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

6 months to
3 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 1 17
Rank change year-on-year -28 +16 -8
Permanent jobs citing Degree 175 277 133
As % of all permanent jobs in the North East 4.97% 28.59% 9.68%
As % of the Qualifications category 28.97% 76.94% 56.36%
Number of salaries quoted 112 47 60
10th Percentile £29,250 £26,750 £25,000
25th Percentile £35,310 £31,500 £30,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £48,000 £44,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.58% +7.87% -11.05%
75th Percentile £83,750 £65,000 £56,563
90th Percentile £120,000 £91,750 £95,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £57,000
% change year-on-year - -7.89% -5.00%

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 604 360 236
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 17.17% 37.15% 17.18%
Number of salaries quoted 388 122 116
10th Percentile £33,977 £28,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £44,862 £32,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £50,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.86% +12.22% -20.56%
75th Percentile £77,500 £61,250 £64,063
90th Percentile £97,500 £74,082 £82,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -2.46%

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 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 3 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 -35 127 £55,000 +34.70% 131
Durham -16 32 £51,250 +2.50% 39
Northumberland 0 11 £75,500 - 33
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 (4.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 7 (4.00%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.71%) 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 26 (14.86%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (6.29%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (5.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (1.71%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (1.71%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (1.14%) Adobe XD
5 2 (1.14%) CATIA
5 2 (1.14%) InVision
5 2 (1.14%) MS Visio
5 2 (1.14%) Siemens NX
5 2 (1.14%) Sketch
5 2 (1.14%) SOLIDWORKS
5 2 (1.14%) Trello
6 1 (0.57%) LaTeX
6 1 (0.57%) OrCAD
Business Applications
1 8 (4.57%) SAP PM
2 4 (2.29%) Sage 50
3 2 (1.14%) 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 22 (12.57%) Azure
2 14 (8.00%) AWS
3 9 (5.14%) IaaS
3 9 (5.14%) PaaS
3 9 (5.14%) SaaS
4 7 (4.00%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (2.86%) Azure AI
5 5 (2.86%) OneDrive
5 5 (2.86%) Power Platform
6 4 (2.29%) Amazon EC2
6 4 (2.29%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (2.29%) Cloud Computing
6 4 (2.29%) Figma
6 4 (2.29%) GCP
7 3 (1.71%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 3 (1.71%) Azure Data Factory
8 2 (1.14%) Amazon ECS
8 2 (1.14%) npm
8 2 (1.14%) Power Automate
8 2 (1.14%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.86%) DHCP
1 5 (2.86%) DNS
2 3 (1.71%) Wireless
3 2 (1.14%) Firewall
3 2 (1.14%) VLAN
3 2 (1.14%) VPN
4 1 (0.57%) Cisco IOS
4 1 (0.57%) Internet
4 1 (0.57%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.29%) Amazon RDS
1 4 (2.29%) GIS
1 4 (2.29%) PostgreSQL
1 4 (2.29%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.71%) Azure SQL Database
2 3 (1.71%) Data Lake
2 3 (1.71%) Power BI
3 2 (1.14%) 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 (4.57%) JIRA
2 5 (2.86%) Git
3 3 (1.71%) Appcelerator Titanium
3 3 (1.71%) Artifactory
3 3 (1.71%) Bitbucket
3 3 (1.71%) Octopus Deploy
3 3 (1.71%) SonarQube
3 3 (1.71%) TeamCity
4 2 (1.14%) Axure RP
4 2 (1.14%) Balsamiq
5 1 (0.57%) LabVIEW
General
1 63 (36.00%) Finance
2 58 (33.14%) Social Skills
3 41 (23.43%) Manufacturing
4 33 (18.86%) Analytical Skills
5 23 (13.14%) Electronics
6 19 (10.86%) Financial Institution
7 18 (10.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 17 (9.71%) Law
9 14 (8.00%) Influencing Skills
10 11 (6.29%) Billing
10 11 (6.29%) General Ledger
10 11 (6.29%) Pharmaceutical
11 10 (5.71%) Legal
11 10 (5.71%) Presentation Skills
12 9 (5.14%) Public Sector
13 8 (4.57%) Retail
14 7 (4.00%) Local Government
15 5 (2.86%) Automotive
15 5 (2.86%) Marketing
16 4 (2.29%) Banking
Job Titles
1 25 (14.29%) Senior
2 22 (12.57%) Developer
