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

6 months to
1 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 1 15
Rank change year-on-year -33 +14 -12
Permanent jobs citing Degree 122 199 164
As % of all permanent jobs in the North East 4.35% 22.87% 10.20%
As % of the Qualifications category 24.16% 70.82% 59.64%
Number of salaries quoted 79 48 109
10th Percentile £29,850 £25,000 £25,000
25th Percentile £34,957 £32,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,720 £51,250 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +30.18% +20.59% -13.76%
75th Percentile £87,824 £65,000 £53,750
90th Percentile £120,000 £92,000 £63,750
England median annual salary £53,200 £55,000 £54,500
% change year-on-year -3.27% +0.92% -9.17%

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 505 281 275
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 18.02% 32.30% 17.10%
Number of salaries quoted 272 121 193
10th Percentile £33,750 £30,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £37,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £44,094
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% +19.07% -15.20%
75th Percentile £78,224 £67,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £80,000 £69,914
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

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 August 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 August 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 -35 90 £67,110 +27.83% 65
Durham -18 28 £51,500 +3.00% 14
Northumberland 0 2 - - 17
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 6 (4.92%) Microsoft Exchange
1 6 (4.92%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.46%) Confluence
3 1 (0.82%) Anypoint
3 1 (0.82%) Apache
3 1 (0.82%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.82%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.82%) Jupyter
3 1 (0.82%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 1 (0.82%) WebSphere
Applications
1 18 (14.75%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (4.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (4.10%) MS Visio
3 4 (3.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (2.46%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (1.64%) Adobe XD
5 2 (1.64%) InVision
5 2 (1.64%) Sketch
5 2 (1.64%) Trello
6 1 (0.82%) LaTeX
Business Applications
1 4 (3.28%) Sage 50
2 1 (0.82%) Infor CloudSuite
2 1 (0.82%) Infor M3
Cloud Services
1 24 (19.67%) Azure
2 17 (13.93%) AWS
3 7 (5.74%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (4.92%) GCP
4 6 (4.92%) IaaS
4 6 (4.92%) PaaS
5 5 (4.10%) OneDrive
5 5 (4.10%) Power Platform
6 4 (3.28%) Azure AI
6 4 (3.28%) SaaS
7 3 (2.46%) Amazon EC2
7 3 (2.46%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 3 (2.46%) Azure Data Factory
7 3 (2.46%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (2.46%) Cloud Computing
7 3 (2.46%) Figma
8 2 (1.64%) Amazon ECS
8 2 (1.64%) Asana
8 2 (1.64%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 1 (0.82%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 7 (5.74%) Firewall
2 5 (4.10%) DHCP
2 5 (4.10%) DNS
2 5 (4.10%) VLAN
2 5 (4.10%) VPN
2 5 (4.10%) Wireless
3 4 (3.28%) BGP
3 4 (3.28%) Cisco ASA
3 4 (3.28%) Cisco Nexus
3 4 (3.28%) Cisco Wireless
3 4 (3.28%) EIGRP
3 4 (3.28%) LAN
3 4 (3.28%) Network Security
3 4 (3.28%) OSPF
3 4 (3.28%) SNMP
3 4 (3.28%) WAAS
3 4 (3.28%) WAN
3 4 (3.28%) Wireless Security
4 2 (1.64%) Internet
5 1 (0.82%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.28%) Power BI
1 4 (3.28%) SQL Server
2 3 (2.46%) Amazon RDS
2 3 (2.46%) Azure SQL Database
2 3 (2.46%) Data Lake
2 3 (2.46%) GIS
2 3 (2.46%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.82%) Data Vault
3 1 (0.82%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.82%) Looker
3 1 (0.82%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (0.82%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 8 (6.56%) JIRA
2 4 (3.28%) Git
3 3 (2.46%) Artifactory
3 3 (2.46%) Bitbucket
3 3 (2.46%) LabVIEW
3 3 (2.46%) Octopus Deploy
3 3 (2.46%) SonarQube
3 3 (2.46%) TeamCity
4 2 (1.64%) Axure RP
5 1 (0.82%) Balsamiq
General
1 37 (30.33%) Finance
2 34 (27.87%) Social Skills
3 22 (18.03%) Manufacturing
4 20 (16.39%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (9.84%) Marketing
6 10 (8.20%) Influencing Skills
7 9 (7.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 8 (6.56%) Public Sector
9 7 (5.74%) Financial Institution
10 6 (4.92%) Electronics
11 5 (4.10%) Legal
11 5 (4.10%) Local Government
12 4 (3.28%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (2.46%) Banking
