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

6 months to
21 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 1 14
Rank change year-on-year -31 +13 -10
Permanent jobs citing Degree 158 234 143
As % of all permanent jobs in the North East 4.64% 24.87% 10.03%
As % of the Qualifications category 27.82% 73.58% 58.13%
Number of salaries quoted 104 48 72
10th Percentile £29,250 £26,750 £23,650
25th Percentile £37,313 £31,250 £30,330
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £46,500 £41,000
Median % change year-on-year +29.03% +13.41% -21.90%
75th Percentile £83,750 £65,000 £55,313
90th Percentile £120,000 £91,625 £95,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £52,600 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.19% -4.36% -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 568 318 246
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 16.69% 33.79% 17.25%
Number of salaries quoted 340 124 132
10th Percentile £34,250 £28,250 £25,750
25th Percentile £44,396 £32,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £50,500 £44,500
Median % change year-on-year +13.86% +13.48% -22.33%
75th Percentile £78,421 £65,000 £62,241
90th Percentile £100,000 £73,731 £79,960
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £56,252
% change year-on-year +9.09% -2.23% -6.25%

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 21 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 21 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 -32 122 £60,000 +46.34% 119
Durham -18 25 £51,500 +3.00% 36
Northumberland -2 7 £70,000 - 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 7 (4.43%) Microsoft Exchange
1 7 (4.43%) SharePoint
2 4 (2.53%) Confluence
3 1 (0.63%) Anypoint
3 1 (0.63%) Apache
3 1 (0.63%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.63%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.63%) Jupyter
3 1 (0.63%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 1 (0.63%) WebSphere
Applications
1 23 (14.56%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (5.70%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (5.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (1.90%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (1.27%) Adobe XD
5 2 (1.27%) CATIA
5 2 (1.27%) InVision
5 2 (1.27%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (1.27%) MS Visio
5 2 (1.27%) Siemens NX
5 2 (1.27%) Sketch
5 2 (1.27%) SOLIDWORKS
5 2 (1.27%) Trello
6 1 (0.63%) LaTeX
Business Applications
1 7 (4.43%) SAP PM
2 4 (2.53%) Sage 50
3 1 (0.63%) Infor CloudSuite
3 1 (0.63%) Infor M3
3 1 (0.63%) iTrent
3 1 (0.63%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.63%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.63%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 23 (14.56%) Azure
2 15 (9.49%) AWS
3 9 (5.70%) IaaS
3 9 (5.70%) PaaS
3 9 (5.70%) SaaS
4 7 (4.43%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (3.80%) Power Platform
6 5 (3.16%) Azure AI
6 5 (3.16%) GCP
6 5 (3.16%) OneDrive
7 4 (2.53%) Amazon EC2
7 4 (2.53%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (2.53%) Cloud Computing
7 4 (2.53%) Figma
8 3 (1.90%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 3 (1.90%) Azure Data Factory
9 2 (1.27%) Copilot Studio
9 2 (1.27%) GitHub Copilot
9 2 (1.27%) Microsoft Copilot
9 2 (1.27%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.16%) DHCP
1 5 (3.16%) DNS
2 2 (1.27%) Firewall
2 2 (1.27%) VLAN
2 2 (1.27%) VPN
2 2 (1.27%) Wireless
3 1 (0.63%) Cisco IOS
3 1 (0.63%) Internet
3 1 (0.63%) RFID
3 1 (0.63%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.53%) Amazon RDS
1 4 (2.53%) GIS
1 4 (2.53%) PostgreSQL
1 4 (2.53%) Power BI
1 4 (2.53%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.90%) Azure SQL Database
2 3 (1.90%) Data Lake
3 2 (1.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (1.27%) Tableau
4 1 (0.63%) Data Vault
4 1 (0.63%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.63%) Looker
4 1 (0.63%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 9 (5.70%) JIRA
2 5 (3.16%) Git
3 3 (1.90%) Artifactory
3 3 (1.90%) Bitbucket
3 3 (1.90%) Octopus Deploy
3 3 (1.90%) SonarQube
3 3 (1.90%) TeamCity
4 2 (1.27%) Axure RP
4 2 (1.27%) Balsamiq
5 1 (0.63%) Appcelerator Titanium
5 1 (0.63%) LabVIEW
General
1 58 (36.71%) Finance
2 46 (29.11%) Social Skills
3 32 (20.25%) Manufacturing
4 28 (17.72%) Analytical Skills
5 17 (10.76%) Electronics
5 17 (10.76%) Financial Institution
5 17 (10.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 15 (9.49%) Law
7 12 (7.59%) Influencing Skills
8 9 (5.70%) Billing
