDriver
5 2 (0.45%) webpack
6 1 (0.23%) SpecFlow
6 1 (0.23%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.23%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 225 (50.79%) Social Skills
2 96 (21.67%) Finance
3 81 (18.28%) Analytical Skills
4 51 (11.51%) Pharmaceutical
5 41 (9.26%) Law
6 40 (9.03%) Marketing
7 39 (8.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 37 (8.35%) Legal
9 23 (5.19%) Manufacturing
10 21 (4.74%) Public Sector
11 18 (4.06%) Banking
11 18 (4.06%) Electronics
11 18 (4.06%) Presentation Skills
12 14 (3.16%) Retail
13 13 (2.93%) Telecoms
14 11 (2.48%) Back Office
15 10 (2.26%) Aerospace
16 8 (1.81%) Automotive
17 7 (1.58%) Health Technology
18 5 (1.13%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 137 (30.93%) Senior
2 64 (14.45%) Data Scientist
3 63 (14.22%) Developer
4 59 (13.32%) Senior Data Scientist
5 46 (10.38%) Software Engineer
6 39 (8.80%) Analyst
7 25 (5.64%) Architect
8 22 (4.97%) Senior Developer
9 19 (4.29%) Product Manager
10 18 (4.06%) Consultant
10 18 (4.06%) Lead
11 14 (3.16%) Development Manager
12 12 (2.71%) Embedded Engineer
12 12 (2.71%) Embedded Software Engineer
13 11 (2.48%) Database Developer
13 11 (2.48%) Systems Engineer
14 10 (2.26%) Business Development Manager
14 10 (2.26%) Business Manager
14 10 (2.26%) Python Developer
14 10 (2.26%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (13.09%) TensorFlow
2 48 (10.84%) PySpark
3 47 (10.61%) Pandas
4 45 (10.16%) scikit-learn
5 37 (8.35%) .NET
6 31 (7.00%) ASP.NET
7 24 (5.42%) PyTorch
8 16 (3.61%) Web Services
9 15 (3.39%) REST
10 14 (3.16%) .NET Core
11 13 (2.93%) Entity Framework
12 12 (2.71%) React
13 11 (2.48%) AngularJS
13 11 (2.48%) Spring
14 10 (2.26%) CSS
14 10 (2.26%) HTML
15 9 (2.03%) ASP.NET Core
15 9 (2.03%) Hibernate
15 9 (2.03%) Spring MVC
16 8 (1.81%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 109 (24.60%) Algorithms
2 39 (8.80%) Life Science
3 37 (8.35%) Management Information System
4 27 (6.09%) Data Structures
5 23 (5.19%) Self-Motivation
6 11 (2.48%) Biopharmaceutical
6 11 (2.48%) Client/Server
6 11 (2.48%) Embedded Systems
7 10 (2.26%) Product Ownership
8 9 (2.03%) CUDA
8 9 (2.03%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 9 (2.03%) Hedge funds
9 8 (1.81%) Distributed Systems
9 8 (1.81%) Equities
10 7 (1.58%) Cloud Native
10 7 (1.58%) Onboarding
11 6 (1.35%) Cyber Threat
11 6 (1.35%) Team-Oriented Environment
12 5 (1.13%) Blockchain
12 5 (1.13%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 37 (8.35%) Linux
2 16 (3.61%) Windows
3 10 (2.26%) Unix
4 7 (1.58%) Windows Server
5 6 (1.35%) FreeRTOS
6 2 (0.45%) Android
7 1 (0.23%) Embedded Linux
7 1 (0.23%) Robot Operating System
7 1 (0.23%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 222 (50.11%) Computer Science
2 132 (29.80%) Problem-Solving
3 117 (26.41%) Visualisation
4 116 (26.19%) Software Engineering
5 113 (25.51%) Data Science
6 102 (23.02%) Artificial Intelligence
