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 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 8 3
Rank change year-on-year +7 -5 +4
Permanent jobs citing Degree 12,753 9,884 12,777
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 32.54% 13.92% 21.34%
As % of the Qualifications category 59.39% 50.66% 58.52%
Number of salaries quoted 5,066 6,133 4,074
10th Percentile £33,250 £26,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £33,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,152 £49,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.39% -2.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £60,265 £64,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £72,841 £80,000 £77,715
UK median annual salary £52,600 £52,500 £57,624
% change year-on-year +0.19% -8.89% +4.77%

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 21,474 19,512 21,832
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 54.79% 27.48% 36.46%
Number of salaries quoted 9,029 12,241 8,153
10th Percentile £31,250 £27,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £50,000 £51,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -2.91% +3.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £73,708 £78,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,000 £59,526
% change year-on-year +1.85% -9.28% +8.23%

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 12 May 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 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
North of England +9 4,204 £50,055 +5.38% 1,459
North West +8 3,095 £50,055 +4.28% 856
South East +2 2,537 £58,000 +12.62% 2,548
Midlands +5 2,442 £47,683 +0.39% 929
West Midlands +4 1,341 £50,000 - 540
East of England +4 1,240 £55,000 +15.79% 1,006
East Midlands +7 1,093 £47,683 +19.21% 356
South West +8 1,073 £52,600 +7.90% 735
Scotland +35 992 £51,645 +13.40% 517
Yorkshire +11 912 £43,350 -3.67% 413
Wales +1 224 £60,000 +33.67% 172
North East +10 200 £53,750 +11.13% 213
Northern Ireland +6 55 £40,221 -10.62% 169
Channel Islands -2 3 £78,750 +16.67% 1
Isle of Man -2 3 £43,000 -18.10% 5
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
1 232 (1.82%) SharePoint
2 89 (0.70%) Microsoft Exchange
3 50 (0.39%) CMS
4 37 (0.29%) Apache
5 35 (0.27%) Confluence
5 35 (0.27%) SAS
6 29 (0.23%) Jupyter
7 27 (0.21%) WordPress
8 24 (0.19%) Umbraco
9 17 (0.13%) Apache Spark
9 17 (0.13%) IBM Domino
10 13 (0.10%) IIS
11 9 (0.071%) Apache Airflow
12 5 (0.039%) ArcGIS
13 3 (0.024%) Apache Solr
13 3 (0.024%) GemFire
13 3 (0.024%) OpenStack
13 3 (0.024%) SharePoint Server
13 3 (0.024%) Sitecore CMS
14 2 (0.016%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 729 (5.72%) Microsoft Office
2 650 (5.10%) Simulink
3 451 (3.54%) Microsoft Excel
4 432 (3.39%) Chatbot
5 290 (2.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 199 (1.56%) Mathcad
7 142 (1.11%) Abaqus
8 75 (0.59%) Microsoft Project
9 51 (0.40%) SOLIDWORKS
10 41 (0.32%) Mathematica
11 40 (0.31%) Windchill
12 37 (0.29%) AutoCAD
13 36 (0.28%) MS Visio
14 23 (0.18%) Trello
15 11 (0.086%) Revit
16 10 (0.078%) SPSS
17 8 (0.063%) Adobe XD
18 7 (0.055%) Adobe Creative Suite
