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 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 11 9 14
Rank change year-on-year -2 +5 +10
Permanent jobs citing Degree 1,974 2,687 2,276
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 10.85% 16.24% 12.36%
As % of the Qualifications category 50.32% 52.40% 43.70%
Number of salaries quoted 1,419 869 1,074
10th Percentile £25,750 £29,500 £27,875
25th Percentile £32,500 £38,787 £35,081
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £43,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +22.09% -9.47%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £56,994
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 3,923 5,128 5,208
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 21.56% 30.99% 28.28%
Number of salaries quoted 2,697 1,736 2,458
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,013 £54,882 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.52% +15.54% -5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £68,375 £62,500
90th Percentile £78,850 £82,500 £75,000
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 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 28 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 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
North West +1 1,197 £47,500 -13.64% 743
Yorkshire +1 567 £45,000 -10.00% 365
North East -10 210 £48,000 +0.69% 161
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 55 (2.79%) SharePoint
2 27 (1.37%) Confluence
2 27 (1.37%) Microsoft Exchange
3 26 (1.32%) CMS
4 19 (0.96%) IIS
5 16 (0.81%) SAS
6 12 (0.61%) Apache
7 11 (0.56%) Tomcat
8 8 (0.41%) Apache Spark
9 7 (0.35%) MS Project Server
9 7 (0.35%) WordPress
10 6 (0.30%) 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
1 170 (8.61%) Microsoft Office
2 127 (6.43%) Microsoft Excel
3 62 (3.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 40 (2.03%) Microsoft Project
5 18 (0.91%) 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 (0.30%) Adobe After Effects
10 6 (0.30%) 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 27 (1.37%) Dynamics CRM
2 17 (0.86%) SAP S/4HANA
3 11 (0.56%) SAP Business One
4 10 (0.51%) NetSuite
4 10 (0.51%) SAP ERP
5 9 (0.46%) SAP CX
6 8 (0.41%) NEC Housing
7 6 (0.30%) 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
1 255 (12.92%) Azure
2 195 (9.88%) AWS
3 140 (7.09%) Microsoft 365
4 76 (3.85%) Power Platform
5 43 (2.18%) Dynamics 365
6 41 (2.08%) GCP
7 35 (1.77%) Amazon Kinesis
8 32 (1.62%) Azure DevOps
9 26 (1.32%) GitHub
10 23 (1.17%) Serverless
11 21 (1.06%) Power Automate
12 20 (1.01%) Amazon S3
12 20 (1.01%) SaaS
13 18 (0.91%) Amazon EC2
13 18 (0.91%) Cloud Computing
14 15 (0.76%) AWS Lambda
15 12 (0.61%) PowerApps
16 11 (0.56%) AWS CloudFormation
16 11 (0.56%) Entra ID
17 10 (0.51%) Google Play
Communications & Networking
1 80 (4.05%) Firewall
2 50 (2.53%) WAN
3 44 (2.23%) LAN
3 44 (2.23%) Network Security
3 44 (2.23%) TCP/IP
4 42 (2.13%) DNS
5 41 (2.08%) Internet
6 39 (1.98%) PPP
6 39 (1.98%) VPN
7 32 (1.62%) DHCP
8 27 (1.37%) Wi-Fi
9 25 (1.27%) VoIP
10 20 (1.01%) VLAN
11 18 (0.91%) RS-232
12 17 (0.86%) Ethernet
13 15 (0.76%) SD-WAN
13 15 (0.76%) Wireless
14 14 (0.71%) Remote Desktop
15 13 (0.66%) Broadband
16 11 (0.56%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 126 (6.38%) SQL Server
2 75 (3.80%) MySQL
3 59 (2.99%) Power BI
4 46 (2.33%) NoSQL
