Degree Jobs in the East of England

Academic Degree
England > East of England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the East of England with a requirement for Degree qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 1 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 4 2 2
Rank change year-on-year -2 0 +7
Permanent jobs citing Degree 362 1,696 1,347
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 18.03% 29.56% 23.60%
As % of the Qualifications category 47.76% 70.90% 70.67%
Number of salaries quoted 190 347 399
10th Percentile £26,000 £31,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £37,947 £37,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year - +12.90% -2.11%
75th Percentile £67,500 £61,250 £61,250
90th Percentile £85,075 £77,500 £71,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
East of England

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 the East of England with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 758 2,392 1,906
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 37.75% 41.69% 33.40%
Number of salaries quoted 463 711 708
10th Percentile £27,965 £29,750 £26,000
25th Percentile £39,085 £37,282 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £61,250 £61,500
90th Percentile £82,250 £72,500 £71,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,955 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.76% +1.74% -

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing Degree as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for Degree in the East of England

Degree
Salary Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Degree in the East of England.

Salary trend for Degree in the East of England

Degree
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Degree in the East of England over the 6 months to 1 December 2023.

Salary histogram for Degree in the East of England

Degree
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Degree within the East of England region over the 6 months to 1 December 2023. 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
Cambridgeshire -1 139 £60,000 +16.41% 363
Hertfordshire -5 97 £42,500 -22.73% 202
Essex -2 71 £53,750 +7.50% 88
Bedfordshire +1 26 £50,000 -9.09% 77
Norfolk +3 15 £43,750 -1.23% 26
Suffolk -11 13 £60,000 +20.00% 26
Degree
England

