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 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 257 252 263
Rank change year-on-year -5 +11 +21
Permanent jobs citing Master's Degree 424 519 1,117
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.22% 1.35% 1.50%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.37% 5.16% 6.49%
Number of salaries quoted 243 293 449
10th Percentile £35,000 £45,000 £38,650
25th Percentile £49,538 £52,500 £48,649
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +13.04%
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £93,750
90th Percentile £105,000 £102,500 £125,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,067 £69,500
% change year-on-year -0.10% -6.38% +11.20%

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 9,709 10,051 17,198
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 27.95% 26.13% 23.15%
Number of salaries quoted 5,901 6,071 8,883
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 £78,725 £77,500
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% -

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 1 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 12 (2.83%) IIS
2 7 (1.65%) Apache
3 6 (1.42%) nginx
4 4 (0.94%) 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 (0.94%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (0.94%) 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 72 (16.98%) AWS
1 72 (16.98%) Azure
2 31 (7.31%) Cloud Computing
3 27 (6.37%) SaaS
4 26 (6.13%) Power Platform
5 25 (5.90%) GCP
6 8 (1.89%) GitHub
6 8 (1.89%) IaaS
6 8 (1.89%) Microsoft 365
6 8 (1.89%) PowerApps
6 8 (1.89%) Serverless
7 7 (1.65%) Dynamics 365
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 5 (1.18%) Amazon S3
9 5 (1.18%) AWS Lambda
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 (0.94%) 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 (13.21%) Tableau
2 25 (5.90%) Data Warehouse
2 25 (5.90%) SQL Server
3 22 (5.19%) PostgreSQL
4 21 (4.95%) Power BI
5 19 (4.48%) Big Data
5 19 (4.48%) Relational Database
6 15 (3.54%) Redis
7 13 (3.07%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 7 (1.65%) Data Lake
9 6 (1.42%) Azure SQL Database
9 6 (1.42%) GIS
10 4 (0.94%) MySQL
10 4 (0.94%) QlikView
11 3 (0.71%) Amazon Athena
11 3 (0.71%) MongoDB
11 3 (0.71%) NoSQL
11 3 (0.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 2 (0.47%) Metadata
12 2 (0.47%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 74 (17.45%) Git
2 6 (1.42%) Jenkins
3 4 (0.94%) JIRA
3 4 (0.94%) 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
6 1 (0.24%) webpack
General
1 216 (50.94%) Social Skills
2 89 (20.99%) Finance
3 74 (17.45%) Analytical Skills
4 43 (10.14%) Pharmaceutical
5 36 (8.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 36 (8.49%) Law
5 36 (8.49%) Legal
6 35 (8.25%) Marketing
7 23 (5.42%) Manufacturing
8 18 (4.25%) Banking
8 18 (4.25%) Electronics
8 18 (4.25%) Presentation Skills
8 18 (4.25%) Public Sector
9 14 (3.30%) Retail
10 12 (2.83%) Telecoms
11 11 (2.59%) Back Office
12 10 (2.36%) Aerospace
13 8 (1.89%) Automotive
14 7 (1.65%) Health Technology
15 5 (1.18%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 132 (31.13%) Senior
2 64 (15.09%) Data Scientist
3 58 (13.68%) Developer
3 58 (13.68%) Senior Data Scientist
4 45 (10.61%) Software Engineer
5 36 (8.49%) Analyst
6 25 (5.90%) Architect
7 19 (4.48%) Product Manager
7 19 (4.48%) Senior Developer
8 18 (4.25%) Consultant
8 18 (4.25%) Lead
9 14 (3.30%) Development Manager
10 11 (2.59%) Database Developer
10 11 (2.59%) Embedded Engineer
10 11 (2.59%) Embedded Software Engineer
11 10 (2.36%) Business Development Manager
11 10 (2.36%) Business Manager
11 10 (2.36%) Data Engineer
11 10 (2.36%) Systems Engineer
11 10 (2.36%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (13.68%) TensorFlow
2 48 (11.32%) PySpark
3 47 (11.08%) Pandas
4 45 (10.61%) scikit-learn
5 35 (8.25%) .NET
6 30 (7.08%) ASP.NET
7 24 (5.66%) PyTorch
8 16 (3.77%) Web Services
9 15 (3.54%) REST
10 13 (3.07%) .NET Core
