Degree Jobs in the City of London

Academic Degree
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 12 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 9 16
Rank change year-on-year 0 +7 -2
Permanent jobs citing Degree 358 546 544
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 17.44% 16.27% 11.75%
As % of the Qualifications category 57.84% 58.09% 52.51%
Number of salaries quoted 237 379 439
10th Percentile £40,000 £36,750 £41,975
25th Percentile £47,500 £51,196 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.79% +3.57% -
75th Percentile £90,750 £97,500 £110,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £115,000 £130,000
Central London median annual salary £67,500 £72,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year -6.90% +7.41% -3.57%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
City of London

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 the City of London.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 619 940 1,036
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 30.15% 28.01% 22.37%
Number of salaries quoted 407 629 758
10th Percentile £41,250 £36,700 £41,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% - -3.57%
75th Percentile £91,250 £92,500 £96,250
90th Percentile £120,000 £107,500 £120,000
Central London median annual salary £69,000 £67,500 £67,000
% change year-on-year +2.22% +0.75% -4.29%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing Degree as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for Degree in the City of London

Degree
Salary Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Degree in the City of London.

Salary trend for Degree in the City of London

Degree
Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Degree in the City of London over the 6 months to 12 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Degree in the City of London

Degree
Job Locations in the City of London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Degree within the City of London region over the 6 months to 12 May 2025. 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
London Bridge -2 1 £120,000 +242.86%
Degree
Central London

