Degree Jobs with Work from Home Options

Academic Degree
UK > Work from Home

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 1 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 14 16 17
Rank change year-on-year +2 +1 +15
Permanent jobs citing Degree 2,918 7,262 6,270
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 12.82% 13.19% 12.39%
As % of the Qualifications category 42.91% 55.13% 58.49%
Number of salaries quoted 1,943 3,944 3,670
10th Percentile £33,750 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,506 £40,220
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £56,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +1.82% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £92,500 £90,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

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.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 6,801 13,172 10,720
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 29.87% 23.93% 21.19%
Number of salaries quoted 4,320 7,632 6,959
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,508 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,750 £43,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £59,563 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.73% +8.30% -
75th Percentile £76,250 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £92,500 £92,500 £90,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £57,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.88% +3.64% -

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

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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

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 1 December 2023.

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
1 119 (4.08%) SharePoint
2 112 (3.84%) SAS
3 29 (0.99%) Apache
4 28 (0.96%) IIS
5 23 (0.79%) Confluence
6 22 (0.75%) Apache Airflow
7 20 (0.69%) Apache Spark
8 19 (0.65%) MS Exchange
9 17 (0.58%) Jupyter
10 8 (0.27%) Luigi
10 8 (0.27%) Oracle Service Bus
10 8 (0.27%) WebLogic
11 7 (0.24%) OpenStack
11 7 (0.24%) Tomcat
11 7 (0.24%) WordPress
12 4 (0.14%) CMS
12 4 (0.14%) SharePoint Server
12 4 (0.14%) ThingWorx
13 3 (0.10%) nginx
13 3 (0.10%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 167 (5.72%) Microsoft Office
2 165 (5.65%) Microsoft Excel
3 47 (1.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 41 (1.41%) Microsoft Project
4 41 (1.41%) MS Visio
5 30 (1.03%) Chatbot
6 21 (0.72%) AutoCAD
7 17 (0.58%) Simulink
8 13 (0.45%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 8 (0.27%) OrCAD
10 7 (0.24%) Sketch
10 7 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
11 6 (0.21%) SOLIDWORKS
11 6 (0.21%) SPSS
12 5 (0.17%) Autodesk Inventor
12 5 (0.17%) Trello
13 4 (0.14%) Blender
13 4 (0.14%) CATIA
13 4 (0.14%) InVision
14 3 (0.10%) Stata
Business Applications
1 48 (1.64%) Dynamics CRM
2 32 (1.10%) Remedy ITSM
3 26 (0.89%) Oracle Payables
3 26 (0.89%) Oracle Receivables
4 19 (0.65%) NetSuite