3 17 (9.71%) Analyst
3 17 (9.71%) Architect
4 16 (9.14%) Software Engineer
5 14 (8.00%) Electronics Engineer
6 13 (7.43%) Software Developer
7 12 (6.86%) Lead
8 11 (6.29%) C++ Software Engineer
8 11 (6.29%) Principal Engineer
8 11 (6.29%) Rust Engineer
8 11 (6.29%) Rust Software Engineer
9 10 (5.71%) Lead Architect
9 10 (5.71%) Systems Engineer
10 9 (5.14%) C++ Developer
10 9 (5.14%) C++ Software Developer
10 9 (5.14%) Rust Developer
11 8 (4.57%) Design Engineer
11 8 (4.57%) Electrical Engineer
11 8 (4.57%) Principal Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (4.57%) .NET
2 7 (4.00%) Middleware
3 6 (3.43%) CSS
3 6 (3.43%) HTML
3 6 (3.43%) React
4 4 (2.29%) .NET Core
4 4 (2.29%) Ajax
4 4 (2.29%) Flask
4 4 (2.29%) Jinja
4 4 (2.29%) jQuery
4 4 (2.29%) OpenLayers
4 4 (2.29%) SQLAlchemy
5 3 (1.71%) Elastic Stack
5 3 (1.71%) SignalR
5 3 (1.71%) Terraform
5 3 (1.71%) WebSockets
6 2 (1.14%) boto
6 2 (1.14%) CSS3
6 2 (1.14%) Framer.js
6 2 (1.14%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 13 (7.43%) Product Ownership
2 10 (5.71%) Driving Licence
2 10 (5.71%) IoT
2 10 (5.71%) Self-Motivation
3 9 (5.14%) Web Conferencing
4 8 (4.57%) Data Centre
5 7 (4.00%) Renewable Energy
5 7 (4.00%) SCADA
6 6 (3.43%) Algorithms
6 6 (3.43%) Data Structures
7 5 (2.86%) Cyber Security Posture
7 5 (2.86%) Hedge funds
7 5 (2.86%) Legacy Systems
7 5 (2.86%) Management Information System
8 4 (2.29%) Cloud Native
8 4 (2.29%) Embedded Systems
8 4 (2.29%) Taxonomies
9 3 (1.71%) Analogue Electronics
9 3 (1.71%) CCTV
9 3 (1.71%) Industry 4.0
Operating Systems
1 26 (14.86%) Linux
2 12 (6.86%) Windows
3 7 (4.00%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.14%) FreeRTOS
4 2 (1.14%) Windows Server 2016
4 2 (1.14%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (33.14%) Computer Science
2 56 (32.00%) Problem-Solving
3 45 (25.71%) Continuous Improvement
4 40 (22.86%) AI
5 34 (19.43%) Software Engineering
6 33 (18.86%) Mathematics
7 26 (14.86%) Physics
8 24 (13.71%) Analytics
9 23 (13.14%) ITIL
10 22 (12.57%) Decision-Making
10 22 (12.57%) Mentoring
11 20 (11.43%) ITSM
11 20 (11.43%) Requirements Management
11 20 (11.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 20 (11.43%) Validation
12 18 (10.29%) Root Cause Analysis
12 18 (10.29%) Workflow
13 17 (9.71%) Agile
13 17 (9.71%) Project Delivery
13 17 (9.71%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 26 (14.86%) C++
2 25 (14.29%) SQL
3 20 (11.43%) Rust
4 15 (8.57%) Python
5 8 (4.57%) C#
5 8 (4.57%) PowerShell
6 7 (4.00%) Java
7 6 (3.43%) TypeScript
8 4 (2.29%) JavaScript
9 3 (1.71%) C
Qualifications
1 33 (18.86%) Computer Science Degree
2 7 (4.00%) DBS Check
2 7 (4.00%) HND
3 6 (3.43%) AWS Certification
3 6 (3.43%) Azure Certification
3 6 (3.43%) Chartered Engineer
3 6 (3.43%) HNC
4 4 (2.29%) Security Cleared
5 3 (1.71%) Master's Degree
5 3 (1.71%) TOGAF Certification
6 2 (1.14%) APMP
6 2 (1.14%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (1.14%) IIBA
6 2 (1.14%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (1.14%) Network+ Certification
6 2 (1.14%) SC Cleared
7 1 (0.57%) City & Guilds
7 1 (0.57%) NVQ Level 5
7 1 (0.57%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (6.29%) QA
2 8 (4.57%) ISO 9001
3 7 (4.00%) Data Quality
4 4 (2.29%) GDPR
5 3 (1.71%) PMO
6 2 (1.14%) Accessibility
6 2 (1.14%) HAZOP
6 2 (1.14%) P3O
6 2 (1.14%) WCAG
7 1 (0.57%) Def Stans
7 1 (0.57%) ECSS
7 1 (0.57%) ISO 14001
7 1 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.57%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 8 (4.57%) vSphere
2 7 (4.00%) Docker
3 5 (2.86%) Active Directory
3 5 (2.86%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.71%) Firmware
5 2 (1.14%) Embedded Firmware
5 2 (1.14%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 7 (4.00%) Kubernetes
2 5 (2.86%) SCCM
3 3 (1.71%) Ansible
3 3 (1.71%) Control-M
3 3 (1.71%) Docker Swarm
3 3 (1.71%) Grafana
4 1 (0.57%) CloudHub
Vendors
1 31 (17.71%) Microsoft
2 11 (6.29%) Aderant
3 10 (5.71%) SAP
3 10 (5.71%) VMware
4 9 (5.14%) Sage
5 6 (3.43%) Google
6 5 (2.86%) Aruba
7 4 (2.29%) Salesforce
7 4 (2.29%) Xero
8 3 (1.71%) ANSYS
8 3 (1.71%) Atlassian
8 3 (1.71%) EMC
8 3 (1.71%) Foundry
9 2 (1.14%) Adobe
9 2 (1.14%) Infor
9 2 (1.14%) MuleSoft
9 2 (1.14%) Oracle
9 2 (1.14%) Siemens
9 2 (1.14%) Veeam
10 1 (0.57%) Cisco