Degree Jobs with Work from Home Options

Academic Degree
UK > Work from Home

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) 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 11 17 18
Rank change year-on-year +6 +1 +4
Permanent jobs citing Degree 4,273 5,058 8,843
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 12.65% 12.19% 12.92%
As % of the Qualifications category 44.96% 48.01% 56.52%
Number of salaries quoted 2,861 3,305 4,452
10th Percentile £31,000 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £39,750 £45,000 £40,757
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £72,375 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £88,750 £100,000 £93,750
UK median annual salary £52,101 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.39% +4.55% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 9,505 10,536 15,647
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 28.15% 25.40% 22.86%
Number of salaries quoted 5,902 6,443 8,544
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,715 £77,313
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £93,525
UK median annual salary £54,000 £59,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.24% +8.18% -

Degree
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Degree as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Degree trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Degree.

Degree salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Degree over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Degree salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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
1 106 (2.48%) SharePoint
2 93 (2.18%) Microsoft Exchange
3 50 (1.17%) IIS
4 47 (1.10%) SAS
5 42 (0.98%) Apache
6 30 (0.70%) Confluence
7 27 (0.63%) CMS
8 25 (0.59%) Apache Spark
8 25 (0.59%) Tomcat
9 22 (0.51%) WordPress
10 16 (0.37%) OpenStack
11 10 (0.23%) Apache Airflow
11 10 (0.23%) ArcGIS
12 8 (0.19%) nginx
13 6 (0.14%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
13 6 (0.14%) Exchange Server 2000
14 5 (0.12%) Drupal
15 4 (0.094%) Exchange Server 2013
15 4 (0.094%) OpenEdge
15 4 (0.094%) Umbraco
Applications
1 309 (7.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 247 (5.78%) Microsoft Office
3 129 (3.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 73 (1.71%) Simulink
5 63 (1.47%) Microsoft Project
6 34 (0.80%) Chatbot
7 30 (0.70%) MS Visio
8 22 (0.51%) Photoshop
9 21 (0.49%) AutoCAD
10 20 (0.47%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 19 (0.44%) Adobe Illustrator
12 17 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
13 16 (0.37%) Adobe XD
14 15 (0.35%) Trello
15 14 (0.33%) Adobe After Effects
15 14 (0.33%) SPSS
16 13 (0.30%) OrCAD
16 13 (0.30%) Sketch
17 11 (0.26%) InDesign
18 10 (0.23%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 50 (1.17%) Dynamics CRM
2 35 (0.82%) NEC Housing
3 31 (0.73%) SAP S/4HANA
4 22 (0.51%) Unit4 Business World
5 14 (0.33%) Endur
5 14 (0.33%) SAP CX
6 13 (0.30%) Salesforce CRM
