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 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 11 9 14
Rank change year-on-year -2 +5 +11
Permanent jobs citing Degree 1,997 2,681 2,284
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 10.59% 16.62% 12.39%
As % of the Qualifications category 50.34% 51.90% 43.86%
Number of salaries quoted 1,415 866 1,070
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% -9.47%
75th Percentile £60,000 £64,875 £56,994
90th Percentile £80,000 £72,500 £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 3,967 5,166 5,208
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 21.04% 32.02% 28.24%
Number of salaries quoted 2,701 1,710 2,441
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,013 £54,377 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.70% +14.48% -5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £68,188 £62,500
90th Percentile £79,000 £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 1 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 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
North West 0 1,215 £47,500 -13.64% 668
Yorkshire 0 571 £45,000 -10.00% 347
North East -8 211 £47,500 -0.36% 148
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 56 (2.80%) SharePoint
2 28 (1.40%) Confluence
3 27 (1.35%) Microsoft Exchange
4 26 (1.30%) CMS
5 19 (0.95%) IIS
6 15 (0.75%) SAS
7 12 (0.60%) Apache
8 11 (0.55%) Tomcat
9 8 (0.40%) Apache Spark
10 7 (0.35%) MS Project Server
10 7 (0.35%) WordPress
11 6 (0.30%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
12 4 (0.20%) ArcGIS
12 4 (0.20%) Umbraco
13 3 (0.15%) OpenStack
14 1 (0.050%) Jupyter
14 1 (0.050%) Kentico
14 1 (0.050%) Moodle
14 1 (0.050%) Site Server
14 1 (0.050%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 177 (8.86%) Microsoft Office
2 133 (6.66%) Microsoft Excel
3 66 (3.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 39 (1.95%) Microsoft Project
5 18 (0.90%) MS Visio
6 17 (0.85%) Adobe Illustrator
6 17 (0.85%) Photoshop
7 16 (0.80%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 15 (0.75%) AutoCAD
9 10 (0.50%) InDesign
10 9 (0.45%) Adobe Captivate
11 6 (0.30%) Adobe After Effects
11 6 (0.30%) Spreadsheet
12 5 (0.25%) Solid Edge
12 5 (0.25%) SOLIDWORKS
13 4 (0.20%) Adobe Premiere
13 4 (0.20%) Trello
14 2 (0.10%) Simulink
14 2 (0.10%) SPSS
14 2 (0.10%) Stata
Business Applications
1 27 (1.35%) Dynamics CRM
2 18 (0.90%) SAP S/4HANA
3 11 (0.55%) SAP Business One
3 11 (0.55%) SAP ERP
4 10 (0.50%) NetSuite
5 9 (0.45%) SAP CX
6 8 (0.40%) NEC Housing
7 6 (0.30%) Sage X3
8 5 (0.25%) Maximo
9 4 (0.20%) Dynamics NAV
9 4 (0.20%) SAP CO
9 4 (0.20%) SAP FI
9 4 (0.20%) SAP FI/CO
10 3 (0.15%) Dynamics AX
10 3 (0.15%) Primavera
10 3 (0.15%) SAP APO
10 3 (0.15%) SAP MM
10 3 (0.15%) SAP PP
10 3 (0.15%) SAP SD
