Degree Jobs in the East of England

Academic Degree
England > East of England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the East of England with a requirement for Degree qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 5 2 2
Rank change year-on-year -3 0 +2
Permanent jobs citing Degree 864 1,558 1,717
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 14.11% 29.29% 26.64%
As % of the Qualifications category 53.56% 68.88% 71.39%
Number of salaries quoted 573 291 422
10th Percentile £25,759 £30,000 £28,550
25th Percentile £32,500 £38,000 £35,177
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £66,250 £62,817
90th Percentile £74,950 £77,500 £70,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% +9.09% -

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

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,613 2,262 2,405
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 26.34% 42.52% 37.32%
Number of salaries quoted 1,105 606 797
10th Percentile £26,000 £27,000 £31,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,188 £65,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £80,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £59,600 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.72% +8.36% -

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Degree in the East of England

Degree
Salary Trend in the East of England

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

Salary trend for Degree in the East of England

Degree
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Degree in the East of England over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Degree in the East of England

Degree
Job Locations in the East 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 East of England region over the 6 months to 10 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
Cambridgeshire 0 338 £55,000 +12.84% 277
Hertfordshire -3 271 £50,000 -13.04% 190
Essex -8 92 £46,297 +3.17% 92
Bedfordshire +5 82 £47,500 -17.39% 59
Norfolk -32 45 £40,000 +5.26% 59
Suffolk -12 36 £37,500 -1.32% 42
Degree
England

