Degree Jobs in the North West

Academic Degree
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 9 9 15
Rank change year-on-year 0 +6 +7
Permanent jobs citing Degree 1,215 1,205 1,155
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 11.39% 16.30% 12.00%
As % of the Qualifications category 49.77% 44.66% 39.68%
Number of salaries quoted 829 434 465
10th Percentile £25,950 £29,500 £25,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £38,750 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +22.22% -5.26%
75th Percentile £60,000 £67,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £76,750 £75,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% +9.09% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North West

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 West with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,441 2,698 2,911
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 22.88% 36.50% 30.25%
Number of salaries quoted 1,654 891 1,304
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +21.05% -5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £70,125 £62,995
90th Percentile £78,750 £85,000 £77,500
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 West

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

Job vacancy trend for Degree in the North West

Degree
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Degree in the North West

Degree
Salary Histogram in the North West

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

Salary histogram for Degree in the North West

Degree
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Degree within the North West 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
Manchester +1 592 £50,000 -13.04% 320
Cheshire +2 234 £47,500 -20.83% 155
Lancashire 0 219 £49,000 -10.91% 87
Merseyside -13 89 £32,500 -27.78% 65
Cumbria +8 78 £29,500 -51.48% 33
Degree
England

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 20 (1.65%) SharePoint
2 16 (1.32%) CMS
3 11 (0.91%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (0.91%) SAS
4 10 (0.82%) IIS
5 8 (0.66%) Apache
5 8 (0.66%) Confluence
5 8 (0.66%) Tomcat
6 6 (0.49%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 4 (0.33%) Apache Spark
7 4 (0.33%) ArcGIS
7 4 (0.33%) Umbraco
7 4 (0.33%) WordPress
8 2 (0.16%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.082%) Kentico
9 1 (0.082%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 89 (7.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 85 (7.00%) Microsoft Office
3 53 (4.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 13 (1.07%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 12 (0.99%) Adobe Illustrator
5 12 (0.99%) Photoshop
6 9 (0.74%) Adobe Captivate
6 9 (0.74%) Microsoft Project
7 8 (0.66%) MS Visio
8 7 (0.58%) InDesign
9 6 (0.49%) AutoCAD
10 5 (0.41%) Spreadsheet
11 3 (0.25%) Adobe After Effects
11 3 (0.25%) Trello
12 2 (0.16%) SPSS
12 2 (0.16%) Stata
13 1 (0.082%) Acrobat
13 1 (0.082%) Adobe Premiere
13 1 (0.082%) CorelDRAW
13 1 (0.082%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 19 (1.56%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (1.07%) SAP S/4HANA
3 9 (0.74%) SAP CX
4 8 (0.66%) NEC Housing
5 7 (0.58%) SAP Business One
6 5 (0.41%) Maximo
7 4 (0.33%) Dynamics NAV
7 4 (0.33%) NetSuite
7 4 (0.33%) SAP CO
7 4 (0.33%) SAP ERP
7 4 (0.33%) SAP FI
7 4 (0.33%) SAP FI/CO
8 3 (0.25%) Primavera
8 3 (0.25%) SAP APO
8 3 (0.25%) SAP MM
8 3 (0.25%) SAP PP
8 3 (0.25%) SAP SD
8 3 (0.25%) SAP WM
9 2 (0.16%) Dynamics AX
9 2 (0.16%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 131 (10.78%) Azure
2 116 (9.55%) AWS
3 79 (6.50%) Microsoft 365
4 42 (3.46%) Power Platform
5 33 (2.72%) Amazon Kinesis
6 30 (2.47%) GCP
7 18 (1.48%) Dynamics 365
8 16 (1.32%) Azure DevOps
9 14 (1.15%) Amazon S3
9 14 (1.15%) GitHub
9 14 (1.15%) SaaS
10 13 (1.07%) Amazon EC2
11 10 (0.82%) Google Play
11 10 (0.82%) Power Automate
11 10 (0.82%) Serverless
12 8 (0.66%) Entra ID
13 7 (0.58%) Google Workspace
14 6 (0.49%) Google Analytics
