Degree Jobs in the North West

Academic Degree
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for Degree qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 9 13 17
Rank change year-on-year +4 +4 +5
Permanent jobs citing Degree 1,185 1,259 1,077
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 12.22% 15.81% 11.45%
As % of the Qualifications category 50.11% 45.26% 38.21%
Number of salaries quoted 816 443 450
10th Percentile £26,000 £27,050 £25,675
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +10.53% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £67,500 £63,997
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North West

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 West with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,365 2,782 2,819
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 24.39% 34.94% 29.96%
Number of salaries quoted 1,601 938 1,303
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,750 £27,600
25th Percentile £36,250 £38,787 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £85,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.17% +5.45% -

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Degree in the North West

Degree
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Degree in the North West

Degree
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Degree in the North West over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Degree in the North West

Degree
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Degree within the North West region over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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
Manchester +1 547 £50,000 -4.76% 297
Lancashire +1 229 £52,084 +12.61% 70
Cheshire +3 220 £45,000 -18.18% 152
Merseyside -12 99 £32,500 -31.58% 52
Cumbria +7 84 £39,500 -34.17% 48
Degree
England

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 18 (1.52%) SharePoint
2 17 (1.43%) CMS
3 13 (1.10%) Microsoft Exchange
4 10 (0.84%) SAS
5 7 (0.59%) IIS
6 6 (0.51%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 6 (0.51%) Confluence
7 4 (0.34%) Apache
7 4 (0.34%) Apache Spark
7 4 (0.34%) ArcGIS
7 4 (0.34%) Tomcat
7 4 (0.34%) Umbraco
7 4 (0.34%) WordPress
8 1 (0.084%) Kentico
8 1 (0.084%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.084%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 81 (6.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 74 (6.24%) Microsoft Office
3 49 (4.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 13 (1.10%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 11 (0.93%) Adobe Illustrator
5 11 (0.93%) Photoshop
6 9 (0.76%) Adobe Captivate
7 8 (0.68%) Microsoft Project
7 8 (0.68%) MS Visio
8 7 (0.59%) InDesign
9 6 (0.51%) AutoCAD
9 6 (0.51%) Chatbot
10 5 (0.42%) Spreadsheet
11 3 (0.25%) Adobe After Effects
11 3 (0.25%) Trello
12 2 (0.17%) SPSS
12 2 (0.17%) Stata
13 1 (0.084%) Adobe Premiere
13 1 (0.084%) CorelDRAW
13 1 (0.084%) GNU Octave
Business Applications
1 18 (1.52%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (1.10%) SAP S/4HANA
3 9 (0.76%) SAP CX
4 7 (0.59%) SAP Business One
5 4 (0.34%) Dynamics NAV
5 4 (0.34%) NEC Housing
5 4 (0.34%) NetSuite
5 4 (0.34%) SAP CO
5 4 (0.34%) SAP ERP
5 4 (0.34%) SAP FI
5 4 (0.34%) SAP FI/CO
6 3 (0.25%) SAP APO
6 3 (0.25%) SAP MM
6 3 (0.25%) SAP PP
6 3 (0.25%) SAP SD
6 3 (0.25%) SAP WM
7 2 (0.17%) Dynamics AX
7 2 (0.17%) Primavera
7 2 (0.17%) SAP PLM
7 2 (0.17%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 130 (10.97%) Azure
2 96 (8.10%) AWS
3 73 (6.16%) Microsoft 365
4 39 (3.29%) Power Platform
5 27 (2.28%) GCP
6 18 (1.52%) Dynamics 365
7 16 (1.35%) Azure DevOps
8 14 (1.18%) SaaS
9 13 (1.10%) Amazon EC2
9 13 (1.10%) Amazon Kinesis
9 13 (1.10%) Amazon S3
9 13 (1.10%) GitHub
10 10 (0.84%) Google Play
11 9 (0.76%) Serverless
12 7 (0.59%) Entra ID
12 7 (0.59%) Google Analytics
12 7 (0.59%) Google Workspace
12 7 (0.59%) Power Automate
13 5 (0.42%) Adobe Creative Cloud
