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 11 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 11 18 19
Rank change year-on-year +7 +1 +2
Permanent jobs citing Degree 4,299 5,000 8,888
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 12.72% 12.15% 12.92%
As % of the Qualifications category 45.13% 47.99% 56.45%
Number of salaries quoted 2,868 3,285 4,483
10th Percentile £31,000 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £39,750 £45,000 £40,713
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £72,406 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £88,750 £100,000 £93,750
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,624 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.89% +4.77% -

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 9,526 10,418 15,746
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 28.18% 25.31% 22.90%
Number of salaries quoted 5,912 6,409 8,608
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,715 £77,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £54,000 £59,526 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.28% +8.23% -

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

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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 11 May 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
1 105 (2.44%) SharePoint
2 92 (2.14%) Microsoft Exchange
3 53 (1.23%) IIS
4 47 (1.09%) SAS
5 45 (1.05%) Apache
6 30 (0.70%) Confluence
7 28 (0.65%) Tomcat
8 27 (0.63%) CMS
9 25 (0.58%) Apache Spark
10 22 (0.51%) WordPress
11 16 (0.37%) OpenStack
12 10 (0.23%) Apache Airflow
12 10 (0.23%) ArcGIS
13 8 (0.19%) nginx
14 6 (0.14%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
14 6 (0.14%) Exchange Server 2000
15 5 (0.12%) Drupal
16 4 (0.093%) Exchange Server 2013
16 4 (0.093%) OpenEdge
16 4 (0.093%) Umbraco
Applications
1 309 (7.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 249 (5.79%) Microsoft Office
3 129 (3.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 73 (1.70%) Simulink
5 63 (1.47%) Microsoft Project
6 35 (0.81%) Chatbot
7 31 (0.72%) MS Visio
8 22 (0.51%) Photoshop
9 21 (0.49%) AutoCAD
10 20 (0.47%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 19 (0.44%) Adobe Illustrator
12 17 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
13 16 (0.37%) Adobe XD
14 15 (0.35%) Trello
15 14 (0.33%) Adobe After Effects
15 14 (0.33%) SPSS
16 13 (0.30%) OrCAD
16 13 (0.30%) Sketch
17 11 (0.26%) InDesign
18 10 (0.23%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 49 (1.14%) Dynamics CRM
2 37 (0.86%) NEC Housing
3 31 (0.72%) SAP S/4HANA
4 22 (0.51%) Unit4 Business World
5 15 (0.35%) Endur
6 14 (0.33%) SAP CX
7 13 (0.30%) Salesforce CRM
8 10 (0.23%) SAP CO
8 10 (0.23%) SAP FI
8 10 (0.23%) SAP FI/CO
9 9 (0.21%) Remedy ITSM
9 9 (0.21%) SAP Business One
10 7 (0.16%) Dynamics NAV
10 7 (0.16%) NetSuite
11 5 (0.12%) Odoo
11 5 (0.12%) SAP ERP
11 5 (0.12%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
12 4 (0.093%) Magento
12 4 (0.093%) SAP HR
12 4 (0.093%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 801 (18.63%) Azure
2 618 (14.38%) AWS
3 341 (7.93%) Microsoft 365
4 247 (5.75%) Power Platform
5 221 (5.14%) SaaS
6 143 (3.33%) GCP
7 105 (2.44%) Azure DevOps
8 96 (2.23%) Entra ID
9 81 (1.88%) Cloud Computing
10 77 (1.79%) Serverless
11 69 (1.61%) GitHub
12 62 (1.44%) Snowflake
13 60 (1.40%) Dynamics 365
13 60 (1.40%) Power Automate
13 60 (1.40%) PowerApps
14 57 (1.33%) IaaS
14 57 (1.33%) PaaS
15 51 (1.19%) AWS Lambda
16 49 (1.14%) WhatsApp
17 31 (0.72%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 144 (3.35%) Firewall
2 132 (3.07%) Wireless
3 114 (2.65%) WAN
4 89 (2.07%) DNS
5 73 (1.70%) TCP/IP
6 71 (1.65%) Wi-Fi
7 69 (1.61%) LAN
8 57 (1.33%) DHCP
8 57 (1.33%) Network Security
9 53 (1.23%) SD-WAN
10 51 (1.19%) Internet
10 51 (1.19%) VPN
11 38 (0.88%) Ethernet
12 32 (0.74%) VoIP
13 27 (0.63%) SAN
