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 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 11 17 18
Rank change year-on-year +6 +1 +4
Permanent jobs citing Degree 4,322 4,908 9,489
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 12.73% 12.24% 13.22%
As % of the Qualifications category 45.22% 47.46% 57.16%
Number of salaries quoted 2,859 3,162 4,588
10th Percentile £31,000 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £39,750 £45,000 £40,132
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £72,438 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £88,750 £100,000 £93,750
UK median annual salary £52,500 £59,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -11.02% +7.27% +0.92%

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 9,557 10,342 16,600
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 28.15% 25.79% 23.13%
Number of salaries quoted 5,892 6,235 8,773
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,715 £77,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £54,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +9.09% -

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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 23 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 98 (2.27%) SharePoint
2 85 (1.97%) Microsoft Exchange
3 58 (1.34%) IIS
4 44 (1.02%) Apache
5 39 (0.90%) SAS
6 32 (0.74%) Confluence
7 31 (0.72%) Tomcat
8 27 (0.62%) CMS
9 21 (0.49%) WordPress
10 19 (0.44%) Apache Spark
11 16 (0.37%) OpenStack
12 12 (0.28%) Apache Airflow
13 11 (0.25%) ArcGIS
14 8 (0.19%) nginx
15 6 (0.14%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
15 6 (0.14%) Exchange Server 2000
15 6 (0.14%) Luigi
16 5 (0.12%) Drupal
17 4 (0.093%) OpenEdge
17 4 (0.093%) Umbraco
Applications
1 306 (7.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 247 (5.71%) Microsoft Office
3 131 (3.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 78 (1.80%) Simulink
5 66 (1.53%) Microsoft Project
6 33 (0.76%) MS Visio
7 22 (0.51%) Photoshop
8 21 (0.49%) AutoCAD
9 20 (0.46%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 19 (0.44%) Adobe Illustrator
11 17 (0.39%) Adobe XD
11 17 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
12 14 (0.32%) Adobe After Effects
12 14 (0.32%) Sketch
12 14 (0.32%) Trello
13 13 (0.30%) OrCAD
14 12 (0.28%) SPSS
15 11 (0.25%) InDesign
16 10 (0.23%) InVision
16 10 (0.23%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 48 (1.11%) Dynamics CRM
2 40 (0.93%) NEC Housing
3 29 (0.67%) SAP S/4HANA
4 22 (0.51%) Unit4 Business World
5 13 (0.30%) Endur
5 13 (0.30%) Salesforce CRM
6 12 (0.28%) SAP CX
7 10 (0.23%) SAP CO
7 10 (0.23%) SAP FI
7 10 (0.23%) SAP FI/CO
8 8 (0.19%) Dynamics NAV
8 8 (0.19%) Remedy ITSM
8 8 (0.19%) SAP Business One
9 7 (0.16%) NetSuite
10 5 (0.12%) Odoo
11 4 (0.093%) Magento
11 4 (0.093%) Primavera
11 4 (0.093%) SAP HR
11 4 (0.093%) Shopify
11 4 (0.093%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 808 (18.70%) Azure
2 644 (14.90%) AWS
3 342 (7.91%) Microsoft 365
4 245 (5.67%) Power Platform
5 219 (5.07%) SaaS
6 143 (3.31%) GCP
7 103 (2.38%) Azure DevOps
8 90 (2.08%) Entra ID
9 86 (1.99%) Cloud Computing
10 77 (1.78%) Serverless
11 68 (1.57%) GitHub
12 65 (1.50%) Snowflake
13 60 (1.39%) Power Automate
14 59 (1.37%) PowerApps
15 58 (1.34%) Dynamics 365
16 57 (1.32%) IaaS
17 56 (1.30%) PaaS
18 51 (1.18%) AWS Lambda
19 45 (1.04%) WhatsApp
20 28 (0.65%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 147 (3.40%) Firewall
2 131 (3.03%) Wireless
3 119 (2.75%) WAN
4 88 (2.04%) DNS
5 74 (1.71%) TCP/IP
6 70 (1.62%) LAN
7 69 (1.60%) Wi-Fi
8 60 (1.39%) Network Security
9 58 (1.34%) DHCP
9 58 (1.34%) SD-WAN
10 55 (1.27%) Internet
11 51 (1.18%) VPN
12 40 (0.93%) Ethernet
13 30 (0.69%) VoIP
14 26 (0.60%) Unified Communications
15 25 (0.58%) Cisco Firepower
15 25 (0.58%) SAN
16 23 (0.53%) RS-232
