Degree Jobs in the North East

Academic Degree
England > North East

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North East with a requirement for Degree qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 12 3 9
Rank change year-on-year -9 +6 +14
Permanent jobs citing Degree 210 333 209
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 11.51% 26.08% 14.15%
As % of the Qualifications category 56.60% 77.99% 49.53%
Number of salaries quoted 175 100 169
10th Percentile £26,350 £33,000 £31,438
25th Percentile £32,500 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,500 £47,250 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +18.13% +5.35%
75th Percentile £55,000 £58,875 £48,938
90th Percentile £71,450 £67,500 £50,250
England median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North East

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 East with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 371 427 422
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 20.33% 33.44% 28.57%
Number of salaries quoted 290 162 275
10th Percentile £27,500 £33,000 £25,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £40,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,094 £47,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.17% +18.75% -2.44%
75th Percentile £61,250 £60,000 £50,000
90th Percentile £73,250 £70,600 £64,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.17% +5.45% -

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

Job postings citing Degree as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North East.

Job vacancy trend for Degree in the North East

Degree
Salary Trend in the North East

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

Salary trend for Degree in the North East

Degree
Salary Histogram in the North East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Degree in the North East over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Degree in the North East

Degree
Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Degree within the North East region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Tyne and Wear -7 159 £47,750 -3.65% 90
Durham -12 44 £50,000 +25.00% 34
Northumberland 0 7 £38,500 +28.33% 4
Degree
England