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London 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 32 (8.94%) SharePoint
2 27 (7.54%) Microsoft Exchange
3 20 (5.59%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.84%) Liferay
5 2 (0.56%) CMS
5 2 (0.56%) Confluence
6 1 (0.28%) Apache
6 1 (0.28%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.28%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.28%) BizTalk Server
6 1 (0.28%) MTS
Applications
1 50 (13.97%) Microsoft Excel
2 48 (13.41%) Microsoft Office
3 31 (8.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (2.51%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.84%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.56%) Adobe Illustrator
6 2 (0.56%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.56%) InDesign
6 2 (0.56%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.28%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.28%) Adobe Premiere
7 1 (0.28%) Blender
7 1 (0.28%) Maya
Business Applications
1 11 (3.07%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.84%) Elite 3E
2 3 (0.84%) Orchestrade
2 3 (0.84%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (0.56%) Raiser’s Edge
4 1 (0.28%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.28%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.28%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.28%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 84 (23.46%) Azure
2 43 (12.01%) Microsoft 365
3 42 (11.73%) AWS
4 34 (9.50%) Power Platform
5 23 (6.42%) SaaS
6 21 (5.87%) GCP
7 17 (4.75%) Entra ID
8 16 (4.47%) Dynamics 365
9 14 (3.91%) Cloud Computing
10 13 (3.63%) OneDrive
11 11 (3.07%) PowerApps
12 10 (2.79%) Google Analytics
13 9 (2.51%) Microsoft Copilot
14 8 (2.23%) Azure Data Factory
14 8 (2.23%) Azure DevOps
15 7 (1.96%) Amazon ECS
15 7 (1.96%) Google Ads
15 7 (1.96%) Google Sheets
15 7 (1.96%) Power Automate
16 6 (1.68%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 27 (7.54%) HTTP
2 9 (2.51%) Firewall
3 8 (2.23%) DHCP
3 8 (2.23%) DNS
3 8 (2.23%) WebEx
4 7 (1.96%) VLAN
5 6 (1.68%) Broadband
6 5 (1.40%) Network Security
6 5 (1.40%) WAN
7 4 (1.12%) Internet
7 4 (1.12%) TCP/IP
7 4 (1.12%) VPN
7 4 (1.12%) Wireless
8 3 (0.84%) Cisco IOS
8 3 (0.84%) SAN
8 3 (0.84%) VoIP
8 3 (0.84%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.56%) LAN
9 2 (0.56%) Telnet
10 1 (0.28%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (5.59%) Power BI
2 13 (3.63%) SQL Server
3 11 (3.07%) Tableau
4 10 (2.79%) NoSQL
5 9 (2.51%) Data Warehouse
6 7 (1.96%) Relational Database
7 4 (1.12%) Data Lake
8 3 (0.84%) Amazon Athena
8 3 (0.84%) Neo4j
8 3 (0.84%) RDBMS
8 3 (0.84%) Redis
8 3 (0.84%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 2 (0.56%) Amazon QuickSight
9 2 (0.56%) Big Data
9 2 (0.56%) BigQuery
9 2 (0.56%) MongoDB
9 2 (0.56%) MySQL
9 2 (0.56%) PostgreSQL
9 2 (0.56%) Power Query
10 1 (0.28%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 20 (5.59%) Git
2 7 (1.96%) JIRA
3 1 (0.28%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.28%) JMeter
3 1 (0.28%) Maven
3 1 (0.28%) Moq
3 1 (0.28%) SpecFlow
General
1 182 (50.84%) Social Skills
2 112 (31.28%) Finance
3 70 (19.55%) Analytical Skills
4 65 (18.16%) Law
5 42 (11.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 41 (11.45%) Advertising
7 32 (8.94%) Legal
7 32 (8.94%) Retail
8 25 (6.98%) Games
9 23 (6.42%) Telecoms
10 17 (4.75%) Banking
10 17 (4.75%) Marketing
11 11 (3.07%) Organisational Skills
12 10 (2.79%) Investment Banking
12 10 (2.79%) Presentation Skills
13 9 (2.51%) Electronics
14 5 (1.40%) Front Office
15 4 (1.12%) German Language
15 4 (1.12%) Influencing Skills
15 4 (1.12%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 95 (26.54%) Analyst
2 90 (25.14%) Senior
3 38 (10.61%) Developer
4 36 (10.06%) Software Engineer
5 31 (8.66%) Support Analyst
6 28 (7.82%) Architect
7 26 (7.26%) Senior Software Engineer
8 24 (6.70%) IT Support
8 24 (6.70%) Solutions Architect
9 21 (5.87%) IT Analyst
9 21 (5.87%) IT Support Analyst
9 21 (5.87%) Lead
9 21 (5.87%) Qualitative Analyst
9 21 (5.87%) Quantitative Analyst
10 19 (5.31%) Senior Analyst
10 19 (5.31%) Support Specialist
11 16 (4.47%) IT Support Specialist
12 15 (4.19%) Senior Developer
13 14 (3.91%) Data Analyst
14 12 (3.35%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (6.42%) Kafka
2 17 (4.75%) .NET
2 17 (4.75%) CSS
2 17 (4.75%) HTML
3 10 (2.79%) HTML5
4 9 (2.51%) AngularJS
4 9 (2.51%) JSON
5 8 (2.23%) ARM Templates
5 8 (2.23%) Pandas
5 8 (2.23%) React
6 7 (1.96%) FIX Protocol
6 7 (1.96%) PySpark
6 7 (1.96%) REST
6 7 (1.96%) WPF
7 6 (1.68%) .NET Framework
8 5 (1.40%) Puppeteer
8 5 (1.40%) RESTful
8 5 (1.40%) Scrapy
9 4 (1.12%) AWS CDK