5 14 (0.48%) Unit4 Business World
6 8 (0.27%) SAP S/4HANA
7 7 (0.24%) Oracle EBS
7 7 (0.24%) SAP Business One
8 5 (0.17%) BusinessWorks
8 5 (0.17%) Endur
8 5 (0.17%) ProductWriter
8 5 (0.17%) SAP HR
8 5 (0.17%) Teamcenter
9 4 (0.14%) ENOVIA
9 4 (0.14%) SAP ERP
9 4 (0.14%) Siebel CRM
10 3 (0.10%) Oracle ERP
11 2 (0.069%) SAP MDM
11 2 (0.069%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 631 (21.62%) Azure
2 355 (12.17%) AWS
3 270 (9.25%) Microsoft 365
4 201 (6.89%) Power Platform
5 157 (5.38%) SaaS
6 108 (3.70%) GCP
7 102 (3.50%) Azure DevOps
8 89 (3.05%) Entra ID
9 72 (2.47%) GitHub
10 66 (2.26%) WhatsApp
11 55 (1.88%) Dynamics 365
12 46 (1.58%) PowerApps
13 45 (1.54%) PaaS
14 43 (1.47%) Serverless
15 36 (1.23%) Cloud Computing
16 34 (1.17%) Azure Monitor
17 33 (1.13%) Amazon EC2
18 31 (1.06%) Azure Cosmos DB
18 31 (1.06%) Power Automate
19 30 (1.03%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 171 (5.86%) Firewall
2 98 (3.36%) WAN
3 86 (2.95%) DNS
4 81 (2.78%) VPN
5 64 (2.19%) SD-WAN
6 63 (2.16%) TCP/IP
6 63 (2.16%) Wireless
7 62 (2.12%) 5G
8 61 (2.09%) DHCP
8 61 (2.09%) Network Security
9 54 (1.85%) LAN
10 48 (1.64%) Internet
11 42 (1.44%) Wi-Fi
12 41 (1.41%) SSL
13 30 (1.03%) Broadband
14 27 (0.93%) VoIP
15 18 (0.62%) Intrusion Detection
16 17 (0.58%) SAN
16 17 (0.58%) Software-Defined Radio
17 15 (0.51%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 205 (7.03%) SQL Server
2 172 (5.89%) Power BI
3 101 (3.46%) MySQL
4 83 (2.84%) Base SAS
5 80 (2.74%) Metadata
6 70 (2.40%) Relational Database
7 68 (2.33%) Big Data
8 53 (1.82%) Looker
8 53 (1.82%) Tableau
9 52 (1.78%) Data Warehouse
10 46 (1.58%) PostgreSQL
11 43 (1.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 40 (1.37%) Data Lake
12 40 (1.37%) NoSQL
13 37 (1.27%) Amazon RDS
14 35 (1.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 34 (1.17%) RDBMS
16 25 (0.86%) Star Schema
17 24 (0.82%) Azure SQL Database
17 24 (0.82%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 119 (4.08%) Git
2 80 (2.74%) JIRA
3 69 (2.36%) Jenkins
4 36 (1.23%) Maven
5 29 (0.99%) Visual Studio
6 28 (0.96%) IntelliJ
7 19 (0.65%) Rational DOORS
8 17 (0.58%) InstallShield
8 17 (0.58%) MSI
9 16 (0.55%) AdminStudio
10 12 (0.41%) Selenium
11 11 (0.38%) CMake
11 11 (0.38%) Postman
12 9 (0.31%) GitLab
13 8 (0.27%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
13 8 (0.27%) Subversion
14 7 (0.24%) Cucumber
14 7 (0.24%) Team Foundation Server
14 7 (0.24%) Visual Studio Code
15 6 (0.21%) SonarQube
General
1 1,089 (37.32%) Social Skills
2 716 (24.54%) Finance
3 568 (19.47%) Analytical Skills
4 299 (10.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 192 (6.58%) Marketing
6 179 (6.13%) Retail
7 169 (5.79%) Legal
8 158 (5.41%) Public Sector
9 154 (5.28%) Manufacturing
10 142 (4.87%) Presentation Skills
11 108 (3.70%) Pharmaceutical
12 104 (3.56%) Banking
13 99 (3.39%) Aerospace
13 99 (3.39%) Electronics
14 95 (3.26%) Organisational Skills
15 92 (3.15%) Law
16 66 (2.26%) Telecoms
17 63 (2.16%) Influencing Skills
18 60 (2.06%) Military
19 50 (1.71%) Games
Job Titles
1 534 (18.30%) Senior
2 445 (15.25%) Developer
3 397 (13.61%) Analyst
4 196 (6.72%) Lead
5 175 (6.00%) Software Engineer
6 151 (5.17%) Architect
7 115 (3.94%) Project Manager
8 110 (3.77%) Consultant
9 95 (3.26%) Senior Developer
10 92 (3.15%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 83 (2.84%) Solutions Architect
12 77 (2.64%) Java Developer
13 74 (2.54%) Software Developer
13 74 (2.54%) Support Engineer
14 71 (2.43%) DevOps Engineer
14 71 (2.43%) Programmer
14 71 (2.43%) Systems Engineer
15 70 (2.40%) Business Analyst
16 68 (2.33%) Data Engineer
17 67 (2.30%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 213 (7.30%) HTML
2 166 (5.69%) .NET
3 163 (5.59%) CSS
4 116 (3.98%) XML
5 106 (3.63%) AngularJS
6 89 (3.05%) Node.js
7 84 (2.88%) React
8 72 (2.47%) SOAP
9 70 (2.40%) ModSecurity
10 67 (2.30%) Web Services
11 64 (2.19%) ASP.NET
12 60 (2.06%) RESTful
13 57 (1.95%) Express.js
14 55 (1.88%) REST
15 39 (1.34%) .NET Core
16 35 (1.20%) .NET Framework
17 34 (1.17%) JSON
17 34 (1.17%) Redux
18 31 (1.06%) J2EE
19 30 (1.03%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 215 (7.37%) Management Information System
2 201 (6.89%) Self-Motivation
3 149 (5.11%) Greenfield Project
4 121 (4.15%) Algorithms
5 109 (3.74%) Onboarding
6 95 (3.26%) Product Ownership
7 90 (3.08%) Life Science
8 67 (2.30%) Data Centre
9 47 (1.61%) Cyberattack
10 41 (1.41%) Embedded Systems
11 40 (1.37%) Legacy Systems
12 35 (1.20%) Data Structures
13 33 (1.13%) Analytical Mindset
13 33 (1.13%) Public Cloud
13 33 (1.13%) Virtual Team
14 31 (1.06%) CMDB
14 31 (1.06%) Mobile App
15 30 (1.03%) Driving Licence
15 30 (1.03%) Social Media
16 28 (0.96%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 350 (11.99%) Windows
2 234 (8.02%) Linux
3 141 (4.83%) Windows Server
4 78 (2.67%) Unix
5 77 (2.64%) Windows 10
6 61 (2.09%) Windows Server 2019
7 52 (1.78%) Android
8 42 (1.44%) Windows Server 2016
9 40 (1.37%) Windows Server 2012
10 37 (1.27%) Mac OS
11 19 (0.65%) Apple iOS
12 18 (0.62%) Windows 7
13 16 (0.55%) Mac OS X
14 12 (0.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 9 (0.31%) Windows 8
16 8 (0.27%) Solaris
17 6 (0.21%) FreeRTOS
17 6 (0.21%) VMS
18 5 (0.17%) Debian
18 5 (0.17%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 922 (31.60%) Computer Science
2 848 (29.06%) Problem-Solving
3 720 (24.67%) Agile
4 426 (14.60%) Software Engineering
5 408 (13.98%) Project Management
6 394 (13.50%) DevOps
7 387 (13.26%) Mathematics
8 315 (10.80%) Analytics
9 289 (9.90%) Mentoring
10 274 (9.39%) ITIL
11 264 (9.05%) Business Intelligence
12 257 (8.81%) Actionable Insight
13 245 (8.40%) Decision-Making
14 230 (7.88%) Artificial Intelligence
15 228 (7.81%) Statistics
16 212 (7.27%) Project Delivery
17 198 (6.79%) Cybersecurity
18 196 (6.72%) Collaborative Working
18 196 (6.72%) Data Analysis
19 179 (6.13%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 479 (16.42%) Python
2 471 (16.14%) SQL
3 299 (10.25%) JavaScript
4 263 (9.01%) Java