18 7 (0.055%) Sketch
18 7 (0.055%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 464 (3.64%) Teamcenter
2 65 (0.51%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 43 (0.34%) SAP S/4HANA
4 31 (0.24%) Shopify
5 13 (0.10%) Dynamics CRM
5 13 (0.10%) NetSuite
6 12 (0.094%) Dynamics NAV
7 11 (0.086%) Dynamics GP
8 10 (0.078%) TrackWise
9 9 (0.071%) Infor M3
9 9 (0.071%) Magento
10 8 (0.063%) SAP ERP
11 7 (0.055%) NEC Housing
11 7 (0.055%) Remedy ITSM
12 6 (0.047%) SAP Business One
13 5 (0.039%) Markit EDM
13 5 (0.039%) Pegasus Opera
14 4 (0.031%) Dynamics AX
15 3 (0.024%) Endur
15 3 (0.024%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 632 (4.96%) Azure
2 328 (2.57%) AWS
3 286 (2.24%) Power Platform
4 271 (2.12%) Microsoft 365
5 140 (1.10%) Entra ID
6 111 (0.87%) SaaS
7 104 (0.82%) GCP
8 66 (0.52%) Azure DevOps
9 57 (0.45%) GitHub
10 55 (0.43%) Serverless
11 54 (0.42%) PowerApps
12 50 (0.39%) Power Automate
13 45 (0.35%) Cloud Computing
14 44 (0.35%) PaaS
15 40 (0.31%) Snowflake
16 39 (0.31%) Dynamics 365
17 32 (0.25%) AWS Lambda
18 23 (0.18%) OneDrive
19 22 (0.17%) Figma
19 22 (0.17%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 774 (6.07%) Wireless
2 753 (5.90%) 5G
3 751 (5.89%) Wi-Fi
4 735 (5.76%) Bluetooth
4 735 (5.76%) LTE
5 728 (5.71%) GSM
6 721 (5.65%) UMTS
7 192 (1.51%) Broadband
8 155 (1.22%) TCP/IP
9 142 (1.11%) Firewall
10 117 (0.92%) WAN
11 114 (0.89%) VPN
12 106 (0.83%) Network Security
13 97 (0.76%) LAN
14 87 (0.68%) VoIP
15 72 (0.56%) DNS
16 67 (0.53%) Internet
17 56 (0.44%) DHCP
18 45 (0.35%) WLAN
19 42 (0.33%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 259 (2.03%) Power BI
2 239 (1.87%) SQL Server
3 143 (1.12%) Big Data
4 91 (0.71%) Tableau
5 79 (0.62%) Data Warehouse
6 75 (0.59%) Data Lake
7 64 (0.50%) MySQL
8 62 (0.49%) Relational Database
9 47 (0.37%) NoSQL
10 36 (0.28%) Metadata
11 33 (0.26%) MongoDB
12 29 (0.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 25 (0.20%) PostgreSQL
14 22 (0.17%) Azure SQL Database
15 18 (0.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 15 (0.12%) Hadoop
17 14 (0.11%) RDBMS
18 12 (0.094%) MS Access
19 11 (0.086%) GIS
19 11 (0.086%) Microsoft Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 442 (3.47%) Rational DOORS
2 253 (1.98%) JIRA
3 152 (1.19%) Git
4 117 (0.92%) LabVIEW
5 70 (0.55%) Cucumber
6 62 (0.49%) Robot Framework
7 48 (0.38%) Visual Studio
8 38 (0.30%) Selenium
9 34 (0.27%) Jenkins
10 31 (0.24%) Eclipse
11 25 (0.20%) Eclipse RCP
12 17 (0.13%) Bitbucket
12 17 (0.13%) Cypress.io
13 16 (0.13%) Atlassian Bamboo
14 14 (0.11%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
15 10 (0.078%) GitLab
15 10 (0.078%) SpecFlow
16 9 (0.071%) Subversion
16 9 (0.071%) webpack
17 8 (0.063%) Burp Suite
General
1 3,129 (24.54%) Social Skills
2 1,510 (11.84%) Electronics
3 1,348 (10.57%) Manufacturing
4 1,263 (9.90%) Analytical Skills
5 1,118 (8.77%) Finance
6 984 (7.72%) Presentation Skills
7 778 (6.10%) Aerospace
8 708 (5.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 654 (5.13%) Automotive
10 568 (4.45%) Law
11 561 (4.40%) Marketing
12 496 (3.89%) Retail
13 472 (3.70%) Telecoms
14 259 (2.03%) Legal