10 3 (0.15%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 260 (13.02%) Azure
2 199 (9.96%) AWS
3 143 (7.16%) Microsoft 365
4 79 (3.96%) Power Platform
5 45 (2.25%) Dynamics 365
6 41 (2.05%) GCP
7 37 (1.85%) Amazon Kinesis
8 33 (1.65%) Azure DevOps
9 26 (1.30%) GitHub
10 25 (1.25%) SaaS
11 24 (1.20%) Serverless
12 21 (1.05%) Power Automate
13 20 (1.00%) Amazon S3
14 18 (0.90%) Amazon EC2
15 17 (0.85%) Cloud Computing
16 15 (0.75%) AWS Lambda
17 13 (0.65%) PowerApps
18 11 (0.55%) AWS CloudFormation
18 11 (0.55%) Entra ID
19 10 (0.50%) Google Play
Communications & Networking
1 81 (4.06%) Firewall
2 50 (2.50%) WAN
3 47 (2.35%) LAN
4 46 (2.30%) TCP/IP
5 45 (2.25%) Network Security
6 43 (2.15%) DNS
7 41 (2.05%) Internet
8 40 (2.00%) PPP
8 40 (2.00%) VPN
9 33 (1.65%) DHCP
10 28 (1.40%) Wi-Fi
11 25 (1.25%) VoIP
12 20 (1.00%) VLAN
13 18 (0.90%) RS-232
14 17 (0.85%) Ethernet
15 15 (0.75%) SD-WAN
15 15 (0.75%) Wireless
16 14 (0.70%) Remote Desktop
17 13 (0.65%) Broadband
18 11 (0.55%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 126 (6.31%) SQL Server
2 78 (3.91%) MySQL
3 60 (3.00%) Power BI
4 52 (2.60%) NoSQL
5 45 (2.25%) Data Warehouse
6 42 (2.10%) Relational Database
7 37 (1.85%) Redis
8 32 (1.60%) Amazon RDS
8 32 (1.60%) PostgreSQL
9 24 (1.20%) Amazon Redshift
10 23 (1.15%) DynamoDB
10 23 (1.15%) RDBMS
11 22 (1.10%) Amazon Aurora
12 20 (1.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 19 (0.95%) MS Access
13 19 (0.95%) Tableau
14 17 (0.85%) Oracle Database
14 17 (0.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 16 (0.80%) Big Data
16 11 (0.55%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 113 (5.66%) Git
2 89 (4.46%) JIRA
3 19 (0.95%) Gatling
3 19 (0.95%) Postman
4 16 (0.80%) TeamCity
5 14 (0.70%) Visual Studio
6 11 (0.55%) Subversion
7 10 (0.50%) Appium
7 10 (0.50%) Jenkins
8 8 (0.40%) Cypress.io
8 8 (0.40%) Team Foundation Server
9 6 (0.30%) Dreamweaver
9 6 (0.30%) LoadRunner
9 6 (0.30%) Selenium
10 5 (0.25%) HP UFT
10 5 (0.25%) InstallShield
10 5 (0.25%) IntelliJ
10 5 (0.25%) JMeter
10 5 (0.25%) JUnit
10 5 (0.25%) MSTest
General
1 868 (43.47%) Social Skills
2 281 (14.07%) Analytical Skills
3 274 (13.72%) Finance
4 208 (10.42%) Manufacturing
5 113 (5.66%) Marketing
6 98 (4.91%) Retail
7 97 (4.86%) Legal
8 84 (4.21%) Electronics
9 83 (4.16%) Organisational Skills
10 74 (3.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 65 (3.25%) Games
12 64 (3.20%) Presentation Skills
13 62 (3.10%) Public Sector
14 57 (2.85%) Law
15 39 (1.95%) Pharmaceutical
16 38 (1.90%) Aerospace
16 38 (1.90%) Automotive
17 36 (1.80%) Banking
18 30 (1.50%) Military
18 30 (1.50%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 291 (14.57%) Senior
2 282 (14.12%) Developer
3 181 (9.06%) Analyst
4 163 (8.16%) Software Engineer
5 142 (7.11%) Project Manager
6 113 (5.66%) Architect
7 112 (5.61%) Lead
