Job Vacancy Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Skill Sets
Period
to 20 April 2021

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) with a requirement for Degree qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 20 April 2021 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Academic Degree
UK > Work from Home
6 months to
20 Apr 2021		 Same period 2020 Same period 2019
Rank 28 39 39
Rank change year-on-year +11 0 +11
Permanent jobs citing Degree 1,269 419 498
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 7.85% 5.98% 6.26%
As % of the Qualifications category 45.47% 34.97% 30.00%
Number of salaries quoted 880 283 440
10th Percentile £31,250 £26,400 £30,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £35,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,249 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +22.63% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £60,550 £71,250
90th Percentile £86,250 £76,250 £88,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% +5.26% -

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 WFH option and a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home
Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,791 1,198 1,660
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.27% 17.11% 20.85%
Number of salaries quoted 2,163 941 1,358
10th Percentile £32,500 £33,750 £35,700
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.64% -8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £81,250 £86,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £51,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +6.80% +3.00% +5.26%

Degree
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

Degree
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

Degree
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 20 April 2021.

Degree salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

For the 6 months to 20 April 2021, Degree job roles required the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent jobs with a WFH option and a requirement for Degree.

1 598 (47.12%) Computer Science
2 375 (29.55%) Computer Science Degree
3 361 (28.45%) Agile Software Development
4 305 (24.03%) SQL
5 284 (22.38%) Problem-Solving
6 254 (20.02%) JavaScript
7 244 (19.23%) Azure
8 232 (18.28%) Microsoft
9 225 (17.73%) Finance
10 216 (17.02%) Software Engineering
11 210 (16.55%) C#
12 208 (16.39%) Java
13 206 (16.23%) Python
14 186 (14.66%) Analytical Skills
15 180 (14.18%) AWS
16 178 (14.03%) DevOps
17 168 (13.24%) SQL Server
18 167 (13.16%) Linux
19 154 (12.14%) .NET
20 140 (11.03%) Git (software)
21 137 (10.80%) Scrum
22 129 (10.17%) Project Management
23 126 (9.93%) Mathematics
24 125 (9.85%) Windows
25 123 (9.69%) CSS
25 123 (9.69%) HTML
26 115 (9.06%) Data Management
27 114 (8.98%) Pharmaceutical
27 114 (8.98%) Docker
28 113 (8.90%) QA

Degree
Co-occurring IT Skills with a WFH Option 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:

