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

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 9 12 17
Rank change year-on-year +3 +5 +7
Permanent jobs citing Degree 1,187 1,250 1,085
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 12.20% 15.81% 11.52%
As % of the Qualifications category 50.15% 45.96% 38.46%
Number of salaries quoted 822 442 460
10th Percentile £26,025 £27,000 £25,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +10.53% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £67,500 £62,827
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £77,500
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 2,367 2,720 2,821
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 24.34% 34.40% 29.95%
Number of salaries quoted 1,605 926 1,308
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,750 £27,850
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £85,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £54,995 £59,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.57% +8.18% -

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 2 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 2 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 +1 548 £50,000 -9.09% 293
Lancashire +2 229 £52,084 +9.65% 80
Cheshire +3 220 £45,000 -18.18% 162
Merseyside -13 99 £32,500 -27.78% 60
Cumbria +9 85 £39,500 -34.17% 45
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 19 (1.60%) SharePoint
2 17 (1.43%) CMS
3 13 (1.10%) Microsoft Exchange
4 11 (0.93%) SAS
5 7 (0.59%) Confluence
5 7 (0.59%) IIS
6 6 (0.51%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 4 (0.34%) Apache
7 4 (0.34%) Apache Spark
7 4 (0.34%) ArcGIS
7 4 (0.34%) Tomcat
7 4 (0.34%) Umbraco
7 4 (0.34%) WordPress
8 1 (0.084%) Kentico
8 1 (0.084%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.084%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 83 (6.99%) Microsoft Excel
2 75 (6.32%) Microsoft Office
3 49 (4.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 13 (1.10%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 11 (0.93%) Adobe Illustrator
5 11 (0.93%) Photoshop
6 9 (0.76%) Adobe Captivate
6 9 (0.76%) Microsoft Project
7 8 (0.67%) MS Visio
8 7 (0.59%) InDesign
9 6 (0.51%) AutoCAD
9 6 (0.51%) Chatbot
10 5 (0.42%) 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 (0.084%) Adobe Premiere
13 1 (0.084%) CorelDRAW
13 1 (0.084%) GNU Octave
Business Applications
1 18 (1.52%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (1.10%) SAP S/4HANA
3 9 (0.76%) SAP CX
4 7 (0.59%) SAP Business One
5 4 (0.34%) Dynamics NAV
5 4 (0.34%) NEC Housing
5 4 (0.34%) NetSuite
5 4 (0.34%) SAP CO
5 4 (0.34%) SAP ERP
5 4 (0.34%) SAP FI
5 4 (0.34%) SAP FI/CO
6 3 (0.25%) Primavera
6 3 (0.25%) SAP APO
6 3 (0.25%) SAP MM
6 3 (0.25%) SAP PP
6 3 (0.25%) SAP SD
6 3 (0.25%) SAP WM
7 2 (0.17%) Dynamics AX
7 2 (0.17%) Maximo
7 2 (0.17%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 130 (10.95%) Azure
2 97 (8.17%) AWS
3 73 (6.15%) Microsoft 365
4 41 (3.45%) Power Platform
5 28 (2.36%) GCP
6 18 (1.52%) Dynamics 365
7 16 (1.35%) Azure DevOps
8 14 (1.18%) Amazon Kinesis
8 14 (1.18%) Amazon S3
8 14 (1.18%) GitHub
9 13 (1.10%) Amazon EC2
9 13 (1.10%) SaaS
10 10 (0.84%) Google Play
10 10 (0.84%) Serverless
11 7 (0.59%) Entra ID
11 7 (0.59%) Google Analytics
11 7 (0.59%) Google Workspace
11 7 (0.59%) Power Automate
12 5 (0.42%) Adobe Creative Cloud
13 4 (0.34%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 44 (3.71%) Firewall
2 38 (3.20%) PPP
3 32 (2.70%) WAN
4 30 (2.53%) LAN
5 26 (2.19%) TCP/IP
6 24 (2.02%) DNS
7 18 (1.52%) Internet
8 17 (1.43%) VPN
9 16 (1.35%) VoIP
10 15 (1.26%) Network Security
10 15 (1.26%) Wi-Fi
11 14 (1.18%) DHCP
11 14 (1.18%) RS-232
12 12 (1.01%) SD-WAN
13 11 (0.93%) Broadband
13 11 (0.93%) Remote Desktop
14 10 (0.84%) Ethernet
