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

6 months to
30 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 1 16
Rank change year-on-year -28 +15 -8
Permanent jobs citing Degree 174 279 135
As % of all permanent jobs in the North East 4.97% 28.91% 9.78%
As % of the Qualifications category 28.90% 77.07% 56.96%
Number of salaries quoted 111 48 62
10th Percentile £29,250 £26,750 £25,000
25th Percentile £36,207 £31,250 £30,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £43,000 £43,000
Median % change year-on-year +27.91% - -14.05%
75th Percentile £82,500 £65,000 £55,938
90th Percentile £120,000 £78,125 £95,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £56,500
% change year-on-year - -7.08% -5.83%

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 602 362 237
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 17.21% 37.51% 17.16%
Number of salaries quoted 375 123 118
10th Percentile £34,250 £28,250 £26,100
25th Percentile £44,447 £32,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% +11.11% -20.56%
75th Percentile £77,500 £61,250 £63,404
90th Percentile £97,500 £72,500 £81,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -2.54%

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 30 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 30 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 -33 131 £55,000 +35.26% 116
Durham -17 29 £51,500 +3.00% 27
Northumberland 0 9 £75,500 - 19
Cleveland - 1 £50,000 - 3
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 (4.02%) Microsoft Exchange
1 7 (4.02%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.72%) Confluence
3 1 (0.57%) Anypoint
3 1 (0.57%) Apache
3 1 (0.57%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.57%) Jupyter
3 1 (0.57%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 1 (0.57%) WebSphere
Applications
1 25 (14.37%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (6.32%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (5.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (1.72%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (1.72%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (1.15%) Adobe XD
5 2 (1.15%) CATIA
5 2 (1.15%) InVision
5 2 (1.15%) MS Visio
5 2 (1.15%) Siemens NX
5 2 (1.15%) Sketch
5 2 (1.15%) SOLIDWORKS
5 2 (1.15%) Trello
6 1 (0.57%) LaTeX
Business Applications
1 8 (4.60%) SAP PM
2 4 (2.30%) Sage 50
3 2 (1.15%) iTrent
4 1 (0.57%) Infor CloudSuite
4 1 (0.57%) Infor M3
4 1 (0.57%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.57%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.57%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 23 (13.22%) Azure
2 15 (8.62%) AWS
3 9 (5.17%) IaaS
3 9 (5.17%) PaaS
3 9 (5.17%) SaaS
4 7 (4.02%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (2.87%) Azure AI
5 5 (2.87%) GCP
5 5 (2.87%) OneDrive
5 5 (2.87%) Power Platform
6 4 (2.30%) Amazon EC2
6 4 (2.30%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (2.30%) Cloud Computing
6 4 (2.30%) Figma
7 3 (1.72%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 3 (1.72%) Azure Data Factory
8 2 (1.15%) Amazon ECS
8 2 (1.15%) Copilot Studio
8 2 (1.15%) Microsoft Copilot
8 2 (1.15%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.87%) DHCP
1 5 (2.87%) DNS
2 2 (1.15%) Firewall
2 2 (1.15%) VLAN
2 2 (1.15%) VPN
2 2 (1.15%) Wireless
3 1 (0.57%) Cisco IOS
3 1 (0.57%) Internet
3 1 (0.57%) RFID
3 1 (0.57%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.30%) Amazon RDS
1 4 (2.30%) GIS
1 4 (2.30%) PostgreSQL
1 4 (2.30%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.72%) Azure SQL Database
2 3 (1.72%) Data Lake
2 3 (1.72%) Power BI
3 2 (1.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.57%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (0.57%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 8 (4.60%) JIRA
2 5 (2.87%) Git
3 3 (1.72%) Artifactory
3 3 (1.72%) Bitbucket
3 3 (1.72%) Octopus Deploy
3 3 (1.72%) SonarQube
3 3 (1.72%) TeamCity
4 2 (1.15%) Appcelerator Titanium
4 2 (1.15%) Axure RP
4 2 (1.15%) Balsamiq
5 1 (0.57%) LabVIEW
General
1 62 (35.63%) Finance
2 54 (31.03%) Social Skills
3 38 (21.84%) Manufacturing
4 32 (18.39%) Analytical Skills
5 22 (12.64%) Electronics
6 19 (10.92%) Financial Institution
6 19 (10.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 18 (10.34%) Law
8 13 (7.47%) Influencing Skills
9 11 (6.32%) Billing
9 11 (6.32%) General Ledger
10 10 (5.75%) Legal
10 10 (5.75%) Pharmaceutical
10 10 (5.75%) Presentation Skills
10 10 (5.75%) Public Sector
11 9 (5.17%) Retail
