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 22 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 1 14 8
Rank change year-on-year +13 -6 -3
Permanent jobs citing Degree 265 141 69
As % of all permanent jobs in the North East 26.82% 10.59% 12.66%
As % of the Qualifications category 75.71% 56.63% 52.67%
Number of salaries quoted 49 52 67
10th Percentile £26,400 £26,250 £26,000
25th Percentile £29,250 £33,875 £31,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.89% -10.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £61,650
90th Percentile £76,250 £95,000 £72,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £57,560 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.79% -4.07% +9.09%

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 350 249 131
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 35.43% 18.69% 24.04%
Number of salaries quoted 127 112 113
10th Percentile £28,250 £28,107 £29,500
25th Percentile £31,500 £33,938 £37,199
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -9.09% +29.41%
75th Percentile £60,750 £69,800 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,555 £94,125 £79,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,560 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.45% +0.10% +4.55%

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 22 October 2025.

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 22 October 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
Tyne and Wear +19 186 £37,081 -17.60% 94
Durham +4 74 £50,000 +17.65% 25
Northumberland +4 3 - - 1
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 (0.38%) Apache
1 1 (0.38%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 100 (37.74%) Chatbot
2 3 (1.13%) AutoCAD
3 2 (0.75%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.38%) Revit
Business Applications
1 2 (0.75%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 54 (20.38%) Azure
2 30 (11.32%) Entra ID
3 16 (6.04%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (3.02%) AWS
5 5 (1.89%) Power Platform
6 4 (1.51%) GCP
7 3 (1.13%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (0.75%) GitHub
8 2 (0.75%) SaaS
9 1 (0.38%) Azure Data Factory
9 1 (0.38%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Copilot
9 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.02%) DNS
1 8 (3.02%) TCP/IP
1 8 (3.02%) VPN
1 8 (3.02%) Wi-Fi
2 6 (2.26%) Asterisk PBX
2 6 (2.26%) Firewall
2 6 (2.26%) PSTN
2 6 (2.26%) VoIP
3 4 (1.51%) LAN
3 4 (1.51%) Network Security
3 4 (1.51%) VLAN
3 4 (1.51%) WAN
4 3 (1.13%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (8.30%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.89%) Power BI
3 4 (1.51%) MySQL
4 3 (1.13%) Metadata
5 2 (0.75%) Geospatial Data
5 2 (0.75%) GIS
5 2 (0.75%) QGIS
5 2 (0.75%) Spatial Data
6 1 (0.38%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.38%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.38%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.38%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 9 (3.40%) Bitbucket
1 9 (3.40%) JIRA
2 7 (2.64%) Git
3 3 (1.13%) Artifactory
3 3 (1.13%) Octopus Deploy
3 3 (1.13%) SonarQube
3 3 (1.13%) TeamCity
General
1 76 (28.68%) Finance
2 72 (27.17%) Analytical Skills
3 65 (24.53%) Manufacturing
4 57 (21.51%) Marketing
5 30 (11.32%) Social Skills
6 18 (6.79%) Retail
7 9 (3.40%) Advertising
8 7 (2.64%) Organisational Skills
8 7 (2.64%) Telecoms
9 4 (1.51%) Dutch Language
9 4 (1.51%) Finnish Language
9 4 (1.51%) Norwegian Language
10 3 (1.13%) Legal
11 2 (0.75%) Agriculture
11 2 (0.75%) Back Office
11 2 (0.75%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (0.75%) Electronics
12 1 (0.38%) Catalan Language
12 1 (0.38%) Games
12 1 (0.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 114 (43.02%) Trainer
2 49 (18.49%) Development Manager
2 49 (18.49%) Product Development Manager
2 49 (18.49%) Product Manager
3 30 (11.32%) Identity Management Specialist
3 30 (11.32%) Technology Specialist
4 16 (6.04%) Analyst
5 14 (5.28%) Support Specialist
6 10 (3.77%) Coordinator
