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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 15 September 2019 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| Academic Degree UK |
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6 months to
15 Sep 2019 |
Same period 2018 |
Same period 2017 |
| Rank |
15 |
14 |
14 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
-1 |
0 |
0 |
| Permanent jobs citing Degree |
15,766 |
20,191 |
22,764 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK |
11.27% |
12.10% |
12.83% |
| As % of the Qualifications category |
47.92% |
51.07% |
52.25% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
11,168 |
14,600 |
17,067 |
| 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 |
£25,000 |
| 90th Percentile |
£85,000 |
£81,250 |
£76,250 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£44,322 |
£42,500 |
£40,000 |
| % change year-on-year |
+4.29% |
+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 |
32,903 |
39,535 |
43,570 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK |
23.51% |
23.70% |
24.56% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
23,878 |
29,314 |
33,428 |
| UK median annual salary |
£50,000 |
£50,000 |
£45,500 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
- |
+9.89% |
+1.11% |
| 10th Percentile |
£26,650 |
£26,250 |
£26,250 |
| 90th Percentile |
£82,500 |
£80,000 |
£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 15 September 2019.
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 15 September 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 |
-1 |
14,678 |
£50,000 |
+5.26% |
3,379 |
| UK excluding London |
0 |
9,232 |
£44,322 |
+4.29% |
2,679 |
| London |
-7 |
6,204 |
£60,000 |
+4.35% |
986 |
| South East |
+5 |
3,610 |
£45,000 |
- |
695 |
| North of England |
+1 |
1,543 |
£37,500 |
-10.71% |
469 |
| South West |
+1 |
1,250 |
£45,000 |
+12.50% |
366 |
| Midlands |
-3 |
1,088 |
£45,000 |
+10.43% |
385 |
| North West |
+1 |
1,001 |
£37,500 |
-11.76% |
256 |
| East of England |
0 |
942 |
£45,000 |
+3.98% |
478 |
| West Midlands |
-2 |
743 |
£45,000 |
+9.16% |
242 |
| Scotland |
-4 |
605 |
£38,500 |
-3.75% |
183 |
| Yorkshire |
-17 |
403 |
£37,500 |
-6.25% |
150 |
| East Midlands |
-3 |
339 |
£46,500 |
+12.05% |
141 |
| Wales |
-8 |
175 |
£34,000 |
-13.92% |
92 |
| North East |
+8 |
139 |
£40,250 |
+7.33% |
63 |
| Northern Ireland |
-21 |
40 |
£40,000 |
+25.00% |
15 |
| Channel Islands |
+1 |
3 |
£30,000 |
+1.69% |
1 |
For the 6 months to 15 September 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 |
5,828 (36.97%) |
Computer Science |
| 2 |
5,371 (34.07%) |
Agile Software Development |
| 3 |
3,522 (22.34%) |
Finance |
| 4 |
3,355 (21.28%) |
Computer Science Degree |
| 5 |
3,353 (21.27%) |
C# |
| 6 |
3,328 (21.11%) |
SQL |
| 7 |
2,840 (18.01%) |
Software Engineering |
| 8 |
2,751 (17.45%) |
Problem-Solving |
| 9 |
2,663 (16.89%) |
Microsoft |
| 10 |
2,640 (16.74%) |
Java |
| 11 |
2,590 (16.43%) |
JavaScript |
| 12 |
2,589 (16.42%) |
.NET |
| 13 |
2,423 (15.37%) |
Python |
| 14 |
2,384 (15.12%) |
Analytical Skills |
| 15 |
2,080 (13.19%) |
Mathematics |
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| 16 |
1,923 (12.20%) |
Windows |
| 17 |
1,903 (12.07%) |
Linux |
| 18 |
1,891 (11.99%) |
Azure |
| 19 |
1,882 (11.94%) |
SQL Server |
| 20 |
1,843 (11.69%) |
Project Management |
| 21 |
1,840 (11.67%) |
HTML |
| 22 |
1,720 (10.91%) |
C++ |
| 23 |
1,618 (10.26%) |
AWS |
| 24 |
1,458 (9.25%) |
Git (software) |
| 25 |
1,429 (9.06%) |
Scrum |
| 26 |
1,412 (8.96%) |
CSS |
| 27 |
1,336 (8.47%) |
ITIL |
| 28 |
1,335 (8.47%) |
C |
| 29 |
1,277 (8.10%) |
DevOps |
| 30 |
1,240 (7.87%) |
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 |
5,828 (36.97%) |
Computer Science |
| 2 |
5,371 (34.07%) |
Agile Software Development |
| 3 |
2,840 (18.01%) |
Software Engineering |
| 4 |
2,751 (17.45%) |
Problem-Solving |
| 5 |
2,080 (13.19%) |
Mathematics |
| 6 |
1,843 (11.69%) |
Project Management |
| 7 |
1,429 (9.06%) |
Scrum |
| 8 |
1,336 (8.47%) |
ITIL |
| 9 |
1,277 (8.10%) |
DevOps |
| 10 |
1,240 (7.87%) |
Analytics |
| 11 |
1,188 (7.54%) |
Test Automation |
| 12 |
1,150 (7.29%) |
OO |
| 13 |
1,123 (7.12%) |
SDLC |
| 14 |
1,104 (7.00%) |
Mentoring |
| 15 |
953 (6.04%) |
Cybersecurity |
| 16 |
920 (5.84%) |
MVC |
| 17 |
886 (5.62%) |
Machine Learning |
| 18 |
874 (5.54%) |
Continuous Integration |
| 19 |
858 (5.44%) |
TDD |
| 20 |
847 (5.37%) |
Business Intelligence |
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