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 6 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 1 12 9
Rank change year-on-year +11 -3 -4
Permanent jobs citing Degree 258 133 65
As % of all permanent jobs in the North East 23.74% 10.27% 12.70%
As % of the Qualifications category 70.30% 55.88% 50.00%
Number of salaries quoted 51 43 61
10th Percentile £25,000 £26,750 £26,000
25th Percentile £28,375 £37,500 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -33.00% - +25.00%
75th Percentile £63,125 £95,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £98,000 £70,000
England median annual salary £52,000 £57,560 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.66% -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 367 238 130
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 33.76% 18.38% 25.39%
Number of salaries quoted 148 105 110
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,450 £29,500
25th Percentile £31,063 £35,500 £36,862
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,309 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.58% -8.53% +29.41%
75th Percentile £60,750 £71,991 £68,438
90th Percentile £78,790 £95,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £58,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -5.17% +0.87% +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 6 November 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 6 November 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 +20 179 £33,500 -25.56% 112
Durham +3 75 £50,000 +36.99% 20
Northumberland +5 3 - - 7
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 2 (0.78%) Apache Spark
2 1 (0.39%) Apache
Applications
1 91 (35.27%) Chatbot
2 4 (1.55%) AutoCAD
2 4 (1.55%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.39%) Revit
Business Applications
1 2 (0.78%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 57 (22.09%) Azure
2 29 (11.24%) Entra ID
3 16 (6.20%) Microsoft 365
4 9 (3.49%) AWS
5 7 (2.71%) Power Platform
6 4 (1.55%) Azure Data Factory
6 4 (1.55%) GCP
7 3 (1.16%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (0.78%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 2 (0.78%) GitHub
8 2 (0.78%) SaaS
9 1 (0.39%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (0.39%) Azure Stack
9 1 (0.39%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Copilot
9 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.10%) DNS
1 8 (3.10%) TCP/IP
1 8 (3.10%) VPN
1 8 (3.10%) Wi-Fi
2 6 (2.33%) Asterisk PBX
2 6 (2.33%) Firewall
2 6 (2.33%) PSTN
2 6 (2.33%) VoIP
3 4 (1.55%) LAN
3 4 (1.55%) Network Security
3 4 (1.55%) VLAN
3 4 (1.55%) WAN
4 3 (1.16%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (9.69%) SQL Server
2 7 (2.71%) Power BI
3 4 (1.55%) Azure SQL Database
3 4 (1.55%) Metadata
3 4 (1.55%) MySQL
4 3 (1.16%) Geospatial Data
4 3 (1.16%) GIS
4 3 (1.16%) QGIS
4 3 (1.16%) Spatial Data
5 2 (0.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.39%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.39%) Data Mining
6 1 (0.39%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.39%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.39%) Spark SQL
6 1 (0.39%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 9 (3.49%) Bitbucket
1 9 (3.49%) JIRA
2 7 (2.71%) Git
3 3 (1.16%) Artifactory
3 3 (1.16%) Octopus Deploy
3 3 (1.16%) SonarQube
3 3 (1.16%) TeamCity
General
1 81 (31.40%) Finance
2 68 (26.36%) Analytical Skills
3 62 (24.03%) Manufacturing
4 57 (22.09%) Marketing
5 35 (13.57%) Social Skills
6 16 (6.20%) Retail
7 10 (3.88%) Organisational Skills
8 9 (3.49%) Advertising
9 7 (2.71%) Telecoms
10 4 (1.55%) Legal
11 3 (1.16%) Dutch Language
11 3 (1.16%) Finnish Language
11 3 (1.16%) Norwegian Language
12 2 (0.78%) Agriculture
12 2 (0.78%) Back Office
12 2 (0.78%) Billing
12 2 (0.78%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.78%) Electronics
13 1 (0.39%) Front Office
13 1 (0.39%) Law
Job Titles
1 102 (39.53%) Trainer
2 49 (18.99%) Development Manager
2 49 (18.99%) Product Development Manager
2 49 (18.99%) Product Manager
3 29 (11.24%) Identity Management Specialist
3 29 (11.24%) Technology Specialist
