Degree Jobs in the North West

Academic Degree
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 12 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 1 9 12
Rank change year-on-year +8 +3 +5
Permanent jobs citing Degree 3,095 1,202 1,240
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 38.65% 12.19% 15.82%
As % of the Qualifications category 58.54% 50.27% 45.89%
Number of salaries quoted 1,759 829 442
10th Percentile £40,000 £26,250 £27,250
25th Percentile £45,628 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £48,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.28% -12.73% +15.79%
75th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £73,708 £80,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £52,600 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +0.19% -12.50% +9.09%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 5,287 2,391 2,702
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 66.02% 24.25% 34.48%
Number of salaries quoted 2,680 1,622 916
10th Percentile £31,250 £26,250 £28,875
25th Percentile £41,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +11.62%
75th Percentile £58,943 £63,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £71,250 £79,600 £85,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% +9.09%

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 12 May 2025.

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 12 May 2025. 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
Lancashire +2 1,236 £50,055 -3.90% 291
Cumbria -1 1,223 £45,628 +15.51% 60
Manchester +10 471 £50,000 - 519
Merseyside +12 86 £32,500 - 58
Cheshire -18 78 £47,500 - 133
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 95 (3.07%) SharePoint
2 22 (0.71%) CMS
3 20 (0.65%) Umbraco
4 18 (0.58%) Confluence
5 17 (0.55%) IBM Domino
6 11 (0.36%) SAS
7 6 (0.19%) Microsoft Exchange
8 5 (0.16%) Apache
8 5 (0.16%) Apache Spark
9 3 (0.097%) Apache Airflow
9 3 (0.097%) WordPress
10 2 (0.065%) GemFire
11 1 (0.032%) Moodle
11 1 (0.032%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 268 (8.66%) Microsoft Office
2 246 (7.95%) Microsoft Excel
3 201 (6.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 158 (5.11%) Mathcad
5 149 (4.81%) Simulink
6 142 (4.59%) Abaqus
7 50 (1.62%) Chatbot
8 48 (1.55%) SOLIDWORKS
9 25 (0.81%) Microsoft Project
10 24 (0.78%) AutoCAD
11 21 (0.68%) Trello
12 10 (0.32%) MS Visio
13 2 (0.065%) Autodesk Inventor
13 2 (0.065%) Spreadsheet
14 1 (0.032%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 269 (8.69%) Teamcenter
2 65 (2.10%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 35 (1.13%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (0.16%) NetSuite
4 5 (0.16%) Shopify
5 3 (0.097%) Maximo
5 3 (0.097%) Remedy ITSM
6 2 (0.065%) SAP SD
7 1 (0.032%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.032%) iTrent
7 1 (0.032%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.032%) Q-Pulse
7 1 (0.032%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 111 (3.59%) Power Platform
2 57 (1.84%) Azure
3 46 (1.49%) AWS
4 35 (1.13%) Microsoft 365
5 13 (0.42%) GCP
5 13 (0.42%) SaaS
6 11 (0.36%) Entra ID
7 9 (0.29%) Cloud Computing
8 8 (0.26%) Dynamics 365
8 8 (0.26%) Google Analytics
8 8 (0.26%) Serverless
9 7 (0.23%) Azure DevOps
10 6 (0.19%) Figma
11 5 (0.16%) Azure Data Factory
11 5 (0.16%) Azure Functions
12 4 (0.13%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 4 (0.13%) Google Workspace
12 4 (0.13%) Microsoft Copilot
12 4 (0.13%) Miro
12 4 (0.13%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 20 (0.65%) Intranet
2 18 (0.58%) VoIP
3 17 (0.55%) Firewall
4 15 (0.48%) Intrusion Detection
5 9 (0.29%) TCP/IP
6 8 (0.26%) VPN
6 8 (0.26%) Wireless
7 7 (0.23%) DNS
8 5 (0.16%) Bluetooth
9 4 (0.13%) 5G
9 4 (0.13%) DHCP
9 4 (0.13%) GSM
9 4 (0.13%) Internet
9 4 (0.13%) LAN
