Degree Jobs in the North West

Academic Degree
England > North West

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

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 9 9 15
Rank change year-on-year 0 +6 +6
Permanent jobs citing Degree 1,219 1,208 1,159
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 11.38% 16.39% 12.06%
As % of the Qualifications category 49.88% 44.71% 39.88%
Number of salaries quoted 827 437 471
10th Percentile £25,900 £29,500 £25,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £38,750 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +22.22% -5.26%
75th Percentile £60,000 £67,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £76,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% +9.09% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North West

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 West with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,444 2,702 2,906
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 22.82% 36.66% 30.23%
Number of salaries quoted 1,652 897 1,303
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,650 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +21.05% -5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £70,341 £62,827
90th Percentile £78,750 £85,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £54,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.17% +9.09% -

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Degree as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Degree in the North West

Degree
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Degree in the North West.

Salary trend for Degree in the North West

Degree
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Degree in the North West over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Degree in the North West

Degree
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Degree within the North West region over the 6 months to 2 June 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
Manchester +2 594 £50,000 -13.04% 326
Cheshire +3 237 £47,500 -20.83% 155
Lancashire 0 217 £47,750 -13.18% 93
Merseyside -15 89 £32,500 -27.78% 68
Cumbria +8 79 £29,500 -51.48% 35
Degree
England