7 10 (0.23%) SAP CO
7 10 (0.23%) SAP FI
7 10 (0.23%) SAP FI/CO
8 9 (0.21%) Remedy ITSM
8 9 (0.21%) SAP Business One
9 7 (0.16%) Dynamics NAV
9 7 (0.16%) NetSuite
10 5 (0.12%) Odoo
10 5 (0.12%) SAP ERP
10 5 (0.12%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
11 4 (0.094%) Magento
11 4 (0.094%) SAP HR
11 4 (0.094%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 800 (18.72%) Azure
2 614 (14.37%) AWS
3 341 (7.98%) Microsoft 365
4 247 (5.78%) Power Platform
5 220 (5.15%) SaaS
6 144 (3.37%) GCP
7 106 (2.48%) Azure DevOps
8 95 (2.22%) Entra ID
9 81 (1.90%) Cloud Computing
10 76 (1.78%) Serverless
11 69 (1.61%) GitHub
12 62 (1.45%) Snowflake
13 61 (1.43%) Dynamics 365
14 60 (1.40%) Power Automate
14 60 (1.40%) PowerApps
15 56 (1.31%) IaaS
15 56 (1.31%) PaaS
16 50 (1.17%) AWS Lambda
17 48 (1.12%) WhatsApp
18 31 (0.73%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 144 (3.37%) Firewall
2 132 (3.09%) Wireless
3 115 (2.69%) WAN
4 89 (2.08%) DNS
5 72 (1.68%) TCP/IP
6 71 (1.66%) Wi-Fi
7 69 (1.61%) LAN
8 57 (1.33%) DHCP
8 57 (1.33%) Network Security
9 54 (1.26%) SD-WAN
10 50 (1.17%) Internet
10 50 (1.17%) VPN
11 37 (0.87%) Ethernet
12 32 (0.75%) VoIP
13 27 (0.63%) SAN
13 27 (0.63%) Unified Communications
14 23 (0.54%) RS-232
15 22 (0.51%) Cisco Firepower
16 21 (0.49%) VLAN
17 16 (0.37%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 311 (7.28%) SQL Server
2 252 (5.90%) Tableau
3 213 (4.98%) Power BI
4 137 (3.21%) Relational Database
5 106 (2.48%) Data Warehouse
6 96 (2.25%) MySQL
7 81 (1.90%) PostgreSQL
8 70 (1.64%) Big Data
9 68 (1.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 61 (1.43%) NoSQL
11 47 (1.10%) Redis
11 47 (1.10%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 39 (0.91%) Oracle Database
13 36 (0.84%) RDBMS
14 34 (0.80%) Data Lake
14 34 (0.80%) MongoDB
15 25 (0.59%) GIS
16 24 (0.56%) Elasticsearch
17 22 (0.51%) Azure SQL Database
18 21 (0.49%) DB2
Development Applications
1 351 (8.21%) Git
2 108 (2.53%) JIRA
3 50 (1.17%) Visual Studio
4 45 (1.05%) Jenkins
5 31 (0.73%) Subversion
6 29 (0.68%) Selenium
7 24 (0.56%) CMake
8 17 (0.40%) Rational DOORS
8 17 (0.40%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 15 (0.35%) Balsamiq
10 14 (0.33%) Vagrant
11 13 (0.30%) Axure RP
11 13 (0.30%) TeamCity
12 12 (0.28%) Maven
12 12 (0.28%) Postman
13 11 (0.26%) GitLab
13 11 (0.26%) Rational Rhapsody
14 10 (0.23%) LabVIEW
15 9 (0.21%) InstallShield
15 9 (0.21%) JUnit
General
1 1,971 (46.13%) Social Skills
2 955 (22.35%) Finance
3 797 (18.65%) Analytical Skills
4 397 (9.29%) Marketing
5 364 (8.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 325 (7.61%) Retail
7 262 (6.13%) Presentation Skills
8 259 (6.06%) Legal
9 243 (5.69%) Public Sector
10 189 (4.42%) Manufacturing
11 153 (3.58%) Electronics
12 144 (3.37%) Law
13 130 (3.04%) Games
14 118 (2.76%) Aerospace
15 114 (2.67%) Telecoms
16 107 (2.50%) Pharmaceutical
17 96 (2.25%) Banking
18 89 (2.08%) Local Government
19 80 (1.87%) Influencing Skills
20 75 (1.76%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 788 (18.44%) Senior
