Degree Job Trends in West London

Academic Degree
London > West London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in West London with a requirement for Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 13 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 4 42
Rank change year-on-year -1 +38 -35
Permanent jobs citing Degree 102 58 86
As % of all permanent jobs in West London 10.65% 18.35% 9.89%
As % of the Qualifications category 64.56% 61.05% 33.86%
Number of salaries quoted 33 27 33
10th Percentile £28,350 £40,805 £28,535
25th Percentile £32,750 £45,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,935 £49,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.91% -2.00% -14.89%
75th Percentile £72,500 £66,250 £63,750
90th Percentile £89,027 £71,000 £78,750
London median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
West 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 West London.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 158 95 254
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West London 16.49% 30.06% 29.20%
Number of salaries quoted 69 53 60
10th Percentile £28,350 £40,360 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £40,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £51,250
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +3.41% -3.30%
75th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £88,500 £80,400
London median annual salary £71,200 £67,500 £68,500
% change year-on-year +5.48% -1.46% -2.14%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in West London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Degree relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in West London.

Degree job vacancy trend in West London

Degree
Salary Trend in West London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West London citing Degree.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West London citing Degree

Degree
Salary Histogram in West London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Degree in West London over the 6 months to 13 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Degree in West London

Degree
Job Locations in West London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Degree within the West London region over the 6 months to 13 August 2026. 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
Richmond upon Thames +3 41 £37,500 -23.47% 3
Hounslow +4 36 £49,935 +63.72% 13
Hillingdon -13 12 £35,000 -42.86% 15
Harrow -2 5 - - 5
Ealing -9 3 £51,407 +8.22% 3
Wembley -13 1 - -
Degree
London

