Degree Job Trends in South Shields

Academic Degree
Tyne and Wear > South Shields

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in South Shields with a requirement for Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 24 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 3 2
Rank change year-on-year -3 -1 -
Permanent jobs citing Degree 2 3 1
As % of all permanent jobs in South Shields 8.00% 37.50% 50.00%
As % of the Qualifications category 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £66,250 - £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 - £47,500
75th Percentile £68,750 - £48,750
90th Percentile - - -
Tyne and Wear median annual salary £55,000 £40,831 £40,000
% change year-on-year +34.70% +2.08% -27.27%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South Shields

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 South Shields.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2 3 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Shields 8.00% 37.50% 50.00%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £66,250 - £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 - £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +7.34%
75th Percentile £68,750 - £48,750
90th Percentile - - -
Tyne and Wear median annual salary £57,500 £51,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year +12.75% +27.50% -29.52%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in South Shields

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Degree relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in South Shields.

Degree job vacancy trend in South Shields

Degree
Salary Trend in South Shields

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Shields citing Degree.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Shields citing Degree

Degree
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Shields 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 1 (50.00%) Anypoint
1 1 (50.00%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) iTrent
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Relational Database
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Git
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Local Government
2 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (50.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Business Process Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Integration Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Process Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) JSON
1 1 (50.00%) Middleware
1 1 (50.00%) RAML
1 1 (50.00%) REST
1 1 (50.00%) SOAP
1 1 (50.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (50.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Business Process Mapping
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Culture
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Data Integration
2 1 (50.00%) Data Mapping
2 1 (50.00%) Data Pipeline
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (50.00%) Data Transformation
2 1 (50.00%) Defect Management
2 1 (50.00%) Information Governance
2 1 (50.00%) Integration Patterns
2 1 (50.00%) Integration Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Test Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Unit Testing
2 1 (50.00%) User Research
2 1 (50.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) GDPR
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) CloudHub
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Infor
1 1 (50.00%) ION Trading
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) MuleSoft
1 1 (50.00%) Salesforce