Degree Jobs in the East of England

Academic Degree
England > East of England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the East of England with a requirement for Degree qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 5 2 2
Rank change year-on-year -3 0 +2
Permanent jobs citing Degree 862 1,510 1,789
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 13.95% 29.21% 27.00%
As % of the Qualifications category 53.64% 68.36% 72.11%
Number of salaries quoted 572 292 433
10th Percentile £25,759 £30,125 £27,500
25th Percentile £32,969 £38,000 £35,165
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,000 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.65% +11.83% -7.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £66,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £70,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% +9.09% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
East of England

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 the East of England with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,607 2,209 2,481
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 26.01% 42.74% 37.44%
Number of salaries quoted 1,106 599 812
10th Percentile £26,000 £27,600 £30,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £54,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.04% +8.00% -0.99%
75th Percentile £64,919 £66,875 £64,063
90th Percentile £72,500 £80,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £54,700 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.83% +9.09% -

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing Degree as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for Degree in the East of England

Degree
Salary Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Degree in the East of England.

Salary trend for Degree in the East of England

Degree
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Degree in the East of England over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Degree in the East of England

Degree
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Degree within the East of England region over the 6 months to 18 May 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
Cambridgeshire 0 337 £55,000 +10.00% 305
Hertfordshire -3 275 £50,000 -16.67% 194
Essex -13 88 £46,297 -0.22% 113
Bedfordshire +5 82 £44,750 -23.83% 65
Norfolk -29 46 £40,000 +5.26% 51
Suffolk -12 36 £37,500 -1.32% 47
Degree
England