5 237 (8.12%) C#
6 167 (5.72%) PowerShell
7 145 (4.97%) C++
8 112 (3.84%) Bash
9 97 (3.32%) C
10 85 (2.91%) R
11 83 (2.84%) SAS Macro
12 44 (1.51%) TypeScript
13 34 (1.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 34 (1.17%) PHP
14 33 (1.13%) T-SQL
15 31 (1.06%) VB
16 28 (0.96%) Perl
17 27 (0.93%) MATLAB
18 26 (0.89%) VB.NET
19 25 (0.86%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 491 (16.83%) Computer Science Degree
2 483 (16.55%) Security Cleared
3 297 (10.18%) SC Cleared
4 219 (7.51%) Master's Degree
5 149 (5.11%) CISSP
6 121 (4.15%) CISM
7 97 (3.32%) DV Cleared
8 96 (3.29%) Microsoft Certification
9 89 (3.05%) CRISC
10 85 (2.91%) Numerate Degree
11 77 (2.64%) CISA
12 63 (2.16%) Cisco Certification
13 60 (2.06%) Azure Certification
14 45 (1.54%) PhD
15 41 (1.41%) HND
16 37 (1.27%) CCNP
17 36 (1.23%) CCNA
18 34 (1.17%) PMI Certification
19 32 (1.10%) PMP
20 30 (1.03%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 167 (5.72%) QA
2 138 (4.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 99 (3.39%) NIST
4 83 (2.84%) CDISC
5 75 (2.57%) GRC
6 62 (2.12%) Data Quality
6 62 (2.12%) ISO 22301
7 59 (2.02%) Cyber Essentials
8 54 (1.85%) SLA
9 50 (1.71%) PMO
10 34 (1.17%) GDPR
11 25 (0.86%) PCI DSS
12 23 (0.79%) Accessibility
13 20 (0.69%) NCSC
14 16 (0.55%) IFRS
15 15 (0.51%) IFRS 9
16 12 (0.41%) RMADS
17 10 (0.34%) Actionable Recommendations
17 10 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
18 9 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 15288
System Software
1 228 (7.81%) Active Directory
2 183 (6.27%) Docker
3 104 (3.56%) VMware Infrastructure
4 66 (2.26%) Firmware
5 52 (1.78%) Hyper-V
6 51 (1.75%) Virtual Machines
7 26 (0.89%) vSphere
8 23 (0.79%) Virtual Desktop
9 20 (0.69%) Embedded Firmware
10 17 (0.58%) Microsoft App-V
11 14 (0.48%) VMware ESXi
12 12 (0.41%) Virtual Servers
13 10 (0.34%) BitLocker
14 8 (0.27%) Oracle RAC
15 7 (0.24%) VMware NSX
16 4 (0.14%) VMware Workstation
17 3 (0.10%) Time Sharing Option
18 2 (0.069%) KVM
18 2 (0.069%) XenApp
19 1 (0.034%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 157 (5.38%) Kubernetes
2 85 (2.91%) Terraform
3 63 (2.16%) Ansible
4 61 (2.09%) SCCM
5 60 (2.06%) Microsoft Intune
6 36 (1.23%) WSUS
7 24 (0.82%) HP UCMDB
8 20 (0.69%) FortiGate
8 20 (0.69%) Nessus
9 17 (0.58%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 17 (0.58%) SCOM
10 15 (0.51%) Puppet
11 11 (0.38%) Grafana
12 10 (0.34%) Single Sign-On
13 9 (0.31%) Cisco CUCM
14 8 (0.27%) Data Guard
14 8 (0.27%) Oracle RMAN
15 7 (0.24%) Jamf Pro
16 5 (0.17%) Progress Chef
16 5 (0.17%) QRadar
Vendors
1 517 (17.72%) Microsoft
2 178 (6.10%) VMware
3 112 (3.84%) Oracle
4 83 (2.84%) ServiceNow
5 75 (2.57%) SAP
6 74 (2.54%) Google
7 72 (2.47%) Cisco
8 65 (2.23%) CA
9 51 (1.75%) Dell
10 46 (1.58%) Salesforce
11 35 (1.20%) Remedy
12 33 (1.13%) Adobe
13 32 (1.10%) HP
14 30 (1.03%) PayPal
15 29 (0.99%) Meraki
15 29 (0.99%) Splunk
16 25 (0.86%) Databricks
16 25 (0.86%) Virgin Media
17 24 (0.82%) BMC
18 23 (0.79%) Citrix