Degree Jobs in the North of England

Academic Degree
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for Degree qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 1 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 12 12 19
Rank change year-on-year 0 +7 +2
Permanent jobs citing Degree 997 2,522 1,701
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 12.72% 14.82% 10.14%
As % of the Qualifications category 46.22% 57.49% 47.13%
Number of salaries quoted 596 972 1,116
10th Percentile £27,625 £29,000 £26,063
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,750 £34,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,084 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.65% +5.56% -5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £61,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £70,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North of England

Degree is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,157 4,387 3,609
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 27.53% 25.78% 21.51%
Number of salaries quoted 1,215 2,046 2,479
10th Percentile £28,750 £29,750 £28,838
25th Percentile £40,750 £37,885 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,955 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.76% +1.74% -

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Degree as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Degree in the North of England

Degree
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Degree in the North of England.

Salary trend for Degree in the North of England

Degree
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Degree in the North of England over the 6 months to 1 December 2023.

Salary histogram for Degree in the North of England

Degree
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Degree within the North of England region over the 6 months to 1 December 2023. 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
North West -4 500 £51,117 +7.61% 716
Yorkshire +3 427 £54,250 +8.50% 333
North East -1 70 £50,000 +25.00% 149
Degree
England

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 33 (3.31%) SAS
2 20 (2.01%) SharePoint
3 17 (1.71%) IIS
4 12 (1.20%) Confluence
5 10 (1.00%) Apache
6 9 (0.90%) Apache Spark
7 5 (0.50%) Tomcat
8 4 (0.40%) CMS
9 3 (0.30%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 3 (0.30%) nginx
10 2 (0.20%) Exchange Server 2010
10 2 (0.20%) MS Exchange
10 2 (0.20%) Oracle Workflow
11 1 (0.10%) Apache Airflow
11 1 (0.10%) Apache Pulsar
11 1 (0.10%) Drupal
11 1 (0.10%) OpenStack
11 1 (0.10%) WordPress
Applications
1 64 (6.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 62 (6.22%) Microsoft Office
3 16 (1.60%) Chatbot
4 11 (1.10%) Microsoft Project
5 10 (1.00%) MS Visio
6 8 (0.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 4 (0.40%) Trello
7 4 (0.40%) Windchill
8 2 (0.20%) SPSS
9 1 (0.10%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.10%) EViews
Business Applications
1 39 (3.91%) Oracle ERP
2 25 (2.51%) Oracle Payables
2 25 (2.51%) Oracle Receivables
3 10 (1.00%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.30%) Unit4 Business World
5 2 (0.20%) Demantra
5 2 (0.20%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (0.20%) Oracle ASCP
5 2 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.20%) Oracle EBS R12
5 2 (0.20%) Sage 200
6 1 (0.10%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.10%) iTrent
6 1 (0.10%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.10%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 210 (21.06%) Azure
2 127 (12.74%) AWS
3 75 (7.52%) Microsoft 365
3 75 (7.52%) Power Platform
4 48 (4.81%) Azure DevOps
5 46 (4.61%) GCP
6 21 (2.11%) Dynamics 365
7 20 (2.01%) GitHub
8 17 (1.71%) PowerApps
9 16 (1.60%) SaaS
10 14 (1.40%) Cloud Computing
10 14 (1.40%) PaaS
10 14 (1.40%) Power Automate
11 10 (1.00%) Azure Data Factory
11 10 (1.00%) IaaS
12 9 (0.90%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 9 (0.90%) Serverless