15 9 (0.76%) VLAN
15 9 (0.76%) Wireless
16 6 (0.51%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (5.73%) SQL Server
2 39 (3.29%) MySQL
3 34 (2.86%) Tableau
4 27 (2.27%) Data Warehouse
4 27 (2.27%) Relational Database
5 25 (2.11%) Power BI
6 18 (1.52%) Amazon Redshift
6 18 (1.52%) MS Access
7 17 (1.43%) RDBMS
8 16 (1.35%) NoSQL
9 13 (1.10%) Amazon RDS
10 10 (0.84%) PostgreSQL
10 10 (0.84%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 10 (0.84%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 8 (0.67%) Big Data
12 7 (0.59%) MongoDB
13 6 (0.51%) Elasticsearch
13 6 (0.51%) QlikView
14 4 (0.34%) Cognos Framework Manager
14 4 (0.34%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 59 (4.97%) Git
2 45 (3.79%) JIRA
3 14 (1.18%) Postman
4 12 (1.01%) Visual Studio
5 11 (0.93%) Subversion
6 10 (0.84%) Appium
7 9 (0.76%) Jenkins
8 6 (0.51%) Dreamweaver
9 5 (0.42%) Clang
9 5 (0.42%) InstallShield
9 5 (0.42%) IntelliJ
9 5 (0.42%) JUnit
9 5 (0.42%) Mockito
10 4 (0.34%) CMake
10 4 (0.34%) GCC
10 4 (0.34%) GDB
10 4 (0.34%) Rational DOORS
10 4 (0.34%) TeamCity
11 3 (0.25%) Cypress.io
11 3 (0.25%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 451 (37.99%) Social Skills
2 149 (12.55%) Finance
3 128 (10.78%) Analytical Skills
4 114 (9.60%) Manufacturing
5 51 (4.30%) Legal
6 44 (3.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 43 (3.62%) Retail
8 42 (3.54%) Marketing
9 39 (3.29%) Public Sector
10 38 (3.20%) Games
11 37 (3.12%) Organisational Skills
12 32 (2.70%) Presentation Skills
13 30 (2.53%) Electronics
13 30 (2.53%) Law
14 27 (2.27%) Military
14 27 (2.27%) Telecoms
15 24 (2.02%) Aerospace
16 23 (1.94%) Automotive
17 14 (1.18%) Local Government
18 13 (1.10%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 184 (15.50%) Developer
2 173 (14.57%) Senior
3 104 (8.76%) Analyst
4 96 (8.09%) Software Engineer
5 86 (7.25%) Graduate
6 81 (6.82%) Lead
7 64 (5.39%) Project Manager
8 42 (3.54%) Lead Developer
9 38 (3.20%) Architect
10 34 (2.86%) Senior Developer
11 33 (2.78%) Team Leader
12 31 (2.61%) Business Developer
13 30 (2.53%) Junior
14 29 (2.44%) .NET Developer
15 28 (2.36%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 28 (2.36%) IT Manager
15 28 (2.36%) Software Developer
16 27 (2.27%) Consultant
17 25 (2.11%) Senior Software Engineer
18 23 (1.94%) Incident Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 102 (8.59%) .NET
2 68 (5.73%) HTML
3 43 (3.62%) Node.js
4 41 (3.45%) CSS
5 35 (2.95%) JSON
6 30 (2.53%) React
7 20 (1.68%) HTML5
8 19 (1.60%) .NET Framework
8 19 (1.60%) ASP.NET
8 19 (1.60%) REST
9 16 (1.35%) Web Services
10 15 (1.26%) Spring
11 14 (1.18%) AngularJS
11 14 (1.18%) Redux
12 13 (1.10%) MobX
12 13 (1.10%) React Native
12 13 (1.10%) Spring Boot
13 12 (1.01%) RESTful
14 10 (0.84%) Android SDK
14 10 (0.84%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 110 (9.27%) Management Information System
2 52 (4.38%) Self-Motivation
3 40 (3.37%) Data Centre
4 36 (3.03%) Operational Technology
5 35 (2.95%) Driving Licence
6 33 (2.78%) Industrial Internet of Things
7 27 (2.27%) Onboarding
8 18 (1.52%) Embedded Systems
9 15 (1.26%) e-Learning
9 15 (1.26%) Social Media
10 14 (1.18%) Cloud Native
10 14 (1.18%) Enterprise Software
10 14 (1.18%) Renewable Energy
11 13 (1.10%) Algorithms
11 13 (1.10%) Cyber Threat
12 12 (1.01%) Animation
12 12 (1.01%) IoT
13 11 (0.93%) Analytical Mindset
13 11 (0.93%) Public Cloud
14 10 (0.84%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 111 (9.35%) Windows
2 72 (6.07%) Linux
3 24 (2.02%) Windows Server
4 17 (1.43%) Unix
5 16 (1.35%) Android
6 15 (1.26%) Windows Vista
7 14 (1.18%) Windows 10
8 9 (0.76%) Windows Phone
9 8 (0.67%) Mac OS
10 6 (0.51%) Windows Server 2016
11 5 (0.42%) FreeRTOS
11 5 (0.42%) VMS
11 5 (0.42%) Windows Server 2012
11 5 (0.42%) Windows Server 2019