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 20 (1.64%) SharePoint
2 16 (1.31%) CMS
3 11 (0.90%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (0.90%) SAS
4 10 (0.82%) IIS
5 8 (0.66%) Apache
5 8 (0.66%) Confluence
5 8 (0.66%) Tomcat
6 6 (0.49%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 4 (0.33%) Apache Spark
7 4 (0.33%) ArcGIS
7 4 (0.33%) Umbraco
7 4 (0.33%) WordPress
8 2 (0.16%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.082%) Kentico
9 1 (0.082%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 91 (7.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 85 (6.97%) Microsoft Office
3 53 (4.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 13 (1.07%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 12 (0.98%) Adobe Illustrator
5 12 (0.98%) Photoshop
6 11 (0.90%) Microsoft Project
7 9 (0.74%) Adobe Captivate
8 8 (0.66%) AutoCAD
8 8 (0.66%) MS Visio
9 7 (0.57%) InDesign
10 5 (0.41%) Spreadsheet
11 3 (0.25%) Adobe After Effects
11 3 (0.25%) Trello
12 2 (0.16%) SPSS
12 2 (0.16%) Stata
13 1 (0.082%) Acrobat
13 1 (0.082%) Adobe Premiere
13 1 (0.082%) CorelDRAW
13 1 (0.082%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 19 (1.56%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (1.07%) SAP S/4HANA
3 9 (0.74%) SAP CX
4 8 (0.66%) NEC Housing
5 7 (0.57%) SAP Business One
6 5 (0.41%) Maximo
7 4 (0.33%) Dynamics NAV
7 4 (0.33%) NetSuite
7 4 (0.33%) SAP CO
7 4 (0.33%) SAP ERP
7 4 (0.33%) SAP FI
7 4 (0.33%) SAP FI/CO
8 3 (0.25%) Primavera
8 3 (0.25%) SAP APO
8 3 (0.25%) SAP MM
8 3 (0.25%) SAP PP
8 3 (0.25%) SAP SD
8 3 (0.25%) SAP WM
9 2 (0.16%) Dynamics AX
9 2 (0.16%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 131 (10.75%) Azure
2 117 (9.60%) AWS
3 79 (6.48%) Microsoft 365
4 44 (3.61%) Power Platform
5 34 (2.79%) Amazon Kinesis
6 30 (2.46%) GCP
7 18 (1.48%) Dynamics 365
8 16 (1.31%) Azure DevOps
9 14 (1.15%) Amazon S3
9 14 (1.15%) GitHub
9 14 (1.15%) SaaS
10 13 (1.07%) Amazon EC2
11 10 (0.82%) Google Play
11 10 (0.82%) Power Automate
11 10 (0.82%) Serverless
12 8 (0.66%) Entra ID
13 7 (0.57%) Google Workspace
14 6 (0.49%) Google Analytics
15 5 (0.41%) Adobe Creative Cloud
15 5 (0.41%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 43 (3.53%) Firewall
2 41 (3.36%) PPP
3 34 (2.79%) WAN
4 31 (2.54%) LAN
5 27 (2.21%) TCP/IP
6 23 (1.89%) DNS
7 21 (1.72%) Network Security
8 17 (1.39%) Internet
9 16 (1.31%) SD-WAN
10 15 (1.23%) DHCP
10 15 (1.23%) VPN
10 15 (1.23%) Wi-Fi
11 14 (1.15%) RS-232
12 11 (0.90%) Broadband
12 11 (0.90%) Remote Desktop
12 11 (0.90%) VoIP
13 10 (0.82%) Cisco Firepower
13 10 (0.82%) Ethernet
14 9 (0.74%) VLAN
14 9 (0.74%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (5.17%) SQL Server
2 41 (3.36%) NoSQL
3 37 (3.04%) MySQL
4 29 (2.38%) PostgreSQL
5 27 (2.21%) Data Warehouse
6 26 (2.13%) Power BI
7 25 (2.05%) Relational Database
8 23 (1.89%) DynamoDB
9 22 (1.80%) Amazon Aurora
10 21 (1.72%) Redis
11 18 (1.48%) Amazon Redshift
11 18 (1.48%) MS Access
12 17 (1.39%) RDBMS
13 16 (1.31%) Tableau
14 15 (1.23%) Amazon RDS
15 10 (0.82%) MongoDB
15 10 (0.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 10 (0.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 8 (0.66%) Big Data
16 8 (0.66%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 66 (5.41%) Git
2 46 (3.77%) JIRA
3 20 (1.64%) Gatling
4 14 (1.15%) Postman
5 12 (0.98%) Visual Studio
6 11 (0.90%) Subversion
7 10 (0.82%) Appium
8 9 (0.74%) Jenkins
9 6 (0.49%) Dreamweaver
10 5 (0.41%) Clang
10 5 (0.41%) InstallShield
10 5 (0.41%) IntelliJ
10 5 (0.41%) JUnit
10 5 (0.41%) Mockito
11 4 (0.33%) CMake
11 4 (0.33%) GCC
11 4 (0.33%) GDB
11 4 (0.33%) Rational DOORS
11 4 (0.33%) TeamCity
12 3 (0.25%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 478 (39.21%) Social Skills
2 156 (12.80%) Finance
3 134 (10.99%) Analytical Skills
4 117 (9.60%) Manufacturing
5 56 (4.59%) Legal
6 53 (4.35%) Electronics
7 47 (3.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 44 (3.61%) Retail
9 42 (3.45%) Public Sector
10 41 (3.36%) Marketing
11 38 (3.12%) Games
11 38 (3.12%) Presentation Skills
12 36 (2.95%) Organisational Skills
13 34 (2.79%) Law
14 29 (2.38%) Military
15 25 (2.05%) Telecoms
16 24 (1.97%) Aerospace
17 22 (1.80%) Automotive
18 20 (1.64%) Billing
19 17 (1.39%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 195 (16.00%) Senior
2 172 (14.11%) Developer
3 114 (9.35%) Software Engineer
4 101 (8.29%) Analyst
5 78 (6.40%) Graduate
6 66 (5.41%) Project Manager
7 63 (5.17%) Lead
8 46 (3.77%) Architect
9 33 (2.71%) .NET Developer
9 33 (2.71%) Senior Developer
10 31 (2.54%) IT Manager
11 28 (2.30%) Consultant
11 28 (2.30%) Junior
11 28 (2.30%) Software Developer
12 27 (2.21%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 26 (2.13%) Senior Software Engineer
14 25 (2.05%) Lead Developer
15 23 (1.89%) Incident Manager
15 23 (1.89%) Vulnerability Manager
16 22 (1.80%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 110 (9.02%) .NET
2 68 (5.58%) HTML
3 45 (3.69%) Node.js
4 43 (3.53%) Web Services
5 41 (3.36%) CSS
5 41 (3.36%) REST
6 35 (2.87%) JSON
7 29 (2.38%) React
8 24 (1.97%) .NET Framework
