Degree Jobs in Bolton

Academic Degree
Manchester > Bolton

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Bolton with a requirement for Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 17 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 3 16
Rank change year-on-year 0 +13 -9
Permanent jobs citing Degree 96 31 28
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bolton 61.15% 26.05% 18.54%
As % of the Qualifications category 73.28% 48.44% 37.84%
Number of salaries quoted 87 29 2
10th Percentile £33,250 £25,000 £40,900
25th Percentile £40,000 £30,000 £42,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £47,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -4.26% -6.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £60,000 £51,125
90th Percentile - £68,950 £52,700
Manchester median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +14.58%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Bolton

Degree falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Bolton.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 131 64 74
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bolton 83.44% 53.78% 49.01%
Number of salaries quoted 117 53 7
10th Percentile £25,480 £28,000 £36,850
25th Percentile £33,250 £31,250 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,000 £57,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.26% +21.05% -5.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £67,500 £53,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £81,000 £53,300
Manchester median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% -12.50% +12.97%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Bolton

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

Job vacancy trend for Degree in Bolton

Degree
Salary Trend in Bolton

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

Salary trend for Degree in Bolton

Degree
Salary Histogram in Bolton

Salary distribution for jobs citing Degree in Bolton over the 6 months to 17 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Degree in Bolton

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bolton 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 3 (3.13%) SharePoint
Applications
1 20 (20.83%) Microsoft Project
1 20 (20.83%) Trello
2 10 (10.42%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (6.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (6.25%) MS Visio
4 1 (1.04%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 11 (11.46%) Power Platform
2 6 (6.25%) Azure
3 5 (5.21%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (3.13%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.04%) Azure API Management
5 1 (1.04%) Azure Event Grid
5 1 (1.04%) Azure Functions
5 1 (1.04%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (1.04%) Azure Service Bus
5 1 (1.04%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (1.04%) PowerApps
5 1 (1.04%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 14 (14.58%) Firewall
1 14 (14.58%) Intrusion Detection
2 2 (2.08%) LAN
2 2 (2.08%) VoIP
2 2 (2.08%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (10.42%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 20 (20.83%) JIRA
2 1 (1.04%) LabVIEW
General
1 66 (68.75%) Social Skills
2 49 (51.04%) Finance
3 40 (41.67%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
5 7 (7.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 7 (7.29%) Legal
6 6 (6.25%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.04%) Electronics
7 1 (1.04%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.04%) Retail
7 1 (1.04%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 17 (17.71%) Analyst
2 15 (15.63%) Architect
3 14 (14.58%) Head of Delivery
3 14 (14.58%) Head of IT
3 14 (14.58%) Security Architect
4 13 (13.54%) Vendor Manager
5 10 (10.42%) Project Manager
6 7 (7.29%) Business Analyst
6 7 (7.29%) Principal Engineer
7 6 (6.25%) Financial Analyst
7 6 (6.25%) Report Analyst
8 5 (5.21%) IT Engineer
9 4 (4.17%) Data Analyst
9 4 (4.17%) Procurement Analyst
9 4 (4.17%) Senior
9 4 (4.17%) Senior Manager
9 4 (4.17%) Senior Project Manager
10 3 (3.13%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 2 (2.08%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 2 (2.08%) Service Desk Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.04%) REST
1 1 (1.04%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 82 (85.42%) Social Media
2 28 (29.17%) Self-Motivation
3 27 (28.13%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 18 (18.75%) Management Information System
5 14 (14.58%) Security Posture
6 4 (4.17%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (1.04%) Digital Signage
7 1 (1.04%) FMCG
7 1 (1.04%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 63 (65.63%) Windows
2 61 (63.54%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (57.29%) Problem-Solving
2 48 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 43 (44.79%) Computer Science
4 40 (41.67%) Collaborative Working
5 31 (32.29%) Process Improvement
6 28 (29.17%) Cybersecurity
7 27 (28.13%) Service Delivery
8 24 (25.00%) Agile
8 24 (25.00%) Data Protection
8 24 (25.00%) PRINCE2
8 24 (25.00%) Project Management
9 20 (20.83%) Project Delivery
10 19 (19.79%) Budgeting
10 19 (19.79%) Data Management
10 19 (19.79%) Decision-Making
10 19 (19.79%) ITIL
11 17 (17.71%) Change Management
11 17 (17.71%) Financial Analysis
12 14 (14.58%) SIEM
12 14 (14.58%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.04%) C#
1 1 (1.04%) Python
Qualifications
1 82 (85.42%) DBS Check
2 36 (37.50%) Master's Degree
3 24 (25.00%) PMI Certification
3 24 (25.00%) PMP
4 14 (14.58%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 14 (14.58%) CEH
4 14 (14.58%) CISA
4 14 (14.58%) Cisco Certification
4 14 (14.58%) CISM
4 14 (14.58%) CISSP
4 14 (14.58%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (7.29%) HNC
6 6 (6.25%) AAT
6 6 (6.25%) ACCA
6 6 (6.25%) CIMA
7 4 (4.17%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 2 (2.08%) PhD
9 1 (1.04%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (14.58%) GDPR
1 14 (14.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 14 (14.58%) NIST
2 7 (7.29%) SLA
3 6 (6.25%) QA
4 4 (4.17%) Data Quality
System Software
1 5 (5.21%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (5.21%) Jamf Pro
1 5 (5.21%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (2.08%) SmoothWall
Vendors
1 16 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 11 (11.46%) SAP
3 5 (5.21%) Cisco
3 5 (5.21%) Meraki
4 1 (1.04%) PayPal