Degree Jobs with Work from Home Options

Academic Degree
UK > Work from Home

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) with a requirement for Degree qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 11 17 18
Rank change year-on-year +6 +1 +4
Permanent jobs citing Degree 4,253 5,074 8,858
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 12.56% 12.20% 12.89%
As % of the Qualifications category 44.67% 48.07% 56.53%
Number of salaries quoted 2,849 3,314 4,469
10th Percentile £31,000 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £39,747 £45,000 £40,838
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £72,375 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £88,750 £100,000 £93,750
UK median annual salary £52,101 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.39% +4.55% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

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 WFH option and a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 9,521 10,556 15,670
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 28.12% 25.39% 22.81%
Number of salaries quoted 5,896 6,449 8,575
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,715 £77,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £93,450
UK median annual salary £54,000 £59,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.24% +8.18% -

Degree
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Degree as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Degree trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Degree.

Degree salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Degree over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Degree salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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
1 103 (2.42%) SharePoint
2 94 (2.21%) Microsoft Exchange
3 50 (1.18%) IIS
4 47 (1.11%) SAS
5 42 (0.99%) Apache
6 30 (0.71%) Confluence
7 27 (0.63%) CMS
8 25 (0.59%) Apache Spark
8 25 (0.59%) Tomcat
9 22 (0.52%) WordPress
10 16 (0.38%) OpenStack
11 10 (0.24%) Apache Airflow
11 10 (0.24%) ArcGIS
12 8 (0.19%) nginx
13 6 (0.14%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
13 6 (0.14%) Exchange Server 2000
14 5 (0.12%) Drupal
15 4 (0.094%) Exchange Server 2013
15 4 (0.094%) OpenEdge
15 4 (0.094%) Umbraco
Applications
1 310 (7.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 248 (5.83%) Microsoft Office
3 129 (3.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 68 (1.60%) Simulink
5 63 (1.48%) Microsoft Project
6 34 (0.80%) Chatbot
7 31 (0.73%) MS Visio
8 22 (0.52%) Photoshop
9 21 (0.49%) AutoCAD
10 20 (0.47%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 19 (0.45%) Adobe Illustrator
12 17 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
13 16 (0.38%) Adobe XD
14 15 (0.35%) Trello
15 14 (0.33%) Adobe After Effects
15 14 (0.33%) SPSS
16 13 (0.31%) OrCAD
16 13 (0.31%) Sketch
17 11 (0.26%) InDesign
18 10 (0.24%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 50 (1.18%) Dynamics CRM
2 35 (0.82%) NEC Housing
3 31 (0.73%) SAP S/4HANA
