Degree Jobs in the UK excluding London

Academic Degree
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 17 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 1 9 3
Rank change year-on-year +8 -6 0
Permanent jobs citing Degree 11,437 9,912 10,609
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 26.43% 13.58% 21.02%
As % of the Qualifications category 60.00% 52.06% 56.05%
Number of salaries quoted 4,065 5,507 4,014
10th Percentile £31,250 £26,560 £27,645
25th Percentile £42,500 £35,000 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,584 £48,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.30% -7.62% +11.99%
75th Percentile £63,750 £64,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £73,708 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,600 £52,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +1.15% -13.33% +14.29%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 19,061 19,039 18,927
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 44.04% 26.08% 37.50%
Number of salaries quoted 7,996 11,195 7,975
10th Percentile £30,500 £27,500 £29,100
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,875 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +8.25%
75th Percentile £66,212 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,408 £60,000
% change year-on-year +1.09% -9.32% +9.09%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Degree as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Degree in the UK excluding London

Degree
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Degree in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Degree in the UK excluding London

Degree
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Degree in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 17 July 2025.

Salary histogram for Degree in the UK excluding London

Degree
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Degree within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 17 July 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
North of England +9 3,871 £50,055 +5.38% 1,193
South East +2 2,594 £60,000 +17.65% 1,588
North West +8 2,441 £50,055 +5.38% 707
Midlands +2 2,058 £47,683 +5.96% 801
Yorkshire +8 1,219 £33,000 -26.67% 367
East of England +3 1,194 £55,000 +10.00% 792
West Midlands +2 1,099 £50,000 - 482
East Midlands +3 951 £47,500 +13.77% 314
South West +7 820 £52,500 +5.00% 551
Scotland +30 705 £51,645 +8.73% 407
North East +5 210 £51,250 +15.89% 132
Wales -1 170 £65,000 +44.81% 175
Northern Ireland +10 44 £62,500 +56.25% 136
Isle of Man -3 3 £34,500 -34.29% 1
Channel Islands -4 3 £78,750 +16.67% 2
Degree
UK

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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
1 223 (1.95%) SharePoint
2 110 (0.96%) Microsoft Exchange
3 36 (0.31%) CMS
4 35 (0.31%) Confluence
5 25 (0.22%) IBM Domino
5 25 (0.22%) Jupyter
5 25 (0.22%) WordPress
6 24 (0.21%) Apache Spark
7 15 (0.13%) IIS
8 14 (0.12%) Umbraco
9 12 (0.10%) Apache
10 6 (0.052%) SAS
11 5 (0.044%) Apache Airflow
12 4 (0.035%) ArcGIS
12 4 (0.035%) nginx
13 3 (0.026%) Drupal
13 3 (0.026%) GemFire
13 3 (0.026%) SharePoint Server
13 3 (0.026%) SugarCRM
14 2 (0.017%) Magnolia
Applications
1 908 (7.94%) Chatbot
2 745 (6.51%) Microsoft Excel
