Degree Jobs in Lancashire

Academic Degree
North West > Lancashire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Lancashire with a requirement for Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 22 January 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jan 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 1 3 4
Rank change year-on-year +2 +1 +7
Permanent jobs citing Degree 963 108 142
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lancashire 57.39% 16.93% 19.64%
As % of the Qualifications category 82.38% 62.07% 60.43%
Number of salaries quoted 621 101 48
10th Percentile £47,683 £32,000 £28,125
25th Percentile £48,869 £41,250 £31,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,793 £52,084 £40,250
Median % change year-on-year +5.20% +29.40% -10.56%
75th Percentile £58,943 - £52,500
90th Percentile £63,900 - £70,795
North West median annual salary £50,055 £51,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.81% +3.00% +11.11%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Lancashire

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 Lancashire.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,169 174 235
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lancashire 69.67% 27.27% 32.50%
Number of salaries quoted 739 156 84
10th Percentile £46,262 £32,500 £23,280
25th Percentile £48,869 £43,750 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,084 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.80% +22.55% -
75th Percentile £58,943 £52,188 £58,750
90th Percentile £63,900 £65,603 £71,055
North West median annual salary £50,055 £52,084 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.90% -5.30% +4.76%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

Job vacancy trend for Degree in Lancashire

Degree
Salary Trend in Lancashire

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

Salary trend for Degree in Lancashire

Degree
Salary Histogram in Lancashire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Degree in Lancashire over the 6 months to 22 January 2025.

Salary histogram for Degree in Lancashire

Degree
Job Locations in Lancashire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Degree within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 22 January 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
Preston +9 289 £54,793 +19.12% 32
Blackburn +6 94 £54,793 +56.55% 9
Blackpool +7 92 £54,793 - 7
Lytham St Annes - 89 £54,793 - 3
Lancaster +4 14 £46,062 +19.64% 3
Chorley -4 10 £52,500 +10.53% 4
Burnley +7 4 £45,000 +28.57% 2
Nelson +3 1 £45,000 +87.50% 3
Newton-le-Willows 0 1 £50,000 +42.86%
Degree
North West

