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 18 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 4 11
Rank change year-on-year -4 +7 -6
Permanent jobs citing Degree 151 150 196
As % of all permanent jobs in the North East 10.26% 24.83% 11.88%
As % of the Qualifications category 37.94% 65.79% 56.98%
Number of salaries quoted 36 53 165
10th Percentile - £30,700 £28,450
25th Percentile £28,250 £40,500 £37,199
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -40.91% +10.00% +6.38%
75th Percentile £60,750 £70,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £83,125 £85,000 £73,250
England median annual salary £52,500 £59,750 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.13% +8.64% -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 398 228 344
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 27.04% 37.75% 20.85%
Number of salaries quoted 164 113 274
10th Percentile - £29,450 £29,000
25th Percentile £28,250 £40,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,750 £56,500 £48,367
Median % change year-on-year -24.34% +16.82% +1.82%
75th Percentile £62,500 £72,000 £62,425
90th Percentile £76,470 £83,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £56,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.83% +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 18 March 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 18 March 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 -7 91 £32,500 -40.91% 47
Durham 0 58 - - 11
Northumberland - 2 - - 4
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 (0.66%) Apache Spark
1 1 (0.66%) Confluence
Applications
1 45 (29.80%) Chatbot
2 8 (5.30%) MS Visio
3 3 (1.99%) AutoCAD
4 2 (1.32%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.66%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.66%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 28 (18.54%) Azure
2 17 (11.26%) AWS
3 7 (4.64%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (4.64%) Power Platform
4 3 (1.99%) Azure Data Factory
5 2 (1.32%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 2 (1.32%) GCP
6 1 (0.66%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (0.66%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (0.66%) Azure Stack
6 1 (0.66%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 11 (7.28%) Firewall
1 11 (7.28%) VPN
2 8 (5.30%) BGP
2 8 (5.30%) Cisco ASA
2 8 (5.30%) Cisco Nexus
2 8 (5.30%) Cisco Wireless
2 8 (5.30%) EIGRP
2 8 (5.30%) LAN
2 8 (5.30%) Network Security
2 8 (5.30%) OSPF
2 8 (5.30%) SNMP
2 8 (5.30%) VLAN
2 8 (5.30%) WAAS
2 8 (5.30%) WAN
2 8 (5.30%) Wireless
2 8 (5.30%) Wireless Security
3 3 (1.99%) DNS
3 3 (1.99%) TCP/IP
3 3 (1.99%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (1.32%) PSTN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (9.93%) SQL Server
2 7 (4.64%) Power BI
3 4 (2.65%) Azure SQL Database
3 4 (2.65%) Tableau
4 3 (1.99%) Geospatial Data
4 3 (1.99%) GIS
4 3 (1.99%) Metadata
4 3 (1.99%) QGIS
4 3 (1.99%) Spatial Data
5 2 (1.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.66%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.66%) Data Mining
6 1 (0.66%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.66%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.66%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 9 (5.96%) JIRA
2 8 (5.30%) Bitbucket
3 7 (4.64%) Git
4 2 (1.32%) LabVIEW
5 1 (0.66%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.66%) Octopus Deploy
5 1 (0.66%) SonarQube
5 1 (0.66%) TeamCity
General
1 44 (29.14%) Analytical Skills
1 44 (29.14%) Manufacturing
2 42 (27.81%) Marketing
3 35 (23.18%) Finance
4 30 (19.87%) Social Skills
5 10 (6.62%) Organisational Skills
6 6 (3.97%) Advertising
7 5 (3.31%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (2.65%) Games
8 4 (2.65%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (1.99%) Legal
9 3 (1.99%) Retail
10 2 (1.32%) Billing
10 2 (1.32%) Digital Health
10 2 (1.32%) Electronics
10 2 (1.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.32%) Telecoms
