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 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 16 18
Rank change year-on-year +5 +2 +4
Permanent jobs citing Degree 4,243 5,162 8,772
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 12.53% 12.18% 12.83%
As % of the Qualifications category 44.69% 47.97% 56.35%
Number of salaries quoted 2,860 3,368 4,500
10th Percentile £31,000 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £39,234 £45,000 £40,838
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £88,750 £99,825 £93,750
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -

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 9,494 10,762 15,566
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 28.04% 25.39% 22.76%
Number of salaries quoted 5,921 6,582 8,639
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 £93,150
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 6 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 (2.47%) SharePoint
2 94 (2.22%) Microsoft Exchange
3 47 (1.11%) SAS
4 43 (1.01%) IIS
5 33 (0.78%) Apache
6 30 (0.71%) Confluence
7 27 (0.64%) CMS
8 25 (0.59%) Apache Spark
9 22 (0.52%) WordPress
10 19 (0.45%) Tomcat
11 16 (0.38%) OpenStack
12 10 (0.24%) ArcGIS
13 9 (0.21%) Apache Airflow
14 8 (0.19%) nginx
15 6 (0.14%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
15 6 (0.14%) Exchange Server 2000
16 5 (0.12%) Drupal
17 4 (0.094%) Exchange Server 2013
17 4 (0.094%) OpenEdge
17 4 (0.094%) Umbraco
Applications
1 310 (7.31%) Microsoft Excel
2 248 (5.84%) Microsoft Office
3 128 (3.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 68 (1.60%) Simulink
5 64 (1.51%) Microsoft Project
6 34 (0.80%) Chatbot
7 31 (0.73%) MS Visio
8 22 (0.52%) Photoshop
9 21 (0.49%) AutoCAD
10 20 (0.47%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 19 (0.45%) Adobe Illustrator
12 17 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
13 16 (0.38%) Adobe XD
14 15 (0.35%) Trello
15 14 (0.33%) Adobe After Effects
15 14 (0.33%) SPSS
16 13 (0.31%) OrCAD
16 13 (0.31%) Sketch
17 11 (0.26%) InDesign
18 10 (0.24%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 52 (1.23%) Dynamics CRM
2 31 (0.73%) SAP S/4HANA
3 28 (0.66%) NEC Housing
4 22 (0.52%) Unit4 Business World
5 15 (0.35%) Endur
6 14 (0.33%) SAP CX
7 13 (0.31%) Salesforce CRM
8 11 (0.26%) Remedy ITSM
9 10 (0.24%) SAP CO
9 10 (0.24%) SAP FI
9 10 (0.24%) SAP FI/CO
10 9 (0.21%) SAP Business One
11 7 (0.16%) Dynamics NAV
12 6 (0.14%) NetSuite
13 5 (0.12%) Odoo
13 5 (0.12%) SAP ERP
13 5 (0.12%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
14 4 (0.094%) Magento
14 4 (0.094%) SAP HR
14 4 (0.094%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 792 (18.67%) Azure
2 603 (14.21%) AWS
3 335 (7.90%) Microsoft 365
4 243 (5.73%) Power Platform
5 223 (5.26%) SaaS
6 139 (3.28%) GCP
7 107 (2.52%) Azure DevOps
8 94 (2.22%) Entra ID
9 81 (1.91%) Cloud Computing
10 77 (1.81%) Serverless
11 70 (1.65%) GitHub
12 61 (1.44%) Dynamics 365
12 61 (1.44%) Snowflake
13 59 (1.39%) PowerApps
14 58 (1.37%) Power Automate
15 56 (1.32%) IaaS
15 56 (1.32%) PaaS
16 50 (1.18%) AWS Lambda
17 47 (1.11%) WhatsApp
18 33 (0.78%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 147 (3.46%) Firewall
2 134 (3.16%) Wireless
3 109 (2.57%) WAN
4 88 (2.07%) DNS
5 73 (1.72%) TCP/IP
6 72 (1.70%) Wi-Fi
7 67 (1.58%) LAN
8 56 (1.32%) DHCP
8 56 (1.32%) Network Security
9 51 (1.20%) Internet
10 50 (1.18%) VPN
11 49 (1.15%) SD-WAN
12 37 (0.87%) Ethernet
13 32 (0.75%) VoIP
14 28 (0.66%) Unified Communications
15 27 (0.64%) SAN
16 23 (0.54%) RS-232
17 21 (0.49%) VLAN
18 19 (0.45%) Cisco Firepower
19 16 (0.38%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 313 (7.38%) SQL Server
2 235 (5.54%) Tableau
3 208 (4.90%) Power BI
4 135 (3.18%) Relational Database
5 106 (2.50%) Data Warehouse
