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 12 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 1 9 5
Rank change year-on-year +8 -4 +6
Permanent jobs citing Degree 14,370 12,667 17,267
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 29.43% 14.75% 19.22%
As % of the Qualifications category 58.28% 51.82% 58.83%
Number of salaries quoted 5,551 8,056 7,200
10th Percentile £33,750 £27,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £45,628 £37,500 £41,875
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 £52,500 £57,624
% change year-on-year +0.19% -8.89% +4.77%

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 24,658 24,443 29,349
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 50.51% 28.46% 32.67%
Number of salaries quoted 10,277 15,785 13,406
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,453 £31,322
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,500 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £68,750 £71,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £84,640 £87,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,000 £59,526
% change year-on-year +1.85% -9.28% +8.23%

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 12 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 12 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 +9 4,204 £50,055 +5.38% 1,459
North West +8 3,095 £50,055 +4.28% 856
London +4 2,548 £75,000 +11.11% 6,844
South East +2 2,537 £58,000 +12.62% 2,548
Midlands +5 2,442 £47,683 +0.39% 929
West Midlands +4 1,341 £50,000 - 540
East of England +4 1,240 £55,000 +15.79% 1,006
East Midlands +7 1,093 £47,683 +19.21% 356
South West +8 1,073 £52,600 +7.90% 735
Yorkshire +11 912 £43,350 -3.67% 413
North East +10 200 £53,750 +11.13% 213
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
1 307 (2.14%) SharePoint
2 156 (1.09%) Microsoft Exchange
3 57 (0.40%) CMS
3 57 (0.40%) Confluence
4 51 (0.35%) Apache Spark
5 44 (0.31%) Apache
6 42 (0.29%) Apache Airflow
7 33 (0.23%) SAS
8 32 (0.22%) Jupyter
8 32 (0.22%) WordPress
9 21 (0.15%) IIS
9 21 (0.15%) Umbraco
10 17 (0.12%) IBM Domino
11 6 (0.042%) ArcGIS
11 6 (0.042%) Liferay
12 5 (0.035%) Kinematics
12 5 (0.035%) Luigi
13 4 (0.028%) Cloud Foundry
13 4 (0.028%) OpenStack
13 4 (0.028%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 771 (5.37%) Microsoft Office
2 716 (4.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 591 (4.11%) Microsoft Excel
4 434 (3.02%) Chatbot
5 373 (2.60%) Simulink
6 199 (1.38%) Mathcad
7 142 (0.99%) Abaqus
8 111 (0.77%) Microsoft Project
9 81 (0.56%) MS Visio
10 59 (0.41%) SOLIDWORKS
11 41 (0.29%) Mathematica
12 34 (0.24%) AutoCAD
13 32 (0.22%) Maya
14 31 (0.22%) Trello
15 21 (0.15%) Photoshop
16 15 (0.10%) Adobe Illustrator
17 14 (0.097%) Adobe Creative Suite
17 14 (0.097%) Spreadsheet
18 13 (0.090%) Adobe XD
19 11 (0.077%) Revit
Business Applications
1 390 (2.71%) Teamcenter
2 65 (0.45%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 58 (0.40%) Dynamics CRM
4 54 (0.38%) SAP S/4HANA
5 38 (0.26%) Shopify
6 24 (0.17%) NetSuite
7 15 (0.10%) Dynamics NAV
