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

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 9 13 16
Rank change year-on-year +4 +3 +8
Permanent jobs citing Degree 1,177 1,275 1,080
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 12.22% 15.86% 11.42%
As % of the Qualifications category 50.04% 45.58% 38.14%
Number of salaries quoted 814 441 449
10th Percentile £26,000 £27,250 £26,250
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 £60,938 £67,500 £63,997
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -

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 2,352 2,797 2,832
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 24.42% 34.80% 29.94%
Number of salaries quoted 1,595 948 1,307
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,000 £28,150
25th Percentile £36,250 £39,764 £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 £68,813 £65,225
90th Percentile £78,750 £86,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,810 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.86% +5.11% -

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 23 April 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 23 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
Manchester +1 539 £50,000 -4.76% 285
Lancashire +2 228 £52,084 +12.61% 76
Cheshire +3 220 £45,000 -18.18% 152
Merseyside -11 101 £32,500 -31.58% 48
Cumbria +5 83 £39,500 -34.17% 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 (1.53%) SharePoint
2 17 (1.44%) CMS
3 14 (1.19%) Microsoft Exchange
4 9 (0.76%) SAS
5 6 (0.51%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 6 (0.51%) Confluence
6 4 (0.34%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.34%) ArcGIS
6 4 (0.34%) IIS
6 4 (0.34%) Umbraco
6 4 (0.34%) WordPress
7 1 (0.085%) Kentico
7 1 (0.085%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.085%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 79 (6.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 73 (6.20%) Microsoft Office
3 48 (4.08%) 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
7 8 (0.68%) Microsoft Project
7 8 (0.68%) 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 (0.085%) Adobe Premiere
13 1 (0.085%) CorelDRAW
13 1 (0.085%) Revit
Business Applications
1 18 (1.53%) 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%) 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%) 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%) Primavera
7 2 (0.17%) SAP PLM
7 2 (0.17%) SAP PM
8 1 (0.085%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 130 (11.05%) Azure
2 95 (8.07%) AWS
3 74 (6.29%) Microsoft 365
4 38 (3.23%) Power Platform
5 27 (2.29%) GCP
6 18 (1.53%) Dynamics 365
7 16 (1.36%) Azure DevOps
7 16 (1.36%) SaaS
8 13 (1.10%) Amazon EC2
8 13 (1.10%) Amazon Kinesis
8 13 (1.10%) Amazon S3
8 13 (1.10%) GitHub
9 10 (0.85%) Google Play
10 9 (0.76%) 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%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 47 (3.99%) Firewall
2 35 (2.97%) PPP
3 31 (2.63%) WAN
4 29 (2.46%) LAN
5 25 (2.12%) TCP/IP
6 23 (1.95%) DNS
7 20 (1.70%) VoIP
8 18 (1.53%) Internet
9 16 (1.36%) VPN
10 15 (1.27%) Wi-Fi
11 14 (1.19%) RS-232
12 13 (1.10%) DHCP
13 11 (0.93%) Broadband
13 11 (0.93%) Network Security
13 11 (0.93%) Remote Desktop
13 11 (0.93%) SD-WAN
14 10 (0.85%) Ethernet
15 9 (0.76%) Wireless
16 8 (0.68%) VLAN
17 7 (0.59%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 73 (6.20%) SQL Server
2 43 (3.65%) MySQL
3 33 (2.80%) Tableau
4 27 (2.29%) Relational Database
5 25 (2.12%) Data Warehouse
6 22 (1.87%) Power BI
7 18 (1.53%) MS Access
8 17 (1.44%) Amazon Redshift
