Degree Jobs in the UK excluding London

Academic Degree
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Degree qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 3 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 9 3 7
Rank change year-on-year -6 +4 +6
Permanent jobs citing Degree 10,129 12,180 13,280
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 13.26% 21.59% 17.84%
As % of the Qualifications category 50.89% 57.14% 55.09%
Number of salaries quoted 6,112 4,000 5,427
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,975 £27,500
25th Percentile £34,187 £36,902 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,750 £50,500 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.47% +8.60% -2.11%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £61,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £75,000
UK median annual salary £52,084 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.19% +9.09% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 19,903 21,317 24,108
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 26.05% 37.79% 32.38%
Number of salaries quoted 12,256 7,993 10,602
10th Percentile £27,500 £28,800 £28,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £76,250
UK median annual salary £53,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.83% +9.09% -

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Degree as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Degree in the UK excluding London

Degree
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Degree in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Degree in the UK excluding London

Degree
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Degree in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 3 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Degree in the UK excluding London

Degree
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Degree within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 3 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
South East -1 3,022 £51,020 -2.82% 1,196
North of England -3 2,002 £47,500 -9.52% 1,128
Midlands -2 1,826 £47,500 -5.00% 890
South West -3 1,349 £50,000 - 665
North West 0 1,220 £47,500 -13.64% 672
West Midlands 0 1,205 £50,000 -4.76% 542
East of England -3 857 £47,500 -13.64% 617
Scotland -31 677 £43,200 -13.60% 397
East Midlands -3 608 £42,500 -10.53% 348
Yorkshire 0 570 £45,000 -10.00% 339
Wales -4 266 £44,886 -0.25% 124
North East -10 212 £47,500 -0.36% 132
Northern Ireland +6 109 £43,000 +1.18% 56
Isle of Man +5 24 £52,500 -27.59% 5
Channel Islands 0 6 £67,500 +8.00% 2
Degree
UK

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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
1 239 (2.36%) SharePoint
2 206 (2.03%) Microsoft Exchange
3 199 (1.96%) Confluence
4 67 (0.66%) CMS
5 53 (0.52%) SAS
6 48 (0.47%) WordPress
7 46 (0.45%) IIS
8 44 (0.43%) Oracle Service Bus
8 44 (0.43%) WebLogic
9 40 (0.39%) Apache
10 36 (0.36%) Apache Spark
11 30 (0.30%) FileNet
12 24 (0.24%) Tomcat
13 19 (0.19%) ArcGIS
14 18 (0.18%) OpenStack
15 7 (0.069%) MS Project Server
15 7 (0.069%) WebSphere
16 6 (0.059%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
16 6 (0.059%) Exchange Server 2000
