Degree Jobs in Yorkshire

Academic Degree
England > Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Yorkshire with a requirement for Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 2 13 17
Rank change year-on-year +11 +4 -2
Permanent jobs citing Degree 843 577 1,154
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 31.54% 10.01% 13.98%
As % of the Qualifications category 70.96% 50.00% 55.06%
Number of salaries quoted 217 430 302
10th Percentile £25,313 £25,750 £26,025
25th Percentile £26,750 £32,500 £38,320
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,700 £45,000 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.67% -8.16% +8.89%
75th Percentile £50,000 £62,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £70,050 £75,000 £73,625
England median annual salary £52,600 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +0.19% -8.70% +4.55%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,188 1,154 2,096
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 44.44% 20.03% 25.40%
Number of salaries quoted 398 767 673
10th Percentile £25,313 £26,400 £28,950
25th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £37,879
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.39% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £62,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £73,886 £79,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £58,193
% change year-on-year - -5.49% +5.81%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

Job postings citing Degree as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Degree in Yorkshire

Degree
Salary Trend in Yorkshire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Degree in Yorkshire.

Salary trend for Degree in Yorkshire

Degree
Salary Histogram in Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Degree in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Salary histogram for Degree in Yorkshire

Degree
Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Degree within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 30 April 2025. 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
North Yorkshire +15 372 £47,683 +28.43% 49
West Yorkshire +7 250 £28,500 -40.00% 278
Humberside +9 92 £47,683 -4.63% 2
South Yorkshire +9 71 £63,652 +34.00% 48
East Yorkshire +12 19 £33,000 -28.65% 15
Degree
England