12 7 (4.02%) Local Government
13 6 (3.45%) Marketing
14 4 (2.30%) Automotive
14 4 (2.30%) Banking
Job Titles
1 24 (13.79%) Senior
2 23 (13.22%) Developer
3 18 (10.34%) Analyst
4 17 (9.77%) Architect
5 16 (9.20%) Software Engineer
6 14 (8.05%) Software Developer
7 13 (7.47%) Electronics Engineer
8 12 (6.90%) Lead
9 11 (6.32%) C++ Software Engineer
9 11 (6.32%) Principal Engineer
9 11 (6.32%) Rust Engineer
9 11 (6.32%) Rust Software Engineer
10 10 (5.75%) Lead Architect
10 10 (5.75%) Systems Engineer
11 9 (5.17%) C++ Developer
11 9 (5.17%) C++ Software Developer
11 9 (5.17%) Rust Developer
12 8 (4.60%) Principal Software Engineer
13 7 (4.02%) Design Engineer
13 7 (4.02%) Electrical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (5.17%) .NET
2 7 (4.02%) Middleware
3 6 (3.45%) CSS
3 6 (3.45%) HTML
3 6 (3.45%) React
4 4 (2.30%) .NET Core
4 4 (2.30%) Ajax
4 4 (2.30%) Flask
4 4 (2.30%) Jinja
4 4 (2.30%) jQuery
4 4 (2.30%) OpenLayers
4 4 (2.30%) SQLAlchemy
5 3 (1.72%) Elastic Stack
5 3 (1.72%) SignalR
5 3 (1.72%) Terraform
5 3 (1.72%) WebSockets
6 2 (1.15%) boto
6 2 (1.15%) CSS3
6 2 (1.15%) Framer.js
6 2 (1.15%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 13 (7.47%) Product Ownership
2 10 (5.75%) Driving Licence
2 10 (5.75%) IoT
2 10 (5.75%) Self-Motivation
3 9 (5.17%) Web Conferencing
4 7 (4.02%) Algorithms
4 7 (4.02%) Data Structures
4 7 (4.02%) Renewable Energy
4 7 (4.02%) SCADA
5 6 (3.45%) Data Centre
5 6 (3.45%) Hedge funds
5 6 (3.45%) Management Information System
6 5 (2.87%) Cyber Security Posture
6 5 (2.87%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (2.30%) Client/Server
7 4 (2.30%) Cloud Native
7 4 (2.30%) Taxonomies
8 3 (1.72%) Blog
8 3 (1.72%) CCTV
8 3 (1.72%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 26 (14.94%) Linux
2 12 (6.90%) Windows
3 7 (4.02%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.15%) FreeRTOS
4 2 (1.15%) Windows Server 2016
4 2 (1.15%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (33.91%) Computer Science
2 53 (30.46%) Problem-Solving
3 43 (24.71%) Continuous Improvement
4 41 (23.56%) AI
5 34 (19.54%) Software Engineering
6 33 (18.97%) Mathematics
7 26 (14.94%) Physics
8 24 (13.79%) Analytics
9 23 (13.22%) ITIL
9 23 (13.22%) Mentoring
10 22 (12.64%) Decision-Making
11 20 (11.49%) ITSM
11 20 (11.49%) Requirements Management
11 20 (11.49%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 19 (10.92%) Validation
13 18 (10.34%) Agile
13 18 (10.34%) Workflow
14 17 (9.77%) Root Cause Analysis
15 16 (9.20%) Project Delivery
15 16 (9.20%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 26 (14.94%) SQL
2 25 (14.37%) C++
3 20 (11.49%) Rust
4 17 (9.77%) Python
5 9 (5.17%) C#
6 8 (4.60%) Java
6 8 (4.60%) PowerShell
7 6 (3.45%) TypeScript
8 4 (2.30%) JavaScript
9 2 (1.15%) C
10 1 (0.57%) R
Qualifications
1 33 (18.97%) Computer Science Degree
2 7 (4.02%) DBS Check
2 7 (4.02%) HND
3 6 (3.45%) AWS Certification
3 6 (3.45%) Azure Certification
3 6 (3.45%) HNC
4 4 (2.30%) Chartered Engineer
4 4 (2.30%) Security Cleared
5 3 (1.72%) Master's Degree
5 3 (1.72%) TOGAF Certification
6 2 (1.15%) APMP
6 2 (1.15%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (1.15%) IIBA
6 2 (1.15%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (1.15%) Network+ Certification
6 2 (1.15%) SC Cleared
7 1 (0.57%) City & Guilds
7 1 (0.57%) NVQ Level 5
7 1 (0.57%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (5.75%) QA
2 8 (4.60%) Data Quality
2 8 (4.60%) ISO 9001
3 4 (2.30%) GDPR
4 3 (1.72%) PMO
5 2 (1.15%) Accessibility
5 2 (1.15%) HAZOP
5 2 (1.15%) P3O
5 2 (1.15%) WCAG
6 1 (0.57%) Def Stans
6 1 (0.57%) ECSS
6 1 (0.57%) ISO 14001
6 1 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.57%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 8 (4.60%) vSphere
2 7 (4.02%) Docker
3 5 (2.87%) Active Directory
3 5 (2.87%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (2.30%) Firmware
5 2 (1.15%) Embedded Firmware
5 2 (1.15%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 7 (4.02%) Kubernetes
2 5 (2.87%) SCCM
3 3 (1.72%) Ansible
3 3 (1.72%) Control-M
3 3 (1.72%) Docker Swarm
3 3 (1.72%) Grafana
4 1 (0.57%) CloudHub
Vendors
1 31 (17.82%) Microsoft
2 11 (6.32%) Aderant
3 10 (5.75%) SAP
3 10 (5.75%) VMware
4 9 (5.17%) Sage
5 6 (3.45%) Google
6 5 (2.87%) Aruba
7 4 (2.30%) Salesforce
7 4 (2.30%) Xero
8 3 (1.72%) ANSYS
8 3 (1.72%) Atlassian
8 3 (1.72%) Foundry
9 2 (1.15%) Adobe
9 2 (1.15%) EMC
9 2 (1.15%) Infor
9 2 (1.15%) MuleSoft
9 2 (1.15%) Oracle
9 2 (1.15%) Siemens
9 2 (1.15%) Veeam
10 1 (0.57%) Cisco