14 4 (0.34%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 46 (3.88%) Firewall
2 36 (3.04%) PPP
3 30 (2.53%) WAN
4 29 (2.45%) LAN
5 26 (2.19%) TCP/IP
6 24 (2.03%) DNS
7 18 (1.52%) Internet
7 18 (1.52%) VoIP
8 17 (1.43%) VPN
9 15 (1.27%) Wi-Fi
10 14 (1.18%) DHCP
10 14 (1.18%) RS-232
11 11 (0.93%) Broadband
11 11 (0.93%) Network Security
11 11 (0.93%) Remote Desktop
11 11 (0.93%) SD-WAN
12 10 (0.84%) Ethernet
13 9 (0.76%) VLAN
13 9 (0.76%) Wireless
14 6 (0.51%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (5.91%) SQL Server
2 41 (3.46%) MySQL
3 33 (2.78%) Tableau
4 27 (2.28%) Relational Database
5 26 (2.19%) Data Warehouse
6 23 (1.94%) Power BI
7 18 (1.52%) MS Access
8 17 (1.43%) Amazon Redshift
8 17 (1.43%) RDBMS
9 16 (1.35%) NoSQL
10 13 (1.10%) Amazon RDS
11 10 (0.84%) PostgreSQL
11 10 (0.84%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 10 (0.84%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 8 (0.68%) Big Data
13 7 (0.59%) MongoDB
14 6 (0.51%) Elasticsearch
14 6 (0.51%) QlikView
15 4 (0.34%) Cognos Framework Manager
15 4 (0.34%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 59 (4.98%) Git
2 44 (3.71%) JIRA
3 14 (1.18%) Postman
4 12 (1.01%) Visual Studio
5 11 (0.93%) Subversion
6 10 (0.84%) Appium
7 9 (0.76%) Jenkins
8 6 (0.51%) Dreamweaver
9 5 (0.42%) Clang
9 5 (0.42%) InstallShield
9 5 (0.42%) IntelliJ
9 5 (0.42%) JUnit
9 5 (0.42%) Mockito
10 4 (0.34%) CMake
10 4 (0.34%) GCC
10 4 (0.34%) GDB
10 4 (0.34%) Rational DOORS
10 4 (0.34%) TeamCity
11 3 (0.25%) Cypress.io
11 3 (0.25%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 451 (38.06%) Social Skills
2 149 (12.57%) Finance
3 127 (10.72%) Analytical Skills
4 116 (9.79%) Manufacturing
5 50 (4.22%) Legal
6 46 (3.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 42 (3.54%) Marketing
7 42 (3.54%) Retail
8 40 (3.38%) Public Sector
9 38 (3.21%) Games
10 37 (3.12%) Organisational Skills
11 32 (2.70%) Presentation Skills
12 30 (2.53%) Electronics
13 28 (2.36%) Law
14 27 (2.28%) Military
14 27 (2.28%) Telecoms
15 24 (2.03%) Aerospace
16 23 (1.94%) Automotive
17 16 (1.35%) Local Government
18 13 (1.10%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 186 (15.70%) Developer
2 174 (14.68%) Senior
3 104 (8.78%) Analyst
4 96 (8.10%) Software Engineer
5 86 (7.26%) Graduate
6 80 (6.75%) Lead
7 66 (5.57%) Project Manager
8 42 (3.54%) Lead Developer
9 36 (3.04%) Architect
10 35 (2.95%) Senior Developer
11 34 (2.87%) Team Leader
12 31 (2.62%) Business Developer
12 31 (2.62%) Junior
13 30 (2.53%) .NET Developer
14 28 (2.36%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 28 (2.36%) Software Developer
15 27 (2.28%) Consultant
15 27 (2.28%) IT Manager
16 25 (2.11%) Senior Software Engineer
17 23 (1.94%) Incident Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 104 (8.78%) .NET
2 68 (5.74%) HTML
3 43 (3.63%) Node.js
4 41 (3.46%) CSS
5 35 (2.95%) JSON
6 31 (2.62%) React
7 20 (1.69%) ASP.NET
7 20 (1.69%) HTML5
8 19 (1.60%) .NET Framework
8 19 (1.60%) REST
9 16 (1.35%) Web Services
10 15 (1.27%) Spring
11 14 (1.18%) AngularJS
11 14 (1.18%) Redux
12 13 (1.10%) MobX
12 13 (1.10%) React Native
12 13 (1.10%) RESTful
12 13 (1.10%) Spring Boot
13 10 (0.84%) Android SDK
13 10 (0.84%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 113 (9.54%) Management Information System
2 52 (4.39%) Self-Motivation
3 38 (3.21%) Data Centre
4 36 (3.04%) Operational Technology
5 35 (2.95%) Driving Licence
6 33 (2.78%) Industrial Internet of Things
7 29 (2.45%) Onboarding
8 18 (1.52%) Embedded Systems
9 16 (1.35%) Renewable Energy
10 15 (1.27%) e-Learning
10 15 (1.27%) Social Media
11 14 (1.18%) Cloud Native
11 14 (1.18%) Enterprise Software
12 13 (1.10%) Algorithms
12 13 (1.10%) Cyber Threat
13 12 (1.01%) Animation
13 12 (1.01%) IoT
14 11 (0.93%) Analytical Mindset
14 11 (0.93%) Public Cloud
15 10 (0.84%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 114 (9.62%) Windows
2 73 (6.16%) Linux
3 26 (2.19%) Windows Server
4 17 (1.43%) Unix
5 16 (1.35%) Android
6 15 (1.27%) Windows Vista