16 23 (0.53%) VLAN
17 17 (0.39%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 313 (7.24%) SQL Server
2 282 (6.52%) Tableau
3 217 (5.02%) Power BI
4 139 (3.22%) Relational Database
5 113 (2.61%) Data Warehouse
6 93 (2.15%) MySQL
7 85 (1.97%) PostgreSQL
8 72 (1.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 70 (1.62%) Big Data
10 69 (1.60%) NoSQL
11 52 (1.20%) Redis
12 50 (1.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 45 (1.04%) Oracle Database
14 36 (0.83%) RDBMS
15 34 (0.79%) Data Lake
16 32 (0.74%) MongoDB
17 27 (0.62%) Elasticsearch
18 26 (0.60%) GIS
19 21 (0.49%) DB2
20 20 (0.46%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 384 (8.88%) Git
2 107 (2.48%) JIRA
3 49 (1.13%) Visual Studio
4 48 (1.11%) Jenkins
5 31 (0.72%) Selenium
5 31 (0.72%) Subversion
6 23 (0.53%) CMake
7 17 (0.39%) Rational DOORS
7 17 (0.39%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 16 (0.37%) Vagrant
9 15 (0.35%) Balsamiq
10 14 (0.32%) GitLab
10 14 (0.32%) TeamCity
11 13 (0.30%) Axure RP
12 12 (0.28%) Postman
13 11 (0.25%) Rational Rhapsody
14 10 (0.23%) JUnit
14 10 (0.23%) LabVIEW
14 10 (0.23%) Maven
15 9 (0.21%) InstallShield
General
1 2,034 (47.06%) Social Skills
2 951 (22.00%) Finance
3 812 (18.79%) Analytical Skills
4 399 (9.23%) Marketing
5 369 (8.54%) Retail
6 363 (8.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 289 (6.69%) Presentation Skills
8 287 (6.64%) Legal
9 252 (5.83%) Public Sector
10 194 (4.49%) Manufacturing
11 152 (3.52%) Electronics
12 142 (3.29%) Law
13 130 (3.01%) Games
14 119 (2.75%) Pharmaceutical
15 115 (2.66%) Aerospace
16 113 (2.61%) Telecoms
17 92 (2.13%) Banking
18 88 (2.04%) Local Government
19 79 (1.83%) Automotive
20 78 (1.80%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 820 (18.97%) Senior
2 623 (14.41%) Analyst
3 614 (14.21%) Developer
4 317 (7.33%) Lead
5 307 (7.10%) Software Engineer
6 255 (5.90%) Architect
7 220 (5.09%) Project Manager
8 200 (4.63%) Data Analyst
9 196 (4.53%) Senior Analyst
10 184 (4.26%) Consultant
11 167 (3.86%) Graduate
12 152 (3.52%) Junior
13 144 (3.33%) Senior Developer
14 141 (3.26%) Software Developer
15 117 (2.71%) Senior Data Analyst
16 107 (2.48%) Support Engineer
17 96 (2.22%) Business Analyst
18 93 (2.15%) Systems Engineer
19 91 (2.11%) .NET Developer
19 91 (2.11%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 331 (7.66%) .NET
2 262 (6.06%) HTML
3 230 (5.32%) CSS
4 176 (4.07%) AngularJS
5 157 (3.63%) React
6 126 (2.92%) Node.js
7 105 (2.43%) ASP.NET
8 104 (2.41%) RESTful
9 92 (2.13%) .NET Core
10 87 (2.01%) Web Services
11 81 (1.87%) .NET Framework
12 65 (1.50%) REST
13 64 (1.48%) Vue
14 63 (1.46%) TensorFlow
15 62 (1.43%) Pandas
16 57 (1.32%) PySpark
17 55 (1.27%) ASP.NET MVC
18 54 (1.25%) XML
19 46 (1.06%) scikit-learn
20 45 (1.04%) Express.js
Miscellaneous
1 271 (6.27%) Management Information System
2 245 (5.67%) Algorithms
3 217 (5.02%) Data Centre
4 179 (4.14%) Self-Motivation
5 116 (2.68%) Product Ownership
6 109 (2.52%) Life Science
7 98 (2.27%) Data Structures
8 91 (2.11%) Client/Server
9 89 (2.06%) Public Cloud
10 74 (1.71%) Social Media
11 71 (1.64%) Driving Licence
12 70 (1.62%) IoT
13 68 (1.57%) Onboarding
14 62 (1.43%) Virtual Team
15 58 (1.34%) Mobile App
16 49 (1.13%) Cloud Native
17 41 (0.95%) Enterprise Software
18 40 (0.93%) Embedded Systems
19 39 (0.90%) Renewable Energy
20 38 (0.88%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 504 (11.66%) Windows
2 394 (9.12%) Linux
3 175 (4.05%) Windows Server
4 126 (2.92%) Unix
5 96 (2.22%) Windows 10
6 73 (1.69%) Android
7 64 (1.48%) Apple iOS
8 47 (1.09%) Windows Server 2016
9 38 (0.88%) Windows Server 2019
10 29 (0.67%) Solaris
10 29 (0.67%) Ubuntu
11 28 (0.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 28 (0.65%) Windows Server 2012
12 27 (0.62%) Embedded Linux
13 24 (0.56%) Mac OS
14 20 (0.46%) CentOS
15 18 (0.42%) Mac OS X
