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 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 17 18
Rank change year-on-year +6 +1 +4
Permanent jobs citing Degree 4,347 4,872 9,727
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 12.65% 12.25% 13.27%
As % of the Qualifications category 45.13% 47.19% 57.33%
Number of salaries quoted 2,863 3,137 4,619
10th Percentile £31,000 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £39,750 £45,000 £40,132
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £71,535 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £100,000 £93,750
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
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 9,632 10,325 16,967
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 28.04% 25.96% 23.15%
Number of salaries quoted 5,895 6,199 8,867
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £78,125 £77,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £53,555 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.74% +9.09% -

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 28 May 2024.

Degree salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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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 98 (2.25%) SharePoint
2 86 (1.98%) Microsoft Exchange
3 58 (1.33%) IIS
4 44 (1.01%) Apache
5 39 (0.90%) SAS
6 31 (0.71%) Confluence
7 30 (0.69%) Tomcat
8 28 (0.64%) CMS
9 20 (0.46%) WordPress
10 19 (0.44%) Apache Spark
11 17 (0.39%) OpenStack
12 12 (0.28%) Apache Airflow
13 11 (0.25%) ArcGIS
14 8 (0.18%) nginx
15 6 (0.14%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
15 6 (0.14%) Exchange Server 2000
15 6 (0.14%) Luigi
16 5 (0.12%) Drupal
17 4 (0.092%) Exchange Server 2013
17 4 (0.092%) Umbraco
Applications
1 309 (7.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 249 (5.73%) Microsoft Office
3 134 (3.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 82 (1.89%) Simulink
5 67 (1.54%) Microsoft Project
6 34 (0.78%) MS Visio
7 22 (0.51%) Photoshop
8 21 (0.48%) AutoCAD
9 20 (0.46%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 19 (0.44%) Adobe Illustrator
11 18 (0.41%) Adobe XD
12 17 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
13 15 (0.35%) Sketch
14 14 (0.32%) Adobe After Effects
14 14 (0.32%) OrCAD
14 14 (0.32%) Trello
15 12 (0.28%) SPSS
16 11 (0.25%) InDesign
17 10 (0.23%) InVision
17 10 (0.23%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 48 (1.10%) Dynamics CRM
2 40 (0.92%) NEC Housing
3 29 (0.67%) SAP S/4HANA
4 22 (0.51%) Unit4 Business World
5 13 (0.30%) Endur
5 13 (0.30%) Salesforce CRM
6 12 (0.28%) SAP CX
7 10 (0.23%) SAP CO
7 10 (0.23%) SAP FI
7 10 (0.23%) SAP FI/CO
8 8 (0.18%) Dynamics NAV
8 8 (0.18%) SAP Business One
9 7 (0.16%) NetSuite
9 7 (0.16%) Remedy ITSM
10 5 (0.12%) Odoo
11 4 (0.092%) Magento
11 4 (0.092%) Primavera
11 4 (0.092%) Shopify
11 4 (0.092%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
12 3 (0.069%) Relativity
Cloud Services
1 823 (18.93%) Azure
2 646 (14.86%) AWS
3 348 (8.01%) Microsoft 365
4 250 (5.75%) Power Platform
5 218 (5.01%) SaaS
6 144 (3.31%) GCP
7 101 (2.32%) Azure DevOps
8 92 (2.12%) Entra ID
9 89 (2.05%) Cloud Computing
10 76 (1.75%) Serverless
11 67 (1.54%) GitHub
12 65 (1.50%) Snowflake
13 62 (1.43%) Dynamics 365
13 62 (1.43%) Power Automate
14 61 (1.40%) PowerApps
15 58 (1.33%) IaaS
16 57 (1.31%) PaaS
17 49 (1.13%) AWS Lambda
18 44 (1.01%) WhatsApp
19 30 (0.69%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 150 (3.45%) Firewall
2 131 (3.01%) Wireless
3 122 (2.81%) WAN
4 90 (2.07%) DNS
5 74 (1.70%) TCP/IP
6 71 (1.63%) LAN
7 70 (1.61%) Wi-Fi
8 64 (1.47%) Network Security
9 61 (1.40%) DHCP
10 60 (1.38%) SD-WAN
11 57 (1.31%) Internet
12 51 (1.17%) VPN
13 41 (0.94%) Ethernet
14 29 (0.67%) VoIP
15 28 (0.64%) Cisco Firepower
16 26 (0.60%) SAN
16 26 (0.60%) Unified Communications
