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 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 9 3 7
Rank change year-on-year -6 +4 +6
Permanent jobs citing Degree 10,020 12,446 13,060
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 13.54% 21.43% 17.72%
As % of the Qualifications category 50.81% 57.71% 54.79%
Number of salaries quoted 6,134 4,016 5,380
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £34,187 £36,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £50,500 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.97% +8.60% -2.11%
75th Percentile £64,138 £65,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,715 £75,000
UK median annual salary £52,084 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.19% +9.09% +0.09%

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 19,720 21,566 23,835
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 26.65% 37.13% 32.34%
Number of salaries quoted 12,249 8,030 10,534
10th Percentile £27,500 £28,500 £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% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £79,600 £80,000 £76,250
UK median annual salary £53,555 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.74% +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 28 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 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
South East -1 2,990 £51,425 -2.05% 1,255
North of England -2 1,974 £47,500 -9.52% 1,252
Midlands -2 1,786 £47,500 -5.00% 996
South West -3 1,345 £50,000 - 718
North West +1 1,197 £47,500 -13.64% 743
West Midlands +1 1,192 £50,000 -4.76% 608
East of England -3 857 £47,500 -12.04% 718
Scotland -30 679 £44,100 -11.80% 407
East Midlands -4 581 £42,500 -10.53% 388
Yorkshire +1 567 £45,000 -10.00% 365
Wales -4 261 £44,886 -0.25% 134
North East -10 210 £48,000 +0.69% 161
Northern Ireland +6 109 £45,000 - 66
Isle of Man +5 23 £52,500 -27.59% 6
Channel Islands -1 6 £67,500 +8.00% 1
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
1 246 (2.46%) SharePoint
2 205 (2.05%) Microsoft Exchange
3 204 (2.04%) Confluence
4 67 (0.67%) CMS
5 56 (0.56%) SAS
6 48 (0.48%) WordPress
7 46 (0.46%) IIS
8 44 (0.44%) Oracle Service Bus
8 44 (0.44%) WebLogic
9 41 (0.41%) Apache
10 38 (0.38%) Apache Spark
11 30 (0.30%) FileNet
12 24 (0.24%) Tomcat
13 19 (0.19%) ArcGIS
14 18 (0.18%) OpenStack
15 7 (0.070%) MS Project Server
15 7 (0.070%) WebSphere
16 6 (0.060%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
16 6 (0.060%) Exchange Server 2000
16 6 (0.060%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 1,182 (11.80%) Microsoft Office
2 1,047 (10.45%) Microsoft Excel
3 386 (3.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 175 (1.75%) Simulink
5 169 (1.69%) Microsoft Project
6 158 (1.58%) MS Visio
7 71 (0.71%) AutoCAD
8 49 (0.49%) Photoshop
9 45 (0.45%) Spreadsheet
10 44 (0.44%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 44 (0.44%) Adobe Illustrator
11 37 (0.37%) UserZoom
12 31 (0.31%) InDesign
12 31 (0.31%) Stateflow
13 19 (0.19%) OrCAD
13 19 (0.19%) Trello