3 731 (6.39%) Microsoft Office
4 476 (4.16%) Simulink
5 196 (1.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 73 (0.64%) Microsoft Project
7 62 (0.54%) Abaqus
8 46 (0.40%) AutoCAD
9 40 (0.35%) MS Visio
10 39 (0.34%) Mathcad
11 24 (0.21%) Trello
12 14 (0.12%) Photoshop
13 12 (0.10%) Adobe Creative Suite
14 11 (0.096%) SOLIDWORKS
15 10 (0.087%) Revit
16 9 (0.079%) Adobe Illustrator
16 9 (0.079%) Mathematica
17 7 (0.061%) Adobe Premiere
18 6 (0.052%) InDesign
18 6 (0.052%) OrCAD
Business Applications
1 322 (2.82%) Teamcenter
2 65 (0.57%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 44 (0.38%) SAP S/4HANA
4 20 (0.17%) Dynamics CRM
5 18 (0.16%) Dynamics NAV
6 15 (0.13%) Shopify
7 11 (0.096%) Magento
8 10 (0.087%) Dynamics GP
9 8 (0.070%) NetSuite
9 8 (0.070%) SAP ERP
9 8 (0.070%) SAP WM
10 7 (0.061%) Infor M3
10 7 (0.061%) Remedy ITSM
11 6 (0.052%) SAP Business One
11 6 (0.052%) Unit4 Business World
12 5 (0.044%) Pegasus Opera
13 4 (0.035%) ResourceLink
13 4 (0.035%) Sage 200
13 4 (0.035%) Salesforce CRM
14 3 (0.026%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 681 (5.95%) Azure
2 387 (3.38%) AWS
3 303 (2.65%) Microsoft 365
4 234 (2.05%) Power Platform
5 173 (1.51%) GCP
6 165 (1.44%) Entra ID
7 104 (0.91%) SaaS
8 101 (0.88%) Serverless
9 89 (0.78%) AWS Lambda
10 65 (0.57%) Azure DevOps
11 49 (0.43%) Power Automate
12 46 (0.40%) PowerApps
13 45 (0.39%) Cloud Computing
14 43 (0.38%) Dynamics 365
15 36 (0.31%) Snowflake
16 35 (0.31%) PaaS
17 34 (0.30%) GitHub
17 34 (0.30%) OneDrive
18 31 (0.27%) Amazon S3
19 25 (0.22%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 769 (6.72%) Wireless
2 747 (6.53%) Wi-Fi
3 740 (6.47%) 5G
4 725 (6.34%) Bluetooth
5 723 (6.32%) LTE
6 722 (6.31%) GSM
7 721 (6.30%) UMTS
8 316 (2.76%) Broadband
9 158 (1.38%) TCP/IP
10 153 (1.34%) Firewall
11 127 (1.11%) VPN
12 94 (0.82%) WAN
13 92 (0.80%) DNS
14 74 (0.65%) LAN
15 72 (0.63%) DHCP
15 72 (0.63%) Network Security
16 56 (0.49%) VoIP
17 48 (0.42%) SAN
18 47 (0.41%) VLAN
19 37 (0.32%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 220 (1.92%) SQL Server
2 205 (1.79%) Power BI
3 111 (0.97%) Big Data
4 75 (0.66%) Data Lake
5 70 (0.61%) MySQL
6 69 (0.60%) Data Warehouse
7 65 (0.57%) Tableau
8 61 (0.53%) Relational Database
9 43 (0.38%) NoSQL
10 39 (0.34%) Metadata
11 35 (0.31%) PostgreSQL
12 32 (0.28%) MongoDB
13 30 (0.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 26 (0.23%) Amazon RDS
15 22 (0.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 19 (0.17%) Hadoop
17 15 (0.13%) GIS
17 15 (0.13%) RDBMS
18 14 (0.12%) Azure SQL Database
19 12 (0.10%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 313 (2.74%) Rational DOORS
2 259 (2.26%) JIRA
3 112 (0.98%) Git
4 63 (0.55%) Cucumber
5 62 (0.54%) Robot Framework
6 33 (0.29%) Jenkins
7 28 (0.24%) Visual Studio
8 25 (0.22%) LabVIEW
9 20 (0.17%) Selenium
10 14 (0.12%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 13 (0.11%) Sonatype Nexus
12 11 (0.096%) Vagrant
13 8 (0.070%) Burp Suite
13 8 (0.070%) Postman
13 8 (0.070%) SpecFlow
14 7 (0.061%) Bitbucket
14 7 (0.061%) GitLab
14 7 (0.061%) Subversion
15 6 (0.052%) Metasploit
15 6 (0.052%) TeamCity
General
1 3,276 (28.64%) Social Skills
2 1,885 (16.48%) Manufacturing
3 1,837 (16.06%) Electronics
4 1,401 (12.25%) Analytical Skills