12 4 (0.34%) Solaris
13 3 (0.25%) Apple iOS
14 1 (0.084%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 1 (0.084%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 339 (28.56%) Problem-Solving
2 329 (27.72%) Computer Science
3 208 (17.52%) Agile
4 186 (15.67%) Cybersecurity
5 177 (14.91%) Project Management
6 148 (12.47%) Software Engineering
7 121 (10.19%) Mentoring
8 97 (8.17%) Analytics
8 97 (8.17%) Continuous Improvement
9 80 (6.74%) Project Delivery
10 76 (6.40%) Mathematics
11 75 (6.32%) Risk Management
12 74 (6.23%) Customer Service
13 72 (6.07%) DevOps
14 70 (5.90%) Incident Response
14 70 (5.90%) ITIL
15 67 (5.64%) Coaching
16 63 (5.31%) ERP
17 61 (5.14%) Change Management
18 57 (4.80%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 142 (11.96%) SQL
2 119 (10.03%) C#
3 85 (7.16%) JavaScript
4 81 (6.82%) Python
5 78 (6.57%) Java
6 40 (3.37%) C
7 34 (2.86%) TypeScript
8 29 (2.44%) PHP
9 22 (1.85%) VB
10 19 (1.60%) C++
11 15 (1.26%) PowerShell
12 14 (1.18%) Embedded C
12 14 (1.18%) T-SQL
13 13 (1.10%) R
14 12 (1.01%) Kotlin
15 11 (0.93%) VBScript
16 8 (0.67%) Perl
16 8 (0.67%) Ruby
17 7 (0.59%) Rust
18 5 (0.42%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 180 (15.16%) Computer Science Degree
2 80 (6.74%) Master's Degree
3 67 (5.64%) Security Cleared
4 55 (4.63%) HNC
5 50 (4.21%) Cisco Certification
6 47 (3.96%) HND
7 41 (3.45%) CISSP
7 41 (3.45%) SC Cleared
8 36 (3.03%) CCNA
8 36 (3.03%) Microsoft Certification
9 34 (2.86%) CISM
10 32 (2.70%) CCNP
11 18 (1.52%) AWS Certification
11 18 (1.52%) PhD
12 15 (1.26%) APMP
12 15 (1.26%) PMP
13 14 (1.18%) Chartered Engineer
13 14 (1.18%) PMI Certification
14 12 (1.01%) Azure Certification
15 11 (0.93%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (3.29%) QA
2 37 (3.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 25 (2.11%) NIST
4 22 (1.85%) GDPR
5 21 (1.77%) Accessibility
5 21 (1.77%) PCI DSS
6 17 (1.43%) Cyber Essentials
6 17 (1.43%) SLA
7 14 (1.18%) Data Quality
8 9 (0.76%) PMO
9 7 (0.59%) NCSC
10 6 (0.51%) IEC 62304
10 6 (0.51%) NIST 800
11 5 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 5 (0.42%) ISO 9001
11 5 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 17025
12 4 (0.34%) GMP
12 4 (0.34%) TickIT
13 3 (0.25%) WCAG
14 2 (0.17%) MiFID
System Software
1 57 (4.80%) Active Directory
2 20 (1.68%) Docker
2 20 (1.68%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (1.01%) Hyper-V
4 9 (0.76%) Firmware
4 9 (0.76%) Terminal Services
5 6 (0.51%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (0.34%) vSphere
7 2 (0.17%) Embedded Firmware
8 1 (0.084%) Lustre
8 1 (0.084%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.084%) Snort
8 1 (0.084%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.084%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 17 (1.43%) Terraform
2 15 (1.26%) Kubernetes
3 10 (0.84%) Ansible
4 9 (0.76%) AirWatch
5 8 (0.67%) CASB
5 8 (0.67%) Progress Chef
6 6 (0.51%) Microsoft Intune
6 6 (0.51%) Stealthwatch
7 4 (0.34%) Autotask
7 4 (0.34%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 3 (0.25%) SCCM
9 2 (0.17%) Grafana
9 2 (0.17%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.17%) vRealize
10 1 (0.084%) CSIRT
10 1 (0.084%) EnCase
10 1 (0.084%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.084%) FTK
10 1 (0.084%) Functional Safety
10 1 (0.084%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 233 (19.63%) Microsoft
2 54 (4.55%) Adobe
3 49 (4.13%) SAP
4 42 (3.54%) Cisco
5 35 (2.95%) Apple
6 34 (2.86%) Google
7 31 (2.61%) VMware
8 17 (1.43%) HP
9 15 (1.26%) ServiceNow
10 14 (1.18%) Meraki
11 11 (0.93%) Dell
11 11 (0.93%) Oracle
11 11 (0.93%) Samsung
11 11 (0.93%) Virgin Media
12 10 (0.84%) Facebook
12 10 (0.84%) Salesforce
13 8 (0.67%) F5
13 8 (0.67%) Sage
14 7 (0.59%) IBM
14 7 (0.59%) Juniper