Degree Jobs with Work from Home Options

Academic Degree
UK > Work from Home

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) 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 11 15 18
Rank change year-on-year +4 +3 +4
Permanent jobs citing Degree 4,489 4,697 10,120
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 12.73% 12.45% 13.40%
As % of the Qualifications category 45.77% 47.46% 57.82%
Number of salaries quoted 2,873 3,036 4,649
10th Percentile £31,000 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £39,750 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £100,000 £93,750
UK median annual salary £52,084 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.19% +9.09% +0.92%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 9,808 9,896 17,502
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 27.80% 26.22% 23.18%
Number of salaries quoted 5,899 6,019 8,928
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £53,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.83% +9.09% -

Degree
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Degree as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Degree trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Degree.

Degree salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Degree over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Degree salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 96 (2.14%) SharePoint
2 86 (1.92%) Microsoft Exchange
3 59 (1.31%) IIS
4 43 (0.96%) Apache
5 37 (0.82%) SAS
6 32 (0.71%) Confluence
7 29 (0.65%) Tomcat
8 28 (0.62%) CMS
9 19 (0.42%) Apache Spark
9 19 (0.42%) WordPress
10 17 (0.38%) OpenStack
11 12 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
11 12 (0.27%) ArcGIS
12 8 (0.18%) nginx
13 6 (0.13%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
13 6 (0.13%) Exchange Server 2000
13 6 (0.13%) Luigi
14 5 (0.11%) Drupal
15 4 (0.089%) Exchange Server 2013
15 4 (0.089%) Umbraco
Applications
1 318 (7.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 266 (5.93%) Microsoft Office
3 140 (3.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 88 (1.96%) Simulink
5 60 (1.34%) Microsoft Project
6 25 (0.56%) MS Visio
7 23 (0.51%) AutoCAD
8 22 (0.49%) Photoshop
9 20 (0.45%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 19 (0.42%) Adobe Illustrator
11 18 (0.40%) Adobe XD
12 17 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
13 15 (0.33%) OrCAD
13 15 (0.33%) Sketch
14 14 (0.31%) Adobe After Effects
14 14 (0.31%) Trello
15 12 (0.27%) SPSS
16 11 (0.25%) InDesign
17 10 (0.22%) InVision
17 10 (0.22%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 50 (1.11%) Dynamics CRM
2 38 (0.85%) NEC Housing
3 31 (0.69%) SAP S/4HANA
4 13 (0.29%) Salesforce CRM
4 13 (0.29%) Unit4 Business World
5 12 (0.27%) Endur
5 12 (0.27%) SAP CX
6 10 (0.22%) SAP CO
6 10 (0.22%) SAP FI
6 10 (0.22%) SAP FI/CO
7 8 (0.18%) Dynamics NAV
7 8 (0.18%) NetSuite
7 8 (0.18%) SAP Business One
8 6 (0.13%) Remedy ITSM
9 5 (0.11%) Odoo
9 5 (0.11%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
10 4 (0.089%) Magento
10 4 (0.089%) Primavera
10 4 (0.089%) SAP HR
10 4 (0.089%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 847 (18.87%) Azure
2 645 (14.37%) AWS
3 358 (7.98%) Microsoft 365
4 265 (5.90%) Power Platform
5 226 (5.03%) SaaS
6 140 (3.12%) GCP
7 103 (2.29%) Azure DevOps
8 93 (2.07%) Entra ID
9 86 (1.92%) Cloud Computing
10 78 (1.74%) Serverless
11 72 (1.60%) Dynamics 365
12 69 (1.54%) Power Automate
12 69 (1.54%) PowerApps
13 66 (1.47%) GitHub
14 65 (1.45%) Snowflake
15 58 (1.29%) IaaS
16 55 (1.23%) PaaS
17 49 (1.09%) AWS Lambda
18 44 (0.98%) WhatsApp
19 33 (0.74%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 156 (3.48%) Firewall
2 131 (2.92%) Wireless
3 128 (2.85%) WAN
4 90 (2.00%) DNS
5 84 (1.87%) TCP/IP
6 74 (1.65%) LAN
7 71 (1.58%) Network Security
8 70 (1.56%) Wi-Fi
9 66 (1.47%) SD-WAN
10 63 (1.40%) Internet
11 62 (1.38%) DHCP
12 58 (1.29%) VPN
13 44 (0.98%) Ethernet
