Degree Jobs in the North of England

Academic Degree
England > North of England

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

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 11 10 14
Rank change year-on-year -1 +4 +11
Permanent jobs citing Degree 1,979 2,721 2,185
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 11.42% 15.56% 12.10%
As % of the Qualifications category 50.89% 52.21% 42.64%
Number of salaries quoted 1,431 858 1,072
10th Percentile £25,750 £27,250 £27,888
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,870 £35,967
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £44,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +13.64% -7.37%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £72,875 £70,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% +9.09% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North of England

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 the North of England with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,889 5,212 5,124
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 22.44% 29.80% 28.37%
Number of salaries quoted 2,668 1,764 2,482
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £36,649
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,007 £53,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.42% +11.58% -5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £68,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £78,157 £82,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £59,526 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.60% +8.23% -

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Degree as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Degree in the North of England

Degree
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Degree in the North of England.

Salary trend for Degree in the North of England

Degree
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Degree in the North of England over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Degree in the North of England

Degree
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Degree within the North of England region over the 6 months to 6 May 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
North West +3 1,191 £47,757 -9.04% 733
Yorkshire +4 573 £45,000 -10.00% 385
North East -10 215 £48,000 +1.05% 161
Degree
England

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 59 (2.98%) SharePoint
2 28 (1.41%) Microsoft Exchange
3 26 (1.31%) Confluence
4 25 (1.26%) CMS
5 23 (1.16%) SAS
6 15 (0.76%) IIS
7 14 (0.71%) Apache Spark
8 13 (0.66%) Apache
9 7 (0.35%) MS Project Server
9 7 (0.35%) Tomcat
9 7 (0.35%) WordPress
10 6 (0.30%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
11 4 (0.20%) ArcGIS
11 4 (0.20%) Umbraco
12 2 (0.10%) OpenStack
13 1 (0.051%) Jupyter
13 1 (0.051%) Kentico
13 1 (0.051%) Site Server
13 1 (0.051%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 168 (8.49%) Microsoft Office
2 129 (6.52%) Microsoft Excel
3 61 (3.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 41 (2.07%) Microsoft Project
5 19 (0.96%) MS Visio