Application Platforms
1 79 (6.23%) SAS
2 42 (3.31%) SharePoint
3 31 (2.44%) Confluence
4 25 (1.97%) CMS
5 17 (1.34%) Elasticsearch
6 14 (1.10%) IIS
7 12 (0.95%) nginx
8 11 (0.87%) Skype for Business
9 9 (0.71%) Apache
9 9 (0.71%) Tomcat
10 8 (0.63%) Apache Spark
11 7 (0.55%) MS Exchange
12 5 (0.39%) Apache Pulsar
12 5 (0.39%) Liferay
12 5 (0.39%) Umbraco
12 5 (0.39%) WordPress
13 4 (0.32%) Apache Airflow
13 4 (0.32%) Jupyter
13 4 (0.32%) SharePoint Server
14 3 (0.24%) WebSphere
Applications
1 63 (4.96%) Microsoft Office
2 55 (4.33%) Microsoft Excel
3 29 (2.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (0.87%) Figma
5 7 (0.55%) Microsoft Project
5 7 (0.55%) MS Visio
6 6 (0.47%) Photoshop
7 5 (0.39%) AutoCAD
7 5 (0.39%) Simulink
8 3 (0.24%) 3ds Max
8 3 (0.24%) Maya
8 3 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.24%) SPSS
9 2 (0.16%) Adobe After Effects
9 2 (0.16%) Houdini
10 1 (0.079%) InDesign
10 1 (0.079%) ProjectWise
10 1 (0.079%) Quicktime
10 1 (0.079%) Revit
Business Applications
1 10 (0.79%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.47%) Remedy ITSM
3 5 (0.39%) Oracle Clinical
4 3 (0.24%) Infor M3
4 3 (0.24%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.16%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.16%) Salesforce.com CRM
6 1 (0.079%) Distributed Ledger
6 1 (0.079%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.079%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.079%) Infor LN
6 1 (0.079%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.079%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.079%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.079%) StreamServe
Cloud Services
1 244 (19.23%) Azure
2 180 (14.18%) AWS
3 97 (7.64%) SaaS
4 59 (4.65%) Microsoft 365
5 51 (4.02%) GCP
6 48 (3.78%) PaaS
7 46 (3.62%) GitHub
8 41 (3.23%) IaaS
8 41 (3.23%) Power Platform
9 34 (2.68%) Amazon S3
10 30 (2.36%) Serverless
11 17 (1.34%) Azure Active Directory
12 16 (1.26%) Amazon EC2
13 14 (1.10%) Dynamics 365
14 13 (1.02%) npm
15 12 (0.95%) Cloud Computing
15 12 (0.95%) Google Analytics
15 12 (0.95%) Route 53
16 11 (0.87%) AWS Lambda
17 10 (0.79%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 35 (2.76%) Internet
2 28 (2.21%) Firewall
3 21 (1.65%) Wireless
4 18 (1.42%) VPN
5 17 (1.34%) Bluetooth
6 16 (1.26%) LAN
6 16 (1.26%) WAN
7 15 (1.18%) Wi-Fi
8 12 (0.95%) Ethernet
8 12 (0.95%) Skype
8 12 (0.95%) TCP/IP
8 12 (0.95%) ZigBee
9 11 (0.87%) DNS
9 11 (0.87%) FTP
10 8 (0.63%) SSL
11 7 (0.55%) 5G
11 7 (0.55%) Unified Communications
12 6 (0.47%) RS-232
12 6 (0.47%) RS-485
12 6 (0.47%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 168 (13.24%) SQL Server
2 83 (6.54%) Relational Database
3 58 (4.57%) MySQL
4 56 (4.41%) PostgreSQL
5 40 (3.15%) Power BI
6 38 (2.99%) RDBMS
7 32 (2.52%) Data Warehouse
8 31 (2.44%) Tableau
9 28 (2.21%) MongoDB
9 28 (2.21%) NoSQL
10 22 (1.73%) Big Data
11 17 (1.34%) Data Lake
11 17 (1.34%) Data Mining
11 17 (1.34%) Redis
12 16 (1.26%) Azure SQL Database
12 16 (1.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 16 (1.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 15 (1.18%) Hadoop
14 13 (1.02%) Amazon Redshift
14 13 (1.02%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 140 (11.03%) Git (software)
2 64 (5.04%) JIRA
3 53 (4.18%) Jenkins
4 50 (3.94%) Visual Studio
5 27 (2.13%) GitLab
