Degree Jobs in Cheshire

Academic Degree
North West > Cheshire

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Cheshire with a requirement for 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 6 8 11
Rank change year-on-year +2 +3 -3
Permanent jobs citing Degree 234 145 157
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 13.96% 16.96% 13.24%
As % of the Qualifications category 56.12% 54.10% 50.81%
Number of salaries quoted 164 55 58
10th Percentile £26,250 £23,185 £31,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £41,875 £32,626
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £60,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.83% +50.00% -13.51%
75th Percentile £57,500 £70,600 £49,549
90th Percentile £85,000 £96,250 £60,750
North West median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -13.64% +22.22% -5.26%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Cheshire

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 advertised in Cheshire with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 417 268 309
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 24.88% 31.35% 26.05%
Number of salaries quoted 286 119 129
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,420 £27,400
25th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £34,990
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £49,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.16% +8.89% -
75th Percentile £57,500 £65,000 £53,750
90th Percentile £71,875 £88,750 £63,750
North West median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -13.04% +21.05% -5.00%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

Job postings citing Degree as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.

Job vacancy trend for Degree in Cheshire

Degree
Salary Trend in Cheshire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Degree in Cheshire.

Salary trend for Degree in Cheshire

Degree
Salary Histogram in Cheshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Degree in Cheshire over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Degree in Cheshire

Degree
Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Degree within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 1 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
Warrington -5 79 £42,500 -30.10% 48
Chester -7 28 £47,500 -27.76% 33
Knutsford +5 26 £55,000 -45.00% 10
Crewe +14 17 £65,000 +8.33% 11
Runcorn +14 14 £45,000 +18.42% 5
Macclesfield +1 10 £40,000 - 7
Winsford -6 9 £40,000 +100.00% 3
Northwich -3 8 £37,500 +78.57% 4
Widnes - 2 £31,750 - 8
Wilmslow - 2 £50,000 -
Frodsham - 1 £42,500 -
Congleton - 1 £25,000 - 1
Degree
North West

