Postgraduate Jobs in the UK excluding London

Postgraduate
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 736 628 754
Rank change year-on-year -108 +126 -70
Permanent jobs citing Postgraduate 32 108 92
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.042% 0.19% 0.12%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.16% 0.51% 0.38%
Number of salaries quoted 22 55 21
10th Percentile £31,065 £29,550 £38,655
25th Percentile £31,907 £34,500 £44,186
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,250 £40,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.38% -33.33% +44.12%
75th Percentile £48,039 £54,421 £65,000
90th Percentile £64,575 £65,000 -
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
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 19,915 21,308 23,977
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 26.21% 37.69% 32.42%
Number of salaries quoted 12,282 7,936 10,537
10th Percentile £27,500 £28,750 £28,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £76,250
UK median annual salary £53,772 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.38% +9.09% -

Postgraduate
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Postgraduate as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Postgraduate in the UK excluding London

Postgraduate
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Postgraduate in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Postgraduate in the UK excluding London

Postgraduate
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Salary histogram for Postgraduate in the UK excluding London

Postgraduate
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Postgraduate within the UK excluding London 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
East of England -51 8 £43,705 -27.16% 8
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
Scotland -64 3 £36,000 -18.53%
Wales +9 2 - - 4
North West -5 2 £41,500 +15.28% 27
North East - 2 £50,750 - 2
Yorkshire +53 1 - - 10
Northern Ireland - 1 £51,000 -
Postgraduate
UK

Postgraduate
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 1 (3.13%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.13%) Azure
1 1 (3.13%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.13%) Firewall
1 1 (3.13%) Internet
1 1 (3.13%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.25%) GIS
1 2 (6.25%) Relational Database
General
1 17 (53.13%) Social Skills
2 11 (34.38%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (25.00%) Social Science
4 5 (15.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 5 (15.63%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (12.50%) Police
6 3 (9.38%) Retail
7 2 (6.25%) Law
7 2 (6.25%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (3.13%) Legal
8 1 (3.13%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 4 (12.50%) Analyst
1 4 (12.50%) Audit Manager
1 4 (12.50%) Senior
2 3 (9.38%) Consultant
2 3 (9.38%) Developer
2 3 (9.38%) Senior Consultant
3 2 (6.25%) Analyst Developer
3 2 (6.25%) CIO
3 2 (6.25%) Development Manager
3 2 (6.25%) IT Support
3 2 (6.25%) IT Support Specialist
3 2 (6.25%) Lead
3 2 (6.25%) Lead Analyst Developer
3 2 (6.25%) Lead Developer
3 2 (6.25%) Support Specialist
3 2 (6.25%) Training Manager
4 1 (3.13%) JavaScript Engineer
4 1 (3.13%) Learning Technologist
4 1 (3.13%) Software QA Engineer
4 1 (3.13%) Technologist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (15.63%) .NET
2 2 (6.25%) CSS
2 2 (6.25%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.50%) Management Information System
2 3 (9.38%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (6.25%) Algorithms
3 2 (6.25%) e-Learning
3 2 (6.25%) Smartphone
4 1 (3.13%) Client/Server
4 1 (3.13%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 1 (3.13%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (3.13%) Data Centre
4 1 (3.13%) Data Structures
4 1 (3.13%) Enterprise Storage
4 1 (3.13%) Freedom of Information
4 1 (3.13%) Legacy Code
4 1 (3.13%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.13%) Linux
1 1 (3.13%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
2 6 (18.75%) Risk Management
3 5 (15.63%) Data Analysis
3 5 (15.63%) Data Protection
3 5 (15.63%) Decision-Making
4 4 (12.50%) Budget Management
4 4 (12.50%) Computer Science
4 4 (12.50%) Mentoring
4 4 (12.50%) Organisational Learning
4 4 (12.50%) SDLC
5 3 (9.38%) Data Science
5 3 (9.38%) Economics
5 3 (9.38%) Focus Group
5 3 (9.38%) Information Management
5 3 (9.38%) Pedagogy
5 3 (9.38%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (9.38%) Qualitative Research
5 3 (9.38%) Quantitative Research
5 3 (9.38%) Software Engineering
5 3 (9.38%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 4 (12.50%) PL/1
2 3 (9.38%) Python
2 3 (9.38%) SQL
3 1 (3.13%) C#
3 1 (3.13%) Fortran
3 1 (3.13%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 19 (59.38%) Degree
2 3 (9.38%) Master's Degree
3 2 (6.25%) CIPD
3 2 (6.25%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (6.25%) MBA
4 1 (3.13%) HND
4 1 (3.13%) PhD
4 1 (3.13%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.13%) Data Quality
1 1 (3.13%) QA
1 1 (3.13%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 1 (3.13%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (3.13%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 5 (15.63%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.13%) VMware