Degree Jobs in the North West

Academic Degree
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for Degree qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 9 13 16
Rank change year-on-year +4 +3 +6
Permanent jobs citing Degree 1,198 1,221 1,124
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 12.01% 15.85% 11.95%
As % of the Qualifications category 50.15% 45.58% 39.23%
Number of salaries quoted 833 445 459
10th Percentile £26,050 £27,350 £25,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +15.79% -
75th Percentile £61,250 £67,500 £59,827
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% +9.09% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North West

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 West with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,389 2,679 2,865
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 23.95% 34.78% 30.45%
Number of salaries quoted 1,634 914 1,302
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,000 £26,572
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £37,630
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £56,272 £48,417
Median % change year-on-year -11.15% +16.22% -3.17%
75th Percentile £63,750 £70,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £79,880 £85,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £54,700 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.83% +9.09% -

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Degree in the North West

Degree
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Degree in the North West

Degree
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Degree in the North West over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Degree in the North West

Degree
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Degree within the North West region over the 6 months to 18 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
Manchester +1 563 £50,000 -9.16% 340
Lancashire +2 229 £52,084 -5.30% 100
Cheshire +3 223 £47,000 -20.00% 161
Merseyside -15 94 £32,500 -27.78% 65
Cumbria +7 83 £39,500 -35.03% 45
Degree
England

