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 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 8 17 25
Rank change year-on-year +9 +8 -1
Permanent jobs citing Degree 126 194 282
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 16.07% 8.54% 9.62%
As % of the Qualifications category 56.00% 39.84% 40.40%
Number of salaries quoted 64 135 113
10th Percentile £25,000 £26,850 £26,000
25th Percentile £25,313 £31,579 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,500 £45,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -36.67% -14.29% +4.64%
75th Percentile £50,000 £60,625 £65,000
90th Percentile £70,350 £73,500 £77,715
West Yorkshire median annual salary £27,063 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -43.03% -9.52% +10.53%

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 225 487 698
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 28.70% 21.44% 23.82%
Number of salaries quoted 117 271 275
10th Percentile £25,313 £27,500 £31,100
25th Percentile £26,750 £37,500 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,000 £56,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -9.73% +12.61%
75th Percentile £67,500 £69,332 £72,500
90th Percentile £76,000 £82,500 £90,000
West Yorkshire median annual salary £42,000 £51,000 £57,810
% change year-on-year -17.65% -11.78% +15.62%

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 16 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 10 (7.94%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.38%) Confluence
3 1 (0.79%) SAS
Applications
1 19 (15.08%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 19 (15.08%) Azure
2 6 (4.76%) Serverless
3 5 (3.97%) GCP
4 4 (3.17%) AWS
4 4 (3.17%) Azure Data Factory
4 4 (3.17%) Azure Functions
4 4 (3.17%) Power Platform
5 3 (2.38%) Entra ID
6 2 (1.59%) Amazon EC2
6 2 (1.59%) AWS Fargate
6 2 (1.59%) AWS Lambda
6 2 (1.59%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 2 (1.59%) SaaS
7 1 (0.79%) Azure API Management
7 1 (0.79%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (0.79%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 10 (7.94%) Cisco IOS
1 10 (7.94%) Wireless
2 5 (3.97%) Unified Communications
3 4 (3.17%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (7.94%) SQL Server
2 7 (5.56%) Big Data
3 5 (3.97%) NoSQL
4 4 (3.17%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (3.17%) Power BI
4 4 (3.17%) Relational Database
5 3 (2.38%) MySQL
6 2 (1.59%) MongoDB
6 2 (1.59%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.79%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 8 (6.35%) JIRA
2 5 (3.97%) Git
3 1 (0.79%) Burp Suite
General
1 35 (27.78%) Finance
2 33 (26.19%) Social Skills
3 30 (23.81%) Banking
4 19 (15.08%) Manufacturing
4 19 (15.08%) Marketing
4 19 (15.08%) Presentation Skills
5 18 (14.29%) Electronics
6 17 (13.49%) Analytical Skills
7 10 (7.94%) Law
8 5 (3.97%) Legal
9 3 (2.38%) Public Sector
10 2 (1.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.59%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.59%) Retail
11 1 (0.79%) Agriculture
11 1 (0.79%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 24 (19.05%) Analyst
2 19 (15.08%) Trainer
3 11 (8.73%) Help Desk Manager
3 11 (8.73%) Technical Manager
4 10 (7.94%) IT Manager
5 8 (6.35%) Support Analyst
6 7 (5.56%) 2nd Line Support
6 7 (5.56%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
6 7 (5.56%) Data Analyst
6 7 (5.56%) IT Analyst
6 7 (5.56%) IT Support
6 7 (5.56%) IT Support Analyst
6 7 (5.56%) Products Support Manager
7 6 (4.76%) Lead
7 6 (4.76%) Support Engineer
8 5 (3.97%) Junior
8 5 (3.97%) Junior Support Engineer
8 5 (3.97%) Technical Engineer
8 5 (3.97%) Technical Support
8 5 (3.97%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (9.52%) Software Packaging
2 3 (2.38%) Plotly
3 2 (1.59%) .NET
3 2 (1.59%) AngularJS
3 2 (1.59%) Node.js
3 2 (1.59%) React
3 2 (1.59%) Vue
4 1 (0.79%) ASP.NET
4 1 (0.79%) CSS
4 1 (0.79%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 4 (3.17%) Management Information System
2 3 (2.38%) Algorithms
2 3 (2.38%) Clustering
2 3 (2.38%) Hackathon
2 3 (2.38%) Learning Management System
2 3 (2.38%) Mobile App
2 3 (2.38%) NHS
3 2 (1.59%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (1.59%) Molecular Biology
4 1 (0.79%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (0.79%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (0.79%) FMCG
4 1 (0.79%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 10 (7.94%) Linux
1 10 (7.94%) Mac OS X
1 10 (7.94%) Windows
1 10 (7.94%) Windows 10
1 10 (7.94%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (40.48%) Mathematics
2 40 (31.75%) Artificial Intelligence
3 31 (24.60%) Computer Science
4 22 (17.46%) Continuous Improvement
4 22 (17.46%) Cybersecurity
4 22 (17.46%) Physics
5 19 (15.08%) Conversational UI
5 19 (15.08%) Fintech
5 19 (15.08%) Software Engineering
6 18 (14.29%) Line Management
7 14 (11.11%) Analytics
8 13 (10.32%) Agile
8 13 (10.32%) Data Analytics
9 11 (8.73%) Problem-Solving
9 11 (8.73%) Statistics
9 11 (8.73%) Visualisation
10 10 (7.94%) Chemistry
10 10 (7.94%) Customer-Centricity
10 10 (7.94%) Service Delivery
11 9 (7.14%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 31 (24.60%) SQL
2 22 (17.46%) Python
3 6 (4.76%) JavaScript
4 5 (3.97%) C#
5 4 (3.17%) Java
6 3 (2.38%) Kotlin
7 2 (1.59%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.79%) C++
8 1 (0.79%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.79%) PHP
8 1 (0.79%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 27 (21.43%) Master's Degree
2 22 (17.46%) PhD
3 17 (13.49%) Computer Science Degree
4 12 (9.52%) Microsoft Certification
5 10 (7.94%) CCNP
5 10 (7.94%) Cisco Certification
5 10 (7.94%) MCSA
6 3 (2.38%) DBS Check
7 2 (1.59%) AWS Certification
7 2 (1.59%) Azure Certification
7 2 (1.59%) MCITP
7 2 (1.59%) MCSE
7 2 (1.59%) PMI Certification
7 2 (1.59%) PMP
8 1 (0.79%) CompTIA CySA+
8 1 (0.79%) OSCP
8 1 (0.79%) PgMP
8 1 (0.79%) SC Cleared
8 1 (0.79%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.38%) NEBOSH
2 2 (1.59%) Data Quality
2 2 (1.59%) NIST
2 2 (1.59%) QA
3 1 (0.79%) PMO
3 1 (0.79%) SLA
System Software
1 13 (10.32%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.59%) Docker
3 1 (0.79%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.79%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (1.59%) Kubernetes
1 2 (1.59%) Terraform
2 1 (0.79%) Ansible
2 1 (0.79%) Nessus
2 1 (0.79%) QRadar
Vendors
1 19 (15.08%) PayPal
2 13 (10.32%) Microsoft
3 10 (7.94%) Cisco
4 6 (4.76%) Databricks
5 3 (2.38%) Google
5 3 (2.38%) IBM
6 2 (1.59%) Alteryx
6 2 (1.59%) SAP
6 2 (1.59%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.79%) AlienVault
7 1 (0.79%) F5
7 1 (0.79%) Planview