Degree Jobs in England

Academic Degree
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Degree qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 13 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 8 5 11
Rank change year-on-year -3 +6 +4
Permanent jobs citing Degree 12,673 17,288 21,483
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 14.78% 19.19% 16.02%
As % of the Qualifications category 51.93% 58.71% 60.64%
Number of salaries quoted 8,035 7,236 9,087
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,875 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £94,300
UK median annual salary £52,285 £57,624 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.26% +4.77% -

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

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 24,404 29,447 35,427
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 28.47% 32.69% 26.42%
Number of salaries quoted 15,749 13,469 16,759
10th Percentile £28,500 £31,350 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £42,019 £41,250
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 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £54,000 £59,563 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.34% +8.30% -

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Degree in England

Degree
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Degree in England

Degree
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Degree in England over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Degree in England

Degree
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Degree within the England region over the 6 months to 13 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
London +2 3,795 £67,500 -0.37% 2,651
South East -1 2,913 £52,500 +2.94% 1,321
North of England 0 2,000 £47,500 -8.33% 1,210
Midlands -2 1,691 £47,500 -5.00% 949
South West -4 1,341 £48,750 +2.63% 704
North West +3 1,205 £48,000 -12.73% 705
West Midlands -2 1,137 £50,000 -4.76% 589
East of England -3 859 £47,500 -5.00% 735
Yorkshire +4 579 £45,000 -10.00% 370
East Midlands -2 542 £40,000 -15.79% 359
North East -9 216 £48,734 +2.60% 154
Degree
UK

