Degree Jobs in Leeds

Academic Degree
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Leeds 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 7 21 23
Rank change year-on-year +14 +2 +2
Permanent jobs citing Degree 134 189 279
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 17.09% 7.92% 9.84%
As % of the Qualifications category 56.54% 39.13% 41.58%
Number of salaries quoted 63 130 115
10th Percentile £25,000 £26,746 £30,800
25th Percentile £25,313 £31,332 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,500 £45,000 £51,500
Median % change year-on-year -36.67% -12.62% +3.00%
75th Percentile £50,000 £58,750 £63,250
90th Percentile £71,850 £75,500 £72,500
West Yorkshire median annual salary £25,625 £45,000 £51,500
% change year-on-year -43.06% -12.62% +8.42%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Leeds

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 Leeds.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 237 483 671
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 30.23% 20.23% 23.66%
Number of salaries quoted 117 266 257
10th Percentile £25,313 £27,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £26,750 £37,500 £42,210
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -7.27% +9.62%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £71,652
90th Percentile £76,000 £82,500 £90,000
West Yorkshire median annual salary £42,000 £50,500 £55,022
% change year-on-year -16.83% -8.22% +10.04%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

Job vacancy trend for Degree in Leeds

Degree
Salary Trend in Leeds

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

Salary trend for Degree in Leeds

Degree
Salary Histogram in Leeds

Salary distribution for jobs citing Degree in Leeds over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Degree in Leeds

