Degree Jobs in the UK excluding London

Academic Degree
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Degree qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 8 3 7
Rank change year-on-year -5 +4 +6
Permanent jobs citing Degree 9,927 12,659 12,500
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 13.86% 21.40% 17.22%
As % of the Qualifications category 50.84% 58.18% 53.91%
Number of salaries quoted 6,124 4,034 5,312
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £34,000 £36,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £50,000 £47,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +6.38% -1.05%
75th Percentile £64,625 £65,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,715 £75,000
UK median annual salary £52,393 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.68% +9.09% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 19,526 21,760 23,185
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 27.26% 36.79% 31.93%
Number of salaries quoted 12,218 8,079 10,449
10th Percentile £27,338 £28,175 £27,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +2.04%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £79,600 £80,000 £76,250
UK median annual salary £54,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +9.09% -

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Degree as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Degree in the UK excluding London

Degree
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Degree in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Degree in the UK excluding London

Degree
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Degree in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Degree in the UK excluding London

Degree
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Degree within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 20 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
South East -1 2,939 £51,425 -2.05% 1,641
North of England -1 1,985 £47,500 -9.52% 1,303
Midlands -2 1,735 £47,500 -5.00% 1,003
South West -3 1,334 £49,000 -2.00% 704
North West +3 1,195 £47,500 -13.64% 753
West Midlands +1 1,167 £50,000 -4.76% 630
East of England -3 861 £47,500 -5.00% 798
Scotland -29 685 £45,000 -10.00% 387
Yorkshire +3 578 £45,000 -10.00% 409
East Midlands -2 555 £41,250 -13.16% 372
Wales -5 262 £44,886 +0.12% 152
North East -10 212 £48,367 +1.64% 157
Northern Ireland +8 107 £43,000 -1.71% 62
Isle of Man +4 23 £52,500 -27.59% 6
Channel Islands -1 6 £67,500 +8.00% 2
Degree
UK

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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
1 250 (2.52%) SharePoint
2 208 (2.10%) Confluence
3 202 (2.03%) Microsoft Exchange
4 67 (0.67%) SAS
5 66 (0.66%) CMS
6 49 (0.49%) WordPress
7 48 (0.48%) Apache Spark
8 47 (0.47%) Apache
9 45 (0.45%) IIS
10 44 (0.44%) Oracle Service Bus
10 44 (0.44%) WebLogic
11 30 (0.30%) FileNet
12 24 (0.24%) Tomcat
13 17 (0.17%) ArcGIS
13 17 (0.17%) OpenStack
14 7 (0.071%) MS Project Server
14 7 (0.071%) WebSphere
15 6 (0.060%) Kinematics
15 6 (0.060%) nginx
15 6 (0.060%) Umbraco
Applications
1 1,149 (11.57%) Microsoft Office
2 1,020 (10.28%) Microsoft Excel
3 377 (3.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 168 (1.69%) Simulink