14 17 (0.17%) Sketch
14 17 (0.17%) SOLIDWORKS
15 15 (0.15%) Adobe After Effects
16 14 (0.14%) InVision
Business Applications
1 113 (1.13%) Dynamics CRM
2 47 (0.47%) Remedy ITSM
2 47 (0.47%) SAP S/4HANA
3 40 (0.40%) NetSuite
4 30 (0.30%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 26 (0.26%) NEC Housing
6 22 (0.22%) SAP ERP
7 21 (0.21%) Unit4 Business World
8 16 (0.16%) SAP CO
8 16 (0.16%) SAP FI
8 16 (0.16%) SAP FI/CO
8 16 (0.16%) Shopify
9 15 (0.15%) Primavera
9 15 (0.15%) Salesforce CRM
10 14 (0.14%) SAP Business One
11 12 (0.12%) Dynamics NAV
12 9 (0.090%) SAP CX
13 8 (0.080%) Dynamics GP
13 8 (0.080%) Maximo
14 7 (0.070%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 1,144 (11.42%) Azure
2 768 (7.66%) Microsoft 365
3 650 (6.49%) AWS
4 494 (4.93%) Power Platform
5 262 (2.61%) SaaS
6 184 (1.84%) Dynamics 365
7 176 (1.76%) Azure DevOps
8 140 (1.40%) GCP
9 129 (1.29%) GitHub
10 113 (1.13%) Entra ID
11 96 (0.96%) Serverless
12 91 (0.91%) Cloud Computing
12 91 (0.91%) Figma
12 91 (0.91%) PowerApps
13 89 (0.89%) Amazon S3
14 84 (0.84%) Power Automate
15 74 (0.74%) SurveyMonkey
16 63 (0.63%) AWS Lambda
17 62 (0.62%) OneDrive
18 55 (0.55%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 399 (3.98%) Firewall
2 243 (2.43%) WAN
3 209 (2.09%) Wireless
4 192 (1.92%) DNS
5 188 (1.88%) LAN
6 178 (1.78%) TCP/IP
7 166 (1.66%) Network Security
8 158 (1.58%) Internet
9 151 (1.51%) Wi-Fi
10 147 (1.47%) DHCP
11 127 (1.27%) VPN
12 88 (0.88%) Ethernet
13 87 (0.87%) 5G
14 82 (0.82%) SD-WAN
15 78 (0.78%) SAN
15 78 (0.78%) VoIP
16 70 (0.70%) VLAN
17 55 (0.55%) HTTP
18 50 (0.50%) Bluetooth
19 49 (0.49%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 518 (5.17%) SQL Server
2 432 (4.31%) Power BI
3 230 (2.30%) NoSQL
4 197 (1.97%) Relational Database
5 184 (1.84%) MySQL
6 169 (1.69%) Data Warehouse
7 161 (1.61%) Tableau
8 116 (1.16%) PostgreSQL
9 96 (0.96%) Big Data
10 87 (0.87%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 84 (0.84%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 81 (0.81%) Oracle Database
13 70 (0.70%) Amazon RDS
14 67 (0.67%) Redis
15 63 (0.63%) RDBMS
16 59 (0.59%) GIS
17 55 (0.55%) Elasticsearch
18 44 (0.44%) Oracle Database 10g
18 44 (0.44%) Oracle Database 11g
18 44 (0.44%) VLDB
Development Applications
1 614 (6.13%) Git
2 430 (4.29%) JIRA
3 201 (2.01%) Visual Studio
4 146 (1.46%) Jenkins
5 92 (0.92%) Bitbucket
6 91 (0.91%) Selenium
7 84 (0.84%) LabVIEW
8 74 (0.74%) Subversion
9 70 (0.70%) Cypress.io
10 64 (0.64%) Sourcetree
11 49 (0.49%) Rational DOORS
12 43 (0.43%) GitLab
13 40 (0.40%) 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 23 (0.23%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 3,981 (39.73%) Social Skills
2 1,722 (17.19%) Analytical Skills
3 1,652 (16.49%) Finance
4 1,249 (12.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 972 (9.70%) Manufacturing
6 707 (7.06%) Marketing
7 639 (6.38%) Electronics
8 584 (5.83%) Law
9 558 (5.57%) Retail
10 535 (5.34%) Presentation Skills
11 490 (4.89%) Legal
12 400 (3.99%) Organisational Skills
13 345 (3.44%) Military
