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 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 4 8 10
Rank change year-on-year +4 +2 +6
Permanent jobs citing Degree 2,596 3,808 5,359
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 20.14% 16.11% 15.89%
As % of the Qualifications category 58.15% 56.29% 60.90%
Number of salaries quoted 1,108 2,330 3,360
10th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £53,750 £47,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,190 £67,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.91% - +3.85%
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 4,464 6,765 8,800
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 34.63% 28.63% 26.09%
Number of salaries quoted 1,933 4,247 5,529
10th Percentile £41,250 £35,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £48,750 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% - +3.85%
75th Percentile £92,500 £87,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £112,500 £105,000 £112,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £54,700 £60,000
% change year-on-year +0.55% -8.83% +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 16 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 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
Central London +2 522 £68,250 -5.86% 292
South London +3 243 £60,000 +9.09% 57
West London +48 199 £62,500 +25.00% 117
North London +12 107 £68,500 -2.14% 9
East London +4 79 £91,250 +52.08% 52
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 75 (2.89%) SharePoint
2 65 (2.50%) Microsoft Exchange
3 33 (1.27%) Apache Spark
4 28 (1.08%) Apache Airflow
5 24 (0.92%) Confluence
6 12 (0.46%) Apache
7 8 (0.31%) CMS
7 8 (0.31%) IIS
8 7 (0.27%) SAS
9 6 (0.23%) Liferay
10 5 (0.19%) Kinematics
10 5 (0.19%) Luigi
10 5 (0.19%) WordPress
11 4 (0.15%) Cloud Foundry
12 3 (0.12%) Jupyter
12 3 (0.12%) nginx
13 2 (0.077%) Appian
14 1 (0.039%) Moodle
14 1 (0.039%) OpenStack
14 1 (0.039%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 395 (15.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 149 (5.74%) Microsoft Excel
3 147 (5.66%) Microsoft Office
4 43 (1.66%) MS Visio
5 34 (1.31%) Microsoft Project
6 32 (1.23%) Chatbot
6 32 (1.23%) Maya
7 15 (0.58%) Photoshop
8 11 (0.42%) Adobe Illustrator
9 10 (0.39%) SOLIDWORKS
10 8 (0.31%) Trello
11 7 (0.27%) Adobe XD
12 6 (0.23%) Adobe Creative Suite
12 6 (0.23%) InDesign
12 6 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
12 6 (0.23%) Stata
13 4 (0.15%) QuarkXPress
14 2 (0.077%) Adobe Premiere
14 2 (0.077%) Blender
14 2 (0.077%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 48 (1.85%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (0.42%) NetSuite
3 9 (0.35%) Salesforce CRM
3 9 (0.35%) SAP S/4HANA
4 7 (0.27%) Shopify
5 5 (0.19%) Remedy ITSM
5 5 (0.19%) SAP CO
5 5 (0.19%) SAP FI
5 5 (0.19%) SAP FI/CO
6 4 (0.15%) Adobe Campaign
6 4 (0.15%) Dynamics AX
6 4 (0.15%) SAP FSCM
