Master's Degree Jobs in the Thames Valley

Master's Degree
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for Master's Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 92 67 137
Rank change year-on-year -25 +70 -17
Permanent jobs citing Master's Degree 185 238 169
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 2.50% 4.27% 2.23%
As % of the Qualifications category 7.09% 10.11% 6.48%
Number of salaries quoted 102 44 64
10th Percentile £34,750 - £28,625
25th Percentile £41,250 £22,000 £40,371
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £46,250 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +25.41% -11.90% +5.43%
75th Percentile £73,750 £75,000 £68,125
90th Percentile £85,000 £95,000 £74,250
South East median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% +20.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Thames Valley

Master's Degree falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in the Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,609 2,354 2,610
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 35.23% 42.26% 34.51%
Number of salaries quoted 1,496 975 992
10th Percentile £31,000 £27,500 £29,263
25th Percentile £38,000 £36,250 £37,354
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £51,750
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -3.38% -1.43%
75th Percentile £67,500 £68,750 £71,563
90th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £85,000
South East median annual salary £51,500 £51,425 £50,845
% change year-on-year +0.15% +1.14% +1.69%

Master's Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Master's Degree in the Thames Valley

Master's Degree
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Salary trend for Master's Degree in the Thames Valley

Master's Degree
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Master's Degree in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Master's Degree in the Thames Valley

Master's Degree
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 12 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
Berkshire -3 81 £56,500 -22.07% 32
Oxfordshire -1 78 £55,000 +150.00% 33
Buckinghamshire -51 26 £70,000 - 16
Master's Degree
South East