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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 10 (4.27%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.71%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (1.71%) SAS
3 3 (1.28%) CMS
4 2 (0.85%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 2 (0.85%) WordPress
5 1 (0.43%) IIS
5 1 (0.43%) OpenStack
Applications
1 32 (13.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 30 (12.82%) Microsoft Excel
3 21 (8.97%) Microsoft Office
4 8 (3.42%) Adobe Illustrator
4 8 (3.42%) Photoshop
5 4 (1.71%) InDesign
5 4 (1.71%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (1.71%) MS Visio
6 3 (1.28%) Adobe After Effects
6 3 (1.28%) Trello
7 2 (0.85%) SPSS
7 2 (0.85%) Stata
8 1 (0.43%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.43%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.43%) CorelDRAW
Business Applications
1 9 (3.85%) SAP CX
1 9 (3.85%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (2.99%) SAP Business One
3 5 (2.14%) Maximo
4 3 (1.28%) Dynamics NAV
4 3 (1.28%) SAP APO
4 3 (1.28%) SAP MM
4 3 (1.28%) SAP PP
4 3 (1.28%) SAP SD
4 3 (1.28%) SAP WM
5 2 (0.85%) Primavera
5 2 (0.85%) SAP PLM
5 2 (0.85%) SAP PM
6 1 (0.43%) SAP MDG
6 1 (0.43%) SAP SCM
6 1 (0.43%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 20 (8.55%) Azure
2 18 (7.69%) AWS
3 15 (6.41%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (3.42%) Serverless
5 7 (2.99%) GitHub
5 7 (2.99%) Power Platform
5 7 (2.99%) SaaS
6 4 (1.71%) Adobe Creative Cloud
7 3 (1.28%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (1.28%) Commercetools
7 3 (1.28%) GCP
7 3 (1.28%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
8 2 (0.85%) AWS Fargate
8 2 (0.85%) CloudFront
8 2 (0.85%) Wix.com
9 1 (0.43%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.43%) Figma
9 1 (0.43%) Google Ads
9 1 (0.43%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 14 (5.98%) Internet
2 11 (4.70%) Broadband
2 11 (4.70%) LAN
3 10 (4.27%) TCP/IP
4 7 (2.99%) DHCP
4 7 (2.99%) DNS
4 7 (2.99%) Firewall
5 6 (2.56%) MQTT
5 6 (2.56%) WAN
6 4 (1.71%) RS-232
7 2 (0.85%) Network Security
7 2 (0.85%) Remote Desktop
7 2 (0.85%) Wireless
8 1 (0.43%) BGP
8 1 (0.43%) InfiniBand
8 1 (0.43%) Intranet
8 1 (0.43%) Modbus
8 1 (0.43%) OSPF
8 1 (0.43%) SAN
8 1 (0.43%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (11.54%) SQL Server
2 9 (3.85%) MySQL
3 8 (3.42%) NoSQL
4 7 (2.99%) Power BI
5 5 (2.14%) MS Access
5 5 (2.14%) QlikView
6 4 (1.71%) Big Data
7 2 (0.85%) Electronic Patient Records
7 2 (0.85%) GIS
8 1 (0.43%) Metadata
8 1 (0.43%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 24 (10.26%) JIRA
2 17 (7.26%) Git
3 5 (2.14%) InstallShield
4 4 (1.71%) Subversion
4 4 (1.71%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.43%) IntelliJ
5 1 (0.43%) JUnit
5 1 (0.43%) Mockito
General
1 117 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 41 (17.52%) Analytical Skills
3 35 (14.96%) Finance
4 22 (9.40%) Retail
5 19 (8.12%) Legal
6 15 (6.41%) Presentation Skills
7 13 (5.56%) Telecoms
8 8 (3.42%) Electronics
8 8 (3.42%) Law
8 8 (3.42%) Marketing
9 7 (2.99%) Games
9 7 (2.99%) Influencing Skills
10 6 (2.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (2.56%) Manufacturing
11 5 (2.14%) Organisational Skills
11 5 (2.14%) Pharmaceutical
11 5 (2.14%) Public Sector
12 4 (1.71%) Aerospace
13 3 (1.28%) Local Government
13 3 (1.28%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 54 (23.08%) Developer
2 27 (11.54%) Software Engineer
3 18 (7.69%) .NET Developer
4 15 (6.41%) Graduate
4 15 (6.41%) Senior
4 15 (6.41%) Software Developer
5 14 (5.98%) Analyst
6 11 (4.70%) Commercial Director
6 11 (4.70%) Project Manager
7 9 (3.85%) Programme Manager
7 9 (3.85%) SAP Manager
7 9 (3.85%) SAP Programme Manager
8 8 (3.42%) WinForms Developer
9 7 (2.99%) Consultant
9 7 (2.99%) Designer
9 7 (2.99%) Functional Consultant
9 7 (2.99%) Graduate Developer
9 7 (2.99%) Java Developer
9 7 (2.99%) SAP Consultant