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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 6 (1.66%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.38%) Confluence
2 5 (1.38%) IIS
3 3 (0.83%) Apache
3 3 (0.83%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.55%) Moodle
5 1 (0.28%) Apache Solr
5 1 (0.28%) CMS
5 1 (0.28%) JBoss
5 1 (0.28%) nginx
5 1 (0.28%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 24 (6.63%) Microsoft Excel
1 24 (6.63%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.38%) Simulink
3 2 (0.55%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.28%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.28%) OrCAD
4 1 (0.28%) PTC Creo
Business Applications
1 8 (2.21%) Oracle ERP
2 6 (1.66%) Oracle General Ledger
3 4 (1.10%) Remedy ITSM
4 3 (0.83%) SAP ERP
4 3 (0.83%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.55%) Demantra
5 2 (0.55%) iTrent
5 2 (0.55%) Oracle ASCP
5 2 (0.55%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.55%) Oracle Financials
5 2 (0.55%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.28%) Magento
6 1 (0.28%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 28 (7.73%) Azure
2 24 (6.63%) AWS
3 16 (4.42%) Microsoft 365
4 15 (4.14%) SaaS
5 10 (2.76%) Amazon EC2
5 10 (2.76%) Power Platform
6 8 (2.21%) GitHub
7 7 (1.93%) Entra ID
8 6 (1.66%) Dynamics 365
9 4 (1.10%) Amazon EMR
10 3 (0.83%) Amazon Kinesis
10 3 (0.83%) Amazon S3
10 3 (0.83%) AWS Lambda
10 3 (0.83%) Serverless
11 2 (0.55%) Azure Sentinel
11 2 (0.55%) GCP
11 2 (0.55%) IaaS
11 2 (0.55%) Microsoft Purview
11 2 (0.55%) OneDrive
11 2 (0.55%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 22 (6.08%) Internet
2 14 (3.87%) DNS
3 10 (2.76%) DHCP
3 10 (2.76%) Wi-Fi
4 7 (1.93%) BGP
4 7 (1.93%) Firewall
4 7 (1.93%) OSPF
4 7 (1.93%) TCP/IP
5 6 (1.66%) Cisco IOS
5 6 (1.66%) DMVPN
5 6 (1.66%) EIGRP
5 6 (1.66%) Junos
5 6 (1.66%) Multicast
5 6 (1.66%) NX-OS
5 6 (1.66%) Spanning Tree
6 5 (1.38%) MPLS
7 4 (1.10%) Anycast
7 4 (1.10%) VPLS
7 4 (1.10%) VXLAN
8 3 (0.83%) GGSN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (5.25%) MySQL
2 17 (4.70%) SQL Server
3 12 (3.31%) PostgreSQL
4 11 (3.04%) Amazon Redshift
4 11 (3.04%) Relational Database
5 10 (2.76%) Power BI
6 8 (2.21%) Oracle Reports
7 7 (1.93%) Amazon RDS
7 7 (1.93%) Data Mining
8 6 (1.66%) BusinessObjects
8 6 (1.66%) Data Warehouse
8 6 (1.66%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 3 (0.83%) Apache Hive
9 3 (0.83%) Big Data
9 3 (0.83%) Delta Lake
9 3 (0.83%) Elasticsearch
9 3 (0.83%) GIS
9 3 (0.83%) Hadoop
10 2 (0.55%) QlikView
10 2 (0.55%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 14 (3.87%) Git
2 10 (2.76%) Jenkins
3 8 (2.21%) IntelliJ
4 7 (1.93%) Maven
5 6 (1.66%) JIRA
6 2 (0.55%) GitLab
7 1 (0.28%) CMake
7 1 (0.28%) GCC
7 1 (0.28%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.28%) Visual Studio
General
1 143 (39.50%) Social Skills
2 72 (19.89%) Analytical Skills
3 52 (14.36%) Finance
4 38 (10.50%) Electronics
5 32 (8.84%) Manufacturing
6 28 (7.73%) Automotive
6 28 (7.73%) Marketing
7 25 (6.91%) Organisational Skills
8 24 (6.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 23 (6.35%) Retail
10 18 (4.97%) Multimedia
11 16 (4.42%) Telecoms
12 12 (3.31%) Presentation Skills
13 11 (3.04%) Games
14 10 (2.76%) Law
15 9 (2.49%) Documentation Skills
16 8 (2.21%) Aerospace
17 6 (1.66%) Aviation
17 6 (1.66%) Public Sector
18 5 (1.38%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 71 (19.61%) Senior
2 59 (16.30%) Analyst
3 39 (10.77%) Software Engineer
4 29 (8.01%) Developer
5 21 (5.80%) Project Manager
6 20 (5.52%) Graphics Engineer
7 18 (4.97%) Graduate
8 16 (4.42%) Financial Analyst
9 13 (3.59%) Administrator
9 13 (3.59%) Lead
9 13 (3.59%) Systems Administrator
10 12 (3.31%) Development Manager
11 11 (3.04%) Performance Engineer
12 10 (2.76%) Consultant
12 10 (2.76%) Design Engineer
12 10 (2.76%) Hardware Engineer
12 10 (2.76%) Junior
12 10 (2.76%) Senior Developer
12 10 (2.76%) Senior Systems Engineer
12 10 (2.76%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (8.29%) OpenGL ES
1 30 (8.29%) Vulkan
2 27 (7.46%) OpenGL
3 24 (6.63%) HTML
4 22 (6.08%) CSS
5 18 (4.97%) Direct3D
6 13 (3.59%) React
7 12 (3.31%) .NET
8 10 (2.76%) AngularJS
8 10 (2.76%) Vue
9 9 (2.49%) Unity (Game Engine)
9 9 (2.49%) Unreal Engine
9 9 (2.49%) WebAssembly
9 9 (2.49%) WebGPU
10 7 (1.93%) gRPC
10 7 (1.93%) J2EE