9 22 (1.80%) ASP.NET
9 22 (1.80%) GraphQL
10 21 (1.72%) HTML5
11 20 (1.64%) http4s
11 20 (1.64%) Scalaz
12 15 (1.23%) AngularJS
12 15 (1.23%) Spring
13 13 (1.07%) Lambda Expressions
13 13 (1.07%) React Native
13 13 (1.07%) Redux
13 13 (1.07%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 100 (8.20%) Management Information System
2 52 (4.27%) Self-Motivation
3 45 (3.69%) Data Centre
4 36 (2.95%) Operational Technology
5 33 (2.71%) Industrial Internet of Things
6 31 (2.54%) Onboarding
7 24 (1.97%) Blog
8 23 (1.89%) Driving Licence
9 20 (1.64%) Media Streaming
10 19 (1.56%) Embedded Systems
11 15 (1.23%) e-Learning
11 15 (1.23%) Public Cloud
11 15 (1.23%) Social Media
12 14 (1.15%) Cloud Native
12 14 (1.15%) Enterprise Software
12 14 (1.15%) Renewable Energy
13 13 (1.07%) Algorithms
13 13 (1.07%) Cyber Threat
14 12 (0.98%) Animation
14 12 (0.98%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 119 (9.76%) Windows
2 78 (6.40%) Linux
3 23 (1.89%) Windows Vista
4 21 (1.72%) Unix
5 20 (1.64%) Android
6 19 (1.56%) Windows Server
7 16 (1.31%) Windows 10
8 9 (0.74%) Windows Phone
9 8 (0.66%) Mac OS
9 8 (0.66%) Solaris
10 6 (0.49%) Apple iOS
10 6 (0.49%) VMS
11 5 (0.41%) FreeRTOS
11 5 (0.41%) Windows Server 2016
12 3 (0.25%) Windows Server 2019
13 2 (0.16%) Amazon Linux
13 2 (0.16%) Ubuntu
13 2 (0.16%) Windows Server 2012
14 1 (0.082%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 1 (0.082%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 357 (29.29%) Computer Science
2 347 (28.47%) Problem-Solving
3 233 (19.11%) Agile
4 192 (15.75%) Cybersecurity
5 184 (15.09%) Project Management
6 174 (14.27%) Software Engineering
7 149 (12.22%) Mentoring
8 101 (8.29%) Analytics
9 96 (7.88%) Continuous Improvement
9 96 (7.88%) DevOps
10 89 (7.30%) Project Delivery
11 80 (6.56%) Coaching
11 80 (6.56%) Customer Service
12 78 (6.40%) Mathematics
12 78 (6.40%) Risk Management
13 71 (5.82%) ITIL
14 69 (5.66%) Incident Response
15 66 (5.41%) ERP
16 63 (5.17%) Open Source
17 62 (5.09%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 143 (11.73%) SQL
2 127 (10.42%) C#
3 93 (7.63%) Java
4 92 (7.55%) JavaScript
5 88 (7.22%) Python
6 42 (3.45%) C
7 33 (2.71%) TypeScript
8 30 (2.46%) PHP
9 23 (1.89%) Scala
10 22 (1.80%) C++
11 20 (1.64%) VB
12 15 (1.23%) Embedded C
13 14 (1.15%) PowerShell
14 13 (1.07%) Kotlin
15 12 (0.98%) R
16 11 (0.90%) T-SQL
16 11 (0.90%) VBScript
17 8 (0.66%) Perl
17 8 (0.66%) Ruby
17 8 (0.66%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 207 (16.98%) Computer Science Degree
2 72 (5.91%) Security Cleared
3 66 (5.41%) Master's Degree
4 59 (4.84%) Cisco Certification
5 52 (4.27%) HNC
6 45 (3.69%) CCNA
7 42 (3.45%) CISSP
7 42 (3.45%) Microsoft Certification
8 41 (3.36%) HND
8 41 (3.36%) SC Cleared
9 37 (3.04%) CCNP
10 34 (2.79%) CISM
11 19 (1.56%) AWS Certification
11 19 (1.56%) PhD
12 17 (1.39%) PMP
13 16 (1.31%) MCP
13 16 (1.31%) PMI Certification
14 13 (1.07%) Azure Certification
15 12 (0.98%) ACCA
15 12 (0.98%) Chartered Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (3.69%) QA
2 34 (2.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 25 (2.05%) Accessibility
3 25 (2.05%) NIST
4 23 (1.89%) GDPR
5 21 (1.72%) PCI DSS
6 14 (1.15%) Cyber Essentials
6 14 (1.15%) Data Quality
7 13 (1.07%) SLA
8 10 (0.82%) PMO
9 9 (0.74%) GMP
10 7 (0.57%) NCSC
10 7 (0.57%) NIST 800
11 6 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 6 (0.49%) IEC 62304
12 5 (0.41%) ISO 9001
12 5 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 17025
13 4 (0.33%) TickIT
14 3 (0.25%) WCAG
15 2 (0.16%) MiFID
System Software
1 57 (4.68%) Active Directory
2 20 (1.64%) Docker
3 16 (1.31%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (1.15%) Hyper-V
5 9 (0.74%) Firmware
5 9 (0.74%) Terminal Services
6 6 (0.49%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.16%) Embedded Firmware
7 2 (0.16%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.16%) vSphere
7 2 (0.16%) XenApp
7 2 (0.16%) XenDesktop
8 1 (0.082%) Lustre
8 1 (0.082%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.082%) Snort
8 1 (0.082%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 19 (1.56%) Terraform
2 16 (1.31%) Kubernetes
3 10 (0.82%) Ansible
3 10 (0.82%) Stealthwatch
4 9 (0.74%) AirWatch
5 8 (0.66%) Progress Chef
6 6 (0.49%) CASB
6 6 (0.49%) Microsoft Intune
7 4 (0.33%) Autotask
7 4 (0.33%) SCCM
8 2 (0.16%) Grafana
8 2 (0.16%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.16%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 2 (0.16%) vRealize
9 1 (0.082%) EnCase
9 1 (0.082%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.082%) FTK
9 1 (0.082%) Functional Safety
9 1 (0.082%) Icinga
9 1 (0.082%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 249 (20.43%) Microsoft
2 58 (4.76%) Adobe
3 52 (4.27%) SAP
4 46 (3.77%) Cisco
5 39 (3.20%) Apple
6 35 (2.87%) Google
7 26 (2.13%) VMware
8 18 (1.48%) HP
8 18 (1.48%) Meraki
9 16 (1.31%) Oracle
10 14 (1.15%) ServiceNow
11 11 (0.90%) Dell
11 11 (0.90%) Samsung
11 11 (0.90%) Virgin Media
12 9 (0.74%) Facebook
12 9 (0.74%) Salesforce
13 8 (0.66%) F5
13 8 (0.66%) NEC
13 8 (0.66%) Sage
14 7 (0.57%) Aruba