5 45 (2.28%) Data Warehouse
6 40 (2.03%) Relational Database
7 35 (1.77%) Redis
8 29 (1.47%) Amazon RDS
9 27 (1.37%) PostgreSQL
10 24 (1.22%) Amazon Redshift
11 23 (1.17%) RDBMS
12 22 (1.11%) Tableau
13 19 (0.96%) MS Access
13 19 (0.96%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 18 (0.91%) DynamoDB
15 17 (0.86%) Amazon Aurora
15 17 (0.86%) Oracle Database
15 17 (0.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 16 (0.81%) Big Data
17 11 (0.56%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 114 (5.78%) Git
2 91 (4.61%) JIRA
3 19 (0.96%) Postman
4 17 (0.86%) Gatling
5 16 (0.81%) TeamCity
6 14 (0.71%) Visual Studio
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 (0.30%) Dreamweaver
10 6 (0.30%) LoadRunner
10 6 (0.30%) 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%) MSTest
General
1 863 (43.72%) Social Skills
2 276 (13.98%) Analytical Skills
3 270 (13.68%) Finance
4 208 (10.54%) Manufacturing
5 112 (5.67%) Marketing
6 97 (4.91%) Retail
7 94 (4.76%) Legal
8 83 (4.20%) Organisational Skills
9 81 (4.10%) Electronics
10 74 (3.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 64 (3.24%) Games
12 60 (3.04%) Presentation Skills
13 57 (2.89%) Public Sector
14 54 (2.74%) Law
15 39 (1.98%) Pharmaceutical
16 38 (1.93%) Aerospace
16 38 (1.93%) Automotive
17 37 (1.87%) Banking
18 31 (1.57%) Telecoms
19 30 (1.52%) Military
Job Titles
1 286 (14.49%) Developer
1 286 (14.49%) Senior
2 175 (8.87%) Analyst
3 159 (8.05%) Software Engineer
4 140 (7.09%) Project Manager
5 114 (5.78%) Lead
6 110 (5.57%) Graduate
7 109 (5.52%) Architect
8 71 (3.60%) IT Manager
9 54 (2.74%) .NET Developer
9 54 (2.74%) Consultant
10 49 (2.48%) Junior
11 47 (2.38%) Software Developer
12 46 (2.33%) Senior Developer
13 41 (2.08%) Lead Developer
14 37 (1.87%) Solutions Architect
15 36 (1.82%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 35 (1.77%) Support Engineer
17 34 (1.72%) Team Leader
18 33 (1.67%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 177 (8.97%) .NET
2 101 (5.12%) HTML
3 80 (4.05%) CSS
4 74 (3.75%) Node.js
5 56 (2.84%) React
6 55 (2.79%) Web Services
7 52 (2.63%) .NET Framework
8 48 (2.43%) ASP.NET
9 46 (2.33%) AngularJS
9 46 (2.33%) JSON
10 41 (2.08%) REST
11 40 (2.03%) RESTful
11 40 (2.03%) Vue
12 30 (1.52%) ASP.NET Web API
13 29 (1.47%) .NET Core
14 26 (1.32%) Entity Framework
15 22 (1.11%) HTML5
16 20 (1.01%) Spring
17 19 (0.96%) ASP.NET MVC
17 19 (0.96%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 161 (8.16%) Management Information System
2 87 (4.41%) Self-Motivation
3 63 (3.19%) Driving Licence
4 54 (2.74%) Data Centre
5 53 (2.68%) Operational Technology
6 50 (2.53%) Onboarding
7 33 (1.67%) Industrial Internet of Things
8 30 (1.52%) Embedded Systems
8 30 (1.52%) Social Media
9 27 (1.37%) Public Cloud
10 24 (1.22%) NHS
11 22 (1.11%) Mobile App
11 22 (1.11%) Product Ownership
12 21 (1.06%) Blog
12 21 (1.06%) Cloud Native
12 21 (1.06%) Data Structures
13 20 (1.01%) Reinsurance
14 19 (0.96%) IoT
14 19 (0.96%) Renewable Energy
14 19 (0.96%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 205 (10.39%) Windows
2 115 (5.83%) Linux
3 72 (3.65%) Windows Server
4 34 (1.72%) Windows 10
5 29 (1.47%) Unix
6 22 (1.11%) Mac OS
7 20 (1.01%) Windows Vista
8 18 (0.91%) 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 6 (0.30%) Apple iOS
16 5 (0.25%) VMS
17 4 (0.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
