Degree Jobs in Cheshire

Academic Degree
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Cheshire with a requirement for Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 24 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 20 5 8
Rank change year-on-year -15 +3 -2
Permanent jobs citing Degree 106 255 139
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 12.18% 13.81% 17.35%
As % of the Qualifications category 46.09% 56.29% 54.72%
Number of salaries quoted 33 168 54
10th Percentile £32,500 £26,250 £22,858
25th Percentile £33,500 £32,500 £41,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,306 £47,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.70% -20.83% +43.00%
75th Percentile £57,500 £57,500 £70,600
90th Percentile £63,750 £85,000 £96,250
North West median annual salary £50,055 £47,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +5.38% -17.39% +30.68%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Cheshire

Degree falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Cheshire.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 230 453 254
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 26.44% 24.54% 31.71%
Number of salaries quoted 64 295 112
10th Percentile £32,500 £26,250 £25,177
25th Percentile £34,755 £32,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £48,250
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -6.74% +13.53%
75th Percentile £58,750 £57,500 £66,563
90th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £88,750
North West median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +0.11% -13.04% +21.05%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Degree in Cheshire

Degree
Salary Trend in Cheshire

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

Salary trend for Degree in Cheshire

Degree
Salary Histogram in Cheshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Degree in Cheshire over the 6 months to 24 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Degree in Cheshire

Degree
Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Degree within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 24 June 2025. 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
Warrington +2 42 £45,000 +12.50% 50
Neston - 16 - -
Chester +6 15 £52,500 +10.53% 35
Ellesmere Port -1 6 £55,000 +3.86% 2
Crewe -8 6 £47,500 -26.92% 6
Runcorn -8 4 £52,500 +16.67% 6
Nantwich - 4 £62,500 - 4
Widnes -6 2 £43,750 +37.80% 3
Northwich -10 2 £40,000 +6.67% 1
Degree
North West