5 986 (8.62%) Finance
6 963 (8.42%) Marketing
7 909 (7.95%) Retail
8 832 (7.27%) Presentation Skills
9 632 (5.53%) Aerospace
10 474 (4.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 466 (4.07%) Law
12 441 (3.86%) Automotive
13 351 (3.07%) Legal
14 338 (2.96%) Telecoms
15 192 (1.68%) Dutch Language
15 192 (1.68%) Finnish Language
15 192 (1.68%) Norwegian Language
16 189 (1.65%) Documentation Skills
17 176 (1.54%) Avionics
18 171 (1.50%) Aeronautics
Job Titles
1 2,363 (20.66%) Systems Engineer
2 2,173 (19.00%) Senior
3 1,620 (14.16%) Trainer
4 852 (7.45%) Electronics Engineer
5 847 (7.41%) Test Engineer
6 818 (7.15%) Principal Engineer
7 746 (6.52%) Lead
8 729 (6.37%) Senior Systems Engineer
9 721 (6.30%) Electronics Test Engineer
10 502 (4.39%) Analyst
11 385 (3.37%) Principal Systems Engineer
12 333 (2.91%) Developer
13 327 (2.86%) Support Engineer
14 271 (2.37%) Software Engineer
15 260 (2.27%) Architect
16 225 (1.97%) Platform Engineer
17 200 (1.75%) Security Engineer
18 183 (1.60%) Junior
19 181 (1.58%) Technical Manager
20 173 (1.51%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 275 (2.40%) HTML
2 182 (1.59%) .NET
3 178 (1.56%) Middleware
4 123 (1.08%) CSS
5 66 (0.58%) React
6 64 (0.56%) ASP.NET
6 64 (0.56%) jQuery
6 64 (0.56%) Software Packaging
7 55 (0.48%) REST
8 44 (0.38%) Node.js
9 43 (0.38%) AngularJS
10 40 (0.35%) TensorFlow
11 39 (0.34%) PyTorch
12 37 (0.32%) SOAP
13 36 (0.31%) XML
14 32 (0.28%) .NET Core
14 32 (0.28%) Kafka
15 30 (0.26%) HTML5
16 29 (0.25%) .NET Framework
16 29 (0.25%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 880 (7.69%) Driving Licence
2 750 (6.56%) Robotics
3 447 (3.91%) Management Information System
4 218 (1.91%) Self-Motivation
5 153 (1.34%) Social Media
6 141 (1.23%) Product Ownership
7 131 (1.15%) Algorithms
7 131 (1.15%) SCADA
8 126 (1.10%) NHS
9 118 (1.03%) Data Centre
10 103 (0.90%) FMCG
11 92 (0.80%) Onboarding
12 76 (0.66%) Operational Technology
13 73 (0.64%) Linux Command Line
14 68 (0.59%) Enterprise Software
15 62 (0.54%) Security Posture
16 61 (0.53%) Virtual Team
17 59 (0.52%) Analytical Mindset
18 57 (0.50%) Renewable Energy
19 55 (0.48%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 587 (5.13%) Windows
2 284 (2.48%) Linux
3 97 (0.85%) Windows Server
4 81 (0.71%) Windows 10
5 72 (0.63%) Windows Server 2012
6 71 (0.62%) Windows Vista
7 46 (0.40%) Android
8 35 (0.31%) Windows Server 2019
9 30 (0.26%) Mac OS
10 27 (0.24%) Windows Server 2016
11 24 (0.21%) Apple iOS
12 20 (0.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 20 (0.17%) Ubuntu
13 19 (0.17%) Mac OS X
13 19 (0.17%) Unix
14 11 (0.096%) VMS
15 10 (0.087%) Amazon Linux
16 8 (0.070%) CentOS
17 6 (0.052%) Rocky
18 5 (0.044%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,593 (22.67%) Systems Engineering
2 2,335 (20.42%) Problem-Solving
3 2,039 (17.83%) Artificial Intelligence
4 1,968 (17.21%) Mathematics
5 1,895 (16.57%) Mentoring
6 1,891 (16.53%) Computer Science
7 1,539 (13.46%) Agile
8 1,473 (12.88%) Validation
9 1,460 (12.77%) Coaching
10 1,215 (10.62%) Physics
11 1,204 (10.53%) Verification and Validation
12 1,151 (10.06%) Continuous Improvement
13 1,059 (9.26%) Machine Learning
14 1,029 (9.00%) SysML
15 1,013 (8.86%) Software Engineering
