Degree Jobs in London

Academic Degree
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 5 8 10
Rank change year-on-year +3 +2 +7
Permanent jobs citing Degree 2,502 3,779 5,269
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 19.72% 15.76% 16.07%
As % of the Qualifications category 58.01% 55.80% 60.54%
Number of salaries quoted 1,040 2,286 3,294
10th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £47,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £67,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.41% -3.57% +7.69%
75th Percentile £96,250 £87,500 £91,250
90th Percentile £120,000 £105,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £52,600 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +0.19% -12.50% +9.09%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,313 6,773 8,703
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 33.99% 28.25% 26.55%
Number of salaries quoted 1,810 4,194 5,448
10th Percentile £41,250 £35,631 £40,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £47,719 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% - +3.85%
75th Percentile £90,750 £87,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £111,250 £103,750 £112,500
England median annual salary £54,897 £54,399 £60,000
% change year-on-year +0.92% -9.34% +9.09%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Degree in London

Degree
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Degree in London

Degree
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Degree in London over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Degree in London

Degree
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Degree within the London region over the 6 months to 30 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
Central London +2 513 £69,000 -4.83% 258
South London +3 222 £60,000 +9.09% 42
West London +39 191 £62,500 +25.00% 521
North London +11 97 £68,500 -2.14% 3
East London +2 79 £91,250 +52.08% 57
Degree
England

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 78 (3.12%) SharePoint
2 55 (2.20%) Microsoft Exchange
3 32 (1.28%) Apache Spark
4 23 (0.92%) Apache Airflow
4 23 (0.92%) Confluence
5 14 (0.56%) Apache
6 8 (0.32%) IIS
7 6 (0.24%) SAS
8 5 (0.20%) Kinematics
8 5 (0.20%) Liferay
8 5 (0.20%) Luigi
9 4 (0.16%) CMS
9 4 (0.16%) nginx
10 3 (0.12%) Cloud Foundry
10 3 (0.12%) WordPress
11 2 (0.080%) Skype for Business
12 1 (0.040%) BizTalk Server
12 1 (0.040%) Moodle
12 1 (0.040%) OpenStack
12 1 (0.040%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 332 (13.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 149 (5.96%) Microsoft Office
3 145 (5.80%) Microsoft Excel
4 40 (1.60%) MS Visio
5 38 (1.52%) Chatbot
6 36 (1.44%) Microsoft Project
7 30 (1.20%) Maya
8 12 (0.48%) Photoshop
9 9 (0.36%) Adobe XD
10 8 (0.32%) Adobe Illustrator
10 8 (0.32%) SOLIDWORKS
10 8 (0.32%) Trello
11 6 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
11 6 (0.24%) Stata
12 5 (0.20%) Adobe Creative Suite
13 4 (0.16%) InDesign
13 4 (0.16%) QuarkXPress
14 3 (0.12%) Sketch