8 109 (5.46%) Graduate
9 70 (3.51%) IT Manager
10 56 (2.80%) Consultant
11 51 (2.55%) .NET Developer
12 49 (2.45%) Junior
13 47 (2.35%) Software Developer
14 46 (2.30%) Senior Developer
15 38 (1.90%) Lead Developer
15 38 (1.90%) Solutions Architect
16 36 (1.80%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 36 (1.80%) Support Engineer
17 33 (1.65%) Senior Software Engineer
17 33 (1.65%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 176 (8.81%) .NET
2 98 (4.91%) HTML
3 77 (3.86%) CSS
4 72 (3.61%) Node.js
5 54 (2.70%) Web Services
6 53 (2.65%) React
7 50 (2.50%) .NET Framework
7 50 (2.50%) ASP.NET
8 47 (2.35%) JSON
9 44 (2.20%) REST
10 43 (2.15%) AngularJS
11 40 (2.00%) RESTful
12 37 (1.85%) Vue
13 29 (1.45%) .NET Core
14 27 (1.35%) ASP.NET Web API
15 23 (1.15%) Entity Framework
15 23 (1.15%) HTML5
16 22 (1.10%) GraphQL
17 20 (1.00%) ASP.NET MVC
17 20 (1.00%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 164 (8.21%) Management Information System
2 87 (4.36%) Self-Motivation
3 62 (3.10%) Driving Licence
4 56 (2.80%) Data Centre
5 53 (2.65%) Operational Technology
6 50 (2.50%) Onboarding
7 33 (1.65%) Industrial Internet of Things
8 31 (1.55%) Embedded Systems
9 30 (1.50%) Social Media
10 27 (1.35%) Public Cloud
11 25 (1.25%) Product Ownership
12 24 (1.20%) Mobile App
12 24 (1.20%) NHS
13 23 (1.15%) Blog
14 21 (1.05%) Cloud Native
14 21 (1.05%) Data Structures
15 20 (1.00%) Reinsurance
16 19 (0.95%) IoT
16 19 (0.95%) Renewable Energy
16 19 (0.95%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 210 (10.52%) Windows
2 120 (6.01%) Linux
3 73 (3.66%) Windows Server
4 35 (1.75%) Windows 10
5 29 (1.45%) Unix
6 23 (1.15%) Windows Vista
7 22 (1.10%) Android
7 22 (1.10%) Mac OS
8 16 (0.80%) Windows Server 2019
9 14 (0.70%) Windows Server 2012
10 13 (0.65%) Windows Server 2016
11 11 (0.55%) FreeRTOS
12 9 (0.45%) Apple iOS
12 9 (0.45%) Windows Phone
13 8 (0.40%) Solaris
14 6 (0.30%) VMS
15 4 (0.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 4 (0.20%) Ubuntu
16 3 (0.15%) Amazon Linux
17 1 (0.050%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 617 (30.90%) Computer Science
2 615 (30.80%) Problem-Solving
3 386 (19.33%) Agile
4 322 (16.12%) Project Management
5 268 (13.42%) Software Engineering
6 231 (11.57%) Cybersecurity
7 195 (9.76%) Mentoring
8 187 (9.36%) Continuous Improvement
9 181 (9.06%) DevOps
10 155 (7.76%) Customer Service
11 143 (7.16%) ITIL
12 142 (7.11%) Analytics
13 138 (6.91%) Project Delivery
14 128 (6.41%) ERP
14 128 (6.41%) Mathematics
15 119 (5.96%) Coaching
16 105 (5.26%) Business Intelligence
17 100 (5.01%) Decision-Making
17 100 (5.01%) Risk Management
18 99 (4.96%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 268 (13.42%) SQL
2 211 (10.57%) C#
3 170 (8.51%) JavaScript
4 136 (6.81%) Python
5 120 (6.01%) Java
6 76 (3.81%) C
7 58 (2.90%) TypeScript
