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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 11 16 19
Rank change year-on-year +5 +3 +3
Permanent jobs citing Degree 4,398 4,734 9,920
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 12.66% 12.31% 13.35%
As % of the Qualifications category 45.30% 47.10% 57.68%
Number of salaries quoted 2,861 3,058 4,627
10th Percentile £31,000 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £39,747 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £100,000 £93,750
UK median annual salary £52,084 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.19% +9.09% +0.18%

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 9,709 10,051 17,198
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 27.95% 26.13% 23.15%
Number of salaries quoted 5,901 6,071 8,883
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 £78,725 £77,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £53,772 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.38% +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 1 June 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 93 (2.11%) SharePoint
2 86 (1.96%) Microsoft Exchange
3 59 (1.34%) IIS
4 44 (1.00%) Apache
5 36 (0.82%) SAS
6 32 (0.73%) Confluence
7 30 (0.68%) Tomcat
8 27 (0.61%) CMS
9 20 (0.45%) WordPress
10 19 (0.43%) Apache Spark
11 17 (0.39%) OpenStack
12 12 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
13 11 (0.25%) ArcGIS
14 8 (0.18%) nginx
15 6 (0.14%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
15 6 (0.14%) Exchange Server 2000
15 6 (0.14%) Luigi
16 5 (0.11%) Drupal
17 4 (0.091%) Exchange Server 2013
17 4 (0.091%) Umbraco
Applications
1 314 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 259 (5.89%) Microsoft Office
3 136 (3.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 82 (1.86%) Simulink
5 58 (1.32%) Microsoft Project
6 25 (0.57%) MS Visio
7 22 (0.50%) Photoshop
8 21 (0.48%) AutoCAD
9 20 (0.45%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 19 (0.43%) Adobe Illustrator
11 18 (0.41%) Adobe XD
12 17 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
13 15 (0.34%) Sketch
14 14 (0.32%) Adobe After Effects
14 14 (0.32%) OrCAD
14 14 (0.32%) Trello
15 12 (0.27%) SPSS
16 11 (0.25%) InDesign
17 10 (0.23%) InVision
17 10 (0.23%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 48 (1.09%) Dynamics CRM
2 39 (0.89%) NEC Housing
3 30 (0.68%) SAP S/4HANA
4 13 (0.30%) Endur
4 13 (0.30%) Salesforce CRM
4 13 (0.30%) Unit4 Business World
5 12 (0.27%) SAP CX
6 10 (0.23%) SAP CO
6 10 (0.23%) SAP FI
6 10 (0.23%) SAP FI/CO
7 8 (0.18%) Dynamics NAV
7 8 (0.18%) SAP Business One
8 7 (0.16%) NetSuite
8 7 (0.16%) Remedy ITSM
9 5 (0.11%) Odoo
10 4 (0.091%) Magento
10 4 (0.091%) Primavera
10 4 (0.091%) SAP HR
10 4 (0.091%) Shopify
10 4 (0.091%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 825 (18.76%) Azure
2 641 (14.57%) AWS
3 345 (7.84%) Microsoft 365
4 255 (5.80%) Power Platform
5 223 (5.07%) SaaS
6 141 (3.21%) GCP
7 102 (2.32%) Azure DevOps
8 93 (2.11%) Entra ID
9 87 (1.98%) Cloud Computing
10 77 (1.75%) Serverless
11 68 (1.55%) GitHub
12 66 (1.50%) Dynamics 365
13 65 (1.48%) Snowflake
14 64 (1.46%) Power Automate
14 64 (1.46%) PowerApps
15 56 (1.27%) IaaS
15 56 (1.27%) PaaS
16 50 (1.14%) AWS Lambda
17 43 (0.98%) WhatsApp
18 30 (0.68%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 151 (3.43%) Firewall
2 130 (2.96%) Wireless
3 121 (2.75%) WAN
4 89 (2.02%) DNS
5 77 (1.75%) TCP/IP
6 72 (1.64%) LAN
7 70 (1.59%) Wi-Fi
8 67 (1.52%) Network Security
9 61 (1.39%) DHCP
10 60 (1.36%) SD-WAN
11 58 (1.32%) Internet
12 54 (1.23%) VPN
13 41 (0.93%) Ethernet
14 29 (0.66%) VoIP
15 28 (0.64%) Cisco Firepower
16 26 (0.59%) SAN
16 26 (0.59%) Unified Communications
16 26 (0.59%) VLAN
17 22 (0.50%) RS-232
18 20 (0.45%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 317 (7.21%) SQL Server