15 5 (0.41%) Adobe Creative Cloud
15 5 (0.41%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 43 (3.54%) Firewall
2 40 (3.29%) PPP
3 33 (2.72%) WAN
4 30 (2.47%) LAN
5 27 (2.22%) TCP/IP
6 23 (1.89%) DNS
7 21 (1.73%) Network Security
8 17 (1.40%) Internet
9 15 (1.23%) DHCP
9 15 (1.23%) SD-WAN
9 15 (1.23%) VPN
9 15 (1.23%) Wi-Fi
10 14 (1.15%) RS-232
11 11 (0.91%) Broadband
11 11 (0.91%) Remote Desktop
11 11 (0.91%) VoIP
12 10 (0.82%) Ethernet
13 9 (0.74%) Cisco Firepower
13 9 (0.74%) VLAN
13 9 (0.74%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (5.19%) SQL Server
2 40 (3.29%) NoSQL
3 37 (3.05%) MySQL
4 28 (2.30%) PostgreSQL
5 27 (2.22%) Data Warehouse
6 25 (2.06%) Relational Database
7 24 (1.98%) Power BI
8 22 (1.81%) DynamoDB
9 21 (1.73%) Amazon Aurora
10 20 (1.65%) Redis
11 18 (1.48%) Amazon Redshift
11 18 (1.48%) MS Access
11 18 (1.48%) Tableau
12 17 (1.40%) RDBMS
13 15 (1.23%) Amazon RDS
14 10 (0.82%) MongoDB
14 10 (0.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 10 (0.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 8 (0.66%) Big Data
15 8 (0.66%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 66 (5.43%) Git
2 46 (3.79%) JIRA
3 19 (1.56%) Gatling
4 14 (1.15%) Postman
5 12 (0.99%) Visual Studio
6 11 (0.91%) Subversion
7 10 (0.82%) Appium
8 9 (0.74%) Jenkins
9 6 (0.49%) Dreamweaver
10 5 (0.41%) Clang
10 5 (0.41%) InstallShield
10 5 (0.41%) IntelliJ
10 5 (0.41%) JUnit
10 5 (0.41%) Mockito
11 4 (0.33%) CMake
11 4 (0.33%) GCC
11 4 (0.33%) GDB
11 4 (0.33%) Rational DOORS
11 4 (0.33%) TeamCity
12 3 (0.25%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 477 (39.26%) Social Skills
2 156 (12.84%) Finance
3 132 (10.86%) Analytical Skills
4 117 (9.63%) Manufacturing
5 56 (4.61%) Legal
6 52 (4.28%) Electronics
7 47 (3.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 44 (3.62%) Retail
9 42 (3.46%) Public Sector
10 41 (3.37%) Marketing
11 38 (3.13%) Games
11 38 (3.13%) Presentation Skills
12 36 (2.96%) Organisational Skills
13 33 (2.72%) Law
14 29 (2.39%) Military
15 25 (2.06%) Telecoms
16 24 (1.98%) Aerospace
17 22 (1.81%) Automotive
18 19 (1.56%) Billing
19 17 (1.40%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 191 (15.72%) Senior
2 174 (14.32%) Developer
3 113 (9.30%) Software Engineer
4 101 (8.31%) Analyst
5 78 (6.42%) Graduate
6 66 (5.43%) Project Manager
7 65 (5.35%) Lead
8 45 (3.70%) Architect
9 33 (2.72%) .NET Developer
9 33 (2.72%) Senior Developer
10 31 (2.55%) IT Manager
11 28 (2.30%) Consultant
11 28 (2.30%) Junior
11 28 (2.30%) Software Developer
12 27 (2.22%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 27 (2.22%) Lead Developer
13 26 (2.14%) Senior Software Engineer
14 23 (1.89%) Incident Manager
14 23 (1.89%) Vulnerability Manager
15 22 (1.81%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 110 (9.05%) .NET
2 68 (5.60%) HTML
3 45 (3.70%) Node.js
4 42 (3.46%) Web Services
5 41 (3.37%) CSS
6 40 (3.29%) REST
7 35 (2.88%) JSON
8 29 (2.39%) React
9 24 (1.98%) .NET Framework
10 22 (1.81%) ASP.NET
11 21 (1.73%) GraphQL
11 21 (1.73%) HTML5
12 19 (1.56%) http4s
12 19 (1.56%) Scalaz
13 15 (1.23%) AngularJS
13 15 (1.23%) Spring
14 13 (1.07%) React Native
14 13 (1.07%) Redux
14 13 (1.07%) Spring Boot
15 12 (0.99%) Lambda Expressions
Miscellaneous
1 99 (8.15%) Management Information System
2 52 (4.28%) Self-Motivation
3 44 (3.62%) Data Centre
4 36 (2.96%) Operational Technology
5 33 (2.72%) Industrial Internet of Things
6 29 (2.39%) Onboarding
7 23 (1.89%) Blog
7 23 (1.89%) Driving Licence
8 19 (1.56%) Embedded Systems
8 19 (1.56%) Media Streaming
9 15 (1.23%) e-Learning
9 15 (1.23%) Public Cloud
9 15 (1.23%) Social Media
10 14 (1.15%) Cloud Native
10 14 (1.15%) Enterprise Software
10 14 (1.15%) Renewable Energy
11 13 (1.07%) Algorithms
11 13 (1.07%) Cyber Threat
12 12 (0.99%) Animation
12 12 (0.99%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 118 (9.71%) Windows
2 78 (6.42%) Linux
3 23 (1.89%) Windows Vista
4 21 (1.73%) Unix
5 20 (1.65%) Android
6 19 (1.56%) Windows Server
7 16 (1.32%) Windows 10
8 9 (0.74%) Windows Phone
