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

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 1 4 4
Rank change year-on-year +3 0 +8
Permanent jobs citing Degree 1,239 219 194
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lancashire 53.18% 16.02% 27.17%
As % of the Qualifications category 67.23% 60.83% 65.32%
Number of salaries quoted 958 181 72
10th Percentile £47,683 £26,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £48,869 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +32.94%
75th Percentile £54,793 £52,084 £61,250
90th Percentile £58,943 £62,500 £77,500
North West median annual salary £50,055 £47,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.38% -13.64% +17.68%

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 1,843 360 297
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lancashire 79.10% 26.34% 41.60%
Number of salaries quoted 1,118 314 112
10th Percentile £47,683 £26,250 £26,080
25th Percentile £47,728 £35,230 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £49,750
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% +0.50% +30.92%
75th Percentile £54,793 £57,188 £60,825
90th Percentile £58,943 £63,750 £74,560
North West median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +0.11% -13.04% +21.05%

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 31 May 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 31 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
Preston +2 273 £50,055 +41.00% 18
Blackburn +12 223 £50,055 +43.01% 3
Blackpool +10 220 £50,055 +11.23% 2
Lytham St Annes - 217 £50,055 - 1
Lancaster 0 11 £50,890 -2.29% 7
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 15 (1.21%) Confluence
2 1 (0.081%) Apache
2 1 (0.081%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.081%) WordPress
Applications
1 180 (14.53%) Microsoft Office
2 177 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
3 173 (13.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 157 (12.67%) Simulink
5 1 (0.081%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.081%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.081%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 269 (21.71%) Teamcenter
2 65 (5.25%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 3 (0.24%) Maximo
4 1 (0.081%) iTrent
4 1 (0.081%) SAP Business One
4 1 (0.081%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 24 (1.94%) Power Platform
2 4 (0.32%) Azure
3 2 (0.16%) AWS
3 2 (0.16%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (0.16%) Nutanix
4 1 (0.081%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.32%) 5G
1 4 (0.32%) Bluetooth
1 4 (0.32%) GSM
1 4 (0.32%) LTE
1 4 (0.32%) UMTS
1 4 (0.32%) Wi-Fi
1 4 (0.32%) Wireless
2 3 (0.24%) TCP/IP
2 3 (0.24%) VPN
3 2 (0.16%) NAS
3 2 (0.16%) SAN
4 1 (0.081%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (1.94%) Power BI
2 6 (0.48%) Relational Database
3 3 (0.24%) SQL Server
4 2 (0.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.081%) Big Data
5 1 (0.081%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (0.081%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
5 1 (0.081%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.081%) MySQL
5 1 (0.081%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.081%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.081%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 156 (12.59%) Rational DOORS
2 31 (2.50%) JIRA
3 15 (1.21%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 15 (1.21%) Bitbucket
4 7 (0.56%) Git
5 5 (0.40%) ClearCase
6 3 (0.24%) Cucumber
6 3 (0.24%) Robot Framework
7 2 (0.16%) Eclipse
7 2 (0.16%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 1 (0.081%) Eclipse RCP
8 1 (0.081%) GitLab
8 1 (0.081%) Jenkins
8 1 (0.081%) JUnit
8 1 (0.081%) NetBeans
General
1 506 (40.84%) Aerospace
2 373 (30.10%) Social Skills
3 253 (20.42%) Automotive
4 222 (17.92%) Avionics
5 141 (11.38%) Aeronautics
6 61 (4.92%) Influencing Skills
7 50 (4.04%) Presentation Skills
8 49 (3.95%) Analytical Skills
9 42 (3.39%) Manufacturing
10 39 (3.15%) Electronics
11 37 (2.99%) Finance
12 33 (2.66%) Organisational Skills
13 29 (2.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 22 (1.78%) Aviation