6 25 (1.97%) webpack
7 23 (1.81%) Cucumber
8 22 (1.73%) Selenium
9 19 (1.50%) Subversion
10 13 (1.02%) Maven
11 12 (0.95%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 12 (0.95%) SpecFlow
12 11 (0.87%) SonarQube
13 10 (0.79%) MSI
13 10 (0.79%) Travis CI
13 10 (0.79%) Visual Studio Team System
13 10 (0.79%) WiX
14 9 (0.71%) Eclipse
14 9 (0.71%) ERwin
14 9 (0.71%) Mercurial
General
1 225 (17.73%) Finance
2 114 (8.98%) Pharmaceutical
3 104 (8.20%) Marketing
4 63 (4.96%) Games
5 59 (4.65%) Telecoms
6 57 (4.49%) Public Sector
7 55 (4.33%) Electronics
8 51 (4.02%) Manufacturing
9 42 (3.31%) Retail
10 28 (2.21%) Automotive
11 26 (2.05%) Banking
12 25 (1.97%) Legal
13 17 (1.34%) Aerospace
14 15 (1.18%) German Language
14 15 (1.18%) Local Government
15 13 (1.02%) Advertising
16 10 (0.79%) French Language
17 8 (0.63%) Law
18 7 (0.55%) Back Office
18 7 (0.55%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 393 (30.97%) Developer
2 97 (7.64%) Analyst
3 76 (5.99%) Full Stack Developer
4 74 (5.83%) Senior Developer
5 70 (5.52%) Java Developer
6 66 (5.20%) Consultant
6 66 (5.20%) Software Engineer
7 64 (5.04%) Programmer
7 64 (5.04%) React Developer
8 56 (4.41%) Architect
8 56 (4.41%) Software Developer
9 53 (4.18%) Junior
10 50 (3.94%) .NET Developer
10 50 (3.94%) C# Developer
11 48 (3.78%) Statistical Programmer
12 46 (3.62%) Data Engineer
12 46 (3.62%) Data Manager
13 43 (3.39%) DevOps Engineer
14 41 (3.23%) Senior Manager
15 40 (3.15%) JavaScript Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 154 (12.14%) .NET
2 123 (9.69%) CSS
2 123 (9.69%) HTML
3 111 (8.75%) React
4 85 (6.70%) AngularJS
5 80 (6.30%) Node.js
6 77 (6.07%) REST
7 53 (4.18%) ASP.NET
8 49 (3.86%) .NET Core
8 49 (3.86%) HTML5
9 45 (3.55%) RESTful
10 41 (3.23%) Web Services
11 40 (3.15%) Redux
11 40 (3.15%) Spring
11 40 (3.15%) Vue.js
12 28 (2.21%) XML
13 27 (2.13%) Sass
13 27 (2.13%) Spring Boot
14 26 (2.05%) .NET Framework
14 26 (2.05%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 186 (14.66%) Analytical Skills
2 78 (6.15%) User Experience
3 76 (5.99%) Self-Motivation
4 70 (5.52%) Management Information System
5 67 (5.28%) Mobile App
6 56 (4.41%) Virtual Team
7 48 (3.78%) Life Science
8 37 (2.92%) Data Centre
9 32 (2.52%) Algorithms
9 32 (2.52%) Public Cloud
10 28 (2.21%) Enterprise Software
11 27 (2.13%) Greenfield Project
12 25 (1.97%) Hybrid Cloud
13 23 (1.81%) Organisational Skills
14 22 (1.73%) Driving Licence
15 21 (1.65%) Client/Server
16 20 (1.58%) Biotechnology
16 20 (1.58%) Internet of Things
17 19 (1.50%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
17 19 (1.50%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 167 (13.16%) Linux
2 125 (9.85%) Windows
3 65 (5.12%) Android
4 34 (2.68%) Apple iOS
5 29 (2.29%) Unix
6 27 (2.13%) Windows Server
7 15 (1.18%) Ubuntu
8 11 (0.87%) Embedded Linux
9 10 (0.79%) Windows 10
9 10 (0.79%) Windows Server 2016
10 9 (0.71%) Robot Operating System
11 7 (0.55%) CentOS
12 5 (0.39%) VMS
13 4 (0.32%) Windows Server 2012
14 3 (0.24%) Alpine Linux
14 3 (0.24%) Mac OS
15 2 (0.16%) Debian
15 2 (0.16%) Windows Server 2008
15 2 (0.16%) Windows Server 2019
16 1 (0.079%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 598 (47.12%) Computer Science
2 361 (28.45%) Agile Software Development
3 284 (22.38%) Problem-Solving
4 216 (17.02%) Software Engineering
5 178 (14.03%) DevOps
