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 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 11 17 18
Rank change year-on-year +6 +1 +4
Permanent jobs citing Degree 4,314 4,930 9,195
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 12.74% 12.20% 13.07%
As % of the Qualifications category 45.17% 47.66% 56.85%
Number of salaries quoted 2,870 3,210 4,537
10th Percentile £30,725 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £39,274 £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 £72,375 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,625 £100,000 £93,750
UK median annual salary £52,285 £59,250 £55,000
% change year-on-year -11.76% +7.73% -

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 9,550 10,344 16,175
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 28.21% 25.60% 23.00%
Number of salaries quoted 5,898 6,296 8,686
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 £92,750
UK median annual salary £54,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +9.09% -

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 18 May 2024.

Degree salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Degree
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 97 (2.25%) SharePoint
2 86 (1.99%) Microsoft Exchange
3 56 (1.30%) IIS
4 45 (1.04%) Apache
5 44 (1.02%) SAS
6 33 (0.76%) Confluence
7 31 (0.72%) Tomcat
8 28 (0.65%) CMS
9 22 (0.51%) Apache Spark
9 22 (0.51%) WordPress
10 16 (0.37%) OpenStack
11 10 (0.23%) Apache Airflow
11 10 (0.23%) ArcGIS
12 8 (0.19%) nginx
13 6 (0.14%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
13 6 (0.14%) Exchange Server 2000
14 5 (0.12%) Drupal
15 4 (0.093%) Luigi
15 4 (0.093%) OpenEdge
15 4 (0.093%) Umbraco
Applications
1 308 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 246 (5.70%) Microsoft Office
3 130 (3.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 78 (1.81%) Simulink
5 65 (1.51%) Microsoft Project
6 32 (0.74%) 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 15 (0.35%) Trello
13 14 (0.32%) Adobe After Effects
13 14 (0.32%) Sketch
13 14 (0.32%) SPSS
14 13 (0.30%) OrCAD
15 11 (0.25%) InDesign
16 10 (0.23%) InVision
16 10 (0.23%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 49 (1.14%) Dynamics CRM
2 40 (0.93%) NEC Housing
3 29 (0.67%) SAP S/4HANA
4 22 (0.51%) Unit4 Business World
5 14 (0.32%) Endur
6 13 (0.30%) Salesforce CRM
6 13 (0.30%) 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
1 803 (18.61%) Azure
2 636 (14.74%) AWS
3 340 (7.88%) Microsoft 365
4 248 (5.75%) Power Platform
5 221 (5.12%) SaaS
6 142 (3.29%) GCP
7 104 (2.41%) Azure DevOps
8 91 (2.11%) Entra ID
9 85 (1.97%) Cloud Computing
10 77 (1.78%) Serverless
11 70 (1.62%) GitHub
12 62 (1.44%) Snowflake
13 60 (1.39%) Power Automate
14 59 (1.37%) PowerApps
15 58 (1.34%) Dynamics 365
16 56 (1.30%) IaaS
16 56 (1.30%) PaaS
17 51 (1.18%) AWS Lambda
18 46 (1.07%) WhatsApp
19 29 (0.67%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 144 (3.34%) Firewall
2 132 (3.06%) Wireless
3 118 (2.74%) WAN
4 86 (1.99%) DNS
5 74 (1.72%) TCP/IP
6 70 (1.62%) LAN
6 70 (1.62%) Wi-Fi
7 59 (1.37%) Network Security
8 56 (1.30%) SD-WAN
9 55 (1.27%) DHCP
10 53 (1.23%) Internet
11 51 (1.18%) VPN
12 40 (0.93%) Ethernet
13 30 (0.70%) VoIP
14 27 (0.63%) 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%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 311 (7.21%) SQL Server
2 277 (6.42%) Tableau
3 219 (5.08%) Power BI
4 139 (3.22%) Relational Database
5 114 (2.64%) Data Warehouse
6 96 (2.23%) MySQL
7 83 (1.92%) PostgreSQL
8 72 (1.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 69 (1.60%) Big Data
10 68 (1.58%) NoSQL
11 51 (1.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 49 (1.14%) Redis
