Degree Jobs in the North of England

Academic Degree
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for Degree qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 10 8 12
Rank change year-on-year -2 +4 +13
Permanent jobs citing Degree 2,117 2,664 2,393
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 10.73% 16.79% 12.73%
As % of the Qualifications category 51.37% 52.11% 44.96%
Number of salaries quoted 1,404 863 1,080
10th Percentile £25,750 £29,500 £27,875
25th Percentile £32,500 £38,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £43,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +22.09% -8.27%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £56,332
90th Percentile £80,000 £72,446 £67,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% +9.09% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North 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 North of England with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,121 5,112 5,323
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 20.89% 32.22% 28.31%
Number of salaries quoted 2,700 1,694 2,427
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £54,121 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.39% +13.94% -5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £68,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £79,225 £82,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £54,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.17% +9.09% -

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Degree in the North of England

Degree
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

Salary trend for Degree in the North of England

Degree
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Degree in the North of England over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Degree in the North of England

Degree
Job Locations in the North 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 9 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
North West -1 1,245 £47,500 -13.64% 642
Yorkshire -1 636 £45,000 -10.00% 347
North East -10 236 £47,500 -0.36% 158
Degree
England

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North 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 58 (2.74%) SharePoint
2 29 (1.37%) Confluence
3 28 (1.32%) Microsoft Exchange
4 27 (1.28%) CMS
5 19 (0.90%) IIS
6 12 (0.57%) SAS
7 11 (0.52%) Apache
7 11 (0.52%) Tomcat
8 8 (0.38%) WordPress
9 7 (0.33%) Apache Spark
9 7 (0.33%) MS Project Server
10 6 (0.28%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
11 4 (0.19%) ArcGIS
11 4 (0.19%) Umbraco
12 3 (0.14%) OpenStack
13 1 (0.047%) Jupyter
13 1 (0.047%) Kentico
13 1 (0.047%) Moodle
13 1 (0.047%) Site Server
13 1 (0.047%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 183 (8.64%) Microsoft Office
2 139 (6.57%) Microsoft Excel
3 68 (3.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 40 (1.89%) Microsoft Project
5 19 (0.90%) MS Visio
6 17 (0.80%) Adobe Illustrator
6 17 (0.80%) AutoCAD
6 17 (0.80%) Photoshop
7 16 (0.76%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 10 (0.47%) InDesign
