Master's Degree Jobs in the UK excluding London

Master's Degree
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 243 37 223
Rank change year-on-year -206 +186 +33
Permanent jobs citing Master's Degree 883 3,751 1,300
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.10% 6.79% 1.70%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.29% 17.91% 5.13%
Number of salaries quoted 448 346 373
10th Percentile £32,500 £25,938 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,053 £40,371
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,180 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.30% +4.55% +8.64%
75th Percentile £73,750 £80,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £89,375 £85,000
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
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 20,605 20,946 25,343
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 25.72% 37.91% 33.19%
Number of salaries quoted 12,346 7,921 10,596
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +7.14% +0.20%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £76,250
UK median annual salary £53,555 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.74% +9.09% -

Master's Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Master's Degree as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Master's Degree in the UK excluding London

Master's Degree
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Master's Degree in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Master's Degree in the UK excluding London

Master's Degree
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Master's Degree in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Master's Degree in the UK excluding London

Master's Degree
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 Master's Degree within the UK excluding London 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
South East -97 314 £60,000 -7.69% 152
North of England -261 117 £50,000 +4.88% 141
Midlands -191 112 £56,250 +18.42% 127
Scotland -108 110 £81,000 +35.00% 47
East of England -110 104 £55,000 -4.35% 107
South West -165 93 £50,952 -32.06% 97
North West -208 66 £65,000 +4.00% 71
West Midlands -139 64 £47,500 -24.00% 77
East Midlands -136 46 £79,566 +165.22% 50
North East -89 28 £50,000 +4.88% 28
Northern Ireland +20 26 £65,000 - 11
Yorkshire -151 23 £48,750 +9.93% 45
Wales -66 7 £35,000 -53.33% 17
Master's Degree
UK

Master's Degree
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:

Application Platforms
1 29 (3.28%) FileNet
2 13 (1.47%) SharePoint
3 10 (1.13%) Apache
4 8 (0.91%) Apache Spark
5 6 (0.68%) IIS
5 6 (0.68%) nginx
6 4 (0.45%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 4 (0.45%) Confluence
7 3 (0.34%) SAS
8 2 (0.23%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (0.23%) WordPress
9 1 (0.11%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.11%) CMS
9 1 (0.11%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.11%) Luigi
Applications
1 44 (4.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 33 (3.74%) Microsoft Office
3 23 (2.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (1.36%) MS Visio
5 8 (0.91%) Spreadsheet
6 7 (0.79%) Simulink
7 6 (0.68%) InVision
7 6 (0.68%) Microsoft Project
7 6 (0.68%) Sketch
7 6 (0.68%) Trello
7 6 (0.68%) UserZoom
8 5 (0.57%) AutoCAD
9 4 (0.45%) EPLAN
10 3 (0.34%) Adobe XD
11 1 (0.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 12 (1.36%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.57%) Primavera
2 5 (0.57%) SAP MM
3 4 (0.45%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.45%) Shopify
4 3 (0.34%) Dynamics GP
4 3 (0.34%) SAP APO
4 3 (0.34%) SAP PP
4 3 (0.34%) SAP SD
4 3 (0.34%) SAP WM
5 1 (0.11%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.11%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 99 (11.21%) Azure
2 98 (11.10%) AWS
3 73 (8.27%) Power Platform
4 44 (4.98%) GitHub
5 39 (4.42%) Figma
6 38 (4.30%) Amazon S3
7 32 (3.62%) SurveyMonkey
8 31 (3.51%) Cloud Computing
9 28 (3.17%) GCP
10 24 (2.72%) SaaS
11 22 (2.49%) Serverless
12 19 (2.15%) AWS Lambda
12 19 (2.15%) PowerApps
13 18 (2.04%) Microsoft 365
14 15 (1.70%) IaaS
15 14 (1.59%) Power Automate
16 13 (1.47%) PaaS
17 11 (1.25%) OneDrive
17 11 (1.25%) ShareGate
18 10 (1.13%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 27 (3.06%) 5G
1 27 (3.06%) Broadband
2 20 (2.27%) TCP/IP
3 18 (2.04%) HTTP
4 13 (1.47%) Internet
5 12 (1.36%) Firewall
6 11 (1.25%) MQTT
6 11 (1.25%) Network Security
7 8 (0.91%) Ethernet
8 7 (0.79%) Wireless
9 6 (0.68%) Intranet
10 5 (0.57%) SNMP
10 5 (0.57%) Wi-Fi
11 4 (0.45%) 4G
11 4 (0.45%) RS-232
11 4 (0.45%) SAN
11 4 (0.45%) WebEx
12 2 (0.23%) DNS
12 2 (0.23%) LAN
12 2 (0.23%) RS-485
Database & Business Intelligence
1 67 (7.59%) Power BI
2 52 (5.89%) NoSQL
3 32 (3.62%) Relational Database
3 32 (3.62%) SQL Server
4 31 (3.51%) Elasticsearch
5 30 (3.40%) Apache Cassandra
6 26 (2.94%) Tableau
7 24 (2.72%) Big Data
8 19 (2.15%) PostgreSQL
9 17 (1.93%) Data Warehouse
10 14 (1.59%) MySQL
11 10 (1.13%) GIS
12 9 (1.02%) DynamoDB
13 7 (0.79%) Hadoop
13 7 (0.79%) Redis
13 7 (0.79%) Snowflake Schema
14 6 (0.68%) Star Schema
15 5 (0.57%) Amazon RDS
15 5 (0.57%) Data Mining
15 5 (0.57%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 57 (6.46%) Git
2 40 (4.53%) Jenkins
3 29 (3.28%) Jasmine
3 29 (3.28%) JUnit
3 29 (3.28%) Mockito
4 19 (2.15%) JIRA
5 10 (1.13%) GitLab
6 5 (0.57%) Subversion
7 4 (0.45%) CMake
7 4 (0.45%) Team Foundation Server
8 3 (0.34%) Babel
8 3 (0.34%) Bitbucket
8 3 (0.34%) SonarQube
8 3 (0.34%) TestRail
8 3 (0.34%) webpack
9 2 (0.23%) ERwin
9 2 (0.23%) Rational DOORS
10 1 (0.11%) Maven
10 1 (0.11%) Selenium
10 1 (0.11%) TestComplete
General
1 340 (38.51%) Social Skills
2 226 (25.59%) Finance
3 164 (18.57%) Analytical Skills
4 154 (17.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 152 (17.21%) Marketing
6 131 (14.84%) Law
7 70 (7.93%) Manufacturing
8 54 (6.12%) Legal
9 52 (5.89%) Pharmaceutical
10 34 (3.85%) Retail
10 34 (3.85%) Social Science
11 31 (3.51%) Electronics
11 31 (3.51%) Telecoms
12 27 (3.06%) Banking
13 26 (2.94%) Aerospace
14 22 (2.49%) Automotive
15 21 (2.38%) Presentation Skills
16 15 (1.70%) Organisational Skills
17 14 (1.59%) Investment Banking
17 14 (1.59%) Military
Job Titles
1 166 (18.80%) Senior
2 150 (16.99%) Software Engineer
3 84 (9.51%) Lead
4 82 (9.29%) Developer
5 67 (7.59%) Systems Engineer
6 50 (5.66%) Analyst
7 49 (5.55%) Principal Engineer
8 42 (4.76%) Principal Systems Engineer
9 38 (4.30%) Data Scientist
10 35 (3.96%) Architect
11 32 (3.62%) Graduate
11 32 (3.62%) Senior Software Engineer
12 29 (3.28%) Software Developer
13 24 (2.72%) Senior Data Scientist
14 23 (2.60%) Senior Analyst
15 21 (2.38%) Senior Developer
16 20 (2.27%) Consultant
16 20 (2.27%) Data Engineer
16 20 (2.27%) Embedded Engineer
16 20 (2.27%) Embedded Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 83 (9.40%) AngularJS
2 70 (7.93%) React
3 43 (4.87%) Kafka
4 36 (4.08%) .NET
5 34 (3.85%) Web Services
6 32 (3.62%) RESTful
