Academic Degree
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 9 5 12
Rank change year-on-year -4 +7 +3
Permanent jobs citing Degree 14,241 18,800 26,316
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 14.25% 18.96% 16.37%
As % of the Qualifications category 51.81% 57.44% 60.61%
Number of salaries quoted 8,799 7,802 10,151
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £39,893
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,285 £59,250 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.76% +7.73% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £89,000 £97,500 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £49,000 £50,000 £47,000
% change year-on-year -2.00% +6.38% -1.05%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

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 requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 27,486 32,730 43,417
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.51% 33.01% 27.01%
Number of salaries quoted 17,243 14,736 18,996
10th Percentile £28,500 £31,483 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £42,000 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,350 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.49% +4.70% +1.01%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Degree as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Degree in the UK

Degree
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Degree in the UK

Degree
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Degree over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Degree in the UK

Degree
Top 19 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Degree within the UK 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
England -4 12,693 £52,500 -12.50% 7,781
UK excluding London -5 9,908 £49,000 -2.00% 5,563
Work from Home +6 4,314 £55,000 -8.33% 3,069
London +2 3,796 £67,500 -2.80% 2,771
South East -1 2,930 £51,350 -2.19% 1,530
North of England -1 1,990 £47,500 -9.52% 1,239
Midlands -2 1,714 £47,500 -5.00% 975
South West -3 1,334 £48,875 -0.79% 682
North West +4 1,198 £47,500 -13.64% 697
West Midlands 0 1,152 £50,000 -4.76% 613
East of England -3 862 £47,500 -8.65% 760
Scotland -29 690 £45,543 -8.91% 361
Yorkshire +3 580 £45,000 -10.00% 404
East Midlands -1 549 £40,000 -15.79% 361
Wales -5 261 £44,886 +1.25% 148
North East -10 212 £48,367 +1.64% 159
Northern Ireland +7 108 £43,000 +1.18% 58
Isle of Man - 23 £52,500 - 6
Channel Islands -1 6 £67,500 +8.00% 2

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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
1 401 (2.82%) SharePoint
2 363 (2.55%) Microsoft Exchange
3 259 (1.82%) Confluence
4 133 (0.93%) Apache Spark
5 126 (0.88%) SAS
6 115 (0.81%) CMS
7 86 (0.60%) Apache
8 83 (0.58%) IIS
9 66 (0.46%) WordPress
10 44 (0.31%) Oracle Service Bus
10 44 (0.31%) WebLogic
11 41 (0.29%) Tomcat
12 33 (0.23%) Apache Airflow
13 31 (0.22%) Skype for Business
14 30 (0.21%) FileNet
15 19 (0.13%) ArcGIS
16 17 (0.12%) OpenStack
17 12 (0.084%) Oracle Workflow
18 11 (0.077%) nginx
19 9 (0.063%) WebSphere
Applications
1 1,476 (10.36%) Microsoft Office
2 1,434 (10.07%) Microsoft Excel
3 608 (4.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 199 (1.40%) Microsoft Project