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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 12 (11.32%) IBM Domino
2 4 (3.77%) SAS
3 2 (1.89%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.94%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.94%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 7 (6.60%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (3.77%) AutoCAD
2 4 (3.77%) Chatbot
2 4 (3.77%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.94%) CANalyzer
3 1 (0.94%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (3.77%) SAP WM
2 1 (0.94%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.94%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.94%) Sage X3
2 1 (0.94%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 9 (8.49%) Azure
2 6 (5.66%) AWS
2 6 (5.66%) Power Platform
3 3 (2.83%) GCP
4 2 (1.89%) AWS Lambda
4 2 (1.89%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (1.89%) Serverless
5 1 (0.94%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (0.94%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (0.94%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.77%) Broadband
1 4 (3.77%) Modbus
2 2 (1.89%) MQTT
3 1 (0.94%) DNS
3 1 (0.94%) Ethernet
3 1 (0.94%) Skype
3 1 (0.94%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (5.66%) Power BI
1 6 (5.66%) SQL Server
2 4 (3.77%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (3.77%) Oracle Database
3 3 (2.83%) Electronic Patient Records
4 1 (0.94%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.94%) GIS
4 1 (0.94%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.94%) Neo4j
4 1 (0.94%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.94%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.94%) TigerGraph
Development Applications
1 4 (3.77%) JIRA
2 2 (1.89%) Git
3 1 (0.94%) CANoe
3 1 (0.94%) CircleCI
3 1 (0.94%) Jenkins
General
1 44 (41.51%) Social Skills
2 38 (35.85%) Manufacturing
3 32 (30.19%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (14.15%) Retail
5 11 (10.38%) Finance
6 9 (8.49%) Electronics
7 8 (7.55%) Legal
8 7 (6.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 7 (6.60%) Pharmaceutical
8 7 (6.60%) Public Sector
9 4 (3.77%) Dutch Language
9 4 (3.77%) Finnish Language
9 4 (3.77%) Norwegian Language
10 2 (1.89%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.94%) Automotive
11 1 (0.94%) Banking
11 1 (0.94%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.94%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.94%) Publishing
11 1 (0.94%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 19 (17.92%) Trainer
2 12 (11.32%) QA Manager
2 12 (11.32%) Quality Manager
3 11 (10.38%) Developer
4 10 (9.43%) .NET Developer
5 9 (8.49%) Account Executive
5 9 (8.49%) Analyst
5 9 (8.49%) Sales Account Executive
5 9 (8.49%) Sales Executive
5 9 (8.49%) Senior
5 9 (8.49%) Telesales Executive
6 8 (7.55%) Systems Engineer
7 7 (6.60%) WinForms Developer
8 5 (4.72%) Data Analyst
8 5 (4.72%) Senior Systems Engineer
9 4 (3.77%) Data Manager
9 4 (3.77%) Lead
9 4 (3.77%) Project Engineer
9 4 (3.77%) Statistician
9 4 (3.77%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (11.32%) .NET
2 7 (6.60%) WinForms
3 5 (4.72%) .NET Core
3 5 (4.72%) .NET Framework
4 4 (3.77%) ASP.NET
5 2 (1.89%) HTML
5 2 (1.89%) Node-RED
6 1 (0.94%) Blazor
6 1 (0.94%) CSS
6 1 (0.94%) EDI
6 1 (0.94%) Flash
6 1 (0.94%) HTML5
6 1 (0.94%) Hugging Face
6 1 (0.94%) Middleware
6 1 (0.94%) NLTK
6 1 (0.94%) PyTorch
6 1 (0.94%) RESTful
6 1 (0.94%) Seaborn
6 1 (0.94%) SpaCy
6 1 (0.94%) SQLAlchemy
Miscellaneous
1 15 (14.15%) Robotics
2 10 (9.43%) Management Information System
3 5 (4.72%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (3.77%) Biopharmaceutical
4 4 (3.77%) Operational Technology
4 4 (3.77%) Renewable Energy
4 4 (3.77%) SCADA
5 3 (2.83%) e-Learning
5 3 (2.83%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (1.89%) Driving Licence
6 2 (1.89%) Greenfield Project
6 2 (1.89%) Industry 4.0
6 2 (1.89%) IoT
6 2 (1.89%) Security Operations Centre
6 2 (1.89%) Security Posture
7 1 (0.94%) AI Agents
7 1 (0.94%) Blog
7 1 (0.94%) Embedded Systems
7 1 (0.94%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 10 (9.43%) Windows
2 6 (5.66%) Linux
3 2 (1.89%) Windows 10
3 2 (1.89%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (0.94%) Android
4 1 (0.94%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.94%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.94%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.94%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (0.94%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (47.17%) Problem-Solving
2 21 (19.81%) Artificial Intelligence
3 20 (18.87%) Computer Science
4 19 (17.92%) Machine Learning
5 17 (16.04%) Logistics
6 16 (15.09%) Generative AI
6 16 (15.09%) LLM
7 15 (14.15%) Red Team
8 12 (11.32%) Analytical Thinking
8 12 (11.32%) Data Privacy
8 12 (11.32%) Innovative Thinking
9 11 (10.38%) Agile
9 11 (10.38%) ERP
10 10 (9.43%) Project Delivery
10 10 (9.43%) Project Management
11 9 (8.49%) Analytics
11 9 (8.49%) Telesales
12 8 (7.55%) ITIL
12 8 (7.55%) Mathematics
12 8 (7.55%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 15 (14.15%) SQL
2 13 (12.26%) C#
3 12 (11.32%) Python
4 6 (5.66%) PowerShell
5 4 (3.77%) TypeScript
6 3 (2.83%) Bash
6 3 (2.83%) C++
6 3 (2.83%) JavaScript
7 2 (1.89%) C
7 2 (1.89%) Java
7 2 (1.89%) Kusto Query Language
7 2 (1.89%) R
8 1 (0.94%) Dart
8 1 (0.94%) Julia
8 1 (0.94%) MATLAB
8 1 (0.94%) Ruby
8 1 (0.94%) Rust
8 1 (0.94%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.94%) VB
8 1 (0.94%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 15 (14.15%) Computer Science Degree
1 15 (14.15%) Master's Degree
2 10 (9.43%) Security Cleared
3 6 (5.66%) PhD
4 5 (4.72%) Chartered Engineer
4 5 (4.72%) SC Cleared
5 4 (3.77%) DBS Check
5 4 (3.77%) PMI Certification
5 4 (3.77%) PMP
6 2 (1.89%) CEH
6 2 (1.89%) CISSP
6 2 (1.89%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (1.89%) CRISC
6 2 (1.89%) GCIH
6 2 (1.89%) GIAC
6 2 (1.89%) GISF
6 2 (1.89%) ISACA
6 2 (1.89%) ISTQB
6 2 (1.89%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 2 (1.89%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (14.15%) QA
2 4 (3.77%) Data Quality
2 4 (3.77%) GDPR
3 3 (2.83%) IEC 61508
4 2 (1.89%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.94%) AUTOSAR
5 1 (0.94%) NCSC
System Software
1 3 (2.83%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.94%) BitLocker
2 1 (0.94%) Docker
2 1 (0.94%) Microsoft App-V
2 1 (0.94%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (0.94%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (6.60%) Functional Safety
2 4 (3.77%) SCCM
3 3 (2.83%) SCOM
3 3 (2.83%) SCOrch
4 1 (0.94%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (0.94%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 15 (14.15%) Adobe
1 15 (14.15%) Databricks
1 15 (14.15%) Google
1 15 (14.15%) Microsoft
2 9 (8.49%) Dell
2 9 (8.49%) SAP
3 4 (3.77%) Oracle
3 4 (3.77%) PayPal
4 2 (1.89%) AVEVA
4 2 (1.89%) Rockwell
4 2 (1.89%) Salesforce
4 2 (1.89%) Siemens
4 2 (1.89%) Sun
5 1 (0.94%) Cisco
5 1 (0.94%) Citrix
5 1 (0.94%) McAfee
5 1 (0.94%) Remedy
5 1 (0.94%) Sage
5 1 (0.94%) Symantec
5 1 (0.94%) VMware
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