6 16 (0.81%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 16 (0.81%) Adobe Illustrator
6 16 (0.81%) Photoshop
7 15 (0.76%) AutoCAD
7 15 (0.76%) Chatbot
8 10 (0.51%) InDesign
9 9 (0.45%) Adobe Captivate
10 6 (0.30%) Adobe After Effects
10 6 (0.30%) Spreadsheet
11 5 (0.25%) Solid Edge
11 5 (0.25%) SOLIDWORKS
12 4 (0.20%) Adobe Premiere
12 4 (0.20%) Trello
13 3 (0.15%) SPSS
14 2 (0.10%) Stata
Business Applications
1 27 (1.36%) Dynamics CRM
2 17 (0.86%) SAP S/4HANA
3 11 (0.56%) SAP Business One
4 10 (0.51%) NetSuite
5 9 (0.45%) SAP CX
5 9 (0.45%) SAP ERP
6 6 (0.30%) Sage X3
7 4 (0.20%) Dynamics NAV
7 4 (0.20%) NEC Housing
7 4 (0.20%) SAP CO
7 4 (0.20%) SAP FI
7 4 (0.20%) SAP FI/CO
8 3 (0.15%) Dynamics AX
8 3 (0.15%) Maximo
8 3 (0.15%) Primavera
8 3 (0.15%) SAP APO
8 3 (0.15%) SAP MM
8 3 (0.15%) SAP PP
8 3 (0.15%) SAP SD
8 3 (0.15%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 258 (13.04%) Azure
2 179 (9.04%) AWS
3 137 (6.92%) Microsoft 365
4 78 (3.94%) Power Platform
5 44 (2.22%) Dynamics 365
6 40 (2.02%) GCP
7 34 (1.72%) Azure DevOps
8 26 (1.31%) GitHub
9 23 (1.16%) Serverless
10 21 (1.06%) Power Automate
10 21 (1.06%) SaaS
11 20 (1.01%) Amazon S3
12 18 (0.91%) Amazon EC2
12 18 (0.91%) Amazon Kinesis
13 17 (0.86%) Cloud Computing
14 15 (0.76%) AWS Lambda
15 11 (0.56%) AWS CloudFormation
15 11 (0.56%) PowerApps
16 10 (0.51%) Entra ID
16 10 (0.51%) Google Play
Communications & Networking
1 82 (4.14%) Firewall
2 48 (2.43%) WAN
3 45 (2.27%) LAN
4 44 (2.22%) DNS
5 43 (2.17%) TCP/IP
6 42 (2.12%) Internet
7 40 (2.02%) VPN
8 39 (1.97%) Network Security
9 38 (1.92%) PPP
10 32 (1.62%) DHCP
11 30 (1.52%) VoIP
12 27 (1.36%) Wi-Fi
13 19 (0.96%) VLAN
14 18 (0.91%) RS-232
15 17 (0.86%) Ethernet
16 15 (0.76%) Wireless
17 14 (0.71%) Remote Desktop
18 13 (0.66%) Broadband
19 12 (0.61%) SD-WAN
20 11 (0.56%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 132 (6.67%) SQL Server
2 79 (3.99%) MySQL
3 61 (3.08%) Power BI
4 46 (2.32%) Data Warehouse
5 43 (2.17%) Relational Database
6 35 (1.77%) Tableau
7 29 (1.47%) Amazon RDS
8 28 (1.41%) NoSQL
9 24 (1.21%) Amazon Redshift
10 23 (1.16%) RDBMS
11 20 (1.01%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 19 (0.96%) MS Access
13 18 (0.91%) Redis
14 16 (0.81%) Big Data
14 16 (0.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 13 (0.66%) Oracle Database
15 13 (0.66%) PostgreSQL
16 11 (0.56%) Elasticsearch
17 7 (0.35%) DB2
17 7 (0.35%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 108 (5.46%) Git
2 92 (4.65%) JIRA
3 19 (0.96%) Postman
4 16 (0.81%) TeamCity
5 14 (0.71%) Visual Studio
6 11 (0.56%) Subversion
7 10 (0.51%) Appium
7 10 (0.51%) Jenkins
8 8 (0.40%) Cypress.io
8 8 (0.40%) Team Foundation Server
9 6 (0.30%) Dreamweaver
9 6 (0.30%) LoadRunner
9 6 (0.30%) Selenium
10 5 (0.25%) HP UFT
10 5 (0.25%) InstallShield
10 5 (0.25%) IntelliJ
10 5 (0.25%) JMeter
10 5 (0.25%) JUnit
10 5 (0.25%) Mockito
10 5 (0.25%) MSTest
General
1 858 (43.36%) Social Skills
2 280 (14.15%) Analytical Skills
3 271 (13.69%) Finance
4 193 (9.75%) Manufacturing
5 110 (5.56%) Marketing
6 101 (5.10%) Retail
7 92 (4.65%) Legal
8 84 (4.24%) Organisational Skills