13 3 (2.46%) Law
13 3 (2.46%) Retail
14 2 (1.64%) Digital Health
14 2 (1.64%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (1.64%) Wearables
15 1 (0.82%) Legal Technology
Job Titles
1 22 (18.03%) Senior
2 21 (17.21%) Developer
3 18 (14.75%) Software Engineer
4 14 (11.48%) Architect
4 14 (11.48%) Software Developer
5 11 (9.02%) C++ Software Engineer
5 11 (9.02%) Development Manager
5 11 (9.02%) Product Development Manager
5 11 (9.02%) Product Manager
5 11 (9.02%) Rust Engineer
5 11 (9.02%) Rust Software Engineer
6 9 (7.38%) C++ Developer
6 9 (7.38%) C++ Software Developer
6 9 (7.38%) Lead
6 9 (7.38%) Rust Developer
6 9 (7.38%) Systems Engineer
7 8 (6.56%) Principal Engineer
7 8 (6.56%) Principal Software Engineer
8 7 (5.74%) Analyst
8 7 (5.74%) Lead Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (6.56%) .NET
2 6 (4.92%) React
3 5 (4.10%) CSS
3 5 (4.10%) HTML
4 4 (3.28%) .NET Core
4 4 (3.28%) Middleware
5 3 (2.46%) Ajax
5 3 (2.46%) Elastic Stack
5 3 (2.46%) Flask
5 3 (2.46%) Jinja
5 3 (2.46%) jQuery
5 3 (2.46%) OpenLayers
5 3 (2.46%) SignalR
5 3 (2.46%) SQLAlchemy
5 3 (2.46%) WebSockets
6 2 (1.64%) boto
6 2 (1.64%) Framer.js
6 2 (1.64%) Node.js
6 2 (1.64%) PySpark
7 1 (0.82%) RAML
Miscellaneous
1 12 (9.84%) FMCG
2 8 (6.56%) Hedge funds
3 7 (5.74%) Algorithms
3 7 (5.74%) Data Centre
3 7 (5.74%) IoT
3 7 (5.74%) Product Ownership
4 6 (4.92%) Data Structures
5 5 (4.10%) Client/Server
5 5 (4.10%) Cyber Security Posture
5 5 (4.10%) Legacy Systems
6 4 (3.28%) Web Conferencing
7 3 (2.46%) Cloud Native
7 3 (2.46%) Renewable Energy
8 2 (1.64%) Augmented Reality
8 2 (1.64%) Distributed Systems
8 2 (1.64%) Embedded Systems
8 2 (1.64%) Mobile App
8 2 (1.64%) Public Cloud
8 2 (1.64%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (1.64%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 25 (20.49%) Linux
2 11 (9.02%) Windows
3 6 (4.92%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.64%) FreeRTOS
5 1 (0.82%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.82%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (46.72%) Computer Science
2 37 (30.33%) AI
3 34 (27.87%) Software Engineering
4 30 (24.59%) Mathematics
5 28 (22.95%) Problem-Solving
6 27 (22.13%) Continuous Improvement
7 25 (20.49%) Physics
8 21 (17.21%) Project Delivery
9 20 (16.39%) Decision-Making
9 20 (16.39%) Requirements Management
10 18 (14.75%) Workflow
11 16 (13.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 15 (12.30%) Technical Debt
13 14 (11.48%) Analytics
13 14 (11.48%) Mentoring
14 13 (10.66%) CI/CD
14 13 (10.66%) Community of Practice
14 13 (10.66%) Project Management
14 13 (10.66%) User Experience
15 12 (9.84%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 25 (20.49%) C++
2 24 (19.67%) Python
3 20 (16.39%) Rust
4 15 (12.30%) SQL
5 9 (7.38%) C#
5 9 (7.38%) PowerShell
6 8 (6.56%) Java
7 6 (4.92%) TypeScript
8 3 (2.46%) JavaScript
9 2 (1.64%) C
9 2 (1.64%) R
9 2 (1.64%) VB
Qualifications
1 36 (29.51%) Computer Science Degree
2 6 (4.92%) Azure Certification
3 5 (4.10%) AWS Certification
3 5 (4.10%) Cisco Certification
3 5 (4.10%) DBS Check
4 4 (3.28%) CCIE
4 4 (3.28%) CCNP
5 3 (2.46%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (2.46%) Master's Degree
5 3 (2.46%) TOGAF Certification
6 2 (1.64%) IIBA
6 2 (1.64%) Security Cleared
7 1 (0.82%) CCSP
7 1 (0.82%) CISA
7 1 (0.82%) CISSP
7 1 (0.82%) GSEC
7 1 (0.82%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.82%) Network+ Certification
7 1 (0.82%) PhD
7 1 (0.82%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.74%) Data Quality
2 5 (4.10%) ISO 9001
2 5 (4.10%) PMO
3 2 (1.64%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.64%) WCAG
4 1 (0.82%) NEBOSH
4 1 (0.82%) NIST
4 1 (0.82%) QA
System Software
1 8 (6.56%) vSphere
2 6 (4.92%) Docker
3 5 (4.10%) Active Directory
3 5 (4.10%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (3.28%) Firmware
4 4 (3.28%) ProxySG
5 2 (1.64%) Embedded Firmware
6 1 (0.82%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 6 (4.92%) Kubernetes
2 5 (4.10%) SCCM
3 3 (2.46%) Ansible
3 3 (2.46%) Control-M
3 3 (2.46%) Docker Swarm
3 3 (2.46%) Grafana
3 3 (2.46%) Terraform
4 1 (0.82%) CloudHub
Vendors
1 29 (23.77%) Microsoft
2 9 (7.38%) VMware
3 6 (4.92%) Sage
4 5 (4.10%) Aruba
4 5 (4.10%) Cisco
5 4 (3.28%) Blue Coat
5 4 (3.28%) CheckPoint
5 4 (3.28%) F5
5 4 (3.28%) Infoblox
5 4 (3.28%) Motorola
5 4 (3.28%) ServiceNow
5 4 (3.28%) SolarWinds
5 4 (3.28%) Xero
6 3 (2.46%) ANSYS
6 3 (2.46%) Atlassian
6 3 (2.46%) Foundry
6 3 (2.46%) Salesforce
7 2 (1.64%) Adobe
7 2 (1.64%) Databricks
7 2 (1.64%) Infor