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 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 5 2 2
Rank change year-on-year -3 0 +2
Permanent jobs citing Degree 861 1,629 1,666
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 14.23% 29.33% 26.25%
As % of the Qualifications category 53.25% 69.11% 71.20%
Number of salaries quoted 567 308 430
10th Percentile £25,759 £30,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £38,000 £35,165
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £49,142 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.34% +3.46% -
75th Percentile £61,250 £66,250 £64,688
90th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £70,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -

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 1,617 2,357 2,340
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 26.73% 42.44% 36.87%
Number of salaries quoted 1,098 616 782
10th Percentile £26,000 £27,875 £31,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.00% - -2.91%
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £80,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.17% +5.45% -

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 26 April 2024.

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 26 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
Cambridgeshire 0 332 £55,000 +15.81% 259
Hertfordshire -3 270 £50,000 -13.04% 197
Essex -7 96 £46,297 +8.93% 95
Bedfordshire +4 82 £47,500 -17.39% 57
Norfolk -28 46 £40,000 +5.26% 48
Suffolk -14 35 £37,500 -1.32% 33
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 12 (1.39%) Microsoft Exchange
1 12 (1.39%) SharePoint
2 6 (0.70%) Apache
3 5 (0.58%) ArcGIS
4 4 (0.46%) Confluence
5 3 (0.35%) IIS
6 2 (0.23%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.12%) Exchange Server 2013
7 1 (0.12%) SAS
7 1 (0.12%) WordPress
Applications
1 64 (7.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 61 (7.08%) Microsoft Office
3 23 (2.67%) Simulink
4 22 (2.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 13 (1.51%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 13 (1.51%) Photoshop
6 12 (1.39%) Adobe Illustrator
7 10 (1.16%) InDesign
7 10 (1.16%) Microsoft Project
8 7 (0.81%) AutoCAD
8 7 (0.81%) Revit
9 5 (0.58%) MS Visio
10 4 (0.46%) Spreadsheet
11 3 (0.35%) Adobe Premiere
12 2 (0.23%) Adobe After Effects
12 2 (0.23%) Adobe XD
13 1 (0.12%) SOLIDWORKS
13 1 (0.12%) Stateflow
13 1 (0.12%) Trello
Business Applications
1 11 (1.28%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.70%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (0.58%) Oracle Financials
3 5 (0.58%) SAP ERP
4 3 (0.35%) Dynamics GP
4 3 (0.35%) Dynamics NAV
4 3 (0.35%) iTrent
5 2 (0.23%) CA PPM
5 2 (0.23%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.12%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 86 (9.99%) Microsoft 365
2 60 (6.97%) Azure
3 47 (5.46%) Power Platform
4 43 (4.99%) AWS
5 18 (2.09%) SaaS
6 17 (1.97%) Azure DevOps
7 11 (1.28%) Entra ID
8 10 (1.16%) GitHub
9 9 (1.05%) Serverless
10 8 (0.93%) Dynamics 365
11 7 (0.81%) GCP
12 6 (0.70%) Amazon EMR
12 6 (0.70%) AWS Lambda
13 5 (0.58%) Amazon S3
13 5 (0.58%) Google Workspace
13 5 (0.58%) Mimecast
14 4 (0.46%) Amazon EC2
14 4 (0.46%) OneDrive
15 3 (0.35%) Apigee
15 3 (0.35%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 32 (3.72%) LAN
2 30 (3.48%) TCP/IP
3 28 (3.25%) Wi-Fi
3 28 (3.25%) Wireless
4 27 (3.14%) WAN
5 23 (2.67%) Firewall
6 17 (1.97%) 5G
7 14 (1.63%) DNS
8 13 (1.51%) Broadband
9 10 (1.16%) DHCP
9 10 (1.16%) LTE
10 9 (1.05%) Bluetooth
10 9 (1.05%) Internet
11 8 (0.93%) Intranet
11 8 (0.93%) TETRA
12 6 (0.70%) Ethernet
12 6 (0.70%) VPN
13 5 (0.58%) Software-Defined Radio