6 137 (10.80%) Scrum
7 129 (10.17%) Project Management
8 126 (9.93%) Mathematics
9 115 (9.06%) Data Management
10 110 (8.67%) Test Automation
11 99 (7.80%) Business Intelligence
12 94 (7.41%) Analytics
13 87 (6.86%) Fintech
14 86 (6.78%) Validation
15 82 (6.46%) Decision-Making
16 80 (6.30%) Mentoring
17 79 (6.23%) Microservices
18 78 (6.15%) TDD
19 74 (5.83%) Machine Learning
20 73 (5.75%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 305 (24.03%) SQL
2 254 (20.02%) JavaScript
3 210 (16.55%) C#
4 208 (16.39%) Java
5 206 (16.23%) Python
6 94 (7.41%) TypeScript
7 71 (5.59%) C++
8 65 (5.12%) C
9 60 (4.73%) ES6
10 48 (3.78%) R
11 44 (3.47%) Ruby
12 37 (2.92%) PHP
13 33 (2.60%) Kotlin
14 29 (2.29%) T-SQL
15 23 (1.81%) Bash Shell
16 22 (1.73%) Java 8
17 19 (1.50%) SAS Macro
18 16 (1.26%) PowerShell
19 15 (1.18%) Apple Swift
20 14 (1.10%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 375 (29.55%) Computer Science Degree
2 48 (3.78%) Master's Degree
3 41 (3.23%) PhD
4 37 (2.92%) Microsoft Certification
5 32 (2.52%) Security Cleared
6 29 (2.29%) MCSE
7 23 (1.81%) SC Cleared
8 22 (1.73%) CCNA
8 22 (1.73%) Cisco Certification
9 20 (1.58%) CISSP
9 20 (1.58%) PMI Certification
10 19 (1.50%) Numerate Degree
11 17 (1.34%) HND
12 12 (0.95%) HNC
13 10 (0.79%) ITIL Certification
13 10 (0.79%) MCP
14 9 (0.71%) ISEB
15 7 (0.55%) CISM
16 6 (0.47%) MBA
16 6 (0.47%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 113 (8.90%) QA
2 38 (2.99%) CDISC
3 35 (2.76%) Good Clinical Practice
4 26 (2.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 17 (1.34%) GDPR
6 15 (1.18%) NIST
7 12 (0.95%) Data Quality
8 11 (0.87%) 21 CFR Part 11
9 9 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 9 (0.71%) PCI DSS
10 8 (0.63%) PMO
11 7 (0.55%) SLA
12 5 (0.39%) MISRA
13 4 (0.32%) Actionable Recommendations
13 4 (0.32%) ISO 9001
14 3 (0.24%) NIST 800
15 2 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials
15 2 (0.16%) GxP
15 2 (0.16%) WCAG
16 1 (0.079%) JSP 440
System Software
1 114 (8.98%) Docker
2 64 (5.04%) Active Directory
3 29 (2.29%) VMware Infrastructure
4 25 (1.97%) Hyper-V
5 16 (1.26%) Firmware
6 8 (0.63%) HDFS
7 6 (0.47%) Virtual Desktop
7 6 (0.47%) Xen
8 5 (0.39%) Postfix
8 5 (0.39%) vSphere
9 1 (0.079%) KVM
9 1 (0.079%) NFS
9 1 (0.079%) pfSense
9 1 (0.079%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.079%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.079%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 66 (5.20%) Kubernetes
2 35 (2.76%) Terraform
3 29 (2.29%) Ansible
4 25 (1.97%) Microsoft Intune
5 20 (1.58%) SCCM
6 12 (0.95%) Puppet
7 11 (0.87%) Grafana
8 10 (0.79%) Prometheus
9 8 (0.63%) Nagios
10 7 (0.55%) Opscode Chef
11 6 (0.47%) FlexNet
11 6 (0.47%) Rundeck
12 5 (0.39%) BMC PATROL
12 5 (0.39%) Docker Swarm
12 5 (0.39%) Munin
13 4 (0.32%) FortiGate
13 4 (0.32%) HP UCMDB
14 3 (0.24%) Zipkin
15 2 (0.16%) Kibana
15 2 (0.16%) logstash
Vendors
1 232 (18.28%) Microsoft
2 53 (4.18%) Oracle
3 43 (3.39%) SAP
4 41 (3.23%) Salesforce.com
5 38 (2.99%) Google
6 34 (2.68%) VMware
7 23 (1.81%) Databricks
8 16 (1.26%) Atlassian
8 16 (1.26%) Twitter
9 15 (1.18%) Facebook
10 13 (1.02%) Cisco
10 13 (1.02%) ServiceNow
10 13 (1.02%) Talend
11 11 (0.87%) Xamarin
12 10 (0.79%) Citrix
13 8 (0.63%) YouTube
14 7 (0.55%) Adobe
14 7 (0.55%) BT
14 7 (0.55%) Snowplow
15 6 (0.47%) Bloomberg