Master's Degree Jobs

Master's Degree
UK

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

6 months to
6 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 187 61 201
Rank change year-on-year -126 +140 +39
Permanent jobs citing Master's Degree 1,571 4,769 3,570
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.47% 5.08% 2.09%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.57% 14.98% 7.65%
Number of salaries quoted 826 806 1,006
10th Percentile £34,500 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £47,672 £49,950
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £68,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% -1.46% +9.60%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £93,750
90th Percentile £107,500 £123,125 £132,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,840 £57,349 £55,000
% change year-on-year -2.63% +4.27% +4.76%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

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 requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 28,187 31,834 46,687
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.34% 33.91% 27.28%
Number of salaries quoted 17,276 14,419 19,396
10th Percentile £28,750 £32,000 £30,843
25th Percentile £38,603 £42,500 £40,620
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.83% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -

Master's Degree
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Master's Degree as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Master's Degree in the UK

Master's Degree
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Master's Degree.

Salary trend for Master's Degree in the UK

Master's Degree
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Master's Degree over the 6 months to 6 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Master's Degree in the UK

Master's Degree
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Master's Degree within the UK over the 6 months to 6 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
England -132 1,375 £65,000 -5.45% 1,083
UK excluding London -205 871 £55,840 -2.63% 643
London +17 637 £80,000 +3.23% 466
Work from Home +2 434 £65,000 - 397
South East -99 310 £60,000 -4.00% 146
North of England -259 114 £50,000 +4.88% 128
Scotland -112 110 £81,000 +42.11% 47
Midlands -179 109 £56,250 +28.57% 118
East of England -116 105 £55,000 -4.35% 108
South West -170 90 £50,476 -26.58% 87
North West -197 66 £65,000 +4.00% 71
West Midlands -153 61 £50,000 -18.37% 73
East Midlands -130 46 £79,566 +165.22% 45
Northern Ireland +22 26 £65,000 - 7
North East -87 26 £50,000 +4.88% 24
Yorkshire -148 22 £48,750 +9.93% 33
Wales -67 7 £35,000 -53.33% 19