13 45 (1.04%) Oracle Database
14 36 (0.83%) RDBMS
15 35 (0.81%) Data Lake
16 32 (0.74%) MongoDB
17 25 (0.58%) Elasticsearch
17 25 (0.58%) GIS
18 22 (0.51%) Azure SQL Database
19 21 (0.49%) DB2
Development Applications
1 380 (8.81%) Git
2 109 (2.53%) JIRA
3 49 (1.14%) Jenkins
4 48 (1.11%) Visual Studio
5 31 (0.72%) Subversion
6 30 (0.70%) Selenium
7 23 (0.53%) CMake
8 17 (0.39%) Rational DOORS
8 17 (0.39%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 16 (0.37%) Vagrant
10 15 (0.35%) Balsamiq
11 14 (0.32%) GitLab
11 14 (0.32%) TeamCity
12 13 (0.30%) Axure RP
13 12 (0.28%) Postman
14 11 (0.25%) Maven
14 11 (0.25%) Rational Rhapsody
15 10 (0.23%) JUnit
15 10 (0.23%) LabVIEW
16 9 (0.21%) InstallShield
General
1 2,031 (47.08%) Social Skills
2 964 (22.35%) Finance
3 823 (19.08%) Analytical Skills
4 400 (9.27%) Marketing
5 366 (8.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 359 (8.32%) Retail
7 284 (6.58%) Presentation Skills
8 275 (6.37%) Legal
9 253 (5.86%) Public Sector
10 194 (4.50%) Manufacturing
11 155 (3.59%) Electronics
12 144 (3.34%) Law
13 130 (3.01%) Games
14 120 (2.78%) Pharmaceutical
15 115 (2.67%) Aerospace
16 114 (2.64%) Telecoms
17 97 (2.25%) Banking
18 93 (2.16%) Local Government
19 79 (1.83%) Influencing Skills
20 77 (1.78%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 812 (18.82%) Senior
2 617 (14.30%) Analyst
3 605 (14.02%) Developer
4 311 (7.21%) Lead
4 311 (7.21%) Software Engineer
5 257 (5.96%) Architect
6 219 (5.08%) Project Manager
7 195 (4.52%) Senior Analyst
8 194 (4.50%) Data Analyst
9 180 (4.17%) Consultant
10 171 (3.96%) Graduate
11 154 (3.57%) Junior
12 143 (3.31%) Senior Developer
13 140 (3.25%) Software Developer
14 112 (2.60%) Senior Data Analyst
15 108 (2.50%) Support Engineer
16 93 (2.16%) Solutions Architect
17 92 (2.13%) Systems Engineer
18 89 (2.06%) .NET Developer
19 86 (1.99%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 328 (7.60%) .NET
2 260 (6.03%) HTML
3 227 (5.26%) CSS
4 176 (4.08%) AngularJS
5 155 (3.59%) React
6 127 (2.94%) Node.js
7 106 (2.46%) ASP.NET
8 104 (2.41%) RESTful
9 92 (2.13%) .NET Core
10 86 (1.99%) Web Services
11 80 (1.85%) .NET Framework
12 66 (1.53%) REST
13 63 (1.46%) TensorFlow
14 62 (1.44%) Vue
15 61 (1.41%) Pandas
16 55 (1.27%) ASP.NET MVC
17 54 (1.25%) PySpark
17 54 (1.25%) XML
18 47 (1.09%) scikit-learn
19 45 (1.04%) Express.js
Miscellaneous
1 272 (6.31%) Management Information System
2 246 (5.70%) Algorithms
3 215 (4.98%) Data Centre
4 179 (4.15%) Self-Motivation
5 120 (2.78%) Product Ownership
6 110 (2.55%) Life Science
7 97 (2.25%) Data Structures
8 90 (2.09%) Client/Server
9 89 (2.06%) Public Cloud
10 74 (1.72%) Social Media
11 72 (1.67%) Driving Licence
12 70 (1.62%) IoT
13 67 (1.55%) Onboarding
14 62 (1.44%) Virtual Team
15 56 (1.30%) Mobile App
16 50 (1.16%) Cloud Native
17 40 (0.93%) Embedded Systems
17 40 (0.93%) Enterprise Software
17 40 (0.93%) Renewable Energy
18 38 (0.88%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 508 (11.78%) Windows
2 392 (9.09%) Linux
3 175 (4.06%) Windows Server
4 127 (2.94%) Unix
5 97 (2.25%) Windows 10
6 74 (1.72%) Android
7 65 (1.51%) Apple iOS
8 47 (1.09%) Windows Server 2016
9 37 (0.86%) Windows Server 2019
10 29 (0.67%) Solaris
11 28 (0.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 28 (0.65%) Ubuntu
12 27 (0.63%) Embedded Linux
13 26 (0.60%) Windows Server 2012
14 25 (0.58%) Mac OS
15 20 (0.46%) CentOS
16 19 (0.44%) Mac OS X
17 15 (0.35%) FreeRTOS
18 9 (0.21%) Windows 7
19 8 (0.19%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,261 (29.23%) Computer Science
2 1,203 (27.89%) Problem-Solving
3 931 (21.58%) Agile
