Degree Jobs in Stoke-on-Trent

Academic Degree
Staffordshire > Stoke-on-Trent

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Stoke-on-Trent with a requirement for Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 21 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 2 15 2
Rank change year-on-year +13 -13 +7
Permanent jobs citing Degree 39 34 49
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Stoke-on-Trent 35.45% 9.60% 23.11%
As % of the Qualifications category 76.47% 35.42% 53.26%
Number of salaries quoted 18 30 13
10th Percentile - £25,270 £31,342
25th Percentile £32,500 £27,563 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% -10.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £39,000 £61,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £52,150 £68,750 £59,750
Staffordshire median annual salary £39,500 £40,000 £44,250
% change year-on-year -1.25% -9.60% -4.84%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Stoke-on-Trent

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 Stoke-on-Trent.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 51 96 92
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Stoke-on-Trent 46.36% 27.12% 43.40%
Number of salaries quoted 30 89 55
10th Percentile - £21,500 £21,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £25,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £42,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +12.00% +3.45%
75th Percentile £39,500 £57,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £53,375 £61,700 £67,500
Staffordshire median annual salary £36,925 £43,098 £42,250
% change year-on-year -14.32% +2.01% -11.05%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Stoke-on-Trent

Job postings citing Degree as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Stoke-on-Trent.

Job vacancy trend for Degree in Stoke-on-Trent

Degree
Salary Trend in Stoke-on-Trent

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Degree in Stoke-on-Trent.

Salary trend for Degree in Stoke-on-Trent

Degree
Salary Histogram in Stoke-on-Trent

Salary distribution for jobs citing Degree in Stoke-on-Trent over the 6 months to 21 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Degree in Stoke-on-Trent

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Stoke-on-Trent 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:

Applications
1 16 (41.03%) Chatbot
2 13 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (5.13%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 13 (33.33%) Google Workspace
2 2 (5.13%) Entra ID
2 2 (5.13%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 15 (38.46%) Firewall
2 13 (33.33%) BGP
2 13 (33.33%) DHCP
2 13 (33.33%) DNS
2 13 (33.33%) OSPF
2 13 (33.33%) TCP/IP
2 13 (33.33%) VLAN
2 13 (33.33%) WLAN
General
1 20 (51.28%) Social Skills
2 15 (38.46%) Automotive
3 13 (33.33%) Retail
4 5 (12.82%) Finance
4 5 (12.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 5 (12.82%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (10.26%) Agriculture
6 3 (7.69%) Aerospace
7 2 (5.13%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (5.13%) Avionics
7 2 (5.13%) Electronics
8 1 (2.56%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 16 (41.03%) Systems Engineer
1 16 (41.03%) Trainer
2 13 (33.33%) IT Engineer
3 5 (12.82%) Graduate
4 4 (10.26%) Research Scientist
5 2 (5.13%) Active Directory Engineer
5 2 (5.13%) Mathematician
5 2 (5.13%) Senior
5 2 (5.13%) Senior Systems Engineer
6 1 (2.56%) Active Directory Support
6 1 (2.56%) Active Directory Support Engineer
6 1 (2.56%) Communications Manager
6 1 (2.56%) Information Security Engineer
6 1 (2.56%) Security Engineer
6 1 (2.56%) Service Desk Manager
6 1 (2.56%) Service Manager
6 1 (2.56%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.56%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 15 (38.46%) Management Information System
2 13 (33.33%) Smartphone
3 2 (5.13%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (2.56%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 13 (33.33%) Linux
1 13 (33.33%) Mac OS X
1 13 (33.33%) Ubuntu
1 13 (33.33%) Windows
1 13 (33.33%) Windows 10
1 13 (33.33%) Windows Server
1 13 (33.33%) Windows Server 2016
1 13 (33.33%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (43.59%) Computer Science
2 16 (41.03%) Artificial Intelligence
2 16 (41.03%) Conversational UI
2 16 (41.03%) Systems Engineering
3 13 (33.33%) Business Case
3 13 (33.33%) Performance Tuning
4 11 (28.21%) Physics
5 10 (25.64%) Mathematics
6 5 (12.82%) Time Management
7 4 (10.26%) Chemistry
8 2 (5.13%) Economics
8 2 (5.13%) Incident Management
8 2 (5.13%) Information Security
8 2 (5.13%) Mechatronics
8 2 (5.13%) Project Management
8 2 (5.13%) Risk Assessment
8 2 (5.13%) SIEM
8 2 (5.13%) Statistics
8 2 (5.13%) Validation
8 2 (5.13%) V-Model
Programming Languages
1 13 (33.33%) PowerShell
1 13 (33.33%) SQL
2 2 (5.13%) C
2 2 (5.13%) Embedded C
2 2 (5.13%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 15 (38.46%) Master's Degree
1 15 (38.46%) PhD
2 13 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
2 13 (33.33%) HNC
2 13 (33.33%) HND
2 13 (33.33%) MCSE
2 13 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (5.13%) NIST
2 1 (2.56%) SLA
System Software
1 15 (38.46%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 16 (41.03%) PayPal
2 13 (33.33%) Apple
2 13 (33.33%) Cisco
2 13 (33.33%) Dell
2 13 (33.33%) Fortinet
2 13 (33.33%) Google
2 13 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 13 (33.33%) Ubiquiti