7 14 (1.18%) Windows 10
8 9 (0.76%) Windows Phone
9 8 (0.68%) Mac OS
10 7 (0.59%) Windows Server 2012
10 7 (0.59%) Windows Server 2016
11 6 (0.51%) Windows Server 2019
12 5 (0.42%) FreeRTOS
12 5 (0.42%) VMS
13 4 (0.34%) Solaris
14 3 (0.25%) Apple iOS
15 1 (0.084%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 1 (0.084%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 338 (28.52%) Problem-Solving
2 327 (27.59%) Computer Science
3 207 (17.47%) Agile
4 184 (15.53%) Cybersecurity
5 177 (14.94%) Project Management
6 149 (12.57%) Software Engineering
7 118 (9.96%) Mentoring
8 100 (8.44%) Continuous Improvement
9 94 (7.93%) Analytics
10 80 (6.75%) Project Delivery
11 75 (6.33%) Mathematics
12 74 (6.24%) Customer Service
12 74 (6.24%) Risk Management
13 71 (5.99%) DevOps
13 71 (5.99%) Incident Response
14 70 (5.91%) ITIL
15 67 (5.65%) Coaching
16 60 (5.06%) Change Management
17 59 (4.98%) ERP
18 56 (4.73%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 142 (11.98%) SQL
2 121 (10.21%) C#
3 86 (7.26%) JavaScript
4 79 (6.67%) Python
5 77 (6.50%) Java
6 40 (3.38%) C
7 35 (2.95%) TypeScript
8 29 (2.45%) PHP
9 22 (1.86%) VB
10 19 (1.60%) C++
11 15 (1.27%) PowerShell
12 14 (1.18%) Embedded C
12 14 (1.18%) T-SQL
13 12 (1.01%) Kotlin
14 11 (0.93%) R
14 11 (0.93%) VBScript
15 8 (0.68%) Perl
15 8 (0.68%) Ruby
16 7 (0.59%) Rust
17 5 (0.42%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 180 (15.19%) Computer Science Degree
2 81 (6.84%) Master's Degree
3 69 (5.82%) Security Cleared
4 55 (4.64%) HNC
5 48 (4.05%) Cisco Certification
5 48 (4.05%) HND
6 42 (3.54%) SC Cleared
7 41 (3.46%) CISSP
8 36 (3.04%) Microsoft Certification
9 35 (2.95%) CCNA
10 34 (2.87%) CISM
11 30 (2.53%) CCNP
12 18 (1.52%) PhD
13 17 (1.43%) AWS Certification
14 16 (1.35%) Chartered Engineer
15 15 (1.27%) APMP
15 15 (1.27%) PMP
16 14 (1.18%) PMI Certification
17 12 (1.01%) Azure Certification
18 11 (0.93%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (3.29%) QA
2 37 (3.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 26 (2.19%) NIST
4 21 (1.77%) Accessibility
4 21 (1.77%) GDPR
4 21 (1.77%) PCI DSS
5 19 (1.60%) SLA
6 18 (1.52%) Cyber Essentials
7 13 (1.10%) Data Quality
8 8 (0.68%) PMO
9 7 (0.59%) NCSC
10 6 (0.51%) IEC 62304
10 6 (0.51%) NIST 800
11 5 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 5 (0.42%) ISO 9001
12 4 (0.34%) GMP
12 4 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 17025
12 4 (0.34%) TickIT
13 3 (0.25%) WCAG
14 2 (0.17%) MiFID
System Software
1 60 (5.06%) Active Directory
2 22 (1.86%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (1.69%) Docker
4 12 (1.01%) Hyper-V
5 9 (0.76%) Firmware
5 9 (0.76%) Terminal Services
6 6 (0.51%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (0.34%) vSphere
8 2 (0.17%) Embedded Firmware
9 1 (0.084%) Lustre
9 1 (0.084%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.084%) Snort
9 1 (0.084%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.084%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 17 (1.43%) Terraform
2 15 (1.27%) Kubernetes
3 10 (0.84%) Ansible
4 9 (0.76%) AirWatch
4 9 (0.76%) CASB
5 8 (0.68%) Progress Chef
6 6 (0.51%) Microsoft Intune
7 5 (0.42%) Stealthwatch
8 4 (0.34%) Autotask
8 4 (0.34%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 3 (0.25%) SCCM
10 2 (0.17%) Grafana
10 2 (0.17%) Prometheus
10 2 (0.17%) vRealize
11 1 (0.084%) CSIRT
11 1 (0.084%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.084%) Functional Safety
11 1 (0.084%) Icinga
11 1 (0.084%) Oracle Identity Management
11 1 (0.084%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 232 (19.58%) Microsoft
2 52 (4.39%) Adobe
3 48 (4.05%) SAP
4 41 (3.46%) Cisco
5 34 (2.87%) Google
6 33 (2.78%) Apple
6 33 (2.78%) VMware
7 16 (1.35%) HP
8 15 (1.27%) ServiceNow
9 13 (1.10%) Meraki
10 11 (0.93%) Oracle
10 11 (0.93%) Virgin Media
11 10 (0.84%) Dell
11 10 (0.84%) Facebook
11 10 (0.84%) Salesforce
11 10 (0.84%) Samsung
12 8 (0.68%) F5
12 8 (0.68%) Sage
13 7 (0.59%) IBM
13 7 (0.59%) Juniper