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 12 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 1 16
Rank change year-on-year -32 +15 -12
Permanent jobs citing Degree 147 225 144
As % of all permanent jobs in the North East 4.43% 24.14% 10.03%
As % of the Qualifications category 27.53% 73.05% 59.02%
Number of salaries quoted 102 47 75
10th Percentile £29,250 £26,750 £23,500
25th Percentile £35,935 £31,500 £29,911
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% +5.88% -15.05%
75th Percentile £86,250 £65,000 £55,625
90th Percentile £120,000 £92,250 £95,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £53,065 £55,000
% change year-on-year -1.06% -3.52% -8.33%

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 534 308 244
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 16.08% 33.05% 17.00%
Number of salaries quoted 318 122 136
10th Percentile £33,340 £28,700 £25,750
25th Percentile £43,198 £36,375 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £49,000 £43,536
Median % change year-on-year +17.35% +12.55% -22.26%
75th Percentile £79,688 £64,063 £62,200
90th Percentile £100,000 £72,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -6.78%

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 12 September 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 12 September 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 -34 114 £60,000 +46.95% 82
Durham -21 24 £51,500 +3.00% 26
Northumberland +1 5 £70,000 - 15
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 7 (4.76%) Microsoft Exchange
1 7 (4.76%) SharePoint
2 4 (2.72%) Confluence
3 1 (0.68%) Anypoint
3 1 (0.68%) Apache
3 1 (0.68%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.68%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.68%) Jupyter
3 1 (0.68%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 1 (0.68%) WebSphere
Applications
1 22 (14.97%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (5.44%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (4.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (2.04%) MS Visio
4 3 (2.04%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (1.36%) Adobe XD
5 2 (1.36%) CATIA
5 2 (1.36%) InVision
5 2 (1.36%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (1.36%) Siemens NX
5 2 (1.36%) Sketch
5 2 (1.36%) SOLIDWORKS
5 2 (1.36%) Trello
6 1 (0.68%) LaTeX
Business Applications
1 6 (4.08%) SAP PM
2 4 (2.72%) Sage 50
3 1 (0.68%) Infor CloudSuite
3 1 (0.68%) Infor M3
3 1 (0.68%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.68%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.68%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 25 (17.01%) Azure
2 17 (11.56%) AWS
3 9 (6.12%) IaaS
3 9 (6.12%) PaaS
3 9 (6.12%) SaaS
4 8 (5.44%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (4.08%) GCP
5 6 (4.08%) Power Platform
6 5 (3.40%) Azure AI
6 5 (3.40%) OneDrive
7 4 (2.72%) Amazon EC2
7 4 (2.72%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (2.72%) Cloud Computing
7 4 (2.72%) Figma
8 3 (2.04%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 3 (2.04%) Azure Data Factory
9 2 (1.36%) Copilot Studio
9 2 (1.36%) GitHub Copilot
9 2 (1.36%) Microsoft Copilot
9 2 (1.36%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.40%) DHCP
1 5 (3.40%) DNS
2 4 (2.72%) Firewall
3 3 (2.04%) VLAN
3 3 (2.04%) VPN
3 3 (2.04%) Wireless
4 2 (1.36%) Internet
5 1 (0.68%) BGP
5 1 (0.68%) Cisco ASA
5 1 (0.68%) Cisco Nexus
5 1 (0.68%) Cisco Wireless
5 1 (0.68%) EIGRP
5 1 (0.68%) LAN
5 1 (0.68%) Network Security
5 1 (0.68%) OSPF
5 1 (0.68%) RFID
5 1 (0.68%) SNMP
5 1 (0.68%) WAAS
5 1 (0.68%) WAN
5 1 (0.68%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.72%) Amazon RDS
1 4 (2.72%) GIS
1 4 (2.72%) PostgreSQL
1 4 (2.72%) Power BI
1 4 (2.72%) SQL Server
2 3 (2.04%) Azure SQL Database
2 3 (2.04%) Data Lake
3 2 (1.36%) Tableau
4 1 (0.68%) Data Vault
4 1 (0.68%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.68%) Looker
4 1 (0.68%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (0.68%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 9 (6.12%) JIRA
2 5 (3.40%) Git
3 3 (2.04%) Artifactory
3 3 (2.04%) Bitbucket
3 3 (2.04%) Octopus Deploy
3 3 (2.04%) SonarQube
3 3 (2.04%) TeamCity
4 2 (1.36%) Axure RP
4 2 (1.36%) Balsamiq
5 1 (0.68%) Appcelerator Titanium
5 1 (0.68%) LabVIEW
General
1 53 (36.05%) Finance
2 43 (29.25%) Social Skills
3 29 (19.73%) Manufacturing
4 26 (17.69%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (8.84%) Electronics
6 12 (8.16%) Financial Institution
6 12 (8.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 12 (8.16%) Influencing Skills
7 10 (6.80%) Law
8 9 (6.12%) Marketing
8 9 (6.12%) Pharmaceutical
8 9 (6.12%) Retail
