Degree Jobs in England

Academic Degree
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 1 9 5
Rank change year-on-year +8 -4 +7
Permanent jobs citing Degree 14,754 12,658 17,116
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 29.99% 14.74% 19.29%
As % of the Qualifications category 59.21% 51.89% 58.78%
Number of salaries quoted 5,476 8,036 7,116
10th Percentile £33,750 £27,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £45,628 £37,500 £41,878
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,600 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.19% -12.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £68,525 £72,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £90,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £52,600 £52,084 £58,000
% change year-on-year +0.99% -10.20% +5.45%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

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 England.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 24,918 24,393 29,119
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 50.64% 28.41% 32.82%
Number of salaries quoted 10,162 15,737 13,221
10th Percentile £32,000 £28,500 £31,466
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,500 £42,019
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,700 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.55% -8.83% +9.09%
75th Percentile £69,688 £71,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,000 £59,600
% change year-on-year +1.85% -9.40% +8.36%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Degree in England

Degree
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Degree in England

Degree
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Degree in England over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Degree in England

Degree
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Degree within the England region over the 6 months to 16 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
North of England +10 4,201 £50,055 +5.38% 1,426
North West +8 3,047 £50,055 +5.35% 838
South East +2 2,672 £60,000 +16.85% 2,495
London +4 2,596 £74,190 +9.91% 5,932
Midlands +5 2,509 £47,683 +0.39% 902
West Midlands +3 1,347 £50,500 +1.00% 549
East of England +4 1,268 £55,000 +15.79% 983
East Midlands +6 1,154 £47,683 +15.60% 324
South West +8 1,057 £52,600 +7.90% 722
Yorkshire +10 948 £40,101 -10.89% 397
North East +8 209 £53,750 +11.13% 211
Degree
UK

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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
1 303 (2.05%) SharePoint
2 154 (1.04%) Microsoft Exchange
3 57 (0.39%) Confluence
4 54 (0.37%) CMS
5 49 (0.33%) Apache Spark
6 43 (0.29%) Apache
7 39 (0.26%) Apache Airflow
8 31 (0.21%) Jupyter
8 31 (0.21%) WordPress
9 30 (0.20%) SAS
10 20 (0.14%) IIS
10 20 (0.14%) Umbraco
11 19 (0.13%) IBM Domino
12 6 (0.041%) Liferay
13 5 (0.034%) ArcGIS
13 5 (0.034%) Kinematics
13 5 (0.034%) Luigi
14 4 (0.027%) Cloud Foundry
14 4 (0.027%) nginx
14 4 (0.027%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 763 (5.17%) Microsoft Office
2 681 (4.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 573 (3.88%) Microsoft Excel
4 449 (3.04%) Chatbot
5 387 (2.62%) Simulink
6 179 (1.21%) Mathcad