9 4 (0.13%) LTE
9 4 (0.13%) UMTS
9 4 (0.13%) WAN
9 4 (0.13%) Wi-Fi
10 3 (0.097%) Skype
11 2 (0.065%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 99 (3.20%) Power BI
2 67 (2.16%) SQL Server
3 16 (0.52%) Relational Database
4 13 (0.42%) Big Data
5 12 (0.39%) Data Warehouse
6 11 (0.36%) MongoDB
7 8 (0.26%) MySQL
7 8 (0.26%) Tableau
8 6 (0.19%) NoSQL
9 5 (0.16%) PostgreSQL
9 5 (0.16%) Power Query
10 4 (0.13%) Hadoop
10 4 (0.13%) PowerPivot
11 3 (0.097%) Electronic Patient Records
11 3 (0.097%) Oracle Database
11 3 (0.097%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 2 (0.065%) Apache Ignite
12 2 (0.065%) BigQuery
12 2 (0.065%) InterSystems Cache
12 2 (0.065%) Redis
Development Applications
1 129 (4.17%) Rational DOORS
2 109 (3.52%) LabVIEW
3 103 (3.33%) JIRA
4 17 (0.55%) Git
5 16 (0.52%) Bitbucket
6 15 (0.48%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 7 (0.23%) Jenkins
8 5 (0.16%) ClearCase
9 4 (0.13%) Balsamiq
9 4 (0.13%) Cucumber
9 4 (0.13%) Robot Framework
10 3 (0.097%) TeamCity
10 3 (0.097%) webpack
11 2 (0.065%) Babel
11 2 (0.065%) CircleCI
11 2 (0.065%) GitLab
11 2 (0.065%) MSTest
11 2 (0.065%) NUnit
11 2 (0.065%) SpecFlow
11 2 (0.065%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 962 (31.08%) Social Skills
2 512 (16.54%) Aerospace
3 420 (13.57%) Automotive
4 408 (13.18%) Analytical Skills
5 266 (8.59%) Manufacturing
6 239 (7.72%) Finance
7 222 (7.17%) Avionics
8 177 (5.72%) Telecoms
9 149 (4.81%) Aeronautics
10 96 (3.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 92 (2.97%) Organisational Skills
12 79 (2.55%) Presentation Skills
13 67 (2.16%) Electronics
14 61 (1.97%) Influencing Skills
15 53 (1.71%) Retail
16 52 (1.68%) Legal
17 33 (1.07%) Agriculture
18 28 (0.90%) Banking
19 26 (0.84%) Documentation Skills
20 22 (0.71%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 1,109 (35.83%) Systems Engineer
2 1,073 (34.67%) Senior
3 471 (15.22%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 382 (12.34%) Principal Engineer
5 243 (7.85%) Principal Systems Engineer
6 190 (6.14%) Lead
7 179 (5.78%) Support Engineer
8 175 (5.65%) Senior Electrical Engineer
9 174 (5.62%) Software Support Engineer
10 171 (5.53%) Analyst
11 127 (4.10%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
12 122 (3.94%) Platform Engineer
13 121 (3.91%) Commissioning Manager
14 110 (3.55%) Engineering Specialist
15 107 (3.46%) Lead Systems Engineer
16 90 (2.91%) Developer
17 88 (2.84%) Project Manager
18 83 (2.68%) Team Leader
19 75 (2.42%) Trainer
20 67 (2.16%) Integration Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (1.29%) .NET
2 39 (1.26%) CSS
3 36 (1.16%) HTML
4 26 (0.84%) HTML5
5 24 (0.78%) jQuery
6 17 (0.55%) React
7 16 (0.52%) .NET Core
8 12 (0.39%) Software Packaging
9 11 (0.36%) ASP.NET
10 10 (0.32%) AngularJS
10 10 (0.32%) RESTful
11 9 (0.29%) .NET Framework
11 9 (0.29%) WinForms
12 7 (0.23%) JSON
12 7 (0.23%) XML
13 6 (0.19%) Node.js
13 6 (0.19%) REST
14 5 (0.16%) CSS3
14 5 (0.16%) Next.js
14 5 (0.16%) XSD
Miscellaneous
1 201 (6.49%) Management Information System
2 114 (3.68%) Social Media
3 93 (3.00%) Product Ownership
4 46 (1.49%) Self-Motivation
5 31 (1.00%) SCADA
6 30 (0.97%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 25 (0.81%) Robotics
8 21 (0.68%) Security Posture
9 20 (0.65%) NHS
10 12 (0.39%) FMCG
11 11 (0.36%) Algorithms
12 9 (0.29%) Analytical Mindset
12 9 (0.29%) Manufacturing Execution System
13 7 (0.23%) Renewable Energy
14 6 (0.19%) Greenfield Project
15 5 (0.16%) Data Protection Act
15 5 (0.16%) Hybrid Cloud
16 4 (0.13%) Data Structures
16 4 (0.13%) Driving Licence
16 4 (0.13%) Learning Management System
Operating Systems
1 121 (3.91%) Windows
2 87 (2.81%) Windows Vista
3 35 (1.13%) Linux
4 10 (0.32%) Windows 10
5 4 (0.13%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.097%) Android