14 4 (0.46%) BGP
15 3 (0.35%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (5.23%) Power BI
2 36 (4.18%) SQL Server
3 20 (2.32%) PostgreSQL
4 16 (1.86%) Relational Database
5 14 (1.63%) Big Data
6 13 (1.51%) GIS
6 13 (1.51%) MySQL
7 12 (1.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 11 (1.28%) Data Warehouse
9 10 (1.16%) Geospatial Data
10 9 (1.05%) Azure SQL Database
10 9 (1.05%) Spatial Data
11 7 (0.81%) NoSQL
11 7 (0.81%) QlikView
11 7 (0.81%) Redis
12 6 (0.70%) Amazon Redshift
12 6 (0.70%) Elasticsearch
13 4 (0.46%) Data Lake
13 4 (0.46%) OLAP Cube
13 4 (0.46%) Triplestore
Development Applications
1 35 (4.07%) Git
2 11 (1.28%) JIRA
3 10 (1.16%) Jenkins
3 10 (1.16%) LabVIEW
3 10 (1.16%) NUnit
4 9 (1.05%) Moq
5 8 (0.93%) Appium
5 8 (0.93%) UI Automator
5 8 (0.93%) Visual Studio
6 6 (0.70%) Rational Rhapsody
7 3 (0.35%) Eclipse
7 3 (0.35%) GCC
7 3 (0.35%) IntelliJ
7 3 (0.35%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 3 (0.35%) Visual Studio Code
8 2 (0.23%) GitLab
9 1 (0.12%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.12%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.12%) TestDirector
9 1 (0.12%) webpack
General
1 326 (37.86%) Social Skills
2 184 (21.37%) Analytical Skills
3 119 (13.82%) Finance
4 106 (12.31%) Electronics
5 59 (6.85%) Aerospace
6 58 (6.74%) Manufacturing
7 52 (6.04%) Automotive
8 49 (5.69%) Presentation Skills
9 43 (4.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 39 (4.53%) Organisational Skills
11 36 (4.18%) Marketing
12 25 (2.90%) Legal
12 25 (2.90%) Telecoms
13 24 (2.79%) Law
13 24 (2.79%) Pharmaceutical
14 18 (2.09%) Retail
15 16 (1.86%) Documentation Skills
16 15 (1.74%) Local Government
17 13 (1.51%) Influencing Skills
18 9 (1.05%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 108 (12.54%) Analyst
2 89 (10.34%) Developer
3 86 (9.99%) Senior
4 80 (9.29%) Lead
5 78 (9.06%) Systems Engineer
6 53 (6.16%) Software Engineer
7 49 (5.69%) Graduate
8 46 (5.34%) Project Manager
9 45 (5.23%) Hardware Engineer
10 33 (3.83%) Junior
11 30 (3.48%) IT Support
11 30 (3.48%) Team Leader
12 28 (3.25%) Embedded Engineer
13 26 (3.02%) Senior Hardware Engineer
14 24 (2.79%) RF Engineer
14 24 (2.79%) Senior RF Engineer
15 23 (2.67%) Principal Engineer
15 23 (2.67%) Software Developer
16 22 (2.56%) Consultant
16 22 (2.56%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (4.53%) .NET
1 39 (4.53%) HTML
2 34 (3.95%) CSS
3 23 (2.67%) .NET Core
4 22 (2.56%) React
5 18 (2.09%) AngularJS
5 18 (2.09%) JSON
5 18 (2.09%) REST
6 15 (1.74%) ASP.NET
7 14 (1.63%) jQuery
8 13 (1.51%) .NET Framework
8 13 (1.51%) ASP.NET Web API
9 12 (1.39%) Vue
10 11 (1.28%) RESTful
11 9 (1.05%) LINQ
11 9 (1.05%) LINQ to SQL
11 9 (1.05%) NumPy
11 9 (1.05%) PyQt
11 9 (1.05%) Razor View Engine
11 9 (1.05%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 68 (7.90%) Algorithms
2 63 (7.32%) Self-Motivation
3 45 (5.23%) IoT
4 38 (4.41%) Management Information System
5 34 (3.95%) FPGA
6 26 (3.02%) Driving Licence
6 26 (3.02%) Robotics
7 23 (2.67%) Embedded Systems
7 23 (2.67%) Onboarding
7 23 (2.67%) VHDL
8 22 (2.56%) Verilog
9 16 (1.86%) Life Science
9 16 (1.86%) Product Ownership
10 15 (1.74%) Cyber Threat
11 14 (1.63%) Client/Server
12 11 (1.28%) Data Centre
12 11 (1.28%) Data Structures
12 11 (1.28%) Graphic Design
13 10 (1.16%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 10 (1.16%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 107 (12.43%) Windows
2 62 (7.20%) Linux
3 32 (3.72%) Windows Server
4 30 (3.48%) Android
5 18 (2.09%) Windows 10
5 18 (2.09%) Windows Server 2019
6 16 (1.86%) Mac OS
7 14 (1.63%) Windows Server 2016
8 9 (1.05%) Apple iOS
9 7 (0.81%) Unix
9 7 (0.81%) Windows Server 2003