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 19 (1.59%) SharePoint
2 17 (1.42%) CMS
3 11 (0.92%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (0.92%) SAS
4 10 (0.83%) IIS
5 8 (0.67%) Apache
5 8 (0.67%) Tomcat
6 7 (0.58%) Confluence
7 6 (0.50%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 4 (0.33%) Apache Spark
8 4 (0.33%) ArcGIS
8 4 (0.33%) Umbraco
8 4 (0.33%) WordPress
9 1 (0.083%) Kentico
9 1 (0.083%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.083%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 83 (6.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 78 (6.51%) Microsoft Office
3 49 (4.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 13 (1.09%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 11 (0.92%) Adobe Illustrator
5 11 (0.92%) Photoshop
6 9 (0.75%) Adobe Captivate
6 9 (0.75%) Microsoft Project
7 8 (0.67%) MS Visio
8 7 (0.58%) InDesign
9 6 (0.50%) AutoCAD
10 5 (0.42%) Spreadsheet
11 3 (0.25%) Adobe After Effects
11 3 (0.25%) Trello
12 2 (0.17%) SPSS
12 2 (0.17%) Stata
13 1 (0.083%) Acrobat
13 1 (0.083%) Adobe Premiere
13 1 (0.083%) CorelDRAW
13 1 (0.083%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 19 (1.59%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (1.09%) SAP S/4HANA
3 9 (0.75%) SAP CX
4 8 (0.67%) NEC Housing
5 7 (0.58%) SAP Business One
6 4 (0.33%) Dynamics NAV
6 4 (0.33%) Maximo
6 4 (0.33%) NetSuite
6 4 (0.33%) SAP CO
6 4 (0.33%) SAP ERP
6 4 (0.33%) SAP FI
6 4 (0.33%) SAP FI/CO
7 3 (0.25%) Primavera
7 3 (0.25%) SAP APO
7 3 (0.25%) SAP MM
7 3 (0.25%) SAP PP
7 3 (0.25%) SAP SD
7 3 (0.25%) SAP WM
8 2 (0.17%) Dynamics AX
8 2 (0.17%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 132 (11.02%) Azure
2 105 (8.76%) AWS
3 76 (6.34%) Microsoft 365
4 41 (3.42%) Power Platform
5 30 (2.50%) GCP
6 21 (1.75%) Amazon Kinesis
7 18 (1.50%) Dynamics 365
8 16 (1.34%) Azure DevOps
9 14 (1.17%) Amazon S3
9 14 (1.17%) GitHub
10 13 (1.09%) Amazon EC2
11 11 (0.92%) SaaS
12 10 (0.83%) Google Play
12 10 (0.83%) Serverless
13 8 (0.67%) Entra ID
13 8 (0.67%) Power Automate
14 7 (0.58%) Google Analytics
14 7 (0.58%) Google Workspace
15 5 (0.42%) Adobe Creative Cloud
16 4 (0.33%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 41 (3.42%) Firewall
2 39 (3.26%) PPP
3 32 (2.67%) WAN
4 28 (2.34%) LAN
5 26 (2.17%) TCP/IP
6 23 (1.92%) DNS
7 18 (1.50%) Internet
7 18 (1.50%) Network Security
8 16 (1.34%) VPN
9 15 (1.25%) Wi-Fi
10 14 (1.17%) DHCP
10 14 (1.17%) RS-232
10 14 (1.17%) SD-WAN
11 13 (1.09%) VoIP
12 11 (0.92%) Broadband
12 11 (0.92%) Remote Desktop
13 10 (0.83%) Ethernet
14 9 (0.75%) VLAN
14 9 (0.75%) Wireless
15 8 (0.67%) Cisco Firepower
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (5.43%) SQL Server
2 37 (3.09%) MySQL
3 30 (2.50%) Tableau
4 27 (2.25%) Data Warehouse
4 27 (2.25%) Relational Database
5 24 (2.00%) NoSQL
5 24 (2.00%) Power BI
6 18 (1.50%) Amazon Redshift
6 18 (1.50%) MS Access
7 17 (1.42%) RDBMS
8 16 (1.34%) PostgreSQL
9 13 (1.09%) Amazon RDS
10 10 (0.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 9 (0.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 8 (0.67%) Big Data
12 8 (0.67%) DynamoDB
12 8 (0.67%) Oracle Database
12 8 (0.67%) Redis
13 7 (0.58%) Amazon Aurora
13 7 (0.58%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 60 (5.01%) Git
2 45 (3.76%) JIRA
3 14 (1.17%) Postman
4 12 (1.00%) Visual Studio
5 11 (0.92%) Subversion
6 10 (0.83%) Appium
7 9 (0.75%) Jenkins
8 7 (0.58%) Gatling
9 6 (0.50%) Dreamweaver
10 5 (0.42%) Clang
10 5 (0.42%) InstallShield
10 5 (0.42%) IntelliJ
10 5 (0.42%) JUnit
10 5 (0.42%) Mockito
11 4 (0.33%) CMake
11 4 (0.33%) GCC
11 4 (0.33%) GDB
11 4 (0.33%) Rational DOORS
11 4 (0.33%) TeamCity
12 3 (0.25%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 465 (38.81%) Social Skills
2 152 (12.69%) Finance
3 124 (10.35%) Analytical Skills
4 119 (9.93%) Manufacturing
5 50 (4.17%) Legal
6 47 (3.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 45 (3.76%) Retail
8 42 (3.51%) Marketing
9 41 (3.42%) Public Sector
10 38 (3.17%) Electronics
10 38 (3.17%) Games
11 37 (3.09%) Organisational Skills
12 32 (2.67%) Presentation Skills
13 29 (2.42%) Law
13 29 (2.42%) Military
14 26 (2.17%) Telecoms
15 24 (2.00%) Aerospace
16 22 (1.84%) Automotive
17 17 (1.42%) Pharmaceutical
18 16 (1.34%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 182 (15.19%) Senior
2 179 (14.94%) Developer
3 106 (8.85%) Software Engineer
4 101 (8.43%) Analyst
5 80 (6.68%) Graduate
6 77 (6.43%) Lead
7 64 (5.34%) Project Manager
8 43 (3.59%) Architect
9 39 (3.26%) Lead Developer
10 33 (2.75%) Senior Developer
11 31 (2.59%) IT Manager
12 30 (2.50%) .NET Developer
13 28 (2.34%) Junior
13 28 (2.34%) Software Developer
13 28 (2.34%) Team Leader
14 27 (2.25%) Business Developer
14 27 (2.25%) Consultant
14 27 (2.25%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 26 (2.17%) Senior Software Engineer
16 23 (1.92%) Incident Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 105 (8.76%) .NET
2 69 (5.76%) HTML
3 43 (3.59%) Node.js
4 42 (3.51%) CSS