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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 14 (1.62%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (1.51%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.58%) Apache
3 5 (0.58%) ArcGIS
4 3 (0.35%) IIS
5 2 (0.23%) Confluence
6 1 (0.12%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.12%) Exchange Server 2013
6 1 (0.12%) SAS
6 1 (0.12%) WordPress
Applications
1 65 (7.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 58 (6.73%) Microsoft Office
3 25 (2.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 23 (2.67%) Simulink
5 13 (1.51%) Photoshop
6 12 (1.39%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 12 (1.39%) Adobe Illustrator
6 12 (1.39%) Microsoft Project
7 10 (1.16%) InDesign
8 7 (0.81%) AutoCAD
8 7 (0.81%) Revit
9 6 (0.70%) MS Visio
10 4 (0.46%) Spreadsheet
11 3 (0.35%) Adobe Premiere
12 2 (0.23%) Adobe After Effects
12 2 (0.23%) Adobe XD
13 1 (0.12%) SOLIDWORKS
13 1 (0.12%) Stateflow
13 1 (0.12%) Trello
Business Applications
1 11 (1.28%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.70%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (0.58%) Oracle Financials
3 5 (0.58%) SAP ERP
4 4 (0.46%) CA PPM
5 3 (0.35%) Dynamics GP
5 3 (0.35%) Dynamics NAV
5 3 (0.35%) Oracle Financial Analyzer
6 2 (0.23%) iTrent
7 1 (0.12%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 87 (10.09%) Microsoft 365
2 59 (6.84%) Azure
3 46 (5.34%) Power Platform
4 44 (5.10%) AWS
5 18 (2.09%) Azure DevOps
5 18 (2.09%) SaaS
6 9 (1.04%) Entra ID
6 9 (1.04%) GCP
6 9 (1.04%) GitHub
6 9 (1.04%) Serverless
7 6 (0.70%) Dynamics 365
8 5 (0.58%) Amazon EMR
8 5 (0.58%) AWS Lambda
8 5 (0.58%) Google Workspace
8 5 (0.58%) Mimecast
9 4 (0.46%) Amazon S3
9 4 (0.46%) OneDrive
10 3 (0.35%) Amazon EC2
10 3 (0.35%) Apigee
10 3 (0.35%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 32 (3.71%) LAN
2 30 (3.48%) TCP/IP
3 28 (3.25%) Wireless
4 27 (3.13%) WAN
5 24 (2.78%) Firewall
5 24 (2.78%) Wi-Fi
6 17 (1.97%) 5G
7 14 (1.62%) Broadband
7 14 (1.62%) DNS
8 10 (1.16%) DHCP
8 10 (1.16%) LTE
9 9 (1.04%) Bluetooth
9 9 (1.04%) Internet
10 8 (0.93%) Intranet
10 8 (0.93%) TETRA
11 6 (0.70%) Ethernet
11 6 (0.70%) VPN
12 5 (0.58%) Software-Defined Radio
13 4 (0.46%) BGP
14 3 (0.35%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (5.10%) Power BI
2 34 (3.94%) SQL Server
3 20 (2.32%) PostgreSQL
4 14 (1.62%) Relational Database
5 13 (1.51%) Big Data
5 13 (1.51%) GIS
6 11 (1.28%) MySQL
6 11 (1.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 10 (1.16%) Data Warehouse
8 9 (1.04%) Azure SQL Database
8 9 (1.04%) Geospatial Data
8 9 (1.04%) Spatial Data
9 8 (0.93%) Redis
10 7 (0.81%) NoSQL
10 7 (0.81%) QlikView
11 5 (0.58%) Amazon Redshift
11 5 (0.58%) Elasticsearch
11 5 (0.58%) Tableau
12 4 (0.46%) OLAP Cube
12 4 (0.46%) Triplestore
Development Applications
1 35 (4.06%) Git
2 12 (1.39%) JIRA
3 10 (1.16%) Jenkins
3 10 (1.16%) LabVIEW
3 10 (1.16%) NUnit
4 9 (1.04%) Moq
5 8 (0.93%) Appium
5 8 (0.93%) UI Automator
5 8 (0.93%) Visual Studio
6 6 (0.70%) Rational Rhapsody
7 3 (0.35%) Eclipse
7 3 (0.35%) GCC
7 3 (0.35%) GitLab
7 3 (0.35%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 3 (0.35%) Visual Studio Code
8 2 (0.23%) IntelliJ
9 1 (0.12%) Bugzilla
9 1 (0.12%) Selenium
9 1 (0.12%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.12%) TestDirector
General
1 328 (38.05%) Social Skills
2 182 (21.11%) Analytical Skills
3 121 (14.04%) Finance
4 107 (12.41%) Electronics
5 59 (6.84%) Aerospace
6 57 (6.61%) Manufacturing
7 53 (6.15%) Presentation Skills
8 51 (5.92%) Automotive
9 44 (5.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 38 (4.41%) Marketing
11 32 (3.71%) Organisational Skills
12 25 (2.90%) Legal
12 25 (2.90%) Telecoms
13 24 (2.78%) Law
14 22 (2.55%) Pharmaceutical
15 19 (2.20%) Retail
16 17 (1.97%) Local Government
17 13 (1.51%) Influencing Skills
18 12 (1.39%) Documentation Skills
19 9 (1.04%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 104 (12.06%) Analyst
2 87 (10.09%) Developer
3 84 (9.74%) Senior
4 80 (9.28%) Lead
5 78 (9.05%) Systems Engineer
6 54 (6.26%) Software Engineer
7 45 (5.22%) Hardware Engineer
7 45 (5.22%) Project Manager
8 43 (4.99%) Graduate
9 32 (3.71%) Junior
10 30 (3.48%) Team Leader
11 28 (3.25%) Embedded Engineer
11 28 (3.25%) IT Support
12 26 (3.02%) Senior Hardware Engineer
13 24 (2.78%) Principal Engineer
13 24 (2.78%) RF Engineer
13 24 (2.78%) Senior RF Engineer
14 23 (2.67%) Software Developer
15 22 (2.55%) Consultant
15 22 (2.55%) Embedded Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (4.64%) .NET
2 39 (4.52%) HTML
3 34 (3.94%) CSS
4 22 (2.55%) .NET Core
5 21 (2.44%) React
6 18 (2.09%) JSON
6 18 (2.09%) REST
7 16 (1.86%) AngularJS
8 14 (1.62%) ASP.NET
9 13 (1.51%) .NET Framework