6 97 (2.29%) MySQL
7 80 (1.89%) PostgreSQL
8 70 (1.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 67 (1.58%) Big Data
10 60 (1.41%) NoSQL
11 48 (1.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 45 (1.06%) Redis
13 36 (0.85%) RDBMS
14 34 (0.80%) MongoDB
15 33 (0.78%) Oracle Database
16 31 (0.73%) Data Lake
17 25 (0.59%) GIS
18 22 (0.52%) Azure SQL Database
18 22 (0.52%) Elasticsearch
19 21 (0.49%) DB2
Development Applications
1 331 (7.80%) Git
2 109 (2.57%) JIRA
3 50 (1.18%) Visual Studio
4 45 (1.06%) Jenkins
5 32 (0.75%) Subversion
6 28 (0.66%) Selenium
7 26 (0.61%) CMake
8 17 (0.40%) Rational DOORS
8 17 (0.40%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 15 (0.35%) Balsamiq
10 13 (0.31%) Axure RP
10 13 (0.31%) TeamCity
11 12 (0.28%) Maven
11 12 (0.28%) Postman
11 12 (0.28%) Vagrant
12 11 (0.26%) GitLab
12 11 (0.26%) Rational Rhapsody
13 10 (0.24%) LabVIEW
14 9 (0.21%) InstallShield
14 9 (0.21%) JUnit
General
1 1,947 (45.89%) Social Skills
2 948 (22.34%) Finance
3 784 (18.48%) Analytical Skills
4 397 (9.36%) Marketing
5 363 (8.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 312 (7.35%) Retail
7 260 (6.13%) Legal
8 251 (5.92%) Presentation Skills
9 234 (5.51%) Public Sector
10 189 (4.45%) Manufacturing
11 155 (3.65%) Electronics
12 144 (3.39%) Law
13 130 (3.06%) Games
14 118 (2.78%) Aerospace
15 117 (2.76%) Telecoms
16 104 (2.45%) Pharmaceutical
17 100 (2.36%) Banking
18 81 (1.91%) Local Government
19 80 (1.89%) Influencing Skills
20 75 (1.77%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 767 (18.08%) Senior
2 600 (14.14%) Developer
3 581 (13.69%) Analyst
4 310 (7.31%) Lead
5 308 (7.26%) Software Engineer
6 250 (5.89%) Architect
7 219 (5.16%) Project Manager
8 178 (4.20%) Consultant
9 172 (4.05%) Senior Analyst
10 170 (4.01%) Graduate
11 161 (3.79%) Data Analyst
12 157 (3.70%) Junior
13 143 (3.37%) Senior Developer
14 139 (3.28%) Software Developer
15 107 (2.52%) Support Engineer
16 98 (2.31%) Solutions Architect
17 88 (2.07%) Embedded Engineer
18 87 (2.05%) .NET Developer
19 86 (2.03%) Systems Engineer
20 83 (1.96%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 332 (7.82%) .NET
2 263 (6.20%) HTML
3 227 (5.35%) CSS
4 179 (4.22%) AngularJS
5 153 (3.61%) React
6 127 (2.99%) Node.js
7 113 (2.66%) ASP.NET
8 107 (2.52%) RESTful
9 94 (2.22%) .NET Core
10 79 (1.86%) .NET Framework
11 78 (1.84%) Web Services
12 67 (1.58%) REST
13 62 (1.46%) Vue
14 57 (1.34%) ASP.NET MVC
15 56 (1.32%) XML
16 54 (1.27%) TensorFlow
17 50 (1.18%) Pandas
18 47 (1.11%) SOAP
19 45 (1.06%) Express.js
20 42 (0.99%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 274 (6.46%) Management Information System
2 230 (5.42%) Algorithms
3 207 (4.88%) Data Centre
4 178 (4.20%) Self-Motivation
5 123 (2.90%) Product Ownership
6 98 (2.31%) Life Science
7 95 (2.24%) Data Structures
8 90 (2.12%) Client/Server
9 76 (1.79%) Public Cloud
10 74 (1.74%) Social Media
11 73 (1.72%) Driving Licence
12 69 (1.63%) IoT
13 66 (1.56%) Onboarding
14 61 (1.44%) Virtual Team
15 56 (1.32%) Mobile App
16 49 (1.15%) Cloud Native
17 43 (1.01%) Greenfield Project
18 40 (0.94%) Embedded Systems
18 40 (0.94%) Renewable Energy
19 39 (0.92%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 504 (11.88%) Windows
2 375 (8.84%) Linux
3 181 (4.27%) Windows Server
4 117 (2.76%) Unix
5 99 (2.33%) Windows 10
6 72 (1.70%) Android
7 66 (1.56%) Apple iOS
8 47 (1.11%) Windows Server 2016
9 36 (0.85%) Windows Server 2019
10 26 (0.61%) Windows Server 2012
11 25 (0.59%) Mac OS
12 24 (0.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 24 (0.57%) Ubuntu
13 23 (0.54%) Embedded Linux
14 20 (0.47%) Mac OS X
15 17 (0.40%) Solaris
16 16 (0.38%) CentOS
17 15 (0.35%) FreeRTOS
18 10 (0.24%) Windows 7
19 8 (0.19%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,217 (28.68%) Computer Science