9 8 (0.66%) Mac OS
9 8 (0.66%) Solaris
10 6 (0.49%) Apple iOS
10 6 (0.49%) VMS
11 5 (0.41%) FreeRTOS
11 5 (0.41%) Windows Server 2016
12 3 (0.25%) Windows Server 2019
13 2 (0.16%) Amazon Linux
13 2 (0.16%) Ubuntu
13 2 (0.16%) Windows Server 2012
14 1 (0.082%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 1 (0.082%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 356 (29.30%) Computer Science
2 345 (28.40%) Problem-Solving
3 232 (19.09%) Agile
4 191 (15.72%) Cybersecurity
5 184 (15.14%) Project Management
6 173 (14.24%) Software Engineering
7 148 (12.18%) Mentoring
8 101 (8.31%) Analytics
9 96 (7.90%) Continuous Improvement
10 95 (7.82%) DevOps
11 86 (7.08%) Project Delivery
12 80 (6.58%) Coaching
12 80 (6.58%) Customer Service
13 78 (6.42%) Mathematics
13 78 (6.42%) Risk Management
14 71 (5.84%) ITIL
15 69 (5.68%) Incident Response
16 66 (5.43%) ERP
17 62 (5.10%) Open Source
17 62 (5.10%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 143 (11.77%) SQL
2 127 (10.45%) C#
3 92 (7.57%) Java
3 92 (7.57%) JavaScript
4 88 (7.24%) Python
5 42 (3.46%) C
6 33 (2.72%) TypeScript
7 30 (2.47%) PHP
8 22 (1.81%) C++
8 22 (1.81%) Scala
9 20 (1.65%) VB
10 15 (1.23%) Embedded C
11 14 (1.15%) PowerShell
12 13 (1.07%) Kotlin
13 12 (0.99%) R
14 11 (0.91%) T-SQL
14 11 (0.91%) VBScript
15 8 (0.66%) Perl
15 8 (0.66%) Ruby
15 8 (0.66%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 206 (16.95%) Computer Science Degree
2 72 (5.93%) Security Cleared
3 66 (5.43%) Master's Degree
4 58 (4.77%) Cisco Certification
5 51 (4.20%) HNC
6 44 (3.62%) CCNA
7 42 (3.46%) CISSP
7 42 (3.46%) Microsoft Certification
8 41 (3.37%) SC Cleared
9 40 (3.29%) HND
10 36 (2.96%) CCNP
11 34 (2.80%) CISM
12 19 (1.56%) AWS Certification
12 19 (1.56%) PhD
13 17 (1.40%) PMP
14 16 (1.32%) MCP
14 16 (1.32%) PMI Certification
15 13 (1.07%) Azure Certification
16 12 (0.99%) ACCA
16 12 (0.99%) Chartered Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (3.70%) QA
2 34 (2.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 25 (2.06%) Accessibility
3 25 (2.06%) NIST
4 23 (1.89%) GDPR
5 21 (1.73%) PCI DSS
6 14 (1.15%) Cyber Essentials
6 14 (1.15%) Data Quality
7 13 (1.07%) SLA
8 10 (0.82%) PMO
9 9 (0.74%) GMP
10 7 (0.58%) NCSC
10 7 (0.58%) NIST 800
11 6 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 6 (0.49%) IEC 62304
12 5 (0.41%) ISO 9001
12 5 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 17025
13 4 (0.33%) TickIT
14 3 (0.25%) WCAG
15 2 (0.16%) EMIR
System Software
1 57 (4.69%) Active Directory
2 20 (1.65%) Docker
3 16 (1.32%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (1.15%) Hyper-V
5 9 (0.74%) Firmware
5 9 (0.74%) Terminal Services
6 6 (0.49%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.16%) Embedded Firmware
7 2 (0.16%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.16%) vSphere
7 2 (0.16%) XenApp
7 2 (0.16%) XenDesktop
8 1 (0.082%) Lustre
8 1 (0.082%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.082%) Snort
8 1 (0.082%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 19 (1.56%) Terraform
2 16 (1.32%) Kubernetes
3 10 (0.82%) Ansible
4 9 (0.74%) AirWatch
4 9 (0.74%) Stealthwatch
5 8 (0.66%) Progress Chef
6 6 (0.49%) CASB
6 6 (0.49%) Microsoft Intune
7 4 (0.33%) Autotask
7 4 (0.33%) SCCM
8 2 (0.16%) Grafana
8 2 (0.16%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.16%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 2 (0.16%) vRealize
9 1 (0.082%) EnCase
9 1 (0.082%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.082%) FTK
9 1 (0.082%) Functional Safety
9 1 (0.082%) Icinga
9 1 (0.082%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 246 (20.25%) Microsoft
2 57 (4.69%) Adobe
3 52 (4.28%) SAP
4 45 (3.70%) Cisco
5 38 (3.13%) Apple
6 35 (2.88%) Google
7 26 (2.14%) VMware
8 18 (1.48%) HP
9 17 (1.40%) Meraki
10 16 (1.32%) Oracle
11 14 (1.15%) ServiceNow
12 11 (0.91%) Dell
12 11 (0.91%) Samsung
12 11 (0.91%) Virgin Media
13 9 (0.74%) Facebook
13 9 (0.74%) Salesforce
14 8 (0.66%) F5
14 8 (0.66%) NEC
14 8 (0.66%) Sage
15 7 (0.58%) Juniper