13 27 (0.63%) Unified Communications
14 23 (0.54%) RS-232
15 22 (0.51%) Cisco Firepower
16 21 (0.49%) VLAN
17 16 (0.37%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 312 (7.26%) SQL Server
2 256 (5.95%) Tableau
3 214 (4.98%) Power BI
4 138 (3.21%) Relational Database
5 108 (2.51%) Data Warehouse
6 96 (2.23%) MySQL
7 83 (1.93%) PostgreSQL
8 70 (1.63%) Big Data
9 68 (1.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 62 (1.44%) NoSQL
11 48 (1.12%) Redis
11 48 (1.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 43 (1.00%) Oracle Database
13 36 (0.84%) RDBMS
14 34 (0.79%) Data Lake
15 33 (0.77%) MongoDB
16 25 (0.58%) Elasticsearch
16 25 (0.58%) GIS
17 22 (0.51%) Azure SQL Database
18 21 (0.49%) DB2
Development Applications
1 356 (8.28%) Git
2 108 (2.51%) JIRA
3 49 (1.14%) Visual Studio
4 45 (1.05%) Jenkins
5 31 (0.72%) Subversion
6 29 (0.67%) Selenium
7 24 (0.56%) CMake
8 17 (0.40%) Rational DOORS
8 17 (0.40%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 15 (0.35%) Balsamiq
10 14 (0.33%) Vagrant
11 13 (0.30%) Axure RP
11 13 (0.30%) TeamCity
12 12 (0.28%) Maven
12 12 (0.28%) Postman
13 11 (0.26%) GitLab
13 11 (0.26%) Rational Rhapsody
14 10 (0.23%) LabVIEW
15 9 (0.21%) InstallShield
15 9 (0.21%) JUnit
General
1 1,985 (46.17%) Social Skills
2 961 (22.35%) Finance
3 807 (18.77%) Analytical Skills
4 398 (9.26%) Marketing
5 367 (8.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 335 (7.79%) Retail
7 268 (6.23%) Legal
8 267 (6.21%) Presentation Skills
9 248 (5.77%) Public Sector
10 189 (4.40%) Manufacturing
11 153 (3.56%) Electronics
12 144 (3.35%) Law
13 130 (3.02%) Games
14 117 (2.72%) Aerospace
15 114 (2.65%) Telecoms
16 110 (2.56%) Pharmaceutical
17 96 (2.23%) Banking
18 93 (2.16%) Local Government
19 80 (1.86%) Influencing Skills
20 76 (1.77%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 796 (18.52%) Senior
2 602 (14.00%) Analyst
3 599 (13.93%) Developer
4 313 (7.28%) Lead
5 310 (7.21%) Software Engineer
6 255 (5.93%) Architect
7 217 (5.05%) Project Manager
8 186 (4.33%) Senior Analyst
9 179 (4.16%) Consultant
9 179 (4.16%) Data Analyst
10 168 (3.91%) Graduate
11 155 (3.61%) Junior
12 144 (3.35%) Senior Developer
13 139 (3.23%) Software Developer
14 107 (2.49%) Support Engineer
15 98 (2.28%) Solutions Architect
16 97 (2.26%) Senior Data Analyst
17 90 (2.09%) Systems Engineer
18 87 (2.02%) .NET Developer
19 85 (1.98%) Embedded Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 329 (7.65%) .NET
2 260 (6.05%) HTML
3 225 (5.23%) CSS
4 178 (4.14%) AngularJS
5 154 (3.58%) React
6 127 (2.95%) Node.js
7 108 (2.51%) ASP.NET
8 105 (2.44%) RESTful
9 93 (2.16%) .NET Core
10 86 (2.00%) Web Services
11 80 (1.86%) .NET Framework
12 67 (1.56%) REST
13 62 (1.44%) Vue
14 59 (1.37%) TensorFlow
15 57 (1.33%) Pandas
16 55 (1.28%) ASP.NET MVC
17 54 (1.26%) XML
18 49 (1.14%) PySpark
19 45 (1.05%) Express.js
20 43 (1.00%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 273 (6.35%) Management Information System
2 239 (5.56%) Algorithms
3 214 (4.98%) Data Centre
4 177 (4.12%) Self-Motivation
5 122 (2.84%) Product Ownership
6 103 (2.40%) Life Science
7 96 (2.23%) Data Structures
8 90 (2.09%) Client/Server
9 86 (2.00%) Public Cloud
10 74 (1.72%) Social Media
11 72 (1.67%) Driving Licence
12 70 (1.63%) IoT
13 66 (1.54%) Onboarding
14 61 (1.42%) Virtual Team
15 56 (1.30%) Mobile App
16 50 (1.16%) Cloud Native
17 40 (0.93%) Enterprise Software
17 40 (0.93%) Renewable Energy
18 39 (0.91%) Embedded Systems
18 39 (0.91%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 510 (11.86%) Windows
2 384 (8.93%) Linux
3 180 (4.19%) Windows Server
4 125 (2.91%) Unix
5 98 (2.28%) Windows 10
6 73 (1.70%) Android
7 66 (1.54%) Apple iOS
8 47 (1.09%) Windows Server 2016
9 36 (0.84%) Windows Server 2019
10 26 (0.60%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 26 (0.60%) Solaris
10 26 (0.60%) Ubuntu
11 25 (0.58%) Embedded Linux
11 25 (0.58%) Mac OS
11 25 (0.58%) Windows Server 2012