7 133 (0.90%) Abaqus
8 108 (0.73%) Microsoft Project
9 76 (0.52%) MS Visio
10 51 (0.35%) SOLIDWORKS
11 38 (0.26%) Mathematica
12 33 (0.22%) AutoCAD
13 32 (0.22%) Maya
14 31 (0.21%) Trello
15 20 (0.14%) Photoshop
16 14 (0.095%) Adobe Illustrator
17 13 (0.088%) Adobe Creative Suite
17 13 (0.088%) Spreadsheet
18 11 (0.075%) Adobe XD
19 10 (0.068%) Revit
Business Applications
1 390 (2.64%) Teamcenter
2 65 (0.44%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 56 (0.38%) Dynamics CRM
4 52 (0.35%) SAP S/4HANA
5 37 (0.25%) Shopify
6 23 (0.16%) NetSuite
7 15 (0.10%) Dynamics NAV
8 12 (0.081%) Remedy ITSM
9 11 (0.075%) Dynamics GP
10 10 (0.068%) TrackWise
11 9 (0.061%) Infor M3
11 9 (0.061%) Magento
11 9 (0.061%) Salesforce CRM
11 9 (0.061%) SAP Business One
11 9 (0.061%) SAP ERP
12 8 (0.054%) Dynamics AX
13 7 (0.047%) Oracle EBS
14 5 (0.034%) Endur
14 5 (0.034%) SAP FI
14 5 (0.034%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 1,232 (8.35%) Azure
2 815 (5.52%) AWS
3 438 (2.97%) GCP
4 421 (2.85%) Power Platform
5 416 (2.82%) Microsoft 365
6 302 (2.05%) Serverless
7 254 (1.72%) AWS Lambda
8 231 (1.57%) SaaS
9 201 (1.36%) Entra ID
10 122 (0.83%) Azure DevOps
11 108 (0.73%) Dynamics 365
12 92 (0.62%) PowerApps
13 91 (0.62%) GitHub
14 90 (0.61%) Cloud Computing
15 76 (0.52%) PaaS
16 67 (0.45%) Power Automate
17 58 (0.39%) Snowflake
18 54 (0.37%) Azure Data Factory
19 46 (0.31%) OneDrive
20 38 (0.26%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 992 (6.72%) Broadband
2 797 (5.40%) Wireless
3 771 (5.23%) Wi-Fi
4 769 (5.21%) 5G
5 747 (5.06%) Bluetooth
6 744 (5.04%) LTE
7 730 (4.95%) GSM
7 730 (4.95%) UMTS
8 233 (1.58%) Firewall
9 183 (1.24%) TCP/IP
10 152 (1.03%) Network Security
11 146 (0.99%) WAN
12 137 (0.93%) VPN
13 127 (0.86%) LAN
14 119 (0.81%) DNS
15 103 (0.70%) VoIP
16 87 (0.59%) Internet
17 84 (0.57%) DHCP
18 80 (0.54%) VLAN
19 64 (0.43%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 339 (2.30%) Power BI
2 311 (2.11%) SQL Server
3 172 (1.17%) Tableau
4 143 (0.97%) Big Data
5 122 (0.83%) Data Warehouse
6 114 (0.77%) Data Lake
7 96 (0.65%) NoSQL
8 88 (0.60%) Relational Database
9 87 (0.59%) MySQL
10 70 (0.47%) PostgreSQL
11 54 (0.37%) MongoDB
12 48 (0.33%) Metadata
13 38 (0.26%) Azure SQL Database
14 36 (0.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 32 (0.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 29 (0.20%) Amazon RDS
17 27 (0.18%) Hadoop
18 21 (0.14%) Amazon Athena
19 19 (0.13%) Dremio
19 19 (0.13%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 377 (2.56%) Rational DOORS
2 332 (2.25%) JIRA
3 271 (1.84%) Git
4 108 (0.73%) LabVIEW
5 80 (0.54%) Jenkins
6 69 (0.47%) Cucumber
7 64 (0.43%) Robot Framework
8 49 (0.33%) Selenium
9 48 (0.33%) Visual Studio
10 28 (0.19%) Cypress.io
11 24 (0.16%) Eclipse
12 20 (0.14%) SpecFlow
13 19 (0.13%) Bitbucket
13 19 (0.13%) Eclipse RCP
14 18 (0.12%) GitLab
15 16 (0.11%) Atlassian Bamboo
16 15 (0.10%) Gradle
17 14 (0.095%) IntelliJ
17 14 (0.095%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
18 13 (0.088%) JMeter
General
1 4,629 (31.37%) Social Skills
2 2,138 (14.49%) Analytical Skills
3 1,995 (13.52%) Finance
4 1,639 (11.11%) Manufacturing
5 1,454 (9.85%) Electronics