11 12 (2.83%) Entity Framework
12 11 (2.59%) React
12 11 (2.59%) Spring
13 9 (2.12%) AngularJS
13 9 (2.12%) ASP.NET Core
13 9 (2.12%) Hibernate
13 9 (2.12%) Spring MVC
14 8 (1.89%) CSS
14 8 (1.89%) Django
14 8 (1.89%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 105 (24.76%) Algorithms
2 37 (8.73%) Management Information System
3 36 (8.49%) Life Science
4 27 (6.37%) Data Structures
5 20 (4.72%) Self-Motivation
6 11 (2.59%) Biopharmaceutical
6 11 (2.59%) Client/Server
6 11 (2.59%) Embedded Systems
7 10 (2.36%) Product Ownership
8 9 (2.12%) CUDA
8 9 (2.12%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 9 (2.12%) Hedge funds
9 8 (1.89%) Distributed Systems
9 8 (1.89%) Equities
10 7 (1.65%) Cloud Native
11 6 (1.42%) Cyber Threat
11 6 (1.42%) Onboarding
12 5 (1.18%) Blog
12 5 (1.18%) Greenfield Project
12 5 (1.18%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 37 (8.73%) Linux
2 15 (3.54%) Windows
3 10 (2.36%) Unix
4 6 (1.42%) FreeRTOS
4 6 (1.42%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.47%) Android
6 1 (0.24%) Embedded Linux
6 1 (0.24%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 212 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 128 (30.19%) Problem-Solving
3 114 (26.89%) Visualisation
4 111 (26.18%) Data Science
5 108 (25.47%) Software Engineering
6 104 (24.53%) Artificial Intelligence
7 99 (23.35%) Machine Learning
8 91 (21.46%) Agile
9 89 (20.99%) Decision-Making
10 88 (20.75%) Mathematics
11 86 (20.28%) Statistics
12 79 (18.63%) Analytics
13 61 (14.39%) Data Analysis
14 60 (14.15%) Actionable Insight
14 60 (14.15%) Physics
15 59 (13.92%) Customer Experience
16 56 (13.21%) Data Visualisation
17 55 (12.97%) Neural Network
18 53 (12.50%) Roadmaps
19 52 (12.26%) Natural Language Processing
Programming Languages
1 179 (42.22%) Python
2 127 (29.95%) SQL
3 45 (10.61%) C#
4 34 (8.02%) Java
5 27 (6.37%) C++
6 21 (4.95%) C
7 20 (4.72%) R
8 14 (3.30%) JavaScript
8 14 (3.30%) PowerShell
9 11 (2.59%) T-SQL
10 7 (1.65%) Bash
10 7 (1.65%) Go
11 6 (1.42%) Fortran
12 4 (0.94%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 4 (0.94%) Rust
12 4 (0.94%) Shell Script
13 3 (0.71%) AWK
13 3 (0.71%) sed
14 2 (0.47%) SPARQL
14 2 (0.47%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 424 (100.00%) Degree
2 112 (26.42%) PhD
3 104 (24.53%) Computer Science Degree
4 51 (12.03%) DBS Check
5 38 (8.96%) Security Cleared
6 32 (7.55%) MBA
7 18 (4.25%) CISSP
8 17 (4.01%) CISM
9 16 (3.77%) SC Cleared
10 11 (2.59%) Numerate Degree
11 10 (2.36%) CFA
11 10 (2.36%) CIMA
11 10 (2.36%) DV Cleared
12 7 (1.65%) AWS Certification
13 6 (1.42%) GIAC
13 6 (1.42%) SANS
14 5 (1.18%) BPSS Clearance
14 5 (1.18%) CEH
14 5 (1.18%) Microsoft Certification
15 4 (0.94%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (3.30%) QA
2 13 (3.07%) NIST
3 11 (2.59%) Data Quality
4 10 (2.36%) GDPR
4 10 (2.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 9 (2.12%) Accessibility
6 6 (1.42%) COBIT
6 6 (1.42%) Web Application Security Consortium
7 5 (1.18%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.71%) ISO 31000
8 3 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 3 (0.71%) NCSC
8 3 (0.71%) NIST 800
8 3 (0.71%) WCAG
9 2 (0.47%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.47%) ECSS
9 2 (0.47%) GLP
9 2 (0.47%) Good Clinical Practice
9 2 (0.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.47%) SOX 404
System Software
1 41 (9.67%) Docker
2 4 (0.94%) Embedded Firmware
2 4 (0.94%) 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 22 (5.19%) Kubernetes
2 11 (2.59%) 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 (12.74%) Databricks
2 47 (11.08%) Microsoft
3 22 (5.19%) Google
4 18 (4.25%) SAP
5 6 (1.42%) NVIDIA
5 6 (1.42%) Qualtrics
5 6 (1.42%) YouTube
6 4 (0.94%) Oracle
6 4 (0.94%) Salesforce
6 4 (0.94%) ServiceNow
7 3 (0.71%) Atlassian
7 3 (0.71%) Coverity
8 2 (0.47%) Dataiku
8 2 (0.47%) HubSpot
9 1 (0.24%) Alteryx
9 1 (0.24%) Cisco
9 1 (0.24%) Interwoven
9 1 (0.24%) Ivanti
9 1 (0.24%) OpenLink
9 1 (0.24%) Thales