Degree Job Trends in the North East

Academic Degree
England > North East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North East with a requirement for Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 5 11
Rank change year-on-year +3 +6 -3
Permanent jobs citing Degree 190 157 149
As % of all permanent jobs in the North East 16.20% 17.88% 12.63%
As % of the Qualifications category 53.22% 62.80% 54.38%
Number of salaries quoted 44 52 124
10th Percentile £26,750 £32,550 £27,500
25th Percentile £28,250 £42,406 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,000 £57,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -42.11% +14.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £60,750 £85,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £94,250 £95,000 £73,250
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% +9.09% -4.35%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North East

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 the North East.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 357 250 274
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 30.43% 28.47% 23.22%
Number of salaries quoted 156 102 220
10th Percentile - £30,800 £28,750
25th Percentile £28,250 £40,125 £33,341
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £59,430 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -32.69% +18.86% +5.26%
75th Percentile £57,500 £80,938 £62,500
90th Percentile £71,875 £95,000 £73,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -4.35%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Degree relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North East.

Degree job vacancy trend in the North East

Degree
Salary Trend in the North East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Degree.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Degree

Degree
Salary Histogram in the North East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Degree in the North East over the 6 months to 1 February 2026.

Salary histogram for Degree in the North East

Degree
Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Degree within the North East region over the 6 months to 1 February 2026. 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
Tyne and Wear +8 127 £33,000 -43.83% 42
Durham 0 63 - - 9
Degree
England