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East 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 14 (1.62%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (1.50%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.58%) Apache
3 5 (0.58%) ArcGIS
4 3 (0.35%) IIS
5 2 (0.23%) Confluence
6 1 (0.12%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.12%) Exchange Server 2013
6 1 (0.12%) SAS
6 1 (0.12%) WordPress
Applications
1 62 (7.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 58 (6.71%) Microsoft Office
3 23 (2.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 23 (2.66%) Simulink
4 13 (1.50%) Photoshop
5 12 (1.39%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 12 (1.39%) Adobe Illustrator
6 10 (1.16%) InDesign
6 10 (1.16%) Microsoft Project
7 7 (0.81%) AutoCAD
7 7 (0.81%) Revit
8 5 (0.58%) MS Visio
9 4 (0.46%) Spreadsheet
10 3 (0.35%) Adobe Premiere
11 2 (0.23%) Adobe After Effects
11 2 (0.23%) Adobe XD
12 1 (0.12%) SOLIDWORKS
12 1 (0.12%) Stateflow
12 1 (0.12%) Trello
Business Applications
1 11 (1.27%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.81%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (0.69%) SAP ERP
4 5 (0.58%) Oracle Financials
5 3 (0.35%) CA PPM
5 3 (0.35%) Dynamics GP
5 3 (0.35%) Dynamics NAV
5 3 (0.35%) iTrent
6 2 (0.23%) Oracle Financial Analyzer
7 1 (0.12%) Remedy ITSM
7 1 (0.12%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 86 (9.95%) Microsoft 365
2 61 (7.06%) Azure
3 47 (5.44%) Power Platform
4 44 (5.09%) AWS
5 18 (2.08%) Azure DevOps
6 17 (1.97%) SaaS
7 10 (1.16%) Entra ID
8 9 (1.04%) GCP
8 9 (1.04%) GitHub
8 9 (1.04%) Serverless
9 7 (0.81%) Dynamics 365
10 5 (0.58%) Amazon EMR
10 5 (0.58%) AWS Lambda
10 5 (0.58%) Google Workspace
10 5 (0.58%) Mimecast
11 4 (0.46%) Amazon S3
11 4 (0.46%) OneDrive
12 3 (0.35%) Amazon EC2
12 3 (0.35%) Apigee
12 3 (0.35%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 32 (3.70%) LAN
2 30 (3.47%) TCP/IP
3 28 (3.24%) Wireless
4 27 (3.13%) WAN
5 26 (3.01%) Wi-Fi
6 24 (2.78%) Firewall
7 17 (1.97%) 5G
8 14 (1.62%) Broadband
8 14 (1.62%) DNS
9 10 (1.16%) DHCP
9 10 (1.16%) LTE
10 9 (1.04%) Bluetooth
10 9 (1.04%) Internet
11 8 (0.93%) Intranet
11 8 (0.93%) TETRA
12 6 (0.69%) Ethernet
12 6 (0.69%) VPN
13 5 (0.58%) Software-Defined Radio
14 4 (0.46%) BGP
15 3 (0.35%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (5.21%) Power BI
2 36 (4.17%) SQL Server
3 21 (2.43%) PostgreSQL
4 15 (1.74%) Relational Database
5 13 (1.50%) Big Data
5 13 (1.50%) GIS
6 12 (1.39%) MySQL
6 12 (1.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 10 (1.16%) Data Warehouse
7 10 (1.16%) Geospatial Data
8 9 (1.04%) Azure SQL Database
8 9 (1.04%) Spatial Data
9 8 (0.93%) Redis
10 7 (0.81%) NoSQL
10 7 (0.81%) QlikView
11 5 (0.58%) Amazon Redshift
11 5 (0.58%) Elasticsearch
11 5 (0.58%) Tableau
12 4 (0.46%) PowerPivot
12 4 (0.46%) Triplestore
Development Applications
1 35 (4.05%) Git
2 12 (1.39%) JIRA
3 10 (1.16%) Jenkins
3 10 (1.16%) LabVIEW
3 10 (1.16%) NUnit
4 9 (1.04%) Moq
5 8 (0.93%) Appium
5 8 (0.93%) UI Automator
5 8 (0.93%) Visual Studio
6 6 (0.69%) Rational Rhapsody
7 3 (0.35%) Eclipse
7 3 (0.35%) GCC
7 3 (0.35%) GitLab
7 3 (0.35%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 3 (0.35%) Visual Studio Code
8 2 (0.23%) IntelliJ
9 1 (0.12%) Bugzilla
9 1 (0.12%) ClearCase
9 1 (0.12%) Selenium
9 1 (0.12%) TestDirector
General
1 328 (37.96%) Social Skills
2 180 (20.83%) Analytical Skills
3 122 (14.12%) Finance
4 107 (12.38%) Electronics
5 59 (6.83%) Aerospace
6 58 (6.71%) Manufacturing
7 51 (5.90%) Automotive
7 51 (5.90%) Presentation Skills
8 44 (5.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 37 (4.28%) Marketing
10 35 (4.05%) Organisational Skills
11 25 (2.89%) Legal
11 25 (2.89%) Telecoms
12 24 (2.78%) Law
13 22 (2.55%) Pharmaceutical
14 19 (2.20%) Retail
15 15 (1.74%) Local Government
16 14 (1.62%) Documentation Skills
17 13 (1.50%) Influencing Skills
18 9 (1.04%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 108 (12.50%) Analyst
2 87 (10.07%) Developer
3 84 (9.72%) Senior
4 80 (9.26%) Lead
5 78 (9.03%) Systems Engineer
6 54 (6.25%) Software Engineer
7 46 (5.32%) Graduate
8 45 (5.21%) Hardware Engineer
8 45 (5.21%) Project Manager
9 33 (3.82%) Junior
10 30 (3.47%) Team Leader
11 29 (3.36%) IT Support
12 28 (3.24%) Embedded Engineer
13 26 (3.01%) Senior Hardware Engineer
14 24 (2.78%) Principal Engineer
14 24 (2.78%) RF Engineer
14 24 (2.78%) Senior RF Engineer
15 23 (2.66%) Software Developer
16 22 (2.55%) Consultant
16 22 (2.55%) Embedded Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (4.63%) .NET
2 39 (4.51%) HTML
3 34 (3.94%) CSS
4 22 (2.55%) .NET Core
5 21 (2.43%) React
6 18 (2.08%) JSON
6 18 (2.08%) REST
7 16 (1.85%) AngularJS
8 14 (1.62%) ASP.NET
9 13 (1.50%) .NET Framework
9 13 (1.50%) ASP.NET Web API
9 13 (1.50%) jQuery