15 14 (1.13%) Telecoms
16 6 (0.48%) Pharmaceutical
17 5 (0.40%) Retail
18 3 (0.24%) Military
19 1 (0.081%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 969 (78.21%) Systems Engineer
2 524 (42.29%) Senior
3 467 (37.69%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 132 (10.65%) Lead
5 101 (8.15%) Lead Systems Engineer
6 76 (6.13%) Team Leader
7 71 (5.73%) Electronics Engineer
8 65 (5.25%) Platform Engineer
9 63 (5.08%) Integration Engineer
9 63 (5.08%) Systems Integration Engineer
10 43 (3.47%) Project Manager
11 40 (3.23%) Senior Integration Engineer
12 39 (3.15%) Security Engineer
13 32 (2.58%) Radar Engineer
14 30 (2.42%) Infrastructure Manager
14 30 (2.42%) Infrastructure Project Manager
15 27 (2.18%) Security Manager
16 26 (2.10%) Analyst
17 20 (1.61%) Graduate
17 20 (1.61%) Senior Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (0.40%) XML
1 5 (0.40%) XSD
2 1 (0.081%) .NET
2 1 (0.081%) .NET Core
2 1 (0.081%) AngularJS
2 1 (0.081%) ASP.NET
2 1 (0.081%) ASP.NET Web Forms
2 1 (0.081%) CSS
2 1 (0.081%) EDI
2 1 (0.081%) HTML
2 1 (0.081%) JSP
2 1 (0.081%) Laravel
2 1 (0.081%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 80 (6.46%) Product Ownership
2 50 (4.04%) Management Information System
3 12 (0.97%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (0.32%) Driving Licence
4 4 (0.32%) Social Media
5 3 (0.24%) Linux Command Line
6 2 (0.16%) Algorithms
6 2 (0.16%) Security Operations Centre
6 2 (0.16%) Security Posture
7 1 (0.081%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 10 (0.81%) Windows
2 7 (0.56%) Linux
3 4 (0.32%) Windows Vista
4 2 (0.16%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 923 (74.50%) Systems Engineering
2 451 (36.40%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
3 340 (27.44%) Mathematics
4 313 (25.26%) SysML
5 241 (19.45%) Requirements Management
6 229 (18.48%) Coaching
7 226 (18.24%) Customer Requirements
8 212 (17.11%) Agile
9 207 (16.71%) Validation
10 206 (16.63%) PLM
11 192 (15.50%) Physics
12 179 (14.45%) Business Case
13 175 (14.12%) Software Engineering
14 161 (12.99%) SDLC
15 147 (11.86%) Verification and Validation
16 140 (11.30%) Digital Twin
17 131 (10.57%) Feasibility Study
17 131 (10.57%) Hazard Analysis
18 101 (8.15%) MODAF
19 91 (7.34%) Performance Management
Programming Languages
1 390 (31.48%) MATLAB
2 63 (5.08%) Java
3 41 (3.31%) SQL
4 30 (2.42%) C
5 17 (1.37%) C#
6 16 (1.29%) Ada
7 15 (1.21%) VB
8 10 (0.81%) Python
9 3 (0.24%) Bash
9 3 (0.24%) JavaScript
9 3 (0.24%) PowerShell
9 3 (0.24%) Rust
10 1 (0.081%) C++
10 1 (0.081%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.081%) PHP
Qualifications
1 820 (66.18%) BPSS Clearance
2 568 (45.84%) HND
3 503 (40.60%) HNC
4 65 (5.25%) TOGAF Certification
5 22 (1.78%) CEH
6 14 (1.13%) Master's Degree
7 13 (1.05%) CISSP
8 11 (0.89%) Chartered Engineer
9 10 (0.81%) CISM
10 7 (0.56%) DBS Check
11 3 (0.24%) Computer Science Degree
11 3 (0.24%) PhD
12 2 (0.16%) Azure Certification
12 2 (0.16%) Security Cleared
12 2 (0.16%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 1 (0.081%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 1 (0.081%) Novell Certification
13 1 (0.081%) Postgraduate
13 1 (0.081%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (2.42%) NEBOSH
2 29 (2.34%) DO-254
3 19 (1.53%) IEC 61508
4 12 (0.97%) Def Stans
5 7 (0.56%) ARP4754
5 7 (0.56%) QA
6 2 (0.16%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.16%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.16%) NCSC
6 2 (0.16%) NIST
6 2 (0.16%) NIST 800
System Software
1 22 (1.78%) Firmware
2 16 (1.29%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.16%) Docker
3 2 (0.16%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.16%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.081%) KVM
Systems Management
1 5 (0.40%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 187 (15.09%) ANSYS
2 185 (14.93%) Microsoft
3 66 (5.33%) Sparx
4 34 (2.74%) Oracle
5 20 (1.61%) Alteryx
5 20 (1.61%) Atlassian
6 10 (0.81%) MathWorks
7 8 (0.65%) SAP
8 7 (0.56%) IBM
9 6 (0.48%) Google
10 3 (0.24%) Red Hat
11 2 (0.16%) EMC
11 2 (0.16%) VMware
12 1 (0.081%) Avaya
12 1 (0.081%) PayPal
12 1 (0.081%) ServiceNow