15 2 (0.080%) Blender
15 2 (0.080%) Final Cut Pro
Business Applications
1 44 (1.76%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (0.40%) SAP S/4HANA
3 9 (0.36%) Salesforce CRM
4 8 (0.32%) NetSuite
5 5 (0.20%) Remedy ITSM
5 5 (0.20%) SAP CO
5 5 (0.20%) SAP FI
5 5 (0.20%) SAP FI/CO
5 5 (0.20%) Shopify
6 4 (0.16%) CA PPM
6 4 (0.16%) Dynamics AX
6 4 (0.16%) SAP FSCM
7 3 (0.12%) Dynamics NAV
7 3 (0.12%) Elite 3E
7 3 (0.12%) Oracle EBS
7 3 (0.12%) Orchestrade
7 3 (0.12%) SAP Business One
7 3 (0.12%) SAP CX
7 3 (0.12%) SAP IBP
7 3 (0.12%) SAP IS-U
Cloud Services
1 445 (17.79%) Azure
2 358 (14.31%) AWS
3 188 (7.51%) GCP
4 146 (5.84%) Power Platform
5 139 (5.56%) Microsoft 365
6 118 (4.72%) Serverless
7 111 (4.44%) SaaS
8 90 (3.60%) AWS Lambda
9 66 (2.64%) Entra ID
10 62 (2.48%) Dynamics 365
11 53 (2.12%) Cloud Computing
12 47 (1.88%) Azure DevOps
13 43 (1.72%) GitHub
14 37 (1.48%) Azure Data Factory
15 32 (1.28%) PowerApps
16 30 (1.20%) Microsoft Copilot
17 27 (1.08%) PaaS
18 24 (0.96%) OneDrive
19 22 (0.88%) AWS CloudFormation
20 21 (0.84%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 345 (13.79%) Broadband
2 95 (3.80%) Firewall
3 57 (2.28%) Network Security
4 49 (1.96%) DNS
5 41 (1.64%) VLAN
6 37 (1.48%) HTTP
7 32 (1.28%) DHCP
7 32 (1.28%) TCP/IP
7 32 (1.28%) VPN
7 32 (1.28%) WAN
8 29 (1.16%) LAN
9 22 (0.88%) SAN
10 21 (0.84%) Internet
11 19 (0.76%) BGP
11 19 (0.76%) Wireless
12 16 (0.64%) VoIP
13 14 (0.56%) OSPF
13 14 (0.56%) SMTP
13 14 (0.56%) Wi-Fi
14 13 (0.52%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 95 (3.80%) Power BI
2 92 (3.68%) Tableau
3 71 (2.84%) SQL Server
4 44 (1.76%) PostgreSQL
5 43 (1.72%) NoSQL
6 42 (1.68%) Data Warehouse
7 38 (1.52%) Data Lake
8 35 (1.40%) Relational Database
9 28 (1.12%) MySQL
10 19 (0.76%) Amazon Athena
10 19 (0.76%) MongoDB
11 15 (0.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 14 (0.56%) Hadoop
13 13 (0.52%) Amazon RDS
13 13 (0.52%) Azure SQL Database
13 13 (0.52%) Big Data
14 12 (0.48%) Amazon Redshift
14 12 (0.48%) Apache Iceberg
14 12 (0.48%) Data Mining
14 12 (0.48%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 122 (4.88%) Git
2 76 (3.04%) JIRA
3 46 (1.84%) Jenkins
4 14 (0.56%) Gradle
4 14 (0.56%) IntelliJ
5 13 (0.52%) Selenium
6 10 (0.40%) Cypress.io
6 10 (0.40%) SpecFlow
7 9 (0.36%) Maven
8 8 (0.32%) GitLab
8 8 (0.32%) JMeter
8 8 (0.32%) MSTest
8 8 (0.32%) SonarQube
9 7 (0.28%) Axure RP
9 7 (0.28%) Balsamiq
9 7 (0.28%) Visual Studio
10 6 (0.24%) Moq
10 6 (0.24%) Postman
11 5 (0.20%) NUnit
12 4 (0.16%) JUnit
General
1 1,380 (55.16%) Social Skills
2 943 (37.69%) Finance
3 799 (31.93%) Analytical Skills
4 425 (16.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 389 (15.55%) Banking
6 298 (11.91%) French Language
7 287 (11.47%) German Language
8 280 (11.19%) Financial Institution
9 274 (10.95%) Law
10 198 (7.91%) Marketing
11 139 (5.56%) Retail
12 135 (5.40%) Games
13 128 (5.12%) Presentation Skills
14 123 (4.92%) Legal
15 86 (3.44%) Telecoms
16 59 (2.36%) Public Sector
17 57 (2.28%) Front Office
18 52 (2.08%) Organisational Skills
