Degree Jobs with Work from Home Options

Academic Degree
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid work with a requirement for Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 26 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 15 14 15
Rank change year-on-year -1 +1 +3
Permanent jobs citing Degree 2,908 3,212 8,574
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 12.72% 12.97% 13.63%
As % of the Qualifications category 45.98% 43.04% 58.41%
Number of salaries quoted 1,286 2,133 4,150
10th Percentile £32,500 £33,750 £32,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £56,375
Median % change year-on-year - +6.43% +2.50%
75th Percentile £76,438 £80,000 £75,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £97,250 £93,750
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% +2.80%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 6,324 7,463 14,678
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 27.67% 30.13% 23.33%
Number of salaries quoted 2,673 4,645 7,953
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,000 £32,626
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £92,500 £92,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +4.55% -

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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Degree as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Degree trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Degree.

Degree salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Degree over the 6 months to 26 October 2024.

Degree salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 132 (4.54%) SharePoint
2 58 (1.99%) Microsoft Exchange
3 42 (1.44%) Confluence
3 42 (1.44%) IIS
4 38 (1.31%) Apache
5 37 (1.27%) Apache Spark
6 24 (0.83%) SAS
7 20 (0.69%) Tomcat
8 15 (0.52%) Apache Airflow
9 14 (0.48%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
10 13 (0.45%) CMS
11 9 (0.31%) WinCC
12 8 (0.28%) WordPress
13 5 (0.17%) Luigi
14 4 (0.14%) ArcGIS
14 4 (0.14%) nginx
15 3 (0.10%) OpenEdge
15 3 (0.10%) Sitecore CMS
16 2 (0.069%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
16 2 (0.069%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 150 (5.16%) Microsoft Office
2 131 (4.50%) Microsoft Excel
3 96 (3.30%) Simulink
4 54 (1.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 39 (1.34%) Photoshop
6 38 (1.31%) Adobe Illustrator
7 28 (0.96%) Microsoft Project
8 12 (0.41%) AutoCAD
9 11 (0.38%) MS Visio
9 11 (0.38%) OrCAD
10 9 (0.31%) Adobe XD
10 9 (0.31%) Sketch
11 7 (0.24%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 7 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
12 6 (0.21%) CPLEX
13 5 (0.17%) CANalyzer
13 5 (0.17%) SketchUp
14 3 (0.10%) Maple
14 3 (0.10%) Revit
14 3 (0.10%) Trello
Business Applications
1 38 (1.31%) NEC Housing
2 22 (0.76%) Dynamics CRM
3 14 (0.48%) SAP S/4HANA
4 7 (0.24%) Odoo
5 6 (0.21%) Endur
5 6 (0.21%) Unit4 Business World
6 4 (0.14%) iTrent
6 4 (0.14%) Maximo
6 4 (0.14%) SAP ERP