8 12 (0.084%) Dynamics GP
8 12 (0.084%) Remedy ITSM
9 10 (0.070%) TrackWise
10 9 (0.063%) Infor M3
10 9 (0.063%) Magento
10 9 (0.063%) Salesforce CRM
10 9 (0.063%) SAP Business One
10 9 (0.063%) SAP ERP
11 8 (0.056%) Dynamics AX
12 6 (0.042%) Oracle EBS
13 5 (0.035%) Endur
13 5 (0.035%) SAP CO
13 5 (0.035%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 1,082 (7.53%) Azure
2 658 (4.58%) AWS
3 436 (3.03%) Power Platform
4 423 (2.94%) Microsoft 365
5 268 (1.86%) GCP
6 233 (1.62%) SaaS
7 202 (1.41%) Entra ID
8 130 (0.90%) Serverless
9 123 (0.86%) Azure DevOps
10 115 (0.80%) Dynamics 365
11 95 (0.66%) GitHub
12 94 (0.65%) PowerApps
13 91 (0.63%) Cloud Computing
14 83 (0.58%) AWS Lambda
15 77 (0.54%) PaaS
16 69 (0.48%) Power Automate
17 58 (0.40%) Snowflake
18 55 (0.38%) Azure Data Factory
19 46 (0.32%) OneDrive
20 39 (0.27%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 796 (5.54%) Wireless
2 772 (5.37%) Wi-Fi
3 768 (5.34%) 5G
4 747 (5.20%) Bluetooth
5 744 (5.18%) LTE
6 730 (5.08%) GSM
6 730 (5.08%) UMTS
7 663 (4.61%) Broadband
8 234 (1.63%) Firewall
9 185 (1.29%) TCP/IP
10 154 (1.07%) Network Security
11 145 (1.01%) WAN
12 139 (0.97%) VPN
13 128 (0.89%) LAN
14 122 (0.85%) DNS
15 104 (0.72%) VoIP
16 87 (0.61%) Internet
17 86 (0.60%) DHCP
18 82 (0.57%) VLAN
19 62 (0.43%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 349 (2.43%) Power BI
2 319 (2.22%) SQL Server
3 177 (1.23%) Tableau
4 145 (1.01%) Big Data
5 124 (0.86%) Data Warehouse
6 114 (0.79%) Data Lake
7 96 (0.67%) NoSQL
8 91 (0.63%) Relational Database
9 87 (0.61%) MySQL
10 67 (0.47%) PostgreSQL
11 52 (0.36%) MongoDB
12 47 (0.33%) Metadata
13 41 (0.29%) Azure SQL Database
14 37 (0.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 33 (0.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 28 (0.19%) Hadoop
17 27 (0.19%) Amazon RDS
18 23 (0.16%) Amazon Athena
19 22 (0.15%) Dremio
20 19 (0.13%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 392 (2.73%) Rational DOORS
2 330 (2.30%) JIRA
3 272 (1.89%) Git
4 116 (0.81%) LabVIEW
5 79 (0.55%) Jenkins
6 70 (0.49%) Cucumber
7 64 (0.45%) Robot Framework
8 49 (0.34%) Selenium
9 48 (0.33%) Visual Studio
10 27 (0.19%) Cypress.io
11 25 (0.17%) Eclipse
12 20 (0.14%) SpecFlow
13 19 (0.13%) Bitbucket
13 19 (0.13%) Eclipse RCP
14 18 (0.13%) GitLab
15 16 (0.11%) Atlassian Bamboo
16 15 (0.10%) Gradle
17 14 (0.097%) IntelliJ
17 14 (0.097%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
18 13 (0.090%) JMeter
General
1 4,547 (31.64%) Social Skills
2 2,053 (14.29%) Finance
3 2,017 (14.04%) Analytical Skills
4 1,449 (10.08%) Electronics
5 1,368 (9.52%) Manufacturing
6 1,194 (8.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 894 (6.22%) Presentation Skills
8 818 (5.69%) Law
9 756 (5.26%) Aerospace
10 729 (5.07%) Marketing
11 668 (4.65%) Banking
12 658 (4.58%) Automotive
13 601 (4.18%) Retail
14 547 (3.81%) Telecoms
15 443 (3.08%) German Language
16 428 (2.98%) French Language
17 410 (2.85%) Financial Institution
18 364 (2.53%) Legal
19 252 (1.75%) Avionics
20 244 (1.70%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 3,244 (22.57%) Senior
