Degree Jobs in the East of England

Academic Degree
England > East of England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the East of England with a requirement for Degree qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 5 2 2
Rank change year-on-year -3 0 +2
Permanent jobs citing Degree 857 1,454 1,916
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 13.45% 29.01% 27.86%
As % of the Qualifications category 53.70% 67.79% 73.19%
Number of salaries quoted 567 285 450
10th Percentile £25,759 £30,000 £27,375
25th Percentile £33,388 £38,000 £35,165
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £54,000 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.04% +16.13% -7.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £66,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £74,850 £77,500 £70,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% +9.09% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
East 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 East of England with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,596 2,145 2,618
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 25.05% 42.80% 38.06%
Number of salaries quoted 1,100 594 835
10th Percentile £26,000 £26,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £54,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.84% +9.00% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,188 £63,750
90th Percentile £72,500 £80,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £54,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.17% +9.09% -

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing Degree as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for Degree in the East of England

Degree
Salary Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Degree in the East of England.

Salary trend for Degree in the East of England

Degree
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Degree in the East of England over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Degree in the East of England

Degree
Job Locations in the East 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 East of England region over the 6 months to 28 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
Cambridgeshire 0 331 £55,000 +10.00% 252
Hertfordshire -3 279 £50,000 -14.89% 200
Essex -12 84 £46,297 -0.33% 124
Bedfordshire +4 82 £44,750 -25.42% 58
Norfolk -31 47 £40,000 +5.26% 44
Suffolk -13 36 £37,500 -1.32% 43
Degree
England