8 56 (2.80%) PHP
9 37 (1.85%) PowerShell
10 31 (1.55%) C++
11 24 (1.20%) Embedded C
12 22 (1.10%) Scala
12 22 (1.10%) VB
13 19 (0.95%) T-SQL
14 17 (0.85%) R
15 16 (0.80%) Kotlin
16 15 (0.75%) Shell Script
17 14 (0.70%) VBScript
18 12 (0.60%) Ruby
19 11 (0.55%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 386 (19.33%) Computer Science Degree
2 113 (5.66%) Master's Degree
3 96 (4.81%) Security Cleared
4 81 (4.06%) HNC
5 80 (4.01%) Cisco Certification
6 77 (3.86%) Microsoft Certification
7 62 (3.10%) HND
7 62 (3.10%) SC Cleared
8 60 (3.00%) CCNA
9 51 (2.55%) CISSP
9 51 (2.55%) PMP
10 48 (2.40%) PMI Certification
11 45 (2.25%) CCNP
12 39 (1.95%) DBS Check
13 34 (1.70%) CISM
14 32 (1.60%) PhD
15 31 (1.55%) Azure Certification
16 30 (1.50%) MCP
17 24 (1.20%) AWS Certification
18 20 (1.00%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 76 (3.81%) QA
2 55 (2.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 38 (1.90%) Accessibility
4 37 (1.85%) PMO
5 34 (1.70%) GDPR
6 29 (1.45%) NIST
7 25 (1.25%) Data Quality
7 25 (1.25%) GMP
8 23 (1.15%) ISO 9001
9 22 (1.10%) SLA
10 21 (1.05%) PCI DSS
11 15 (0.75%) Cyber Essentials
12 8 (0.40%) NCSC
13 7 (0.35%) NIST 800
14 6 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 6 (0.30%) IEC 62304
15 5 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 17025
15 5 (0.25%) NEBOSH
16 4 (0.20%) TickIT
17 3 (0.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 109 (5.46%) Active Directory
2 56 (2.80%) VMware Infrastructure
3 50 (2.50%) Hyper-V
4 45 (2.25%) Docker
5 19 (0.95%) Firmware
6 14 (0.70%) Terminal Services
7 11 (0.55%) VMware ESXi
8 9 (0.45%) vSphere
9 3 (0.15%) Virtual Machines
9 3 (0.15%) XenApp
10 2 (0.10%) Embedded Firmware
10 2 (0.10%) Virtual Desktop
10 2 (0.10%) XenDesktop
11 1 (0.050%) KVM
11 1 (0.050%) Lustre
11 1 (0.050%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 1 (0.050%) Snort
Systems Management
1 49 (2.45%) Terraform
2 34 (1.70%) Kubernetes
3 15 (0.75%) Microsoft Intune
4 13 (0.65%) SCCM
5 11 (0.55%) Ansible
6 9 (0.45%) AirWatch
6 9 (0.45%) Progress Chef
6 9 (0.45%) Stealthwatch
7 8 (0.40%) Autotask
7 8 (0.40%) Failover Clustering
8 7 (0.35%) Grafana
8 7 (0.35%) Prometheus
9 6 (0.30%) CASB
9 6 (0.30%) Microsoft Clustering
10 5 (0.25%) Jamf Pro
10 5 (0.25%) Nessus
10 5 (0.25%) SCOM
11 4 (0.20%) WSUS
12 2 (0.10%) Host Intrusion Detection System
12 2 (0.10%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 399 (19.98%) Microsoft
2 76 (3.81%) VMware
3 73 (3.66%) SAP
4 70 (3.51%) Cisco
5 66 (3.30%) Adobe
6 55 (2.75%) Google
7 51 (2.55%) Oracle
8 43 (2.15%) Apple
9 30 (1.50%) Salesforce
10 22 (1.10%) Meraki
11 20 (1.00%) HP
12 19 (0.95%) ServiceNow
13 14 (0.70%) F5
13 14 (0.70%) Sage
14 13 (0.65%) Dell
15 12 (0.60%) IBM
16 11 (0.55%) Samsung
16 11 (0.55%) Virgin Media
17 10 (0.50%) Veeam
18 9 (0.45%) Facebook