15 258 (2.02%) Banking
16 253 (1.98%) Avionics
17 196 (1.54%) Organisational Skills
18 172 (1.35%) Aeronautics
19 115 (0.90%) Influencing Skills
20 111 (0.87%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3,220 (25.25%) Senior
2 2,776 (21.77%) Systems Engineer
3 1,810 (14.19%) Principal Engineer
4 1,231 (9.65%) Principal Systems Engineer
5 992 (7.78%) Test Engineer
6 960 (7.53%) Senior Systems Engineer
7 837 (6.56%) Electronics Engineer
8 725 (5.68%) Electronics Test Engineer
9 714 (5.60%) Trainer
10 678 (5.32%) Analyst
11 608 (4.77%) Lead
12 412 (3.23%) Software Engineer
13 404 (3.17%) Developer
13 404 (3.17%) Senior Electrical Engineer
14 347 (2.72%) Support Engineer
15 343 (2.69%) Integration Engineer
16 341 (2.67%) Systems Integration Engineer
17 307 (2.41%) Engineering Manager
18 288 (2.26%) Validation Engineer
19 281 (2.20%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 279 (2.19%) HTML
2 200 (1.57%) .NET
3 175 (1.37%) CSS
4 120 (0.94%) React
5 101 (0.79%) Middleware
6 65 (0.51%) Node.js
7 64 (0.50%) jQuery
8 63 (0.49%) ASP.NET
9 60 (0.47%) Software Packaging
10 54 (0.42%) REST
11 50 (0.39%) AngularJS
12 48 (0.38%) HTML5
13 44 (0.35%) RESTful
14 38 (0.30%) SOAP
15 33 (0.26%) .NET Core
16 32 (0.25%) .NET Framework
17 31 (0.24%) Web Services
18 28 (0.22%) JSON
19 26 (0.20%) JSP
19 26 (0.20%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 854 (6.70%) Driving Licence
2 600 (4.70%) Management Information System
3 328 (2.57%) Robotics
4 245 (1.92%) SCADA
5 192 (1.51%) Algorithms
6 179 (1.40%) Self-Motivation
7 144 (1.13%) Social Media
8 143 (1.12%) Product Ownership
9 134 (1.05%) FMCG
10 122 (0.96%) NHS
11 79 (0.62%) Linux Command Line
12 76 (0.60%) Virtual Team
13 66 (0.52%) Credit Risk
13 66 (0.52%) Data Centre
14 65 (0.51%) Enterprise Software
15 63 (0.49%) Analytical Mindset
16 60 (0.47%) Security Posture
17 53 (0.42%) Onboarding
18 50 (0.39%) Cyberattack
18 50 (0.39%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 655 (5.14%) Windows
2 421 (3.30%) Linux
3 112 (0.88%) Windows Server
4 103 (0.81%) Windows 10
5 88 (0.69%) Windows Vista
6 46 (0.36%) Android
7 32 (0.25%) Unix
7 32 (0.25%) Windows Server 2016
7 32 (0.25%) Windows Server 2019
8 29 (0.23%) Apple iOS
8 29 (0.23%) Mac OS
9 28 (0.22%) Windows Server 2012
10 27 (0.21%) Mac OS X
11 26 (0.20%) Ubuntu
12 12 (0.094%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 8 (0.063%) CentOS
14 6 (0.047%) Debian
14 6 (0.047%) Rocky
15 5 (0.039%) AIX
15 5 (0.039%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 4,145 (32.50%) Systems Engineering
2 2,603 (20.41%) Mathematics
3 1,989 (15.60%) Computer Science
4 1,937 (15.19%) Problem-Solving
5 1,851 (14.51%) Validation
6 1,807 (14.17%) Mentoring
7 1,659 (13.01%) Verification and Validation
8 1,593 (12.49%) Agile
9 1,576 (12.36%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
10 1,558 (12.22%) Coaching
11 1,524 (11.95%) Physics
12 1,414 (11.09%) SysML
13 1,285 (10.08%) Software Engineering
14 1,143 (8.96%) Artificial Intelligence
15 1,131 (8.87%) Customer Requirements
16 1,109 (8.70%) Cybersecurity
17 1,085 (8.51%) Project Management
18 985 (7.72%) Continuous Improvement
