Degree Jobs in Northamptonshire

Academic Degree
East Midlands > Northamptonshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Northamptonshire with a requirement for Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 1 8 2
Rank change year-on-year +7 -6 +2
Permanent jobs citing Degree 462 113 123
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northamptonshire 55.00% 12.97% 24.02%
As % of the Qualifications category 78.17% 63.48% 85.42%
Number of salaries quoted 40 61 41
10th Percentile £37,574 £24,000 £22,500
25th Percentile £47,325 £27,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £40,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +19.21% -15.79% +13.77%
75th Percentile - £52,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £68,750 £68,750 £62,500
East Midlands median annual salary £47,683 £42,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +12.20% -10.53% +14.46%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Northamptonshire

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 Northamptonshire.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 591 178 144
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northamptonshire 70.36% 20.44% 28.13%
Number of salaries quoted 65 112 54
10th Percentile £31,250 £24,240 £26,625
25th Percentile £37,574 £27,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £38,368 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +24.28% -19.23% +15.85%
75th Percentile £62,500 £54,063 £58,438
90th Percentile £67,500 £68,625 £63,750
East Midlands median annual salary £47,500 £42,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +11.76% -10.53% +5.56%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Northamptonshire

Job postings citing Degree as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Northamptonshire.

Job vacancy trend for Degree in Northamptonshire

Degree
Salary Trend in Northamptonshire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Degree in Northamptonshire.

Salary trend for Degree in Northamptonshire

Degree
Salary Histogram in Northamptonshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Degree in Northamptonshire over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Degree in Northamptonshire

Degree
Job Locations in Northamptonshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Degree within the Northamptonshire region over the 6 months to 31 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
Northampton +12 212 £47,683 -4.63% 18
Towcester +7 9 - - 7
Brackley +8 8 - - 1
Wellingborough +11 6 £65,000 +103.13% 1
Daventry -2 2 - - 3
Degree
East Midlands