5 180 (1.26%) MS Visio
6 169 (1.19%) Simulink
7 86 (0.60%) AutoCAD
8 78 (0.55%) Photoshop
9 63 (0.44%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 61 (0.43%) Spreadsheet
11 49 (0.34%) Adobe Illustrator
12 42 (0.29%) SPSS
13 38 (0.27%) InDesign
13 38 (0.27%) UserZoom
14 31 (0.22%) Revit
14 31 (0.22%) Stateflow
14 31 (0.22%) Trello
15 27 (0.19%) Adobe After Effects
16 24 (0.17%) Adobe XD
17 23 (0.16%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 185 (1.30%) Dynamics CRM
2 70 (0.49%) SAP S/4HANA
3 54 (0.38%) Remedy ITSM
4 49 (0.34%) NEC Housing
5 42 (0.29%) NetSuite
6 33 (0.23%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 28 (0.20%) SAP ERP
7 28 (0.20%) SDL Web 8
8 26 (0.18%) Unit4 Business World
9 24 (0.17%) Primavera
10 19 (0.13%) Salesforce CRM
11 18 (0.13%) Dynamics NAV
11 18 (0.13%) SAP CO
11 18 (0.13%) SAP FI
11 18 (0.13%) SAP FI/CO
12 16 (0.11%) Endur
12 16 (0.11%) Shopify
13 15 (0.11%) SAP Business One
13 15 (0.11%) SAP CX
14 10 (0.070%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 1,868 (13.12%) Azure
2 1,290 (9.06%) AWS
3 1,147 (8.05%) Microsoft 365
4 817 (5.74%) Power Platform
5 438 (3.08%) SaaS
6 355 (2.49%) GCP
7 263 (1.85%) Dynamics 365
8 251 (1.76%) Azure DevOps
9 187 (1.31%) GitHub
10 182 (1.28%) PowerApps
11 178 (1.25%) Entra ID
12 165 (1.16%) Serverless
13 163 (1.14%) Power Automate
14 162 (1.14%) Cloud Computing
15 127 (0.89%) Figma
16 117 (0.82%) IaaS
17 116 (0.81%) PaaS
18 115 (0.81%) Amazon S3
19 94 (0.66%) AWS Lambda
20 88 (0.62%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 508 (3.57%) Firewall
2 395 (2.77%) WAN
3 353 (2.48%) Wireless
4 273 (1.92%) DNS
5 259 (1.82%) TCP/IP
6 252 (1.77%) LAN
7 235 (1.65%) Network Security
8 218 (1.53%) Internet
9 191 (1.34%) Wi-Fi
10 186 (1.31%) DHCP
11 182 (1.28%) SD-WAN
12 168 (1.18%) VPN
13 126 (0.88%) Cisco IOS
14 102 (0.72%) WebEx
15 100 (0.70%) VoIP
16 96 (0.67%) SAN
17 93 (0.65%) Ethernet
18 92 (0.65%) 5G
19 85 (0.60%) VLAN
20 67 (0.47%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 855 (6.00%) SQL Server
2 688 (4.83%) Power BI
3 487 (3.42%) Tableau
4 289 (2.03%) Relational Database
5 275 (1.93%) MySQL
6 268 (1.88%) NoSQL
7 261 (1.83%) Data Warehouse
8 207 (1.45%) Big Data
9 191 (1.34%) PostgreSQL
10 160 (1.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 145 (1.02%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 112 (0.79%) Oracle Database
13 111 (0.78%) Redis
14 97 (0.68%) Data Mining
15 93 (0.65%) Elasticsearch
16 88 (0.62%) Data Lake
17 84 (0.59%) MongoDB
18 81 (0.57%) Hadoop
19 79 (0.55%) GIS
20 77 (0.54%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 947 (6.65%) Git
2 582 (4.09%) JIRA
3 260 (1.83%) Visual Studio
4 219 (1.54%) Jenkins
5 120 (0.84%) Bitbucket
6 109 (0.77%) Selenium
7 95 (0.67%) GitLab
8 85 (0.60%) LabVIEW
9 81 (0.57%) Sourcetree
10 80 (0.56%) Subversion
11 69 (0.48%) Cypress.io
12 64 (0.45%) TeamCity
13 49 (0.34%) Moq
14 48 (0.34%) Rational DOORS
15 47 (0.33%) JUnit
16 44 (0.31%) NUnit
17 43 (0.30%) Postman
18 38 (0.27%) Mockito
19 37 (0.26%) CMake
20 36 (0.25%) Jasmine
General
1 6,109 (42.90%) Social Skills
2 2,920 (20.50%) Analytical Skills
3 2,844 (19.97%) Finance
4 1,571 (11.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1,185 (8.32%) Marketing