2 282 (6.41%) Tableau
3 225 (5.12%) Power BI
4 144 (3.27%) Relational Database
5 118 (2.68%) Data Warehouse
6 100 (2.27%) MySQL
7 92 (2.09%) PostgreSQL
8 78 (1.77%) NoSQL
9 74 (1.68%) Big Data
10 70 (1.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 53 (1.21%) Redis
12 50 (1.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 46 (1.05%) Oracle Database
14 38 (0.86%) MongoDB
15 36 (0.82%) RDBMS
16 35 (0.80%) Data Lake
17 27 (0.61%) Elasticsearch
18 26 (0.59%) GIS
19 25 (0.57%) Amazon RDS
20 21 (0.48%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 391 (8.89%) Git
2 108 (2.46%) JIRA
3 49 (1.11%) Visual Studio
4 48 (1.09%) Jenkins
5 32 (0.73%) Selenium
6 30 (0.68%) Subversion
7 22 (0.50%) CMake
8 18 (0.41%) Vagrant
9 17 (0.39%) Rational DOORS
10 16 (0.36%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 15 (0.34%) Balsamiq
12 14 (0.32%) GitLab
12 14 (0.32%) TeamCity
13 13 (0.30%) Axure RP
14 12 (0.27%) Postman
15 11 (0.25%) JUnit
15 11 (0.25%) Rational Rhapsody
16 10 (0.23%) LabVIEW
16 10 (0.23%) Team Foundation Server
17 9 (0.20%) JMeter
General
1 2,059 (46.82%) Social Skills
2 953 (21.67%) Finance
3 822 (18.69%) Analytical Skills
4 396 (9.00%) Marketing
5 390 (8.87%) Retail
6 370 (8.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 313 (7.12%) Legal
8 287 (6.53%) Presentation Skills
9 266 (6.05%) Public Sector
10 198 (4.50%) Manufacturing
11 154 (3.50%) Electronics
12 143 (3.25%) Law
13 132 (3.00%) Games
14 124 (2.82%) Pharmaceutical
15 116 (2.64%) Aerospace
16 114 (2.59%) Telecoms
17 89 (2.02%) Banking
18 88 (2.00%) Local Government
19 81 (1.84%) Influencing Skills
20 78 (1.77%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 832 (18.92%) Senior
2 647 (14.71%) Analyst
3 629 (14.30%) Developer
4 335 (7.62%) Lead
5 314 (7.14%) Software Engineer
6 257 (5.84%) Architect
7 214 (4.87%) Project Manager
8 200 (4.55%) Data Analyst
9 194 (4.41%) Senior Analyst
10 192 (4.37%) Consultant
11 165 (3.75%) Graduate
12 156 (3.55%) Junior
13 149 (3.39%) Senior Developer
14 143 (3.25%) Software Developer
15 120 (2.73%) Business Analyst
16 117 (2.66%) Senior Data Analyst
17 113 (2.57%) Support Engineer
18 96 (2.18%) Systems Engineer
19 94 (2.14%) Team Leader
20 90 (2.05%) .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 334 (7.59%) .NET
2 263 (5.98%) HTML
3 231 (5.25%) CSS
4 177 (4.02%) AngularJS
5 159 (3.62%) React
6 125 (2.84%) Node.js
7 108 (2.46%) RESTful
8 107 (2.43%) ASP.NET
9 96 (2.18%) .NET Core
10 83 (1.89%) Web Services
11 80 (1.82%) .NET Framework
12 67 (1.52%) TensorFlow
13 63 (1.43%) Pandas
14 62 (1.41%) REST
15 61 (1.39%) Vue
16 59 (1.34%) PySpark
17 55 (1.25%) ASP.NET MVC
18 54 (1.23%) XML
19 47 (1.07%) scikit-learn
20 45 (1.02%) Express.js
Miscellaneous
1 275 (6.25%) Management Information System
2 246 (5.59%) Algorithms
3 223 (5.07%) Data Centre
4 186 (4.23%) Self-Motivation
5 117 (2.66%) Product Ownership
6 110 (2.50%) Life Science
7 99 (2.25%) Data Structures
8 91 (2.07%) Client/Server
9 89 (2.02%) Public Cloud
10 75 (1.71%) Driving Licence
11 74 (1.68%) Social Media
12 71 (1.61%) IoT
12 71 (1.61%) Onboarding
13 62 (1.41%) Virtual Team
14 61 (1.39%) Mobile App
15 51 (1.16%) Cloud Native
16 42 (0.95%) Analytical Mindset
16 42 (0.95%) NHS
17 40 (0.91%) Embedded Systems
17 40 (0.91%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 511 (11.62%) Windows
2 402 (9.14%) Linux
3 176 (4.00%) Windows Server
4 124 (2.82%) Unix
5 96 (2.18%) Windows 10
6 78 (1.77%) Android
7 67 (1.52%) Apple iOS
8 48 (1.09%) Windows Server 2016
9 39 (0.89%) Windows Server 2019
10 35 (0.80%) Ubuntu
11 30 (0.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 29 (0.66%) Embedded Linux
12 29 (0.66%) Solaris
12 29 (0.66%) Windows Server 2012
13 26 (0.59%) Mac OS
14 22 (0.50%) CentOS
15 17 (0.39%) Mac OS X
16 15 (0.34%) FreeRTOS
17 12 (0.27%) Windows Vista