Degree
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (0.53%) Apache Spark
1 1 (0.53%) Confluence
Applications
1 64 (33.68%) Chatbot
2 4 (2.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.11%) MS Visio
3 3 (1.58%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.53%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 27 (14.21%) Azure
2 14 (7.37%) AWS
3 13 (6.84%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (5.26%) Power Platform
5 3 (1.58%) Azure Data Factory
6 2 (1.05%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 2 (1.05%) GCP
7 1 (0.53%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.53%) Azure Stack
7 1 (0.53%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.53%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 12 (6.32%) VPN
2 10 (5.26%) Firewall
3 8 (4.21%) DNS
3 8 (4.21%) TCP/IP
3 8 (4.21%) Wi-Fi
4 6 (3.16%) Asterisk PBX
4 6 (3.16%) PSTN
4 6 (3.16%) VoIP
5 4 (2.11%) BGP
5 4 (2.11%) Cisco ASA
5 4 (2.11%) Cisco Nexus
5 4 (2.11%) Cisco Wireless
5 4 (2.11%) EIGRP
5 4 (2.11%) LAN
5 4 (2.11%) Network Security
5 4 (2.11%) SNMP
5 4 (2.11%) VLAN
5 4 (2.11%) WAAS
5 4 (2.11%) WAN
5 4 (2.11%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (11.58%) SQL Server
2 10 (5.26%) Power BI
3 5 (2.63%) Tableau
4 4 (2.11%) Azure SQL Database
5 3 (1.58%) Geospatial Data
5 3 (1.58%) GIS
5 3 (1.58%) Metadata
5 3 (1.58%) QGIS
5 3 (1.58%) Spatial Data
6 2 (1.05%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.53%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.53%) Data Mining
7 1 (0.53%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.53%) MySQL
7 1 (0.53%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.53%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 10 (5.26%) JIRA
2 9 (4.74%) Bitbucket
3 7 (3.68%) Git
4 2 (1.05%) Artifactory
4 2 (1.05%) Octopus Deploy
4 2 (1.05%) SonarQube
4 2 (1.05%) TeamCity
General
1 60 (31.58%) Finance
1 60 (31.58%) Marketing
2 56 (29.47%) Analytical Skills
3 53 (27.89%) Manufacturing
4 32 (16.84%) Social Skills
5 10 (5.26%) Organisational Skills
6 8 (4.21%) Advertising
7 7 (3.68%) Telecoms
8 5 (2.63%) Games
9 4 (2.11%) Legal
9 4 (2.11%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (1.58%) Retail
11 2 (1.05%) Billing
12 1 (0.53%) Agriculture
12 1 (0.53%) Electronics
12 1 (0.53%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.53%) Law
Job Titles
1 63 (33.16%) Trainer
2 52 (27.37%) Development Manager
2 52 (27.37%) Product Development Manager
2 52 (27.37%) Product Manager
3 28 (14.74%) Analyst
4 17 (8.95%) Trainee
5 15 (7.89%) Business Analyst
6 14 (7.37%) Trainee Analyst
6 14 (7.37%) Trainee Business Analyst
7 13 (6.84%) Support Specialist
8 10 (5.26%) Coordinator
9 9 (4.74%) Senior
10 7 (3.68%) Applications Support
10 7 (3.68%) Applications Support Analyst
10 7 (3.68%) Content Editor
10 7 (3.68%) Customer Support Specialist
10 7 (3.68%) Support Analyst
11 4 (2.11%) Head of IT
11 4 (2.11%) Head of Security
11 4 (2.11%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.16%) FreeSWITCH
2 2 (1.05%) .NET
2 2 (1.05%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (0.53%) ASP.NET
3 1 (0.53%) CSS
3 1 (0.53%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 52 (27.37%) FMCG
2 8 (4.21%) LIMS
3 6 (3.16%) Management Information System
3 6 (3.16%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (2.11%) Data Centre
4 4 (2.11%) Onboarding
5 3 (1.58%) Molecular Biology
5 3 (1.58%) NHS
5 3 (1.58%) Renewable Energy
6 2 (1.05%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (1.05%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.53%) Data Structures
7 1 (0.53%) Derivative
7 1 (0.53%) EPoS
7 1 (0.53%) Equities
7 1 (0.53%) Pricing Data
7 1 (0.53%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 17 (8.95%) Linux
1 17 (8.95%) Windows
2 8 (4.21%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (44.74%) Chemistry
2 76 (40.00%) Project Management
3 65 (34.21%) Continuous Improvement
4 64 (33.68%) AI
4 64 (33.68%) Conversational UI
5 59 (31.05%) Decision-Making
5 59 (31.05%) Project Delivery
6 53 (27.89%) Community of Practice
7 52 (27.37%) Commercialisation
8 39 (20.53%) Computer Science
9 36 (18.95%) Problem-Solving
10 25 (13.16%) Change Management
11 17 (8.95%) ITIL
12 14 (7.37%) Agile
12 14 (7.37%) Business Analysis
13 12 (6.32%) Cybersecurity
14 11 (5.79%) Business Continuity
15 10 (5.26%) Business Intelligence
15 10 (5.26%) Mathematics
15 10 (5.26%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 20 (10.53%) SQL
2 19 (10.00%) Python
3 6 (3.16%) Bash
4 4 (2.11%) C#
4 4 (2.11%) Java
5 3 (1.58%) PowerShell
6 2 (1.05%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.53%) C++
7 1 (0.53%) PHP
Qualifications
1 48 (25.26%) Master's Degree
2 43 (22.63%) PhD
3 19 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 10 (5.26%) CCNP
4 10 (5.26%) Cisco Certification
5 9 (4.74%) HNC
6 8 (4.21%) HND
6 8 (4.21%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 8 (4.21%) PMI Certification
6 8 (4.21%) PMP
7 6 (3.16%) CompTIA Security+
7 6 (3.16%) ITIL Certification
7 6 (3.16%) Network+ Certification
8 5 (2.63%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (2.11%) AWS Certification
9 4 (2.11%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 4 (2.11%) Azure Certification
9 4 (2.11%) CCIE
10 3 (1.58%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 1 (0.53%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.21%) PMO
1 8 (4.21%) QA
2 4 (2.11%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (2.11%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 2 (1.05%) Data Quality
System Software
1 8 (4.21%) Active Directory
2 4 (2.11%) ProxySG
3 2 (1.05%) Docker
3 2 (1.05%) vSphere
4 1 (0.53%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (4.74%) Control-M
1 9 (4.74%) Grafana
1 9 (4.74%) Kubernetes
2 7 (3.68%) Prometheus
3 2 (1.05%) Ansible
3 2 (1.05%) Docker Swarm
3 2 (1.05%) Terraform
Vendors
1 64 (33.68%) PayPal
2 20 (10.53%) Microsoft
3 10 (5.26%) Cisco
4 8 (4.21%) ServiceNow
5 4 (2.11%) Anaplan
5 4 (2.11%) Blue Coat
5 4 (2.11%) CheckPoint
5 4 (2.11%) F5
5 4 (2.11%) Genesys
5 4 (2.11%) Infoblox
5 4 (2.11%) Motorola
5 4 (2.11%) SolarWinds
5 4 (2.11%) Verint
6 3 (1.58%) Atlassian
6 3 (1.58%) ESRI
7 2 (1.05%) VMware
8 1 (0.53%) Google
8 1 (0.53%) Nimble Storage