7 8 (3.02%) Content Editor
7 8 (3.02%) Customer Support Specialist
8 7 (2.64%) Design Engineer
9 6 (2.26%) Applications Support
9 6 (2.26%) Applications Support Analyst
9 6 (2.26%) Developer
9 6 (2.26%) Principal Engineer
9 6 (2.26%) Support Analyst
9 6 (2.26%) Trainee
10 5 (1.89%) Principal Systems Engineer
10 5 (1.89%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.26%) FreeSWITCH
2 5 (1.89%) Flash
3 4 (1.51%) .NET
3 4 (1.51%) 802.1X
3 4 (1.51%) ASP.NET
3 4 (1.51%) CSS
4 3 (1.13%) Elastic Stack
4 3 (1.13%) jQuery
5 2 (0.75%) HTML
5 2 (0.75%) XML
6 1 (0.38%) CSS3
6 1 (0.38%) HTML5
6 1 (0.38%) RESTful
6 1 (0.38%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 49 (18.49%) FMCG
2 34 (12.83%) NHS
3 15 (5.66%) Robotics
4 8 (3.02%) LIMS
5 7 (2.64%) Data Centre
6 5 (1.89%) SCADA
7 3 (1.13%) Management Information System
7 3 (1.13%) Molecular Biology
7 3 (1.13%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (0.75%) Onboarding
8 2 (0.75%) Renewable Energy
8 2 (0.75%) Social Media
9 1 (0.38%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.38%) Data Structures
9 1 (0.38%) Derivative
9 1 (0.38%) Equities
9 1 (0.38%) Mobile App
9 1 (0.38%) Pricing Data
9 1 (0.38%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.38%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 17 (6.42%) Linux
1 17 (6.42%) Windows
2 8 (3.02%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 116 (43.77%) AI
2 100 (37.74%) Conversational UI
3 98 (36.98%) Chemistry
4 61 (23.02%) Continuous Improvement
5 58 (21.89%) Project Management
6 53 (20.00%) Project Delivery
7 50 (18.87%) Problem-Solving
8 49 (18.49%) Commercialisation
8 49 (18.49%) Community of Practice
8 49 (18.49%) Decision-Making
9 44 (16.60%) ITIL
10 43 (16.23%) Computer Science
11 30 (11.32%) Identity Management
12 20 (7.55%) Mathematics
13 16 (6.04%) Data Privacy
13 16 (6.04%) Machine Learning
14 15 (5.66%) Agile
14 15 (5.66%) Change Management
14 15 (5.66%) Generative AI
14 15 (5.66%) Red Team
Programming Languages
1 20 (7.55%) SQL
2 15 (5.66%) Python
3 10 (3.77%) C#
4 9 (3.40%) Java
5 6 (2.26%) Bash
6 5 (1.89%) PHP
7 4 (1.51%) C++
8 3 (1.13%) C
8 3 (1.13%) PowerShell
9 2 (0.75%) JavaScript
10 1 (0.38%) Dart
10 1 (0.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.38%) MATLAB
10 1 (0.38%) R
10 1 (0.38%) Ruby
10 1 (0.38%) Rust
10 1 (0.38%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 82 (30.94%) Master's Degree
2 75 (28.30%) PhD
3 30 (11.32%) DBS Check
4 18 (6.79%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (3.77%) CCNP
5 10 (3.77%) Cisco Certification
6 9 (3.40%) HNC
6 9 (3.40%) HND
7 6 (2.26%) CompTIA Security+
7 6 (2.26%) ITIL Certification
7 6 (2.26%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 6 (2.26%) Network+ Certification
8 5 (1.89%) CISSP
8 5 (1.89%) PMI Certification
8 5 (1.89%) PMP
9 4 (1.51%) CCNA
9 4 (1.51%) CISM
9 4 (1.51%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (1.13%) CISA
10 3 (1.13%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (2.26%) QA
2 5 (1.89%) Cyber Essentials
2 5 (1.89%) PMO
3 4 (1.51%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 3 (1.13%) GDPR
4 3 (1.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.13%) NIST
5 2 (0.75%) Data Quality
5 2 (0.75%) ISO 9001
5 2 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 1 (0.38%) Accessibility
System Software
1 38 (14.34%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.13%) Docker
2 3 (1.13%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (1.13%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 9 (3.40%) Control-M
1 9 (3.40%) Grafana
1 9 (3.40%) Kubernetes
2 6 (2.26%) Prometheus
3 3 (1.13%) Ansible
3 3 (1.13%) Docker Swarm
3 3 (1.13%) Terraform
Vendors
1 100 (37.74%) PayPal
2 57 (21.51%) Microsoft
3 18 (6.79%) Google
4 17 (6.42%) Databricks
5 15 (5.66%) Adobe
6 10 (3.77%) Cisco
7 5 (1.89%) DIgSILENT
8 4 (1.51%) Atlassian
8 4 (1.51%) CheckPoint
8 4 (1.51%) Meraki
9 3 (1.13%) VMware
10 2 (0.75%) ESRI
11 1 (0.38%) Epicor
11 1 (0.38%) Mitel
11 1 (0.38%) Oracle
11 1 (0.38%) SAP
11 1 (0.38%) ServiceNow