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 3 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 1 10 8
Rank change year-on-year +9 -2 0
Permanent jobs citing Degree 198 133 77
As % of all permanent jobs in the North East 19.43% 13.64% 12.18%
As % of the Qualifications category 55.93% 56.60% 48.13%
Number of salaries quoted 46 53 65
10th Percentile £26,750 £30,750 £29,050
25th Percentile £28,250 £42,000 £37,199
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,000 £50,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -34.65% +1.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £60,750 £85,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £74,300
England median annual salary £52,500 £59,272 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.43% -1.21% +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 354 235 160
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 34.74% 24.10% 25.32%
Number of salaries quoted 154 112 130
10th Percentile - £30,300 £29,450
25th Percentile £28,250 £39,438 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £54,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.93% +8.00% +11.94%
75th Percentile £56,875 £75,508 £64,500
90th Percentile £76,470 £95,000 £77,625
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -

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 3 January 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 3 January 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 +15 135 £32,500 -36.59% 46
Durham 0 62 £50,000 +36.99% 11
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 1 (0.51%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 71 (35.86%) Chatbot
2 4 (2.02%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.52%) AutoCAD
4 2 (1.01%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (1.01%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 26 (13.13%) Azure
2 14 (7.07%) Microsoft 365
3 12 (6.06%) AWS
4 9 (4.55%) Power Platform
5 3 (1.52%) Azure Data Factory
5 3 (1.52%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (1.01%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 2 (1.01%) GCP
6 2 (1.01%) GitHub
6 2 (1.01%) SaaS
7 1 (0.51%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.51%) Azure Stack
7 1 (0.51%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 10 (5.05%) VPN
2 8 (4.04%) DNS
2 8 (4.04%) Firewall
2 8 (4.04%) TCP/IP
2 8 (4.04%) Wi-Fi
3 6 (3.03%) Asterisk PBX
3 6 (3.03%) PSTN
3 6 (3.03%) VoIP
4 3 (1.52%) LAN
4 3 (1.52%) Network Security
4 3 (1.52%) SAN
4 3 (1.52%) VLAN
4 3 (1.52%) WAN
5 2 (1.01%) BGP
5 2 (1.01%) Cisco ASA
5 2 (1.01%) EIGRP
5 2 (1.01%) OSPF
5 2 (1.01%) SNMP
5 2 (1.01%) WAAS
5 2 (1.01%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (12.12%) SQL Server
2 9 (4.55%) Power BI
3 5 (2.53%) Tableau
4 4 (2.02%) Azure SQL Database
5 3 (1.52%) Geospatial Data
5 3 (1.52%) GIS
5 3 (1.52%) Metadata
5 3 (1.52%) QGIS
5 3 (1.52%) Spatial Data
6 2 (1.01%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.51%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.51%) Data Mining
7 1 (0.51%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.51%) MySQL
7 1 (0.51%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.51%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 9 (4.55%) Bitbucket
1 9 (4.55%) JIRA
2 7 (3.54%) Git
3 2 (1.01%) Artifactory
3 2 (1.01%) Octopus Deploy
3 2 (1.01%) SonarQube
3 2 (1.01%) TeamCity
General
1 80 (40.40%) Finance
2 60 (30.30%) Marketing
3 57 (28.79%) Analytical Skills
4 52 (26.26%) Manufacturing
5 31 (15.66%) Social Skills
6 10 (5.05%) Organisational Skills
7 8 (4.04%) Advertising
8 7 (3.54%) Telecoms
9 5 (2.53%) Games
10 4 (2.02%) Legal
10 4 (2.02%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (1.52%) Retail
12 2 (1.01%) Back Office
12 2 (1.01%) Billing
12 2 (1.01%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.51%) Agriculture
13 1 (0.51%) Electronics
13 1 (0.51%) Law
Job Titles
1 70 (35.35%) Trainer
2 52 (26.26%) Development Manager
2 52 (26.26%) Product Development Manager
2 52 (26.26%) Product Manager
