Degree Job Trends in the City of Westminster

Academic Degree
Central London > City of Westminster

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the City of Westminster with a requirement for Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 2 5
Rank change year-on-year 0 +3 -1
Permanent jobs citing Degree 20 94 13
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of Westminster 32.26% 36.86% 22.81%
As % of the Qualifications category 90.91% 71.21% 72.22%
Number of salaries quoted 1 32 12
10th Percentile - - £79,375
25th Percentile £81,250 £56,250 £96,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £62,500 £150,000
Median % change year-on-year +32.00% -58.33% +158.62%
75th Percentile £83,750 £68,750 -
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median annual salary £78,750 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +12.50% - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
City of Westminster

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 Westminster.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 22 132 18
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of Westminster 35.48% 51.76% 31.58%
Number of salaries quoted 2 38 17
10th Percentile £56,500 - £56,250
25th Percentile £60,625 £56,250 £78,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £62,500 £115,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.00% -45.65% +94.91%
75th Percentile £78,125 £68,750 £150,000
90th Percentile £81,500 £70,625 -
Central London median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - +7.69% -7.14%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of Westminster

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Degree relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the City of Westminster.

Degree job vacancy trend in the City of Westminster

Degree
Salary Trend in the City of Westminster

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of Westminster citing Degree.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of Westminster citing Degree

Degree
Job Locations in the City of Westminster

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 Westminster region over the 6 months to 14 January 2026. 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
Westminster +5 1 £82,500 +36.93% 2
Degree
Central London

Degree
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of Westminster by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 4 (20.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (20.00%) Adobe Premiere
1 4 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (20.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 4 (20.00%) Photoshop
2 1 (5.00%) PTC Creo
2 1 (5.00%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 4 (20.00%) Distributed Ledger
Cloud Services
1 4 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
1 4 (20.00%) OneDrive
2 2 (10.00%) AWS
2 2 (10.00%) Azure
2 2 (10.00%) ChatGPT
2 2 (10.00%) GCP
2 2 (10.00%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 4 (20.00%) Network Security
2 2 (10.00%) Firewall
2 2 (10.00%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 6 (30.00%) Manufacturing
2 4 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (20.00%) Dutch Language
2 4 (20.00%) Finance
2 4 (20.00%) French Language
2 4 (20.00%) German Language
2 4 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 4 (20.00%) Retail
2 4 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (20.00%) Spanish Language
3 2 (10.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 4 (20.00%) Service Manager
2 3 (15.00%) Lead
3 2 (10.00%) Analyst
3 2 (10.00%) Data Scientist
3 2 (10.00%) Information Analyst
3 2 (10.00%) Information Security Analyst
3 2 (10.00%) Security Analyst
3 2 (10.00%) Senior
3 2 (10.00%) Senior Data Scientist
3 2 (10.00%) Technical Analyst
3 2 (10.00%) Technical Security Analyst
4 1 (5.00%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (10.00%) Hugging Face
1 2 (10.00%) NumPy
1 2 (10.00%) Pandas
1 2 (10.00%) PySpark
1 2 (10.00%) PyTorch
1 2 (10.00%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 4 (20.00%) Algorithms
1 4 (20.00%) Blockchain
1 4 (20.00%) Data Structures
2 2 (10.00%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (5.00%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (50.00%) Coaching
1 10 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 6 (30.00%) AI
2 6 (30.00%) Analytics
2 6 (30.00%) Computer Science
2 6 (30.00%) Information Security
2 6 (30.00%) ITIL
2 6 (30.00%) Machine Learning
3 5 (25.00%) Data Governance
4 4 (20.00%) Break/Fix
4 4 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
4 4 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (20.00%) Data Science
4 4 (20.00%) Digital Strategy
4 4 (20.00%) Edge Computing
4 4 (20.00%) Ergonomics
4 4 (20.00%) Human Factors
4 4 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (20.00%) Project Delivery
4 4 (20.00%) Storytelling
Programming Languages
1 4 (20.00%) Python
1 4 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (50.00%) Master's Degree
2 8 (40.00%) Postgraduate
3 6 (30.00%) PhD
4 4 (20.00%) PMI Certification
4 4 (20.00%) PMP
5 2 (10.00%) CCNA
5 2 (10.00%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (10.00%) CompTIA CySA+
5 2 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (10.00%) GCIH
5 2 (10.00%) GIAC
5 2 (10.00%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.00%) GDPR
1 2 (10.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (10.00%) ITGC
1 2 (10.00%) NIST
System Software
1 2 (10.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (10.00%) ArcSight ESM
1 2 (10.00%) QRadar
Vendors
1 6 (30.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (20.00%) Adobe
3 2 (10.00%) ArcSight
3 2 (10.00%) LogLogic
3 2 (10.00%) McAfee
3 2 (10.00%) OpenAI
3 2 (10.00%) Splunk