Academic Degree
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Degree qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 12 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 9 5 12
Rank change year-on-year -4 +7 +3
Permanent jobs citing Degree 14,255 19,123 25,646
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 14.36% 18.87% 16.26%
As % of the Qualifications category 51.82% 57.50% 60.30%
Number of salaries quoted 8,832 7,968 10,093
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,393 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.88% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £97,500 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £49,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

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 requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 27,507 33,255 42,531
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.71% 32.82% 26.96%
Number of salaries quoted 17,306 15,034 18,884
10th Percentile £28,500 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £41,875 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £59,526 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.28% +8.23% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £51,603 £50,000
% change year-on-year -3.11% +3.21% +1.42%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Degree in the UK

Degree
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Degree in the UK

Degree
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Degree over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Degree in the UK

Degree
Top 19 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Degree within the UK over the 6 months to 12 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
England -4 12,689 £52,500 -12.50% 7,447
UK excluding London -5 9,896 £49,000 -2.00% 5,223
Work from Home +6 4,307 £55,000 -8.33% 2,813
London +2 3,804 £67,500 - 2,521
South East -1 2,920 £51,500 +0.49% 1,288
North of England 0 2,001 £47,500 -8.33% 1,211
Midlands -2 1,682 £47,500 -5.00% 951
South West -4 1,343 £48,750 +2.63% 690
North West +3 1,205 £48,000 -12.73% 702
West Midlands -2 1,130 £50,000 -4.76% 590
East of England -3 863 £47,500 -5.00% 722
Scotland -29 696 £45,543 -8.91% 329
Yorkshire +4 579 £45,000 -10.00% 374
East Midlands -4 540 £40,000 -15.79% 360
Wales -6 261 £44,886 -0.25% 144
North East -9 217 £48,367 +1.82% 155
Northern Ireland +10 109 £45,000 +2.86% 69
Isle of Man - 23 £52,500 - 5
Channel Islands -1 6 £67,500 +8.00% 5

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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
1 409 (2.87%) SharePoint
2 374 (2.62%) Microsoft Exchange
3 263 (1.84%) Confluence
4 136 (0.95%) Apache Spark
5 130 (0.91%) SAS
6 111 (0.78%) CMS
7 84 (0.59%) Apache
8 81 (0.57%) IIS
9 67 (0.47%) WordPress
10 44 (0.31%) Oracle Service Bus
10 44 (0.31%) WebLogic
11 38 (0.27%) Tomcat
12 31 (0.22%) Apache Airflow
12 31 (0.22%) FileNet
12 31 (0.22%) Skype for Business
13 19 (0.13%) ArcGIS
14 17 (0.12%) OpenStack
15 12 (0.084%) nginx
15 12 (0.084%) Oracle Workflow
16 9 (0.063%) Drupal
Applications
1 1,458 (10.23%) Microsoft Office
2 1,404 (9.85%) Microsoft Excel
3 604 (4.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 198 (1.39%) Microsoft Project