9 9 (0.43%) Adobe Captivate
10 6 (0.28%) Adobe After Effects
10 6 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
11 5 (0.24%) Solid Edge
11 5 (0.24%) SOLIDWORKS
12 4 (0.19%) Adobe Premiere
12 4 (0.19%) Simulink
12 4 (0.19%) Trello
13 2 (0.094%) Acrobat
13 2 (0.094%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 28 (1.32%) Dynamics CRM
2 21 (0.99%) SAP S/4HANA
3 12 (0.57%) SAP ERP
4 11 (0.52%) SAP Business One
5 10 (0.47%) NetSuite
6 9 (0.43%) SAP CX
7 8 (0.38%) NEC Housing
8 6 (0.28%) Sage X3
9 5 (0.24%) Maximo
10 4 (0.19%) Dynamics NAV
10 4 (0.19%) SAP CO
10 4 (0.19%) SAP FI
10 4 (0.19%) SAP FI/CO
11 3 (0.14%) Dynamics AX
11 3 (0.14%) Primavera
11 3 (0.14%) SAP APO
11 3 (0.14%) SAP MM
11 3 (0.14%) SAP PP
11 3 (0.14%) SAP SD
11 3 (0.14%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 263 (12.42%) Azure
2 205 (9.68%) AWS
3 144 (6.80%) Microsoft 365
4 85 (4.02%) Power Platform
5 47 (2.22%) Dynamics 365
6 44 (2.08%) GCP
7 42 (1.98%) Amazon Kinesis
8 33 (1.56%) Azure DevOps
9 28 (1.32%) SaaS
10 27 (1.28%) GitHub
11 24 (1.13%) Serverless
12 22 (1.04%) Power Automate
13 20 (0.94%) Amazon S3
14 18 (0.85%) Amazon EC2
14 18 (0.85%) Cloud Computing
15 15 (0.71%) AWS Lambda
16 14 (0.66%) PowerApps
17 12 (0.57%) Entra ID
18 11 (0.52%) AWS CloudFormation
19 10 (0.47%) Google Play
Communications & Networking
1 81 (3.83%) Firewall
2 52 (2.46%) LAN
2 52 (2.46%) WAN
3 46 (2.17%) Network Security
3 46 (2.17%) TCP/IP
4 43 (2.03%) DNS
5 41 (1.94%) Internet
5 41 (1.94%) PPP
6 40 (1.89%) VPN
7 33 (1.56%) DHCP
8 29 (1.37%) Wi-Fi
9 25 (1.18%) VoIP
10 19 (0.90%) VLAN
11 18 (0.85%) RS-232
12 17 (0.80%) Ethernet
12 17 (0.80%) SD-WAN
13 16 (0.76%) Wireless
14 14 (0.66%) Remote Desktop
15 13 (0.61%) Broadband
16 11 (0.52%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 127 (6.00%) SQL Server
2 80 (3.78%) MySQL
3 64 (3.02%) Power BI
4 55 (2.60%) NoSQL
5 46 (2.17%) Relational Database
6 44 (2.08%) Data Warehouse
7 42 (1.98%) Redis
8 38 (1.79%) PostgreSQL
9 34 (1.61%) Amazon RDS
10 28 (1.32%) DynamoDB
11 25 (1.18%) Amazon Aurora
12 24 (1.13%) Amazon Redshift
13 23 (1.09%) RDBMS
14 21 (0.99%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 19 (0.90%) MS Access
16 18 (0.85%) Big Data
16 18 (0.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 17 (0.80%) Oracle Database
18 13 (0.61%) Elasticsearch
19 12 (0.57%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 114 (5.38%) Git
2 89 (4.20%) JIRA
3 24 (1.13%) Gatling
4 19 (0.90%) Postman
5 16 (0.76%) TeamCity
6 14 (0.66%) Visual Studio
7 11 (0.52%) Subversion
8 10 (0.47%) Appium
8 10 (0.47%) Jenkins
9 9 (0.43%) Cypress.io
9 9 (0.43%) Team Foundation Server
10 6 (0.28%) Dreamweaver
10 6 (0.28%) LoadRunner
10 6 (0.28%) Selenium
11 5 (0.24%) HP UFT
11 5 (0.24%) InstallShield
11 5 (0.24%) IntelliJ
11 5 (0.24%) JMeter
11 5 (0.24%) JUnit
11 5 (0.24%) MSTest
General
1 955 (45.11%) Social Skills
2 284 (13.42%) Analytical Skills
3 277 (13.08%) Finance
4 217 (10.25%) Manufacturing
5 175 (8.27%) Retail
6 144 (6.80%) Presentation Skills
7 117 (5.53%) Marketing
8 102 (4.82%) Legal
