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 29 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 9 10 15
Rank change year-on-year +1 +5 +6
Permanent jobs citing Degree 1,206 1,214 1,149
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 11.66% 16.01% 12.01%
As % of the Qualifications category 49.77% 44.86% 39.73%
Number of salaries quoted 827 442 465
10th Percentile £25,750 £29,500 £25,476
25th Percentile £32,500 £38,759 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +18.28% -2.11%
75th Percentile £60,000 £67,500 £57,604
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £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 2,423 2,706 2,892
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 23.42% 35.69% 30.24%
Number of salaries quoted 1,649 907 1,299
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,500 £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 £70,000 £63,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £85,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £54,399 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.34% +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 29 May 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 29 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
Manchester +2 581 £50,000 -13.04% 363
Cheshire +3 232 £47,500 -20.83% 161
Lancashire -1 220 £50,000 -9.09% 95
Merseyside -17 90 £32,500 -29.73% 65
Cumbria +7 80 £29,500 -51.48% 51
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 18 (1.49%) SharePoint
2 16 (1.33%) CMS
3 11 (0.91%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (0.91%) SAS
4 10 (0.83%) IIS
5 8 (0.66%) Apache
5 8 (0.66%) Tomcat
6 7 (0.58%) Confluence
7 6 (0.50%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 4 (0.33%) Apache Spark
8 4 (0.33%) ArcGIS
8 4 (0.33%) Umbraco
8 4 (0.33%) WordPress
9 2 (0.17%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.083%) Kentico
10 1 (0.083%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 86 (7.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 81 (6.72%) Microsoft Office
3 51 (4.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 13 (1.08%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 11 (0.91%) Adobe Illustrator
5 11 (0.91%) Photoshop
6 9 (0.75%) Adobe Captivate
6 9 (0.75%) Microsoft Project
7 8 (0.66%) MS Visio
8 7 (0.58%) InDesign
9 6 (0.50%) AutoCAD
10 5 (0.41%) Spreadsheet
11 3 (0.25%) Adobe After Effects
11 3 (0.25%) Trello
12 2 (0.17%) SPSS
12 2 (0.17%) Stata
13 1 (0.083%) Acrobat
13 1 (0.083%) Adobe Premiere
13 1 (0.083%) CorelDRAW
13 1 (0.083%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 19 (1.58%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (1.08%) SAP S/4HANA
3 9 (0.75%) SAP CX
4 8 (0.66%) NEC Housing
5 7 (0.58%) 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 (0.17%) SAP PLM
9 2 (0.17%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 130 (10.78%) Azure
2 114 (9.45%) AWS
3 76 (6.30%) Microsoft 365
4 41 (3.40%) Power Platform
5 32 (2.65%) Amazon Kinesis
6 30 (2.49%) GCP
7 17 (1.41%) Dynamics 365
8 16 (1.33%) Azure DevOps
9 14 (1.16%) Amazon S3
9 14 (1.16%) GitHub
10 13 (1.08%) Amazon EC2
11 12 (1.00%) SaaS
12 10 (0.83%) Google Play
12 10 (0.83%) Serverless
13 9 (0.75%) Power Automate
14 8 (0.66%) Entra ID
15 7 (0.58%) Google Workspace
16 6 (0.50%) Google Analytics
17 5 (0.41%) Adobe Creative Cloud
18 4 (0.33%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 43 (3.57%) Firewall
2 40 (3.32%) PPP
3 33 (2.74%) WAN
4 28 (2.32%) LAN
5 27 (2.24%) TCP/IP
6 23 (1.91%) DNS
7 21 (1.74%) Network Security
8 17 (1.41%) Internet
9 15 (1.24%) DHCP
9 15 (1.24%) SD-WAN
9 15 (1.24%) VPN
9 15 (1.24%) Wi-Fi
10 14 (1.16%) RS-232
11 11 (0.91%) Broadband
11 11 (0.91%) Remote Desktop