4 22 (0.52%) Unit4 Business World
5 15 (0.35%) Endur
6 14 (0.33%) SAP CX
7 13 (0.31%) Salesforce CRM
8 11 (0.26%) Remedy ITSM
9 10 (0.24%) SAP CO
9 10 (0.24%) SAP FI
9 10 (0.24%) SAP FI/CO
10 9 (0.21%) SAP Business One
11 7 (0.16%) Dynamics NAV
12 6 (0.14%) NetSuite
13 5 (0.12%) Odoo
13 5 (0.12%) SAP ERP
13 5 (0.12%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
14 4 (0.094%) Magento
14 4 (0.094%) Primavera
14 4 (0.094%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 789 (18.55%) Azure
2 608 (14.30%) AWS
3 337 (7.92%) Microsoft 365
4 242 (5.69%) Power Platform
5 220 (5.17%) SaaS
6 142 (3.34%) GCP
7 106 (2.49%) Azure DevOps
8 94 (2.21%) Entra ID
9 81 (1.90%) Cloud Computing
10 76 (1.79%) Serverless
11 69 (1.62%) GitHub
12 62 (1.46%) Snowflake
13 59 (1.39%) Dynamics 365
14 57 (1.34%) Power Automate
14 57 (1.34%) PowerApps
15 56 (1.32%) IaaS
15 56 (1.32%) PaaS
16 50 (1.18%) AWS Lambda
17 47 (1.11%) WhatsApp
18 31 (0.73%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 144 (3.39%) Firewall
2 132 (3.10%) Wireless
3 110 (2.59%) WAN
4 89 (2.09%) DNS
5 72 (1.69%) TCP/IP
6 70 (1.65%) Wi-Fi
7 67 (1.58%) LAN
8 57 (1.34%) DHCP
8 57 (1.34%) Network Security
9 51 (1.20%) SD-WAN
10 50 (1.18%) Internet
10 50 (1.18%) VPN
11 37 (0.87%) Ethernet
12 31 (0.73%) VoIP
13 27 (0.63%) SAN
13 27 (0.63%) Unified Communications
14 23 (0.54%) RS-232
15 21 (0.49%) VLAN
16 19 (0.45%) Cisco Firepower
17 16 (0.38%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 310 (7.29%) SQL Server
2 250 (5.88%) Tableau
3 208 (4.89%) Power BI
4 136 (3.20%) Relational Database
5 106 (2.49%) Data Warehouse
6 96 (2.26%) MySQL
7 81 (1.90%) PostgreSQL
8 70 (1.65%) Big Data
9 68 (1.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 59 (1.39%) NoSQL
11 47 (1.11%) Redis
11 47 (1.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 40 (0.94%) Oracle Database
13 36 (0.85%) RDBMS
14 34 (0.80%) MongoDB
15 33 (0.78%) Data Lake
16 25 (0.59%) GIS
17 24 (0.56%) Elasticsearch
18 22 (0.52%) Azure SQL Database
19 21 (0.49%) DB2
Development Applications
1 347 (8.16%) Git
2 108 (2.54%) JIRA
3 50 (1.18%) Visual Studio
4 45 (1.06%) Jenkins
5 31 (0.73%) Subversion
6 29 (0.68%) Selenium
7 25 (0.59%) CMake
8 17 (0.40%) Rational DOORS
8 17 (0.40%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 15 (0.35%) Balsamiq
10 13 (0.31%) Axure RP
10 13 (0.31%) TeamCity
11 12 (0.28%) Maven
11 12 (0.28%) Postman
11 12 (0.28%) Vagrant
12 11 (0.26%) GitLab
12 11 (0.26%) Rational Rhapsody
13 10 (0.24%) LabVIEW
14 9 (0.21%) InstallShield
14 9 (0.21%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 1,958 (46.04%) Social Skills
2 953 (22.41%) Finance
3 794 (18.67%) Analytical Skills
4 397 (9.33%) Marketing
5 361 (8.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 322 (7.57%) Retail
7 259 (6.09%) Presentation Skills
8 258 (6.07%) Legal
9 240 (5.64%) Public Sector
10 189 (4.44%) Manufacturing
11 153 (3.60%) Electronics
12 144 (3.39%) Law
13 130 (3.06%) Games
14 118 (2.77%) Aerospace
15 114 (2.68%) Telecoms
16 104 (2.45%) Pharmaceutical
17 97 (2.28%) Banking
18 89 (2.09%) Local Government