9 4 (1.12%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 22 (6.15%) Distributed Systems
2 20 (5.59%) Self-Motivation
3 18 (5.03%) Management Information System
3 18 (5.03%) Video Conferencing
4 17 (4.75%) Algorithms
5 12 (3.35%) Analytical Mindset
5 12 (3.35%) Data Structures
5 12 (3.35%) Social Media
6 11 (3.07%) Enterprise Software
7 10 (2.79%) Onboarding
8 8 (2.23%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 8 (2.23%) Product Ownership
9 7 (1.96%) Robotics
10 5 (1.40%) Greenfield Project
10 5 (1.40%) Linux Command Line
11 4 (1.12%) Cloud Native
11 4 (1.12%) IoT
11 4 (1.12%) Reference Data
12 3 (0.84%) Credit Risk
12 3 (0.84%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 63 (17.60%) Windows
2 20 (5.59%) Windows 10
3 15 (4.19%) Linux
4 11 (3.07%) Windows Server
5 7 (1.96%) Windows Server 2012
6 4 (1.12%) Apple iOS
6 4 (1.12%) Unix
6 4 (1.12%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (0.84%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (0.84%) Robot Operating System
7 3 (0.84%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.56%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.56%) Rocky
8 2 (0.56%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.28%) Android
9 1 (0.28%) CentOS
9 1 (0.28%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 162 (45.25%) Computer Science
2 82 (22.91%) Problem-Solving
3 75 (20.95%) Analytics
4 62 (17.32%) Data Science
5 59 (16.48%) Agile
6 54 (15.08%) Mathematics
7 49 (13.69%) Software Engineering
8 47 (13.13%) Artificial Intelligence
9 46 (12.85%) Machine Learning
10 43 (12.01%) Roadmaps
11 41 (11.45%) ITIL
12 40 (11.17%) Physics
13 39 (10.89%) Continuous Improvement
14 35 (9.78%) User Experience
15 34 (9.50%) DevOps
16 33 (9.22%) Data Management
16 33 (9.22%) Mentoring
16 33 (9.22%) Project Management
16 33 (9.22%) Statistics
17 32 (8.94%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 119 (33.24%) Python
2 61 (17.04%) SQL
3 51 (14.25%) C#
4 33 (9.22%) C++
5 31 (8.66%) JavaScript
6 28 (7.82%) Scala
7 24 (6.70%) Java
8 13 (3.63%) TypeScript
9 11 (3.07%) PowerShell
10 8 (2.23%) Bash
11 3 (0.84%) F#
11 3 (0.84%) Go
11 3 (0.84%) R
11 3 (0.84%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.56%) C
12 2 (0.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 2 (0.56%) Rust
12 2 (0.56%) VBA
13 1 (0.28%) Perl
13 1 (0.28%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 75 (20.95%) Computer Science Degree
2 62 (17.32%) Master's Degree
3 27 (7.54%) PhD
4 21 (5.87%) A+ Certification
5 15 (4.19%) Microsoft Certification
6 12 (3.35%) Azure Certification
7 11 (3.07%) DBS Check
8 8 (2.23%) Numerate Degree
9 7 (1.96%) ACCA
9 7 (1.96%) CIMA
9 7 (1.96%) Security Cleared
10 6 (1.68%) AWS Certification
10 6 (1.68%) CISSP
10 6 (1.68%) ITIL Certification
11 5 (1.40%) Cisco Certification
11 5 (1.40%) PMI Certification
12 4 (1.12%) CCNA
12 4 (1.12%) CISM
13 3 (0.84%) CISA
13 3 (0.84%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (4.19%) QA
2 10 (2.79%) Data Quality
3 9 (2.51%) GDPR
4 6 (1.68%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 4 (1.12%) Accessibility
5 4 (1.12%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (1.12%) NIST
5 4 (1.12%) PMO
5 4 (1.12%) SLA
6 3 (0.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.84%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.56%) COBIT
7 2 (0.56%) Software Quality Assurance
8 1 (0.28%) CDISC
8 1 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.28%) Dodd-Frank
8 1 (0.28%) MiFID
8 1 (0.28%) NCSC
8 1 (0.28%) NIST 800
System Software
1 35 (9.78%) Active Directory
2 14 (3.91%) Docker
3 13 (3.63%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.84%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.28%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.28%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.28%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.28%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 18 (5.03%) Kubernetes
1 18 (5.03%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (3.35%) Terraform
3 10 (2.79%) SCCM
4 4 (1.12%) Ansible
5 2 (0.56%) Grafana
6 1 (0.28%) DameWare
6 1 (0.28%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.28%) Nessus
6 1 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.28%) WSUS
Vendors
1 122 (34.08%) Microsoft
2 50 (13.97%) Google
3 29 (8.10%) Apple
4 25 (6.98%) ServiceNow
5 17 (4.75%) VMware
6 12 (3.35%) Dell
6 12 (3.35%) HP
7 11 (3.07%) Databricks
7 11 (3.07%) Workday
8 10 (2.79%) Citrix
9 9 (2.51%) SAP
10 8 (2.23%) OpenAI
10 8 (2.23%) Oracle
11 6 (1.68%) Cisco
11 6 (1.68%) Salesforce
12 5 (1.40%) iManage
13 4 (1.12%) Saba
14 3 (0.84%) Alteryx
14 3 (0.84%) Barracuda Networks
14 3 (0.84%) Riverbed