11 11 (0.91%) VoIP
12 10 (0.83%) Ethernet
13 9 (0.75%) Cisco Firepower
13 9 (0.75%) VLAN
13 9 (0.75%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (5.14%) SQL Server
2 38 (3.15%) NoSQL
3 36 (2.99%) MySQL
4 27 (2.24%) Data Warehouse
5 26 (2.16%) PostgreSQL
6 25 (2.07%) Relational Database
7 24 (1.99%) Power BI
8 20 (1.66%) DynamoDB
8 20 (1.66%) Tableau
9 19 (1.58%) Amazon Aurora
9 19 (1.58%) Redis
10 18 (1.49%) Amazon Redshift
10 18 (1.49%) MS Access
11 17 (1.41%) RDBMS
12 14 (1.16%) Amazon RDS
13 10 (0.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 9 (0.75%) MongoDB
14 9 (0.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 8 (0.66%) Big Data
15 8 (0.66%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 66 (5.47%) Git
2 45 (3.73%) JIRA
3 18 (1.49%) Gatling
4 14 (1.16%) Postman
5 12 (1.00%) Visual Studio
6 11 (0.91%) Subversion
7 10 (0.83%) Appium
8 9 (0.75%) Jenkins
9 6 (0.50%) 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%) Cypress.io
General
1 475 (39.39%) Social Skills
2 154 (12.77%) Finance
3 129 (10.70%) Analytical Skills
4 117 (9.70%) Manufacturing
5 54 (4.48%) Legal
6 50 (4.15%) Electronics
7 47 (3.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 44 (3.65%) Retail
9 41 (3.40%) Marketing
10 40 (3.32%) Public Sector
11 38 (3.15%) Games
12 36 (2.99%) Organisational Skills
12 36 (2.99%) Presentation Skills
13 30 (2.49%) Law
14 29 (2.40%) Military
15 25 (2.07%) Telecoms
16 24 (1.99%) Aerospace
17 22 (1.82%) Automotive
18 18 (1.49%) Billing
19 17 (1.41%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 190 (15.75%) Senior
2 175 (14.51%) Developer
3 113 (9.37%) Software Engineer
4 98 (8.13%) Analyst
5 80 (6.63%) Graduate
6 67 (5.56%) Lead
7 66 (5.47%) Project Manager
8 44 (3.65%) Architect
9 33 (2.74%) .NET Developer
9 33 (2.74%) Senior Developer
10 31 (2.57%) IT Manager
11 29 (2.40%) Lead Developer
12 28 (2.32%) Junior
12 28 (2.32%) Software Developer
13 27 (2.24%) Consultant
13 27 (2.24%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 26 (2.16%) Senior Software Engineer
15 23 (1.91%) Incident Manager
15 23 (1.91%) Vulnerability Manager
16 22 (1.82%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 110 (9.12%) .NET
2 68 (5.64%) HTML
3 45 (3.73%) Node.js
4 41 (3.40%) CSS
4 41 (3.40%) Web Services
5 39 (3.23%) REST
6 35 (2.90%) JSON
7 29 (2.40%) React
8 24 (1.99%) .NET Framework
9 22 (1.82%) ASP.NET
10 21 (1.74%) HTML5
11 20 (1.66%) GraphQL
12 18 (1.49%) http4s
12 18 (1.49%) Scalaz
13 15 (1.24%) AngularJS
13 15 (1.24%) Spring
14 13 (1.08%) React Native
14 13 (1.08%) Redux
14 13 (1.08%) Spring Boot
15 12 (1.00%) Lambda Expressions
Miscellaneous
1 97 (8.04%) Management Information System
2 52 (4.31%) Self-Motivation
3 44 (3.65%) Data Centre
4 36 (2.99%) Operational Technology
5 33 (2.74%) Industrial Internet of Things
6 29 (2.40%) Onboarding
7 25 (2.07%) Driving Licence
8 22 (1.82%) Blog
9 19 (1.58%) Embedded Systems
10 18 (1.49%) Media Streaming
11 15 (1.24%) e-Learning
11 15 (1.24%) Public Cloud
11 15 (1.24%) Social Media
12 14 (1.16%) Cloud Native
12 14 (1.16%) Enterprise Software
12 14 (1.16%) Renewable Energy
13 13 (1.08%) Algorithms
13 13 (1.08%) Cyber Threat
14 12 (1.00%) Animation
14 12 (1.00%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 114 (9.45%) Windows
2 77 (6.38%) Linux
3 21 (1.74%) Unix
3 21 (1.74%) Windows Vista
4 18 (1.49%) Android
4 18 (1.49%) Windows Server
5 15 (1.24%) Windows 10
6 9 (0.75%) Windows Phone
7 8 (0.66%) Mac OS
7 8 (0.66%) Solaris
8 6 (0.50%) VMS
9 5 (0.41%) FreeRTOS
9 5 (0.41%) Windows Server 2016
10 4 (0.33%) Apple iOS
11 3 (0.25%) Windows Server 2019
12 2 (0.17%) Windows Server 2012
13 1 (0.083%) Amazon Linux
13 1 (0.083%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 1 (0.083%) ThreadX