10 11 (1.27%) RESTful
11 10 (1.16%) Vue
12 9 (1.04%) LINQ
12 9 (1.04%) LINQ to SQL
12 9 (1.04%) NumPy
12 9 (1.04%) PyQt
12 9 (1.04%) Razor View Engine
12 9 (1.04%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 69 (7.99%) Algorithms
2 61 (7.06%) Self-Motivation
3 45 (5.21%) IoT
4 39 (4.51%) Management Information System
5 35 (4.05%) FPGA
6 26 (3.01%) Robotics
7 24 (2.78%) VHDL
8 23 (2.66%) Driving Licence
8 23 (2.66%) Embedded Systems
8 23 (2.66%) Verilog
9 19 (2.20%) Onboarding
10 18 (2.08%) Product Ownership
11 15 (1.74%) Cyber Threat
11 15 (1.74%) Life Science
12 14 (1.62%) Client/Server
13 11 (1.27%) Data Centre
13 11 (1.27%) Data Structures
14 10 (1.16%) Enterprise Software
14 10 (1.16%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 10 (1.16%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 107 (12.38%) Windows
2 63 (7.29%) Linux
3 32 (3.70%) Windows Server
4 29 (3.36%) Android
5 17 (1.97%) Windows Server 2019
6 16 (1.85%) Windows 10
7 15 (1.74%) Mac OS
8 14 (1.62%) Windows Server 2016
9 9 (1.04%) Apple iOS
10 7 (0.81%) Unix
11 6 (0.69%) Windows Server 2003
12 5 (0.58%) VMS
13 4 (0.46%) Windows 2000
13 4 (0.46%) Windows NT
13 4 (0.46%) Windows Server 2008
13 4 (0.46%) Windows Server 2012
13 4 (0.46%) Windows XP
14 3 (0.35%) Mac OS X
14 3 (0.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 3 (0.35%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 246 (28.47%) Problem-Solving
2 208 (24.07%) Computer Science
3 120 (13.89%) Agile
4 109 (12.62%) Software Engineering
5 98 (11.34%) Project Management
6 93 (10.76%) Customer Service
7 85 (9.84%) Mathematics
8 65 (7.52%) Data Analysis
9 61 (7.06%) Decision-Making
10 58 (6.71%) Software Testing
11 56 (6.48%) ITIL
11 56 (6.48%) Mentoring
12 53 (6.13%) Continuous Improvement
12 53 (6.13%) Systems Engineering
13 49 (5.67%) Collaborative Working
14 46 (5.32%) Physics
14 46 (5.32%) Validation
15 45 (5.21%) Business Intelligence
15 45 (5.21%) Project Delivery
16 43 (4.98%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 132 (15.28%) Python
2 80 (9.26%) SQL
3 78 (9.03%) C#
4 68 (7.87%) C
5 48 (5.56%) JavaScript
6 44 (5.09%) MATLAB
7 32 (3.70%) PowerShell
8 28 (3.24%) Java
9 26 (3.01%) C++
10 21 (2.43%) PHP
11 17 (1.97%) R
12 13 (1.50%) Embedded C
13 11 (1.27%) TypeScript
14 9 (1.04%) Bash
14 9 (1.04%) T-SQL
15 6 (0.69%) SPARQL
16 4 (0.46%) Go
16 4 (0.46%) Kotlin
16 4 (0.46%) Rust
16 4 (0.46%) VBA
Qualifications
1 116 (13.43%) Computer Science Degree
2 106 (12.27%) Master's Degree
3 81 (9.38%) Security Cleared
4 58 (6.71%) PhD
5 45 (5.21%) BPSS Clearance
6 25 (2.89%) HND
7 21 (2.43%) Chartered Engineer
8 17 (1.97%) HNC
9 16 (1.85%) SC Cleared
10 15 (1.74%) MBA
10 15 (1.74%) Microsoft Certification
11 8 (0.93%) Azure Certification
11 8 (0.93%) DBS Check
12 7 (0.81%) DV Cleared
13 6 (0.69%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 5 (0.58%) MCSA
14 5 (0.58%) Numerate Degree
15 4 (0.46%) PMI Certification
15 4 (0.46%) PMP
15 4 (0.46%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (4.05%) QA
2 11 (1.27%) Data Quality
3 10 (1.16%) Accessibility
3 10 (1.16%) GDPR
3 10 (1.16%) SLA
4 6 (0.69%) ISO 9001
4 6 (0.69%) NEBOSH
5 5 (0.58%) GxP
5 5 (0.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 4 (0.46%) Actionable Recommendations
6 4 (0.46%) IEC 62304
6 4 (0.46%) ISO 13485
7 3 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.35%) NIST
8 2 (0.23%) NCSC
9 1 (0.12%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.12%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.12%) DO-160
9 1 (0.12%) JSP 440
9 1 (0.12%) PMO
System Software
1 64 (7.41%) Active Directory
2 24 (2.78%) Docker
3 22 (2.55%) Firmware
4 19 (2.20%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.46%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (0.46%) Virtual Servers
5 4 (0.46%) vSphere
6 3 (0.35%) KVM
7 2 (0.23%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.23%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 12 (1.39%) Kubernetes
2 11 (1.27%) Ansible
3 10 (1.16%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (0.93%) Progress Chef
4 8 (0.93%) Terraform
5 5 (0.58%) Puppet
5 5 (0.58%) SCCM
6 4 (0.46%) SCOM
6 4 (0.46%) WSUS
7 3 (0.35%) HAProxy
7 3 (0.35%) Jamf Pro
7 3 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.23%) Functional Safety
8 2 (0.23%) NetCrunch
8 2 (0.23%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.12%) HP Quality Center
9 1 (0.12%) Iperf
9 1 (0.12%) Nmap
Vendors
1 171 (19.79%) Microsoft
2 29 (3.36%) SAP
3 26 (3.01%) EMC
4 23 (2.66%) VMware
5 16 (1.85%) Oracle
6 15 (1.74%) Google
7 12 (1.39%) Adobe
7 12 (1.39%) Virgin Media
8 10 (1.16%) IBM
9 8 (0.93%) Apple
9 8 (0.93%) BT
9 8 (0.93%) Computacenter
9 8 (0.93%) Intel
9 8 (0.93%) Xilinx
10 7 (0.81%) Citrix
11 6 (0.69%) Cisco
11 6 (0.69%) ESRI
12 5 (0.58%) HP
12 5 (0.58%) Salesforce
12 5 (0.58%) Sophos