5 181 (1.27%) MS Visio
6 164 (1.15%) Simulink
7 86 (0.60%) AutoCAD
8 77 (0.54%) Photoshop
9 63 (0.44%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 61 (0.43%) Spreadsheet
11 49 (0.34%) Adobe Illustrator
12 42 (0.29%) SPSS
13 38 (0.27%) InDesign
13 38 (0.27%) UserZoom
14 35 (0.25%) Chatbot
15 31 (0.22%) Revit
15 31 (0.22%) Stateflow
15 31 (0.22%) Trello
16 27 (0.19%) Adobe After Effects
17 23 (0.16%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 185 (1.30%) Dynamics CRM
2 73 (0.51%) SAP S/4HANA
3 56 (0.39%) Remedy ITSM
4 46 (0.32%) NEC Housing
5 42 (0.29%) NetSuite
6 36 (0.25%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 32 (0.22%) SAP ERP
8 26 (0.18%) SDL Web 8
8 26 (0.18%) Unit4 Business World
9 24 (0.17%) Primavera
10 18 (0.13%) Salesforce CRM
10 18 (0.13%) SAP CO
10 18 (0.13%) SAP FI
10 18 (0.13%) SAP FI/CO
11 17 (0.12%) Dynamics NAV
11 17 (0.12%) Endur
12 16 (0.11%) SAP Business One
12 16 (0.11%) SAP CX
12 16 (0.11%) Shopify
13 10 (0.070%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 1,861 (13.06%) Azure
2 1,274 (8.94%) AWS
3 1,154 (8.10%) Microsoft 365
4 810 (5.68%) Power Platform
5 441 (3.09%) SaaS
6 360 (2.53%) GCP
7 266 (1.87%) Dynamics 365
8 248 (1.74%) Azure DevOps
9 186 (1.30%) GitHub
10 185 (1.30%) Entra ID
11 182 (1.28%) PowerApps
12 165 (1.16%) Serverless
13 162 (1.14%) Power Automate
14 157 (1.10%) Cloud Computing
15 124 (0.87%) Figma
16 120 (0.84%) IaaS
17 118 (0.83%) PaaS
18 116 (0.81%) Amazon S3
19 96 (0.67%) WhatsApp
20 95 (0.67%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 509 (3.57%) Firewall
2 399 (2.80%) WAN
3 359 (2.52%) Wireless
4 276 (1.94%) DNS
5 257 (1.80%) TCP/IP
6 253 (1.77%) LAN
7 230 (1.61%) Network Security
8 214 (1.50%) Internet
9 192 (1.35%) Wi-Fi
10 187 (1.31%) DHCP
11 184 (1.29%) SD-WAN
12 168 (1.18%) VPN
13 131 (0.92%) Cisco IOS
14 107 (0.75%) WebEx
15 103 (0.72%) VoIP
16 97 (0.68%) SAN
17 94 (0.66%) 5G
18 91 (0.64%) Ethernet
19 82 (0.58%) VLAN
20 68 (0.48%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 855 (6.00%) SQL Server
2 678 (4.76%) Power BI
3 473 (3.32%) Tableau
4 291 (2.04%) Relational Database
5 279 (1.96%) MySQL
6 262 (1.84%) NoSQL
7 252 (1.77%) Data Warehouse
8 209 (1.47%) Big Data
9 189 (1.33%) PostgreSQL
10 154 (1.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 142 (1.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 109 (0.76%) Oracle Database
13 106 (0.74%) Redis
14 99 (0.69%) Data Mining
15 96 (0.67%) Elasticsearch
16 89 (0.62%) Data Lake
17 85 (0.60%) MongoDB
18 84 (0.59%) Hadoop
19 78 (0.55%) GIS
20 77 (0.54%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 933 (6.55%) Git
2 589 (4.13%) JIRA
3 263 (1.84%) Visual Studio
4 215 (1.51%) Jenkins
5 127 (0.89%) Bitbucket
6 111 (0.78%) Selenium
7 88 (0.62%) GitLab
8 85 (0.60%) LabVIEW
9 80 (0.56%) Sourcetree
10 79 (0.55%) Subversion
11 72 (0.51%) Cypress.io
12 62 (0.43%) TeamCity
13 48 (0.34%) Rational DOORS
14 47 (0.33%) JUnit
14 47 (0.33%) Moq
15 43 (0.30%) Postman
16 42 (0.29%) NUnit
17 39 (0.27%) Mockito
18 37 (0.26%) CMake
19 36 (0.25%) Jasmine
General
1 6,081 (42.66%) Social Skills
2 2,927 (20.53%) Analytical Skills
3 2,846 (19.96%) Finance
4 1,566 (10.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1,184 (8.31%) Marketing