18 9 (0.20%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,312 (29.83%) Computer Science
2 1,249 (28.40%) Problem-Solving
3 938 (21.33%) Agile
4 687 (15.62%) Software Engineering
5 612 (13.92%) Project Management
6 589 (13.39%) Analytics
7 549 (12.48%) Mathematics
8 448 (10.19%) DevOps
9 404 (9.19%) Decision-Making
9 404 (9.19%) Mentoring
10 386 (8.78%) ITIL
11 373 (8.48%) Data Analysis
12 369 (8.39%) Artificial Intelligence
13 366 (8.32%) Visualisation
14 356 (8.09%) Actionable Insight
15 340 (7.73%) Business Intelligence
16 338 (7.69%) Continuous Improvement
17 328 (7.46%) Cybersecurity
18 312 (7.09%) Roadmaps
19 310 (7.05%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 904 (20.55%) SQL
2 820 (18.64%) Python
3 466 (10.60%) C#
4 429 (9.75%) JavaScript
5 279 (6.34%) Java
6 202 (4.59%) C
7 162 (3.68%) C++
8 139 (3.16%) PowerShell
9 129 (2.93%) TypeScript
10 96 (2.18%) T-SQL
11 79 (1.80%) PHP
12 67 (1.52%) R
13 52 (1.18%) Embedded C
13 52 (1.18%) MATLAB
14 50 (1.14%) VB
15 44 (1.00%) Bash
15 44 (1.00%) Kotlin
16 38 (0.86%) Shell Script
17 34 (0.77%) Go
18 28 (0.64%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 812 (18.46%) Computer Science Degree
2 625 (14.21%) Security Cleared
3 424 (9.64%) Master's Degree
4 380 (8.64%) SC Cleared
5 264 (6.00%) DBS Check
6 141 (3.21%) PhD
7 132 (3.00%) Microsoft Certification
8 126 (2.86%) BPSS Clearance
9 99 (2.25%) Cisco Certification
10 88 (2.00%) DV Cleared
11 84 (1.91%) CISSP
12 81 (1.84%) CCNA
13 74 (1.68%) PMI Certification
14 69 (1.57%) Azure Certification
15 68 (1.55%) PMP
16 65 (1.48%) CCNP
17 62 (1.41%) CISM
17 62 (1.41%) Numerate Degree
18 58 (1.32%) AWS Certification
19 49 (1.11%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 263 (5.98%) QA
2 99 (2.25%) Accessibility
3 71 (1.61%) GDPR
4 70 (1.59%) Data Quality
5 67 (1.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 65 (1.48%) SLA
7 55 (1.25%) PMO
8 39 (0.89%) NIST
9 27 (0.61%) ISO 9001
10 23 (0.52%) NCSC
11 22 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials
12 20 (0.45%) WCAG
13 18 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
14 15 (0.34%) ITGC
15 14 (0.32%) Good Clinical Practice
16 13 (0.30%) PCI DSS
17 10 (0.23%) GMP
17 10 (0.23%) GRC
17 10 (0.23%) NIST 800
18 9 (0.20%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 234 (5.32%) Active Directory
2 198 (4.50%) Docker
3 119 (2.71%) Firmware
4 106 (2.41%) VMware Infrastructure
5 56 (1.27%) Hyper-V
6 47 (1.07%) Embedded Firmware
7 38 (0.86%) Virtual Desktop
8 36 (0.82%) Virtual Machines
9 28 (0.64%) vSphere
10 22 (0.50%) VMware ESXi
11 19 (0.43%) XenApp
12 12 (0.27%) OpenSSH
13 8 (0.18%) Virtual Servers
14 7 (0.16%) KVM
15 5 (0.11%) Microsoft App-V
15 5 (0.11%) Terminal Services
16 4 (0.091%) XenDesktop
17 2 (0.045%) Kamailio
17 2 (0.045%) Oracle RAC
18 1 (0.023%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 158 (3.59%) Kubernetes
2 115 (2.61%) Terraform
3 79 (1.80%) Ansible
4 60 (1.36%) Microsoft Intune
5 50 (1.14%) SCCM
6 36 (0.82%) SCOM
7 31 (0.70%) WSUS
8 28 (0.64%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 27 (0.61%) Stealthwatch
10 23 (0.52%) Progress Chef
11 19 (0.43%) Puppet
12 17 (0.39%) CASB
13 15 (0.34%) Cisco CUCM
14 13 (0.30%) Grafana
14 13 (0.30%) ServiceCenter
14 13 (0.30%) vCenter Server
15 12 (0.27%) IBM BigFix
15 12 (0.27%) PowerCLI
16 11 (0.25%) Single Sign-On
17 10 (0.23%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 973 (22.12%) Microsoft
2 215 (4.89%) Databricks
3 169 (3.84%) Adobe
4 161 (3.66%) SAP
5 146 (3.32%) VMware
6 131 (2.98%) Oracle
7 125 (2.84%) Google
8 116 (2.64%) Cisco
9 113 (2.57%) Apple
10 79 (1.80%) Dell
11 76 (1.73%) Salesforce
12 63 (1.43%) Meraki
13 59 (1.34%) IBM
14 58 (1.32%) HP
15 49 (1.11%) NEC
15 49 (1.11%) Xilinx
16 43 (0.98%) ServiceNow
17 41 (0.93%) Citrix
18 32 (0.73%) Samsung
19 29 (0.66%) Sage