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 12 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 10 10 14
Rank change year-on-year 0 +4 +10
Permanent jobs citing Degree 2,001 2,709 2,188
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 11.42% 15.69% 12.15%
As % of the Qualifications category 51.03% 52.19% 42.78%
Number of salaries quoted 1,437 872 1,052
10th Percentile £26,150 £27,250 £27,875
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,879 £35,957
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £51,817 £44,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +17.77% -7.37%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £72,500 £68,750
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 3,921 5,191 5,115
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 22.39% 30.07% 28.40%
Number of salaries quoted 2,688 1,767 2,445
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,900 £27,875
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,787 £36,649
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,734 £54,882 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.20% +15.54% -5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £68,750 £62,827
90th Percentile £78,750 £82,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +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 12 May 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 12 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
North West +3 1,205 £48,000 -12.73% 709
Yorkshire +4 579 £45,000 -10.00% 377
North East -9 217 £48,367 +1.82% 155
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 59 (2.95%) SharePoint
2 28 (1.40%) Microsoft Exchange
3 26 (1.30%) Confluence
4 25 (1.25%) CMS
5 23 (1.15%) SAS
6 18 (0.90%) IIS
7 16 (0.80%) Apache
8 14 (0.70%) Apache Spark
9 10 (0.50%) Tomcat
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 2 (0.100%) OpenStack
14 1 (0.050%) Jupyter
14 1 (0.050%) Kentico
14 1 (0.050%) Site Server
14 1 (0.050%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 169 (8.45%) Microsoft Office
2 130 (6.50%) Microsoft Excel
3 61 (3.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 41 (2.05%) Microsoft Project
5 19 (0.95%) MS Visio
6 16 (0.80%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 16 (0.80%) Adobe Illustrator
6 16 (0.80%) Chatbot
6 16 (0.80%) Photoshop
7 15 (0.75%) AutoCAD
8 10 (0.50%) InDesign
9 9 (0.45%) Adobe Captivate
10 6 (0.30%) Adobe After Effects
10 6 (0.30%) Spreadsheet
11 5 (0.25%) Solid Edge
11 5 (0.25%) SOLIDWORKS
12 4 (0.20%) Adobe Premiere
12 4 (0.20%) Trello
13 3 (0.15%) SPSS
14 2 (0.100%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 27 (1.35%) Dynamics CRM
2 17 (0.85%) SAP S/4HANA
3 11 (0.55%) SAP Business One
4 10 (0.50%) NetSuite
5 9 (0.45%) SAP CX
5 9 (0.45%) SAP ERP
6 7 (0.35%) NEC Housing
7 6 (0.30%) Sage X3
8 4 (0.20%) Dynamics NAV
8 4 (0.20%) SAP CO
8 4 (0.20%) SAP FI
8 4 (0.20%) SAP FI/CO
9 3 (0.15%) Dynamics AX
9 3 (0.15%) Maximo
9 3 (0.15%) Primavera
9 3 (0.15%) SAP APO
9 3 (0.15%) SAP MM
9 3 (0.15%) SAP PP
9 3 (0.15%) SAP SD
9 3 (0.15%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 259 (12.94%) Azure
2 183 (9.15%) AWS
3 142 (7.10%) Microsoft 365
4 77 (3.85%) Power Platform
5 45 (2.25%) Dynamics 365
6 41 (2.05%) GCP
7 33 (1.65%) Azure DevOps
8 26 (1.30%) GitHub
9 23 (1.15%) Serverless
10 21 (1.05%) Amazon Kinesis
10 21 (1.05%) Power Automate
11 20 (1.00%) Amazon S3
11 20 (1.00%) SaaS
12 18 (0.90%) Amazon EC2
13 16 (0.80%) Cloud Computing
14 15 (0.75%) AWS Lambda
15 11 (0.55%) AWS CloudFormation
15 11 (0.55%) PowerApps
16 10 (0.50%) Entra ID
16 10 (0.50%) Google Play
Communications & Networking
1 79 (3.95%) Firewall
2 49 (2.45%) WAN
3 45 (2.25%) LAN
4 44 (2.20%) DNS
5 43 (2.15%) TCP/IP