6 4 (0.14%) SAP MM
7 3 (0.10%) NetSuite
7 3 (0.10%) Oracle Financial Analyzer
7 3 (0.10%) SAP HR
7 3 (0.10%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 3 (0.10%) Visualfiles
8 2 (0.069%) BambooHR
8 2 (0.069%) Primavera
8 2 (0.069%) SAP Business One
8 2 (0.069%) SAP IBP
8 2 (0.069%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 531 (18.26%) Azure
2 327 (11.24%) AWS
3 233 (8.01%) Microsoft 365
4 197 (6.77%) Power Platform
5 129 (4.44%) SaaS
6 103 (3.54%) GCP
7 79 (2.72%) PowerApps
8 77 (2.65%) Azure DevOps
9 66 (2.27%) Dynamics 365
10 63 (2.17%) Azure Data Factory
11 58 (1.99%) Entra ID
12 57 (1.96%) Serverless
13 54 (1.86%) Power Automate
14 50 (1.72%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 43 (1.48%) GitHub
16 29 (1.00%) IaaS
17 28 (0.96%) Azure Functions
18 26 (0.89%) Amazon S3
18 26 (0.89%) Azure Monitor
19 25 (0.86%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 206 (7.08%) Broadband
2 91 (3.13%) Firewall
3 64 (2.20%) TCP/IP
4 59 (2.03%) WAN
5 51 (1.75%) DNS
5 51 (1.75%) Internet
6 45 (1.55%) HTTP
7 41 (1.41%) VPN
8 38 (1.31%) SD-WAN
9 37 (1.27%) DHCP
10 35 (1.20%) Network Security
11 32 (1.10%) VLAN
12 31 (1.07%) Wireless
13 28 (0.96%) LAN
14 21 (0.72%) 5G
14 21 (0.72%) Cisco Firepower
15 16 (0.55%) SSL
16 14 (0.48%) 3GPP
16 14 (0.48%) SMTP
16 14 (0.48%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 197 (6.77%) SQL Server
2 151 (5.19%) Power BI
3 121 (4.16%) Tableau
4 88 (3.03%) NoSQL
5 82 (2.82%) Relational Database
6 78 (2.68%) PostgreSQL
7 74 (2.54%) Data Warehouse
7 74 (2.54%) MySQL
8 62 (2.13%) Big Data
9 48 (1.65%) Azure SQL Database
10 43 (1.48%) Oracle Database
11 35 (1.20%) Data Lake
12 33 (1.13%) MongoDB
13 32 (1.10%) Amazon RDS
14 29 (1.00%) Data Mining
15 21 (0.72%) Elasticsearch
16 20 (0.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 20 (0.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 19 (0.65%) Hadoop
18 15 (0.52%) Redis
Development Applications
1 231 (7.94%) Git
2 54 (1.86%) JIRA
3 34 (1.17%) Jenkins
4 31 (1.07%) Dreamweaver
4 31 (1.07%) Vagrant
5 21 (0.72%) GitLab
6 19 (0.65%) Subversion
7 18 (0.62%) Selenium
7 18 (0.62%) Visual Studio
8 11 (0.38%) CMake
8 11 (0.38%) Oracle APEX
8 11 (0.38%) TeamCity
9 10 (0.34%) webpack
10 9 (0.31%) Cypress.io
11 8 (0.28%) Team Foundation Server
12 6 (0.21%) Burp Suite
12 6 (0.21%) Metasploit
13 5 (0.17%) Bitbucket
13 5 (0.17%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
13 5 (0.17%) WebDriver
General
1 1,413 (48.59%) Social Skills
2 731 (25.14%) Analytical Skills
3 549 (18.88%) Finance
4 260 (8.94%) Retail
5 259 (8.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 241 (8.29%) Presentation Skills
7 215 (7.39%) Legal
8 155 (5.33%) Public Sector
9 150 (5.16%) Marketing
10 133 (4.57%) Pharmaceutical
11 132 (4.54%) Law
12 92 (3.16%) Games
13 79 (2.72%) Banking
14 77 (2.65%) Manufacturing
15 76 (2.61%) Electronics
16 74 (2.54%) Influencing Skills
16 74 (2.54%) Organisational Skills
17 68 (2.34%) Advertising
18 66 (2.27%) Local Government
