Degree Jobs in England

Academic Degree
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in 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 7 5 13
Rank change year-on-year -2 +8 +3
Permanent jobs citing Degree 7,250 20,743 16,149
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 15.39% 18.92% 14.28%
As % of the Qualifications category 47.51% 64.51% 59.42%
Number of salaries quoted 4,715 8,415 8,594
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,750 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
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 England with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 15,260 32,157 27,176
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 32.39% 29.33% 24.03%
Number of salaries quoted 9,844 15,382 15,869
10th Percentile £30,500 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,955 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.76% +1.74% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £93,750 £93,750 £90,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £57,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.88% +3.64% -

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 1 December 2023.

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 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
London +2 2,878 £75,000 +11.11% 3,410
South East -3 1,473 £55,000 +10.00% 1,512
North of England 0 997 £52,084 +9.65% 1,177
Midlands -4 794 £49,000 +4.26% 850
South West -12 637 £50,000 +17.65% 634
West Midlands -4 556 £47,500 +1.06% 578
North West -4 500 £51,117 +7.61% 719
Yorkshire +3 427 £54,250 +8.50% 332
East of England -2 362 £52,500 - 787
East Midlands -4 237 £55,000 +15.79% 269
North East -1 70 £50,000 +25.00% 149
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
1 237 (3.27%) SharePoint
2 144 (1.99%) MS Exchange
3 136 (1.88%) SAS
4 94 (1.30%) Confluence
5 79 (1.09%) Apache Spark
6 54 (0.74%) IIS
7 46 (0.63%) Apache
8 42 (0.58%) CMS
9 41 (0.57%) Apache Airflow
10 26 (0.36%) WordPress
11 22 (0.30%) Jupyter
12 15 (0.21%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 15 (0.21%) Tomcat
13 11 (0.15%) OpenStack
14 10 (0.14%) Luigi
15 9 (0.12%) Anypoint
15 9 (0.12%) ArcGIS
15 9 (0.12%) WebLogic
16 8 (0.11%) OpenEdge
16 8 (0.11%) Oracle Service Bus
Applications
1 536 (7.39%) Microsoft Office
2 433 (5.97%) Microsoft Excel
3 132 (1.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 116 (1.60%) Microsoft Project
5 88 (1.21%) MS Visio
6 57 (0.79%) SOLIDWORKS
7 46 (0.63%) AutoCAD
8 41 (0.57%) Simulink
9 30 (0.41%) Chatbot
10 19 (0.26%) Photoshop
11 18 (0.25%) Adobe Creative Suite
12 17 (0.23%) Adobe Illustrator
13 14 (0.19%) OrCAD
13 14 (0.19%) Sketch
14 13 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
14 13 (0.18%) SPSS
15 12 (0.17%) Trello
16 9 (0.12%) Autodesk Inventor
16 9 (0.12%) CATIA
16 9 (0.12%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 90 (1.24%) Dynamics CRM
2 54 (0.74%) Oracle ERP
3 38 (0.52%) Remedy ITSM
4 34 (0.47%) Oracle Payables
5 27 (0.37%) NetSuite
5 27 (0.37%) Oracle Receivables