16 6 (0.059%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 1,199 (11.84%) Microsoft Office
2 1,065 (10.51%) Microsoft Excel
3 391 (3.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 181 (1.79%) Simulink
5 162 (1.60%) Microsoft Project
6 150 (1.48%) MS Visio
7 75 (0.74%) AutoCAD
8 50 (0.49%) Photoshop
9 45 (0.44%) Adobe Illustrator
9 45 (0.44%) Spreadsheet
10 44 (0.43%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 36 (0.36%) UserZoom
12 31 (0.31%) InDesign
12 31 (0.31%) Stateflow
13 20 (0.20%) OrCAD
14 19 (0.19%) Trello
15 17 (0.17%) Sketch
15 17 (0.17%) SOLIDWORKS
16 15 (0.15%) Adobe After Effects
16 15 (0.15%) Revit
Business Applications
1 113 (1.12%) Dynamics CRM
2 49 (0.48%) SAP S/4HANA
3 47 (0.46%) Remedy ITSM
4 40 (0.39%) NetSuite
5 29 (0.29%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 26 (0.26%) NEC Housing
7 23 (0.23%) SAP ERP
8 16 (0.16%) SAP CO
8 16 (0.16%) SAP FI
8 16 (0.16%) SAP FI/CO
8 16 (0.16%) Shopify
9 15 (0.15%) Salesforce CRM
10 14 (0.14%) Primavera
10 14 (0.14%) SAP Business One
11 12 (0.12%) Dynamics NAV
11 12 (0.12%) Unit4 Business World
12 9 (0.089%) SAP CX
13 8 (0.079%) Dynamics GP
13 8 (0.079%) Maximo
14 7 (0.069%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 1,151 (11.36%) Azure
2 769 (7.59%) Microsoft 365
3 660 (6.52%) AWS
4 504 (4.98%) Power Platform
5 267 (2.64%) SaaS
6 191 (1.89%) Dynamics 365
7 173 (1.71%) Azure DevOps
8 143 (1.41%) GCP
9 128 (1.26%) GitHub
10 115 (1.14%) Entra ID
11 98 (0.97%) Serverless
12 95 (0.94%) PowerApps
13 91 (0.90%) Cloud Computing
14 90 (0.89%) Amazon S3
15 89 (0.88%) Figma
16 84 (0.83%) Power Automate
17 73 (0.72%) SurveyMonkey
18 64 (0.63%) AWS Lambda
19 61 (0.60%) OneDrive
20 56 (0.55%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 404 (3.99%) Firewall
2 248 (2.45%) WAN
3 206 (2.03%) Wireless
4 196 (1.94%) LAN
5 195 (1.93%) DNS
6 182 (1.80%) TCP/IP
7 171 (1.69%) Network Security
8 157 (1.55%) Internet
9 153 (1.51%) Wi-Fi
10 151 (1.49%) DHCP
11 132 (1.30%) VPN
12 86 (0.85%) 5G
12 86 (0.85%) Ethernet
13 85 (0.84%) SD-WAN
14 81 (0.80%) SAN
14 81 (0.80%) VoIP
15 75 (0.74%) VLAN
16 56 (0.55%) HTTP
17 51 (0.50%) Bluetooth
18 49 (0.48%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 528 (5.21%) SQL Server
2 439 (4.33%) Power BI
3 240 (2.37%) NoSQL
4 201 (1.98%) Relational Database
5 189 (1.87%) MySQL
6 171 (1.69%) Data Warehouse
7 154 (1.52%) Tableau
8 125 (1.23%) PostgreSQL
9 98 (0.97%) Big Data
10 89 (0.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 86 (0.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 85 (0.84%) Oracle Database
13 75 (0.74%) Amazon RDS
14 71 (0.70%) Redis
15 63 (0.62%) RDBMS
16 60 (0.59%) GIS
17 55 (0.54%) Elasticsearch
18 46 (0.45%) MongoDB
19 44 (0.43%) Oracle Database 10g
19 44 (0.43%) Oracle Database 11g
Development Applications
1 607 (5.99%) Git
2 423 (4.18%) JIRA
3 197 (1.94%) Visual Studio
4 143 (1.41%) Jenkins
5 88 (0.87%) Selenium
6 87 (0.86%) Bitbucket
7 85 (0.84%) LabVIEW
8 74 (0.73%) Subversion
9 69 (0.68%) Cypress.io
10 64 (0.63%) Sourcetree
11 50 (0.49%) Rational DOORS
12 44 (0.43%) GitLab
13 41 (0.40%) JUnit
14 34 (0.34%) Mockito
15 31 (0.31%) TeamCity
16 30 (0.30%) Jasmine
16 30 (0.30%) Postman
17 29 (0.29%) CMake
18 24 (0.24%) SoapUI
19 23 (0.23%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 4,010 (39.59%) Social Skills