Master's Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 65 (4.14%) Microsoft Exchange
2 29 (1.85%) FileNet
3 25 (1.59%) Skype for Business
4 20 (1.27%) Apache Spark
5 18 (1.15%) SharePoint
6 16 (1.02%) Apache
7 14 (0.89%) IIS
8 9 (0.57%) Apache Airflow
9 6 (0.38%) Confluence
9 6 (0.38%) nginx
10 4 (0.25%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
11 3 (0.19%) CMS
11 3 (0.19%) Jupyter
11 3 (0.19%) SAS
11 3 (0.19%) WordPress
12 1 (0.064%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 1 (0.064%) Luigi
12 1 (0.064%) Umbraco
Applications
1 60 (3.82%) Microsoft Office
2 55 (3.50%) Microsoft Excel
3 28 (1.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (0.76%) MS Visio
5 10 (0.64%) Spreadsheet
6 7 (0.45%) Simulink
7 6 (0.38%) InVision
7 6 (0.38%) Sketch
7 6 (0.38%) Trello
7 6 (0.38%) UserZoom
8 5 (0.32%) AutoCAD
8 5 (0.32%) Microsoft Project
9 4 (0.25%) EPLAN
10 3 (0.19%) Adobe XD
11 1 (0.064%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 1 (0.064%) Adobe Illustrator
11 1 (0.064%) Adobe Premiere
11 1 (0.064%) Blender
11 1 (0.064%) InDesign
11 1 (0.064%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 12 (0.76%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.32%) Distributed Ledger
2 5 (0.32%) SAP MM
3 4 (0.25%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.25%) Primavera
3 4 (0.25%) Ripple
3 4 (0.25%) Shopify
4 3 (0.19%) Dynamics GP
4 3 (0.19%) SAP APO
4 3 (0.19%) SAP PP
4 3 (0.19%) SAP SD
4 3 (0.19%) SAP WM
5 2 (0.13%) Oracle Payroll
5 2 (0.13%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (0.13%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.064%) Data Workbench
6 1 (0.064%) Endur
6 1 (0.064%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.064%) SAP EWM
6 1 (0.064%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 230 (14.64%) AWS
2 199 (12.67%) Azure
3 112 (7.13%) Microsoft 365
4 98 (6.24%) Power Platform
5 70 (4.46%) GCP
6 59 (3.76%) SaaS
7 52 (3.31%) GitHub
8 51 (3.25%) Cloud Computing
9 44 (2.80%) Amazon S3
10 39 (2.48%) Figma
11 38 (2.42%) SurveyMonkey
12 31 (1.97%) Serverless
13 25 (1.59%) AWS Lambda
14 24 (1.53%) IaaS
15 22 (1.40%) PaaS
16 20 (1.27%) PowerApps
17 19 (1.21%) WhatsApp
18 14 (0.89%) Dynamics 365
18 14 (0.89%) Power Automate
19 13 (0.83%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 85 (5.41%) Cisco IOS
2 72 (4.58%) Wireless
3 65 (4.14%) WebEx
4 62 (3.95%) WAN
5 60 (3.82%) SD-WAN
6 30 (1.91%) 5G
6 30 (1.91%) Broadband
7 29 (1.85%) Firewall
7 29 (1.85%) TCP/IP
8 25 (1.59%) Skype
8 25 (1.59%) Telepresence
9 21 (1.34%) Internet
10 18 (1.15%) HTTP
11 15 (0.95%) Network Security
12 13 (0.83%) Wi-Fi
13 12 (0.76%) Intranet
14 11 (0.70%) MQTT
15 9 (0.57%) SNMP
16 8 (0.51%) Ethernet
17 4 (0.25%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 100 (6.37%) Tableau
2 92 (5.86%) Power BI
3 66 (4.20%) SQL Server
4 63 (4.01%) NoSQL
5 53 (3.37%) Big Data
6 45 (2.86%) Data Warehouse
7 43 (2.74%) Relational Database
8 38 (2.42%) MySQL
9 37 (2.36%) Redis
10 35 (2.23%) Elasticsearch
11 34 (2.16%) PostgreSQL
12 30 (1.91%) Apache Cassandra
13 19 (1.21%) Hadoop
14 17 (1.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 12 (0.76%) Data Lake
16 11 (0.70%) GIS
17 10 (0.64%) Azure SQL Database
18 9 (0.57%) Data Mining
18 9 (0.57%) DynamoDB
19 8 (0.51%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 126 (8.02%) Git
2 54 (3.44%) Jenkins
3 31 (1.97%) GitLab
4 29 (1.85%) Jasmine
4 29 (1.85%) JUnit
4 29 (1.85%) Mockito
5 21 (1.34%) JIRA
6 6 (0.38%) Team Foundation Server