19 80 (1.88%) Influencing Skills
20 76 (1.79%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 785 (18.46%) Senior
2 593 (13.94%) Developer
3 586 (13.78%) Analyst
4 310 (7.29%) Lead
5 306 (7.19%) Software Engineer
6 249 (5.85%) Architect
7 216 (5.08%) Project Manager
8 180 (4.23%) Consultant
8 180 (4.23%) Senior Analyst
9 173 (4.07%) Data Analyst
10 167 (3.93%) Graduate
11 154 (3.62%) Junior
12 143 (3.36%) Senior Developer
13 136 (3.20%) Software Developer
14 108 (2.54%) Support Engineer
15 97 (2.28%) Solutions Architect
16 91 (2.14%) Senior Data Analyst
17 89 (2.09%) Systems Engineer
18 87 (2.05%) .NET Developer
19 85 (2.00%) Embedded Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 328 (7.71%) .NET
2 261 (6.14%) HTML
3 225 (5.29%) CSS
4 177 (4.16%) AngularJS
5 154 (3.62%) React
6 127 (2.99%) Node.js
7 109 (2.56%) ASP.NET
8 105 (2.47%) RESTful
9 92 (2.16%) .NET Core
10 84 (1.98%) Web Services
11 79 (1.86%) .NET Framework
12 67 (1.58%) REST
13 62 (1.46%) Vue
14 59 (1.39%) TensorFlow
15 57 (1.34%) Pandas
16 55 (1.29%) ASP.NET MVC
16 55 (1.29%) XML
17 49 (1.15%) PySpark
18 45 (1.06%) Express.js
19 44 (1.03%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 272 (6.40%) Management Information System
2 234 (5.50%) Algorithms
3 210 (4.94%) Data Centre
4 178 (4.19%) Self-Motivation
5 121 (2.85%) Product Ownership
6 98 (2.30%) Life Science
7 95 (2.23%) Data Structures
8 90 (2.12%) Client/Server
9 83 (1.95%) Public Cloud
10 75 (1.76%) Social Media
11 73 (1.72%) Driving Licence
12 69 (1.62%) IoT
13 65 (1.53%) Onboarding
14 60 (1.41%) Virtual Team
15 55 (1.29%) Mobile App
16 48 (1.13%) Cloud Native
17 40 (0.94%) Greenfield Project
17 40 (0.94%) Renewable Energy
18 39 (0.92%) Embedded Systems
18 39 (0.92%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 508 (11.94%) Windows
2 379 (8.91%) Linux
3 179 (4.21%) Windows Server
4 123 (2.89%) Unix
5 98 (2.30%) Windows 10
6 71 (1.67%) Android
7 65 (1.53%) Apple iOS
8 46 (1.08%) Windows Server 2016
9 35 (0.82%) Windows Server 2019
10 26 (0.61%) Windows Server 2012
11 25 (0.59%) Mac OS
12 24 (0.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 24 (0.56%) Solaris
12 24 (0.56%) Ubuntu
13 23 (0.54%) Embedded Linux
14 19 (0.45%) Mac OS X
15 16 (0.38%) CentOS
16 15 (0.35%) FreeRTOS
17 10 (0.24%) Windows 7
18 8 (0.19%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,212 (28.50%) Computer Science
2 1,156 (27.18%) Problem-Solving
3 924 (21.73%) Agile
4 649 (15.26%) Software Engineering
5 609 (14.32%) Project Management
6 535 (12.58%) Analytics
7 531 (12.49%) Mathematics
8 439 (10.32%) DevOps
9 396 (9.31%) Mentoring
10 390 (9.17%) Decision-Making
11 385 (9.05%) Artificial Intelligence
12 340 (7.99%) Data Analysis
13 334 (7.85%) ITIL
14 329 (7.74%) Actionable Insight
15 322 (7.57%) Business Intelligence
15 322 (7.57%) Visualisation
16 317 (7.45%) Cybersecurity
17 315 (7.41%) Continuous Improvement
18 313 (7.36%) Roadmaps
19 285 (6.70%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 832 (19.56%) SQL
2 766 (18.01%) Python
3 436 (10.25%) C#
4 407 (9.57%) JavaScript
5 259 (6.09%) Java
6 203 (4.77%) C