6 1,157 (7.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 901 (6.11%) Presentation Skills
8 894 (6.06%) Retail
9 795 (5.39%) Law
10 757 (5.13%) Aerospace
11 727 (4.93%) Marketing
12 649 (4.40%) Automotive
13 632 (4.28%) Banking
14 541 (3.67%) Telecoms
15 413 (2.80%) German Language
16 396 (2.68%) French Language
17 379 (2.57%) Financial Institution
18 354 (2.40%) Legal
19 253 (1.71%) Avionics
20 239 (1.62%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 3,330 (22.57%) Senior
2 2,458 (16.66%) Systems Engineer
3 1,621 (10.99%) Principal Engineer
4 1,257 (8.52%) Analyst
5 1,076 (7.29%) Principal Systems Engineer
6 1,021 (6.92%) Trainer
7 1,012 (6.86%) Test Engineer
8 908 (6.15%) Lead
9 893 (6.05%) Senior Systems Engineer
10 849 (5.75%) Electronics Engineer
11 734 (4.97%) Electronics Test Engineer
12 581 (3.94%) Support Engineer
13 538 (3.65%) Developer
14 459 (3.11%) Software Engineer
15 435 (2.95%) Architect
16 361 (2.45%) Research Analyst
17 354 (2.40%) Credit Analyst
18 326 (2.21%) Engineering Manager
19 313 (2.12%) Senior Electrical Engineer
20 300 (2.03%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 386 (2.62%) HTML
2 291 (1.97%) .NET
3 235 (1.59%) CSS
4 185 (1.25%) React
5 106 (0.72%) REST
6 97 (0.66%) Middleware
7 92 (0.62%) Node.js
8 87 (0.59%) AngularJS
9 82 (0.56%) Kafka
10 80 (0.54%) ASP.NET
11 77 (0.52%) RESTful
12 73 (0.49%) jQuery
13 71 (0.48%) Pandas
14 68 (0.46%) .NET Framework
15 66 (0.45%) HTML5
15 66 (0.45%) NumPy
16 57 (0.39%) PyTorch
17 54 (0.37%) TensorFlow
18 51 (0.35%) SOAP
19 49 (0.33%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 874 (5.92%) Driving Licence
2 650 (4.41%) Robotics
3 639 (4.33%) Management Information System
4 443 (3.00%) Self-Motivation
5 397 (2.69%) Fixed Income
6 380 (2.58%) Credit Risk
7 273 (1.85%) Algorithms
8 218 (1.48%) Product Ownership
9 180 (1.22%) SCADA
10 175 (1.19%) Social Media
11 138 (0.94%) FMCG
12 131 (0.89%) NHS
13 126 (0.85%) Enterprise Software
14 120 (0.81%) Virtual Team
15 95 (0.64%) Data Centre
15 95 (0.64%) Onboarding
16 94 (0.64%) Linux Command Line
16 94 (0.64%) Security Posture
17 93 (0.63%) Analytical Mindset
18 88 (0.60%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 1,033 (7.00%) Windows
2 504 (3.42%) Linux
3 234 (1.59%) Windows Server 2012
4 160 (1.08%) Windows Server
5 148 (1.00%) Windows 10
6 91 (0.62%) Windows Vista
7 71 (0.48%) Android
8 55 (0.37%) Apple iOS
9 45 (0.31%) Unix
10 42 (0.28%) Windows Server 2019
11 41 (0.28%) Windows Server 2016
12 35 (0.24%) Mac OS
13 31 (0.21%) Mac OS X
13 31 (0.21%) Ubuntu
14 18 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 9 (0.061%) VMS
16 8 (0.054%) Debian
16 8 (0.054%) Rocky
17 6 (0.041%) CentOS
18 5 (0.034%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 3,456 (23.42%) Systems Engineering
2 3,258 (22.08%) Problem-Solving
3 2,982 (20.21%) Computer Science
4 2,558 (17.34%) Mentoring
5 2,249 (15.24%) Mathematics
6 2,017 (13.67%) Agile
7 1,718 (11.64%) Artificial Intelligence
8 1,701 (11.53%) Coaching
9 1,586 (10.75%) Validation
10 1,419 (9.62%) Physics
11 1,343 (9.10%) Verification and Validation
12 1,258 (8.53%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
13 1,240 (8.40%) Machine Learning
14 1,208 (8.19%) Software Engineering
15 1,206 (8.17%) Project Management