7 4 (0.25%) Bitbucket
7 4 (0.25%) CMake
7 4 (0.25%) Snakemake
7 4 (0.25%) Subversion
7 4 (0.25%) webpack
8 3 (0.19%) Babel
8 3 (0.19%) MLflow
8 3 (0.19%) Selenium
8 3 (0.19%) SonarQube
8 3 (0.19%) TestRail
9 2 (0.13%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.13%) WebDriver
General
1 722 (45.96%) Social Skills
2 415 (26.42%) Finance
3 307 (19.54%) Analytical Skills
4 196 (12.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 183 (11.65%) Marketing
6 156 (9.93%) Law
7 103 (6.56%) Pharmaceutical
8 96 (6.11%) Legal
9 83 (5.28%) Manufacturing
10 61 (3.88%) Banking
10 61 (3.88%) Telecoms
11 57 (3.63%) Presentation Skills
12 55 (3.50%) Retail
13 53 (3.37%) Automotive
14 52 (3.31%) Public Sector
15 40 (2.55%) Social Science
16 39 (2.48%) Electronics
17 34 (2.16%) Games
18 28 (1.78%) Aerospace
19 22 (1.40%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 314 (19.99%) Senior
2 165 (10.50%) Software Engineer
3 158 (10.06%) Developer
4 143 (9.10%) Lead
5 122 (7.77%) Analyst
6 108 (6.87%) Data Scientist
7 99 (6.30%) Architect
8 86 (5.47%) Senior Data Scientist
9 69 (4.39%) Systems Engineer
10 63 (4.01%) IT Support
11 61 (3.88%) Support Specialist
12 60 (3.82%) IT Support Specialist
13 53 (3.37%) Principal Engineer
14 50 (3.18%) Graduate
15 43 (2.74%) Senior Developer
16 42 (2.67%) Consultant
16 42 (2.67%) Principal Systems Engineer
16 42 (2.67%) Senior Software Engineer
17 34 (2.16%) Data Engineer
18 33 (2.10%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 98 (6.24%) .NET
2 94 (5.98%) React
3 89 (5.67%) AngularJS
4 80 (5.09%) TensorFlow
5 77 (4.90%) Kafka
6 59 (3.76%) scikit-learn
7 54 (3.44%) Pandas
8 49 (3.12%) PySpark
9 45 (2.86%) Web Services
10 41 (2.61%) PyTorch
10 41 (2.61%) Spring
11 38 (2.42%) ASP.NET
11 38 (2.42%) Hibernate
12 34 (2.16%) RESTful
13 33 (2.10%) GraphQL
13 33 (2.10%) HTML
14 29 (1.85%) J2EE
14 29 (1.85%) Spring Integration
15 26 (1.65%) CSS
16 24 (1.53%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 276 (17.57%) Algorithms
2 112 (7.13%) Management Information System
3 86 (5.47%) Video Conferencing
4 65 (4.14%) Data Structures
5 60 (3.82%) Wiki
6 58 (3.69%) Onboarding
7 55 (3.50%) Cloud Native
8 54 (3.44%) Self-Motivation
9 53 (3.37%) Product Ownership
10 37 (2.36%) IoT
11 36 (2.29%) Life Science
12 28 (1.78%) Market Risk
13 27 (1.72%) Distributed Systems
14 26 (1.65%) CUDA
15 22 (1.40%) Analytical Mindset
15 22 (1.40%) Data Protection Act
15 22 (1.40%) Enterprise Software
16 20 (1.27%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
17 19 (1.21%) Security Posture
18 18 (1.15%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 134 (8.53%) Windows
2 129 (8.21%) Linux
3 88 (5.60%) Windows 10
4 68 (4.33%) Android
5 42 (2.67%) Unix
6 25 (1.59%) Windows 7
7 11 (0.70%) Windows Server
8 7 (0.45%) FreeRTOS
9 6 (0.38%) Embedded Linux
10 4 (0.25%) Apple iOS
10 4 (0.25%) DC/OS
10 4 (0.25%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.064%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.064%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.064%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 799 (50.86%) Computer Science
2 482 (30.68%) Problem-Solving
3 322 (20.50%) Software Engineering
4 318 (20.24%) Agile
5 295 (18.78%) Mathematics
6 260 (16.55%) Machine Learning
7 253 (16.10%) Artificial Intelligence
8 250 (15.91%) Data Science
9 246 (15.66%) Analytics
10 210 (13.37%) Decision-Making
11 192 (12.22%) Roadmaps
12 191 (12.16%) Statistics
13 186 (11.84%) Visualisation
