Degree Jobs in Cheshire

Academic Degree
North West > Cheshire

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Cheshire with a requirement for Degree qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 6 9 14
Rank change year-on-year +3 +5 -8
Permanent jobs citing Degree 220 149 125
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 14.39% 15.90% 11.89%
As % of the Qualifications category 55.56% 52.65% 45.62%
Number of salaries quoted 153 59 50
10th Percentile £26,250 £24,495 £31,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £41,250 £34,990
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +37.50% -11.11%
75th Percentile £57,500 £70,600 £49,887
90th Percentile £85,000 £96,250 £60,250
North West median annual salary £47,757 £52,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -9.04% +10.53% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Cheshire

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 Cheshire with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 396 283 274
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 25.90% 30.20% 26.07%
Number of salaries quoted 277 132 112
10th Percentile £25,000 £25,420 £31,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £31,875 £35,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £48,250 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.74% +7.22% -
75th Percentile £57,500 £65,000 £53,750
90th Percentile £68,000 £86,325 £62,250
North West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Degree in Cheshire

Degree
Salary Trend in Cheshire

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

Salary trend for Degree in Cheshire

Degree
Salary Histogram in Cheshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Degree in Cheshire over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Degree in Cheshire

Degree
Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Degree within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 5 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
Warrington -7 73 £45,000 -25.99% 67
Knutsford +4 25 £55,000 -45.00% 1
Chester -9 24 £47,500 -20.83% 32
Crewe +17 17 £65,000 +8.33% 9
Runcorn +16 13 £43,750 +15.13% 4
Macclesfield +4 10 £40,000 - 17
Winsford -6 9 £40,000 +100.00% 2
Northwich +2 8 £37,500 +78.57% 6
Widnes - 2 £31,750 - 3
Wilmslow - 2 £50,000 - 3
Frodsham - 1 £42,500 -
Congleton - 1 £25,000 - 2
Degree
North West