7 98 (22.12%) Machine Learning
8 97 (21.90%) Agile
9 90 (20.32%) Decision-Making
10 89 (20.09%) Mathematics
11 88 (19.86%) Analytics
11 88 (19.86%) Statistics
12 66 (14.90%) Data Analysis
13 65 (14.67%) Actionable Insight
14 61 (13.77%) Physics
15 59 (13.32%) Customer Experience
15 59 (13.32%) Data Visualisation
16 55 (12.42%) Neural Network
17 53 (11.96%) Roadmaps
18 51 (11.51%) Natural Language Processing
Programming Languages
1 180 (40.63%) Python
2 127 (28.67%) SQL
3 48 (10.84%) C#
4 36 (8.13%) Java
5 28 (6.32%) C++
6 21 (4.74%) C
7 20 (4.51%) R
8 18 (4.06%) JavaScript
9 14 (3.16%) PowerShell
10 11 (2.48%) T-SQL
11 8 (1.81%) Go
12 7 (1.58%) Bash
13 6 (1.35%) Fortran
14 5 (1.13%) TypeScript
15 4 (0.90%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 4 (0.90%) Rust
15 4 (0.90%) Shell Script
16 3 (0.68%) AWK
16 3 (0.68%) sed
17 2 (0.45%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 443 (100.00%) Degree
2 115 (25.96%) PhD
3 109 (24.60%) Computer Science Degree
4 51 (11.51%) DBS Check
5 41 (9.26%) Security Cleared
6 37 (8.35%) MBA
7 19 (4.29%) CISSP
8 18 (4.06%) CISM
9 17 (3.84%) SC Cleared
10 12 (2.71%) Numerate Degree
11 10 (2.26%) CFA
11 10 (2.26%) CIMA
11 10 (2.26%) DV Cleared
12 7 (1.58%) AWS Certification
13 6 (1.35%) GIAC
13 6 (1.35%) SANS
14 5 (1.13%) BPSS Clearance
14 5 (1.13%) CEH
14 5 (1.13%) CISA
14 5 (1.13%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (3.61%) QA
2 13 (2.93%) NIST
3 11 (2.48%) Accessibility
3 11 (2.48%) Data Quality
3 11 (2.48%) GDPR
3 11 (2.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (1.35%) COBIT
4 6 (1.35%) Web Application Security Consortium
5 5 (1.13%) PCI DSS
6 3 (0.68%) ISO 31000
6 3 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 27005
6 3 (0.68%) NCSC
6 3 (0.68%) NIST 800
6 3 (0.68%) WCAG
7 2 (0.45%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.45%) ECSS
7 2 (0.45%) GLP
7 2 (0.45%) Good Clinical Practice
7 2 (0.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (0.45%) SOX 404
System Software
1 40 (9.03%) Docker
2 5 (1.13%) Embedded Firmware
2 5 (1.13%) Firmware
3 1 (0.23%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 1 (0.23%) Snort
3 1 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.23%) Virtual Servers
3 1 (0.23%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.23%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 23 (5.19%) Kubernetes
2 11 (2.48%) Terraform
3 6 (1.35%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 3 (0.68%) Ansible
5 1 (0.23%) Kubeflow
5 1 (0.23%) SCCM
Vendors
1 54 (12.19%) Databricks
2 47 (10.61%) Microsoft
3 21 (4.74%) Google
4 18 (4.06%) SAP
5 6 (1.35%) NVIDIA
5 6 (1.35%) Qualtrics
5 6 (1.35%) YouTube
6 4 (0.90%) Oracle
6 4 (0.90%) Salesforce
6 4 (0.90%) ServiceNow
7 3 (0.68%) Atlassian
7 3 (0.68%) Coverity
8 2 (0.45%) Dataiku
8 2 (0.45%) HubSpot
9 1 (0.23%) Alteryx
9 1 (0.23%) Cisco
9 1 (0.23%) Interwoven
9 1 (0.23%) Ivanti
9 1 (0.23%) OpenLink
9 1 (0.23%) Thales