Degree
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (1.96%) Confluence
1 2 (1.96%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.98%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (3.92%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.96%) SmartSuite
4 1 (0.98%) Acrobat
4 1 (0.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.98%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 14 (13.73%) Azure
2 11 (10.78%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (5.88%) AWS
3 6 (5.88%) Snowflake
4 4 (3.92%) Entra ID
5 3 (2.94%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (1.96%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (0.98%) Amazon EMR
7 1 (0.98%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.92%) Firewall
1 4 (3.92%) LAN
1 4 (3.92%) WAN
2 3 (2.94%) SAN
2 3 (2.94%) VLAN
2 3 (2.94%) VPN
3 2 (1.96%) Cisco IOS
4 1 (0.98%) Internet
4 1 (0.98%) Network Security
4 1 (0.98%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.98%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (6.86%) SQL Server
2 6 (5.88%) Data Lake
2 6 (5.88%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.98%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 2 (1.96%) JIRA
General
1 45 (44.12%) Social Skills
2 19 (18.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 16 (15.69%) Electronics
4 8 (7.84%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (7.84%) Retail
5 7 (6.86%) Aviation
6 6 (5.88%) Finance
6 6 (5.88%) German Language
6 6 (5.88%) Presentation Skills
6 6 (5.88%) Telecoms
7 5 (4.90%) Japanese Language
7 5 (4.90%) Legal
8 3 (2.94%) Law
8 3 (2.94%) Manufacturing
8 3 (2.94%) Spanish Language
9 2 (1.96%) Banking
9 2 (1.96%) French Language
9 2 (1.96%) Marketing
9 2 (1.96%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.98%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 25 (24.51%) Sales Executive
2 16 (15.69%) Account Executive
2 16 (15.69%) Sales Account Executive
3 12 (11.76%) Telesales Executive
4 9 (8.82%) Architect
5 8 (7.84%) Senior
5 8 (7.84%) Support Engineer
6 6 (5.88%) Data Management Specialist
6 6 (5.88%) Lead
6 6 (5.88%) Product Specialist
7 5 (4.90%) IT Engineer
7 5 (4.90%) IT Manager
7 5 (4.90%) IT Project Manager
7 5 (4.90%) PMO Manager
7 5 (4.90%) PMO Project Manager
7 5 (4.90%) Project Manager
8 4 (3.92%) IT Support Engineer
8 4 (3.92%) Senior Sales Executive
8 4 (3.92%) Technical Engineer
8 4 (3.92%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.96%) CSS
1 2 (1.96%) HTML
1 2 (1.96%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 9 (8.82%) Driving Licence
2 4 (3.92%) Analytical Mindset
3 3 (2.94%) Data Centre
3 3 (2.94%) Enterprise Cloud
3 3 (2.94%) Management Information System
4 2 (1.96%) Clustering
4 2 (1.96%) Industrial Internet of Things
4 2 (1.96%) Product Ownership
4 2 (1.96%) Robotics
4 2 (1.96%) Security Posture
5 1 (0.98%) Algorithms
5 1 (0.98%) EPoS
5 1 (0.98%) FMCG
5 1 (0.98%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 6 (5.88%) Windows
2 4 (3.92%) Android
2 4 (3.92%) Windows 10
2 4 (3.92%) Windows Server
3 3 (2.94%) Linux
3 3 (2.94%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 3 (2.94%) Windows Server 2019
4 2 (1.96%) Apple iOS
4 2 (1.96%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (24.51%) Computer Science
2 18 (17.65%) Cybersecurity
2 18 (17.65%) Telesales
3 16 (15.69%) Agile
3 16 (15.69%) Thought Leadership
4 15 (14.71%) Decision-Making
5 13 (12.75%) AI
6 11 (10.78%) Analytics
7 9 (8.82%) Problem-Solving
8 8 (7.84%) Business Development
9 7 (6.86%) Data Science
9 7 (6.86%) ITIL
9 7 (6.86%) Roadmaps
9 7 (6.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 6 (5.88%) Architectural Patterns
10 6 (5.88%) Conversational AI
10 6 (5.88%) Conversational UI
10 6 (5.88%) Cost Optimisation
10 6 (5.88%) Customer Service
10 6 (5.88%) MLOps
Programming Languages
1 6 (5.88%) SQL
2 3 (2.94%) Java
3 2 (1.96%) C#
4 1 (0.98%) Python
Qualifications
1 21 (20.59%) Computer Science Degree
2 7 (6.86%) CISSP
3 5 (4.90%) ISSAP
3 5 (4.90%) Master's Degree
3 5 (4.90%) Microsoft Certification
3 5 (4.90%) PMI Certification
3 5 (4.90%) PMP
4 3 (2.94%) CISA
4 3 (2.94%) DBS Check
4 3 (2.94%) Dell Certification
4 3 (2.94%) MCSA
5 2 (1.96%) GIAC
5 2 (1.96%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
5 2 (1.96%) SANS
6 1 (0.98%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.98%) CCNP
6 1 (0.98%) CIPD
6 1 (0.98%) Network+ Certification
6 1 (0.98%) PhD
6 1 (0.98%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.90%) GDPR
1 5 (4.90%) PMO
2 2 (1.96%) GxP
2 2 (1.96%) HIPAA
2 2 (1.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (1.96%) NIST
2 2 (1.96%) PCI DSS
2 2 (1.96%) SLA
3 1 (0.98%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.98%) PERC
System Software
1 9 (8.82%) Active Directory
2 8 (7.84%) IAG
3 3 (2.94%) Hyper-V
3 3 (2.94%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 5 (4.90%) WSUS
2 4 (3.92%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (1.96%) Failover Clustering
3 2 (1.96%) Microsoft Clustering
3 2 (1.96%) SCCM
Vendors
1 34 (33.33%) Dell
2 18 (17.65%) Microsoft
3 7 (6.86%) Databricks
4 6 (5.88%) Denodo
4 6 (5.88%) Informatica
4 6 (5.88%) Teradata
5 5 (4.90%) Cisco
6 3 (2.94%) Fujitsu
6 3 (2.94%) HP
6 3 (2.94%) Juniper
6 3 (2.94%) Red Hat
7 2 (1.96%) Apple
7 2 (1.96%) Meraki
8 1 (0.98%) Adobe
8 1 (0.98%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.98%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud