Degree Jobs in Cheshire

Academic Degree
North West > Cheshire

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Cheshire with a requirement for Degree qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 5 8 12
Rank change year-on-year +3 +4 -4
Permanent jobs citing Degree 237 145 158
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 14.05% 16.98% 13.27%
As % of the Qualifications category 56.43% 54.10% 50.97%
Number of salaries quoted 164 55 59
10th Percentile £26,250 £23,185 £31,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £41,875 £32,626
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £60,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.83% +50.00% -13.51%
75th Percentile £57,500 £70,600 £49,549
90th Percentile £85,000 £96,250 £60,500
North West median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -13.64% +22.22% -5.26%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Cheshire

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 advertised in Cheshire with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 420 268 310
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 24.90% 31.38% 26.03%
Number of salaries quoted 286 119 130
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,420 £27,700
25th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £34,990
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £49,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.16% +8.89% -
75th Percentile £57,500 £65,000 £53,750
90th Percentile £71,875 £88,750 £63,750
North West median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -13.04% +21.05% -5.00%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Degree in Cheshire

Degree
Salary Trend in Cheshire

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

Salary trend for Degree in Cheshire

Degree
Salary Histogram in Cheshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Degree in Cheshire over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Degree in Cheshire

Degree
Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Degree within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 2 June 2024. 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
Warrington -4 81 £42,500 -30.10% 51
Chester -7 28 £47,500 -27.76% 32
Knutsford +6 27 £55,000 -45.00% 10
Crewe +14 17 £65,000 +8.33% 11
Runcorn +14 14 £45,000 +18.42% 4
Macclesfield +1 10 £40,000 - 7
Winsford -6 9 £40,000 +100.00% 3
Northwich -3 8 £37,500 +78.57% 4
Widnes - 2 £31,750 - 7
Wilmslow - 2 £50,000 -
Frodsham - 1 £42,500 -
Congleton - 1 £25,000 - 1
Degree
North West

