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 17 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 1 14 3
Rank change year-on-year +13 -11 0
Permanent jobs citing Degree 232 142 125
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 24.65% 10.08% 18.94%
As % of the Qualifications category 73.89% 58.68% 62.81%
Number of salaries quoted 48 71 65
10th Percentile £26,750 £23,500 £26,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £29,911 £33,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,831 £40,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.08% -23.81% +31.25%
75th Percentile £65,000 £55,625 £61,250
90th Percentile £92,375 £95,000 £70,000
England median annual salary £53,065 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.52% -8.33% +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 314 242 199
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 33.37% 17.18% 30.15%
Number of salaries quoted 122 130 125
10th Percentile £28,250 £25,750 £29,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £43,536 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.55% -22.26% +40.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,200 £67,500
90th Percentile £74,082 £80,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £56,180 £59,000
% change year-on-year -2.10% -4.78% +7.27%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

Job postings citing Degree as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North East.

Job vacancy trend for Degree 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 17 September 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 17 September 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 +16 160 £40,000 - 63
Durham +7 67 £50,000 +25.00% 25
Northumberland -1 3 - - 5
Degree
England

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North East 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 2 (0.86%) ArcGIS
2 1 (0.43%) Apache
2 1 (0.43%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 66 (28.45%) Chatbot
2 3 (1.29%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.86%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 2 (0.86%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (0.43%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.43%) Revit
Business Applications
1 5 (2.16%) Pegasus Opera
2 2 (0.86%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 46 (19.83%) Azure
2 30 (12.93%) Entra ID
3 11 (4.74%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (2.16%) AWS
4 5 (2.16%) Power Platform
5 3 (1.29%) Dynamics 365
5 3 (1.29%) GCP
5 3 (1.29%) GitHub
6 2 (0.86%) SaaS
7 1 (0.43%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (0.43%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.43%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Copilot
7 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.59%) VoIP
2 4 (1.72%) Asterisk PBX
2 4 (1.72%) DNS
2 4 (1.72%) Firewall
2 4 (1.72%) LAN
2 4 (1.72%) Network Security
2 4 (1.72%) PSTN
2 4 (1.72%) TCP/IP
2 4 (1.72%) VLAN
2 4 (1.72%) VPN
2 4 (1.72%) WAN
2 4 (1.72%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (0.86%) Cisco IOS
3 2 (0.86%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (5.17%) SQL Server
2 5 (2.16%) MySQL
2 5 (2.16%) Power BI
3 2 (0.86%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.43%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.43%) Metadata
4 1 (0.43%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.43%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.43%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (0.86%) Artifactory
1 2 (0.86%) Bitbucket
1 2 (0.86%) JIRA
1 2 (0.86%) Octopus Deploy
1 2 (0.86%) SonarQube
1 2 (0.86%) TeamCity
2 1 (0.43%) Git
General
1 68 (29.31%) Finance
2 65 (28.02%) Manufacturing
3 53 (22.84%) Marketing
4 51 (21.98%) Analytical Skills
5 26 (11.21%) Social Skills
6 16 (6.90%) Retail
7 5 (2.16%) Advertising
7 5 (2.16%) Telecoms
8 4 (1.72%) Dutch Language
8 4 (1.72%) Electronics
8 4 (1.72%) Finnish Language
8 4 (1.72%) Local Government
8 4 (1.72%) Norwegian Language
9 3 (1.29%) Agriculture
9 3 (1.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (0.86%) Back Office
10 2 (0.86%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (0.86%) Military
10 2 (0.86%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (0.86%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 80 (34.48%) Trainer
2 49 (21.12%) Development Manager
2 49 (21.12%) Product Development Manager