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Yorkshire 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 12 (1.42%) SharePoint
2 6 (0.71%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (0.47%) Confluence
4 3 (0.36%) Apache
4 3 (0.36%) SAS
5 1 (0.12%) IIS
5 1 (0.12%) Jupyter
Applications
1 60 (7.12%) Chatbot
2 18 (2.14%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (1.66%) Simulink
4 12 (1.42%) MS Visio
5 10 (1.19%) SPSS
6 8 (0.95%) Microsoft Excel
7 7 (0.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 7 (0.83%) Microsoft Project
8 2 (0.24%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.12%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.12%) SOLIDWORKS
9 1 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 20 (2.37%) Teamcenter
2 2 (0.24%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.12%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 33 (3.91%) Azure
2 13 (1.54%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (0.71%) Serverless
4 5 (0.59%) AWS
4 5 (0.59%) GCP
5 4 (0.47%) Azure Data Factory
5 4 (0.47%) Azure Functions
5 4 (0.47%) Power Platform
5 4 (0.47%) SaaS
6 3 (0.36%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (0.24%) Amazon EC2
7 2 (0.24%) AWS Fargate
7 2 (0.24%) AWS Lambda
7 2 (0.24%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 2 (0.24%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (0.24%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (0.24%) Figma
8 1 (0.12%) Azure API Management
8 1 (0.12%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (0.12%) Azure Stack
Communications & Networking
1 19 (2.25%) Wireless
2 16 (1.90%) Cisco IOS
3 15 (1.78%) Network Security
4 13 (1.54%) TCP/IP
5 10 (1.19%) Firewall
6 9 (1.07%) DNS
6 9 (1.07%) LAN
7 8 (0.95%) Cisco Nexus
7 8 (0.95%) VPN
8 7 (0.83%) WAN
9 6 (0.71%) BGP
9 6 (0.71%) DWDM
9 6 (0.71%) Multicast
9 6 (0.71%) OSPF
10 5 (0.59%) SAN
10 5 (0.59%) Unified Communications
11 4 (0.47%) EIGRP
11 4 (0.47%) Wi-Fi
12 3 (0.36%) DHCP
13 2 (0.24%) PSTN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (2.61%) SQL Server
2 15 (1.78%) Big Data
3 11 (1.30%) Tableau
4 6 (0.71%) DB2
5 5 (0.59%) MySQL
5 5 (0.59%) NoSQL
6 4 (0.47%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (0.47%) Power BI
6 4 (0.47%) Relational Database
7 3 (0.36%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (0.24%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.12%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.12%) GIS
9 1 (0.12%) Spatial Data
9 1 (0.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 17 (2.02%) Rational DOORS
2 9 (1.07%) Git
2 9 (1.07%) JIRA
3 6 (0.71%) Sonatype Nexus
4 3 (0.36%) Eclipse
4 3 (0.36%) Eclipse RCP
5 1 (0.12%) Burp Suite
General
1 367 (43.53%) Social Skills
2 279 (33.10%) Presentation Skills
3 274 (32.50%) Marketing
4 263 (31.20%) Electronics
5 262 (31.08%) Manufacturing
6 143 (16.96%) Finance
7 91 (10.79%) Analytical Skills
8 68 (8.07%) Banking
9 26 (3.08%) Aerospace
10 23 (2.73%) Legal
11 12 (1.42%) Law
11 12 (1.42%) Retail
12 9 (1.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 9 (1.07%) Public Sector
13 7 (0.83%) Telecoms
14 6 (0.71%) Automotive
14 6 (0.71%) Retail Banking
15 5 (0.59%) Local Government
15 5 (0.59%) Military
16 4 (0.47%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 136 (16.13%) Help Desk Manager
1 136 (16.13%) Technical Manager
2 110 (13.05%) Senior
3 101 (11.98%) Products Support Manager
4 94 (11.15%) Product Manager
5 90 (10.68%) Systems Engineer
6 79 (9.37%) IT Manager
7 75 (8.90%) Analyst
8 74 (8.78%) Support Manager
9 60 (7.12%) Trainer
10 33 (3.91%) Senior Systems Engineer
11 27 (3.20%) Junior
12 23 (2.73%) Principal Engineer
13 22 (2.61%) Graduate
13 22 (2.61%) Project Manager
13 22 (2.61%) Senior Electrical Engineer
14 21 (2.49%) Automation Engineer
14 21 (2.49%) Data Analyst
14 21 (2.49%) Support Engineer
15 20 (2.37%) Product Development Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (2.85%) Software Packaging
2 9 (1.07%) CSS
3 8 (0.95%) .NET
4 7 (0.83%) HTML
4 7 (0.83%) Vue
5 6 (0.71%) React
6 5 (0.59%) AngularJS
7 4 (0.47%) REST
8 3 (0.36%) ASP.NET
8 3 (0.36%) JSP