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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 10 (4.22%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.69%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (1.69%) SAS
3 3 (1.27%) CMS
4 2 (0.84%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 2 (0.84%) WordPress
5 1 (0.42%) IIS
5 1 (0.42%) OpenStack
Applications
1 32 (13.50%) Microsoft Excel
1 32 (13.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 21 (8.86%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (3.38%) Adobe Illustrator
3 8 (3.38%) Photoshop
4 6 (2.53%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (1.69%) InDesign
5 4 (1.69%) MS Visio
6 3 (1.27%) Adobe After Effects
6 3 (1.27%) AutoCAD
6 3 (1.27%) Trello
7 2 (0.84%) SPSS
7 2 (0.84%) Stata
8 1 (0.42%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.42%) CorelDRAW
Business Applications
1 9 (3.80%) SAP CX
1 9 (3.80%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (2.95%) SAP Business One
3 5 (2.11%) Maximo
4 3 (1.27%) Dynamics NAV
4 3 (1.27%) SAP APO
4 3 (1.27%) SAP MM
4 3 (1.27%) SAP PP
4 3 (1.27%) SAP SD
4 3 (1.27%) SAP WM
5 2 (0.84%) Primavera
5 2 (0.84%) SAP PLM
5 2 (0.84%) SAP PM
6 1 (0.42%) SAP MDG
6 1 (0.42%) SAP SCM
6 1 (0.42%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 20 (8.44%) Azure
2 18 (7.59%) AWS
3 15 (6.33%) Microsoft 365
4 9 (3.80%) Power Platform
5 8 (3.38%) Serverless
6 7 (2.95%) GitHub
6 7 (2.95%) SaaS
7 4 (1.69%) Adobe Creative Cloud
8 3 (1.27%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (1.27%) Commercetools
8 3 (1.27%) GCP
8 3 (1.27%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
9 2 (0.84%) AWS Fargate
9 2 (0.84%) CloudFront
9 2 (0.84%) Wix.com
10 1 (0.42%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (0.42%) Figma
10 1 (0.42%) Google Ads
10 1 (0.42%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 14 (5.91%) Internet
2 12 (5.06%) LAN
3 11 (4.64%) Broadband
4 10 (4.22%) TCP/IP
5 7 (2.95%) DHCP
5 7 (2.95%) DNS
5 7 (2.95%) Firewall
6 6 (2.53%) MQTT
6 6 (2.53%) WAN
7 4 (1.69%) RS-232
8 2 (0.84%) Network Security
8 2 (0.84%) Remote Desktop
8 2 (0.84%) Wireless
9 1 (0.42%) BGP
9 1 (0.42%) InfiniBand
9 1 (0.42%) Intranet
9 1 (0.42%) Modbus
9 1 (0.42%) OSPF
9 1 (0.42%) SAN
9 1 (0.42%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (11.39%) SQL Server
2 9 (3.80%) MySQL
2 9 (3.80%) Power BI
3 8 (3.38%) NoSQL
4 6 (2.53%) QlikView
5 5 (2.11%) MS Access
6 4 (1.69%) Big Data
7 2 (0.84%) Electronic Patient Records
7 2 (0.84%) GIS
8 1 (0.42%) Metadata
8 1 (0.42%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 24 (10.13%) JIRA
2 17 (7.17%) Git
3 5 (2.11%) InstallShield
4 4 (1.69%) Subversion
4 4 (1.69%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.42%) IntelliJ
5 1 (0.42%) JUnit
5 1 (0.42%) Mockito
General
1 118 (49.79%) Social Skills
2 43 (18.14%) Analytical Skills
3 35 (14.77%) Finance
4 22 (9.28%) Retail
5 19 (8.02%) Legal
6 15 (6.33%) Presentation Skills
7 13 (5.49%) Telecoms
8 9 (3.80%) Law
9 8 (3.38%) Electronics
9 8 (3.38%) Marketing
10 7 (2.95%) Games
10 7 (2.95%) Influencing Skills
11 6 (2.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 6 (2.53%) Manufacturing
12 5 (2.11%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (2.11%) Pharmaceutical
12 5 (2.11%) Public Sector
13 4 (1.69%) Aerospace
14 3 (1.27%) Local Government
14 3 (1.27%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 54 (22.78%) Developer
2 27 (11.39%) Software Engineer
3 18 (7.59%) .NET Developer
4 17 (7.17%) Senior
5 15 (6.33%) Graduate
5 15 (6.33%) Software Developer
6 14 (5.91%) Analyst
7 11 (4.64%) Commercial Director
7 11 (4.64%) Project Manager
8 9 (3.80%) Programme Manager
8 9 (3.80%) SAP Manager
8 9 (3.80%) SAP Programme Manager
9 8 (3.38%) WinForms Developer
10 7 (2.95%) Functional Consultant
10 7 (2.95%) Graduate Developer
10 7 (2.95%) Java Developer
10 7 (2.95%) SAP Business One Consultant
10 7 (2.95%) SAP Consultant
10 7 (2.95%) SAP Functional Consultant