13 7 (0.70%) Entra ID
13 7 (0.70%) Google Analytics
14 6 (0.60%) AWS Data Pipeline
Communications & Networking
1 47 (4.71%) Firewall
2 26 (2.61%) DNS
3 25 (2.51%) 5G
3 25 (2.51%) Broadband
3 25 (2.51%) WAN
4 21 (2.11%) LAN
5 20 (2.01%) VPN
6 19 (1.91%) Wireless
7 17 (1.71%) Network Security
8 15 (1.50%) DHCP
8 15 (1.50%) PPP
9 14 (1.40%) Structured Cabling
10 13 (1.30%) SAN
10 13 (1.30%) TCP/IP
10 13 (1.30%) VoIP
11 10 (1.00%) NAS
12 9 (0.90%) Internet
13 8 (0.80%) MPLS
14 7 (0.70%) Software-Defined Radio
14 7 (0.70%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 73 (7.32%) SQL Server
2 64 (6.42%) Power BI
3 46 (4.61%) MySQL
4 41 (4.11%) Oracle Reports
5 30 (3.01%) PostgreSQL
6 26 (2.61%) Tableau
7 22 (2.21%) Power Query
7 22 (2.21%) Relational Database
8 21 (2.11%) Star Schema
9 20 (2.01%) Data Warehouse
10 17 (1.71%) Data Lake
11 15 (1.50%) Metadata
12 14 (1.40%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 13 (1.30%) Base SAS
13 13 (1.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 9 (0.90%) Big Data
14 9 (0.90%) DynamoDB
15 7 (0.70%) MongoDB
15 7 (0.70%) RDBMS
16 6 (0.60%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 59 (5.92%) Git
2 37 (3.71%) JIRA
3 19 (1.91%) Jenkins
4 17 (1.71%) Bitbucket
5 6 (0.60%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 4 (0.40%) AutoIt
6 4 (0.40%) eggPlant
6 4 (0.40%) Team Foundation Server
7 3 (0.30%) Android Studio
7 3 (0.30%) Cucumber
7 3 (0.30%) JSUnit
7 3 (0.30%) JUnit
7 3 (0.30%) Mocha
7 3 (0.30%) Selenium
8 2 (0.20%) ERwin
8 2 (0.20%) GitLab
8 2 (0.20%) Gradle
8 2 (0.20%) LabVIEW
8 2 (0.20%) Maven
8 2 (0.20%) Oracle Forms
General
1 366 (36.71%) Social Skills
2 215 (21.56%) Finance
3 184 (18.46%) Analytical Skills
4 75 (7.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 58 (5.82%) Marketing
6 52 (5.22%) Retail
7 44 (4.41%) Back Office
7 44 (4.41%) Law
8 43 (4.31%) Legal
8 43 (4.31%) Manufacturing
9 42 (4.21%) Presentation Skills
10 38 (3.81%) Public Sector
11 34 (3.41%) Telecoms
12 32 (3.21%) Banking
12 32 (3.21%) Electronics
13 20 (2.01%) Local Government
13 20 (2.01%) Organisational Skills
14 18 (1.81%) Influencing Skills
15 15 (1.50%) Pharmaceutical
16 14 (1.40%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 209 (20.96%) Senior
2 199 (19.96%) Developer
3 158 (15.85%) Analyst
4 81 (8.12%) Project Manager
5 80 (8.02%) Senior Manager
6 77 (7.72%) Lead
7 51 (5.12%) Graduate
8 48 (4.81%) Architect
9 45 (4.51%) Senior Developer
10 40 (4.01%) Senior Project Manager
10 40 (4.01%) Solutions Architect
11 39 (3.91%) Enterprise Architecture Manager
11 39 (3.91%) Senior Strategy Manager
11 39 (3.91%) Strategy Manager
12 33 (3.31%) .NET Developer
13 32 (3.21%) Full Stack Developer
13 32 (3.21%) Lead Developer
14 29 (2.91%) Team Leader
15 27 (2.71%) Consultant
15 27 (2.71%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 74 (7.42%) .NET
2 71 (7.12%) HTML
3 66 (6.62%) CSS
4 59 (5.92%) React
5 51 (5.12%) AngularJS
6 43 (4.31%) RESTful
7 39 (3.91%) Oracle Fusion
8 36 (3.61%) Node.js
9 30 (3.01%) ASP.NET
10 24 (2.41%) HTML5
11 22 (2.21%) Spring
12 19 (1.91%) SOAP
13 18 (1.81%) ASP.NET MVC
13 18 (1.81%) Vue
14 17 (1.71%) Express.js
14 17 (1.71%) ModSecurity
14 17 (1.71%) Spring Boot
15 16 (1.60%) .NET Framework
15 16 (1.60%) XML
16 15 (1.50%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 128 (12.84%) Management Information System
2 49 (4.91%) Virtual Team
3 45 (4.51%) Self-Motivation
4 33 (3.31%) Onboarding
5 25 (2.51%) Driving Licence
6 24 (2.41%) Greenfield Project
7 23 (2.31%) Algorithms
7 23 (2.31%) Product Ownership
8 20 (2.01%) Life Science
9 19 (1.91%) Credit Risk
10 18 (1.81%) Data Centre
11 15 (1.50%) Robotics
12 13 (1.30%) Analytical Mindset
13 12 (1.20%) Renewable Energy
14 11 (1.10%) Legacy Systems
15 10 (1.00%) Embedded Systems
16 9 (0.90%) NHS
17 8 (0.80%) Smartphone
18 7 (0.70%) CMDB
18 7 (0.70%) FPGA
Operating Systems
1 101 (10.13%) Windows