6 42 (2.10%) Internet
7 41 (2.05%) Network Security
8 40 (2.00%) VPN
9 39 (1.95%) PPP
10 32 (1.60%) DHCP
11 28 (1.40%) VoIP
12 27 (1.35%) Wi-Fi
13 19 (0.95%) VLAN
14 18 (0.90%) RS-232
15 17 (0.85%) Ethernet
16 15 (0.75%) Wireless
17 14 (0.70%) Remote Desktop
18 13 (0.65%) Broadband
18 13 (0.65%) SD-WAN
19 11 (0.55%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 130 (6.50%) SQL Server
2 76 (3.80%) MySQL
3 60 (3.00%) Power BI
4 46 (2.30%) Data Warehouse
5 43 (2.15%) Relational Database
6 35 (1.75%) Tableau
7 31 (1.55%) NoSQL
8 29 (1.45%) Amazon RDS
9 24 (1.20%) Amazon Redshift
10 23 (1.15%) RDBMS
11 21 (1.05%) Redis
12 20 (1.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 19 (0.95%) MS Access
14 16 (0.80%) Big Data
14 16 (0.80%) Oracle Database
14 16 (0.80%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 15 (0.75%) PostgreSQL
16 11 (0.55%) Elasticsearch
17 7 (0.35%) DB2
17 7 (0.35%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 108 (5.40%) Git
2 92 (4.60%) JIRA
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%) Mockito
10 5 (0.25%) MSTest
General
1 863 (43.13%) Social Skills
2 281 (14.04%) Analytical Skills
3 274 (13.69%) Finance
4 207 (10.34%) Manufacturing
5 111 (5.55%) Marketing
6 102 (5.10%) Retail
7 91 (4.55%) Legal
8 83 (4.15%) Organisational Skills
9 73 (3.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 65 (3.25%) Electronics
10 65 (3.25%) Games
11 63 (3.15%) Presentation Skills
12 59 (2.95%) Public Sector
13 53 (2.65%) Law
14 41 (2.05%) Banking
15 38 (1.90%) Automotive
16 36 (1.80%) Aerospace
16 36 (1.80%) Pharmaceutical
17 31 (1.55%) Telecoms
18 30 (1.50%) Military
Job Titles
1 292 (14.59%) Developer
2 284 (14.19%) Senior
3 193 (9.65%) Analyst
4 149 (7.45%) Software Engineer
5 142 (7.10%) Project Manager
6 128 (6.40%) Lead
7 115 (5.75%) Graduate
8 108 (5.40%) Architect
9 71 (3.55%) IT Manager
10 55 (2.75%) Consultant
11 54 (2.70%) Lead Developer
12 50 (2.50%) .NET Developer
13 49 (2.45%) Junior
14 47 (2.35%) Software Developer
14 47 (2.35%) Team Leader
15 46 (2.30%) Senior Developer
16 40 (2.00%) Solutions Architect
17 37 (1.85%) Senior Analyst
18 36 (1.80%) Infrastructure Engineer
19 33 (1.65%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 172 (8.60%) .NET
2 102 (5.10%) HTML
3 80 (4.00%) CSS
4 73 (3.65%) Node.js
5 54 (2.70%) React
6 50 (2.50%) .NET Framework
7 46 (2.30%) JSON
8 45 (2.25%) AngularJS
8 45 (2.25%) ASP.NET
9 41 (2.05%) RESTful
10 39 (1.95%) Vue
10 39 (1.95%) Web Services
11 30 (1.50%) ASP.NET Web API
12 29 (1.45%) .NET Core
13 26 (1.30%) Entity Framework
13 26 (1.30%) REST
14 22 (1.10%) HTML5
15 20 (1.00%) Spring
16 19 (0.95%) ASP.NET MVC
16 19 (0.95%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 166 (8.30%) Management Information System
2 86 (4.30%) Self-Motivation
3 69 (3.45%) Driving Licence
4 54 (2.70%) Operational Technology
5 52 (2.60%) Data Centre
6 50 (2.50%) Onboarding
7 33 (1.65%) Industrial Internet of Things
8 30 (1.50%) Social Media
9 29 (1.45%) Embedded Systems
10 26 (1.30%) Public Cloud
11 24 (1.20%) Product Ownership
12 22 (1.10%) Data Structures
12 22 (1.10%) Mobile App
13 21 (1.05%) Cloud Native
13 21 (1.05%) NHS
14 20 (1.00%) Reinsurance
14 20 (1.00%) Renewable Energy
15 19 (0.95%) Cyber Threat
15 19 (0.95%) SCADA
16 18 (0.90%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 205 (10.24%) Windows
2 114 (5.70%) Linux
3 75 (3.75%) Windows Server
4 32 (1.60%) Windows 10
5 30 (1.50%) Unix
6 22 (1.10%) Mac OS
7 19 (0.95%) Windows Vista
8 18 (0.90%) Android
9 15 (0.75%) Windows Server 2019
10 14 (0.70%) Windows Server 2012
11 12 (0.60%) Windows Server 2016
12 11 (0.55%) FreeRTOS
13 9 (0.45%) Windows Phone
14 7 (0.35%) Solaris
15 5 (0.25%) Apple iOS
15 5 (0.25%) VMS