14 342 (3.41%) Influencing Skills
15 318 (3.17%) Telecoms
16 290 (2.89%) Public Sector
17 266 (2.65%) Pharmaceutical
18 261 (2.60%) Games
19 247 (2.47%) Automotive
20 228 (2.28%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 1,378 (13.75%) Senior
2 1,183 (11.81%) Developer
3 1,133 (11.31%) Analyst
4 891 (8.89%) Graduate
5 793 (7.91%) Software Engineer
6 688 (6.87%) Lead
7 580 (5.79%) Project Manager
8 475 (4.74%) Architect
9 354 (3.53%) Junior
10 328 (3.27%) Systems Engineer
11 318 (3.17%) Software Developer
12 302 (3.01%) Consultant
13 252 (2.51%) Support Engineer
14 244 (2.44%) Senior Developer
15 210 (2.10%) Embedded Engineer
16 200 (2.00%) IT Engineer
17 195 (1.95%) IT Manager
18 194 (1.94%) Data Scientist
19 189 (1.89%) Business Analyst
20 187 (1.87%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 667 (6.66%) .NET
2 445 (4.44%) HTML
3 422 (4.21%) React
4 380 (3.79%) CSS
5 329 (3.28%) AngularJS
6 212 (2.12%) Node.js
7 154 (1.54%) RESTful
8 150 (1.50%) .NET Core
9 149 (1.49%) ASP.NET
9 149 (1.49%) HTML5
10 144 (1.44%) .NET Framework
11 136 (1.36%) Web Services
12 104 (1.04%) JSON
12 104 (1.04%) Vue
13 102 (1.02%) Spring
14 101 (1.01%) REST
15 99 (0.99%) Unity (Game Engine)
16 86 (0.86%) XML
17 79 (0.79%) CSS3
18 77 (0.77%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 637 (6.36%) Management Information System
2 562 (5.61%) Algorithms
3 557 (5.56%) Self-Motivation
4 370 (3.69%) Onboarding
5 340 (3.39%) Driving Licence
6 282 (2.81%) Data Centre
7 225 (2.25%) Product Ownership
8 164 (1.64%) IoT
9 141 (1.41%) Data Structures
10 133 (1.33%) Embedded Systems
11 130 (1.30%) FPGA
12 120 (1.20%) Life Science
13 118 (1.18%) Cloud Native
14 117 (1.17%) FMCG
15 116 (1.16%) Mobile App
16 115 (1.15%) Analytical Mindset
17 109 (1.09%) Robotics
18 97 (0.97%) Social Media
19 95 (0.95%) Virtual Reality
20 87 (0.87%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1,073 (10.71%) Windows
2 808 (8.06%) Linux
3 343 (3.42%) Windows Server
4 218 (2.18%) Unix
5 191 (1.91%) Windows 10
6 135 (1.35%) Android
7 109 (1.09%) Windows Server 2019
8 97 (0.97%) Windows Server 2016
9 95 (0.95%) Mac OS
10 78 (0.78%) Windows Server 2012
11 73 (0.73%) Apple iOS
12 61 (0.61%) Solaris
13 56 (0.56%) Embedded Linux
14 49 (0.49%) Ubuntu
14 49 (0.49%) Windows 7
15 37 (0.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 26 (0.26%) CentOS
17 24 (0.24%) Mac OS X
18 23 (0.23%) VMS
19 21 (0.21%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,987 (29.81%) Problem-Solving
2 2,859 (28.53%) Computer Science
3 1,944 (19.40%) Agile
4 1,437 (14.34%) Software Engineering
5 1,415 (14.12%) Project Management
6 1,191 (11.89%) Continuous Improvement
7 1,059 (10.57%) Mathematics
8 1,035 (10.33%) Mentoring
9 952 (9.50%) Customer Service
10 861 (8.59%) Cybersecurity
11 838 (8.36%) DevOps
12 786 (7.84%) Data Analysis
12 786 (7.84%) Decision-Making
13 736 (7.35%) Analytics
14 727 (7.26%) Coaching
15 694 (6.93%) Artificial Intelligence
16 685 (6.84%) ITIL
17 628 (6.27%) Project Delivery
18 540 (5.39%) Business Intelligence
18 540 (5.39%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 1,216 (12.14%) SQL