16 990 (8.66%) Customer Requirements
17 928 (8.11%) Cybersecurity
18 915 (8.00%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
19 910 (7.96%) Conversational UI
20 840 (7.34%) UML
Programming Languages
1 1,198 (10.47%) MATLAB
2 751 (6.57%) Python
3 646 (5.65%) SQL
4 442 (3.86%) C#
5 428 (3.74%) JavaScript
6 337 (2.95%) C++
7 262 (2.29%) Java
8 217 (1.90%) PowerShell
9 178 (1.56%) TypeScript
10 176 (1.54%) C
11 121 (1.06%) PHP
12 115 (1.01%) Bash
13 109 (0.95%) Ada
14 97 (0.85%) R
15 84 (0.73%) Ada 95
16 58 (0.51%) Rust
17 51 (0.45%) Ruby
18 48 (0.42%) Dart
19 29 (0.25%) T-SQL
20 22 (0.19%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 3,460 (30.25%) BPSS Clearance
2 1,666 (14.57%) HND
3 1,433 (12.53%) Master's Degree
4 1,021 (8.93%) Computer Science Degree
5 862 (7.54%) PhD
6 775 (6.78%) HNC
7 630 (5.51%) Chartered Engineer
8 332 (2.90%) Security Cleared
9 256 (2.24%) Numerate Degree
10 224 (1.96%) DBS Check
11 197 (1.72%) SC Cleared
12 173 (1.51%) CISSP
13 149 (1.30%) CISM
14 130 (1.14%) Microsoft Certification
15 115 (1.01%) MBA
16 114 (1.00%) DV Cleared
17 101 (0.88%) CESG Certified Professional
18 96 (0.84%) PMI Certification
19 89 (0.78%) PMP
20 85 (0.74%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 397 (3.47%) IEC 61508
2 341 (2.98%) QA
3 246 (2.15%) Def Stans
4 235 (2.05%) ISO/IEC 12207
5 196 (1.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 182 (1.59%) DO-254
7 177 (1.55%) Data Quality
8 169 (1.48%) NIST
9 156 (1.36%) ARP4754
10 105 (0.92%) GDPR
11 101 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 15288
11 101 (0.88%) JSP 440
11 101 (0.88%) RMADS
12 100 (0.87%) Accessibility
13 83 (0.73%) SLA
14 56 (0.49%) ISO 9001
15 37 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials
16 30 (0.26%) GxP
17 29 (0.25%) PMO
18 23 (0.20%) NCSC
System Software
1 339 (2.96%) Active Directory
2 117 (1.02%) VMware Infrastructure
3 99 (0.87%) Docker
4 72 (0.63%) Firmware
5 46 (0.40%) Hyper-V
6 33 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
7 23 (0.20%) VMware ESXi
8 17 (0.15%) Embedded Firmware
9 13 (0.11%) vSphere
10 11 (0.096%) DFS Replication
11 8 (0.070%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 8 (0.070%) Dovecot
11 8 (0.070%) Postfix
12 6 (0.052%) VMware NSX
13 5 (0.044%) HDFS
13 5 (0.044%) Virtual Servers
14 4 (0.035%) NFS
14 4 (0.035%) Squid
15 3 (0.026%) GPFS
15 3 (0.026%) Lustre
Systems Management
1 107 (0.94%) Kubernetes
2 72 (0.63%) Microsoft Intune
3 57 (0.50%) Terraform
4 47 (0.41%) Grafana
5 40 (0.35%) Prometheus
6 34 (0.30%) Ansible
7 23 (0.20%) Functional Safety
8 19 (0.17%) QRadar
9 16 (0.14%) Nessus
10 13 (0.11%) Jamf Pro
11 11 (0.096%) SCCM
12 8 (0.070%) SmoothWall
13 7 (0.061%) FortiGate
13 7 (0.061%) vCenter Server
13 7 (0.061%) WSUS
14 6 (0.052%) ArcSight ESM
15 5 (0.044%) AirWatch
15 5 (0.044%) Puppet
16 4 (0.035%) SCOM
16 4 (0.035%) SCOrch
Vendors
1 1,040 (9.09%) Microsoft
2 908 (7.94%) PayPal
3 812 (7.10%) Google
4 761 (6.65%) Adobe
5 744 (6.51%) Databricks
6 506 (4.42%) SAP
7 184 (1.61%) Siemens
8 169 (1.48%) IBM
9 161 (1.41%) Cisco
10 154 (1.35%) ANSYS
11 134 (1.17%) VMware
12 96 (0.84%) YouTube
13 88 (0.77%) Salesforce
14 87 (0.76%) ServiceNow
15 78 (0.68%) Dell
16 67 (0.59%) Oracle
16 67 (0.59%) Sparx
17 65 (0.57%) Sun
18 60 (0.52%) EMC
19 36 (0.31%) Meraki