3 28 (14.14%) Analyst
4 17 (8.59%) Trainee
5 15 (7.58%) Business Analyst
6 14 (7.07%) Support Specialist
6 14 (7.07%) Trainee Analyst
6 14 (7.07%) Trainee Business Analyst
7 10 (5.05%) Coordinator
8 8 (4.04%) Customer Support Specialist
9 7 (3.54%) Applications Support
9 7 (3.54%) Applications Support Analyst
9 7 (3.54%) Content Editor
9 7 (3.54%) Senior
9 7 (3.54%) Support Analyst
10 5 (2.53%) Head of IT
10 5 (2.53%) Head of IT Security
10 5 (2.53%) Head of Security
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.03%) FreeSWITCH
2 3 (1.52%) .NET
3 2 (1.01%) ASP.NET
3 2 (1.01%) Elastic Stack
3 2 (1.01%) XML
4 1 (0.51%) 802.1X
4 1 (0.51%) CSS
4 1 (0.51%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 52 (26.26%) FMCG
2 8 (4.04%) LIMS
3 6 (3.03%) Management Information System
3 6 (3.03%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (2.53%) NHS
5 4 (2.02%) Onboarding
6 3 (1.52%) Molecular Biology
6 3 (1.52%) Renewable Energy
7 2 (1.01%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (1.01%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.51%) Data Structures
8 1 (0.51%) Derivative
8 1 (0.51%) EPoS
8 1 (0.51%) Equities
8 1 (0.51%) Mobile App
8 1 (0.51%) Pricing Data
8 1 (0.51%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.51%) Security Posture
8 1 (0.51%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 17 (8.59%) Linux
1 17 (8.59%) Windows
2 8 (4.04%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (44.44%) Chemistry
2 75 (37.88%) Project Management
3 71 (35.86%) AI
3 71 (35.86%) Conversational UI
4 64 (32.32%) Continuous Improvement
5 59 (29.80%) Decision-Making
6 57 (28.79%) Project Delivery
7 52 (26.26%) Commercialisation
7 52 (26.26%) Community of Practice
8 41 (20.71%) Computer Science
9 37 (18.69%) Problem-Solving
10 25 (12.63%) Change Management
11 17 (8.59%) ITIL
12 14 (7.07%) Business Analysis
12 14 (7.07%) Mathematics
13 13 (6.57%) Agile
13 13 (6.57%) Cybersecurity
14 12 (6.06%) Business Intelligence
15 11 (5.56%) Business Continuity
16 10 (5.05%) Content Writing
Programming Languages
1 21 (10.61%) SQL
2 17 (8.59%) Python
3 7 (3.54%) C#
4 6 (3.03%) Bash
4 6 (3.03%) Java
5 3 (1.52%) PowerShell
6 2 (1.01%) C
6 2 (1.01%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.51%) C++
7 1 (0.51%) PHP
Qualifications
1 55 (27.78%) Master's Degree
2 50 (25.25%) PhD
3 19 (9.60%) Computer Science Degree
4 9 (4.55%) CCNP
4 9 (4.55%) Cisco Certification
4 9 (4.55%) HNC
4 9 (4.55%) HND
5 8 (4.04%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 8 (4.04%) PMI Certification
5 8 (4.04%) PMP
6 6 (3.03%) CompTIA Security+
6 6 (3.03%) ITIL Certification
6 6 (3.03%) Network+ Certification
7 5 (2.53%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (2.02%) AWS Certification
8 4 (2.02%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 4 (2.02%) Azure Certification
9 3 (1.52%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 2 (1.01%) CCIE
10 2 (1.01%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.04%) QA
2 6 (3.03%) PMO
3 5 (2.53%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (2.02%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 3 (1.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (1.01%) Data Quality
6 2 (1.01%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.51%) GDPR
7 1 (0.51%) NIST
System Software
1 8 (4.04%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.01%) Docker
2 2 (1.01%) ProxySG
2 2 (1.01%) vSphere
3 1 (0.51%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (4.55%) Control-M
1 9 (4.55%) Grafana
1 9 (4.55%) Kubernetes
2 7 (3.54%) Prometheus
3 2 (1.01%) Ansible
3 2 (1.01%) Docker Swarm
3 2 (1.01%) Terraform
Vendors
1 71 (35.86%) PayPal
2 23 (11.62%) Microsoft
3 9 (4.55%) Cisco
4 6 (3.03%) ServiceNow
5 4 (2.02%) Anaplan
5 4 (2.02%) Genesys
5 4 (2.02%) Verint
6 3 (1.52%) Atlassian
6 3 (1.52%) CheckPoint
6 3 (1.52%) ESRI
7 2 (1.01%) Blue Coat
7 2 (1.01%) F5
7 2 (1.01%) Infoblox
7 2 (1.01%) Motorola
7 2 (1.01%) SolarWinds
7 2 (1.01%) VMware
8 1 (0.51%) Google
8 1 (0.51%) Meraki
8 1 (0.51%) Mitel
8 1 (0.51%) Nimble Storage