2 597 (13.97%) Developer
3 591 (13.83%) Analyst
4 311 (7.28%) Lead
5 308 (7.21%) Software Engineer
6 255 (5.97%) Architect
7 217 (5.08%) Project Manager
8 181 (4.24%) Senior Analyst
9 179 (4.19%) Consultant
10 175 (4.10%) Data Analyst
11 168 (3.93%) Graduate
12 155 (3.63%) Junior
13 143 (3.35%) Senior Developer
14 139 (3.25%) Software Developer
15 107 (2.50%) Support Engineer
16 98 (2.29%) Solutions Architect
17 93 (2.18%) Senior Data Analyst
18 89 (2.08%) Systems Engineer
19 87 (2.04%) .NET Developer
20 85 (1.99%) Embedded Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 328 (7.68%) .NET
2 259 (6.06%) HTML
3 224 (5.24%) CSS
4 177 (4.14%) AngularJS
5 153 (3.58%) React
6 126 (2.95%) Node.js
7 109 (2.55%) ASP.NET
8 105 (2.46%) RESTful
9 92 (2.15%) .NET Core
10 83 (1.94%) Web Services
11 79 (1.85%) .NET Framework
12 67 (1.57%) REST
13 62 (1.45%) Vue
14 59 (1.38%) TensorFlow
15 57 (1.33%) Pandas
16 55 (1.29%) ASP.NET MVC
17 54 (1.26%) XML
18 49 (1.15%) PySpark
19 45 (1.05%) Express.js
20 43 (1.01%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 273 (6.39%) Management Information System
2 236 (5.52%) Algorithms
3 213 (4.98%) Data Centre
4 177 (4.14%) Self-Motivation
5 120 (2.81%) Product Ownership
6 101 (2.36%) Life Science
7 95 (2.22%) Data Structures
8 90 (2.11%) Client/Server
9 83 (1.94%) Public Cloud
10 74 (1.73%) Social Media
11 72 (1.68%) Driving Licence
12 69 (1.61%) IoT
13 65 (1.52%) Onboarding
14 60 (1.40%) Virtual Team
15 55 (1.29%) Mobile App
16 50 (1.17%) Cloud Native
17 40 (0.94%) Renewable Energy
18 39 (0.91%) Embedded Systems
18 39 (0.91%) Enterprise Software
18 39 (0.91%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 507 (11.87%) Windows
2 382 (8.94%) Linux
3 179 (4.19%) Windows Server
4 121 (2.83%) Unix
5 97 (2.27%) Windows 10
6 72 (1.68%) Android
7 65 (1.52%) Apple iOS
8 46 (1.08%) Windows Server 2016
9 35 (0.82%) Windows Server 2019
10 26 (0.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 26 (0.61%) Ubuntu
11 25 (0.59%) Embedded Linux
11 25 (0.59%) Mac OS
11 25 (0.59%) Windows Server 2012
12 23 (0.54%) Solaris
13 19 (0.44%) Mac OS X
14 18 (0.42%) CentOS
15 15 (0.35%) FreeRTOS
16 10 (0.23%) Windows 7
17 8 (0.19%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,222 (28.60%) Computer Science
2 1,162 (27.19%) Problem-Solving
3 928 (21.72%) Agile
4 658 (15.40%) Software Engineering
5 610 (14.28%) Project Management
6 540 (12.64%) Analytics
7 534 (12.50%) Mathematics
8 441 (10.32%) DevOps
9 399 (9.34%) Mentoring
10 391 (9.15%) Artificial Intelligence
11 390 (9.13%) Decision-Making
12 341 (7.98%) Data Analysis
13 335 (7.84%) ITIL
14 329 (7.70%) Actionable Insight
15 325 (7.61%) Business Intelligence
16 323 (7.56%) Visualisation
17 320 (7.49%) Cybersecurity
18 316 (7.40%) Continuous Improvement
19 314 (7.35%) Roadmaps
20 293 (6.86%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 836 (19.56%) SQL
2 773 (18.09%) Python
3 442 (10.34%) C#
4 411 (9.62%) JavaScript
5 265 (6.20%) Java
6 205 (4.80%) C