7 3 (0.12%) CA PPM
7 3 (0.12%) Dynamics NAV
7 3 (0.12%) Elite 3E
7 3 (0.12%) Orchestrade
7 3 (0.12%) Raiser’s Edge
7 3 (0.12%) SAP Business One
7 3 (0.12%) SAP IBP
7 3 (0.12%) SAP IS-U
Cloud Services
1 469 (18.07%) Azure
2 378 (14.56%) AWS
3 203 (7.82%) GCP
4 150 (5.78%) Microsoft 365
5 143 (5.51%) Power Platform
6 120 (4.62%) SaaS
7 116 (4.47%) Serverless
8 90 (3.47%) AWS Lambda
9 68 (2.62%) Entra ID
10 61 (2.35%) Dynamics 365
11 49 (1.89%) Cloud Computing
12 46 (1.77%) Azure DevOps
13 44 (1.69%) GitHub
14 37 (1.43%) Azure Data Factory
15 33 (1.27%) PaaS
16 32 (1.23%) PowerApps
17 29 (1.12%) Microsoft Copilot
18 23 (0.89%) Azure Monitor
18 23 (0.89%) Power Automate
19 22 (0.85%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 321 (12.37%) Broadband
2 96 (3.70%) Firewall
3 61 (2.35%) Network Security
4 53 (2.04%) DNS
5 43 (1.66%) VLAN
6 41 (1.58%) HTTP
7 35 (1.35%) DHCP
8 31 (1.19%) TCP/IP
9 30 (1.16%) LAN
9 30 (1.16%) WAN
10 28 (1.08%) VPN
11 26 (1.00%) SAN
12 21 (0.81%) Internet
13 19 (0.73%) Wireless
14 18 (0.69%) BGP
14 18 (0.69%) SMTP
15 17 (0.65%) Cisco IOS
16 16 (0.62%) VoIP
17 15 (0.58%) Wi-Fi
18 13 (0.50%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 96 (3.70%) Power BI
2 92 (3.54%) Tableau
3 82 (3.16%) SQL Server
4 50 (1.93%) NoSQL
5 46 (1.77%) PostgreSQL
6 45 (1.73%) Data Warehouse
7 41 (1.58%) Data Lake
8 33 (1.27%) Relational Database
9 30 (1.16%) MySQL
10 21 (0.81%) Amazon Athena
11 20 (0.77%) MongoDB
12 17 (0.65%) Azure SQL Database
13 15 (0.58%) Amazon RDS
13 15 (0.58%) Big Data
14 14 (0.54%) Apache Iceberg
14 14 (0.54%) Dremio
14 14 (0.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 13 (0.50%) Hadoop
16 12 (0.46%) Amazon Redshift
17 11 (0.42%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 131 (5.05%) Git
2 80 (3.08%) JIRA
3 46 (1.77%) Jenkins
4 14 (0.54%) IntelliJ
4 14 (0.54%) Selenium
5 13 (0.50%) GitLab
5 13 (0.50%) Gradle
6 11 (0.42%) Cypress.io
7 10 (0.39%) JMeter
7 10 (0.39%) SpecFlow
8 8 (0.31%) MSTest
8 8 (0.31%) SonarQube
9 7 (0.27%) Axure RP
9 7 (0.27%) Balsamiq
9 7 (0.27%) Maven
9 7 (0.27%) Postman
9 7 (0.27%) Visual Studio
10 6 (0.23%) Moq
10 6 (0.23%) Octopus Deploy
11 5 (0.19%) Burp Suite
General
1 1,441 (55.51%) Social Skills
2 1,021 (39.33%) Finance
3 838 (32.28%) Analytical Skills
4 460 (17.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 440 (16.95%) Banking
6 358 (13.79%) French Language
7 350 (13.48%) German Language
8 338 (13.02%) Financial Institution
9 254 (9.78%) Law
10 189 (7.28%) Marketing
11 138 (5.32%) Retail
12 133 (5.12%) Legal
13 125 (4.82%) Presentation Skills
14 116 (4.47%) Games
15 83 (3.20%) Telecoms
16 68 (2.62%) Front Office
17 62 (2.39%) Public Sector
18 57 (2.20%) Organisational Skills
19 52 (2.00%) Advertising
20 42 (1.62%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 623 (24.00%) Analyst
2 464 (17.87%) Senior
3 322 (12.40%) Research Analyst
4 320 (12.33%) Credit Analyst
5 231 (8.90%) Lead