9 7 (2.99%) SAP Functional Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (18.80%) .NET
2 10 (4.27%) HTML
3 8 (3.42%) Node.js
3 8 (3.42%) WinForms
4 7 (2.99%) CSS
4 7 (2.99%) REST
5 5 (2.14%) .NET Framework
5 5 (2.14%) Apache Thrift
5 5 (2.14%) ASP.NET
6 3 (1.28%) .NET Core
7 2 (0.85%) Ionic Framework
7 2 (0.85%) React
8 1 (0.43%) Ajax
8 1 (0.43%) Node-RED
8 1 (0.43%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 24 (10.26%) Management Information System
2 12 (5.13%) Self-Motivation
3 6 (2.56%) Client/Server
3 6 (2.56%) IoT
3 6 (2.56%) Life Science
4 5 (2.14%) e-Learning
4 5 (2.14%) Social Media
5 4 (1.71%) Algorithms
5 4 (1.71%) Data Structures
5 4 (1.71%) Embedded Systems
5 4 (1.71%) Smart Energy
6 3 (1.28%) Acoustics
6 3 (1.28%) Animation
6 3 (1.28%) Driving Licence
6 3 (1.28%) PMI
6 3 (1.28%) Product Ownership
7 2 (0.85%) Derivative
7 2 (0.85%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 2 (0.85%) NHS
7 2 (0.85%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 20 (8.55%) Windows
2 14 (5.98%) Linux
3 9 (3.85%) Unix
4 6 (2.56%) VMS
5 4 (1.71%) FreeRTOS
5 4 (1.71%) Windows Server
6 3 (1.28%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.85%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (38.46%) Problem-Solving
2 59 (25.21%) Computer Science
3 55 (23.50%) Agile
4 45 (19.23%) Cybersecurity
5 39 (16.67%) Project Management
6 35 (14.96%) Software Engineering
7 31 (13.25%) ERP
8 20 (8.55%) Roadmaps
9 19 (8.12%) Mentoring
9 19 (8.12%) Project Delivery
10 18 (7.69%) OO
11 17 (7.26%) Continuous Improvement
11 17 (7.26%) OOP
12 16 (6.84%) SDLC
13 15 (6.41%) Change Management
13 15 (6.41%) Design Patterns
14 14 (5.98%) Analytics
14 14 (5.98%) Full Stack Development
14 14 (5.98%) PRINCE2
15 13 (5.56%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 42 (17.95%) SQL
2 41 (17.52%) C#
3 27 (11.54%) Java
4 26 (11.11%) JavaScript
5 10 (4.27%) PowerShell
5 10 (4.27%) Python
6 8 (3.42%) Perl
6 8 (3.42%) Ruby
7 5 (2.14%) C++
7 5 (2.14%) VB
8 4 (1.71%) C
8 4 (1.71%) Embedded C
8 4 (1.71%) R
9 2 (0.85%) PHP
10 1 (0.43%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 29 (12.39%) Computer Science Degree
2 14 (5.98%) HND
3 12 (5.13%) PMI Certification
3 12 (5.13%) PMP
4 11 (4.70%) Security Cleared
5 10 (4.27%) Microsoft Certification
6 9 (3.85%) HNC
7 8 (3.42%) AWS Certification
7 8 (3.42%) Master's Degree
7 8 (3.42%) PhD
8 7 (2.99%) SC Cleared
9 3 (1.28%) Chartered Engineer
9 3 (1.28%) MCP
9 3 (1.28%) SAP Certification
10 2 (0.85%) A+ Certification
10 2 (0.85%) CISA
10 2 (0.85%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 1 (0.43%) CCNP
11 1 (0.43%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.43%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (3.85%) GDPR
2 7 (2.99%) QA
3 6 (2.56%) IEC 62304
4 5 (2.14%) Cyber Essentials
4 5 (2.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 4 (1.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (1.71%) NIST
5 4 (1.71%) TickIT
6 3 (1.28%) Data Quality
6 3 (1.28%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.85%) EMIR
7 2 (0.85%) MiFID
7 2 (0.85%) SLA
8 1 (0.43%) ISO 13485
8 1 (0.43%) ISO 9000
8 1 (0.43%) PMO
System Software
1 15 (6.41%) Docker
2 13 (5.56%) Active Directory
3 9 (3.85%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.85%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.43%) Lustre
5 1 (0.43%) Slurm Workload Manager
5 1 (0.43%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 11 (4.70%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.28%) SCCM
3 1 (0.43%) Functional Safety
3 1 (0.43%) Icinga
3 1 (0.43%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 53 (22.65%) Microsoft
2 42 (17.95%) SAP
3 11 (4.70%) Virgin Media
4 8 (3.42%) Adobe
4 8 (3.42%) Facebook
5 7 (2.99%) VMware
6 5 (2.14%) Salesforce
7 4 (1.71%) Google
7 4 (1.71%) Sophos
7 4 (1.71%) Twitter
7 4 (1.71%) Veeam
8 3 (1.28%) Oracle
8 3 (1.28%) ServiceNow
9 2 (0.85%) Instagram
10 1 (0.43%) Allen-Bradley
10 1 (0.43%) AVEVA
10 1 (0.43%) Cisco
10 1 (0.43%) HubSpot
10 1 (0.43%) NVIDIA
10 1 (0.43%) Rockwell