Academic Degree
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Degree qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 15 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 9 5 12
Rank change year-on-year -4 +7 +3
Permanent jobs citing Degree 14,216 18,895 26,061
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 14.33% 18.95% 16.30%
As % of the Qualifications category 51.85% 57.53% 60.53%
Number of salaries quoted 8,807 7,813 10,094
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,084 £58,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.20% +5.45% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £97,500 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £49,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

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 requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 27,420 32,843 43,053
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.65% 32.94% 26.93%
Number of salaries quoted 17,235 14,741 18,878
10th Percentile £28,500 £31,277 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £41,875 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £59,600 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.40% +8.36% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £51,959 £50,000
% change year-on-year -3.77% +3.92% +2.04%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Degree as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Degree in the UK

Degree
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Degree.

Salary trend for Degree in the UK

Degree
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Degree over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Degree in the UK

Degree
Top 19 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Degree within the UK over the 6 months to 15 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
England -4 12,658 £52,500 -12.50% 7,480
UK excluding London -5 9,858 £49,000 -2.00% 5,278
Work from Home +6 4,294 £55,000 -8.33% 2,951
London +2 3,808 £67,500 - 2,472
South East -1 2,904 £51,350 -1.32% 1,293
North of England -1 1,989 £47,500 -8.33% 1,246
Midlands -2 1,689 £47,500 -5.00% 954
South West -4 1,338 £48,750 +1.56% 694
North West +3 1,197 £47,513 -13.61% 735
West Midlands 0 1,134 £50,000 -4.76% 593
East of England -3 858 £47,500 -5.00% 731
Scotland -29 690 £45,272 -9.46% 345
Yorkshire +5 580 £45,000 -10.00% 380
East Midlands -4 543 £41,250 -13.16% 360
Wales -6 260 £44,886 -0.25% 138
North East -10 212 £48,367 +1.82% 150
Northern Ireland +9 109 £45,000 - 61
Isle of Man - 23 £52,500 - 5
Channel Islands -1 6 £67,500 +8.00% 3

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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
1 403 (2.83%) SharePoint
2 368 (2.59%) Microsoft Exchange
3 260 (1.83%) Confluence
4 135 (0.95%) Apache Spark
5 127 (0.89%) SAS
6 114 (0.80%) CMS
7 82 (0.58%) Apache
8 80 (0.56%) IIS
9 66 (0.46%) WordPress
10 44 (0.31%) Oracle Service Bus
10 44 (0.31%) WebLogic
11 38 (0.27%) Tomcat
12 32 (0.23%) Apache Airflow
13 31 (0.22%) Skype for Business
14 30 (0.21%) FileNet
15 19 (0.13%) ArcGIS
16 17 (0.12%) OpenStack
17 12 (0.084%) Oracle Workflow
18 11 (0.077%) nginx
19 9 (0.063%) WebSphere
Applications
1 1,452 (10.21%) Microsoft Office