8 9 (5.70%) General Ledger
8 9 (5.70%) Pharmaceutical
8 9 (5.70%) Public Sector
8 9 (5.70%) Retail
9 8 (5.06%) Marketing
10 7 (4.43%) Legal
10 7 (4.43%) Presentation Skills
11 6 (3.80%) Local Government
12 4 (2.53%) Automotive
12 4 (2.53%) Banking
Job Titles
1 23 (14.56%) Developer
2 19 (12.03%) Senior
3 17 (10.76%) Architect
4 16 (10.13%) Software Engineer
5 15 (9.49%) Analyst
6 14 (8.86%) Software Developer
7 13 (8.23%) Lead
8 12 (7.59%) Electronics Engineer
9 11 (6.96%) C++ Software Engineer
9 11 (6.96%) Rust Engineer
9 11 (6.96%) Rust Software Engineer
10 10 (6.33%) Lead Architect
10 10 (6.33%) Principal Engineer
10 10 (6.33%) Systems Engineer
11 9 (5.70%) C++ Developer
11 9 (5.70%) C++ Software Developer
11 9 (5.70%) Rust Developer
12 8 (5.06%) Principal Software Engineer
13 6 (3.80%) Consultant
13 6 (3.80%) Principal Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (5.70%) .NET
2 7 (4.43%) Middleware
3 6 (3.80%) CSS
3 6 (3.80%) HTML
3 6 (3.80%) React
4 4 (2.53%) .NET Core
4 4 (2.53%) Ajax
4 4 (2.53%) Flask
4 4 (2.53%) Jinja
4 4 (2.53%) jQuery
4 4 (2.53%) OpenLayers
4 4 (2.53%) SQLAlchemy
5 3 (1.90%) Elastic Stack
5 3 (1.90%) SignalR
5 3 (1.90%) Terraform
5 3 (1.90%) WebSockets
6 2 (1.27%) boto
6 2 (1.27%) CSS3
6 2 (1.27%) HTML5
6 2 (1.27%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 13 (8.23%) Product Ownership
2 10 (6.33%) IoT
3 9 (5.70%) Self-Motivation
3 9 (5.70%) Web Conferencing
4 7 (4.43%) Algorithms
4 7 (4.43%) Data Structures
5 6 (3.80%) Driving Licence
5 6 (3.80%) Hedge funds
5 6 (3.80%) SCADA
6 5 (3.16%) Cyber Security Posture
6 5 (3.16%) Data Centre
6 5 (3.16%) Legacy Systems
6 5 (3.16%) Renewable Energy
7 4 (2.53%) Client/Server
7 4 (2.53%) Cloud Native
7 4 (2.53%) FMCG
7 4 (2.53%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.90%) Blog
8 3 (1.90%) Industry 4.0
8 3 (1.90%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 26 (16.46%) Linux
2 12 (7.59%) Windows
3 7 (4.43%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.27%) FreeRTOS
4 2 (1.27%) Windows Server 2016
4 2 (1.27%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (37.34%) Computer Science
2 46 (29.11%) Problem-Solving
3 42 (26.58%) AI
4 38 (24.05%) Continuous Improvement
5 34 (21.52%) Software Engineering
6 32 (20.25%) Mathematics
7 25 (15.82%) Analytics
7 25 (15.82%) Physics
8 22 (13.92%) Mentoring
9 20 (12.66%) Requirements Management
9 20 (12.66%) Validation
10 19 (12.03%) Agile
10 19 (12.03%) Decision-Making
10 19 (12.03%) ITIL
11 18 (11.39%) Workflow
12 17 (10.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 16 (10.13%) ITSM
14 15 (9.49%) DevOps
14 15 (9.49%) SDLC
14 15 (9.49%) Technical Debt
Programming Languages
1 25 (15.82%) C++
1 25 (15.82%) SQL
2 20 (12.66%) Rust
3 18 (11.39%) Python
4 9 (5.70%) C#
5 8 (5.06%) Java
5 8 (5.06%) PowerShell
6 6 (3.80%) TypeScript
7 4 (2.53%) JavaScript
8 2 (1.27%) C
9 1 (0.63%) R
Qualifications
1 33 (20.89%) Computer Science Degree
2 7 (4.43%) DBS Check
3 6 (3.80%) AWS Certification
3 6 (3.80%) Azure Certification
4 4 (2.53%) Security Cleared
5 3 (1.90%) Master's Degree
5 3 (1.90%) TOGAF Certification
6 2 (1.27%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (1.27%) Chartered Engineer
6 2 (1.27%) HNC
6 2 (1.27%) HND
6 2 (1.27%) IIBA
6 2 (1.27%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (1.27%) Network+ Certification
6 2 (1.27%) SC Cleared
7 1 (0.63%) APMP
7 1 (0.63%) City & Guilds
7 1 (0.63%) NVQ Level 5
7 1 (0.63%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (5.70%) QA
2 8 (5.06%) Data Quality
3 7 (4.43%) ISO 9001
4 2 (1.27%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.27%) GDPR
4 2 (1.27%) PMO
4 2 (1.27%) WCAG
5 1 (0.63%) Def Stans
5 1 (0.63%) ECSS
5 1 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.63%) NEBOSH
5 1 (0.63%) P3O
System Software
1 8 (5.06%) vSphere
2 7 (4.43%) Docker
3 5 (3.16%) Active Directory
3 5 (3.16%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (2.53%) Firmware
5 2 (1.27%) Embedded Firmware
5 2 (1.27%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 7 (4.43%) Kubernetes
2 5 (3.16%) SCCM
3 3 (1.90%) Ansible
3 3 (1.90%) Control-M
3 3 (1.90%) Docker Swarm
3 3 (1.90%) Grafana
4 1 (0.63%) CloudHub
Vendors
1 31 (19.62%) Microsoft
2 10 (6.33%) VMware
3 9 (5.70%) Aderant
3 9 (5.70%) Sage
4 8 (5.06%) SAP
5 6 (3.80%) Google
6 5 (3.16%) Aruba
7 4 (2.53%) Salesforce
7 4 (2.53%) Xero
8 3 (1.90%) ANSYS
8 3 (1.90%) Atlassian
8 3 (1.90%) Foundry
9 2 (1.27%) Adobe
9 2 (1.27%) Databricks
9 2 (1.27%) EMC
9 2 (1.27%) Infor
9 2 (1.27%) MuleSoft
9 2 (1.27%) Oracle
9 2 (1.27%) Siemens
9 2 (1.27%) Veeam