9 13 (1.51%) ASP.NET Web API
9 13 (1.51%) jQuery
10 10 (1.16%) RESTful
10 10 (1.16%) Vue
11 9 (1.04%) LINQ
11 9 (1.04%) LINQ to SQL
11 9 (1.04%) NumPy
11 9 (1.04%) PyQt
11 9 (1.04%) Razor View Engine
11 9 (1.04%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 69 (8.00%) Algorithms
2 63 (7.31%) Self-Motivation
3 45 (5.22%) IoT
4 37 (4.29%) Management Information System
5 35 (4.06%) FPGA
6 26 (3.02%) Robotics
7 24 (2.78%) VHDL
8 23 (2.67%) Embedded Systems
8 23 (2.67%) Verilog
9 20 (2.32%) Driving Licence
10 18 (2.09%) Onboarding
10 18 (2.09%) Product Ownership
11 15 (1.74%) Cyber Threat
11 15 (1.74%) Life Science
12 14 (1.62%) Client/Server
13 11 (1.28%) Data Centre
13 11 (1.28%) Data Structures
13 11 (1.28%) Mobile App
14 10 (1.16%) Enterprise Software
14 10 (1.16%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 106 (12.30%) Windows
2 63 (7.31%) Linux
3 32 (3.71%) Windows Server
4 28 (3.25%) Android
5 17 (1.97%) Windows Server 2019
6 15 (1.74%) Mac OS
6 15 (1.74%) Windows 10
7 14 (1.62%) Windows Server 2016
8 9 (1.04%) Apple iOS
9 7 (0.81%) Unix
10 6 (0.70%) Windows Server 2003
11 5 (0.58%) VMS
12 4 (0.46%) Windows 2000
12 4 (0.46%) Windows NT
12 4 (0.46%) Windows Server 2008
12 4 (0.46%) Windows Server 2012
12 4 (0.46%) Windows XP
13 3 (0.35%) Mac OS X
13 3 (0.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 2 (0.23%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 247 (28.65%) Problem-Solving
2 210 (24.36%) Computer Science
3 119 (13.81%) Agile
4 109 (12.65%) Software Engineering
5 98 (11.37%) Project Management
6 92 (10.67%) Customer Service
7 86 (9.98%) Mathematics
8 64 (7.42%) Data Analysis
9 61 (7.08%) Decision-Making
10 58 (6.73%) Software Testing
11 56 (6.50%) ITIL
11 56 (6.50%) Mentoring
12 53 (6.15%) Continuous Improvement
12 53 (6.15%) Systems Engineering
13 50 (5.80%) Collaborative Working
14 48 (5.57%) Physics
15 46 (5.34%) Validation
16 45 (5.22%) Roadmaps
17 44 (5.10%) Business Intelligence
17 44 (5.10%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 134 (15.55%) Python
2 81 (9.40%) SQL
3 78 (9.05%) C#
4 68 (7.89%) C
5 50 (5.80%) JavaScript
6 44 (5.10%) MATLAB
7 31 (3.60%) PowerShell
8 28 (3.25%) Java
9 26 (3.02%) C++
10 21 (2.44%) PHP
11 17 (1.97%) R
12 13 (1.51%) Embedded C
13 11 (1.28%) Bash
13 11 (1.28%) TypeScript
14 9 (1.04%) T-SQL
15 6 (0.70%) SPARQL
16 4 (0.46%) Go
16 4 (0.46%) Kotlin
16 4 (0.46%) Rust
16 4 (0.46%) VBA
Qualifications
1 117 (13.57%) Computer Science Degree
2 105 (12.18%) Master's Degree
3 80 (9.28%) Security Cleared
4 58 (6.73%) PhD
5 45 (5.22%) BPSS Clearance
6 25 (2.90%) HND
7 21 (2.44%) Chartered Engineer
8 17 (1.97%) HNC
9 15 (1.74%) MBA
9 15 (1.74%) SC Cleared
10 14 (1.62%) Microsoft Certification
11 8 (0.93%) DBS Check
12 7 (0.81%) Azure Certification
12 7 (0.81%) DV Cleared
12 7 (0.81%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 5 (0.58%) MCSA
13 5 (0.58%) Numerate Degree
13 5 (0.58%) PMI Certification
13 5 (0.58%) PMP
14 4 (0.46%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (3.94%) QA
2 11 (1.28%) Data Quality
3 10 (1.16%) Accessibility
3 10 (1.16%) GDPR
4 9 (1.04%) SLA
5 6 (0.70%) ISO 9001
5 6 (0.70%) NEBOSH
6 5 (0.58%) GxP
7 4 (0.46%) Actionable Recommendations
7 4 (0.46%) IEC 62304
7 4 (0.46%) ISO 13485
7 4 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.46%) NIST
8 3 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.23%) NCSC
9 2 (0.23%) PMO
10 1 (0.12%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.12%) JSP 440
10 1 (0.12%) JTAG
10 1 (0.12%) RMADS
System Software
1 61 (7.08%) Active Directory
2 24 (2.78%) Docker
3 22 (2.55%) Firmware
4 19 (2.20%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.46%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (0.46%) Virtual Servers
5 4 (0.46%) vSphere
6 3 (0.35%) KVM
7 2 (0.23%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.23%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 12 (1.39%) Ansible
1 12 (1.39%) Kubernetes
2 10 (1.16%) Microsoft Intune
3 8 (0.93%) Progress Chef
3 8 (0.93%) Terraform
4 5 (0.58%) Puppet
5 4 (0.46%) SCCM
5 4 (0.46%) SCOM
5 4 (0.46%) WSUS
6 3 (0.35%) HAProxy
6 3 (0.35%) Jamf Pro
6 3 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.23%) Functional Safety
7 2 (0.23%) NetCrunch
7 2 (0.23%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.12%) HP Quality Center
8 1 (0.12%) Iperf
8 1 (0.12%) Nmap
Vendors
1 170 (19.72%) Microsoft
2 28 (3.25%) SAP
3 26 (3.02%) EMC
4 22 (2.55%) VMware
5 17 (1.97%) Oracle
6 15 (1.74%) Google
7 12 (1.39%) Adobe
7 12 (1.39%) Virgin Media
8 10 (1.16%) Computacenter
8 10 (1.16%) IBM
9 8 (0.93%) Apple
9 8 (0.93%) BT
9 8 (0.93%) Intel
9 8 (0.93%) Xilinx
10 7 (0.81%) Citrix
11 6 (0.70%) Cisco
12 5 (0.58%) Cognos
12 5 (0.58%) HP
12 5 (0.58%) Salesforce
12 5 (0.58%) Sophos