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

6 months to
16 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 1 15
Rank change year-on-year -34 +14 -12
Permanent jobs citing Degree 129 213 150
As % of all permanent jobs in the North East 4.33% 23.59% 10.11%
As % of the Qualifications category 25.34% 71.72% 58.37%
Number of salaries quoted 87 49 92
10th Percentile £29,250 £25,000 £24,183
25th Percentile £34,957 £32,500 £32,969
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,720 £50,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +33.44% +17.65% -15.10%
75th Percentile £88,449 £65,000 £53,750
90th Percentile £120,000 £91,750 £65,325
England median annual salary £52,750 £53,750 £55,000
% change year-on-year -1.86% -2.27% -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 509 297 257
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 17.07% 32.89% 17.33%
Number of salaries quoted 282 124 167
10th Percentile £32,625 £30,500 £25,750
25th Percentile £44,293 £37,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £51,125 £44,094
Median % change year-on-year +17.36% +15.95% -16.01%
75th Percentile £79,688 £67,500 £61,725
90th Percentile £100,000 £78,277 £74,487
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 16 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 16 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 -36 101 £62,500 +24.38% 75
Durham -21 23 £51,500 +3.00% 23
Northumberland -1 2 £87,250 - 19
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 (5.43%) Microsoft Exchange
1 7 (5.43%) SharePoint
2 4 (3.10%) Confluence
3 1 (0.78%) Anypoint
3 1 (0.78%) Apache
3 1 (0.78%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.78%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.78%) Jupyter
3 1 (0.78%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 1 (0.78%) WebSphere
Applications
1 19 (14.73%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (4.65%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (3.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (3.10%) MS Visio
4 3 (2.33%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (1.55%) Adobe XD
5 2 (1.55%) InVision
5 2 (1.55%) Sketch
5 2 (1.55%) Trello
6 1 (0.78%) LaTeX
6 1 (0.78%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (3.10%) Sage 50
2 2 (1.55%) SAP PM
3 1 (0.78%) Infor CloudSuite
3 1 (0.78%) Infor M3
Cloud Services
1 26 (20.16%) Azure
2 18 (13.95%) AWS
3 8 (6.20%) IaaS
3 8 (6.20%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (6.20%) PaaS
4 6 (4.65%) GCP
4 6 (4.65%) Power Platform
4 6 (4.65%) SaaS
5 5 (3.88%) Azure AI
5 5 (3.88%) OneDrive
6 4 (3.10%) Amazon EC2
6 4 (3.10%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (3.10%) Cloud Computing
6 4 (3.10%) Figma
7 3 (2.33%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 3 (2.33%) Azure Data Factory
8 2 (1.55%) Amazon ECS
8 2 (1.55%) npm
8 2 (1.55%) Power Automate
8 2 (1.55%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.88%) DHCP
1 5 (3.88%) DNS
1 5 (3.88%) Firewall
2 4 (3.10%) VLAN
2 4 (3.10%) VPN
2 4 (3.10%) Wireless
3 2 (1.55%) BGP
3 2 (1.55%) Cisco ASA
3 2 (1.55%) Cisco Nexus
3 2 (1.55%) Cisco Wireless
3 2 (1.55%) EIGRP
3 2 (1.55%) Internet
3 2 (1.55%) LAN
3 2 (1.55%) Network Security
3 2 (1.55%) OSPF
3 2 (1.55%) SNMP
3 2 (1.55%) WAAS
3 2 (1.55%) WAN
3 2 (1.55%) Wireless Security
4 1 (0.78%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.10%) Amazon RDS
1 4 (3.10%) GIS
1 4 (3.10%) PostgreSQL
1 4 (3.10%) Power BI
1 4 (3.10%) SQL Server
2 3 (2.33%) Azure SQL Database
2 3 (2.33%) Data Lake
3 2 (1.55%) Tableau
4 1 (0.78%) Data Vault
4 1 (0.78%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.78%) Looker
4 1 (0.78%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 9 (6.98%) JIRA
2 5 (3.88%) Git
3 3 (2.33%) Artifactory
3 3 (2.33%) Bitbucket
3 3 (2.33%) Octopus Deploy
3 3 (2.33%) SonarQube
3 3 (2.33%) TeamCity
4 2 (1.55%) Axure RP
4 2 (1.55%) Balsamiq
5 1 (0.78%) LabVIEW
General
1 44 (34.11%) Finance
2 36 (27.91%) Social Skills
3 21 (16.28%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (14.73%) Manufacturing
5 11 (8.53%) Marketing
6 9 (6.98%) Influencing Skills
7 8 (6.20%) Financial Institution
7 8 (6.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 8 (6.20%) Public Sector
8 7 (5.43%) Electronics
9 5 (3.88%) Legal
9 5 (3.88%) Local Government
9 5 (3.88%) Retail
10 4 (3.10%) Banking
10 4 (3.10%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (2.33%) Law
11 3 (2.33%) Pharmaceutical
12 2 (1.55%) Automotive
12 2 (1.55%) Brand Awareness