10 7 (2.95%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (18.57%) .NET
2 10 (4.22%) HTML
3 8 (3.38%) Node.js
3 8 (3.38%) WinForms
4 7 (2.95%) CSS
4 7 (2.95%) REST
5 5 (2.11%) .NET Framework
5 5 (2.11%) Apache Thrift
5 5 (2.11%) ASP.NET
6 3 (1.27%) .NET Core
7 2 (0.84%) Ionic Framework
7 2 (0.84%) React
8 1 (0.42%) Ajax
8 1 (0.42%) Node-RED
8 1 (0.42%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 25 (10.55%) Management Information System
2 12 (5.06%) Self-Motivation
3 6 (2.53%) Client/Server
3 6 (2.53%) IoT
3 6 (2.53%) Life Science
4 5 (2.11%) e-Learning
4 5 (2.11%) Social Media
5 4 (1.69%) Algorithms
5 4 (1.69%) Data Structures
5 4 (1.69%) Embedded Systems
5 4 (1.69%) Onboarding
5 4 (1.69%) Smart Energy
6 3 (1.27%) Acoustics
6 3 (1.27%) Animation
6 3 (1.27%) Driving Licence
6 3 (1.27%) PMI
6 3 (1.27%) Product Ownership
7 2 (0.84%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 2 (0.84%) NHS
7 2 (0.84%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 21 (8.86%) Windows
2 14 (5.91%) Linux
3 9 (3.80%) Unix
4 6 (2.53%) VMS
5 4 (1.69%) FreeRTOS
5 4 (1.69%) Windows Server
6 3 (1.27%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.84%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (38.40%) Problem-Solving
2 59 (24.89%) Computer Science
3 55 (23.21%) Agile
4 45 (18.99%) Cybersecurity
5 39 (16.46%) Project Management
6 35 (14.77%) Software Engineering
7 31 (13.08%) ERP
8 21 (8.86%) Project Delivery
9 20 (8.44%) Roadmaps
10 19 (8.02%) Mentoring
11 18 (7.59%) OO
12 17 (7.17%) Continuous Improvement
12 17 (7.17%) OOP
13 16 (6.75%) SDLC
14 15 (6.33%) Change Management
14 15 (6.33%) Design Patterns
15 14 (5.91%) Analytics
15 14 (5.91%) Full Stack Development
15 14 (5.91%) PRINCE2
16 13 (5.49%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 42 (17.72%) SQL
2 41 (17.30%) C#
3 27 (11.39%) Java
4 26 (10.97%) JavaScript
5 10 (4.22%) PowerShell
5 10 (4.22%) Python
6 8 (3.38%) Perl
6 8 (3.38%) Ruby
7 5 (2.11%) C++
7 5 (2.11%) VB
8 4 (1.69%) C
8 4 (1.69%) Embedded C
8 4 (1.69%) R
9 2 (0.84%) PHP
10 1 (0.42%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 29 (12.24%) Computer Science Degree
2 15 (6.33%) HND
3 12 (5.06%) PMI Certification
3 12 (5.06%) PMP
4 11 (4.64%) Security Cleared
5 10 (4.22%) HNC
5 10 (4.22%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (3.38%) AWS Certification
6 8 (3.38%) Master's Degree
6 8 (3.38%) PhD
7 7 (2.95%) SC Cleared
8 3 (1.27%) Chartered Engineer
8 3 (1.27%) MCP
8 3 (1.27%) SAP Certification
9 2 (0.84%) A+ Certification
9 2 (0.84%) CISA
9 2 (0.84%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 1 (0.42%) CIPD
10 1 (0.42%) JNCIA
10 1 (0.42%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (3.80%) GDPR
2 7 (2.95%) QA
3 6 (2.53%) IEC 62304
4 5 (2.11%) Cyber Essentials
4 5 (2.11%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 4 (1.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (1.69%) NIST
5 4 (1.69%) TickIT
6 3 (1.27%) Data Quality
6 3 (1.27%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.84%) EMIR
7 2 (0.84%) MiFID
7 2 (0.84%) SLA
8 1 (0.42%) ISO 13485
8 1 (0.42%) ISO 9000
8 1 (0.42%) PMO
System Software
1 15 (6.33%) Docker
2 13 (5.49%) Active Directory
3 9 (3.80%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.84%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.42%) Lustre
5 1 (0.42%) Slurm Workload Manager
5 1 (0.42%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 11 (4.64%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.27%) SCCM
3 1 (0.42%) Functional Safety
3 1 (0.42%) Icinga
3 1 (0.42%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 55 (23.21%) Microsoft
2 42 (17.72%) SAP
3 11 (4.64%) Virgin Media
4 8 (3.38%) Adobe
4 8 (3.38%) Facebook
5 7 (2.95%) VMware
6 5 (2.11%) Salesforce
7 4 (1.69%) Google
7 4 (1.69%) Sophos
7 4 (1.69%) Twitter
7 4 (1.69%) Veeam
8 3 (1.27%) Oracle
8 3 (1.27%) ServiceNow
9 2 (0.84%) Instagram
10 1 (0.42%) AVEVA
10 1 (0.42%) Cisco
10 1 (0.42%) HubSpot
10 1 (0.42%) IBM
10 1 (0.42%) NVIDIA
10 1 (0.42%) Rockwell