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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 10 (4.55%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.82%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (1.82%) SAS
3 3 (1.36%) CMS
4 2 (0.91%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 2 (0.91%) WordPress
5 1 (0.45%) IIS
5 1 (0.45%) OpenStack
Applications
1 32 (14.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 30 (13.64%) Microsoft Excel
3 17 (7.73%) Microsoft Office
4 8 (3.64%) Adobe Illustrator
4 8 (3.64%) Photoshop
5 4 (1.82%) InDesign
5 4 (1.82%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (1.82%) MS Visio
6 3 (1.36%) Adobe After Effects
6 3 (1.36%) Trello
7 2 (0.91%) SPSS
7 2 (0.91%) Stata
8 1 (0.45%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.45%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.45%) CorelDRAW
Business Applications
1 9 (4.09%) SAP CX
1 9 (4.09%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (3.18%) SAP Business One
3 3 (1.36%) Dynamics NAV
3 3 (1.36%) SAP APO
3 3 (1.36%) SAP MM
3 3 (1.36%) SAP PP
3 3 (1.36%) SAP SD
3 3 (1.36%) SAP WM
4 2 (0.91%) Maximo
4 2 (0.91%) Primavera
4 2 (0.91%) SAP PLM
4 2 (0.91%) SAP PM
5 1 (0.45%) SAP MDG
5 1 (0.45%) SAP SCM
5 1 (0.45%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 19 (8.64%) Azure
2 17 (7.73%) AWS
3 14 (6.36%) Microsoft 365
4 9 (4.09%) SaaS
5 8 (3.64%) Serverless
6 7 (3.18%) GitHub
6 7 (3.18%) Power Platform
7 4 (1.82%) Adobe Creative Cloud
8 3 (1.36%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (1.36%) Commercetools
8 3 (1.36%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
9 2 (0.91%) AWS Fargate
9 2 (0.91%) CloudFront
9 2 (0.91%) GCP
10 1 (0.45%) Figma
10 1 (0.45%) Google Ads
10 1 (0.45%) OpenShift
10 1 (0.45%) WeChat
Communications & Networking
1 14 (6.36%) Internet
2 11 (5.00%) Broadband
3 9 (4.09%) LAN
4 8 (3.64%) Firewall
4 8 (3.64%) TCP/IP
5 6 (2.73%) DHCP
5 6 (2.73%) DNS
5 6 (2.73%) MQTT
6 5 (2.27%) WAN
7 4 (1.82%) RS-232
8 3 (1.36%) SAN
9 2 (0.91%) NAS
9 2 (0.91%) Remote Desktop
9 2 (0.91%) VoIP
9 2 (0.91%) Wireless
10 1 (0.45%) BGP
10 1 (0.45%) InfiniBand
10 1 (0.45%) IP Telephony
10 1 (0.45%) Modbus
10 1 (0.45%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (13.18%) SQL Server
2 11 (5.00%) MySQL
3 8 (3.64%) NoSQL
4 7 (3.18%) Power BI
5 5 (2.27%) MS Access
6 4 (1.82%) Big Data
6 4 (1.82%) QlikView
7 2 (0.91%) Electronic Patient Records
7 2 (0.91%) GIS
8 1 (0.45%) Metadata
8 1 (0.45%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 24 (10.91%) JIRA
2 13 (5.91%) Git
3 5 (2.27%) InstallShield
4 4 (1.82%) Subversion
4 4 (1.82%) TeamCity
5 2 (0.91%) WiX
6 1 (0.45%) IntelliJ
6 1 (0.45%) JUnit
6 1 (0.45%) Mockito
General
1 109 (49.55%) Social Skills
2 37 (16.82%) Analytical Skills
3 35 (15.91%) Finance
4 22 (10.00%) Retail
5 19 (8.64%) Legal
6 14 (6.36%) Presentation Skills
7 13 (5.91%) Telecoms
8 8 (3.64%) Marketing
9 7 (3.18%) Games
9 7 (3.18%) Influencing Skills
9 7 (3.18%) Law
10 6 (2.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (2.73%) Manufacturing
11 5 (2.27%) Electronics
11 5 (2.27%) Organisational Skills
11 5 (2.27%) Pharmaceutical
11 5 (2.27%) Public Sector
12 4 (1.82%) Aerospace
13 3 (1.36%) Local Government
13 3 (1.36%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 48 (21.82%) Developer
2 26 (11.82%) Software Engineer
3 15 (6.82%) Analyst
3 15 (6.82%) Graduate
3 15 (6.82%) Senior
3 15 (6.82%) Software Developer
4 14 (6.36%) .NET Developer
5 11 (5.00%) Commercial Director
6 10 (4.55%) Project Manager
7 9 (4.09%) Programme Manager
7 9 (4.09%) SAP Manager
7 9 (4.09%) SAP Programme Manager
8 7 (3.18%) Designer
8 7 (3.18%) Developer/Software Engineer
8 7 (3.18%) Functional Consultant
8 7 (3.18%) Graduate Developer
8 7 (3.18%) Java Developer
8 7 (3.18%) SAP Business One Consultant
8 7 (3.18%) SAP Consultant
8 7 (3.18%) SAP Functional Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (17.27%) .NET