5 27 (0.37%) SAP S/4HANA
6 19 (0.26%) SAP ERP
7 18 (0.25%) Oracle EBS
8 15 (0.21%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
9 12 (0.17%) Unit4 Business World
10 9 (0.12%) Dynamics AX
10 9 (0.12%) Dynamics NAV
10 9 (0.12%) Oracle General Ledger
10 9 (0.12%) ProductWriter
11 7 (0.097%) Oracle Financials
11 7 (0.097%) SAP Business One
11 7 (0.097%) SAP QM
11 7 (0.097%) Teamcenter
12 6 (0.083%) HFM
Cloud Services
1 1,325 (18.28%) Azure
2 814 (11.23%) AWS
3 653 (9.01%) Microsoft 365
4 464 (6.40%) Power Platform
5 281 (3.88%) GCP
6 242 (3.34%) SaaS
7 194 (2.68%) Azure DevOps
8 172 (2.37%) Entra ID
9 123 (1.70%) Dynamics 365
10 122 (1.68%) PowerApps
11 104 (1.43%) Cloud Computing
12 100 (1.38%) GitHub
13 99 (1.37%) IaaS
13 99 (1.37%) WhatsApp
14 94 (1.30%) Serverless
15 93 (1.28%) PaaS
16 80 (1.10%) Power Automate
17 57 (0.79%) Azure Cosmos DB
18 55 (0.76%) Azure Monitor
19 47 (0.65%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 351 (4.84%) Firewall
2 269 (3.71%) WAN
3 238 (3.28%) DNS
4 212 (2.92%) TCP/IP
5 200 (2.76%) DHCP
5 200 (2.76%) Wireless
6 167 (2.30%) SD-WAN
7 159 (2.19%) VPN
8 136 (1.88%) LAN
9 123 (1.70%) Network Security
10 115 (1.59%) Internet
10 115 (1.59%) WebEx
11 110 (1.52%) Cisco IOS
12 82 (1.13%) Wi-Fi
13 75 (1.03%) VoIP
14 58 (0.80%) SAN
15 57 (0.79%) 5G
15 57 (0.79%) HTTP
16 47 (0.65%) VLAN
17 44 (0.61%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 421 (5.81%) SQL Server
2 384 (5.30%) Power BI
3 181 (2.50%) Tableau
4 156 (2.15%) MySQL
5 155 (2.14%) Data Warehouse
6 132 (1.82%) Big Data
7 131 (1.81%) Relational Database
8 128 (1.77%) NoSQL
9 114 (1.57%) PostgreSQL
10 109 (1.50%) Data Lake
11 99 (1.37%) Metadata
12 91 (1.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 83 (1.14%) Base SAS
14 82 (1.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 68 (0.94%) Looker
16 63 (0.87%) Oracle Reports
17 54 (0.74%) MongoDB
18 52 (0.72%) Data Mining
18 52 (0.72%) Hadoop
19 44 (0.61%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 354 (4.88%) Git
2 220 (3.03%) JIRA
3 112 (1.54%) Jenkins
4 74 (1.02%) Selenium
5 63 (0.87%) Visual Studio
6 48 (0.66%) Cypress.io
7 44 (0.61%) Bitbucket
8 41 (0.57%) GitLab
9 29 (0.40%) SoapUI
10 27 (0.37%) Maven
11 26 (0.36%) Rational DOORS
12 20 (0.28%) MSI
12 20 (0.28%) Subversion
13 19 (0.26%) InstallShield
14 18 (0.25%) Cucumber
15 17 (0.23%) AdminStudio
15 17 (0.23%) CMake
16 16 (0.22%) Postman
16 16 (0.22%) TeamCity
17 15 (0.21%) CircleCI
General
1 2,757 (38.03%) Social Skills
2 1,705 (23.52%) Finance
3 1,271 (17.53%) Analytical Skills
4 643 (8.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 470 (6.48%) Marketing
6 434 (5.99%) Manufacturing
7 371 (5.12%) Legal
8 341 (4.70%) Public Sector
9 317 (4.37%) Telecoms
10 309 (4.26%) Retail
11 271 (3.74%) Electronics
12 265 (3.66%) Presentation Skills
13 249 (3.43%) Banking
14 192 (2.65%) Law
15 178 (2.46%) Organisational Skills
16 168 (2.32%) Automotive
17 151 (2.08%) Pharmaceutical
18 127 (1.75%) Aerospace
19 124 (1.71%) Front Office
