Master's Degree Jobs in the West Midlands

Master's Degree
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for Master's Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 20 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 108 202 55
Rank change year-on-year +94 -147 +164
Permanent jobs citing Master's Degree 86 64 309
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 2.13% 0.73% 5.34%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.90% 2.80% 12.90%
Number of salaries quoted 16 38 13
10th Percentile - £30,800 £45,250
25th Percentile £15,000 £32,813 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -24.00% +22.55%
75th Percentile - £61,000 £69,443
90th Percentile - £77,500 £79,000
England median annual salary £69,315 £65,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +6.64% -7.14% +3.70%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
West Midlands

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 West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,203 2,283 2,395
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 54.58% 26.15% 41.36%
Number of salaries quoted 579 1,282 973
10th Percentile £27,750 £25,750 £29,250
25th Percentile £36,925 £32,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,850 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% -4.76% +14.13%
75th Percentile £68,750 £63,750 £66,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £54,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +1.85% -10.00% +9.09%

Master's Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Master's Degree in the West Midlands

Master's Degree
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for Master's Degree in the West Midlands

Master's Degree
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Master's Degree in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 20 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Master's Degree in the West Midlands

Master's Degree
Job Locations in the West Midlands

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 West Midlands region over the 6 months to 20 June 2025. 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
Birmingham +53 31 - - 103
Staffordshire +53 29 - - 59
Shropshire +16 11 £55,000 -24.14% 70
Worcestershire +20 6 £15,000 -63.64% 37
Coventry - 6 - - 40
Wolverhampton +23 3 - - 24
Master's Degree
England

Master's Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 66 (76.74%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 6 (6.98%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 10 (11.63%) Ethernet
1 10 (11.63%) Modbus
1 10 (11.63%) Profibus
General
1 29 (33.72%) Analytical Skills
2 10 (11.63%) Electronics
2 10 (11.63%) Manufacturing
3 6 (6.98%) Social Skills
4 3 (3.49%) Agriculture
4 3 (3.49%) Legal
5 2 (2.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (2.33%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.16%) Aerospace
6 1 (1.16%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (1.16%) Retail
6 1 (1.16%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 66 (76.74%) Trainer
2 11 (12.79%) Systems Engineer
3 10 (11.63%) Control Systems Engineer
4 9 (10.47%) Research Scientist
5 6 (6.98%) IT Support
6 5 (5.81%) Biostatistician
7 3 (3.49%) Developer
7 3 (3.49%) Mathematician
7 3 (3.49%) Statistician
8 1 (1.16%) Analyst
8 1 (1.16%) Electrical Engineer
8 1 (1.16%) Fibre Engineer
8 1 (1.16%) IT Engineer
8 1 (1.16%) Principal Engineer
8 1 (1.16%) Qualitative Analyst
8 1 (1.16%) Quantitative Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 12 (13.95%) SCADA
2 6 (6.98%) EPoS
2 6 (6.98%) Molecular Biology
3 2 (2.33%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (1.16%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.16%) Fibre Optics
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (76.74%) Artificial Intelligence
1 66 (76.74%) Conversational UI
2 33 (38.37%) Mathematics
3 32 (37.21%) Chemistry
4 19 (22.09%) Physics
5 12 (13.95%) Computer Science
5 12 (13.95%) Statistics
6 10 (11.63%) Mechatronics
6 10 (11.63%) Risk Assessment
6 10 (11.63%) Validation
7 6 (6.98%) Biochemistry
7 6 (6.98%) Biology
7 6 (6.98%) Biotechnology
7 6 (6.98%) Customer Service
7 6 (6.98%) Cybersecurity
7 6 (6.98%) Data Interpretation
7 6 (6.98%) Experimental Design
7 6 (6.98%) Problem-Solving
7 6 (6.98%) Software Testing
8 5 (5.81%) Biostatistics
Programming Languages
1 10 (11.63%) Ladder Logic
2 1 (1.16%) Python
Qualifications
1 86 (100.00%) Degree
2 67 (77.91%) PhD
3 2 (2.33%) HNC
3 2 (2.33%) HND
4 1 (1.16%) Chartered Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.16%) GDPR
Vendors
1 66 (76.74%) PayPal
2 10 (11.63%) Allen-Bradley
2 10 (11.63%) Rockwell
2 10 (11.63%) Siemens
3 2 (2.33%) Facebook
3 2 (2.33%) YouTube
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