12 2 (1.55%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 22 (17.05%) Developer
2 18 (13.95%) Software Engineer
3 17 (13.18%) Senior
4 16 (12.40%) Architect
5 14 (10.85%) Software Developer
6 11 (8.53%) C++ Software Engineer
6 11 (8.53%) Lead
6 11 (8.53%) Rust Engineer
6 11 (8.53%) Rust Software Engineer
7 9 (6.98%) C++ Developer
7 9 (6.98%) C++ Software Developer
7 9 (6.98%) Lead Architect
7 9 (6.98%) Principal Engineer
7 9 (6.98%) Rust Developer
7 9 (6.98%) Systems Engineer
8 8 (6.20%) Analyst
8 8 (6.20%) Development Manager
8 8 (6.20%) Principal Software Engineer
8 8 (6.20%) Product Development Manager
8 8 (6.20%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (7.75%) .NET
2 6 (4.65%) CSS
2 6 (4.65%) HTML
2 6 (4.65%) Middleware
2 6 (4.65%) React
3 5 (3.88%) .NET Core
4 4 (3.10%) Ajax
4 4 (3.10%) Flask
4 4 (3.10%) Jinja
4 4 (3.10%) jQuery
4 4 (3.10%) OpenLayers
4 4 (3.10%) SQLAlchemy
5 3 (2.33%) Elastic Stack
5 3 (2.33%) SignalR
5 3 (2.33%) WebSockets
6 2 (1.55%) boto
6 2 (1.55%) CSS3
6 2 (1.55%) Framer.js
6 2 (1.55%) HTML5
6 2 (1.55%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 10 (7.75%) Product Ownership
2 9 (6.98%) FMCG
3 8 (6.20%) Algorithms
3 8 (6.20%) Hedge funds
4 7 (5.43%) Data Centre
4 7 (5.43%) Data Structures
4 7 (5.43%) IoT
5 6 (4.65%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (4.65%) Web Conferencing
6 5 (3.88%) Client/Server
6 5 (3.88%) Cyber Security Posture
6 5 (3.88%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (3.10%) Cloud Native
7 4 (3.10%) Renewable Energy
8 2 (1.55%) Augmented Reality
8 2 (1.55%) Driving Licence
8 2 (1.55%) Embedded Systems
8 2 (1.55%) Enterprise Cloud
8 2 (1.55%) Mobile App
8 2 (1.55%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 25 (19.38%) Linux
2 12 (9.30%) Windows
3 7 (5.43%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.55%) FreeRTOS
4 2 (1.55%) Windows Server 2016
4 2 (1.55%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (45.74%) Computer Science
2 40 (31.01%) AI
3 33 (25.58%) Software Engineering
4 32 (24.81%) Problem-Solving
5 31 (24.03%) Mathematics
6 25 (19.38%) Physics
7 24 (18.60%) Continuous Improvement
8 20 (15.50%) Analytics
8 20 (15.50%) Requirements Management
9 18 (13.95%) Mentoring
9 18 (13.95%) Workflow
10 17 (13.18%) Decision-Making
11 16 (12.40%) Project Delivery
11 16 (12.40%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 15 (11.63%) Agile
12 15 (11.63%) DevOps
12 15 (11.63%) SDLC
12 15 (11.63%) Technical Debt
12 15 (11.63%) User Experience
13 14 (10.85%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 26 (20.16%) C++
2 22 (17.05%) Python
3 20 (15.50%) Rust
4 17 (13.18%) SQL
5 10 (7.75%) C#
6 9 (6.98%) Java
6 9 (6.98%) PowerShell
7 6 (4.65%) TypeScript
8 4 (3.10%) JavaScript
9 2 (1.55%) C
10 1 (0.78%) R
Qualifications
1 35 (27.13%) Computer Science Degree
2 6 (4.65%) AWS Certification
2 6 (4.65%) Azure Certification
3 5 (3.88%) DBS Check
4 3 (2.33%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (2.33%) Master's Degree
4 3 (2.33%) Security Cleared
4 3 (2.33%) TOGAF Certification
5 2 (1.55%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (1.55%) CCIE
5 2 (1.55%) CCNP
5 2 (1.55%) IIBA
5 2 (1.55%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (1.55%) Network+ Certification
5 2 (1.55%) SC Cleared
6 1 (0.78%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 1 (0.78%) CCSP
6 1 (0.78%) City & Guilds
6 1 (0.78%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (0.78%) NVQ Level 5
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (6.20%) Data Quality
2 5 (3.88%) ISO 9001
3 4 (3.10%) QA
4 3 (2.33%) PMO
5 2 (1.55%) Accessibility
5 2 (1.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.55%) WCAG
6 1 (0.78%) NEBOSH
6 1 (0.78%) NIST
System Software
1 8 (6.20%) vSphere
2 7 (5.43%) Docker
3 5 (3.88%) Active Directory
3 5 (3.88%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (3.10%) Firmware
5 2 (1.55%) Embedded Firmware
5 2 (1.55%) Hyper-V
5 2 (1.55%) ProxySG
Systems Management
1 7 (5.43%) Kubernetes
2 5 (3.88%) SCCM
3 3 (2.33%) Ansible
3 3 (2.33%) Control-M
3 3 (2.33%) Docker Swarm
3 3 (2.33%) Grafana
3 3 (2.33%) Terraform
4 1 (0.78%) CloudHub
Vendors
1 31 (24.03%) Microsoft
2 10 (7.75%) VMware
3 9 (6.98%) Sage
4 5 (3.88%) Aruba
5 4 (3.10%) Salesforce
5 4 (3.10%) Xero
6 3 (2.33%) ANSYS
6 3 (2.33%) Atlassian
6 3 (2.33%) Cisco
6 3 (2.33%) Foundry
7 2 (1.55%) Adobe
7 2 (1.55%) Blue Coat
7 2 (1.55%) CheckPoint
7 2 (1.55%) Google
7 2 (1.55%) Infoblox
7 2 (1.55%) Infor
7 2 (1.55%) Motorola
7 2 (1.55%) SAP
7 2 (1.55%) SolarWinds
7 2 (1.55%) Veeam