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The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Degree qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 23 January 2020 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| Academic Degree UK |
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6 months to
23 Jan 2020 |
Same period 2019 |
Same period 2018 |
| Rank |
16 |
14 |
15 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
-2 |
+1 |
0 |
| Permanent jobs citing Degree |
13,446 |
18,391 |
21,395 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK |
10.69% |
12.11% |
12.25% |
| As % of the Qualifications category |
48.89% |
50.16% |
51.47% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
10,028 |
13,230 |
16,417 |
| UK median annual salary |
£50,000 |
£47,500 |
£47,500 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
+5.26% |
- |
+5.56% |
| 10th Percentile |
£26,750 |
£26,250 |
£25,750 |
| 90th Percentile |
£85,000 |
£81,250 |
£77,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£45,000 |
£42,500 |
£42,000 |
| % change year-on-year |
+5.88% |
+1.19% |
+5.00% |
Degree is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.
| All Academic and Professional Certifications UK |
| Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications |
27,505 |
36,666 |
41,569 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK |
21.87% |
24.15% |
23.81% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
20,371 |
26,783 |
32,283 |
| UK median annual salary |
£50,000 |
£50,000 |
£47,500 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
- |
+5.26% |
+5.56% |
| 10th Percentile |
£27,500 |
£26,250 |
£26,250 |
| 90th Percentile |
£82,500 |
£81,250 |
£78,750 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£45,000 |
£45,000 |
£42,500 |
| % change year-on-year |
- |
+5.88% |
- |
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Degree
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing Degree as a percentage of all IT jobs advertised.
Degree
Salary Trend
This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Degree.
Degree
Salary Histogram
The salary distribution of IT jobs citing Degree over the 6 months to 23 January 2020.
Degree
Top 17 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Degree within the UK over the 6 months to 23 January 2020.
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
Job
Vacancies |
| England |
-3 |
12,447 |
£50,000 |
- |
3,183 |
| UK excluding London |
-2 |
7,672 |
£45,000 |
+5.88% |
2,512 |
| London |
-2 |
5,481 |
£60,000 |
- |
926 |
| South East |
+1 |
3,049 |
£47,500 |
+5.56% |
706 |
| North of England |
-6 |
1,216 |
£42,614 |
-3.15% |
445 |
| Midlands |
-4 |
958 |
£47,500 |
+18.75% |
324 |
| South West |
-3 |
943 |
£45,000 |
+12.50% |
359 |
| East of England |
+1 |
781 |
£47,500 |
+5.56% |
422 |
| North West |
-7 |
724 |
£45,000 |
- |
256 |
| West Midlands |
-6 |
593 |
£45,000 |
+12.50% |
212 |
| Scotland |
-5 |
482 |
£42,500 |
+0.17% |
167 |
| East Midlands |
-7 |
361 |
£50,000 |
+23.46% |
111 |
| Yorkshire |
-12 |
361 |
£37,500 |
-6.25% |
137 |
| Wales |
+3 |
228 |
£42,500 |
+16.72% |
64 |
| North East |
+6 |
131 |
£46,500 |
+3.33% |
52 |
| Northern Ireland |
-7 |
48 |
£45,000 |
+36.36% |
29 |
| Isle of Man |
- |
6 |
£53,000 |
- |
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For the 6 months to 23 January 2020, IT jobs citing Degree also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads with a requirement for Degree.
| 1 |
5,200 (38.67%) |
Computer Science |
| 2 |
4,158 (30.92%) |
Agile Software Development |
| 3 |
3,140 (23.35%) |
Computer Science Degree |
| 4 |
3,094 (23.01%) |
Finance |
| 5 |
2,866 (21.31%) |
SQL |
| 6 |
2,627 (19.54%) |
C# |
| 7 |
2,427 (18.05%) |
Problem-Solving |
| 8 |
2,356 (17.52%) |
JavaScript |
| 9 |
2,321 (17.26%) |
Software Engineering |
| 10 |
2,320 (17.25%) |
Java |
| 11 |
2,223 (16.53%) |
Python |
| 12 |
2,075 (15.43%) |
Microsoft |
| 13 |
2,030 (15.10%) |
.NET |
| 14 |
1,756 (13.06%) |
Analytical Skills |
| 15 |
1,717 (12.77%) |
Windows |
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| 16 |
1,621 (12.06%) |
HTML |
| 17 |
1,581 (11.76%) |
Mathematics |
| 18 |
1,534 (11.41%) |
Azure |
| 19 |
1,478 (10.99%) |
Linux |
| 20 |
1,467 (10.91%) |
Project Management |
| 21 |
1,416 (10.53%) |
C++ |
| 22 |
1,399 (10.40%) |
SQL Server |
| 23 |
1,388 (10.32%) |
CSS |
| 24 |
1,331 (9.90%) |
AWS |
| 25 |
1,216 (9.04%) |
Analytics |
| 26 |
1,208 (8.98%) |
Scrum |
| 27 |
1,187 (8.83%) |
Git (software) |
| 28 |
1,120 (8.33%) |
C |
| 29 |
1,056 (7.85%) |
ITIL |
| 30 |
1,034 (7.69%) |
DevOps |
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Degree
Co-occurring IT Skills by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
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| Processes & Methodologies |
| 1 |
5,200 (38.67%) |
Computer Science |
| 2 |
4,158 (30.92%) |
Agile Software Development |
| 3 |
2,427 (18.05%) |
Problem-Solving |
| 4 |
2,321 (17.26%) |
Software Engineering |
| 5 |
1,581 (11.76%) |
Mathematics |
| 6 |
1,467 (10.91%) |
Project Management |
| 7 |
1,216 (9.04%) |
Analytics |
| 8 |
1,208 (8.98%) |
Scrum |
| 9 |
1,056 (7.85%) |
ITIL |
| 10 |
1,034 (7.69%) |
DevOps |
| 11 |
992 (7.38%) |
Mentoring |
| 12 |
880 (6.54%) |
Test Automation |
| 13 |
849 (6.31%) |
OO |
| 14 |
828 (6.16%) |
Machine Learning |
| 15 |
826 (6.14%) |
SDLC |
| 16 |
757 (5.63%) |
Business Intelligence |
| 17 |
751 (5.59%) |
Cybersecurity |
| 18 |
738 (5.49%) |
Data Science |
| 19 |
736 (5.47%) |
TDD |
| 20 |
694 (5.16%) |
MVC |
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