6 3 (0.097%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.097%) CentOS
6 3 (0.097%) Mac OS
6 3 (0.097%) Ubuntu
6 3 (0.097%) Unix
7 1 (0.032%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.032%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.032%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,270 (41.03%) Systems Engineering
2 581 (18.77%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
3 469 (15.15%) Mathematics
4 362 (11.70%) Agile
5 334 (10.79%) Problem-Solving
6 308 (9.95%) SysML
7 297 (9.60%) Coaching
8 283 (9.14%) Validation
9 275 (8.89%) Business Case
10 265 (8.56%) Requirements Management
11 251 (8.11%) Customer Requirements
12 249 (8.05%) Software Engineering
12 249 (8.05%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 248 (8.01%) Physics
14 237 (7.66%) Continuous Improvement
15 214 (6.91%) Computer Science
15 214 (6.91%) Verification and Validation
16 210 (6.79%) PLM
17 204 (6.59%) CAD
18 197 (6.37%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 436 (14.09%) MATLAB
2 125 (4.04%) SQL
3 123 (3.97%) Java
4 107 (3.46%) C#
5 61 (1.97%) Python
6 41 (1.32%) JavaScript
7 40 (1.29%) C
8 21 (0.68%) VB
9 19 (0.61%) PowerShell
10 17 (0.55%) Ada
11 12 (0.39%) Bash
12 11 (0.36%) C++
13 10 (0.32%) Shell Script
13 10 (0.32%) TypeScript
14 9 (0.29%) C-shell
14 9 (0.29%) Korn
15 8 (0.26%) PHP
15 8 (0.26%) PL/SQL
16 6 (0.19%) Rust
17 4 (0.13%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 1,806 (58.35%) BPSS Clearance
2 791 (25.56%) HND
3 649 (20.97%) HNC
4 450 (14.54%) Master's Degree
5 245 (7.92%) Chartered Engineer
6 136 (4.39%) MBA
7 116 (3.75%) DBS Check
8 100 (3.23%) Computer Science Degree
9 66 (2.13%) TOGAF Certification
10 61 (1.97%) PhD
11 57 (1.84%) Numerate Degree
12 38 (1.23%) ACCA
12 38 (1.23%) CEH
12 38 (1.23%) CIMA
13 32 (1.03%) CISSP
14 29 (0.94%) CISM
15 26 (0.84%) PMI Certification
15 26 (0.84%) PMP
16 25 (0.81%) Six Sigma Black Belt
16 25 (0.81%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 166 (5.36%) IEC 61508
2 144 (4.65%) ISO 9001
3 141 (4.56%) Def Stans
4 108 (3.49%) ISO/IEC 17025
5 77 (2.49%) Data Quality
6 61 (1.97%) QA
7 45 (1.45%) DO-254
8 44 (1.42%) GDPR
9 34 (1.10%) NEBOSH
10 30 (0.97%) Accessibility
11 23 (0.74%) ARP4754
11 23 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 21 (0.68%) NIST
13 20 (0.65%) WCAG
14 11 (0.36%) SLA
15 5 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials
16 3 (0.097%) HIPAA
16 3 (0.097%) NCSC
16 3 (0.097%) NIST 800
17 2 (0.065%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 25 (0.81%) Virtual Machines
2 22 (0.71%) Firmware
3 17 (0.55%) Active Directory
4 12 (0.39%) Docker
5 8 (0.26%) VMware Infrastructure
6 6 (0.19%) Hyper-V
7 3 (0.097%) Dovecot
7 3 (0.097%) Postfix
8 1 (0.032%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.032%) KVM
8 1 (0.032%) Microsoft App-V
8 1 (0.032%) RHEV
8 1 (0.032%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 13 (0.42%) Kubernetes
2 8 (0.26%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (0.19%) Grafana
3 6 (0.19%) Jamf Pro
3 6 (0.19%) SCCM
4 4 (0.13%) Kibana
4 4 (0.13%) SCOM
4 4 (0.13%) SCOrch
5 3 (0.097%) Functional Safety
6 2 (0.065%) QRadar
6 2 (0.065%) SmoothWall
6 2 (0.065%) Terraform
7 1 (0.032%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.032%) Automic
7 1 (0.032%) Consul
7 1 (0.032%) logstash
7 1 (0.032%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.032%) Rancher
Vendors
1 318 (10.27%) Microsoft
2 187 (6.04%) ANSYS
3 81 (2.62%) SAP
4 80 (2.58%) Oracle
5 66 (2.13%) Sparx
6 54 (1.74%) Alteryx
7 50 (1.62%) PayPal
8 47 (1.52%) Google
9 32 (1.03%) Adobe
10 29 (0.94%) Databricks
11 20 (0.65%) Atlassian
11 20 (0.65%) HP
12 16 (0.52%) Siemens
13 14 (0.45%) Cisco
14 11 (0.36%) Capita
15 10 (0.32%) MathWorks
16 9 (0.29%) VMware
17 8 (0.26%) IBM
18 7 (0.23%) Bloomberg
18 7 (0.23%) ServiceNow