8 17 (1.44%) RDBMS
9 16 (1.36%) NoSQL
10 13 (1.10%) Amazon RDS
11 10 (0.85%) PostgreSQL
11 10 (0.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 10 (0.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 8 (0.68%) Big Data
13 7 (0.59%) MongoDB
14 6 (0.51%) Elasticsearch
15 5 (0.42%) QlikView
16 4 (0.34%) ActiveReports
16 4 (0.34%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 57 (4.84%) Git
2 44 (3.74%) JIRA
3 14 (1.19%) Postman
4 11 (0.93%) Subversion
4 11 (0.93%) Visual Studio
5 10 (0.85%) Appium
6 9 (0.76%) Jenkins
7 6 (0.51%) Dreamweaver
8 5 (0.42%) Clang
8 5 (0.42%) InstallShield
8 5 (0.42%) IntelliJ
8 5 (0.42%) JUnit
8 5 (0.42%) Mockito
9 4 (0.34%) CMake
9 4 (0.34%) GCC
9 4 (0.34%) GDB
9 4 (0.34%) Rational DOORS
9 4 (0.34%) TeamCity
10 3 (0.25%) Cypress.io
10 3 (0.25%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 446 (37.89%) Social Skills
2 146 (12.40%) Finance
3 127 (10.79%) Analytical Skills
4 116 (9.86%) Manufacturing
5 49 (4.16%) Legal
6 48 (4.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 42 (3.57%) Marketing
7 42 (3.57%) Retail
8 38 (3.23%) Games
9 37 (3.14%) Organisational Skills
10 35 (2.97%) Public Sector
11 32 (2.72%) Presentation Skills
12 30 (2.55%) Electronics
13 27 (2.29%) Law
13 27 (2.29%) Military
13 27 (2.29%) Telecoms
14 23 (1.95%) Aerospace
14 23 (1.95%) Automotive
15 14 (1.19%) Local Government
16 13 (1.10%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 189 (16.06%) Developer
2 174 (14.78%) Senior
3 101 (8.58%) Analyst
4 95 (8.07%) Software Engineer
5 86 (7.31%) Graduate
6 82 (6.97%) Lead
7 66 (5.61%) Project Manager
8 43 (3.65%) Lead Developer
9 36 (3.06%) Senior Developer
10 35 (2.97%) Architect
10 35 (2.97%) Team Leader
11 32 (2.72%) Junior
12 31 (2.63%) Business Developer
13 30 (2.55%) .NET Developer
14 28 (2.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 27 (2.29%) Consultant
15 27 (2.29%) IT Manager
15 27 (2.29%) Software Developer
16 25 (2.12%) Senior Software Engineer
17 23 (1.95%) Incident Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 101 (8.58%) .NET
2 70 (5.95%) HTML
3 43 (3.65%) CSS
4 41 (3.48%) Node.js
5 35 (2.97%) JSON
5 35 (2.97%) React
6 20 (1.70%) HTML5
7 19 (1.61%) .NET Framework
7 19 (1.61%) ASP.NET
7 19 (1.61%) REST
8 16 (1.36%) Redux
9 15 (1.27%) MobX
9 15 (1.27%) Spring
10 14 (1.19%) AngularJS
11 13 (1.10%) React Native
11 13 (1.10%) RESTful
11 13 (1.10%) Spring Boot
12 12 (1.02%) Web Services
13 10 (0.85%) Electron
13 10 (0.85%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 113 (9.60%) Management Information System
2 52 (4.42%) Self-Motivation
3 38 (3.23%) Data Centre
4 36 (3.06%) Operational Technology
5 35 (2.97%) Driving Licence
6 33 (2.80%) Industrial Internet of Things
7 31 (2.63%) Onboarding
8 18 (1.53%) Embedded Systems
9 16 (1.36%) Renewable Energy
10 15 (1.27%) e-Learning
10 15 (1.27%) Social Media
11 14 (1.19%) Cloud Native
11 14 (1.19%) Enterprise Software
12 13 (1.10%) Algorithms
13 12 (1.02%) Animation
13 12 (1.02%) IoT
14 11 (0.93%) Analytical Mindset
14 11 (0.93%) Cyber Threat
15 10 (0.85%) iPad
15 10 (0.85%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 110 (9.35%) Windows
2 67 (5.69%) Linux
3 29 (2.46%) Windows Server
4 16 (1.36%) Android
5 15 (1.27%) Windows 10
5 15 (1.27%) Windows Vista
6 13 (1.10%) Unix
7 10 (0.85%) Windows Server 2012
8 9 (0.76%) Windows Phone
9 8 (0.68%) Windows Server 2016
9 8 (0.68%) Windows Server 2019
10 7 (0.59%) Mac OS
11 5 (0.42%) FreeRTOS
11 5 (0.42%) VMS
12 3 (0.25%) Apple iOS
13 1 (0.085%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 1 (0.085%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 335 (28.46%) Problem-Solving
2 324 (27.53%) Computer Science
3 205 (17.42%) Agile
4 182 (15.46%) Cybersecurity
5 175 (14.87%) Project Management
6 147 (12.49%) Software Engineering
7 117 (9.94%) Mentoring
8 102 (8.67%) Continuous Improvement
9 93 (7.90%) Analytics
10 79 (6.71%) Project Delivery
11 74 (6.29%) Customer Service
12 73 (6.20%) Mathematics
13 72 (6.12%) Risk Management
14 71 (6.03%) DevOps
15 70 (5.95%) Incident Response
16 69 (5.86%) ITIL
17 66 (5.61%) Coaching
18 61 (5.18%) Change Management
19 59 (5.01%) ERP
20 55 (4.67%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 142 (12.06%) SQL
2 121 (10.28%) C#
3 88 (7.48%) JavaScript
4 77 (6.54%) Java
4 77 (6.54%) Python
5 40 (3.40%) C
6 39 (3.31%) TypeScript
7 29 (2.46%) PHP
8 22 (1.87%) VB
9 19 (1.61%) C++
10 14 (1.19%) Embedded C
10 14 (1.19%) PowerShell
10 14 (1.19%) T-SQL
11 12 (1.02%) Kotlin
12 11 (0.93%) VBScript
13 10 (0.85%) R
14 8 (0.68%) Perl
14 8 (0.68%) Ruby
15 7 (0.59%) Rust
16 5 (0.42%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 179 (15.21%) Computer Science Degree
2 82 (6.97%) Master's Degree
3 64 (5.44%) Security Cleared
4 54 (4.59%) HNC
5 48 (4.08%) Cisco Certification
6 47 (3.99%) HND
7 41 (3.48%) SC Cleared
8 40 (3.40%) CISSP
9 35 (2.97%) CCNA
9 35 (2.97%) Microsoft Certification
10 33 (2.80%) CISM
11 30 (2.55%) CCNP
12 18 (1.53%) Chartered Engineer
12 18 (1.53%) PhD
13 17 (1.44%) AWS Certification
14 15 (1.27%) APMP
14 15 (1.27%) PMP
15 14 (1.19%) PMI Certification
16 12 (1.02%) Azure Certification
17 11 (0.93%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (3.31%) QA
2 35 (2.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 24 (2.04%) NIST
4 21 (1.78%) PCI DSS
4 21 (1.78%) SLA
5 20 (1.70%) GDPR
6 19 (1.61%) Cyber Essentials
7 17 (1.44%) Accessibility
8 13 (1.10%) Data Quality
9 7 (0.59%) PMO
10 6 (0.51%) IEC 62304
10 6 (0.51%) NCSC
11 5 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 5 (0.42%) ISO 9001
11 5 (0.42%) NIST 800
12 4 (0.34%) GMP
12 4 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 17025
12 4 (0.34%) TickIT
13 3 (0.25%) WCAG
14 2 (0.17%) MiFID
System Software
1 62 (5.27%) Active Directory
2 25 (2.12%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (1.70%) Docker
4 12 (1.02%) Hyper-V
5 9 (0.76%) Firmware
5 9 (0.76%) Terminal Services
6 6 (0.51%) VMware ESXi
7 5 (0.42%) vSphere
8 2 (0.17%) Embedded Firmware
8 2 (0.17%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.085%) Lustre
9 1 (0.085%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.085%) Snort
9 1 (0.085%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 17 (1.44%) Terraform
2 15 (1.27%) Kubernetes
3 10 (0.85%) Ansible
4 9 (0.76%) AirWatch
4 9 (0.76%) CASB
5 8 (0.68%) Progress Chef
6 6 (0.51%) Microsoft Intune
7 5 (0.42%) Stealthwatch
7 5 (0.42%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 4 (0.34%) Autotask
9 2 (0.17%) Grafana
9 2 (0.17%) Nessus
9 2 (0.17%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.17%) SCCM
9 2 (0.17%) vRealize
10 1 (0.085%) CSIRT
10 1 (0.085%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.085%) Functional Safety
10 1 (0.085%) Icinga
10 1 (0.085%) Oracle Identity Management
Vendors
1 228 (19.37%) Microsoft
2 52 (4.42%) Adobe
3 48 (4.08%) SAP
4 41 (3.48%) Cisco
5 36 (3.06%) VMware
6 34 (2.89%) Google
7 33 (2.80%) Apple
8 16 (1.36%) HP
9 15 (1.27%) ServiceNow
10 13 (1.10%) Meraki
11 11 (0.93%) Virgin Media
12 10 (0.85%) Dell
12 10 (0.85%) Facebook
12 10 (0.85%) Salesforce
12 10 (0.85%) Samsung
13 8 (0.68%) F5
13 8 (0.68%) Sage
14 7 (0.59%) Aruba
14 7 (0.59%) Juniper
14 7 (0.59%) Twitter