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

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 9 5 11
Rank change year-on-year -4 +6 +4
Permanent jobs citing Degree 12,625 17,295 21,239
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 14.72% 19.16% 16.01%
As % of the Qualifications category 51.74% 58.76% 60.59%
Number of salaries quoted 8,047 7,153 8,990
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,556 £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 £95,000
UK median annual salary £52,101 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.39% +4.55% -

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 24,401 29,435 35,051
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 28.45% 32.61% 26.42%
Number of salaries quoted 15,774 13,378 16,570
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £42,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,995 £59,600 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.73% +8.36% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £54,000 £59,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.24% +8.18% -

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 9 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 9 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 3,779 £67,500 -0.87% 2,415
South East -1 2,917 £51,500 +0.98% 1,228
North of England 0 1,985 £47,500 -5.00% 1,165
Midlands -2 1,669 £47,500 -5.00% 922
South West -3 1,341 £48,750 +2.63% 671
North West +3 1,196 £48,000 -10.70% 667
West Midlands -1 1,122 £50,000 -4.76% 576
East of England -3 858 £47,500 -5.00% 713
Yorkshire +4 574 £45,000 -8.16% 366
East Midlands -5 535 £40,000 -15.79% 345
North East -9 215 £48,367 +1.82% 152
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 (3.01%) SharePoint
2 361 (2.86%) Microsoft Exchange
3 225 (1.78%) Confluence
4 112 (0.89%) SAS
5 110 (0.87%) Apache Spark
6 104 (0.82%) CMS
7 71 (0.56%) Apache
8 68 (0.54%) IIS
9 63 (0.50%) WordPress
10 32 (0.25%) Tomcat
11 31 (0.25%) Apache Airflow
11 31 (0.25%) 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 (10.61%) Microsoft Office
2 1,247 (9.88%) Microsoft Excel
3 564 (4.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 177 (1.40%) Microsoft Project
5 158 (1.25%) Simulink
6 133 (1.05%) MS Visio
7 79 (0.63%) 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
13 37 (0.29%) SPSS
14 31 (0.25%) Chatbot
14 31 (0.25%) Stateflow
15 27 (0.21%) Adobe After Effects
15 27 (0.21%) Revit
15 27 (0.21%) Trello
16 20 (0.16%) Adobe XD
17 18 (0.14%) OrCAD
Business Applications
1 181 (1.43%) Dynamics CRM
2 68 (0.54%) SAP S/4HANA
3 42 (0.33%) NetSuite
4 41 (0.32%) NEC Housing
5 35 (0.28%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 32 (0.25%) SAP ERP
7 26 (0.21%) Remedy ITSM
7 26 (0.21%) SDL Web 8
8 17 (0.13%) Dynamics NAV
8 17 (0.13%) Primavera
8 17 (0.13%) SAP CO
8 17 (0.13%) SAP FI
8 17 (0.13%) SAP FI/CO
9 16 (0.13%) Endur
9 16 (0.13%) SAP Business One
9 16 (0.13%) SAP CX
9 16 (0.13%) Shopify
10 14 (0.11%) Unit4 Business World
11 13 (0.10%) Salesforce CRM
12 10 (0.079%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 1,675 (13.27%) Azure
2 1,156 (9.16%) AWS
3 1,099 (8.70%) Microsoft 365
4 736 (5.83%) Power Platform
5 379 (3.00%) SaaS
6 337 (2.67%) GCP
7 231 (1.83%) Dynamics 365
8 223 (1.77%) Azure DevOps
9 172 (1.36%) PowerApps
10 155 (1.23%) Entra ID
11 152 (1.20%) Power Automate
12 147 (1.16%) GitHub
13 137 (1.09%) Serverless
14 115 (0.91%) Cloud Computing
15 101 (0.80%) IaaS
16 100 (0.79%) PaaS
17 88 (0.70%) AWS Lambda
17 88 (0.70%) WhatsApp
18 77 (0.61%) Amazon S3
18 77 (0.61%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 458 (3.63%) Firewall
2 355 (2.81%) WAN
3 293 (2.32%) Wireless
4 255 (2.02%) DNS
5 216 (1.71%) LAN
5 216 (1.71%) TCP/IP
6 201 (1.59%) Network Security
7 193 (1.53%) Internet
8 180 (1.43%) SD-WAN
9 174 (1.38%) Wi-Fi
10 167 (1.32%) DHCP
11 147 (1.16%) VPN
12 123 (0.97%) Cisco IOS
13 108 (0.86%) WebEx
14 101 (0.80%) VoIP
15 91 (0.72%) 5G
16 88 (0.70%) SAN
17 81 (0.64%) Ethernet
18 68 (0.54%) VLAN
19 67 (0.53%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 745 (5.90%) SQL Server
2 614 (4.86%) Power BI
3 446 (3.53%) Tableau
4 248 (1.96%) Relational Database
5 247 (1.96%) MySQL
6 218 (1.73%) NoSQL
7 211 (1.67%) Data Warehouse
8 178 (1.41%) Big Data
9 169 (1.34%) PostgreSQL
10 131 (1.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 120 (0.95%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 101 (0.80%) Redis
13 94 (0.74%) Data Mining
14 84 (0.67%) Data Lake
15 78 (0.62%) MongoDB
16 77 (0.61%) Hadoop
17 73 (0.58%) GIS
18 68 (0.54%) Amazon RDS
19 65 (0.51%) Elasticsearch
20 59 (0.47%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 878 (6.95%) Git
2 512 (4.06%) JIRA
3 243 (1.92%) Visual Studio
4 132 (1.05%) Jenkins
5 123 (0.97%) Bitbucket
6 102 (0.81%) Selenium
7 82 (0.65%) GitLab
8 80 (0.63%) Sourcetree
9 74 (0.59%) Subversion
10 70 (0.55%) LabVIEW
11 66 (0.52%) Cypress.io
12 61 (0.48%) TeamCity
13 47 (0.37%) Rational DOORS
14 44 (0.35%) Moq
15 42 (0.33%) NUnit
16 39 (0.31%) Postman
17 36 (0.29%) CMake
18 32 (0.25%) Burp Suite
19 30 (0.24%) Metasploit
20 29 (0.23%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 5,266 (41.71%) Social Skills
2 2,625 (20.79%) Analytical Skills
3 2,352 (18.63%) Finance
4 1,196 (9.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 922 (7.30%) Marketing
5 922 (7.30%) Retail
6 891 (7.06%) Manufacturing
7 701 (5.55%) Presentation Skills
8 644 (5.10%) Legal
9 607 (4.81%) Electronics
10 471 (3.73%) Organisational Skills
11 447 (3.54%) Law
12 424 (3.36%) Public Sector
13 410 (3.25%) Telecoms
14 342 (2.71%) Influencing Skills
15 339 (2.69%) Pharmaceutical
16 335 (2.65%) Games
17 299 (2.37%) Banking
18 290 (2.30%) Automotive
19 284 (2.25%) German Language
Job Titles
1 1,920 (15.21%) Senior
2 1,582 (12.53%) Analyst
3 1,526 (12.09%) Developer
4 980 (7.76%) Graduate
5 879 (6.96%) Lead
6 782 (6.19%) Software Engineer
7 693 (5.49%) Project Manager
8 677 (5.36%) Architect
9 422 (3.34%) Consultant
10 380 (3.01%) Junior
11 357 (2.83%) Senior Analyst
12 347 (2.75%) Systems Engineer
13 341 (2.70%) Software Developer
14 328 (2.60%) Support Engineer
15 327 (2.59%) Senior Developer
16 316 (2.50%) IT Support
17 311 (2.46%) Data Scientist
18 271 (2.15%) Solutions Architect
19 265 (2.10%) Data Analyst
20 241 (1.91%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 904 (7.16%) .NET
2 610 (4.83%) HTML
3 543 (4.30%) CSS
4 496 (3.93%) React
5 320 (2.53%) AngularJS
6 233 (1.85%) ASP.NET
7 214 (1.70%) Node.js
8 200 (1.58%) .NET Framework
9 189 (1.50%) RESTful
10 187 (1.48%) HTML5
11 186 (1.47%) Web Services
12 171 (1.35%) .NET Core
13 144 (1.14%) REST
14 140 (1.11%) XML
15 127 (1.01%) JSON
16 119 (0.94%) Kafka
17 116 (0.92%) Unity (Game Engine)
18 114 (0.90%) Vue
19 106 (0.84%) Entity Framework
20 104 (0.82%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 864 (6.84%) Management Information System
2 796 (6.30%) Self-Motivation
3 694 (5.50%) Algorithms
4 479 (3.79%) Driving Licence
5 456 (3.61%) Onboarding
6 321 (2.54%) Data Centre
7 303 (2.40%) Product Ownership
8 205 (1.62%) Data Structures
9 197 (1.56%) Social Media
10 191 (1.51%) Life Science
11 183 (1.45%) IoT
12 152 (1.20%) Analytical Mindset
13 150 (1.19%) Video Conferencing
14 142 (1.12%) Mobile App
15 129 (1.02%) FPGA
16 128 (1.01%) Embedded Systems
16 128 (1.01%) Virtual Team
17 121 (0.96%) Client/Server
18 120 (0.95%) Virtual Reality
19 119 (0.94%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 1,395 (11.05%) Windows
2 871 (6.90%) Linux
3 385 (3.05%) Windows Server
4 373 (2.95%) Windows 10
5 243 (1.92%) Android
6 187 (1.48%) Unix
7 119 (0.94%) Mac OS
8 116 (0.92%) Windows Server 2019
9 103 (0.82%) Windows Server 2016
10 102 (0.81%) Apple iOS
11 77 (0.61%) Windows Server 2012
12 74 (0.59%) Windows 7