5 35 (2.92%) JSON
6 29 (2.42%) Web Services
7 28 (2.34%) React
8 27 (2.25%) REST
9 21 (1.75%) .NET Framework
10 20 (1.67%) HTML5
11 18 (1.50%) ASP.NET
12 15 (1.25%) Spring
13 14 (1.17%) AngularJS
13 14 (1.17%) Redux
14 13 (1.09%) MobX
14 13 (1.09%) React Native
14 13 (1.09%) Spring Boot
15 12 (1.00%) RESTful
16 11 (0.92%) WinForms
17 10 (0.83%) Android SDK
Miscellaneous
1 102 (8.51%) Management Information System
2 52 (4.34%) Self-Motivation
3 42 (3.51%) Data Centre
4 36 (3.01%) Operational Technology
5 33 (2.75%) Industrial Internet of Things
6 29 (2.42%) Onboarding
7 27 (2.25%) Driving Licence
8 19 (1.59%) Embedded Systems
9 15 (1.25%) e-Learning
9 15 (1.25%) Public Cloud
9 15 (1.25%) Social Media
10 14 (1.17%) Cloud Native
10 14 (1.17%) Enterprise Software
10 14 (1.17%) Renewable Energy
11 13 (1.09%) Algorithms
11 13 (1.09%) Cyber Threat
12 12 (1.00%) Animation
12 12 (1.00%) IoT
13 11 (0.92%) Analytical Mindset
13 11 (0.92%) Blog
Operating Systems
1 114 (9.52%) Windows
2 75 (6.26%) Linux
3 21 (1.75%) Unix
4 20 (1.67%) Windows Server
5 19 (1.59%) Windows Vista
6 15 (1.25%) Android
7 14 (1.17%) Windows 10
8 9 (0.75%) Windows Phone
9 8 (0.67%) Mac OS
9 8 (0.67%) Solaris
10 5 (0.42%) FreeRTOS
10 5 (0.42%) VMS
10 5 (0.42%) Windows Server 2016
11 3 (0.25%) Apple iOS
11 3 (0.25%) Windows Server 2019
12 2 (0.17%) Windows Server 2012
13 1 (0.083%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 1 (0.083%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 340 (28.38%) Computer Science
2 334 (27.88%) Problem-Solving
3 219 (18.28%) Agile
4 187 (15.61%) Cybersecurity
5 180 (15.03%) Project Management
6 160 (13.36%) Software Engineering
7 139 (11.60%) Mentoring
8 103 (8.60%) Analytics
9 95 (7.93%) Continuous Improvement
10 82 (6.84%) Customer Service
11 81 (6.76%) DevOps
11 81 (6.76%) Project Delivery
12 79 (6.59%) Mathematics
13 77 (6.43%) Coaching
14 76 (6.34%) Risk Management
15 73 (6.09%) ITIL
16 69 (5.76%) Incident Response
17 64 (5.34%) ERP
18 60 (5.01%) Change Management
19 57 (4.76%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 141 (11.77%) SQL
2 122 (10.18%) C#
3 88 (7.35%) JavaScript
4 85 (7.10%) Java
4 85 (7.10%) Python
5 41 (3.42%) C
6 33 (2.75%) TypeScript
7 29 (2.42%) PHP
8 21 (1.75%) VB
9 20 (1.67%) C++
10 15 (1.25%) Embedded C
10 15 (1.25%) PowerShell
11 13 (1.09%) T-SQL
12 12 (1.00%) Kotlin
12 12 (1.00%) R
13 11 (0.92%) VBScript
14 10 (0.83%) Scala
15 8 (0.67%) Perl
15 8 (0.67%) Ruby
15 8 (0.67%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 187 (15.61%) Computer Science Degree
2 71 (5.93%) Master's Degree
3 69 (5.76%) Security Cleared
4 56 (4.67%) Cisco Certification
5 53 (4.42%) HNC
6 42 (3.51%) CCNA
6 42 (3.51%) HND
7 41 (3.42%) CISSP
7 41 (3.42%) Microsoft Certification
7 41 (3.42%) SC Cleared
8 34 (2.84%) CCNP
8 34 (2.84%) CISM
9 19 (1.59%) AWS Certification
9 19 (1.59%) PhD
10 15 (1.25%) MCP
10 15 (1.25%) PMP
11 14 (1.17%) PMI Certification
12 13 (1.09%) APMP
12 13 (1.09%) Azure Certification
13 12 (1.00%) Chartered Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (3.67%) QA
2 36 (3.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 25 (2.09%) Accessibility
4 24 (2.00%) NIST
5 22 (1.84%) GDPR
6 21 (1.75%) PCI DSS
7 16 (1.34%) Cyber Essentials
8 15 (1.25%) Data Quality
9 14 (1.17%) SLA
10 10 (0.83%) PMO
11 9 (0.75%) GMP
12 7 (0.58%) NCSC
13 6 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 6 (0.50%) IEC 62304
13 6 (0.50%) NIST 800
14 5 (0.42%) ISO 9001
14 5 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 17025
15 4 (0.33%) TickIT
16 3 (0.25%) WCAG
17 2 (0.17%) MiFID
System Software
1 55 (4.59%) Active Directory
2 20 (1.67%) Docker
3 16 (1.34%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (1.00%) Hyper-V
5 9 (0.75%) Firmware
5 9 (0.75%) Terminal Services
6 6 (0.50%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (0.25%) vSphere
8 2 (0.17%) Embedded Firmware
9 1 (0.083%) Lustre
9 1 (0.083%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.083%) Snort
9 1 (0.083%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 17 (1.42%) Terraform
2 15 (1.25%) Kubernetes
3 10 (0.83%) Ansible
4 9 (0.75%) AirWatch
5 8 (0.67%) Progress Chef
5 8 (0.67%) Stealthwatch
6 7 (0.58%) CASB
7 6 (0.50%) Microsoft Intune
8 4 (0.33%) Autotask
8 4 (0.33%) SCCM
9 3 (0.25%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 2 (0.17%) Grafana
10 2 (0.17%) Prometheus
10 2 (0.17%) vRealize
11 1 (0.083%) EnCase
11 1 (0.083%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.083%) FTK
11 1 (0.083%) Functional Safety
11 1 (0.083%) Icinga
11 1 (0.083%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 243 (20.28%) Microsoft
2 57 (4.76%) Adobe
3 51 (4.26%) SAP
4 44 (3.67%) Cisco
5 37 (3.09%) Apple
6 34 (2.84%) Google
7 27 (2.25%) VMware
8 17 (1.42%) HP
9 16 (1.34%) Meraki
9 16 (1.34%) Oracle
10 15 (1.25%) ServiceNow
11 11 (0.92%) Dell
11 11 (0.92%) Samsung
11 11 (0.92%) Virgin Media
12 10 (0.83%) Facebook
13 9 (0.75%) Salesforce
14 8 (0.67%) F5
14 8 (0.67%) NEC
15 7 (0.58%) Sage
15 7 (0.58%) Thales