2 1,741 (17.19%) Analytical Skills
3 1,664 (16.43%) Finance
4 1,246 (12.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 975 (9.63%) Manufacturing
6 710 (7.01%) Marketing
7 648 (6.40%) Electronics
8 588 (5.81%) Law
9 583 (5.76%) Retail
10 526 (5.19%) Presentation Skills
11 517 (5.10%) Legal
12 403 (3.98%) Organisational Skills
13 348 (3.44%) Military
14 345 (3.41%) Influencing Skills
15 318 (3.14%) Telecoms
16 302 (2.98%) Public Sector
17 271 (2.68%) Pharmaceutical
18 258 (2.55%) Games
19 246 (2.43%) Automotive
20 230 (2.27%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 1,396 (13.78%) Senior
2 1,170 (11.55%) Developer
3 1,169 (11.54%) Analyst
4 894 (8.83%) Graduate
5 812 (8.02%) Software Engineer
6 704 (6.95%) Lead
7 580 (5.73%) Project Manager
8 488 (4.82%) Architect
9 358 (3.53%) Junior
10 337 (3.33%) Systems Engineer
11 317 (3.13%) Software Developer
12 309 (3.05%) Consultant
13 255 (2.52%) Support Engineer
14 243 (2.40%) Senior Developer
15 221 (2.18%) Embedded Engineer
16 214 (2.11%) Business Analyst
17 201 (1.98%) IT Engineer
18 197 (1.94%) Data Scientist
19 194 (1.92%) IT Manager
20 187 (1.85%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 664 (6.56%) .NET
2 446 (4.40%) HTML
3 412 (4.07%) React
4 379 (3.74%) CSS
5 328 (3.24%) AngularJS
6 210 (2.07%) Node.js
7 157 (1.55%) RESTful
8 152 (1.50%) ASP.NET
9 150 (1.48%) .NET Core
10 148 (1.46%) HTML5
11 142 (1.40%) .NET Framework
12 139 (1.37%) Web Services
13 105 (1.04%) JSON
13 105 (1.04%) REST
14 101 (1.00%) Vue
15 100 (0.99%) Spring
16 92 (0.91%) Unity (Game Engine)
17 88 (0.87%) XML
18 78 (0.77%) CSS3
19 77 (0.76%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 650 (6.42%) Management Information System
2 564 (5.57%) Algorithms
3 563 (5.56%) Self-Motivation
4 374 (3.69%) Onboarding
5 341 (3.37%) Driving Licence
6 290 (2.86%) Data Centre
7 229 (2.26%) Product Ownership
8 165 (1.63%) IoT
9 141 (1.39%) Data Structures
10 135 (1.33%) Embedded Systems
11 130 (1.28%) FPGA
12 127 (1.25%) Life Science
13 118 (1.16%) FMCG
13 118 (1.16%) Mobile App
14 117 (1.16%) Analytical Mindset
14 117 (1.16%) Cloud Native
15 114 (1.13%) Robotics
16 99 (0.98%) Social Media
17 89 (0.88%) Virtual Reality
18 86 (0.85%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1,089 (10.75%) Windows
2 824 (8.14%) Linux
3 351 (3.47%) Windows Server
4 218 (2.15%) Unix
5 197 (1.94%) Windows 10
6 143 (1.41%) Android
7 111 (1.10%) Windows Server 2019
8 97 (0.96%) Mac OS
8 97 (0.96%) Windows Server 2016
9 78 (0.77%) Apple iOS
10 77 (0.76%) Windows Server 2012
11 61 (0.60%) Solaris
12 58 (0.57%) Embedded Linux
13 56 (0.55%) Ubuntu
14 51 (0.50%) Windows 7
15 39 (0.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 28 (0.28%) CentOS
17 24 (0.24%) Mac OS X
18 23 (0.23%) VMS
18 23 (0.23%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 3,026 (29.87%) Problem-Solving
2 2,884 (28.47%) Computer Science
3 1,946 (19.21%) Agile
4 1,462 (14.43%) Software Engineering
5 1,421 (14.03%) Project Management
6 1,200 (11.85%) Continuous Improvement
7 1,068 (10.54%) Mathematics
8 1,041 (10.28%) Mentoring
9 958 (9.46%) Customer Service
10 868 (8.57%) Cybersecurity
11 836 (8.25%) DevOps
12 792 (7.82%) Data Analysis
13 786 (7.76%) Decision-Making
14 759 (7.49%) Coaching