19 42 (1.68%) Advertising
19 42 (1.68%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 560 (22.38%) Analyst
2 476 (19.02%) Senior
3 263 (10.51%) Research Analyst
4 260 (10.39%) Credit Analyst
5 227 (9.07%) Lead
6 201 (8.03%) Architect
7 156 (6.24%) Developer
8 110 (4.40%) Support Engineer
9 101 (4.04%) Solutions Architect
10 95 (3.80%) Software Engineer
11 91 (3.64%) Senior Manager
12 82 (3.28%) Consultant
13 73 (2.92%) Machine Learning Engineer
14 65 (2.60%) Senior Analyst
15 59 (2.36%) Engineering Manager
15 59 (2.36%) Product Manager
15 59 (2.36%) Systems Engineer
16 57 (2.28%) IT Support
17 56 (2.24%) Data Engineer
18 54 (2.16%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 73 (2.92%) .NET
2 72 (2.88%) CSS
3 70 (2.80%) HTML
4 69 (2.76%) React
5 55 (2.20%) Pandas
6 51 (2.04%) Kafka
7 50 (2.00%) REST
8 44 (1.76%) NumPy
9 39 (1.56%) AngularJS
10 34 (1.36%) RESTful
11 32 (1.28%) .NET Framework
12 31 (1.24%) SciPy
13 27 (1.08%) Node.js
13 27 (1.08%) PyTorch
14 26 (1.04%) PySpark
15 23 (0.92%) TensorFlow
16 22 (0.88%) Elastic Stack
17 20 (0.80%) FIX Protocol
17 20 (0.80%) HTML5
18 18 (0.72%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 282 (11.27%) Fixed Income
2 278 (11.11%) Credit Risk
3 183 (7.31%) Management Information System
4 144 (5.76%) Self-Motivation
5 96 (3.84%) Algorithms
6 86 (3.44%) Product Ownership
7 62 (2.48%) Cloud Native
7 62 (2.48%) Enterprise Software
8 50 (2.00%) Virtual Team
9 41 (1.64%) Robotics
10 40 (1.60%) Security Posture
11 38 (1.52%) Onboarding
12 37 (1.48%) Analytical Mindset
12 37 (1.48%) Distributed Systems
13 31 (1.24%) Mobile App
14 30 (1.20%) Data Centre
14 30 (1.20%) Derivative
14 30 (1.20%) IoT
14 30 (1.20%) Legacy Systems
15 29 (1.16%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 269 (10.75%) Windows
2 97 (3.88%) Linux
3 79 (3.16%) Windows Server 2012
4 57 (2.28%) Windows Server
5 46 (1.84%) Windows 10
6 22 (0.88%) Android
7 18 (0.72%) Unix
8 13 (0.52%) Apple iOS
8 13 (0.52%) Windows Server 2016
8 13 (0.52%) Windows Server 2019
9 9 (0.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 7 (0.28%) Ubuntu
11 5 (0.20%) VMS
12 4 (0.16%) Mac OS
13 3 (0.12%) AIX
13 3 (0.12%) Mac OS X
13 3 (0.12%) Robot Operating System
13 3 (0.12%) Rocky
13 3 (0.12%) Windows 7
13 3 (0.12%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 866 (34.61%) Computer Science
2 805 (32.17%) Problem-Solving
3 464 (18.55%) Agile
4 453 (18.11%) Mentoring
5 446 (17.83%) Roadmaps
6 441 (17.63%) Risk Management
7 437 (17.47%) Decision-Making
8 427 (17.07%) Business Strategy
9 411 (16.43%) Analytics
10 303 (12.11%) Artificial Intelligence
11 296 (11.83%) Asset Management
12 290 (11.59%) Risk Assessment
13 285 (11.39%) Data Science
14 283 (11.31%) Portfolio Management
15 271 (10.83%) Financial Modelling
16 266 (10.63%) Project Management
17 261 (10.43%) Credit Risk Analysis
18 260 (10.39%) Product Management
19 250 (9.99%) Broadcast Engineering
20 248 (9.91%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 552 (22.06%) Python
2 303 (12.11%) SQL
3 167 (6.67%) Java