7 31 (3.51%) GraphQL
8 29 (3.28%) Hibernate
8 29 (3.28%) J2EE
8 29 (3.28%) Spring
8 29 (3.28%) Spring Integration
9 23 (2.60%) HTML
10 17 (1.93%) CSS
10 17 (1.93%) Node.js
11 16 (1.81%) Vue
12 13 (1.47%) Flask
12 13 (1.47%) HTML5
12 13 (1.47%) TensorFlow
13 12 (1.36%) ASP.NET
14 11 (1.25%) OpenMP
Miscellaneous
1 156 (17.67%) Algorithms
2 54 (6.12%) Management Information System
3 53 (6.00%) Cloud Native
4 43 (4.87%) Data Structures
5 40 (4.53%) Product Ownership
6 28 (3.17%) Market Risk
7 24 (2.72%) IoT
7 24 (2.72%) Onboarding
8 21 (2.38%) CUDA
9 18 (2.04%) Embedded Systems
10 17 (1.93%) Analytical Mindset
10 17 (1.93%) Self-Motivation
11 16 (1.81%) Data Protection Act
12 15 (1.70%) Distributed Systems
12 15 (1.70%) Security Operations Centre
13 13 (1.47%) Life Science
14 10 (1.13%) Driving Licence
14 10 (1.13%) Robotics
15 9 (1.02%) Enterprise Software
15 9 (1.02%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 102 (11.55%) Linux
2 39 (4.42%) Unix
3 35 (3.96%) Windows
4 7 (0.79%) FreeRTOS
5 6 (0.68%) Embedded Linux
6 3 (0.34%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.23%) Android
7 2 (0.23%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.11%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.11%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 401 (45.41%) Computer Science
2 308 (34.88%) Problem-Solving
3 214 (24.24%) Agile
3 214 (24.24%) Software Engineering
4 152 (17.21%) Mathematics
5 150 (16.99%) Analytics
6 132 (14.95%) Machine Learning
7 131 (14.84%) Artificial Intelligence
8 120 (13.59%) Roadmaps
9 107 (12.12%) Data Analysis
10 102 (11.55%) Project Management
11 99 (11.21%) DevOps
12 95 (10.76%) Decision-Making
12 95 (10.76%) User Experience
13 91 (10.31%) Data Science
14 86 (9.74%) Physics
15 85 (9.63%) Business Intelligence
15 85 (9.63%) CI/CD
15 85 (9.63%) Continuous Improvement
15 85 (9.63%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 267 (30.24%) Python
2 149 (16.87%) SQL
3 101 (11.44%) C
4 77 (8.72%) C#
4 77 (8.72%) Java
5 76 (8.61%) C++
5 76 (8.61%) R
6 68 (7.70%) JavaScript
7 55 (6.23%) Fortran
8 34 (3.85%) Bash
9 24 (2.72%) MATLAB
9 24 (2.72%) TypeScript
10 20 (2.27%) Go
11 16 (1.81%) Rust
12 12 (1.36%) PowerShell
13 10 (1.13%) T-SQL
14 6 (0.68%) Haskell
15 5 (0.57%) ABAP
16 4 (0.45%) Shell Script
16 4 (0.45%) VB
Qualifications
1 883 (100.00%) Degree
2 256 (28.99%) PhD
3 192 (21.74%) Computer Science Degree
4 101 (11.44%) MBA
5 74 (8.38%) Security Cleared
6 47 (5.32%) Chartered Engineer
7 20 (2.27%) SC Cleared
8 16 (1.81%) CISSP
9 15 (1.70%) BPSS Clearance
10 14 (1.59%) Numerate Degree
11 13 (1.47%) AWS Certification
11 13 (1.47%) DV Cleared
12 11 (1.25%) Cisco Certification
12 11 (1.25%) ITIL Certification
13 10 (1.13%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 10 (1.13%) CompTIA CySA+
13 10 (1.13%) DBS Check
13 10 (1.13%) Microsoft Certification
13 10 (1.13%) PMP
14 9 (1.02%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (5.66%) QA
2 37 (4.19%) GDPR
3 26 (2.94%) Accessibility
4 25 (2.83%) Data Quality
5 16 (1.81%) PMO
6 14 (1.59%) PCI DSS
7 13 (1.47%) NIST
8 12 (1.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 11 (1.25%) HIPAA
10 10 (1.13%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 7 (0.79%) ISO 13485
12 6 (0.68%) NCSC
12 6 (0.68%) WCAG
13 5 (0.57%) ISO 26262
14 4 (0.45%) Automotive SPICE
15 3 (0.34%) SLA
16 2 (0.23%) ECSS
16 2 (0.23%) GLP
16 2 (0.23%) Good Clinical Practice
16 2 (0.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 46 (5.21%) Docker
2 22 (2.49%) Firmware
3 13 (1.47%) Active Directory
4 6 (0.68%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (0.57%) Embedded Firmware
5 5 (0.57%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.34%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.23%) HDFS
8 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.11%) Snort
8 1 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.11%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 61 (6.91%) Kubernetes
2 12 (1.36%) Terraform
3 9 (1.02%) CASB
4 6 (0.68%) Ansible
5 5 (0.57%) Functional Safety
6 2 (0.23%) CSIRT
7 1 (0.11%) EMC NetWorker
7 1 (0.11%) SCCM
Vendors
1 115 (13.02%) Microsoft
2 44 (4.98%) EMC
3 38 (4.30%) Qualtrics
4 35 (3.96%) Oracle
5 33 (3.74%) SAP
6 28 (3.17%) Google
7 27 (3.06%) Virgin Media
8 13 (1.47%) Atlassian
9 11 (1.25%) Nintex
10 9 (1.02%) Databricks
11 8 (0.91%) Salesforce
12 7 (0.79%) Cisco
13 6 (0.68%) CA
13 6 (0.68%) NVIDIA
13 6 (0.68%) VMware
13 6 (0.68%) YouTube
14 5 (0.57%) Aruba
14 5 (0.57%) BT
14 5 (0.57%) HP
15 4 (0.45%) ServiceNow