10 2 (1.32%) Wearables
11 1 (0.66%) Agriculture
11 1 (0.66%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 45 (29.80%) Trainer
2 39 (25.83%) Development Manager
2 39 (25.83%) Product Development Manager
2 39 (25.83%) Product Manager
3 25 (16.56%) Analyst
4 15 (9.93%) Senior
4 15 (9.93%) Trainee
5 12 (7.95%) Business Analyst
5 12 (7.95%) Trainee Analyst
5 12 (7.95%) Trainee Business Analyst
6 8 (5.30%) Network Engineer
6 8 (5.30%) Senior Network Engineer
6 8 (5.30%) Support Specialist
7 7 (4.64%) Applications Support
7 7 (4.64%) Applications Support Analyst
7 7 (4.64%) Support Analyst
8 6 (3.97%) Customer Support Specialist
9 5 (3.31%) Content Editor
9 5 (3.31%) Project Engineer
10 4 (2.65%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.32%) .NET
1 2 (1.32%) FreeSWITCH
2 1 (0.66%) .NET Core
2 1 (0.66%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 39 (25.83%) FMCG
2 8 (5.30%) Data Centre
3 5 (3.31%) Management Information System
3 5 (3.31%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (1.99%) Hedge funds
4 3 (1.99%) LIMS
4 3 (1.99%) NHS
4 3 (1.99%) Onboarding
4 3 (1.99%) Renewable Energy
5 2 (1.32%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (1.32%) Molecular Biology
6 1 (0.66%) Algorithms
6 1 (0.66%) Client/Server
6 1 (0.66%) Data Structures
6 1 (0.66%) EPoS
6 1 (0.66%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 11 (7.28%) Linux
1 11 (7.28%) Windows
2 3 (1.99%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (41.06%) Chemistry
2 58 (38.41%) Project Management
3 49 (32.45%) Continuous Improvement
4 47 (31.13%) Project Delivery
5 46 (30.46%) Decision-Making
6 45 (29.80%) AI
6 45 (29.80%) Conversational UI
7 40 (26.49%) Community of Practice
8 39 (25.83%) Commercialisation
9 36 (23.84%) Computer Science
10 25 (16.56%) Problem-Solving
11 20 (13.25%) Change Management
12 12 (7.95%) Business Analysis
12 12 (7.95%) ITIL
13 11 (7.28%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 10 (6.62%) Business Continuity
14 10 (6.62%) Mathematics
15 9 (5.96%) Kalman Filter
15 9 (5.96%) Stakeholder Management
15 9 (5.96%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 21 (13.91%) Python
2 12 (7.95%) SQL
3 3 (1.99%) C#
3 3 (1.99%) Java
3 3 (1.99%) PowerShell
4 2 (1.32%) Bash
4 2 (1.32%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 2 (1.32%) VB
5 1 (0.66%) C++
5 1 (0.66%) R
Qualifications
1 38 (25.17%) Master's Degree
2 32 (21.19%) PhD
3 22 (14.57%) Computer Science Degree
4 11 (7.28%) Cisco Certification
5 10 (6.62%) CCNP
6 8 (5.30%) CCIE
7 6 (3.97%) ITIL Certification
8 5 (3.31%) PMI Certification
8 5 (3.31%) PMP
9 4 (2.65%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 3 (1.99%) AWS Certification
10 3 (1.99%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 3 (1.99%) Azure Certification
10 3 (1.99%) CompTIA Security+
10 3 (1.99%) HNC
10 3 (1.99%) HND
10 3 (1.99%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (1.32%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (1.32%) Network+ Certification
12 1 (0.66%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (5.96%) PMO
2 5 (3.31%) QA
3 3 (1.99%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (1.99%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (1.32%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.66%) NIST
System Software
1 8 (5.30%) ProxySG
2 3 (1.99%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.66%) Docker
3 1 (0.66%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 8 (5.30%) Control-M
1 8 (5.30%) Grafana
1 8 (5.30%) Kubernetes
2 7 (4.64%) Prometheus
3 1 (0.66%) Ansible
3 1 (0.66%) Docker Swarm
3 1 (0.66%) Terraform
Vendors
1 45 (29.80%) PayPal
2 12 (7.95%) ServiceNow
3 11 (7.28%) Cisco
4 10 (6.62%) Microsoft
5 8 (5.30%) Blue Coat
5 8 (5.30%) CheckPoint
5 8 (5.30%) F5
5 8 (5.30%) Infoblox
5 8 (5.30%) Motorola
5 8 (5.30%) SolarWinds
6 4 (2.65%) Anaplan
6 4 (2.65%) Genesys
6 4 (2.65%) Verint
7 3 (1.99%) ESRI
8 1 (0.66%) Atlassian
8 1 (0.66%) Nimble Storage
8 1 (0.66%) Proofpoint
8 1 (0.66%) VMware
8 1 (0.66%) Zscaler