4 149 (5.96%) JavaScript
5 124 (4.96%) TypeScript
6 113 (4.52%) C#
7 89 (3.56%) PowerShell
8 56 (2.24%) C++
9 39 (1.56%) R
9 39 (1.56%) Scala
10 31 (1.24%) C
11 21 (0.84%) Bash
11 21 (0.84%) Rust
12 15 (0.60%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 13 (0.52%) T-SQL
14 11 (0.44%) MATLAB
15 10 (0.40%) Go
15 10 (0.40%) PHP
15 10 (0.40%) PL/SQL
16 8 (0.32%) VB
Qualifications
1 612 (24.46%) Master's Degree
2 605 (24.18%) Computer Science Degree
3 263 (10.51%) CFA
4 220 (8.79%) PhD
5 82 (3.28%) Security Cleared
6 81 (3.24%) CISSP
7 68 (2.72%) Cisco Certification
8 61 (2.44%) Azure Certification
9 60 (2.40%) Microsoft Certification
10 59 (2.36%) PMI Certification
11 52 (2.08%) SC Cleared
12 50 (2.00%) AWS Certification
13 44 (1.76%) CISM
13 44 (1.76%) DBS Check
13 44 (1.76%) PMP
14 36 (1.44%) CCNP
15 35 (1.40%) CCNA
16 32 (1.28%) MBA
17 31 (1.24%) CRISC
18 27 (1.08%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 126 (5.04%) QA
2 65 (2.60%) GDPR
3 64 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 58 (2.32%) NIST
5 52 (2.08%) Data Quality
6 42 (1.68%) Accessibility
7 35 (1.40%) GRC
8 31 (1.24%) PMO
9 25 (1.00%) HIPAA
10 18 (0.72%) SOC 2
11 15 (0.60%) SLA
12 11 (0.44%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 11 (0.44%) NIST 800
13 10 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
13 10 (0.40%) Software Quality Assurance
14 9 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials
14 9 (0.36%) PCI DSS
14 9 (0.36%) WCAG
15 7 (0.28%) MIL-STD-1553
15 7 (0.28%) SOC 1
System Software
1 180 (7.19%) Active Directory
2 103 (4.12%) Docker
3 38 (1.52%) VMware Infrastructure
4 19 (0.76%) Hyper-V
5 17 (0.68%) VMware ESXi
6 11 (0.44%) Virtual Machines
6 11 (0.44%) vSphere
7 6 (0.24%) Virtual Desktop
8 3 (0.12%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 3 (0.12%) Samba
8 3 (0.12%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (0.080%) Firmware
9 2 (0.080%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.040%) BitLocker
10 1 (0.040%) Forefront TMG
10 1 (0.040%) HDFS
10 1 (0.040%) ISA Server
10 1 (0.040%) KVM
Systems Management
1 117 (4.68%) Kubernetes
2 85 (3.40%) Terraform
3 45 (1.80%) Microsoft Intune
4 36 (1.44%) Ansible
5 32 (1.28%) Prometheus
6 29 (1.16%) SCCM
7 27 (1.08%) Grafana
8 10 (0.40%) Single Sign-On
9 9 (0.36%) RSA Archer
9 9 (0.36%) WSUS
10 8 (0.32%) CSIRT
11 7 (0.28%) Puppet
12 6 (0.24%) CASB
13 5 (0.20%) Argo
14 4 (0.16%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 4 (0.16%) Progress Chef
15 2 (0.080%) Cisco CUCM
15 2 (0.080%) Failover Clustering
15 2 (0.080%) Microsoft Clustering
15 2 (0.080%) Packer
Vendors
1 494 (19.74%) Microsoft
2 270 (10.79%) Bloomberg
3 128 (5.12%) Google
4 101 (4.04%) ServiceNow
5 87 (3.48%) SAP
6 82 (3.28%) Salesforce
7 78 (3.12%) Cisco
8 72 (2.88%) Adobe
9 67 (2.68%) Sun
10 49 (1.96%) Databricks
11 47 (1.88%) VMware
12 38 (1.52%) Oracle
13 34 (1.36%) Dell
14 33 (1.32%) Citrix
15 31 (1.24%) Apple
16 20 (0.80%) Fortinet
16 20 (0.80%) OpenAI
17 19 (0.76%) HP
17 19 (0.76%) SolarWinds
18 16 (0.64%) CheckPoint