2 10 (4.55%) HTML
3 8 (3.64%) Node.js
4 7 (3.18%) CSS
4 7 (3.18%) REST
5 6 (2.73%) WinForms
6 5 (2.27%) Apache Thrift
7 3 (1.36%) .NET Core
7 3 (1.36%) .NET Framework
8 2 (0.91%) React
9 1 (0.45%) Ajax
9 1 (0.45%) ASP.NET
9 1 (0.45%) Node-RED
9 1 (0.45%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 25 (11.36%) Management Information System
2 12 (5.45%) Self-Motivation
3 6 (2.73%) Client/Server
3 6 (2.73%) IoT
3 6 (2.73%) Life Science
4 5 (2.27%) e-Learning
4 5 (2.27%) Social Media
5 4 (1.82%) Algorithms
5 4 (1.82%) Data Structures
5 4 (1.82%) Embedded Systems
5 4 (1.82%) Onboarding
5 4 (1.82%) Smart Energy
6 3 (1.36%) Acoustics
6 3 (1.36%) Animation
6 3 (1.36%) Product Ownership
7 2 (0.91%) Derivative
7 2 (0.91%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 2 (0.91%) Graphic Design
7 2 (0.91%) NHS
7 2 (0.91%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 20 (9.09%) Windows
2 14 (6.36%) Linux
3 9 (4.09%) Unix
4 6 (2.73%) Windows Server
5 5 (2.27%) VMS
6 4 (1.82%) FreeRTOS
7 2 (0.91%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.91%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.45%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.45%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (38.18%) Problem-Solving
2 58 (26.36%) Computer Science
3 55 (25.00%) Agile
4 43 (19.55%) Cybersecurity
5 38 (17.27%) Project Management
6 31 (14.09%) ERP
7 30 (13.64%) Software Engineering
8 20 (9.09%) Roadmaps
9 19 (8.64%) Continuous Improvement
10 18 (8.18%) Mentoring
10 18 (8.18%) Project Delivery
11 16 (7.27%) OO
12 15 (6.82%) OOP
13 14 (6.36%) Analytics
13 14 (6.36%) Change Management
14 13 (5.91%) Customer Service
14 13 (5.91%) Design Patterns
14 13 (5.91%) Full Stack Development
14 13 (5.91%) PRINCE2
15 12 (5.45%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 40 (18.18%) SQL
2 34 (15.45%) C#
3 26 (11.82%) Java
4 22 (10.00%) JavaScript
5 10 (4.55%) PowerShell
6 9 (4.09%) Python
7 8 (3.64%) Perl
7 8 (3.64%) Ruby
8 5 (2.27%) C++
8 5 (2.27%) VB
9 4 (1.82%) C
9 4 (1.82%) Embedded C
9 4 (1.82%) R
10 1 (0.45%) PHP
10 1 (0.45%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 28 (12.73%) Computer Science Degree
2 13 (5.91%) HND
3 11 (5.00%) PMI Certification
3 11 (5.00%) PMP
4 9 (4.09%) Microsoft Certification
4 9 (4.09%) Security Cleared
5 8 (3.64%) AWS Certification
5 8 (3.64%) HNC
5 8 (3.64%) Master's Degree
5 8 (3.64%) PhD
6 7 (3.18%) SC Cleared
7 3 (1.36%) Chartered Engineer
7 3 (1.36%) SAP Certification
8 2 (0.91%) A+ Certification
8 2 (0.91%) CISA
8 2 (0.91%) MCP
9 1 (0.45%) CIPD
9 1 (0.45%) JNCIA
9 1 (0.45%) MBA
9 1 (0.45%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (4.09%) GDPR
2 7 (3.18%) QA
3 6 (2.73%) IEC 62304
4 4 (1.82%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (1.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 4 (1.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (1.82%) NIST
4 4 (1.82%) TickIT
5 3 (1.36%) Data Quality
5 3 (1.36%) PCI DSS
5 3 (1.36%) SLA
6 2 (0.91%) EMIR
6 2 (0.91%) MiFID
7 1 (0.45%) ISO 13485
7 1 (0.45%) ISO 9000
7 1 (0.45%) PMO
System Software
1 15 (6.82%) Docker
2 14 (6.36%) Active Directory
3 8 (3.64%) Hyper-V
4 3 (1.36%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.45%) Lustre
5 1 (0.45%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 11 (5.00%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.91%) SCCM
3 1 (0.45%) Functional Safety
3 1 (0.45%) Icinga
3 1 (0.45%) Proxmox
3 1 (0.45%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 53 (24.09%) Microsoft
2 39 (17.73%) SAP
3 11 (5.00%) Virgin Media
4 8 (3.64%) Adobe
4 8 (3.64%) Facebook
4 8 (3.64%) VMware
5 5 (2.27%) Salesforce
6 4 (1.82%) Sophos
6 4 (1.82%) Twitter
6 4 (1.82%) Veeam
7 3 (1.36%) Google
7 3 (1.36%) Oracle
8 2 (0.91%) Instagram
8 2 (0.91%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.45%) Allen-Bradley
9 1 (0.45%) AVEVA
9 1 (0.45%) HubSpot
9 1 (0.45%) NVIDIA
9 1 (0.45%) Rockwell
9 1 (0.45%) Verint