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East 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 15 (1.75%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (1.52%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.58%) Apache
3 5 (0.58%) ArcGIS
4 3 (0.35%) IIS
5 2 (0.23%) Confluence
6 1 (0.12%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.12%) Exchange Server 2013
6 1 (0.12%) SAS
6 1 (0.12%) WordPress
Applications
1 65 (7.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 59 (6.88%) Microsoft Office
3 27 (3.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 23 (2.68%) Simulink
5 15 (1.75%) Microsoft Project
6 13 (1.52%) Photoshop
7 12 (1.40%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 12 (1.40%) Adobe Illustrator
8 10 (1.17%) InDesign
9 8 (0.93%) MS Visio
10 7 (0.82%) AutoCAD
10 7 (0.82%) Revit
11 4 (0.47%) Spreadsheet
12 3 (0.35%) Adobe Premiere
13 2 (0.23%) Adobe After Effects
13 2 (0.23%) Adobe XD
14 1 (0.12%) SOLIDWORKS
14 1 (0.12%) Stateflow
14 1 (0.12%) Trello
Business Applications
1 11 (1.28%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.58%) Oracle Financials
2 5 (0.58%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.47%) CA PPM
3 4 (0.47%) SAP ERP
4 3 (0.35%) Dynamics GP
4 3 (0.35%) Dynamics NAV
4 3 (0.35%) Oracle Financial Analyzer
5 2 (0.23%) iTrent
6 1 (0.12%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 90 (10.50%) Microsoft 365
2 60 (7.00%) Azure
3 45 (5.25%) Power Platform
4 44 (5.13%) AWS
5 20 (2.33%) SaaS
6 18 (2.10%) Azure DevOps
7 10 (1.17%) Serverless
8 9 (1.05%) Entra ID
8 9 (1.05%) GCP
8 9 (1.05%) GitHub
9 5 (0.58%) AWS Lambda
9 5 (0.58%) Dynamics 365
9 5 (0.58%) Google Workspace
9 5 (0.58%) Mimecast
10 4 (0.47%) Amazon EMR
10 4 (0.47%) Amazon S3
10 4 (0.47%) OneDrive
11 3 (0.35%) Amazon EC2
11 3 (0.35%) Apigee
11 3 (0.35%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 32 (3.73%) LAN
2 28 (3.27%) Wireless
3 27 (3.15%) TCP/IP
3 27 (3.15%) WAN
4 24 (2.80%) Firewall
4 24 (2.80%) Wi-Fi
5 17 (1.98%) 5G
6 14 (1.63%) Broadband
6 14 (1.63%) DNS
7 10 (1.17%) DHCP
7 10 (1.17%) LTE
8 8 (0.93%) Bluetooth
8 8 (0.93%) Internet
8 8 (0.93%) Intranet
8 8 (0.93%) TETRA
9 6 (0.70%) Ethernet
9 6 (0.70%) VPN
10 5 (0.58%) Software-Defined Radio
11 4 (0.47%) BGP
12 3 (0.35%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (5.02%) Power BI
2 34 (3.97%) SQL Server
3 20 (2.33%) PostgreSQL
4 15 (1.75%) Relational Database
5 14 (1.63%) GIS
6 13 (1.52%) Big Data
7 11 (1.28%) MySQL
8 10 (1.17%) Data Warehouse
9 9 (1.05%) Azure SQL Database
9 9 (1.05%) Geospatial Data
9 9 (1.05%) Spatial Data
9 9 (1.05%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 8 (0.93%) Redis
11 7 (0.82%) NoSQL
11 7 (0.82%) QlikView
12 5 (0.58%) Elasticsearch
13 4 (0.47%) Amazon Redshift
13 4 (0.47%) Data Lake
13 4 (0.47%) Tableau
13 4 (0.47%) Triplestore
Development Applications
1 36 (4.20%) Git
2 12 (1.40%) JIRA
3 10 (1.17%) Jenkins
3 10 (1.17%) LabVIEW
3 10 (1.17%) NUnit
4 9 (1.05%) Moq
5 8 (0.93%) Appium
5 8 (0.93%) UI Automator
5 8 (0.93%) Visual Studio
6 6 (0.70%) Rational Rhapsody
7 3 (0.35%) Eclipse
7 3 (0.35%) GitLab
7 3 (0.35%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 3 (0.35%) Visual Studio Code
8 2 (0.23%) GCC
8 2 (0.23%) IntelliJ
9 1 (0.12%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.12%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.12%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.12%) webpack
General
1 328 (38.27%) Social Skills
2 176 (20.54%) Analytical Skills
3 116 (13.54%) Finance
4 104 (12.14%) Electronics
5 58 (6.77%) Aerospace
6 57 (6.65%) Presentation Skills
7 55 (6.42%) Manufacturing
8 52 (6.07%) Automotive
9 44 (5.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 40 (4.67%) Marketing
11 32 (3.73%) Organisational Skills
12 25 (2.92%) Legal
12 25 (2.92%) Telecoms
13 23 (2.68%) Law
14 20 (2.33%) Pharmaceutical
14 20 (2.33%) Retail
15 17 (1.98%) Local Government
16 13 (1.52%) Influencing Skills
17 12 (1.40%) Documentation Skills
18 9 (1.05%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 102 (11.90%) Analyst
2 86 (10.04%) Senior
3 84 (9.80%) Developer
4 80 (9.33%) Lead
5 78 (9.10%) Systems Engineer
6 53 (6.18%) Software Engineer
7 44 (5.13%) Hardware Engineer
7 44 (5.13%) Project Manager
8 43 (5.02%) Graduate
9 31 (3.62%) Junior
10 30 (3.50%) Team Leader
11 28 (3.27%) IT Support
12 27 (3.15%) Embedded Engineer
13 25 (2.92%) Senior Hardware Engineer
14 23 (2.68%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 23 (2.68%) Principal Engineer
14 23 (2.68%) RF Engineer
14 23 (2.68%) Senior RF Engineer
15 22 (2.57%) Consultant
16 21 (2.45%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (4.67%) .NET
2 37 (4.32%) HTML
3 34 (3.97%) CSS
4 22 (2.57%) .NET Core
5 21 (2.45%) React
6 18 (2.10%) JSON
6 18 (2.10%) REST
7 16 (1.87%) AngularJS
8 14 (1.63%) ASP.NET
9 13 (1.52%) .NET Framework