6 1,120 (7.86%) Manufacturing
7 1,019 (7.16%) Retail
8 861 (6.05%) Presentation Skills
9 787 (5.53%) Law
10 729 (5.12%) Legal
11 680 (4.77%) Electronics
12 516 (3.62%) Public Sector
13 509 (3.57%) Organisational Skills
14 468 (3.29%) Influencing Skills
15 459 (3.22%) Telecoms
16 404 (2.84%) Pharmaceutical
17 375 (2.63%) Banking
18 338 (2.37%) Games
19 324 (2.28%) Military
20 305 (2.14%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 2,178 (15.29%) Senior
2 1,818 (12.77%) Analyst
3 1,678 (11.78%) Developer
4 1,170 (8.22%) Graduate
5 980 (6.88%) Lead
6 928 (6.52%) Software Engineer
7 771 (5.41%) Architect
8 736 (5.17%) Project Manager
9 490 (3.44%) Consultant
10 426 (2.99%) Junior
11 408 (2.86%) Senior Analyst
12 378 (2.65%) Software Developer
13 374 (2.63%) Senior Developer
14 365 (2.56%) Systems Engineer
15 346 (2.43%) Support Engineer
16 331 (2.32%) IT Support
17 324 (2.28%) Data Scientist
18 304 (2.13%) Data Analyst
19 276 (1.94%) IT Engineer
20 272 (1.91%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 970 (6.81%) .NET
2 688 (4.83%) HTML
3 605 (4.25%) CSS
4 569 (4.00%) React
5 419 (2.94%) AngularJS
6 264 (1.85%) Node.js
7 252 (1.77%) ASP.NET
8 234 (1.64%) Web Services
9 217 (1.52%) RESTful
10 215 (1.51%) .NET Framework
11 197 (1.38%) HTML5
12 186 (1.31%) .NET Core
13 170 (1.19%) REST
14 165 (1.16%) Kafka
15 153 (1.07%) Spring
16 152 (1.07%) XML
17 141 (0.99%) JSON
18 132 (0.93%) Vue
19 117 (0.82%) Entity Framework
20 112 (0.79%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 960 (6.74%) Management Information System
2 844 (5.93%) Self-Motivation
3 755 (5.30%) Algorithms
4 516 (3.62%) Driving Licence
5 512 (3.60%) Onboarding
6 364 (2.56%) Data Centre
7 358 (2.51%) Product Ownership
8 237 (1.66%) Data Structures
9 222 (1.56%) IoT
10 219 (1.54%) Life Science
11 218 (1.53%) Social Media
12 180 (1.26%) FMCG
13 171 (1.20%) Analytical Mindset
14 157 (1.10%) Virtual Team
15 150 (1.05%) Mobile App
15 150 (1.05%) Video Conferencing
16 146 (1.03%) Cloud Native
17 141 (0.99%) Embedded Systems
18 134 (0.94%) Enterprise Software
19 133 (0.93%) FPGA
Operating Systems
1 1,533 (10.76%) Windows
2 1,030 (7.23%) Linux
3 438 (3.08%) Windows Server
4 377 (2.65%) Windows 10
5 266 (1.87%) Unix
6 250 (1.76%) Android
7 130 (0.91%) Mac OS
8 119 (0.84%) Windows Server 2019
9 109 (0.77%) Apple iOS
9 109 (0.77%) Windows Server 2016
10 84 (0.59%) Windows Server 2012
11 72 (0.51%) Solaris
11 72 (0.51%) Windows 7
12 65 (0.46%) Ubuntu
13 54 (0.38%) Embedded Linux
14 37 (0.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 35 (0.25%) Kali Linux
16 30 (0.21%) CentOS
16 30 (0.21%) Debian
17 27 (0.19%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 4,315 (30.30%) Computer Science
2 4,236 (29.75%) Problem-Solving
3 2,723 (19.12%) Agile
4 2,027 (14.23%) Project Management
5 1,860 (13.06%) Software Engineering
6 1,595 (11.20%) Mathematics
7 1,455 (10.22%) Continuous Improvement
8 1,362 (9.56%) Mentoring
9 1,303 (9.15%) Analytics
10 1,166 (8.19%) Cybersecurity
11 1,154 (8.10%) Decision-Making
12 1,124 (7.89%) Customer Service
13 1,118 (7.85%) Data Analysis
14 1,113 (7.82%) DevOps
15 1,028 (7.22%) Artificial Intelligence
16 962 (6.76%) ITIL
17 929 (6.52%) Business Intelligence