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Lancashire 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 19 (1.97%) Confluence
2 5 (0.52%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.21%) IIS
4 1 (0.10%) Apache
Applications
1 134 (13.91%) Microsoft Office
2 118 (12.25%) Microsoft Excel
3 114 (11.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 96 (9.97%) Simulink
5 7 (0.73%) CATIA
5 7 (0.73%) Siemens NX
6 4 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.21%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 133 (13.81%) Teamcenter
2 7 (0.73%) IBM Planning Analytics
Cloud Services
1 30 (3.12%) Power Platform
2 25 (2.60%) Azure
3 9 (0.93%) AWS
4 8 (0.83%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (0.52%) Entra ID
6 4 (0.42%) Azure Data Factory
6 4 (0.42%) Azure Sentinel
7 3 (0.31%) Asana
8 2 (0.21%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (0.21%) Nutanix
9 1 (0.10%) Azure Storage
9 1 (0.10%) IaaS
9 1 (0.10%) PaaS
9 1 (0.10%) PowerApps
9 1 (0.10%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (0.73%) Wireless
2 5 (0.52%) LAN
2 5 (0.52%) WAN
3 4 (0.42%) 5G
3 4 (0.42%) Bluetooth
3 4 (0.42%) GSM
3 4 (0.42%) LTE
3 4 (0.42%) UMTS
3 4 (0.42%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (0.21%) Broadband
4 2 (0.21%) DNS
4 2 (0.21%) Firewall
4 2 (0.21%) NAS
4 2 (0.21%) SAN
4 2 (0.21%) Structured Cabling
4 2 (0.21%) VPN
5 1 (0.10%) Network Security
5 1 (0.10%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (3.12%) Power BI
2 19 (1.97%) DTS
3 8 (0.83%) SQL Server
4 3 (0.31%) Triplestore
5 2 (0.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.10%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.10%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 52 (5.40%) JIRA
2 51 (5.30%) Rational DOORS
3 19 (1.97%) Rational Rhapsody
4 15 (1.56%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 15 (1.56%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.21%) JIRA Agile
6 1 (0.10%) Eclipse
6 1 (0.10%) Eclipse RCP
6 1 (0.10%) LabVIEW
6 1 (0.10%) Rational Statemate
General
1 297 (30.84%) Aerospace
2 293 (30.43%) Social Skills
3 123 (12.77%) Automotive
4 104 (10.80%) Avionics
5 69 (7.17%) Finance
6 52 (5.40%) Manufacturing
7 46 (4.78%) Analytical Skills
8 44 (4.57%) Organisational Skills
9 40 (4.15%) Presentation Skills
10 35 (3.63%) Electronics
11 34 (3.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 17 (1.77%) Aeronautics
13 16 (1.66%) Military
14 12 (1.25%) Legal
15 10 (1.04%) Influencing Skills
16 5 (0.52%) Public Sector
17 4 (0.42%) Aviation
17 4 (0.42%) Marketing
17 4 (0.42%) Telecoms
18 3 (0.31%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 313 (32.50%) Senior
2 299 (31.05%) Systems Engineer
3 152 (15.78%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 128 (13.29%) Lead
5 98 (10.18%) Engineering Manager
6 60 (6.23%) Project Manager
6 60 (6.23%) Senior Manager
7 52 (5.40%) Systems Engineering Manager
7 52 (5.40%) Systems Manager
8 48 (4.98%) Analyst
9 34 (3.53%) Principal Engineer
10 33 (3.43%) Infrastructure Manager
11 31 (3.22%) Software Engineer
12 30 (3.12%) Infrastructure Project Manager
13 29 (3.01%) Delivery Manager
14 28 (2.91%) Capability Manager
14 28 (2.91%) Digital Analyst
14 28 (2.91%) Graduate
14 28 (2.91%) Graduate Analyst
15 27 (2.80%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (0.52%) CSS
1 5 (0.52%) HTML
2 4 (0.42%) Laravel
3 2 (0.21%) Flutter
4 1 (0.10%) JSP
4 1 (0.10%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 101 (10.49%) Management Information System
2 21 (2.18%) Product Ownership
3 17 (1.77%) SCADA
4 13 (1.35%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (0.42%) Cyber Threat
5 4 (0.42%) Satnav
5 4 (0.42%) Security Operations Centre
6 2 (0.21%) CMDB
6 2 (0.21%) Mobile App
6 2 (0.21%) Social Media
7 1 (0.10%) Data Structures
7 1 (0.10%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (0.10%) Security Posture
7 1 (0.10%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 9 (0.93%) Windows
2 8 (0.83%) Linux
3 6 (0.62%) Windows 10
4 4 (0.42%) Android
4 4 (0.42%) Mac OS
5 3 (0.31%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.21%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.21%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (0.21%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.10%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 393 (40.81%) Systems Engineering
2 177 (18.38%) Mathematics
3 154 (15.99%) PLM
4 142 (14.75%) Agile
5 141 (14.64%) SDLC
6 130 (13.50%) Project Management
7 127 (13.19%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
8 114 (11.84%) Software Engineering
8 114 (11.84%) SysML
9 109 (11.32%) Customer Requirements
10 106 (11.01%) Computer Science
11 105 (10.90%) Business Case
12 101 (10.49%) Continuous Improvement
13 87 (9.03%) Coaching
13 87 (9.03%) Problem-Solving
13 87 (9.03%) Software Testing
14 85 (8.83%) Physics
15 84 (8.72%) Stakeholder Management
16 77 (8.00%) Analytics
16 77 (8.00%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 203 (21.08%) MATLAB
2 89 (9.24%) Java
3 66 (6.85%) SQL
4 29 (3.01%) C
5 26 (2.70%) C#
6 25 (2.60%) Ada
7 17 (1.77%) Python
7 17 (1.77%) VB
8 9 (0.93%) C++
9 6 (0.62%) VBA
10 4 (0.42%) JavaScript
10 4 (0.42%) PHP
10 4 (0.42%) Rust
11 3 (0.31%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.21%) PowerShell
13 1 (0.10%) Bash
13 1 (0.10%) R
Qualifications
1 230 (23.88%) HNC
2 226 (23.47%) HND
3 210 (21.81%) BPSS Clearance
4 78 (8.10%) Chartered Engineer
5 41 (4.26%) Computer Science Degree
6 37 (3.84%) CISSP
7 33 (3.43%) CISM
8 26 (2.70%) Master's Degree
9 19 (1.97%) Numerate Degree
10 14 (1.45%) Security Cleared
11 9 (0.93%) TOGAF Certification
12 7 (0.73%) ACCA
12 7 (0.73%) CIMA
13 4 (0.42%) Azure Certification
13 4 (0.42%) CCNA
13 4 (0.42%) CEH
13 4 (0.42%) Cisco Certification
14 2 (0.21%) APMG
14 2 (0.21%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 1 (0.10%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (3.12%) NEBOSH
1 30 (3.12%) NIST
2 27 (2.80%) NIST 800
3 24 (2.49%) GRC
4 16 (1.66%) IEC 61508
5 14 (1.45%) Def Stans
6 9 (0.93%) Data Quality
7 5 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (0.31%) SLA
10 2 (0.21%) NCSC
10 2 (0.21%) PMO
10 2 (0.21%) QA
11 1 (0.10%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 13 (1.35%) Docker
2 12 (1.25%) Virtual Machines
3 8 (0.83%) Active Directory
4 4 (0.42%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.21%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.21%) Virtual Servers
5 2 (0.21%) vSphere
6 1 (0.10%) KVM
Systems Management
1 13 (1.35%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.31%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (0.21%) Nessus
4 1 (0.10%) Ansible
4 1 (0.10%) Terraform
Vendors
1 163 (16.93%) Microsoft
2 98 (10.18%) ANSYS
3 58 (6.02%) Oracle
4 32 (3.32%) IBM
5 29 (3.01%) Alteryx
6 24 (2.49%) Atlassian
7 22 (2.28%) Cadence
8 17 (1.77%) Micro Focus
9 8 (0.83%) Serena
10 7 (0.73%) Cognos
10 7 (0.73%) Siemens
10 7 (0.73%) VMware
11 4 (0.42%) EMC
11 4 (0.42%) IFS
11 4 (0.42%) SAP
12 3 (0.31%) Google
12 3 (0.31%) ServiceNow
13 2 (0.21%) arcserve
13 2 (0.21%) Red Hat
13 2 (0.21%) Sage