14 34 (0.76%) Cisco Firepower
15 30 (0.67%) VoIP
16 29 (0.65%) VLAN
17 27 (0.60%) SAN
18 25 (0.56%) Unified Communications
19 22 (0.49%) BGP
19 22 (0.49%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 319 (7.11%) SQL Server
2 280 (6.24%) Tableau
3 229 (5.10%) Power BI
4 150 (3.34%) Relational Database
5 120 (2.67%) Data Warehouse
6 101 (2.25%) MySQL
7 97 (2.16%) PostgreSQL
8 84 (1.87%) NoSQL
9 76 (1.69%) Big Data
10 67 (1.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 53 (1.18%) Redis
12 50 (1.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 45 (1.00%) Oracle Database
14 40 (0.89%) MongoDB
15 36 (0.80%) RDBMS
16 35 (0.78%) Data Lake
17 27 (0.60%) Elasticsearch
17 27 (0.60%) GIS
18 25 (0.56%) Amazon RDS
19 22 (0.49%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 399 (8.89%) Git
2 110 (2.45%) JIRA
3 48 (1.07%) Visual Studio
4 47 (1.05%) Jenkins
5 34 (0.76%) Selenium
6 29 (0.65%) Subversion
7 22 (0.49%) CMake
8 20 (0.45%) Vagrant
9 18 (0.40%) Rational DOORS
10 15 (0.33%) Balsamiq
10 15 (0.33%) GitLab
10 15 (0.33%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 14 (0.31%) TeamCity
12 13 (0.29%) Axure RP
13 12 (0.27%) Postman
14 11 (0.25%) JUnit
14 11 (0.25%) Rational Rhapsody
15 10 (0.22%) LabVIEW
15 10 (0.22%) Team Foundation Server
16 9 (0.20%) Cypress.io
General
1 2,100 (46.78%) Social Skills
2 963 (21.45%) Finance
3 840 (18.71%) Analytical Skills
4 408 (9.09%) Marketing
5 395 (8.80%) Retail
6 378 (8.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 323 (7.20%) Legal
8 296 (6.59%) Presentation Skills
9 275 (6.13%) Public Sector
10 201 (4.48%) Manufacturing
11 158 (3.52%) Electronics
12 150 (3.34%) Law
13 134 (2.99%) Pharmaceutical
14 133 (2.96%) Games
15 120 (2.67%) Aerospace
16 116 (2.58%) Telecoms
17 91 (2.03%) Banking
18 88 (1.96%) Local Government
19 81 (1.80%) Influencing Skills
20 79 (1.76%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 850 (18.94%) Senior
2 656 (14.61%) Analyst
3 648 (14.44%) Developer
4 336 (7.48%) Lead
5 325 (7.24%) Software Engineer
6 269 (5.99%) Architect
7 218 (4.86%) Project Manager
8 200 (4.46%) Data Analyst
9 199 (4.43%) Consultant
10 193 (4.30%) Senior Analyst
11 168 (3.74%) Graduate
12 157 (3.50%) Junior
13 155 (3.45%) Senior Developer
14 149 (3.32%) Software Developer
15 123 (2.74%) Business Analyst
16 117 (2.61%) Senior Data Analyst
17 115 (2.56%) Support Engineer
18 105 (2.34%) Systems Engineer
19 96 (2.14%) Team Leader
20 93 (2.07%) .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 343 (7.64%) .NET
2 269 (5.99%) HTML
3 237 (5.28%) CSS
4 180 (4.01%) AngularJS
5 162 (3.61%) React
6 126 (2.81%) Node.js
7 112 (2.49%) ASP.NET
8 108 (2.41%) RESTful
9 98 (2.18%) .NET Core
10 83 (1.85%) .NET Framework
11 82 (1.83%) Web Services
12 68 (1.51%) TensorFlow
13 63 (1.40%) Pandas
14 62 (1.38%) Vue
15 61 (1.36%) REST
16 59 (1.31%) PySpark
17 58 (1.29%) ASP.NET MVC
18 55 (1.23%) XML
19 48 (1.07%) Middleware
20 47 (1.05%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 273 (6.08%) Management Information System
2 252 (5.61%) Algorithms
3 229 (5.10%) Data Centre
4 193 (4.30%) Self-Motivation
5 117 (2.61%) Product Ownership
6 115 (2.56%) Life Science
7 99 (2.21%) Data Structures
8 91 (2.03%) Client/Server
9 89 (1.98%) Public Cloud
10 79 (1.76%) Driving Licence
11 74 (1.65%) Social Media
12 73 (1.63%) Onboarding
13 72 (1.60%) IoT
14 65 (1.45%) Mobile App
15 64 (1.43%) Virtual Team
16 52 (1.16%) Cloud Native
17 46 (1.02%) NHS
18 45 (1.00%) Analytical Mindset
18 45 (1.00%) Embedded Systems
19 40 (0.89%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 519 (11.56%) Windows
2 411 (9.16%) Linux
3 178 (3.97%) Windows Server
4 121 (2.70%) Unix
5 96 (2.14%) Windows 10
6 80 (1.78%) Android
7 67 (1.49%) Apple iOS
8 49 (1.09%) Windows Server 2016
9 40 (0.89%) Windows Server 2019
10 38 (0.85%) Ubuntu
11 32 (0.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 31 (0.69%) Embedded Linux
13 30 (0.67%) Windows Server 2012
14 28 (0.62%) Mac OS