5 165 (1.66%) Microsoft Project
6 157 (1.58%) MS Visio
7 71 (0.72%) AutoCAD
8 49 (0.49%) Photoshop
9 44 (0.44%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 44 (0.44%) Adobe Illustrator
9 44 (0.44%) Spreadsheet
10 38 (0.38%) UserZoom
11 31 (0.31%) InDesign
11 31 (0.31%) Stateflow
12 20 (0.20%) Trello
13 18 (0.18%) OrCAD
14 17 (0.17%) Sketch
14 17 (0.17%) SOLIDWORKS
15 15 (0.15%) Adobe After Effects
16 14 (0.14%) InVision
Business Applications
1 111 (1.12%) Dynamics CRM
2 49 (0.49%) SAP S/4HANA
3 47 (0.47%) Remedy ITSM
4 40 (0.40%) NetSuite
5 31 (0.31%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 26 (0.26%) NEC Housing
7 23 (0.23%) SAP ERP
8 20 (0.20%) Unit4 Business World
9 16 (0.16%) Primavera
9 16 (0.16%) SAP CO
9 16 (0.16%) SAP FI
9 16 (0.16%) SAP FI/CO
9 16 (0.16%) Shopify
10 15 (0.15%) Salesforce CRM
11 14 (0.14%) SAP Business One
12 12 (0.12%) Dynamics NAV
13 9 (0.091%) SAP CX
13 9 (0.091%) SAP QM
14 8 (0.081%) Dynamics GP
15 6 (0.060%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 1,148 (11.56%) Azure
2 770 (7.76%) Microsoft 365
3 646 (6.51%) AWS
4 481 (4.85%) Power Platform
5 262 (2.64%) SaaS
6 180 (1.81%) Dynamics 365
7 179 (1.80%) Azure DevOps
8 139 (1.40%) GCP
9 129 (1.30%) GitHub
10 115 (1.16%) Entra ID
11 96 (0.97%) Serverless
12 92 (0.93%) Figma
13 89 (0.90%) Amazon S3
13 89 (0.90%) PowerApps
14 86 (0.87%) Cloud Computing
15 85 (0.86%) Power Automate
16 75 (0.76%) SurveyMonkey
17 63 (0.63%) AWS Lambda
18 62 (0.62%) OneDrive
19 55 (0.55%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 394 (3.97%) Firewall
2 242 (2.44%) WAN
3 208 (2.10%) Wireless
4 190 (1.91%) DNS
5 189 (1.90%) LAN
6 177 (1.78%) TCP/IP
7 162 (1.63%) Network Security
8 158 (1.59%) Internet
9 151 (1.52%) Wi-Fi
10 142 (1.43%) DHCP
11 128 (1.29%) VPN
12 88 (0.89%) 5G
12 88 (0.89%) Ethernet
13 80 (0.81%) SD-WAN
14 78 (0.79%) VoIP
15 75 (0.76%) SAN
16 69 (0.70%) VLAN
17 53 (0.53%) HTTP
18 51 (0.51%) Bluetooth
19 49 (0.49%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 525 (5.29%) SQL Server
2 420 (4.23%) Power BI
3 220 (2.22%) NoSQL
4 197 (1.98%) Relational Database
5 186 (1.87%) MySQL
6 169 (1.70%) Tableau
7 167 (1.68%) Data Warehouse
8 107 (1.08%) PostgreSQL
9 95 (0.96%) Big Data
10 88 (0.89%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 82 (0.83%) Oracle Database
12 81 (0.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 69 (0.70%) Amazon RDS
14 63 (0.63%) RDBMS
15 58 (0.58%) GIS
15 58 (0.58%) Redis
16 53 (0.53%) Elasticsearch
17 44 (0.44%) Amazon Redshift
17 44 (0.44%) Oracle Database 11g
17 44 (0.44%) VLDB
Development Applications
1 608 (6.12%) Git
2 433 (4.36%) JIRA
3 201 (2.02%) Visual Studio
4 148 (1.49%) Jenkins
5 95 (0.96%) Bitbucket
6 92 (0.93%) Selenium
7 84 (0.85%) LabVIEW
8 76 (0.77%) Subversion
9 72 (0.73%) Cypress.io
10 64 (0.64%) Sourcetree
11 47 (0.47%) Rational DOORS
12 41 (0.41%) GitLab
13 39 (0.39%) JUnit
14 34 (0.34%) Mockito
15 31 (0.31%) Jasmine
15 31 (0.31%) TeamCity
16 30 (0.30%) Postman
17 29 (0.29%) CMake
18 24 (0.24%) SoapUI
19 20 (0.20%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 3,945 (39.74%) Social Skills
2 1,727 (17.40%) Analytical Skills
3 1,658 (16.70%) Finance
4 1,244 (12.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 970 (9.77%) Manufacturing