2 1,409 (9.91%) Microsoft Excel
3 607 (4.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 198 (1.39%) Microsoft Project
5 181 (1.27%) MS Visio
6 164 (1.15%) Simulink
7 86 (0.60%) AutoCAD
8 78 (0.55%) Photoshop
9 63 (0.44%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 61 (0.43%) Spreadsheet
11 49 (0.34%) Adobe Illustrator
12 42 (0.30%) SPSS
13 38 (0.27%) InDesign
13 38 (0.27%) UserZoom
14 31 (0.22%) Revit
14 31 (0.22%) Stateflow
14 31 (0.22%) Trello
15 27 (0.19%) Adobe After Effects
16 23 (0.16%) Adobe XD
17 22 (0.15%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 186 (1.31%) Dynamics CRM
2 71 (0.50%) SAP S/4HANA
3 56 (0.39%) Remedy ITSM
4 46 (0.32%) NEC Housing
5 42 (0.30%) NetSuite
6 35 (0.25%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 29 (0.20%) SAP ERP
8 28 (0.20%) SDL Web 8
9 26 (0.18%) Unit4 Business World
10 24 (0.17%) Primavera
11 18 (0.13%) Dynamics NAV
11 18 (0.13%) Salesforce CRM
11 18 (0.13%) SAP CO
11 18 (0.13%) SAP FI
11 18 (0.13%) SAP FI/CO
12 16 (0.11%) Endur
12 16 (0.11%) Shopify
13 15 (0.11%) SAP Business One
13 15 (0.11%) SAP CX
14 10 (0.070%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 1,864 (13.11%) Azure
2 1,283 (9.03%) AWS
3 1,146 (8.06%) Microsoft 365
4 813 (5.72%) Power Platform
5 440 (3.10%) SaaS
6 361 (2.54%) GCP
7 264 (1.86%) Dynamics 365
8 251 (1.77%) Azure DevOps
9 186 (1.31%) GitHub
10 181 (1.27%) Entra ID
11 180 (1.27%) PowerApps
12 165 (1.16%) Serverless
13 162 (1.14%) Power Automate
14 160 (1.13%) Cloud Computing
15 123 (0.87%) Figma
16 119 (0.84%) IaaS
17 118 (0.83%) PaaS
18 115 (0.81%) Amazon S3
19 94 (0.66%) AWS Lambda
20 90 (0.63%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 508 (3.57%) Firewall
2 396 (2.79%) WAN
3 355 (2.50%) Wireless
4 274 (1.93%) DNS
5 259 (1.82%) TCP/IP
6 253 (1.78%) LAN
7 233 (1.64%) Network Security
8 215 (1.51%) Internet
9 188 (1.32%) Wi-Fi
10 186 (1.31%) DHCP
11 182 (1.28%) SD-WAN
12 167 (1.17%) VPN
13 128 (0.90%) Cisco IOS
14 105 (0.74%) WebEx
15 101 (0.71%) VoIP
16 95 (0.67%) SAN
17 94 (0.66%) 5G
18 92 (0.65%) Ethernet
19 83 (0.58%) VLAN
20 68 (0.48%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 852 (5.99%) SQL Server
2 682 (4.80%) Power BI
3 488 (3.43%) Tableau
4 288 (2.03%) Relational Database
5 276 (1.94%) MySQL
6 262 (1.84%) NoSQL
7 255 (1.79%) Data Warehouse
8 208 (1.46%) Big Data
9 188 (1.32%) PostgreSQL
10 157 (1.10%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 141 (0.99%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 109 (0.77%) Oracle Database
13 108 (0.76%) Redis
14 100 (0.70%) Data Mining
15 96 (0.68%) Elasticsearch
16 89 (0.63%) Data Lake
17 85 (0.60%) MongoDB
18 84 (0.59%) Hadoop
19 79 (0.56%) GIS
20 77 (0.54%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 946 (6.65%) Git
2 584 (4.11%) JIRA
3 262 (1.84%) Visual Studio
4 215 (1.51%) Jenkins
5 123 (0.87%) Bitbucket
6 108 (0.76%) Selenium
7 91 (0.64%) GitLab
8 84 (0.59%) LabVIEW
9 81 (0.57%) Sourcetree
10 79 (0.56%) Subversion
11 69 (0.49%) Cypress.io
12 63 (0.44%) TeamCity
13 49 (0.34%) Moq
14 48 (0.34%) Rational DOORS
15 46 (0.32%) JUnit
16 44 (0.31%) NUnit
17 43 (0.30%) Postman
18 38 (0.27%) CMake
18 38 (0.27%) Mockito
19 36 (0.25%) Jasmine
General
1 6,105 (42.94%) Social Skills
2 2,926 (20.58%) Analytical Skills