2 50 (5.02%) Windows Server
3 42 (4.21%) Linux
4 34 (3.41%) Windows Server 2012
5 26 (2.61%) Windows 10
6 24 (2.41%) Windows Server 2019
7 16 (1.60%) Android
8 14 (1.40%) Unix
9 9 (0.90%) Windows Server 2016
10 6 (0.60%) Apple iOS
11 4 (0.40%) Windows Vista
12 3 (0.30%) Windows Server 2003
13 2 (0.20%) VMS
13 2 (0.20%) Windows 7
13 2 (0.20%) Windows Server 2008
14 1 (0.10%) Ubuntu
14 1 (0.10%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 327 (32.80%) Problem-Solving
2 321 (32.20%) Computer Science
3 222 (22.27%) Agile
4 152 (15.25%) DevOps
5 142 (14.24%) Project Management
6 113 (11.33%) Mathematics
7 110 (11.03%) Mentoring
8 109 (10.93%) Analytics
9 105 (10.53%) ITIL
10 103 (10.33%) Project Delivery
11 95 (9.53%) Actionable Insight
12 94 (9.43%) ERP
13 83 (8.32%) Business Intelligence
13 83 (8.32%) Software Engineering
14 77 (7.72%) Scrum
15 71 (7.12%) SDLC
16 69 (6.92%) Continuous Improvement
17 62 (6.22%) Migration
18 58 (5.82%) Front End Development
19 56 (5.62%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 147 (14.74%) SQL
2 100 (10.03%) JavaScript
3 99 (9.93%) Python
4 81 (8.12%) C#
5 64 (6.42%) Java
6 57 (5.72%) TypeScript
7 27 (2.71%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 23 (2.31%) C++
9 21 (2.11%) PHP
10 20 (2.01%) R
11 19 (1.91%) PowerShell
12 18 (1.81%) T-SQL
13 16 (1.60%) C
14 13 (1.30%) SAS Macro
15 11 (1.10%) Bash
16 9 (0.90%) MATLAB
17 8 (0.80%) Perl
17 8 (0.80%) Ruby
17 8 (0.80%) Rust
18 6 (0.60%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 239 (23.97%) Computer Science Degree
2 75 (7.52%) Security Cleared
3 71 (7.12%) Master's Degree
4 53 (5.32%) SC Cleared
5 27 (2.71%) CISSP
6 24 (2.41%) Microsoft Certification
6 24 (2.41%) TOGAF Certification
7 23 (2.31%) CISM
8 18 (1.81%) DBS Check
9 17 (1.71%) CISA
10 16 (1.60%) Azure Certification
10 16 (1.60%) CRISC
10 16 (1.60%) HND
11 15 (1.50%) Cisco Certification
12 14 (1.40%) PMI Certification
13 13 (1.30%) Chartered Engineer
13 13 (1.30%) PhD
14 12 (1.20%) Numerate Degree
14 12 (1.20%) PMP
15 11 (1.10%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (4.81%) QA
2 45 (4.51%) GDPR
3 40 (4.01%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 31 (3.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 29 (2.91%) NIST
6 22 (2.21%) SLA
7 19 (1.91%) Data Quality
8 17 (1.71%) Cyber Essentials
8 17 (1.71%) GRC
9 16 (1.60%) PMO
10 15 (1.50%) ISO 22301
11 13 (1.30%) CDISC
12 12 (1.20%) IFRS
12 12 (1.20%) IFRS 9
13 6 (0.60%) CRD IV
14 5 (0.50%) Actionable Recommendations
15 4 (0.40%) GMP
15 4 (0.40%) NCSC
15 4 (0.40%) PCI DSS
16 3 (0.30%) COBIT
System Software
1 59 (5.92%) Active Directory
2 38 (3.81%) VMware Infrastructure
3 28 (2.81%) Virtual Machines
4 23 (2.31%) Docker
5 17 (1.71%) vSphere
6 9 (0.90%) Hyper-V
6 9 (0.90%) Virtual Servers
7 6 (0.60%) Firmware
8 4 (0.40%) KVM
9 3 (0.30%) Embedded Firmware
10 2 (0.20%) NFS
11 1 (0.10%) BitLocker
11 1 (0.10%) Snort
11 1 (0.10%) Terminal Services
11 1 (0.10%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.10%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 20 (2.01%) Kubernetes
2 18 (1.81%) Microsoft Intune
3 15 (1.50%) Nessus
4 13 (1.30%) Ansible
5 9 (0.90%) Grafana
5 9 (0.90%) Terraform
6 6 (0.60%) Progress Chef
7 4 (0.40%) Puppet
7 4 (0.40%) SCCM
8 3 (0.30%) CASB
8 3 (0.30%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 2 (0.20%) Oracle Identity Management
9 2 (0.20%) Packer
9 2 (0.20%) SCOM
10 1 (0.10%) Cisco Prime
10 1 (0.10%) CSIRT
10 1 (0.10%) Functional Safety
10 1 (0.10%) HP Quality Center
10 1 (0.10%) WSUS
Vendors
1 134 (13.44%) Microsoft
2 79 (7.92%) Oracle
3 60 (6.02%) VMware
4 51 (5.12%) Salesforce
5 40 (4.01%) NEC
6 25 (2.51%) Virgin Media
7 22 (2.21%) Google
8 19 (1.91%) Cisco
9 15 (1.50%) CA
9 15 (1.50%) PayPal
10 14 (1.40%) arcserve
10 14 (1.40%) SAP
10 14 (1.40%) Sophos
11 13 (1.30%) ServiceNow
12 11 (1.10%) Splunk
13 10 (1.00%) Dynatrace
14 9 (0.90%) Databricks
15 8 (0.80%) CheckPoint
15 8 (0.80%) F5
16 7 (0.70%) Apple