10 5 (0.58%) VMS
10 5 (0.58%) Windows 2000
10 5 (0.58%) Windows NT
10 5 (0.58%) Windows Server 2008
10 5 (0.58%) Windows Server 2012
10 5 (0.58%) Windows XP
11 4 (0.46%) Windows 7
12 3 (0.35%) Mac OS X
12 3 (0.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 245 (28.46%) Problem-Solving
2 207 (24.04%) Computer Science
3 121 (14.05%) Agile
4 111 (12.89%) Software Engineering
5 100 (11.61%) Project Management
6 93 (10.80%) Customer Service
7 81 (9.41%) Mathematics
8 66 (7.67%) Data Analysis
9 63 (7.32%) Decision-Making
10 59 (6.85%) ITIL
11 57 (6.62%) Software Testing
12 54 (6.27%) Continuous Improvement
13 53 (6.16%) Systems Engineering
14 50 (5.81%) Mentoring
15 49 (5.69%) Collaborative Working
16 48 (5.57%) Project Delivery
17 45 (5.23%) Business Intelligence
17 45 (5.23%) Validation
18 44 (5.11%) Analytics
18 44 (5.11%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 129 (14.98%) Python
2 82 (9.52%) SQL
3 77 (8.94%) C#
4 68 (7.90%) C
5 49 (5.69%) JavaScript
6 44 (5.11%) MATLAB
7 31 (3.60%) PowerShell
8 28 (3.25%) Java
9 26 (3.02%) C++
10 21 (2.44%) PHP
11 15 (1.74%) R
12 13 (1.51%) Embedded C
13 10 (1.16%) TypeScript
14 9 (1.05%) T-SQL
15 7 (0.81%) Bash
16 6 (0.70%) SPARQL
17 4 (0.46%) Go
17 4 (0.46%) Kotlin
17 4 (0.46%) VBA
18 3 (0.35%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 115 (13.36%) Computer Science Degree
2 112 (13.01%) Master's Degree
3 80 (9.29%) Security Cleared
4 59 (6.85%) PhD
5 45 (5.23%) BPSS Clearance
6 25 (2.90%) HND
7 21 (2.44%) Chartered Engineer
8 15 (1.74%) HNC
8 15 (1.74%) MBA
8 15 (1.74%) Microsoft Certification
8 15 (1.74%) SC Cleared
9 8 (0.93%) Azure Certification
9 8 (0.93%) DBS Check
10 7 (0.81%) DV Cleared
11 6 (0.70%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 4 (0.46%) MCSA
12 4 (0.46%) PMI Certification
12 4 (0.46%) PMP
12 4 (0.46%) Postgraduate
12 4 (0.46%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (4.53%) QA
2 11 (1.28%) Data Quality
2 11 (1.28%) SLA
3 9 (1.05%) Accessibility
3 9 (1.05%) GDPR
3 9 (1.05%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 6 (0.70%) ISO 9001
4 6 (0.70%) NEBOSH
5 5 (0.58%) GxP
6 4 (0.46%) Actionable Recommendations
6 4 (0.46%) IEC 62304
6 4 (0.46%) ISO 13485
7 3 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.23%) NCSC
9 1 (0.12%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.12%) COBIT
9 1 (0.12%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.12%) GLP
9 1 (0.12%) NIST
9 1 (0.12%) PMO
System Software
1 64 (7.43%) Active Directory
2 25 (2.90%) Docker
3 22 (2.56%) Firmware
4 20 (2.32%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.46%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (0.46%) Virtual Servers
5 4 (0.46%) vSphere
6 3 (0.35%) KVM
7 2 (0.23%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.23%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 11 (1.28%) Kubernetes
2 10 (1.16%) Microsoft Intune
3 9 (1.05%) Ansible
4 7 (0.81%) SCCM
4 7 (0.81%) Terraform
5 6 (0.70%) Progress Chef
6 5 (0.58%) SCOM
6 5 (0.58%) WSUS
7 3 (0.35%) HAProxy
7 3 (0.35%) Jamf Pro
7 3 (0.35%) Puppet
7 3 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.23%) Functional Safety
8 2 (0.23%) NetCrunch
8 2 (0.23%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.12%) HP Quality Center
9 1 (0.12%) Iperf
9 1 (0.12%) Nmap
Vendors
1 171 (19.86%) Microsoft
2 30 (3.48%) SAP
3 26 (3.02%) EMC
4 25 (2.90%) VMware
5 15 (1.74%) Google
6 14 (1.63%) Oracle
7 13 (1.51%) Adobe
8 12 (1.39%) Virgin Media
9 10 (1.16%) IBM
10 8 (0.93%) Apple
10 8 (0.93%) BT
10 8 (0.93%) Computacenter
10 8 (0.93%) Intel
10 8 (0.93%) Xilinx
11 7 (0.81%) Citrix
12 6 (0.70%) Cisco
12 6 (0.70%) ESRI
13 5 (0.58%) HP
13 5 (0.58%) Salesforce
13 5 (0.58%) Sophos