16 4 (0.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
17 1 (0.050%) CentOS
17 1 (0.050%) ThreadX
17 1 (0.050%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 608 (30.38%) Problem-Solving
2 589 (29.44%) Computer Science
3 382 (19.09%) Agile
4 317 (15.84%) Project Management
5 248 (12.39%) Software Engineering
6 228 (11.39%) Cybersecurity
7 188 (9.40%) Continuous Improvement
8 183 (9.15%) Mentoring
9 165 (8.25%) DevOps
10 157 (7.85%) Customer Service
11 148 (7.40%) Analytics
12 141 (7.05%) ITIL
13 136 (6.80%) Project Delivery
14 134 (6.70%) Mathematics
15 124 (6.20%) ERP
16 114 (5.70%) Coaching
17 103 (5.15%) Risk Management
18 101 (5.05%) Business Intelligence
19 100 (5.00%) CRM
20 99 (4.95%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 265 (13.24%) SQL
2 207 (10.34%) C#
3 168 (8.40%) JavaScript
4 141 (7.05%) Python
5 110 (5.50%) Java
6 74 (3.70%) C
7 57 (2.85%) TypeScript
8 55 (2.75%) PHP
9 38 (1.90%) PowerShell
10 26 (1.30%) C++
11 24 (1.20%) Embedded C
11 24 (1.20%) R
12 23 (1.15%) VB
13 22 (1.10%) T-SQL
14 14 (0.70%) Kotlin
14 14 (0.70%) Shell Script
14 14 (0.70%) VBScript
15 12 (0.60%) Ruby
16 11 (0.55%) MATLAB
16 11 (0.55%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 360 (17.99%) Computer Science Degree
2 122 (6.10%) Master's Degree
3 94 (4.70%) Security Cleared
4 86 (4.30%) HNC
5 77 (3.85%) Cisco Certification
6 71 (3.55%) Microsoft Certification
7 68 (3.40%) HND
8 63 (3.15%) SC Cleared
9 57 (2.85%) CCNA
10 51 (2.55%) CISSP
11 48 (2.40%) PMP
12 47 (2.35%) PMI Certification
13 42 (2.10%) CCNP
14 36 (1.80%) DBS Check
15 35 (1.75%) CISM
16 31 (1.55%) Azure Certification
17 30 (1.50%) PhD
18 28 (1.40%) MCP
19 24 (1.20%) AWS Certification
20 20 (1.00%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 76 (3.80%) QA
2 58 (2.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 39 (1.95%) PMO
4 37 (1.85%) Accessibility
5 32 (1.60%) GDPR
6 29 (1.45%) NIST
7 26 (1.30%) Data Quality
8 24 (1.20%) GMP
9 23 (1.15%) ISO 9001
9 23 (1.15%) SLA
10 21 (1.05%) PCI DSS
11 17 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials
12 9 (0.45%) CRD IV
12 9 (0.45%) IFRS
12 9 (0.45%) IFRS 9
12 9 (0.45%) NCSC
13 6 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 6 (0.30%) IEC 62304
13 6 (0.30%) NIST 800
14 5 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 17025
System Software
1 108 (5.40%) Active Directory
2 56 (2.80%) VMware Infrastructure
3 48 (2.40%) Hyper-V
4 44 (2.20%) Docker
5 17 (0.85%) Firmware
6 14 (0.70%) Terminal Services
7 11 (0.55%) VMware ESXi
8 10 (0.50%) vSphere
9 2 (0.100%) Embedded Firmware
9 2 (0.100%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.050%) KVM
10 1 (0.050%) Lustre
10 1 (0.050%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.050%) Snort
10 1 (0.050%) Virtual Machines
10 1 (0.050%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 45 (2.25%) Terraform
2 32 (1.60%) Kubernetes
3 15 (0.75%) Microsoft Intune
4 12 (0.60%) SCCM
5 11 (0.55%) Ansible
6 9 (0.45%) AirWatch
6 9 (0.45%) Progress Chef
7 8 (0.40%) Autotask
7 8 (0.40%) Failover Clustering
8 7 (0.35%) CASB
8 7 (0.35%) Grafana
8 7 (0.35%) Prometheus
8 7 (0.35%) Stealthwatch
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 3 (0.15%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
13 2 (0.100%) Host Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 390 (19.49%) Microsoft
2 77 (3.85%) VMware
3 68 (3.40%) SAP
4 67 (3.35%) Cisco
5 65 (3.25%) Adobe
6 53 (2.65%) Google
7 50 (2.50%) Oracle
8 41 (2.05%) Apple
9 29 (1.45%) Salesforce
10 20 (1.00%) Meraki
10 20 (1.00%) ServiceNow
11 18 (0.90%) HP
12 15 (0.75%) PayPal
13 14 (0.70%) F5
13 14 (0.70%) IBM
13 14 (0.70%) Sage
14 13 (0.65%) Dell
15 11 (0.55%) Samsung
15 11 (0.55%) Virgin Media
16 10 (0.50%) Facebook