4 672 (15.58%) Software Engineering
5 615 (14.26%) Project Management
6 575 (13.33%) Analytics
7 555 (12.87%) Mathematics
8 449 (10.41%) DevOps
9 404 (9.36%) Mentoring
10 399 (9.25%) Decision-Making
11 370 (8.58%) Artificial Intelligence
12 364 (8.44%) Data Analysis
13 359 (8.32%) Visualisation
14 356 (8.25%) Actionable Insight
15 348 (8.07%) ITIL
16 334 (7.74%) Business Intelligence
17 328 (7.60%) Continuous Improvement
18 321 (7.44%) Cybersecurity
19 319 (7.39%) Roadmaps
20 309 (7.16%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 871 (20.19%) SQL
2 800 (18.54%) Python
3 443 (10.27%) C#
4 414 (9.60%) JavaScript
5 273 (6.33%) Java
6 206 (4.78%) C
7 155 (3.59%) C++
8 129 (2.99%) PowerShell
9 123 (2.85%) TypeScript
10 96 (2.23%) T-SQL
11 82 (1.90%) PHP
12 73 (1.69%) R
13 54 (1.25%) Embedded C
14 52 (1.21%) MATLAB
15 48 (1.11%) Bash
16 45 (1.04%) VB
17 41 (0.95%) Kotlin
18 38 (0.88%) Shell Script
19 33 (0.76%) Go
20 26 (0.60%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 766 (17.76%) Computer Science Degree
2 605 (14.02%) Security Cleared
3 414 (9.60%) Master's Degree
4 364 (8.44%) SC Cleared
5 258 (5.98%) DBS Check
6 137 (3.18%) PhD
7 124 (2.87%) BPSS Clearance
8 123 (2.85%) Microsoft Certification
9 92 (2.13%) Cisco Certification
10 85 (1.97%) CISSP
11 82 (1.90%) DV Cleared
12 77 (1.78%) CCNA
13 72 (1.67%) PMI Certification
14 65 (1.51%) PMP
15 63 (1.46%) Azure Certification
15 63 (1.46%) CISM
15 63 (1.46%) Numerate Degree
16 58 (1.34%) AWS Certification
17 57 (1.32%) CCNP
18 49 (1.14%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 221 (5.12%) QA
2 99 (2.29%) Accessibility
3 66 (1.53%) GDPR
4 65 (1.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 64 (1.48%) SLA
6 63 (1.46%) Data Quality
7 60 (1.39%) PMO
8 40 (0.93%) NIST
9 27 (0.63%) ISO 9001
10 25 (0.58%) Actionable Recommendations
11 23 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials
11 23 (0.53%) NCSC
12 20 (0.46%) WCAG
13 15 (0.35%) ITGC
14 14 (0.32%) Good Clinical Practice
15 13 (0.30%) PCI DSS
16 10 (0.23%) GRC
16 10 (0.23%) NIST 800
17 9 (0.21%) ISO 14001
18 8 (0.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 227 (5.26%) Active Directory
2 201 (4.66%) Docker
3 113 (2.62%) Firmware
4 103 (2.39%) VMware Infrastructure
5 54 (1.25%) Hyper-V
6 43 (1.00%) Embedded Firmware
7 33 (0.76%) Virtual Desktop
8 31 (0.72%) Virtual Machines
9 24 (0.56%) vSphere
10 21 (0.49%) VMware ESXi
11 15 (0.35%) XenApp
12 10 (0.23%) OpenSSH
13 8 (0.19%) Virtual Servers
14 6 (0.14%) KVM
15 4 (0.093%) Microsoft App-V
15 4 (0.093%) Terminal Services
16 2 (0.046%) Kamailio
16 2 (0.046%) Oracle RAC
16 2 (0.046%) XenDesktop
17 1 (0.023%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 156 (3.62%) Kubernetes
2 110 (2.55%) Terraform
3 77 (1.78%) Ansible
4 56 (1.30%) Microsoft Intune
5 44 (1.02%) SCCM
6 31 (0.72%) SCOM
7 29 (0.67%) WSUS
8 24 (0.56%) Stealthwatch
9 23 (0.53%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 23 (0.53%) Progress Chef
10 19 (0.44%) Puppet
11 17 (0.39%) CASB
12 15 (0.35%) Cisco CUCM
13 13 (0.30%) Grafana
13 13 (0.30%) ServiceCenter
14 12 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
14 12 (0.28%) vCenter Server
15 10 (0.23%) IBM BigFix
15 10 (0.23%) PowerCLI
15 10 (0.23%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 951 (22.04%) Microsoft
2 206 (4.78%) Databricks
3 167 (3.87%) Adobe
4 165 (3.82%) SAP
5 142 (3.29%) VMware
6 137 (3.18%) Google
7 133 (3.08%) Oracle
8 112 (2.60%) Cisco
9 111 (2.57%) Apple
10 94 (2.18%) Dell
11 85 (1.97%) Salesforce
12 60 (1.39%) IBM
12 60 (1.39%) Meraki
13 59 (1.37%) HP
14 50 (1.16%) NEC
15 45 (1.04%) Xilinx
16 43 (1.00%) ServiceNow
17 37 (0.86%) Citrix
18 32 (0.74%) Samsung
19 28 (0.65%) Sage