13 1 (0.083%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 353 (29.27%) Computer Science
2 342 (28.36%) Problem-Solving
3 228 (18.91%) Agile
4 191 (15.84%) Cybersecurity
5 183 (15.17%) Project Management
6 172 (14.26%) Software Engineering
7 147 (12.19%) Mentoring
8 101 (8.37%) Analytics
9 96 (7.96%) Continuous Improvement
10 94 (7.79%) DevOps
11 85 (7.05%) Project Delivery
12 80 (6.63%) Coaching
12 80 (6.63%) Customer Service
13 78 (6.47%) Mathematics
13 78 (6.47%) Risk Management
14 71 (5.89%) ITIL
15 69 (5.72%) Incident Response
16 66 (5.47%) ERP
17 61 (5.06%) Open Source
18 59 (4.89%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 142 (11.77%) SQL
2 127 (10.53%) C#
3 92 (7.63%) Java
3 92 (7.63%) JavaScript
4 88 (7.30%) Python
5 42 (3.48%) C
6 33 (2.74%) TypeScript
7 30 (2.49%) PHP
8 22 (1.82%) C++
9 21 (1.74%) Scala
10 20 (1.66%) VB
11 15 (1.24%) Embedded C
12 14 (1.16%) PowerShell
13 13 (1.08%) Kotlin
14 12 (1.00%) R
15 11 (0.91%) T-SQL
15 11 (0.91%) VBScript
16 8 (0.66%) Perl
16 8 (0.66%) Ruby
16 8 (0.66%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 202 (16.75%) Computer Science Degree
2 71 (5.89%) Security Cleared
3 68 (5.64%) Master's Degree
4 58 (4.81%) Cisco Certification
5 50 (4.15%) HNC
6 44 (3.65%) CCNA
7 42 (3.48%) CISSP
7 42 (3.48%) Microsoft Certification
8 41 (3.40%) SC Cleared
9 39 (3.23%) HND
10 36 (2.99%) CCNP
11 34 (2.82%) CISM
12 19 (1.58%) AWS Certification
12 19 (1.58%) PhD
13 17 (1.41%) PMP
14 16 (1.33%) MCP
14 16 (1.33%) PMI Certification
15 13 (1.08%) Azure Certification
16 12 (1.00%) APMP
16 12 (1.00%) Chartered Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (3.73%) QA
2 34 (2.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 25 (2.07%) Accessibility
3 25 (2.07%) NIST
4 22 (1.82%) GDPR
5 21 (1.74%) PCI DSS
6 14 (1.16%) Cyber Essentials
6 14 (1.16%) Data Quality
6 14 (1.16%) SLA
7 10 (0.83%) PMO
8 9 (0.75%) GMP
9 7 (0.58%) NCSC
9 7 (0.58%) NIST 800
10 6 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 6 (0.50%) IEC 62304
11 5 (0.41%) ISO 9001
11 5 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 17025
12 4 (0.33%) TickIT
13 3 (0.25%) WCAG
14 2 (0.17%) MiFID
System Software
1 56 (4.64%) Active Directory
2 20 (1.66%) Docker
3 16 (1.33%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (1.16%) Hyper-V
5 9 (0.75%) Firmware
5 9 (0.75%) Terminal Services
6 6 (0.50%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.17%) Embedded Firmware
7 2 (0.17%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.17%) vSphere
8 1 (0.083%) Lustre
8 1 (0.083%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.083%) Snort
8 1 (0.083%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.083%) XenApp
8 1 (0.083%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 18 (1.49%) Terraform
2 16 (1.33%) Kubernetes
3 10 (0.83%) Ansible
4 9 (0.75%) AirWatch
4 9 (0.75%) Stealthwatch
5 8 (0.66%) Progress Chef
6 6 (0.50%) CASB
6 6 (0.50%) Microsoft Intune
7 4 (0.33%) Autotask
7 4 (0.33%) SCCM
8 2 (0.17%) Grafana
8 2 (0.17%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.17%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 2 (0.17%) vRealize
9 1 (0.083%) EnCase
9 1 (0.083%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.083%) FTK
9 1 (0.083%) Functional Safety
9 1 (0.083%) Icinga
9 1 (0.083%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 243 (20.15%) Microsoft
2 57 (4.73%) Adobe
3 51 (4.23%) SAP
4 45 (3.73%) Cisco
5 38 (3.15%) Apple
6 35 (2.90%) Google
7 26 (2.16%) VMware
8 18 (1.49%) HP
9 17 (1.41%) Meraki
10 15 (1.24%) Oracle
10 15 (1.24%) ServiceNow
11 11 (0.91%) Dell
11 11 (0.91%) Samsung
11 11 (0.91%) Virgin Media
12 9 (0.75%) Facebook
12 9 (0.75%) Salesforce
13 8 (0.66%) F5
13 8 (0.66%) NEC
14 7 (0.58%) Aruba
14 7 (0.58%) Sage