19 64 (2.20%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 485 (16.68%) Senior
2 418 (14.37%) Analyst
3 382 (13.14%) Developer
4 313 (10.76%) Lead
5 208 (7.15%) Software Engineer
6 173 (5.95%) Team Leader
7 152 (5.23%) Architect
8 151 (5.19%) Consultant
9 115 (3.95%) Systems Engineer
10 110 (3.78%) Software Developer
11 106 (3.65%) Senior Analyst
12 104 (3.58%) Project Manager
13 99 (3.40%) Business Analyst
14 86 (2.96%) Data Analyst
15 72 (2.48%) Senior Software Engineer
16 68 (2.34%) Graduate
17 64 (2.20%) Senior Data Analyst
18 60 (2.06%) Support Engineer
19 58 (1.99%) Data Scientist
20 57 (1.96%) Applications Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 240 (8.25%) HTML
2 230 (7.91%) .NET
3 165 (5.67%) CSS
4 126 (4.33%) Elastic Stack
5 95 (3.27%) React
6 67 (2.30%) AngularJS
7 66 (2.27%) ASP.NET
8 62 (2.13%) RESTful
9 61 (2.10%) .NET Framework
9 61 (2.10%) Web Services
10 57 (1.96%) XML
11 56 (1.93%) Middleware
12 52 (1.79%) Kafka
13 39 (1.34%) REST
14 38 (1.31%) jQuery
15 36 (1.24%) .NET Core
15 36 (1.24%) Node.js
16 35 (1.20%) Pandas
17 31 (1.07%) Entity Framework
18 30 (1.03%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 170 (5.85%) Management Information System
2 159 (5.47%) Algorithms
3 125 (4.30%) Private Cloud
4 93 (3.20%) Self-Motivation
5 80 (2.75%) Data Centre
6 76 (2.61%) Life Science
6 76 (2.61%) Social Media
7 69 (2.37%) Product Ownership
8 61 (2.10%) Driving Licence
9 58 (1.99%) NHS
10 49 (1.69%) Onboarding
11 48 (1.65%) Data Structures
12 37 (1.27%) Mobile App
13 36 (1.24%) IoT
14 33 (1.13%) PKI
15 32 (1.10%) Virtual Team
16 31 (1.07%) Public Cloud
17 30 (1.03%) Distributed Systems
18 27 (0.93%) Analytical Mindset
18 27 (0.93%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 366 (12.59%) Linux
2 284 (9.77%) Windows
3 110 (3.78%) Windows Server
4 94 (3.23%) Unix
5 70 (2.41%) Android
6 45 (1.55%) Ubuntu
7 43 (1.48%) Embedded Linux
8 35 (1.20%) CentOS
9 33 (1.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 32 (1.10%) Windows 10
11 30 (1.03%) Apple iOS
12 26 (0.89%) Mac OS
12 26 (0.89%) Windows Server 2019
13 22 (0.76%) Solaris
13 22 (0.76%) Windows Vista
14 19 (0.65%) Windows Server 2016
15 13 (0.45%) Windows Server 2012
16 11 (0.38%) Mac OS X
17 6 (0.21%) Debian
18 5 (0.17%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,120 (38.51%) Computer Science
2 1,041 (35.80%) Problem-Solving
3 608 (20.91%) Agile
4 545 (18.74%) Software Engineering
5 455 (15.65%) Mentoring
6 426 (14.65%) Analytics
7 420 (14.44%) DevOps
8 366 (12.59%) Cybersecurity
9 337 (11.59%) Machine Learning
10 322 (11.07%) Mathematics
11 313 (10.76%) CI/CD
12 312 (10.73%) Continuous Improvement
13 305 (10.49%) Project Management
14 278 (9.56%) Roadmaps
15 257 (8.84%) Data Science
16 256 (8.80%) ITIL
17 246 (8.46%) Data Analysis
18 245 (8.43%) Artificial Intelligence
19 244 (8.39%) Decision-Making
20 239 (8.22%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 676 (23.25%) Python
2 630 (21.66%) SQL
3 341 (11.73%) C#