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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
1 380 (3.00%) SharePoint
2 355 (2.80%) Microsoft Exchange
3 220 (1.74%) Confluence
4 113 (0.89%) SAS
5 110 (0.87%) Apache Spark
6 105 (0.83%) CMS
7 74 (0.58%) Apache
8 71 (0.56%) IIS
9 62 (0.49%) WordPress
10 35 (0.28%) Tomcat
11 31 (0.24%) Apache Airflow
11 31 (0.24%) Skype for Business
12 19 (0.15%) ArcGIS
13 14 (0.11%) Oracle Service Bus
13 14 (0.11%) WebLogic
14 12 (0.095%) OpenStack
14 12 (0.095%) Oracle Workflow
15 11 (0.087%) nginx
16 9 (0.071%) Drupal
16 9 (0.071%) WebSphere
Applications
1 1,339 (10.57%) Microsoft Office
2 1,252 (9.88%) Microsoft Excel
3 565 (4.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 176 (1.39%) Microsoft Project
5 158 (1.25%) Simulink
6 134 (1.06%) MS Visio
7 78 (0.62%) AutoCAD
8 76 (0.60%) Photoshop
9 62 (0.49%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 57 (0.45%) Spreadsheet
11 49 (0.39%) Adobe Illustrator
12 38 (0.30%) InDesign
12 38 (0.30%) SPSS
13 32 (0.25%) Chatbot
14 31 (0.24%) Stateflow
15 27 (0.21%) Adobe After Effects
15 27 (0.21%) Trello
16 26 (0.21%) Revit
17 20 (0.16%) Adobe XD
18 18 (0.14%) OrCAD
Business Applications
1 180 (1.42%) Dynamics CRM
2 67 (0.53%) SAP S/4HANA
3 43 (0.34%) NEC Housing
4 42 (0.33%) NetSuite
5 35 (0.28%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 30 (0.24%) SAP ERP
7 26 (0.21%) Remedy ITSM
7 26 (0.21%) SDL Web 8
8 18 (0.14%) Dynamics NAV
9 17 (0.13%) Primavera
9 17 (0.13%) SAP CO
9 17 (0.13%) SAP FI
9 17 (0.13%) SAP FI/CO
10 16 (0.13%) Endur
10 16 (0.13%) SAP Business One
10 16 (0.13%) SAP CX
10 16 (0.13%) Shopify
11 14 (0.11%) Salesforce CRM
11 14 (0.11%) Unit4 Business World
12 10 (0.079%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 1,680 (13.26%) Azure
2 1,170 (9.23%) AWS
3 1,094 (8.63%) Microsoft 365
4 737 (5.82%) Power Platform
5 378 (2.98%) SaaS
6 336 (2.65%) GCP
7 228 (1.80%) Dynamics 365
8 223 (1.76%) Azure DevOps
9 172 (1.36%) PowerApps
10 154 (1.22%) Entra ID
11 153 (1.21%) Power Automate
12 146 (1.15%) GitHub
13 138 (1.09%) Serverless
14 115 (0.91%) Cloud Computing
15 102 (0.80%) IaaS
15 102 (0.80%) PaaS
16 89 (0.70%) AWS Lambda
17 87 (0.69%) WhatsApp
18 80 (0.63%) Amazon S3
19 77 (0.61%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 454 (3.58%) Firewall
2 353 (2.79%) WAN
3 291 (2.30%) Wireless
4 255 (2.01%) DNS
5 216 (1.70%) LAN
5 216 (1.70%) TCP/IP
6 202 (1.59%) Network Security
7 195 (1.54%) Internet
8 178 (1.40%) SD-WAN
9 171 (1.35%) Wi-Fi
10 167 (1.32%) DHCP
11 148 (1.17%) VPN
12 120 (0.95%) Cisco IOS
13 105 (0.83%) WebEx
14 99 (0.78%) VoIP
15 92 (0.73%) 5G
16 84 (0.66%) SAN
17 83 (0.65%) Ethernet
18 68 (0.54%) VLAN
19 67 (0.53%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 746 (5.89%) SQL Server
2 617 (4.87%) Power BI
3 458 (3.61%) Tableau
4 247 (1.95%) Relational Database
5 244 (1.93%) MySQL
6 222 (1.75%) NoSQL
7 217 (1.71%) Data Warehouse
8 179 (1.41%) Big Data
9 173 (1.37%) PostgreSQL
10 135 (1.07%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 124 (0.98%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 106 (0.84%) Redis
13 95 (0.75%) Data Mining
14 84 (0.66%) Data Lake
15 77 (0.61%) Hadoop
15 77 (0.61%) MongoDB
16 73 (0.58%) GIS
17 69 (0.54%) Amazon RDS
18 66 (0.52%) Elasticsearch
19 62 (0.49%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 883 (6.97%) Git
2 506 (3.99%) JIRA
3 242 (1.91%) Visual Studio
4 133 (1.05%) Jenkins
5 118 (0.93%) Bitbucket
6 102 (0.80%) Selenium