12 19 (0.44%) Mac OS X
13 18 (0.42%) CentOS
14 15 (0.35%) FreeRTOS
15 10 (0.23%) Windows 7
16 8 (0.19%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,231 (28.63%) Computer Science
2 1,169 (27.19%) Problem-Solving
3 931 (21.66%) Agile
4 662 (15.40%) Software Engineering
5 613 (14.26%) Project Management
6 548 (12.75%) Analytics
7 540 (12.56%) Mathematics
8 440 (10.23%) DevOps
9 400 (9.30%) Mentoring
10 392 (9.12%) Artificial Intelligence
11 391 (9.10%) Decision-Making
12 346 (8.05%) Data Analysis
13 342 (7.96%) ITIL
14 334 (7.77%) Actionable Insight
15 330 (7.68%) Visualisation
16 327 (7.61%) Business Intelligence
17 321 (7.47%) Cybersecurity
18 320 (7.44%) Continuous Improvement
19 315 (7.33%) Roadmaps
20 294 (6.84%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 841 (19.56%) SQL
2 778 (18.10%) Python
3 443 (10.30%) C#
4 412 (9.58%) JavaScript
5 266 (6.19%) Java
6 205 (4.77%) C
7 149 (3.47%) C++
8 132 (3.07%) PowerShell
9 123 (2.86%) TypeScript
10 96 (2.23%) T-SQL
11 83 (1.93%) PHP
12 76 (1.77%) R
13 56 (1.30%) Embedded C
14 51 (1.19%) MATLAB
15 49 (1.14%) Bash
16 44 (1.02%) VB
17 39 (0.91%) Kotlin
18 34 (0.79%) Shell Script
19 33 (0.77%) Go
20 26 (0.60%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 744 (17.31%) Computer Science Degree
2 596 (13.86%) Security Cleared
3 403 (9.37%) Master's Degree
4 360 (8.37%) SC Cleared
5 233 (5.42%) DBS Check
6 135 (3.14%) PhD
7 124 (2.88%) BPSS Clearance
7 124 (2.88%) Microsoft Certification
8 86 (2.00%) Cisco Certification
9 84 (1.95%) CISSP
10 80 (1.86%) DV Cleared
11 72 (1.67%) CCNA
12 66 (1.54%) Numerate Degree
12 66 (1.54%) PMI Certification
13 63 (1.47%) Azure Certification
14 62 (1.44%) CISM
15 61 (1.42%) PMP
16 56 (1.30%) AWS Certification
17 51 (1.19%) CCNP
18 50 (1.16%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 215 (5.00%) QA
2 95 (2.21%) Accessibility
3 65 (1.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 63 (1.47%) SLA
5 62 (1.44%) GDPR
6 61 (1.42%) Data Quality
7 59 (1.37%) PMO
8 39 (0.91%) NIST
9 27 (0.63%) ISO 9001
10 25 (0.58%) Actionable Recommendations
11 24 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials
12 23 (0.54%) NCSC
13 20 (0.47%) WCAG
14 15 (0.35%) ITGC
15 14 (0.33%) Good Clinical Practice
16 12 (0.28%) PCI DSS
17 10 (0.23%) GRC
17 10 (0.23%) NIST 800
18 9 (0.21%) ISO 14001
19 8 (0.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 233 (5.42%) Active Directory
2 199 (4.63%) Docker
3 113 (2.63%) Firmware
4 107 (2.49%) VMware Infrastructure
5 57 (1.33%) Hyper-V
6 44 (1.02%) Embedded Firmware
7 32 (0.74%) Virtual Desktop
8 30 (0.70%) Virtual Machines
9 23 (0.54%) vSphere
10 20 (0.47%) VMware ESXi
11 15 (0.35%) XenApp
12 9 (0.21%) OpenSSH
12 9 (0.21%) Virtual Servers
13 6 (0.14%) KVM
14 4 (0.093%) Microsoft App-V
14 4 (0.093%) Terminal Services
15 2 (0.047%) Kamailio
15 2 (0.047%) Oracle RAC
15 2 (0.047%) XenDesktop
16 1 (0.023%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 153 (3.56%) Kubernetes
2 105 (2.44%) Terraform
3 75 (1.74%) Ansible
4 57 (1.33%) Microsoft Intune
5 45 (1.05%) SCCM
6 32 (0.74%) SCOM
7 30 (0.70%) WSUS
8 23 (0.54%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 22 (0.51%) Progress Chef
10 21 (0.49%) Stealthwatch
11 18 (0.42%) Puppet
12 17 (0.40%) CASB
13 15 (0.35%) Cisco CUCM
14 13 (0.30%) ServiceCenter
15 12 (0.28%) Grafana
15 12 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
16 11 (0.26%) vCenter Server
17 10 (0.23%) ZABBIX
18 9 (0.21%) Nessus
18 9 (0.21%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 950 (22.10%) Microsoft
2 184 (4.28%) Databricks
3 168 (3.91%) SAP
4 163 (3.79%) Adobe
5 147 (3.42%) VMware
6 133 (3.09%) Google
7 129 (3.00%) Oracle
8 109 (2.54%) Cisco
9 108 (2.51%) Apple
10 98 (2.28%) Dell
11 86 (2.00%) Salesforce
12 60 (1.40%) HP
12 60 (1.40%) IBM
13 57 (1.33%) Meraki
14 46 (1.07%) NEC
14 46 (1.07%) ServiceNow
15 40 (0.93%) Xilinx
16 38 (0.88%) Citrix
17 32 (0.74%) Samsung
18 30 (0.70%) PayPal