7 150 (3.51%) C++
8 132 (3.09%) PowerShell
9 123 (2.88%) TypeScript
10 96 (2.25%) T-SQL
11 84 (1.97%) PHP
12 76 (1.78%) R
13 56 (1.31%) Embedded C
14 50 (1.17%) Bash
14 50 (1.17%) MATLAB
15 44 (1.03%) VB
16 39 (0.91%) Kotlin
17 31 (0.73%) Go
17 31 (0.73%) Shell Script
18 27 (0.63%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 742 (17.36%) Computer Science Degree
2 593 (13.88%) Security Cleared
3 402 (9.41%) Master's Degree
4 360 (8.42%) SC Cleared
5 228 (5.34%) DBS Check
6 133 (3.11%) PhD
7 124 (2.90%) BPSS Clearance
7 124 (2.90%) Microsoft Certification
8 85 (1.99%) Cisco Certification
9 84 (1.97%) CISSP
10 80 (1.87%) DV Cleared
11 71 (1.66%) CCNA
12 66 (1.54%) Numerate Degree
13 65 (1.52%) PMI Certification
14 62 (1.45%) Azure Certification
15 61 (1.43%) CISM
16 60 (1.40%) PMP
17 56 (1.31%) AWS Certification
18 51 (1.19%) CCNP
19 50 (1.17%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 208 (4.87%) QA
2 92 (2.15%) Accessibility
3 63 (1.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 63 (1.47%) SLA
4 61 (1.43%) Data Quality
5 60 (1.40%) GDPR
5 60 (1.40%) PMO
6 38 (0.89%) NIST
7 27 (0.63%) ISO 9001
8 25 (0.59%) Actionable Recommendations
9 23 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials
9 23 (0.54%) NCSC
10 20 (0.47%) WCAG
11 15 (0.35%) ITGC
12 14 (0.33%) Good Clinical Practice
13 12 (0.28%) PCI DSS
14 10 (0.23%) GRC
14 10 (0.23%) NIST 800
15 9 (0.21%) ISO 14001
16 8 (0.19%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 233 (5.45%) Active Directory
2 199 (4.66%) Docker
3 112 (2.62%) Firmware
4 106 (2.48%) VMware Infrastructure
5 57 (1.33%) Hyper-V
6 44 (1.03%) Embedded Firmware
7 32 (0.75%) Virtual Desktop
8 30 (0.70%) Virtual Machines
9 22 (0.51%) vSphere
10 19 (0.44%) VMware ESXi
11 15 (0.35%) XenApp
12 9 (0.21%) OpenSSH
12 9 (0.21%) Virtual Servers
13 6 (0.14%) KVM
14 4 (0.094%) Microsoft App-V
14 4 (0.094%) Terminal Services
15 2 (0.047%) Kamailio
15 2 (0.047%) Oracle RAC
15 2 (0.047%) XenDesktop
16 1 (0.023%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 152 (3.56%) Kubernetes
2 105 (2.46%) Terraform
3 75 (1.76%) Ansible
4 57 (1.33%) Microsoft Intune
5 45 (1.05%) SCCM
6 31 (0.73%) SCOM
7 30 (0.70%) WSUS
8 23 (0.54%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 22 (0.51%) Progress Chef
10 21 (0.49%) Stealthwatch
11 18 (0.42%) Puppet
12 17 (0.40%) CASB
13 15 (0.35%) Cisco CUCM
14 13 (0.30%) ServiceCenter
15 12 (0.28%) Grafana
16 11 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
17 10 (0.23%) vCenter Server
17 10 (0.23%) ZABBIX
18 9 (0.21%) Nessus
18 9 (0.21%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 945 (22.12%) Microsoft
2 180 (4.21%) Databricks
3 168 (3.93%) SAP
4 162 (3.79%) Adobe
5 146 (3.42%) VMware
6 133 (3.11%) Google
7 125 (2.93%) Oracle
8 109 (2.55%) Cisco
9 108 (2.53%) Apple
10 98 (2.29%) Dell
11 86 (2.01%) Salesforce
12 60 (1.40%) HP
12 60 (1.40%) IBM
13 57 (1.33%) Meraki
14 45 (1.05%) ServiceNow
15 43 (1.01%) NEC
16 40 (0.94%) Xilinx
17 38 (0.89%) Citrix
18 32 (0.75%) Samsung
19 30 (0.70%) PayPal