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northamptonshire 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 1 (0.22%) Apache
1 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 28 (6.06%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.52%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 7 (1.52%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.22%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.22%) Oracle EBS R12
2 1 (0.22%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 1 (0.22%) AWS
1 1 (0.22%) AWS Lambda
1 1 (0.22%) Azure
1 1 (0.22%) Entra ID
1 1 (0.22%) GCP
1 1 (0.22%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (0.22%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 175 (37.88%) 5G
1 175 (37.88%) Bluetooth
1 175 (37.88%) LTE
1 175 (37.88%) Wi-Fi
2 174 (37.66%) GSM
2 174 (37.66%) UMTS
2 174 (37.66%) Wireless
3 11 (2.38%) TCP/IP
3 11 (2.38%) VPN
4 5 (1.08%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.43%) Oracle Database
2 1 (0.22%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (0.22%) RDBMS
2 1 (0.22%) Relational Database
2 1 (0.22%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 11 (2.38%) Cucumber
1 11 (2.38%) Robot Framework
2 9 (1.95%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (0.22%) Eclipse
3 1 (0.22%) Eclipse RCP
3 1 (0.22%) JIRA
3 1 (0.22%) Oracle APEX
3 1 (0.22%) Oracle Forms
3 1 (0.22%) Postman
General
1 201 (43.51%) Electronics
2 63 (13.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 62 (13.42%) Manufacturing
4 39 (8.44%) Social Skills
5 28 (6.06%) Telecoms
6 26 (5.63%) Presentation Skills
7 24 (5.19%) Law
8 19 (4.11%) Automotive
9 9 (1.95%) Aerospace
10 8 (1.73%) Analytical Skills
10 8 (1.73%) Documentation Skills
10 8 (1.73%) Legal
11 7 (1.52%) Finance
12 2 (0.43%) Aeronautics
12 2 (0.43%) Aviation
12 2 (0.43%) Banking
12 2 (0.43%) Marketing
13 1 (0.22%) Retail
Job Titles
1 210 (45.45%) Test Engineer
2 187 (40.48%) Electronics Engineer
3 174 (37.66%) Electronics Test Engineer
4 96 (20.78%) Principal Engineer
5 83 (17.97%) Senior
6 72 (15.58%) Principal Systems Engineer
7 69 (14.94%) Systems Engineer
8 25 (5.41%) Electrical Engineer
8 25 (5.41%) Safety Engineer
9 21 (4.55%) Security Engineer
10 20 (4.33%) Senior Systems Engineer
11 17 (3.68%) Analyst
12 16 (3.46%) Principal Security Engineer
13 13 (2.81%) Associate Engineer
13 13 (2.81%) Design Engineer
13 13 (2.81%) Electronics Design Engineer
13 13 (2.81%) PCB Design Engineer
13 13 (2.81%) PCB Engineer
13 13 (2.81%) System Verification Engineer
13 13 (2.81%) Validation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.43%) HTML
2 1 (0.22%) CSS
2 1 (0.22%) JSP
2 1 (0.22%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 175 (37.88%) Driving Licence
2 11 (2.38%) Linux Command Line
3 4 (0.87%) Management Information System
4 2 (0.43%) Optoelectronics
4 2 (0.43%) Product Ownership
5 1 (0.22%) IoT
5 1 (0.22%) NB-IoT
5 1 (0.22%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 15 (3.25%) Windows
2 14 (3.03%) Linux
3 2 (0.43%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.22%) AIX
4 1 (0.22%) Unix
4 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 208 (45.02%) Mentoring
2 197 (42.64%) Coaching
3 191 (41.34%) Validation
4 189 (40.91%) Verification and Validation
5 174 (37.66%) Customer Requirements
5 174 (37.66%) Test Strategy
6 140 (30.30%) Systems Engineering
7 55 (11.90%) Mathematics
8 50 (10.82%) Physics
9 47 (10.17%) Agile
9 47 (10.17%) Cybersecurity
9 47 (10.17%) SysML
10 46 (9.96%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
11 34 (7.36%) Collaborative Working
11 34 (7.36%) UML
12 33 (7.14%) Project Management
13 31 (6.71%) Problem-Solving
14 26 (5.63%) MODAF
15 25 (5.41%) Project Planning
15 25 (5.41%) Safety Engineering
Programming Languages
1 35 (7.58%) MATLAB
2 18 (3.90%) Python
3 12 (2.60%) Bash
3 12 (2.60%) JavaScript
3 12 (2.60%) PowerShell
4 4 (0.87%) SQL
5 2 (0.43%) Java
5 2 (0.43%) Rust
6 1 (0.22%) Ada
6 1 (0.22%) C#
6 1 (0.22%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.22%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 189 (40.91%) HND
2 170 (36.80%) BPSS Clearance
3 24 (5.19%) Chartered Engineer
4 19 (4.11%) CISSP
5 16 (3.46%) CESG Certified Professional
5 16 (3.46%) CISM
5 16 (3.46%) Master's Degree
6 12 (2.60%) ISTQB
7 8 (1.73%) Numerate Degree
8 7 (1.52%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (0.65%) PhD
10 2 (0.43%) HNC
10 2 (0.43%) ISEB
10 2 (0.43%) Security Cleared
11 1 (0.22%) A+ Certification
11 1 (0.22%) CBAP
11 1 (0.22%) CompTIA Security+
11 1 (0.22%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (5.19%) QA
2 19 (4.11%) IEC 61508
3 16 (3.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 16 (3.46%) JSP 440
3 16 (3.46%) NIST
3 16 (3.46%) RMADS
4 14 (3.03%) ISO/IEC 15288
5 12 (2.60%) Def Stans
6 7 (1.52%) ARP4754
6 7 (1.52%) DO-254
7 2 (0.43%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.22%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (0.22%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.22%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (0.22%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (0.22%) Ansible
1 1 (0.22%) Puppet
1 1 (0.22%) Terraform
Vendors
1 31 (6.71%) Microsoft
2 13 (2.81%) EMC
3 10 (2.16%) Siemens
4 7 (1.52%) IBM
5 4 (0.87%) Salesforce
6 2 (0.43%) Oracle
7 1 (0.22%) Sun
7 1 (0.22%) VMware