16 15 (0.35%) FreeRTOS
17 9 (0.21%) Windows 7
18 8 (0.19%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,273 (29.45%) Computer Science
2 1,222 (28.27%) Problem-Solving
3 929 (21.49%) Agile
4 667 (15.43%) Software Engineering
5 615 (14.23%) Project Management
6 578 (13.37%) Analytics
7 549 (12.70%) Mathematics
8 447 (10.34%) DevOps
9 404 (9.35%) Mentoring
10 399 (9.23%) Decision-Making
11 367 (8.49%) Data Analysis
12 366 (8.47%) Artificial Intelligence
13 364 (8.42%) Visualisation
14 360 (8.33%) ITIL
15 358 (8.28%) Actionable Insight
16 331 (7.66%) Continuous Improvement
17 329 (7.61%) Business Intelligence
18 321 (7.43%) Cybersecurity
19 315 (7.29%) Roadmaps
20 308 (7.13%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 878 (20.31%) SQL
2 806 (18.65%) Python
3 453 (10.48%) C#
4 418 (9.67%) JavaScript
5 276 (6.39%) Java
6 201 (4.65%) C
7 157 (3.63%) C++
8 135 (3.12%) PowerShell
9 126 (2.92%) TypeScript
10 97 (2.24%) T-SQL
11 79 (1.83%) PHP
12 67 (1.55%) R
13 52 (1.20%) Embedded C
14 51 (1.18%) MATLAB
15 46 (1.06%) Bash
15 46 (1.06%) VB
16 41 (0.95%) Kotlin
17 38 (0.88%) Shell Script
18 33 (0.76%) Go
19 26 (0.60%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 775 (17.93%) Computer Science Degree
2 606 (14.02%) Security Cleared
3 417 (9.65%) Master's Degree
4 365 (8.45%) SC Cleared
5 264 (6.11%) DBS Check
6 138 (3.19%) PhD
7 125 (2.89%) Microsoft Certification
8 124 (2.87%) BPSS Clearance
9 92 (2.13%) Cisco Certification
10 86 (1.99%) CISSP
11 83 (1.92%) DV Cleared
12 77 (1.78%) CCNA
13 74 (1.71%) PMI Certification
14 65 (1.50%) PMP
15 64 (1.48%) CISM
16 63 (1.46%) Numerate Degree
17 62 (1.43%) Azure Certification
18 59 (1.37%) AWS Certification
19 57 (1.32%) CCNP
20 48 (1.11%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 235 (5.44%) QA
2 100 (2.31%) Accessibility
3 67 (1.55%) Data Quality
3 67 (1.55%) GDPR
4 66 (1.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 63 (1.46%) SLA
6 59 (1.37%) PMO
7 40 (0.93%) NIST
8 27 (0.62%) ISO 9001
9 23 (0.53%) NCSC
10 22 (0.51%) Actionable Recommendations
10 22 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials
11 20 (0.46%) WCAG
12 15 (0.35%) ITGC
13 14 (0.32%) Good Clinical Practice
14 13 (0.30%) PCI DSS
15 10 (0.23%) GRC
15 10 (0.23%) NIST 800
16 9 (0.21%) ISO 14001
17 8 (0.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 229 (5.30%) Active Directory
2 199 (4.60%) Docker
3 111 (2.57%) Firmware
4 104 (2.41%) VMware Infrastructure
5 55 (1.27%) Hyper-V
6 41 (0.95%) Embedded Firmware
7 34 (0.79%) Virtual Desktop
8 33 (0.76%) Virtual Machines
9 24 (0.56%) vSphere
10 22 (0.51%) VMware ESXi
11 16 (0.37%) XenApp
12 11 (0.25%) OpenSSH
13 8 (0.19%) Virtual Servers
14 7 (0.16%) KVM
15 5 (0.12%) Terminal Services
16 4 (0.093%) Microsoft App-V
17 2 (0.046%) Kamailio
17 2 (0.046%) Oracle RAC
17 2 (0.046%) XenDesktop
18 1 (0.023%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 155 (3.59%) Kubernetes
2 108 (2.50%) Terraform
3 77 (1.78%) Ansible
4 57 (1.32%) Microsoft Intune
5 46 (1.06%) SCCM
6 33 (0.76%) SCOM
7 30 (0.69%) WSUS
8 25 (0.58%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 24 (0.56%) Stealthwatch
10 23 (0.53%) Progress Chef
11 19 (0.44%) Puppet
12 17 (0.39%) CASB
13 15 (0.35%) Cisco CUCM
14 13 (0.30%) Grafana
14 13 (0.30%) ServiceCenter
15 12 (0.28%) vCenter Server
16 11 (0.25%) IBM BigFix
16 11 (0.25%) PowerCLI
16 11 (0.25%) Single Sign-On
17 10 (0.23%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 950 (21.98%) Microsoft
2 213 (4.93%) Databricks
3 167 (3.86%) Adobe
4 161 (3.73%) SAP
5 143 (3.31%) VMware
6 138 (3.19%) Google
7 132 (3.05%) Oracle
8 112 (2.59%) Cisco
9 110 (2.55%) Apple
10 89 (2.06%) Dell
11 85 (1.97%) Salesforce
12 60 (1.39%) Meraki
13 59 (1.37%) IBM
14 58 (1.34%) HP
15 50 (1.16%) NEC
16 45 (1.04%) Xilinx
17 42 (0.97%) ServiceNow
18 38 (0.88%) Citrix
19 32 (0.74%) Samsung
20 28 (0.65%) Sage