20 107 (1.48%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 1,252 (17.27%) Senior
2 1,126 (15.53%) Analyst
3 1,071 (14.77%) Developer
4 473 (6.52%) Lead
5 402 (5.54%) Architect
6 371 (5.12%) Project Manager
7 301 (4.15%) Software Engineer
8 292 (4.03%) Graduate
9 265 (3.66%) Consultant
10 245 (3.38%) Senior Manager
11 221 (3.05%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 194 (2.68%) Solutions Architect
13 193 (2.66%) Senior Developer
13 193 (2.66%) Software Developer
14 187 (2.58%) Business Analyst
15 185 (2.55%) Junior
16 165 (2.28%) IT Support
17 164 (2.26%) Support Engineer
18 160 (2.21%) Data Engineer
18 160 (2.21%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 464 (6.40%) .NET
2 442 (6.10%) HTML
3 383 (5.28%) CSS
4 326 (4.50%) React
5 195 (2.69%) AngularJS
6 178 (2.46%) XML
7 166 (2.29%) RESTful
8 144 (1.99%) Node.js
9 140 (1.93%) ASP.NET
10 108 (1.49%) Web Services
11 102 (1.41%) HTML5
12 96 (1.32%) REST
13 95 (1.31%) .NET Framework
14 94 (1.30%) JSON
15 84 (1.16%) SOAP
16 77 (1.06%) Kafka
17 71 (0.98%) Spring
18 67 (0.92%) .NET Core
19 62 (0.86%) Express.js
20 57 (0.79%) CSS3
Miscellaneous
1 566 (7.81%) Management Information System
2 358 (4.94%) Self-Motivation
3 259 (3.57%) Algorithms
4 247 (3.41%) Onboarding
5 224 (3.09%) Greenfield Project
6 200 (2.76%) Virtual Team
7 189 (2.61%) Product Ownership
8 145 (2.00%) Data Centre
9 130 (1.79%) Video Conferencing
10 114 (1.57%) Driving Licence
11 109 (1.50%) Life Science
12 99 (1.37%) Data Structures
13 92 (1.27%) Wiki
14 85 (1.17%) Cyberattack
15 79 (1.09%) Mobile App
16 77 (1.06%) Analytical Mindset
16 77 (1.06%) Hedge funds
17 71 (0.98%) Renewable Energy
18 69 (0.95%) IoT
18 69 (0.95%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 922 (12.72%) Windows
2 512 (7.06%) Linux
3 323 (4.46%) Windows Server
4 271 (3.74%) Windows 10
5 258 (3.56%) Android
6 115 (1.59%) Unix
7 84 (1.16%) Windows Server 2019
8 75 (1.03%) Windows Server 2012
9 61 (0.84%) Windows Server 2016
10 57 (0.79%) Apple iOS
11 51 (0.70%) Mac OS
12 37 (0.51%) Windows 7
13 16 (0.22%) Windows Server 2008
14 15 (0.21%) Mac OS X
15 14 (0.19%) Windows Server 2003
16 13 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 13 (0.18%) Windows 8
17 11 (0.15%) VMS
17 11 (0.15%) Windows XP
18 10 (0.14%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,448 (33.77%) Computer Science
2 1,996 (27.53%) Problem-Solving
3 1,452 (20.03%) Agile
4 1,006 (13.88%) Project Management
5 839 (11.57%) Software Engineering
6 740 (10.21%) Mathematics
7 735 (10.14%) Analytics
8 727 (10.03%) DevOps
9 670 (9.24%) ITIL
10 621 (8.57%) Mentoring
11 590 (8.14%) Business Intelligence
12 529 (7.30%) Project Delivery
13 513 (7.08%) Decision-Making
14 483 (6.66%) Artificial Intelligence
15 468 (6.46%) Cybersecurity
16 431 (5.94%) Stakeholder Management
17 412 (5.68%) Scrum
18 409 (5.64%) Continuous Improvement
19 389 (5.37%) Customer Service
20 385 (5.31%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 1,158 (15.97%) Python
2 1,115 (15.38%) SQL
3 719 (9.92%) C#
4 699 (9.64%) JavaScript
5 542 (7.48%) Java
6 428 (5.90%) C++