16 1,150 (7.79%) Cybersecurity
17 1,132 (7.67%) Customer Requirements
18 1,107 (7.50%) Continuous Improvement
19 1,043 (7.07%) Roadmaps
20 1,030 (6.98%) SysML
Programming Languages
1 1,505 (10.20%) Python
2 1,152 (7.81%) MATLAB
3 1,042 (7.06%) SQL
4 663 (4.49%) C#
5 599 (4.06%) JavaScript
6 569 (3.86%) Java
7 431 (2.92%) TypeScript
8 412 (2.79%) C++
9 327 (2.22%) PowerShell
10 253 (1.71%) C
11 147 (1.00%) Bash
12 138 (0.94%) PHP
13 127 (0.86%) Rust
14 126 (0.85%) R
15 120 (0.81%) Ada
16 57 (0.39%) Ruby
17 54 (0.37%) Scala
18 49 (0.33%) Dart
19 42 (0.28%) T-SQL
20 38 (0.26%) VB
Qualifications
1 4,328 (29.33%) BPSS Clearance
2 1,901 (12.88%) Master's Degree
3 1,793 (12.15%) Computer Science Degree
4 1,784 (12.09%) HND
5 865 (5.86%) Chartered Engineer
6 839 (5.69%) HNC
7 769 (5.21%) PhD
8 362 (2.45%) CISSP
9 357 (2.42%) CFA
10 352 (2.39%) Security Cleared
11 276 (1.87%) DBS Check
12 257 (1.74%) CISM
13 255 (1.73%) Numerate Degree
14 206 (1.40%) SC Cleared
15 199 (1.35%) MBA
16 178 (1.21%) Microsoft Certification
17 169 (1.15%) ISTQB
18 159 (1.08%) Cisco Certification
19 147 (1.00%) CESG Certified Professional
20 137 (0.93%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 555 (3.76%) IEC 61508
2 542 (3.67%) QA
3 430 (2.91%) Def Stans
4 293 (1.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 273 (1.85%) NIST
6 247 (1.67%) Data Quality
7 222 (1.50%) ISO/IEC 15288
8 164 (1.11%) Accessibility
9 158 (1.07%) GDPR
10 150 (1.02%) ISO 9001
11 147 (1.00%) JSP 440
11 147 (1.00%) RMADS
12 144 (0.98%) DO-254
13 132 (0.89%) ISO/IEC 12207
14 121 (0.82%) ARP4754
15 100 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 17025
16 76 (0.52%) SLA
17 64 (0.43%) NEBOSH
18 62 (0.42%) PMO
19 46 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 613 (4.15%) Active Directory
2 223 (1.51%) Docker
3 110 (0.75%) VMware Infrastructure
4 63 (0.43%) Firmware
5 62 (0.42%) Hyper-V
6 46 (0.31%) Virtual Machines
7 27 (0.18%) vSphere
8 26 (0.18%) Embedded Firmware
9 24 (0.16%) VMware ESXi
10 15 (0.10%) Virtual Desktop
11 9 (0.061%) VMware NSX
12 6 (0.041%) HDFS
12 6 (0.041%) Virtual Servers
13 4 (0.027%) Dovecot
13 4 (0.027%) Postfix
14 3 (0.020%) BitLocker
14 3 (0.020%) DFS Replication
14 3 (0.020%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 3 (0.020%) Samba
15 2 (0.014%) KVM
Systems Management
1 258 (1.75%) Kubernetes
2 146 (0.99%) Terraform
3 107 (0.73%) Microsoft Intune
4 84 (0.57%) Ansible
5 51 (0.35%) Grafana
5 51 (0.35%) Prometheus
6 49 (0.33%) SCCM
7 27 (0.18%) Puppet
8 20 (0.14%) Functional Safety
9 17 (0.12%) WSUS
10 16 (0.11%) QRadar
11 14 (0.095%) Jamf Pro
12 12 (0.081%) Single Sign-On
13 10 (0.068%) Nessus
14 9 (0.061%) CSIRT
15 8 (0.054%) RSA Archer
16 7 (0.047%) Active Directory Federation Services
16 7 (0.047%) CASB
16 7 (0.047%) FortiGate
16 7 (0.047%) SmoothWall
Vendors
1 1,772 (12.01%) Microsoft
2 808 (5.48%) Google
3 672 (4.55%) Adobe
4 666 (4.51%) Databricks
5 424 (2.87%) PayPal
6 376 (2.55%) Bloomberg
7 236 (1.60%) Cisco
7 236 (1.60%) SAP
8 217 (1.47%) Sun
9 215 (1.46%) ANSYS
10 187 (1.27%) Salesforce
11 179 (1.21%) IBM
12 161 (1.09%) VMware
13 151 (1.02%) Oracle
14 127 (0.86%) ServiceNow
15 126 (0.85%) Siemens
16 74 (0.50%) YouTube
17 73 (0.49%) Dell
18 67 (0.45%) Apple
18 67 (0.45%) Sparx