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leeds 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 12 (8.96%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.24%) Confluence
Applications
1 29 (21.64%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.75%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 21 (15.67%) Azure
2 7 (5.22%) Serverless
3 5 (3.73%) AWS
3 5 (3.73%) Entra ID
3 5 (3.73%) GCP
4 4 (2.99%) Azure Data Factory
4 4 (2.99%) Azure Functions
4 4 (2.99%) Power Platform
5 3 (2.24%) Amazon EC2
5 3 (2.24%) AWS Fargate
5 3 (2.24%) AWS Lambda
6 2 (1.49%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 2 (1.49%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (1.49%) OneDrive
6 2 (1.49%) SaaS
7 1 (0.75%) Azure API Management
7 1 (0.75%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 10 (7.46%) Cisco IOS
1 10 (7.46%) Wireless
2 5 (3.73%) Unified Communications
3 4 (2.99%) Network Security
4 2 (1.49%) DHCP
4 2 (1.49%) DNS
4 2 (1.49%) TCP/IP
4 2 (1.49%) VLAN
4 2 (1.49%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (7.46%) SQL Server
2 7 (5.22%) Big Data
3 5 (3.73%) NoSQL
4 4 (2.99%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (2.99%) Power BI
4 4 (2.99%) Relational Database
5 3 (2.24%) MySQL
6 2 (1.49%) MongoDB
6 2 (1.49%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.75%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 8 (5.97%) JIRA
2 5 (3.73%) Git
3 1 (0.75%) Burp Suite
General
1 33 (24.63%) Social Skills
2 31 (23.13%) Finance
3 26 (19.40%) Banking
4 21 (15.67%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (14.93%) Manufacturing
6 19 (14.18%) Marketing
7 18 (13.43%) Electronics
7 18 (13.43%) Presentation Skills
8 10 (7.46%) Law
9 3 (2.24%) Public Sector
10 2 (1.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.49%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.75%) Agriculture
11 1 (0.75%) Legal
11 1 (0.75%) Local Government
11 1 (0.75%) Retail
Job Titles
1 29 (21.64%) Trainer
2 23 (17.16%) Analyst
3 11 (8.21%) Help Desk Manager
3 11 (8.21%) Technical Manager
4 10 (7.46%) IT Manager
5 9 (6.72%) 2nd Line Support
6 8 (5.97%) Support Analyst
7 7 (5.22%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
7 7 (5.22%) Data Analyst
7 7 (5.22%) IT Analyst
7 7 (5.22%) IT Support
7 7 (5.22%) IT Support Analyst
7 7 (5.22%) Lecturer
7 7 (5.22%) Products Support Manager
7 7 (5.22%) Support Engineer
8 6 (4.48%) Lead
9 5 (3.73%) Azure Engineer
9 5 (3.73%) Junior Technical Engineer
9 5 (3.73%) Junior Technical Support
9 5 (3.73%) Junior Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (8.96%) Software Packaging
2 3 (2.24%) Plotly
3 2 (1.49%) .NET
3 2 (1.49%) AngularJS
3 2 (1.49%) Node.js
3 2 (1.49%) React
3 2 (1.49%) Vue
4 1 (0.75%) ASP.NET
4 1 (0.75%) CSS
4 1 (0.75%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 4 (2.99%) Management Information System
2 3 (2.24%) Algorithms
2 3 (2.24%) Clustering
2 3 (2.24%) NHS
3 2 (1.49%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (1.49%) Molecular Biology
4 1 (0.75%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (0.75%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (0.75%) FMCG
4 1 (0.75%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 12 (8.96%) Windows
1 12 (8.96%) Windows 10
1 12 (8.96%) Windows Server
2 10 (7.46%) Linux
2 10 (7.46%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (40.30%) Mathematics
2 47 (35.07%) Artificial Intelligence
3 35 (26.12%) Computer Science
4 29 (21.64%) Conversational UI
5 23 (17.16%) Physics
6 21 (15.67%) Continuous Improvement
7 19 (14.18%) Cybersecurity
8 18 (13.43%) Line Management
9 16 (11.94%) Fintech
9 16 (11.94%) Software Engineering
10 15 (11.19%) Chemistry
11 13 (9.70%) Analytics
11 13 (9.70%) Data Analytics
11 13 (9.70%) Statistics
12 11 (8.21%) Problem-Solving
12 11 (8.21%) Visualisation
13 10 (7.46%) Customer-Centricity
13 10 (7.46%) Service Delivery
14 9 (6.72%) Agile
15 8 (5.97%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 31 (23.13%) SQL
2 20 (14.93%) Python
3 3 (2.24%) JavaScript
4 2 (1.49%) C#
4 2 (1.49%) TypeScript
5 1 (0.75%) C++
5 1 (0.75%) Java
5 1 (0.75%) Kusto Query Language
5 1 (0.75%) PHP
5 1 (0.75%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 33 (24.63%) Master's Degree
2 27 (20.15%) PhD
3 19 (14.18%) Computer Science Degree
4 14 (10.45%) Microsoft Certification
5 10 (7.46%) CCNP
5 10 (7.46%) Cisco Certification
5 10 (7.46%) MCSA
6 3 (2.24%) DBS Check
7 2 (1.49%) AWS Certification
7 2 (1.49%) Azure Certification
7 2 (1.49%) MCITP
7 2 (1.49%) MCSE
8 1 (0.75%) CompTIA CySA+
8 1 (0.75%) OSCP
8 1 (0.75%) PgMP
8 1 (0.75%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.75%) PMP
8 1 (0.75%) SC Cleared
8 1 (0.75%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.24%) NEBOSH
1 3 (2.24%) NIST
2 2 (1.49%) Data Quality
2 2 (1.49%) QA
3 1 (0.75%) PMO
3 1 (0.75%) SLA
System Software
1 15 (11.19%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.49%) Docker
2 2 (1.49%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (1.49%) Kubernetes
1 2 (1.49%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (1.49%) Terraform
2 1 (0.75%) Ansible
2 1 (0.75%) Nessus
2 1 (0.75%) QRadar
Vendors
1 29 (21.64%) PayPal
2 12 (8.96%) Microsoft
3 10 (7.46%) Cisco
4 7 (5.22%) Databricks
5 2 (1.49%) Alteryx
5 2 (1.49%) SAP
5 2 (1.49%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.75%) AlienVault
6 1 (0.75%) Planview