14 176 (11.20%) Project Management
15 172 (10.95%) Physics
16 156 (9.93%) Data Analysis
17 154 (9.80%) Mentoring
18 144 (9.17%) Actionable Insight
19 136 (8.66%) Continuous Improvement
20 133 (8.47%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 498 (31.70%) Python
2 313 (19.92%) SQL
3 170 (10.82%) C#
4 136 (8.66%) Java
5 125 (7.96%) C++
6 115 (7.32%) C
7 108 (6.87%) R
8 92 (5.86%) JavaScript
9 60 (3.82%) Fortran
10 39 (2.48%) TypeScript
11 36 (2.29%) Bash
12 30 (1.91%) MATLAB
13 26 (1.65%) Go
14 22 (1.40%) PowerShell
15 19 (1.21%) T-SQL
16 16 (1.02%) Rust
17 11 (0.70%) Scala
18 7 (0.45%) Haskell
19 6 (0.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
19 6 (0.38%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 1,571 (100.00%) Degree
2 420 (26.73%) Computer Science Degree
3 392 (24.95%) PhD
4 167 (10.63%) MBA
5 103 (6.56%) Security Cleared
6 61 (3.88%) CISSP
7 60 (3.82%) DBS Check
8 48 (3.06%) Chartered Engineer
9 46 (2.93%) CISM
10 34 (2.16%) SC Cleared
11 25 (1.59%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 21 (1.34%) AWS Certification
12 21 (1.34%) DV Cleared
12 21 (1.34%) Microsoft Certification
13 19 (1.21%) PMP
14 18 (1.15%) Numerate Degree
14 18 (1.15%) PMI Certification
15 16 (1.02%) BPSS Clearance
15 16 (1.02%) Cisco Certification
16 15 (0.95%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 76 (4.84%) QA
2 68 (4.33%) Data Quality
3 49 (3.12%) GDPR
4 32 (2.04%) Accessibility
5 31 (1.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 24 (1.53%) NIST
7 18 (1.15%) PCI DSS
8 16 (1.02%) NCSC
8 16 (1.02%) PMO
9 13 (0.83%) HIPAA
10 12 (0.76%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 10 (0.64%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 8 (0.51%) COBIT
13 7 (0.45%) ISO 13485
14 6 (0.38%) WCAG
14 6 (0.38%) Web Application Security Consortium
15 5 (0.32%) ISO 26262
16 4 (0.25%) Automotive SPICE
17 3 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials
17 3 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 93 (5.92%) Docker
2 76 (4.84%) Active Directory
3 63 (4.01%) VMware ESXi
4 60 (3.82%) Microsoft App-V
4 60 (3.82%) XenApp
4 60 (3.82%) XenDesktop
5 22 (1.40%) Firmware
6 12 (0.76%) VMware Infrastructure
7 7 (0.45%) Hyper-V
8 5 (0.32%) Embedded Firmware
9 2 (0.13%) HDFS
10 1 (0.064%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (0.064%) Snort
10 1 (0.064%) Virtual Machines
10 1 (0.064%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.064%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 104 (6.62%) Kubernetes
2 61 (3.88%) SCCM
3 60 (3.82%) AirWatch
4 38 (2.42%) Terraform
5 15 (0.95%) Ansible
6 9 (0.57%) CASB
7 7 (0.45%) Kubeflow
8 6 (0.38%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
9 5 (0.32%) Functional Safety
10 4 (0.25%) Argo
11 3 (0.19%) Microsoft Intune
12 2 (0.13%) Cisco Prime
12 2 (0.13%) Core Impact
12 2 (0.13%) CSIRT
12 2 (0.13%) ITRS Geneos
13 1 (0.064%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 1 (0.064%) CFEngine
13 1 (0.064%) EMC NetWorker
13 1 (0.064%) Puppet
13 1 (0.064%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 247 (15.72%) Microsoft
2 101 (6.43%) Cisco
3 63 (4.01%) Citrix
4 57 (3.63%) Databricks
5 50 (3.18%) Google
6 46 (2.93%) Oracle
7 44 (2.80%) EMC
7 44 (2.80%) Qualtrics
8 43 (2.74%) SAP
9 30 (1.91%) Virgin Media
10 28 (1.78%) Apple
11 25 (1.59%) Polycom
12 13 (0.83%) Atlassian
13 12 (0.76%) VMware
14 11 (0.70%) Aruba
14 11 (0.70%) HP
14 11 (0.70%) Nintex
14 11 (0.70%) Salesforce
15 9 (0.57%) CA
16 6 (0.38%) Adobe