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 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 3 5
Rank change year-on-year +2 +2 +7
Permanent jobs citing Degree 1,241 232 187
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lancashire 53.56% 17.72% 26.79%
As % of the Qualifications category 67.19% 63.22% 67.03%
Number of salaries quoted 959 196 65
10th Percentile £47,683 £26,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £48,869 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £52,084 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.90% -5.30% +32.94%
75th Percentile £54,793 - £61,250
90th Percentile £58,943 £59,000 £77,500
North West median annual salary £50,055 £47,513 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.35% -13.61% +15.79%

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 1,847 367 279
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lancashire 79.72% 28.04% 39.97%
Number of salaries quoted 1,121 322 107
10th Percentile - £26,250 £26,730
25th Percentile £47,683 £35,940 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% +2.04% +28.95%
75th Percentile £54,793 £55,188 £60,800
90th Percentile £58,943 £63,750 £72,360
North West median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +11.00%

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 16 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 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
Preston +3 285 £50,055 +41.00% 22
Blackburn +12 220 £50,055 +43.01% 7
Blackpool +10 217 £50,055 +11.23% 5
Lytham St Annes - 213 £50,055 - 3
Lancaster -1 11 £50,890 -2.29% 8
Burnley +5 1 £45,000 +28.57% 4
Nelson -3 1 £45,000 +87.50% 1
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
1 181 (14.59%) Microsoft Office
2 177 (14.26%) Microsoft Excel
3 173 (13.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 158 (12.73%) Simulink
5 2 (0.16%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.081%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 269 (21.68%) Teamcenter
2 65 (5.24%) 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 29 (2.34%) Power Platform
2 4 (0.32%) Azure
3 2 (0.16%) Asana
3 2 (0.16%) AWS
3 2 (0.16%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (0.16%) Nutanix
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 29 (2.34%) 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
1 138 (11.12%) 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
1 508 (40.93%) Aerospace
2 382 (30.78%) Social Skills
3 253 (20.39%) Automotive
4 222 (17.89%) Avionics
5 141 (11.36%) Aeronautics
6 61 (4.92%) Influencing Skills
7 50 (4.03%) Analytical Skills
8 49 (3.95%) Presentation Skills
9 42 (3.38%) Manufacturing
10 40 (3.22%) Electronics
11 38 (3.06%) Finance
12 37 (2.98%) Organisational Skills
13 34 (2.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 22 (1.77%) Aviation
15 13 (1.05%) Telecoms
16 6 (0.48%) Pharmaceutical
17 4 (0.32%) Retail
18 3 (0.24%) Military
19 1 (0.081%) Legal
19 1 (0.081%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 949 (76.47%) Systems Engineer
2 533 (42.95%) Senior
3 467 (37.63%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 133 (10.72%) Lead
5 101 (8.14%) Lead Systems Engineer
6 77 (6.20%) Team Leader
7 65 (5.24%) Integration Engineer
7 65 (5.24%) Platform Engineer
7 65 (5.24%) Systems Integration Engineer
8 52 (4.19%) Electronics Engineer
9 45 (3.63%) Project Manager
10 40 (3.22%) Senior Integration Engineer
11 39 (3.14%) Security Engineer
12 32 (2.58%) Radar Engineer
13 30 (2.42%) Analyst
13 30 (2.42%) Infrastructure Manager
13 30 (2.42%) Infrastructure Project Manager
14 27 (2.18%) Security Manager
15 25 (2.01%) Digital Analyst
15 25 (2.01%) Graduate
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 (6.45%) Product Ownership
2 50 (4.03%) Management Information System
3 13 (1.05%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (0.40%) SCADA
5 4 (0.32%) Driving Licence
5 4 (0.32%) Social Media
6 3 (0.24%) Linux Command Line
7 2 (0.16%) Algorithms
7 2 (0.16%) Security Posture
8 1 (0.081%) CMDB
8 1 (0.081%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 10 (0.81%) Windows
2 8 (0.64%) Linux
3 4 (0.32%) Windows Vista
4 1 (0.081%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 909 (73.25%) Systems Engineering
2 433 (34.89%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
3 347 (27.96%) Mathematics
4 312 (25.14%) SysML
5 231 (18.61%) Coaching
6 226 (18.21%) Customer Requirements
7 222 (17.89%) Requirements Management
8 216 (17.41%) Agile
9 207 (16.68%) PLM
10 194 (15.63%) Physics
11 190 (15.31%) Validation
12 179 (14.42%) Business Case
13 175 (14.10%) Software Engineering
14 162 (13.05%) SDLC
15 149 (12.01%) Verification and Validation
16 140 (11.28%) Digital Twin
17 131 (10.56%) Feasibility Study
17 131 (10.56%) Hazard Analysis
18 100 (8.06%) MODAF
19 91 (7.33%) Performance Management
Programming Languages
1 390 (31.43%) MATLAB
2 65 (5.24%) Java
3 41 (3.30%) SQL
4 31 (2.50%) C
5 18 (1.45%) C#
6 17 (1.37%) Ada
7 16 (1.29%) VB
8 11 (0.89%) Python
9 3 (0.24%) Bash
9 3 (0.24%) JavaScript
9 3 (0.24%) PowerShell
9 3 (0.24%) Rust
10 2 (0.16%) C++
11 1 (0.081%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.081%) PHP
Qualifications
1 809 (65.19%) BPSS Clearance
2 550 (44.32%) HND
3 485 (39.08%) HNC
4 65 (5.24%) TOGAF Certification
5 22 (1.77%) CEH
6 15 (1.21%) Master's Degree
7 13 (1.05%) CISSP
8 11 (0.89%) Chartered Engineer
9 10 (0.81%) CISM
10 6 (0.48%) DBS Check
11 5 (0.40%) Numerate Degree
12 4 (0.32%) Computer Science Degree
13 3 (0.24%) PhD
14 2 (0.16%) Azure Certification
14 2 (0.16%) Security Cleared
14 2 (0.16%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 1 (0.081%) MOS
15 1 (0.081%) Novell Certification
15 1 (0.081%) Postgraduate
15 1 (0.081%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (2.42%) NEBOSH
2 29 (2.34%) DO-254
3 23 (1.85%) IEC 61508
4 17 (1.37%) Def Stans
5 7 (0.56%) ARP4754
6 6 (0.48%) QA
7 3 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.24%) NIST
8 2 (0.16%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.16%) Data Quality
8 2 (0.16%) NCSC
8 2 (0.16%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.081%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.081%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 22 (1.77%) 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 (15.07%) ANSYS
1 187 (15.07%) Microsoft
2 66 (5.32%) Sparx
3 34 (2.74%) Oracle
4 25 (2.01%) Alteryx
5 20 (1.61%) Atlassian
6 10 (0.81%) MathWorks
7 8 (0.64%) 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%) Apple
12 1 (0.081%) PayPal
12 1 (0.081%) ServiceNow