2 2,428 (16.90%) Systems Engineer
3 1,760 (12.25%) Principal Engineer
4 1,307 (9.10%) Analyst
5 1,194 (8.31%) Principal Systems Engineer
6 1,011 (7.04%) Test Engineer
7 912 (6.35%) Lead
8 898 (6.25%) Senior Systems Engineer
9 842 (5.86%) Electronics Engineer
10 734 (5.11%) Electronics Test Engineer
11 712 (4.95%) Trainer
12 554 (3.86%) Developer
13 459 (3.19%) Software Engineer
14 428 (2.98%) Support Engineer
15 422 (2.94%) Architect
16 389 (2.71%) Research Analyst
17 386 (2.69%) Credit Analyst
18 351 (2.44%) Senior Electrical Engineer
19 326 (2.27%) Engineering Manager
20 313 (2.18%) Integration Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 346 (2.41%) HTML
2 302 (2.10%) .NET
3 243 (1.69%) CSS
4 190 (1.32%) React
5 105 (0.73%) REST
6 92 (0.64%) Node.js
7 91 (0.63%) Middleware
8 89 (0.62%) AngularJS
9 83 (0.58%) ASP.NET
10 82 (0.57%) Kafka
11 76 (0.53%) RESTful
12 75 (0.52%) jQuery
13 72 (0.50%) Pandas
14 70 (0.49%) .NET Framework
14 70 (0.49%) HTML5
15 69 (0.48%) NumPy
16 57 (0.40%) PyTorch
17 54 (0.38%) TensorFlow
18 51 (0.35%) SOAP
19 49 (0.34%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 871 (6.06%) Driving Licence
2 651 (4.53%) Management Information System
3 435 (3.03%) Fixed Income
4 414 (2.88%) Credit Risk
5 359 (2.50%) Robotics
6 279 (1.94%) Algorithms
7 273 (1.90%) Self-Motivation
8 225 (1.57%) Product Ownership
9 210 (1.46%) SCADA
10 175 (1.22%) Social Media
11 136 (0.95%) FMCG
12 133 (0.93%) NHS
13 125 (0.87%) Enterprise Software
14 120 (0.84%) Virtual Team
15 97 (0.68%) Linux Command Line
16 96 (0.67%) Onboarding
17 94 (0.65%) Analytical Mindset
17 94 (0.65%) Data Centre
18 90 (0.63%) Security Posture
19 88 (0.61%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 881 (6.13%) Windows
2 503 (3.50%) Linux
3 165 (1.15%) Windows Server
4 151 (1.05%) Windows 10
5 91 (0.63%) Windows Vista
6 77 (0.54%) Windows Server 2012
7 72 (0.50%) Android
8 62 (0.43%) Apple iOS
9 45 (0.31%) Unix
10 44 (0.31%) Windows Server 2016
11 42 (0.29%) Windows Server 2019
12 34 (0.24%) Mac OS
13 32 (0.22%) Mac OS X
14 31 (0.22%) Ubuntu
15 16 (0.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 8 (0.056%) Debian
16 8 (0.056%) Rocky
16 8 (0.056%) VMS
17 6 (0.042%) CentOS
18 5 (0.035%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 3,548 (24.69%) Systems Engineering
2 2,949 (20.52%) Computer Science
3 2,818 (19.61%) Problem-Solving
4 2,380 (16.56%) Mentoring
5 2,338 (16.27%) Mathematics
6 1,853 (12.89%) Agile
7 1,625 (11.31%) Validation
8 1,598 (11.12%) Coaching
9 1,473 (10.25%) Physics
10 1,388 (9.66%) Verification and Validation
11 1,377 (9.58%) Artificial Intelligence
12 1,270 (8.84%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
13 1,229 (8.55%) Project Management
14 1,205 (8.39%) Software Engineering
15 1,133 (7.88%) Cybersecurity
16 1,131 (7.87%) Customer Requirements
17 1,126 (7.84%) Continuous Improvement
18 1,058 (7.36%) Roadmaps
19 1,038 (7.22%) Analytics
20 1,016 (7.07%) SysML
Programming Languages
1 1,311 (9.12%) Python
2 1,084 (7.54%) MATLAB
3 1,015 (7.06%) SQL
4 633 (4.41%) C#