18 866 (6.08%) Roadmaps
19 857 (6.02%) Project Delivery
20 829 (5.82%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 2,234 (15.69%) SQL
2 1,991 (13.98%) Python
3 1,424 (10.00%) C#
4 1,161 (8.15%) JavaScript
5 787 (5.53%) Java
6 713 (5.01%) C
7 613 (4.30%) C++
8 393 (2.76%) PowerShell
9 392 (2.75%) TypeScript
10 288 (2.02%) R
11 239 (1.68%) PHP
12 238 (1.67%) MATLAB
13 218 (1.53%) T-SQL
14 181 (1.27%) Bash
15 154 (1.08%) Embedded C
16 107 (0.75%) VB
17 102 (0.72%) PL/SQL
18 100 (0.70%) Fortran
19 82 (0.58%) Go
20 79 (0.55%) Perl
Qualifications
1 2,474 (17.37%) Computer Science Degree
2 1,562 (10.97%) Master's Degree
3 1,266 (8.89%) Security Cleared
4 752 (5.28%) SC Cleared
5 671 (4.71%) DBS Check
6 533 (3.74%) PhD
7 399 (2.80%) Microsoft Certification
8 326 (2.29%) Cisco Certification
9 317 (2.23%) CISSP
10 279 (1.96%) HNC
11 273 (1.92%) HND
12 259 (1.82%) BPSS Clearance
13 233 (1.64%) PMI Certification
14 222 (1.56%) CCNA
15 209 (1.47%) CISM
16 200 (1.40%) PMP
17 194 (1.36%) DV Cleared
18 168 (1.18%) Azure Certification
19 166 (1.17%) MBA
20 150 (1.05%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 737 (5.18%) QA
2 277 (1.95%) Data Quality
3 256 (1.80%) GDPR
4 236 (1.66%) SLA
5 232 (1.63%) Accessibility
5 232 (1.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 195 (1.37%) PMO
7 144 (1.01%) NIST
8 115 (0.81%) GMP
9 111 (0.78%) ISO 9001
10 88 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials
11 77 (0.54%) Actionable Recommendations
12 71 (0.50%) PCI DSS
13 58 (0.41%) WCAG
14 48 (0.34%) ISO 13485
15 46 (0.32%) NCSC
16 45 (0.32%) NEBOSH
17 39 (0.27%) ISO 26262
18 38 (0.27%) Good Clinical Practice
19 37 (0.26%) GRC
System Software
1 779 (5.47%) Active Directory
2 521 (3.66%) Docker
3 356 (2.50%) Firmware
4 311 (2.18%) VMware Infrastructure
5 183 (1.29%) Embedded Firmware
6 152 (1.07%) Hyper-V
7 149 (1.05%) VMware ESXi
8 104 (0.73%) XenApp
9 90 (0.63%) Microsoft App-V
10 88 (0.62%) XenDesktop
11 79 (0.55%) Virtual Machines
12 62 (0.44%) vSphere
13 45 (0.32%) Oracle RAC
14 39 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
15 23 (0.16%) Terminal Services
16 19 (0.13%) Virtual Servers
17 11 (0.077%) OpenSSH
18 8 (0.056%) KVM
19 5 (0.035%) Microsoft Virtual Server
19 5 (0.035%) pfSense
Systems Management
1 460 (3.23%) Kubernetes
2 242 (1.70%) Terraform
3 219 (1.54%) SCCM
4 151 (1.06%) Microsoft Intune
5 119 (0.84%) Ansible
6 96 (0.67%) AirWatch
7 51 (0.36%) WSUS
8 49 (0.34%) SCOM
9 45 (0.32%) Data Guard
9 45 (0.32%) Oracle RMAN
10 41 (0.29%) CASB
11 37 (0.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 34 (0.24%) Jamf Pro
13 31 (0.22%) Functional Safety
13 31 (0.22%) Progress Chef
14 28 (0.20%) vCenter Server
15 26 (0.18%) Puppet
16 24 (0.17%) Stealthwatch
17 21 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
18 20 (0.14%) Grafana
Vendors
1 2,926 (20.55%) Microsoft
2 438 (3.08%) VMware
3 433 (3.04%) Cisco
4 398 (2.79%) Google
5 393 (2.76%) SAP
6 391 (2.75%) Oracle
7 270 (1.90%) Adobe
8 262 (1.84%) Databricks
9 225 (1.58%) Apple
10 220 (1.54%) Salesforce
11 191 (1.34%) EMC
12 173 (1.21%) Citrix
13 134 (0.94%) Dell
14 123 (0.86%) IBM
15 117 (0.82%) HP
16 113 (0.79%) ServiceNow
17 102 (0.72%) Meraki
18 84 (0.59%) Sage
19 80 (0.56%) NEC
20 78 (0.55%) Veeam