7 386 (5.32%) PowerShell
8 256 (3.53%) C
9 242 (3.34%) TypeScript
10 173 (2.39%) Bash
11 168 (2.32%) R
12 143 (1.97%) PHP
13 98 (1.35%) T-SQL
14 93 (1.28%) MATLAB
15 83 (1.14%) SAS Macro
16 72 (0.99%) VB
17 67 (0.92%) Go
18 50 (0.69%) PL/SQL
19 49 (0.68%) Data Analysis Expressions
19 49 (0.68%) Rust
Qualifications
1 1,523 (21.01%) Computer Science Degree
2 902 (12.44%) Master's Degree
3 802 (11.06%) Security Cleared
4 452 (6.23%) SC Cleared
5 227 (3.13%) PhD
6 219 (3.02%) Cisco Certification
7 217 (2.99%) CISSP
8 195 (2.69%) Microsoft Certification
9 172 (2.37%) DV Cleared
10 167 (2.30%) Azure Certification
11 156 (2.15%) HNC
12 149 (2.06%) CISM
13 120 (1.66%) DBS Check
14 113 (1.56%) Numerate Degree
15 111 (1.53%) HND
16 102 (1.41%) CCNA
17 97 (1.34%) CRISC
18 96 (1.32%) PMI Certification
19 85 (1.17%) TOGAF Certification
20 84 (1.16%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 377 (5.20%) QA
2 226 (3.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 148 (2.04%) NIST
4 132 (1.82%) GDPR
5 127 (1.75%) SLA
6 126 (1.74%) Data Quality
7 84 (1.16%) CDISC
8 77 (1.06%) Cyber Essentials
9 74 (1.02%) GRC
9 74 (1.02%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 64 (0.88%) Accessibility
11 63 (0.87%) PMO
12 54 (0.74%) PCI DSS
13 39 (0.54%) ISO 22301
14 31 (0.43%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 28 (0.39%) COBIT
16 27 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 15288
16 27 (0.37%) NCSC
17 26 (0.36%) WCAG
18 25 (0.34%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 609 (8.40%) Active Directory
2 391 (5.39%) Docker
3 231 (3.19%) VMware Infrastructure
4 129 (1.78%) VMware ESXi
5 107 (1.48%) Microsoft App-V
6 104 (1.43%) Firmware
7 95 (1.31%) XenApp
8 91 (1.26%) XenDesktop
9 79 (1.09%) Hyper-V
10 55 (0.76%) vSphere
11 54 (0.74%) Virtual Machines
12 38 (0.52%) Virtual Desktop
13 19 (0.26%) Embedded Firmware
14 18 (0.25%) Virtual Servers
15 12 (0.17%) BitLocker
15 12 (0.17%) Terminal Services
16 11 (0.15%) Oracle RAC
17 10 (0.14%) KVM
18 9 (0.12%) VMware NSX
19 4 (0.055%) Ceph
Systems Management
1 363 (5.01%) Kubernetes
2 230 (3.17%) SCCM
3 189 (2.61%) Terraform
4 148 (2.04%) Ansible
5 142 (1.96%) Microsoft Intune
6 81 (1.12%) AirWatch
7 79 (1.09%) Puppet
8 49 (0.68%) WSUS
9 37 (0.51%) SCOM
10 34 (0.47%) FortiGate
11 32 (0.44%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 29 (0.40%) Grafana
13 25 (0.34%) Cisco CUCM
13 25 (0.34%) Nessus
14 24 (0.33%) HP UCMDB
14 24 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
15 17 (0.23%) Microsoft Clustering
16 16 (0.22%) Progress Chef
16 16 (0.22%) Prometheus
17 14 (0.19%) Kibana
Vendors
1 1,376 (18.98%) Microsoft
2 349 (4.81%) Cisco
3 348 (4.80%) VMware
4 259 (3.57%) Oracle
5 220 (3.03%) SAP
6 200 (2.76%) Salesforce
7 198 (2.73%) Google
8 144 (1.99%) Citrix
9 138 (1.90%) NEC
10 129 (1.78%) ServiceNow
11 71 (0.98%) Adobe
12 68 (0.94%) Databricks
13 65 (0.90%) HP
14 63 (0.87%) Dell
15 51 (0.70%) Remedy
16 49 (0.68%) Apple
16 49 (0.68%) SolarWinds
17 41 (0.57%) CA
18 40 (0.55%) Alteryx
19 39 (0.54%) Juniper