9 72 (3.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 65 (3.28%) Games
11 62 (3.13%) Presentation Skills
12 61 (3.08%) Electronics
13 56 (2.83%) Public Sector
14 53 (2.68%) Law
15 41 (2.07%) Banking
16 39 (1.97%) Automotive
17 36 (1.82%) Aerospace
18 32 (1.62%) Telecoms
19 28 (1.41%) Military
20 21 (1.06%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 293 (14.81%) Developer
2 269 (13.59%) Senior
3 194 (9.80%) Analyst
4 143 (7.23%) Software Engineer
5 142 (7.18%) Project Manager
6 128 (6.47%) Lead
7 122 (6.16%) Graduate
8 108 (5.46%) Architect
9 69 (3.49%) IT Manager
10 55 (2.78%) Consultant
11 54 (2.73%) Lead Developer
12 50 (2.53%) .NET Developer
12 50 (2.53%) Junior
13 48 (2.43%) Team Leader
14 47 (2.37%) Senior Developer
14 47 (2.37%) Software Developer
15 41 (2.07%) Solutions Architect
16 36 (1.82%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 36 (1.82%) Senior Analyst
17 33 (1.67%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 173 (8.74%) .NET
2 102 (5.15%) HTML
3 80 (4.04%) CSS
4 73 (3.69%) Node.js
5 55 (2.78%) React
6 50 (2.53%) .NET Framework
7 46 (2.32%) ASP.NET
7 46 (2.32%) JSON
8 45 (2.27%) AngularJS
9 42 (2.12%) RESTful
10 39 (1.97%) Vue
11 33 (1.67%) Web Services
12 30 (1.52%) ASP.NET Web API
13 29 (1.47%) .NET Core
14 26 (1.31%) Entity Framework
15 23 (1.16%) REST
16 22 (1.11%) HTML5
17 20 (1.01%) ASP.NET MVC
17 20 (1.01%) Spring
18 19 (0.96%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 170 (8.59%) Management Information System
2 86 (4.35%) Self-Motivation
3 76 (3.84%) Driving Licence
4 54 (2.73%) Operational Technology
5 51 (2.58%) Data Centre
6 48 (2.43%) Onboarding
7 33 (1.67%) Industrial Internet of Things
8 30 (1.52%) Social Media
9 29 (1.47%) Embedded Systems
10 24 (1.21%) Product Ownership
11 23 (1.16%) Public Cloud
12 22 (1.11%) Data Structures
12 22 (1.11%) Mobile App
13 21 (1.06%) Cloud Native
13 21 (1.06%) Renewable Energy
14 20 (1.01%) NHS
14 20 (1.01%) Reinsurance
15 19 (0.96%) Cyber Threat
15 19 (0.96%) SCADA
16 18 (0.91%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 200 (10.11%) Windows
2 112 (5.66%) Linux
3 77 (3.89%) Windows Server
4 32 (1.62%) Windows 10
5 27 (1.36%) Unix
6 22 (1.11%) Mac OS
7 18 (0.91%) Android
8 16 (0.81%) Windows Server 2012
8 16 (0.81%) Windows Server 2019
9 15 (0.76%) Windows Vista
10 13 (0.66%) Windows Server 2016
11 11 (0.56%) FreeRTOS
12 9 (0.45%) Windows Phone
13 5 (0.25%) Apple iOS
13 5 (0.25%) VMS
14 4 (0.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 4 (0.20%) Solaris
15 1 (0.051%) CentOS
15 1 (0.051%) ThreadX
15 1 (0.051%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 611 (30.87%) Problem-Solving
2 588 (29.71%) Computer Science
3 378 (19.10%) Agile
4 315 (15.92%) Project Management
5 243 (12.28%) Software Engineering
6 227 (11.47%) Cybersecurity
7 189 (9.55%) Continuous Improvement
8 165 (8.34%) Mentoring
9 163 (8.24%) DevOps
10 149 (7.53%) Customer Service
11 144 (7.28%) Analytics
12 136 (6.87%) Project Delivery
13 135 (6.82%) ITIL
14 132 (6.67%) Mathematics
15 123 (6.22%) ERP
16 103 (5.20%) Risk Management
17 102 (5.15%) Business Intelligence