5 562 (3.91%) JavaScript
6 534 (3.72%) Java
7 374 (2.60%) C++
8 329 (2.29%) PowerShell
9 217 (1.51%) C
10 214 (1.49%) TypeScript
11 148 (1.03%) Bash
12 114 (0.79%) Ada
13 91 (0.63%) PHP
14 81 (0.56%) Rust
15 80 (0.56%) R
16 55 (0.38%) Scala
17 43 (0.30%) T-SQL
18 39 (0.27%) Kotlin
18 39 (0.27%) VB
19 34 (0.24%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 4,399 (30.61%) BPSS Clearance
2 1,924 (13.39%) Master's Degree
3 1,787 (12.44%) HND
4 1,753 (12.20%) Computer Science Degree
5 897 (6.24%) Chartered Engineer
6 844 (5.87%) HNC
7 586 (4.08%) PhD
8 387 (2.69%) CFA
9 363 (2.53%) CISSP
10 355 (2.47%) Security Cleared
11 282 (1.96%) Numerate Degree
12 278 (1.93%) DBS Check
13 255 (1.77%) CISM
14 208 (1.45%) SC Cleared
15 202 (1.41%) MBA
16 187 (1.30%) ISTQB
17 182 (1.27%) Microsoft Certification
18 161 (1.12%) Cisco Certification
19 147 (1.02%) CESG Certified Professional
20 142 (0.99%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 583 (4.06%) IEC 61508
2 540 (3.76%) QA
3 450 (3.13%) Def Stans
4 291 (2.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 272 (1.89%) NIST
6 245 (1.70%) Data Quality
7 229 (1.59%) ISO/IEC 15288
8 168 (1.17%) Accessibility
9 159 (1.11%) GDPR
10 158 (1.10%) ISO 9001
11 147 (1.02%) JSP 440
11 147 (1.02%) RMADS
12 144 (1.00%) DO-254
13 121 (0.84%) ARP4754
14 120 (0.84%) ISO/IEC 12207
15 108 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 17025
16 76 (0.53%) SLA
17 64 (0.45%) NEBOSH
18 61 (0.42%) PMO
19 48 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 462 (3.22%) Active Directory
2 224 (1.56%) Docker
3 107 (0.74%) VMware Infrastructure
4 67 (0.47%) Firmware
5 63 (0.44%) Hyper-V
6 53 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
7 27 (0.19%) Embedded Firmware
7 27 (0.19%) vSphere
8 24 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
9 15 (0.10%) Virtual Desktop
10 9 (0.063%) VMware NSX
11 6 (0.042%) HDFS
11 6 (0.042%) Virtual Servers
12 3 (0.021%) BitLocker
12 3 (0.021%) Dovecot
12 3 (0.021%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 3 (0.021%) Postfix
12 3 (0.021%) Samba
13 2 (0.014%) DFS Replication
14 1 (0.007%) KVM
Systems Management
1 259 (1.80%) Kubernetes
2 147 (1.02%) Terraform
3 107 (0.74%) Microsoft Intune
4 85 (0.59%) Ansible
5 50 (0.35%) SCCM
6 49 (0.34%) Grafana
6 49 (0.34%) Prometheus
7 28 (0.19%) Functional Safety
8 27 (0.19%) Puppet
9 16 (0.11%) QRadar
9 16 (0.11%) WSUS
10 14 (0.097%) Jamf Pro
11 12 (0.084%) Single Sign-On
12 9 (0.063%) CSIRT
12 9 (0.063%) Nessus
13 7 (0.049%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 7 (0.049%) CASB
13 7 (0.049%) FortiGate
13 7 (0.049%) SmoothWall
14 6 (0.042%) Argo
Vendors
1 1,632 (11.36%) Microsoft
2 520 (3.62%) Google
3 409 (2.85%) PayPal
4 408 (2.84%) Bloomberg
5 380 (2.64%) Adobe
6 372 (2.59%) Databricks
7 242 (1.68%) Cisco
8 234 (1.63%) SAP
9 215 (1.50%) ANSYS
10 187 (1.30%) Salesforce
11 184 (1.28%) IBM
12 160 (1.11%) VMware
13 151 (1.05%) Oracle
14 126 (0.88%) Siemens
15 125 (0.87%) ServiceNow
16 73 (0.51%) YouTube
17 70 (0.49%) Dell
18 68 (0.47%) Apple
19 66 (0.46%) Sparx
20 63 (0.44%) Alteryx