4 295 (10.14%) JavaScript
5 240 (8.25%) Java
6 236 (8.12%) C++
7 186 (6.40%) Shell Script
8 155 (5.33%) Bash
9 129 (4.44%) C
10 101 (3.47%) MATLAB
11 99 (3.40%) PowerShell
12 52 (1.79%) TypeScript
13 50 (1.72%) VB
14 43 (1.48%) PHP
15 42 (1.44%) Kotlin
16 41 (1.41%) R
17 37 (1.27%) T-SQL
18 33 (1.13%) PL/SQL
19 22 (0.76%) Scala
20 21 (0.72%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 772 (26.55%) Computer Science Degree
2 451 (15.51%) Master's Degree
3 368 (12.65%) Security Cleared
4 231 (7.94%) SC Cleared
5 170 (5.85%) DBS Check
6 124 (4.26%) LPIC
7 123 (4.23%) RHCSA
8 117 (4.02%) Microsoft Certification
9 94 (3.23%) PhD
10 90 (3.09%) CISSP
10 90 (3.09%) DV Cleared
11 88 (3.03%) Numerate Degree
12 84 (2.89%) Azure Certification
13 61 (2.10%) PMI Certification
14 59 (2.03%) CISM
15 55 (1.89%) PMP
16 54 (1.86%) Cisco Certification
17 45 (1.55%) CISA
18 40 (1.38%) BPSS Clearance
19 39 (1.34%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 163 (5.61%) NIST
2 161 (5.54%) QA
3 129 (4.44%) SOC 2
4 115 (3.95%) Accessibility
5 88 (3.03%) Data Quality
6 66 (2.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 60 (2.06%) GDPR
7 60 (2.06%) SLA
8 28 (0.96%) Cyber Essentials
9 25 (0.86%) PMO
10 16 (0.55%) GRC
11 13 (0.45%) NCSC
12 11 (0.38%) PCI DSS
13 9 (0.31%) CDISC
14 8 (0.28%) NEBOSH
15 6 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 6 (0.21%) ITGC
15 6 (0.21%) MISRA
15 6 (0.21%) MISRA C
16 5 (0.17%) IEC 61131
System Software
1 214 (7.36%) Docker
2 137 (4.71%) Active Directory
3 74 (2.54%) Firmware
4 61 (2.10%) VMware Infrastructure
5 55 (1.89%) Embedded Firmware
6 51 (1.75%) Hyper-V
7 32 (1.10%) Virtual Machines
8 24 (0.83%) Virtual Desktop
9 21 (0.72%) vSphere
10 10 (0.34%) Virtual Servers
10 10 (0.34%) VMware ESXi
10 10 (0.34%) XenApp
11 6 (0.21%) OpenSSH
12 4 (0.14%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 4 (0.14%) XenDesktop
13 3 (0.10%) HDFS
13 3 (0.10%) KVM
13 3 (0.10%) Terminal Services
14 2 (0.069%) Kamailio
14 2 (0.069%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 179 (6.16%) Ansible
2 128 (4.40%) Grafana
3 125 (4.30%) Prometheus
4 100 (3.44%) Terraform
5 74 (2.54%) Kubernetes
6 42 (1.44%) Microsoft Intune
7 34 (1.17%) SCCM
8 24 (0.83%) SCOM
9 21 (0.72%) Stealthwatch
10 16 (0.55%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 15 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
12 14 (0.48%) Amdocs OSS
12 14 (0.48%) WSUS
13 8 (0.28%) Nessus
14 7 (0.24%) vCenter Server
15 6 (0.21%) IBM BigFix
15 6 (0.21%) PowerCLI
16 5 (0.17%) CASB
17 4 (0.14%) Autotask
18 3 (0.10%) Podman
Vendors
1 565 (19.43%) Microsoft
2 146 (5.02%) Databricks
3 119 (4.09%) Google
4 100 (3.44%) Oracle
5 93 (3.20%) VMware
6 82 (2.82%) Xilinx
7 61 (2.10%) SAP
8 56 (1.93%) Apple
9 50 (1.72%) Citrix
10 45 (1.55%) Cisco
11 44 (1.51%) Salesforce
12 43 (1.48%) Adobe
13 42 (1.44%) NEC
14 28 (0.96%) Meraki
15 22 (0.76%) Dell
16 19 (0.65%) ServiceNow
17 18 (0.62%) Dynatrace
17 18 (0.62%) Sage
18 17 (0.58%) Veeam
19 14 (0.48%) Amdocs