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

6 months to
24 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 11 10 14
Rank change year-on-year -1 +4 +11
Permanent jobs citing Degree 1,966 2,687 2,246
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 10.95% 16.09% 12.28%
As % of the Qualifications category 50.35% 52.38% 43.23%
Number of salaries quoted 1,424 874 1,067
10th Percentile £25,750 £28,975 £27,875
25th Percentile £32,500 £38,750 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £44,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +19.32% -7.37%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £72,500 £67,500
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 3,905 5,130 5,195
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 21.75% 30.71% 28.41%
Number of salaries quoted 2,701 1,744 2,461
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,750 £27,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £54,882 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.63% +15.54% -5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £68,375 £62,500
90th Percentile £79,000 £82,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £54,725 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.79% +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 24 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 24 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 1,187 £47,500 -13.64% 761
Yorkshire +2 569 £45,000 -10.00% 374
North East -10 210 £48,000 +0.69% 193
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 56 (2.85%) SharePoint
2 27 (1.37%) Confluence
2 27 (1.37%) Microsoft Exchange
3 26 (1.32%) CMS
4 19 (0.97%) IIS
5 18 (0.92%) SAS
6 13 (0.66%) Apache
7 11 (0.56%) Tomcat
8 10 (0.51%) Apache Spark
9 7 (0.36%) MS Project Server
9 7 (0.36%) WordPress
10 6 (0.31%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
11 4 (0.20%) ArcGIS
11 4 (0.20%) Umbraco
12 3 (0.15%) OpenStack
13 1 (0.051%) Jupyter
13 1 (0.051%) Kentico
13 1 (0.051%) Moodle
13 1 (0.051%) Site Server
13 1 (0.051%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 169 (8.60%) Microsoft Office
2 127 (6.46%) Microsoft Excel
3 61 (3.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 40 (2.03%) Microsoft Project
5 18 (0.92%) MS Visio
6 16 (0.81%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 16 (0.81%) Adobe Illustrator
6 16 (0.81%) Photoshop
7 15 (0.76%) AutoCAD
8 10 (0.51%) InDesign
9 9 (0.46%) Adobe Captivate
10 6 (0.31%) Adobe After Effects
10 6 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
11 5 (0.25%) Solid Edge
11 5 (0.25%) SOLIDWORKS
12 4 (0.20%) Adobe Premiere
12 4 (0.20%) Trello
13 2 (0.10%) Simulink
13 2 (0.10%) SPSS
13 2 (0.10%) Stata
Business Applications
1 26 (1.32%) Dynamics CRM
2 17 (0.86%) SAP S/4HANA
3 11 (0.56%) SAP Business One
4 10 (0.51%) NetSuite
5 9 (0.46%) SAP CX
5 9 (0.46%) SAP ERP
6 8 (0.41%) NEC Housing
7 6 (0.31%) Sage X3
8 5 (0.25%) Maximo
9 4 (0.20%) Dynamics NAV
9 4 (0.20%) SAP CO
9 4 (0.20%) SAP FI
9 4 (0.20%) SAP FI/CO
10 3 (0.15%) Dynamics AX
10 3 (0.15%) Primavera
10 3 (0.15%) SAP APO
10 3 (0.15%) SAP MM
10 3 (0.15%) SAP PP
10 3 (0.15%) SAP SD
10 3 (0.15%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 252 (12.82%) Azure
2 189 (9.61%) AWS
3 139 (7.07%) Microsoft 365
4 75 (3.81%) Power Platform
5 41 (2.09%) Dynamics 365
6 40 (2.03%) GCP
7 32 (1.63%) Azure DevOps
8 31 (1.58%) Amazon Kinesis
9 26 (1.32%) GitHub
10 23 (1.17%) Serverless
11 20 (1.02%) Amazon S3
11 20 (1.02%) Power Automate
11 20 (1.02%) SaaS
12 18 (0.92%) Amazon EC2
13 17 (0.86%) Cloud Computing
14 15 (0.76%) AWS Lambda
15 11 (0.56%) AWS CloudFormation
15 11 (0.56%) Entra ID
15 11 (0.56%) PowerApps
16 10 (0.51%) Google Play
Communications & Networking
1 80 (4.07%) Firewall
2 49 (2.49%) WAN
3 44 (2.24%) LAN
3 44 (2.24%) TCP/IP
4 43 (2.19%) Network Security
5 42 (2.14%) DNS
6 41 (2.09%) Internet
7 39 (1.98%) VPN
8 38 (1.93%) PPP
9 32 (1.63%) DHCP
10 27 (1.37%) Wi-Fi
11 26 (1.32%) VoIP
12 20 (1.02%) VLAN
13 18 (0.92%) RS-232
14 17 (0.86%) Ethernet
15 15 (0.76%) Wireless
16 14 (0.71%) Remote Desktop
16 14 (0.71%) SD-WAN
17 13 (0.66%) Broadband
18 11 (0.56%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 126 (6.41%) SQL Server
2 75 (3.81%) MySQL
3 59 (3.00%) Power BI
4 45 (2.29%) Data Warehouse
5 41 (2.09%) NoSQL
6 40 (2.03%) Relational Database
7 31 (1.58%) Redis
8 29 (1.48%) Amazon RDS
9 26 (1.32%) Tableau
10 24 (1.22%) Amazon Redshift
11 23 (1.17%) PostgreSQL
11 23 (1.17%) RDBMS
12 19 (0.97%) MS Access
12 19 (0.97%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 17 (0.86%) Oracle Database
13 17 (0.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 16 (0.81%) Big Data
15 14 (0.71%) DynamoDB
16 13 (0.66%) Amazon Aurora
17 11 (0.56%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 112 (5.70%) Git
2 91 (4.63%) JIRA
3 19 (0.97%) Postman
4 16 (0.81%) TeamCity
5 14 (0.71%) Visual Studio
6 13 (0.66%) Gatling
7 11 (0.56%) Subversion
8 10 (0.51%) Appium
8 10 (0.51%) Jenkins
9 8 (0.41%) Cypress.io
9 8 (0.41%) Team Foundation Server
10 6 (0.31%) Dreamweaver
10 6 (0.31%) LoadRunner
10 6 (0.31%) Selenium
11 5 (0.25%) HP UFT
11 5 (0.25%) InstallShield
11 5 (0.25%) IntelliJ
11 5 (0.25%) JMeter
11 5 (0.25%) JUnit
11 5 (0.25%) Mockito
General
1 858 (43.64%) Social Skills
2 273 (13.89%) Analytical Skills
3 267 (13.58%) Finance
4 207 (10.53%) Manufacturing
5 112 (5.70%) Marketing
6 99 (5.04%) Retail
7 92 (4.68%) Legal
8 83 (4.22%) Organisational Skills
9 76 (3.87%) Electronics
10 74 (3.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 64 (3.26%) Games
12 58 (2.95%) Presentation Skills
13 57 (2.90%) Public Sector
14 53 (2.70%) Law
15 39 (1.98%) Banking
15 39 (1.98%) Pharmaceutical
16 38 (1.93%) Aerospace
16 38 (1.93%) Automotive
17 31 (1.58%) Telecoms
18 30 (1.53%) Military
Job Titles
1 285 (14.50%) Developer
2 284 (14.45%) Senior
3 179 (9.10%) Analyst
4 156 (7.93%) Software Engineer
5 137 (6.97%) Project Manager
6 117 (5.95%) Lead
7 109 (5.54%) Architect
7 109 (5.54%) Graduate
8 71 (3.61%) IT Manager
9 54 (2.75%) Consultant
10 52 (2.64%) .NET Developer
11 49 (2.49%) Junior
12 47 (2.39%) Software Developer
13 46 (2.34%) Senior Developer
14 45 (2.29%) Lead Developer
15 38 (1.93%) Solutions Architect
15 38 (1.93%) Team Leader
16 36 (1.83%) Infrastructure Engineer
17 35 (1.78%) Support Engineer
18 33 (1.68%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 174 (8.85%) .NET
2 100 (5.09%) HTML
3 79 (4.02%) CSS
4 73 (3.71%) Node.js
5 55 (2.80%) React
6 51 (2.59%) .NET Framework
7 50 (2.54%) Web Services
8 47 (2.39%) ASP.NET
9 46 (2.34%) JSON
10 45 (2.29%) AngularJS
11 39 (1.98%) RESTful
11 39 (1.98%) Vue
12 36 (1.83%) REST
13 30 (1.53%) ASP.NET Web API
14 29 (1.48%) .NET Core
15 26 (1.32%) Entity Framework
16 22 (1.12%) HTML5
17 20 (1.02%) Spring
18 19 (0.97%) ASP.NET MVC
19 18 (0.92%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 161 (8.19%) Management Information System
2 87 (4.43%) Self-Motivation
3 63 (3.20%) Driving Licence
4 53 (2.70%) Data Centre
4 53 (2.70%) Operational Technology
5 49 (2.49%) Onboarding
6 33 (1.68%) Industrial Internet of Things
7 30 (1.53%) Embedded Systems
7 30 (1.53%) Social Media
8 27 (1.37%) Public Cloud
9 24 (1.22%) NHS
10 23 (1.17%) Product Ownership
11 22 (1.12%) Mobile App
12 21 (1.07%) Cloud Native
12 21 (1.07%) Data Structures
13 20 (1.02%) Reinsurance
14 19 (0.97%) Renewable Energy
14 19 (0.97%) SCADA
15 18 (0.92%) Client/Server
15 18 (0.92%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 205 (10.43%) Windows
2 116 (5.90%) Linux
3 73 (3.71%) Windows Server
4 34 (1.73%) Windows 10
5 30 (1.53%) Unix
6 22 (1.12%) Mac OS
7 19 (0.97%) Windows Vista
8 18 (0.92%) Android
9 16 (0.81%) Windows Server 2019
