Degree Jobs in County Down

Academic Degree
Northern Ireland > County Down

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in County Down with a requirement for Degree qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 1 8 10
Rank change year-on-year +7 +2 -
Permanent jobs citing Degree 9 2 11
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in County Down 56.25% 14.29% 17.46%
As % of the Qualifications category 100.00% 100.00% 22.92%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £36,250 - £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 - £57,500
75th Percentile £38,750 - £58,750
90th Percentile - - -
Northern Ireland median annual salary £45,000 £42,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.88% -10.53% +31.94%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
County Down

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 County Down with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 9 2 48
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in County Down 56.25% 14.29% 76.19%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £36,250 - £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 - £57,500
75th Percentile £38,750 - £58,750
90th Percentile - - -
Northern Ireland median annual salary £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +5.88% - +13.33%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in County Down

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

Job vacancy trend for Degree in County Down

Degree
Salary Trend in County Down

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

Salary trend for Degree in County Down

Degree
Job Locations in County Down

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Degree within the County Down region over the 6 months to 24 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
Downpatrick - 2 - -
Degree
Northern Ireland

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in County Down 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:

Applications
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (55.56%) Firewall
1 5 (55.56%) LAN
2 3 (33.33%) Internet
2 3 (33.33%) Network Security
2 3 (33.33%) VPN
2 3 (33.33%) WAN
2 3 (33.33%) Wireless
3 2 (22.22%) Unified Communications
3 2 (22.22%) WLAN
General
1 4 (44.44%) Social Skills
2 3 (33.33%) Telecoms
3 2 (22.22%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Test Engineer
2 3 (33.33%) IT Manager
3 2 (22.22%) Head of IT
Miscellaneous
1 5 (55.56%) Management Information System
2 3 (33.33%) Onboarding
3 2 (22.22%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 3 (33.33%) Mac OS
1 3 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) Computer Science
2 5 (55.56%) Continuous Improvement
2 5 (55.56%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (55.56%) IT Strategy
3 4 (44.44%) Mathematics
3 4 (44.44%) OO
3 4 (44.44%) OOP
3 4 (44.44%) Regulatory Compliance
4 3 (33.33%) Asset Management
4 3 (33.33%) Business Case
4 3 (33.33%) Data Privacy
4 3 (33.33%) Network Management
4 3 (33.33%) Process Improvement
4 3 (33.33%) Software Testing
5 2 (22.22%) ERP
5 2 (22.22%) ITIL
5 2 (22.22%) Risk Management
5 2 (22.22%) Roadmaps
5 2 (22.22%) Strategic Roadmap
5 2 (22.22%) Threat Analysis
Programming Languages
1 4 (44.44%) C++
2 2 (22.22%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (44.44%) Computer Science Degree
System Software
1 3 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 2 (22.22%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Cisco
1 2 (22.22%) Fortinet
1 2 (22.22%) Meraki
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
1 2 (22.22%) VMware