9 13 (1.52%) ASP.NET Web API
9 13 (1.52%) jQuery
10 10 (1.17%) RESTful
10 10 (1.17%) Vue
11 9 (1.05%) LINQ
11 9 (1.05%) LINQ to SQL
11 9 (1.05%) NumPy
11 9 (1.05%) PyQt
11 9 (1.05%) Razor View Engine
11 9 (1.05%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 68 (7.93%) Algorithms
2 65 (7.58%) Self-Motivation
3 44 (5.13%) IoT
4 37 (4.32%) Management Information System
5 35 (4.08%) FPGA
6 26 (3.03%) Robotics
7 23 (2.68%) Verilog
7 23 (2.68%) VHDL
8 22 (2.57%) Embedded Systems
9 19 (2.22%) Driving Licence
9 19 (2.22%) Product Ownership
10 18 (2.10%) Onboarding
11 15 (1.75%) Cyber Threat
12 14 (1.63%) Client/Server
13 13 (1.52%) Data Centre
13 13 (1.52%) Life Science
13 13 (1.52%) Mobile App
14 11 (1.28%) Data Structures
15 10 (1.17%) Enterprise Software
15 10 (1.17%) Graphic Design
Operating Systems
1 109 (12.72%) Windows
2 62 (7.23%) Linux
3 34 (3.97%) Windows Server
4 29 (3.38%) Android
5 18 (2.10%) Windows Server 2019
6 16 (1.87%) Windows 10
7 15 (1.75%) Mac OS
7 15 (1.75%) Windows Server 2016
8 10 (1.17%) Apple iOS
9 7 (0.82%) Unix
9 7 (0.82%) Windows Server 2003
10 5 (0.58%) VMS
10 5 (0.58%) Windows 2000
10 5 (0.58%) Windows NT
10 5 (0.58%) Windows Server 2008
10 5 (0.58%) Windows Server 2012
10 5 (0.58%) Windows XP
11 3 (0.35%) Mac OS X
11 3 (0.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 2 (0.23%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 248 (28.94%) Problem-Solving
2 209 (24.39%) Computer Science
3 118 (13.77%) Agile
4 108 (12.60%) Software Engineering
5 99 (11.55%) Project Management
6 92 (10.74%) Customer Service
7 81 (9.45%) Mathematics
8 62 (7.23%) Data Analysis
9 58 (6.77%) ITIL
10 57 (6.65%) Software Testing
11 56 (6.53%) Decision-Making
11 56 (6.53%) Mentoring
12 53 (6.18%) Systems Engineering
13 50 (5.83%) Continuous Improvement
14 47 (5.48%) Physics
15 46 (5.37%) Change Management
15 46 (5.37%) Validation
16 45 (5.25%) Collaborative Working
16 45 (5.25%) Roadmaps
17 44 (5.13%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 131 (15.29%) Python
2 78 (9.10%) SQL
3 77 (8.98%) C#
4 66 (7.70%) C
5 50 (5.83%) JavaScript
6 44 (5.13%) MATLAB
7 31 (3.62%) PowerShell
8 28 (3.27%) Java
9 22 (2.57%) C++
10 21 (2.45%) PHP
11 16 (1.87%) R
12 13 (1.52%) Embedded C
13 11 (1.28%) Bash
13 11 (1.28%) TypeScript
14 9 (1.05%) T-SQL
15 6 (0.70%) SPARQL
16 4 (0.47%) Rust
17 3 (0.35%) Cython
17 3 (0.35%) Shell Script
17 3 (0.35%) VBA
Qualifications
1 117 (13.65%) Computer Science Degree
2 103 (12.02%) Master's Degree
3 79 (9.22%) Security Cleared
4 56 (6.53%) PhD
5 45 (5.25%) BPSS Clearance
6 25 (2.92%) HND
7 21 (2.45%) Chartered Engineer
8 17 (1.98%) HNC
9 15 (1.75%) MBA
10 14 (1.63%) Microsoft Certification
10 14 (1.63%) SC Cleared
11 9 (1.05%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 8 (0.93%) DBS Check
13 7 (0.82%) Azure Certification
13 7 (0.82%) DV Cleared
14 6 (0.70%) PMI Certification
14 6 (0.70%) PMP
15 5 (0.58%) MCSA
15 5 (0.58%) Numerate Degree
16 4 (0.47%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (3.85%) QA
2 11 (1.28%) Data Quality
3 10 (1.17%) Accessibility
3 10 (1.17%) GDPR
4 8 (0.93%) SLA
5 6 (0.70%) ISO 9001
5 6 (0.70%) NEBOSH
6 5 (0.58%) GxP
7 4 (0.47%) Actionable Recommendations
7 4 (0.47%) IEC 62304
7 4 (0.47%) ISO 13485
7 4 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.47%) NIST
8 2 (0.23%) NCSC
8 2 (0.23%) PMO
8 2 (0.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.12%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.12%) JSP 440
9 1 (0.12%) JTAG
9 1 (0.12%) RMADS
System Software
1 64 (7.47%) Active Directory
2 25 (2.92%) Docker
3 22 (2.57%) Firmware
3 22 (2.57%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.58%) vSphere
5 4 (0.47%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (0.47%) Virtual Servers
6 3 (0.35%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.35%) KVM
6 3 (0.35%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.23%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.12%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 12 (1.40%) Ansible
1 12 (1.40%) Kubernetes
2 10 (1.17%) Microsoft Intune
3 9 (1.05%) Terraform
4 8 (0.93%) Progress Chef
5 6 (0.70%) SCCM
6 5 (0.58%) Puppet
6 5 (0.58%) SCOM
6 5 (0.58%) WSUS
7 3 (0.35%) HAProxy
7 3 (0.35%) Jamf Pro
7 3 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.23%) Functional Safety
8 2 (0.23%) NetCrunch
8 2 (0.23%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.12%) HP Quality Center
9 1 (0.12%) Iperf
9 1 (0.12%) Nmap
Vendors
1 169 (19.72%) Microsoft
2 27 (3.15%) SAP
3 25 (2.92%) VMware
4 24 (2.80%) EMC
5 16 (1.87%) Oracle
6 15 (1.75%) Google
7 13 (1.52%) Computacenter
8 12 (1.40%) Adobe
8 12 (1.40%) Virgin Media
9 9 (1.05%) Apple
9 9 (1.05%) IBM
10 8 (0.93%) BT
10 8 (0.93%) Intel
10 8 (0.93%) Xilinx
11 7 (0.82%) Citrix
12 6 (0.70%) Cisco
12 6 (0.70%) Cognos
13 5 (0.58%) ESRI
13 5 (0.58%) Salesforce
13 5 (0.58%) Sophos