6 709 (7.14%) Marketing
7 625 (6.30%) Electronics
8 580 (5.84%) Law
9 555 (5.59%) Retail
10 533 (5.37%) Presentation Skills
11 470 (4.73%) Legal
12 400 (4.03%) Organisational Skills
13 338 (3.40%) Influencing Skills
14 326 (3.28%) Military
15 318 (3.20%) Telecoms
16 289 (2.91%) Public Sector
17 264 (2.66%) Pharmaceutical
18 262 (2.64%) Games
19 242 (2.44%) Automotive
20 223 (2.25%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 1,363 (13.73%) Senior
2 1,174 (11.83%) Developer
3 1,156 (11.65%) Analyst
4 883 (8.89%) Graduate
5 770 (7.76%) Software Engineer
6 690 (6.95%) Lead
7 568 (5.72%) Project Manager
8 463 (4.66%) Architect
9 357 (3.60%) Junior
10 322 (3.24%) Systems Engineer
11 317 (3.19%) Software Developer
12 297 (2.99%) Consultant
13 250 (2.52%) Support Engineer
14 244 (2.46%) Senior Developer
15 202 (2.03%) IT Engineer
16 199 (2.00%) Embedded Engineer
17 196 (1.97%) IT Manager
17 196 (1.97%) Senior Analyst
18 191 (1.92%) Data Scientist
19 186 (1.87%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 653 (6.58%) .NET
2 442 (4.45%) HTML
3 425 (4.28%) React
4 377 (3.80%) CSS
5 323 (3.25%) AngularJS
6 210 (2.12%) Node.js
7 151 (1.52%) RESTful
8 148 (1.49%) HTML5
9 142 (1.43%) .NET Core
9 142 (1.43%) ASP.NET
10 140 (1.41%) .NET Framework
11 126 (1.27%) Web Services
12 106 (1.07%) JSON
13 104 (1.05%) Spring
14 100 (1.01%) Unity (Game Engine)
14 100 (1.01%) Vue
15 96 (0.97%) REST
16 88 (0.89%) XML
17 79 (0.80%) CSS3
18 78 (0.79%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 634 (6.39%) Management Information System
2 558 (5.62%) Algorithms
3 550 (5.54%) Self-Motivation
4 349 (3.52%) Onboarding
5 347 (3.50%) Driving Licence
6 276 (2.78%) Data Centre
7 224 (2.26%) Product Ownership
8 160 (1.61%) IoT
9 142 (1.43%) Data Structures
10 133 (1.34%) Embedded Systems
11 126 (1.27%) FPGA
12 118 (1.19%) Cloud Native
13 117 (1.18%) FMCG
14 116 (1.17%) Mobile App
15 113 (1.14%) Analytical Mindset
16 108 (1.09%) Robotics
17 107 (1.08%) Life Science
18 97 (0.98%) Social Media
18 97 (0.98%) Virtual Reality
19 87 (0.88%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1,067 (10.75%) Windows
2 790 (7.96%) Linux
3 337 (3.39%) Windows Server
4 216 (2.18%) Unix
5 188 (1.89%) Windows 10
6 133 (1.34%) Android
7 105 (1.06%) Windows Server 2019
8 96 (0.97%) Mac OS
9 93 (0.94%) Windows Server 2016
10 74 (0.75%) Windows Server 2012
11 73 (0.74%) Apple iOS
12 61 (0.61%) Solaris
13 52 (0.52%) Embedded Linux
14 48 (0.48%) Windows 7
15 47 (0.47%) Ubuntu
16 35 (0.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
17 26 (0.26%) CentOS
18 24 (0.24%) Mac OS X
19 23 (0.23%) VMS
20 20 (0.20%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,958 (29.80%) Problem-Solving
2 2,814 (28.35%) Computer Science
3 1,935 (19.49%) Agile
4 1,409 (14.19%) Software Engineering
5 1,402 (14.12%) Project Management
6 1,157 (11.66%) Continuous Improvement
7 1,062 (10.70%) Mathematics
8 1,029 (10.37%) Mentoring
9 933 (9.40%) Customer Service
10 851 (8.57%) Cybersecurity
11 833 (8.39%) DevOps
12 784 (7.90%) Decision-Making
13 755 (7.61%) Data Analysis
14 726 (7.31%) Analytics
15 708 (7.13%) Coaching
16 687 (6.92%) Artificial Intelligence
17 680 (6.85%) ITIL
18 614 (6.19%) Project Delivery
19 533 (5.37%) Business Intelligence