10 14 (0.71%) Windows Server 2012
11 13 (0.66%) Windows Server 2016
12 11 (0.56%) FreeRTOS
13 9 (0.46%) Windows Phone
14 8 (0.41%) Solaris
15 5 (0.25%) Apple iOS
15 5 (0.25%) VMS
16 4 (0.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
17 1 (0.051%) CentOS
17 1 (0.051%) ThreadX
17 1 (0.051%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 603 (30.67%) Computer Science
2 598 (30.42%) Problem-Solving
3 381 (19.38%) Agile
4 315 (16.02%) Project Management
5 257 (13.07%) Software Engineering
6 228 (11.60%) Cybersecurity
7 191 (9.72%) Mentoring
8 186 (9.46%) Continuous Improvement
9 175 (8.90%) DevOps
10 156 (7.93%) Customer Service
11 145 (7.38%) Analytics
12 137 (6.97%) ITIL
13 131 (6.66%) Project Delivery
14 127 (6.46%) Mathematics
15 125 (6.36%) ERP
16 116 (5.90%) Coaching
17 101 (5.14%) Business Intelligence
18 99 (5.04%) Decision-Making
19 98 (4.98%) Risk Management
20 96 (4.88%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 257 (13.07%) SQL
2 209 (10.63%) C#
3 168 (8.55%) JavaScript
4 137 (6.97%) Python
5 117 (5.95%) Java
6 75 (3.81%) C
7 58 (2.95%) TypeScript
8 55 (2.80%) PHP
9 38 (1.93%) PowerShell
10 29 (1.48%) C++
11 24 (1.22%) Embedded C
12 22 (1.12%) VB
13 19 (0.97%) R
14 18 (0.92%) T-SQL
15 16 (0.81%) Scala
16 15 (0.76%) Shell Script
17 14 (0.71%) Kotlin
17 14 (0.71%) VBScript
18 12 (0.61%) Ruby
19 11 (0.56%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 374 (19.02%) Computer Science Degree
2 113 (5.75%) Master's Degree
3 93 (4.73%) Security Cleared
4 80 (4.07%) HNC
5 78 (3.97%) Cisco Certification
6 72 (3.66%) Microsoft Certification
7 61 (3.10%) HND
7 61 (3.10%) SC Cleared
8 58 (2.95%) CCNA
9 52 (2.64%) CISSP
10 47 (2.39%) PMP
11 46 (2.34%) PMI Certification
12 44 (2.24%) CCNP
13 39 (1.98%) DBS Check
14 35 (1.78%) CISM
15 31 (1.58%) Azure Certification
15 31 (1.58%) PhD
16 28 (1.42%) MCP
17 24 (1.22%) AWS Certification
18 20 (1.02%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (3.81%) QA
2 56 (2.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 38 (1.93%) Accessibility
3 38 (1.93%) PMO
4 33 (1.68%) GDPR
5 29 (1.48%) NIST
6 25 (1.27%) GMP
7 24 (1.22%) Data Quality
8 23 (1.17%) ISO 9001
9 22 (1.12%) SLA
10 21 (1.07%) PCI DSS
11 16 (0.81%) Cyber Essentials
12 8 (0.41%) NCSC
13 7 (0.36%) NIST 800
14 6 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 6 (0.31%) IEC 62304
15 5 (0.25%) IFRS
15 5 (0.25%) IFRS 9
15 5 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 17025
15 5 (0.25%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 106 (5.39%) Active Directory
2 55 (2.80%) VMware Infrastructure
3 48 (2.44%) Hyper-V
4 45 (2.29%) Docker
5 17 (0.86%) Firmware
6 14 (0.71%) Terminal Services
7 11 (0.56%) VMware ESXi
8 9 (0.46%) vSphere
9 2 (0.10%) Embedded Firmware
9 2 (0.10%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (0.10%) Virtual Machines
10 1 (0.051%) KVM
10 1 (0.051%) Lustre
10 1 (0.051%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.051%) Snort
10 1 (0.051%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 46 (2.34%) Terraform
2 34 (1.73%) Kubernetes
3 15 (0.76%) Microsoft Intune
4 13 (0.66%) SCCM
5 11 (0.56%) Ansible
6 9 (0.46%) AirWatch
6 9 (0.46%) Progress Chef
7 8 (0.41%) Autotask
7 8 (0.41%) Failover Clustering
7 8 (0.41%) Stealthwatch
8 7 (0.36%) Grafana
8 7 (0.36%) Prometheus
9 6 (0.31%) CASB
9 6 (0.31%) 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 (0.10%) Host Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 390 (19.84%) Microsoft
2 75 (3.81%) VMware
3 70 (3.56%) SAP
4 69 (3.51%) Cisco
5 65 (3.31%) Adobe
6 54 (2.75%) Google
7 50 (2.54%) Oracle
8 42 (2.14%) Apple
9 28 (1.42%) Salesforce
10 21 (1.07%) Meraki
11 20 (1.02%) ServiceNow
12 18 (0.92%) HP
13 14 (0.71%) F5
14 13 (0.66%) Dell
14 13 (0.66%) IBM
14 13 (0.66%) Sage
15 11 (0.56%) Samsung
15 11 (0.56%) Virgin Media
16 10 (0.51%) Veeam
17 9 (0.46%) Facebook