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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 13 November 2019 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| Academic Degree UK |
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6 months to
13 Nov 2019 |
Same period 2018 |
Same period 2017 |
| Rank |
16 |
14 |
14 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
-2 |
0 |
0 |
| Permanent jobs citing Degree |
15,315 |
19,529 |
22,949 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK |
11.13% |
11.99% |
12.78% |
| As % of the Qualifications category |
49.05% |
50.56% |
52.71% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
11,163 |
14,242 |
17,287 |
| UK median annual salary |
£50,000 |
£47,500 |
£45,000 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
+5.26% |
+5.56% |
- |
| 10th Percentile |
£26,250 |
£25,000 |
£25,500 |
| 90th Percentile |
£85,000 |
£82,500 |
£77,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£45,000 |
£42,500 |
£40,000 |
| % 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 |
31,224 |
38,627 |
43,542 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK |
22.70% |
23.72% |
24.25% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
23,008 |
28,604 |
33,460 |
| UK median annual salary |
£50,000 |
£50,000 |
£47,500 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
- |
+5.26% |
+5.56% |
| 10th Percentile |
£27,250 |
£26,250 |
£26,000 |
| 90th Percentile |
£82,500 |
£81,250 |
£77,500 |
| 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 13 November 2019.
Degree
Top 16 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 13 November 2019.
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 |
-2 |
14,232 |
£50,000 |
+3.09% |
3,314 |
| UK excluding London |
0 |
8,764 |
£45,000 |
+5.88% |
2,624 |
| London |
-3 |
6,224 |
£60,000 |
+4.35% |
969 |
| South East |
+4 |
3,502 |
£45,000 |
- |
683 |
| North of England |
-4 |
1,379 |
£40,000 |
-5.88% |
459 |
| South West |
0 |
1,112 |
£45,000 |
+12.50% |
353 |
| Midlands |
-3 |
1,071 |
£45,000 |
+12.50% |
382 |
| East of England |
+1 |
912 |
£45,000 |
+5.88% |
473 |
| North West |
-4 |
847 |
£42,000 |
-1.18% |
272 |
| West Midlands |
-2 |
698 |
£45,000 |
+12.50% |
234 |
| Scotland |
-4 |
588 |
£40,000 |
-2.44% |
174 |
| Yorkshire |
-10 |
424 |
£37,500 |
-6.25% |
134 |
| East Midlands |
-5 |
369 |
£47,500 |
+17.28% |
147 |
| Wales |
-1 |
202 |
£40,000 |
+6.67% |
83 |
| North East |
+4 |
108 |
£46,500 |
-7.00% |
53 |
| Northern Ireland |
-16 |
37 |
£40,000 |
+18.52% |
22 |
For the 6 months to 13 November 2019, 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 |
5,858 (38.25%) |
Computer Science |
| 2 |
4,981 (32.52%) |
Agile Software Development |
| 3 |
3,430 (22.40%) |
Computer Science Degree |
| 4 |
3,423 (22.35%) |
Finance |
| 5 |
3,111 (20.31%) |
SQL |
| 6 |
3,099 (20.24%) |
C# |
| 7 |
2,690 (17.56%) |
Problem-Solving |
| 8 |
2,684 (17.53%) |
Software Engineering |
| 9 |
2,625 (17.14%) |
JavaScript |
| 10 |
2,536 (16.56%) |
Python |
| 11 |
2,448 (15.98%) |
Java |
| 12 |
2,434 (15.89%) |
Microsoft |
| 13 |
2,414 (15.76%) |
.NET |
| 14 |
2,106 (13.75%) |
Analytical Skills |
| 15 |
1,933 (12.62%) |
Windows |
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| 16 |
1,890 (12.34%) |
Mathematics |
| 17 |
1,870 (12.21%) |
Azure |
| 18 |
1,860 (12.14%) |
Linux |
| 19 |
1,842 (12.03%) |
HTML |
| 20 |
1,746 (11.40%) |
Project Management |
| 21 |
1,701 (11.11%) |
SQL Server |
| 22 |
1,606 (10.49%) |
C++ |
| 23 |
1,584 (10.34%) |
AWS |
| 24 |
1,525 (9.96%) |
CSS |
| 25 |
1,399 (9.13%) |
Git (software) |
| 26 |
1,355 (8.85%) |
C |
| 27 |
1,338 (8.74%) |
Scrum |
| 28 |
1,252 (8.17%) |
ITIL |
| 29 |
1,245 (8.13%) |
DevOps |
| 30 |
1,213 (7.92%) |
Analytics |
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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 |
5,858 (38.25%) |
Computer Science |
| 2 |
4,981 (32.52%) |
Agile Software Development |
| 3 |
2,690 (17.56%) |
Problem-Solving |
| 4 |
2,684 (17.53%) |
Software Engineering |
| 5 |
1,890 (12.34%) |
Mathematics |
| 6 |
1,746 (11.40%) |
Project Management |
| 7 |
1,338 (8.74%) |
Scrum |
| 8 |
1,252 (8.17%) |
ITIL |
| 9 |
1,245 (8.13%) |
DevOps |
| 10 |
1,213 (7.92%) |
Analytics |
| 11 |
1,095 (7.15%) |
Mentoring |
| 12 |
1,083 (7.07%) |
Test Automation |
| 13 |
978 (6.39%) |
OO |
| 14 |
972 (6.35%) |
SDLC |
| 15 |
919 (6.00%) |
Cybersecurity |
| 16 |
874 (5.71%) |
Machine Learning |
| 17 |
855 (5.58%) |
MVC |
| 18 |
841 (5.49%) |
TDD |
| 19 |
827 (5.40%) |
Data Science |
| 20 |
825 (5.39%) |
Business Intelligence |
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