9 8 (5.44%) Public Sector
10 7 (4.76%) Legal
11 5 (3.40%) Local Government
11 5 (3.40%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (2.72%) Banking
12 4 (2.72%) Billing
12 4 (2.72%) General Ledger
13 3 (2.04%) Brand Awareness
Job Titles
1 23 (15.65%) Developer
2 17 (11.56%) Architect
2 17 (11.56%) Senior
2 17 (11.56%) Software Engineer
3 14 (9.52%) Software Developer
4 13 (8.84%) Lead
5 11 (7.48%) Analyst
5 11 (7.48%) C++ Software Engineer
5 11 (7.48%) Rust Engineer
5 11 (7.48%) Rust Software Engineer
6 10 (6.80%) Lead Architect
7 9 (6.12%) C++ Developer
7 9 (6.12%) C++ Software Developer
7 9 (6.12%) Electronics Engineer
7 9 (6.12%) Principal Engineer
7 9 (6.12%) Rust Developer
7 9 (6.12%) Systems Engineer
8 8 (5.44%) Principal Software Engineer
9 7 (4.76%) Graduate
10 6 (4.08%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (6.80%) .NET
2 7 (4.76%) Middleware
3 6 (4.08%) CSS
3 6 (4.08%) HTML
3 6 (4.08%) React
4 5 (3.40%) .NET Core
5 4 (2.72%) Ajax
5 4 (2.72%) Flask
5 4 (2.72%) Jinja
5 4 (2.72%) jQuery
5 4 (2.72%) OpenLayers
5 4 (2.72%) SQLAlchemy
6 3 (2.04%) Elastic Stack
6 3 (2.04%) SignalR
6 3 (2.04%) Terraform
6 3 (2.04%) WebSockets
7 2 (1.36%) boto
7 2 (1.36%) CSS3
7 2 (1.36%) HTML5
7 2 (1.36%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 12 (8.16%) Product Ownership
2 10 (6.80%) IoT
3 9 (6.12%) Self-Motivation
3 9 (6.12%) Web Conferencing
4 8 (5.44%) Algorithms
4 8 (5.44%) Data Structures
5 7 (4.76%) Hedge funds
6 6 (4.08%) Data Centre
6 6 (4.08%) SCADA
7 5 (3.40%) Client/Server
7 5 (3.40%) Cyber Security Posture
7 5 (3.40%) Driving Licence
7 5 (3.40%) FMCG
7 5 (3.40%) Legacy Systems
7 5 (3.40%) Renewable Energy
8 4 (2.72%) Cloud Native
9 3 (2.04%) Embedded Systems
9 3 (2.04%) Industry 4.0
9 3 (2.04%) Management Information System
9 3 (2.04%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 25 (17.01%) Linux
2 12 (8.16%) Windows
3 7 (4.76%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.36%) FreeRTOS
4 2 (1.36%) Windows Server 2016
4 2 (1.36%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (40.14%) Computer Science
2 42 (28.57%) AI
2 42 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
3 33 (22.45%) Continuous Improvement
3 33 (22.45%) Mathematics
3 33 (22.45%) Software Engineering
4 26 (17.69%) Physics
5 25 (17.01%) Analytics
6 20 (13.61%) Requirements Management
7 19 (12.93%) Mentoring
8 18 (12.24%) Agile
8 18 (12.24%) Validation
8 18 (12.24%) Workflow
9 17 (11.56%) Decision-Making
10 16 (10.88%) SDLC
10 16 (10.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 15 (10.20%) DevOps
11 15 (10.20%) Technical Debt
12 14 (9.52%) CI/CD
12 14 (9.52%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 26 (17.69%) C++
2 21 (14.29%) Python
3 20 (13.61%) Rust
3 20 (13.61%) SQL
4 10 (6.80%) C#
5 9 (6.12%) Java
5 9 (6.12%) PowerShell
6 6 (4.08%) TypeScript
7 4 (2.72%) JavaScript
8 2 (1.36%) C
9 1 (0.68%) R
Qualifications
1 33 (22.45%) Computer Science Degree
2 7 (4.76%) DBS Check
3 6 (4.08%) AWS Certification
3 6 (4.08%) Azure Certification
4 4 (2.72%) Security Cleared
5 3 (2.04%) Master's Degree
5 3 (2.04%) TOGAF Certification
6 2 (1.36%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (1.36%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (1.36%) IIBA
6 2 (1.36%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (1.36%) Network+ Certification
6 2 (1.36%) SC Cleared
7 1 (0.68%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 1 (0.68%) APMP
7 1 (0.68%) Chartered Engineer
7 1 (0.68%) CISA
7 1 (0.68%) City & Guilds
7 1 (0.68%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (0.68%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (5.44%) Data Quality
1 8 (5.44%) QA
2 7 (4.76%) ISO 9001
3 3 (2.04%) PMO
4 2 (1.36%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.36%) WCAG
5 1 (0.68%) ECSS
5 1 (0.68%) GDPR
5 1 (0.68%) NEBOSH
5 1 (0.68%) NIST
5 1 (0.68%) P3O
System Software
1 8 (5.44%) vSphere
2 7 (4.76%) Docker
3 5 (3.40%) Active Directory
3 5 (3.40%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (2.72%) Firmware
5 2 (1.36%) Embedded Firmware
5 2 (1.36%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.68%) ProxySG
Systems Management
1 7 (4.76%) Kubernetes
2 5 (3.40%) SCCM
3 3 (2.04%) Ansible
3 3 (2.04%) Control-M
3 3 (2.04%) Docker Swarm
3 3 (2.04%) Grafana
4 1 (0.68%) CloudHub
Vendors
1 33 (22.45%) Microsoft
2 10 (6.80%) VMware
3 9 (6.12%) Sage
4 7 (4.76%) SAP
5 6 (4.08%) Google
6 5 (3.40%) Aruba
7 4 (2.72%) Aderant
7 4 (2.72%) Salesforce
7 4 (2.72%) Xero
8 3 (2.04%) ANSYS
8 3 (2.04%) Atlassian
8 3 (2.04%) Foundry
9 2 (1.36%) Adobe
9 2 (1.36%) Cisco
9 2 (1.36%) EMC
9 2 (1.36%) Infor
9 2 (1.36%) MuleSoft
9 2 (1.36%) Oracle
9 2 (1.36%) Siemens
9 2 (1.36%) Veeam