9 90 (4.25%) Electronics
10 82 (3.87%) Organisational Skills
11 75 (3.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 67 (3.16%) Games
13 63 (2.98%) Law
13 63 (2.98%) Public Sector
14 52 (2.46%) Pharmaceutical
15 40 (1.89%) Aerospace
16 38 (1.79%) Automotive
17 33 (1.56%) Banking
18 31 (1.46%) Military
18 31 (1.46%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 304 (14.36%) Senior
2 277 (13.08%) Developer
3 182 (8.60%) Analyst
4 173 (8.17%) Software Engineer
5 142 (6.71%) Project Manager
6 115 (5.43%) Architect
7 109 (5.15%) Graduate
8 104 (4.91%) Lead
9 70 (3.31%) IT Manager
10 57 (2.69%) Consultant
11 53 (2.50%) .NET Developer
12 49 (2.31%) Junior
13 47 (2.22%) Software Developer
14 45 (2.13%) Senior Developer
15 38 (1.79%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
15 38 (1.79%) Solutions Architect
16 36 (1.70%) Support Engineer
17 35 (1.65%) Infrastructure Engineer
18 33 (1.56%) Senior Software Engineer
18 33 (1.56%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 179 (8.46%) .NET
2 99 (4.68%) HTML
3 79 (3.73%) CSS
4 72 (3.40%) Node.js
5 59 (2.79%) Web Services
6 54 (2.55%) React
7 52 (2.46%) ASP.NET
8 50 (2.36%) .NET Framework
9 49 (2.31%) REST
10 47 (2.22%) JSON
11 44 (2.08%) AngularJS
12 40 (1.89%) RESTful
13 38 (1.79%) Vue
14 29 (1.37%) .NET Core
15 27 (1.28%) ASP.NET Web API
15 27 (1.28%) GraphQL
16 23 (1.09%) Entity Framework
16 23 (1.09%) HTML5
17 22 (1.04%) http4s
17 22 (1.04%) Scalaz
Miscellaneous
1 170 (8.03%) Management Information System
2 133 (6.28%) Onboarding
3 86 (4.06%) Self-Motivation
4 62 (2.93%) Driving Licence
5 58 (2.74%) Data Centre
6 53 (2.50%) Operational Technology
7 33 (1.56%) Industrial Internet of Things
7 33 (1.56%) STB
8 32 (1.51%) Embedded Systems
9 30 (1.42%) Social Media
10 29 (1.37%) Product Ownership
11 28 (1.32%) Blog
12 27 (1.28%) Public Cloud
13 26 (1.23%) Mobile App
14 24 (1.13%) Media Streaming
14 24 (1.13%) NHS
15 21 (0.99%) Cloud Native
15 21 (0.99%) Data Structures
16 20 (0.94%) Reinsurance
17 19 (0.90%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 217 (10.25%) Windows
2 121 (5.72%) Linux
3 72 (3.40%) Windows Server
4 35 (1.65%) Windows 10
5 29 (1.37%) Unix
6 24 (1.13%) Android
6 24 (1.13%) Windows Vista
7 22 (1.04%) Mac OS
8 16 (0.76%) Windows Server 2019
9 14 (0.66%) Windows Server 2012
10 13 (0.61%) Windows Server 2016
11 11 (0.52%) Apple iOS
11 11 (0.52%) FreeRTOS
12 9 (0.43%) Windows Phone
13 8 (0.38%) Solaris
14 7 (0.33%) VMS
15 4 (0.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 4 (0.19%) Ubuntu
16 3 (0.14%) Amazon Linux
17 1 (0.047%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 700 (33.07%) Problem-Solving
2 634 (29.95%) Computer Science
3 387 (18.28%) Agile
4 327 (15.45%) Project Management
5 285 (13.46%) Mentoring
6 282 (13.32%) Software Engineering
7 234 (11.05%) Customer Service
8 233 (11.01%) Cybersecurity
9 206 (9.73%) Mathematics
10 192 (9.07%) Continuous Improvement
11 185 (8.74%) DevOps
12 147 (6.94%) Analytics
13 145 (6.85%) ITIL
14 143 (6.75%) Data Analysis
15 142 (6.71%) Project Delivery
16 133 (6.28%) ERP
17 130 (6.14%) Coaching