13 60 (0.48%) Ubuntu
14 40 (0.32%) Embedded Linux
15 36 (0.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 35 (0.28%) Kali Linux
17 33 (0.26%) Solaris
18 25 (0.20%) Debian
18 25 (0.20%) VMS
18 25 (0.20%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 3,801 (30.11%) Computer Science
2 3,741 (29.63%) Problem-Solving
3 2,352 (18.63%) Agile
4 1,785 (14.14%) Project Management
5 1,572 (12.45%) Software Engineering
6 1,444 (11.44%) Mathematics
7 1,161 (9.20%) Mentoring
8 1,141 (9.04%) Continuous Improvement
9 1,124 (8.90%) Analytics
10 1,072 (8.49%) Cybersecurity
11 1,012 (8.02%) Customer Service
12 1,004 (7.95%) Data Analysis
13 994 (7.87%) Decision-Making
14 938 (7.43%) DevOps
15 895 (7.09%) Artificial Intelligence
16 860 (6.81%) ITIL
17 816 (6.46%) Business Intelligence
18 805 (6.38%) Project Delivery
19 733 (5.81%) Data Science
20 730 (5.78%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 1,912 (15.14%) SQL
2 1,805 (14.30%) Python
3 1,331 (10.54%) C#
4 1,069 (8.47%) JavaScript
5 662 (5.24%) Java
6 589 (4.67%) C
7 530 (4.20%) C++
8 372 (2.95%) TypeScript
9 368 (2.91%) PowerShell
10 229 (1.81%) PHP
11 228 (1.81%) MATLAB
12 226 (1.79%) R
13 184 (1.46%) T-SQL
14 154 (1.22%) Bash
15 103 (0.82%) Embedded C
16 98 (0.78%) Fortran
17 97 (0.77%) VB
18 70 (0.55%) Go
18 70 (0.55%) Perl
19 65 (0.51%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 2,180 (17.27%) Computer Science Degree
2 1,384 (10.96%) Master's Degree
3 1,127 (8.93%) Security Cleared
4 653 (5.17%) SC Cleared
5 615 (4.87%) DBS Check
6 435 (3.45%) PhD
7 370 (2.93%) Microsoft Certification
8 285 (2.26%) CISSP
9 282 (2.23%) Cisco Certification
10 264 (2.09%) BPSS Clearance
11 263 (2.08%) HNC
12 260 (2.06%) HND
13 212 (1.68%) PMI Certification
14 193 (1.53%) CCNA
15 182 (1.44%) CISM
16 179 (1.42%) DV Cleared
17 175 (1.39%) PMP
18 164 (1.30%) Azure Certification
19 153 (1.21%) MBA
20 136 (1.08%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 597 (4.73%) QA
2 259 (2.05%) Data Quality
3 233 (1.85%) GDPR
4 221 (1.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 197 (1.56%) SLA
6 193 (1.53%) Accessibility
7 174 (1.38%) PMO
8 129 (1.02%) NIST
9 104 (0.82%) ISO 9001
10 84 (0.67%) GMP
11 78 (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
16 39 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 15288
17 38 (0.30%) NCSC
18 37 (0.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 755 (5.98%) Active Directory
2 479 (3.79%) Docker
3 302 (2.39%) VMware Infrastructure
4 276 (2.19%) Firmware
5 156 (1.24%) Embedded Firmware
6 151 (1.20%) VMware ESXi
7 142 (1.12%) Hyper-V
8 109 (0.86%) XenApp
9 95 (0.75%) Microsoft App-V
10 93 (0.74%) XenDesktop
11 68 (0.54%) Virtual Machines
12 60 (0.48%) vSphere
13 38 (0.30%) Virtual Desktop
14 23 (0.18%) Terminal Services
15 19 (0.15%) Virtual Servers
16 15 (0.12%) Oracle RAC
17 10 (0.079%) OpenSSH
18 8 (0.063%) KVM
19 5 (0.040%) Microsoft Virtual Server
20 4 (0.032%) pfSense
Systems Management
1 392 (3.10%) Kubernetes
2 218 (1.73%) SCCM
3 217 (1.72%) Terraform
4 139 (1.10%) Microsoft Intune
5 101 (0.80%) AirWatch
6 98 (0.78%) Ansible
7 50 (0.40%) 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 (0.25%) Functional Safety
13 25 (0.20%) vCenter Server
14 24 (0.19%) Progress Chef
15 22 (0.17%) Puppet
16 21 (0.17%) Stealthwatch
17 20 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
18 19 (0.15%) Grafana
19 17 (0.13%) Failover Clustering
19 17 (0.13%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 2,616 (20.72%) Microsoft
2 405 (3.21%) Cisco
3 403 (3.19%) VMware
4 346 (2.74%) SAP
5 340 (2.69%) Google
6 273 (2.16%) Oracle
7 259 (2.05%) Adobe
8 229 (1.81%) Databricks
9 213 (1.69%) Apple
10 189 (1.50%) EMC
11 188 (1.49%) Salesforce
12 174 (1.38%) Citrix
13 120 (0.95%) HP
14 118 (0.93%) ServiceNow
15 95 (0.75%) Dell
16 92 (0.73%) IBM
16 92 (0.73%) Meraki
17 72 (0.57%) Veeam
18 70 (0.55%) Juniper
19 66 (0.52%) Sage