6 202 (7.78%) Architect
7 163 (6.28%) Developer
8 112 (4.31%) Support Engineer
9 97 (3.74%) Solutions Architect
10 94 (3.62%) Software Engineer
11 87 (3.35%) Consultant
12 75 (2.89%) Machine Learning Engineer
13 70 (2.70%) Product Manager
14 69 (2.66%) Senior Analyst
15 66 (2.54%) Senior Manager
16 61 (2.35%) Systems Engineer
17 60 (2.31%) Business Analyst
18 59 (2.27%) IT Manager
19 58 (2.23%) Data Engineer
20 56 (2.16%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 89 (3.43%) .NET
2 76 (2.93%) CSS
3 75 (2.89%) HTML
4 71 (2.73%) React
5 63 (2.43%) Pandas
6 58 (2.23%) Kafka
7 53 (2.04%) REST
8 51 (1.96%) NumPy
9 42 (1.62%) AngularJS
10 38 (1.46%) RESTful
11 37 (1.43%) .NET Framework
12 35 (1.35%) SciPy
13 33 (1.27%) PyTorch
14 32 (1.23%) PySpark
15 30 (1.16%) Node.js
15 30 (1.16%) TensorFlow
16 28 (1.08%) Elastic Stack
17 24 (0.92%) scikit-learn
18 23 (0.89%) ASP.NET
19 21 (0.81%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 357 (13.75%) Fixed Income
2 335 (12.90%) Credit Risk
3 173 (6.66%) Management Information System
4 148 (5.70%) Self-Motivation
5 106 (4.08%) Algorithms
6 76 (2.93%) Product Ownership
7 64 (2.47%) Cloud Native
8 61 (2.35%) Enterprise Software
9 49 (1.89%) Virtual Team
10 44 (1.69%) Onboarding
11 42 (1.62%) Hedge funds
12 41 (1.58%) Distributed Systems
13 39 (1.50%) Robotics
13 39 (1.50%) Security Posture
14 37 (1.43%) Derivative
14 37 (1.43%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 36 (1.39%) Equities
16 35 (1.35%) Analytical Mindset
17 34 (1.31%) Mobile App
18 33 (1.27%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 269 (10.36%) Windows
2 103 (3.97%) Linux
3 79 (3.04%) Windows Server 2012
4 60 (2.31%) Windows Server
5 49 (1.89%) Windows 10
6 26 (1.00%) Android
6 26 (1.00%) Apple iOS
7 16 (0.62%) Unix
8 12 (0.46%) Windows Server 2016
8 12 (0.46%) Windows Server 2019
9 9 (0.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 9 (0.35%) Ubuntu
10 5 (0.19%) Mac OS X
10 5 (0.19%) Robot Operating System
11 4 (0.15%) Mac OS
11 4 (0.15%) VMS
12 3 (0.12%) AIX
12 3 (0.12%) Rocky
12 3 (0.12%) Windows 7
12 3 (0.12%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 870 (33.51%) Computer Science
2 803 (30.93%) Problem-Solving
3 497 (19.14%) Risk Management
4 491 (18.91%) Decision-Making
5 479 (18.45%) Business Strategy
6 474 (18.26%) Agile
7 452 (17.41%) Mentoring
8 441 (16.99%) Roadmaps
9 431 (16.60%) Analytics
10 373 (14.37%) Asset Management
11 361 (13.91%) Portfolio Management
12 346 (13.33%) Risk Assessment
13 332 (12.79%) Financial Modelling
14 321 (12.37%) Credit Risk Analysis
15 301 (11.59%) Artificial Intelligence
16 296 (11.40%) Data Science
17 267 (10.29%) Product Management
18 262 (10.09%) Machine Learning
18 262 (10.09%) Project Management
19 250 (9.63%) Broadcast Engineering
Programming Languages
1 578 (22.27%) Python
2 322 (12.40%) SQL
3 171 (6.59%) Java
4 163 (6.28%) JavaScript
5 132 (5.08%) C#
6 129 (4.97%) TypeScript