18 110 (5.20%) Business Intelligence
19 101 (4.77%) CRM
20 100 (4.72%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 281 (13.27%) SQL
2 215 (10.16%) C#
3 174 (8.22%) JavaScript
4 136 (6.42%) Python
5 123 (5.81%) Java
6 78 (3.68%) C
7 59 (2.79%) TypeScript
8 56 (2.65%) PHP
9 37 (1.75%) PowerShell
10 33 (1.56%) C++
11 27 (1.28%) Scala
12 25 (1.18%) Embedded C
13 22 (1.04%) VB
14 19 (0.90%) T-SQL
15 18 (0.85%) Kotlin
16 15 (0.71%) Shell Script
16 15 (0.71%) VBA
17 14 (0.66%) R
17 14 (0.66%) VBScript
18 13 (0.61%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 396 (18.71%) Computer Science Degree
2 166 (7.84%) HNC
3 117 (5.53%) Master's Degree
4 96 (4.53%) Security Cleared
5 81 (3.83%) Cisco Certification
6 76 (3.59%) Microsoft Certification
7 69 (3.26%) HND
8 62 (2.93%) SC Cleared
9 61 (2.88%) CCNA
10 51 (2.41%) CISSP
10 51 (2.41%) PMP
11 47 (2.22%) CCNP
11 47 (2.22%) PMI Certification
12 40 (1.89%) DBS Check
13 34 (1.61%) CISM
14 33 (1.56%) PhD
15 32 (1.51%) Azure Certification
16 30 (1.42%) MCP
17 24 (1.13%) AWS Certification
18 20 (0.94%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 89 (4.20%) QA
2 55 (2.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 38 (1.79%) Accessibility
4 36 (1.70%) PMO
5 35 (1.65%) GDPR
6 33 (1.56%) GMP
7 29 (1.37%) NIST
8 26 (1.23%) Data Quality
9 23 (1.09%) ISO 9001
10 21 (0.99%) PCI DSS
10 21 (0.99%) SLA
11 16 (0.76%) Cyber Essentials
12 8 (0.38%) NCSC
13 7 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 7 (0.33%) IEC 62304
13 7 (0.33%) NIST 800
14 5 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 17025
14 5 (0.24%) NEBOSH
15 4 (0.19%) TickIT
16 3 (0.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 109 (5.15%) Active Directory
2 56 (2.65%) VMware Infrastructure
3 50 (2.36%) Hyper-V
4 45 (2.13%) Docker
5 21 (0.99%) Firmware
6 14 (0.66%) Terminal Services
7 11 (0.52%) VMware ESXi
8 9 (0.43%) vSphere
9 3 (0.14%) Embedded Firmware
9 3 (0.14%) Virtual Machines
9 3 (0.14%) XenApp
10 2 (0.094%) Virtual Desktop
10 2 (0.094%) XenDesktop
11 1 (0.047%) KVM
11 1 (0.047%) Lustre
11 1 (0.047%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 1 (0.047%) Snort
Systems Management
1 51 (2.41%) Terraform
2 35 (1.65%) Kubernetes
3 15 (0.71%) Microsoft Intune
4 13 (0.61%) SCCM
5 12 (0.57%) Ansible
6 11 (0.52%) Stealthwatch
7 10 (0.47%) Progress Chef
8 9 (0.43%) AirWatch
8 9 (0.43%) Autotask
9 8 (0.38%) Failover Clustering
10 7 (0.33%) Grafana
10 7 (0.33%) Prometheus
11 6 (0.28%) CASB
11 6 (0.28%) Microsoft Clustering
12 5 (0.24%) Jamf Pro
12 5 (0.24%) Nessus
12 5 (0.24%) SCOM
13 4 (0.19%) WSUS
14 2 (0.094%) Host Intrusion Detection System
14 2 (0.094%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 407 (19.23%) Microsoft
2 78 (3.68%) SAP
3 76 (3.59%) VMware
4 71 (3.35%) Cisco
5 68 (3.21%) Adobe
6 58 (2.74%) Google
7 54 (2.55%) Oracle
8 45 (2.13%) Apple
9 33 (1.56%) Salesforce
10 23 (1.09%) Meraki
11 20 (0.94%) HP
12 18 (0.85%) ServiceNow
13 15 (0.71%) Sage
14 14 (0.66%) F5
15 13 (0.61%) Dell
16 12 (0.57%) IBM
17 11 (0.52%) Samsung
17 11 (0.52%) Virgin Media
18 10 (0.47%) Veeam
19 9 (0.43%) Facebook