20 531 (5.35%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 1,204 (12.13%) SQL
2 1,134 (11.42%) Python
3 1,004 (10.11%) C#
4 796 (8.02%) JavaScript
5 650 (6.55%) C
6 521 (5.25%) Java
7 507 (5.11%) C++
8 318 (3.20%) TypeScript
9 239 (2.41%) PowerShell
10 224 (2.26%) MATLAB
11 192 (1.93%) PHP
12 155 (1.56%) R
13 152 (1.53%) Embedded C
14 120 (1.21%) Bash
15 100 (1.01%) Fortran
16 96 (0.97%) VB
17 91 (0.92%) T-SQL
18 67 (0.67%) PL/SQL
19 64 (0.64%) Perl
20 56 (0.56%) Go
Qualifications
1 1,547 (15.58%) Computer Science Degree
2 1,067 (10.75%) Security Cleared
3 839 (8.45%) Master's Degree
4 641 (6.46%) SC Cleared
5 373 (3.76%) PhD
6 279 (2.81%) DBS Check
7 248 (2.50%) BPSS Clearance
8 247 (2.49%) Cisco Certification
9 244 (2.46%) HND
10 241 (2.43%) HNC
11 238 (2.40%) Microsoft Certification
12 191 (1.92%) CCNA
13 176 (1.77%) CISSP
14 154 (1.55%) DV Cleared
15 149 (1.50%) PMI Certification
16 126 (1.27%) PMP
17 118 (1.19%) CCNP
18 107 (1.08%) CISM
19 104 (1.05%) MCP
20 99 (1.00%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 506 (5.10%) QA
2 188 (1.89%) SLA
3 165 (1.66%) GDPR
4 163 (1.64%) Data Quality
5 159 (1.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 157 (1.58%) PMO
7 152 (1.53%) Accessibility
8 102 (1.03%) ISO 9001
9 97 (0.98%) GMP
10 96 (0.97%) NIST
11 68 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials
12 65 (0.65%) Actionable Recommendations
13 52 (0.52%) PCI DSS
14 46 (0.46%) ISO 13485
15 43 (0.43%) WCAG
16 40 (0.40%) ISO 26262
17 36 (0.36%) NEBOSH
18 28 (0.28%) Automotive SPICE
18 28 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 15288
19 27 (0.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 513 (5.17%) Active Directory
2 369 (3.72%) Docker
3 335 (3.37%) Firmware
4 257 (2.59%) VMware Infrastructure
5 170 (1.71%) Embedded Firmware
6 145 (1.46%) Hyper-V
7 51 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
8 45 (0.45%) Oracle RAC
8 45 (0.45%) vSphere
9 44 (0.44%) VMware ESXi
10 27 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
11 23 (0.23%) Terminal Services
12 17 (0.17%) XenApp
13 12 (0.12%) Virtual Servers
14 11 (0.11%) OpenSSH
15 7 (0.071%) KVM
16 5 (0.050%) Microsoft App-V
16 5 (0.050%) Microsoft Virtual Server
16 5 (0.050%) pfSense
17 2 (0.020%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 337 (3.39%) Kubernetes
2 146 (1.47%) Terraform
3 105 (1.06%) SCCM
4 97 (0.98%) Microsoft Intune
5 80 (0.81%) Ansible
6 49 (0.49%) WSUS
7 47 (0.47%) SCOM
8 45 (0.45%) Data Guard
8 45 (0.45%) Oracle RMAN
9 29 (0.29%) Functional Safety
10 28 (0.28%) CASB
11 26 (0.26%) Progress Chef
11 26 (0.26%) vCenter Server
12 25 (0.25%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 24 (0.24%) Stealthwatch
14 21 (0.21%) Puppet
15 20 (0.20%) Jamf Pro
16 16 (0.16%) Autotask
17 15 (0.15%) EnCase
18 14 (0.14%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 2,006 (20.21%) Microsoft
2 336 (3.38%) VMware
3 304 (3.06%) SAP
4 262 (2.64%) Oracle
5 252 (2.54%) Cisco
6 218 (2.20%) Google
7 189 (1.90%) EMC
8 175 (1.76%) Adobe
9 159 (1.60%) Apple
10 124 (1.25%) Salesforce
11 89 (0.90%) HP
12 87 (0.88%) Dell
13 82 (0.83%) Meraki
14 78 (0.79%) ServiceNow
15 76 (0.77%) IBM
16 70 (0.71%) Qualtrics
17 69 (0.70%) Databricks
18 67 (0.67%) Veeam
19 64 (0.64%) Citrix
19 64 (0.64%) Sage