6 1,126 (7.90%) Manufacturing
7 997 (6.99%) Retail
8 847 (5.94%) Presentation Skills
9 786 (5.51%) Law
10 736 (5.16%) Legal
11 674 (4.73%) Electronics
12 516 (3.62%) Public Sector
13 515 (3.61%) Organisational Skills
14 472 (3.31%) Influencing Skills
15 467 (3.28%) Telecoms
16 396 (2.78%) Pharmaceutical
17 370 (2.60%) Banking
18 346 (2.43%) Games
19 305 (2.14%) Automotive
20 304 (2.13%) Military
Job Titles
1 2,161 (15.16%) Senior
2 1,815 (12.73%) Analyst
3 1,689 (11.85%) Developer
4 1,162 (8.15%) Graduate
5 984 (6.90%) Lead
6 920 (6.45%) Software Engineer
7 766 (5.37%) Architect
8 748 (5.25%) Project Manager
9 490 (3.44%) Consultant
10 428 (3.00%) Junior
11 400 (2.81%) Senior Analyst
12 379 (2.66%) Software Developer
13 374 (2.62%) Senior Developer
14 363 (2.55%) Systems Engineer
15 346 (2.43%) Support Engineer
16 335 (2.35%) IT Support
17 320 (2.24%) Data Scientist
18 291 (2.04%) Data Analyst
19 279 (1.96%) Solutions Architect
20 278 (1.95%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 974 (6.83%) .NET
2 689 (4.83%) HTML
3 605 (4.24%) CSS
4 578 (4.05%) React
5 421 (2.95%) AngularJS
6 261 (1.83%) Node.js
7 253 (1.77%) ASP.NET
8 228 (1.60%) Web Services
9 220 (1.54%) RESTful
10 213 (1.49%) .NET Framework
11 199 (1.40%) HTML5
12 186 (1.30%) .NET Core
13 168 (1.18%) Kafka
14 167 (1.17%) REST
15 153 (1.07%) Spring
16 152 (1.07%) XML
17 144 (1.01%) JSON
18 132 (0.93%) Vue
19 115 (0.81%) Entity Framework
20 113 (0.79%) Unity (Game Engine)
Miscellaneous
1 963 (6.76%) Management Information System
2 844 (5.92%) Self-Motivation
3 750 (5.26%) Algorithms
4 528 (3.70%) Driving Licence
5 491 (3.44%) Onboarding
6 363 (2.55%) Data Centre
7 360 (2.53%) Product Ownership
8 236 (1.66%) Data Structures
9 220 (1.54%) IoT
10 218 (1.53%) Social Media
11 209 (1.47%) Life Science
12 180 (1.26%) FMCG
13 171 (1.20%) Analytical Mindset
14 157 (1.10%) Video Conferencing
15 152 (1.07%) Virtual Team
16 150 (1.05%) Mobile App
17 147 (1.03%) Cloud Native
18 140 (0.98%) Embedded Systems
19 133 (0.93%) Enterprise Software
19 133 (0.93%) FPGA
Operating Systems
1 1,533 (10.75%) Windows
2 1,022 (7.17%) Linux
3 437 (3.07%) Windows Server
4 382 (2.68%) Windows 10
5 266 (1.87%) Unix
6 256 (1.80%) Android
7 130 (0.91%) Mac OS
8 119 (0.83%) Windows Server 2019
9 111 (0.78%) Apple iOS
10 107 (0.75%) Windows Server 2016
11 81 (0.57%) Windows Server 2012
12 74 (0.52%) Windows 7
13 69 (0.48%) Solaris
14 64 (0.45%) Ubuntu
15 51 (0.36%) Embedded Linux
16 36 (0.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
17 35 (0.25%) Kali Linux
18 29 (0.20%) Debian
19 28 (0.20%) CentOS
20 26 (0.18%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 4,289 (30.09%) Computer Science
2 4,225 (29.64%) Problem-Solving
3 2,721 (19.09%) Agile
4 2,036 (14.28%) Project Management
5 1,850 (12.98%) Software Engineering
6 1,579 (11.08%) Mathematics
7 1,435 (10.07%) Continuous Improvement
8 1,358 (9.53%) Mentoring
9 1,275 (8.94%) Analytics
10 1,175 (8.24%) Cybersecurity
11 1,149 (8.06%) Decision-Making
12 1,101 (7.72%) Customer Service
13 1,097 (7.70%) DevOps
14 1,077 (7.56%) Data Analysis
15 1,053 (7.39%) Artificial Intelligence
16 958 (6.72%) ITIL
17 921 (6.46%) Business Intelligence
18 873 (6.12%) Roadmaps