Master's Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 11 (5.95%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.08%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.54%) Apache
3 1 (0.54%) nginx
Applications
1 24 (12.97%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (7.03%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (7.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 11 (5.95%) MS Visio
4 2 (1.08%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (1.08%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 17 (9.19%) Power Platform
2 12 (6.49%) AWS
3 11 (5.95%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (5.95%) OneDrive
3 11 (5.95%) Power Automate
3 11 (5.95%) PowerApps
3 11 (5.95%) ShareGate
4 10 (5.41%) Azure
5 7 (3.78%) Cloud Computing
5 7 (3.78%) GCP
6 6 (3.24%) Amazon S3
6 6 (3.24%) Snowflake
7 5 (2.70%) AWS Lambda
7 5 (2.70%) Serverless
8 4 (2.16%) SaaS
9 3 (1.62%) GitHub
10 2 (1.08%) Amazon EMR
10 2 (1.08%) Asana
10 2 (1.08%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (1.08%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (4.32%) 5G
1 8 (4.32%) Broadband
2 7 (3.78%) Internet
3 6 (3.24%) Intranet
4 5 (2.70%) SNMP
5 4 (2.16%) Firewall
6 2 (1.08%) RS-485
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (9.19%) Power BI
2 9 (4.86%) SQL Server
3 6 (3.24%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (2.70%) GIS
5 4 (2.16%) Amazon Athena
5 4 (2.16%) Big Data
6 3 (1.62%) Impala
6 3 (1.62%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (1.08%) Amazon Redshift
7 2 (1.08%) Apache Hive
7 2 (1.08%) Hadoop
8 1 (0.54%) Metadata
8 1 (0.54%) Power Query
8 1 (0.54%) PowerCenter
8 1 (0.54%) Redis
8 1 (0.54%) Snowflake Schema
8 1 (0.54%) Sqoop
Development Applications
1 11 (5.95%) Git
2 4 (2.16%) JIRA
3 2 (1.08%) ERwin
4 1 (0.54%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.54%) Maven
4 1 (0.54%) Selenium
4 1 (0.54%) WebDriver
General
1 52 (28.11%) Social Skills
2 44 (23.78%) Analytical Skills
3 28 (15.14%) Finance
4 23 (12.43%) Pharmaceutical
5 20 (10.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 10 (5.41%) Manufacturing
6 10 (5.41%) Marketing
7 7 (3.78%) Law
8 6 (3.24%) Telecoms
9 5 (2.70%) Electronics
9 5 (2.70%) Legal
10 4 (2.16%) Aeronautics
10 4 (2.16%) Aerospace
10 4 (2.16%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (1.62%) Banking
11 3 (1.62%) Public Sector
12 2 (1.08%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.54%) Automotive
13 1 (0.54%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 53 (28.65%) Senior
2 35 (18.92%) Software Engineer
3 16 (8.65%) Data Scientist
4 14 (7.57%) Developer
5 13 (7.03%) Senior Software Engineer
6 12 (6.49%) Junior
7 11 (5.95%) Associate Director
8 10 (5.41%) Research Engineer
9 9 (4.86%) Business Development Manager
9 9 (4.86%) Business Manager
9 9 (4.86%) Development Manager
10 8 (4.32%) Research Software Engineer
10 8 (4.32%) Systems Engineer
11 7 (3.78%) Senior Data Scientist
12 6 (3.24%) Cloud Engineer
12 6 (3.24%) Senior Systems Engineer
12 6 (3.24%) Software Developer
13 5 (2.70%) C++ Developer
13 5 (2.70%) Network Manager
13 5 (2.70%) Physicist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (5.95%) OpenACC
1 11 (5.95%) OpenMP
2 5 (2.70%) React
3 4 (2.16%) HTML
3 4 (2.16%) Rendezvous
4 3 (1.62%) Dask
4 3 (1.62%) Django
4 3 (1.62%) Flask
5 2 (1.08%) .NET
5 2 (1.08%) AngularJS
5 2 (1.08%) CSS
5 2 (1.08%) Leaflet
5 2 (1.08%) Lightning Web Components
5 2 (1.08%) NumPy
5 2 (1.08%) OpenLayers
5 2 (1.08%) RESTful
5 2 (1.08%) Sass
6 1 (0.54%) Kafka
6 1 (0.54%) OpenCL
6 1 (0.54%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 80 (43.24%) Algorithms
2 14 (7.57%) Analytical Mindset
2 14 (7.57%) Data Structures
3 13 (7.03%) CUDA
3 13 (7.03%) Management Information System
4 9 (4.86%) Biopharmaceutical
4 9 (4.86%) Life Science
5 6 (3.24%) Data Protection Act
6 5 (2.70%) Cloud Native
6 5 (2.70%) Enterprise Software
6 5 (2.70%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (2.16%) Public Cloud
8 3 (1.62%) FPGA
9 2 (1.08%) ASIC
9 2 (1.08%) ASIC Verification
9 2 (1.08%) Blockchain
9 2 (1.08%) Driving Licence
9 2 (1.08%) FMCG
9 2 (1.08%) IoT
9 2 (1.08%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 46 (24.86%) Linux
2 35 (18.92%) Unix
3 1 (0.54%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 107 (57.84%) Computer Science
2 76 (41.08%) Mathematics
3 69 (37.30%) Physics
4 45 (24.32%) Problem-Solving
5 43 (23.24%) Parallel Programming
6 40 (21.62%) Software Engineering
7 38 (20.54%) Agile
8 34 (18.38%) Machine Learning
9 32 (17.30%) SDLC
10 30 (16.22%) Continuous Improvement
11 27 (14.59%) Data Science
12 24 (12.97%) Biotechnology
13 22 (11.89%) Artificial Intelligence
13 22 (11.89%) Business Intelligence
13 22 (11.89%) DevOps
14 21 (11.35%) Performance Analysis
14 21 (11.35%) Software Testing
15 20 (10.81%) Roadmaps
16 19 (10.27%) Mentoring
16 19 (10.27%) Open Source
Programming Languages
1 93 (50.27%) Python
2 56 (30.27%) C
3 52 (28.11%) Fortran
4 44 (23.78%) C++
5 19 (10.27%) Bash
6 14 (7.57%) C#
7 12 (6.49%) R
8 8 (4.32%) Java
9 7 (3.78%) JavaScript
9 7 (3.78%) MATLAB
10 6 (3.24%) SQL
11 4 (2.16%) Go
12 3 (1.62%) AWK
12 3 (1.62%) sed
12 3 (1.62%) Shell Script
12 3 (1.62%) TypeScript
13 2 (1.08%) Perl
13 2 (1.08%) Rust
13 2 (1.08%) SystemVerilog
13 2 (1.08%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 185 (100.00%) Degree
2 104 (56.22%) PhD
3 40 (21.62%) Security Cleared
4 27 (14.59%) Computer Science Degree
5 19 (10.27%) MBA
6 11 (5.95%) ITIL Certification
7 9 (4.86%) CFA
7 9 (4.86%) CIMA
8 6 (3.24%) SC Cleared
9 4 (2.16%) AWS Certification
9 4 (2.16%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 4 (2.16%) Numerate Degree
10 2 (1.08%) Chartered Engineer
10 2 (1.08%) DV Cleared
10 2 (1.08%) MCSA
10 2 (1.08%) MCSE
10 2 (1.08%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (1.08%) PMI Certification
10 2 (1.08%) PMP
10 2 (1.08%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (1.62%) Data Quality
1 3 (1.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (1.08%) PMBOK
2 2 (1.08%) PMO
2 2 (1.08%) SLA
3 1 (0.54%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.54%) QA
System Software
1 13 (7.03%) Docker
2 11 (5.95%) Active Directory
3 4 (2.16%) Hyper-V
3 4 (2.16%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.62%) Firmware
5 2 (1.08%) HDFS
6 1 (0.54%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 10 (5.41%) Kubernetes
2 4 (2.16%) Terraform
3 3 (1.62%) Ansible
Vendors
1 43 (23.24%) Microsoft
2 11 (5.95%) Nintex
3 8 (4.32%) Virgin Media
4 6 (3.24%) YouTube
5 5 (2.70%) Aruba
5 5 (2.70%) Cisco
5 5 (2.70%) Google
5 5 (2.70%) HP
6 4 (2.16%) VMware
7 3 (1.62%) Cloudera
8 2 (1.08%) Adobe
8 2 (1.08%) Informatica
8 2 (1.08%) Sage
8 2 (1.08%) Salesforce
8 2 (1.08%) SAP
9 1 (0.54%) Apple
9 1 (0.54%) NVIDIA
9 1 (0.54%) Oracle