15 739 (7.30%) Analytics
16 715 (7.06%) ITIL
17 693 (6.84%) Artificial Intelligence
18 630 (6.22%) Project Delivery
19 550 (5.43%) Business Intelligence
20 544 (5.37%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 1,246 (12.30%) SQL
2 1,154 (11.39%) Python
3 1,010 (9.97%) C#
4 807 (7.97%) JavaScript
5 669 (6.60%) C
6 534 (5.27%) C++
7 532 (5.25%) Java
8 310 (3.06%) TypeScript
9 244 (2.41%) PowerShell
10 228 (2.25%) MATLAB
11 190 (1.88%) PHP
12 157 (1.55%) Embedded C
13 142 (1.40%) R
14 126 (1.24%) Bash
15 115 (1.14%) Fortran
16 105 (1.04%) VB
17 84 (0.83%) T-SQL
18 69 (0.68%) PL/SQL
19 63 (0.62%) Perl
20 54 (0.53%) Go
Qualifications
1 1,593 (15.73%) Computer Science Degree
2 1,108 (10.94%) Security Cleared
3 859 (8.48%) Master's Degree
4 656 (6.48%) SC Cleared
5 383 (3.78%) PhD
6 283 (2.79%) DBS Check
7 257 (2.54%) Cisco Certification
8 251 (2.48%) Microsoft Certification
9 248 (2.45%) HNC
10 244 (2.41%) HND
11 242 (2.39%) BPSS Clearance
12 200 (1.97%) CCNA
13 176 (1.74%) CISSP
14 168 (1.66%) DV Cleared
15 149 (1.47%) PMI Certification
16 127 (1.25%) PMP
17 126 (1.24%) CCNP
18 107 (1.06%) CISM
19 106 (1.05%) Azure Certification
20 105 (1.04%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 549 (5.42%) QA
2 196 (1.94%) SLA
3 167 (1.65%) Data Quality
4 166 (1.64%) GDPR
5 158 (1.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 154 (1.52%) PMO
7 153 (1.51%) Accessibility
8 102 (1.01%) GMP
8 102 (1.01%) ISO 9001
9 98 (0.97%) NIST
10 65 (0.64%) Cyber Essentials
11 61 (0.60%) Actionable Recommendations
12 50 (0.49%) PCI DSS
13 46 (0.45%) ISO 13485
14 40 (0.39%) ISO 26262
15 39 (0.39%) WCAG
16 35 (0.35%) NEBOSH
17 32 (0.32%) Good Clinical Practice
18 29 (0.29%) Automotive SPICE
19 26 (0.26%) NCSC
System Software
1 529 (5.22%) Active Directory
2 353 (3.49%) Docker
3 352 (3.48%) Firmware
4 273 (2.70%) VMware Infrastructure
5 177 (1.75%) Embedded Firmware
6 153 (1.51%) Hyper-V
7 55 (0.54%) Virtual Machines
8 50 (0.49%) vSphere
9 47 (0.46%) VMware ESXi
10 44 (0.43%) Oracle RAC
11 33 (0.33%) Virtual Desktop
12 23 (0.23%) Terminal Services
13 22 (0.22%) XenApp
14 13 (0.13%) OpenSSH
15 12 (0.12%) Virtual Servers
16 7 (0.069%) KVM
16 7 (0.069%) Microsoft App-V
17 5 (0.049%) Microsoft Virtual Server
17 5 (0.049%) pfSense
17 5 (0.049%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 328 (3.24%) Kubernetes
2 155 (1.53%) Terraform
3 113 (1.12%) SCCM
4 98 (0.97%) Microsoft Intune
5 82 (0.81%) Ansible
6 55 (0.54%) WSUS
7 52 (0.51%) SCOM
8 44 (0.43%) Data Guard
8 44 (0.43%) Oracle RMAN
9 30 (0.30%) Stealthwatch
10 29 (0.29%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 29 (0.29%) Functional Safety
11 28 (0.28%) vCenter Server
12 27 (0.27%) CASB
13 26 (0.26%) Progress Chef
14 21 (0.21%) Puppet
15 19 (0.19%) Jamf Pro
16 16 (0.16%) Autotask
17 14 (0.14%) EnCase
18 13 (0.13%) IBM BigFix
Vendors
1 2,072 (20.46%) Microsoft
2 355 (3.50%) VMware
3 304 (3.00%) SAP
4 267 (2.64%) Oracle
5 266 (2.63%) Cisco
6 210 (2.07%) Google
7 189 (1.87%) EMC
8 179 (1.77%) Adobe
9 164 (1.62%) Apple
10 116 (1.15%) Salesforce
11 96 (0.95%) HP
12 88 (0.87%) Meraki
13 81 (0.80%) Dell
14 78 (0.77%) ServiceNow
15 75 (0.74%) IBM
16 72 (0.71%) Databricks
17 69 (0.68%) Citrix
17 69 (0.68%) Veeam
18 68 (0.67%) Qualtrics
19 66 (0.65%) Xilinx