8 3 (0.36%) Middleware
8 3 (0.36%) Plotly
9 2 (0.24%) gRPC
9 2 (0.24%) jQuery
9 2 (0.24%) Laravel
9 2 (0.24%) Node.js
9 2 (0.24%) Sass
10 1 (0.12%) ASP.NET MVC
10 1 (0.12%) RESTful
10 1 (0.12%) WCF
Miscellaneous
1 39 (4.63%) FMCG
2 19 (2.25%) Management Information System
3 14 (1.66%) Algorithms
3 14 (1.66%) Learning Management System
3 14 (1.66%) SCADA
4 10 (1.19%) Robotics
5 8 (0.95%) Self-Motivation
6 7 (0.83%) Credit Risk
7 6 (0.71%) Mainframe
7 6 (0.71%) Mobile App
7 6 (0.71%) Replication
8 5 (0.59%) Enterprise Storage
8 5 (0.59%) Hackathon
8 5 (0.59%) PMI
9 4 (0.47%) Life Science
9 4 (0.47%) Molecular Biology
9 4 (0.47%) Virtual Team
10 3 (0.36%) Clustering
10 3 (0.36%) Driving Licence
10 3 (0.36%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 40 (4.74%) Windows
2 21 (2.49%) Linux
3 18 (2.14%) Windows Server
4 16 (1.90%) Windows 10
5 11 (1.30%) Android
6 10 (1.19%) Mac OS X
7 7 (0.83%) Windows Server 2012
8 6 (0.71%) Windows Server 2016
8 6 (0.71%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.24%) VMS
10 1 (0.12%) Debian
10 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 384 (45.55%) Mathematics
2 294 (34.88%) Physics
3 284 (33.69%) Continuous Improvement
4 152 (18.03%) Computer Science
5 137 (16.25%) Systems Engineering
6 119 (14.12%) Artificial Intelligence
7 112 (13.29%) Problem-Solving
8 90 (10.68%) Project Management
9 81 (9.61%) Cybersecurity
10 77 (9.13%) Agile
11 71 (8.42%) Customer-Centricity
12 60 (7.12%) Conversational UI
13 58 (6.88%) UML
14 54 (6.41%) SysML
15 53 (6.29%) Analytics
16 49 (5.81%) Software Engineering
17 44 (5.22%) Data Analytics
18 40 (4.74%) MODAF
19 39 (4.63%) Fintech
20 38 (4.51%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 64 (7.59%) MATLAB
2 61 (7.24%) SQL
3 59 (7.00%) Python
4 21 (2.49%) C#
5 19 (2.25%) JavaScript
6 18 (2.14%) Java
7 11 (1.30%) C++
8 7 (0.83%) Rust
9 6 (0.71%) Perl
9 6 (0.71%) R
10 5 (0.59%) Kotlin
10 5 (0.59%) TypeScript
11 4 (0.47%) C
11 4 (0.47%) PHP
12 3 (0.36%) Ada
13 2 (0.24%) Embedded C
13 2 (0.24%) Kusto Query Language
13 2 (0.24%) VB
14 1 (0.12%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 155 (18.39%) BPSS Clearance
2 113 (13.40%) Master's Degree
3 100 (11.86%) Computer Science Degree
4 77 (9.13%) PhD
5 28 (3.32%) Chartered Engineer
6 18 (2.14%) Cisco Certification
7 16 (1.90%) CCNP
7 16 (1.90%) Numerate Degree
8 12 (1.42%) Microsoft Certification
9 10 (1.19%) MCSA
9 10 (1.19%) Security Cleared
10 8 (0.95%) CCNA
10 8 (0.95%) HND
10 8 (0.95%) PMI Certification
11 7 (0.83%) CISSP
11 7 (0.83%) SC Cleared
12 6 (0.71%) HNC
12 6 (0.71%) JNCIA
12 6 (0.71%) JNCIS
13 5 (0.59%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (5.81%) IEC 61508
2 35 (4.15%) Def Stans
3 28 (3.32%) QA
4 18 (2.14%) EMIR
4 18 (2.14%) MiFID
5 14 (1.66%) ARP4754
5 14 (1.66%) DO-254
6 12 (1.42%) NEBOSH
7 7 (0.83%) SLA
8 3 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (0.36%) NIST
8 3 (0.36%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.24%) 21 CFR Part 11
9 2 (0.24%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.24%) Data Quality
9 2 (0.24%) GLP
9 2 (0.24%) GMP
9 2 (0.24%) Good Clinical Practice
10 1 (0.12%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 16 (1.90%) Active Directory
2 7 (0.83%) Docker
2 7 (0.83%) Hyper-V
3 4 (0.47%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (0.47%) VMware NSX
4 2 (0.24%) Firmware
4 2 (0.24%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.12%) Embedded Firmware
5 1 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 12 (1.42%) Ansible
2 8 (0.95%) Terraform
3 7 (0.83%) Kubernetes
4 6 (0.71%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (0.59%) AirWatch
6 2 (0.24%) Nessus
6 2 (0.24%) QRadar
Vendors
1 60 (7.12%) PayPal
2 50 (5.93%) Microsoft
3 33 (3.91%) Cisco
4 25 (2.97%) IBM
5 14 (1.66%) VMware
6 10 (1.19%) Broadcom
6 10 (1.19%) Symantec
7 9 (1.07%) ANSYS
8 8 (0.95%) SAP
9 6 (0.71%) Arista
9 6 (0.71%) Databricks
10 5 (0.59%) Apple
10 5 (0.59%) Google
11 3 (0.36%) Micro Focus
12 2 (0.24%) Adobe
12 2 (0.24%) Alteryx
12 2 (0.24%) Atlassian
12 2 (0.24%) CheckPoint
12 2 (0.24%) Salesforce
12 2 (0.24%) ServiceNow