2 1,146 (11.44%) Python
3 1,018 (10.16%) C#
4 804 (8.02%) JavaScript
5 660 (6.59%) C
6 526 (5.25%) Java
7 519 (5.18%) C++
8 316 (3.15%) TypeScript
9 247 (2.47%) PowerShell
10 225 (2.25%) MATLAB
11 192 (1.92%) PHP
12 154 (1.54%) Embedded C
13 143 (1.43%) R
14 127 (1.27%) Bash
15 112 (1.12%) Fortran
16 103 (1.03%) VB
17 83 (0.83%) T-SQL
18 66 (0.66%) PL/SQL
19 62 (0.62%) Perl
20 53 (0.53%) Go
Qualifications
1 1,573 (15.70%) Computer Science Degree
2 1,094 (10.92%) Security Cleared
3 846 (8.44%) Master's Degree
4 648 (6.47%) SC Cleared
5 382 (3.81%) PhD
6 282 (2.81%) DBS Check
7 250 (2.50%) Cisco Certification
8 247 (2.47%) BPSS Clearance
9 243 (2.43%) HND
10 241 (2.41%) HNC
10 241 (2.41%) Microsoft Certification
11 194 (1.94%) CCNA
12 178 (1.78%) CISSP
13 162 (1.62%) DV Cleared
14 150 (1.50%) PMI Certification
15 126 (1.26%) PMP
16 121 (1.21%) CCNP
17 108 (1.08%) CISM
18 103 (1.03%) MCP
19 102 (1.02%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 521 (5.20%) QA
2 190 (1.90%) SLA
3 168 (1.68%) Data Quality
4 165 (1.65%) GDPR
5 157 (1.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 157 (1.57%) PMO
6 152 (1.52%) Accessibility
7 103 (1.03%) ISO 9001
8 100 (1.00%) GMP
9 98 (0.98%) NIST
10 65 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials
11 62 (0.62%) Actionable Recommendations
12 51 (0.51%) PCI DSS
13 46 (0.46%) ISO 13485
14 42 (0.42%) ISO 26262
15 41 (0.41%) WCAG
16 35 (0.35%) NEBOSH
17 29 (0.29%) Automotive SPICE
18 26 (0.26%) Good Clinical Practice
18 26 (0.26%) NCSC
System Software
1 520 (5.19%) Active Directory
2 362 (3.61%) Docker
3 344 (3.43%) Firmware
4 264 (2.63%) VMware Infrastructure
5 174 (1.74%) Embedded Firmware
6 148 (1.48%) Hyper-V
7 54 (0.54%) Virtual Machines
8 48 (0.48%) vSphere
9 47 (0.47%) VMware ESXi
10 44 (0.44%) Oracle RAC
11 31 (0.31%) Virtual Desktop
12 23 (0.23%) Terminal Services
13 19 (0.19%) XenApp
14 13 (0.13%) OpenSSH
15 12 (0.12%) Virtual Servers
16 7 (0.070%) KVM
16 7 (0.070%) Microsoft App-V
17 5 (0.050%) Microsoft Virtual Server
17 5 (0.050%) pfSense
18 2 (0.020%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 335 (3.34%) Kubernetes
2 149 (1.49%) Terraform
3 112 (1.12%) SCCM
4 98 (0.98%) Microsoft Intune
5 80 (0.80%) Ansible
6 54 (0.54%) WSUS
7 52 (0.52%) SCOM
8 44 (0.44%) Data Guard
8 44 (0.44%) Oracle RMAN
9 29 (0.29%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 29 (0.29%) Functional Safety
10 28 (0.28%) vCenter Server
11 27 (0.27%) CASB
11 27 (0.27%) Stealthwatch
12 26 (0.26%) Progress Chef
13 21 (0.21%) Puppet
14 19 (0.19%) Jamf Pro
15 16 (0.16%) Autotask
16 15 (0.15%) EnCase
17 13 (0.13%) Grafana
Vendors
1 2,039 (20.35%) Microsoft
2 343 (3.42%) VMware
3 298 (2.97%) SAP
4 261 (2.60%) Oracle
5 258 (2.57%) Cisco
6 218 (2.18%) Google
7 188 (1.88%) EMC
8 177 (1.77%) Adobe
9 159 (1.59%) Apple
10 123 (1.23%) Salesforce
11 92 (0.92%) HP
12 85 (0.85%) Meraki
13 81 (0.81%) Dell
14 79 (0.79%) ServiceNow
15 76 (0.76%) IBM
16 71 (0.71%) Databricks
17 69 (0.69%) Qualtrics
18 68 (0.68%) Veeam
19 66 (0.66%) Citrix
20 64 (0.64%) Sage