19 911 (7.14%) UML
20 734 (5.76%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 1,485 (11.64%) MATLAB
2 838 (6.57%) Python
3 738 (5.79%) SQL
4 513 (4.02%) C#
5 411 (3.22%) JavaScript
6 397 (3.11%) Java
7 345 (2.71%) C++
8 231 (1.81%) PowerShell
9 207 (1.62%) C
10 131 (1.03%) Ada
11 123 (0.96%) TypeScript
12 119 (0.93%) Bash
13 80 (0.63%) PHP
14 75 (0.59%) Rust
15 48 (0.38%) R
16 35 (0.27%) Kotlin
17 32 (0.25%) VB
18 25 (0.20%) Ada 95
18 25 (0.20%) T-SQL
19 24 (0.19%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 4,959 (38.88%) BPSS Clearance
2 2,032 (15.93%) HND
3 1,327 (10.41%) Master's Degree
4 1,096 (8.59%) HNC
5 1,034 (8.11%) Chartered Engineer
6 957 (7.50%) Computer Science Degree
7 448 (3.51%) PhD
8 293 (2.30%) CISSP
9 285 (2.23%) Numerate Degree
10 282 (2.21%) Security Cleared
11 233 (1.83%) DBS Check
12 207 (1.62%) CISM
13 182 (1.43%) ISTQB
14 170 (1.33%) MBA
15 165 (1.29%) SC Cleared
16 147 (1.15%) CESG Certified Professional
17 115 (0.90%) Microsoft Certification
18 103 (0.81%) DV Cleared
19 98 (0.77%) PMI Certification
20 97 (0.76%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 704 (5.52%) IEC 61508
2 536 (4.20%) Def Stans
3 428 (3.36%) QA
4 247 (1.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 239 (1.87%) ISO/IEC 15288
6 224 (1.76%) NIST
7 191 (1.50%) Data Quality
8 179 (1.40%) DO-254
9 156 (1.22%) ARP4754
9 156 (1.22%) ISO 9001
10 147 (1.15%) JSP 440
10 147 (1.15%) RMADS
11 141 (1.11%) ISO/IEC 12207
12 120 (0.94%) Accessibility
13 108 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 17025
14 102 (0.80%) GDPR
15 64 (0.50%) NEBOSH
16 56 (0.44%) SLA
17 40 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials
18 31 (0.24%) PMO
System Software
1 300 (2.35%) Active Directory
2 116 (0.91%) Docker
3 76 (0.60%) VMware Infrastructure
4 71 (0.56%) Firmware
5 41 (0.32%) Virtual Machines
6 37 (0.29%) Hyper-V
7 33 (0.26%) Embedded Firmware
8 20 (0.16%) vSphere
9 8 (0.063%) VMware ESXi
9 8 (0.063%) VMware NSX
10 7 (0.055%) Virtual Servers
11 5 (0.039%) HDFS
12 4 (0.031%) Virtual Desktop
13 3 (0.024%) Dovecot
13 3 (0.024%) Postfix
14 2 (0.016%) BitLocker
14 2 (0.016%) DFS Replication
15 1 (0.008%) KVM
15 1 (0.008%) Microsoft App-V
15 1 (0.008%) RHEV
Systems Management
1 135 (1.06%) Kubernetes
2 64 (0.50%) Terraform
3 53 (0.42%) Microsoft Intune
4 52 (0.41%) Ansible
5 28 (0.22%) Functional Safety
6 25 (0.20%) Grafana
7 21 (0.16%) Puppet
8 18 (0.14%) Prometheus
9 15 (0.12%) QRadar
10 14 (0.11%) Jamf Pro
10 14 (0.11%) SCCM
11 12 (0.094%) Nessus
12 7 (0.055%) SmoothWall
13 6 (0.047%) ArcSight ESM
13 6 (0.047%) BMC PATROL
13 6 (0.047%) FortiGate
13 6 (0.047%) SCOM
13 6 (0.047%) SCOrch
14 5 (0.039%) AirWatch
15 4 (0.031%) Kibana
Vendors
1 1,178 (9.24%) Microsoft
2 432 (3.39%) PayPal
3 392 (3.07%) Google
4 325 (2.55%) Databricks
5 316 (2.48%) Adobe
6 229 (1.80%) IBM
7 218 (1.71%) ANSYS
8 166 (1.30%) Cisco
9 157 (1.23%) SAP
10 123 (0.96%) Siemens
11 119 (0.93%) Oracle
12 104 (0.82%) VMware
13 98 (0.77%) Salesforce
14 70 (0.55%) YouTube
15 66 (0.52%) Sparx
16 63 (0.49%) Alteryx
17 61 (0.48%) EMC
18 56 (0.44%) ServiceNow
19 50 (0.39%) Bloomberg
20 49 (0.38%) Dell