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

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 1 12
Rank change year-on-year -31 +11 -3
Permanent jobs citing Degree 183 274 150
As % of all permanent jobs in the North East 5.12% 27.90% 11.02%
As % of the Qualifications category 29.47% 75.69% 59.29%
Number of salaries quoted 116 48 59
10th Percentile £29,250 £26,750 £25,750
25th Percentile £36,478 £31,250 £32,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,250 £40,831 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +37.76% -9.27% -10.00%
75th Percentile £82,813 £65,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £120,000 £78,125 £95,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year - -8.70% -4.17%

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 621 362 253
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 17.37% 36.86% 18.59%
Number of salaries quoted 406 127 115
10th Percentile £34,250 £28,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £31,750 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £47,500 £47,148
Median % change year-on-year +21.05% +0.75% -17.70%
75th Percentile £76,134 £61,000 £66,875
90th Percentile £97,500 £78,016 £91,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -0.86%

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 10 October 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 10 October 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 -36 130 £55,000 +57.14% 148
Durham -15 34 £51,500 +3.00% 35
Northumberland +4 14 £78,000 - 22
Cleveland - 1 £50,000 - 2
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 (3.83%) Microsoft Exchange
1 7 (3.83%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.64%) Confluence
3 1 (0.55%) Anypoint
3 1 (0.55%) Apache
3 1 (0.55%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.55%) Jupyter
3 1 (0.55%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 1 (0.55%) WebSphere
Applications
1 27 (14.75%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (6.56%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (5.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (1.64%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (1.64%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (1.09%) Adobe XD
5 2 (1.09%) CATIA
5 2 (1.09%) InVision
5 2 (1.09%) MS Visio
5 2 (1.09%) Siemens NX
5 2 (1.09%) Sketch
5 2 (1.09%) SOLIDWORKS
5 2 (1.09%) Trello
6 1 (0.55%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.55%) LaTeX
6 1 (0.55%) Navisworks
6 1 (0.55%) OrCAD
6 1 (0.55%) Revit
Business Applications
1 8 (4.37%) SAP PM
2 4 (2.19%) Sage 50
3 2 (1.09%) iTrent
4 1 (0.55%) Infor CloudSuite
4 1 (0.55%) Infor M3
4 1 (0.55%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.55%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.55%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 24 (13.11%) Azure
2 14 (7.65%) AWS
3 9 (4.92%) IaaS
3 9 (4.92%) PaaS
3 9 (4.92%) SaaS
4 8 (4.37%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (2.73%) Azure AI
5 5 (2.73%) OneDrive
5 5 (2.73%) Power Platform
6 4 (2.19%) Amazon EC2
6 4 (2.19%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (2.19%) Cloud Computing
6 4 (2.19%) Figma
6 4 (2.19%) GCP
7 3 (1.64%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 3 (1.64%) Azure Data Factory
7 3 (1.64%) Serverless
8 2 (1.09%) Copilot Studio
8 2 (1.09%) GitHub Copilot
8 2 (1.09%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.73%) DHCP
1 5 (2.73%) DNS
2 3 (1.64%) Wireless
3 2 (1.09%) Firewall
3 2 (1.09%) VLAN
3 2 (1.09%) VPN
4 1 (0.55%) Cisco IOS
4 1 (0.55%) Internet
4 1 (0.55%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.19%) Amazon RDS
1 4 (2.19%) GIS
1 4 (2.19%) PostgreSQL
1 4 (2.19%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.64%) Azure SQL Database
2 3 (1.64%) Data Lake
2 3 (1.64%) Power BI
3 2 (1.09%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.55%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (0.55%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 8 (4.37%) JIRA
2 5 (2.73%) Git
3 3 (1.64%) Appcelerator Titanium
3 3 (1.64%) Artifactory
3 3 (1.64%) Bitbucket
3 3 (1.64%) Octopus Deploy
3 3 (1.64%) SonarQube
3 3 (1.64%) TeamCity
4 2 (1.09%) Axure RP
4 2 (1.09%) Balsamiq
5 1 (0.55%) LabVIEW
General
1 64 (34.97%) Finance
2 61 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 42 (22.95%) Manufacturing
4 33 (18.03%) Analytical Skills
5 26 (14.21%) Electronics
6 20 (10.93%) Financial Institution
7 19 (10.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 18 (9.84%) Law
9 14 (7.65%) Influencing Skills
10 12 (6.56%) Billing
10 12 (6.56%) General Ledger
11 11 (6.01%) Legal
11 11 (6.01%) Pharmaceutical
11 11 (6.01%) Presentation Skills
12 9 (4.92%) Public Sector
13 8 (4.37%) Retail
14 7 (3.83%) Local Government
15 6 (3.28%) Automotive
16 5 (2.73%) Organisational Skills
17 4 (2.19%) Banking
Job Titles
1 26 (14.21%) Senior
2 23 (12.57%) Developer
3 17 (9.29%) Architect
4 16 (8.74%) Analyst
4 16 (8.74%) Software Engineer
5 15 (8.20%) Lead
6 14 (7.65%) Electronics Engineer
7 13 (7.10%) Software Developer
8 11 (6.01%) C++ Software Engineer
8 11 (6.01%) Principal Engineer
8 11 (6.01%) Rust Engineer
8 11 (6.01%) Rust Software Engineer
9 10 (5.46%) Lead Architect
9 10 (5.46%) Systems Engineer
10 9 (4.92%) C++ Developer
10 9 (4.92%) C++ Software Developer
10 9 (4.92%) Consultant
10 9 (4.92%) Electrical Engineer
10 9 (4.92%) Rust Developer
11 8 (4.37%) Principal Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (4.37%) .NET
2 7 (3.83%) Middleware
3 6 (3.28%) CSS
3 6 (3.28%) HTML
3 6 (3.28%) React
4 4 (2.19%) .NET Core
4 4 (2.19%) Ajax
4 4 (2.19%) Flask
4 4 (2.19%) Jinja
4 4 (2.19%) jQuery
4 4 (2.19%) OpenLayers
4 4 (2.19%) SQLAlchemy
4 4 (2.19%) Terraform
5 3 (1.64%) Elastic Stack
5 3 (1.64%) SignalR
5 3 (1.64%) WebSockets
6 2 (1.09%) boto
6 2 (1.09%) CSS3
6 2 (1.09%) HTML5
6 2 (1.09%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 12 (6.56%) Data Centre
1 12 (6.56%) Product Ownership
2 11 (6.01%) Driving Licence
3 10 (5.46%) IoT
3 10 (5.46%) Self-Motivation
4 9 (4.92%) Web Conferencing
5 7 (3.83%) Renewable Energy
5 7 (3.83%) SCADA
6 6 (3.28%) Algorithms
6 6 (3.28%) Data Structures
6 6 (3.28%) Management Information System
7 5 (2.73%) Cyber Security Posture
7 5 (2.73%) Hedge funds
7 5 (2.73%) Legacy Systems
8 4 (2.19%) CCTV
8 4 (2.19%) Cloud Native
8 4 (2.19%) Embedded Systems
8 4 (2.19%) Onboarding
8 4 (2.19%) Taxonomies
9 3 (1.64%) Blog
Operating Systems
1 26 (14.21%) Linux
2 12 (6.56%) Windows
3 7 (3.83%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.09%) FreeRTOS
4 2 (1.09%) Windows Server 2016
4 2 (1.09%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 59 (32.24%) Computer Science
3 47 (25.68%) Continuous Improvement
4 40 (21.86%) AI
5 35 (19.13%) Software Engineering
6 33 (18.03%) Mathematics
7 27 (14.75%) Physics
8 24 (13.11%) Analytics
9 23 (12.57%) ITIL
10 22 (12.02%) Decision-Making
11 21 (11.48%) Mentoring
12 20 (10.93%) ITSM
12 20 (10.93%) Requirements Management
12 20 (10.93%) Validation
13 19 (10.38%) Project Delivery
13 19 (10.38%) Root Cause Analysis
13 19 (10.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 18 (9.84%) Workflow
15 17 (9.29%) Agile
15 17 (9.29%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 26 (14.21%) C++
2 25 (13.66%) SQL
3 20 (10.93%) Rust
4 15 (8.20%) Python
5 8 (4.37%) C#
5 8 (4.37%) PowerShell
6 7 (3.83%) Java
7 6 (3.28%) TypeScript
8 4 (2.19%) JavaScript
9 3 (1.64%) C
Qualifications
1 33 (18.03%) Computer Science Degree
2 7 (3.83%) DBS Check
2 7 (3.83%) HND
3 6 (3.28%) AWS Certification
3 6 (3.28%) Azure Certification
3 6 (3.28%) Chartered Engineer
3 6 (3.28%) HNC
4 4 (2.19%) Master's Degree
4 4 (2.19%) Security Cleared
5 3 (1.64%) City & Guilds
5 3 (1.64%) TOGAF Certification
6 2 (1.09%) APMP
6 2 (1.09%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (1.09%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (1.09%) Network+ Certification
6 2 (1.09%) NVQ Level 3
6 2 (1.09%) SC Cleared
7 1 (0.55%) IIBA
7 1 (0.55%) MRICS
7 1 (0.55%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (7.10%) QA
2 8 (4.37%) ISO 9001
3 7 (3.83%) Data Quality
4 4 (2.19%) GDPR
5 3 (1.64%) PMO
6 2 (1.09%) Accessibility
6 2 (1.09%) HAZOP
6 2 (1.09%) P3O
6 2 (1.09%) WCAG
7 1 (0.55%) Def Stans
7 1 (0.55%) ECSS
7 1 (0.55%) GMP
7 1 (0.55%) ISO 14001
7 1 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.55%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 8 (4.37%) vSphere
2 7 (3.83%) Docker
3 5 (2.73%) Active Directory
3 5 (2.73%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.64%) Firmware
5 2 (1.09%) Embedded Firmware
5 2 (1.09%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 7 (3.83%) Kubernetes
2 5 (2.73%) SCCM
3 3 (1.64%) Ansible
3 3 (1.64%) Control-M
3 3 (1.64%) Docker Swarm
3 3 (1.64%) Grafana
4 1 (0.55%) CloudHub
Vendors
1 33 (18.03%) Microsoft
2 12 (6.56%) Aderant
3 10 (5.46%) SAP
3 10 (5.46%) VMware
4 9 (4.92%) Sage
5 6 (3.28%) Google
6 5 (2.73%) Aruba
7 4 (2.19%) Salesforce
7 4 (2.19%) Xero
8 3 (1.64%) ANSYS
8 3 (1.64%) Atlassian
8 3 (1.64%) EMC
8 3 (1.64%) Foundry
9 2 (1.09%) Adobe
9 2 (1.09%) Infor
9 2 (1.09%) MuleSoft
9 2 (1.09%) NEC
9 2 (1.09%) Oracle
9 2 (1.09%) Siemens
9 2 (1.09%) Veeam