2 49 (21.12%) Product Manager
3 30 (12.93%) Identity Management Specialist
3 30 (12.93%) Technology Specialist
4 10 (4.31%) Developer
5 9 (3.88%) Principal Engineer
6 7 (3.02%) Design Engineer
6 7 (3.02%) Systems Engineer
7 6 (2.59%) Analyst
7 6 (2.59%) Coordinator
7 6 (2.59%) Senior
7 6 (2.59%) Support Specialist
8 5 (2.16%) C# Developer
8 5 (2.16%) Graduate
8 5 (2.16%) Instructor
8 5 (2.16%) Principal Systems Engineer
9 4 (1.72%) Graduate Developer
9 4 (1.72%) IT Graduate
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.88%) .NET
2 5 (2.16%) ASP.NET
2 5 (2.16%) CSS
2 5 (2.16%) Flash
3 4 (1.72%) 802.1X
3 4 (1.72%) FreeSWITCH
3 4 (1.72%) jQuery
4 3 (1.29%) .NET Core
5 2 (0.86%) Elastic Stack
5 2 (0.86%) HTML
5 2 (0.86%) XML
6 1 (0.43%) AngularJS
6 1 (0.43%) CSS3
6 1 (0.43%) HTML5
6 1 (0.43%) Node.js
6 1 (0.43%) RESTful
6 1 (0.43%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 49 (21.12%) FMCG
2 34 (14.66%) NHS
3 15 (6.47%) Robotics
4 12 (5.17%) Data Centre
5 7 (3.02%) SCADA
6 4 (1.72%) Data Structures
6 4 (1.72%) LIMS
6 4 (1.72%) Renewable Energy
7 3 (1.29%) Algorithms
7 3 (1.29%) Client/Server
7 3 (1.29%) Distributed Systems
7 3 (1.29%) Hedge funds
8 2 (0.86%) ASTM
8 2 (0.86%) Derivative
8 2 (0.86%) Equities
8 2 (0.86%) Linux Command Line
8 2 (0.86%) Management Information System
8 2 (0.86%) Social Media
9 1 (0.43%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.43%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 8 (3.45%) Linux
2 6 (2.59%) Windows
3 4 (1.72%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.86%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (35.34%) Artificial Intelligence
2 80 (34.48%) Chemistry
3 66 (28.45%) Conversational UI
4 61 (26.29%) Continuous Improvement
5 57 (24.57%) Project Delivery
5 57 (24.57%) Project Management
6 52 (22.41%) Problem-Solving
7 49 (21.12%) Commercialisation
7 49 (21.12%) Community of Practice
7 49 (21.12%) Decision-Making
8 37 (15.95%) Computer Science
9 36 (15.52%) ITIL
10 30 (12.93%) Identity Management
11 21 (9.05%) Mathematics
12 17 (7.33%) Machine Learning
13 16 (6.90%) Data Privacy
14 15 (6.47%) Generative AI
14 15 (6.47%) LLM
14 15 (6.47%) Red Team
15 13 (5.60%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 16 (6.90%) C#
2 15 (6.47%) Python
2 15 (6.47%) SQL
3 11 (4.74%) Java
4 6 (2.59%) C++
4 6 (2.59%) PHP
5 4 (1.72%) Bash
6 3 (1.29%) C
7 2 (0.86%) JavaScript
7 2 (0.86%) PowerShell
7 2 (0.86%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.43%) Dart
8 1 (0.43%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.43%) MATLAB
8 1 (0.43%) R
8 1 (0.43%) Ruby
8 1 (0.43%) Rust
Qualifications
1 61 (26.29%) Master's Degree
2 55 (23.71%) PhD
3 30 (12.93%) DBS Check
4 13 (5.60%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (3.45%) CCNP
5 8 (3.45%) Cisco Certification
6 5 (2.16%) CISSP
6 5 (2.16%) HNC
6 5 (2.16%) HND
7 4 (1.72%) CCNA
7 4 (1.72%) CISM
7 4 (1.72%) CompTIA Security+
7 4 (1.72%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 4 (1.72%) Network+ Certification
7 4 (1.72%) PMI Certification
7 4 (1.72%) PMP
8 3 (1.29%) CISA
8 3 (1.29%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.86%) CRISC
9 2 (0.86%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.16%) QA
2 4 (1.72%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (1.72%) PMO
3 3 (1.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 3 (1.29%) GDPR
3 3 (1.29%) NIST
4 2 (0.86%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.86%) Def Stans
4 2 (0.86%) ISO 9001
4 2 (0.86%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 1 (0.43%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.43%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.43%) SOC 2
System Software
1 34 (14.66%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.86%) Docker
2 2 (0.86%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (0.86%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (1.29%) Kubernetes
1 3 (1.29%) Terraform
2 2 (0.86%) Ansible
2 2 (0.86%) Control-M
2 2 (0.86%) Docker Swarm
2 2 (0.86%) Grafana
Vendors
1 66 (28.45%) PayPal
2 55 (23.71%) Microsoft
3 17 (7.33%) Adobe
3 17 (7.33%) Databricks
3 17 (7.33%) Google
4 10 (4.31%) Cisco
5 5 (2.16%) DIgSILENT
5 5 (2.16%) Pegasus
6 4 (1.72%) CheckPoint
6 4 (1.72%) Meraki
7 3 (1.29%) Atlassian
8 2 (0.86%) Facebook
8 2 (0.86%) VMware
8 2 (0.86%) YouTube
9 1 (0.43%) Capita
9 1 (0.43%) Epicor
9 1 (0.43%) Mitel
9 1 (0.43%) Oracle
9 1 (0.43%) SAP
9 1 (0.43%) ServiceNow