2 1,146 (27.01%) Problem-Solving
3 929 (21.89%) Agile
4 656 (15.46%) Software Engineering
5 613 (14.45%) Project Management
6 520 (12.26%) Analytics
7 515 (12.14%) Mathematics
8 442 (10.42%) DevOps
9 399 (9.40%) Mentoring
10 384 (9.05%) Decision-Making
11 381 (8.98%) Artificial Intelligence
12 334 (7.87%) ITIL
13 328 (7.73%) Data Analysis
14 323 (7.61%) Business Intelligence
15 317 (7.47%) Continuous Improvement
16 316 (7.45%) Cybersecurity
17 315 (7.42%) Actionable Insight
18 314 (7.40%) Roadmaps
19 306 (7.21%) Visualisation
20 276 (6.50%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 811 (19.11%) SQL
2 752 (17.72%) Python
3 443 (10.44%) C#
4 413 (9.73%) JavaScript
5 264 (6.22%) Java
6 207 (4.88%) C
7 148 (3.49%) C++
8 133 (3.13%) PowerShell
9 123 (2.90%) TypeScript
10 97 (2.29%) T-SQL
11 85 (2.00%) PHP
12 75 (1.77%) R
13 57 (1.34%) Embedded C
14 52 (1.23%) Bash
15 49 (1.15%) MATLAB
16 44 (1.04%) VB
17 37 (0.87%) Kotlin
18 32 (0.75%) Go
19 29 (0.68%) PL/SQL
20 24 (0.57%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 736 (17.35%) Computer Science Degree
2 585 (13.79%) Security Cleared
3 394 (9.29%) Master's Degree
4 362 (8.53%) SC Cleared
5 211 (4.97%) DBS Check
6 129 (3.04%) PhD
7 125 (2.95%) BPSS Clearance
8 123 (2.90%) Microsoft Certification
9 85 (2.00%) CISSP
10 82 (1.93%) Cisco Certification
11 79 (1.86%) DV Cleared
12 69 (1.63%) CCNA
13 65 (1.53%) PMI Certification
14 64 (1.51%) Numerate Degree
15 62 (1.46%) CISM
16 60 (1.41%) Azure Certification
16 60 (1.41%) PMP
17 56 (1.32%) AWS Certification
18 51 (1.20%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
19 47 (1.11%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 207 (4.88%) QA
2 86 (2.03%) Accessibility
3 65 (1.53%) SLA
4 64 (1.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 61 (1.44%) PMO
6 60 (1.41%) Data Quality
6 60 (1.41%) GDPR
7 39 (0.92%) NIST
8 27 (0.64%) ISO 9001
9 25 (0.59%) Actionable Recommendations
10 24 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials
11 23 (0.54%) NCSC
12 20 (0.47%) WCAG
13 15 (0.35%) ITGC
14 14 (0.33%) Good Clinical Practice
15 12 (0.28%) PCI DSS
16 10 (0.24%) GRC
16 10 (0.24%) NIST 800
17 9 (0.21%) ISO 14001
18 8 (0.19%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 233 (5.49%) Active Directory
2 201 (4.74%) Docker
3 113 (2.66%) Firmware
4 104 (2.45%) VMware Infrastructure
5 56 (1.32%) Hyper-V
6 44 (1.04%) Embedded Firmware
7 31 (0.73%) Virtual Desktop
8 30 (0.71%) Virtual Machines
9 20 (0.47%) vSphere
10 19 (0.45%) VMware ESXi
11 13 (0.31%) XenApp
12 9 (0.21%) OpenSSH
12 9 (0.21%) Virtual Servers
13 6 (0.14%) KVM
14 4 (0.094%) Microsoft App-V
14 4 (0.094%) Terminal Services
15 3 (0.071%) Oracle RAC
16 2 (0.047%) Kamailio
17 1 (0.024%) Slurm Workload Manager
17 1 (0.024%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 154 (3.63%) Kubernetes
2 107 (2.52%) Terraform
3 73 (1.72%) Ansible
4 57 (1.34%) Microsoft Intune
5 45 (1.06%) SCCM
6 31 (0.73%) SCOM
7 30 (0.71%) WSUS
8 23 (0.54%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 22 (0.52%) Progress Chef
10 19 (0.45%) CASB
11 18 (0.42%) Puppet
11 18 (0.42%) Stealthwatch
12 15 (0.35%) Cisco CUCM
13 13 (0.31%) ServiceCenter
14 12 (0.28%) Grafana
15 11 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
16 10 (0.24%) vCenter Server
16 10 (0.24%) ZABBIX
17 9 (0.21%) Nessus
17 9 (0.21%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 938 (22.11%) Microsoft
2 170 (4.01%) SAP
3 160 (3.77%) Adobe
4 159 (3.75%) Databricks
5 144 (3.39%) VMware
6 131 (3.09%) Google
7 119 (2.80%) Oracle
8 105 (2.47%) Apple
8 105 (2.47%) Cisco
9 97 (2.29%) Dell
10 87 (2.05%) Salesforce
11 62 (1.46%) HP
12 60 (1.41%) IBM
13 53 (1.25%) Meraki
14 48 (1.13%) ServiceNow
15 36 (0.85%) Citrix
15 36 (0.85%) NEC
16 35 (0.82%) Xilinx
17 32 (0.75%) Samsung
18 30 (0.71%) PayPal