4 21 (8.14%) Analyst
5 14 (5.43%) Support Specialist
6 10 (3.88%) Coordinator
7 9 (3.49%) Trainee
8 8 (3.10%) Content Editor
8 8 (3.10%) Customer Support Specialist
9 7 (2.71%) Business Analyst
10 6 (2.33%) Applications Support
10 6 (2.33%) Applications Support Analyst
10 6 (2.33%) Design Engineer
10 6 (2.33%) Developer
10 6 (2.33%) Support Analyst
10 6 (2.33%) Trainee Analyst
10 6 (2.33%) Trainee Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.33%) FreeSWITCH
2 4 (1.55%) .NET
2 4 (1.55%) 802.1X
2 4 (1.55%) ASP.NET
2 4 (1.55%) CSS
2 4 (1.55%) Flash
3 3 (1.16%) Elastic Stack
3 3 (1.16%) jQuery
4 2 (0.78%) HTML
4 2 (0.78%) XML
5 1 (0.39%) CSS3
5 1 (0.39%) HTML5
5 1 (0.39%) RESTful
5 1 (0.39%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 49 (18.99%) FMCG
2 34 (13.18%) NHS
3 12 (4.65%) Robotics
4 8 (3.10%) LIMS
5 6 (2.33%) Data Centre
5 6 (2.33%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (1.55%) Management Information System
6 4 (1.55%) SCADA
7 3 (1.16%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (1.16%) Molecular Biology
7 3 (1.16%) Renewable Energy
8 2 (0.78%) Onboarding
8 2 (0.78%) Social Media
9 1 (0.39%) Data Structures
9 1 (0.39%) Equities
9 1 (0.39%) Mobile App
9 1 (0.39%) Pricing Data
9 1 (0.39%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.39%) Security Posture
9 1 (0.39%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 17 (6.59%) Linux
1 17 (6.59%) Windows
2 8 (3.10%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 104 (40.31%) AI
2 91 (35.27%) Chemistry
2 91 (35.27%) Conversational UI
3 61 (23.64%) Project Management
4 60 (23.26%) Continuous Improvement
5 53 (20.54%) Project Delivery
6 52 (20.16%) Decision-Making
7 51 (19.77%) Problem-Solving
8 49 (18.99%) Commercialisation
8 49 (18.99%) Community of Practice
9 44 (17.05%) Computer Science
10 43 (16.67%) ITIL
11 29 (11.24%) Identity Management
12 19 (7.36%) Mathematics
13 17 (6.59%) Change Management
14 16 (6.20%) Agile
15 14 (5.43%) Cybersecurity
15 14 (5.43%) Data Privacy
15 14 (5.43%) Machine Learning
16 13 (5.04%) Physics
Programming Languages
1 24 (9.30%) SQL
2 17 (6.59%) Python
3 10 (3.88%) C#
4 9 (3.49%) Java
5 6 (2.33%) Bash
6 5 (1.94%) PHP
7 4 (1.55%) C++
8 3 (1.16%) C
8 3 (1.16%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 3 (1.16%) PowerShell
9 2 (0.78%) JavaScript
10 1 (0.39%) Dart
10 1 (0.39%) MATLAB
10 1 (0.39%) R
10 1 (0.39%) Ruby
10 1 (0.39%) Rust
10 1 (0.39%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 73 (28.29%) Master's Degree
2 66 (25.58%) PhD
3 29 (11.24%) DBS Check
4 18 (6.98%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (3.88%) CCNP
5 10 (3.88%) Cisco Certification
6 9 (3.49%) HNC
6 9 (3.49%) HND
7 6 (2.33%) CompTIA Security+
7 6 (2.33%) ITIL Certification
7 6 (2.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 6 (2.33%) Network+ Certification
8 5 (1.94%) CISSP
8 5 (1.94%) PMI Certification
8 5 (1.94%) PMP
9 4 (1.55%) CCNA
9 4 (1.55%) CISM
9 4 (1.55%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (1.16%) Azure Certification
10 3 (1.16%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (2.71%) QA
2 5 (1.94%) Cyber Essentials
2 5 (1.94%) PMO
3 4 (1.55%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 4 (1.55%) Data Quality
4 3 (1.16%) GDPR
4 3 (1.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.16%) NIST
5 2 (0.78%) ISO 9001
5 2 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 1 (0.39%) Accessibility
System Software
1 37 (14.34%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.16%) Docker
2 3 (1.16%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (1.16%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 9 (3.49%) Control-M
1 9 (3.49%) Grafana
1 9 (3.49%) Kubernetes
2 6 (2.33%) Prometheus
3 3 (1.16%) Ansible
3 3 (1.16%) Docker Swarm
3 3 (1.16%) Terraform
Vendors
1 91 (35.27%) PayPal
2 56 (21.71%) Microsoft
3 15 (5.81%) Google
4 14 (5.43%) Databricks
5 12 (4.65%) Adobe
6 10 (3.88%) Cisco
7 4 (1.55%) Atlassian
7 4 (1.55%) CheckPoint
7 4 (1.55%) DIgSILENT
7 4 (1.55%) Meraki
8 3 (1.16%) ESRI
8 3 (1.16%) VMware
9 1 (0.39%) Epicor
9 1 (0.39%) Mitel
9 1 (0.39%) Oracle
9 1 (0.39%) SAP
9 1 (0.39%) ServiceNow