7 95 (3.66%) PowerShell
8 62 (2.39%) C++
9 43 (1.66%) Scala
10 36 (1.39%) R
11 32 (1.23%) C
12 28 (1.08%) Bash
13 21 (0.81%) Rust
14 17 (0.65%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 17 (0.65%) T-SQL
15 14 (0.54%) PHP
16 10 (0.39%) Go
16 10 (0.39%) PL/SQL
17 9 (0.35%) Kotlin
18 8 (0.31%) VB
Qualifications
1 680 (26.19%) Master's Degree
2 598 (23.04%) Computer Science Degree
3 322 (12.40%) CFA
4 223 (8.59%) PhD
5 86 (3.31%) CISSP
6 80 (3.08%) Security Cleared
7 71 (2.73%) Cisco Certification
8 63 (2.43%) Microsoft Certification
9 53 (2.04%) Azure Certification
9 53 (2.04%) SC Cleared
10 52 (2.00%) AWS Certification
10 52 (2.00%) PMI Certification
11 44 (1.69%) CISM
11 44 (1.69%) DBS Check
12 38 (1.46%) CCNA
12 38 (1.46%) PMP
13 35 (1.35%) CCNP
14 30 (1.16%) MBA
15 29 (1.12%) CRISC
15 29 (1.12%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 122 (4.70%) QA
2 63 (2.43%) GDPR
3 56 (2.16%) Data Quality
4 54 (2.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 54 (2.08%) NIST
5 41 (1.58%) Accessibility
6 32 (1.23%) GRC
7 29 (1.12%) PMO
8 27 (1.04%) HIPAA
9 17 (0.65%) SLA
10 16 (0.62%) SOC 2
11 12 (0.46%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 11 (0.42%) NIST 800
13 10 (0.39%) Actionable Recommendations
13 10 (0.39%) Software Quality Assurance
14 9 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials
14 9 (0.35%) WCAG
15 8 (0.31%) GMP
15 8 (0.31%) PCI DSS
16 7 (0.27%) MIL-STD-1553
System Software
1 193 (7.43%) Active Directory
2 113 (4.35%) Docker
3 38 (1.46%) VMware Infrastructure
4 27 (1.04%) Hyper-V
5 21 (0.81%) VMware ESXi
6 13 (0.50%) Virtual Machines
7 11 (0.42%) vSphere
8 10 (0.39%) Virtual Desktop
9 3 (0.12%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 3 (0.12%) Samba
9 3 (0.12%) Virtual Servers
10 2 (0.077%) Firmware
11 1 (0.039%) BitLocker
11 1 (0.039%) Forefront TMG
11 1 (0.039%) HDFS
11 1 (0.039%) ISA Server
11 1 (0.039%) KVM
11 1 (0.039%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 126 (4.85%) Kubernetes
2 83 (3.20%) Terraform
3 49 (1.89%) Microsoft Intune
4 34 (1.31%) Ansible
4 34 (1.31%) SCCM
5 32 (1.23%) Prometheus
6 25 (0.96%) Grafana
7 13 (0.50%) WSUS
8 11 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
9 9 (0.35%) CSIRT
10 8 (0.31%) RSA Archer
11 7 (0.27%) CASB
11 7 (0.27%) Puppet
12 5 (0.19%) Argo
13 4 (0.15%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 4 (0.15%) Failover Clustering
13 4 (0.15%) Progress Chef
14 2 (0.077%) Cisco CUCM
14 2 (0.077%) Microsoft Clustering
14 2 (0.077%) Packer
Vendors
1 492 (18.95%) Microsoft
2 330 (12.71%) Bloomberg
3 138 (5.32%) Google
4 90 (3.47%) Salesforce
5 82 (3.16%) SAP
6 79 (3.04%) Cisco
7 75 (2.89%) ServiceNow
8 71 (2.73%) Adobe
9 68 (2.62%) Sun
10 54 (2.08%) VMware
11 49 (1.89%) Databricks
12 38 (1.46%) Citrix
13 35 (1.35%) Oracle
14 34 (1.31%) Dell
15 32 (1.23%) Apple
16 21 (0.81%) CheckPoint
16 21 (0.81%) Fortinet
17 19 (0.73%) OpenAI
18 18 (0.69%) HP
19 17 (0.65%) Veeam