10 7 (1.93%) jOOQ
10 7 (1.93%) React Native
10 7 (1.93%) Redux
11 6 (1.66%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 36 (9.94%) Virtual Team
2 33 (9.12%) Self-Motivation
3 27 (7.46%) Mali
3 27 (7.46%) Smartphone
4 23 (6.35%) IoT
4 23 (6.35%) Management Information System
5 19 (5.25%) Onboarding
6 18 (4.97%) 3D Graphics
7 14 (3.87%) Data Centre
8 12 (3.31%) Algorithms
9 10 (2.76%) Blackberry
10 9 (2.49%) Handset
10 9 (2.49%) Ray Tracing
10 9 (2.49%) SIMD
11 8 (2.21%) Driving Licence
12 7 (1.93%) VHDL
13 6 (1.66%) FPGA
13 6 (1.66%) Greenfield Project
13 6 (1.66%) Renewable Energy
13 6 (1.66%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 41 (11.33%) Windows
2 31 (8.56%) Android
3 24 (6.63%) Linux
4 20 (5.52%) Windows Server
5 10 (2.76%) Windows 10
6 7 (1.93%) Mac OS
7 4 (1.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (1.10%) Windows 7
8 3 (0.83%) Windows 2000
8 3 (0.83%) Windows NT
8 3 (0.83%) Windows Server 2003
8 3 (0.83%) Windows Server 2008
8 3 (0.83%) Windows Server 2012
8 3 (0.83%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (0.83%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (0.83%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 139 (38.40%) Problem-Solving
2 121 (33.43%) Computer Science
3 56 (15.47%) Mathematics
4 55 (15.19%) Software Engineering
5 48 (13.26%) Process Improvement
6 45 (12.43%) Agile
7 40 (11.05%) Machine Learning
8 37 (10.22%) Customer Service
9 35 (9.67%) Project Management
10 32 (8.84%) Continuous Improvement
11 27 (7.46%) Prototyping
12 26 (7.18%) Analytics
12 26 (7.18%) Artificial Intelligence
12 26 (7.18%) Customer Requirements
13 25 (6.91%) Business Development
14 24 (6.63%) Data Analysis
14 24 (6.63%) Decision-Making
14 24 (6.63%) Scrum
15 23 (6.35%) Time Management
16 22 (6.08%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 47 (12.98%) Python
2 44 (12.15%) C
3 42 (11.60%) C++
4 37 (10.22%) SQL
5 24 (6.63%) JavaScript
6 20 (5.52%) Java
7 18 (4.97%) PowerShell
8 16 (4.42%) C#
9 14 (3.87%) Go
9 14 (3.87%) Kotlin
10 11 (3.04%) Bash
11 9 (2.49%) Rust
12 5 (1.38%) PHP
13 4 (1.10%) SystemVerilog
14 3 (0.83%) Perl
14 3 (0.83%) R
14 3 (0.83%) Scala
14 3 (0.83%) T-SQL
15 2 (0.55%) Assembly Language
15 2 (0.55%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 62 (17.13%) Computer Science Degree
2 59 (16.30%) Master's Degree
3 31 (8.56%) PhD
4 21 (5.80%) CompTIA Security+
5 19 (5.25%) Security Cleared
6 9 (2.49%) AAT
7 8 (2.21%) ACCA
7 8 (2.21%) CIMA
7 8 (2.21%) Cisco Certification
7 8 (2.21%) Microsoft Certification
8 7 (1.93%) CCNA
8 7 (1.93%) HND
9 6 (1.66%) BPSS Clearance
10 5 (1.38%) Azure Certification
10 5 (1.38%) CISSP
10 5 (1.38%) ISTQB
10 5 (1.38%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
10 5 (1.38%) SC Cleared
11 4 (1.10%) RIBA
12 3 (0.83%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (6.63%) QA
2 13 (3.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 9 (2.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (1.38%) GxP
4 5 (1.38%) SLA
5 4 (1.10%) ISO 14001
6 3 (0.83%) Data Quality
6 3 (0.83%) ISO 9001
6 3 (0.83%) JSP 440
6 3 (0.83%) RMADS
7 2 (0.55%) COBIT
7 2 (0.55%) NIST
8 1 (0.28%) DO-160
8 1 (0.28%) GDPR
8 1 (0.28%) GLP
8 1 (0.28%) PMO
System Software
1 30 (8.29%) VMware Infrastructure
2 26 (7.18%) Active Directory
3 23 (6.35%) Docker
4 4 (1.10%) Firmware
5 2 (0.55%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.28%) Ceph
6 1 (0.28%) Embedded Firmware
6 1 (0.28%) Gluster
6 1 (0.28%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 17 (4.70%) SCCM
2 12 (3.31%) Kubernetes
3 8 (2.21%) Ansible
4 5 (1.38%) Puppet
5 4 (1.10%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (0.83%) SCOM
6 3 (0.83%) WSUS
7 2 (0.55%) Nagios
7 2 (0.55%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.55%) Terraform
8 1 (0.28%) DatAdvantage
8 1 (0.28%) Grafana
8 1 (0.28%) Kibana
8 1 (0.28%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.28%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 72 (19.89%) Microsoft
2 35 (9.67%) VMware
3 15 (4.14%) Oracle
4 14 (3.87%) Red Hat
5 12 (3.31%) Cisco
6 11 (3.04%) SolarWinds
7 10 (2.76%) MobileIron
7 10 (2.76%) Samsung
8 9 (2.49%) SAP
9 8 (2.21%) Juniper
9 8 (2.21%) NEC
9 8 (2.21%) Salesforce
10 6 (1.66%) Hyperion
10 6 (1.66%) ServiceNow
10 6 (1.66%) Xilinx
11 4 (1.10%) Intel
11 4 (1.10%) Microsemi
11 4 (1.10%) Remedy
12 3 (0.83%) Ericsson
12 3 (0.83%) Siemens