17 23 (0.53%) VLAN
18 22 (0.51%) RS-232
19 19 (0.44%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 314 (7.22%) SQL Server
2 282 (6.49%) Tableau
3 223 (5.13%) Power BI
4 142 (3.27%) Relational Database
5 117 (2.69%) Data Warehouse
6 92 (2.12%) MySQL
7 86 (1.98%) PostgreSQL
8 72 (1.66%) NoSQL
9 71 (1.63%) Big Data
9 71 (1.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 53 (1.22%) Redis
11 50 (1.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 45 (1.04%) Oracle Database
13 36 (0.83%) RDBMS
14 35 (0.81%) Data Lake
15 32 (0.74%) MongoDB
16 27 (0.62%) Elasticsearch
17 26 (0.60%) GIS
18 21 (0.48%) DB2
19 20 (0.46%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 387 (8.90%) Git
2 107 (2.46%) JIRA
3 49 (1.13%) Visual Studio
4 48 (1.10%) Jenkins
5 32 (0.74%) Selenium
6 30 (0.69%) Subversion
7 22 (0.51%) CMake
8 18 (0.41%) Vagrant
9 17 (0.39%) Rational DOORS
9 17 (0.39%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 15 (0.35%) Balsamiq
11 14 (0.32%) GitLab
11 14 (0.32%) TeamCity
12 13 (0.30%) Axure RP
13 12 (0.28%) Postman
14 11 (0.25%) JUnit
14 11 (0.25%) Rational Rhapsody
15 10 (0.23%) LabVIEW
15 10 (0.23%) Team Foundation Server
16 9 (0.21%) JMeter
General
1 2,048 (47.11%) Social Skills
2 950 (21.85%) Finance
3 814 (18.73%) Analytical Skills
4 395 (9.09%) Marketing
5 368 (8.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 368 (8.47%) Retail
6 292 (6.72%) Presentation Skills
7 290 (6.67%) Legal
8 256 (5.89%) Public Sector
9 195 (4.49%) Manufacturing
10 153 (3.52%) Electronics
11 145 (3.34%) Law
12 131 (3.01%) Games
13 122 (2.81%) Pharmaceutical
14 114 (2.62%) Aerospace
14 114 (2.62%) Telecoms
15 92 (2.12%) Banking
16 85 (1.96%) Local Government
17 80 (1.84%) Automotive
18 79 (1.82%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 823 (18.93%) Senior
2 620 (14.26%) Analyst
3 619 (14.24%) Developer
4 319 (7.34%) Lead
5 309 (7.11%) Software Engineer
6 260 (5.98%) Architect
7 220 (5.06%) Project Manager
8 200 (4.60%) Data Analyst
9 196 (4.51%) Senior Analyst
10 185 (4.26%) Consultant
11 163 (3.75%) Graduate
12 153 (3.52%) Junior
13 144 (3.31%) Senior Developer
14 141 (3.24%) Software Developer
15 117 (2.69%) Senior Data Analyst
16 109 (2.51%) Support Engineer
17 96 (2.21%) Business Analyst
18 94 (2.16%) Systems Engineer
19 91 (2.09%) .NET Developer
19 91 (2.09%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 330 (7.59%) .NET
2 259 (5.96%) HTML
3 227 (5.22%) CSS
4 176 (4.05%) AngularJS
5 158 (3.63%) React
6 126 (2.90%) Node.js
7 104 (2.39%) RESTful
8 103 (2.37%) ASP.NET
9 94 (2.16%) .NET Core
10 85 (1.96%) Web Services
11 81 (1.86%) .NET Framework
12 65 (1.50%) TensorFlow
13 64 (1.47%) Vue
14 62 (1.43%) Pandas
14 62 (1.43%) REST
15 57 (1.31%) PySpark
16 53 (1.22%) ASP.NET MVC
16 53 (1.22%) XML
17 46 (1.06%) Middleware
17 46 (1.06%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 274 (6.30%) Management Information System
2 245 (5.64%) Algorithms
3 222 (5.11%) Data Centre
4 183 (4.21%) Self-Motivation
5 116 (2.67%) Product Ownership
6 109 (2.51%) Life Science
7 98 (2.25%) Data Structures
8 91 (2.09%) Client/Server
9 90 (2.07%) Public Cloud
10 74 (1.70%) Social Media
11 72 (1.66%) Driving Licence
12 71 (1.63%) IoT
13 68 (1.56%) Onboarding
14 62 (1.43%) Virtual Team
15 59 (1.36%) Mobile App
16 51 (1.17%) Cloud Native
17 41 (0.94%) Analytical Mindset
17 41 (0.94%) Enterprise Software
17 41 (0.94%) NHS
18 40 (0.92%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 507 (11.66%) Windows
2 399 (9.18%) Linux
3 176 (4.05%) Windows Server
4 126 (2.90%) Unix
5 95 (2.19%) Windows 10
6 76 (1.75%) Android
7 65 (1.50%) Apple iOS
8 48 (1.10%) Windows Server 2016
9 39 (0.90%) Windows Server 2019
10 31 (0.71%) Ubuntu
11 30 (0.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 30 (0.69%) Windows Server 2012
12 29 (0.67%) Embedded Linux
12 29 (0.67%) Solaris
13 24 (0.55%) Mac OS
14 22 (0.51%) CentOS