19 857 (6.01%) Project Delivery
20 823 (5.77%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 2,202 (15.45%) SQL
2 1,963 (13.77%) Python
3 1,433 (10.05%) C#
4 1,163 (8.16%) JavaScript
5 777 (5.45%) Java
6 710 (4.98%) C
7 602 (4.22%) C++
8 401 (2.81%) TypeScript
9 399 (2.80%) PowerShell
10 291 (2.04%) R
11 242 (1.70%) PHP
12 236 (1.66%) MATLAB
13 217 (1.52%) T-SQL
14 179 (1.26%) Bash
15 154 (1.08%) Embedded C
16 106 (0.74%) VB
17 102 (0.72%) PL/SQL
18 99 (0.69%) Fortran
19 82 (0.58%) Go
20 79 (0.55%) Perl
Qualifications
1 2,462 (17.27%) Computer Science Degree
2 1,582 (11.10%) Master's Degree
3 1,262 (8.85%) Security Cleared
4 754 (5.29%) SC Cleared
5 648 (4.55%) DBS Check
6 531 (3.73%) PhD
7 400 (2.81%) Microsoft Certification
8 320 (2.24%) Cisco Certification
9 319 (2.24%) CISSP
10 283 (1.99%) HNC
11 279 (1.96%) HND
12 267 (1.87%) BPSS Clearance
13 226 (1.59%) PMI Certification
14 218 (1.53%) CCNA
15 212 (1.49%) CISM
16 197 (1.38%) PMP
17 190 (1.33%) DV Cleared
18 173 (1.21%) Azure Certification
19 172 (1.21%) MBA
20 154 (1.08%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 724 (5.08%) QA
2 274 (1.92%) Data Quality
3 254 (1.78%) GDPR
4 236 (1.66%) Accessibility
4 236 (1.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 236 (1.66%) SLA
5 195 (1.37%) PMO
6 145 (1.02%) NIST
7 114 (0.80%) GMP
8 111 (0.78%) ISO 9001
9 89 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials
10 77 (0.54%) Actionable Recommendations
11 71 (0.50%) PCI DSS
12 61 (0.43%) WCAG
13 47 (0.33%) ISO 13485
13 47 (0.33%) NCSC
14 45 (0.32%) NEBOSH
15 40 (0.28%) ISO 26262
16 37 (0.26%) GRC
17 36 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 15288
System Software
1 792 (5.56%) Active Directory
2 527 (3.70%) Docker
3 353 (2.48%) Firmware
4 316 (2.22%) VMware Infrastructure
5 182 (1.28%) Embedded Firmware
6 155 (1.09%) Hyper-V
7 152 (1.07%) VMware ESXi
8 109 (0.76%) XenApp
9 94 (0.66%) Microsoft App-V
10 92 (0.65%) XenDesktop
11 75 (0.53%) Virtual Machines
12 61 (0.43%) vSphere
13 45 (0.32%) Oracle RAC
14 38 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
15 23 (0.16%) Terminal Services
16 19 (0.13%) Virtual Servers
17 10 (0.070%) OpenSSH
18 8 (0.056%) KVM
19 5 (0.035%) Microsoft Virtual Server
19 5 (0.035%) pfSense
Systems Management
1 463 (3.25%) Kubernetes
2 235 (1.65%) Terraform
3 222 (1.56%) SCCM
4 153 (1.07%) Microsoft Intune
5 117 (0.82%) Ansible
6 100 (0.70%) AirWatch
7 50 (0.35%) WSUS
8 49 (0.34%) SCOM
9 45 (0.32%) Data Guard
9 45 (0.32%) Oracle RMAN
10 40 (0.28%) CASB
11 37 (0.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 33 (0.23%) Jamf Pro
13 31 (0.22%) Functional Safety
14 30 (0.21%) Progress Chef
15 27 (0.19%) vCenter Server
16 25 (0.18%) Puppet
17 21 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
17 21 (0.15%) Stealthwatch
18 20 (0.14%) Grafana
Vendors
1 2,917 (20.46%) Microsoft
2 445 (3.12%) VMware
3 432 (3.03%) Cisco
4 404 (2.83%) SAP
5 394 (2.76%) Google
6 389 (2.73%) Oracle
7 263 (1.84%) Adobe
8 238 (1.67%) Databricks
9 223 (1.56%) Apple
10 217 (1.52%) Salesforce
11 192 (1.35%) EMC
12 178 (1.25%) Citrix
13 136 (0.95%) Dell
14 122 (0.86%) IBM
15 120 (0.84%) HP
15 120 (0.84%) ServiceNow
16 99 (0.69%) Meraki
17 86 (0.60%) Sage
18 80 (0.56%) Veeam
19 77 (0.54%) Qualtrics