7 84 (0.66%) GitLab
8 80 (0.63%) Sourcetree
9 74 (0.58%) Subversion
10 70 (0.55%) LabVIEW
11 66 (0.52%) Cypress.io
12 61 (0.48%) TeamCity
13 48 (0.38%) Rational DOORS
14 45 (0.36%) Moq
15 42 (0.33%) NUnit
16 39 (0.31%) Postman
17 37 (0.29%) CMake
18 32 (0.25%) Burp Suite
19 30 (0.24%) Metasploit
20 29 (0.23%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 5,288 (41.73%) Social Skills
2 2,632 (20.77%) Analytical Skills
3 2,363 (18.65%) Finance
4 1,202 (9.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 945 (7.46%) Retail
6 925 (7.30%) Marketing
7 901 (7.11%) Manufacturing
8 712 (5.62%) Presentation Skills
9 657 (5.18%) Legal
10 611 (4.82%) Electronics
11 468 (3.69%) Organisational Skills
12 450 (3.55%) Law
13 431 (3.40%) Public Sector
14 410 (3.24%) Telecoms
15 362 (2.86%) Pharmaceutical
16 345 (2.72%) Influencing Skills
17 329 (2.60%) Games
18 302 (2.38%) Banking
19 291 (2.30%) Automotive
20 284 (2.24%) German Language
Job Titles
1 1,954 (15.42%) Senior
2 1,604 (12.66%) Analyst
3 1,520 (11.99%) Developer
4 977 (7.71%) Graduate
5 880 (6.94%) Lead
6 787 (6.21%) Software Engineer
7 689 (5.44%) Project Manager
8 682 (5.38%) Architect
9 419 (3.31%) Consultant
10 378 (2.98%) Junior
11 366 (2.89%) Senior Analyst
12 347 (2.74%) Systems Engineer
13 342 (2.70%) Software Developer
14 329 (2.60%) Senior Developer
15 326 (2.57%) Support Engineer
16 312 (2.46%) Data Scientist
17 311 (2.45%) IT Support
18 272 (2.15%) Data Analyst
19 271 (2.14%) Solutions Architect
20 245 (1.93%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 905 (7.14%) .NET
2 611 (4.82%) HTML
3 544 (4.29%) CSS
4 497 (3.92%) React
5 322 (2.54%) AngularJS
6 233 (1.84%) ASP.NET
7 215 (1.70%) Node.js
8 202 (1.59%) .NET Framework
9 193 (1.52%) Web Services
10 189 (1.49%) RESTful
11 188 (1.48%) HTML5
12 172 (1.36%) .NET Core
13 147 (1.16%) REST
14 141 (1.11%) XML
15 128 (1.01%) JSON
16 119 (0.94%) Kafka
17 114 (0.90%) Vue
18 112 (0.88%) Unity (Game Engine)
19 108 (0.85%) Entity Framework
20 106 (0.84%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 860 (6.79%) Management Information System
2 797 (6.29%) Self-Motivation
3 697 (5.50%) Algorithms
4 479 (3.78%) Driving Licence
5 461 (3.64%) Onboarding
6 321 (2.53%) Data Centre
7 304 (2.40%) Product Ownership
8 208 (1.64%) Data Structures
9 200 (1.58%) Life Science
10 196 (1.55%) Social Media
11 185 (1.46%) IoT
12 151 (1.19%) Analytical Mindset
13 143 (1.13%) Mobile App
13 143 (1.13%) Video Conferencing
14 132 (1.04%) Virtual Team
15 128 (1.01%) Embedded Systems
15 128 (1.01%) FPGA
16 122 (0.96%) Robotics
17 121 (0.95%) Client/Server
18 118 (0.93%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1,389 (10.96%) Windows
2 873 (6.89%) Linux
3 382 (3.01%) Windows Server
4 369 (2.91%) Windows 10
5 241 (1.90%) Android
6 190 (1.50%) Unix
7 117 (0.92%) Mac OS
8 114 (0.90%) Windows Server 2019
9 103 (0.81%) Apple iOS
10 101 (0.80%) Windows Server 2016
11 75 (0.59%) Windows Server 2012
12 74 (0.58%) Windows 7
13 60 (0.47%) Ubuntu
14 40 (0.32%) Embedded Linux
15 36 (0.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 36 (0.28%) Solaris
16 35 (0.28%) Kali Linux
17 26 (0.21%) Windows Server 2008
18 25 (0.20%) Debian
18 25 (0.20%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3,816 (30.11%) Computer Science
2 3,756 (29.64%) Problem-Solving
3 2,364 (18.65%) Agile
4 1,788 (14.11%) Project Management
5 1,576 (12.44%) Software Engineering
6 1,456 (11.49%) Mathematics
7 1,179 (9.30%) Mentoring
8 1,145 (9.03%) Continuous Improvement