3 2,844 (20.01%) Finance
4 1,564 (11.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1,188 (8.36%) Marketing
6 1,122 (7.89%) Manufacturing
7 1,016 (7.15%) Retail
8 859 (6.04%) Presentation Skills
9 788 (5.54%) Law
10 734 (5.16%) Legal
11 677 (4.76%) Electronics
12 514 (3.62%) Public Sector
13 511 (3.59%) Organisational Skills
14 469 (3.30%) Influencing Skills
15 467 (3.29%) Telecoms
16 403 (2.83%) Pharmaceutical
17 373 (2.62%) Banking
18 342 (2.41%) Games
19 307 (2.16%) Automotive
20 304 (2.14%) Military
Job Titles
1 2,178 (15.32%) Senior
2 1,824 (12.83%) Analyst
3 1,680 (11.82%) Developer
4 1,149 (8.08%) Graduate
5 978 (6.88%) Lead
6 922 (6.49%) Software Engineer
7 772 (5.43%) Architect
8 737 (5.18%) Project Manager
9 494 (3.47%) Consultant
10 425 (2.99%) Junior
11 409 (2.88%) Senior Analyst
12 376 (2.64%) Software Developer
13 373 (2.62%) Senior Developer
14 365 (2.57%) Systems Engineer
15 348 (2.45%) Support Engineer
16 333 (2.34%) IT Support
17 325 (2.29%) Data Scientist
18 302 (2.12%) Data Analyst
19 278 (1.96%) IT Engineer
20 276 (1.94%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 973 (6.84%) .NET
2 686 (4.83%) HTML
3 603 (4.24%) CSS
4 570 (4.01%) React
5 420 (2.95%) AngularJS
6 264 (1.86%) Node.js
7 254 (1.79%) ASP.NET
8 230 (1.62%) Web Services
9 219 (1.54%) RESTful
10 215 (1.51%) .NET Framework
11 196 (1.38%) HTML5
12 186 (1.31%) .NET Core
13 168 (1.18%) Kafka
13 168 (1.18%) REST
14 154 (1.08%) Spring
15 153 (1.08%) XML
16 142 (1.00%) JSON
17 132 (0.93%) Vue
18 117 (0.82%) Entity Framework
19 112 (0.79%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 960 (6.75%) Management Information System
2 845 (5.94%) Self-Motivation
3 755 (5.31%) Algorithms
4 517 (3.64%) Driving Licence
5 491 (3.45%) Onboarding
6 363 (2.55%) Data Centre
7 359 (2.53%) Product Ownership
8 237 (1.67%) Data Structures
9 220 (1.55%) IoT
10 217 (1.53%) Social Media
11 215 (1.51%) Life Science
12 180 (1.27%) FMCG
13 171 (1.20%) Analytical Mindset
14 158 (1.11%) Virtual Team
15 153 (1.08%) Video Conferencing
16 150 (1.06%) Mobile App
17 147 (1.03%) Cloud Native
18 140 (0.98%) Embedded Systems
19 134 (0.94%) Enterprise Software
19 134 (0.94%) FPGA
Operating Systems
1 1,529 (10.76%) Windows
2 1,022 (7.19%) Linux
3 434 (3.05%) Windows Server
4 383 (2.69%) Windows 10
5 264 (1.86%) Unix
6 253 (1.78%) Android
7 130 (0.91%) Mac OS
8 117 (0.82%) Windows Server 2019
9 110 (0.77%) Apple iOS
10 107 (0.75%) Windows Server 2016
11 83 (0.58%) Windows Server 2012
12 74 (0.52%) Windows 7
13 69 (0.49%) Solaris
14 63 (0.44%) Ubuntu
15 52 (0.37%) Embedded Linux
16 35 (0.25%) Kali Linux
16 35 (0.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
17 29 (0.20%) Debian
18 28 (0.20%) CentOS
19 26 (0.18%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 4,298 (30.23%) Computer Science
2 4,221 (29.69%) Problem-Solving
3 2,720 (19.13%) Agile
4 2,025 (14.24%) Project Management
5 1,854 (13.04%) Software Engineering
6 1,593 (11.21%) Mathematics
7 1,431 (10.07%) Continuous Improvement
8 1,361 (9.57%) Mentoring
9 1,294 (9.10%) Analytics
10 1,170 (8.23%) Cybersecurity
11 1,154 (8.12%) Decision-Making
12 1,107 (7.79%) DevOps
13 1,105 (7.77%) Customer Service
14 1,092 (7.68%) Data Analysis
15 1,025 (7.21%) Artificial Intelligence
16 969 (6.82%) ITIL