7 145 (3.41%) C++
8 132 (3.10%) PowerShell
9 123 (2.89%) TypeScript
10 96 (2.26%) T-SQL
11 84 (1.98%) PHP
12 76 (1.79%) R
13 56 (1.32%) Embedded C
14 50 (1.18%) Bash
15 49 (1.15%) MATLAB
16 44 (1.03%) VB
17 37 (0.87%) Kotlin
18 31 (0.73%) Go
18 31 (0.73%) Shell Script
19 28 (0.66%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 735 (17.28%) Computer Science Degree
2 589 (13.85%) Security Cleared
3 401 (9.43%) Master's Degree
4 358 (8.42%) SC Cleared
5 226 (5.31%) DBS Check
6 132 (3.10%) PhD
7 124 (2.92%) BPSS Clearance
7 124 (2.92%) Microsoft Certification
8 84 (1.98%) CISSP
9 83 (1.95%) Cisco Certification
10 78 (1.83%) DV Cleared
11 69 (1.62%) CCNA
12 66 (1.55%) Numerate Degree
13 65 (1.53%) PMI Certification
14 61 (1.43%) CISM
15 60 (1.41%) Azure Certification
15 60 (1.41%) PMP
16 56 (1.32%) AWS Certification
17 50 (1.18%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
18 48 (1.13%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 205 (4.82%) QA
2 92 (2.16%) Accessibility
3 64 (1.50%) SLA
4 62 (1.46%) Data Quality
4 62 (1.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 60 (1.41%) GDPR
5 60 (1.41%) PMO
6 38 (0.89%) NIST
7 27 (0.63%) ISO 9001
8 25 (0.59%) Actionable Recommendations
9 23 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials
9 23 (0.54%) NCSC
10 20 (0.47%) WCAG
11 15 (0.35%) ITGC
12 14 (0.33%) Good Clinical Practice
13 12 (0.28%) PCI DSS
14 10 (0.24%) GRC
14 10 (0.24%) NIST 800
15 9 (0.21%) ISO 14001
16 8 (0.19%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 233 (5.48%) Active Directory
2 200 (4.70%) Docker
3 112 (2.63%) Firmware
4 106 (2.49%) VMware Infrastructure
5 57 (1.34%) Hyper-V
6 44 (1.03%) Embedded Firmware
7 31 (0.73%) Virtual Desktop
8 30 (0.71%) Virtual Machines
9 22 (0.52%) vSphere
10 19 (0.45%) VMware ESXi
11 15 (0.35%) XenApp
12 9 (0.21%) OpenSSH
12 9 (0.21%) Virtual Servers
13 6 (0.14%) KVM
14 4 (0.094%) Microsoft App-V
14 4 (0.094%) Terminal Services
15 3 (0.071%) Oracle RAC
16 2 (0.047%) Kamailio
16 2 (0.047%) XenDesktop
17 1 (0.024%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 152 (3.57%) Kubernetes
2 104 (2.45%) Terraform
3 73 (1.72%) Ansible
4 57 (1.34%) Microsoft Intune
5 45 (1.06%) SCCM
6 31 (0.73%) SCOM
7 30 (0.71%) WSUS
8 23 (0.54%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 22 (0.52%) Progress Chef
10 18 (0.42%) Puppet
10 18 (0.42%) Stealthwatch
11 17 (0.40%) CASB
12 15 (0.35%) Cisco CUCM
13 13 (0.31%) ServiceCenter
14 12 (0.28%) Grafana
15 11 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
16 10 (0.24%) vCenter Server
16 10 (0.24%) ZABBIX
17 9 (0.21%) Nessus
17 9 (0.21%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 939 (22.08%) Microsoft
2 178 (4.19%) Databricks
3 168 (3.95%) SAP
4 160 (3.76%) Adobe
5 146 (3.43%) VMware
6 134 (3.15%) Google
7 125 (2.94%) Oracle
8 107 (2.52%) Cisco
9 105 (2.47%) Apple
10 98 (2.30%) Dell
11 87 (2.05%) Salesforce
12 62 (1.46%) HP
13 60 (1.41%) IBM
14 54 (1.27%) Meraki
15 46 (1.08%) ServiceNow
16 43 (1.01%) NEC
17 38 (0.89%) Citrix
18 35 (0.82%) Xilinx
19 32 (0.75%) Samsung
20 30 (0.71%) PayPal