18 1 (0.051%) CentOS
18 1 (0.051%) ThreadX
18 1 (0.051%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 613 (31.05%) Computer Science
2 610 (30.90%) Problem-Solving
3 382 (19.35%) Agile
4 319 (16.16%) Project Management
5 261 (13.22%) Software Engineering
6 230 (11.65%) Cybersecurity
7 196 (9.93%) Mentoring
8 186 (9.42%) Continuous Improvement
9 180 (9.12%) DevOps
10 155 (7.85%) Customer Service
11 144 (7.29%) Analytics
12 138 (6.99%) ITIL
13 133 (6.74%) Project Delivery
14 126 (6.38%) ERP
14 126 (6.38%) Mathematics
15 118 (5.98%) Coaching
16 102 (5.17%) Business Intelligence
17 101 (5.12%) Decision-Making
18 99 (5.02%) Risk Management
19 96 (4.86%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 258 (13.07%) SQL
2 213 (10.79%) C#
3 171 (8.66%) JavaScript
4 137 (6.94%) Python
5 120 (6.08%) Java
6 75 (3.80%) C
7 58 (2.94%) TypeScript
8 56 (2.84%) PHP
9 38 (1.93%) PowerShell
10 29 (1.47%) C++
11 24 (1.22%) Embedded C
12 22 (1.11%) VB
13 20 (1.01%) Scala
14 18 (0.91%) T-SQL
15 17 (0.86%) R
16 15 (0.76%) Kotlin
16 15 (0.76%) Shell Script
17 14 (0.71%) VBScript
18 12 (0.61%) Ruby
19 11 (0.56%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 382 (19.35%) Computer Science Degree
2 114 (5.78%) Master's Degree
3 93 (4.71%) Security Cleared
4 80 (4.05%) HNC
5 79 (4.00%) Cisco Certification
6 73 (3.70%) Microsoft Certification
7 61 (3.09%) HND
7 61 (3.09%) SC Cleared
8 59 (2.99%) CCNA
9 52 (2.63%) CISSP
10 49 (2.48%) PMP
11 48 (2.43%) PMI Certification
12 45 (2.28%) CCNP
13 39 (1.98%) DBS Check
14 35 (1.77%) CISM
15 31 (1.57%) Azure Certification
15 31 (1.57%) PhD
16 28 (1.42%) MCP
17 24 (1.22%) AWS Certification
18 20 (1.01%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (3.80%) QA
2 55 (2.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 38 (1.93%) Accessibility
3 38 (1.93%) PMO
4 33 (1.67%) GDPR
5 29 (1.47%) NIST
6 26 (1.32%) Data Quality
7 25 (1.27%) GMP
8 23 (1.17%) ISO 9001
9 21 (1.06%) PCI DSS
9 21 (1.06%) SLA
10 15 (0.76%) Cyber Essentials
11 8 (0.41%) NCSC
12 7 (0.35%) NIST 800
13 6 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 6 (0.30%) IEC 62304
14 5 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 17025
14 5 (0.25%) NEBOSH
15 4 (0.20%) TickIT
16 3 (0.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 106 (5.37%) Active Directory
2 55 (2.79%) VMware Infrastructure
3 48 (2.43%) Hyper-V
4 45 (2.28%) Docker
5 17 (0.86%) Firmware
6 14 (0.71%) Terminal Services
7 11 (0.56%) VMware ESXi
8 8 (0.41%) 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 (2.33%) Terraform
2 34 (1.72%) 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
6 9 (0.46%) Stealthwatch
7 8 (0.41%) Autotask
7 8 (0.41%) Failover Clustering
8 7 (0.35%) Grafana
8 7 (0.35%) Prometheus
9 6 (0.30%) CASB
9 6 (0.30%) Microsoft Clustering
10 5 (0.25%) Jamf Pro
10 5 (0.25%) Nessus
10 5 (0.25%) SCOM
11 4 (0.20%) WSUS
12 2 (0.10%) Host Intrusion Detection System
12 2 (0.10%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 392 (19.86%) Microsoft
2 74 (3.75%) VMware
3 71 (3.60%) SAP
4 70 (3.55%) Cisco
5 66 (3.34%) Adobe
6 55 (2.79%) Google
7 50 (2.53%) Oracle
8 43 (2.18%) Apple
9 28 (1.42%) Salesforce
10 22 (1.11%) Meraki
11 20 (1.01%) HP
11 20 (1.01%) ServiceNow
12 14 (0.71%) F5
13 13 (0.66%) Dell
13 13 (0.66%) Sage
14 12 (0.61%) IBM
15 11 (0.56%) Samsung
15 11 (0.56%) Virgin Media
16 10 (0.51%) Veeam
17 9 (0.46%) Facebook