Degree Jobs in Merseyside

Academic Degree
North West > Merseyside

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Merseyside 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 2 22 7
Rank change year-on-year +20 -15 +14
Permanent jobs citing Degree 133 90 201
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Merseyside 29.49% 6.55% 19.71%
As % of the Qualifications category 55.19% 34.09% 45.37%
Number of salaries quoted 37 66 40
10th Percentile £30,150 £22,500 £26,725
25th Percentile £31,250 £25,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £32,500 £46,250
Median % change year-on-year - -29.73% +2.78%
75th Percentile £42,500 £53,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £57,500 £61,875 £62,625
North West median annual salary £50,055 £47,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.38% -13.64% +17.68%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Merseyside

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 Merseyside.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 241 264 443
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Merseyside 53.44% 19.20% 43.43%
Number of salaries quoted 51 140 99
10th Percentile - £22,398 £29,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £26,750 £38,144
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,617 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.52% -15.38% +12.94%
75th Percentile £57,500 £58,125 £60,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £68,783 £86,250
North West median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +0.11% -13.04% +21.05%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

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

Job vacancy trend for Degree in Merseyside

Degree
Salary Trend in Merseyside

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

Salary trend for Degree in Merseyside

Degree
Salary Histogram in Merseyside

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

Salary histogram for Degree in Merseyside

Degree
Job Locations in Merseyside

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Degree within the Merseyside region over the 6 months to 31 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
Liverpool +23 85 £32,500 +2.36% 41
Bootle +10 16 - -
Birkenhead +5 16 - - 1
Prenton 0 16 - -
Degree
North West

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Merseyside 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 17 (12.78%) CMS
1 17 (12.78%) Umbraco
2 9 (6.77%) IBM Domino
3 3 (2.26%) Apache Spark
4 2 (1.50%) Apache
Applications
1 36 (27.07%) Chatbot
2 7 (5.26%) AutoCAD
3 2 (1.50%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.75%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.75%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 7 (5.26%) Azure
2 4 (3.01%) Azure Data Factory
2 4 (3.01%) Azure Functions
2 4 (3.01%) Serverless
3 3 (2.26%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (2.26%) Power Platform
4 2 (1.50%) AWS
5 1 (0.75%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (0.75%) Azure Service Bus
5 1 (0.75%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (0.75%) Entra ID
5 1 (0.75%) Google Ads
5 1 (0.75%) npm
5 1 (0.75%) SaaS
5 1 (0.75%) Yarn
Communications & Networking
1 17 (12.78%) Intranet
2 1 (0.75%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (0.75%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.75%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (15.79%) SQL Server
2 4 (3.01%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (3.01%) Relational Database
3 3 (2.26%) Big Data
3 3 (2.26%) Power BI
4 2 (1.50%) Hadoop
4 2 (1.50%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (3.01%) Git
2 2 (1.50%) JIRA
2 2 (1.50%) webpack
3 1 (0.75%) Babel
3 1 (0.75%) Cucumber
3 1 (0.75%) ESLint
3 1 (0.75%) Robot Framework
3 1 (0.75%) Storybook
General
1 56 (42.11%) Manufacturing
2 45 (33.83%) Retail
3 40 (30.08%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (20.30%) Social Skills
5 12 (9.02%) Dutch Language
5 12 (9.02%) Finnish Language
5 12 (9.02%) Norwegian Language
6 7 (5.26%) Presentation Skills
7 4 (3.01%) Pharmaceutical
8 3 (2.26%) Catalan Language
8 3 (2.26%) Finance
9 2 (1.50%) Advertising
9 2 (1.50%) Automotive
9 2 (1.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.75%) Law
10 1 (0.75%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 81 (60.90%) Trainer
2 18 (13.53%) Developer
3 17 (12.78%) Umbraco Developer
4 9 (6.77%) QA Manager
4 9 (6.77%) Quality Manager
5 7 (5.26%) Civil Engineer
5 7 (5.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 5 (3.76%) Data Engineer
7 4 (3.01%) Azure Data Engineer
7 4 (3.01%) Azure Engineer
8 3 (2.26%) Analyst
8 3 (2.26%) Digital Marketer
8 3 (2.26%) IT Analyst
8 3 (2.26%) IT Support
8 3 (2.26%) IT Support Analyst
8 3 (2.26%) Lecturer
8 3 (2.26%) Support Analyst
9 2 (1.50%) Communications Manager
9 2 (1.50%) Data Scientist
10 1 (0.75%) React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (15.79%) HTML
2 18 (13.53%) CSS
2 18 (13.53%) HTML5
3 17 (12.78%) jQuery
4 2 (1.50%) .NET
4 2 (1.50%) Apache NiFi
4 2 (1.50%) JSON
4 2 (1.50%) JWT
4 2 (1.50%) React
5 1 (0.75%) DOM
5 1 (0.75%) Immutable.js
5 1 (0.75%) Jest
5 1 (0.75%) Loki
5 1 (0.75%) MassTransit
5 1 (0.75%) Material-UI
5 1 (0.75%) MediatR
5 1 (0.75%) Next.js
5 1 (0.75%) React Native
5 1 (0.75%) Redux
5 1 (0.75%) Spark Streaming
Miscellaneous
1 45 (33.83%) Robotics
2 17 (12.78%) NHS
3 3 (2.26%) Life Science
4 2 (1.50%) Product Ownership
5 1 (0.75%) Data Structures
5 1 (0.75%) Linux Command Line
5 1 (0.75%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.75%) Linux
1 1 (0.75%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (63.16%) Artificial Intelligence
2 76 (57.14%) Problem-Solving
3 49 (36.84%) Machine Learning
4 45 (33.83%) Generative AI
4 45 (33.83%) LLM
4 45 (33.83%) Red Team
5 36 (27.07%) Conversational UI
5 36 (27.07%) Data Privacy
6 30 (22.56%) Chemistry
7 18 (13.53%) Clean Code
8 17 (12.78%) Content Management
8 17 (12.78%) Customer Requirements
8 17 (12.78%) Web Development
9 14 (10.53%) Computer Science
10 9 (6.77%) Analytical Thinking
10 9 (6.77%) Innovative Thinking
10 9 (6.77%) Logistics
10 9 (6.77%) Project Delivery
11 8 (6.02%) Mentoring
12 7 (5.26%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 24 (18.05%) SQL
2 21 (15.79%) C#
3 11 (8.27%) Python
4 10 (7.52%) JavaScript
5 4 (3.01%) TypeScript
6 3 (2.26%) C
6 3 (2.26%) C++
6 3 (2.26%) Dart
6 3 (2.26%) Java
6 3 (2.26%) MATLAB
6 3 (2.26%) PHP
6 3 (2.26%) R
6 3 (2.26%) Ruby
6 3 (2.26%) Rust
7 1 (0.75%) Bash
7 1 (0.75%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 28 (21.05%) Master's Degree
1 28 (21.05%) PhD
2 7 (5.26%) RIBA
3 4 (3.01%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (0.75%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (12.78%) Accessibility
1 17 (12.78%) GDPR
1 17 (12.78%) WCAG
2 11 (8.27%) QA
3 2 (1.50%) Data Quality
3 2 (1.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.75%) IFRS
4 1 (0.75%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.75%) NIST
4 1 (0.75%) NIST 800
System Software
1 1 (0.75%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.75%) Grafana
Vendors
1 50 (37.59%) Databricks
2 46 (34.59%) Google
3 45 (33.83%) Adobe
4 36 (27.07%) PayPal
5 17 (12.78%) HP
6 9 (6.77%) Microsoft
7 2 (1.50%) Talend
8 1 (0.75%) SAP