17 924 (6.50%) Business Intelligence
18 860 (6.05%) Roadmaps
19 852 (5.99%) Project Delivery
20 825 (5.80%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 2,225 (15.65%) SQL
2 1,983 (13.95%) Python
3 1,426 (10.03%) C#
4 1,158 (8.15%) JavaScript
5 783 (5.51%) Java
6 710 (4.99%) C
7 606 (4.26%) C++
8 397 (2.79%) PowerShell
9 393 (2.76%) TypeScript
10 288 (2.03%) R
11 240 (1.69%) PHP
12 235 (1.65%) MATLAB
13 217 (1.53%) T-SQL
14 180 (1.27%) Bash
15 154 (1.08%) Embedded C
16 106 (0.75%) VB
17 102 (0.72%) PL/SQL
18 100 (0.70%) Fortran
19 82 (0.58%) Go
20 79 (0.56%) Perl
Qualifications
1 2,463 (17.33%) Computer Science Degree
2 1,572 (11.06%) Master's Degree
3 1,262 (8.88%) Security Cleared
4 752 (5.29%) SC Cleared
5 668 (4.70%) DBS Check
6 535 (3.76%) PhD
7 401 (2.82%) Microsoft Certification
8 321 (2.26%) Cisco Certification
9 318 (2.24%) CISSP
10 282 (1.98%) HNC
11 276 (1.94%) HND
12 264 (1.86%) BPSS Clearance
13 231 (1.62%) PMI Certification
14 217 (1.53%) CCNA
15 209 (1.47%) CISM
16 200 (1.41%) PMP
17 191 (1.34%) DV Cleared
18 171 (1.20%) Azure Certification
19 170 (1.20%) MBA
20 153 (1.08%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 737 (5.18%) QA
2 274 (1.93%) Data Quality
3 255 (1.79%) GDPR
4 236 (1.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 236 (1.66%) SLA
5 227 (1.60%) Accessibility
6 193 (1.36%) PMO
7 143 (1.01%) NIST
8 115 (0.81%) GMP
9 111 (0.78%) ISO 9001
10 88 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials
11 77 (0.54%) Actionable Recommendations
12 72 (0.51%) PCI DSS
13 58 (0.41%) WCAG
14 48 (0.34%) ISO 13485
15 46 (0.32%) NCSC
16 45 (0.32%) NEBOSH
17 40 (0.28%) ISO 26262
18 37 (0.26%) GRC
19 35 (0.25%) Good Clinical Practice
System Software
1 783 (5.51%) Active Directory
2 520 (3.66%) Docker
3 351 (2.47%) Firmware
4 311 (2.19%) VMware Infrastructure
5 180 (1.27%) Embedded Firmware
6 153 (1.08%) Hyper-V
7 149 (1.05%) VMware ESXi
8 106 (0.75%) XenApp
9 92 (0.65%) Microsoft App-V
10 90 (0.63%) XenDesktop
11 77 (0.54%) Virtual Machines
12 61 (0.43%) vSphere
13 45 (0.32%) Oracle RAC
14 38 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
15 23 (0.16%) Terminal Services
16 19 (0.13%) Virtual Servers
17 10 (0.070%) OpenSSH
18 8 (0.056%) KVM
19 5 (0.035%) Microsoft Virtual Server
19 5 (0.035%) pfSense
Systems Management
1 458 (3.22%) Kubernetes
2 235 (1.65%) Terraform
3 220 (1.55%) SCCM
4 151 (1.06%) Microsoft Intune
5 116 (0.82%) Ansible
6 98 (0.69%) AirWatch
7 52 (0.37%) WSUS
8 48 (0.34%) SCOM
9 45 (0.32%) Data Guard
9 45 (0.32%) Oracle RMAN
10 41 (0.29%) CASB
11 37 (0.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 34 (0.24%) Jamf Pro
13 31 (0.22%) Functional Safety
14 30 (0.21%) Progress Chef
15 27 (0.19%) vCenter Server
16 25 (0.18%) Puppet
17 21 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
17 21 (0.15%) Stealthwatch
18 20 (0.14%) Grafana
Vendors
1 2,921 (20.55%) Microsoft
2 440 (3.10%) VMware
3 432 (3.04%) Cisco
4 399 (2.81%) Google
5 397 (2.79%) SAP
6 386 (2.72%) Oracle
7 264 (1.86%) Adobe
8 256 (1.80%) Databricks
9 222 (1.56%) Apple
10 218 (1.53%) Salesforce
11 190 (1.34%) EMC
12 175 (1.23%) Citrix
13 137 (0.96%) Dell
14 122 (0.86%) IBM
15 119 (0.84%) HP
16 116 (0.82%) ServiceNow
17 99 (0.70%) Meraki
18 84 (0.59%) Sage
19 79 (0.56%) Veeam
20 77 (0.54%) Qualtrics