9 1,140 (9.00%) Analytics
10 1,072 (8.46%) Cybersecurity
11 1,017 (8.02%) Data Analysis
12 1,011 (7.98%) Customer Service
13 1,001 (7.90%) Decision-Making
14 942 (7.43%) DevOps
15 896 (7.07%) Artificial Intelligence
16 877 (6.92%) ITIL
17 823 (6.49%) Business Intelligence
18 802 (6.33%) Project Delivery
19 742 (5.85%) Data Science
20 731 (5.77%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 1,924 (15.18%) SQL
2 1,820 (14.36%) Python
3 1,327 (10.47%) C#
4 1,071 (8.45%) JavaScript
5 663 (5.23%) Java
6 590 (4.66%) C
7 532 (4.20%) C++
8 372 (2.94%) TypeScript
9 366 (2.89%) PowerShell
10 229 (1.81%) MATLAB
10 229 (1.81%) R
11 228 (1.80%) PHP
12 186 (1.47%) T-SQL
13 154 (1.22%) Bash
14 104 (0.82%) Embedded C
15 99 (0.78%) Fortran
16 98 (0.77%) VB
17 72 (0.57%) Go
18 71 (0.56%) Perl
19 64 (0.51%) VBA
Qualifications
1 2,182 (17.22%) Computer Science Degree
2 1,381 (10.90%) Master's Degree
3 1,122 (8.85%) Security Cleared
4 646 (5.10%) SC Cleared
5 624 (4.92%) DBS Check
6 438 (3.46%) PhD
7 369 (2.91%) Microsoft Certification
8 284 (2.24%) CISSP
9 283 (2.23%) Cisco Certification
10 263 (2.08%) HNC
11 260 (2.05%) BPSS Clearance
12 259 (2.04%) HND
13 215 (1.70%) PMI Certification
14 194 (1.53%) CCNA
15 181 (1.43%) CISM
16 179 (1.41%) PMP
17 178 (1.40%) DV Cleared
18 165 (1.30%) Azure Certification
19 153 (1.21%) MBA
20 137 (1.08%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 627 (4.95%) QA
2 258 (2.04%) Data Quality
3 234 (1.85%) GDPR
4 222 (1.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 195 (1.54%) SLA
6 189 (1.49%) Accessibility
7 174 (1.37%) PMO
8 130 (1.03%) NIST
9 104 (0.82%) ISO 9001
10 100 (0.79%) GMP
11 79 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials
12 68 (0.54%) PCI DSS
13 52 (0.41%) WCAG
14 42 (0.33%) Actionable Recommendations
14 42 (0.33%) NEBOSH
15 40 (0.32%) ISO 26262
16 39 (0.31%) ISO 13485
17 38 (0.30%) NCSC
18 35 (0.28%) GRC
18 35 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 15288
System Software
1 746 (5.89%) Active Directory
2 478 (3.77%) Docker
3 298 (2.35%) VMware Infrastructure
4 278 (2.19%) Firmware
5 157 (1.24%) Embedded Firmware
6 148 (1.17%) VMware ESXi
7 141 (1.11%) Hyper-V
8 106 (0.84%) XenApp
9 92 (0.73%) Microsoft App-V
10 90 (0.71%) XenDesktop
11 68 (0.54%) Virtual Machines
12 61 (0.48%) vSphere
13 38 (0.30%) Virtual Desktop
14 23 (0.18%) Terminal Services
15 18 (0.14%) Virtual Servers
16 15 (0.12%) Oracle RAC
17 10 (0.079%) OpenSSH
18 8 (0.063%) KVM
19 5 (0.039%) Microsoft Virtual Server
20 4 (0.032%) pfSense
Systems Management
1 393 (3.10%) Kubernetes
2 215 (1.70%) Terraform
3 213 (1.68%) SCCM
4 139 (1.10%) Microsoft Intune
5 99 (0.78%) Ansible
6 98 (0.77%) AirWatch
7 50 (0.39%) WSUS
8 48 (0.38%) SCOM
9 40 (0.32%) CASB
10 37 (0.29%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 32 (0.25%) Jamf Pro
12 31 (0.24%) Functional Safety
13 26 (0.21%) vCenter Server
14 25 (0.20%) Progress Chef
15 23 (0.18%) Puppet
16 21 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
16 21 (0.17%) Stealthwatch
17 19 (0.15%) Grafana
18 17 (0.13%) ZABBIX
19 16 (0.13%) Nagios
Vendors
1 2,619 (20.67%) Microsoft
2 402 (3.17%) Cisco
3 398 (3.14%) VMware
4 343 (2.71%) SAP
5 339 (2.67%) Google
6 277 (2.19%) Oracle
7 259 (2.04%) Adobe
8 238 (1.88%) Databricks
9 213 (1.68%) Apple
10 192 (1.52%) Salesforce
11 189 (1.49%) EMC
12 170 (1.34%) Citrix
13 120 (0.95%) HP
14 117 (0.92%) ServiceNow
15 97 (0.77%) Dell
16 92 (0.73%) IBM
16 92 (0.73%) Meraki
17 74 (0.58%) Veeam
18 70 (0.55%) Juniper
19 68 (0.54%) NEC