17 102 (5.15%) CRM
18 101 (5.10%) Decision-Making
19 100 (5.05%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 265 (13.39%) SQL
2 207 (10.46%) C#
3 167 (8.44%) JavaScript
4 138 (6.97%) Python
5 107 (5.41%) Java
6 73 (3.69%) C
7 58 (2.93%) TypeScript
8 55 (2.78%) PHP
9 38 (1.92%) PowerShell
10 26 (1.31%) C++
11 25 (1.26%) R
12 24 (1.21%) VB
13 23 (1.16%) Embedded C
14 22 (1.11%) T-SQL
15 14 (0.71%) Kotlin
15 14 (0.71%) VBScript
16 12 (0.61%) Ruby
17 11 (0.56%) Shell Script
17 11 (0.56%) VB.NET
18 10 (0.51%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 358 (18.09%) Computer Science Degree
2 127 (6.42%) Master's Degree
3 93 (4.70%) Security Cleared
4 84 (4.24%) HNC
5 72 (3.64%) Cisco Certification
6 69 (3.49%) HND
7 66 (3.34%) Microsoft Certification
8 64 (3.23%) SC Cleared
9 52 (2.63%) CCNA
10 50 (2.53%) CISSP
11 48 (2.43%) PMP
12 47 (2.37%) PMI Certification
13 41 (2.07%) CCNP
14 35 (1.77%) CISM
14 35 (1.77%) DBS Check
15 31 (1.57%) Azure Certification
16 29 (1.47%) PhD
17 24 (1.21%) AWS Certification
17 24 (1.21%) MCP
18 19 (0.96%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (3.13%) QA
2 59 (2.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 38 (1.92%) PMO
4 34 (1.72%) Accessibility
5 31 (1.57%) GDPR
6 30 (1.52%) NIST
7 26 (1.31%) Data Quality
8 25 (1.26%) SLA
9 23 (1.16%) ISO 9001
10 21 (1.06%) PCI DSS
11 17 (0.86%) Cyber Essentials
12 10 (0.51%) GMP
13 9 (0.45%) CRD IV
13 9 (0.45%) IFRS
13 9 (0.45%) IFRS 9
13 9 (0.45%) NCSC
14 6 (0.30%) IEC 62304
14 6 (0.30%) NIST 800
15 5 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 5 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 17025
System Software
1 107 (5.41%) Active Directory
2 58 (2.93%) VMware Infrastructure
3 48 (2.43%) Hyper-V
4 44 (2.22%) Docker
5 17 (0.86%) Firmware
6 14 (0.71%) Terminal Services
7 11 (0.56%) VMware ESXi
8 10 (0.51%) vSphere
9 2 (0.10%) Embedded Firmware
9 2 (0.10%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.051%) KVM
10 1 (0.051%) Lustre
10 1 (0.051%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.051%) Snort
10 1 (0.051%) Virtual Machines
10 1 (0.051%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 45 (2.27%) Terraform
2 32 (1.62%) Kubernetes
3 15 (0.76%) Microsoft Intune
4 12 (0.61%) SCCM
5 11 (0.56%) Ansible
6 9 (0.45%) AirWatch
6 9 (0.45%) Progress Chef
7 8 (0.40%) Autotask
7 8 (0.40%) CASB
7 8 (0.40%) Failover Clustering
8 7 (0.35%) Grafana
8 7 (0.35%) Prometheus
9 6 (0.30%) Microsoft Clustering
9 6 (0.30%) Stealthwatch
10 5 (0.25%) Jamf Pro
10 5 (0.25%) Nessus
10 5 (0.25%) SCOM
11 4 (0.20%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 4 (0.20%) WSUS
12 3 (0.15%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 382 (19.30%) Microsoft
2 79 (3.99%) VMware
3 68 (3.44%) SAP
4 66 (3.34%) Cisco
5 63 (3.18%) Adobe
6 54 (2.73%) Google
7 47 (2.37%) Oracle
8 40 (2.02%) Apple
9 30 (1.52%) Salesforce
10 20 (1.01%) ServiceNow
11 19 (0.96%) Meraki
12 18 (0.91%) HP
13 15 (0.76%) PayPal
14 14 (0.71%) F5
14 14 (0.71%) IBM
14 14 (0.71%) Sage
15 13 (0.66%) Dell
16 11 (0.56%) Samsung
16 11 (0.56%) Virgin Media
17 10 (0.51%) Facebook