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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 2 April 2020 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| Academic Degree UK |
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6 months to
2 Apr 2020 |
Same period 2019 |
Same period 2018 |
| Rank |
18 |
13 |
15 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
-5 |
+2 |
0 |
| Permanent jobs citing Degree |
11,960 |
17,853 |
21,216 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK |
10.21% |
12.06% |
11.99% |
| As % of the Qualifications category |
47.67% |
49.17% |
50.59% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
9,168 |
13,099 |
16,657 |
| Median annual salary |
£50,000 |
£48,000 |
£47,500 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
+4.17% |
+1.05% |
+5.56% |
| 10th Percentile |
£26,963 |
£26,250 |
£26,250 |
| 90th Percentile |
£85,000 |
£82,500 |
£80,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£45,000 |
£42,500 |
£42,500 |
| % change year-on-year |
+5.88% |
- |
+6.25% |
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 |
25,087 |
36,306 |
41,938 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK |
21.42% |
24.52% |
23.70% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
18,459 |
26,241 |
32,307 |
| Median annual salary |
£50,000 |
£50,000 |
£47,500 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
- |
+5.26% |
+5.56% |
| 10th Percentile |
£27,750 |
£26,750 |
£26,250 |
| 90th Percentile |
£82,500 |
£81,250 |
£80,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£47,000 |
£45,000 |
£42,606 |
| % change year-on-year |
+4.44% |
+5.62% |
+2.66% |
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Degree
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing Degree as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Degree
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Degree.
Degree
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Degree over the 6 months to 2 April 2020.
Degree
Top 18 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 2 April 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 |
-4 |
11,041 |
£50,000 |
- |
2,350 |
| UK excluding London |
-2 |
6,767 |
£45,000 |
+5.88% |
1,785 |
| London |
-1 |
4,926 |
£59,000 |
-1.67% |
760 |
| South East |
-3 |
2,608 |
£47,500 |
+5.56% |
473 |
| North of England |
-8 |
1,100 |
£45,000 |
+5.88% |
300 |
| South West |
+2 |
858 |
£45,000 |
+17.84% |
252 |
| Midlands |
-7 |
837 |
£45,540 |
+13.85% |
259 |
| East of England |
-2 |
713 |
£45,711 |
-3.77% |
307 |
| North West |
-1 |
684 |
£45,000 |
- |
148 |
| West Midlands |
-7 |
500 |
£44,500 |
+4.71% |
188 |
| Work from Home |
-3 |
438 |
£47,500 |
-9.52% |
104 |
| Scotland |
-11 |
367 |
£42,500 |
+6.25% |
113 |
| East Midlands |
-3 |
331 |
£47,500 |
+18.75% |
70 |
| Yorkshire |
-15 |
297 |
£37,500 |
-6.25% |
99 |
| Wales |
+5 |
247 |
£42,500 |
+13.33% |
63 |
| North East |
-2 |
119 |
£46,500 |
+9.95% |
53 |
| Northern Ireland |
0 |
66 |
£45,000 |
+34.33% |
21 |
| Isle of Man |
- |
9 |
£42,250 |
- |
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For the 6 months to 2 April 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 |
4,473 (37.40%) |
Computer Science |
| 2 |
3,579 (29.92%) |
Agile Software Development |
| 3 |
2,908 (24.31%) |
SQL |
| 4 |
2,866 (23.96%) |
Computer Science Degree |
| 5 |
2,731 (22.83%) |
Finance |
| 6 |
2,301 (19.24%) |
C# |
| 7 |
2,158 (18.04%) |
Problem-Solving |
| 8 |
2,101 (17.57%) |
Python |
| 9 |
2,070 (17.31%) |
JavaScript |
| 10 |
2,035 (17.02%) |
Java |
| 11 |
1,989 (16.63%) |
Software Engineering |
| 12 |
1,867 (15.61%) |
Analytical Skills |
| 13 |
1,778 (14.87%) |
.NET |
| 14 |
1,776 (14.85%) |
Microsoft |
| 15 |
1,457 (12.18%) |
Windows |
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| 16 |
1,432 (11.97%) |
HTML |
| 17 |
1,402 (11.72%) |
SQL Server |
| 18 |
1,398 (11.69%) |
Azure |
| 19 |
1,383 (11.56%) |
Mathematics |
| 19 |
1,383 (11.56%) |
Project Management |
| 20 |
1,343 (11.23%) |
Analytics |
| 21 |
1,261 (10.54%) |
Linux |
| 22 |
1,250 (10.45%) |
AWS |
| 23 |
1,232 (10.30%) |
CSS |
| 24 |
1,167 (9.76%) |
C++ |
| 25 |
1,067 (8.92%) |
Git (software) |
| 26 |
1,059 (8.85%) |
Scrum |
| 27 |
986 (8.24%) |
DevOps |
| 28 |
925 (7.73%) |
C |
| 29 |
907 (7.58%) |
Oracle |
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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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