15 17 (0.39%) Mac OS X
16 15 (0.35%) FreeRTOS
17 9 (0.21%) Debian
17 9 (0.21%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,291 (29.70%) Computer Science
2 1,227 (28.23%) Problem-Solving
3 937 (21.56%) Agile
4 676 (15.55%) Software Engineering
5 614 (14.12%) Project Management
6 587 (13.50%) Analytics
7 549 (12.63%) Mathematics
8 445 (10.24%) DevOps
9 407 (9.36%) Mentoring
10 403 (9.27%) Decision-Making
11 372 (8.56%) Artificial Intelligence
12 369 (8.49%) Data Analysis
13 366 (8.42%) Visualisation
14 360 (8.28%) ITIL
15 356 (8.19%) Actionable Insight
16 334 (7.68%) Business Intelligence
16 334 (7.68%) Continuous Improvement
17 326 (7.50%) Cybersecurity
18 318 (7.32%) Roadmaps
19 309 (7.11%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 886 (20.38%) SQL
2 820 (18.86%) Python
3 462 (10.63%) C#
4 421 (9.68%) JavaScript
5 279 (6.42%) Java
6 202 (4.65%) C
7 161 (3.70%) C++
8 138 (3.17%) PowerShell
9 127 (2.92%) TypeScript
10 97 (2.23%) T-SQL
11 79 (1.82%) PHP
12 67 (1.54%) R
13 52 (1.20%) Embedded C
13 52 (1.20%) MATLAB
14 49 (1.13%) VB
15 45 (1.04%) Bash
16 43 (0.99%) Kotlin
17 38 (0.87%) Shell Script
18 33 (0.76%) Go
19 28 (0.64%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 792 (18.22%) Computer Science Degree
2 614 (14.12%) Security Cleared
3 420 (9.66%) Master's Degree
4 370 (8.51%) SC Cleared
5 263 (6.05%) DBS Check
6 139 (3.20%) PhD
7 126 (2.90%) Microsoft Certification
8 124 (2.85%) BPSS Clearance
9 96 (2.21%) Cisco Certification
10 88 (2.02%) CISSP
11 87 (2.00%) DV Cleared
12 80 (1.84%) CCNA
13 74 (1.70%) PMI Certification
14 66 (1.52%) Azure Certification
14 66 (1.52%) CISM
15 65 (1.50%) PMP
16 63 (1.45%) Numerate Degree
17 62 (1.43%) CCNP
18 59 (1.36%) AWS Certification
19 49 (1.13%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 238 (5.48%) QA
2 99 (2.28%) Accessibility
3 71 (1.63%) Data Quality
4 67 (1.54%) GDPR
5 66 (1.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 63 (1.45%) SLA
7 58 (1.33%) PMO
8 40 (0.92%) NIST
9 27 (0.62%) ISO 9001
10 23 (0.53%) NCSC
11 21 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials
12 20 (0.46%) Actionable Recommendations
12 20 (0.46%) WCAG
13 15 (0.35%) ITGC
14 14 (0.32%) Good Clinical Practice
15 13 (0.30%) PCI DSS
16 10 (0.23%) GRC
16 10 (0.23%) NIST 800
17 9 (0.21%) ISO 14001
18 8 (0.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 234 (5.38%) Active Directory
2 199 (4.58%) Docker
3 114 (2.62%) Firmware
4 105 (2.42%) VMware Infrastructure
5 54 (1.24%) Hyper-V
6 44 (1.01%) Embedded Firmware
7 37 (0.85%) Virtual Desktop
8 36 (0.83%) Virtual Machines
9 26 (0.60%) vSphere
10 23 (0.53%) VMware ESXi
11 17 (0.39%) XenApp
12 12 (0.28%) OpenSSH
13 8 (0.18%) Virtual Servers
14 7 (0.16%) KVM
15 5 (0.12%) Microsoft App-V
15 5 (0.12%) Terminal Services
16 2 (0.046%) Kamailio
16 2 (0.046%) Oracle RAC
16 2 (0.046%) XenDesktop
17 1 (0.023%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 158 (3.63%) Kubernetes
2 112 (2.58%) Terraform
3 79 (1.82%) Ansible
4 59 (1.36%) Microsoft Intune
5 50 (1.15%) SCCM
6 36 (0.83%) SCOM
7 32 (0.74%) WSUS
8 28 (0.64%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 27 (0.62%) Stealthwatch
10 23 (0.53%) Progress Chef
11 19 (0.44%) Puppet
12 17 (0.39%) CASB
13 15 (0.35%) Cisco CUCM
14 14 (0.32%) Grafana
15 13 (0.30%) ServiceCenter
15 13 (0.30%) vCenter Server
16 12 (0.28%) IBM BigFix
16 12 (0.28%) PowerCLI
17 11 (0.25%) Single Sign-On
18 10 (0.23%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 961 (22.11%) Microsoft
2 213 (4.90%) Databricks
3 169 (3.89%) Adobe
4 160 (3.68%) SAP
5 144 (3.31%) VMware
6 137 (3.15%) Google
7 132 (3.04%) Oracle
8 115 (2.65%) Cisco
9 113 (2.60%) Apple
10 85 (1.96%) Salesforce
11 82 (1.89%) Dell
12 63 (1.45%) Meraki
13 59 (1.36%) IBM
14 58 (1.33%) HP
15 50 (1.15%) NEC
16 49 (1.13%) Xilinx
17 42 (0.97%) ServiceNow
18 39 (0.90%) Citrix
19 32 (0.74%) Samsung
20 28 (0.64%) Sage