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North East 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 16 (7.62%) SharePoint
2 7 (3.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (3.33%) MS Project Server
3 3 (1.43%) IIS
3 3 (1.43%) Tomcat
4 1 (0.48%) SAS
4 1 (0.48%) Site Server
Applications
1 24 (11.43%) Microsoft Project
2 14 (6.67%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (4.29%) Microsoft Excel
4 6 (2.86%) MS Visio
5 3 (1.43%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.95%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.48%) Adobe Premiere
7 1 (0.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.48%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (2.38%) Sage X3
2 4 (1.90%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (1.43%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 39 (18.57%) Microsoft 365
2 31 (14.76%) Azure
3 28 (13.33%) AWS
4 12 (5.71%) Serverless
5 11 (5.24%) AWS Lambda
5 11 (5.24%) GitHub
6 10 (4.76%) Power Platform
7 9 (4.29%) Dynamics 365
8 8 (3.81%) OCI
9 6 (2.86%) Power Automate
10 3 (1.43%) Cloud Computing
11 1 (0.48%) AWS CloudFormation
11 1 (0.48%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 11 (5.24%) Firewall
1 11 (5.24%) VoIP
2 7 (3.33%) DHCP
2 7 (3.33%) DNS
2 7 (3.33%) VPN
3 6 (2.86%) LAN
3 6 (2.86%) WAN
4 5 (2.38%) Network Security
4 5 (2.38%) VLAN
4 5 (2.38%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (1.43%) MQTT
5 3 (1.43%) Remote Desktop
5 3 (1.43%) Wireless
6 2 (0.95%) DMZ
7 1 (0.48%) iSCSI
7 1 (0.48%) NetScaler
7 1 (0.48%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (10.95%) MySQL
2 18 (8.57%) SQL Server
3 11 (5.24%) Amazon RDS
3 11 (5.24%) Redis
4 10 (4.76%) Power BI
5 8 (3.81%) Oracle Database
6 7 (3.33%) Big Data
7 5 (2.38%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (2.38%) Metadata
8 4 (1.90%) NoSQL
9 3 (1.43%) Azure SQL Database
9 3 (1.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 2 (0.95%) Amazon Redshift
11 1 (0.48%) Data Hub
11 1 (0.48%) Data Lake
11 1 (0.48%) Relational Database
11 1 (0.48%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 16 (7.62%) JIRA
2 11 (5.24%) TeamCity
3 3 (1.43%) Git
3 3 (1.43%) Gradle
3 3 (1.43%) Maven
4 2 (0.95%) JIRA Agile
5 1 (0.48%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 75 (35.71%) Social Skills
2 38 (18.10%) Finance
3 25 (11.90%) Manufacturing
4 18 (8.57%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (7.14%) Presentation Skills
5 15 (7.14%) Retail
6 13 (6.19%) Games
7 10 (4.76%) Marketing
8 7 (3.33%) Banking
8 7 (3.33%) Legal
9 6 (2.86%) Law
9 6 (2.86%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (1.90%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (1.90%) Electronics
10 4 (1.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (1.43%) Automotive
11 3 (1.43%) Social Housing
12 2 (0.95%) Brand Awareness
12 2 (0.95%) Pharmaceutical
12 2 (0.95%) Swedish Language
Job Titles
1 47 (22.38%) Project Manager
2 30 (14.29%) Senior
3 19 (9.05%) Developer
4 18 (8.57%) Consultant
5 16 (7.62%) Lead
6 15 (7.14%) IT Manager
6 15 (7.14%) Software Engineer
7 13 (6.19%) IT Project Manager
8 11 (5.24%) Analyst
8 11 (5.24%) DBA
8 11 (5.24%) Graduate
9 10 (4.76%) Data Analyst
9 10 (4.76%) Trainee
10 9 (4.29%) Lead Developer
11 8 (3.81%) Oracle DBA
11 8 (3.81%) Senior Manager
11 8 (3.81%) Trainee Consultant
12 7 (3.33%) C# Software Engineer
12 7 (3.33%) Senior Project Manager
12 7 (3.33%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (9.05%) .NET
2 16 (7.62%) .NET Core
3 15 (7.14%) ASP.NET
4 13 (6.19%) ASP.NET MVC
5 11 (5.24%) Node.js
5 11 (5.24%) RESTful
5 11 (5.24%) Vue
6 8 (3.81%) CSS
6 8 (3.81%) HTML
7 4 (1.90%) .NET Framework
8 3 (1.43%) Entity Framework
8 3 (1.43%) REST
8 3 (1.43%) XML
9 2 (0.95%) ASP.NET Web API
9 2 (0.95%) WPF
10 1 (0.48%) ARM Templates
10 1 (0.48%) ASP.NET Core
10 1 (0.48%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 12 (5.71%) Data Structures
1 12 (5.71%) Driving Licence
2 11 (5.24%) Client/Server
2 11 (5.24%) Online Games
3 9 (4.29%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (3.81%) Clustering
5 6 (2.86%) Mobile App
5 6 (2.86%) NHS
6 5 (2.38%) Cyber Threat
6 5 (2.38%) Housing Association
6 5 (2.38%) Management Information System
7 4 (1.90%) Credit Risk
7 4 (1.90%) PMI
7 4 (1.90%) Renewable Energy
8 3 (1.43%) Arduino
8 3 (1.43%) Cloud Native
8 3 (1.43%) Distributed Applications
8 3 (1.43%) Industry 4.0
8 3 (1.43%) IoT
8 3 (1.43%) Mobile Computing
Operating Systems
1 23 (10.95%) Windows
2 17 (8.10%) Windows Server
3 8 (3.81%) Windows 10
4 5 (2.38%) Mac OS
4 5 (2.38%) Windows Server 2012
4 5 (2.38%) Windows Server 2019
5 3 (1.43%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (39.52%) Problem-Solving
2 57 (27.14%) Computer Science
3 48 (22.86%) Project Management
4 33 (15.71%) Agile
5 28 (13.33%) Project Delivery
5 28 (13.33%) Software Engineering
6 26 (12.38%) PRINCE2
7 20 (9.52%) Business Intelligence
7 20 (9.52%) Change Control
8 19 (9.05%) Continuous Improvement
8 19 (9.05%) DevOps
9 18 (8.57%) ERP
9 18 (8.57%) Regulatory Compliance
10 16 (7.62%) Customer Service
10 16 (7.62%) Scrum
11 15 (7.14%) Decision-Making
11 15 (7.14%) Mentoring
12 14 (6.67%) Analytics
12 14 (6.67%) Disaster Recovery
13 13 (6.19%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 46 (21.90%) SQL
2 20 (9.52%) JavaScript
3 19 (9.05%) C#
4 14 (6.67%) TypeScript
5 8 (3.81%) Java
5 8 (3.81%) PL/SQL
5 8 (3.81%) PowerShell
6 5 (2.38%) Python
7 3 (1.43%) T-SQL
8 2 (0.95%) C
8 2 (0.95%) C++
8 2 (0.95%) R
9 1 (0.48%) PHP
Qualifications
1 26 (12.38%) Master's Degree
2 20 (9.52%) Computer Science Degree
3 19 (9.05%) PMI Certification
3 19 (9.05%) PMP
4 15 (7.14%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 8 (3.81%) OCP
5 8 (3.81%) Oracle Certification
6 5 (2.38%) HNC
6 5 (2.38%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (2.38%) PhD
7 4 (1.90%) HND
7 4 (1.90%) ITIL Certification
8 3 (1.43%) A+ Certification
8 3 (1.43%) Azure Certification
8 3 (1.43%) MCITP
8 3 (1.43%) Security Cleared
9 2 (0.95%) Numerate Degree
9 2 (0.95%) Postgraduate
9 2 (0.95%) SC Cleared
10 1 (0.48%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (12.38%) PMO
2 13 (6.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 10 (4.76%) ISO 9001
4 8 (3.81%) Data Quality
5 5 (2.38%) QA
6 4 (1.90%) GDPR
6 4 (1.90%) NEBOSH
7 3 (1.43%) NIST
7 3 (1.43%) SLA
8 2 (0.95%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.95%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.95%) GLP
8 2 (0.95%) GMP
8 2 (0.95%) Good Clinical Practice
8 2 (0.95%) NCSC
9 1 (0.48%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 19 (9.05%) Active Directory
2 15 (7.14%) Docker
3 14 (6.67%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (2.38%) Hyper-V
5 3 (1.43%) vSphere
6 1 (0.48%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.48%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.48%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.48%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 13 (6.19%) Terraform
2 8 (3.81%) Failover Clustering
3 5 (2.38%) Jamf Pro
3 5 (2.38%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (2.38%) SCCM
4 4 (1.90%) Autotask
4 4 (1.90%) Kubernetes
5 3 (1.43%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 58 (27.62%) Microsoft
2 14 (6.67%) VMware
3 13 (6.19%) Oracle
4 7 (3.33%) Cisco
5 6 (2.86%) Northgate
6 5 (2.38%) Sage
7 4 (1.90%) Apple
7 4 (1.90%) Datto
7 4 (1.90%) SAP
8 3 (1.43%) Autodesk
8 3 (1.43%) Epicor
8 3 (1.43%) Meraki
8 3 (1.43%) PayPal
8 3 (1.43%) Sophos
9 2 (0.95%) Adobe
9 2 (0.95%) Salesforce
10 1 (0.48%) Citrix
10 1 (0.48%) Veeam
10 1 (0.48%) Zerto