14 28 (0.62%) Solaris
15 24 (0.53%) CentOS
16 18 (0.40%) FreeRTOS
17 16 (0.36%) Mac OS X
18 14 (0.31%) Windows Vista
19 9 (0.20%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,358 (30.25%) Computer Science
2 1,276 (28.43%) Problem-Solving
3 953 (21.23%) Agile
4 711 (15.84%) Software Engineering
5 625 (13.92%) Project Management
6 611 (13.61%) Analytics
7 553 (12.32%) Mathematics
8 450 (10.02%) DevOps
9 408 (9.09%) Decision-Making
10 406 (9.04%) Mentoring
11 393 (8.75%) ITIL
12 379 (8.44%) Data Analysis
13 372 (8.29%) Visualisation
14 371 (8.26%) Artificial Intelligence
15 361 (8.04%) Actionable Insight
16 350 (7.80%) Business Intelligence
17 343 (7.64%) Continuous Improvement
18 340 (7.57%) Cybersecurity
19 315 (7.02%) Roadmaps
19 315 (7.02%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 913 (20.34%) SQL
2 833 (18.56%) Python
3 485 (10.80%) C#
4 446 (9.94%) JavaScript
5 283 (6.30%) Java
6 211 (4.70%) C
7 174 (3.88%) C++
8 142 (3.16%) PowerShell
9 132 (2.94%) TypeScript
10 91 (2.03%) T-SQL
11 78 (1.74%) PHP
12 69 (1.54%) R
13 54 (1.20%) MATLAB
14 53 (1.18%) Embedded C
14 53 (1.18%) VB
15 46 (1.02%) Kotlin
16 45 (1.00%) Bash
17 38 (0.85%) Shell Script
18 35 (0.78%) Go
19 29 (0.65%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 846 (18.85%) Computer Science Degree
2 651 (14.50%) Security Cleared
3 443 (9.87%) Master's Degree
4 394 (8.78%) SC Cleared
5 266 (5.93%) DBS Check
6 146 (3.25%) PhD
7 138 (3.07%) Microsoft Certification
8 127 (2.83%) BPSS Clearance
9 110 (2.45%) Cisco Certification
10 96 (2.14%) DV Cleared
11 88 (1.96%) CCNA
12 84 (1.87%) CISSP
13 75 (1.67%) CCNP
14 74 (1.65%) PMI Certification
15 71 (1.58%) Azure Certification
16 68 (1.51%) PMP
17 63 (1.40%) Numerate Degree
18 62 (1.38%) CISM
19 58 (1.29%) AWS Certification
20 49 (1.09%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 272 (6.06%) QA
2 101 (2.25%) Accessibility
3 75 (1.67%) GDPR
4 69 (1.54%) Data Quality
5 67 (1.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 65 (1.45%) SLA
7 55 (1.23%) PMO
8 38 (0.85%) NIST
9 27 (0.60%) ISO 9001
10 24 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials
11 21 (0.47%) NCSC
12 20 (0.45%) WCAG
13 18 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
14 15 (0.33%) ITGC
15 14 (0.31%) Good Clinical Practice
15 14 (0.31%) PCI DSS
16 10 (0.22%) GMP
16 10 (0.22%) GRC
16 10 (0.22%) NIST 800
17 9 (0.20%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 237 (5.28%) Active Directory
2 199 (4.43%) Docker
3 124 (2.76%) Firmware
4 110 (2.45%) VMware Infrastructure
5 60 (1.34%) Hyper-V
6 48 (1.07%) Embedded Firmware
7 41 (0.91%) Virtual Desktop
7 41 (0.91%) Virtual Machines
8 30 (0.67%) vSphere
9 24 (0.53%) VMware ESXi
10 20 (0.45%) XenApp
11 13 (0.29%) OpenSSH
12 8 (0.18%) KVM
12 8 (0.18%) Virtual Servers
13 6 (0.13%) Microsoft App-V
13 6 (0.13%) Terminal Services
14 4 (0.089%) XenDesktop
15 2 (0.045%) Kamailio
16 1 (0.022%) DFS Replication
16 1 (0.022%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 160 (3.56%) Kubernetes
2 117 (2.61%) Terraform
3 81 (1.80%) Ansible
4 63 (1.40%) Microsoft Intune
5 52 (1.16%) SCCM
6 37 (0.82%) SCOM
7 33 (0.74%) Stealthwatch
8 32 (0.71%) WSUS
9 30 (0.67%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 24 (0.53%) Progress Chef
11 19 (0.42%) Puppet
12 17 (0.38%) CASB
13 15 (0.33%) Cisco CUCM
14 14 (0.31%) vCenter Server
15 13 (0.29%) Grafana
15 13 (0.29%) IBM BigFix
15 13 (0.29%) PowerCLI
15 13 (0.29%) ServiceCenter
16 11 (0.25%) Single Sign-On
17 10 (0.22%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 1,000 (22.28%) Microsoft
2 215 (4.79%) Databricks
3 173 (3.85%) Adobe
4 163 (3.63%) SAP
5 151 (3.36%) VMware
6 132 (2.94%) Oracle
7 124 (2.76%) Cisco
7 124 (2.76%) Google
8 119 (2.65%) Apple
9 78 (1.74%) Dell
10 73 (1.63%) Salesforce
11 69 (1.54%) Meraki
12 60 (1.34%) IBM
13 58 (1.29%) HP
14 53 (1.18%) Xilinx
15 48 (1.07%) NEC
16 43 (0.96%) ServiceNow
17 42 (0.94%) Citrix
18 32 (0.71%) Samsung
19 31 (0.69%) Sage